Alumni Awards
Brick Award
Awarded annually at Reunion Weekend to three to five recipients who are members of the Colby family, not necessarily alumni, who have demonstrated outstanding loyalty to the College through consistent and dedicated service on its behalf.
2024 Brick Award Recipients
Alexander Bici ’94, S. Ann Earon ’74, Jon Eustis ’69, P’96, Mike McHale P’19, Cheri Bailey Powers ’79
| Year | Recipients |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Alexander Bici ’94, S. Ann Earon ’74, Jon Eustis ’69, P’96, Mike McHale P’19, Cheri Bailey Powers ’79 |
| 2023 | Sally Lovegren Merchant ’83, Joerose Tharakan ’08, W. Rod Gerdsen ’93, Rick Angeli ’88, P’22, James Cook ’78, P’11 |
| 2022 | Patricia Jenkins ’67, Donna Stowe ’72, Mike Szostak ’72 |
| 2021 | Suzanne Battit ’86, Evan Dangel ’86, David Epstein ’86, Sarah Eustis ’96, Kathleen Pinard Reed ’86, P’14, ’17, Thomas Reed ’86, P’14, ’17 |
| 2020 | Matt Hancock ’90, P’19, Harold Kowal ’65, P’92, ’96, Deb Marson ’75, Daniel O’Halloran ’80, P’22 |
| 2019 | Jane Mills Conlan ’59, Deb Wathen Finn ’74, P’07, Rae Jean Braunmuller Goodman ’69, P’03, Kate Roosevelt ’89, Eddie Woodin ’69 |
| 2018 | Alexander K. Buck Jr. ’78, Lisa Kehler Bubar ’73, James H Crook Jr. ’78, P’11, Ari M. Druker ’93, John P. Leopold ’68 |
| 2017 | Tom DeCoff ’97, Irving Faunce ’67, P’90, John D. Koons ’72, Mark Lyons ’77, P’12, Chris Vickers ’87, P’21, Art ’72, P’05 and Jeanne Emerson Young ’72, P’05, Cathi “Cat” Lee |
| 2016 | Jay Allen ’86, P’15, Paul O. Boghossian III ’76, P’12, L. Gary Knight ’66, Jane Perry Lindquist ’51, Claudia Caruso Rouhana ’71, P’01, P’04 |
| 2015 | Alleen Thompson ’40, William Oates ’65, Joan Katz ’70, Julie Sands Causey ’85 |
| 2014 | Art Eddy ’54, Richard Uchida ’79, P’16, Randy Papadellis ’79, P’14, P’18, Hilary Barnes Hoopes ’89, David Fernandez ’89, Lindsay Hayes Hurty ’99 |
| 2013 | Chase Lasbury ’53, Nan Murray Lasbury ’53, Leigh Bangs ’58, Karen Beganny Megathlin ’63, Steve Ford ’68, Doug Gorman ’73, Corley Hughes ’98 |
| 2012 | Audrey Hillinger Katz ’57, Mike McCabe ’62, Kurt Swenson ’67, Jamie Cowie ’77, Anne Clarke Wolff ’87, Josh Woodfork ’97, Chris Sullivan ’97 |
| 2011 | Richard L. Abedon ’56, William E. Haggett ’56, Stephen E. Chase ’61, Theodore Lockhart ’61, Carolyn Webster Lockhart ’60, Beth Pniewski Wilson ’81, M. Jane Powers ’86 |
| 2010 | Richard W. Davis ’65, P’91, ’95, Patricia Valvanis Smith ’80, Kate Lucier O’Neil ’85 |
| 2009 | Bruce C. Drouin ’74, Edward R. Goldberg ’59, Donald J. Short ’64, Judy Jenkins Totman ’54, Johnston “Jay” de F. Whitman ’59 |
| 2008 | Joseph F. Boulos ’68, David Pulver ’68, P’93, Earl H. Smith P’85,’90, Frank A. “Alex” Wilson ’73, Joseph F. Boulos ’68, Sara Dickison Taylor ’88 |
| 2007 | Peter Merrill ’57, Jessica D’Ercole Stanton ’92, Lou Richardson ’67, Margaret Felton Viens ’77, Allan van Gestel ’57, Barbara Bone Leavitt ’52 |
