School/College Distinguished Alumnus Awards Archive

College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
2008 Bruce L. Berlage '56, Managing Partner, Beck & Berlage Real Estate
2007 J. Landon Reeve, IV ’63, founder and chairman, Chapel Valley Landscape Company
2006 David A. Miller ’66, M.S. ’72, retired assistant superintendent, Frederick County Public Schools
2005 Robert A. Facchina ’77, president, CEO and principal shareholder, Johanna Foods Inc.
2004 John Brooks ’70, deputy secretary of the Maryland Department of Agriculture
2003 James Moxley, Jr.’51, vice president of Horizon Foundation
2002 Edwin Fry ’69, president and general manager, Fair Hill Farm, Inc
2001 Paul S. Weller ’60, president, Agri/Washington

College of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
2008 Alex Klatskin M.Arch. '88, Partner, Forsgate Industrial Partners
2007 John P. Stainback ’72, ’73, president and CEO, Stainback Public/Private Real Estate
2005 Stephen A. Muse ’73, founding and senior principal, Muse Architects
2003 Stephen Parker ’72, is president and co-founder of Grimm & Parker Architects
2001 Mark C. McInturff ’72, architect

College of Arts and Humanities
2008 Yuriko Yamaguchi M.F.A. '79, Artist
2006 George P. Pelecanos ’80, writer, story editor and producer, HBO Films
2004 Gail Berman-Masters ’78
2003 Donald Miller Ph.D. ’72, author of City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America
2002 Maria Otero ’72, M.A. '74, president and CEO, ACCION International
2001 Brent F. Blackwelder Ph.D. ’75, president, Friends of the Earth

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
2008 Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr. (Ret.) '63, Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence
2007 Alfonsa N. Gilley ’75, retired major general, U.S. Army; founder and president, STRIDE
2005 Patricia M. Semple ’70, executive director, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
2004 Peter Shapiro ’94
2003 Paul Mandell ’95, associate with the law firm of Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C
2002 Joseph Tydings ’51
2001 Neil Moskowitz ’80, COO, Credit Suisse First Boston

Robert H. Smith School of Business
2008 Richard Schaeffer '74, Chairman, New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc.
2007 William A. Longbrake Ph.D. ’76, vice chairman, Washington Mutual, Inc.
2006 Robert L. Johnson ’80, senior vice president, Sprint Nextel Corporation
2005 John Brown, III ’73, owner, R.J. Bentley’s Filling Station
2004 David Goldfarb ’79, chief financial officer and a managing director of Lehman Brothers
2003 Rosendo Parra ’82, senior vice president for Dell Computers Inc. Americas
2002 David A. Covington ’73, partner, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
2001 Albert P. Carey ’74, senior vice president of sales, PepsiCo, Inc.
2000 B. Gary Dando ’64, partner Ernst & Young LLP

College of Chemical & Life Sciences
2008 Joseph V. Rodricks M.S. '63, Ph.D. '68, Principal, Environ Holdings, Inc.
2007 Willie E. May Ph.D. ’77, director of the chemical sciences and technology laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2006 Walter R. Dowdle Ph.D. ’61, senior consultant to World Health Organization
2005 Malcolm L. Gefter ’63, chairman/CEO, Praecis Pharmaceuticals Inc.
2004 Gina Kolata ’69, M.A. ’73
2003 Franklyn Jenifer Ph.D. ’70, president of the University of Texas at Dallas
2002 Brian Farrell ’85, Ph.D. ’91, professor of biology, Harvard University

College of Computer, Mathematical & Physical Sciences
2008 Jordan A. Goodman '73, M.S. '75, Ph.D. '78, Professor & Former Chair, Department of Physics, University of Maryland
2007 Phillip H. Horvitz ’75, chief technology officer, Apptis, Inc.
2006 Jagdeep Singh ’86, president & CEO, Infinera
2005 Miguel Rios, Jr. Ph.D. ’72, CEO, Orion International Technologies, Inc
2004 Ruth Davis M.A. ’52, Ph.D. ’55
2003 Alan Harbitter M.S. ’82, chief technology officer at PEC Solutions
2002 James Yorke Ph.D. ’66, director, University of Maryland Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology
2001 James C. McGroddy Ph.D. ’65, chairman, Integrated Surgical Systems, Inc.

