Alumni
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Alumni Awards
Below youβll find a list of all our Alumni Award recipients through the years.*
*Awards no longer awarded to: Distinguished Alumni Award, Driscoll Award for Social Responsibility, Outstanding Young Alumni, and Service Award.
Recognizes an alumna/us who has achieved distinction in a particular field of endeavor, whether it be in a chosen profession, through formal or volunteer activities or through personal commitment to an issue, project or cause. This recipient also demonstrates the Beaver vision and mindset and is an enthusiastic supporter of Beaver Country Day School.Β
2022 Carol Thomsen β77
2023 Alan Bortman β79
2024 Wendy Fischman β89, Pβ25
2025 John Weltman ’75
Recognizes an alumna/us who has achieved distinction in a particular field of endeavor, whether it be in a chosen profession, through formal or volunteer activities or through personal commitment to an issue, project or cause.
1986 Mary Binney Wakefield β31
1987 Jane Quigley Alexander β57
1988 Virginia Tullis Latham β58
1989 Joan Bainbridge Safford β54
1990 Barbara Ray Stevens β60
1991 Jeanne LaCroix Crocker β41
1992 Priscilla Blackett Houghton β42
1993 Carol A. Beckwith β63
1994 Carol McConville Dwyer β54
1995 Barbara Weil Snelling β45
1996 Founding Decade Alumnae 1924-1929
1997 Anne Wechsler Hiatt β47
1998 Sheryll Pichon β73
1999 Jane Canter Loeffler β64
2000 William R. Camann β75
2001 Tammy Grimes β51
2002 Bennett H. Klein β77
2002 Dorothy Warren Arnold β42
2003 Nancy Sargent Howell β58
2004 Katherine Cantor VanNoorden Zerner β54
2005 Ellen Driscoll β70
2006 Mila Holt β76
2007 Gretchen Dow Simpson β57
2008 Christy Herlihy Cunningham-Adams β63
2009 Lucinda Franks Morgenthau β64
2010 Laurie Harding β65
2011 Steven Zevitas β86
2012 Joan Rosen Marks β47
2013 Not given out this year
2014 Nova Spivack β87
2015 Reggie Brothers β77
2016 Bruce Berkowitz β76
2017 Chris Jones β87
2018 Susan Lyne β68
2019 Al Fitzpayne β89
The Driscoll Award for Social Responsibility reflects the Driscoll family’s long commitment to community service and recognizes an alumna/us for his/her commitment to social justice.
2006 Benjamin Link β93
2007 Carolyn Joslin Donovan β57
2008 Ros Everdell β71
2009 Andrew Barrett and Brad Falchuk β89
2010 Susanne Mueller β60
2011 Faith Michaels β76
2012 Jacob Mnookin β97
2013 Jaime E. Lederer β00
2014 Matthew Meyersohn β99
2015 Ilan Moss β93
2016 Nelson de Witt β00
2017 Kathleen Drohan β84
2018 Dave Madan β01
Recognizes a graduate within the last twenty years who has shown outstanding performance, competence and achievement in a professional field and/or volunteer commitment.
1992 Brenda Weinfield Gold β82
1993 Carlos Ball β82
1994 Alan D. Bortman β79
1995 Kristin A. Harper β85
1996 75th Anniversary
1997 Brian D. Gardiner β87
1998 Giordano Caponigro β83
1999 Kathleen Drohan β84
2000 Alison Redlich β90
2001 Philip Lipof β91
2002 Jennifer Kaplan Schreiber β87
2003 Sophia Ali β83
2004 Marvin Diaz β99
2005 Gena Comenzo β90
2006 Hilary Crane-Stern β91
2009 Marlowe Greenberg β89
2010 Alex Whitmore β95
2011 Andrew Spellman β96
2012 Will Van Dyke β02
2013 None given out this year
2014 David Ready β97
2015 Dori Oskowitz β97
2016 Rebecca Roth-Gullo β95
2017 Eric Andrew β00
2018 Michelle Kessel β01
Given annually by the Alumni Association to a graduate for dedicated and enthusiastic support of the Beaver Country Day School.
