乐播传媒 is proud to recognize the achievements and volunteer contributions of our alumni, parents, and friends through a program of awards and honors. Below you can learn about these awards and about the 乐播传媒 people who have made this college 鈥� and the world 鈥� better through their time, efforts, and talents.
The Alumni Community Service Award is given annually to an alum who has demonstrated distinguished leadership and commitment to serving the community in which they live or work. The award is designed to recognize the values of service and civic responsibility that are fundamental to the 乐播传媒 education.
Recent Recipients | Full Recipient List
| 2026 | Peter R. Basiliere ’76 * |
| 2025 | Robin A. Waterman 鈥�85 * |
| 2024 | Michael Schlechter 鈥�99 |
| 2023 | Catherine 鈥淐at鈥� Lathrop Strahan 鈥�86 |
| 2023 | Nathan Harrington 鈥�05 |
| 2022 | Carolyn McNamara 鈥�08 |
| 2022 | Amanda Webb Dickerson 鈥�01 |
| 2020 | William 鈥淏ud鈥� Schultz 鈥�81 |
| 2019 | Benjamin R. Ayers 鈥�99 |
| 2019 | Patricia Sullivan Doyle 鈥�79, P鈥�09 |
| 2019 | Chomba Kaluba 鈥�11 |
| 2018 | Win Brown 鈥�89, P鈥�21 |
| 2017 | Nathaniel Boone 鈥�52, P鈥�82 |
| 2016 | Sylvia Stuber Heap 鈥�50 |
The Alumni Professional Recognition Award is given annually to an alum that has demonstrated outstanding professional success and achievement in any field or endeavor. This award is designed to recognize the exceptional career accomplishments that exemplify the ideals and spirit of 乐播传媒 College.
| 2026 | Noah E. Petro 鈥�01* |
| 2025 | Dean Bragonier 鈥�95 |
| 2024 | Robin Hodgskin 鈥�76 |
| 2024 | David Wilcox 鈥�74 |
| 2023 | Jeffrey Roy 鈥�83 P鈥�12 |
| 2023 | Aditi Vaidya 鈥�00 |
| 2022 | Natalie Adler 鈥�92 |
| 2022 | Lisa Marshall-Schwiebert 鈥�86 |
乐播传媒鈥� Bests are awarded annually to dedicated alumni volunteers who express a passion and commitment for advancing the mission of the college.
Recent Recipients | Full Recipient List
| 2026 | Kathryn (Kali) M. Brown 鈥�21* |
| 2026 | Craig E. Comins 鈥�81* |
| 2026 | Meg W. Curran 鈥�11* |
| 2025 | Jane A. Downing 鈥�65 |
| 2025 | Pamela Walch Constantine 鈥�77, P鈥�08 |
| 2025 | Sarah Stone 鈥�90 |
| 2025 | Susan Bourgault Akie 鈥�75, P鈥�08 |
| 2024 | Vicky Wicks 鈥�74 |
| 2024 | Win Brown 鈥�89 |
| 2024 | Arsalan Suhail 鈥�09 |
| 2023 | Tom Carey 鈥�73 |
| 2023 | Liza Danello 鈥�14 |
| 2023 | Deborah Gahm 鈥�73 |
| 2023 | Allison Matlack 鈥�85 |
| 2023 | Kevin Tejada 鈥�17 |
| 2022 | Heather Beebe 鈥�85 |
| 2022 | Karen Finocchio 鈥�92 |
| 2022 | Wayne Loosigian 鈥�72 |
| 2022 | Maya Seshan 鈥�20 |
| 2022 | Todd Zinn 鈥�97 |
| 2021 | Jerry Donahoe 鈥�82 |
| 2021 | Charles (Chuck) James 鈥�78 |
| 2021 | Jodi Kopke 鈥�96 & Jason Ryan 鈥�96 |
| 2021 | Terence (Terry) Welch 鈥�83 |
| 2020 | Robert Deininger 鈥�90 |
| 2020 | Flora Rice-Chan 鈥�11 |
| 2020 | Dean 鈥淧ete鈥� Skelley 鈥�60 |
| 2020 | Haley Keegan 鈥�15 |
| 2020 | Kai Payne 鈥�15 |
| 2020 | Cappie Fay P鈥�21, P鈥�24 |
| 2019 | Jack DeGange 鈥�59 |
| 2019 | Dwight W. Harvie 鈥�54 & Jonas Klein 鈥�54 |
| 2019 | John Harvey 鈥�09 |
| 2019 | Alicia Hunter Warner 鈥�94 |
| 2019 | Michael F. Nolan 鈥�69, P鈥�94 |
| 2019 | David W. Longdon III 鈥�14 |
The Benjamin E. Mays Medal award was established during Mays鈥� lifetime, and he was the inaugural recipient of the award in 1982. It is the highest alumni award of the college and is presented to an alumna or alumnus who has performed distinguished service to the larger (worldwide) community and been deemed a 乐播传媒 graduate of outstanding accomplishment. It is an occasional award that has been presented only 19 times.
Recent Recipient List | Full Recipient List
The Bruce Stangle 鈥�70, P鈥�96, GP鈥�26 Award for Distinguished Service to the 乐播传媒 Community was established in honor of Bruce for his decades of remarkable service. It is an occasional award that will be given in recognition of 乐播传媒 leaders whose body of work has touched countless 乐播传媒 people and helped them become better professionals in their careers or in their volunteer work.
