Distinguished Alumni Awards

Since their inception in 1946, the Boston University Alumni Awards have been the highest honor that we bestow on our alumni. Awardees are honored each year in the presence of the alumni, students, families, and guests gathered to celebrate this important tradition.

We are currently accepting nominations for the Alumni Awards. You may submit your nomination here.

2023 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients

Danielle De La Fuente (CGS’04, Pardee’06)

Richard G. Fecteau (Wheelock’51)

Mitchell Garabedian (CGS’71, CAS’73)

Santiago Levy (CAS’77, GRS’78,’80)

Daniella Pierson (CGS’15, Questrom’17)
2023 Distinguished Young Alumni Award Recipient

Prior Boston University Alumni Award Recipients

All graduation years are in the 1900s/2000s unless indicated otherwise.

2022 Award Recipients

2021 Award Recipients

2019 Award Recipients

2018 Award Recipients

2017 Award Recipients

2016 Award Recipients

2015 Award Recipients

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Norman H. Abbot, Questrom’24, GSM’29
R. Richard Ablon, CAS’71
Herbert A. Abramson, Questrom’49
John Hurst Adams, STH’50,‘56
Lal Advani, SED’65
Warren Alpert, CAS’42
Terry L. Andreas, COM’64
Elizabeth E. Andrews, SAR’07, SED’33
Eugene S. Andrews, Questrom’62
Nicholas E. Apalakis, Questrom’31
Michael Apuzzo, MED’65
Armand Arabian, Questrom’56, LAW’61
James A. Argeros, CAS’51
Bonnie Arnold, COM’78
Grace Auburn, CAS’21
Warren O. Ault, Hon.’60
Frank B. Avruch, COM’49
Merwyn Bagan, MED’62, SPH’95
Consuelo Northrop Bailey, LAW’25
Akhtar Banu, SON’71
Christopher A. Barreca, DGE’50, LAW’53
Jennie Loitman Barron, CAS’11; LAW’13,‘14; Hon.’59
Norman W. Barron, Questrom’38
Frank E. Barton, MED’24
Howard C. Bauchner, MED’79
Philip S. Beck, LAW’76
George H. Beebe, COM’32, Questrom’32
Susan J. Bellinger, SSW’63
Peter A. Bertocci, CAS’31, GRS’35
Bruce E. Bezanson, Questrom’60
Andrew Billingsley, SSW’56
Roger W. Blanchard, CAS’32
Maxwell B. Blum, Questrom’48
Charles D. Bonner, MED’44
Leo R. Breitman, GSM’65
Katherine A. Brick, SAR’30, SED’31
David Brickman, Questrom’31
Yvonne Broadcorens, COM’29, Questrom’29
Michael E. Bronner, Questrom’82
Edward W. Brooke, LAW’48,’50; Hon.’68
Charlotte Brown-Mayers, CAS’32, STH’32
Robert Bruce, CAS’01, GRS’05,’12
Mortimer J. Buckley, JR., MED’58
Grace A. Bumbry, SFA’55
Philip E. Bunker, Questrom’20
Ann Wolbert Burgess, SON’58,’66
John H. Bustamante, LAW’52, CAS’53
Timothy P. Cahill, CAS’81
Gilbert Caldwell, STH
Eugene S. Callender, CAS’47
Arcangelo Cascieri, MET’36
Harold C. Case, STH’27, Hon.’67
Irwin Chafetz, CAS’58
Wendy J. Chamberlin, SED’71
Caroline J. Chang, CAS’62
Mrs. William E. Chenery, CAS 1887, Hon.’38
Ruth L. Child, CAS 1893
Robert H. Clark, Jr., Questrom’64
Martha Coakley, LAW’79
Marshall W. Cobleigh, DGE’50, Questrom’57
Dorthea Cogswell, Questrom’31
Alan S. Cohen, MED’52
Carolyn A. Cohen, SAR’65
Elizabeth S. Cohen, SPH’92
Gerard H. Cohen, LAW’62
Richard D. Cohen, CGS’67, Questrom’69
William Cohen, LAW’65
Elliot H. Cole, COM’54, LAW’60
Eleanor Rust Collier, SED’29
Charles Collins, CAS’12
Mary E. Collins, CAS’12
Mary E. Connelly, PAL’26, SED’35
Michael G. Contompasis, CAS’62
Earle C. Cooley, LAW’57
Joseph R. Corish, Questrom’31, LAW’32
Prescott C. Crafts, Jr., Questrom’42
George B. Currier, CAS 1899
John A. Curry, SED’80
Suzanne Cutler, Questrom’61
Robert F. Daniell, ENG’54, Hon.’87
Lawrence Daugherty, GRS’71
Allison J. Davis, CGS’73
Marianna W. Davis, SED’66
Mary Dearing, CAS 1890, Hon.’50
Peter J. Deckers, MED’66
Raymond E. Desautels, Questrom’41, GSM’49
Millard Drexler, GSM’68
Richard B. DeWolfe, MET’71,’73
George Z. Dimitroff, CAS’27
Dexter A. Dodge, Questrom’56
Patricia K. Donahoe, SAR’58
Brian J. Donnelly, CGS’65, SED’69
Roger Dorf, ENG’70
Robert L. Dubofsky, Questrom’60,’61
Richard Duffy, CGS’50
Donald J. Ellis, SFA’56
Mary Jane England, MED’64
J. Newton Esdaile, CAS’24, LAW’27,’29
Annette Schaffer Eskind, SSW’51
A. Teresa Fallon, SON’47
Charles Farrell, Questrom’23
Ralph D. Feigin, MED’62
Bruce Feirstein, COM’75
Kenneth J. Feld, Questrom’70
Daniel J. Finn, Questrom’48, LAW’51
Jean P. Firstenberg, COM’58
Duane D. Fitzgerald, CGS’58, Questrom’61; LAW’63
Nicholas J. Fiumara, MED’39
Leonard Florence, Questrom’54
Felix Forte, LAW’16,’19; GRS’28; Hon.’41
Edward Fouhy, COM’59
Beth H. Fowles, SAR’35
John Francis, Questrom’52
Murray M. Freed, MED’52
Ricardo Freiria-Vidal, Questrom’39
Ernest S. Frerichs, STH’52, GRS’57
Morton H. Friedman, Questrom’43
Myer H. Friedman, Questrom’38
Royal M. Frye, CAS’11, GRS’12,’34
Edwin D. Fuller, Questrom’68

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Nicholas Gage, DGE’61, COM’63, Hon.’85
Meera T. Gandhi, GSM’89
Augustine S. Gannon, Questrom’43, LAW’48,’51
George E. Garcia, MED’61
Samuel J. Gerson, GSM’68
Miriam Gideon, CAS’26
Brendan Gilbane, DGE’50, COM’52; GRS’59,’69
Gerald L. Gitner, CAS’66
Elizabeth Glaser, SED’70
Charles M. Goldman, LAW’24
Eugene P. Grisanti, LAW’53
John P. Hagen, CAS’29, Hon.’58
Mary A. Hallaran, SED’37
Young-Jae Han, GSM’79
Edward W. Harbert III, COM’77
Emil M. Hartl, STH’31, GRS’38, Hon.’70
J. Willard Hayden, Hon.’44
David A. Hays, SFA’55
Dorothy Healy, PAL’36
Harold Held, CAS’31, LAW’33
David Hemery, Questrom’68, SED’88
Douglas Henderson, CAS’40, Hon.’69
Edward F. Hennessey, LAW’49, Hon.’76
John Herbert, Questrom’31, COM’69, Hon.’69
Milton Herman, LAW’36
Helen K. Hickey, SAR’50, SED’54
Daniel H. Hiebert, MED’18
Kay Hodge, CAS’69, LAW’72,’77
Esther A. H. Hopkins, CAS’47
Jeanette A. Horan, GSM’93
Ernest B. Howard, MED’36
Richard E. Hoyt, SED’93
John Howe, MED’69
Charlotte Moton Hubbard, SAR’34
Catherine Coyne Hudson, Questrom’30, COM’30
Christine Hunter, CAS’80
Ruth M. Hunter, ENG’64, Questrom’86
Thomas R. Insel, CAS’72, MED’74
Robert Jackler, MED’70
Georgiana Jagiello, CAS’49, Hon.’79
Janet E. Jeghelian, Questrom’56, PAL’56, SAR’57
Issie L. Shelton Jenkins, LAW’59
Jackie Jenkins-Scott, SSW’73
Michael C. Jensen, COM’61
Nancy R. Joaquim, SFA’60
Richard R. Joaquim, SFA’59
Ida M. Johnston, SED’42,’43
Hubert E. Jones, SSW’57
Barbara C. Jordan, LAW’59, Hon.’69
Albert S. Kahn, SED’59,’62
Sarah D. Kambou, SPH’84, UNI’94
Ophas M. Kanchanavijaya, Questrom’60, GSM’61
David Karney, GSM’48
Arnold M. Katz, COM’62
Geneva Katz, SED’45
Sarkis J. Kechejian, MED’63
David E. Kelley, LAW’83
John Kelley, SED’52
Thomas Kelley, MED’29
Harry G. Kemelman, CAS’30
Frank R. Kenison, LAW’32, Hon.’55
Zohra Khatun, SON’66
Josiah M. Kibira, STH’64
Owen B. Kiernan, SED’40, Hon.’68
John J. King, DGE’52, LAW’55
Martin Luther King, Jr., GRS’55, Hon.’59
Evelyn M. Kirrane, SAR’47, SED’49,’56
Asa S. Knowles, GRS’35
Frederick Kobrick, CAS’69
Howard K. Koh, SPH’95
Raymond Kotcher, COM’79
Harold Krensky, Questrom’32, LAW’35
Gitta Kurlat, Questrom’63, LAW’65
Andrew R. Lack, SFA’68
Jhumpa Lahiri, GRS’93,’93, UNI’95,’97
Nancy L. Lane, COM’62
Stewart Lane, CFA’73
Louis E. Lataif, Questrom’61, Hon.’90
David Lavien, LAW’29, Questrom’29
Donald F. Law, Jr., CAS’68
Harriet J. Lawrence, MED’12
Richard V. Lawson, CAS’53
Michael Lee, GSM’86
Wesley T. Lee, MED 1898, Hon.’48
Elma I. Lewis, SED’44
Ida E. Lewis, DGE’54, COM’56
Paul J. Liacos, CAS’50, LAW’52, Hon.’96
George D. Lilly, CGS’54, COM’56
Richard B. Lombard, Questrom’31
Everett Lord, CAS’00, GRS’06, Hon.’60
William Lord, DGE’57, COM’59
Louis Lowy, SED’49, SSW’51
George I. Lythcott, MED’43

