The Distinguished Alumnus/a Award

The Distinguished Alumnus/a Award honors alumni who have typified the Johns Hopkins tradition of excellence and brought credit to the University by their personal accomplishment, professional achievement, or humanitarian service.

Award Recipients

* Year of award unknown
(W) - Winter
(S) - Summer
Hon - Honorary Degree
P - Posthumous

A-E  F-K  L-R  S-Z

Name Affiliation/Title Date of Award
Henry D. Abraham Med '67 2017
H. Garrett Adams SPH '77
2012
Kokila K. Agarwal BSPH '90, '94 (PHD)
2012 (W)
Vinod K. Agarwal Engr '77
2007
Hewes D. Agnew Med '63
2009
Peter Agre Med '74
2005 (W)
Hareb L. Al-Darmaki SAIS B'75, '76 2019
Tara Allmen A&S '86 2020
Walter G. Amprey ED '77
2012
Virginia Arnold Nurs '35
*
John Astin A&S '52
1999
Hideyasu Aoyama SPH '69
2010
Rebecca A. Aslakson BSPH '13, Med Faculty 2017
Robert Austrian A&S '37, Med '41
1970
Samuel Asper Med '40
1979
Mary Ellen Avery Med '52
*
Richard Axel Med '71
2000(S)
Robert Babb A&S '77 2015
Eric Baer A&S '53 (MA), Engr '53, '57 (PhD)
1979
Zuill Bailey Peab '94 2014
Benjamin M. Baker, Jr. Med '27
1996
Russell W. Baker A&S '47, Hon '83
1979
Susan Baker SPH '68
1996
Jane W. Ball Nurs '69 (Cert), '74, SPH '78, '80 (DrPH)
2010
B. Michael Baltzell Engr '71 2013
Abbey and Rani Bang  BSPH '81 2016
Reginald Bannerman Nurs '97, '03 2020
Sanju Bansal Engr '90 2017
Ruth Barnard Nurs '58 2019
Seymour Baron Engr '44, '47
2012
Robert Barbera Engr ’74, ’78 2018
Jeremiah Barondess Med '49, HS '51
*
Manuel Barrueco Peab '75
2004(W)
John Barth A&S '51, '52 (MA)
*
Phillips V. Bradford Engr '62
2012
Kenneth Christopher Beard Med ’90 2018
Diane Demarest (M.) Becker Nur '64, '78, SPH '79, '84 (PhD)
2008
Michael Becker Engr '69 2020
Camilla P. Benbow A&S '77, '79 (MA), Ed '80 (MS), '81 (EdD)
2008
Richard G. Bennett Med '82
2009
Joanne Berger-Sweeney BSPH '89 2015
Kenneth I. Berns Med '66, A&S '60, '64 2015
David H. Bernstein A&S '57
1999 (S)
Theodore Bickart Engr '57, '58 (MS), '60 (PhD)
2003
Donald S. Bittinger Engr '32
1969
Shelly Blake-Plock Ed 2005 2022
Morton K. Blaustein A&S '50
1976
Lewis Bluemle A&S '43, Med '46, Hon '90
2004(W)
Wolf Blitzer SAIS '72
1999
Michael R. Bloomberg Engr '64
1995
Gerald P.Bodey Med '60, '62
2012
Paula E. Boggs A&S '81
2009
Julia Bolton Nurs '61 2013
Andrew J. Bozzelli Engr '53
2000(W)
William Bowles Engr '60
2006
John W. Brantigan Med '70
2009
Joel Braunstein Bus '03 (Cert), '04 (MBA), Med '03 (PGF)
2010
Randolph W. Bromery A&S '68
1993
Patrick E. Brookhouser  Med '66
2009
L. Michael Brunt Med '80 2020
Charles S. Bryan Med '67, A&S '64 2015
Esther L. Bush Ed '78 2017
John L. Cameron Med '62, '68 (PGF)
2010
Robert M. Campbell, Jr A&S ’73
