The Alumni Council Award for Service to Princeton, which dates back to 1972, recognizes outstanding contributions to the University by volunteers in the Princeton community, with particular emphasis on those who serve significantly but inconspicuously. 

Pappenfus has served on the Annual Giving Committee since 2018, and in 2023, he received Annual Giving’s Jim Lebenthal ’49 Young Alumni Service Award. He became a member of the Alumni Council in 2020 and now chairs its Class Affairs Committee. Pappenfus volunteered on the Task Force on Recent Alumni Engagement and is president of his class and the Princeton Sailing alumni board. 

Partridge joined the Alumni Schools Committee (ASC) 36 years ago and has served as president of her region for 16 years. She became a mentor for ASC leaders globally when she joined the Princeton Schools Committee 12 years ago. Partridge also co-founded the Northern New Jersey chapter of the Princeton Women’s Network (PWN) and serves as vice chair of PWN’s global advisory council. 

A talented illustrator and computer graphics designer, Reed has devoted thousands of volunteer hours to the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA). He has created Reunions logos for APGA banners and T-shirts for more than 20 years, and his Princeton-inspired artwork is archived at the Seely G. Mudd Manuscript Library. 

As president of the Alumni Council’s Princetoniana Committee, Swift co-created the virtual Princetoniana Museum, which now houses more than 5,000 artifacts and entries that he has curated. He has also served as president of the Princeton Area Alumni Association since 2019 and as a P-rade marshal since 2012. 

The Alumni Council’s annual meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. on May 22 in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall. Additional awards and the winners of this year’s trustee election will be announced. Seating is limited but all alumni are invited. 

To nominate undergraduate and graduate alumni — as well as spouses and parents, faculty, staff and administrators — who have given selfless service to the University community for the 2027 Award for Service, visit the Alumni website form. 

