Celebrating exceptional members of the WashU Community.

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Founders Day is an opportunity to reflect upon the university’s many milestones and accomplishments—and the people who helped make them possible. Washington University began celebrating Founders Day in 1953 to commemorate the university’s 100th anniversary. Since then, this special event has honored WashU’s distinguished alumni, outstanding faculty, and most treasured friends.

2023 Founders Day Ceremony

Washington University celebrated our 2023 honorees on Saturday, November 4.


2023 Honorees

Robert S. Brookings Award

Peggy Newman, AB ’72,
JD ’76, and Andy Newman

Distinguished Alumni Award

Image of George Bauer at a podium

George P. Bauer, BS ’53,
MS ’59
Chairman and CEO
GPB GROUP, LTD.

Headshot of Andrew Chee-Yuen Chan

Andrew Chee-Yuen Chan,
MD ’86, PhD 86
Senior Vice President for Research Biology
GENENTECH

Andrea J. Grant, AB ’71,
JD ’74
Senior Counsel
DLA PIPER

Headshot of Nina Krueger

Nina Leigh Krueger,
MBA ’94
CEO
NESTLE PURINA PETCARE NORTH AMERICA

Headshot of Harry Moppins

Harry V. Moppins, Jr.,
BS ’67
Director of Music (retired)
WOODLAWN CHAPEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Distinguished Faculty Award

Headshot of Eva Aagaard

Eva M. Aagaard, MD
Carol B. and Jerome T. Loeb Professor of Medical Education
Senior Associate Dean for Education
Vice Chancellor for Medical Education

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS

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John Hendrix
Kenneth E. Hudson Professor of Art
Chair, Master of Fine Arts in Illustration & Visual Culture
program
SAM FOX SCHOOL OF DESIGN & VISUAL ARTS

Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award

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Lori Setton, PhD
Lucy & Stanley Lopata Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering
 
MCKELVEY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award

Headshot of William Powderly

William G. Powderly, MD
J. William Campbell Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Sciences
Larry J. Shapiro Director, Institute for Public Health

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IN ST. LOUIS