This award is given by the Brown Annual Fund to a volunteer or group of volunteers who best exemplify the extraordinary leadership of H. Anthony Ittleson ’60, national chair of the Brown Annual Fund from 1986 to 1990.

2023 Recipients

Susan A. Buffum ’74

Susan Buffum headshot photoAs a Brown Annual Fund volunteer for nearly 50 years, Susan A. Buffum has encouraged thousands of members of the Brown community to volunteer and support the Annual Fund. Buffum served as chair of the Brown Annual Fund Leadership Council and was a member of the Brown Annual Fund Executive Committee from 2021 to 2023. This year, she is serving as co-chair of her 50th Reunion Brown Annual Fund Class Committee and honorary chair of the Brown Annual Fund Leadership Council. Buffum also co-chaired her 35th and 40th Brown Annual Fund Class Committees to record years. She has a forward-looking vision for the Brown Annual Fund and has been an insightful partner in helping improve the volunteer and donor experience. She passionately advocated for cross-collaboration between the Brown Annual Fund, Office of Philanthropic Strategies and Planned Giving, and the Women’s Leadership Council resulting in increased awareness and support among volunteers and alumni. Buffum truly embodies the best of the Ever True spirit.

Previous Award Recipients

  • Charles Giancarlo ’79, P’08, P’11
  • Jeffrey Hines ’83 MD’86
  • Pamela Reeves ’87, P’22
  • Christian J. Anthony ’96
  • H. Cushman Anthony 1926
  • John Atwater ’83, P’17
  • Richard C. Barker ’57 LHD’09 hon., P’03, P’05
  • Jacqueline Bechek ’80, P’10, P’14
  • Thomas W. Berry ’69, P’92, P’96
  • Nancy L. Buc ’65 LLD’94 hon.
  • Daniel M. Cain ’68
  • J. Richard Chambers ’69
  • Bud and Rae Cherry P’97, P’01
  • Wendy E. Dietze ’79
  • Neil B. Donavan ’51
  • Joseph L. Dowling Jr. ’47
  • Richard C. Dresdale ’78, P’10, P’17
  • John B. Ehrenkranz ’87, P’24, P’26
  • Stephen R. Ehrlich ’55, P’85
  • Michael P. Esposito ’86, P’21
  • Todd A. Fisher ’87, P’17, P’23
  • Timothy C. Forbes ’76, LHD’96 hon., P’08
  • Richard A. Friedman ’79, P’08
  • Bart Friedman P’09, P’11
  • Ruthanne Schwartz Fuller ’79
  • Stephen Goldberger ’64, P’99
  • Habib Y. Gorgi ’78, P’17
  • David Granville-Smith ’89
  • Patricia S. Huntington P’91
  • H. Anthony Ittleson ’60 LHD’98 hon., P’89, P’90
  • James T. Janover ’86, P’15, P’18
  • Nancy R. Kail ’84
  • James D. Kallman ’84
  • Susan Adler Kaplan ’58 MAT’65
  • Richard S. Landau ’68
  • Alexandra Kairis Mandis ’95, P’23
  • Paula M. McNamara ’84, P’20
  • Teresa Gagnon Mellone ’39 AM’62
  • Samuel M. Mencoff ’78, P’11, P’15
  • Nancy Fuld Neff ’76, P’06, P’14
  • Daniel and Brooke Neidich P’05, P’08, P’11
  • Roy and Rosalind Neff P’02, P’05
  • Irene W. Bruynes Ponce ’86
  • John G. Poole ’65, P’94
  • Lawrence K. Rand ’64, P’93
  • Chelsey Carrier Remington ’61, P’89, P’92
  • David F. Remington ’61, P’89, P’92
  • Ralph F. Rosenberg ’86, P’17
  • Jonathan M. Rozoff ’85
  • Sara Leppo Savage ’90, P’22
  • Joan Wernig Sorensen ’72 LHD’19 hon., P’06 P’06
  • Wendy Stein P’09, P’11
  • Jerome C. Vascellaro ’74, P’07