2010 Distinguished Alumni Recipients
Established in 1987, the Park Tudor Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes alumni who have made substantial contributions to a field of endeavor, their community, and/or the school.
Elizabeth Wiest Johnson ’46 is the founder and Chairman of Traders Point Hunt Charity Horse Show benefitting Riley Children’s Hospital. This year‘s 33rd annual event will take place from August 10-15 at her 250-acre Wild Air Farms in Zionsville, Indiana. The event is one of the most prestigious sanctioned horse shows recognized by the American Horse Shows Association. Chronicle of the Horse, a leader in horse-show publications, has ranked it as one of the five best shows in the United States. It draws more than 8,000 spectators and more than 450 of the nation’s top horses and equestrians. Riley Children’s Foundation has received more than $140,000 in net proceeds from the event since 2006.
Alan Keller ’60 has dedicated his professional career to the field of family planning and population control in third world countries. In Mexico, he worked as a consultant and adviser to governmental organizations, foundations and the World Health Organization to develop a private network of family planning clinics. While employed with the United Nations Population Fund, he provided advice on the management of family planning to 45 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. In Africa, his focus on family planning was expanded to encompass HIV/AIDS prevention. Since his retirement in 2002, he has performed occasional consultancies with the Gates Foundation and the United Nations Population Fund.
Frank Watanabe ’85 is employed with Amgen, Inc., the world's largest biotechnology company, in Thousand Oaks, California. He serves as executive director, global marketing, and is responsible for commercial development of new human therapeutics in the metabolic, cardiovascular, and neurosciences arenas. Frank has been active in the intelligence arena for the past 20 years, initially as an intelligence officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, and later as the assistant director of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. He received a commission in the U.S. Navy as an intelligence officer in 1994 and has held a range of naval intelligence positions, including participation in combat operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan. He currently holds the rank of Commander, and serves as executive officer of an intelligence production unit.
Do you know Park Tudor, Tudor Hall or Park School alumni who are candidates for the annual Distinguished Alumni Award? Please contact Gretchen Hueni at ghueni@parktudor.org.
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