CELEBRATING EXCEPTIONAL MEMBERS OF THE WASHU COMMUNITY.
Founders Day is an opportunity to reflect upon the university’s many milestones and accomplishments—and the people who helped make them possible. Washington University began celebrating Founders Day in 1953 to commemorate the university’s 100th anniversary. Since then, this special event has honored WashU’s distinguished alumni, outstanding faculty, and most treasured friends.
2025 Honorees
Robert S. Brookings Award
The Koch Family
Paul Koch, BSBA ’61, JD ’64, MBA ’68,
and Elke Koch
The Koch Family
Roger Koch, BSBA ’64, MBA ’66, and Fran Koch
Distinguished Alumni Award
Nan Jiang, MA ’89,
PhD ’91
Senior Vice President of Operations, BioLegend
Carl E. Josehart, AB ’84,
MSW ’87
CEO, Joan and Stanford Alexander Jewish Family Service
Jonathan S. Kanter, JD ’98
Former Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Michael F. Konzen,
MArch ’86
Principal and Chairman, PGAV Destinations
Audrey Rostov, MD ’88
Cornea, Cataract, and Refractive Surgeon
Founder and Owner, Bellevue Precision Vision
Affiliate Surgeon and Global Partner, Cure Blindness Project
Distinguished Faculty Award
David M. Holtzman, MD
Barbara Burton and Reuben M. Morriss III Distinguished Professor
Director, Knight Alzheimer Disease Research Center
Scientific Director, Hope Center for Neurological Disorders
Department of Neurology
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Peter J. Kastor, PhD
Samuel K. Eddy Endowed Professor
Associate Vice Dean of Research
Professor of History and American Culture Studies
Department of History
Arts & Sciences
Arthur Holly Compton Faculty Achievement Award
Jonathan B. Losos, PhD
William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor
Director, Living Earth Collaborative
Department of Biology
Arts & Sciences
Carl and Gerty Cori Faculty Achievement Award
Charles F. Zorumski, MD
Samuel B. Guze Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research
Department of Psychiatry
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Take a look back: 2025 Founders Day Ceremony
