Alumni Awards - Pomfret School

Each year we recognize the accomplishments of alumni and other distinguished members of the Pomfret family. After an initial call for nominations, the Alumni Association Executive Council (AAEC) votes on the winners, and recipients are recognized during an awards dinner during Reunion Weekend.

2021 and 2020 Winner Bios

William Beach Olmsted Distinguished Service Award

In 1991, the Alumni Association of Pomfret School established the William Beach Olmsted Distinguished Service Award. The award was created to recognize and honor distinguished, sustained, and dedicated service to Pomfret School. It is named in honor of the Reverend William Beach Olmsted, who served as headmaster for thirty-two years until his death in 1929.

1992 Louise McKinney Warner P ’68, ’72
1992 Henry Strong ’41
1993 Charles D. Cole H’56
1994 Per-Jan Ranhoff H’91
1996 S. Prescott B. Clement ’40
1997 John A. Bogardus, Jr. ’45
1999 Peter M. Moffitt ’44
2000 Barclay Robinson, Jr. ’52
2002 Walter P. Hinchman
2003 Bradford P. Straus ’54
2004 Benjamin P. Harris, III ’54
2005 Edward S. Davis ’49
2006 Robert E. Sloat
2007 Edward B. du Pont ’52
2008 Chester K. Lasell ’54
2009 Robert M. Olmsted ’59
2010 Bennett L. Fisher ’60 (posthumously)

2011 Peter H. Castle ’71
2012 Hagop Merjian H’75
2012 Samuel O. Tilton ’62
2013 Richard J. Fates ’63
2013 John S. Griswold, Jr. ’63
2014 Warren Geissinger H’57, ’64, P ’72, ’74, ’76
2015 Justin P. Klein ’65
2016 Michael L. Schwartz ’66
2016 Eric A. Schwartz ’69
2017 Peter T. Grauer P ’02, ’10
2018 Bradford Hastings ’68, H ’11, P ’98, ’01
2019 Paul D. Fowler ’64
2020 Jay Milnor
2021 Arthur Diaz ’78, P ’10,’12,’14

Pomfret School Alumni Award

The Pomfret School Alumni Award is given annually to an alumnus or alumna who has achieved distinction in his or her chosen profession and has demonstrated ongoing interest, loyalty, and commitment to the School.

1963 Arthur Purdy Stout ’03
1964 Edward Streeter ’10
1965 Sydney P. Clark ’10
1966 Theodore Sizer ’11
1967 Henry B. du Pont ’16
1968 George A. Brownell ’15
1969 Samuel H. Ordway ’18
1970 John M. Cabot ’19
1972 Morgan Wing, Jr. ’29
1974 Wendell D. Mansfield ’48 Hon.
1976 Howard S. Kniffin, Jr. ’26
1988 Robert R. Vickrey ’44
1989 Robert B. Fiske, Jr. ’48
1990 Roger Angell ’38
1991 John R. Bockstoce ’62
1992 Sydney P. Clark, Jr. ’47
1993 Jon A. Stone ’48
1994 Theodore R. Sizer ’49
1995 Roswell B. Perkins ’43
1996 Cornelius C. Vermeule III ’43
1997 James C. Goodale ’51
1998 William P. Carey ’48
1999 Wyatt Garfield ’43

2000 George D. Langdon, Jr. ’50
2001 Eben Ostby ’73
2002 Benjamin B. Morgan ’53
2003 Not Awarded
2004 Mark Simon ’64
2005 W. Hardy Eshbaugh ’55
2006 Sooho Cho ’74
2007 James E. Rothman ’67
2008 Frank Melville ’40
2009 P. Alexander Gibney ’71
2010 Horace Havemeyer III ’60
2011 Ridley Pearson ’71
2012 Theodore R. Robb ’52
2013 Charles B. Ferguson ’37
2014 Vincent C. Banker ’49
2015 Robert J. “Buzz” Yudell ’65
2016 Harry C. Groome III ’56
2017 John R. Viertel ’67
2018 Orville H. Schell III ’58
2019 David S. Hall ’70
2020 Char Miller ’70
2021 Frances Lumpkin-Webster ’91

Alumni Association Achievement Medal

The Pomfret School Alumni Association Achievement Medals are presented each year to alumni who have graduated in the last twenty-five years and have demonstrated outstanding service to society and/or excellence in their endeavors.

