Signature Events

Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award
The Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award honors an alumnus or alumna for an extraordinary achievement – one recognized nationally and/or internationally – or an individual who, over the course of a decade or more, has exemplified outstanding success in a chosen profession or outstanding service to society. In 2019, the award was named in honor of Katherine “Kate” Stoneman, who graduated from State Normal School in 1866 and helped to pave the way for women in education and law.

Collins Citizen of the University
The Collins Citizen of the University Award began in 1972 to recognize outstanding contributions to the University by non-alumni. In 2019, the award was named in honor of Dr. Evan Collins, the founding president of the State University of New York. 

Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni
The Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognizes early outstanding achievements in a chosen profession or field of service and/or service to the community. Nominee must be age 35 or younger by nomination deadline. In 2020, the award was named in honor of Kirkland Leroy Irvis '38, the University's third African-American male graduate. A civil rights activist at a young age, he earned a law degree and was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Bertha Brimmer Medal
The Bertha Brimmer Medal celebrates excellence in teaching K-12. It was founded by the Class of 1934 and is named for a Class of 1900 graduate known for her devotion to teaching and service to the University.

Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service
The Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service Award began in 1971 to recognize volunteer leadership and outstanding service to the University at Albany and/or the Alumni Association. 

Maguire Excellence in Arts & Letters
The Excellence in Arts & Letters Award pays tribute to alumni for outstanding achievement in music, literatures and language, visual arts or performing arts. In 2025, the award was named in honor of Wicked author Gregory Maguire, a graduate of the Class of 1976.

Excellence in Business
The Excellence in Business Award pays tribute to alumni for extraordinary distinction in business for profit.

Excellence in Community Service
The Excellence in Community Service Award pays tribute to alumni for time volunteered that benefits a community or its non-profit institutions.

Cochrane Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
The Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion Award honors alumni who have demonstrated a deep commitment to causes of social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.

Excellence in Education
The Excellence in Education Award pays tribute to alumni for extraordinary distinction in the field of education including Pre-K through post-secondary classroom teaching, school services and administration/supervision.

Excellence in Entrepreneurship
The Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award pays tribute to alumni who have made extraordinary contributions to our University, region and economy by demonstrating the spirit, leadership and drive of the entrepreneur.

Milk Excellence in Public Service
The Milk Excellence in Public Service Award recognizes alumni for outstanding contributions to local, state or national communities generally, but not exclusively, through opportunities in appointed or elected office or public service nonprofit organizations. In 2023, the award was named in honor of civil rights activist Harvey Milk, UAlbany Class of 1951.

Excellence in Science & Technology
The Excellence in Science & Technology Award pays tribute to alumni for extraordinary distinction in science and/or technology.

Nominations for the 2027 Excellence Awards will be accepted beginning in late Spring 2026, and will be due in late September 2026. Contact Holly Barker-Flynn, Director of Alumni Programs at (518) 442-3083 or email [email protected] for more information about nominating an individual for an Excellence Award.

Nominations may be made posthumously within two years of the nomination deadline.

To celebrate the rich history of the University at Albany, the University at Albany Alumni Association in 2019 began renaming its annual awards in recognition of outstanding alumni and friends of the University. Read on to learn more about the awards we have renamed in recent years.

We are currently considering names for the Excellence in Community Service Award, which pays tribute to alumni for time volunteered that benefits a community or its non-profit institutions. To make a nomination in honor of someone you think is deserving, please complete the nomination form by May 13, 2026.

Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award

Katherine “Kate” Stoneman, Class of 1866, paved the way for women on multiple fronts. Her graduation from the State Normal School began a career that spanned 40 years of teaching, brought firsts to the legal profession, and strengthened the fight for women’s suffrage. Shortly after graduation, Stoneman returned to her alma mater to teach. In 1882, after being named executrix for a large estate, she became interested in the law and worked as a clerk in the office of a local attorney. While continuing to teach, she studied law at night, on weekends and during the summer. In 1886, Stoneman passed her law exams on the first attempt, but was denied admission to the bar because of her gender. Undaunted, Stoneman used her lobbying skills to launch a successful campaign to amend the Code of Civil Procedure to permit the admission of qualified applicants without regard to sex or race. In May 1886, with the new legislation in hand, she reapplied for admission to the bar. It was accepted, and she became New York’s first female lawyer. Stoneman completed her formal legal education 10 years later when she was the first woman to be admitted to Albany Law School, earning her J.D. in 1898. Stoneman was secretary of the Women’s Suffrage Society of Albany and served as a poll watcher in the 1918 election, the first in which women could vote. In recognition of her influence on New York’s legal profession and women’s rights, Governor Cuomo declared May 22, 1986, Katherine Stoneman Day in honor of the one hundredth anniversary of her admission to the bar.The Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award and the Collins Citizen of the University Award was unveiled at the 50th Anniversary of the Excellence Awards in 2019. The Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni Award was introduced during the 2021 Virtual Excellence Awards Gala honoring 2020 awardees. The Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service Award was introduced at the 2022 awards gala. In 2023, we named the Milk Excellence in Public Service Award in honor of Harvey Milk ’51. In 2024, the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award was renamed in honor of Warren Cochrane, a civil leader and graduate of the Class of 1930. The first Maguire Excellence in Arts & Letters Award will be bestowed at the 2026 awards gala.

Collins Citizen of the University Award

Dr. Evan Collins transformed a small teachers college into a major university as the founding president of the State University of New York at Albany. He was guided by his belief that the University was a positive agent of change, a “rich resource” for understanding and solving social problems. When Dr. Collins took over as president of the New York State College for Teachers in 1949, it had 1,500 students at its old complex in downtown Albany. He was 37 at the time, one of the nation’s youngest college presidents. Twenty years later when he left, the institution had blossomed into a full-scale university with 10,000 students, post-graduate degree programs, research programs and a 525-acre suburban campus with 23-story dormitories. Under his leadership, the university’s curriculum broadened beyond the education of teachers to encompass a college of arts and sciences and schools of business, criminal justice, library science, nursing, social welfare and public affairs. The university also opened an atmospheric science research center. His proposal for a doctorate in education, which was well advanced by the late 1950s, convinced Governor Rockefeller and the authorities at SUNY Central that the New York State College for Teachers should be one of the four University Centers in the State University of New York System. Considered a progressive and a mediator, Dr. Collins ran an open forum every Monday afternoon to take questions and criticisms from students. He reformed the school’s Senate to add student representation, and he encouraged cooperation between the students, faculty and administration.

Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni Award

K. Leroy Irvis ’38 is believed to be the University's 3rd African-American male graduate. Irvis entered the New York State College for Teachers (NYSCT) in 1935 after spending a year as a student at the Albany Collegiate Center, a Depression-era two-year college run by the NYSCT. He was too young to be admitted to the NYSCT when he graduated from Albany High, and even too young in 1935, but he had demonstrated exceptional ability while a student at the Albany Collegiate Center and was admitted at the age of 15 (the minimum age for admission was 16) and graduated in 1938 at the age of 18 with a bachelor of arts degree, summa cum laude. Irvis earned his M.A. from the NYSCT in 1939, and moved to Baltimore, where he taught, and subsequently to Pennsylvania. Irvis was active in the NAACP, in boycotts of stores that wouldn't admit African-Americans. He subsequently earned his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and was elected to the Pennsylvania House. He became the first African-American Speaker of the Pennsylvania House and was recognized as a distinguished leader of the Pennsylvania House. He passed away in 2006. He received an honorary degree from Albany in 1986 in recognition of his achievements.

Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service Award

Eunice Whittlesey ’44 provided outstanding leadership and service throughout the University at Albany community for more than 40 years. Eunice’s contributions to her alma mater included serving on the Alumni Association Board of Directors for five years, two years as president. One of her most ambitious projects during this time was as a member of the Building Committee, which oversaw the construction and fundraising for the University at Albany Alumni House. Eunice served as national chair of the Annual Fund, as a member of the SUNY Development Council and as a board member of the University Foundation. She also was a long-time member of the Benevolent Association, which supports students through scholarships. In the 1960s, she was asked to serve on a university-wide committee to recognize the University’s 125th anniversary. Eunice served on the Presidential Search Committee at the University in 1977. Eunice is one of only two UAlbany alumni to receive all three of the University’s highest forms of alumni recognition – the Distinguished Alumni Award, Excellence in Alumni Service Award and Lifetime Achievement Award.

As a long-time class councilor and dedicated University advocate, Eunice remained devoted to UAlbany throughout her lifetime. In 2000, at the age of 78, Eunice spearheaded a campaign to identify and recognize our university veterans. The program resulted in the creation of the University at Albany Veterans Wall of Honor. In 2002, Eunice committed to another key volunteer role – the planning committee for a reunion of our NYS State Teachers College alumni. Eunice was a true partner in Advancement – supporting the University’s efforts in a variety of areas including alumni relations, development, communications and public relations. Her unwavering support of the University’s mission coupled with her willingness to commit her personal time and resources truly distinguished her as the quintessential volunteer.

Milk Excellence in Public Service Award

Harvey Milk ’51 was a visionary civil and human rights leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States. Milk was born and raised in New York. He graduated from the New York State College for Teachers, the predecessor of the University at Albany, in 1951 with a degree in mathematics. After graduation, Milk joined the United States Navy during the Korean War and later served as a diving instructor. In 1955, he was forced to accept an "other than honorable" discharge from the Navy rather than face a court-martial because of his homosexuality.

In 1972, after working in New York City for many years, Milk moved to San Francisco where he found his voice as a leader and activist. After two unsuccessful runs for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, he finally won a seat on the Board in 1978, becoming the city's first openly gay officer as well as one of the first openly gay individuals to be elected to office in the United States. While his campaign incorporated gay rights into his platform, Milk also wanted to tackle a wide variety of issues, from childcare to housing to a civilian police review board.

Milk served almost 11 months in office, during which he sponsored a bill banning discrimination in public accommodations, housing, and employment on the basis of sexual orientation. On November 27, 1978, Milk and San Francisco mayor George Moscone were assassinated by a disgruntled former city supervisor.

Despite his short career in politics, Milk became an icon in San Francisco and throughout the gay community. Anne Kronenberg, his final campaign manager, wrote of him: "What set Harvey apart from you or me was that he was a visionary. He imagined a righteous world inside his head and then he set about to create it for real, for all of us.” Milk was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

Cochrane Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award

Warren R. Cochrane of Saratoga Springs, N.Y., rode the train to the New York State college for Teachers, becoming the institution's second Black male graduate in 1930. An English major, he was active in his class and served as chairman of the Finance Committee. Cochrane had a distinguished career with the YMCA and as a civic leader. While serving at the Butler Street, Atlanta, Ga., YMCA, he organized Atlanta's first Negro Voters' League. He was appointed to a national civil rights commission by President Jimmy Carter. Cochrane received the University's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1978. The award citation noted that Cochrane "has devoted his life to overcoming prejudices by his endeavors in creating and maximizing economic, social and political opportunities for Black Americans and minorities everywhere."

Maguire Excellence in Arts and Letters Award

Gregory Maguire is an acclaimed Albany-born author, revisionist fairy tale writer and University at Albany Class of ’76 graduate who is best known for his international bestselling novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995). Adapted as a Broadway musical in 2003, "Wicked" has taken Broadway—and now, Hollywood—by storm. The fourth-longest running Broadway show in history (as of November 2024), "Wicked" has traveled all over the world, where it's been performed in over 100 cities and translated into six different languages. The show has been the recipient of more than 100 accolades worldwide including three Tony Awards for Best Costume Design, Best Performance by an Actress and Best Scenic Design, and a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. "Wicked" was adapted into a two-part feature film in 2024 and has broken numerous box office records.

From 1979 to 1985, Maguire was co-director of the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature. He is cofounder and former codirector of Children's Literature New England, Inc., a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. Maguire also is the author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999), Son of a Witch (2005), A Lion Among Men (2008), and Out of Oz (2011), as well as a trio of spinoff books: The Brides of Maracoor (2022), The Oracle of Maracoor (2023), and The Witch of Maracoor (2024). He most recently published Elphie: A Wicked Childhood.

A generous supporter of the University Libraries, NYS Writers Institute and other literacy-related programs, Maguire regularly returns to campus to participate in major events like the Albany Film Festival and Albany Book Festival. In 2012, he donated his personal and professional papers, manuscripts, documents, diaries, and memorabilia to the University. The collection spans more than 50 years and is stored in the University at Albany Libraries' M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives to serve as a resource for scholarly research on his literary career, and on the subjects of his many works.