1980 Lucretia Weed β55
1981 Ceelie Wood Beacham β65
1982 Elise Glazier Waterman β50
1983 Lee Carmichael Hunsaker β68
1984 Katharine Sawtell Plimpton β41
1985 Jane Jackson Hough β37
1986 Shirley Waterman Amory β41
1987 Natalie Waldo Koehler β27
1988 Nina Rubenstein Morse β61
1989 Elizabeth Kiley-Ladd β70
1990 Barbara Marston Hansen β30
1990 Elizabeth Storer β35
1991 Nanon Winslow β63
1992 John J. Weltman β75
1993 Marian Upton Clouse β58
1994 Marjorie Muther Mettee β29
1994 Josephine Muther Smith β33
1995 Dorothy Coffin Harvi β34
1996 Mary Van Ness Crocker β34
1997 Jeannie Fourel Cooperman β47
1998 Katherine Fenn Bruce β43
1999 Ceelie Wood Beacham β65
2000 Maria C. Walsh β70
2001 Chris Cameron β82
2002 Greg Rudolph β82
2003 Katharine βKittyβ Ray Sturgis β58
2004 Carol McConville Dwyer β54
2005 Andrea Klein Spigelman β76
2007 Judith Parks Anderson β57
2008 Carolyn White Spengler β58
2009 Ruth Gardner Lamere β59
2010 Stepheny Riemer β65
2011 Class of 1941
2012 Sonja Rudder Spears β82
2013 Not given out this year
2014 Henry Feldman β85
2015 David Berman β02
2016 Not given out this year
2017 Thilo Henkes β87
2018 Jonathan Soroff β83
2019 Amye Kurson β91
Presented by the Alumni Board to a member of the faculty who demonstrates professional commitment to the education of students and the enhancement of the school community.
*No longer awarded.
1990 Jane D. Baker
1991 Camilla Titcomb
1992 Not given out this year
1993 Jeremiah McCarthy
1994 John Clippinger
1995 Beatrice S. Kleppner
1996 All who taught 15 years or more (75th Anniversary)
1997 Debra Ellman
1998 Wendy Newberry
1999 Peter Gow
2000 Henry Heaphy (Hank)
2001 Michael Kidney
2002 Lawrence Murphy (Larry)
2003 Aline Gery
2004 Todd Whitten
2005 Pippen Cook
2006 Anna Xydeas
2007 Sandy Horwitz
2008 Bea Kleppner honored for 50 years of teaching
The BVR100 Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes alumni who embody the BVR mindset and our commitment to expanding the nature of school, and who continue to achieve the highest distinctions in their own fields and endeavors.
*Only awarded during the Centennial celebration.
2020 Jane Quigley Alexander β57
2020 Bruce Berkowitz β76
Class Notes & In Remembrance
Stay Connected. Share Your Story. Honor Our Community.
We invite you to share whatβs new in your life and/or honor a member of the Beaver alumni community (alumni, faculty, or staff) who has passed. Whether youβre celebrating a milestone, reconnecting with classmates, or reflecting on someone who made a lasting impact, your stories strengthen the connections that make Beaver such a meaningful and lasting community.
- Class Notes offer a way to stay in touch and share what youβve been up to! Whether you are sharing a career update, family news, travels, accomplishments, or everyday moments, we would love to hear from you.
- In Remembrance, we honor members of our alumni community who will always be part of Beaverβs story. We celebrate their lives, their contributions, and the meaningful impact theyβve had on others.
Submissions may be featured on our website, included in alumni communications, and highlighted in our alumni newsletter.
Thank you for helping us celebrate your classmates and honor those who have shaped Beaver.
Alumni Resources
In celebration of Beaverβs Centennial (which spanned 2020-2022), 100 alumni from across the globe shared their stories and advice with us.
Spearheaded by Brett Siegal β20 and Alex Shigueta β20, this project gave us the opportunity to connect with our incredibly talented and interesting alumni in a new way.
- Bonus: All those interviews led to some pretty fantastic advice that we compiled intoΒ this collaborative essayΒ of sorts. Enjoy!
In case you missed it, we came up with a new way for you to stay connected with your classmates and network with the full alumni community:Β BVRConnects.
Andrew Daniels β21 helped us design, build, and launch BVRConnects during his Senior Experience. This tool is a one-of-a-kind virtual platform that allows our alumni community to mentor, network, and connect anytime, anywhere.
Want to organize your classβs next reunion? Host an alumni event in your area? Or simply update your contact info to make sure you’re receiving all the latest on events and happenings in the Beaver alumni community?
Reach out!
Need your Beaver transcript? Please complete the onlineΒ transcript request form. Your official transcript can only be mailed directly to the institution that needs it (i.e., a college, graduate school or employer). You may request that an unofficial copy be sent to you for your own files.
Looking for reunion or alumni photos? Check out our Smugmug page.
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