Past Award Recipients
BB&N's alumni/ae award recipients have served their communities and made a lasting impact on the world in many ways, contributing their talents to business, journalism, law, government, the sciences, the arts, healthcare, and philanthropy.
Distinguished Alumni/ae
2021 Rachael Splaine Rollins '89 - Suffolk County District Attorney
2020 Dan Fenn Jr. '40* - Educator & Civic Leader
2020 Peter Slavin '75 - Healthcare Leader
2020 John Rosenthal '75 - Real Estate Developer & Social Activist
2020 Rachel Platten '99 - Singer & Songwriter
2019 Amy Totenberg '69 - US District Court Judge
2018 Fanny Howe '58 - Poet
2017 Joseph P. Kennedy III ’99 – US Congressman
2014 Peter Beinart ’89 – Journalist
2012 John Simon ’80 – Philanthropist & Investor
2012 Caroline Good ’92 – Environmental Scientist
2010 James Baker ’78 – US Court of Appeals Judge
2007 Marion Dry ’69 – Vocal Artist
2005 Richard M. Chalfen ’60 – Visual Anthropologist
2003 Vivianne Thimann Nachmias ’48 – Biologist
2002 Alexander R. Vershbow ’70 – Diplomat & Ambassador
2001 Allan Rosenfield ’51* – Public Health Advocate
2000 Jonathan Moore ’50* – Diplomat & Ambassador
1999 John Constable ’44* – Physician & Humanitarian
1998 Sylvia Poggioli ’64 – Journalist
1997 Ellen Frost ’62 – Economist
1996 Joanne Gerould Simpson ’40* – Meteorologist
1995 Charles Slichter ’41* – Physicist
1994 Ellen Holtz Goodman ’59 – Journalist
1993 Thomas Cabot 1913* – Philanthropist & Businessman
*indicates deceased