Stoneman Distinguished Alumni – Ye Wu, PhD ’00 

Collins Citizen of the University – Brian Straughter

Bertha Brimmer Medal – Jennifer Steil, MS ’99 

Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service – The Legends: Evan Zahn ’82, Arnold Fischler ’82, Glen Titan ’82, Theodore Anderson, III ’82, Walter Tice ’81, and Seth Sahr ’82 

Maguire Excellence in Arts & Letters – Liza Colón-Zayas ’89

Excellence in Business – Ericka Leslie ’92

Cochrane Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion – Catherine Ma ’92

Excellence in Education – Taya L. Owens, PhD ’15; Robert Lowry, MPA ’82

Milk Excellence in Public Service – Evangelos Savva ’93, MA ’95; Mary McCarthy, MS ’82

Excellence in Science & Technology – Stephan Grunow, MS ’97, PhD ’03

2025

Frances Spreer Albert, CPA, BS ’88 – Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award
Michael Kaye, BA ’14 – Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Kimberly Sanger Jones, BA ’87 – Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service
Amy Knapp, BS ’87 – Excellence in Business
Diane Heilbrunn Reiner, BA ’68 – Excellence in Community Service
Hon. Seth M. Marnin, BA ’92, MA ’94 – Cochrane Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Gladys I. Cruz, MA ’97, PhD ’00 – Excellence in Education
Tomás D. Morales, MS ’78, EdD ’98, PhD ’98 – Excellence in Education
Scott Boilen, BS ’88 – Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Thomas M. Roach, BA ’83 – Milk Excellence in Public Service
Susmita Dasgupta, MS ’90, PhD ’92 – Excellence in Science and Technology
Kewsi Burgess, PhD ’23 – Bertha Brimmer Medal

2024

Lyle Thompson, BA ’15 – Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award
Nicholas Fio, BA ’14 – Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Sheldon Orlando Gomes, BA ’05 – Bertha Brimmer Medal
Judy Madnick, BS ’65, MS ’66 – Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service Award
David Shapiro, BA ’85 – Excellence in Arts and Letters
Lucas Detor, BS ’94 – Excellence in Business
Ivan Bart, BA ’85 – Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Shalain Garcia, BA ’07, MA ’09 – Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion
Joseph P. Dragone, MS ’99, CAS ’00, PhD ’07 – Excellence in Education
Marc Wigder, BA ’94 – Excellence in Entrepreneurship
John D. Porcari, MPA ’85 – Milk Excellence in Public Service2023

2023

Leigh L. Wen, MFA '94 – Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award
Rabi Musah – Collins Citizen of the University
Nicholas Creegan, BA ’13 – Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Alicia M. Wein, MS ’03 – Bertha Brimmer Medal
Alex J. Fredericks, BS ’95 – Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service Award
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, BA ’13 – Excellence in Arts and Letters
Elda A. Di Re, BS ’83 – Excellence in Business
Dana Basnight-Brown, MA ’04, PhD ’10 – Excellence in Education
Arthur Schwabe, BA ’85 – Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Audrey LaFrenier, MSW '85 – Excellence in Public Service
Nancy Grasso Barry Esq., BA ’85 – Excellence in Public Service
Perry Samson, BS '72, MS '74 – Excellence in Science & Technology 2022

2022

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, MPA ’88, PhD – Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award
Andrew Berglund, PhD – Collins Citizen of the University
Colin P. Gerner, BS ’14, MS ’15 – Irvis Outstanding Young Alumni
Jillian K. Pasco, BA ’10, BA ’12 – Whittlesey Excellence in Alumni Service Award
D. Colin, MA ’12 – Excellence in Arts & Letters Award
Michael F. Poppo, BS ’86, CIMA® – Excellence in Business
Rosemarie V. Rosen, BA ’68, MS ’73 – Excellence in Community Service
Rosa A. Clemente, BA ’95, PhD – Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
Jonathan P. Doh, MA ’86, PhD – Excellence in Education
William B. Hedberg, PhD ’90 – Excellence in Education
Jamal Rasoully, BS ’11 – Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Mark Quandt, MSW ’83 – Excellence in Public Service
Alice Chiappinelli O'Neill, MS ’88 – Bertha Brimmer Medal

2021

Two leadership awards were introduced in 2021 to highlight the work being done in the areas of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging, as well as response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to these two award recipients, the 2020 award recipients were formally honored during the 2021 Virtual Excellence Awards Gala.

Marisa A. Sotomayor, Esq., B.A. ’03, M.P.A. ’04 — Outstanding Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion
Dr. Elizabeth Whalen, M.D., M.P.H. ’12 — Outstanding Leadership During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2020

Edelgard Wulfert, Ph.D. – Collins Citizen of the University
Daniel M. Hart, B.S. ’83 – Stoneman Distinguished Alumni Award
Eddie Delaney, B.A. ’11 – Outstanding Young Alumni Award
Donald Boyce III, B.S. ’06, M.P.A. ’08 – Excellence in Alumni Service
Debbie Millman, B.A. ’83 – Excellence in Arts & Letters
Robert Stone, B.S. ’90 – Excellence in Arts & Letters
Bruce Geller, B.S. ’91 – Excellence in Business
Kevin Kruger, B.A. ’78 – Excellence in Education
Peter Afflerbach, B.A. ’78, M.S. ’79, Ph.D. ’85 – Excellence in Education
Damian Bazadona, B.S. ’98 – Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Eugene Holzer, B.S. ’95 – Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Gary H. Striar, M.P.A. ’79 – Excellence in Public Service
Llinét Beltré Rosado, B.S. ’93 – Excellence in Public Service
Achla Marathe, M.A. ’90, Ph.D. ’94 – Excellence in Science & Technology

2019

Monte Lipman, B.A. '86 and Avery Lipman, B.A. '88 — Distinguished Alumni
University at Albany Employees — Citizen of the University
Nora Lum, B.A.'11— Outstanding Young Alum
Binahayati Rusyidi, M.S.W.'06, Ph.D.'11 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement
Doug Ketterer, B.S. '87 and James Neiland, B.A.'87 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Sharon R. Kantor, Ph.D., Esq., B.S.'73 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Marc T. Macaulay, B.S. '91 — Excellence in Business
Chris Thomas, B.A. '86 — Excellence in Community Service
Cheryl L. Dozier, Ph.D.'01 — Excellence in Education
Jahn Levin, B.S.'89 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Richard Reyes-Gavilan, B.A.'91 — Excellence in Public Service
Theresa E. Taylor, M.S.W., M.A.'12 — Excellence in Public Service
 

2018

Nancy Smyth, B.A. ’81, M.S.W. ’86, Ph.D. ’91 — Distinguished Alumni 
Michael Hoffman— Citizen of the University 
Jessica Nicklin, B.A.'04, Ph.D.'09 — Outstanding Young Alumni 
Teak Ho Kim, M.B.A. '86 — International Award for Exceptional Achievement
Richard Bleser, B.S. '04 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
Carole Harnoff, B.A. '74 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
William Newman, B.S. '81 — Excellence in Business 
James Acker, M.A. '81, Ph.D. '87 — Excellence in Education
Christopher E. Fernando, B.A.'92, M.S.'97, Ph.D.'05 — Excellence in Education 
Rob Bernshteyn, B.S. '95 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship 
William Mack, B.A. '00 — Excellence in Public Service 
Kimberly Anderson, M.S.'84, M.S.'00, Ph.D.'09 — Bertha Brimmer Medal 
 

