Honoree Joanna Perdomo (center), a junior philosophy-neuroscience-psychology major in Arts & Sciences, visits with proud father Jose Perdomo (right) and senior Emily Heins (left) during a reception for the winners of the 2010 Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award April 15 at the Knight Center. Founded during Washington University’s Sesquicentennial year, the Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award annually recognizes a select group of university community members who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region. In addition to Perdomo, this year’s winners are Reginald Gray, a staff member in Mail Services; Harold Y.H. Law, DSc, WUSTL alum (engineering, 1975); De Andrea Nichols, a senior in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts; Katie Plax, MD, a pediatrician and director of the Adolescent Center at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; and Julia Warren, an MD/PhD student in the School of Medicine. For more information and full biographies of the winners, visit ethicofservice.wustl.edu.
