| 1932 |
George L. Omwake (1895) |
President, Ursinus College |
| 1933 |
Joel T. Boone (1909) |
Vice Admiral, Inspector General, United States Navy; Presidential Physician; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 1934 |
Junius P. Fishburn (1914) |
President, Times-World Corporation; Publisher; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 1935 |
Howard R. Omwake (1897) |
President, Catawba College |
| 1936 |
James M. Landis (1916) |
Dean, Harvard Law School; Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission; Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board |
| 1937 |
Paul H. Musser (1912) |
Dean and Provost, University of Pennsylvania |
| 1938 |
Simon Sipple (1896) |
President, Eastern Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church |
| 1939 |
Earl L. Douglass (1909) |
Clergyman; Author; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 1940 |
Max Eastman (1900) |
Author |
| 1941 |
Charles S. Tippetts (1912) |
Dean, University of Pittsburgh Business School; Headmaster, Mercersburg Academy |
| 1942 |
W. Heber Dithrich (1906) |
Lawyer; Judge, State Superior Court of Pennsylvania |
| 1943 |
Robert F. Rich (1902) |
Chairman, Woolrich Woolen Mills; Member, U.S. House of Representatives |
| 1943 |
Keller E. Rockey (1905) |
Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps; Commander, 5th Marine Division – Iwo Jima |
| 1944 |
George R. Hanks (1911) |
President, Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company |
| 1945 |
James M. Stewart ’28 |
Academy Award-Winning Actor; Brigadier General, United States Air Force |
| 1946 |
John H. Brown Jr. (1910) |
Vice Admiral, United States Navy; Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet; Director of Athletics, United States Naval Academy |
| 1946 |
John C. Meyer ’37 |
General, United States Air Force; World War II Flying Ace; Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command |
| 1947 |
Brooks Emeny (1920) |
Scholar; Author; President, U.S. Council on Foreign Affairs |
| 1948 |
George M. Kirk (1909) |
Humanitarian; Western Regional Director, YMCA |
| 1949 |
Alexander Stewart (1914) |
Physician; Philanthropist |
| 1950 |
Abram P. Steckel (1895) |
Inventor, Cold-Rolled Steel Process; Founder and President, Cold Metal Products |
| 1951 |
Pedro A. del Valle (1910) |
Lieutenant General, United States Marine Corps; Commander, 1st Marine Division – Okinawa |
| 1951 |
C. Edward Murray Jr. (1910) |
Chairman and CEO, Trans World Airlines |
| 1952 |
William B. Rodgers (1922) |
President, Moore Flesher Hauling Company |
| 1953 |
Henry B. Swoope Jr. (1923) |
Banker; Coal Company Executive |
| 1954 |
Frank D. Buser (1894) |
Secretary, National Association of Insurance Underwriters |
| 1955 |
B. Franklin Royer (1895) |
Physician; Medical Director, National Association to Prevent Blindness |
| 1956 |
William N. Keith (1900) |
Physician; Medical Missionary |
| 1956 |
Ralph B. Hindman (1911) |
Clergyman, Presbyterian Church; Chairman, National Council on Theological Education |
| 1957 |
Francis R. Lowell (1910) |
Owner and Publisher, Advance Newspapers |
| 1957 |
Karl L. Rankin (1916) |
First United States Ambassador to Taiwan |
| 1958 |
Robert C. Tyson (1923) |
Vice Chairman and CEO, U.S. Steel |
| 1958 |
George L. Haller (1924) |
Educator; Entrepreneur; Inventor of Radar Components |
| 1959 |
Charles A. Jones (1905) |
Lawyer; Judge; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
| 1960 |
Donald L. Helfferich (1917) |
President, Ursinus College |
| 1961 |
Milton W. King (1908) |
Co-Owner, Washington Redskins |
| 1962 |
John R. Everett ’38 |
Chairman and CEO, Encyclopedia Britannica; President, New School of Social Research |
| 1963 |
Richard S. Pieters ’26 |
