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. 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.
2025
Reverends Nancy and Shelvis Smith-Mather ’98 and ’97
Sarah Hawkins Warren ’00
2024
Federico “Fred” Castellucci III ’03
Lisa Cooter Consiglio ’87
2023
Marc Lipsitch ’87
Claire Siobhan Sulmers ’99
2022
Lisa Borders ’75
Jimmy Wright ’68
2021
Kaki King ‘98
Steve Redd ‘75
2019
Lisa Branch ’86
Britt Cagle Grant ’96
Jack Halpern ’67
2018
Bobby Rashad Jones '97
Brittany Merrill Underwood '02
2017
Steven Frank '87
Stacey Davis Stewart '81
2016
Rear Admiral Martha Gray Herb '73
Linton S. Hopkins '85
2015
Helen Hallum Graham '57
F. Sheffield Hale '78
2014
Lawrence L. Gellerstedt III '74
Louise S. Sams '75
2013
Jim Durrett '75
Dorothy Addison Hutcheson '76
2012
Eleanor Ringel Cater '68
Bill Pressly '62
2011
Edie Fraser Oppenheimer '61
Clancy Ridley '60
2010
Patricia Thrower Barmeyer '64
Larry Fricks '68
2009
Amy Cates Lance '84
Danny Yates '68
2008
Hannah Storen Hicks '79
J. Hicks Lanier '58
2007
Tommy Hills '62
Nan Schwab Pendergrast '37
2006
Jane Cocke Black '63
F.T. "Tread" Davis '56
2005
Shuler Hensley '85
Dell Peek Rearden '60
2004
James H. Shepherd '69
Lisa Martin Tunnell '74
2003
Betsy Primm '61
Phil Saul '74
2002
Samuel B. Fuller '66
Susan Coltrane Lowance WS '51
2001
Florida Smith Ellis '61
Clark B. Howard '73
2000
Louise Staton Gunn '58
William C. Warren IV '72
1999
Bena Broyles Cates '57
William R. Mitchell Jr. '56
1998
James C. Kincaid '61
Susan M. Soper '64
1997
Arthur S. Booth '58
Sara Shadburn Chapman '76
1996
Douglas J. Hertz '70
Carol Brown Kauffmann '61
1995
Paul M. Pressly '60
Lucy Carpenter Vance '61
1994
Stephen T. Butler '68
Nancy Fraser Parker WS '48
1993
G. Scott Morris '72
Karen Johnston Vance '67
1992
Mason I. Lowance Jr. '56
Carolyn Cody McClatchey '65
1991
Catherine Rudder '65
Cyrus W. Strickler III '56
1990
Laurie Lee Humphries '62
1989
F. Taylor Branch '64
1988
Edith Primm '62
1987
Ivan Allen III '56
1986
Alana Smith Shepherd NAPS '47
1985
Randolph Whitfield Jr. '56