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.
2022 Founders Day Ceremony
Washington University celebrated our 2022 honorees on Saturday, November 5.
2022 Honorees
Robert S. Brookings Award
David and Dorothy Kemper
Joanne Knight
Distinguished Alumni Award
John Dains, BSBA ’68
CEO Emeritus
HELM FINANCIAL CORP.
Carrie A. Johnson,
AB ’89
Design Strategist and Social Activist
Lori M. Lee, BSBA ’88,
MBA ’89
CEO
AT&T LATIN AMERICA
Global Marketing Officer
AT&T INC.
Shirley A. Sahrmann,
BS ’58, MA ’71, PhD ’73
Professor Emerita of Physical Therapy
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Distinguished Faculty Award
Timothy J. Eberlein, MD
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Distinguished Professor; Director of the Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; Senior Associate Dean for Cancer Programs
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award
Jean M. Allman, PhD
J.H. Hexter Professor in the Humanities
ARTS & SCIENCES
Adrienne D. Davis, JD
William M. Van Cleve Professor of Law
SCHOOL OF LAW
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership
OLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL
Adia Harvey Wingfield, PhD
Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor; Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity
ARTS & SCIENCES
Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award
John P. Atkinson, MD
Samuel B. Grant Professor of Medicine; Professor of Molecular Microbiology; Director of the RVCL Research Center
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Joan L. Luby, MD
Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Psychiatry; Director of the Early Emotional Development Program
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Lilianna Solnica-Krezel, PhD
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor;
Head of the Department of Developmental Biology
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE