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Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients

YEAR

RECIPIENTS

2010

Robert Hastings '86

2009

Karren Pope-Onwukwe '93

2008

Walter Raleigh Somerville Jr. '70

2007

Patricia J. Toregas '84 & '91

2006

Joyce M. Wright '90 & '94

2005

C. Lyle Rishell '55
Colonel, U.S. Army Retired

2004

Sharon R. Pinder '01
Special Secretary, Office of Minority Affairs, State of Maryland

2003

Ronald Siarnicki '94 & '99
Executive Director, National Firefighter's Association

2002

James Robey '79
County Executive, Howard County, Maryland

2001

Dr. Jack Kushner '90
Neurosurgeon and consultant for Second Opinion USA, a telemedicine company

2000

Maj. General Marcelite J. Harris, (RET.) '89
Site Director – Kennedy Space Center, United Space Alliance, LLC

1999

Donna H. Cunninghame '92
CFO, Internal Revenue Service

1998

Richard F. Blewitt '73
President, Rowan & Blewitt, Inc.

1997

Barry M. Chasen '76
Attorney

1996

Werner Fornos '65
President, Population Institute, Washington, DC

1995

Roland Behnke '61
President, Behnke Nurseries (Nursery for the White House)

1994

Kathleen Thompson '92
Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc., Human Resources Division

1993

Marshall Bass '59
Senior Vice President, RJR Nabisco

1992

Bruce Crockett '79
President & CEO, COMSAT

1991

Brig. Gen. Edward Parnell '75
U.S. Marine Corps

1990

John L. Milton '68
Vice President, Merrill Lynch

1989

Gen. Larry Welch '71
Former Chief of Staff and Former Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command
U.S. Air Force

1988

Lt. Gen. Emmett Paige, Jr.  '72
President and COO, OAO Corporation
First Black General in the Signal Corps, 1976 , Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics

1987

Robert R. Neall '72
Senator, Maryland General Assembly

1986

None

1985

None

1984

None

1983

None

1982

Dr. Wolfe W. Schmokel

1981

Adm. Daniel J. Murphy '58
Vice Chairman, Former Chief of Staff to Vice Pres. Bush
Deputy Director, CIA 1976-77

1980

Gen. Robert H. Barrow '56
Former Commandant, US Marine Corps

1980

DeWitt C. Smith '63

1979

Lt. Col. Yvonne C. Pateman '62

1978

Forrest I. Rettgers '58

1977

Gen. John W. Vessey '63
(Dec. Far East Division), Former Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

1977

Donald L. Miller '67
VP, Human Resources, Dow Jones & Co., Inc.

1976

Verne L. Bowers '61

   
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Edward A. Parnell Outstanding Alumni Service Award Recipients

YEAR

RECIPENT

 

2010

Frances Volel-Stech '89

2009

Rosalyn Swiggett '06

 

2008

David P. Kelly '95

 

2007

Theresa Poussaint '01 & '05

 

2006

Kenneth Wu '65

 

2005

Patricia Westlein '88

 

2004

Mary Anne Hakes '01

 

2003

Richard Blewitt '73

 

2002

Janice Reilly '90

 

2001

Barry Borella '59

 

2000

Patricia J. Toregas '84 & '91

 

1999

Pamela M. Peseux '96

 

1998

Joseph V. Bowen Jr. '84 & '95

 

1997

Linda Trankle '81

 

1996

Albert L. Troupe '02

 

1995

Barry Chasen '76

 

1994

Adele Lewis '87 & '93

 

1993

Sheila Sullivan Sprague '82

 

1992

Ed Parnell '75

 
     
   


Achiever Award Recipients

YEAR

RECIPIENT

2010

Deanna McCray-James '05 & '08

 

Melissa M. Penn '04

 

Sarah Pick '04

2009

Cleveland J. Broussard '05

 

Kristine Messner '06

 

Hali Picciano '05

2008

Lisa Andrews, Director, Career Services

 

UMUC Marketing and Communications Alumni Support Team

 

Michelle D. Hill, Assistant Director, Alumni Relations

 

Kemisola O. Lofinmakin '05

2007

Lisa Pearce '02

 

Pamela Stokes Eggleston '01 & '03

 

Gladston James '97

 

Cynthia Munshell

2006

Cheryl A. Adams '91

 

Anna R. Doroshaw '91

 

Ralph C. Young '93

 

Debra E. B. Young '88

2005

Nathaniel Alston, Jr. '77

 

Mary Ellen Hrutka, Vice Provost and Dean, School of Undergraduate Studies

 

Salvatore Monaco, Vice Provost and Dean, Graduate School of Management and Technology

 

Kenneth Wu '65

2004

Theresa Poussaint '01

 

Brian Ford '01

 

Yuri Skrynnikov '00

2003

Jeffrey S. Brody '93

 

Kathleen Puckett '01 & '02, Distance Education Coordinator, MBA Program

 

Mary Schwanky, Director, Career and Cooperative Education Center

 

Michelle Thamer '88

 

Patricia Westlein '88, Vice President, Student Relations, Alumni Association Board of Directors

2002

Mary L. Fiedler, Resident Dean, Munich Campus

 

Howard T. Cain, Jr. '68

 

Cristina Dewey, Director, Department of Defense Relations and Military Outreach

 

Arthur K. Huseonica '86, Academic Director, Computer Studies, School of Undergraduate Studies

2001

Barry Irvin

 

Dharma Selvanayagam

 

Richard F. Kolasheski

2000

Erik G. Granered '95

 

Thomas A. Wood '88

 

Vivian Mutchler '93

1999

Brenda M. Mitchell '90

 

Peter R. Fechter '88

 

Cecilia K. Kullman '97

 

Joseph E. Page '60 & '63

 

David C. Metzler, C.P.A.

1997

Morten G. Ender '85

 

Carlton D. Woodell '63 & '96

 

James W. Cocke '59

 

Dan P. Davis '91

   
 

Please note that the affiliations listed are positions held at time of award and may not be current.  See distinguished alumnus prospect tracking matrix.