• 2013 HKS Alumni Achievement Award Nomination Form

Alumni Achievement Award

Nominee Criteria

1. More than six years after completion of an HKS degree or certificate program.
2. Nominated by HKS alumni or Harvard faculty or staff members.
3. One to three significant achievements that fall into any of the following categories
   
   • contributions, accomplishments, or innovations that have made a single important and influential change;
   • an achievement that has made an influential difference in a chosen field;
   • an achievement that significantly contributed to his or her community, agency, or cause; or
   • a series of smaller achievements that together have had a significant impact on the lives of many people. The nominee’s influence should be clear and substantial.
4. Achievements should demonstrate an innovative, scalable, and sustainable approach to solving a public problem.
5. Nominee’s work should exemplify HKS values such as courage, integrity, inspirational behavior, demonstrated commitment to public service, innovative leadership in making the world a better place, increasing public good/value, and solving public problems.
6. Achievements accomplished before a nominee attended HKS can be considered, but emphasis should be on the impact of HKS on the nominee’s achievements.
7. Work history may include periods of employment in the private, public, or nonprofit sectors on a local, regional, national, or international level. Volunteer work also is eligible for consideration.

Previous Award Winners

2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2005 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997

2012
James R. McCorkell MPA 1999

2011
Jia Yang MC/MPA 2001

2010
Susan Ople MC/MPA 1999

2005
Robert B. Zoellick MPP 1981
Deputy Secretary of State

2002
Juan Carlos Navarro MPP 1985
Mayor, Panama City, Panama

Carol Raphael MC/MPA 1979, S&L 1987
President and CEO, Visiting Nurse Service (VNS) of New York, NY

2001
Douglas K. Bereuter MC/MPA 1973
US Congressman (Nebraska)

Anne F. Reed MC/MPA 1981
Vice President, Governmental Global Group Electronic Data Systems (EDS)

Barbara B. Roberts S&L 1989
Associate Director, The Leadership Institute, Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University, Oregon; Former Governor, Oregon

2000
Sheila P. Burke MC/MPA 1982
Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer, The Smithsonian Insitution

Alan “Scotty” K. Campbell MPA 1949, PhD 1952 (Awarded Posthumously)
Former Chair, US Civil Service Commission (appointed by President Jimmy Carter); first Director, US Office of Personnel Management; Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas; Executive Vice President, Management and Public Affairs, ARA Services (later ARAMARK)

Sir Donald Y. Tsang MC/MPA 1982
Financial Secretary, Hong Kong

1999
Linda W. Chapin S&L 1988
Former Orange County Chairman, Orange County, FL

Klaus M. Schwab MC/MPA 1967
Founder and President, World Economic Forum

1998
Ira A. Jackson MC/MPA 1976
Executive Vice President, BankBoston; former Massachusetts Commissioner of Revenue

Harris M. Mule MC/MPA 1967
Former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development of Kenya

Paul N. Ylvisaker MPA 1945, PhD 1948 (Awarded Posthumously)
Former academic (Harvard and Princeton); Creator, Gray Areas Program, Ford Foundation; first Director, New Jersey Office of Community Affairs

1997
Mollie H. Beattie S&L 1986, MC/MPA 1991 (Awarded Posthumously)
Former Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service

Ian D. Clark MPP 1972
Partner and Research Director, KPMG Centre for Government Foundation; former Treasury Board Secretary and Comptroller General of Canada; former Executive Director, International Monetary Fund representing Canada, Ireland, and ten Caribbean countries on the IMF executive board

Paul A. Volcker Jr. HKS 1951
Former Chair, Federal Reserve Board