Distinguished Alumni Award
This award honors two alumni who have provided extraordinary service to the community or who have achieved outstanding personal, business, or professional success. Each recipient must be able to accept the award in person at Commencement. A man and a woman are chosen for the award. Graduates of North Avenue Presbyterian School, Washington Seminary, and The Westminster Schools are eligible to receive the award. Traditionally, current members of Westminster's Board of Trustees, faculty, and staff, as well as members of The Westminster Schools Alumni Association Governing Board, are not eligible.
Recipients
Induction | Alumna | Alum |
1985 | Randolph Whitfield, Jr. '56 | |
1986 | Alana Smith Shepherd NAPS '47 | |
1987 | Ivan Allen III '56 | |
1988 | Edith Primm '62 | |
1989 | F. Taylor Branch '64 | |
1990 | Laurie Lee Humphries '62 | |
1991 | Catherine Rudder '65 | Cyrus W. Strickler III '56 |
1992 | Carolyn Cody McClatchey '65 | Mason I. Lowance, Jr. '56 |
1993 | Karen Johnston Vance '67 | G. Scott Morris '72 |
1994 | Nancy Fraser Parker WS '48 | Stephen T. Butler '68 |
1995 | Lucy Carpenter Vance '61 | Paul M. Pressly '70 |
1996 | Carol Brown Kauffman '61 | Douglas J. Hertz '70 |
1997 | Sara Shadburn Chapman '76 | Arthur S. Booth '58 |
1998 | Susan S. Soper '64 | James C. Kincaid '61 |
1999 | Bena Broyles Cates '57 | William R. Mitchell, Jr. '56 |
2000 | Louise Staton Gunn '58 | William C. Warren IV '72 |
2001 | Florida Smith Ellis '61 | Clark B. Howard '73 |
2002 | Susan Coltrane Lowance WS '51 | Samuel B. Fuller '66 |
2003 | Betsy Primm '61 | Phil Saul '74 |
2004 | Lisa Martin Tunnell '74 | James H. Shepherd '69 |
2005 | Dell Peek Rearden '60 | Shuler Hensley '85 |
2006 | Jane Cocke Black '63 | F.T. "Tread" Davis '56 |
2007 | Nan Schwab Pendergrast WS '37 | Tommy Hills '62 |
2008 | Hannah Storen Hicks '79 | J. Hicks Lanier '58 |
2009 | Amy Cates Lance '84 | Danny Yates '68 |
2010 | Patricia Thrower Barmeyer '64 | Larry Fricks '68 |
2011 | Edie Fraser Oppenheimer '61 | Clancy Ridley '60 |
2012 | Eleanor Ringel Cater '68 | Bill Pressly '62 |
2013 | Dorothy Addison Hutcheson '76 | Jim Durrett '75 |
2014 | Louise S. Sams '75 | Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III '74 |
2015 | Helen Hallum Graham '57 | Sheffield Hale '78 |
2016 | Rear Admiral Martha Gray Herb '73 | Linton S. Hopkins '85 |
2017 | Stacey Davis Stewart '81 | Steven Frank '87 |
2018 | Brittany Merrill Underwood '02 | Bobby Rashad Jones '97 |