2017

Dr. Lawrence A. Gordon, B.S. ’66, M.B.A. ’67 — Distinguished Alumni 
William Kennedy — Citizen of the University 
Honorable Dorcey Applyrs, M.P.H. '05, DrPH '14 — Outstanding Young Alumni 
Bushra Rahim, Ph.D. '15 — International Award for Exceptional Achievement 
William J. McCann, Jr., B.A. '86, M.S. '87 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
Marc Guggenheim, B.A. '92 — Excellence in Arts & Letters 
David A. Buzen, B.S. '81 — Excellence in Business 
Melanie Gray, B.A. '78 — Excellence in Community Service 
Denis Murphy, B.A. '84, M.S. '86 and Lynda Murphy, B.S. '83, M.S. '85 — Excellence in Community Service 
Maritza Martinez, M.S.W. '83 — Excellence in Education 
Congressman Lee Zeldin, B.A. '01 — Excellence in Public Service
V. "Ram" Ramaswamy, Ph.D. '82 — Excellence in Science & Technology 
Rosemary Leva Evaul, M.A. '68 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal 
 

2016

Theresa A. Pardo, B.A. ’82, M.S. ’90, Ph.D. ’98 — Distinguished Alumni
Lance Bosart — Citizen of the University
Molly Guptill Manning, B.A. '01, M.A. '02 — Outstanding Young Alumni
John Stevens, M.B.A. '95 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Timothy Murphy, M.P.A. '77 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Ancell Scheker-Mendoza, Ph.D. '11 — International Award for Exceptional Achievement
Tom Junod, B.A. '80 — Excellence in Arts & Letters
Michael Nash, B.S. '83 — Excellence in Business
Valerie Jensen, B.A. '96 — Excellence in Community Service
Robert Mauro, Ph.D. '09 — Excellence in Education
Teresa Thayer Snyder, Ph.D. '00 — Excellence in Education
Fredrick Erlich, B.A. '69, M.S.W. '72, M.B.A. '94 — Excellence in Public Service
Melinda Peng, M.S. '78, M.S. '80, Ph.D. '82 — Excellence in Science and Technology
 

2015

Lt. Gen. Michael J. Basla, B.S. '75 — Distinguished Alumni
Michael J. Malbin — Citizen of the University
Brian S. Cechnicki, B.A. '03, M.P.A. '04 — Outstanding Young Alumni
Bruce Davis, B.S. '73, M.A. '75 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Matthew P. Reiner, M.B.A. '93 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Grace Barkus Vogel, B.S. '77 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Robert J. Bellafiore, B.A. '82 — Excellence in Arts and Letters
Dean C. Backer, B.S. '88 — Excellence in Business
Carol Whittaker, B.A. '71, M.A. '73, M.P.A. '81, M.A. '05 — Excellence in Community Service
Anne McGill-Franzen, Ph.D. '88 — Excellence in Education
Harris Oberlander, B.S. '80 — Excellence in Public Service
Albert J. Bunshaft, B.S. '80 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Stuart J. Palczak, B.A. '87, M.S. '88 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

2014

Gerd J. Schwartz, M.A. ’87, Ph.D. ’89 — Distinguished Alumni
Roberto J. Vives — Citizen of the University
Bethany Lesser, B.A. ’04, M.P.A. ’05 — Outstanding Young Alumni 
Yong-Ho Baek, Ph.D. ’85 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement 
Dr. Jotham Musinguzi, M.D., M.P.H. '91 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement 
Lewis S. Wiener, B.A. ’84, J.D. ’87— Excellence in Alumni Service 
Joseph Zanchelli, B.A. ’49, M.A. ’50 and Joyce Zanchelli, B.A. ’52 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
Maryanne R. Lavan, B.S. '81 — Excellence in Business Award
Florence E. Jackson-Frazier, M.S.W. '72 — Excellence in Community Service 
Ellen McCarville Sullivan, M.S. '79 — Excellence in Education 
William P. Kelly, M.P.H. ’95 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Lois J. Uttley, B.A. '74, M.P.P. '02 — Excellence in Public Service
Catherine Cerulli, M.A. '98, Ph.D. '04 — Excellence in Public Service
Andrew Deitsch, B.S. '89, M.B.A. '99 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Pegeen H. Jensen, M.S. '89, CGS/Teacher Leadership '12 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

2013

Thomas Thundat, Ph.D.'87 — Distinguished Alumni
Kamiar and Arash Alaei— Citizen of the University
Christina Hansen, M.P.H. ’09— Outstanding Young Alumni
Wendy Hale, B.S. '05 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Roberta Vogt, B.S. '86, M.S. '88 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Ann Mataraso, M.F.A.'02 — Excellence in Arts and Letters
Joan Rosenbaum Solotar, B.S. '86 — Excellence in Business
Bill Wise, B.S. ’94 — Excellence in Business
Robert Lazar, M.S. ’77 — Excellence in Community Service
Peter Shea, M.S. ’93, Ph.D. ’98 — Excellence in Education 
Karen Erickson, M.S. ’88— Excellence in Education Award
Louis DeSorbo, B.S. '76, M.S.'80 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Gregg Rothermel, M.S. ’86 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Simeen Tabatabai — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

2012

Gary Jacobson, B.A. ’82 — Distinguished Alumni
Charlotte Buchanan, Esq. — Citizen of the University
James Malatras, B.A. ’99, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ’08 — Outstanding Young Alumni
Ayodele J. Coker, M.S. '74, Ph.D. ’78 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement
Keiko Miwa, Ph.D. ’00 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement
Nolan Altman, B.S. ’77 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
Thomas M. Metzold, M.B.A. ’87 — Excellence in Business 
Michael W. Weilheimer, B.S. ’83 — Excellence in Business 
Carolyn H. Grosvenor, M.P.H. ’06 — Excellence in Community Service 
Joseph S. Brosnan, M.S. ’69, E.d.D. ’81 — Excellence in Education 
Donna M. Scanlon, B.S. ’76, Ph.D. ’87 — Excellence in Education 
Hamdi Ulukaya — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Theresa Tobin, M.A. ’88, Ph.D. ’11 — Excellence in Public Service
Sreejit Chakravarty, Ph.D. ’86 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Heather O’Leary, M.S. ’99 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

