Brown School Awards of Distinction
Each year, we honor our remarkable alumni and friends who create positive change for people around the globe. To nominate a deserving alum, contact emiliefan@wustl.edu.
2018 Brown School Awards of Distinction
Distinguished Alumni
Charita L. Castro-Gonzalves, MSW ’99
Chief of the Research and Policy Division
Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
U.S. Department of Labor
Washington, DC
Donald M. Loppnow, MSW ’70
Retired Interim University President, Provost and Executive Vice President, and Professor Emeritus of Social Work
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI
Nisha G. Patel, MSW ’98
Executive Director
US Partnership on Mobility from Poverty
Washington, DC
Okpara Rice, MSW ’97
Chief Executive Officer
Tanager Place
Cedar Rapids, IA
Emerging Leaders
Daniel Davis, MSW ’11
Community Development Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
Cora Faith Walker, AB ’06, MPH ’10
State Representative
Missouri House District 74
St. Louis, MO
Distinguished Volunteer
Emily Gallop Coen, MSW ’96
Brown School Alumni Board
Washington University Alumni Board of Governors
Clark-Fox Policy Institute Advisory Committee
St. Louis, MO
Dean’s Medal
Christine Jubel Homan, BSBA ’71
Brown School National Council Member
St. Louis, MO
Betty Bofinger and George Warren Brown Award
G.A., Jr. and Kathryn M. Buder Charitable Foundation
St. Louis, MO
Distinguished Alumni Award, Past Recipients
To nominate a deserving alum, contact emiliefan@wustl.edu.
2017
Nikki Doughty, MSW ’14
Carl E. Josehart, AB ’84, MSW ’87
Evan M. Krauss, MSW ’09
Kathy Meath, MSW ’80
Gwendolyn Packnett, MSW ’80
Jean Cathcart Schultz, MSW ’46
2016
Jaime Bodden, MPH/MSW ’12
Sarah Kastelic, MSW ’97, PhD ’08
Andrea J. Palm, MSW ’96
Sherrill Wayland, MSW ’08
2015
Li-Chen Cheng, PhD ’95
Nicole T.S. Cortés, AB ’06, JD/MSW ’12
Diane McFarland, MSW ’83
COL (Ret) Jim Schlie, MSW ’67
Andrea L. Spray, MPH ’11
2014
Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, MSW ’69
Ian Anand Forber-Pratt, MSW ’09
Bethany Johnson-Javois, MSW ’02
Ryan Sterling, MPH/MSW ’11
Halbert Sullivan, MSW ’97
2013
Villie M. Appoo, MSW ’76
Elizabeth M. George, MSW ’96
Stephanie Malia Krauss, MSW ’08
Mickey Rosen, AB ’59, MSW ’61
Susan Dickens Schlichter, MSW ’76
2012
Mikki (Mary C.) Brewster, MSW ’71
Melissa Clyde, MSW ’07
Shannon L. Rudisill, MSW ’96
2011
Courtney Berg, MSW ’05
Barbara E. Flory, MSW ’96
Betul A. Ozmat, MSW ’87
Antoinette Temporiti, MSW ’88
Rebecca Kousky van Bergen, MSW ’06
2010
Reena Hajat Carroll, MSW ’05
J. Peter Roberto, MSW ’88
2009
Rita Montgomery Hollie, AB ’69, JD/MSW ’73
Barth A. Holohan III, MBA/MSW ’01
Sudha Nair, MSW ’91
2008
Ronda S. Connaway, MSW ’59, DSW ’64
Ruth R. Ehresman, MSW ’83
Michael E. Willis, AB ’73, MArch/MSW ’76
2007
Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, MSW ’87, PhD ’90
William A. McAllister, MSW ’51
Amy R. Rome, MSW ’75
2006
Alvin L. Schorr, MSW ’43
William F. Siedhoff, BS ’68, MSW ’73
Bernarda (Bernie) Wong, MSW ’68
2005
Rev. Cynthia S. Bumb, MSW ’83
Ruth Greene Richardson, MSW ’50
Frank S. Seever, AB ’52, MSW ’54
2003-2004
Tribute to Shanti K. Khinduka
2002
Phyllis Bigpond, MSW ’72
Daniel Glazier, MSW ’80, JD ’81
Lottie H. Wade, MSW ’75
2001
David L. Cronin, MSW ’60
Paula M. Gianino, MSW ’83
2000
Anthony Jenkins, MSW ’63
Ralph Koeppe, BSW ’51, MSW ’53
Nazneen S. Mayadas, DSW ’70
Stephen Rabinowitz, MSW ’81
Linda Rosenman, PhD ’76
1999
Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs, MSW ’56
Barbara Ann Richter, MSW ’81
Bernice Thompson, MSW ’60
1998
G. Lee Judy, MBA ’73, MA ’79, MSW ’80
Hans Mayer, BSBA ’57, MSW ’61
1997
Theresa Kaijage, MSW ’85
Ronda R. O’Farrell, MSW ’65
Sheldon D. Rose, MSW ’52
1996
Dolores Baja-Lasán, MSW ’59
Dianne F. Harrison, PhD ’76
John A. Morris, MSW ’78
Kathleen O’Brien, MSW ’72
1995
James O. Billups, DSW ’70
Phyllis A. Rozansky, MSW ’74
Toshio Tatara, MSW ’69
1994
Candyce Berger, AB ’72, MSW ’73
Evelyn Perlstein, MSW ’50
1993
Jean Neal, MSW ’76
Vu-Duc Vuong, AB ’72, MSW ’80, JD ’81
1992
Evelyn Bonander, MSW ’66
Susan S. Stepleton, MA ’73, MSW ’79
1991
Richard Hellan, MSW ’72
1990
Mary Taussig Hall, MSW ’38
1989
Pearlie Evans, MSW ’56
1988
George Eberle, MSW ’58
1987
Janice Wood Wetzel, BS ’72, MSW ’73, PhD ’76
1986
Leon Chestang, MSW ’61
1985
Edward Weaver, MSW ’61
1984 Virgil Carr, MSW ’68
1983
Margaret Schutz Gordon, AB ’43, MSW ’44
1982
David Rabinovitz, MSW ’47
Distinguished Volunteer Award, Past Recipients
2017
Susan O. Warshaw, MSW ’79
Henry D. Warshaw, AB ’76, MBA ’79
2015
Jerry Alpert, MSW ’60
Dean’s Medalists, Past Recipients
2016
Gene Kahn
2015
Carol McCarthy Duhme
2014
Dorothy J. Ogilvy-Lee, AB ’64, MSW ’67
2011
Sister Madonna Buder, AB ’52
2010
Dorothy R. Moog, BS ’43, OT ’43
2008
B.A. Bridgewater, Jr.
2007
David L. Cronin, MSW ’60
and Harriet K. Switzer
2006
Sima K. Needleman, MSW ’74
2001
E. Desmond Lee, BSBA ’40
2000
I.E. Millstone, BS ’27
1999
William and Elizabeth Danforth
1998
Richard F. Ford
1997
Lucy and Stanley Lopata, AB ’35
1996
Alvin Goldfarb, BSBA ’37
1995
Kathryn M. Buder
James Lee Johnson Jr. and Bettie S. Johnson
Roma Broida Wittcoff, BSBA ’45
