Foxcroft School's Board of Trustees Saturday bestowed its highest honor -- the Anne Kane McGuire Distinguished Service Award -- on Pickett Davis Randolph, a member of the Class of 1956, former member of the Board of Trustees, and outstanding volunteer whose omnipresent "Go Foxes!" greeting proclaims her deep love of the School. A Bethesda, MD, resident and graduate of Wheaton College and the Naval War College, Randolph becomes the 28th recipient of the award.

The surprise presentation took place Saturday (April 14) at a luncheon held at Foxcroft's Athletic/Student Center during the School's Reunion Weekend. Randolph was clearly stunned at the announcement of the honor by Board Chair Stuart D. Thayer and when her brother and his family walked in -- but she was not rendered speechless. "Go Foxes!" she said as she took the podium.

The Anne Kane McGuire '52, named in honor of the late Board of Trustees chairwoman, was given to Randolph, Thayer said, "for a lifetime of dedicated service." A Baltimore native, Randolph served on Foxcroft's board for 18 years, and has been chair of her Class's Reunion every five years since graduation. She was a Major Gifts Volunteer for the School's Gateways to Excellence Campaign and currently serves as co-chair of the Memory Committee for Foxcroft's upcoming Centennial celebration.

Service – to country as well as school -- has been central to Randolph's life. After college, she went to work for the CIA and, in 1982, she was awarded an MA in National Security Affairs from the Naval War College -- one of just eight women and two civilians among of her class of 360.

Since her retirement, a host of organizations have benefitted from Randolph's energy and enthusiasm for doing good. She volunteers at the District of Columbia Rape Crisis Center, the District of Columbia Women's Jail, and the Humane Society. She is also a docent at the National Gallery of Art.

"Pickett has more than responded to the challenge of her greatest mentor, Miss Charlotte," read Thayer from the citation Randolph received, referring to Charlotte Haxall Noland, founder of Foxcroft who served as Head of the School for 40 years. "Living and breathing 'To whom much is given, much is expected.'"

When Randolph took the microphone, she, too, quoted Miss Charlotte – but only after her usual "Go Foxes!" cheer, of course – "Miss Charlotte told me, 'You can do whatever you want, Pickett. You can be whatever you want. But in order to get your best you must give your best.' That advice has guided me through life."