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Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award

The Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award for Exceptional Service to Stanford University

The Kenneth M. Cuthbertson Award recognizes exceptional contributions of all types to Stanford University. The award, which is open to all members of the Stanford community, is to recognize extraordinary contributions to the achievement of university goals.

Ordinarily, one award is made each year.

Criteria

The Cuthbertson Award recipients demonstrate unusually distinguished service, uncommon ingenuity in meeting university objectives, or exceptional intelligence, diligence, and sensitivity in discharging responsibilities. 

Nomination Process

Any member of the Stanford community may submit a nomination for this award. For more information, visit this nomination webpage.  

Cuthbertson 2023-24 Winners

  • Megan Pierson, Chief of Staff to the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees

Cuthbertson Past Winners

2022-23

  • Stephanie Kalfayan, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
  • B. Howard Pearson, Senior Philanthropic Advisor and Development Legal Counsel

2021-22

  • Shirley J. Everett, Senior Associate Vice Provost of Residential & Dining Enterprises and senior adviser to the provost on equity and inclusion

2020-21

  • Jan Barker-Alexander, Assistant Vice Provost for Inclusion and Community, and Executive Director of the Centers for Equity, Community, and Leadership & Offices of First Generation and/or Low-Income Programs and Military Affiliated Communities, and Resident Fellow, Ujamaa House
  • Thomas Fenner, Deputy General Counsel

2019-20

  • Sue Crutcher, Associate Dean for Human Resources and Faculty Affairs, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences
  • William S. Talbot, Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Education & Postdoctoral Affairs, and Professor of Developmental Biology

2018-19

  • Maggie Burgett, Project Executive, Land, Buildings and Real Estate (LBRE)
  • Patricia J. Gumport, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs and Professor of Education

2017-18

  • Ann Arvin, Lucile Salter Packard Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, and Vice Provost and Dean of Research

2016-17

  • Jeff Wachtel, Executive Director of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program

2015-16

  • Larry Diamond, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, and Professor, by courtesy, of Sociology and of Political Science

2014-15

  • Michael A. Keller, Ida M. Green University Librarian, Director of Academic Information Resources, Founder of HighWire Press, and Publisher of the Stanford University Press

2013-14

  • Robert D. Simoni, Donald Kennedy Chair in the School of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Biology

2012-13

  • Larry N. Horton, Senior Associate Vice President for Government & Community Relations

2011-12

  • Sally Dickson, Associate Vice Provost for Student Affairs
  • John Pearson, Director, Bechtel International Center

2010-11

  • Valerie Kiszka, Student Services Manager, Biology

2009-10

  • John Bravman, Freeman-Thornton Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Bing Centennial Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
  • H. Craig Heller, Lorry I. Lokey/Business Wire Professor of Biology

2008-09

  • Charles Junkerman, Associate Provost and Dean of Continuing Studies, Master of Liberal Arts Program, and Summer Session
  • Arthur Bienenstock, Special Assistant to the President for Federal Research Policy and Professor at SSRL and of Materials Science & Engineering and of Applied Physics

2007-08

  • Nona Chiariello, Research Coordinator, Jasper Ridge

2006-07

  • Christine Griffith, Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Life

2005-06

  • Timothy R. Warner, Vice Provost for Budget and Auxiliaries Management

2004-05

  • Lois Wagner, Director, University Events/Lively Arts

2003-04

  • Carolyn Manning, Vice President of the Stanford Alumni Association

2002-03

  • Margaret J. Kimball, University Archivist, Stanford Libraries
  • Charles H. Kruger, Vice Provost and Dean of Research and Graduate Policy, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering

2001-02

  • Carole Buffum, Executive Director of Finance and Administration, School of Medicine
  • Dick Gould, Head Coach, Men’s Tennis

2000-01

  • Margaret Ann Fidler, Associate Vice Provost for Administration, Office of the Vice Provost for Student Affairs
  • John Ford, Vice President for Development, Office of Development

1999-00

  • Perry Everett, Financial Manager and Controller, School of Medicine
  • Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, Professor of French and Italian

1998-99

  • Michael Hudnall, Deputy General Counsel

1997-98

  • Mark Zoback, Geophysics (and Chair, Committee of 15)

1996-97

Michael Cowan, Associate Dean for Administration, School of Medicine

1995-96

  • Mona Duggan, Associate Director External Relations, Museum of Art

1994-95

  • Iris Brest, Associate General Counsel Emerita

1993-94

  • Patricia Devaney, Associate Dean of Research
  • Marvin Herrington, Director of Public Safety

1992-93

  • Alan Grundman, Administrative Director, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
  • Ann Elizabeth Rafferty, Undergraduate Assistant, Political Science

1991-92

  • James Knox, Curator of British and American History, Green Library
  • Stephen Peeps, Associate Vice President for Development

1990-91

  • Karlene Dickey, Associate Dean, Graduate Division
  • Robert Sumner, Mechanical Technician/Electrician, Electrical Engineering Research

1989-90

  • Ruby Mason and Verity Powell, Pre-professional Advisors at the Undergraduate Advising Center

1988-89

  • Mary Sevilla, Head of Loan Division, Green Library

1987-88

  • Rod Adams, Treasurer of the University
  • Clara Bush, Academic Secretary to the University

1986-87

  • William Stone, Director of the Alumni Association

1985-86

  • William Cleveland, Audio Visual Coordinator

1984-85

  • Gerald Lieberman, Vice Provost, Dean of Graduate Studies and Research, Professor in Operations Research and Statistics
  • Maurine Buma, Accounting Officer Controller's Office

1983-84

  • Lyle Nelson, Professor in Communication

1982-83

  • Robert W. Beyers, Director of News Service

1981-82

  • Raymond F. Bacchetti, Vice Provost for Management & Director of University Budgets

First Presentation 1980-81

  • Kenneth Cuthbertson, Vice President for Development