2011
Andrew G. Cappucino  Engr '84 2014
Robert Carr BSPH '85, '86 2020
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr. HS '78, '83
2007
Carlos Castillo-Salgado BSPH '81, '88, Faculty 2017
J. Julian Chisolm Med '46
1998
Benjamin R. Civiletti A&S '57
1990
James C. Cobey Med '69, SPH '71
1999(S)
George W. Comstock SPH '56 (PhD)
1992
Sydney M. Cone A&S '25
1968
Denton A. Cooley Med '44, HS '50
1971
Denice Cora-Bramble Bus '99 (Cert), '03, (MBA)
2009
David Cordish A&S '60, '69 (MLA)
2001 (Jan)
Richard Ben Cramer A&S '71
2002 (W)
James Cricchi Engr '60 2016
L. Gordon Croft Engr '56
2006
Pedro Martin Cuatrecasas Med Fellow and Faculty Member
2000(S)
Colleen T. Cutliffe BSPH '04 2019
Matthew S. Daimler Engr '99 2015
Chi Van Dang Med '82, '85
2012
Worth B. Daniels Med '48
2000(W)
Nils M.P. Daulaire SPH '78
2005 (W)
Nancy E. Davidson Med' 82 (PGF)
2009
Carolyne K. Davis Nurs '54
1981
Mark Davis A&S ’74 2018
Gilbert F. Decker Eng '58
2008
John B. DeHoff A&S '35, Med '39, SPH '67
1980
J. Raymond DePaulo, Jr. Med 1972 2022
Caleb Deschanel A&S '66
2004(W)
William Diamond A&S '37, '42 (PhD)
2008
Dennis Doherty A&S 1977 2022
Nathaniel J. Dominy A&S '98 2017
Barbara Donaho Nurs '56
1991
Virginia Dunbar Nurs '23
*
Lisa M. Dunkle Med ’72
2011
J. Brian Eby A&S '18, '22 (PhD)
1979
Lynn Eckert SPH '73, '81 (DrPH), Med '75 (PGF)
2010
Hermann F. Eilts SAIS '47
1980
Jessica P. Einhorn SAIS '70
1995
Mary A. Engle Med '45, HS '47, Med '48 (PGF)
2002
Nancy B. Esterly Med '60, HS '63, Med '67 (PGF)
2007
Walter Ettinger, Jr. Med '78 2014
Robert Evans A&S '54
2001 (Jan)
David B. Fankhauser A&S '71
2009
Roger C. Faxon A&S '71
2012
Rashi Fein A&S '48, '56 (PhD)
1999
David Feinberg Bus ’00 2018
Charlotte Ferencz SPH '70
2001 (Jan)
Gary S. Firestein Med '80
2012
John H. Fishcher Ed '40
1971
K. Elise Fitzpatrick Bus '50
1980
M. Louise Fitzpatrick Nur '63
2008
Charles Flagle Engr '40, '54 (MS), '55 (PhD)
2000(W)
Robert W. Fogel A&S '63
2000(W)
W. Byron Forbush A&S '51
1998
Arthur G. Foster Engr '50
1977
Martin E. Fraenkel SAIS '84, SAIS-Bol '83 2017
John Freccero A&S '52, '53 (MA), '58 (PhD)
2008
Earle S. Freedman Engr ’50
2011
Alan E. Freeland A&S '61 2014
John Freeman Med '58
2006
David Frey SAIS '95 2016
Marvin Friedman A&S '32
1980
James F. Fries Med '64, '68 (PGF)
2010
F. Charles Froelicher A&S '49
2008
Debra Furr-Holden BSPH 1999, A&S 1996 2022
David C. Gakenheimer Engr '65
2009
Darrell Gaskin BSPH 1995 2022
Nicole Gaudelli A&S 2013 2022
Helene D. Gayle SPH '81
2002 (W)
John P. Gearhart Med '82
2009
Pearl S. German SPH '72
1998
John Geyer Engr '43
1980
Jessica Gill Nurs '07 2016, 2018
Nancy E. Glass Nurs '94, '96, Faculty 2017
