Alumni Awards

"To a member of the senior class who, on qualifications of scholarship, character, leadership, and athletic ability, exemplifies the best Penn Charter type."

1934 Lawrence Singmaster 
1935 Joseph M. Steere II 
1936 George L. Russell Jr. 
1937 William S. Emmons 
1938 John P. Staman Jr. 
1939 Robert C. McAdoo 
1940 Alan W. Myers 
1941 Louis Wiederhold 
1942 John B. Kitto 
1943 Thomas W. Smyth 
1944 George J. Hauptfuhrer Jr. 
1945 T. Frank Decker 
1946 Norman C. Moore 
1946 Richard Reifsnyder 
1947 Maxwell Hamill Jr. 
1948 Frederick S. Allen 
1949 Peter A. Benoliel 
1950 Christopher W. Parker 
1951 William S. Masland
1952 Frank F. Embick 
1953 Richard B. Fisher 
1954 Donald L. Goetz 
1955 Thomas M. Twitmyer 
1956 Bernard E. Berlinger Jr. 
1957 Donald M. Kerr 
1958 Edwin A. Weihenmayer III 
1959 Bruce C. Hartman 
1960 Alan R. McFarland Jr. 
1961 Duncan M. McFarland 
1962 Gary C. Wilmore 
1963 James T. Dimond 
1964 A. Michael Aron
1964 Jonathan M. Steere III 
1965 John R. Slonaker III
1966 Jeffrey A. Seder
1967 McKinley C. McAdoo
1968 Edward E. Marshall III 
1969 Richard A. Balderston
1970 George J. Hauptfuhrer III
1971 Robert A. Picardo
1972 Stephen J. Hadley
1973 Kirk D. Hartman
1974 Richard H. Lowe
1975 Peter V. Brehm
1976 Gary M. Garrettson
1977 Anthony J. Romagnole
1978 John B. Kelly III
1979 Stephen C. Shaifer
1980 John B. Caras
1981 Jonathan A. Block
1982 Peter D. Shaifer & James L. Walker, Jr.
1983 Ruben Amaro, Jr.
1984 Robert C. Zeleznik
1985 Kenneth A. Gerber
1986 Gregory D. Rudolf
1987 Adam M. Koppel
1988 Gregory D. Palkon
1989 Kenneth C. Murray & Joseph L. Wyszynski
1990 Brant D. Imperatore
1991 Leo J. Wyszynski
1992 Charles D. Balsamo & Anna V. Davis
1993 Gwo-Ing Lee
1994 Steven W. Goodrich
1995 Ilana H. Eisenstein & Jared A. Kesselheim
1996 Rachel A. Gallagher
1997 Deepak A. Rao
1998 Janey A. Lewis
1999 Mark D. Hecker
2000 Rachel A. Stein
2001 Alexander E. Reich
2002 Andrew Goldberger
2003 Anthony E. McDevitt
2004 John Peet
2005 Marie K. McKenna
2006 Emily W. Bartlett
2007 Audra Hugo
2008 Kashif Smith
2009 Matthew D. Byrne
2010 Thomas F. Noonan
2011 Grace E. McInerney
2012 Marion Z. Hirshberg
2013 Erin S. Lo
2014 Colin B. McCloskey
2015 Nile J. Hodges
2016 Sean P. Foley
2017 Harold Anderson and Marilyn A. Pease
2018 Reece P. Whitley
2019 Haley S. Joyce
2020 Jalynn A. Johnson
2021 Liam V. LaBarge
2022 Lane A. Murray
2023 Sydney DelBello

*Winner of Alumni Award of Merit

“To a graduate of the William Penn Charter School whose character and outstanding achievement have reflected lasting credit upon this old school.”

