Outstanding Alum Awards

Indian Springs Outstanding Alum Awards

Each year, the Indian Springs School Alumni Council identifies and selects a recipient for the Outstanding Alum Award, given to an Indian Springs graduate who has made an outstanding contribution to their field and/or community. The award is presented during Alumni Weekend, and consideration is given to nominees whose classes will be celebrating a reunion Year, but such status is not a requirement.

Nominate an alum today for our next Outstanding Alum Award! Please fill out the fields below to submit your online nomination.

Previous Outstanding Alums

  • 2023

    Alan Engel ’73
    Principal of Crowne Partners, Inc.

  • 2022

    Katrina Armstrong Randall ’82
    Physician, CEO Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

  • 2021

    David Oh ’87
    Flight Director, Mars Curiosity Rover

  • 2020

    J.W. Carpenter ’97
    Director, Birmingham Education Foundation

  • 2019

    Elaine Luria ’93
    Former Congresswoman and Veteran of the U.S. Navy

  • 2018

    Lara Embry ’87
    Clinical Pyschologist and Social Activist

  • 2017

    John Abbot ’80
    Executive Vice President and CFO, Cumulus Media, Inc.

  • 2015

    Daniel Alarcón ’95
    Author and Journalist

  • 2014

    Shazi Visram ’95
    Founder and CEO, Happy Family Organic Superfoods

    Joel Shin ’86 (awarded posthumously)
    International Trade Specialist

  • 2013

    Charles Plosser ’66
    President and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

  • 2012

    Rob Henrikson ’65
    Retired President, CEO and Chairman of the Board, MetLife Inc.

  • 2011

    Carole Griffin ’78
    Owner, Continental Bakery and Chez Lulu, Mountain Brook, Ala.

  • 2010

    Gregory H. Hawley ’75
    Attorney, White, Arnold & Dowd, Birmingham
    President, Birmingham Bar Association, 2010

  • 2009

    Dr. Arthur M. Freeman III ’59
    Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham
    Psychiatrist, Grayson & Associates, Birmingham

  • 2008

    Russell Williams ’73
    Chief Architect, Adobe Photoshop

  • 2007

    Wyatt R. Haskell ’57
    Founding Partner, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, Birmingham

  • 2006

    John Green ’95
    Author, Indianapolis, Ind.

  • 2005

    Charles K. "Kip" Porter ’60
    Executive Vice President, Porter, White, & Company, Inc., Birmingham

  • 2004

    M.D. Smith IV ’59
    President, Smith Broadcasting, Inc., Huntsville, Ala.

  • 2003

    Ben Russell '57
    Chairman and CEO, Russell Lands, Inc., Alexander City, Ala.

  • 2002

    Carlisle Towery '55
    President, Greater Jamaica Development Corp., New York City

  • 2001

    Perry Lentz '60
    McIlvaine Professor of English, Kenyon College

  • 2000

    Edward Ashworth ’67
    Former Executive Director, Southern Poverty Law Center
    President, Research Park Inc., Baton Rouge, La.

  • 1999

    Roy Knight '59
    Professor of Architecture, Florida A&M University

  • 1998

    John Jefferson Humphries '73
    Professor of French Literature, Louisiana State University

  • 1997

    Preston H. Haskell III '56
    President, The Haskell Company, Jacksonville, Fla.

  • 1996

    Donald E. Hess '66
    CEO, Southwood Partners
    Former CEO, Parisian, Inc., Birmingham

  • 1994

    James J. Burke ’69
    President and CEO, Jim Burke Automotive, Inc., Birmingham

  • 1993

    F. Neely Bruce ’60
    Composer
    Professor of Music and American Studies, Wesleyan University

  • 1992

    Samuel K. Cohn, Jr. ’67
    Professor of Medieval Studies, University of Glasgow, Scotland

  • 1991

    George Frederick Wooten ’61
    Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia Health Sciences

  • 1990

    Sally L. Nemeth '77
    Screenwriter, Los Angeles, Calif.

  • 1989

    T. Michael Goodrich ’63
    President and CEO, BE&K Inc., Birmingham

  • 1988

    Tennant S. McWilliams ’61
    Dean, School of Social/Behavioral Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham

  • 1987

    James Herbert White III ’60
    President, Porter White & Company, Inc., Birmingham

  • 1986

    G. Gray Plosser ’63
    President, KPS Group, Inc., Birmingham

  • 1985

    Jeffrey Henry Cohn ’64
    Physician, Cohn Urology, Birmingham

  • 1984

    John MacDonald Badham ’57
    Film Director
    President of The Badham Company, Los Angeles, Calif.

  • 1983

    William M. Slaughter ’56
    Attorney, Haskell Slaughter, Birmingham

  • 1982

    Joseph H. Robinson, Jr. ’56
    CEO, Robinson Foundry, Inc., Alexander City, Ala.

  • 1981

    Gilbert E. Johnston, Jr. ’63
    Attorney, Johnston Barton Proctor & Powell, Birmingham

  • 1980

    Charles L. Robinson ’59
    Attorney, Johnston Barton Proctor & Powell, Birmingham
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