George G. Glenner A&S '49, Med '53
1993
Gena D. Glickman Ed '76 (MS)
2009
Earnest F. Gloyna Engr '53
1993
Solomon W. Golomb A&S '51
2002 (W)
Julie E. Goodman BSPH '00, '02 2015
Céline Gounder  BSPH 2000, PGF 2007 2022
Siew Lee Grand-Clement Nurs 2006 2022
Nancy S. Grasmick Ed '75 (Cert), '80 (EdD)
1992
Philip S. Green Engr '58
2009
William S. Greenberg A&S '64
2010
Paul Greengard A&S '53
2001 (Jan)
Michael D. Griffin A&S '71, Engr '83 (MS)
2007
Arthur Grollman Med '59 2016
Susan R. Guarnieri  SPH ’69 2011
Duane J. Gubler BSPH '69 2020
Paul Gurbel A&S 1979, PGF 2007 2022
Corbin Gwaltney A&S '43
1979
Norman Hackerman A&S '32, '35 (PhD)
1982
Willard Hackerman Engr, '38
2001 (April)
Jacob L. Hain A&S '23
1971
Roger J. Hajjar Engr ’86
2011
Elmer E. Huerta BSPH '92 2015
Allyson Hughes Handley Ed '75 (MEd), '78 (EdD)
2010
Robert Hall Engr '55 2016
Paul A. Harper SPH '47
1980
Louis R. Harlan A&S '55
1985
Isabella Harrison Med '38
2004(W)
Timothy S. Harrison Med, '53
2000(S)
A. McGehee Harvey Med '34
1996
Charles E. Hastings Engr '35
1963
Elizabeth D. Hay Med '52
2005 (W)
Jiang He SPH '96
2008
David B. Hellmann Med '77 2013
Donald A. Henderson SPH '60
1982
Martha N. Hill Nurs '64
1997
F. Norman Hillis III Ebgr '56 2013
Marc Hochberg Med '73 2014
Gertrude J. Hodges Nurs' 59
2009
Alan Hofmann A&S '52, Med '55 2019
Charles Homcy Med ’73, A&S ’70, Trustee 2018
Leroy Hood Med '64
1994
Karen N. Horn A&S '72 2013
Walter C. Houck Bus '54
1976
William Howard A&S '59
2001 (Jan)
Ralph H. Hruban Med '85 2013
Myint Htwe BSPH '92 2020
Min-Ho Huang BSPH '96 2020
Norden Huang Engr '67 2016
Albert D. Hutzler, Jr. A&S '37
1973
Thomas Inui BSPH '74, Med '69 2016
Shalon Irving BSPH '09 2019 (P)
Edwin B. Jarrett A&S '18, Med '22
1967
F. Suzanne Jenniches Eng. '79
2006
Allan D. Jensen A&S '65, Med '68, HS '74
2004 (W)
Richard James Johns Med '48
1994
G. Donald Johnston, Jr. SAIS '52
1982
Robert A. Johnston Med '19
1971
Georgeanna Seegar Jones Med '36, HS '38, '39
1997
Howard W. Jones, Jr. Med '35, HS '47
1997
Joanne Jordan Med ’81 2018
Stuart Kahl Ed '74, Med '69 2016
Kaumudi Kapoor Bus '97 2014
Michael S. Kappy A&S '61
1996
Kim Kashkashian Peab '73
2007
Kenneth Keller Engr '63 (MS), '64 (PhD)
1996
Thomas Kelly A&S '62, Med '65, '68 (PhD), Med '70 (PGF)
2004 (W)
Lee S. Kempler SAIS ’91
2011
J. Murray Kempton A&S '39
1981
Kevin Kenner Peab '86, '89 2019
Jeong Hun Kim Engr '82, '89 (MS)
1999
Eunice S. King Nurs '68 2019
Karungari "Karusa" Kiragu-Gikonyo SPH '91 2014
Michael Klag BSPH ’87, Former Dean 2018
Andrew S. Klein Med' 79, Bus' 99 (Cert), '02 (MBA)
2009
Rahmi Koc A&S '56
2006
Beth McCord Kobett Ed '92 (MS), EdD '16 2019
Louis V. Koerber Engr '49
