Knox Service Award
The Knox Service Award honors members of the Knox community in recognition of outstanding volunteer service benefiting Knox College.
2025 Recipient
Kathy St. Cyr ’68
Kathy was honored for her commitment to Knox and to her community. Kathy St. Cyr graduated with a degree in history, and was a member of Mortar Board and Pi Beta Phi.
While building a successful career in marketing information and new product development with Frito-Lay through A.C. Nielsen, she has remained a dedicated supporter of Knox for more than 40 years.
Her volunteer service to the College has been wide-ranging: as an Admissions volunteer, a Dallas Knox Club contact, a longtime class agent, and a member of the Knox Fund Steering Committee. She also co-chaired both her 50th and 55th Reunion committees.
Beyond formal roles, Kathy keeps her class closely connected, communicates regularly with classmates, returns for nearly every Homecoming, and gathers Knox friends during her travels.
She has also given generously of her time to her home community of Cedar Park, Texas, where she volunteers as a dog trainer and works with her local animal shelter to help pet owners care for their adopted animals.
Kathy’s philanthropy has been equally meaningful. She established the Katherine St. Cyr Endowed Scholarship Fund and has been a loyal donor for decades. She is a member of the Old Main Society, recognizing those who have made legacy gifts, and of the Lincoln-Douglas Society, honoring Knox’s most generous donors.
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Previous Knox Service Award Recipients
2024
Jim Davis ’06, John H. Gorski ’73, Tasha Weatherspoon Fleming ’96
2023
Valerie Blevins ’86, Maurice McDavid ’10, Eric Z. Williams ’85
2022
Bob Gillespie ’90 and Sabir Taj ’01
2021
Chip Evans ’68, Jim Foley ’78, and David Bates ’78
2020
Jun Adachi ’81, Wendy Scherwat Ducourneau ’72, and Esther Wilson ’99
2019
Dave Anderson ’89, Re Cherrington ’73, and John Norton ’58
2018
Susan Blew ’75, Rob Clark ’95, Cathy Kucik Heimann ’70
2017
Maurice Harris ’08, Nalini Prakash Hart ’03, Joyce Hertko ’82, Gary Moses ’65
2016
Jacob Plummer ’00 and Bob Schmid ’62
2015
Carol Daugherty Egan ’72, Dudley McCarter ’72, Topper Steinman ’72, Eric Wilson ’84
2014
Anthony Balthazor ’03, Chris Eik Winick ’73
2013
Richard Kowalski P’14, Anthony Liberta ’55, Steve Walton ’74
2012
Lil Maria Castro-Rosabal ’88, Thomas J. Crabtree ’72, H. James Farver ’61
2011
Rick ’83 and Mary Filosa Brown ’82, Brooks Goedeker ’02, David ’70 and Judy Waggoner Lambert ’71
2010
Bernard McCune ’88, Mike ’58 and Patricia Craig Ruffolo ’58, John Sauter ’63
2009
Jean Anderson ’87, Letitia Luther Schactner ’58, Brett Tilly ’95
2008
Phyllis Holowaty Albrecht ’56, George B. Eaton ’80, Carolyn Swartz Park ’55
2007
Nancy Cane Beelman ’58, Lynn E. Salier ’56, Dorothy Thomas Wharton ’55
2006
Jack E. Larson ’44, Steven P. Luetger ’75, Leland Wilson, Air Cadet
2005
William McVey ’66, Ann Feldman Perille ’76, Jerome A. Tatar ’71
2004
Charles J. Gibbs ’50, Bradley R. Milton ’78, Robert R. ’58 and Louise Bost Wolf ’59
2003
Laurence S. Chadwick ’53, Vernice Mendrek, Michiko Tanaka ’57
2002
Charles Boydstun ’44, Joan Felter Hotchkiss ’50, James Valentine ’61
2001
Debra P. Banks ’73, R. Ned Landon ’43, William N. Monson ’57
2000
James R. Bowman ’48, William J. Foley ’38, James T. Poor ’54
1999
Bradley Burnside ’45, Robert & Daniele Devillairs and Angele Parmeggiani, Russell E. Swise ’42
1998
Carol Baldwin, Robert K. Burden ’55, Homer H. Johnson ’57
1997
William L. Flodin ’55, Edward F. Novak ’69, Steven J. Phillips ’71
1996
Merle Glick ’46, Marjorie L. Gustafson ’42, Irene Bowman Landis ’36
1995
Ann Asplund, Kenneth Alan Buck ’79, Robert Wallace ’58, Ralph C. Walter III ’69
1994
Thomas L. Anderson ’66, Evan T. Jones ’72, Charlotte M. Sommer ’72
1993
David Robinson ’38, Janet Koran ’71, C. Ma Stubbs ’40
1992
George Hook ’60, John Heyer ’68, Al Young ’69
1991
Evelyn Clay L’32, John Straus ’73, Margaret Mathews-Berenson ’68
1990
James Bjorkman ’57, Thomas Clemmer ’37, John Hayes ’71
1989
Harold Ford ’39, James "Bud" Potter ’63, Dale Runyon ’51
1988
John Baily L’29, Charles Bednar ’29, Mary Burgland ’68
1987
Gail C. Youngren L’27