2011

Richard Lehrer, M.S. ’76, C.A.S. ’82, Ph.D. ’83 — Distinguished Alumni 
John Delano — Citizen of the University
Laiwu Zhang, M.A. ’93, Ph.D. ’95 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement
Michael Borys, B.S. '78, M.B.A. '79 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
David Pietrusza, B.A. ’71, M.A. ’72 — Excellence in Arts and Letters 
Stacy Bash-Polley, B.S. ’89 — Excellence in Business 
Robert Paeglow, B.S. ’76 — Excellence in Community Service
Charles S. Dedrick, M.S. ’91 — Excellence in Education 
Alan Mantel, B.S. ’85 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Honorable Nancy Groenwegen, B.A. ’79 —Excellence in Public Service
Jonathan Newman, B.A. ’85, Ph.D. ’90 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Deborah Mayne Brandau, Ph.D. ’94 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

2010

Michael J. Castellana, B.S. '84, M.B.A. '92 — Distinguished Alumni 
Marie and Larry Shore — Citizen of the University
Annette Romano, M.S. '90 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
DeForest R. Hinman, B.S. '05 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
Tania Modleski, B.A. '70, M.A. '71 — Excellence in Arts and Letters 
Steven M. Zelin, B.S. '84 — Excellence in Business 
Bill Barnette, M.S.W. '81 — Excellence in Community Service
Ann Marie Murray, M.A. '75, M.S. '98, Ph.D. '02 — Excellence in Education
Benjamin R. Bloomstone, B.S. '79 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Deborah VanAmerongen, M.P.A. '92 — Excellence in Public Service
Hany Farid, M.S. '92 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Karen C. Kelly, M.S. '08 — Outstanding Young Alumni
Bhupendra N. Dev., Ph.D. '85 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement

2009

Anne Case, B.S. ’80 — Distinguished Alumni 
G. Thomas Selfridge — Citizen of the University
George T.J. Chen, M.S. ’71, Ph.D. ’74 — International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement
Stacy J. Kanter, B.S.,’79 — Excellence in Alumni Service 
Frank Whaley, B.A. ’87 — Excellence in Arts and Letters 
Michael Carmen, B.S. ’84 — Excellence in Business 
Robert E. Kittredge, B.A. ’49 — Excellence in Community Service 
Laurence Austin, B.A. ’81 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Piyush Agrawal, M.S.,’72, Ed.S.,’77, Ed.D.,’79 — Excellence in Education 
Dr. Joseph Emmanuel Bowman, Jr., B.A ’72, M.L.S. ’74, M.A. ’75 — Excellence in Education 
Vincent J. Abramo, B.A. ’67 — Excellence in Public Service
Paul D. Amer, B.S. ’74 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Helen C. Stuetzel, M.S. ’79, C.A.S. ’82, Ph.D. ’91 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

2008

Theresa McGovern ’83 — Distinguished Alumni
Walter Robb — Citizen of the University
Richelle Konian '95 — Outstanding Young Alumni
Susan Shipherd '64 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Kimberly Welsh '89 — Excellence in Business
Kimberleigh Phelan '89 — Excellence in Community Service
Thomas Brooks '71 — Excellence in Education 
Donald Cohen '51, '52 — Excellence in Education 
Carol Meyer '06 — Excellence in Education 
Michael Weiss '88 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Congressman Michael Arcuri '81  — Excellence in Public Service
Kathryn Zox '83 — Excellence in Public Service
Brian Levine '94 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Thomas Shiland '87, '93 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

2007

Sharon S. Dawes B.A. ’72, Ph.D. ’91 — Distinguished Alumni
Bob Ford — Citizen of the University
Joshua A. Shaw, B.S.'97 — Outstanding Young Alumni
John F. Malitzis, 89 and Gerard S. Citera '77 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Randy Cohen '71 — Excellence in Arts & Letters 
Carl A. Florio '71 — Excellence in Business
Stephen North D.A. '79 — Excellence in Education 
Nicolas Ladany Ph.D. '92 — Excellence in Education 
Custer R. Quick '55, '56, '72 and Doris M. Quick '55, '64, '83 — Excellence in Education
Emad A. Zikry '72 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Nam Soon Huh Ph.D., '97  — Excellence in Public Service
Sharon E. Carpinello R.N., Ph.D '89  — Excellence in Public Service
Bert Jablon '52, '55  — Excellence in Public Service
Sandeep Kumar Shukla '95,'97 — Excellence in Science & Technology
Valarie Ann Scott M.S. '97 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

2006

Tino Hernandez ’88 — Distinguished Alumni
Carl H. Rosner, Ph.D. — Citizen of the University
Michael Corso '83, '84 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Patricia A. Caldwell '75 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Carolee Carmello '83 — Excellence in Arts & Letters 
Gregory Maguire '76 — Excellence in Arts & Letters 
Robert Matza '77 — Excellence in Business
Arnold Rothstein '60, '62 — Excellence in Community Service
Judith K. Rothstein '64, '75 — Excellence in Community Service
Ruth J. Kellogg, Ph.D., '72, '73 — Excellence in Education 
Mary Ellen Jukoski, Ed.D. '74 — Excellence in Education 
James R. Butterworth, Ph.D.'73, '77,'79,'86 — Excellence in Education 
Harvey Patashnick '67,'69 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Mayor Gerald D. Jennings '76  — Excellence in Public Service
William Barnett '81  — Excellence in Public Service
Louis A. Schiavone Jr., '75,'77 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

2005

Jack M. Richman ’72, ’74 — Distinguished Alumni
Robert W. Schwartz — Citizen of the University
Rebecca L. Rogers '95,'96,'98,'00 — Outstanding Young Alumni
Paul Grondahl '84 — Excellence in Arts & Letters 
John H. Laub '76, '80 — Excellence in Arts & Letters 
Libby Post '82, '84 — Excellence in Community Service
Dr. Abraham Sherer '47 — Excellence in Community Service
Alan P. Fiero '74,'77,'81,'93 — Excellence in Education 
L. Oliver Robinson '94,'96 — Excellence in Education 
Norman E. Snyder Jr., '83 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Daniel W. Fitzpatrick '71,'77 — Excellence in Public Service
Alice P. Green '67, '73, '79, '83 — Excellence in Public Service
James F. O'Sullivan  — Excellence in Public Service
Philip W. Shepherd '60,'61 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

2004

Frances Allen ’54 — Distinguished Alumni
James Fyfe ’72, ’78 — Distinguished Alumni
Denise Knight ’83, ’85, ‘86 — Distinguished Alumni
Madhav Marathe ’94 — Distinguished Alumni
Seung Park ’74 — Distinguished Alumni
Thomas E. D'Ambra — Citizen of the University
Helen Brucker Martin '44 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Joan Rosenthal '76 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Patricia Salkin '85 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Leila Moore '75 — Excellence in Education 
Harris Pastides '74 — Excellence in Education 
Paul Zachos '74,'91 — Excellence in Education 
Robert Lazar '77 — Excellence in Entrepreneurship
Noreen Benton '91 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

