Scarlet Key Award
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| Kodjo Wilder, Kayla O'Rourke and David Barth are among the student-athletes who have been awarded a Scarlet Key. |
Scarlet Key was founded in 1938 as an activities honor society, whose members voted in new members annually. Students were informed of their induction by being ''tapped'' by an existing member. The organization held a formal initiation ceremony each spring and fall and also sponsored a semiformal dance at the University President's home. Before the early 1970s, Scarlet Key members often served as hosts for University events, much like the President's Hosts do today.
From 1972 to 1978, no new Scarlet Key members were inducted. In 1979, the General Alumni Association, now the Boston University Alumni, revived Scarlet Key as an honor awarded to outstanding seniors who have demonstrated exceptional leadership in student activities and organizations, service to their School or College, and scholarship.
As Scarlet Key continues to grow, many of its more than 1,500 alumni have taken on leadership positions in the University. Ten members of the current Board of Trustees were Scarlet Key recipients. Three members of the Executive Committee of the Boston University Association belong to Scarlet Key, as do numerous faculty members, including the dean of the School of Management. Honorary recipients include Presidents emeriti John Silber and Aram Chobanian.
The establishment of this high honor by the Dean of Students is in keeping with our continuing effort to give special recognition to those who, through their distinguished accomplishments, have made notable contributions to Boston University.
Past Winners:
| Year | Award Winners |
| 2015 (Fall) | Elliott Burr |
| | Tanner Cridland |
| | Lauren MacLellan |
| | Matt Mcginnis |
| | Stephanie Nasson |
| | Emily Tillo |
| | Anna Veselovsky |
| 2015 | Valentina Cerda Eimbcke |
| | Katie Kenney |
| | Taylor Krebs |
| | Brittany Murphy |
| | Claire Richer |
| | Nick Thomson |
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| 2014 | |
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| | Kevin Innis |
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| 2013 | |
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| | Alissa Fromkin |
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| | Kate Russell |
| | Cristina Wiley |
| | Jack Parker (Honorary) |
| 2012 | Elliott Driben (Honorary) |
| | Kasey Boucher |
| | Erica Casacci |
| | Cheryl Copson |
| | Angelina Cords |
| | Katie Matthews |
| | Allison Pescatore |
| | Emily Roesch |
| | Ryan Ruikka |
| | Caroline Stewart |
| | Virginia Swain |
| 2011 | John Holland |
| | Tanner Knorr |
| | Krystyn McIntyre |
| | April Setterlund |
| | Matthew Shea |
| | Alexandra Thornton |
| | Michael Zimmerman |
| 2010 | Tunde Agboola |
| | Jordan Cumper |
| | Ashley Leichliter |
| | Maggie McKemie |
| | Emily Pallotta |
| | Francine Whu |
| 2009 | Nancy Feldman (Honorary) |
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| | Mark Dicristofaro |
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| 2007 | |
| | Ross Lohr |
| | Stephanie Dreyer |
| 2006 | Kara Vaneck |
| | Katrina Meinhardt |
| 2005 | Jeffrey McAulay |
| 2004 | Rebecca Beyer |
| 1999 | Kalina Michalska |
| 1998 | Marko Ratesic |
| | Charles Inniss |
| | Rachel Graban |
| 1997 | Christopher Danbeck |
| | James Armstrong |
| 1996 | Jeanie-Marie Price |
| | Debra Pace |
| 1995 | Daniel Tollin |
| 1992 | Vanessa Nortey |
| | Rebecca Marcoux |
| | Mark Daly |
| 1991 | Thomas Dion |
| | Jennifer O'Neill |
| | Patrice Cachat |
| 1990 | Mirian Sverdrup |
| | Kevin Murphy |
| | Sarah Maxwell |
| | Edward Martin |
| | Patrick Duthie |
| | Benjamin Cowan |
| | Daren Altieri |
| 1989 | Mary Reilly |
| | May Hsuing |
| | Michael Emenalo |
| | Mary Reilly |
| 1988 | Robin Thulin |
| | Sybil Smith |
| | John Reybold |
| | Benjamin Okaroh |
| 1987 | Lorinda Visnick |
| | Mark Seals |
| | B. Cullen |
| 1986 | Susan Robertson |
| | Richard Lunde |
| | Thomas Connolly |
| | William Brooks |
| 1985 | Keith McLaughlin |
| | Leah Dienes |
| | Bob Brown |
| 1984 | Lesley Sheehan |
| | Steve Shapiro |
| | Laurie Knutsen |
| | Michael Kelly |
| | Bradley Hokin |
| | Milton Halin |
| | Brenda Docktor |
| | Cleon Daskalakis |
| | Paul Caito |
| 1983 | Robert Speight |
| | Paul Lewis |
| | Declan Hegarty |
| | Richard Continelli |
| 1982 | Robert Green |
| 1981 | Raymond Ridley |
| | Mark Myette |
| | Debra Miller-Palmore |
| | Deborah Kwasman-Gendzier |
| | Timothy Foster |
| | Mary Dunbar |
| 1980 | Steven Wright |
| | Robin Sklar |
| | Carolyn Bekampis |
| 1979 | Howard Friedman |
| 1973 | Daniel Osmanski |
| 1972 | William Stonestreet |
| | Donald Speaks |
| | Samuel Hollo |
| | Patrick Diamond |
| 1971 | Glenn Williams |
| | Richard Taylor |
| | James Norris |
| | David Naseman |
| 1970 | Bruce Taylor |
| | Dana Korosi |
| | W. Hughes |
| | John Doriss |
| | Larry Davenport |
| 1969 | Richard Sheffield |
| | Reginald Rucker |
| 1968 | Oren Sigal |
| | Sidney Gorovitz |
| | Richard Farley |
| | Jeffrey Brown |
| 1967 | Joseph Townsend |
| | Peter McLachlan |
| | Edward Hachadourian |
| | Brian Gilmour |
| 1966 | Frank Shealey |
| | Frank Riciardi |
| | Patrick Malin |
| | David LaRoche |
| | Anton Keating |
| | Carl Johnson |
| | Daniel Hafner |
| | Richard Green |
| | Alan Ells |
| | Larry Dyer |
| 1965 | Norman Weiner |
| | Jennifer Cantrell |
| 1964 | James Kollegger |
| | Richard Fannon |
| | Maureen Connolly |
| 1963 | Larry Povich |
| 1962 | John Mahoney |
| 1961 | Elaine Shein |
| 1960 | John Lawlor |
| | David Dill |
| | Robert Degenhardt |
| 1959 | Joseph Morse |
| | James Kenney |
| | Damid Holmes |
| | Phillip Hendel |
| | Douglas Brennen |
| 1958 | Robert Reimann |
| | William Priestley |
| | Jerome Packer |
| | Donald MacLeod |
| | Nathan Koppel |
| | James Fleming |
| 1957 | Joseph Verscharen |
| | James Tait |
| | Beryl Rosenstein |
| | Richard Kochanski |
| | Richard Katzeff |
| | George Jenkins |
| | Charles Fiorino |
| | Russell Downes |
| | Frank Chiera |
| 1956 | Nario Sottile |
| | J. Rotcop |
| | Anthony Patrellis |
| | John O'Brien |
| | John McComb |
| | Steven Marks |
| | Alexander MacKinlay |
| | John Kirk |
| | Thomas Kerr |
| | George Jacobson |
| | Herbert Furash |
| | Armand Arabian |
| | Michael Abbruzzese |
| 1955 | Frank Willis |
| | George Twigg |
| | Francis Taylor |
| | Michael Tarantino |
| | Burton Reed |
| | Frederick Peabody |
| | William Kwiatkowski |
| | Martin Goldenberg |
| | John Crocker |
| | Franklin Chin |
| | John Bibbo |
| | Richard Aliberti |
| 1954 | Frank Toperzer |
| | Ralph Smith |
| | Donald Russell |
| | Gastrel Riley |
| | John Nunziato |
| | Leo Mullin |
| | Paul Mah |
| | David Kripke |
| | frank Ferreri |
| | Robert Basine |
| 1953 | Robert Stewart |
| | John Boutilier |
| 1952 | Ralph Worthing |
| | Robert Spence |
| | Robert Rier |
| | John Phillips |
| | Edward Medeski |
| | Patrick Callery |
| | Irving Black |
| 1951 | Joseph Sullivan |
| | John Miles |
| | John Kelley |
| | James Keefe |
| | Alden Jencks |
| | Albert Crowell |
| | James Argeros |
| 1950 | Owen Woods |
| | Edward Wagner |
| | John Simpson |
| | Harry Nickerson |
| | Frank Nickerson |
| | George Cruikshank |
| | Louis Beardell |
| | David Barrett |
| 1949 | Rudolph Weeks |
| | Steven Seminerio |
| | Russell Kneen |
| | Frederick Gillis |
| | H. Frank |
| 1948 | David Lawrence |
| | John Katsaros |
| | Arnold Goldsmith |
| | Donald Giles |
| | Donald Fisher |
| 1947 | Phillip Twombly |
| | Lee Polisner |
| | Robert McKee |
| | Gordon MacKay |
| | Peter Lombard |
| | Curt Jolly |
| | Robert Gabine |
| 1946 | Richard Beckwith |
| | Alden Aronson |
| 1945 | Louis Siagel |
| | Helene Schnurbush |
| | Irving Hackmeyer |
| | James Gaquin |
| | Joanne Dreese |
| | C. Chekas |
| | Andrew Ansara |
| 1944 | George Taylor |
| | Peter Lamana |
| | Clarence Hill |
| | Robert Carroll |
| 1943 | J. Whelan |
| | Dudley Tetro |
| | Joseph Silver |
| | Edward Rooney |
| | Jay McRae |
| | Burton MacArthur |
| | Benjamin Golini |
| | Kendall Cass |
| | Henry Bornhofft |
| 1942 | James Sullivan |
| | George Mover |
| | Clifton MacLeod |
| | Richard Hayes |
| | William Flynn |
| | Edward Farrell |
| 1941 | Frederick Seitz |
| | Walter Rudziak |
| | Theodore Laputka |
| | Paul Amon |
| 1940 | John King |
| 1939 | Kenneth Newton |
| | Joseph McWeeny |
| 1938 | John Raymond |
| | John Chisholm |
| | Carlton Chandler |
| 1925 | Barbara Foster |
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