1947 Henry Pitney VanDusen OPC 1915
1948 Donald E. MacCormick OPC 1915
1949 Crawford H. Greenewalt OPC 1918
1950 C. Brewster Rhoads OPC 1909
1951 Morris Wolf OPC 1899
1952 William W. Cadbury OPC 1894
1953 George Morris Piersol OPC 1898
1954 Bernard F. Gimbel OPC 1903
1955 Lewis M. Parsons OPC 1915
1957 Henry Joel Cadbury OPC 1899
1958 Irenee du Pont OPC 1892
1959 Frank H. Krusen OPC 1915
1960 John S. Williams OPC 1916
1961 H. Thomas Hallowell Jr. OPC 1925
1962 Bernard E. Berlinger Sr. OPC 1926
1963 William G. Hamilton Jr. OPC 1927
1964 John F. Gummere OPC 1918
1965 Edward Hopkinson Jr. OPC 1903
1966 J. Edgar Rhoads OPC 1903
1967 D. Hays Solis-Cohen OPC 1905
1968 Aaron E. Carpenter OPC 1902
1969 Joseph T. Beardwood Jr. OPC 1913
1970 Donald G. Barnhouse OPC ’39
1971 Horace G. Richards OPC 1922
1972 Edwin Wolf II OPC 1927
1973 Henry B. Cox OPC ’34
1974 Richard P. Brown OPC 1903
1975 W. Nelson Francis OPC 1927
1976 Frederic W. West Jr. OPC ’36
1977 Robert P. Levy OPC ’48
1978 M. Todd Cooke OPC ’38
1979 Peter A. Benoliel OPC ’49*
1980 H. Tatnall Brown Jr. OPC ’18
1981 Ralph G. Allen OPC ’51
1982 Ralph F. Palaia Hon. 1689
1983 Robert W. Sayre OPC ’33
1984 Richard P. Brown Jr. OPC ’38
1985 Howard Head OPC ’32
1986 David Riesman OPC ’26
1987 Edward B. Fiske OPC ’55
1988 Robert P. Hauptfuhrer OPC ’49
1989 Richard B. Fisher OPC ’53* & 
M. Albert Linton Jr. Hon. 1689
1990 E. Theodore Bachmann OPC ’29
1991 J. Presper Eckert OPC ’37
1992 Lewis S. Somers 3rd OPC ’44
1993 F. John White OPC ’65
1994 George J. Hauptfuhrer Jr. OPC ’44*
1995 William F. MacDonald Jr. OPC ’62
1996 Fred F. Woerner Jr. (Ret.) OPC ’51
1997 Edward C. Driscoll OPC ’47
1998 J. Liddon Pennock Jr. OPC ’31
1999 Edwin A. Weihenmayer III OPC ’58*
2000 Duncan M. McFarland OPC ’61*
2001 Charles S. Parmenter OPC ’51
2002 Richard H. MacNeal OPC ’40
2003 David W. Oxtoby OPC '68
2004 James A. Lehman OPC '54
2005 David P. Montgomery OPC '64
2006 Robert R. Cryer OPC '56
2007 Earl J. Ball Hon. 1689 & Donald M. Kerr OPC '57
2008 William A. Graham IV OPC '58
2009 David W. Leebron OPC '73
2010 Robert A. Picardo OPC '71
2011 Raymond W. Vickers OPC '61
2012 Samuel H. Francis OPC '60
2013 Herbert S. "Pug" Winokur OPC '61
2014 Steven F. Koltes OPC '74
2015 Shanin Specter OPC '75
2016 Stephen A. Bonnie OPC '66  
2017 David Evans OPC '59  
2018 Michael J. Ross OPC '67
2019 Richard A. Balderston OPC '69  
2021 Peter Klein OPC '80
2022 Charlie Kaesshaefer OPC '71
2023 Steven A. Balbus OPC '71

* Also recipient of Alumni Society Senior Award

“To graduates of the William Penn Charter School whose exceptional accomplishments have brought distinction to their emerging career or calling.”

2018 Ilana H. Eisenstein OPC '95 
2021 Alyson M. Goodner OPC '96

“Given to a member of the Penn Charter community who has shown extraordinary commitment to the school by demonstrating pride and excellence in the performance of their duties and by consistently providing encouragement and support to the student body.”

