Awards for Distinction
The Awards for Distinction recognize Sam Fox School alumni, friends, and leaders in their fields for professional achievement in architecture, art, and design and/or for service to their profession, the community, or the Sam Fox School and Washington University.
2024 Recipients
2023
Karin Soukup Fyhrie, BFA ‘02
Mara MacMahon, AB/BFA '12
Gullivar Shepard, AB '93
Aaron Williams, AB '08
Recent Alumni Award:
Pierre-Henri Hoppenot, AB '09/MArch '12
Yvonne Osei, MFA '16
Dean’s Medal: The Kemper Family
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2022
Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA, MArch ‘94
Jill Downen, MFA '01
Kate Dundes Shattan, BA '77
Recent Alumni Award: Adam Hogan, PhD, MFA '14
Nicholas Kahn, BFA86, and Richard Selesnick, BFA '86
Recent Alumni Award: Frank Lin, MArch '06, and Megan Harris Lin, MArch '06
Dean’s Medal: KieranTimberlake
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2021
Bill Hanway, BA83
Michael Joo, BFA89
Adam Rubin, BFA05
Brian Vitale, MArch95
Cayce Zavaglia, MFA98
Recent Alumni Award: L. Irene Compadre, BA08/MLA12
Dean’s Medal: Bijoy Jain, MArch90
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2020
Event postponed due to COVID-19.
2019
Rajeev Kathpalia, MArch84/MUD84
Peter Tao, BA79
Lauren Rebecca Weinstein, BFA97
Paula Jane Wilson, BFA98
Recent Alumni Award: Daniel DuGoff, BA10
Recent Alumni Award: Vita Eruhimovitz, MFA15
Dean’s Medal: Ronald Leax
Dean’s Medal: Anabeth and John Weil
Dean’s Medal: Mark Wrighton
2018
Jared Della Valle, MArch96/MSCM96
Myra Greene, BFA97
Michelle Komie, BFA97/BA97
Mike Konzen, MArch86
Recent Alumni Award: Egg Collective—Stephanie Beamer, BA06; Crystal Ellis, BA06; and Hillary Petrie, BA06
Recent Alumni Award: Lavar Fredlin Munroe, MFA13
Dean’s Medal: Ambassador Sam Fox, BSBA51, and Marilyn Fox
2017
Yvette Drury Dubinsky, BA64/MA66/MFA90
Christopher Fromboluti, BA67/MArch70
Alan Griswold, BFA96/BA96
Richard Lorch, BA77
Recent Alumni Award: Will Bates, BFA09
Recent Alumni Award: Anisa (Baldwin Metzger) Heming, BS06
Dean’s Medal: Laylah Ali, MFA94
2016
Jennifer Behr, BFA96
Vikas M. Gore, MArch/MUD84
Carol Macht, FASLA, BA73
Michael Williams, BFA01
Recent Alumni Award: Ben Durham, BFA04
Recent Alumni Award: Dan Arthur Weissman, AIA, Assoc. IALD, BA05
Dean’s Medal: Ralph J. Nagel, BS67/MArch69
2015
Angelyn A. Chandler, BA89
Mark Fox, BFA85
Thomas M. Hotaling, AIA, MArch77
Sandy Speicher, BFA96
Recent Alumni Award: Eric John Cesal, MArch/MBA08, MCM09
Recent Alumni Award: Elizabeth Giardina, BFA02
Dean’s Medal: Leslie J. Laskey
2014
Ericka Beckman, BFA74
Doug Powell, BFA88
Theodore H. Seligson, FAIA, BArch53
Vicki Match Suna, AIA, BA80/MArch82
Recent Alumni Award: Valerie Chang Greer, AIA, LEED AP, MArch02
Recent Alumni Award: Benjamin Lowy, BFA01
Dean’s Medal: Richard Henry Franklin, AIA, NOMA, BA70/MAUD74
2013
Catherine Meehan Barner, BA75
Dexter Fedor, BFA/BSBA79
Kenneth D. Levien, FAIA, BA74/MArch76
Carolyne Roehm, BFA73
Young Alumni Award: Bunny Cornell Burson, MFA05
Young Alumni Award: Erin Cubbison, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, BS03
Dean’s Medal: Peter Saul, BFA56
2012
Paul Dillinger, BFA94
Anthony Goldschmidt, BFA65
Ann Meredith Rolland, AIA, LEED, BA80/MArch82
Stephen Yablon, AIA, LEED AP, BA75
Young Alumni Award: Aaron A. Duffy, BFA06
Young Alumni Award: John Kleinschmidt, BA08
Young Alumni Award: Andrew Sternad, BA09
Dean’s Medal: Juhani Pallasmaa, Architect SAFA, Hon. FAIA, Int FRIBA
2011
Marshall Brown, BA95
Richard Brown, MFA75
Rodney Henmi, FAIA, NOMA, MAUD83
Meg Fish Saligman, BFA87
Young Alumni Award: Susan T. Morgan, AIA, LEED AP, BS01
Young Alumni Award: Ebony G. Patterson, MFA06
Distinguished Service Award: Raymond Nadaskay, AIA, BArch62
Dean’s Medal: William Kentridge
Dean’s Medal: Cynthia Weese, FAIA, BS62/BArch65
2010
Mary K. Bryson, BFA88
Walter Eckenhoff, FAIA, BA72/MArch75
Micki Lippe, BFA65
Susan Pruchnicki, AIA, BA86/MArch88
Young Alumni Award: Holly Williams Leppo, AIA, MArch00
