Alumni Awards
For more than 70 years, we have recognized outstanding Washington College alumni with three awards—Alumni Citation, Alumni Service Awards, and Horizon Ribbon Award—presented on behalf of the Alumni Association.
Alumni Citation
The Alumni Association's highest honor, the Alumni Citation is given to alumni who have made a significant contribution to, or accomplishment in, their professional field or in community or public service. Begun in 1952, the Alumni Citation was created as a means of formally identifying and recognizing outstanding alumni.
- 2024 - Bruce Kornberg '74
- 2023 - Caryn York '06
- 2022 - Joseph L. Holt '83 M'98
- 2021 - Christine Lincoln '00 (Literature)
- 2019 - Carolyn Choate-Turnbull '80 P'15 (Public Service) & Barry Glassman '84 (Public Service)
- 2018 - Linda Ayres '69 (American Art)
- 2017 - Marvin Smith '67 (Economics)
- 2016 - Steve Amick '69 (Public Service)
- 2015 - Charles F. Downs '59 (Public Service)
- 2014 - Sue Denton '69 (Nonprofit Stewardship)
- 2013 - Louise Amick '69 (Education) & Thomas C. Crouse Jr. '59 (Finance)
- 2012 - Harris Whitbeck '87 (Journalism and Television Broadcasting)
- 2011 - James P. Bonsack '53 (Chemistry) & Kenneth M. Merz Jr. '81 (Chemistry)
- 2010 - Dean G. Skelos '70 (Legislation)
- 2009 - Zung T. Nguyen '77 (Finance)
- 2008 - Victoria Hagan '83 (Interior Design)
- 2007 - Thomas L. Bortmes '73 (National Security)
- 2006 - Jean-Francois Seznec '70 (International Affairs)
- 2005 - Marcia Invernizzi '72 (Education)
- 2004 - Susan Dunning Matthews '75 (Music)
- 2003 - Roy P. Ans, M.D. '63 (Medicine)
- 2002 - Terumi Kohwi Shigematsu '71 (Science)
- 2001 - Kevin Noblet '75 (Journalism) & Tammy Tiehel Stedman '86 (Drama)
- 2000 - Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, M.D. '55 (Medicine & Public Service)
- 1999 - Richard E. Holstein, D.M.D. '68 (Public Service) & Richard H. Smith Jr. '66 (Chemistry)
- 1998 - John A. Conkling '65 (Science) & Agnes Zaffere Orban '41 (Education)
- 1997 - Karen A. Johnson, M.D. '68 (Medicine)
- 1996 - David J. Litrenta, M.D. '58 (Medicine) & Ralph Snyderman, M.D. '61 (Medicine)
- 1995 - Christopher Ely '70 (Public Service)
- 1994 - Michael Ludden '73 (Journalism) & Peter D. Turchi '82 (Creative Writing)
- 1993 - William R. Russell Jr. '53 (Real Estate Management & Financial Affairs)
- 1992 - Barbara Delaney Turk '55 (Mental Health)
- 1991 - Douglass Gates '59 (Public Service) & Ford Schumann Jr. '73 (Public Service)
- 1990 - Rodgers T. Smith '55 (Education and Citizenship) & John W. Williams Jr. '43 (Cooperative Leadership)
- 1989 - Dean S. Ferris '67 (Business) &
Linda Hamilton '78 (Theater Arts) - 1988 - Elizabeth Sutton Duvall '30 (Civic Affairs) & Spencer Robinson '43 (Public Service)
- 1987 - Joseph J. Longobardi '52 (Jurisprudence) & Harry C. Rhodes '35 (Education)
- 1986 - John D. Howard '56 (Education) & William Kennon Perrin '31 (Public Service)
- 1985 - William E. Dulin '47 (Scientific Research) & Rowland Taylor '40 (Environmental Science)
- 1984 - Lawrence Brandenburg Jr., D.D.S. '50 (Public Service) & Gilbert V. Byron '23 (Literature)
- 1983 - George B. Rasin Jr. '37 (Jurisprudence) & Maurice L. Rayme '31 (Public Service)
- 1982 - Jack R. Schroeder '58 (Art and Illustration)
- 1981 - Owen Anderson '40 (Science and Education) & William D. Geitz '50 (Chemistry and Business)
- 1980 - Fred W. Dumschott '27 (Education)
- 1979 - Bernard Mitchell '56 (Business) & Rebecca Neal Brown Owens '25 (Community Service)
- 1978 - Mary Lou Bartram '48 (Corrections) & Hubert Ryan '33 (Community Service)
- 1977 - Charles B. Clark '34 (Education) & James C. Jones '47 (Business Management)
