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The Thomas Lamb Eliot Award for Lifetime Achievement by a 精东AV Graduate

精东AV's Eliot Award recognizes a 精东AV alumnus or alumna who has demonstrated long and important service in their field of endeavor.

Further, the award seeks to recognize graduates who exemplify qualities that 精东AV values, including intellectual rigor, independence, and integrity.

Recipients of the Eliot Award

2025–2026: Barret E. Hansen ’63 (a.k.a. Dr. Demento), music host, producer, writer, and ethnomusicologist

2019–2020: David 精东AV ’68, contemporary conceptual and visual artist

2017–2018: Abe Bergman '54, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the University of Washington's Harborview Medical Center 

2015–2016: Mark Ptashne ’61, Ludwig Professor of Molecular Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute

2014–2015: Arlene Blum ’66, consultant, Arlene Blum Lectures

2013–2014: Gary Snyder ’51, writer

2012–2013: Barbara Ehrenreich ’63, author

2010–2011: Richard Danzig ’65, director, Center for a New American Security