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Alumni Prize Recipients

Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Award

In 2010 the Choate Seal Prize and Rosemary Hall Alumnae Award were combined to create the Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Award (given annually to a man and a woman).

   Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Award
   2010 S. Davis Phillips '61
   2010 Caterina Fake '86
   2011 Terry O’Neill ’70
   2011 Tony James ’69
   2012 Daniel J. Carucci, M.D., Ph.D. '76
   2012 Victoria J. Nuland '79
   2013 Paul Giamatti ’85
   2013 Paula Loyd ’90

Choate Rosemary Hall Distinguished Service Award

The Choate Rosemary Hall Alumni Association Distinguished Alumni Service Award is awarded to an alumnus, alumna or group in recognition and appreciation of consistent and substantial service to the school.

   Distinguished Service Award
    2009 Putney Westerfield '47
    2010 Ronna Chao Heffner '85, Silas Chou P'93 '96 '02
             and their respective families
    2011 Thomas Wachtell ’46
    2012 Stephen E. Gilhuley - 1962


Rosemary Hall Alumnae Award

The Rosemary Hall Alumnae Award, established in 1965, is given to a distinguished alumna who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in a given field of endeavor.

   Rosemary Hall Award Recipients
   1965 Elizabeth Chittenden Lowry '27
   1966 Kathleen Scofield Louchheim '21*
   1967 Barbara Woodward '26*
   1968 Elma Loines '01*
   1969 Morley Cowles Ballantine '43
   1970 Louise Richardson Allen '33
   1971 No award
   1972 Claire Giannini Hoffman '21*
   1973 Elizabeth Hyde Brownell '21*
   1974 Mary Egan Stokes '05*
   1975 Sarah Kernochan '65
   1976 June Rossbach Bingham '36
   1977 Mary French Rockefeller '27*
   1978 Eleanor Clark Warren '30*
   1979 Wendy Westbrook Fairey '60
   1980 Doris Eder de Zambrano '49
   1981 Helen Stevenson Meyner '46*
   1982 Glenn Close '65
   1983 Martha Fetherolf Loutfi '58
   1984 Mary Ann Kraus Folter '59
   1985 Marian Fox Burros '50
   1986 Elizabeth Smith Crow '64
   1987 Claire Howell Blatchford '62
   1988 Reeve Lindbergh Tripp '63
   1989 Janet Edgerton Lanman '39
   1990 no award
   1991 Katherine Way '20
   1992 Katherine Verdery '67
   1993 Ali MacGraw ’56
   1994 Margot Botsford ’65
   1995 Jean Bernhard Buttner '53
   1996 Jamie Lee Curtis '76
   1997 Dorothy Montague Cholnoky '46
   1998 Jorie Butler Kent ’48
   1999 Ann Loeb Bronfman ’50
   2000 Elizabeth Pathy Salett ’55
   2001 Dr. Sally C. Morton ’79
   2002 Anne Gilchrist Gleacher ’67
   2003 Rebecca Sutter Breed ’54
   2004 Rebecca J. Cook ’64
   2005 Gretchen Teichgraeber '71
   2006 Angela Ruggiero ’98
             Kim Insalaco ’99
             Julie Chu ’01
   2007 Lyn Foster McNaught '55
   2008 Morenike Irvin ’81
   2009 Francesca Vietor '82

Choate Alumni Seal Prize

The Choate Alumni Seal Prize is awarded annually to an alumnus who has shown outstanding leadership and has made a significant contribution to his country, his community, or his school.

   Choate Seal Prize Winners
   1958 John F. Kennedy '35*
   1959 Richard R. Higgins '18*
   1960 Philip Young '27*
   1961 Adlai E. Stevenson '18*
   1962 Alan Jay Lerner '36*
   1963 F. Tremaine Billings '29
   1964 Seymour St. John '31
   1965 John Dos Passos '11*
   1966 Paul Mellon '25*
   1967 Emil Mosbacher '39*
   1968 Chester B. Bowles '19*
   1969 Craig D. Munson '16*
   1970 Roger L. Stevens '28*
   1971 William H. Attwood '37*
   1972 Edward F. Albee III '46
   1973 John H. Kauffmann '43*
   1974 Daniel Tenney Jr.'31
   1975 Bruce S. Gelb '45
   1976 Robert Fitzgerald '29*
   1977 Larry A. Hart '32*
   1978 Walter D. Edmonds '21*
   1979 Worthington Johnson '32*
   1980 John S. Higgins '16*
   1981 Hedrick Smith '51
   1982 James Laughlin '32*
   1983 Wm. Larimer Mellon '28*
   1984 John T. Downey '47
   1985 Howard F. Baer '20*
   1986 Judson Hale '51
   1987 George Getz, Jr. '27*
   1988 Michael Douglas '63
   1989 Richard Earhart '22*
   1990 Robert Mosbacher '44
   1991 William G. Spears '56
   1992 Lewis Donelson '34
   1993 William Richardson ’58
   1994 Douglass North ’38
   1995 Avery Dulles S.J. '36
   1996 Stephen J. Schulte '56
   1997 Edward B. Ayres '46*
   1998 Arne Helge Carlson ’53
   1999 Alan J. Lomax ’30*
   2000 Thomas A.O. Yankus ’52
   2001 Dr. Jonathan F. Fanton ’61
   2002 Andres M. Duany ’67
   2003 Dr. Hoi Sang U ’64
   2004 Christopher Hutchins ’56
   2005 George F. Colony ’72
   2006 Nicholas P. Negroponte ’61
   2007 John J. Danilovich '68
   2008 Robert D. McCallum, Jr. '64
   2009 Dr. Arthur Garson ’66

*deceased