1984
Arie Kopelman A&S '60
2003(S)
J. Barclay Knapp, Jr. A&S '79
1999(S)
G. Guy Knickerbocker Engr '54, '58, '70
1999
Morton Kramer A&S '34, '35 (MS), SPH '39 (PhD)
1991
Jason Kravitt A&S '69 2016
Robert H. Krieble A&S '39
1980
Alain Labrique BSPH ’99, ’07, Faculty 2018
Helen Jane Landon SPH '73
1979
Thomas W. Langfitt Med '53, HS '61
*
Margaret Larsen Margaret Larsen 2018
Jackie Lavigne BSPH '00 2016
Edward R. Laws Jr. Med '63
2010
Wei-Ping A. Lee Med '83, Med Faculty 2015
Joanne Leedom-Ackerman A&S '69
2007
Andrew Lees A&S '84, Med PGF '88 2019
Paul V. Lemkau Med '35, HS '40
1981
Gilbert V. Levin Engr '47, '48 (MS), '63 (PhD)
1996
Deborah A. Levy BSPH '97 2017
Samuel W. Lewis SAIS '54
1980
Freda C. Lewis-Hall A&S '76
2012
Marjorie Lewisohn Med '43
1977
Huan-Ying Li BSPH 2014
Kwok-Leung Li Engr '79
1999
Doris Keefe Lidtke Ed ’74 (MEd)
2011
Enoch Light A&S '26
1978
Abraham Lilienfeld A&S '41, SPH '49
1977
F. Pierce Linaweaver Engr '55, '65 (PhD)
1980
G. Allison Long, Jr. Engr '24
1979
William P. Longmire, Jr. Med '38, HS '54
1974
Jon Lorsch Med Faculty (Former) 2020
Bernard Lown Med '45
1990
Kenneth M. Ludmerer Med '72 (MA), '73
2000(S)
Mary G. Lynch A&S '76, Med '80 2020
Morton J. Macks Engr '44
2010
Richard Macksey A&S '53 (MA), '57 (PhD)
1999
Willis Crocker Maddrey Med '64
2008
Stephen P. Mahinka A&S '71 2017
John Malone Engr '64, '69
2005 (W)
Howard Mandel A&S '77 2015
Sir David Manning SAIS '72
2003(S)
Mark Markham Peab '84, '86, '91, Faculty 2016
Genevieve Matanoski Med '55, SPH '62, '64 (PhD)
2000(W)
Nikolas Matthes BSPH '98 2017
Maclyn McCarty A&S '57, '59 (MS), '60 (PhD)
*
Donna H. McCree SPH '87, '97 (PhD)
2012
Joseph M. McDaniel, Jr. A&S '24, '30 (PhD)
1974
Gail McGovern A&S '74
2000(W)
Nancy McKelvey Nur '64
2006
John E. McLaughlin SAIS Bol '66, SAID '66
2012
Victor A. McKusick Med '46
*
James M. McPherson A&S '63
2007
Carol M. Macht A&S '42 (MA), '45 (PhD)
1981
Thomas H. Maren Med '51
1998
John Meduri Bus '94, '00 2020
Aristides Melissaratos Engr '66
2001
Norman C. Melvin A&S '39
*
Bernard S. Meyer A&S '36
1980
Albert Mildvan Med '57
2006
Donna Mildvan Med ’67
2011
Charles A. Miller, Jr. A&S '40
1999(S)
Charles D. Miller A&S '49
2009
Merton H. Miller A&S '52
2000(W)
Redonda G. Miller Med '92, Bus '04 2013
William H. Miller A&S '50 (MA), Med '54
2001
Zhu Min A&S '91 (MA), '96 (PhD)
2007
W. Tabb Moore Med '59, HS '59, '63
1975
Jenny G. Morgan Bus '86 2015
John J. Moriarty A&S '72 2015
Edward Morse A&S 1963, SAIS 1966 2022
Patricia Morton Nurs '77 2015
Vernon B. Mountcastle Med '42, HS '43, Med '48 (PGF)
1997
Morton Mower A&S '55
2001 (Jan)
Debraj Mukherjee BSPH ’08 2018
Walter Murch A&S '65
2004 (W)