Mathematics Teacher; Textbook Author |
| 1964 |
Frank P. Weaver (1922) |
Chief Justice, Washington State Supreme Court |
| 1965 |
George F. Bond ’33 |
Captain, United States Navy; Senior Medical Officer, SEALAB; Leader of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine |
| 1966 |
Austin V. McClain (1926) |
Chairman and CEO, Marts and Lundy |
| 1967 |
John L. Coolidge (1924) |
Businessman |
| 1968 |
Eugene B. Fluckey ’30 |
Rear Admiral, United States Navy; Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient; Author |
| 1969 |
William H. Chartener ’42 |
Chief Economist, Goldman Sachs and Co.; President, National Association of Business Economists |
| 1970 |
Thomas W. Wilson Jr. ’31 |
Diplomat, U.S. State Department; Author |
| 1971 |
Adolph W. Schmidt (1922) |
U.S. Ambassador to Canada |
| 1972 |
William S. Rahauser (1922) |
Pennsylvania State Senator; District Attorney; Judge of the Orphans Court |
| 1973 |
Philip H. Schaff Jr. ’38 |
Chairman and CEO, Leo Burnett Co. |
| 1974 |
John G. Detwiler ’29 |
President, Alcan Cable Company; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 1975 |
Justin L. W. Dart (1925) |
Chairman and CEO, Dart Industries |
| 1976 |
Herman T. Schneebeli ’26 |
Member, U.S. House of Representatives; Businessman |
| 1977 |
Hobart D. Lewis ’29 |
Chairman and CEO, Reader’s Digest |
| 1978 |
James M. Tunnell Jr. ’28 |
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware |
| 1979 |
William H. Harris ’44 |
Orthopedic Surgeon; Inventor of Surgical Equipment |
| 1980 |
John V. Prevost ’29 |
Physician; Medical Director, Mercersburg Academy |
| 1981 |
Allen H. Seed Jr. (1921) |
Executive Director, Keep America Beautiful; Executive Vice President, National Municipal League |
| 1982 |
James A. Cobey ’30 |
Judge, California Court of Appeals |
| 1983 |
H. William Close ’38 |
Chairman and CEO, Spring Industries |
| 1984 |
Betsy Mitchell ’83 |
Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist, United States Swim Team |
| 1984 |
Richard E. Saeger ’82 |
Olympic Gold Medalist, United States Swim Team |
| 1985 |
Robert B. Claytor ’40 |
Chairman and CEO, Norfolk Southern Corporation |
| 1986 |
Leon F. Cordero ’49 |
President, Republic of Ecuador |
| 1987 |
Thomas G. Pownall ’40 |
Chairman and CEO, Martin Marietta Corporation |
| 1988 |
John A. McQuiggan ’52 |
Director of Development, Smithsonian Institution; Co-Founder and Artistic Director, Unity Theatre; Documentary Producer |
| 1989 |
Walter L. Farley ’35 |
Author, The Black Stallion series |
| 1990 |
Burton Richter ’48 |
1975 Nobel Laureate in Physics; Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| 1991 |
Thomas W. Langfitt ’45 |
Executive Director, University of Pennsylvania Medical College; Chairman, Glenmede Trust |
| 1992 |
Richard L. Thornburgh ’50 |
Governor of Pennsylvania; U.S. Attorney General |
| 1993 |
All Mercersburg Alumni |
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| 1994 |
Barry R. Bryan ’48 |
Managing Partner, Debevoise and Plimpton |
| 1994 |
John B. Lowry ’48 |
Partner, McCutchen Doyle Brown and Enersen |
| 1994 |
Edgar M. Masinter ’48 |
Managing Partner, Simpson Thacher and Bartlett |
| 1994 |
Charles J. Queenan Jr. ’48 |
Managing Partner, Kirkpatrick and Lockhart |
| 1995 |
Ansley J. Coale ’35 |
Executive Director, Princeton Center for Population Studies |
| 1996 |
William A. Buchheit ’51 |
Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery, Temple University |
| 1997 |
Walter O. Lowrie ’42 |
Chairman and CEO, Martin Marietta Aerospace |
| 1998 |
Lucian L. Leape, Jr. ’48 |
Director, Harvard University, School of Public Health |
| 1999 |
Stanley E. Fulton ’49 |
Chairman and CEO, Anchor Gaming |
| 1999 |
Alan D. Kennedy ’49 |
Chairman and CEO, Tupperware Corporation |
| 1999 |