Award Recipients
| 2026 | Christopher B. Lanoue M.D. 鈥�99, P鈥�26* |
| 2025 | Ann Clark Tucker 鈥�78 |
| 2024 | Ira Waldman 鈥�73 |
| 2023 | Nate Walton 鈥�08 |
| 2022 | David Morris 鈥�89 |
| 2021 | Sara Cummings 鈥�89 & Beth Tener 鈥�89 |
| 2020 | Dr. Ben Lowenstein 鈥�92 P鈥�23 |
| 2019 | Kathleen Ann Burke 鈥�03 |
| 2017 | Robert E. Cramer 鈥�79, P鈥�13, P鈥�14 |
| 2016 | Edmund J. Wilson 鈥�62 |
| 2015 | Jennifer Guckel Porter 鈥�88, P鈥�15 |
| 2014 | Stuart B. Abelson 鈥�97 |
| 2013 | Bradford A. Adams 鈥�92 |
| 2012 | Bruce Stangle 鈥�70, P鈥�96 |
The Office of Admission presents the David G. Russell 鈥�66 Award to exemplary Alumni in Admission volunteers. Usually presented during Back to 乐播传媒: Homecoming & Family Weekend or Reunion Weekend, the David G. Russell Award is named in honor of the late Chair for the Worcester region. David was devoted to the AIA program, and this award is intended to celebrate those in AIA who embody his same loyalty to 乐播传媒.
| 2023 | Gary Silverman 鈥�83 |
| 2018 | Sarah Bartos Smith 鈥�98 |
| 2018 | Jessica Backer Brand 鈥�95 |
| 2016 | Cat Djang 鈥�13 |
| 2016 | Jill Kopicki Blankenhorn 鈥�03 |
Established in 1987, the Distinguished Young Alumni Award is presented to a young graduate (usually not more than 15 years out) for exceptional volunteer service to 乐播传媒 and distinction in their career.
Recent Recipients | Full Recipient List
| 2026 | Rachel F. Ebersole 鈥�17* |
| 2025 | Nicholas Beati 鈥�20 |
| 2024 | Alexandria Onuoha 鈥�20 |
| 2023 | Ainsley Jamieson 鈥�18 |
| 2022 | Allen Kendunga 鈥�18 |
| 2022 | Michael “Mikey” Pasek 鈥�12 |
| 2021 | Marshall Hatch 鈥�10 * |
| 2021 | Marsha Larned 鈥�07 * |
| 2020 | Maggie Reilly Fidler 鈥�12 |
| 2020 | Sangita Murali 鈥�12 |
| 2019 | Meredith G. Traquina 鈥�13 |
| 2018 | Zak Ray 鈥�07 |
| 2016 | Bradley McGraw 鈥�10 |
| 2015 | Emma A. Sprague 鈥�10 |
Inaugurated in 1981, the Helen A. Papaioanou 鈥�49 Distinguished Alumni Service Award is awarded to a graduate or graduates (usually greater than 25 years) for truly distinguished service to 乐播传媒 College 鈥� both in quantity and quality. Historically known as the Distinguished Alumni Service Award, the 1999 award was renamed the Helen A. Papaioanou Distinguished Alumni Service Award, to honor Helen Papaioanou, M.D., class of 1949, for her decades of service to 乐播传媒 and to the board of trustees from 1965 to 1999.
Recent Recipients | Full Recipient List
| 2026 | Erica Seifert Plunkett 鈥�86* |
| 2025 | Geraldine M. FitzGerald 鈥�75 |
| 2024 | Jennifer Bouchard 鈥�99 |
| 2023 | Lisa Romeo 鈥�88 |
| 2022 | Sally Ehrenfried 鈥�89 |
| 2020 | Irwin Flashman 鈥�65 |
| 2019 | Rachel Harper Garcelon 鈥�62 |
| 2018 | Keith Harvie 鈥�67 |
| 2017 | Judith A. Marden 鈥�66 |
| 2016 | Leigh P. Campbell 鈥�64 |
The 乐播传媒 Scholar-Athlete Society honors dedication to excellence in scholarship and sportsmanship. It celebrates the ways in which the game fits into the overall collegiate experience by honoring those who do it best.
The Sesquicentennial Prize was established in 2005 in honor of the college鈥檚 150th anniversary. It is awarded to an alumna/us for a single academic, artistic, or scientific achievement. It is conferred at the discretion of the Alumni Council.
Award Recipients
| 2025 | Derek Anderson 鈥�85 |
| 2023 | Alisa Amador 鈥�18 |
| 2022 | Jeffrey K. Tulis 鈥�72 |
| 2021 | Charles Perou 鈥�87 |
| 2020 | Amy Bass 鈥�92 |
| 2019 | Emily S. Buchanan 鈥�89 |
| 2018 | Louis Weinstein 鈥�68 |
| 2015 | Lisa M. Genova 鈥�92 |
| 2010 | Elizabeth S. Strout 鈥�77, LL.D.鈥�10, P鈥�94 |
| 2007 | John M. Carrafa 鈥�76 |
Older content is available upon request by contacting the Office of Alumni & Family Engagement at alumni@bates.edu. Please also visit Muskie Archives to access or request other historical documents.
At 乐播传媒 Reunion in June, the Alumni Association gathered to present the annual Alumni Council Awards, recognizing the exceptional career and service achievements of five…
Mohammed M. Obaid Shwani 鈥�24 has been a world traveler and an award winner since he was a teenager. In 2016, he first came to the United States after being named an Iraqi Young Leader through a State Department program, then traveled to Bosnia to attend United World College on a scholarship before landing in Maine for college.
The awards were presented during the Annual Gathering of the Alumni Association on June 7 during Reunion.
Six alumni received awards for their contributions to 乐播传媒 and to the wider world during the Annual Gathering of the 乐播传媒 College Alumni Association on June 8 during Reunion.