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CNN journalist Anderson Cooper will be the keynote speaker at Founders Day, to be held on the evening of Oct. 28 at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel. According to Student Life, Cooper will deliver another keynote at 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 28 in Knight Hall’s Emerson Auditorium. The event is open to all Washington University students; however, due to limited seating, tickets will be distributed at 2 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.

Cooper is the anchor of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°,” which airs weeknights on the cable network nationally and is simulcast to a global audience on CNN International. He also is a regular correspondent on CBS’ “60 Minutes.” Among his many major journalism awards, Cooper helped to lead CNN’s Peabody Award-winning coverage of Hurricane Katrina and contributed to DuPont Award-winning coverage of the 2004 tsunami in southeastern Asia. Along with ABC journalist Martha Raddatz, Cooper served as moderator for the presidential debate held at Washington University in St. Louis on Oct. 9, 2016 (pictured above).

FOUNDERS DAY HONOREES

Established in 1953 to celebrate the founding of Washington University 100 years earlier, Founders Day also is a time for the university to recognize its distinguished alumni, faculty and supporters.

Distinguished Faculty Awards
The Distinguished Faculty Awards recognize outstanding commitment to the intellectual and personal development of students. This year’s recipients are:

Carolyn Baum (PhD ’93), the Elias Michael Director and Professor of Occupational Therapy, Neurology and Social Work;

Ron K. Cytron, professor and associate chair of computer science and engineering;

Henry L. Roediger III, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and professor of psychological and brain sciences; and

Wayne M. Yokoyama, MD, the Sam J. Levin and Audrey Loew Levin Professor of Arthritis Research and professor of medicine and of pathology and immunology.

Distinguished Alumni Awards
The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize outstanding professional achievement, public service, exceptional service to Washington University, or all three. This year’s recipients are:

Hal V. Barron, MD (BS ’85), president of research and development, Calico;

Soo K. Chan (AB ’84), founding principal and design director, SCDA Architects;

Gaurav Garg (BS ’88, BS ’88, MS ’90), founding partner, Wing Venture Capital;

Lynn E. Gorguze (MBA ’86), chair and chief executive officer, Cameron Holdings Corp.;

Michael R. Holmes (AB ’79), chairman and founder, Rx Outreach; and

Chrissy Taylor (MBA ’10), executive vice president and chief operating officer, Enterprise Holdings.

Robert S. Brookings Awards
Presented by the Board of Trustees, the Robert S. Brookings Award honors individuals for their extraordinary dedication and generosity to Washington University. This year’s honorees are:

James McKelvey Jr. (AB ’87, BS ’87); and

Michael and Noémi Neidorff.

More information about Founders Day is available on the Alumni & Development website.

News Release by Julie Flory, The Source

Image by James Byard/WUSTL Photos  

One year shy of the century mark, Olin Business School celebrates its 99th anniversary today. Founded March 30, 1917 as the School of Commerce and Finance, Washington University’s leadership recognized the need to educate entrepreneurs, future industry and finance leaders as cities and interstate commerce boomed in the early 20th century.

William F. Gephart, the first dean of the School of Commerce and Finance was a professor of economics. Determined to establish a business school at Washington University, Gephart personally solicited donations from 30 St. Louis businesses to help found the school. Visit the timeline on the first floor of Knight Hall, or click here to see the school’s history on the Building Olin website.

Main image: Robert S. Brookings helps lay the corner stone for Duncker Hall, 1923. WashU Archives.

Top: first graduating class of the School of Commerce and Finance; lower left, William Gephardt; lower right, Duncker Hall, the first building built expressly for the business school in 1923.

On Saturday, Nov. 7, alumni and friends of WashU joined the campus community for Founders Day, the annual commemoration of the university’s 1853 founding.

Highlighting this year’s banquet, held at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, celebrated writer and biographer Walter Isaacson. The event also honored the recipients of the university’s Distinguished Alumni Awards and Distinguished Faculty Awards. In addition, three individuals received the Robert S. Brookings Award.

Members of the Olin community were well represented among the honorees.

Distinguished Faculty Awards

The Distinguished Faculty Awards recognize outstanding commitment to the intellectual and personal development of students. Recipients this year are:

Timothy J. Ley, MD (MD ’78), the Lewis T. and Rosalind B. Apple Chair in Oncology and professor of medicine and of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis;

Todd Milbourn, PhD, the Hubert C. and Dorothy R. Moog Professor of Finance and senior associate dean of faculty and research at Olin Business School;

Kimberly Jade Norwood, JD, professor of law in the School of Law; and

William Peck, MD, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Medicine and director, Center for Health Policy in the School of Medicine.

Distinguished Alumni Awards

The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize outstanding professional achievement, public service, exceptional service to Washington University, or all three. Recipients this year are:

Edward P. deZevallos (MBA ’67);

Curley M. Dossman Jr. (JD ’76), president, Georgia-Pacific Foundation;

Thomas Feichtinger (BS ’86), director, Maryville Technologies;

W. E. Moerner, PhD (BS, AB, BS ’75), the Harry S. Mosher Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University;

Richard Ritholz (BSBA ’84), senior portfolio manager at Elliott Management Corp.; and

Bernarda “Bernie” Lo Wong (MSW ’68), president and chief executive officer of the Chinese American Service League.

Robert S. Brookings Awards

Presented by the Board of Trustees, the Robert S. Brookings Award honors individuals for their extraordinary dedication and generosity to Washington University. Recipients this year are:

James and Elizabeth McDonnell; and

Joyce Wood (BSBA ’76, MBA ’77).

For more information about the history and commemoration of Founders Day, visit here.

By Barbara Rea, WUSTL Newsroom