The Laureates Awards Program was created by the Association of Rice Alumni in 1937 to recognize highly distinguished individuals for extraordinary achievements and contributions to their professions, local communities and Rice University. Every year, three major awards celebrate outstanding Rice alumni and friends of the university, including the Meritorious Service Award, the Distinguished Alumni Award and the Gold Medal, the highest possible honor for service to the university.
Learn about the Awards and Submit a Nomination
Nominations for FY2020 are now closed, but are accepted on a rolling basis. The nomination deadline for 2021 is Friday, Sept. 25, 2020.
Selected honorees are announced in early spring and are honored each year at the annual Laureates Dinner on the evening of Commencement. If you have any questions regarding the nominations process, please contact Tara Quell, Associate Director, Rice Alumni Board.
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GOLD MEDAL AWARD |
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DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD |
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MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD |
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Click here to read about the 2019 Laureates Awards Honorees.
| MIchol Ecklund '97, Chair | Wendy Hoenig '86 | Paula Desel ’81 |
| Frank G. Jones '63 | Nancy Eubank ’55 | Marthe D. Golden, Executive Director, Association of Rice Alumni |
| Anudeep Jain ’85 | Priya Prasad '08 | |
| Robert Taylor ’74 | John E. Wolf, Jr. ’61 |