Awards

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

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD

ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD

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 April.

The recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award was David Krell '96.

Past Recipients:
2022: Dr. Linda Valleroy '68
2021: Mark Sandy '83
2020: Dr. Caroline Light '87
2019: Liza Mundy '78
2018: Catherine Bradshaw '93
2017: Harry I. Johnson, III ’86
2016: Will Dichtel '96
2015: Katherine Fulton '73

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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 in May.

The recipient of the 2023 Alumni Service Award was George Vogel '93.

Past Recipients:
2022: Colleen Hamlin '78
2021: Leigh Huff '76
2019: Susan Card '76 (NGA)
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

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