The Anthony Edward Kupka '64 Distinguished Alumnus Award
The Anthony Edward Kupka '64 Distinguished Alumnus Award is presented annually at the Holiday Luncheon to an alumnus who has been selected to receive it by the Awards' Committee of the Alumni Association Board of Directors. The award was established in 1981 in memory of Buddy Kupka, who was killed in the Vietnam War. During his years at Landon, Buddy exemplified all the qualities of citizenship, integrity, and diligence Landon has always sought to instill in its students. The award is made each year to an alumnus who has demonstrated the ideals for which Landon stands through service to Landon, his community, his profession, or his country.
Read more about Anthony Edward "Buddy" Kupka in a speech delivered by Knight Kiplinger '65.
Kupka Award Winners
2012 - Charles A. Hobbs '46
2011 - Tom McEwan ’64 and Jamie McEwan ’70
2010 - John F. "Jeff" Fort III '59
2009 - Dr. Richard K. Dortzbach ‘55
2008 - Devol Brett '41
2007 - Joshua M. Freeman '83
2006 - Phillip S. Jacobs '69
2005 - John M. Ourisman '71
2004 - Maury Povich '57
2003 - Bruce T. Adams '66
2002 - Rush Holt '66
2001 - Rufus King '60
2000 - Jerry FitzGerald '50
1999 - Ahmet Ertegun '40
1998 - Knight Kiplinger '65
1997 - Win Wilson '45
1996 - Alan Brinkley '67
1995 - Charlie Whitebread '61
1994 - John A. Manfuso '47
1993 - George Kriner '43
1992 - Bob Hanson '43
1991 - Lou Byron '57
1990 - John Walker '44
1989 - Don Harris '47
1988 - Stan Harris '45
1987 - Landon Banfield '50
1986 - Chuck Boteler '41
1985 - Tom Owen '53
1984 - John Gill '42
1983 - Bill Patch '43
1982 - Harrison Prindle '31
1981 - Alumni who gave their lives in the service of their country
The W. Landon Banfield '50 Award for Outstanding Service
This award is bestowed annually at the Holiday Luncheon on an alumnus who, through the years, has been selflessly devoted to the development of Landon School and the well-being of its boys. The award is named in Honor of Dr. W. Landon Banfield '50 for his tireless dedication to the preservation of the Landon tradition.
William Landon Banfield III ’50, trustee emeritus and nephew of School founder Paul Landon Banfield, graduated from Princeton University and George Washington University Medical School where he was later on the faculty. He was an Air Force flight surgeon from 1959 to 1961 and was a partner in the Urology Group medical practice in Washington. A native of Bethesda, he lived in Poolesville with his wife, Cicely Anderson Banfield. The Banfields had three children, including two Landon alums -- Landon ’81 and Philip ’82 -- and a daughter, Dale.
Lan Banfield spent more years at Landon that any graduate: he entered in first grade, when the school briefly took students in first, second, and third grades. On the athletic field, he distinguished himself by excelling in football, basketball, and baseball. He captained the football team in his senior year and was a starter on the basketball team. He was an enthusiastic supporter of many programs at Landon, but when asked about his favorite, he would always answer that it was the Shrimp Bowl game. He felt that it was a great equalizer where boys from varied backgrounds were all the same on the football field.
Throughout his life, he remained active in the affairs of the school his uncle and aunt built. He lived his entire life as a man who embodied in full all of characteristics that Landon School most prizes: loyalty, honor, character, commitment and service. In 2001, just months before he died, the Alumni Association established the W. Landon Banfield ’50 Award for Outstanding Service to Landon, paying tribute to Dr. Banfield’s tireless dedication to the preservation of the Landon tradition and recognizing others who share his love for this School.
Banfield Award Winners
2012 - Henry Dudley '66
2011 - Wallace F. “Hap” Holladay, Jr. ’65
2010 - H. Sherman "Tiger" Joyce '78
2009 - Thomas F. Cunningham ‘76
2008 - Robert Buchanan '60
2007 - John P. Leachman '69
2006 - Knight A. Kiplinger '65
2005 - Russell C. Lindner '72
2004 - Paul B. Kern, Jr. '54
2003 - John G. Shooshan '70
2002 - Lawrence L. Lamade '65
2001 - Robinson M. Bordley '66
