Alumnus Achievement Award

The Alumnus Achievement Award was established in 1991 by the Browning Class of 1938 in honor of Charles W. Cook '38, former headmaster.

The Alumnus Achievement Award is presented each year to an alumnus or alumni who have demonstrated the finest qualities of citizenship and distinguished achievement, either in the private or public sector. Past recipients are:

1991

Mr. Charles W. Cook ’38, Browning Headmaster

1992

Dr. Howard Dean, Jr. ’66, Governor of Vermont, 2004 Presidential Candidate

1993

Dr. Thomas E. Lovejoy ’59, Secretary for Biodiversity and Environmental Affairs of the Smithsonian Institution; President of the Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment, Washington, D.C.; Founder of PBS Nature

1994

Dr. Carlos M. Meletiche ’82, Emergency Room Physician at Metropolitan Hospital

1995

Captain Linton Wells II ’63, Deputy to the Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Defense

1996

The Honorable Claiborne Pell ’36, Senator from Rhode Island

1997

Mr. Christopher F. Randolph ’63, Past President of The Browning School Board of Trustees; works at Academic Management Services in San Diego, CA

1998

Mr. Jeffrey A. Moss ’59, Composer and poet, works include "Rubber Ducky"; original cast member of Sesame Street

1999

Mr. Thomas N. Oliphant ’63, Washington Columnist for the Boston Globe

2000

The Honorable Whitman Knapp ’27, Senior Judge at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

2001

Mr. John Elliott ’38, Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather (U.S.) from 1965-1975 and Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather (Worldwide) from 1975-1982

Mr. Osborn Elliott ’41, Former Dean and now George T. Delacorte Professor Emeritus of Journalism at Columbia University; Newsweek Editor in Chief from 1961-1976

2002

Mr. R. Thomas Herman ’64, Senior Special Writer for the Wall Street Journal; revived the Browning Alumni Association and Alumni Council in the early '90's

2003

Dr. Kenneth Offit ’73, Chief of Clinical Genetics Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering

2004

Mr. Charles J. Plohn, Jr. ’62, Managing Director at Merrill Lynch; Member of the Browning Board of Trustees from 1975-1990, served as Treasurer from 1977 until his retirement in 1990

2005

Mr. Henry R. Luce III ’42, Chairman and CEO of The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.

2006

Mr. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger ’44, Chairman Emeritus of the New York Times

2007

Dr. Oakleigh Thorne II ’47, Founder and Honorary President of the Thorne Ecological Institute

2008

Mr. John M. Richman ’45, Former Chairman and CEO of Kraft, Inc.; Former Vice Chairman of Philip Morris Companies Inc.; Former counsel to law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; Life trustee of Northwestern University, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra