Gold Spike Award

The Gold Spike annually honors volunteer leaders with decades of distinguished volunteer service to the university.

Angela Nomellini, ’75

Angela has brought unparalleled dedication to Stanford for twenty-five years. Legendary for her remarkable commitment to the Graduate School of Education, she has served on the GSE Advisory Board since 2005 (seven years as chair), proving herself an indispensable strategic partner to deans and an influential voice in designing the new GSE campus. A ten-year member of Stanford Athletics Board, Angela has also been an ardent supporter of women’s athletics. Revered for her generosity and enthusiasm, Angela is a tremendous Stanford volunteer leader, fundraiser, advisor, ambassador, and fan.

Ram Shriram, P’10, P’13

Ram is an intellectually curious changemaker whose far-reaching impact reflects his extraordinary generosity of spirit. In addition to his two terms on the Board of Trustees (including serving as vice chair) and seven years on the Stanford Seed Advisory Board, he is a member of the Stanford Health Care Board of Directors and the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council. Ram has been a staunch advocate and catalytic fundraiser for new efforts including bioengineering and AI, and a visionary leader across the university.

List of Past Recipients

Fred W. Alvarez, ’72, JD ’75
Roy Anderson, ’47, MBA ’49
Vernon Anderson, ’53, MBA ’57
Thomas Bailard, ’64, MBA ’69
Rocky Barber, ’73, MS ’73, MBA ’75
Bill Barnum, ’76, JD ’80, MBA ’80
Danily Bell, ’29
Warren Berl, ’42
Helen Bing
Peter Bing, ’55
John Birke, MBA ’65
Eugene Bishop, ’31
Reid Briggs, ’32
Harry Bright, ’29
Alden Brown, MBA ’48
Douglas Brown, ’59, MBA ’61
Robert Brown, ’31
T. Robert Burke, ’64, JD ’67
Malin Burnham, ’49
Royal Bush, ’35, MBA ’41
John Butler, ’53
Mariann Byerwalter, ’82
Julie Greer Campbell, ’65
Jim Canales, ’88, MA ’89
Kenneth Christensen, ’30
Donald Clark, ’56
Roger Clay, Jr., ’66
Clyde Cook, 1918
Benjamin Crocker, ’56, JD ’58
Donald Crocker, ’56, JD ’58
Joseph Cusick, ’51, Sloan ’73
Kenneth Cuthbertson, ’40, MBA ’47
Ralph Davidson, ’50
Richard De Luce, JD ’55
Irving Deal, ’50
Roberta Bowman Denning, ’75, MBA ’78
Steve A. Denning, MBA ’78
James Dickason, MBA ’51
Susan P. Diekman, '65, MA '67
Sue Bricker Dorn, ’55
Morris Doyle, ’29
Charles Ducommun, ’35
Herbert Dwight, Jr., ’53, MS ’59
Lewis Eaton, ’42
William Edwards, ’50
Charles Eldon, ’48, MBA ’50
W. Noel Eldred, ’31, ENG ’33
Leonard Ely II, ’48, MBA ’50

Patricia Engasser, ’59, MD ’62
Barbara Denning Finberg, ’49
Nathan Finch, ’31, LLB ’34
Doris Feigenbaum Fisher, ’53
Thomas Ford
C. K. Poe Fratt, MBA ’59
Bradford Freeman, ’64
John Freidenrich, ’59, LLB ’63
W. Parmer Fuller III, ’33
James Gaither, JD ’64
Frederic Glover, ’33
John Goldman, MBA ’75
Kay Sprinkel Grace, ’59, MA ’75
Richard Guggenhime, ’29
John A. Gunn, ’66, MBA ’72
Ruth Levison Halperin, ’47
Allan Harris, ’45
Lawrence Harris, Jr., ’32
Barbara Herrmann Hart, ’59
W. W. Henry, ’26
Walter Hewlett, MS ’68, MS ’73, DMA ’80
David Heyler, Jr., ’48, JD ’51
George Hume, JD ’75, MBA ’75
Leslie Bryant Hume, MA ’71, PhD ’79
John Isaacs, ’31
Franklin Johnson, Jr., ’50
Stanley Kaisel, MA ’46, PhD ’49
William Kimball, Jr., ’41
Marcus Krupp, ’34, MD ’39
Annie Huntress Lamont, ’79
William Landreth, ’69
Joan Lane
Melvin Lane, ’44
Chien Lee, ’75, MS ’75, MBA ’79
John Leland, Jr., ’56
John Levin, MA ’70, JD ’73
Robert Levison, Sr., 1921
Roger Lewis, ’34
John Lillie, ’59, MS ’64, MBA ’64
Frank Lodato, ’49, MA ’56
Lawrence Marx, Jr.
Susan R. McCaw, ’84
Bowen McCoy, ’58
Dorcas H. McFarlane, ’53
Burton McMurtry, MS ’59, PhD ’62
Linda Randall Meier, ’61
J. D. Middleton, 1925
A. A. Milligan, ’38

Gretchen Hartnack Milligan, ’73, MBA ’75
Kendyl Monroe, ’58, LLB ’60
John Morgridge, MBA ’57
Stuart Morshead, ’50, MBA ’52
Robert Moulton, Jr., ’40
Nancy Barry Munger, ’45
Wendy Munger, ’72
R. Chandler Myers, ’54, JD ’58
Denise O’Leary, ’79
Susan Packard Orr, ’68, MBA ’70
John Packard, ’55, MBA ’61
Templeton Peck, 1929
Gregor Peterson, ’54, MBA ’59
Charles Pigott, ’51
John Pike, ’56
Frederick Rehmus, MBA ’61
Claude Rosenberg, Jr., ’50, MBA ’52
Robert Rosenberg, ’54, LLB ’56
Victoria Post Sant, ’61
Karl Schwarz, ’55, MS ’59
Mary Carroll W. Scott, '66
John Scully, MBA ’68
Perry Seiffert, ’64
Jack Shepard, ’53, MA ’55, MBA ’56
V. Joy Simmons, ’74
Leon Sloss III, ’49
Ralph Spiegl, ’45, MD ’48
Garen Staglin, MBA ’68
Noel Stearn, 1918, MA 1919
Isaac Stein, MBA ’70, JD ’72
Paul Stock, MBA ’61
Jeffrey Stone, ’78
Earle Talbot, 1902
Dorcas Hardison Thille, ’53
James Triolo, ’35, MA ’36
Gene Walker, 1928
Alan Weeden, ’45
J. Fred Weintz, Jr., ’48
W. Frank West, ’47, MS ’48
Vaughn C. Williams, JD ’69
Julie Stulce Williamson, ’66
Robert Williamson, Jr., ’66, MBA ’68
Ward Woods, ’64
William Wraith III, ’54, MS ’58, MBA ’59
John Young, MBA ’58