2003

Albert J. Kaehn Jr. ’51, ’52 — Distinguished Alumni
Paul T. Stec ’81 — Distinguished Alumni
Morris Massry — Citizen of the University
Donald E. Putterman '52, '53 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Mary Joan Koonz Egan '40,'61,'72 — Excellence in Education 
Paul F. HOoker '60,'61 — Excellence in Education 
Walter J. Schick '48,'49 (poshumously) — Excellence in Education
Timothy E. Bermingham '70, '75 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

2002

Neil Jurinski ’60 — Distinguished Alumni
Richard Londraville ’58,’61,’70 — Distinguished Alumni
John McAuliff ‘41 — Distinguished Alumni
Vincent O'Leary — Citizen of the University
Howard Woodruff '63, '81 — Excellence in Alumni Service

2001

Maria Dolores Cimin ’86 — Distinguished Alumni
Max Fallek ’51 — Distinguished Alumni
John Lynch ’70 — Distinguished Alumni
Norman McConney ’71 — Distinguished Alumni
Patrick Romain ’86, ’87 — Distinguished Alumni
Edward Winders ’70 — Distinguished Alumni
Daniel Hogarty — Citizen of the University
Gary Duncan '84 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Jacquelyn Mann Gavryck '51, '54, '67 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Victor Looper '70 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Jill Nelson '71 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Richard Nelson '71 — Excellence in Alumni Service
M. Lee Upcraft '61 — Excellence in Education
Alan Zaremba '71 — Excellence in Education
Anthony D'Onofrio '61 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

2000

Amy Jaffe Barzach ’82 — Distinguished Alumni
Liz Bishop ’84 — Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Gloria DeSole ’59, ’69 — Distinguished Alumni
Marinus N. Henny ’73 — Distinguished Alumni
Edith Minch Noeltner ’50 — Distinguished Alumni
Dr. James T. Fleming — Citizen of the University
Gary R. Allen '70 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Frederick Brewington, Esq. '79 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Dr. Marian "Bunny" Silverstein Calabrese '60 — Excellence in Education 
Dr. Charles Fowler '60,'61 — Excellence in Education 
Donald E. Putterman '52,'53 — Excellence in Education 
Donyee Thayer McCluskey '66, '70 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

1999

Bonnie Totten Adkins ’49 — Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Benjamin Button ’54 — Distinguished Alumni
Susanne Murphy Dumbleton ’64, ’66, ’73 — Distinguished Alumni
Jeffrey Mishkin ’69, Esq. — Distinguished Alumni
The Honorable Richard Wesley ’71 — Distinguished Alumni
Brian Wing ’73 — Distinguished Alumni
Alain Kaloyeros — Citizen of the University
Theodore Anderson, Esq., '82 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Jeffrey Black '76 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Barry Z. Davis '74, '97 — Excellence in Alumni Service
George M. Philip '69, '73 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Donald Dickinson '49 — Excellence in Teaching 
Gordon Muck '64,'66 — Excellence in Teaching
Michelle Bloom '67, '82 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
Harold Thornhill '63, '64, '87 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1998

Barbara Jean Schoonmaker Chase ’48 — Distinguished Alumni
Marijo Dougherty ’76 — Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Douglas J. Kilgus ’73 — Distinguished Alumni
Haskell Rosenberg ’40 — Distinguished Alumni
Helen Desfosses — Citizen of the University
Vivian Hillier Thorne '48 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Rebecca Slack Donaghy '83 — Excellence in Teaching
Rev. Anthony Maione '79 — Excellence in Teaching 
Kiisa Nishikawa '80 — Excellence in Teaching
 

1997

Kerby T. Alvy ’70 — Distinguished Alumni
John A. Centra ’54 — Distinguished Alumni
Daniel W. Joy ’52 — Distinguished Alumni
Thomas E. Lickona ’71 — Distinguished Alumni
Susan Molinari ’80, ’81 — Distinguished Alumni
Evan M. Zahn ’82 — Distinguished Alumni
George R. Hearst III — Citizen of the University
Joan Roeder Barron '52, '70 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Richard D. Kelly '56 — Excellence in Teaching 
Phyllis Romano Mason '68,'69 — Excellence in Teaching 
Ethel Rooney Hall, 1920 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1996

Thomas A. Constantine ‘71 — Distinguished Alumni
Martha J. Downey ‘51, ‘56 — Distinguished Alumni
Robert T. Ryan ‘67, ‘71 — Distinguished Alumni
Robert J. Sampson ’79, ’83 — Distinguished Alumni
Eugene J. Webb ‘54  *posthumously — Distinguished Alumni
Edward P. Swyer — Citizen of the University
Kenneth T. Doran '39 — Excellence in Alumni Service
M. I. Berger '50, '52 — Excellence in Teaching 
Donald P. Ely '51 — Excellence in Teaching 
Linda Nero Shartzer '66,'67 — Excellence in Teaching
Linda Waters Zusman '71 — Excellence in Teaching 
Richard B. Kelly '63,'64 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1995

Anthony J. Casale '69 — Distinguished Alumni
Richard Feathers '50 — Distinguished Alumni
Jeffery Goldfarb '71, '72 — Distinguished Alumni
Emil Polak '57 — Distinguished Alumni
Gertrude Schermerhorn '19 — Distinguished Alumni
John E. Holt-Harris, Jr. — Citizen of the University
James R. Butterworth '73, '77, '79, '86 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Patricia Jewell McAlexander '64 — Excellence in Teaching
Richard J. Beaton '72 — Excellence in Teaching  
 

1994

Frederick K. Brewington '79 — Distinguished Alumni
Patrick R. DiCaprio '74 — Distinguished Alumni
Frank J. Filippone '41/'48 — Distinguished Alumni
Sol Greenberg '43 — Distinguished Alumni
June Lapides Rokoff '70 — Distinguished Alumni
Peter A. Spina '61 — Distinguished Alumni
Grace Maguire Swanner '23 — Distinguished Alumni
Theodore H. Fossieck — Citizen of the University
Annette Gardiner Delyser '49 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Donald R. Cohen '61,'62,'72 — Excellence in Teaching 
Susan Gersten Cohen '63 — Excellence in Teaching
Richard L. Leveroni '64,'74,'84 — Excellence in Teaching 
Jean Michelle Noble Nieman '69,'75 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1993

