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Past Rider Alumni Award Recipients

  • 2023 – Holly A. Hempel ’96
  • 2022 – Robert A. Sikorski, MD ’79
  • 2021 – ​​Alfred S. ‘Rusty’ Hooker ’80
  • 2020 – Michael E. Charles ʼ78
  • 2019 – William Sheehy III ’69
  • 2018 – Meg M. Columbia-Walsh ’85
  • 2017 – Robert S. Schimek ’87
  • 2014 – Howard Cohen ’71
  • 2013 – Norman A. Brodsky ’64
  • 2012 – Edward F. Burke ’56
  • 2011 – Diane Turton ’69
  • 2010 – Thomas Marino ’69
  • 2009 – Gary J. Pruden ’83
  • 2008 – William M. Hartnett ’76
  • 2004 – Bernard Vonderschmitt ’81, ’95
  • 2002 – Joseph R. Jingoli ’57
  • 2001 – James R. Baugh ’72
  • 2000 – Rene de la Cruz ’65
  • 1999 – Michael J. Cadillo ’69
  • 1998 – Jeffery F. Pierfy ’65
  • 1997 – Walter L. Wahlen ’49
  • 1996 – Steven B. Kalafer ’71
  • 1995 – Dennis N. Longstreet ’69
  • 1994 – Norman A. Brodsky ’64
  • 1993 – Edward F. Burke ’56
  • 1992 – Diane Turton ’69
  • 1990 – Susan Polis Schutz ’66
  • 1989 – Hon. Joseph A. Palaia ’49
  • 1988 – Jacob J. Myers ’41
  • 1987 – George H. Sands ’48
  • 1983 – Paul R. Roedel ’49
  • 1980 – Maj. Gen. Wilfred Menard ’40
  • 1977 – Richard R. Shinn ’38
  • 1975 – Thomas P. Dolan ’41
  • 1974 – Paul Haas ’34
  • 1973 – Richard F. Phelps ’63, ’64
  • 1972 – Benjamin Tyran ’44
  • 1969 – Harold Ray ’20
  • 1968 – Gilbert H. Kahn ’31
  • 1967 – Dr. Earl Poe Strong ’30
  • 1966 – Anthony V. Marano ’49
  • 1965 – Bernard B. Isaacson ’38
  • 1994 – Richard Moynihan ’60
  • 1993 – Robert K. Waters ’65
  • 1992 – Robert M. Valentini ’65
  • 1991 – Vincent E. Hoyer ’48

  • 2023 – David W. Molnar ’76
  • 2022 – Michele A. Powers ’84
  • 2021 – Victor Miranda ’99, ’01
  • 2020 – Laura V. Mitchell ʼ07
  • 2019 – Penelope Richardson Melchior ’82
  • 2018 – Eric M. Herr ’88
  • 2017 – Michael J. Hennessy ’82
  • 2016 – Kevin W. Doran ’78; Nicholas D. Stephan ’78
  • 2015 – Ursula Carthens Baker ’91
  • 2014 – Rosemarie Falcone Albanese ’62
  • 2013 – Joseph P. Teti ’65
  • 2012 – Wayne J. Canastra ’72
  • 2011 – Alan Sumutka ’72
  • 2010 – Helen Napoli Cabrera ’56
  • 2009 – E. Yvonne Baskerville ’74
  • 2008 – Ralph J. Anderson, Jr. ’81
  • 2004 – Gregory T. Steen ’84, ’89
  • 2002 – Robert J. Barrett ’63
  • 2001 – Kenneth M. Isky ’71; Karen G. Lewis ’80
  • 2000 – Richard Arndt ’60
  • 1999 – Joseph A. Casarella ’55
  • 1998 – David Waugh ’74
  • 1997 – David McCue ’78
  • 1996 – John Polomano ’76
  • 1995 – Dr. Walter A. Brower ’48
  • 1994 – Norman A. Brodsky ’64; Arnold C. Ropeik ’47
  • 1993 – Edward F. Burke ’56; William M. Rue ’69
  • 1992 – Diane Turton ’69; Nina Malone ’84
  • 1991 – Thomas J. McGrath ’55
  • 1989 – Robert B. Allen ’29
  • 1988 – Claire H. McGrath ’55
  • 1987 – Jacob J. Myers ’41
  • 1986 – Robert W. Kendall ’51
  • 1985 – Herbert R. Young ’50
  • 1980 – F. Russell Coleman ’42
  • 1976 – Eugene D. Badgley ’32
  • 1974 – Philip B. Brooks ’35
  • 1971 – Dr. George R. Hill ’32
  • 1970 – Charles J. Jensen ’30
  • 1969 – Edmund J. Dyjack ’34
  • 1968 – Andrew S. Hazelton
  • 1967 – William V. Sheehy ’46

