Each year, the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association (WHCMAA) bestows upon a deserving alumnus or alumna its Alumni Achievement Award (established in 1982) and its Outstanding Service Award (established in 2016). The awardees are recognized in the fall at the WHCMAA alumni gathering in Philadelphia, as well as on the WHCMAA website and in other social media locations.
Alumni Achievement Award
The Alumni Achievement Award is presented to an alumnus or alumna who reflects the high ideals of the Wharton Health Care Management (WHCM) program and who meets the following criteria:
- The nominee must be a recipient of an MBA degree from the Wharton School of at least 5 years' standing (i.e. a graduate of the class of 2012 or earlier is eligible for the award beginning in 2017).
- The nominee must demonstrate a history of active contribution to health care management or its related fields, with preference to those who demonstrate contribution across the private, public and academic sectors.
Awardees are nominated by fellow alumni and selected by committee of the WHCMAA Board.
Past Recipients of the WHCMAA Alumni Achievement Award are as follows:
Margarite Harrington, WG'76
1984
William Garrow, WG'75
1986
Bruce Bradley, WG'72
1988
Perry Pepper, WG'73
1990
Elayne Howard, WG'76
1992
John Eisenberg, WG'76
1995
John Whitman, WG'76
1998
Kate Flynn, WG'80
2000
Stan Bernard, WG'88
2002
Beth Somers Stutzman, WG'85
2004
Bill Winkenwerder, WG'86
2005
Tony Buividas, WG'79
2006
Philip Schrodel, WG'73
2007
Tracy K. Johnson, WG'86
Gary L. Gottlieb, WG'85
2009
David B. Nash, WG'86
2010
Mitchell J. Blutt, M'81, WG'87
2011
Donald F. Schwarz, WG'87
2012
Gary Phillips, MD'91, WG'91
2013
Jay Mohr, WG'91
2014
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, WG'86
2015
Maureen Spivack, WG'86
2016
Mark Smith, WG'89
2017
David Asch, MD, WG'89
2018
Alex Gorsky, WG'96
2019
Craig Samitt, WG'95
2022
Julian Harris, MD'07, WG'08
Outstanding Service Award
The Outstanding Service Award is presented to an alumnus or alumna who reflects the high ideals of the Wharton Health Care Management Program and has demonstrated continuing interest in, and support of, the Wharton Health Care Management program, the Wharton School and/or the Wharton Health Care Management Alumni Association.
Awardees are nominated by fellow alumni and selected by committee of the WHCMAA Board.
Past Recipients of the WHCMAA Outstanding Service Award are as follows:
Jeff Voigt, WG'85
2017
Tom Kupp, WG'85
2018
Bob McDonald, WG'92
2019
John Barkett, WG'09
2022
Z. Colette Edwards, MD'84, WG'85