Ruth C. Burg (CCAS, BS '45; Law, JD '50) – former administrative judge for the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals;

Kenneth P. Moritsugu (SMHS, MD '71) – acting surgeon general of the 
United States;

William A. Owens (SBPM, MBA '76) – vice chairman and co-CEO of Teledesic LLC, and former Navy admiral;

Elliott C. Roberts Sr. (SBPM, MBA '64) – retired CEO, Charity Hospital at New Orleans, public health professor;

Ya-Qin Zhang (SEAS, DSc '89) – managing director, Microsoft 
Research Asia; 

James W. Ziglar (CCAS, BA '68; Law, JD '72) – commissioner, 
U.S.  Immigration and Naturalization Service.

"The GW Alumni Association is pleased to honor some of our finest graduates," said Stanley M. Grube (MBA '66), president of the GW Alumni Association.  "These alumni have brought distinction on themselves, and in the process, have enhanced the name of their alma mater."

The Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award was created in 1937 to honor graduates of The George Washington University who have achieved distinction in their personal or professional lives.  Each year, several of GW's 190,000 alumni are selected for this prestigious honor.  Recent recipients include Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State; Abby Joseph Cohen, chief investment strategist for Goldman Sachs; Charles Krulak, former Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps; John M. Shalikashvili, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and former U.S. Ambassador to China Joseph W. Prueher.

**Print media interested in covering this event should contact Jeremy Gosbee at 994-3990 or jkgosbee@gwu.edu . **