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 ’64, 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.

Nominate an alumnus for the Anthony Edward Kupka '64 Distingushed Alumnus Award online HERE.

Kupka Award Winners
2020	Lynn D. Wilson '80
2019	Thomas C. Hanks '62
2018	Roger S. Blumenthal '77
2017	Jonathan D. Schiller ’65
2016	The Hon. Steve Rideout ’61
2015	Dr. James L. Cavanaugh Jr. ’59
2014	Donald L. Dell ’56
2013	Cary M. Maguire ’46
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 1959-61 and was a partner in the Urology Group medical practice in Washington, D.C. A native of Bethesda, he lived in Poolesville with his wife, Cicely Anderson Banfield. The Banfields had three children, including two Landon alumni, Landon ’81 and Philip ’82, and a daughter, Dale.

Dr. 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 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.

Nominate an alumnus for the W. Landon Banfield '50 Award for Outstanding Service Award online HERE.

Banfield Award Winners
2020	Joseph A. Kenary, Jr. '82
2019	Stephen L. Gordon, Sr. '75
2018	George F. Wenchel '65
2017	Sylvester F. Miniter ’80
2016	Sandy Murray ’63
2015	Marcos S. Williams ’65
2014	Murray S. Simpson ’55
2013	Daniel L. Korengold ’69
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