Previous Award Winners 

• 2025 - Daryl English ’72; Yung Bong Lim ’87; Margaret M.B. Sena *17; Mozelle W. Thompson *80
• 2024 - Robert H. Gleason ’87; Erica R. McGibbon ’07; Beverly A. Randez ’94; Frederick G. Strobel ’74 P08 P11
• 2023 - J. William “Bill” Charrier ’69; Douglas Jin Chin ’83 P21; Douglas Massick ’93 S93 P25
• 2022 - Itohowo E. Ekpoudom ’03, Richard A. Just ’01 S*04, Colleen P. Kelly ’77 S77 P10 P14, Robert B. Loveman ’69
• 2021 - Fritz Cammerzell ’72 P25, Susan Katzmann Horner ’86 S79 P20, Laurence Latimer *01, Nancy Lin ’77 S76 P10
• 2020 - Alfred L. Bush^; Carol A. Obertubbesing ’73 W71, Sue Pierson h67 h74 h81 h83 h87 h88 h93, Bambi Tsui ’09
• 2019 - Gwen L. Feder ’78 P21, Rose Li *92 P18, Lauren McKenna Surzyn ’07, Masakazu (Max) Tsumuraya *81
• 2018 - Charles C. Freyer ’69, Jean S. Hendry *80, James M. McPherson h57 h64 h69 h70 h72 H14, Mika Provata-Carlone *02
• 2017 - Susan Conger-Austin *83, Kendall L. Crolius ’76, Anthony M. Fittizzi, Jr. ’97, Judith McCartin Scheide W36 P84 h28 h31 h32 h34 h36 h37 h40 h43 h70^
• 2016 - Charles J. Plohn Jr. ’66, William F. Landrigan ’76, Gary M. King ’79, Gary K. Pai ’99
• 2015 - Thomas F. Fleming Jr. ’69 P00 P01, Patricia L. Irvin ’76, Shawn R. Cowls ’87, Kristin Alyea Epstein ’97
• 2014 - Wesley Wright Jr. ’51 P83 P90 h83, Vsevolod A. Onyshkevych ’83, Debbie Scott Williams ’84, Anthony J. Fiori *03
• 2013 - Rosalie Wedmid Norair ’76 S76 P04 P07, Charlene Huang Olson ’88, Lee L. Dudka *77, Jeffrey A. Vinikoor ’03
• 2012 - David T. Fisher ’69, Isabel K. McGinty *82 P12, Catherine J. Toppin ’02, Robert D. Varrin ’56 *57 P78 P80 P81 g10
• 2011 - George A. Brakeley III ’61, George L. Bustin ’70 P08, Valerie Kelly ’84
• 2010 - Jotham Johnson ’64^, Gregg A. Lange ’70, Jean M. Telljohann ’81
• 2009 - J. Andrew Cowherd ’74 P07, Richard G. Williams *72 h78 h83 h02^, Elise P. Wright ’83
• 2008 - Carol Barash *89, Melvin R. McCray Jr. ’74, Duncan W. Van Dusen ’58^
• 2007 - April A. Chou ’96, John R. Emery ’52^, Robert B. Hollander ’55^, William K. Selden ’34^
• 2006 - Kenneth M. Bruce ’83, Jon D. Hlafter ’61 *63 MFA, Paul G. Sittenfeld ’69^
• 2005 - Don M. Betterton h60, Daniel P. Lopresti *83, *84, *87, Carl R. Yudell ’75
• 2004 - John V. Fleming *63, Charles H. Rose ’50, Henry Von Kohorn ’66
• 2003 - Mitsuya Goto *56, Herbert W. Hobler ’44^, Robert B. Rodgers ’56^
• 2002 - Robert Gibby ’36^, Linda Knights ’77, Oren Pollock *51^
• 2001 - John Fish ’55^, Norman Itzkowitz *59^, H. Kirk Unruh ’70
• 2000 - Alfred Bates h45, Lisa & Donald Drakeman *88 S*88, Elizabeth Osborne S50 h36^, Jolanne Stanton ’77
• 1999 - Nicholas Allard ’74, Patricia Marks *03, Brian McDonald ’83
• 1998 - Elizabeth Duffy ’88, James Floyd ’69, Leonard Milberg ’53
• 1997 - Hannah P. Fox W39^, Peter T. Milano ’55^, Melinda W. Varian S63
• 1996 - Carl Fields^, Robert S. Miner Jr. *56^, Kenneth C. Scasserra ’61^
• 1995 - Dolores Chavez de Daigle ’76, Warren Elmer Jr. ’42^, Douglas Nadeau ’62^
• 1994 - Marvin Bressler h68, 82^, Nancy and Larry Gutstein P87,90,96,96^, Peter G. Smith ’46^
• 1993 - Leroy R. Hill h86^, James D. MacWilliam Jr. ’54^, George Wallace Ruckert ’30^
• 1992 - Linda Bell Blackburn ’71, George Kovatch ’55, Douglas E. Yeager ’69^
• 1991 - Joseph L. Bolster Jr. ’52^, Virginia L. Corson ’74, Douglas H. Hahn ’34^
• 1990 - John H. Bitner ’38^, Sally B. Frank ’80, Martin E. Robins ’64
• 1989 - Austin M. Francis Jr. ’56, Robert H. Jiranek ’52, Hugh de N. Wynne ’39^
• 1988 - Marjorie Corman Aaron ’78, Henry R. Martin ’48^, Arthur Northwood ’35^
• 1987 - William H. Avery ’27^, William G. Bowen *58^, Milton Lyon^, Clyde E. Rankin III ’72
• 1986 - James Q. Bensen ’36^, Alison R. Bryan, Class of 1913^, Howie B. Kiser P75 h55, 75, 84^
• 1985 - Charles S. Dawson ’70, James R. Posner *70, Robert A. Winters ’35^
• 1984 - William P. Clark ’59^, John G. Kellogg ’32^, Ralph K. Ritchie ’34^
• 1983 - George R. Beetle *66, Erling Dorf h33^, John W. Kern ’49^
• 1982 - Thomas P. Birmingham ’47^, David G. Rahr ’60^, H. Coleman Tily III ’40^
• 1981 - Marvin H. Cheiten *71 h65, Frederick L. Redpath ’39^, Leslie L. Vivian Jr. ’42^
• 1980 - Harper R. Dowell ’30^, Richard L. Herbruck ’55^, Arthur C. Holden ’12^
• 1979 - Levering Cartwright ‘1926^, Jeremiah S. Finch h31^, Frederic E. Fox ’39^
• 1978 - George C. Denniston ‘27^, William M. Hassebrock ’68, Jerry Horton ’42^
• 1977 - Arnold M. Berlin ’46, Julian T. Buxton Jr. ’50^, Robert W. Sinkler h78^
• 1976 - John C. Bogle ’51^, Gordon G. Sikes ‘1916^, William C. Van Siclen ’43^
• 1975 - James R. Carruthers ‘1925^, Alpheus T. Mason *1923^, James H. Rowbotham Jr. ’32^
• 1974 - Lucy M. Caldwell W25^, Donald P. Dickson ’49^, Howard W. Stepp h39^
• 1973 - Donald W. Griffin ‘1923^, Milton W. King ‘1912^, John H. Leh ‘1921^, Robert B. Rinehart ‘1904^
• 1972 - George J. Cooke Jr. ‘1922^, Walter F. Hollenbach ‘1903 *1907^, Theodore E. McAlister ’52^ 

^ Denotes deceased alumnus/a