Mark Constantine '76 — Distinguished Alumni
Micheal A. Perretta '43 — Distinguished Alumni
Robert E. Woods '75 — Distinguished Alumni
Shirley E. Wurz '43 — Distinguished Alumni
Kendall A. Birr — Citizen of the University
Edward L. Osborn '31 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Douglas Garnar '67 — Excellence in Teaching 
William Joseph Gregg, Jr. '71,'75,'79 — Excellence in Teaching 
Jessica D. Scherer Rothman '72,'73 — Excellence in Teaching
Marie Liebl Miller '50 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1992

Marcia Walsh Colligan '52 — Distinguished Alumni
Lynn Teresa Truss '82 — Distinguished Alumni
Norman Arnold '40 — Distinguished Alumni
Gerald Richmond Firth '52 — Distinguished Alumni
Kenneth E. Buhrmaster — Citizen of the University
Roy F. McEnerney — Excellence in Alumni Service
Carol Ann Cromer Clemens '72 — Excellence in Teaching
Doris Wester Miga '48 — Excellence in Teaching
Sue A. Gaffney '62, '65 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1991

Robert Peterkin '66 — Distinguished Alumni
Christiann T. Lievestro '50 — Distinguished Alumni
J. Spencer Standish — Citizen of the University
Harold Hanson '63 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Louis J. Gilboord '70 — Excellence in Teaching
Irene Brezinsky McDonald '53 — Excellence in Teaching
Finkle Rosenberg '43 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

1990

Alice S. Bennett '38 — Distinguished Alumni
R. Findlay Cockrell — Citizen of the University
Albert J. Read '47 — Excellence in Teaching
Matthew J. Ostoyich '57 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

1989

Bernard D. Arbit '43 — Distinguished Alumni
John Hall Bowker '52 —Distinguished Alumni
Marilyn Anderson Pendergast '64 — Distinguished Alumni
Susan Carmichael Thomson '59 — Distinguished Alumni
Judith A. Mysliborski '69 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Jane Graham Annis '60 — Excellence in Teaching
Isabel J. Peard '32 — Excellence in Teaching 
Thomas Hastings Watthews '58 — Excellence in Teaching
Dennis J. Hannan '41 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal  
 

1988

Alan V. Iselin — Citizen of the University
Canon Kay C. Hotaling '67, '70 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Janet M. Burt '59 — Excellence in Teaching  
Robert P. Lanni '52 — Excellence in Teaching 
Ryk Peter Spoor '57 — Excellence in Teaching 
Charles W. Bitley '74,'76 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

1987

Catherine A. Bertini, '71 — Distinguished Alumni
Helen Van Aken Mears '22 — Distinguished Alumni
Ethel DuBois '27 (posthumously) — Distinguished Alumni
Patricia Benedetto Snyder,  '62 — Distinguished Alumni
Raymond Falconer — Citizen of the University
Anne F. Roberts '66 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Harold S. Story '49 — Excellence in Teaching  
Phyllis A. Yudikaitis '69 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1986

Gail Magaliff '67 — Distinguished Alumni
Frances V. Peck '31 — Distinguished Alumni
Gerald L. Saddlemire '41 — Distinguished Alumni
Judith I. Avner '72 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Bruce Marsh '56 — Excellence in Teaching  
Thomas L. Gorman '52 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1985

Hugh T. Farley '58  — Distinguished Alumni
Sister Ellen Lawlor '30  — Distinguished Alumni
Bruce F. Norton '59  — Distinguished Alumni
Carol A. Wiggins '58  — Distinguished Alumni
Vincent Schaefer — Citizen of the University
Doris Hische Brossy '60 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Michael A. Lampert '73 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Joseph F. Ketchum '59 — Excellence in Teaching  
Wanda Hare Goodrow '51 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1984

Philip Auerbach '34  — Distinguished Alumni
Jean Ineson Ebbert '49  — Distinguished Alumni
Dorothy Griffin '34  — Distinguished Alumni
Marion Rockefeller Mesick '39 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Elizabeth Pflegl Nickles '59 — Excellence in Teaching  
Mary Alice Buwalds Jewett '66 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1983

Margaret Thekla Cussler '31  — Distinguished Alumni
Louise Davidson Gunn '27  — Distinguished Alumni
Eunice Rice Messent '22  — Distinguished Alumni
Alvina Rich Lewis '33 (posthumously) — Excellence in Alumni Service
John Brayman Johnston '60 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1982

Ethel Rusk Dermady '23 (posthumously) — Distinguished Alumni
Anabelle McConnell Melville '31 — Distinguished Alumni
Joseph Persico '52 — Distinguished Alumni
William H. Strain '21 — Distinguished Alumni
Julia Fister Rector '32 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Arnold Dansky '52 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1981

Catherine Miller Allard '26 — Distinguished Alumni
Emanuel Green '30 (posthumously) — Distinguished Alumni
Bertram Jablon '52 — Distinguished Alumni
Clarence D. Rappleyea '57 — Distinguished Alumni
Catherine Newbold — Citizen of the University
Ruth Card Hannett '46, '47 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1980

Patricia Sheehan O'Neil '47 — Distinguished Alumni
Arnold Sanford Rice '50 — Distinguished Alumni
Sigmund A. Smith '56 — Distinguished Alumni
Eunice Baird Whittlesey '44 — Distinguished Alumni
Richard "Doc" Sauers — Citizen of the University
Alton Richard Bader '65 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

1979

Robert J. Morgado '65 — Distinguished Alumni
Sunna Cooper Rasch '45 — Distinguished Alumni
Mildred Graves Ryan '27 — Distinguished Alumni
Barbara Kerlin Walker '43 — Distinguished Alumni
Warren S. Walker '47 — Distinguished Alumni
Dr. Harry Price — Citizen of the University
Leonard Friedlander '39 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Eunice Baird Whittlesey '44 — Excellence in Alumni Service
William Richard Town '68 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1978

Warren R. Cochrane Cochrane '30 — Distinguished Alumni
Shirley Siegel Passow '46 — Distinguished Alumni
Blanche Robbins '27 — Distinguished Alumni
Henry M. Madej '67 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Verna Snyder Fancett '43 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1977

Robert Babcock '53 — Distinguished Alumni
Herman Kleine '41 — Distinguished Alumni
John E. Murphy '37 — Distinguished Alumni
Edward Waterbury 1849 — Distinguished Alumni
Rosaline Greenburg Barnett '26 — Distinguished Alumni
C. Luther Andrews — Citizen of the University
Ruth Hilkert Gaffga '35 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Susan Seabury Smith '35 — Excellence in Alumni Service
John Yager '59 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1976

Helen Quackenbush Lathers '26 — Distinguished Alumni
Louis J. Wolner '30 — Distinguished Alumni
Harry Lee — Citizen of the University
Robert M. Fairbanks '64 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Alice Hedges Moore '20 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Alice Raynor Squires '45 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1975

