Brown School Awards of Distinction Each year, we honor our remarkable alumni and friends who create positive change for people around the globe. To learn more and nominate a deserving alumnus for the 2025 Emerging Leader or Distinguished award, click here. 2024 Awardees Emerging Leaders Bryan Capers, MSW ’12, Director, FLI Network, The Johns Hopkins University Melanie Goldring, AB ’17, MSW/MSP ’19, Manager, Organizational Capacity & Strategy, DREAM Project, Director of Programs, AYUDA Distinguished Alumni Kerry D. Bird, MSW ’98, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate/Lumbee, Director, N.C. American Indian Heritage CommissionAndrea E. Hall, MSW ’05, Chief Executive Officer, MYSI Corporation Valerie Eugenia Patton, MSW ’06, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer and President, Greater St. Louis Inc. Foundation, Greater St. Louis Inc. Distinguished Volunteer Award Marylen Mann, AB ’57, MA ’59 Emerging Leader & Distinguished Alumni Award, Past Recipients 2023 Margaret Clancy, MSW ’97Kersha Deibel, MSW/MPH ’11Mingguo Deng, MSW ‘08Steven Hayworth, MPH ’17Anneliese Stoever, MSW ’03Zhen Zhang, MSW ’16 2022 Doneisha L. Bohannon, MPH ’14Tandy L. Levine, MSW ’75Stephanie Schmit, MSW ’10Natalie M. Self, MSW ‘12Uma A. Segal, PhD ’79Esther U. Shin, AB ’94 MSW ’98Irene Jisun Sohn, AB ’00 MSW ’02 2021 Lindy Drew, MSW/MPH ’16Jessica Eiland Anders, MSW ’11Jillian Guenther, MSW ’10Karl Guenther, MSW ’10Suzanne LeLaurin, MSW ’96Gwendolyn Moore, MSW ’72Sally Panzer, MSW ’00Melody Zhang, MSW ’97 2019 Aaron Beswick, MSW/MPH ’15Sarah Hunter, MSW ’08Sharon D. Johnson, MSW ’92, PhD ’99, MPE ’02Michael B. Kaufman, MSW ’77Daniel Sherling, MSW ’12Bruce D. Sowatsky, MSW ’83Samantha Stangl, MSW ’13Lindsey E. Wise, MSW/MPH ’10 2018 Daniel Davis, MSW ’11Charita L. Castro-Gonzalves, MSW ’99Donald M. Loppnow, MSW ’70Nisha G. Patel, MSW ’98Okpara Rice, MSW ’97Cora Faith Walker, AB ’06, MPH ’10 2017 Nikki Doughty, MSW ’14Carl E. Josehart, AB ’84, MSW ’87Evan M. Krauss, MSW ’09Kathy Meath, MSW ’80Gwendolyn Packnett, MSW ’80Jean Cathcart Schultz, MSW ’46 2016 Jaime Bodden, MPH/MSW ’12Sarah Kastelic, MSW ’97, PhD ’08Andrea J. Palm, MSW ’96Sherrill Wayland, MSW ’08 2015 Li-Chen Cheng, PhD ’95Nicole T.S. Cortés, AB ’06, JD/MSW ’12Diane McFarland, MSW ’83COL (Ret) Jim Schlie, MSW ’67Andrea L. Spray, MPH ’11 2014 Adjoa A. Aiyetoro, MSW ’69Ian Anand Forber-Pratt, MSW ’09Bethany Johnson-Javois, MSW ’02Ryan Sterling, MPH/MSW ’11Halbert Sullivan, MSW ’97 2013 Villie M. Appoo, MSW ’76Elizabeth M. George, MSW ’96Stephanie Malia Krauss, MSW ’08Mickey Rosen, AB ’59, MSW ’61Susan Dickens Schlichter, MSW ’76 2012 Mikki (Mary C.) Brewster, MSW ’71Melissa Clyde, MSW ’07Shannon L. Rudisill, MSW ’96 2011 Courtney Berg, MSW ’05Barbara E. Flory, MSW ’96Betul A. Ozmat, MSW ’87Antoinette Temporiti, MSW ’88Rebecca Kousky van Bergen, MSW ’06 2010 Reena Hajat Carroll, MSW ’05J. Peter Roberto, MSW ’88 2009 Rita Montgomery Hollie, AB ’69, JD/MSW ’73Barth A. Holohan III, MBA/MSW ’01Sudha Nair, MSW ’91 2008 Ronda S. Connaway, MSW ’59, DSW ’64Ruth R. Ehresman, MSW ’83Michael E. Willis, AB ’73, MArch/MSW ’76 2007 Alice K. Johnson Butterfield, MSW ’87, PhD ’90William A. McAllister, MSW ’51Amy R. Rome, MSW ’75 2006 Alvin L. Schorr, MSW ’43William F. Siedhoff, BS ’68, MSW ’73Bernarda (Bernie) Wong, MSW ’68 2005 Rev. Cynthia S. Bumb, MSW ’83Ruth Greene Richardson, MSW ’50Frank S. Seever, AB ’52, MSW ’54 2003-2004 Tribute to Shanti K. Khinduka 2002 Phyllis Bigpond, MSW ’72Daniel Glazier, MSW ’80, JD ’81Lottie H. Wade, MSW ’75 2001 David L. Cronin, MSW ’60Paula M. Gianino, MSW ’83 2000 Anthony Jenkins, MSW ’63Ralph Koeppe, BSW ’51, MSW ’53Nazneen S. Mayadas, DSW ’70Stephen Rabinowitz, MSW ’81Linda Rosenman, PhD ’76 1999 Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs, MSW ’56Barbara Ann Richter, MSW ’81Bernice Thompson, MSW ’60 1998 G. Lee Judy, MBA ’73, MA ’79, MSW ’80Hans Mayer, BSBA ’57, MSW ’61 1997 Theresa Kaijage, MSW ’85Ronda R. O’Farrell, MSW ’65Sheldon D. Rose, MSW ’52 1996 Dolores Baja-Lasán, MSW ’59Dianne F. Harrison, PhD ’76John A. Morris, MSW ’78Kathleen O’Brien, MSW ’72 1995 James O. Billups, DSW ’70Phyllis A. Rozansky, MSW ’74Toshio Tatara, MSW ’69 1994 Candyce Berger, AB ’72, MSW ’73Evelyn Perlstein, MSW ’50 1993 Jean Neal, MSW ’76Vu-Duc Vuong, AB ’72, MSW ’80, JD ’81 1992 Evelyn Bonander, MSW ’66Susan 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 ’611984 Virgil Carr, MSW ’68 1983 Margaret Schutz Gordon, AB ’43, MSW ’44 1982 David Rabinovitz, MSW ’47 Distinguished Volunteer Award, Past Recipients 2023 Paul, BSBA ’90 JD ’94, and Nancy Parker Tice, AB ’90 MBA ‘98 2018 Emily Gallop Coen, MSW ’96 2017 Susan O. Warshaw, MSW ’79Henry D. Warshaw, AB ’76, MBA ’79 2015 Jerry Alpert, MSW ’60 Betty Bofinger and George Warren Brown Award, Past Recipients 2019 The Joseph H. & Florence A. Roblee Foundation 2018 G.A., Jr. and Kathryn M. Buder Charitable FoundationSt. Louis, MO Dean’s Medalists, Past Recipients 2022 Samuel R. Nussbaum 2021 Shanti and Manorama KhindukaEdward and Elizabeth Lawlor 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 ’60and 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. BuderJames Lee Johnson Jr. and Bettie S. JohnsonRoma Broida Wittcoff, BSBA ’45