​The Alumni Achievement Awards were established by Wilson School’s Alumni Leadership Committee to recognize and honor the accomplishments of Wilson alumni who continue to bring pride and inspiration to our community.
 
The Leadership Committee is currently accepting nominations for the 2020 awards. A nomination form must be submitted for an alum to be considered for the award. All nominees must be 25 years of age or older by January 1, 2020. The deadline to submit nominations is November 1, 2019. Honorees will be notified in December 2019 and recognized at the 2020 Wilson School Thistle Auction on February 29.
 
Former Wilson students who attended for at least one academic year may be nominated. Self-nominations are encouraged. Review the full award and submission guidelines here.
 
Nominations may be submitted online or mailed using the form provided below:

• Alumni Achievement Award Nomination Form or PDF

 
To mail in your nomination form(s):
The Wilson School
400 DeMun Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri 63105
ATTN: Kate Poss-Morency
 
For questions or more information please contact Kate Poss-Morency, Director of Development.

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​Keith S. Naunheim
2019 Alumni Award Recipient

Keith S. Naunheim graduated cum laude from the Johns Hopkins University and received his medical degree with honors from the University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine where he was named to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor society. Both his general surgery and cardiothoracic training were also undertaken at the University of Chicago. He joined the faculty at St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1985 where he is currently the Vallee L. and Melba Willman Professor of Surgery and Chief of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Division.
 
Keith’s son Matthew states, “Wilson School prepared Keith Naunheim to be a pillar of the community. As a physician, he is caring and empathetic to his patients. He has worked 7 days a week, 50 weeks a year for the past 30 years to make sure that patients with complicated surgical problems get taken care of with empathy and compassion. He is routinely recognized as one of the most prominent doctors in St. Louis, and has taken on the cause of treating the sickest people - especially those without adequate insurance … his devotion to caring for individual patients is perhaps the most awe-inspiring thing about Keith - he checks his ego at the door and listens. I think his teachers at Wilson would be proud to see that Keith is one of the best doctors - and one of the best people - in St. Louis”. 

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Learn more about our previous award recipients.

​Goh Kurosawa
2019 Alumni Award Recipient

“Bicultural Music Samurai” Goh Kurosawa resides in Los Angeles and travels the world, playing his 'tap/slap' guitar with a repertoire of original songs of acoustic rock jazz, electrifying soundscapes, and stunning arrangements of familiar global melodies. Goh has actively toured locally and internationally since 2005. Having performed in a wide range of settings and festivals he performs fifty plus live shows in Japan annually, produces Brilliant Strings in Los Angeles quarterly, conducts workshops/seminars at universities and schools regularly, and has performed featured concerts in Taiwan, Brazil, France, Canada, and Mexico.
 
Goh truly lives the principals of MYMAGO in all the ways he gives back to his community. His volunteer roster includes organizations such as the Creative Arts Group in Sierra Madre, California; TYME Foundation; The Boys and Girls Club; and L.A. Musical Artists Uniting to Help Japan among others.
 
Jeannette Thompson, who nominated Goh for the Alumni Achievement Award, states “(Goh) is highly creative, sharing himself and his impression of life through music. He loves to teach and share his passions with anyone he meets. Goh is a wonderful example of how your early experiences shape you. What a testimony to Wilson that he has achieved so much with such a zest for life”. 



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