The Krause Center Award
Each year, the Krause Center Award for Distinguished Service, Leadership, and Ethics showcases a Citadel graduate as a living example of a Principled Leader. The award has been presented annually since 2011 (except for 2021) to Citadel graduates whose lives and actions exemplify the highest ideals of distinguished service, leadership, and ethics through personal integrity and service to others.
To be considered for selection, nominees must:
- Exhibit The Citadel’s Core Values of Honor, Duty, State, and Country in both professional and private life
- Embody the values and ethical character of a Principled Leader
- Exemplify service before self in actions and deeds for The Citadel
- Serve as a role model in both professional and personal endeavors
Past Recipients
2025 — Lieutenant General John W. Rosa, USAF (Ret.)
2024 — Mr. Charles B. Coe, ’73
2023 — Mr. Claudius E. “Bud” Watts, IV, ’83
2022 — Mr. Anderson D. Warlick, ’79
2020 — Dr. John M. Palms, Sr., Ph.D., ‘58
2019 — Col Myron C. Harrington, USMC, Ret., ‘60
2018 — LTG W. Michael Steele, USA, Ret., ‘67
2017 — Dr. Stephen M. Sittnick, USA, Ret., ‘77
2016 — The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings, ‘42
2015 — The Honorable Joseph P. Riley, Jr., ‘64
2014 — Mr. William B. Sansom, ‘64
2013 — GEN William W. Hartzog, USA, Ret., ‘63
2012 — Mr. W. Henry Johnson, Jr., ’75
2011 — Mr. Frank P. Mood, ‘60