The Awards for Distinction celebrate the outstanding professional achievements of Sam Fox School alumni who have contributed to the ways in which art, architecture, and design generate positive change in society. The awardees serve as excellent models for new generations of students eager to define the role of architecture, design, and the visual arts in the 21st century.
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AWARDS FOR DISTINCTION RECIPIENTS
2009
Ralph Cunningham, LA83
Ann Fertig Freedman, FA71
Tom Friedman, FA88
Harry Kendall, LA78
Young alumni award: Sara Velas, FA99
Dean's Medal: Judy Pfaff, FA71
2008
Hill Burgess, AIA, BA70/MArch72
David R. Dowell, BA89
Dennis J. Hall, FAIA, MArch80
Jay W. Krueger, BA78/BFA78
John Moore, BFA66
Garrison Roots, MFA81
Young alumni award: Cheree Berry, BFA00
Dean's Medal: Gyo Obata, FAIA, BArch45
2007
Thomas Dutton, GA77
George Nikolajevich, FAIA, GA78
Gene Schnair, LA73/GA76/GB76
Laurie Ann Sperling, GA79
Young alumni award: Erik G. L'Heureux, LA96
2006
Soo Chan, LA84
Eric Haesloop, LA77
Sandra Mendler, LA81
Jimmie Tucker, GA81
Young alumni award: Brian Vitale, GA95
Dean's Medal: Corinna Cotsen, GA83/SI83
2005
Mary Ann Lazarus, GA78
Ruth Lynford, AR46
Andrew Trivers, MAUD73
Paul Zaferiou, LA75
Dean's Medal: Emily Rauh Pulitzer
2004
Stephen N. Abend, FAIA, AR62
Alan E. Goldberg, FAIA, AR54
Aseem Inam, Ph.D., MAUD92
Jack L. Nasar, Ph.D., BA69
Laurent J. Torno, Jr., AR62
Dean's Medal: Professor Leslie J. Laskey
2003
Warren Boeschenstein, AR64/AR66
Jamie Cannon, FAIA, AR60
Robert E. Edmonds, AR61
Richard T. Henmi, AR47
Joan Krevlin, BA75/GA78
Young alumni award: Andrew Bernheimer, GA94; Jared Della Valle, GA96/SI96
Dean's Medal: King Graf, AR53
2002
Brant Gordon, GA78
Amie Gross, AR75
Avram Lothan, AR78
Eugene J. Mackey III, AR62
William P. Wischmeyer, AR69/GA71
Young alumni award: Ursula Emery McClure, AR92; Michael A. McClure, AR91
Dean's Medal: Doretha Moore
2001
Terry L. Brown, GA79
Karl A. Grice, LA74/GA76/SW76
Christopher A. Grubbs, LA72/GA74
Earle G. Hamilton, Jr., LA43
W. Stephen Saunders, LA72
Young alumni award: Elva Rubio, GA92
Dean's Medal: Gilbert Taylor Rogers
2000
James F. Barker, MAUD73
Jay S. Bauer, LA70/GA72
Cindy L. Harden, GA79
Thomas H. Teasdale, AR56
Charles A. Wolf, LA79
Dean's Medal: Fred M. Kemp, AR50
1999
Carol Rusche Bentel, LA79
Bernard Bortnick, AR60
Ted Christner, AR57
King Graf, AR53
Andrew Metter, GA76
Young alumni award: Bernard Deffet, LA85
Dean's Medal: Jerome J. Sincoff, AR56
1998
Janet Baum, AR66
George Matsumoto, AR44
Edouard Mutrux, AR30/GA41
Kenneth Schaefer, AR40/GA41
Young alumni award: Susan Pruchnicki, AR86/GA88
Dean's Medal: I. E. Millstone, EN27
1997
Edward Ford, AR71/GA72
Louis F. Reuter IV, AR66/GA69
Louis Saur, FAIA, AR61/AR65
Jerome J. Sincoff, FAIA AR56
Young alumni award: Gerardo Caballero, GA87
Dean's Medal: Dean Joseph R. Passonneau
1996
Herbert Duncan, Jr., AR54
Gyo Obata, FAIA, AR45
Robert Vickery, Jr., AR60
Michael Willis, FAIA, AR73/SW76/GA76
Young alumni award: Stephen White, AR79/GA83/GR93
Dean's Medal: Warren Shapleigh
1995
Anthony Abbate, GA82
Rex Becker, AR34/GA35
Joseph Bilello, Ph.D., GA76
Harold Roth, FAIA AR56
Dean's Medal: Norman Moore, AR33
1994
Doris Andrews Danna, AR52
George Hellmuth, AR28
Robert Kahn, LA77
James F. O'Gorman, Ph.D., AR56
Dean's Medal: Jamie Cannon, AR60