Young Alumni Award: Andrew Scott Paluba, BFA00
Dean’s Medal: Jerome J. Sincoff, FAIA, BArch56
2009
Ralph Cunningham, BA83
Ann Fertig Freedman, BFA71
Tom Friedman, BFA88
Harry Kendall, BA78
Young Alumni Award: Sara Velas, BFA99
Dean’s Medal: Judy Pfaff, BFA71
2008
Hill Burgess, AIA, BA70/MArch72
David R. Dowell, BA89
Dennis J. Hall, FAIA, MArch80
Jay W. Krueger, BA78/BFA78
Garrison Roots, MFA81
Young Alumni Award: Cheree Berry, BFA00
Dean’s Medal: Gyo Obata, FAIA, BArch45
2007
Thomas Dutton, MAUD77
George Nikolajevich, FAIA, MArch78
Gene Schnair, BA73/MArch76/MBA76
Laurie Ann Sperling, MArch79
Young Alumni Award: Erik G. L'Heureux, FAIA, BA96
2006
Soo Chan, BA84
Eric Haesloop, BA77
Sandra Mendler, BA81
Jimmie Tucker, MArch81
Young Alumni Award: Brian Vitale, MArch95
Dean’s Medal: Corinna Cotsen, MArch83/MSCE83
2005
Mary Ann Lazarus, MArch78
Ruth Lynford, BArch46
Andrew Trivers, MAUD73
Paul Zaferiou, BA75
Dean’s Medal: Emily Rauh Pulitzer
2004
Stephen N. Abend, FAIA, BArch62
Alan E. Goldberg, FAIA, BArch54
Aseem Inam, Ph.D., MAUD92
Jack L. Nasar, Ph.D., BA69
Laurent J. Torno, Jr., BArch62
Dean’s Medal: Professor Leslie J. Laskey
2003
Warren Boeschenstein, BSAS64/BArch66
Jamie Cannon, FAIA, BArch60
Robert E. Edmonds, BArch61
Richard T. Henmi, BArch47
Joan Krevlin, BA75/MArch78
Young Alumni Award: Andrew Bernheimer, MArch94; Jared Della Valle, MArch96/MSCE96
Dean’s Medal: King Graf, BArch53
2002
Brant Gordon, MArch78
Amie Gross, MA75
Avram Lothan, BA78
Eugene J. Mackey III, BS60/BArch62
William P. Wischmeyer, BA69/MArch71
Young Alumni Award: Ursula Emery McClure, BA91; Michael A. McClure, BA92
Dean’s Medal: Doretha Moore
2001
Terry L. Brown, MArch79
Karl A. Grice, BA74/MArch76/MSW76
Christopher A. Grubbs, BA72/MArch74
Earle G. Hamilton, Jr., BArch43
W. Stephen Saunders, BA72
Young Alumni Award: Elva Rubio, MArch92
Dean’s Medal: Gilbert Taylor Rogers
2000
James F. Barker, MAUD73
Jay S. Bauer, BA70/MArch72
Cindy L. Harden, MArch79
Thomas H. Teasdale, BArch56
Charles A. Wolf, BA79
Dean’s Medal: Fred M. Kemp, BArch50
1999
Carol Rusche Bentel, BA79
Bernard Bortnick, BArch60
Ted Christner, BArch57
King Graf, BArch53
Andrew Metter, MArch76
Young Alumni Award: Bernard Deffet, BA85
Dean’s Medal: Jerome J. Sincoff, BArch56
1998
Janet Baum, BSA66
George Matsumoto, BArch44
Edouard Mutrux, BArch30/MArch31
Kenneth Schaefer, BArch40/MArch41
Young Alumni Award: Susan Pruchnicki, BA86/MArch88
Dean’s Medal: I. E. Millstone, BS27
1997
Edward Ford, BA71/MArch72
Louis F. Reuter IV, BA66/MArch69
Louis Saur, FAIA, BSAS61/BArch65
Jerome J. Sincoff, FAIA, BArch56
Young Alumni Award: Gerardo Caballero, MArch87
Dean’s Medal: Dean Joseph R. Passonneau
1996
Herbert Duncan, Jr., BA54
Gyo Obata, FAIA, BArch45
Robert Vickery, Jr., BArch60
Michael Willis, FAIA, BA73/MSW76/MArch76
Young Alumni Award: Stephen White, BA79/MArch83/MA93
Dean’s Medal: Warren Shapleigh
1995
Anthony Abbate, MArch82
Rex Becker, BA34/MA35
Joseph Bilello, PhD, MArch76
Harold Roth, FAIA, BA56
Dean’s Medal: Norman Moore, BA33
1994
Doris Andrews Danna, BA52
George Hellmuth, BA28/MArch31
Robert Kahn, BA77
James F. O'Gorman, PhD, BA56
Dean’s Medal: Jamie Cannon, BA60
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Presented annually, these awards recognize Sam Fox School alumni, friends, and leaders in their fields for professional achievements in architecture, art, and design, as well as service to their profe
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Seven honorees will receive 2023 Awards for Distinction. The awards, conferred annually, recognize alumni and friends of the school who have made a significant impact in their field.
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The Sam Fox School honored KieranTimberlake with the 2022 Dean’s Medal and presented awards to eight alumni, on April 21.
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Nine individuals and firms will be recognized for outstanding professional acheivements and service on April 21, including Dean’s Medal recipient KieranTimberlake.