| 2006 | Hope Palmer Bramhall ’56, David Sortor ’56, Rosemary Crouthamel Sortor ’56, A. Francis Finizio ’66, Jane Hight Edmunds ’71, Paul Mercier Edmunds Jr. ’71, Laura Littlefield Bourne ’81, James W. Bourne ’81, Dorothy Hume, Dr. H. Alan Hume |
| 2005 | Kevin Fahey ’80, Doris Rose Hopengarten ’40, Eleanor “Woofie” Fleming Amidon ’75, William E. “Bud” Marvin ’65, Jonathan R. “Jock” Knowles ’60, Caroline “Pat” Walker Knowles ’60 |
| 2004 | Karl Dornish ’54, Colleen A. Khoury ’64, Giovanni Apicella, Todd Halloran ’84, Linda Johnson Crawford ’64, James Crawford ’64 |
| 2003 | G. Arthur Brennan ’68, Thomas P. LaVigne ’58, Sally Lovegren Merchant ’83, William Violette |
| 2002 | William Alfond ’72, James E. Fell ’32, Leland Potter ’67, Linda Mitchell Potter ’66, Valerie Jones Roy ’76, Stephen G. Roy ’77, Douglas Schair ’67 |
| 2001 | Cynthia L. Auman ’80, Robert M. Furek ’64, Diana P. Herrmann ’80, Ronald W. Lupton ’71 |
| 2000 | Jack Alex ’50, Jane Whipple Coddington ’55, Susan Conant Cook ’75, Joanne Weddell Magyar ’71, Louis V. Zambello ’55, Kathy McConaughy Zambello ’56 |
| 1999 | Cheryl Booker Gorman ’74, Peter Hart ’64, Ellen Haweeli ’69, Paul Schupf, John Zacamy Jr ’71 |
| 1998 | Albert Carville ’63, Edwin Fraktman ’53, Janet Gay Hawkins ’48, Caroline Wilkins McDonough ’52, Hilda Niehoff True ’43 |
| 1997 | John Dolan ’36, Ernest Fortin ’51, Benjamin Sears ’52, Nancy Ricker Sears ’50, Judith Prophett Timken ’57, William Timken ’57, Marie Merrill Wysor ’42 |
| 1996 | Regina Foley Haviland ’61, Paula Lunder, Peter Lunder ’56, Jean O’Brien Perkins ’46, Jean Van Curan Pugh ’55, Lawrence Pugh ’56, Margaret Fallon Wheeler ’66 |
| 1995 | Sari Abul-Jubein ’69, Charles Dudley ’45, Shirley Martin Dudley ’46, Roslyn Kramer ’45, Beverly Nalbandian Madden ’80, Ernest Marriner ’40, David Roberts ’55, Ruth McDonald Roberts ’55 |
| 1994 | Cherrie Dubois ’69, Cynthia Crockett Mendelson ’59, Kershaw Powell ’51, Anne O’Hanian Szostak ’72, Charles Williamson ’63 |
| 1993 | Eleanor Smart Braunmulle ’43, John Devine ’78, William Goldfarb ’68, Douglas Hatfield ’58, Philip Hussey ’53, Lois Munson Morrill ’58 |
| 1992 | Anne Lawrence Bondy ’46, Clifford Came ’42, Linda Cotter, Gerald Holtz ’52, Eleanor Ewing Vigue ’57, Guy Vigue ’57 |
| 1991 | Frank Apantaku ’71, Dennis Dionne ’61, Michael Franklin ’63, Doris Hardy Haweeli ’25, John Philson ’42 |
| 1990 | Anthony Glockler ’57, Beverly, Jackson Glockler ’60, Lewis Krinsky ’65, Roselyn Krinsky ’35, Laurie Fitts Loosigian ’75 |
| 1989 | Judith Fassett Aydelott ’64, Ridgely Bullock ’55, Eleanor Shorey Harris ’57, Evelyn Gates Moriarty ’44, James Moriarty ’43 |
| 1988 | Carol Stoll Baker ’48, Kathleen Monaghan Corey ’43, Martha Friedlaend ’53, Jerome Goldberg ’60, Edith Grearson Moncy 1926 |
| 1987 | Stanley Frolio ’47, Tina Thompson Poulin ’32, Robert Rice ’42 |
| 1986 | Robert Anthony ’69, Warren Bishop ’35, Susan Comeau ’63, Elizabeth Corydon-Apicella ’74 |
| 1985 | John Cornell ’65, Eugenie Hahlbohm Hampton ’55, Germaine Michaud Orloff ’55, Gordon Thompson ’35 |
