The Dean's Medal Recipients:
Click on the dates to the right to view the
Medal Recipients for those years.
2015
Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, G’74, GR’78
Governor
Bank Negara Malaysia
2014
Jay H. Baker, W'56
Former President and Director
Kohl's Corporation
2012
ALVIN V. SHOEMAKER, W'60, HON'95
Private Investor
SUKANTO TANOTO, WF'01
Founder and Chairman
RGE Pte. Ltd.
2011
CONNIE K. DUCKWORTH, WG’79
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
ARZU Studio Hope
ROBERT B. GOERGEN, WG’62
Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Blyth, Inc.
2010
James Joo-Jin Kim, W’59, G’61, GR’63
Executive Chairman
Amkor Technology, Inc.
Bong-Suh Lee, W’59
Chairman
Danam Corporation
His Royal Highness the Prince of Asturias
Felipe de Borbón y Grecia
2009
Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner
AREA Property Partners
President
Republic of Colombia
2008
No medal awarded
2007
Oscar Arias Sanchez
President
Republic of Costa Rica
2006
Leonard A. Lauder, W’54
Chairman
Estee Lauder Companies
Ronald Lauder, W’65
Chairman
Clinique Laboratories LLC
2005
Alan Greenspan, H’98
Chairman of the Board of Governors
The Federal Reserve System
2004
Ira A. Lipman
Founder, Chairman and President
Guardsmark, LLC
K.P. Chao
Chairman
Novel Enterprises, Ltd.
2003
Geoffrey T. Boisi, WG’71
CEO
JPMorgan Chase and Company
Thomas P. Gerrity, H’90
Professor of Management and Operations and Information Management
Former Dean
The Wharton School
Michael L. Tarnopol, W’58
Vice Chairman
Bear, Stearns and Company, Inc.
2002
Jean-Marie Messier
Chairman and CEO
Vivendi Universal (Vivendi SA)
David S. Pottruck, C’70, WG’72
President and Co-CEO
Charles Schwab Corporation
2001
John Browne
Group Chief Executive
BP plc
2000
Lewis E. Platt, WG’66
Former Chairman and CEO
Hewlett-Packard Company
1999
No medal awarded
1998
Dhirajlal Hirachand Ambani
Chairman
Reliance Industries Limited
1997
The Honorable Wang Dao Han
Former Mayor
Shanghai, People’s Republic of China
1996
Liem Sioe Liong
Chairman
Salim Group
1995
César Gaviria
Secretary General, Organization of American States
Former President, Republic of Colombia
Peter Sutherland
Chairman
Goldman Sachs International
Former Director General
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (World Trade Organization)
1994
Anand Panyarachun
Former Prime Minister
Kingdom of Thailand
Shimon Peres
Foreign Minister
State of Israel
1993
Fidel V. Ramos
President
Republic of the Philippines
1992
No medal awarded
1991
Mr. Kazuo Ibuki
Chairman
The Mitsubishi Bank, Ltd. (The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.)
1990
Laurence Za Yu Moh, WG’53
Chairman and CEO
Universal Furniture Limited
Russell E. Palmer, H’84
Former Dean
The Wharton School
C.F. Koo, H’92
Chairman
Taiwan Cement Corporation
1989
Saul P. Steinberg, W’59
Chairman and CEO
Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.
Dan McGill, Gr’47
Professor of Insurance
The Wharton School
1988
William H. Wurster, WEV’44
Chairman and CEO
Woodward & Dickerson, Inc. (ConAgra Foods, Inc.)
Anthony M. Santomero, H’77>
Professor of Finance
The Wharton School
1987
Thomas S. Robertson
Professor of Marketing
The Wharton School
1986
Reginald H. Jones, W’39, H’80
Chairman Emeritus
General Electric Company
1985
Jon M. Huntsman, Sr., W’59, H’96
Chairman, President and CEO
Huntsman Chemical Corporation (Huntsman Corporation)
Matthew J. Stephens, Jr., W’52, WG’58, Gr’64
Professor of Accounting
The Wharton School
1984
Donald C. Carroll
Dean Emeritus
The Wharton School
Thomas Ehrlich
Provost
University of Pennsylvania
1983
Joseph J. Aresty, W’43
President and CEO
Alfred Dunner Inc.
Julian J. Aresty, W’29
Retired President and CEO
Alfred Dunner Inc.
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