Frank B. Murray A&S '61 (MAT), '66 (PhD) 2013
Heather H. Murren A&S '88
2009
Joseph Nadol Med '70
2005 (W)
Khurram Nasir SPH '01, Med '07 (PGF) 2013
Brett D. Nelson BSPH '04, Med '05 2019
William Nelson Med '87, Faculty 2016
Katherine Nelson Nurs '36
*
Gemma New Peab 2011 2022
Isabel Studer Noguez SAIS '92, '99 2020
Olugbenga O. Obasanjo SPH '96, '99  
Keith L. Oberg SAIS '77 2014
Patrick W. O'Carroll Med '83, SPH '83 2013
Ralph S. O'Connor A&S '51
1975
Margaret E. O'Kane SPH '80
2012
Maria Oliva-Hemker Med 1986 2022
Jeffrey Olson Bus 2001 2022
Samuel J. Palmisano A&S '73
2003
Yih-Ho "Mike" Pao Eng '62
2008
Drew M. Pardoll Med '82, A&S '77 2015
John Jay Pecora Engr '38
1993
Karen B. Peetz Bus ’81 (MS)
2011
Pierre Perrin SPH '82
2004(W)
Henry Perry, III BSPH ’71, Faculty, Med ’74, A&S ’76 2018
Donna J. Petersen SPH ’84, ’89 (ScD)
2011
Erik R. Peterson SAIS '81
2010
Ronald R. Peterson A&S '70 2015
Kenneth J. Pienta Med '86, A&S '83, Med Faculty 2017
Percy Pierce ?
*
Percy Pierre Engr 1967 2022
James F. Pitts Engr '73, '77 (MS)
2012
Theodore O. Poehler Engr '56, '58 (MS), '61 (PhD)
2002 (W)
Matthew S. Polk A&S '71 2014
Edward L. Polochick Peab '78
2002 (W)
Keshia Pollack Porter BSPH ’06, Faculty 2018
Alan L. Powdermaker A&S '60
1985
Awadagin Pratt Peab '89 (PC), '92 (GPD)
2008
Carol A. Quirk Ed '88 (EdD) 2012
Krishnan Rajagopalan Engr '82, '83 2019
Marlene K. Rankin Ed '74 (MS)
2009
Allison Reardon Bus 2007 2022
Cavan M. Redmond Bus '87 (MAS)
2012
Robert Resnick A&S '43, '49 (PhD)
2005 (W)
John T. Rettaliata Engr '32, '36 (PhD)
2007
Rhonda Richetta Ed ’06 2018
Marvin A. Riley Bus '02 2017
David L. Rimoin HS '63, Med '67 (PhD)
2010
Hugo Victor Rizzoli A&S '36, Med '40, HS '44
2002 (W)
Matthew Robbins A&S '65
2004 (W)
Rose Marie Robertson Med '75 (PGF)
2008
Martin Rodbell A&S '49
1995
Benjamin Rome Engr '25, Hon '82
*
Karen J. S. Rosenbaum A&S '73 (PhD)
2009
Steven Rosenberg A&S '61, Med '64
*
Linda Rosenstock Med '77, BSPH '77 2019
Ashutosh K. Roy Engr '89 2017
Mark E. Rubenstein Engr '62, '67 (MS)
1999(S)
Arthur M. Rubin SAIS '92 2013
Vivian Rudow Peab ’57, ’60, ’79 2018
John F. Ruffle A&S '58
1999(S)
Angel Ruiz BUS '83 2015 
Marschall Runge Med '84, PGF '85 2019
John W. Runyan, Jr. Med '47
2000(S)
Robert B. Rutherford A&S '52, Med '56
2008
Stephen J. Ryan Jr. Med '65
2010
David C. Sabiston Med '47, '53 (PGF)
1995
Sally A. Sample Nurs '54, Nurs '54 (Cert)
2005 (W)
Carlos Santos-Burgoa BSPH '82, '89 (PHD)
2006 (W)
Mathuram Santosham SPH '75 2012
Louis M. Sardella Engr '69
2009
Edward J. Schaefer Engr '23
1973
Mark S. Schlissel Med '86 2014
Steven P. Schulman Med '81 2017
Dorry L. Segev Med '96, BSPH '09 2017
Zalman Shapiro

