An Independent School • Grades 5-12

Lakeside/St. Nicholas Alum Association Distinguished Alum Award

The Distinguished Alum Award was first presented in 1971 to honor Lakeside and St. Nicholas alums who exemplify outstanding contributions to their professions or communities. Each year, recipients are selected by the Lakeside/St. Nicholas Alum Association and recognized at an Upper School assembly, where they share their story with current students.

Do you know a Lakeside or St. Nicholas alum doing amazing things in the world or someone who’s taken an unexpected path to an inspiring career? Nominate them for the Distinguished Alum Award using the form below!

Distinguished Alum Award Recipients

2025: Ronnie Cunningham '86

2024: Denise Moriguchi '94

2023: Bruce Bailey '59

2022: Ruth Kagi ’63

2021: Noah Bopp ’92

2020: Marjorie Liu ’96

2019: Lt. Col. Tim Curry ’94

2018: Emily Johnston ’81

2017: Kirk Johnson ’78

2016: Jim Olson ’58

2015: Tico McNutt ’75

2014: Celina Schocken ’91

2013: Maria Eitel ’80

2012: Dr. Frederic Moll ’69

2011: Matthew J. Griffin ’69

2010: Jane Carlson Williams ’60

2009: Joe Clark ’59

2008: Ann Scott Tyson ’77

2007: Anne Gould Hauberg ’35

2006: Stimson Bullitt ’37

2005: Tom Rona ’72

2004: Hal Foster ’73

2003: Maren Grainger-Monsen ’80

2002: William H. “Bill” Clapp ’59

2001: Priscilla “Patsy” Bullitt Collins ’38

2000: Steven R. Heard ’67

1999: Michael G. Shanahan ’58

1998: Margaret Schiff Enderlein ’41

1997: Craig O. McCaw ’68

1996: Mary E. Pugh ’77

1995: Charles M. Pigott ’47

1994: Mary Jane Anderson ’50

1993: Ken Levinson ’65

1992: Thatcher Bailey ’72

1991: Daniel Asia ’71

1990: Thomas J. Vassar ’68

1989: Anne Van Ness Farrell ’53

1988: James G. Talbot ’45

1987: Booth Gardner ’54

1986: Juanita Fisher Graham ’15

1985: William J. Bain, Jr. ’48

1984: Dale Douglas Mills ’48

1983: Howard S. Wright ’45

1982: Paul G. Allen ’71

1982: William H. Gates III ’73

1981: Nancy Skinner Nordhoff ’50

1980: Willard J. Wright ’32

1979: Alma Ballinger Calvert Bailey ’29

1978: Charles Spencer Clark ’29

1977: Toni Rembe Rock ’53

1976: David E. Skinner ’37

1974: John S. Holcenberg, M.D. ’52

1973: Hazard Adams ’43

1972: Prudence Lambuth Trudgian ’33

1971: Irving M. Clark, Jr. ’37

1971: Edward P. Ferry ’59

1971: Mary Lee Fiskin Griggs ’19

1971: Phillip G. Green ’24

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