Award Recipients and Dean Lawlor
Left to Right:  F. Brett Drake, PhD; Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD; Sudha Nair, PhD, MSW '91; Barth A. Hollohan, III, MSW/MBA '91; Rita Montgomery Hollie, BA '69, MSW/JD '73.

Alumni Awards Celebration Emcee Amy Rome, MSW '75
"Having worked with the School for many years now, it is clear to me that Brown School graduates 'Stand Out' from the crowd," said Amy Rome as she welcomed a standing-room only crowd.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton
Cancellor Wrighton welcomes guests and comments on the great work of the Brown School.

Mikki Brewster, MSW '71
Chairperson and founding board member for the Missouri Foundation for Health, Mikki Brewster presents the achievements of Rita Montgomery Hollie, Washington University's first MSW/JD graduate.

Rita Montgomery Hollie and Dean Lawlor
Award Winner Rita Montgomery Hollie accepts 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award from Dean Edward F. Lawlor. Montomery Hollie is a founder and partner of Montgomery Hollie and Associates, LLC, a St. Louis-based law firm specializing in all aspects of adoption and family law.

Betty Simms
Betty Simms, former Missouri State Senator and a current member of the Brown School National Council, presents the 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award to Barth Hollohan.

Barth Hollohan and Dean Lawlor
Barth Hollohan, founder and president of St. Louis-based Continuum, was a finalist for the 2005 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2007 he was awarded the St. Louis Business Journal 40 under 40 Award and the SSM Health Care Stewardship Award.

Michael Sherraden, PhD
Founder and Director of Brown School's Center for Social Development, Dr. Sherraden calls Sudha Nair the "Jane Addams of Singapore." 

Sudha Nair and Dean Lawlor
Dr. Nair has provided leadership in creating, testing, and improving many of Singapore's community-based social services and public policies. 

F. Brett Drake and Jennifer McClendon
Associate Professor Brett Drake hugs doctoral student Jennifer McClendon, who presented the accomplishments of faculty award winners Drake and Associate Professor Melissa Jonson-Reid.

Drs. Drake and Jonson-Reid and Dean Lawlor
Drs. Brett Drake and Melissa Jonson-Reid bring a shared passion for child welfare and evidence-based practice to their research and teaching at the Brown School. 

Mix and Mingle at the Alumni Awards
Brown School National Council Member Glenn Sheffield (right) talks with two guests at the awards celebration.

Old Friends Celebrate
Associate Professor Gautam Yadama (left) catches up with David Cronin, PhD, a former associate dean at the Brown School. 

Nancy Geltman and Guest
Nancy Geltman, MSW '77 (right), member of the Alumni Awards Steering Committee, smiles for the camera with a Brown School student.

Sharing a Laugh
Estelle Rochman (right), director of student affairs, shares stories with a guest.

Cheers!
Guests enjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres on the patio.