Star & Crescent

The Star and Crescent Award is the highest distinction bestowed upon a graduate member of the Society. It is awarded by the Society Board of Governors to a graduate member who has made an outstanding contribution to the Society and/or their chapter. The Star and Crescent Award is presented at the annual Society Convention Banquet.

Previous honorees have included:

2001: Robert G. McKelvey, Middletown 1959
2005: David Ehrlich, Stanford 1984
2005: Nessa Burns Reifsnyder, Bowdoin 1986
2005: Timothy N. Smith, Brunonian 1993
2009: Charles E. Gross, Jr. Brunonian 1972
2010: S. Robert Austein, Middletown 1984
2010: Mary M. Melchior, Middletown 1983
2010: E. Jenny K. Flanagan, Middletown 1983
2011: Greg Smith, Stanford 1988
2011: Joel Parker, Stanford 1991
2011: Christina Van Aken, Stanford 1995
2012: Robert C. Wood, Brunonian 1958
2012: Zanne Gerrard, Middletown 1994
2012: KJ Iribe, Middletown 2004
2013: Paul Neshamkin, Columbia 1963
2013: Craig Cheslog, Bowdoin 1993
2013: Clay Maitland, Columbia 1964
2013: Peter Darrow, Columbia 1972
2013: William Millard, Illinois 1980
2013: Terrie Eastmade, Bowdoin 1997
2014: Thomas Clark, Bowdoin 1999
2016: Chad Wolfsheimer, Brunonian 2000
2016: David Clodfelter, Bowdoin 1989
2017: Leah Stern, Middletown 2006
2018: Joan Charlotte Matelli, Middletown 1992
2019: Tom Giordano, Columbia 1986
2020: Kristen Soule, Brunonian 1999