The Woodrow Wilson Award for Distinguished Government Service
Honors alumni who have brought credit to the university by their current or recently concluded distinguished public service as elected or appointed officials.
Award Recipients
* Year of award unknown
Hon - Honorary Degree
| Name | Affiliation/Title | Date of Award |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Abramson III | A&S '01 | 2020 |
| Beatrice Aitchison | A&S '29 |
1997
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| Madeleine Korbel Albright | SAIS '63 |
1995
|
| Zeid Raad Al-Hussein | A&S '87 |
2001
|
| Peter Allgeier | SAIS '72 |
*
|
| Alexis Bakos | Nurs '00 | 2016 |
| Torrey C. Brown | Med '61 |
2008
|
| R. Nicholas Burns | SAIS '80 |
2002 (W)
|
| Po-Ya Chang | BSPH '74 | 2017 |
| Aneesh Chopra | A&S '94 | 2014 |
| William Clinger | A&S '51 |
2006
|
| Alton B. Cobb | Med '54 |
2007
|
| Antonio Correia de Campos | BSPH '78 | 2016 |
| Molly Joel Coye | SPH '77 |
1993
|
| Chester Crocker | SAIS '65, '69 (PhD) |
2007
|
| Jeffrey Crowley | SPH '94 |
2010
|
| Nils M.P. Daulaire | SPH ’78 |
2011
|
| Kevin Davis | Ed '13 | 2016 |
| John DeMaggi | Engr '94 | 2017 |
| Martin Eichtinger | SAIS 'B'85 | 2019 |
| William Ferguson | Ed '07 | 2020 |
| Robert Ford | SAIS '83, A&S '80 | 2017 |
| Elizabeth J. Fowler | BSPH ’96 | 2018 |
| Marvin J. Garbis | Engr '58 | 2015 |
| Timothy Geithner | SAIS '85 |
2006
|
| Rhonda Glover | Ed ’02 | 2018 |
| Carl J. Goldberg | A&S '72 |
2007
|
| Lynn Goldman | SPH '81 |
1999
|
| Nancy Grasmick | Ed '80 EdD |
2004 (W)
|
| William S. Greenberg | A&S, '64 | 2013 |
| Marlene Haffner | SPH '91 |
2009
|
| John J. Hamre | SAIS '76, '78 (PhD) |
1999(S)
|
| Polly Hanson | Ed '96 (MS) | 2013 |
| Andrew P. Harris | A&S ’77, Med ’80, SPH ’95 |
2011
|
| Donald A. Henderson | SPH '60 |
1992
|
| Pendleton Herring | A&S '25, '28 (PhD), Hon '68 |
1999
|
| Ralph Hingson | A&S '69, BSPH '74 | 2019 |
| Sheng Mou Hou | SPH '98 |
2008
|
| Harry F. Hull | A&S '70, Med '73 |
2012
|
| Melissa Hyatt | Ed '09 | 2017 |
| Kuan-Teh Jeang | A&S '79, Med '82, '84 (PhD) |
2009
|
| Pauline Karikari-Martin | Nurs '99, BSPH '99 | 2020 |
| Marilyn Jean Keefe | SPH ’93 |
2011
|
| David Kessler | HS '82 |
1996
|
| Debra Knopman | Engr '87 |
2001 (Jan)
|
| Albert Koenders | SAIS '81 | 2016 |
| Carl Kupfer | Med '52 |
2000(S)
|
| Cathy L. Lanier | Ed '04 | 2014 |
| James A. S. Leach | SAIS '66 |
1998
|
| John A. Lepper | SAIS '59 | 2017 |
| Lester Martinez-Lopez | SPH '84 |
2004 (W)
|
| John McLaughlin | SAIS Bol '66 |
2005 (W)
|
| Aristides Melissaratos | Engr '66 |
2007
|
| Alefiyah Mesiwala | BSPH '10 | 2020 |
| The Honorable Christopher Meyer | SAIS Bol '66 |
2000(S)
|
| Kweisi Mfume | A&S '84 (MLA) |
1994
|
| Cameron Munter | A&S '78, '84 | 2019 |
| Irvin Nathan | A&S '64 | 2013 |
| Eric Noji | SPH '87 |
2003
|
| Antonia Coello Novello | SPH '82 |
1991
|
| Tara O'Toole | SPH '88 |
2010
|
| Devon C. Payne-Sturges | SPH '97, '02 |
2012
|
| Richard "Craig" Postlewaite | SPH '87 | 2014 |
| Clydette L. Powell | Med '76 |
2010
|
| William A. Reinsch | A&S '68, SAIS '69 | 2015 |
| Irma S. Rochlin | Nurs '45 |
2010
|
| Linda Rosenstock | Med '77, SPH '77 |
2002 (W)
|
| Diane E. Rowland | SPH '87 (ScD) |
2011
|
| Edward L. Rowny | Engr '37 |
1999
|
| Philip Russell | A&S '54 |
*
|
| Arturo Sarukhan | SAIS '91 | 2020 |
| Theodore M. Schad | Engr '39 |
1997
|
| Phyllis Schneck | Engr '93 | 2016 |
| Steven Schuh | Ed '05 (MS) | 2019 |
| Donald F. Schwarz | Med '81, BSPH '82 | 2015 |
| Susan B. Shurin | Med '71, HS '72 |
2010
|
| John Snow | A&S '88 |
2006
|
| Herbert Strauss | Bus '00, '02 | 2015 |
| Robert M. Summers | A&S '76 (MS), Engr '82 (PhD) |
2008
|
| Elizabeth Cuervo Tilson | Med ’93, ’96 | 2018 |
| Lauren Underwood | Nurs '09, BSPH '09 | 2019 |
| Linton Wells, II | Engr '73, A&S '75 |
2008
|
| Edward Wenk | Engr '40, '50 (PhD), Hon '89 | 2004 (W) |
| The Honorable Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. | SAIS '48 |
2000(S)
|
| Linda Tarr-Whelan | Nurs '69 |
2003
|
| Robert C. White | Ed '96 |
2015
|
| Robert O. Work | SAIS ’94 | 2018 |
| Dr. Leo Young | Engr '56 (MS), '59 (PhD) |
2000(S)
|
| Elias Zerhouni | Med '78 (PGF), HS '78 |
2005 (W)
|