Pardee School Alumna Receives Distinguished Alumni Award
Shoshana Chatfield (Pardee ’88), Rear Admiral in the United States Navy and president of the United States Naval War College, has been awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award at the 73rd Best of Boston University Alumni Awards ceremony.
The Distinguished Alumni Award is the most prestigious award that the BU Alumni Association bestows.
An inspiring afternoon at the 73rd @BUAlumni Awards. Including the award of the Distinguished Alumni Medal to Admiral Shoshana Chatfield (Pardee ‘88), a @BUPardeeSchool alum & first female President of US @NavalWarCollege. Flush with #PardeePride. pic.twitter.com/I8m78iyx8v
— Adil Najam (@AdilNajam) October 2, 2021
Rear Admiral Chatfield was one of four recipients of the 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award. Other recipients include Lawrence Carter (STH ’68, ’70, ’79), dean of the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College and founder of the Gandhi King Ikeda Institute for Global Ethics and Reconciliation; Kathleen McLaughlin (ENG ’87), executive vice president and chief sustainability officer of Walmart, Inc., and president of the Walmart Foundation; and Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (GRS ’81), permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations and past president of the United Nations General Assembly.
A video honoring Rear Admiral Chatfield’s achievement can be viewed below.