College of Education
2008 Christine A. Courtois M.A. '73, Ph.D. '79, Principal, Christine Courtois, Ph.D. and Associates
2007 Richard A. Duschl ’74, Ph.D. ’83, professor of science education, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
2006 William C. Strasser, Jr. '52, M.A. '54, Ph.D. '61, former president of Montgomery Community College
2005 David J. Gleason Ph.D. ’79, president, Bright Horizons Foundation for Children
2004 Rose Wiseman M.Ed. ’51
2003 Carl Anderson Ph.D. ’69, education advocate
2002 Portia Shields Ph.D. ’74, president, Albany State University
2001 Lydia Y. Minatoya Ph.D. ’81, faculty, North Seattle Community College
2000 William F. Goodling ’53, U. S. House of Representatives

A. James Clark School of Engineering
2008 Michael S. Torok M.S. '86, Ph.D. '89, Chief Engineer, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
2007 Emilio A. Fernandez, Jr. ’69, managing director, Pulse Capital; vice chairman, Wabtec
2006 Brian L. Hinman ’82, president and CEO, 2Wire Inc.
2005 Philip R. Wiser ’90, senior vice president and CTO, Sony Corporation of America
2004 Norris Krone, Jr. ’55, Ph.D. ’74, president and CEO of the University Research Foundation
2003 Y.C. (Buno) Pati '86, M.S. '88, Ph.D. '92, leading innovator in semiconductor manufacturing processing technology
2002 Lloyd Robeson Ph.D. ’67, principal research associate, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
2001 Ram Mukunda ’79, M.S. ’81, president and CEO, Startec Global Communications
2000 Michael D. Griffin Ph.D. ’77, executive vice president and CTO, Orbital Sciences

School of Public Health
2008 Kevin M. Clair '82, President, Health Solutions
2007 Patricia D. Mail Ph.D. ’96, immediate past president, American Public Health Association
2006 Judith C. Young, M.A. '69, Ph.D. '81, vice president for programs, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
2005 Christine M. Warnke '72, M.S. '75, Ph.D. '93, senior government affairs advisor, Hogan & Harston LLP
2004 Linda Alexander Ph.D. ’88
2003 Jerry Wrenn Ph.D. '70, former dean for the College of Health and Human Performance
2002 Ralph Friedgen ’70, M.A. ’72, head football coach, University of Maryland

Philip Merrill College of Journalism
2008 Connie Chung '69, Broadcast Journalist
2007 Emory K. Kristof ’64, photographer-in-residence, National Geographic
2006 Jay A. Kernis ’74, senior vice president/programming, National Public Radio
2005 Ralph W. Crosby ’56, CEO, Crosby Marketing Communications
2004 DeWayne Wickham ’74, columnist, USA Today and Gannett News Service
2003 Jane Healy ’71, vice president/editorial page editor, Orlando Sentinel
2001 Jerome M. Ceppos ’69, vice president/news, Knight Ridder

College of Information Studies
2008 Jane Kinney Meyers M.L.S. '78, President, Lubuto Library Project, Inc.
2007 Robyn C. Frank ’67, M.L.S. ’72, principal, Robyn Frank Strategic Partners
2005 Leslie B. Burger M.L.S. ’74, director, Princeton Public Library
2004 Susan Fifer Canby M.L.S. ’74, vice president of the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.
2003 Betsy Humphhreys M.L.S. ’72, associate director for library operations and assistant director for health services research information at the U.S.

School of Public Policy
2008 Lisa Calise Signori M.P.M. '92, Director of Administration & Finance, City of Boston
2007 Jody A. Breckenridge M.P.P. ’91, rear admiral and commander, Eleventh Coast Guard District
2006 David B. Mitchell M.P.P. '86, secretary, Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security
2005 Gwendolyn M. Hall ’75, ’86 MPP, ’92 Ph.D., senior director, Homeland Security
2004 Kori Schake M.P.M. '87, M.A. '89, Ph.D. '96, director for defense strategy and requirements for the National Security Council
2003 Maxine Isaacs Ph.D. ’94, adjunct lecturer on public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University

Undergraduate Studies
2008 Steven Leonard '78, President & CEO, American Truck & Bus
2007 Joseph R. Castiglione ’79, director of athletics, University of Oklahoma