Alumni awards
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Our alumni are changing the world.
Each year, we recognize alumni for their highly significant contributions to addressing today’s sustainability challenges and celebrate their long-lasting impact on the Stanford community and on the world.
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Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award Distinguished Alumni Award
2022 Recipients
Geophysicist and world tectonics leader applies her scientific knowledge for risk reduction.
Combining entrepreneurship with a passion for helping people.
Past Recipients
- Naomi Oreskes, PhD '90, Distinguished Alumni Award 2021
- Julia Rosen, '05, Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award 2021
- Mike Ming, BS ’80, MS ’87, Distinguished Alumni Award 2020
- Nick Halla, MS ’11, MBA ’11, Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award 2020
- Bradford Mills, BS ’77, MS ’79, Distinguished Alumni Award 2019
- Xyoli Pérez-Campo, MS ’99, PhD ’02, Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award 2019
- Lawrence W. Funkhouser, MS ’48, Distinguished Alumni Award 2018
- Jessica Watkins, BS ’10, Early- to Mid-Career Award 2018
- George A. Thompson, PhD ’49, Distinguished Alumni Award 2017
- Edgar Rangel-German, MS ’98, PhD ’03, Early- to Mid-Career Award 2017
- Robert G. Coleman, PhD ’57, Distinguished Alumni Award 2016
- William R. Dickinson, BS ’52, MS ’56, PhD ’58, Distinguished Alumni Award 2015
Submit a nomination today
Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award Distinguished Alumni Award