Alumni

Awards

Distinguished Grotonians

Since 1977, Groton School has presented the Distinguished Grotonian Award, which recognizes graduates whose lives of highly distinguished service reflect the essential values of the School.

The Distinguished Grotonians for 2022 are Congressman Jim Cooper, from the Form of 1972, and shop teacher and archivist Doug Brown, from the Form of 1957.

Jim Cooper upholds Groton’s deep tradition of graduates who devote their careers to serving our country. He has represented the district around Nashville, Tennessee in the United States Congress for a total of thirty-two years. Jim has modeled dignity as decorum disintegrated around him, and he has strived to build bridges as divisions gripped Congress and the nation. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer called Jim “one of the most serious, steady, and intelligent policymakers and legislators our country has produced.”

The Distinguished Grotonian Award recognizes alumni who have lived lives of highly distinguished service. Few have served the Groton community with more distinction and impact than Doug Brown, who graduated in the Form of 1957. Doug taught shop for more than five decades, and he tended the school’s historic archives with exquisite care—motivated by his love of Groton and his sincere interest in this school’s history. Ask him about an event that happened decades ago, and you’ll hear a story—an accurate story—in great detail. Show Doug a relic or an old photograph, and he will know where it came from and why it’s important.

Cui Servire Award

The Cui Servire Award is given annually to outstanding younger alumni who, through their exceptional contribution to the School or the world, have truly lived up to the School's motto. The motto, Cui Servire Est Regnare, is alternately translated as "To Serve Is to Rule" or "For Whom Service Is Perfect Freedom.” In the motto's original context, service refers to a person's service to God. But the motto has been accepted more broadly to connote service to the community and the world, and it inspires many Grotonians to make community service integral to their lives.

This year’s Cui Servire Est Regnare Award goes to Storm Taliaferrow, a member of the Form of 1992.

For immigrants to the United States, entrepreneurship is often a lifeline and a path to success. Many, however, would have found the gates to opportunity closed if not for Storm’s support, attention, and endless work. Through the National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders, Storm helps provide loans, grants, training, and technical assistance to Latino and immigrant entrepreneurs in low- to moderate-income communities across the country.

    • Distinguished Grotonian Jim Cooper '72, Headmaster Temba Maqubela, Distinguished Grotonian Doug Brown '57, and Cui Servire Award winner Storm Taliaferrow '92

Past Distinguished Grotonian Award Recipients

Name
Year of Award
Mr. Joseph B. Cheshire V ’66
2021
Mr. John B. Goodenough ’40
2020
Mr. Gardner Mundy ’59
2019
Mr. Jonathan Choate ’60, P’85, ’88, ’88
2018
Rev. Edward B. Gammons Jr. ’52
2017
Mr. L. Robert Bolling ’76
2016
Mr. George C. Lodge ’45
2015
Mr. David Campion Acheson ’39
2014
Mr. Moorehead C. Kennedy, Jr. ’48, P’79
2013
Dr. Ward H. Goodenough ’37, P’71, ’77, GP’08, ’12
2012
Mr. Malcolm E. Peabody, Jr. ’46, P’82, GP'16
2011
The Honorable Robert C. Scott ’65
2010
Mr. R. Scott Asen ’62
2009
Mr. Hardwick Simmons ’58, P’84, ’07, ’09, GP’12, '17
2008
Mr. Hunter Lewis ’65
2007
Mr. Peter Gammons ’63
2006
Mr. Samuel A. Waterston ’58, P’87, ’95
2005
Ambassador George H. Walker III ’49, P’78, GP’02, ’04, ’13
2004
Mr. William M. Polk ’58
2003
Mr. Ralph O. Esmerian ’58
2002
Mr. Henry Chauncey ’23, P’51, ’53, ’63
2000
Mr. Edward P. Lawrence ’59, P’89, ’91
1999
Mr. Charles Devens ’28, P’55, ’61
1998
Mr. Daniel P. Davison ’43, P’72, ’75, ’80, GP’02, ’03, ’06
1998
Mr. Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld ’57, P’81, ’83, GP’09, ’13, ’14, '18
1997
The Honorable John Train ’46, GP’97
1996
Mr. Kenneth Auchincloss ’55, P’96
1995
Mr. Harold I. Pratt ’55, P’82, ’85
1995
Mr. John H. Finley III ’54, P’88, ’94
1994
Mr. David E. Howe ’43, P’75, ’80, GP’14
1993
The Honorable Clive L. DuVal II ’31
1992
Dr. Bertrand B. Hopkins ’48, P’78, ’79, ’81
1991
Mr. Alan J. Pifer ’40
1990
Mr. Gordon Gund ’57, P’86, ’89
1989
The Honorable Endicott Peabody ’38, P’67, ’73, GP’94, ’11
1988
Dr. Paul Snowden Russell ’43, P’75
1988
Mr. Jonathan Yardley ’57
1987
Mr. J. Carter Brown ’51
1986
Mr. Frank D. Ashburn ’21
1986
Mr. Louis S. Auchincloss ’35, P’76, ’82
1985
Mr. Theodore Chase ’30, P’56, GP’86, ’97
1985
Mr. Stanley R. Resor ’35
1985
Mr. J. Graham Parsons ’25, GP’77, ’79, ’96
1985
Mr. Francis Keppel ’34
1984
Mr. Walter S. Sullivan ’36, P’74
1983
Mr. John E. Lawrence ’27, P’58, ’59, ’63, ’64, GP’81, ’83, ’85, ’93, ’94, ’00, GGP’09
1983
Mr. Robert H. Gardiner ’33
1980
Mr. McGeorge Bundy ’36, P’69, ’71, ’74, ’77, GP’07, ’09, ’12, ’12
1980
Mr. Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. ’29
1979
Mr. William McCormick Blair 1903, P’34, ’35, ’36, GP’62, ’72, ’81, GGP’89, ’92, ’95, ’98
1978
The Honorable C. Douglas Dillon ’27, GP’75, ’78, GGP’98, ’99
1977
The Rev. John Crocker ’18, P’42, GP’70
1977

Past Cui Servire Award Recipients

Name
Year of Award
Mr. Marichal B. Monts ’81
2021
Mr. James Hicks ’80
2020
Ms. Sarah Sewall ’79, P’19
2019
Ms. Elizabeth G. Abbott ’88, P’18, ’21
2018
Dr. N. Stevenson Potter ’82
2017
Ms. Caitlin Gutperle Reed ’91
2016
Ms. Ellen Curtis Boiselle ’85
2015
Ms. Holley Green Gordon ’89
2014
Mr. Nathaniel T.G. Fogg ’93
2013
Mrs. Alyce Jones Lee ’77
2012
Ms. Betsy Wright Hawkings ’81
2011
Mr. George C. Biddle ’80
2010
Mrs. Ann Gildroy Fox ’94
2009
Dr. Theodore Caplow, Jr. ’88
2008
Mrs. Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend ’97
2007
Ms. Danielle K. Nunez ’98
2006
Mr. Josiah H. Brown ’88
2005
Ms. Frances H. Pratt ’82
2004
Dr. Sallie B. Smith ’85
2003
The Rev. John H. Finley, IV ’88
2002
Ms. Katya Fels Smyth ’89
2000
Dr. Michael R. Curtis ’80
1999
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