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Ellen Jamison Kullman '74 and Curtis Smith '99 to Receive Alumni Awards at Virtual Homecoming
The 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award and Young Alumni Award will be presented during Tower Hill's Virtual Homecoming Weekend at the State of the School presentation on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 3:30 p.m. Ellen Jamison Kullman '74 will receive the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award, and Curtis Smith '99 will receive the 2020 Young Alumni Award.
Ellen Jamison Kullman '74 to Receive 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award
After graduating from Tower Hill, Curtis Smith, Jr. '99 attended the College of William & Mary, where he ran track and received a degree in information technology. In 2003, he moved to Oklahoma to work as an IT analyst for the ConocoPhillips Company. In 2007, he accepted a special agent position with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was assigned to Fresno, California, after completing new agent training. After a subsequent assignment in Los Angeles, he was promoted to a supervisory position in Washington, D.C., and he is currently a supervisory special agent in the bureau’s New York Field Office. Smith's FBI career has focused on cyber and criminal investigations, and he was an FBI certified computer forensic examiner and cyber investigations instructor. Outside of work, he has retained his interest in track and field, volunteering as a coach on several occasions when his schedule allows, including at the youth, high school and college level.
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Ellen Jamison Kullman '74 to Receive 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award
Ellen Jamison Kullman ’74 is the CEO of the 3D printing company Carbon and is the former chief executive officer of DuPont. Prior to joining DuPont in 1988, Kullman worked for Westinghouse and General Electric. DuPont’s board of directors elected Kullman president and a director of the company in October 2008 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2009. She was the 19th executive and the first woman to lead the company in its 212-year history. During her seven years as CEO, Kullman led the company’s focus on growth in emerging international markets and championed the power of DuPont science and global market knowledge to transform industries.
Kullman served on Tower Hill's board of trustees from 2007 to 2020 and served as vice chair from 2010 to 2019. She also chaired the compensation committee from 2018-2020 and was on multiple committees throughout her trustee tenure. In addition to being a Tower Hill alum herself, Kullman’s three children—Maggie ’08, David ’12 and Stephen ’12—are graduates of Tower Hill.
Curtis Smith '99 to Receive 2020 Young Alumni Award
Curtis Smith '99 to Receive 2020 Young Alumni Award
After graduating from Tower Hill, Curtis Smith, Jr. '99 attended the College of William & Mary, where he ran track and received a degree in information technology. In 2003, he moved to Oklahoma to work as an IT analyst for the ConocoPhillips Company. In 2007, he accepted a special agent position with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was assigned to Fresno, California, after completing new agent training. After a subsequent assignment in Los Angeles, he was promoted to a supervisory position in Washington, D.C., and he is currently a supervisory special agent in the bureau’s New York Field Office. Smith's FBI career has focused on cyber and criminal investigations, and he was an FBI certified computer forensic examiner and cyber investigations instructor. Outside of work, he has retained his interest in track and field, volunteering as a coach on several occasions when his schedule allows, including at the youth, high school and college level.