Sophia M. Cohen '24 — Distinguished Alumni
Beverly Diamond '30 — Distinguished Alumni
Paul G. Bulger '36 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Claire Deloira '56 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1974

Alexander Augusta Baker '33 — Distinguished Alumni
Donald P.  Ely '51 — Distinguished Alumni
Kathryn Merchant Fitzgerald '22 — Distinguished Alumni
Rose Handler Tischler '30 — Distinguished Alumni
J. Vanderbilt Straub — Citizen of the University
Kenneth C. Blaisdell '67 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Joy P. Longo '54 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Lester W. Rubin '37 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Clara Fahnestock Stott '24 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Augusta Katz Biskin '36 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1973

Martha Albright Egelston '26 — Distinguished Alumni
Elaine Drooz Friedman '45 — Distinguished Alumni
George P. Rice '32 — Distinguished Alumni
Clifton C. Thorne '49 — Distinguished Alumni
Julia Dolan '04— Excellence in Alumni Service
Lorena Shaffer Frevert '26— Excellence in Alumni Service
Madeline Schnabel '68— Excellence in Alumni Service
Gladys Teetsell Van Alen '21— Excellence in Alumni Service
Konrad Maier '54 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1972

William A. Fullagar '36 — Distinguished Alumni
Edna Shafer MacAffer '24 — Distinguished Alumni
Gordon T. Rand '39 — Distinguished Alumni
John M. Sayles, 1902 — Distinguished Alumni
Samuel Aronowitz — Citizen of the University
Mabel E. Baird '20— Excellence in Alumni Service
Janice Friedman Keller '40— Excellence in Alumni Service
Frances M. Smith '28— Excellence in Alumni Service
Rosalind Itzkow  — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1971

Thomas M. Barrington '37 — Distinguished Alumni
Ben M. Becker '42 — Distinguished Alumni
Milton G. Nelson '24 — Distinguished Alumni
Seymour H. Fersh '49 — Distinguished Alumni
Harriet E. Twoguns, 1865 — Distinguished Alumni
Vera Comstock '14 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Edward L. Long '17 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Genevieve Shorey Moore '34 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Agnes Nolan Underwood '20 — Excellence in Alumni Service
Abe Wasserman '38 — Bertha E. Brimmer Medal
 

1970

Carl F. Herman '62 – Bertha E. Brimmer Medal

In the inaugural year of the Alumni Association's Excellence Awards, all recipients were named Distinguished Alumni with the exception of one Bertha Brimmer Medal honoree.

Hamilton Acheson '31
Wilfred P. Allard '35
Theodore T. Anderson '60
Bernard L. Auerbach '29
Morris E. Auerbach '28
Herbert S. Bailey '36
Caroline A. Bassett '62
Sarah E. Beard '42
Ralph A. Beaver '24
Florence Friedman Berman '32
Owen Bombard '43
Olga Hampel Briggs, 1926
Bertha Eldred Brimmer, 1900
Marcia Brown '40
Burdette Buckingham, 1901
Paul G. Bulger '36
Elizabeth Huggins Bullard, 1887
Arvid Burke '28
Raymond T. Byrne '30
David L. Clark '51
Marian Moore Coleman, 1920
Raymond Collins '31
Daniel Corr '31
Doris Sweet Corwith, 1918
Frederick Crumb '30
Margaret Morey Cunningham, 1896
Mary E. Dardess, 1926
Anna Boochever De Beer, 1912
Roland De Marco '35
Vincent Julian Donehue '36
Kenneth Doran '39
Herbert Emanual Drooz '38
Norma Enea '43
George B. Erbstein '47
Merle Fifield '54
Mary Abigail Fillmore, 1849
Thomas E. Finegan, 1890
Elizabeth Strong Finley, 1928
Roderick Fraser '47
William Marshall French, 1929
Leonard Friedlander '39
Futterer, Agnes Futterer, 1916
Ruth Hilkert Gaffga '35
Patricia Golden '39
Harold V. Gould '47
George E. Groat '97
Gilbert E. Ganong, 1928
Francis E. Griffin, 1928
Donald L. Guertin '52
Kolin Hager, 1917
Katherine Spoore Harrington '37
Ethel Herbert, 1914
Clarence Hidley, 1915
Ira Hirsh '42
Helen E. Hobbie '36
D. Emma Wilber Hodge, 1917
Reinhard Hohaus, 1917
Melvin J. Horowitz '61 
Elaine Barber Hritz '31
Leroy Irvis '38
John W. Jennings '49
Helen Fay Juneman, 1919
Evelyn A. Katusak '54
Lloyd L. Kelly '40
John F. Kennedy '30
Harry C. Kensky '43
Dorothy A. King '33
Thomas J. Kinsella '30
Louis M. Klein, 1929
Naoshi Koriyama '54
Nathan E. Kullman, Jr. ‘37
John B. Laing '54
Gary E. Larson '58
Thomas La Verne '39
Alvina Rich Lewis '33
Edward L. Long, 1917
Mary Helen Mahar '35
George Mallinson '38
Elwood Meschter '38
Mildred O'Malley Meskill, 1918
Dorothy A. McGinniss '32
Elizabeth Miller '50
Helen G. Moore '24
Peter P. Muirhead '34
Gladys E. Newell '30
Milton G. Nelson '24
Francis J. O'Brien '32
Clarence Olsen '41
Edward L.Osborn '31
Mary E. Osborn, 1920
A. Harry Passow '42
Harvey Patashnick '67
Thurston T. Paul '34
Anna Pierce, 1884
Edgar S. Pitkin, Sr., 1900
Edward Eldred Potter, 1917
Issac B. Poucher, 1847
Louis Rabineau '47
Elizabeth M. Rasmussen '34
Julia Fister Rector '32
Jane Bancroft Robinson, 1872
Edward J. Sabol '37
Helmuth Schultze '51
Minnie Brink Scotland, 1913
Irene Semanek '40
M. Margaretta Shea '35
Cornelius L. Shear, 1888
Mary Sherwood, M.D., 1874
Marjorie C. Smith, 1923
Harriet Aronowitz Sommers, 1918
J. Ellis Stannard, 1901
Erwin R.Steinberg '41
Kate Stoneman,1866
Lawrence W. Strattner, Jr. '39
William Torpey '35
Donald M. Tower, 1919
Winfield W. Tyler '43
Charles Tyndeell, 1880
Edwin R. Van Kleeck, 1927
James Van Sickle, 1873
Richard Wagner '54
James A. Warden '51
Anthony J. Wilk '39
Mabel A. WInter '30
Calvin Zippin '47
John B. Laing, Jr. '54 – Bertha E. Brimmer Medal