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2021. 鈥� Throughout his 20-year military career, his second career as a government advisor and his third calling as an active UW alumnus, Dave Stone has modeled commitment and dedication.

2020.听听鈥� The retired rear admiral听believes it is possible to eliminate extreme global poverty and says he has no plans to fully retire until that goal is reached.听鈥淲hen you look at the problems in the world, they all come down to extreme global poverty. If you want to make the world a better place, global poverty must be solved. It can be done. We are making great progress. And we have to keep going.鈥�

2019.听鈥� After rising to the rank of captain in the U.S. Army, Cox made his way to the UW School of Law, where he graduated in 1973. He went on to become a litigator and judge on the Washington State Court of Appeals. He retired from the court in 2018, after 23 years of service.

2018.听听鈥� Taylor served as a member of the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. She鈥檚 helped wounded service members as a volunteer case manager for Operation Mend and gifted them with handmade 鈥渜uilts of valor.鈥� Whatever the role, she has lived by the motto, 鈥渂e humble, be kind, serve the veterans.鈥�

2017.听听鈥� A veteran of Pearl Harbor, Emory served from 1940 to 1946, seeing action throughout the Pacific theatre. When he retired to Hawaii in 1985, he found a new calling. After learning that many of the sailors killed at Pearl Harbor were buried as unknown, Emory began a 20-year mission to find their identities and return their remains to their families.

2016.听听鈥� During his 40-year military career, Chiarelli commanded at every level, from platoon to corps. Among his posts, he served as commander of the Multi-National Corps 鈥� Iraq, Senior Military Assistant to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. Throughout his military service and beyond, he has been a tireless advocate for the men and women who serve their country, particularly those who return home with profound but invisible wounds of war.

2015.听听鈥� Cammermeyer is lauded for leading the way for gays in the military. But her story is filled with examples of courage from nursing injured soldiers in war and pursuing a military career when women did not have many opportunities to sharing even the most painful moments of her personal story.

2014.听听鈥� In 1946, Layton was a Second Class Petty Officer headed to Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands on a top-secret mission: to chart the effects of atomic bomb blasts on naval ships at sea. (Layton was 12 miles from two nuclear blasts.) Dr. Layton was a pioneer physician in the WWAMI and Physician Assistant programs, both dedicated to providing better access to medical care. For twenty years at Providence Hospital in Seattle, Dr. Layton directed a family practice residency that focused on serving inner-city populations.

2013.听听鈥� Matthaei is a Tacoma business leader, a philanthropist and an advocate for community health programs. He worked for the family business, Roman Meal. In 2008, he was inducted into the Baking Hall of Fame. Matthaei has been honored by MultiCare Health Foundation and Center for Healthy Living, Boy Scouts of America, Tacoma Rotary and UW Department of Chemical Engineering. He spent much of WWII on the battleship USS Missouri and witnessed the formal surrender of Japan.

2012.听听鈥� A champion for low-income housing in Seattle, a co-chairman of the 2000 United Way campaign and an active advocate for the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games, Bridge had a distinguished career in the Navy and is co-owner of Ben Bridge Jewelers.

The Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award honors an exceptional alumnus or alumna of the 黑料老司机 whose military and community service reflect a lifetime of commitment, leadership, and impact. This recognition is bestowed in honor of a career defined by enduring contributions, reflecting a sustained legacy of personal and professional merit rather than achievements from any single year.

The DAVA Selection Committee is composed of alumni, student, faculty and staff representatives from the 黑料老司机 as well as members of the broader community. The committee meets in spring to review all nominations.

Specific criteria include:

Definition of an alumnus

An alumnus is defined as a former student who received a bachelor鈥檚 degree; a former student who received a graduate degree after not less than two years of resident study; or a former student who, in the opinion of the selection committee, is qualified for the honor.

Definition of a veteran

According to federal law a veteran is any person who served honorably on active duty in the Armed Forces or Uniformed Services of the United States.

Definition of 鈥渟ervice鈥�

Service is defined as having a significant impact on the veteran or broader community through volunteer (unpaid) service or through a career.

Stature of service

• What has the nominee accomplished in service to their respective communities?
• Has this service been otherwise acknowledged by colleagues and leaders? If so, how?
• What public recognition has been received at the local, regional, national or international level?
• How has the nominee demonstrated a continuity of interest in some form toward the UW, veteran or broader community?

Must be present to accept award

Award recipients should be available to participate in UW Veterans Day events in November of the year they are selected. Award recipients should also be available to receive the recognition at the Awards of Excellence ceremony the following June.