COVID-19 UPDATES MENU Alumni Council Service Awards Each year, two Alumni Awards are presented during the Reunion Banquet: The Dwayne B. Sherrer Alumni Distinguished Service Award and The Northeast Kingdom Service Award. The Alumni Office accepts nominations for each of these awards until March 30. If you would like to nominate someone for either, or both, of these awards, please fill out and submit the form below using the criteria provided. The Dwayne B. Sherrer Alumni Distinguished Service Award Candidates should have shown distinguished, loyal service to the Alumni Association, its ideals and objectives; service reflecting credit on the Academy; service to his community, state, or nation; and/or achievement in his own field of endeavor. PAST RECIPIENTS 1979 – Sterry Waterman ’18* 1980 – Helen Randall ’25* 1981 – Richard W. Hoar ’51* 1982 – Donald C. Gregg ’31* 1983 – Graham S. Newell ’33* 1984 – Bernier L. Mayo ’56* 1985 – Roger A. Elliott ’32* 1986 – J. Leslie Lenton ’21* 1987 – Russell A. Wheelock ’29* 1988 – John A. Stetson ’48* 1989 – David D. Hale ’69* 1990 – Herbert L. Furse ’32* 1991 – John S. Hall ’66 1992 – J. Bishop McGill ’40* 1993 – Angus M. Brooks ’31* 1994 – Marcia D. DeRosia ’69 1995 – R. Keith Furse ’40* 1996 – Frederick C. Silloway ’51* 1997 – Albert W. Barney Jr. ’38* 1998 – John W. Simons Jr. ’73 1999 – Victor C. Gilding ’52* 2000 – Nicholas Economou ’40* 2001 – George P. Cunavelis ’41* 2002 – William A. Julian ’45 2003 – Peggy Pearl ’65 2004 – Roderick B. Vitty ’51 2005 – Doug ’58* and Kathy ’59 Pena Drown 2006 – Eugene R. Dionne ’61 2007 – Brent Beck ’62 2008 – David Ely ’63 2009 – Jamie Ryan ’89 2010 – Linda Barnett Garey ’60 2011 – David Keenan ’81 2012 – Lee Hackett ’57 2013 – Roo Mold ’68 2014 – Pam Burns Kocher ’64 and Bill Hanson ’64 2015 – John Crane ’65 and James Farmer ’65 2016 – Gregory Sweeny ’66* 2017 – Nazareno “Larry” Rapagnani ’62 2017 – Susan O’Neil Grayson ’67 2018 – Peter Crosby ’68 2019 – Philip Soucy ’69 2020 – No awards presented due to the pandemic 2021 – Robert Ouellette ’55 and Katherine Silloway ’76 The Northeast Kingdom Service Award Candidates should have shown unselfish dedication and service to the continued improvement of the Northeast Kingdom. PAST RECIPIENTS 1981 – Donald F. Mullally ’47* 1982 – Edward A. Gray ’22* 1983 – Ernest A. Begin ’63 1984 – Lyle D. Little ’39* 1985 – Kenneth F. Hammer ’85H 1986 – William T. Costa Jr. ’51* 1987 – Wallace A. Bengston ’70* 1988 – Claire Schoppe Johnson ’34* 1989 – George M. Crosby ’34* 1990 – John P. Garey ’57* 1991 – Albert J. Dunn ’55 1992 – Beverly Cox Shumate ’38* and Sheila A. Ward ’35* 1993 – Maybell Peck ’36* 1994 – Phillip D. Goss ’50 1995 – Douglas B. Kitchel Sr. ’56* 1996 – D. Lloyd Jones FFS 1997 – Dorothy Morrison Coombs ’53* 1998 – Dorothy Drummond Collins ’37* 1999 – Dorothy Traynor Desrochers ’44* 2000 – Jeanette Pike Mayo ’60 2001 – Linda Robbins Johnson ’71 and Christine Bonnett Morey ’71 2002 – Beatrice C. LeBlanc ’35* 2003 – Leigh B. Larocque ’52* 2004 – James H. Impey ’64 2005 – Lorette Carreau Desrochers ’45*, C. Daniel Thurston ’50, and Beulah Darrell McGinnis ’55 2006 – Peter F. Crosby ’68 2007 – Jerry Prevost ’77 2008 – Richard Reed ’63 2009 – Troy Ruggles ’84 2010 – Susan Crosby Gallagher ’65 2011 – Tom Conte 2012 – Lisa Wilkins Warren ’82 2013 – Ted ’53T* and Fran ’53* Merchant 2014 – Dale Wells ’64T 2016 – Timothy Clouatre ’86 2017 – Janet Dionne Quatrini ’67 2018 – Chris Ryan ’78 2019 – Michael Bugbee ’69 2020 – No awards presented due to the pandemic 2021 – Ian ’98 & Cari Melkonian Carlet ’96 and Jamie Murphy ’90 Bonnie Jenks Alumni Council Award At the discretion of the alumni council, this special award is given, when deemed fit, to acknowledge exceptional service and loyalty to St. Johnsbury Academy. PAST RECIPIENTS 2019 – Bonnie Jenks 2021 – SJA COVID-19 Response Team: Jack Driscoll, Sarah Garey ’92, Beth Choiniere and Kurt Zschau *Deceased Every gift is important and needed. Thank you for your generosity. Alumni Service Awards Nomination Dwayne B. Sherrer Award Recipients of the Dwayne B. Sherrer Distinguished Alumni Award have shown distinguished, loyal service to the Alumni Association, its ideals, and objectives; service reflecting credit on the Academy; service to his or her community, state, or nation; and achievement in his or her own field of endeavor. Nomination Statement Please write a statement speaking to the qualities of the nominee in consideration for the Dwayne B. Sherrer Award nomination. Northeast Kingdom Service Award Recipients of the Northeast Kingdom Service Award have shown unselfish dedication and service to the continued improvement of the Northeast Kingdom. Nomination Statement Please write a statement to the qualities of the nominee in consideration for the Northeast Kingdom Service Award; include the class year of the person if you know it. 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