Alumni of the Year
Presented each year at the Breck Outstanding Alumni Awards Ceremony of the Breck Alumni Association, this award honors an individual(s) who has demonstrated outstanding volunteer leadership and service to the Breck Alumni Association and Breck School.
Note: The Breck School Alumni Association presented the Alumni Achievement Award to its first alumnus in 1976. At the time the award honored an alumnus who had distinguished themselves through their service to the school and their career or civic accomplishments since leaving the school. In 1988, the Alumni Association decided to recognize these accomplishments separately, thus creating two awards: the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Alum of the Year Award.
Alumni of the Year Recepients
1989 John V. Palmer ‘42
1990 William Schmalsteig ‘46
1991 Rob McCampbell ‘47
1992 Alan Cederberg ‘41 and Paul Cederberg ‘69
1997 Leah Hauge ‘76
1998 John Kohler ‘76
1999 C. Carroll “Spike” Hicks ‘47
2000 Tom Thiss ‘47
2001 Woody Rash ‘88
2002 Del Carter ‘50
2003 David Myhre ‘72, George Dow ‘72 and Jack Weston ‘72
2004 Granville R. Harlow ‘75
2005 Anthony R. Jewett ‘94 and James K. Beltz ‘94
2006 Molly Cronin Clark ‘90
2007 Stephanie Burnet Ott ‘87
2008 Chris McGrann ‘87
2009 Fred Goldberg ‘83
2010 Tracey Thayer Breazeale ‘84
2011 Kelly Larson Perry ‘86 and M.E. Head Kirwan ‘01
2012 Eric Jones ‘94
2013 Brad Searl ‘95
2014 Michael Proman ‘99 and Matt Bartel ‘02
2015 Katharine Anderson Groethe ‘88
2016 Christoph Welsh ‘90
2017 Alicia Luther '99
2018 Kirstin Erickson Wilson, MD '88
2019 Colin Brooks ’97
2019 Mike McKeon ’98
2019 Sandra Stone '85
1990 William Schmalsteig ‘46
1991 Rob McCampbell ‘47
1992 Alan Cederberg ‘41 and Paul Cederberg ‘69
1997 Leah Hauge ‘76
1998 John Kohler ‘76
1999 C. Carroll “Spike” Hicks ‘47
2000 Tom Thiss ‘47
2001 Woody Rash ‘88
2002 Del Carter ‘50
2003 David Myhre ‘72, George Dow ‘72 and Jack Weston ‘72
2004 Granville R. Harlow ‘75
2005 Anthony R. Jewett ‘94 and James K. Beltz ‘94
2006 Molly Cronin Clark ‘90
2007 Stephanie Burnet Ott ‘87
2008 Chris McGrann ‘87
2009 Fred Goldberg ‘83
2010 Tracey Thayer Breazeale ‘84
2011 Kelly Larson Perry ‘86 and M.E. Head Kirwan ‘01
2012 Eric Jones ‘94
2013 Brad Searl ‘95
2014 Michael Proman ‘99 and Matt Bartel ‘02
2015 Katharine Anderson Groethe ‘88
2016 Christoph Welsh ‘90
2017 Alicia Luther '99
2018 Kirstin Erickson Wilson, MD '88
2019 Colin Brooks ’97
2019 Mike McKeon ’98
2019 Sandra Stone '85
2021 Simone Hardeman-Jones '98 and Nath Samaratunga '14
2022 Megan Cross Rogers '01
2023 Alison Cole '14
Alumni Achievement Award Recipients
1976 George R. Thiss ‘46
1977 Lee R. Anderson ‘57
1978 George R.A. Johnson ‘59
1979 Walter L. Bush Jr. ‘47
1980 C. Carroll Hicks ‘47
1981 Timothy R. Hitchcock ‘59
1982 Frederick O. Glasoe ‘46
1983 Robert J. White ‘46
1984 Alfred E. France ‘45
1985 Dr. Bradford Parkinson ‘52
1986 Dr. Loren Halvorson ‘45
1987 Charles M. Converse ‘49
1988 Richard W. Myers ‘64
1977 Lee R. Anderson ‘57
1978 George R.A. Johnson ‘59
1979 Walter L. Bush Jr. ‘47
1980 C. Carroll Hicks ‘47
1981 Timothy R. Hitchcock ‘59
1982 Frederick O. Glasoe ‘46
1983 Robert J. White ‘46
1984 Alfred E. France ‘45
1985 Dr. Bradford Parkinson ‘52
1986 Dr. Loren Halvorson ‘45
1987 Charles M. Converse ‘49
1988 Richard W. Myers ‘64