Past Recipients
Eugene J. Keogh Award for Distinguished Public Service
2008
Jonathan Lippman, WSC '65, LAW '68
2007
Christopher H. Shays, Stern '74, WAG '78
2006
The Honorable Carol Bellamy '68 LAW
2005
Dr. Dorothy I. Height '33, '35 Steinhardt, '75 HON
2004
The Honorable Dennis Jacobs '65 GSAS, '73 LAW
2003
Raymond W. Kelly '74 LAW
2002
Charles B. Rangel '57 STERN
2001
(The Awards Dinner was rescheduled from fall 2001 to spring 2002.)
2000
Betty Weinberg Ellerin '50 WSC, '52 LAW
1999
Louis J. Freeh '84 LAW
1998
Rudolph W. Giuliani '68 LAW
1997
Norman Goodman '47 ARTS, '50 LAW
1996
Max M. Kampelman '40 ARTS, '45 LAW
1995
Fernando J. Ferrer '72 ARTS
1994
Lewis Rudin '49 STERN
1993
Judith Smith Kaye '62 LAW
1992
John Brademas
1991
Laura Novoa de Anriquez '59 LAW
1990
Preston Robert Tisch
Robert B. McKay (Posthumous)
1989
J. William Middendorf II '54 STERN
1988
Edward I. Koch '48 LAW
1987
John S. R. Shad '59 LAW
Distinguished Alumni Award
2007-08
Richard Cash, '66 MED
Patti Scialfa, '75 GAL
Charles Simic, '67 WSC
2006-07
Kathleen A. Corbet, '89 Stern
Allen S. Keller, '88 MED
Eduardo J. MartÃ, '64 WSC, '66, '71 GSAS
2005-06
Lee Archer, Jr. '56 GSAS
Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. '49, '51 Steinhardt
Harry T. Stewart, Jr. '63 ENG
Carole Bayer Sager '65 Steinhardt
2004-05
Abraham Lackman, '71 WSC
Marvin Leffler, '42, '51 STERN
Ray Suarez, '78 WSC
2003-04
Ismail Merchant, '60 STERN
Lee M.E. Morin, '78, '82 GSAS, '81 MED
2002-03
Philip Coltoff, '64 ESSW
Eric Kandel, '56 MED
Stanley Kasten, '73 WSC
2000-02 (The 2001 honorees received their awards in 2002)
Alec Baldwin, '94 TSOA
Joyce Frances Brown, '71, '80 Steinhardt
Ruth Gruber, '30 WSC
1999-2000
Jerome M. Hauer '75 GAL
Martha Craven Nussbaum '69 WSC
1998-99
Clive J. Davis '53 WSC
Rita E. Hauser '59 LAW
Yale J. Kamisar '50 ARTS
Robert S. Ledley '48 DEN
1997-98
Philippe de Montebello '76 GSAS
David S. Loeb '51 STERN
Cynthia Ozick '49 WSC
Peter Westbrook '75 STERN
1996-97
Jerry L. Cohen '53, '59 STERN
*Scott Elliott '93 GAL
Henry A. Grunwald '44 WSC
Dinshaw J. Patel '68 GSAS
*Louis K. Salkind '90 GSAS
1995-96
Judy Blume '61 Steinhardt
Ang Lee '84 TSOA
*Michael A. Waldman '87 LAW
1994-95
*Marcia Gay Harden '88 TSOA
Cathy E. Minehan '77 STERN
Sheila G. Lukins '70 Steinhardt
Thomas E. Sanders '60 STERN
1993-94
*Mark H. Brooks '92 STERN
Betty Comden '37 Steinhardt
John Alexander Simpson '42, '43 GSAS
*Harriet Skye '93 GAL
*Tabitha Soren '89 WSC
*Yale Strom '84 GAL
Melvyn I. Weiss '59 LAW
1992-93
*Susan Cartsonis '84 TSOA
*Tony Kushner '84 TSOA
Alan Menken '72 ARTS
*Tamar Schlick '85, '87 GSAS
LeRoy T. Walker '57 Steinhardt
1991-92
*Ellen D. Baer '73, '82 Steinhardt
*Luis R. Cancel '87 Steinhardt
Edward G. Kaufman '43 DEN
Susan Seidelman '76 TSOA
Paul J. Tagliabue '65 LAW
1990-91
Carl P. Carlucci '86 WAG
Catherine Cowell '83 Steinhardt
Henry Kaufman '48 ARTS, '58 STERN
Racquel Z. LeGeros '57, '67 GSAS
Walter F. Loeb '49 WSC
*George C. Wolfe '84 TSOA
1989-90
Donald Forman '48 STERN, '56 LAW
*Julie Kazimiroff '80 DEN, '87 GSAS
Wayne Shorter '56 Steinhardt
Dorothy Strickland '58, '71 Steinhardt
*Nancy Uscher '80 Steinhardt
1988-89
*Pamela J. Maraldo '75 '86 Steinhardt
Avram Robert Westin '49 ARTS
1987-88
Frances Berko '46 Steinhardt
Alan Greenspan '48, '77 STERN, '50 GSAS
*Spike Lee '82 TSOA
1986-87
*Robert M. Hayes '77 LAW
Milton Babbitt '35 WSC
Robert Packwood '57 LAW
Oliver Stone '71 TSOA
* Distinguished Recent Alumnus/a Award, discontinued in 1997-98.
