Alumni Service Award:

Each year, the Alumni Association may present its Alumni Service Award to those alumni who have demonstrated loyalty and commitment to the Haverford School and its community through extraordinary effort and dedication. Nominations for the award shall be solicited from the Haverford community, especially the alumni. The recipient(s) of the award shall be determined by a simple majority of the Alumni Board.

The Alumni Service Award recipient is Jeff Swarr '73, a longtime Alumni Class Officer, member of the Quarter Century Club for giving consecutively to Haverford for over 38 years, and an integral member of the Class of 1973’s 50th Reunion Committee, who helped raise over 1 million dollars in honor of the occasion.

On the evening of the awards, Swarr remarked: "During the planning committee’s first Zoom call, a classmate remembered several classmates who, while in their 20’s, had run into difficulties with mental health... We dedicated our class gift to the “Mental Health and Well Being of Haverford Boys”....(We) doubled the gift of any previous class. There’s no one in our class who isn’t proud of that."

Distinguished Alumnus Award:

Each year, the Alumni Association may present its Distinguished Alumnus Award to that alumnus who has achieved a level of prominence in his chosen profession or in service to his community or country, who has been recognized publicly for these achievements, and who has exhibited the kind of intellectual, moral and professional character that can inspire Haverford School students, alumni and the community. The recipient should be a graduate of the Haverford School; if not, he should have demonstrated strong ties to the School and, in effect, adopted it as his alma mater. Nominations for the award shall be solicited from the Haverford community, especially the Alumni. The recipient of the award shall be determined by a simple majority of the Alumni Board.

This year’s Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient is Rich Phillips '88, whose career has spanned from the U.S. Department of Justice and halls of the U.S. Senate to successfully running his family’s business, Pilot Freight Services.

View pictures from the ceremony