Alumni Awards

This award is presented annually to a graduate of the last 20 years who has demonstrated exceptional achievement in their chosen field, commits to being gentle, generous, truthful, kind and brave and has made a commitment to bettering their community

2002 Ethan R. Zuckerman ‘89
2003 Suzanne H. Najman ‘86
2004 David A.Gelfman ‘85
2005 Jonathan M.Greenfield ‘93
2006 Michael D. Konner ‘91
2007 Valerie O. Ventura-Saadi ‘89
2009 Noah S. Coburn ‘97
2010 Kristin Carr ‘90
2011 Scott L. Schwartz ‘91
2012 Benjamin P. Wellington '98
2013 Lucas D. Cantor '99
2014 Russ Choma '99
2015 Tim Fitzsimons '06
2016 Poliana Coelho '03
2017 Alexandra Nemeth '07
2018 Rachel Jordan '04
2019 Jacqueline Maisonpierre '05
2021 Dr. Josh Fisher '07
2022 Andrew Testa, III '02

Presented to an Alumni whose selfless contribution to humankind most reflects the spirit of Wooster.

1976 Donald Schwartz ‘36
1977 Peter Fine ‘53
1978 John B. Coburn ‘31
1979 David M. Rudenstine ‘59
1980 John C. Beck ‘49
1981 Thomas B. Kennedy ‘60
1982 George G. Madsen ‘52
1983 Ronald J. Prokopy ‘53
1984 Sherwin Kibbe ‘36
1985 Edward F. Bishop ‘50
1986 James Hammer ‘63
1987 J. William Nystrom ‘47
1988 Andrew Sullivan ‘47
1989 David B. Golden ‘60
1990 Neil L. Rudenstine ‘52
1991 E. Taylor Harmon Jr. ‘63
1992 Michael C. Coburn ‘67
1993 John B. Cheeseman ‘57
1994 Robin Kahn ‘73
1995 Howard L Clark Jr. ‘62
1996 Stanley Elliot Gold ‘34
1997 Raymond John Wean ‘67
1998 Harry Brant Ayres ‘53
1999 Neil Marcus ‘65
2000 Thomas Wilcox ‘66
2001 Thomas Coburn ‘61
2002 Gordon Hall ‘42
2003 Christen Johansen ‘68
2004 Cyrus Mehri ‘79
2005 Arthur Burton ‘51
2006 Frederic Brandi ‘59
2007 Bernard Beal ‘72
2008 Robert H.B. Binnie ‘83
2009 Rhys Moore ‘74
2010 Alpheus Beane‘57
2011 Richard Clarkson '81
2012 William Seely III '85
2013 Michael Marcus '61
2014 Katie Cadigan '79
2015 Ned Sherrill '75
2016 Jay Young '64
2017 Caroline Blackwell '73
2018 Rick Fernandes '76
2019 Bob Epstein '63
2021 David Seeley '66
2022 Michael Grissmer '86

Given to a community member who has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to improving and enriching society and the lives of others..

2017 Tracy Chapman '82
2021 Maggie Jones
2022 Henry Cataldo