Distinguished Alumni – Past Award Recipients
Class of 2023
(From Left): Evita Colon ’09, Blanding Watson ’90, Maian Ly McCauley ’05, Richard Mendez ’93, and Kenny Myers ’89.
Class of 2022
Left to Right: James Bouder ’88, Prem Baral ’12, Amadi Ramos ’93, and Vincent Derek Smith ’02 (Not pictured: Rousan Sanchez Davidson ’09)
Class of 2021
Left to Right: Julio Irving Cotto ’98, Quinn Conyers ’01, Cheryl Steberger ’86, and Rev. Ken Kroehler accepting the award for his friend David Kerr ’75. Franklin J. Schaffner ’38 was honored posthumously, having passed away in 1989.
Class of 2019
Left to Right: Paul H. Cunningham ’48, Molly Grantham ’95, Sandra Frey Hamilton (Sister of posthumous recipient Theodore Parker ’71), Kiandra Bair Steffy ’06, and Jermaine Finks ’90
Class of 2018
Left to Right (with Campus Principal John Lischner center): John Krill ’61, John Darrenkamp ’53, Felicia Figueroa DeJesus ’96, and Capt. Gordon Cross.
Class of 2017
Left to Right: Lisa Groff ’78, Eliseo Roman ’78, Madeline Whedbee Anderson ’45, Jeff Forster ’66, and Denise Ewell ’75 (accepting the award on behalf of her late father, Henry Norwood “Barney” Ewell ’38).
Class of 2016
Left to Right: Rev. Dr. Richard (Dick) McClain ’56; Gary W. Mills ’77; Maj. Katrina West Parlowe ’94 and Jeremy R. Young ’03 (Not pictured: Sam Sternberg ’02)
Class of 2015
Left to Right: Paul Edwin Shelton II ’91, Jack Behrens ’53, Mark S. Watson ’76, Mindy Myers ’94 & Dan Anderson ’00.
Class of 2014
Left to Right: S. Leslie Blatt ’53, Carl Ernst ’56, Erika M. Hunsicker ’98 & Paul Weaver ’63 (Ruth Kauffman ’81 not pictured).
Class of 2013
Left to Right: Erika L. Powell ‘90 (Bottom), John Kaufhold ‘91, James B. McMullin ‘46, Nicole Kuhns Massey ‘94 & Edward “Champ” Hall ‘83.
Class of 2012
Left to Right: Patricia Wohlsen Epps ‘67, Mara Rekis Anderson ‘64, Charles G. Francos ’41 (Down Center), Pia Boben Fenimore ‘88 & Jacqueline Renee Jones Cunningham ‘83.
Class of 2011
Left to Right: Jose Alejandro Rosado, Christopher Echterling, Nitin Tanna, Nicholas Veronis and Brenda Green Photo- Heisey
Class of 2010
Left to Right: Isaias Rodriguez ‘98, Lola Miller Olsen ‘62, Timothy L. Kauffman ‘66, David William Martin ‘55, & Kermit C. Jones ‘78.
Class of 2009
Class of 2008
Left to Right: David L. Greene ‘94, Joseph P. Nolt ‘55, Christian Engle McMurtrie ‘52, Richard M. Scott ‘36 & Nancy Valavanes Kambouroglos ‘71
Class of 2007
Left to Right: Stanley J. Buch ‘41, Barbara A. Burgess ‘74, Donald O. Shelton ‘53, & Richard F. Lockey ‘57 (Michael Jamanis ‘84 is not pictured).
Class of 2006
Left to Right: Michael J. Perezous ‘54, Clyde Lucas ‘63, David Smith ‘66, Ronald C. Burger ‘66 & Matthew Pinsker ‘86
Class of 2005
Left to Right: Kenneth G. Stoudt ’61, Sharon Swope Schmid (widow of honoree Dennis C. Schmid ’61), Ann Gerhart ’73, Frank Wright, Jr. ’83 & Robert De Mora ’52.
Class of 2004
Left to Right: Caroline May Hoffer ‘74, Vickey A. Wright-Smith ‘84, Arthur E. Morris ‘63, & Paul R. Martin ‘50. John W. Hoff ’40 is not pictured.
Class of 2003
Left to Right: Clark McSparren, Jr. ‘51, James G. Shultz ‘64, Vera White Harris ‘81, Eriberto Rios, Jr. ‘86 & Richard D. Winters ‘37
Class of 2002
Left to Right: Miryam C. Granthon ’89, William E. Cooper ’69, Rosa Cunningham Harris ’67, Howard Means ’62 & William Oller ’41 (not pictured).
Class of 2001
Left to Right: Barbara Ann Dunlap Minney ’66, Charles W. Smithgall ’63, & Carole Brown Roberts ’60. Not pictured: Laszlo Birinyi, Jr. ’61 & Luke A. Veronis ’83
Class of 2000
Left to Right: Leroy T. Hopkins ’61, Gordon A. Kraft ’58, Katie Buck True ’58, J. Freeland Chryst ’44 & Ariel Rivera ’90
Class of 1999
Left to Right: Joanne Dubbs Ball ’47, Jere W. Schuler ’52, Katie Rogers Butcher ’65, Christopher Hager ’70 (son of posthumous honoree Helen K. Rhode Hager ’41) & Richard G. Hoxworth ’62
Class of 1998
Left to Right: Richard Eckman ’47, Donna “Bonnie” Glover ’71, Anna Funk Lockey ’23, Damien Rios ’91 & Ellen Sarkisian ’57.
Class of 1997
Left to Right: Michael Bove, Jr. ’79, Dontina Jones Jackson ’69, John M. Buckwalter ’48, John W.W. Loose ’43 & Donald U. Wise ’49.
Class of 1996
Left to Right: Nelson M. Polite, Sr. ’41, Leon “Buddy” Glover ’67, Barbara Karpouzis Valavanes ’45, Anthony R. Appel ’31 & James P. Argires ’49
Class of 1995
Left to Right: Louis A. Butcher, Jr. ’61, Ronald L. Buckwalter ’54, Paul H. Ripple ’40, Ethel Jane Stoe Hillard ’29 & Gerald S. Lestz ’31