  • 2023 – Gregory G. Owens ’76
  • 2022 – Frederick C. Kniesler ’70, ’73, ’80
  • 2021 – Dr. Amy E. Stella ’00, ’20
  • 2020 – Betsabe Z. Castro ’05, ’08
  • 2019 – John A. Dalesandro ’87
  • 2018 – Warren E. Moore ’05
  • 2017 – Col. Kenneth J. Tozzi ’84
  • 2016 – Melda L. Grant ’96
  • 2014 – Wanda Jones Rogers ’79
  • 2013 – Col. Roger E. Carey ’80
  • 2012 – Lt. Col. Joseph C. Shusko ’78
  • 2011 – Lance Elder ’70
  • 2010 – Lewis Rosenblum ’73
  • 2009 – Maj. Mark E. Slusher ’90
  • 2008 – Joan C. Mazzotti ’76
  • 2004 – Will P. Stephens ’75

  • 2023 – Edward J. Butler ’86
  • 2022 – Tabari A. Sturdivant ’95
  • 2021 – Dr. Deborah Gladden Haskins ’81, ’84
  • 2020 – Dr. Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan ʼ90
  • 2019 – LTC. Justin Blum ’75
  • 2018 – Col. Donald Williams, II ’80

  • 2023 – James J. Vasil ’14
  • 2022 – Jennifer N. Sorensen ’12
  • 2021 – Kaitlin Rust ’16
  • 2020 – Gina Grosso ’11
  • 2019 – Hunter Morgen ’16
  • 2018 – Joshua P. Veltrie ’11
  • 2017 – Nico E. Tramontana ’10
  • 2016 – Allyson Watson ’10
  • 2015 – Robert Behnke ’06, ’07
  • 2014 – Gregory Lorjuste ’04
  • 2013 – Nicholas A. Ballasy ’08

