The WPSA Winch of the Year
award has been presented by the school to an outstanding member of society,
or the entertainment industry who embodies the WPSA spirit of excellence.
Preferably youthful excellence.
Or to an old-timey comedian who passed away.
WPSA Winch
of The Year
1953-54: Edgar
Winchester, founder of WPSA
1955: Mel Brooks,
staff writer, Caesar's Hour
1956: (TIE).
Mel Brooks, and The Hungarian rebels who forced the Soviets out of Budapest.
1957: Charles
Van Doren, Columbia University Professor
1958: Bob Pettit,
Forward, NBA Champion St. Louis Hawks
1959: Lou Costello,
comedian, accepted posthumously.
1960: No
award presented. Presidential Candidate John F. Kennedy was selected,
but Edgar Winchester decided that it would be "hack" to give him the award.
1961: Chico
Marx, comedian, accepted posthumously.
1962: Rod Laver,
Wimbledon Singles Champion
1963: F.D.
Moore and T.E. Starzl, performers of first ever liver transplant.
1964: Peter
Sellars, actor, Dr. Strangelove
1965: Heinrich
Boll, author, The Clown
1966: Har Khorana,
MIT biochemist
1967: Jerome
Friedman, scientist
1968: Lew Alcindor,
Center, UCLA
1969: Wavy
Gravy
1970: John
Cleese, comedian, Monty Python
1971: Norman
Lear, television producer
1972: Larry
Csonka, fullback, Miami Dolphins
1973: Triple
Crown winner Secretariat
1974: Bud Abbott,
comedian, accepted posthumously
1975: Chevy
Chase, comedian
1976: Bjorn
Borg, Wimbledon Singles Champion
1977: Steve
Martin, comedian
1978: Al Franken
and Tom Davis, writers, Saturday Night Live
1979: The Sugar
Hill Gang
1980: Czeslaw
Milosz, author
1981: Pac-Man
1982: Joe Piscopo,
comedian, Saturday Night Live (Award rescinded in 1987).
1983: Sally
Ride, astronaut
1984: Joe W.
Kittinger, aviator of the first solo trans-Atlantic balloon flight.
1985: Brian
Sherman, creator of the New Coke formula
1986: Judith
Branch, creator of the Coca-Cola Classic formula.
1987: Debbie
Gibson
1988: The Ultimate
Warrior
1989: Glen
Rice, forward, University of Michigan, AP National Player of the Year
1990: (TIE)
Mike Myers and Dana Carvey, comedians, Saturday Night Live
1991: Dave
Foley, comedian, Kids in the Hall
1992: Rudolph
A. Marcus, scientist, for his mathematical analysis of how the overall
energy in a system of interacting molecules changes and induces an electron
to jump from one molecule to another.
1993: Conan
O'Brien, comedian
1994: Beck,
musician
1995: (TIE)
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross of Mr. Show, and Doctors Edward B. Lewis,
Eric F. Wieschaus, and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, for studies of
the fruit fly that will one day help explain congenital malformations in
humans.
1996: Norm
Macdonald, comedian, Saturday Night Live
1997: Adam
McKay, writer, Saturday Night Live
1998: Will
Ferrell, comedian, Saturday Night Live
1999: (TIE)
Michael Busch and Anthony Deptula, students, WPSA
2000: (TIE)
Elizabeth Rick and Laurie Naughton, students, WPSA
2001: Ryan
Haynes, student, WPSA
2002: (TIE)
Stephen Hale and Eric Moneypenny, students, WPSA |
