Beloved faculty member Jo Prockop was the recipient of the 2026 Tower Award in recognition of her extraordinary service and lasting impact on the Pennington community. Prockop has worked at The Pennington School for thirty years, first serving as director of academic support, and, beginning in 2003, as director of the Edmund V. Cervone Center. During her tenure, she has remained steadfast to the Center's mission of serving bright students with diagnosed learning differences, helping every student reach their full potential—academically and personally.

2024-25:  Blair Thompson
2023-24:  Lyle D. Rigg
2022-23:  Bruce J. White ’69 P’94 ’97 
2020–21: Dr. William S. Hawkey
2019–20: Michael D. Winkler P’87 ’89
2018–19: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Wesley Sr. GP’93 ’94 ’94 ’95 ’98 ’99 ’01 ’02 ’03 ’03 GGP’ 26 ’26 ’27 ’27
2016–17: Honorable John Kulthau
2015–16: William Mastrosimone ’66
2014–15: Rev. Dr. Robert J. Williams P’94 ’95, and Stephen Tan ’73
2013–14: Kenneth Kai Tai Yen ’84
2012–13: John Biddiscombe ’63, and Georgia Manukas ’85
2011–12: Julio Gomez, Jr. ’77, Jane Sortor Keene ’77, and Stanley Renshon ’62
2010–11: The Meckler Family: Alan Meckler ’63 and his parents, Lillian Meckler P’63 and the late Herman Meckler P’63
2009–10: Colonel (Ret.) Albert M. Navas ’48
2008–09: Edmund V. Cervone, D.Ed. P’90 ’92
2007–08: John L. McGuire, Ph.D. P’98
2006–07: Richard H. Sharrett ’46
2005–06: George D. Parnos P’78
2004–05: A. Louis Denton ’76, and Peter J. Tucci ’79 P’16 ’16
2003–04: Herbert K. Sloane, 1932; Robert H. Beckett ’52; and Steven M. Silberman ’68
2002–03: Thomas K. Haje ’47
2001–02: Robert M. Wigod ’50
1992–93: Elliot J. Smith ’50
1991–92: Wesley D. Camp, ’32; and Robert B. McCurry ’42
1990–91: Rudolph E. Boschwitz ’47, and Margaret R. Kersey P’60
1989–90: Charles R.Walton, ’32; and Mary E. Assmann
1987–88: Rosalind Rothstein P’89
1985–86: Trafton Tredick, 1933; Marie Hutnik GP’22; and William E. Long
1984–85: Catherine Bakay, Herbert L. Krause, Rosella M. Krause, Donald B. Robertson, and Lesley D. Robertson
1979–80: Mrs. W. Carl Baldwin P’84
1977–78: George E. Farrar. Jr.,1923; and William L. Apetz
1976–77: G. Nelson Moore, 1924; Eldridge Downes III, ’33; and Edgar B. Roesch
1975–76: John F. Kelly, ’36; and R. Bruce Poynter ’44
1974–75: J. Horace Githens, 1910; Theodore H. Essex, 1925; Nelson M. Hoffman, Jr.; and Coach Harold Poore
1973–74: George L. Romine, 1932; John G. Coonan, 1934; and Lionel R. Driscoll 1940
1971–72: Virgil S. Johnson, 1908; Merlin H. Becher, 1931; and Bishop Fred P. Corson
1970–71: F. Maxwell Shuster, 1921; Joseph M. Pierson, 1928; Franklin T. Buck, 1929; and Howard A. Cressman
1969–70: Paul W. Newcomb, 1916; Charles R. Smyth, 1929; David Barbour, Jr.; and George Shuman, Jr.

The Tower Award is The Pennington School’s highest honor. The Order of the Tower recognizes alumni, teachers, or friends for outstanding service to The Pennington School or to the wider community. 

Nominations for the Order of the Tower are taken from the School community and presented to the Alumni Association Board. After careful review, the Alumni Association Board makes the recommendation for this award to the School’s Board of Trustees. The Tower Award is presented each year during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend.

Please contact the Office of Advancement by email at alumni@pennington.org or by phone at 609-737-6144 with any questions.