| 1984 | Dorothy Marson, Margaret Salmond Matheson ’34, Ernest Miller ’29, Victor Scalise ’54, Eugene Struckhoff ’44 |
| 1983 | Susan Fairchild Bean ’57, James Harris 1927, Bertrand Hayward ’33, John Ludwig ’58, Marian Woodsome Ludwig-Springer ’58, Charles Weaver ’30 |
| 1982 | Sue Rose Bessey ’42, Donald Gilfoy ’40, Helen Brown Gilfoy ’40, Nathanael Guptill ’39, Gilbert Henry ’30, Stephen Levine ’59, Bernard Lipman ’31, Ann Miller ’71, Arthur O’Halloran ’50, Richard Schmaltz ’62, Peter Vlachos ’58 |
| 1981 | Jane Russell Abbott ’41, Stephen Bartow ’60, Bruce Blanchard ’58, Sara Cowan ’37, Lois Crowell ’34, James Gillespie, Doris Blanchard Hutcheson ’45, William Hutcheson ’44, Peter Joseph, Malcolm William Wilson ’33 |
| 1980 | Pauline Abbott 1921, Leon Fernandez ’55, Merrill Greene 1920, Maurice Krinsky ’35, Lynne D’Amico McKee ’58, Franklin Norvish ’34, Herbert Abbott Paul 1923, Richard Peterson ’60, Mary Warren 1923 |
| 1979 | John Berry 1924, Crary Brownell 1913, Nellie Pottle Hankins 1925, Roger Huebsch ’53, Susan Smith Huebsch ’54, Philip Hussey 1913, Robert LaVigne ’29, David Marson ’48, Mark Shibles ’29, Marjorie Bither Smith |
| 1978 | Rebecca Campbell, James Cochrane ’40, Howard Hill 1918, Kenneth Johnson ’37, Percy Levine 1927, Ina McCausland 1915, Julius Sussman 1919, Marian Drisko Tucker 1924 |
| 1977 | James Brudno 1927, Robert Burke ’61, Jane Millett Dornish ’55, Norman Lee ’58, Lillian Lowell 1910, Carl Nelson, David O’Brien ’58, Patricia Farnham Russell ’62 |
| 1976 | Charles Barnes ’54, Ellen Dignam Downing ’35, Nelson Everts ’50, John Joseph Russell Squire 1925, Helen Strauss ’45, Paul Thompson 1918, Sigrid Tompkins ’38 |
| 1975 | Elmer Baxter ’41, Helene Buker 1918, Norris Dibble ’41, Paul Feldman ’34, Ansel Grindall, John Reynolds ’36, Penny Dietz Sullivan ’61, Arthur Thompson ’40, Lucille Pinette Zukowski ’37 |
| 1974 | Marion Dugdale ’38, Arthur Eustis ’52, Nathaniel Gallin ’28, Kevin Hill ’50, Charles McIntyre ’51, David Merrill ’53, Wilson Piper ’39, Alice Linscott Roberts ’31, Robert Sage ’49, Leon Williams ’33 |
| 1973 | Clark Carter ’40, Warren Finegan ’51, Robert Lee ’51, Rita McCabe ’45, Albert Palmer ’30, Robert Rowell ’49, Roy Shorey ’54 |
| 1972 | Robert Anthony 1938, Sidney Farr 1955, C. Lawrence 1917, Phyllis Sturdivan Sweetser 1919, Jean Watson ’29, Ralph Williams ’35, Lester Young 1917 |
| 1971 | George Beach ’41, Martha Rogers Beach ’42, Jean Hillsen Grout ’49, Norman Perkins ’32, Diana Pitts-Fogler 1913, Robert Pullen ’41, Henry Rollins ’32, Gren Vale 1924 |
| 1970 | Elizabeth Sweetser Baxter ’41, Clifford Bean ’51, Philip Bither ’30, Elizabeth Libbey Crawford ’29, John Gow 1923, Nissie Grossman ’32, George Perry 1914, Bettina Wellington Piper ’35 |
| 1969 | Asa Adams 1922, Vina Parent Adams 1922, Walter Breckenridge, Leonard Grant 1915, Evelyn Kellett 1926, Dwight Sargent ’39, Carl Wright ’47 |
