2026 Alumni Award Recipients
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Congratulations to the 2026 Alumni Award Recipients. These alumni will be honored by the Macalester community at the Grand Welcome at Reunion 2026 on Thursday, June 4, 2026.
Young Alumni Award
The Young Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have graduated in the past 15 years. This award pays tribute to those who are making an effective contribution to the communities in which they live, or moving forward rapidly in their careers, and living the kind of unselfish, caring life for which their Macalester education prepared them.
Sarah Ziegenhorn ’11
Catharine Lealtad, Class of 1915, Service to Society Award
The Catharine Lealtad Service to Society Award is given to alumni of color who have used their education to distinguish themselves in service to the community.
Susan G. Brown ’07
Distinguished Citizen Award
The Distinguished Citizen Award recognizes alumni who have exercised leadership in civic, social, religious, and professional activities. It is given because the Macalester community believes that a college education should be the training and inspiration for unselfish and effective service to the community, the nation, and the world. Recipients demonstrate a practical acceptance of these obligations in their lives and work.
Michael Wammer ’61
Geoffrey Gates ’70
Jane Breckinridge ’86 and David Bohlken ’86
Mani Mokalla ’96
Christy L. Haynes ’98
Alumni Service Award
The Alumni Service Award is presented to alumni of Macalester whose significant service and consistent loyalty to the college has set an outstanding example of volunteerism. Awardees were nominated and selected by Macalester staff.