- 1976 - Laurence Yourtee '37 (Education)
- 1975 - Alfred W. Reddish '37 (Business Management) & Nathan Schnaper, M.D. '40 (Medicine)
- 1974 - William W. Thompson '38 (Aerospace Medicine)
- 1973 - Frank Macielag '48 (Business Management)
- 1972 - Edward L. Athey '47 (Athletics) & William G. Duvall '30 (Labor Relations)
- 1971 - Warren Carey '33 (Business Management) & Bernard Dubin '31 (Jurisprudence)
- 1970 - Joseph H. McLain '37 (Science and Higher Education) & Graham W. Watt '49 (City Management)
- 1969 - Marvin H. Smith '37 (Law) & John A. Wagner, M.D. '34 (Medicine)
- 1968 - Theodore Kurze, M.D. '43 (Medicine) & Joseph M. O'Farrell '34 (Thoroughbred Racing and Breeding)
- 1967 - Lewin Burris '12 (Public Service)
- 1966 - Francis H. Bratton '37 (Chemistry) & Edwin T. Luckey '31 (Fine Arts)
- 1965 - Henry F. Maguire, M.D. '42 (Medicine)
- 1964 - Mary Farr Heeg '33 (Nursing), Stanley B. Giraitis '30 (Sales), Stanley G. Robbins '21 (Law), David H. Wallace '35 (Science), & Earl T. Willis '31 (Education)
- 1963 - Robert K. Crane '42 (Chemistry)
- 1962 - Paul Pippin '34 (Architecture) & Thomas Reeder Spedden '17 (Business)
- 1961 - John H. Coppage '15 (Public Service), George deSocio '35 (Electrical Engineering), Albert P. Giraitis '34 (Chemistry), & William B. Johnson '40 (Business)
- 1960 - Henry T. Hollingsworth '18 (Education), H. Owen Knight '25 (Education), Ernest J. Langham, M.D. '23 (Medicine), William A. McAdams '40 (Health, Physics), & Joseph Messick, M.D. '23 (Medicine)
- 1959 - Walter T. Morris Jr. '29 (Agriculture), Benjamin Vandervoort '38 (Military), & Paul J. Wilkinson '31 (Law)
- 1958 - Stuart Galloway '17 (Law) & Edgar A. McGinnes '18 (Government Service)
- 1957 - George F. Carrington '29 (Athletics), Milton Noble '33 (Business), Louis Thibodeau '12 (Education), & Mason Trupp, M.D. '33 (Medicine)
- 1956 - Howard Corddry '08 (Engineering), Rodney Crowther '18 (Journalism), Melvin B. Davis, M.D. '28 (Medicine), Edward Duffy '24 (Law), & Maude O. Hickman '00 (Civic Affairs)
- 1955 - Wendell D. Allen '31 (Law), Francis Beaven '25 (Science), Willard Davis '15 (Education), Jacob D. Rieger '28 (Civic Affairs), & Wesley L. Sadler '35 (Religion)
- 1954 - Joseph H. Freedman '36 (Religion), George W. Powell '02 (Business), Howard B. Owens '31 (Education), Pearl Griffin Stewart '05 (Civic Affairs), & Norwood W. Voss, M.D. '08 (Medicine)
- 1953 - Wade G. Bounds '22 (Business), Norman S. Dudley, M.D. '98 (Medicine), Louis L. Goldstein '35 (Government), William B. Nicholson '36 (Athletics), Ida Deane Plummer '99 (Education), George T. Pratt '36 (Education), & Phillip J. Wingate '33 (Science)
- 1952 - Jerome Frampton Jr. '29 (Public Service), William Robert Huey '08 (Banking), Loran Langsdale '10 (Business), Mary Grace Riggin '08 (Education), William Allan Robinson '30 (Engineering), William Houston Toulson, M.D. '08 (Medicine), Fred R. Wallace '17 (Athletics), & Blackiston Wroth '08 (Education)
Alumni Service Award
The Alumni Service Award recognizes dedicated alumni who have continually supported Washington College through the commitment of time, talent, and treasure. Begun in 1986 as a means of formally identifying and recognizing dedicated alumni, the Alumni Service Award is given annually to an alumnus who has provided outstanding and continued support to the College. Recipients have enthusiastically participated in the life of Washington College through personal involvement on leadership committees, association with the student body, and engagement of fellow alumni. Their selfless commitment of time and talent has been augmented by their willingness to enhance the financial welfare of the College.
