Distinguished Grotonians
Since 1977, Groton School has presented the Distinguished Grotonian Award, which recognizes graduates whose lives of highly distinguished service reflect the essential values of the School.
This year's Distinguished Grotonian, Gardner Mundy '59, has shown unwavering devotion to the school in many ways, including forty-two years as a form agent.
Read Gardner Mundy's Full Acceptance Speech
Cui Servire Award
The Cui Servire Award is given annually to outstanding younger alumni who, through their exceptional contribution to the School or the world, have truly lived up to the School's motto. The motto, Cui Servire Est Regnare, is alternately translated as "To Serve Is to Rule" or "For Whom Service Is Perfect Freedom." In the motto's original context, service refers to a person's service to God. But the motto has been accepted more broadly to connote service to the community and the world, and it inspires many Grotonians to make community service integral to their lives.
Sarah Sewall '79, P'19 received the Cui Servire Est Regnare Award for her dedication to public service, including her work as Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights during the Obama Administration.
Read Sarah Sewall's Full Acceptance Speech
Headmaster Temba Maqubela with Cui Servire Award Winner Sarah Sewall '79, P'19 and Distinguished Grotonian Award Winner Gardner Mundy '59
Past Distinguished Grotonian Award Recipients
Year of Award
Mr. Jonathan Choate '60, P'85, '88, '88
Rev. Edward B. Gammons Jr. '52
Mr. L. Robert Bolling '76
Mr. George C. Lodge '45
Mr. David Campion Acheson '39
Mr. Moorehead C. Kennedy, Jr. '48, P'79
Dr. Ward H. Goodenough '37, P'71, '77, GP'08, '12
Mr. Malcolm E. Peabody, Jr. '46, P'82, GP'16
The Honorable Robert C. Scott '65
Mr. R. Scott Asen '62
Mr. Hardwick Simmons '58, P'84, '07, '09, GP'12, '17
Mr. Hunter Lewis '65
Mr. Peter Gammons '63
Mr. Samuel A. Waterston '58, P'87, '95
Ambassador George H. Walker III '49, P'78, GP'02, '04, '13
Mr. William M. Polk '58
Mr. Ralph O. Esmerian '58
Mr. Henry Chauncey '23, P'51, '53, '63
Mr. Edward P. Lawrence '59, P'89, '91
Mr. Charles Devens '28, P'55, '61
Mr. Daniel P. Davison '43, P'72, '75, '80, GP'02, '03, '06
Mr. Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld '57, P'81, '83, GP'09, '13, '14, '18
The Honorable John Train '46, GP'97
Mr. Kenneth Auchincloss '55, P'96
Mr. Harold I. Pratt '55, P'82, '85
Mr. John H. Finley III '54, P'88, '94
Mr. David E. Howe '43, P'75, '80, GP'14
The Honorable Clive L. DuVal II '31
Dr. Bertrand B. Hopkins '48, P'78, '79, '81
Mr. Alan J. Pifer '40
Mr. Gordon Gund '57, P'86, '89
The Honorable Endicott Peabody '38, P'67, '73, GP'94, '11
Dr. Paul Snowden Russell '43, P'75
Mr. Jonathan Yardley '57
Mr. J. Carter Brown '51
Mr. Frank D. Ashburn '21
Mr. Louis S. Auchincloss '35, P'76, '82
Mr. Theodore Chase '30, P'56, GP'86, '97
Mr. Stanley R. Resor '35
Mr. J. Graham Parsons '25, GP'77, '79, '96
Mr. Francis Keppel '34
Mr. Walter S. Sullivan '36, P'74
Mr. John E. Lawrence '27, P'58, '59, '63, '64, GP'81, '83, '85, '93, '94, '00, GGP'09
Mr. Robert H. Gardiner '33
Mr. McGeorge Bundy '36, P'69, '71, '74, '77, GP'07, '09, '12, '12
Mr. Henry Bradford Washburn, Jr. '29
Mr. William McCormick Blair 1903, P'34, '35, '36, GP'62, '72, '81, GGP'89, '92, '95, '98
The Honorable C. Douglas Dillon '27, GP'75, '78, GGP'98, '99
The Rev. John Crocker '18, P'42, GP'70
Past Cui Servire Award Recipients
Ms. Elizabeth G. Abbott '88, P'18, '21
Dr. N. Stevenson Potter '82
Ms. Caitlin Gutperle Reed '91
Ms. Ellen Curtis Boiselle '85
Ms. Holley Green Gordon '89
Mr. Nathaniel T.G. Fogg '93
Mrs. Alyce Jones Lee '77
Ms. Betsy Wright Hawkings '81
Mr. George C. Biddle '80
Mrs. Ann Gildroy Fox '94
Dr. Theodore Caplow, Jr. '88
Mrs. Chekemma J. Fulmore-Townsend '97
Ms. Danielle K. Nunez '98
Mr. Josiah H. Brown '88
Ms. Frances H. Pratt '82
Dr. Sallie B. Smith '85
The Rev. John H. Finley, IV '88
Ms. Katya Fels Smyth '89
Dr. Michael R. Curtis '80