H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest ’49 |
Chairman and CEO, Lenfest Communications; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 1999 |
Samuel D. McGredy ’49 |
Rose Horticulturist |
| 2000 |
W. Carroll Coyne ’50 |
Attorney; Philanthropist; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 2000 |
Alexander W. Spears III ’50 |
Chairman and CEO, Lorillard Tobacco Co. |
| 2001 |
William H. Clutz ’51 |
Artist |
| 2002 |
Charles H. Moore Jr. ’47 |
Olympic Gold Medalist in Track; Director of Athletics, Cornell University; Businessman |
| 2003 |
Nicholas F. Taubman ’53 |
U.S. Ambassador to Romania; Chairman and CEO, Advance Auto Parts |
| 2003 |
Fred L. Morefield ’53 |
Vice President of Planning Shared Medical Systems |
| 2003 |
Walter H. Burgin Jr. ’53 |
Mathematics Teacher and Headmaster, Mercersburg Academy |
| 2004 |
Harold L. Brake ’54 |
Chairman, Charles E. Brake Co. |
| 2004 |
Kenneth Carmel ’54 |
Vice Chairman, Williams Real Estate Co. |
| 2005 |
Frederick C. Mish ’55 |
Editorial Director, Merriam-Webster |
| 2006 |
James C. Morgan ’56 |
Chairman and CEO, Applied Materials |
| 2007 |
M. Thomas Grumbacher ’57 |
Chairman and CEO, The Bon-Ton Stores |
| 2008 |
John K. Lawrence ’58 |
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, California State University |
| 2008 |
Alan J. Wein ’58 |
Physician and Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| 2009 |
Lewis M. Helm ’49 |
Executive Director, U.S. Army Senior Reserve Commanders Association; Author |
| 2010 |
Albert C. Bellas ’60 |
Founding Partner and Managing Director, The Solaris Group; Vice President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 2010 |
Theodore V. Boyd ’60 |
Real Estate Developer |
| 2010 |
David O. Frantz ’60 |
Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 2010 |
Henry H. Spire ’60 |
Educator; Minister; Philanthropist |
| 2011 |
Allen W. Zern ’61 |
Founding Partner, Occum Partners; Philanthropist; Vice President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 2012 |
Bruce M. Eckert ’62 |
Founder, Eastern Insurance Holdings; Philanthropist |
| 2013 |
Andrew E. Bisset ’63 |
United States Navy SEAL; Creator, SEAL Recruiting District Assistance Council |
| 2013 |
Barrett Burns ’63 |
Financial Services Executive |
| 2014 |
Richard W. Cass ’64 |
President, Baltimore Ravens; Philanthropist |
| 2015 |
John K. Prentiss ’65 |
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine; Founder, InTown Veterinary Group |
| 2016 |
James C. Pfautz ’48 |
Major General, U.S. Air Force |
| 2017 |
William B. Zimmerman ’67 |
Business Leader; Philanthropist; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 2018 |
Andrew R. Ammerman ’68 |
Businessman; Interfaith Leader; Patron of the Arts |
| 2019 |
James S. Snyder ’69 |
Director Emeritus, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
| 2019 |
Steven J. Guttman ’64 |
Founder, UOVO Fine Arts Storage; Chairman, Centre Pompidou Foundation; Philanthropist |
| 2020 |
Deborah J. Simon ’74 |
Senior Vice President, Simon Property Group; Founder, Simon/Asher Entertainment; Philanthropist; President, Mercersburg Academy Board of Regents |
| 2020 |
Paul C. Mellott Jr. ’70 |
Chairman and CEO, Mellott Company; Chairman, ROCKPAC; Philanthropist |
| 2021 |
Gardner Dean Patterson Jr. ’71 |
Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, Case Western Reserve University |
| 2022 |
Thomas B. Hadzor ’72 |
Associate University Librarian/Director of Development, Duke University Libraries |
| 2023 |
John E. Jones III ’73 |
Lawyer, Federal Judge, Chief Judge of the U.S. Middle District Court of Pennsylvania, President of Dickinson College |
| 2024 |
Joseph F. Huber ’64 |
Financial Services Executive, Senior Adviser to UBS |
