James W. Lyons Award
The James W. Lyons Award for Service was established in 1981 and named in honor of the late Jim Lyons who served as Stanford's dean of student affairs from 1972-1990. This annual award recognizes and honors current students of the Stanford community for their exceptional service and contributions made through a variety of departments, teams, clubs, residences and community projects on and off-campus.
Criteria
The award highlights contributions that are above and beyond conventional levels of dedication, in areas or situations of extraordinary need, and that result in substantial, positive change.
Eight Students Receive the 2023-24 James W. Lyons Award for Service
The annual honor goes to undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate extraordinary commitment to service to and on behalf of Stanford University. This year’s recipients of the James W. Lyons Award for Service were honored by the Division of Student Affairs at a dinner event held May 30 at Tresidder Memorial Union.4 James W. Lyons Award for Service
Past Awardees
2023 Awardees
Juan Carlos Kyle Becerra Jr., Camilo Andrew Espinosa Bernal, Arnob Das, Patrick Andrew Fields, Jamie M. Fine, Glen Husman, Emma Kaeli, Sasankh Munukutla, Aditya Narayan, Emily Geigh Nichols, Tina Wong, Marianna Yunjia Zhang
2022 Awardees
Teiana Gonsalves, Norris Johnson, Caelin Marum, Keoni Rodriguez, Melody Yang, Danielle Greene, CoCo Massengale, Skylar Baker, Brooke Forde, Joel Johnson, Nirvikalpa Natarajan, Emily Schell
2020 & 2021 Awardees
Kiara Bacasen, Kylee Beck, Marilyn Frank, Jade Goodwill, Ana Cabrera, Bella Cooper, Tamara Morris, Amy Fan, Celine Foster, Antonia Hellman, Ayinwi Muma, Adam Nayak David Pantera, Jordan Smart
2019 Awardees
Tami Alade, Walker Brown, Courtney Cooperman, Dulcie Head, Shanta Katipamula, Will Paisley, Cat Sanchez, Grayson Throckmorton
2018 Awardees
Tina Cheuk, Pau Guinart, Katie Hufker, Zina Jawadi, Jasmine Mueller-Hsia, Harrison Phillips, Carson Olivia James Smith, Tesay Yusef
2017 Awardees
Andrew Barakat, Sophie Clark, Mark Moeremans, Joey Nelson, Princess Umodu, Johnny Xu, Lily Zheng
2016 Awardees
Gabriel Badica, Sarah A. Sadlier, Kunal Sangani, Lauren E. Wedekind
2015 Awardees
Adam Louis Horowitz, Gabriella Momah, Christina Alberto Leal, Julie Y. Huang, William Jacques Fowler, Brian H. Cheung, Alfred Wayne Delena, Jessie Duan
