Brown School Awards of Distinction

Each year, we honor our remarkable alumni and friends who create positive change for people around the globe. We invite you to watch this year's virtual celebration. 

If you have questions or would like to nominate a deserving alum, please contact us at brown.alumni@wustl.edu.

2021 Awardees

Emerging Leaders

Jessica Eiland Anders, MSW '11 | Special Projects Manager, The Skillman Foundation
Lindy Drew, MSW/MPH '16 | Co-Founder and Lead Storyteller, Humans of St. Louis
Jillian Guenther, MSW '10 | Senior Vice Pres., Strategy & Employee Experience, U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation
Karl Guenther, MSW '10 | Assistant Vice Chancellor of Economic and Community Development, University of Missouri – St. Louis

Distinguished Alumni

Suzanne LeLaurin, MSW '96 | Senior Vice-President (retired), International Institute of St. Louis
Gwendolyn Moore, MSW '72 | Curator of Urban Landscape and Community Identity, Missouri Historical Society
Sally Panzer, MSW '00 | Lieutenant, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department
Melody Zhang, MSW '97 | Executive Director of China Foundation, Children’s Hope International

Dean's Medal

Edward and Elizabeth Lawlor
Shanti and Manora Khinduka

Distinguished Alumni Award, Past Recipients

To nominate a deserving alum, contact brown.alumni@wustl.edu.

2019

Sarah Hunter, MSW '08
Sharon D. Johnson, MSW '92, PhD '99, MPE '02
Michael B. Kaufman, MSW '77
Bruce D. Sowatsky, MSW '83

2018

Charita L. Castro-Gonzalves, MSW ’99
Donald M. Loppnow, MSW ’70
Nisha G. Patel, MSW ’98
Okpara Rice, MSW ’97

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

Emerging Leaders, Past Recipients

2019

Aaron Beswick, MSW/MPH '15
Daniel Sherling, MSW '12
Samantha Stangl, MSW '13
Lindsey E. Wise, MSW/MPH '10

2018

Daniel Davis, MSW ’11
Cora Faith Walker, AB ’06, MPH ’10

Distinguished Volunteer Award, Past Recipients

2018

Emily Gallop Coen, MSW ’96

2017

Susan O. Warshaw, MSW ’79
Henry D. Warshaw, AB ’76, MBA ’79

2015

Jerry Alpert, MSW ’60

Dean’s Medalists, Past Recipients

2018

Christine Jubel Homan, BSBA ’71

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