We are pleased to announce the winner of the Sandy Ross Macdonald award for 2013 is the Washington DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia, Cantab DC

The Group had great pleasure in announcing the award at their Festive Formal Hall event on Friday 6 December, the announcement was followed by the crowd of 150 breaking out into thunderous applaud. 

The award was presented by Alison Traub, Executive Director of Development and Alumni Relations at the recent Global Cambridge: Toronto event. Holly Peterson, Head of Alumni and Supporter Relations received the award on behalf of the Group and read out a short acceptance speech;

'The Cambridge Society of Washington DC is honored to receive the Sandy Ross-MacDonald award.

As a group, we represent more than 2,000 alumni from dozens of different countries, representing the diverse body of people who have benefited from Cambridge's unparalleled education system, and brought together into one of the most international cities in the world.

The award reflects the hard work of a small cadre of graduates who have been determined to put together world class events that reflect the values and culture of our alma mater; and it also represents the many graduates whose Cambridge experience was so life-changing that they choose to continue to be involved year after year.

It gave me great pleasure to announce last night that we had won the award, to 150 alumni gathered in Washington DC for our Christmas Formal Hall. On their behalf, we are honored to accept the Sandy Ross-MacDonald award. And, after government shutdowns bringing the US to the brink of default and broken healthcare websites, we are proud that something in Washington DC finally works.

 David Humphries (King's, 1995)

Chairman, Cambridge Society of Washington DC'

The Group also wanted to take the opportunity to thank those committee members who have been involved with the success of the Group;

• David Humphries (Kings)
• Peter Hansen (Hughes)
• Bob Forte (Selwyn)
• Alan Hickling (Emmanuel)
• Josef Martens (Wolfson)
• Pete MacLeod (Downing)
• Stan Wang (Trinity College)
• Ariane Rosen (Clare Hall)
• Helen Lin (Emmanuel)
• Aaron Coble (King's)
• Chris Greenroyd (St. John's)
• Blair Lapres (Darwin)
• Chris Thompson (St. Catharine's)
• Iveta Steinhobel (Trinity Hall)
• Riddhi Sohan Dasgupta (Clare Hall)
• Cecilia Aguilera (Lucy Cavendish)
• Akua Opoku-Mensah (Lucy Cavendish)
• Håvard Halland (Wolfson)
• Kenneth Foran (Sidney Sussex)

This award is presented in memory of Sandy Ross-Macdonald.  Sandy was the driving force behind the Cambridge Society of London for many years.  He also served as a member of the University of Cambridge Alumni Advisory Board and the Cambridge Society Executive Committee, as well as being the founding Chair of the Networks and Volunteers Working Group.  The University of Cambridge will be eternally grateful for his tireless work both publicly and behind the scenes.  The Sandy Ross-Macdonald Award serves to recognise the remarkable contribution of Cambridge University’s volunteer-led Alumni Groups.