The Alumni Association of Grinnell College was established in 1879 with 151 charter members. Today the association, headed by the Alumni Association Council, includes more than 18,000 active class members living in every state of the union, various U.S. territories, and 68 other countries. The alumni volunteers-class agents, fund directors, Asa Turner chairs, class committees, regional planning committees, alumni admission representatives, career development volunteers, and class committee members-all work to encourage support for the College. The College provides its alumni with such services as The Grinnell Magazine, coordination of regional activities, promotion of regular class reunions, alumni awards, and classletters.

Officers
M. Leslie Stearns '87, President; Mike Ison '93, Past President; Sam Perlman '90, President-elect

Council Members
Jim Bowhay '81, Joan Vander Naald Egenes '58, G. Barry Huff '73, William Ingram '53, Michael G. Ison '93, Rob Killion '90, Jeffrey W. Kohlman '66, Dean Lerner '74, Judy Mahle Lutter '61, Avram C. Machtiger '74, Karmi J. Mattson '97, Ellen McDonald '81, P. Carter Newton '77, Dorothy Smardack Palmer '62, Renee Bourgeois Parsons '96, Sam Perlman '90, Paul G. Risser '61, Makino (Kino) Ruth '79, Samir Sashikant '00, Kartik Sheth '93, M. Leslie Stearns '87, Jack Swenson '61, Gretchen Osterhof Thomson '62, Lisa van Sand '85, Lee D. Weisel '62

Alumni Awards, 2007
Wallace H. Douma '51, David N. Feldman '71, Norma Tong Dang '53 (Distinguished Award) , Philip B. Mears '71, Marilyn Clarke Sippy '57, Mitchell D. Erickson '72, Harold T. Tanouye '57, Michele Weiner-Davis '73, Thomas J. Cole '71, Elizabeth L. Powley '93, Richard A. Deyo '71