Alumni Association Award of Merit Winners

Criteria: An Award of Merit in the form of a written scroll may be made annually by the President of the Alumni Association and presented by the President thereof, or his/her nominee, on Homecoming day at the College to an alumnus/na of the College for distinguished and meritorious service to the United States, or to his/her native state, or to St. John’s College; or for outstanding achievement within his/her chosen field.

In 1970, the Board of Directors voted to make "not more than three” awards each year. Awards have been made to graduates, non-graduates, and honorary alumni.

• 1950 - Dr. Amos Francis Hutchins ’06
• 1951 - John Vincent Jamison ’05
• 1952 - Adm. Lynde D. McCormick ’13
• 1953 - Robert Otis Jones ’16
• 1954 - John Triplett Harrison ’07
• 1955 - William Lentz ’12
• 1956 - Dr. Thomas Parran ’11
• 1957 - Dr. Thomas Bourne Turner ’21
• 1958 - Walter Scott Baird ’30
• 1959 - Gen. William Childs Purness ’23
• 1960 - Dr. J. Ogle Warfield, Jr. ’19
• 1961 - Robert Franklin Duer, Jr. ’21
• 1962 - Richard Herman Hodgson ’06
• 1963 - No award given
• 1964 - Col. C. Carey Jarman ’17
• 1965 - Brig. Gen. Wm. Cranmer Baxter ’23
• 1966 - John Charles Donohue ’35
• 1967 - John Wesley Noble ’17
• 1968 - Maj. Gen. George Gelston ’35
• 1969 - Dr. Louis L. Snyder ’28
• 1970 - Philip Langon Alger ’12
  Gen. Alfred Houston Noble ’17
  Luther Stitt Tall ’21
• 1971 - William B. Athey ’32
  Edward J. Dwyer ’30
  Paul Mellon ’44
• 1972 - Paul Landon Banfield ’23
  Miriam Strange ’60HA
  Myron Lee Wolbarsht ’50A
• 1973 - Col. Robert E. Jones ’09
• 1974 - John D. Alexander ’20
  The Hon. Benj. Michaelson, Sr. ’12
  Ernst O. von Schwerdtner ’17
• 1975 - Col. Thomas W. Ligon ’16
• 1976 - Fred J. Bielaski ’16
  Julius Rosenberg ’38
• 1977 - Dr. David Dobreer ’44A
  Bernard F. Gessner ’27
  Robert A. Goldwin ’50A
• 1978 - Victor G. Bloede ’41A
  Cdr. Elmer M. Jackson, Jr. ’27
  Bryce D. Jacobsen ’42A
• 1979 - Richard D. Weigle ’49 HA
• 1980 - Walter F. Evers ’35
  Thomas Parran, Jr. ’42A
• 1981 - The Hon. Matthew Strohm Evans ’31
  William B. Matthews, Jr. ’34
• 1982 - Charles A. Nelson ’45A
  Capt. Edward F. Lathrop ’38
• 1983 - Ray C. Cave ’48A
  Thomas K. Simpson ’50A
  Rev. J. Winfree Smith ’80 HA
• 1984 - Robert S. Bart ’57 MA
  Francis S. Mason ’43A
• 1985 - Allan P. Hoffman ’49A
• 1986 - James H. Frame ’50A
• 1987 - Barbara H. Leonard ’55HA
  Vernon E. Derr ’44A
  Dr. Thomas Bourne Turner ’21
  Robert Neidorf ’83HS
  Robert D. Sacks ’54A
• 1988 - Jac Holzman ’52A
  Thomas M. Carnes ’52A
  Charles G. Bell ’83HS
  Curtis A. Wilson ’83HA
  Jermey P. Tarcher ’53A
  John Van Doren ’47A
• 1989 - The Hon. Adolph W. Schmidt ’87HA
  Mary Bittner Goldstein ’58A
• 1990 - William A. Darkey ’42A
  John L. Williams ’50A
  Jack Ladd Carr ’50A
• 1991 - Clarence J. Kramer ’46A
  John D. Oosterhout ’51A
  Sharon Bishop ’65A
• 1992 - Anthony James Carey ’67A
  Charlotte Fletcher ’69HA
  David B. Rea ’49A
  Warren Winiarski ’52A
• 1993 - Mara Robinson ’83SGI
  Peter Davies ’48A
• 1994 - Henry Clay Smith ’34
  Ahmet Ertegun ’44A
• 1995 - Gerald Peters ’70S
  William Goldsmith ’45A
  Rogers Albritton ’45A
  Chris Nelson ’70S
  Rina Swentzell ’70SGI
• 1996 - Rick Lightburn ’76S
  Barbara Lauer ’76S
  Travis Price ’71S
  Peter Weiss ’46A
  Jonathan Zavin ’68A
  Harvey Goldstein ’59A
• 1997 - Tom Stern ’69S
  Lynda Myers ’72S
  Roland Bailey ’35
  George Van Sant ’47A
  Martin Dyer ’52A
  William Tilles ’59A
• 1998 - Robert Hampton ’73S
  Stewart Greenfield ’53A
  Tom Geyer ’68A
• 1999 - Benjamin Haggard ’79S
  Paula Maynes ’77S
  Jeremy Leven ’64A
• 2000 - Glenda H. Eoyang ’76S
  Lawrence Clendenin ’77S
  Dana Densmore '65A
  William Donahue '67A
  Ronald Fielding '70A
  Edward Weinberger '65A
• 2001 - A.T. Michael MacDonald ’76S
  Thomas Williams ’51A
  Warren Spector '81A
• 2002 - Peggy A. Jones ’94SGI
  Stephanie Forrest ’77SF
  Candace Brightman ’67A
  Howard Zeiderman, ’67A
• 2003 - David Krimins, ’63A
  William Ross ’47A
  Alfred Grant ’83SGI
  Eric Springsted, ’73SF
• 2004 - Charlotte King ’59A
  William Carter ’40A
  Michael Strong ’84SF
• 2006 - Everett Wilson, '56A
• 2007 - Jeffrey A. Bishop, '87HA
  Lovejoy R. Duryea, '67A
• 2008 - Dr. Henry Higman, '48A
  Peter McGhee, '55A
  Norman Levan, "68SGI
• 2009 - Leo Pickens, '78A
  Martin Andrews, '48A
• 2010 -Stephen Benedict, '47A, Stephen Forman, '70A, Robert Tzudiker, '75A
• 2011- Henry Robert III, A41; Pamela Sklar, A81
• 2012 -Margaret Winter, A66; Bryan Dorland, A92; Frank Murray, A60; Seth Cropsey, SF72; Susan Otto, S77; Christopher Isham, SF77