| 1968 | Carl Bryant 1904, Alfred Chapman 1925, Ruth Moore Corkran ’40, John Davan ’33, Ann Burnham Deering ’55, John Deering ’55, Janet Marchant, Nicholas Sarris ’54 |
| 1967 | Russell Blanchard ’38, Edith Emery ’37, Margaret Davis Farnham ’28, Roderick Farnham ’31, Ted Hodgkins 1925, Lewis Levine 1921, Lester Weeks 1915 |
| 1966 | Charles DeBevoise ’48, Miriam Hardy 1922, Eva Macomber Kyes 1913, John McCoy ’52, Earle McKeen ’29, Libby Pulsifer 1921, Harold Taylor |
| 1965 | Ruth Bartlett, Clarence Dore ’39, Lorinda Eustis 1923, Bernard Johnstone ’32, George Nickerson 1924, George Putnam ’34, Vesta Alden Putnam ’33, Edward Turner |
| 1964 | William Bryan ’48, Eugene Currie 1914, Eugenie Currie 1914, Howard Ferguson ’31, Frank Morrissette Mc Partland 1907, John McGowan, Burton Small 1919, Helen Bell Strider, Robert Strider |
| 1963 | David Arey 1905, Marjorie Meader Burns 1914, Francis Heath 1917, Hildegarde Drummond Leonard 1919, Newton Nourse 1919, Leon Williams |
| 1962 | Ernestine Blanchard ’38, Edith Pratt Brown 1916, Richard Dyer, Martha Hopkins 1903, Clayton Johnson 1925, Arthur Seepe, Edith Small 1902, Donald Tupper ’29 |
| 1961 | Paul Edmunds 1926, Edith Kemper Jette, Cyril Joly 1916, Leora Prentiss 1912, Everett Strong, Helen Whalon |
| 1960 | Helen Bundy 1912, Selma Koehler 1917, Leonard Mayo 1922, Frances Thayer ’30, Mary Thayer ’28, Carl Weber |
| 1959 | Elizabeth Swanton Allan ’33, Ruth D’Amico, Mira Dolley 1919, Phyllis Fraser 1913, Gordon Jones ’40, Carl MacPherson 1926 |
| 1958 | Mary Bixler, E. Lightner, Ernest Marriner 1913, Mary Rollins Millett ’30, Bernice Butler Partridge 1921, Colby Tibbetts ’45 |
| 1957 | Alice Clarkin 1916, Ray Greene ’47, Warren Kershner ’42, Gilbert Loebs, Millard Moore 1907 |
| 1956 | Galen Eustis 1923, Ray Holt 1921, Ellsworth Millett 1925, Barbara Tozier ’30 |
| 1955 | J. Bixler, Frank Carpenter 1914, Helen Dresser McDonald 1923, Frank Stiegler ’28, Georgia Thayer 1899, Ambrose Warren 1899 |
| 1954 | Richard Drummond ’28, Hilda Fife 1926, Caleb Lewis 1903, William Macomber 1927, Ethel Russell 1900 |
| 1953 | Nathaniel Weg 1917, Ruth Whittemore 1912, Robert Wilkins 1920 |
| 1952 | A.A. D’Amico ’28, Josephine Gagnon ’38, Herbert Newman 1918, Harry Thomas 1926 |
| 1951 | Harold Alfond, Cecil Goddard ’29, Ellerton Jette, Matthew Mellon |
| 1950 | George Averill, Merton Miller 1890, Ninetta Runnals 1908, Lois Warren 1914, Milroy Warren 1914 |
| 1949 | Ervena Goodale Smith 1924. Reginald Sturtevant 1921 |
| 1948 | John Cummings 1884, Bernard Esters 1921, Grace Gatchell 1897, Sophia Mace 1881 |
| 1947 | John Foster 1913, Grace Linscott 1901 |
| 1946 | Robert Bruce 1940, Guy Chipman 1902, Cecil Clark 1905, Louise Coburn 1877, Mary Deans 1910, Albert Drummond 1888, Florence Dunn 1896, Robie Frye 1882, Rose Gilpatrick 1892, Ralph Good 1910, Frederick Hill 1910, Frank Hubbard 1884, Franklin Johnson 1891, Charles Keef ’39, Neil Leonard 1921, Ralph Nash ’34, Harriet Parmenter 1889, Raymond Pierce 1898, Frederick Pottle 1917, Charles Seaverns 1901, Hugh Smith 1920, Raymond Spinney 1921, Edward Stevens 1889, Doris Donnell Vickery ’34 |
