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
2024 Recipients
A Stanford alumna’s career gave her an inside look at the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and the White House. Today, she guides the scientific agenda for the world’s largest association of Earth and space scientists.
Deemed both a force of nature and a force for nature, the Stanford energy champion has propelled thousands of students and expanded access to energy education worldwide.
Past Recipients
- George Steinmetz, BS ’79, Distinguished Alumni Award 2023
- Mehana Blaich Vaughan, PhD ’12, Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award 2023
- Mary Lou Zoback, BS ’74, MS ’75, PhD ’78, Distinguished Alumni Award 2022
- Robert Kabera, BS ’11, Early- to Mid-Career Alumni Award 2022
- Naomi Oreskes, PhD ’90, Distinguished Alumni Award 2021
- Julia Rosen, BS ’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