The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis honored eight outstanding architecture and art alumni at its fourth annual Awards for Distinction dinner April 28. 

The awards recognize graduates who have demonstrated creativity, innovation, leadership and vision through their contributions to the practices of art, architecture and design, as well as to Washington University and the Sam Fox School.

Distinguished alumni for 2011 are Marshall Brown (BA’95) of Chicago; Richard Brown (MFA ’75) of Norwell, Mass.; Rodney Henmi, FAIA, NOMA (MAUD ’83) of Emeryville, Calif.; and Meg Fish Saligman (BFA ’87) of Philadelphia.

In addition, Susan T. Morgan, AIA, LEED AP (BS ’01) of Cambridge, Mass., and Ebony G. Patterson(MFA ’06) of Lexington, Ky., and Kingston, Jamaica, will receive the 2011 Young Alumni Award.

Raymond Nadaskay, AIA (BArch ’62) of Mendham, N.J., will receive the Distinguished Service Award. Cynthia Weese, FAIA (BS ‘62/BArch ’65) of Chicago will receive the Dean’s Medal.