Alumni Awards
Honoring distinguished Colby alumni annually at reunion
The Alumni Council Awards Committee is proud to annually present to deserving alumni the Colby Brick Award, Distinguished Alumna/us Award, and other awards such as the Ernest C. Marriner Award for Distinguished Service to the College, the Outstanding Educator Award, the Edson V. Mitchell ’75 Distinguished Service Award, the Blue Key Award, and the Charles W. Bassett Faculty Award. Please select an award below to learn more about the criteria for each award and to see previous award winners.
Blue Key Award
Established in 2013, the Blue Key Award is presented annually, during Reunion Weekend, and recognizes up to four young alumni who have graduated within the past 10 years. This award is presented to young alumni who have distinguished themselves by providing consistent and dedicated service to Colby.
Brick Award
Awarded annually at Reunion Weekend to three to five recipients who are members of the Colby family, not necessarily alumni, who have demonstrated outstanding loyalty to the College through consistent and dedicated service on its behalf.
Distinguished Alumna/us Award
Awarded periodically, preferably annually, at Reunion Weekend to an alumna/us who has achieved unusual distinction in his or her profession or avocation.
Ernest C. Marriner Distinguished Service Award
This award is presented periodically, but not necessarily annually, during Reunion Weekend and recognizes a member of the Colby family (not necessarily an alumnus/a) for exceptional commitment to Colby, demonstrated by lifelong dedication to the support of the College and its goals. The recipient should clearly stand out from others in his or her devoted service to the College.
Outstanding Educator Award
First presented in 1988, this award is presented periodically (but not necessarily annually) to an alumnus/a who has demonstrated exceptional distinction in the classroom. The recipient should be recognized by peers and students as an outstanding teacher or professor who has shown those qualities that most encourage students to learn and that inspire them to continue learning. The award is presented at Reunion Weekend.
Edson V. Mitchell ’75 Distinguished Service Award
This award is presented periodically, but not necessarily annually, during Reunion Weekend to an alumnus or alumna within 25 years of graduation for extraordinary service to Colby as demonstrated by sustained dedication to and leadership in the support of the College and the achievement of its missions and goals.
Charles W. Bassett Faculty Award
First presented in June 1997, this award recognizes a faculty member whose service to alumni programs, through active participation in regional and on-campus events, is extraordinary.