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Maximilian Ma, Questrom’76
William F. Macauley, LAW’69
Rob Roy MacLeod, Questrom’23
George Makechnie, SED’29,’31; SAR’72; HON ’79
Mildred Makin, SON’48, SED’55
Raymond L. Mannix, Questrom’23, GSM’24
Brice Marden, SFA’61
Francis Maria, CAS’36, GRS’37
Daniel Marsh, STH’08, Hon.’53
Frances Marsh-Ellis, SFA’56, ’64
J. Philip Mason, CAS’22
Albert Maysles, GRS’53
David C. Maysles, Questrom’53
Edward J. McCormack, LAW’52
Thomas W. McGee, DGE’50, LAW’53
David J. McGrath, Jr., ENG’59
J. Howard McGrath, LAW’29, Hon.’43
Matthew F. McGuire, LAW’26
James B. McIntosh, Questrom’50
Thomas J. McIntyre, LAW’40
John McKenzie, GSM’40
Charles A. Mehos, CAS’42
Elsbeth Melville, CAS’25
J. Kenneth Menges, Jr., Questrom’79
Thomas M. Messer, CAS’42
Arthur Metcalf, SED’35, Hon.’74
Eunice Miner, STH’25
Robert E. Moody, CAS’22, GRS’23
Russell F. Morash, SFA’57
Constance A. Morella, DGE’50, CAS’54
Albert A. Morey, Questrom’32, Hon.’69
Dodge Morgan, COM’59
Albert Morris, CAS’25, GRS’26
F. Bradford Morse, Questrom’42, LAW’49
Marion K. Moulton, CAS’35, MED’38
Walter G. Muelder, STH’30, GRS’33, Hon.’73
Beatrice Mullaney, LAW’27,’28
Ernesto M. Muller, SDM’61
Florence K. Murray, LAW’42
Anastasia D. Nezeriotis, PAL’35
Herman Nickerson, Questrom’35
John O’Bryant, SED’52,’56
Judith Oehler, SON’74, SED’75,’80
Donald Oliver, CAS’30
Carl A. Olsson, SMD’63
John W. O’Neill, Questrom’40
Bill O’Reilly, COM’75
Winfred Overholser, MED’16, Hon.’40
Joseph Oxendine, SED’53,’59
Carla Paaske, PAL’35, SED’60
Ralph Palladino, Questrom’26, GSM’49
Frederick S. Pardee, Questrom’54,GSM’54
John J. Parker, Questrom’68, Hon.’97
Earle Parks, LAW’25
Charles R. Parrott, Questrom’53, LAW’64
Marion Wheeler Parsons, CAS’20, GRS’35
Ralph B. Pendery, GSM’39
Atlee Percy, Questrom’17, GSM’27
Steven Perlman, SDM’76
Colonel John W. Pershing, CAS’64
John Phillips, SED’52
Demetrius C. Pilalas, Questrom’39
Howardena Pindell, SFA’65
Margaret Pomphrett, PAL’26
William E. Powers, LAW’35, Hon.’58
Samuel Proctor, STH’50, Hon.’85
Allen I. Questrom, Questrom’64
William M. Raeder, CAS’60, GRS’64
S. Lester Ralph, CAS’54, GRS’59, LAW’63
Amelita Martinez Ramos, SAR’50
Jeannine Rivet, SPH‘81
Dennis Roberts, LAW’31, Hon.’56
Franklin Roberts, SED’27,’28
George Roberts, LAW’25
Eleanor March Moody Robison, CAS’23; LAW’50
Ensio Ronka, MED’27
David Rose, Questrom’24, LAW’27
Joseph Roth, COM’70
Harold Russell, Questrom’49
Sharon G. Ryan, SAR’70
Virginia Ryder, CAS’44

