Awards & Recognition

The Alumni Association honors alumni and faculty who have distinguished themselves through exceptional service to the school and to the greater community. Awards are recognized in the following categories:

Alumnus/a of the Year Award
Alumni Service Award
Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award

Award Winners

Alumnus/a of the Year

The highest honor conferred by the school, the Alumnus/a of the Year Awards is presented annually to an alumnus/a who has distinguished his/herself by making outstanding contributions through their field of work, have shown exceptional dedication to and support of Charlotte Country Day School, and have demonstrated concern for and service to their community.

2023	Mark F. Ethridge '06
2022	Dr. Neely Kaydos-Daniels '91
2020	Edison Cassels '87
2019	Mignonne Gavigan Smith '99
2018	Kristen Anderson-Lopez '90
2017	Mary Claudia Belk Pilon '92
2016	Amy Fonville Owen '81
2015	Todd A. Gorelick '82
2014	L. Watts Hamrick III '77
2013	Derick S. Close '77
2012	Louis A. Bledsoe III '77
2011	Robert T. Dooley III '79
2010	Clarice Cato Goodyear '64 and Dent Goodyear '64
2009	Samuel E. '82 and Melinda (Hardin) '81 Koenigsberg
2008	Frank D. Whitney '78
2007	Rodney C. Pitts '64
2006	No award given
2005	C. Marshall Mills '82
2004	Molly Wilmer Barker '78
2003	William C. Chapman '76
2002	Thomas M. Belk, Jr. '73
2001	Cammie Robinson Hauptfuhrer '74
2000	Terri R. Martin '83
1999	Anne Tracy Emerson '88
1998	Eric W. Law '76
1997	Gretchen Marsh Carpenter '58
1996	H. Wilson Glasgow, Jr. '62
1995	Mildred Dalton Cox '66
1994	John T. Fielder, Jr. '68
1993	Nina Dooley McLean '77
1991/92	W. Frank Dowd IV '74
1990	John W. Baynard '72
1989	C. Rex Welton '58
1988	Sarah Porter Boehmler '61
1987	Ross S. McElwee III '66
1986	Sara Harris Bissell '56
1985	Patricia O'Herron Norman '65, Sally Cannon Saussy '67
1984	John W. Harris '65
1983	Elizabeth Smith White '55
1982	Beth Brown Boyd '63, Duncan Morton, Jr. '58
1981	John Scott Cramer '49, Craig A. Gillen '70, Mary Cosby Rinehart '57

Alumni Service Award

The Alumni Service Award is presented to alumni who have demonstrated extraordinary service to Country Day through the Alumni Association and provided outstanding volunteer leadership in support of the Alumni Association's mission of engaging, connecting, and celebrating.

2023	Nancy Sasz '85
2022	R. Glenn Sherrill Jr. '89
2019	Todd A. Gorelick '82
2018	Caroline McGuire Winslett '04
2017	Kelly Walton Miller '90 Kristen Walton Wester '93
2016	Stevenson M. Vaughn '84
2014	Patrick L. Hobson '89
2001	Martin D. Welton '87
2000	Meredith Hamrick Bell '74
1999	Frederick E. Gray Jr. '93
1998	Lucinda Nisbet Lucas '74
1997	Craig L. Hill '77
1996	Nethea Rhinehardt '89
1995	K. Dale Owen Jr. '78
1994	Caroline W. Doyle '88

Alumni Association Distinguished Faculty Award

The Distinguished Faculty Award is presented to a member of our faculty who has made outstanding and unselfish contributions to Country Day and has significantly influenced our students.

2022	Tammy Rucker
2021	Darrell Bach
2020	N/A
2019	Aaron Cooper
2018	Katherine Wood
2017	Tom Fredenberg
2016	Bob Plyler
2015	Win Robinson
2014	Clare Walton
2013	Martha Newson
2012	Kathy Babula
2011	Wanda Davis
2010	Brad Touma
2009	Kevin Daly
2008	Millie Cox
2007	Ron Curtin
2006	Marsha Newton-Graham
2005	Jean Merchant
2004	Florence Chapman Nancy Cox
2003	Ted Koskores
2002	Merrie Jane Pierce
2001	Frank Justice
2000	Susan Saunders
1999	David Ball
1998	Doodle Smith
1997	Carol Morris
1996	Mary Todd
1995	Sallye Richards
1994	Rob Williams
1993	Martha Woods
1992	Rick Stack
1991	Gary Forbis
1990	Horton Reed
1989	Sammy Yopp
1988	Dynva Reed
1987	Ed Kelly
1986	Jackie Hunter
1985	John Bristor
1984	Margaret Gragg
1983	Louise Cobb
1982	Jo Hassett
1981	Gisele Shumake
1980	Norma Mackenzie
1979	Virginia Abernethy
1978	Mark Hagerman
1977	John Cook
1976	Mary Jones
1975	Dolly Hickman
1974	Wayne Murrah
1973	Frances Hyatt

Alumni Profiles

Corbin Gurkin '01

Alumnus of the Year: Mark Ethridge '06

Sadie Charles Calame '19 (opens in new window/tab)