The highest honor bestowed upon a Brown graduate who exemplifies the University's mission to prepare alumni for lives of "usefulness and reputation" [ More about this award ]

2007 Recipient:
Seth Berkley '78, '81 MD

Having graduated from Brown Medical School in 1981, Seth went on to complete an internship in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School. Early in his career as a medical epidemiologist, while on the staff of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Seth conducted an influential study of the Toxic Shock Syndrome and determined the cause of Brazilian Purpuric Fever, a disease fatal to children.  Seth continued to focus on disease surveillance and disease outbreaks in a subsequent position at the Massachusetts Department of Health. [ More about this recipient ]

Honors a lifetime of outstanding and wide-ranging volunteer service to Brown
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2007 Recipients:

Bernicestine McLeod Bailey ’68, P’99 ’03

Bernicestine McLeod Bailey has provided leadership on so many fronts that it is difficult to describe the complete impact she has had on Brown University. [ More about this recipient ]

Dorothy Markoff Nelson ’35

Dorothy Nelson has been serving as an active member of her class for more than 70 years, but she doesn’t stop there. [ More about this recipient ]

Given by the Brown Annual Fund to a volunteer or group of volunteers for extraordinary leadership
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2007 Recipient:
Thomas W. Berry ’69, P’92 ’96

Thomas Berry stepped up to the plate as Brown Annual Fund chair in July 2004, succeeding Jerome Vascellaro ’74 P’07.  His tenure as chair has been nothing short of historic, as the Annual Fund reached outstanding new heights in just three short years. [ More about this recipient ]

For an alumna or alumnus who has made a significant impact in his/her community or society, and who demonstrates an unwavering commitment to public service either as a professional or a volunteer [ More about this award ]

2007 Recipients:
Derek Ellerman '02 and Katherine Chon '02

Shortly after 9/11 and sparked by conversations about slavery and human rights, Derek Ellerman and Katherine Chon began researching the issue of human trafficking.  They quickly learned of the trafficking of Korean women in massage parlors here in Providence. They poured themselves into research, the launch of a website, and the creation of a business plan for what would become the Polaris Project. [ More about these recipients ]

Honors distinguished, continuing volunteer service to Brown [ More about this award ]

2007 Recipients:

Peter D. Bopp ’78
Dorothy Kay Fishbein ’45
Paul L. Maddock, Jr. ’72, P’04
Cayetano Sanchez, III ’80

Recognizes exemplary service to Brown by an alumna or alumnus of the last decade
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2007 Recipient:

Daniel H. O’Keefe ’97

Recognizes a class whose leaders facilitate exceptional engagement among classmates
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2007 Recipients:

Class of 1982
Class of 2002

Honors distinguished service to a class, the Association of Class Leaders (ACL) or to Brown
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2007 Recipient:

Bernard E. Bell ’42, P’71 ’72 ’78

Highlighting exemplary projects or service in any area in support of Brown [ More about this award ]

2007 Recipients:

Oliver L. Patrell ’50
Thierry Fortune ’84
Valerie A. Phillips ’98