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Vincent Sala, SED’28,’31
Marguerite Sallinger, SAR’34
Carlos M. Samour, GRS’50
Maria E. Brederode Santos, SED’85
Pong Sarasin, Questrom’51
Pauline Curtis Saunders, CAS’26
John A. Scali, Questrom’42, COM’42
J. Michael Schell, LAW’76
Anne E. Schneider, SFA’66
Emma Fall Schofield, CAS’06, LAW’08,’30
William Schwann, SFA’37
George Schweitzer, COM’72
Harvey Scribner, SED’60
Thomas A. Shaheen, CAS’38, SED’49
Bassam Shakhashiri, CAS’60
Waitstill H. Sharp, CAS’23
Richard Shemin, CAS’72, MED’74
Hugo X. Shong, COM ‘87, GRS ’92
Lauren Shuler-Donner, CGS’69, COM’71
Sadie Lipner Shulman, LAW’11
Albert Sidd, Questrom’46
Stuart E. Siegel, CAS’67, MED’67
John Silber, Hon.’95
Rollo G. Silver, GRS’41
Al Silverman, COM’49, Hon.’86
Bhai Analjit Singh, Questrom’77, GSM’79
Mary Simkhovitch, CAS 1890, Hon.’36
John F. Simpson, SED’50, ’54
Winslow Sisson, Questrom’24
John Smith, GSM’65, Hon.’93
J. Richard Sneed, GRS’34, STH’35
Marianne C. Spraggins, CAS’67
Robert T. Stafford, LAW’38, Hon.’59
Naomi Stanhaus, SSW’70
Wilson G. Stapleton, CAS’28
Fernand St. Germain, LAW’55
Allen Stockdale, STH’02
Rembert Stokes, STH’43,’49
Faye Yoffa Stone, LAW’47
Harry K. Stone, LAW’16,’18; Hon.’47
R. Victor Stout, Questrom’32
George A. Strait, CAS’67
Louis W. Sullivan, MED’58, Hon.’90
Peter Yoon K. Sun, STH’68
Marcy Syms, COM’75
Nina Tassler, CFA’79
G. Joseph Tauro, LAW’27, Hon.’64
Horace G. Thacker, Questrom’20, GSM’23
Mary T. Thorp, SED’32,’43
Virginia L. Tierney, PAL’36, SED’68
John L. Toner, SED’50,’54
Juan R. Torruella, LAW’57
Gerald Tsai, Jr., CAS’49, GRS’49, Questrom’51
Judith Vaitukaitis, MED’66
Samuel Vose, MED’18
Morris S. Waldman, LAW’25
Burnham Walker, CAS’23; GRS’24,’26; MED’34
Edward Walker, Jr., GRS’65
Shields Warren, CAS’18, Hon.’49
Oscar Wasserman, Questrom’56, LAW’59, ‘62
Randall Weeks, Questrom’28, LAW’29
George Wein, CAS’50
Stephen Weiner, Questrom’63
Clifton R. Wharton, LAW’20,’23; Hon.’63
Sumner Whittier, CAS’35, Hon.’60
Dorothy Willard, Questrom’21
Leon E. Wilson, MET’75
Alfre Woodard, SF’74
Beatrice S. Woodman, CAS’18
Robert Woolf, LAW’52
You Chang Yang, CAS’20, MED’22
Lawrence Yanuzzi, MED’64
Jennifer Yeo, LAW’85
Edward J. Zander, GSM’75