Seymour Preston Award

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The Seymour Preston Award is presented annually to a school trustee who has exhibited exceptional commitment and leadership in developing voluntary support for his or her institution.

This award pays tribute to Seymour Preston, a long-time trustee of the Lawrenceville School and the first recipient of the award.

 

School trustees (current or past) or other governing board members from CASE member institutions.

Nomination dates
Open: October 6, 2025
Close: November 6, 2025

Please enter through the online system. Include in the nomination package:

  • A nomination letter detailing how the nominee meets the award criteria. (Self-nominations and nominations by students will not be accepted.) Nominating letters should be no longer than two pages.
  • One letter of support. Supporting letters should be no longer than two pages.

Guidance for letters:

  • Please reference the name of the award, and limit the letter to fewer than two pages.
  • Documents can be in PDF or Word format.
  • Please do not mail any materials directly to CASE.

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Mark R. Shenkman
Nominated by Wilbraham & Monson Academy (Massachusetts)

Harold D. Rider, Sr.
Nominated by Elgin Academy

Preston Athey
Nominated by the Hill School

Philip G. McCarthey 
Rowland Hall

Aubrey W. Baillie
The Appleby College Foundation

Sherry Banks-Cohn
Kingswood-Oxford School

Jane and Frank Batten
Culver Academies

Thomas Caputo
Hackley School

Daniel Case
Punahou School

Robert W. Decherd
St. Mark's School of Texas

F. Reed Estabrook Jr.
Avon Old Farms School

Susan Sachs Goldman
Sidwell Friends School

Carolyn Goodman
The Meadows School

William D. Green
Newark Academy

Gordon Gund
Groton School

Elizabeth Heald
Winsor School and Falmouth Academy

James A. Henderson
Culver Academies

Frank Henry 
Wyoming Seminary

Anne Jeffrey
Columbus School for Girls

Barbara Jones
Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School

Constance Chadwell Koch
National Cathedral School

Joseph Lindner Jr.
Asheville School

Blair Bartol MacInnes
Far Brook School

Seymour Preston
Lawrenceville School

Scott L. Probasco Jr.
Baylor School

Frances P. Pugh
Ravenscroft School

Mark R. Shenkman
Wilbraham and Monson Academy

Dick Snowdon
Langley School

Lewis S. Sommers III
William Penn Charter School

Campbell Steward
Fay School

Eileen Van Houten
The Oakwood School

Raymond John Wean Jr.
Miss Porter's School

Susan Wilen Weingarten
The American School in London

Edward Woll
Meadowbrook School

Judy Carmack York
Latin School of Chicago