Past WCC Alumni Award Recipients 

2019

Dr. Gerald S. Custer ’75 – Alumni Merit Award

Darren N. Dailey ’89 – Alumni Merit Award

Timothy L. Hall ’80, ’89 – Alumni Merit Award

P. Randolph Hill – Westminster Service Award

Phyllis Lehrer – Westminster Merit Award

Laura Brooks Rice – Williamson Medal

2018

Dr. Joseph Beck ’59 – Alumni Merit Award

Dr. Mark DeMareo ’78 – Alumni Merit Award

Howard McMorris – Westminster Service Award

2017

Diane Triplett Biser ’67 – Alumni Merit Award

Larry Biser ’65 – Alumni Merit Award

Glenn Miller ’77 – Alumni Merit Award

James Chidester ’57, ’58 – Alumni Service Award

2016

Mallorie Chernin ’78 - Alumni Merit Award

Glenn Miller ’77 – Alumni Merit Award

Eric D. Plutz ’89 – Alumni Merit Award

2015

Mordechai Rozanski– Williamson Medal

Laquita Mitchell ’99– Alumni Merit Award

John Romeri ’74 – Alumni Merit Award

2014

Robert Annis – Williamson Medal

Lynnel Jenkins ’94 – Alumni Merit Award

Rosephanye Dunn Powell ’87 – Alumni Merit Award

Julia Kemp-Rothfuss ’66 – Alumni Merit Award

2013

John Walker ’73 – Alumni Merit Award

Ron Melrose MM ’90 – Alumni Merit Award

Jane Shaulis – Westminster Merit Award

2012

Donald J. Nally ’87 – Alumni Merit Award

Patricia Buchholz Guth ’81 – Alumni Service Award

Louise Hall Beard ’71 – Westminster Service Award

2011

Dr. Charles H. Schisler – Williamson Medal

Kiera Duffy ’01, ’03 – Alumni Merit Award

Dr. Steven E. Kreinberg ’76 – Alumni Merit Award

Patricia Witherell Matchette ’47 – Alumni Merit Award

Dr. Joseph G. Beck ’59 – Distinguished Alumni Service Award

2010

C.J. Sambach ’70 – Alumni Merit Award (posthumously)

Emily Magee ’87 – Alumni Merit Award

Blake Henson ’05 – Alumni Merit Award

John Burke ’40, ’41 – Distinguished Alumni Merit Award

2009

Joan Lippincott ’57, ’61 – Williamson Medal

2008

Richard Cummins ’58, ’62

Beth Pineo ’75

William Perrot ’75

James Kreger ’78, ’85

James McKeever ’48 – Distinguished Alumni Service Award

Robert Ivey ’58, ’59 – Distinguished Alumni Merit Award

2007

Eugene Wilson ’61 – Alumni Merit Award

Helene Schneidermann ’77 – Alumni Merit Award

Fred Elder ’57 – Alumni Merit Award

Sang-Soo Kuak MM ’57 – Distinguished Alumni Merit Award

2006

Jack Hill ’74 – Alumni Merit Award

Nancy Maultsby ’86 – Alumni Merit Award

Mary McCleary ’41 – Distinguished Alumni Merit Award

John Collins III ’74 – Talbott Award

2005

Daniel Beckwith ’77, ’79 – Alumni Merit Award

2004

Joseph Flummerfelt – Williamson Medal

2003

Lee Dettra ’63 – Alumni Merit Award

Kathleen Ebling-Thorne ’85 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert Annis – Westminster Service Award (non-Alumnus)

2002

Marvin Burke ’57 – Alumni Merit Award

Melvin Olson ’60 – Alumni Merit Award

Doris Yarick-Cross ’52, ’55 – Alumni Service Award

2001

J. Barton Luedeke – Williamson Medal

Linda Applegate – Westminster Service Award (non-Alumna)

2000

Allen Crowell ’59 – Williamson Medal

Janet Moll Hermany ’55 – Alumni Merit Award

Daniel Hermany ’55 – Alumni Merit Award

Christine Crawley Bass ’75 – Alumni Merit Award

Harold Pysher ’75, ’78 – Alumni Service Award

Josalee Morrell Birchfield ’55, ’78 – Alumni Service Award

1999

Richard Frey ’67 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert Carwithen ’60 – Alumni Service Award

Eugene Roan ’56 – Alumni Service Award

Donald Allured – Westminster Merit Award (non-Alumnus)

Peter Wright – Westminster Service Award (non-Alumnus)

1998

Helen Kemp ’41 – Williamson Medal

John S. C. Kemp ’46 – Williamson Medal (posthumously)

Quentin Faulkner ’65 – Alumni Merit Award

Karen Lakey Buckwalter '74 – Alumni Merit Award

Michael Stairs '67 – Alumni Merit Award

Nancy Wicklund '70 – Alumni Service Award

Mickey Lazenby Gast '68 – Alumni Service Award

Joan Lippincott '57, '61 – Distinguished Alumni Merit Award

1997

Dennis Shrock '67 – Alumni Merit Award

James Waters '52 – Alumni Merit Award

Fred Buch '59 – Alumni Service Award

1996

William Payn '68 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert Rockabrand '59, '60 – Alumni Merit Award

