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Throughout the year, alumni are honored for their exemplary work and service, both to the University and to the world.

Robert Gleason ’87, Erica McGibbon ’07, Beverly Randez ’94 and Frederick Strobel ’74 P08 P11 posing with the Service to Princeton awards

2024 Honorees for Service to Princeton

Beverly Random, Erica McGibbon, Robert Gleason and Frederick Strobel accept their service awards in Alexander Hall
Alumni Council names Service to Princeton award winners

The Award for Service to Princeton was presented to four Princetonians during the annual meeting of the Alumni Council that was held on campus on Friday, May 24.

2024 Service Award being presented

Award for Service to Princeton

The Alumni Council Award for Service to Princeton recognizes outstanding service contributions to Princeton by any member of the Princeton family, with special emphasis on those who serve significantly, but inconspicuously. Award recipients are recognized at events during Reunions.

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Alumna shaking hands with Anthony Romero at Alumni Day 2020

Alumni Day Awards

Considered the most prestigious awards given to alumni, the Woodrow Wilson Award and James Madison Medal are conferred on Alumni Day to an undergraduate alumnus/a and an alumnus/a of the Graduate School.

Woodrow Wilson Award James Madison Medal
Fei-Fei Li, posing for the camera in a robotics lab
Alumni Spotlight

The Godmother of AI

As the Sequoia Capital Professor in Computer Science at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Fei-Fei Li ’99 has spent more than 25 years driving breakthroughs in cognitively inspired AI, computer vision, deep learning and AI systems for healthcare delivery.

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Watch: Woodrow Wilson Award recipient Fei-Fei Li ’99

Alumni Day 2024 John Fitzpatrick
James Madison Medal Award recipient John Fitzpatrick *78

Renowned ornithologist John Fitzpatrick *78 received the top graduate alumni award, the James Madison Medal, at Princeton’s Alumni Day on Saturday, Feb. 24. 

Annual Giving Achievement Awards

2021 Annual Giving Distinguished Achievement Awards

Annual Giving volunteer awards
Annual Giving applauds volunteer achievements

Annual Giving honored volunteer leaders for their achievements in the 2020-21 campaign during a series of online celebrations in February.

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Alumni Awards

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Regional association awards include those given for recognition for increasing participation of Princeton graduate alumni, general excellence, new and innovative programming and major reinvigoration efforts.

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Class awards include those with the most complete program of communication, activities and dues participation; for largest percentage of membership attending any gathering during the year between Reunions; and the highest percentage of dues payers in a class.

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Several awards are presented to alumni and alumni organizations at the Alumni Council’s Annual Reunion Lunch held Friday during Reunions, which will be virtual this year.

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This award recognizes the regional Alumni Schools Committee (ASC) whose activities, enthusiasm and imagination have most effectively realized the primary goals of Schools Committee work.

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The Committee on Regional Associations encourages and awards innovation among its 160 regional associations found throughout the world. The committee invites all alumni to nominate deserving alumni for this prestigious award.

 

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APGA Regional Association Award

First awarded in 2007, the APGA Regional Association Award is given annually by the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) to a Princeton regional association that deserves special recognition for increasing participation of Princeton graduate alumni in its regional activities and/or fostering the cause of graduate education and the Graduate School at Princeton University.

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