For his dedication to alumni at the University of Puget Sound and his community, Ted Meriam '05 was recently named the recipient of the 2011 Young Alumni Service Award by the University of Puget Sound. The annual international award is presented to a graduate of the last decade who has made significant contributions to creating programs that bring young alumni together, that familiarize young alumni and students with the alumni association, and that encourage class identification.
A Clayton, Calif., native, Ted Meriam is a graduate of the Business Leadership Program and currently works as a Technical Account Manager at Microsoft. While at Puget Sound, Ted was an admission tour guide, a member of the SPURS and Mortar Board honor societies, a member of the Jewish Student Organization, and a reporter for The Trail. Named the first ASUPS director of technology services in 2004, he additional served as the chief justice of the ASUPS Honor Court, the president of the Film and Theatre Society, and was a member of the ASUPS Governance Committee and the university Budget Task Force. Ted enjoyed performing in the University Chorale as a novice singer. He received the Norton Clapp Arete Award as a graduating senior.
In his short time since his commencement, Ted had held several alumni volunteer positions (and never fewer than three concurrently). He participated on the Alumni Council as a reunion volunteer for the Class of 2005, was a Career & Employment Services member, a class agent for the Class of 2005, an Alumni Sharing Knowledge Network volunteer, and a San Francisco alumni club volunteer. He recently assumed the Alumni Council leadership position of West Coast Coordinator for Regional Alumni Clubs. His work on the council has focused largely on galvanizing younger alumni to give both their time and treasure to beloved Puget Sound. Ted also has been active in his hometown as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Clayton, as founder of the P2C Foundation, and as president of the Clayton Historical Society and Museum.