Jerome Allen
Earl J. Ball III
Pam R. Ball
James M. Ballengee
Miriam H. Blow**
Wilbert L. Braxton**
Allan B. Brown
Charlie Brown
Joseph G. Burke**
Michael J. Burke**
William M. Burke**
George H. Burkhart**
Jeanette E. Burtnett
Paul S. Butler
Anne M. Caramanico
Sandra W. Carl**
Chris Christoph
Charles S. Conard**
Joan B. Costello**
Katherine M. Cranney**
Patricia Cunningham
Alice M. Davis**
Nancy Donaghy**
Raymond R. Dooney**
Jacob A. Dresden
Blanche Ellison**
Valdis Erdmanis
Jane F. Evans
Russell A. Faber**
Liz Flemming
Darryl J. Ford
Robert A. Fox **
Mary Gallagher
William A. Gallagher
Marilyn C. Geary**
Judith Gerber
Elizabeth A. Glascott
Georgie W. Glenn**
Robert Gordon
Anne Carlin Gottehrer
William J. Goulding
Randy W. Granger
Ralph Gunther
George Harvey**
Denise D. Haigler
Charles W. Hitschler III
Cheryl O. Irving**
Barbara S. Jacobson**
Oscar E. Jansson**
William J. Jones Sr.**
Deborah A. Kaesshaefer
Marian N. Kalenian**
Frederick F. Kempner**
Jennifer Ketler
William S. Lane**
Nancy G. Larson**
James Lee**
M. Albert Linton Jr.**
Timothy M. Lynch
Bruce MacCullough
Edwin H. Marks
Philip M. Maroney**
Helen C. Mattis**
Kathryn A. McCoy**
Joan McIlvaine
Norma W. Mercer**
Rebecca T. Miller
John M. Murray
Walter R. Myers**
Charles T. Olson**
Edwin W. Owrid**
Jean W. Owrid**
Ralph F. Palaia**
Phillip W. Palkon
William Penn**
Joseph S. Perrott **
Sandra B. Portnoy
Rosanne Punzo
Harvey D. Rentschler
Robert H. Roak**
John T. Rogers
William T. Quinn
Henry Scattergood**
John R. Schug**
Eileen A. Shultz
Charles R. Simmons**
Richard R. Smith 
Carol J. Steinbrook
Dana Toedtman
Douglas D. Uhlmann
Stephen Watters
George (Buff) B. Weigand **
W. Ernest Wells**
Joseph P. West**
Grace R. Wheeler**
David Wright
Edward Zubrow

“The John F. Gummere Distinguished Teacher Award is given by the William Penn Charter Alumni Society to that person who, as a member of the faculty of The William Penn Charter School for a period of at least five years, has demonstrated outstanding scholarship, teaching and character; and has been an especially constructive influence upon others in all phases of Penn Charter life.”

1969 Albert Linton
1971 Wilbert Braxton
1972 Samuel Tatnall
1974 Joan Costello
1975 Oliver Nuse
1976 Peter Reinke
1977 Marian Kalenian
1979 Jacob Dresden
1980 Marilyn Geary
1981 Joseph Perrott
1982 John Rogers
1983 Alice Davis
1984 John Schug
1985 Frederick Kempner
1986 Dona Marler
1987 Randy Granger
1988 Paul Butler
1989 Richard Smith
1990 Jeanette Burtnett
1991 Peter Wenigmann
1993 Charles Kaesshaefer OPC’71
1997 Robert Gordon
2000 Cheryl Irving
2003 Eileen A. Shultz
2005 William J. Goulding
2008 Timothy Lynch
2011 Charles Brown 
2012 James M. Ballengee Hon. 1689
2017 Joseph Fitzmartin 
2021 Alice Bateman
2022 Deborah C. White
2023 Brian McCloskey OPC '82