WAA seeks nominations for distinguished alumni awards

The Wisconsin Alumni Association (WAA) is calling for nominations for its top honors, the Distinguished Alumni Award and Distinguished Young Alumni Awards. Since 1936, WAA has been presenting the awards during Alumni Weekend festivities in May to the most prestigious graduates of UW–Madison.

The Distinguished Alumni Award is given to those with outstanding achievements in professional or volunteer service. Past honorees include former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger ’52, MS’57; philanthropists John ’55 and Tashia ’55 Morgridge; and actress Jane Kaczmarek ’79.

The Distinguished Young Alumni Award, established in 2002, goes to a graduate under the age of 40 who has demonstrated unusual achievement or initiative, such as the 2005 recipient, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid ’90.

Nomination guidelines and forms are available online. Send nominations by Oct. 15, 2005, to the Wisconsin Alumni Association, Attention: Nominations, 650 N. Lake St., Madison, WI 53706-1476.