Sara Turner Rockabrand '61 – Alumni Merit Award

George Vassos '52 – Alumni Merit Award

Lois Laverty '51 – Alumni Service Award

David Stanley York '46 – Alumni Service Award

1995

Mary Cheyney Gould '46 – Alumni Merit Award

Marvin Keenze '59, '60 – Alumni Merit Award

Glenn Parker '81 – Alumni Merit Award

Allen Crowell '59 – Alumni Service Award

1994

Charles Hausman '69 – Alumni Merit Award

Jennifer Larmore '80 – Alumni Merit Award

Joseph Colaneri '80 – Alumni Merit Award

John A. Davis '47 – Alumni Service Award

Thomas W. Purviance '74 – Alumni Service Award

1993

Inocencio Linhares '52 – Williamson Medal

Marian Reiff Craighead '43 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert Convery '80 – Alumni Merit Award

Michael Sylvester '73 – Alumni Merit Award

Reginald Lunt '43 – Alumni Merit Award

1992

Alfredo Silipigni '52 – Alumni Merit Award

W. Robert Morrison '51– Alumni Merit Award

Dorothyann Deininger Davis '46 – Alumni Merit Award

Martha Cook Davidson '75, '81– Alumni Service Award

1991

Virginia Cheesman '49 – Alumni Merit Award

G. Stanley Powell '51– Alumni Merit Award

William Fuller '50 – Alumni Service Award

Marjory Thomas Fuller '53 – Alumni Service Award

1990

LoRean Hodapp Powell '29 – Alumni Merit Award

1989

Richard Averre ’58 – Alumni Merit Award

Daniel Beckwith ’77, ’79 – Alumni Merit Award

Sergio Cardenas ’72, ’73 – Alumni Merit Award

Sue Ellen Page ’71, ’81 – Alumni Merit Award

1988

Nancy Stone Wehr ’56 – Alumni Merit Award

Barbara Owen ’55 – Alumni Merit Award

Else E. Farr ’47 – Alumni Merit Award

Mary J. Renneckar Mathis ’72 – Alumni Service Award

Donna Plasket Cable '71, '83 – Alumni Service Award

1987

Dorothy Maynor Rooks '35 – Williamson Medal

Elizabeth Stanley Evans '48 – Alumni Merit Award

Ray Evans '48 – Alumni Merit Award

Kathryn Phillips Stephenson '57 – Alumni Merit Award

William Stephenson '59 – Alumni Merit Award

Harriet Canfield Richmond '67 – Alumni Merit Award

Wayne Richmond '66 – Alumni Merit Award

Phyllis Stevens Miller '51 – Alumni Merit Award

John Miller '52 – Alumni Merit Award

Mildred Newman Downer '54 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert Downer '54 – Alumni Merit Award

Charles Frost '73 – Alumni Service Award

David Scott '67 – Excellence in Teaching Award

1986

Constance Fee '71 – Alumni Merit Award

Greg Funfgeld '76 – Alumni Merit Award

Maria Fausti de Bastos – Excellence in Teaching Award

1985

Eugene Roan '56 – Alumni Merit Award

Gilbert Monroe Martin '68 – Alumni Merit Award

Donald L. Clapper '54 – Alumni Merit Award

Janice Silcox Bonge '55 – Alumni Service Award

1984

Doris Yarick-Cross '52 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert Ivey Jr. '56, '58 – Alumni Merit Award

Julia Perry '47 – Alumni Merit Award (posthumously)

H. Ward Bedford '33 and Molly Bates Bedford '29 – Special Award

1983

David Agler '70 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert J. Carwithen '60 – Alumni Merit Award

William Trego '53 – Alumni Merit Award

John and Helen Kemp '41 – Special Service Award

1982

Lois Laverty '51 – Alumni Merit Award

John T. Burke '40 – Alumni Merit Award

Inocencio Linhares '52 – Alumni Service Award

1981

Thurston J. Dox '50 – Alumni Merit Award

James H. Litton '56 – Alumni Merit Award

Gregory Todd Dillon '84 – Alumni Service Award

Virginia Kondakjian Kavalgian '55 – Alumni Service Award

1980

Steven P. Sharp '65 – Alumni Merit Award

David S. York '46 – Alumni Merit Award

Jean Morris Kreitzer '43 – Alumni Service Award

1979

Carl H.P. Dahlgren ’54 – Alumni Merit Award

Jamesena McMahan Edwards ’35 – Alumni Merit Award (posthumously)

