The Dean’s Medal

Gold medallion depicting Joseph Wharton with text "The Wharton School Est. 1881 University of Pennsylvania". Includes birth and death years (1826-1909).

The Dean’s Medal was created in 1983 to recognize outstanding leaders of private enterprise, public service, and academia. The awardees are chosen for their contributions to the enlargement of the global economy and to the improvement in the lives of people worldwide. The Dean selects only a very small number of individuals who, through excellence in management, have truly made a difference in the creation of wealth and value, and in the promotion of a peaceful and prosperous world.

2016

Robert M. Levy, WG’74

2015

Zeti Akhtar Aziz, G’74, GR’78

2014

Jay H. Baker, W’56

2012

Alvin V. Shoemaker, W’60, HON’95

Sukanto Tanoto, WF’01

2011

Connie K. Duckworth, WG’79

Robert B. Goergen, WG’62

2010

James Joo-Jin Kim, W’59, G’61, GR’63

Bong-Suh Lee, W’59

Felipe de Borbón y Grecia

2009

William Mack, W’61

Álvaro Uribe Vélez

2007

Oscar Arias Sanchez

2006

Leonard A. Lauder, W’54

Ronald S. Lauder, W’65

2005

Alan Greenspan, HON’98

2004

Ira A. Lipman

K.P. Chao

2003

Geoffrey T. Boisi, WG’71

Thomas P. Gerrity, HOM’90

Michael L. Tarnopol, W’58

2002

Jean-Marie Messier

David S. Pottruck, C’70, WG’72

2001

John Browne

2000

Lewis E. Platt, WG’66

1998

Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani

1997

Wang Dao Han

1996

Liem Sioe Liong

1995

Caesar Gaviria

Peter D. Sutherland

1994

Anand Panyarachun

Shimon Peres

1993

Fidel V. Ramos

1991

Kazuo Ibuki

1990

Laurence Za Yu Moh, WG’53

Russell E. Palmer, HOM’84

C.F. Koo, HON’92

1989

Saul P. Steinberg, W’59

Dan M. McGill, GR’47

1988

William H. Wurster, WEV’44

Anthony M. Santomero, HOM’77

1987

Thomas S. Robertson

1986

Reginald H. Jones, W’39, HON’80

1985

Jon M. Huntsman, Sr., W’59, HON’96

Matthew J. Stephens, Jr., W’52, WG’58, GR’64

1984

Donald C. Carroll

Thomas Ehrlich

1983

Joseph J. Aresty, W’43

Julian J. Aresty, W’29