Each year at Homecoming, the Alumni Association recognizes one or more graduates who have been nominated to receive the Outstanding Alumna/us Award. Graduates of the Academy who have distinguished themselves in the Maritime Field, the Armed Forces of the United States, in their chosen profession or for outstanding public service will be eligible to be nominated and to receive the award.

Nominations must be received in writing by the Alumni Office no later than June 30th of the calendar year. The Awards Committee presents its report to the full Board at its summer meeting, at which time the Board will act upon the recommendation of the committee. There is no requirement that an award be given every year, and there is also no limit on the number of awards that can be made.
Nomination Form

YearNameClass
1964Wesley Hoch1954
1966Walter I. Gay1946
1968A. Edward Langlois1944
1969George Hart1945
1971John Chapman1964
1972CAPT Paul Jacobs1958
1973Henry M. Powers1954
1974CAPT Granville I. Smith1947
1975John Fairbanks1952
1976Walter W. Picher1960
1977RADM Warren C. Hamm1949
1978Robert M. Calder1943-1
1980Craig J. Kalloch1970
1981CAPT Roland O. Melcher1956
1983CAPT Richard E. Manchester1968
1984William A. Lowell1956
1986RADM John W. Bitoff1958
1987Frank M. Hale
James Blenkhorn
1960
1955
1988CAPT Richard Romagnoli1982
1989Kenneth M. Curtis1952
1990Eugene J. Silva
George A. Wade
1964
1965
1991William F. Thompson1946
1993Robert D. Somerville1965
1996Kevin P. Gildart
CAPT Prentice Strong, III
1971
1984
1999CAPT Richard C. Devins1973
2000Richard A. Foley
Frederick J. Harris
1949
1967
2001Bruce H. Doughty1961
2002John Gillis
Peter Vigue
Robert Walker
1972
1969
1953
2003Wilbur Brown1950
2004Peter Johnson
CAPT John Ingram
1964
1979
2005Robert Cort
CAPT San Juan “Sandy” Dunbar
1953
1960
2006Carlton Hutchins
CAPT Laurence Wade
Capt. Charles B. Weeks
1943-2
1964
1964
2007CAPT Joseph Pinette1951
2008Robert P. Sullivan1961
2010Tom Hall
CAPT Sherri Hickman
1979
1985
2013Mac Cianchette
Paul Mercer
1973
1973
2015Steven B. Colfer1979
2016CDR Jason Smith1996
2017Charles A. "Cal" Lechman1965
2018Eugene H. "Gene" Spinazola1961
2020Chester Manuel
CAPT Mark Coté
1967
1983
2022Joseph Cote1982
2023Thomas Lord1987