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2012 Distinguished Alumni Award

This award honors alumni who have achieved distinction in their chosen fields and who embody the principles for which the College stands, particularly the triad of study, work, and service as well as concern for the brotherhood of all people. Recipients may have been widely recognized or be leading lives of quiet service in obscure places. The award goes to alumni who have attended any of the former schools now a part of Warren Wilson College.

Michael R. "Bob" Washel '72

Bob Washel is widely recognized as a leader in the local education profession. After 40 years of service, he retired from the Buncombe County School System on June 30, 2012. During that time, he was a teacher, coach, department chair, principal of four schools, Buncombe County Schools Foundation director and assistant to the Superintendent of Schools-Facilitator for Safe Schools and Interscholastic Athletics. Bob has achieved many professional accomplishments as he has continued to study and broaden his knowledge. He has been a presenter at various local, state and international conferences and currently serves as chair of the Black Mountain State Employees Credit Union Advisory Board.

Previous Winners

1961   Alton F. Pfaff ’29
1963   Wells Green ‘03
1964   Frank G. Scarbrough ’36
1965   Albert F. Garrou ’10
1966   Ivy G. Cowan ’19
1967   Billy Ed Wheeler ‘53
1968   Ina Fleenor Crane ’46 & ’48
            Nicholas M. Mugo ’61
1969   John C. Ager ‘35
            Arun Preededilok ’59
1971   Lucile Herrin Faile ’54
1974   Algie Sutton ’25
1977   Lee Roberts ’32
1978   Hobert L. Crites, Jr. ’56
1979   Malcolm Brown ’38
1980   Former Staff
1981   Daniel P. Starnes ‘59
1982   C.C. Graham ‘12
1983   Laile K. Hampton ’40
1984   Betty J. Nelson ’62
            Alton Wright ’40
            Ernst R. Laursen ’49
1985   Daniel W. McMurry ’50
1986   Revis M. Frye ’36
1987   E. Jackson Allison, Jr. ’63
1990 Jara Moserova Davidova ‘48
            Joseph S. Greene ’50
1991   Harold F. McKnight ’44
1992   Jose H. Chinquin ’75 Posthumously
            Laura Broad Chinquin ’76
1993   Richard R. Bellando ’59
1994   Sarah Striggles Davis ’59
             Willie "Bo" Walker ’74
             Ann Kennedy Wadstrom ’51
1995   George A. Baker ’54
1996   John L. Solomon ’40
1997   Joan Stonecipher Miracle ’57 & ’59
1998   Alex Brodrick ’66
1999   Enrique Ospina ’72
2000   J. Oscar McCloud ’56
2001   Steve Brannon ‘63
2002   Anne Graham Masters ‘73
2003   Bob Bowers ‘70
2004   Mark Adams ‘84
2005   Lee P. Ebner '40
2006   Megan Davies '84
2007   Joseph Karpati '59
            David Briscoe '74
2008   Anna Clyde Fraker '53
2009 Robert Tcholakian '56
            Daniel Shungu '65
            Tony Earley '83
2010   Dr. Steven Kane '87
2011   Dr. Ki Sub Joung '56
            Harry Atkins '56

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