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Each year, Williams honors members of the college for outstanding accomplishment and service.  Many  awards are bestowed at the annual meeting of the Society of Alumni, and Joseph’s Coat is awarded at a special Reunion Weekend luncheon. Bicentennial Medals, honoring distinguished achievement, are awarded in September’s Convocation exercises.

Congratulations to the recipients of medals presented at the June 2026 meeting of the Society of Alumni

  • Williams proudly bestowed its highest recognition for alumni service to the recipient of the Rogerson Cup, Jane Kell ’76 and Bob Woods ’76.
  • Catharine Bond “Cappy” Hill ’76 received the Kellogg Award for Career Achievement.
  • Shawei Wang ’96 won the Moore Tabor award, which recognizes exceptional service to the college and its alumni through care, community and connection. It is named in memory of Paula Moore Tabor ’76, and was awarded for the first time this year, with members of Paula’s family in attendance for what would have been her 50th reunion.
  • Nick Brownrigg ’16 and Jace Forbes-Cockell ’16 won the Bellwether Award, which recognizes alumni who create, maintain or enlarge pathways for fellow alumni to find Williams beyond Williams (Awarded for the first time in 2026.)
  • Tom Burnett ’65 and Julie Berens ’75 won the Thurston Award for their excellent work as Class Secretaries.
  • The Copeland Award for volunteerism in admissions went to Tom Powers ’81.
  • Harland Chun ’76 was awarded the Callahan-Overton Award for his service as Class Agent.
  • The Thurston Bowl for distinguished service as class secretary was presented to Libby Dvir ’16.
  • The Joseph’s Coat, in recognition of a highly esteemed member of a post-50th Reunion class, went to John Gould ’66.

New Members of the Executive Committee of the Society of Alumni are:

  • Sherry McReynolds ’78, Wilton, Conn.
  • Lisa Russell-Mina ’79, Reston, Va.
  • Anjali Williamson ’01, Decatur, Ga.
  • Enrique Perez ’01, Waltham, Mass.
  • Liz Jimenez ’12, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • David Han ’19, Washington, D.C.

The Class of 2006 won both the Reunion Trophy (for the highest percentage of the class in attendance) and the Reunion Bowl (for the class with the largest number of members in attendance) with 258 alumni, or 47.5% of the class celebrating on campus.