A&S '42, '45 (MA), '48 (PhD)

2002
Mathuram Shantosham SPH '75
2012
Fadia Shaya BSPH ’94 2018
Huntington Sheldon Med '56
2000(W)
Murry Sidlin Peab '62, '68 (MM)
2010
Ellen K. Silbergeld  BSPH Faculty, Engr '72 2015
Jonathan Simons Med '85 2020
Martin L. Singewald Engr '30, Med '38
1970
Michelle L. Singeltary Bus '93 (MA)
2009
Connie Tolles Siskowski Nurs '67
2010
Merrill I. Skolnik Engr '47, '49 (MS),'51 (PhD)
1980
Elizabeth A. Small Med '77 2017
Hamilton O. Smith Med '56
1979
Wendell A. Smith A&S '54
2000(S)
Barry Solomon Engr '69
2001
Alfred Sommer SPH '73
1995
Helmut Sonnenfeldt A&S '50, '51 (MA)
2000(W)
Richard Sonnenfeldt Engr '49
1999
Julie A. Sosa Med '94 2014
Rowena Spencer Med '47
1999
Theodore S. Stern A&S '34
1978
William Stromberg Engr 1982 2022
Bandar bin Sultan SAIS '82
1999
Joan M. Sutton Nurs '63
*
Donald Swanson A&S ’64 2018
Richard A. Swirnow Engr ’55
2011
Moyses Szklo BSPH '72, '74 2016
Morris Tanenbaum A&S '49
2008
Linda Z. Tarr-Whelan Nurs '60
1980
Helen B. Taussig Med '27, '28 (PGF), HS '30
1978
Rita Thapa BSPH '65 2019
Caroline B. Thomas A&S '26 (MA), Med '30
*
Robert W. Thon A&S '33 (PhD)
1977
Nelita True Peab '76 2020
Donald L. Trump A&S ’67, Med ’70, ’74 (PGF), HS ’75
2011
Paul U. Unschuld BSPH '74 2019
Jami Valentine Miller A&S 2007 2022
Michael H. Van Dusen SAIS '68,'71
2008
Judson J. Van Wyk Med '48
2000(S)
Ilza Veith A&S '44 (MA), Med '47 (PhD)
2000(W)
Vincent Vilasi Bus '04         2016
David Vlahov SPH ’88
2011
Victor Vogel, III A&S ’74, BSPH ’86 2018
Bert Vogelstein Med '74, HS '76
1992
George R. Wackenhut A&S '49 (MA)
1999(S)
James Wagner Engr '78 (MS), '85 (PhD)
2005 (W)
Thomas T. Wan SPH '71
2012
Gary Wei Wang Engr '91 2014
D Watkins Ed 2011 2022
Andre Watts Peab '72
1981
Daniel W. Webster BSPH '91, Faculty 2017
Myron L. Weisfeldt A&S '62, Med '65
2009
Hugo Weisgall Peab '31, A&S '40 (PhD)
1980
Robert Welch Med '53
2001 (Jan)
Edward Wenk, Jr. Engr '40, '50 (PhD), Hon '89
1979
John Wennberg SPH '67, HS '64, Med '65 (PGF)
1997
Barbara Wilcox Nurs '36
*
Jody Williams SAIS '84
1999
Andrea Willis BSPH '99 2019
Donald H. Wilson, Jr. A&S '42
1973
Gregory Wiseman Engr '06 2015
Hugh Wolff Peab '77 2016
M. Gordon Wolman A&S '49
*
M. Gordon "Reds" Wolman A&S '49
2010
Clarence Wooten Jr. Bus '98
2010
Jun Wu Engr '98, '03 2019
Shirley S. L. Yang Med ’78 (PGF), Bus ’99 (Cert), ’01 (MBA)
2011
Church Yearley A&S '34
1976
Samuel Yeh BSPH '60  2016
Charles J. Yeo Med '79 2019
Anne Young Med '73, '74 (PhD)
2006
David Zamierowski Med ’68 2018
Michael J. Zinner Engr '67, HS '79
2007
Kathryn C. Zoon SPH '76
2003
George Dale Zuidema Med '53
2008

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