Carlette Mueller Winslow ’40 – Alumni Service Award

Dorothy Grundfelder ’78 – Alumni Service Award

1978

Mary Krimmel ’33 – Alumni Merit Award

Frank A. McKinley ’40 – Alumni Merit Award

Catherine Fowler Payn ’68 – Alumni Service Award

Philip R. Frowery ’66 – Alumni Service Award

1977

Diane Curry '60 – Alumni Merit Award

Warren Martin '36 – Alumni Merit Award

Inocencio Linhares '52 – Alumni Service Award

1976

Wilfred Bain '31 – Alumni Merit Award

1975

Ross Rosazza '49 – Alumni Merit Award

Joan H. Lippincott '57 – Alumni Merit Award

Edward Moyer '42 – Alumni Merit Award

James McKeever '48 – Alumni Service Award

1974

Janice M. Harsanyi '51 – Alumni Merit Award

Harold V. Hedgpeth '31 – Alumni Merit Award

Emma Binns Bercaw '43 – Alumni Service Award

1973

Ruth Gogan S. S. – Alumni Merit Award

Ruth Baumgartner '29 – Alumni Merit Award

John Baumgartner – Alumni Merit Award (posthumously)

1972

H. Ward Bedford '33 – Alumni Merit Award

Theos E. Cronk '36 – Alumni Merit Award (posthumously)

Robert Simpson '51 – Alumni Merit Award

LoRean Hodapp Powell - Pin and Honorarium

1971

Allen Crowell, Jr. '59 – Alumni Merit Award

David Fetler '50 – Alumni Merit Award

Herbert Pate '32 – Alumni Merit Award

1970

Virginia Babikian Stein '51 – Alumni Merit Award

James C. McKeever '48 – Alumni Merit Award

Gustave A. Lehmann '29 – Alumni Merit Award

William Fuller '50 – Alumni Merit Award

1969

John Milton Kelly ’30 – Alumni Merit Award

Thomas Hilbish ’48 – Alumni Merit Award

Mary Clark Anderson ’33 – Alumni Merit Award

James T. Richmond ’48 – Alumni Merit Award

1968

John Clough ’29 – Alumni Merit Award

Whitford Hall ’33 – Alumni Merit Award

Walter Johnson ’45 – Alumni Merit Award

Richard Brewer ’52 – Alumni Merit Award

Walter McIver ’37 – Alumni Merit Award

1967

James Berry ’49 – Alumni Merit Award

Robert Foulkes ’42 – Alumni Merit Award

George Krueger ’30 – Alumni Merit Award

Helen Hubbert Kemp ’41 – Alumni Merit Award

John S.C. Kemp ’46 – Alumni Merit Award

Dorothy Maynor Rooks ’35 – Alumni Merit Award

1966

Alice Hulbert Berman ’33 – Alumni Merit Award

William T. Rennackar ’49 – Alumni Merit Award

Margaret Compton Wetherson ’50 – Alumni Merit Award

Calvin Marsh ’42 – Alumni Merit Award

David Wehr ’56 – Alumni Merit Award

1965

John Davis ’47 – Alumni Merit Award

George Lynn ’38 – Alumni Merit Award

Charles Higgins ’33 – Alumni Merit Award

Cecil Stewart ’33 – Alumni Merit Award

1964

Adele Addison Berger ’46 – Alumni Merit Award

Elaine Isaacson Brown ’34 – Alumni Merit Award

Marvin Reecher ’38 – Alumni Merit Award

Herbert Huffman ’29 – Alumni Merit Award

Cecil Lapo ’41 – Alumni Merit Award

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