- 2025 - Colleena Wiseman Calhoun '99
- 2024 - Lindsay Krieg Cram '00 and Glen Beebe '81 P'26
- 2023 - Eleanor Shriver Magee '93 and Albert J. A. Young '81
- 2022 - Lois A. Ireland '84 and Arian D. Ravanbakhsh '89
- 2021 - Ann Dorsey Horner '80 and John-Bruce Alexander '94 M'00
- 2019 - Judie Berry Barroll '88 M'91
- 2018 - Regis Antonin de Ramel '97
- 2017 - Edward Nordberg '82
- 2016 - Valarie Sheppard '86
- 2015 - Richard L. Creighton '73
- 2014 - Norris Commodore '73
- 2013 - Peter D. Maller '90 and John A. Conkling '65
- 2012 - Charles Covington '56
- 2011 - Kevin O'Keefe '74
- 2010 - George L. Buckless Jr. '69
- 2009 - Holt (Jay) Marchant '63
- 2008 - Barbara Townsend Cromwell '55
- 2007 - Karen A. Johnson '68
- 2006 - William Russell '53
- 2005 - Charles Waesche '53
- 2004 - Edward M. Athey '67 and Harry Rhodes '35
- 2003 - Thomas C. Crouse Jr. '59
- 2002 - Robert N. Cleaver '58
- 2001 - Trams Hollingsworth '75
- 2000 - Mackey Metcalf Dutton '51
- 1999 - Philip J. Wingate '33
- 1998 - Clare S. (Pat) Ingersoll '71
- 1997 - William B. Johnson '40
- 1996 - Anne E. Burris '48
- 1995 - Ann Hollingsworth McLain '40
- 1994 - Ralph R. Thornton '40
- 1993 - Elizabeth R. Thibodeau '36
- 1992 - Edward L. Athey '47
- 1991 - Betty Brown Casey '47
- 1990 - Dorothy Woodall Myers '24
- 1989 - Louis L. Goldstein '35
- 1988 - Charles B. Clark '34
- 1987 - Hilda Ott Micari '38
- 1986 - Alexander G. (Sandy) Jones '51
Horizon Ribbon Award
The Horizon Ribbon Award recognizes graduates of the last 15 years who are already leaving their mark through leadership, service, or scholarship. Established in 2009, the Alumni Horizon Ribbon Award was created as a means of formally identifying and recognizing outstanding alumni of the past 15 years.
- 2024 - Latoya Gatewood-Young '11
- 2023 - Cara Koontz '15
- 2022 - Rachel Glasser '11 and David Melnick '09
- 2021 - Mollie R. Binotto '07
- 2019 - Sean Rapelyea '08 (Political Science)
- 2018 - Adrienne Nash Melendez '05 (Sociology)
- 2017 - Minty Abraham Wade '04 (Political Science)
- 2016 - Brenna Nan Schneider '06 (International Studies/Economics) and Jessica Emanuel Spotswood '02 (English/Drama)
- 2015 - Jordan Yelinek '02 (Education)
- 2014 - Michael Scozzafava '02 (Environmental Conservation)
- 2013 - William J. Burke '00 (Agricultural Economics)
- 2012 - Karen DiLossi '98 (Theatre) and Tim Tawney '98 (Aerospace)
- 2011 - Rebecca Corbin Loree '00 (Business and Market Analysis)
- 2010 - Matthew P. Mullin '96 (Environmental Science)
- 2009 - Stephen K. Spotswood '99 (Theatre)