2006 Reginald R. Paige, Sr. ’81

2006 Amy R. Salerno ’79

2006 Sarah Vaillancourt ’04

2006 Patrick D. Wood ’01 (posthumously)

2007 Heather Allen Bowie ’90

2007 Eric Kapitulik ’90

2008 Lisa R. Wood ’83

2008 Leslie E. Beller ’88

2008 Jedan P. Phillips ’85

2009 Adam A. Belmar ’92

2009 Kelsey Hubbard Rollinson ’89

2010 Ronald Brown ’88

2010 Katerina Harvati ’89

2010 Timothy A. Hotchner ’90

2011 Malik S. Ducard ’91

2011 Caroline E. Waterlow ’91

2012 Patrick Belizaire ’92

2012 Peter B. deNeufville ’87

2012 Christopher P. Golden ’07

2012 Stephen H. Greer ’87

2013 William G. Army, Jr. ’03
2013 Elizabeth Jenkins Bretschger ’93
2013 Carolyn E. Wood ’88
2014 Daniel M. Bayly ’99
2014 Michaela R. Brown ’99
2014 Vincent F. Capaldi II ’99
2015 David G. Gulden ’90
2015 Bennett Konesni ’00
2016 Juliana (Keyser) Harris ’91
2016 Lorenzo L. Borghese ’91
2016 Laurence N. Hale ’91
2017 Matthew I. Scanlan ’07
2018 Christopher "Kip" Hale ’98
2019 Spencer C. Bailey ’04
2019 Hillary E. (Ross) Charalambous ’06
2020 Esezele Payne '00
2020 Kyle Kahuda ’95
2020 Dr. Douglas Park ’00
2021 Tom Garrison ’96
2021 Jamie Brätt ’01

Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame

The Pomfret School Alumni Association Athletic Hall of Fame was created in 2009 to honor and perpetuate the memory of former Pomfret School students, coaches, and friends who have brought pride and distinction to Pomfret’s athletic program.

2009 Peter Daland ’39
2010 Wallace B. Goodwin ’45
2010 Wendell D. “Mannie” Mansfield ’48 Hon.
2010 Charles D. “Chick” Cole ’56 Hon., ’57 Hon.
2010 Monique Kapitulik Wolanin ’87
2011 Wyatt Garfield ’43
2012 Ralph Arietta ’62
2012 Elizabeth Downing Monte ’92
2013 Anna T. Hastings ’98
2013 Walter P. Hinchman P ’81, ’83
2013 Felice D. Mueller ’08
2014 Stephen A. Cook ’64
2014 Genevieve S. Richardson ’99
2014 Sarah Vaillancourt ’04
2015 Arialdys V. “Ari” Confesor ’00
2015 Heather A. Farrell ’00
2015 Laura F. Dunn ’05

2016 Micaela J. Long ’06
2016 Roberto “Bobby” Vega ’01
2017 Kenyon W. Clark ’67
2017 Katharine B. Cowperthwait ’87
2017 Brian M. Flynn ’07
2018 Hunter M. Temple ’53
2018 David A. Rosen ’73 P ’08
2019 Wallace H. “Waddy” Rowe IV
2019 Tiffany (Hayes) Romaniello ’99
2019 Julia K. Hinchman ’81
2019 Robert L. Sims ’69
2020 Sheila Killeen ’75
2020 Herman "Bink" Smith ’58
2021 Mustafa Abdul-Salaam ’71
2021 Paul Callahan ’76

S. Prescott B. Clement Cup

The S. Prescott B. Clement Cup was established in 2007 to honor a current class agent who exemplifies the spirit in which Pres Clement ’40 performed his class agent duties for sixty-seven years, demonstrating dedication to his classmates and Pomfret School.

2009 Peter W. Clement ’64
2010 Richard S. Storrs, Jr. ’56
2011 Galen N. Griffin ’58
2012 Wendy Reeder Enelow ’83
2013 Frederick K. Gaston III ’53
2014 Nathaniel M. Peirce ’89
2015 Ben Bensen ’70
2016 Abigail (Gardiner) Silk ’91
2017 Michael S. Petty ’67
2018 Livia Skelly-Dorn Roustan ’98
2019 Richard G. Levin ’69

Class Agent Awards

Each year we recognize the amazing classes and class agents/free agents responsible for the highest participation to the Pomfret Fund. Congratulations to these volunteers!

The Morgan Wing Bowl

Given in memory of Morgan Wing, Jr. ’29, The Morgan Wing Bowl is awarded annually in three categories to those Class Agents/Free Agents and Classes with ten or more living members achieving the highest percentage of participation in the Pomfret Fund.

The 2020–2021 winners are:

Classes with 10–44 Classmates
Class of 1961 with 76.7 percent participation
Class Agents: Clark Groome, Richard S. Jackson, Jr., George Walker, James Carey, Jr., George Morgan, and Stephen T. Dexter

Classes with 45–74 Classmates
Class of 1965 with 57.8 percent participation
Class Agent: Donald S. Gibbs, Jr.

Classes with 75+ Classmates
Class of 2017 with 48.5 percent participation
Class Agents: Olivia K. Kremer, Mallory C. McArdle, Sophie P. Nick, and Brandon W. Mitchell

Alumni Association Awards

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