Distinguished Alumni Awards

An alumnus is selected each year to receive the Graduate School of Education Distinguished Alumni Award. The honored alumnus receives the award at the annual commencement ceremony.

2022
7/13/22
Ana Luisa Muñoz-García, PhD, 2014
Assistant Professor, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
2021
7/13/22
Catherine Fisher Collins, PhD, 1990
Regent, New York State Board of Regents
2020
7/13/22
Gerard Rooney, PhD
President, St. John Fisher College
2019
9/25/19
Gunilla Holm, PhD '87
Professor, University of Helsinki
2018
9/25/19
Stephen J. Uebbing, EdD '87
Professor, University of Rochester
2017
9/25/19
Julie A. Gorlewski, PhD '08
Associate Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University
2016
9/25/19
Teresa Lawrence, PhD '09
Superintendent, Grand Island School District
2015
1/8/18
Keith M. Fiels, MLS '71
Executive Director, American Library Association
2014
12/5/19
John E. McKenna, EdD '08
Assistant Superintendent, Williamsville Central School District
2013
5/14/19
Walter S. Polka, EdD '77
Professor, Niagara University
2012
9/25/19
Douglas H. Clements, PhD '83
SUNY Distinguished Professor, University at Buffalo
2011
1/8/18
Eunice A. Lewin, EdM '89
Board Trustee, State University of New York
2011
1/8/18
Jack Quinn, EdM '78
President, Erie Community College
2010
1/8/18
Jean M. Alberti, PhD '70
Founder, Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention
2009
1/8/18
Roberta Stevens, MLS '74
Outreach Projects Officer, Library of Congress
2008
1/8/18
June Justice Crawford, EdM '77
Private Consultant, Literacy Education
2007
1/8/18
Arthur Cole, PhD '74
Senior Advisor, Public Service Institute
2007
1/8/18
Lenora Cole, PhD '74
Commissioner, Board of Elections and Ethics
2006
1/8/18
David S. Spence, PhD '75
President, Southern Regional Education Board
2005
1/8/18
J. Donald Schumacher, MS '77
President, National Hospice and Palliative Care

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