Alumni Council Service Awards
Each year, two Alumni Awards are presented during the Reunion Banquet:ย The Dwayne B. Sherrer Alumni Distinguished Service Awardย andย 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,ย 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 โ18*
1980 – Helen Randall โ25*
1981 – Richard W. Hoar โ51*
1982 – Donald C. Gregg โ31*
1983 – Graham S. Newell โ33*
1984 – Bernier L. Mayo โ56*
1985 – Roger A. Elliott โ32*
1986 – J. Leslie Lenton โ21*
1987 – Russell A. Wheelock โ29*
1988 – John A. Stetson โ48*
1989 – David D. Hale โ69*
1990 – Herbert L. Furse โ32*
1992 – J. Bishop McGill โ40*
1993 – Angus M. Brooks โ31*
1994 – Marcia D. DeRosia โ69
1995 – R. Keith Furse โ40*
1996 – Frederick C. Silloway โ51*
1997 – Albert W. Barney Jr. โ38*
1998 – John W. Simons Jr. โ73
1999 – Victor C. Gilding โ52*
2000 – Nicholas Economou โ40*
2001 – George P. Cunavelis โ41*
2002 – William A. Julian โ45
2003 – Peggy Pearl โ65
2004 – Roderick B. Vitty โ51
2005 – Doug โ58* and Kathy โ59 Pena Drown
2006 – Eugene R. Dionne โ61
2007 – Brent Beck โ62
2008 – David Ely โ63
2009 – Jamie Ryan โ89
2010 – Linda Barnett Garey โ60
2011 – David Keenan โ81
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 โLarryโ Rapagnani โ62
2017 – Susan OโNeil Grayson โ67
2018 – Peter Crosby ’68
2019 – Philip Soucy ’69
2020 – No awards presented due to the pandemic
2021 – Robert Ouellette ’55 and Katherine Silloway ’76ย
2022 – Thomas J. Sherrer โ72
2023 – Cynthia Hayes Robillard โ83
2024 – James H. Impey ’64
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 โ47*
1982 – Edward A. Gray โ22*
1983 – Ernest A. Begin โ63
1984 – Lyle D. Little โ39*
1985 – Kenneth F. Hammer โ85H
1986 – William T. Costa Jr. โ51*
1987 – Wallace A. Bengston โ70*
1988 – Claire Schoppe Johnson โ34*
1989 – George M. Crosby โ34*
1990 – John P. Garey โ57*
1991 – Albert J. Dunn โ55
1992 – Beverly Cox Shumate โ38* and Sheila A. Ward โ35*
1993 – Maybell Peck โ36*
1994 – Phillip D. Goss โ50
1995 – Douglas B. Kitchel Sr. โ56*
1996 – D. Lloyd Jones FFS
1997 – Dorothy Morrison Coombs โ53*
1998 – Dorothy Drummond Collins โ37*
1999 – Dorothy Traynor Desrochers โ44*
2000 – Jeanette Pike Mayo โ60
2001 – Linda Robbins Johnson โ71 and Christine Bonnett Morey โ71
2002 – Beatrice C. LeBlanc โ35*
2003 – Leigh B. Larocque โ52*
2004 – James H. Impey โ64
2005 – Lorette Carreau Desrochers โ45*, C. Daniel Thurston โ50, and Beulah Darrell McGinnis โ55
2006 – Peter F. Crosby โ68
2007 – Jerry Prevost โ77
2008 – Richard Reed โ63
2009 – Troy Ruggles โ84
2010 – Susan Crosby Gallagher โ65
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 โ67
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
2022 – Debra Winot Priest โ72
2023 – Michael Barrett โ93
2024 – Nicquelle Desilets Timson ’04
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.ย
Past Recipients
2019 – Bonnie Jenks
2021 – SJA COVID-19 Response Team: Jack Driscoll, Sarah Garey ’92, Beth Choiniere and Kurt Zschau
2024 – Joan Black
*Deceased
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