The Alumni Award of Merit Gala, sponsored by Penn Alumni, is a celebration of Penn's most passionate and dedicated alumni volunteers. These awards are given for outstanding service to the University of Pennsylvania. The Alumni Award of Merit and Young Alumni Award recipients are chosen by Penn Alumni's Awards & Resolutions Committee, which is comprised of former winners. The Club Award recipient is chosen by the Regional Clubs Advisory Board. The Class Award recipients are chosen by the Alumni Class Leadership Council.

Held on Friday of evening of Homecoming Weekend, at the Annenberg Centers’ Zellerbach Theatre, the event is open to all alumni to come and celebrate their fellow classmates and friends in grand fashion. The evening includes entertainment from Penn’s outstanding student groups and along with President Amy Gutmann and Board of Trustees Chair, David Cohen, L’81 paying tribute to honorees and their outstanding achievements.

Penn Alumni Award of Merit

Photos by Carlos Cintron