Search Coronavirus Updates Alumni Parents Calendar News myGroton About Admission Academics Arts Athletics Student Life Giving Awards Distinguished Grotonians Since 1977, Groton School has presented the Distinguished Grotonian Award, which recognizes graduates whose lives of highly distinguished service reflect the essential values of the School. This year's Distinguished Grotonian, Professor John B. Goodenough ’40, a recent Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, was honored because his contributions to the fields of mathematics, physics, and chemistry have had enormous positive impact on human life. Professor Goodenough is the brains behind the battery technology that powers our phones and computers. Cui Servire Award The Cui Servire Award is given annually to outstanding younger alumni who, through their exceptional contribution to the School or the world, have truly lived up to the School's motto. The motto, Cui Servire Est Regnare, is alternately translated as "To Serve Is to Rule" or "For Whom Service Is Perfect Freedom.” In the motto's original context, service refers to a person's service to God. But the motto has been accepted more broadly to connote service to the community and the world, and it inspires many Grotonians to make community service integral to their lives. This year's Cui Servire recipient, Natick (MA) Police Chief James Hicks ’80, was honored for his dedication to public service, commitment to leadership with empathy, and willingness to stand on the frontlines. Distinguished Grotonian John Goodenough '40 and Cui Servire Award Winner James Hicks '80 Past Distinguished Grotonian Award Recipients Name Year of Award Mr. Gardner Mundy ’59 2019 Mr. Jonathan Choate ’60, P’85, ’88, ’88 2018 Rev. Edward B. Gammons Jr. ’52 2017 Mr. L. Robert Bolling ’76 2016 Mr. George C. Lodge ’45 2015 Mr. David Campion Acheson ’39 2014 Mr. Moorehead C. Kennedy, Jr. ’48, P’79 2013 Dr. Ward H. Goodenough ’37, P’71, ’77, GP’08, ’12 2012 Mr. Malcolm E. Peabody, Jr. ’46, P’82, GP'16 2011 The Honorable Robert C. Scott ’65 2010 Mr. R. Scott Asen ’62 2009 Mr. Hardwick Simmons ’58, P’84, ’07, ’09, GP’12, '17 2008 Mr. Hunter Lewis ’65 2007 Mr. Peter Gammons ’63 2006 Mr. Samuel A. Waterston ’58, P’87, ’95 2005 Ambassador George H. Walker III ’49, P’78, GP’02, ’04, ’13 2004 Mr. William M. Polk ’58 2003 Mr. Ralph O. Esmerian ’58 2002 Mr. Henry Chauncey ’23, P’51, ’53, ’63 2000 Mr. Edward P. Lawrence ’59, P’89, ’91 1999 Mr. Charles Devens ’28, P’55, ’61 1998 Mr. Daniel P. Davison ’43, P’72, ’75, ’80, GP’02, ’03, ’06 1998 Mr. Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld ’57, P’81, ’83, GP’09, ’13, ’14, '18 1997 The Honorable John Train ’46, GP’97 1996 Mr. Kenneth Auchincloss ’55, P’96 1995 Mr. Harold I. Pratt ’55, P’82, ’85 1995 Mr. John H. Finley III ’54, P’88, ’94 1994 Mr. David E. Howe ’43, P’75, ’80, GP’14 1993 The Honorable Clive L. DuVal II ’31 1992 Dr. Bertrand B. Hopkins ’48, P’78, ’79, ’81 1991 Mr. Alan J. Pifer ’40 1990 Mr. Gordon Gund ’57, P’86, ’89 1989 The Honorable Endicott Peabody ’38, P’67, ’73, GP’94, ’11 1988 Dr. Paul Snowden Russell ’43, P’75 1988 Mr. Jonathan Yardley ’57 1987 Mr. J. Carter Brown ’51 1986 Mr. Frank D. Ashburn ’21 1986 Mr. Louis S. Auchincloss ’35, P’76, ’82 1985 Mr. Theodore Chase ’30, P’56, GP’86, ’97 1985 Mr. Stanley R. Resor ’35 1985 Mr. J. Graham Parsons ’25, GP’77, ’79, ’96 1985 Mr. Francis Keppel ’34 1984 Mr. Walter S. Sullivan ’36, P’74 1983 Mr. John E. Lawrence ’27, P’58, ’59, ’63, ’64, GP’81, ’83, ’85, ’93, ’94, ’00, GGP’09 1983 Mr. Robert H. Gardiner ’33 1980 Mr. McGeorge Bundy ’36, P’69, ’71, ’74, ’77, GP’07, ’09, ’12, ’12 1980 Mr. Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. ’29 1979 Mr. William McCormick Blair 1903, P’34, ’35, ’36, GP’62, ’72, ’81, GGP’89, ’92, ’95, ’98 1978 The Honorable C. Douglas Dillon ’27, GP’75, ’78, GGP’98, ’99 1977 The Rev. John Crocker ’18, P’42, GP’70 1977 Past Cui Servire Award Recipients Name Year of Award Ms. Sarah Sewall ’79, P’19 2019 Ms. Elizabeth G. Abbott ’88, P’18, ’21 2018 Dr. N. Stevenson Potter ’82 2017 Ms. Caitlin Gutperle Reed ’91 2016 Ms. Ellen Curtis Boiselle ’85 2015 Ms. Holley Green Gordon ’89 2014 Mr. Nathaniel T.G. Fogg ’93 2013 Mrs. Alyce Jones Lee ’77 2012 Ms. Betsy Wright Hawkings ’81 2011 Mr. George C. Biddle ’80 2010 Mrs. Ann Gildroy Fox ’94 2009 Dr. Theodore Caplow, Jr. ’88 2008 Mrs. Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend ’97 2007 Ms. Danielle K. Nunez ’98 2006 Mr. Josiah H. Brown ’88 2005 Ms. Frances H. Pratt ’82 2004 Dr. Sallie B. Smith ’85 2003 The Rev. John H. Finley, IV ’88 2002 Ms. Katya Fels Smyth ’89 2000 Dr. Michael R. Curtis ’80 1999 Groton School Groton School Mission: To inspire lives of character, scholarship, leadership, and service within a diverse, inclusive, and close-knit community. 282 Farmers Row P.O. Box 991 Groton, MA 01450 Tel: 978-448-3363 School Store Privacy Policy © 2021 GROTON SCHOOL. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. + Open Sitemap