Friar of the Year Award

Named after Class of 1948 Friar, Rex S. Morgan Sr.,this award is given
to to a member of Friars who has contributed greatly to the Penn or community at large.

*some years are missing data on this award and/or chose not to honor anyone at that time
 

YEAR

 

RECIPIENT (Friar Class)

 
 

2011

 

Marjorie O. Rendell H'94

 
 

2010

 

Kathy DeMarco Van Cleve '88

 
 

2009

 

Michael Stiles '67 and David Montgomery '68

 
 

2008

 

C. Robert Paul Jr. '39

 
 

2007

 

Harold Haskins H'90

 
 

2006

 

Fran Dunphy H'95

 
 

2005

 

Lolita Jackson '89

 
 

2004

 

Don Neiman '49

 
 

2003

 

Rex S. Morgan, Jr. '77

 
 

2002

 

Sally Lyn Katz '82

 
 

2001

 

None given, 100th gala

 
 

2000

 

Bruce E. Montgomery H'72

 
 

1999

 

Ray Welsh, '53, Alumni Trustee

 
 

1998

 

Harold Ford, '92, Congressman from Tennessee

 
 

1997

 

Memorial Tribute to Bo Brown

 
 

1996

 

Connie Huston Hurlbut, '83

 
 

1995

 

Paul F. Miller, Jr., '50, Alumni Trustee

 
 

1994

 

Edward G. Rendell, '65, then Mayor, now Governor

 
 

1992

 

Dave Montgomery, '68, Alumni Trustee

 
 

1990

 

Charles T. Hill, Jr., '52

 
 

1989

 

Robert F. (Bo) Brown, '28

 
 

1988

 

Doris Cochran-Fikes, '72

 
 

1987

 

Paul Norman Bond, '40

 
 

1986

 

Stuart H. Caroll, '43

 
 

1986

 

Michel T. Huber, '53

 
 

1984

 

C. Robert Paul, '39, 1984 Olympic Organizer

 
 

1983

 

Edward F. Lane, '49

 
 

1982

 

Gerald Robinson, '54

 
 

1981

 

Sheldon Hackney, President of the University

 
 

1980

 

Russell P. Heuer, Jr., '55

 
 

1979

 

Charles R. Scott, '36 Special Honor also paid to Friar Universtiy Trustees: Paul F. Miller, Jr., Hon Walter H. Annenberg, David C. Auten, Robert G. Dunlop, Donald G. Goldstrom, Ann E. Kelley, F.Stanton Moyer, Walter F. O'Malley and Morton H. Wilner

 
 

1978

 

Robert F. (Bo) Brown, '28

 
 

1977

 

Walter O'Malley, '26 Hon Friar, Alumni Trustee

 
 

1976

 

Mort Wilner, '30, Alumni Trustee

 
 

1975

 

Rex S. Morgan, Sr. '48

 
 

1974

 

Gerald Robinson, '54

 
 

1969

 

Paul F. Miller, Jr., '50, alumni trustee

 
 

1968

 

Robert F. (Bo) Brown, '28

 
 

1961

 

Robert H. Pitt, II, '49 , (Dean of Admissions)

 
 

1960

 

Homer R. Sullivan '15 (dinner honored former abbots)

 
 

1958

 

Alfred M. Williams '12 (Dean of the Wharton School)

 
 

1955

 

Karl Miller

 
 

1954

 

Alfred M. Williams '12 (Dean of the Wharton School)

 
 

1952

 

Robert F. (Bo) Brown, '28

 
 

1950

 

Bevan A. Pennypacker '02