Alumni Meritorious Service
Living Recipients in Alphabetical Order as of November 2008
A
1990 Jack I. Appel '51 WSC
B
1983 Frances K. Barasch '64 GSAS
1994 Marvin Barasch '47 COM
1981 Roger K. Baumberger '64 GBA
1989 A. Milton Bell '47 WSC, '51 DEN
1993 Bruce Berger '66 COM
2001-02 Mary Tanaskovic Bitting '68 COM, '71 GBA
1988 Edward E. Blakeslee '47 LAW
1988 Herman L. Bosboom '44 DEN
1941 Martha K. Bosshart '28, '31 Steinhardt
1966 Leo Botwinick '43 DEN
1992 Jane Eisner Bram '58 WSC, '79 SSW
1999 Kevin R. Brine '81 GBA
2006 Daniel J. Brodsky '70 WAG
C
2004 Evan R. Chesler '70 ARTS, '75 LAW
1998 William A. Cook '71 SSW
1984 John J. Creedon '52 COM, '55 LAW
D
2003 Florence A. Davis, '79 LAW
1996 E. Jon de Revere '60 ARTS
2003 Andre De Shields '91 GAL
E
1994 Betty W. Ellerin '50 WSC, '52 LAW
2000 Seymour Evans '49 WSC, '53 DEN
F
1997 Mary Farrell '76 GBA
1973 Eugene J. T. Flanagan '57 GBA, '60 LAW
1978 Donald T. Fox '56 LAW
G
1994 Anthony A. Ginsberg '73 GSAS
1998 Stephen Golden '90 GAL
1987 Cathy Goldsmith '68, '71, '74 Steinhardt
1989 Norman Goodman '47 ARTS, '50 LAW
1992 Arnold L. Goren '47, '48 Steinhardt
1999 Susan Goren '75 ARTS
2008 Jeffrey S. Gould '79 WSC
1991 Meryl R. Grayer '48, '49 Steinhardt
1977 Howard L. Greenberger '54 LAW
1994 Carl W. Greene '60 GBA
1967 Leonard J. Greenthal '32 COM, '35 GBA
H
1984 Philip M. Hahn '59 GBA
1978 Joseph W. Handelman '64 GBA
1985 Arthur W. Harrigan '42 COM, '48 GBA
2006 H. Dale Hemmerdinger '67 WSC
1996 Jonathan M. Herman '69 ARTS, '73 LAW
1988 Alfred H. Horowitz '51 COM
I
1977 Elizabeth Iannizzi '52, '67 Steinhardt
K
1975 Thomas J. Kane '42 ARTS
1997 Lawrence I. Konstan '63 WSC, '70 GSAS
1996 Robert Kavesh '49 SSB
1993 Kathleen M. Kelly '62 GBA
1991 Myron Kove '56 ARTS, '67 LAW
1983 Thomas J. Kraner '53 WSC, '56 GBA
1973 I. Stanley Kriegel '29 COM
L
1985 Vincent V. LaBruna '58 DEN
1989 Ira A. Laufer '48 WSC, '53 MED
1986 Frances H. Lee '62 GSAS
1990 Jeffrey G. Leeds '68 ARTS, '72 DEN
1970 Marvin Leffler '42 COM, '51 GBA
1969 John H. Leonard '42 COM, '51 GBA
1993 Laurence M. Lerner '61 ARTS
1976 Martin Lipton '55 LAW
M
2004 Joan Martens, '75 STERN
1989 Anne L. Martin '71 Steinhardt
1962 Madeline H. McWhinney '47 GBA
P
2007 Norma Z. Paige, WSC '44, LAW '46
1987 Herbert M. Paul '56 GBA, '61 LAW
1995 Martin D. Payson '61 LAW
1979 Lester Pollack '57 LAW
1985 Joseph H. Press '37 WSC, '41 MED
Q
1967 Ignatius N. Quartararo '52 DEN
R
1990 Lena Rettig '60 LAW
20001-02 Joseph A. Rice '52 ENG, '68 GSAS
1981 Daniel D. Robinson '50 COM
1979 Norman Rogoff '41 DEN
1985 Arthur H. Rubin '50 Steinhardt
1983 Audrey Schmidt Rubin '54 Steinhardt, '61 GSAS
1969 Robert Rubinger '45 ARTS
S
2000 Jane Dresner Sadaka '80 GBA
2001-02 Gloria Samuels-Flood '89 ESSW
1972 Alan A. Scheer '46 MED
1985 Frederick C. Schult, Jr. '50ARTS, '51 GSAS
1988 Alonzo H. Shockley, Jr. '56 Steinhardt
2007 Karen Siff-Exkorn, GAL '96
1970 Larry A. Silverstein '52 ARTS
1986 David S. Slater '51 Steinhardt
1968 Gloria Hirsch Soloff '49 COM
2005 Melvin A. Stein '53 STERN
2008 Beverly Hyman '80 Steinhardt
1995 Leonard N. Stern '57 COM, '59 GBA
1980 Robert H. Stovall '57 GBA
T
1960 Nathan P. Tanners '30 DEN
1972 Henry A. Trow '37 DEN
1980 Martin Tucker '49, '63 GSAS
2005 Stanley N. Turetzky '62 DEN
W
1989 Susan Tabor Wahman '61 ARTS
1965 Martin G. Waldman '48 WSC, '51 Steinhardt
1981 Gerald S. Wank '45 WSC, '49 DEN
1974 Robert F. Wright '51 STERN
1991 Thomas H. Wysmuller '66 ARTS