Thomas (Tom) Theodore Loder ’76 will be honored at the 2024 Alumni Weekend with the Susan Quillen West ’49 and David A. West ’49 Alumni Award. The award is an extension of the school community's gratitude to Loder for his decades of support, service, and commitment to GFS.
West Award
The Susan Quillen West ’49 and David A. West ’49 Alumni Award is awarded each year to Germantown Friends School alumni who, over the course of several decades, have demonstrated extraordinary dedication and service to our school. This award was established in May 1999 by David and Susan’s children to honor them and their 50th reunion.
Most Recent Recipient of the West Alumni Award
Past Recipients of the West Alumni Award
1999 David A. West ’49 & Susan Quillen West ’49
2000 Jonathan E. Rhoads ’24 & Katharine Evans Rhoads ’34
2001 Stephen Cary ’33
2002 Arthur Clark ‘35
2003 J. Morris Evans ’39 & Anne Tall Evans ’39
2004 David Mallery ’41 & Judith Chappell Mallery ’52
2005 Virginia Price Childs ’40 & John N. Childs, Jr. ’40
2006 Alfred Ted Wolf ’47
2007 David S. Loeb, Jr. ’51
2008 Emily Hargroves Fisher ’53
2009 Joseph M. Evans ’64
2010 Nancy Rhoads ’50
2011 Mary-Ellen “Polly” Campbell ’44 & & Esther Leeds Cooperman ’44
2012 Nancy L. Webster ’36* & Maurice A. Webster ’35
2013 Sally West Williams ’72 & Andy Williams ’72
2014 Joan Cannady Countryman ’58
2015 Ken Hellendall ’73 & Rebecca “Becky” Warner Johnson ’70
2016 David Feldman ‘76
2017 Mary Clay Platt Lee ’48 and Joseph S. Staples ‘49
2018 Helen Eighgabroadt ’63 and Denny Heck ’63
2019 Carol Baldwin Moody ’74
2020 Mark DiNardo ’80 and John Relman ’75
2021 Carla Childs ’66, Marie Golson ’77, and Jack Rhoads ’56
2022 David Loder ’72, and Sandy Baur Bixby ’72
2023 Hardin Coleman ’71