Amnon Shoenfeld (MSW ’79) is the 2014 School of Social Work Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. A passionate and tireless champion for individuals with mental illness or substance abuse issues, Shoenfeld recently retired as director of the King County Mental Health, Chemical Abuse and Dependency Services Division, where he worked for more than 30 years.
James Herbert Williams (PhD '94) is the 2013 School of Social Work Distinguished Alumni Award recipient. Dr. Williams grew up in rural North Carolina, one of seven children of a sharecropper father and mother who prized education. His parents died when he was 10, and he was subsequently raised by his grandmother. "When you don't grow up in privilege," says Williams, "you never take success for granted."
Pamela Bryan and Jawara McDuffie, MSW students in the School of Social Work, were recently awarded 2014 Bonderman Travel Fellowships. These fellowships enable students to undertake extensive, independent, international travel which allows them to explore the world in new ways.