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The annual winner for the Distinguished Alumni Award is presented in January and the Service Award at Commencement in May. Please download and complete the appropriate PDF (links below) and follow the instructions for submission. 
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The Distinguished Alumni Award 

​This award recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves in their chosen field, and in doing so, have brought distinction and honor to North Cross School. The annual winner is presented in January.
The recipient of the 2020 Distinguished Alumna Award was Dr. Caroline Light '87. ​
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Dr. Light has served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University since 2008. Her research explores the ways in which race, gender, and region have shaped collective (mis)memory and archival silence. The Harvard Class of 2019 chose Caroline as one of their favorite professors. This was the seventh time that Dr. Light had been selected for this honor by Harvard students.

She has authored two books: The Pride of Race and Character: the Roots of Jewish Benevolence in the Jim Crow South (NYU Press, 2014) and most recently Stand Your Ground: A History of America’s Love Affair with Lethal Self-Defense (Beacon Press, 2017). She has been featured on national news outlets and by Time Magazine regarding the history of gun laws in the United States and has also been an OP-ED contributor for The New York Times.

Caroline has a bachelor of arts in history from Duke University and a master's degree and doctorate in history from the University of Kentucky. She lives in Cambridge, MA with her husband and three children. ​
Past Recipients: ​
2019: Liza Mundy '78
2018: Catherine Bradshaw '93
​2017: Harry I. Johnson, III ’86
2016: Will Dichtel '96
2015: Katherine Fulton '73
​The Alumni Service Award 

This award is presented annually to one outstanding alumnus/a who has made significant contributions to his/her community. Nominees should meet the following criteria:
  • The candidate must have graduated from or attended North Cross School and must continue to demonstrate a strong commitment to the school and its ideals.
  • The candidate must be someone other than an alumnus/a currently serving on the North Cross School Alumni Association Board.
  • The candidate should be a responsible citizen who generously contributes time and/or resources and who continues to be involved with North Cross School and/ or with his/her community. 
The annual award winner is presented at Commencement in May.
The recipient of the 2019 Alumni Service Award was Susan Card '76 (NGA).
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Past Recipients: 
​2018: George B. Cartledge III ‘82
2017: Ian McDade ’91
2016: Sarah Boxley Beck ’98
2015: Elizabeth Fulghum Frankl ’82
2014: Russ Ellett ’84
2013: Katherine Watts ’67
2012: Allen B. Whittle ’91
2011: Joseph D. Logan III SA ‘49
2010: Stephen W. Lemon ‘80
2009: Linda A. Valleroy ’68
2008: David B. Trinkle ’79
2007: Anne Lee Stevens SA
2006: G. Andrew Kegley, Jr. ’77
2005: T. Christopher Moore ’71
2004: Kathryn Krisch Oelschlager ’69
2003: Deb Bennett Haggerty ’76
2002: David D. H. Willis, Sr. ’77
2001: J. Randolph Garrett III ’65
2000: T. Garrick Steele ’71
1999: Rossie Carter Hutcheson ’73