Distinguished Young Alumni Awards
Recognizing Our Distinguished Young Alumni Award Winners
Distinguished Young Alumni Award
Established in 1973 by the Alumni Board of Directors, and given at the discretion of the board, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes conspicuous contributions to Washington and Lee University, community service and personal and professional achievements. The honor was first bestowed in May 1974 and was expanded in 1994 to permit recognition of the university's younger alumni. The award affirms the university's finest traditions of leadership, responsibility and service.
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Past Winners
1994
John M. Cleghorn '84
Lee M. Hollis '86
1995
James E. Dunn Jr. '82
William R. Goodell '80L
1996
H. Powell Starks '83, '88L
1997
Bennett L. Ross '83
Robert K. Wittpenn '82
1998
Thomas J. McBride '88
Alexa A. Salzman '89
1999
Valerie A. Pierson '89
John E. Taylor III '84
2000
John M. Falk '86, '90L
B. Dallas Hagewood '90
2001
James F. Kull '94
2002
Andrew R. Caruthers '87
2003
Monika Jaensson Hussell '93L
2004
No awards given
2005
Katherine Boozer Boone '95
2006
Margaret Killebrew Grin '96
Michelle Lynne Milligan '96
2007
Alex M. Cross '95
Anthony J. Mazzarelli '97
2008
Brian J. Hooper '98
2009
W. Ansel Sanders '04
2010
David D. Foster '98
Juliet M. Bickford '00
2011
Clifford K. Holekamp '96
Jennifer R. Strawbridge '01
2012
Stacy McLoughlin Taylor '02
Kelly N. Evans '07
2013
Jane Ledlie Batcheller '03, '08L
Paul S. Trible III '03
2014
Grace Andrews '09
Kevin Coppersmith '04
2015
Brent C. Beshore '05
Emily Wolfing Tunis '05
Kiersten T. Salander '05
W. Thomas Worthy '05
2016
Lyndsay E. Polloway '06
Charles R. Yates, III '06, '10L
2017
John Bovay '07
Kaylee Hartung '07
Rob Rain '07
2018
Andrew McEnroe '08
Lauren Rudolph '08
2019
Hunter Branstetter '09
John Christopher '09
2020
Katie Sinks Baird '10
Marquita Robinson '10
2021
Yuan Liu '11
Caroline Bovay Meric '11
2022
Shiri Yadlin ’12
John Grigsby ’12
2023
Kathryn Stewart Gragg ’13
Wayde Marsh ’13
Camie Carlock McKee ’13
2024
Alvin G. Thomas ’14
Anna Thomas ’14
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