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