John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI | Worcester Polytechnic Institute

This award recognizes those young alumni who demonstrate the qualities of WPI's founder, John Boynton, through their energy, commitment, involvement, and noteworthy service to WPI and/or the WPI Alumni Association. A tinware manufacturer from Templeton, Mass., Boynton challenged the residents of Worcester to join him in establishing the Worcester Free Institute of Industrial Science. His dedication and commitment to his great cause led to the founding of the university in 1865, and it is these qualities that we seek in recipients of this award.

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Year	Recipient	Name	Awarded by	Type	Details
2024	Frederick "Rick" Baruffi '14, MS '15	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2023	Jean Paul Miralda '13	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2023	Veda Booth '18	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2022	Daniel Sullivan '12	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2022	Kathryn Gauthier '12	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2020	Pamela S Lynch (Giasson) '05	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2020	Christopher B. Stank '00, MS '05	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2018	Arly C. Dungca '08	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the Citation: 2018 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Arly C. Dungca
2017	Marni Hall	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2017 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Marni Hall
2016	Michael Ferro ’10	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2016	Erica A. Mason '96	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2016	Rachel M. Delisle '96, '06	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2015	William L. Herbert ’05	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association
2015	William Louis Herbert '05	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2015 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, William Louis Herbert
2015	Michael Andrew Ferro '10	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2015 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Michael Andrew Ferro
2014	Joseph S. Klimek	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2014	Joseph S. Klimek '94	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2014 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Joseph S. Klimek
2013	David A. Wheeler '93	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2013 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, David A. Wheeler
2013	David Wheeler	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2012	Ellen M Newman '92	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2012 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Ellen M Newman
2012	Michael J Shorr, PhD '92	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2012 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Michael J Shorr
2012	Myles A. Walton '97	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni	Read the citation: 2012 John Boynton Young Alumni Award, Myles A. Walton
2012	Ellen Madigan Newman	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2012	Myles A. Walton	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2012	Michael J. Shorr	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2011	Melissa M. Besse (Lichwan) '91	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2011	Laura M. Amodeo '06	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2011	Kathleen Pereira	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2011	Melissa Besse	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2010	Karen Tegan Padir '90	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2010	Karen Tegan Padir	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2009	Mark Macaulay '89	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2009	Warren D. Smale	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2009	Warren D. Smale '94	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2008	John J. West, Jr. '88	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2008	Matthew J. Friend '93	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2008	Rebecca Hoffman Bach '98	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2008	Seth A. Popinchalk '98	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni
2007	Jami B. Walsh '97, '99	John Boynton Young Alumni Award for Service to WPI	WPI Alumni Association	Alumni