Past Recipients of the Distinguished Alumni Award

The Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to a graduate in recognition of outstanding and widely recognized achievement, particularly to someone who exemplifies the standards and objectives of the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine through personal conduct, professional accomplishments, and community service. Distinct preference is given to one whose achievements significantly impact the medical field on a national and global scale.

2009
Stanley R. Tucci ’59
Howard Bauchner ’79

2008
Thomas L. Higgins ’78

2007
John Kaufman ’82
Steven Zeitels ’82

2006
Irvin D. Yalom ’56
Jeff M. Sands ’81

2005
David R. Edelstein ’80
Vernon K. Sondak ’80
Michael D. Walker ’60

2004
Philip S. Barie ’77
David P. Faxon ’71

2003
Deborah J. Cotton ’76
*Frank I. Marcus ’53
Simon C. Parisier ’61

2002
David M. Center ’72
Wilson S. Colucci ’75
Richard J. Shemin ’74
Sarkis J. Kechijian ’63 (for Service to the School)

2001
I. Howard Fine ’66
*Ronald L. Katz ’56
Michael Salcman ’69

2000
Lindsey K. Grossman ’75
Fredric B. Meyer ’81
*Robert A. Prendergast ’57

1999
Joseph L. Jorizzo ’75
*Burton I. Korelitz ’51
*Luigi Mastroianni Jr. ’50

1998
Joanne H. Lynn ’74
Deeb N. Salem ’68
Joshua Wynne ’71

1997
Thomas R. Insel ’74
Barry M. Manuel ’58
Stuart E. Siegel ’67

1996
Richard D. Bland ’66
Peter J. Deckers ’66
*Fredic D. Frigoletto Jr. ’62

1995
Michael L.J. Apuzzo ’65
Gerald B. Healy ’67
Robert F. Meenan ’72

1994
*Jay D. Coffman ’54
William H. Frishman ’69
John P. Howe III ’69

1993
Merwyn Bagan ’62
Jeffery L. Barker ’68
*Edmund C. Tramont ’66

1992
Marcia Angell ’67
*Clifton F. Mountain ’54
Ethan M. Shevach ’67

1991
*Sidney Kibrick ’46
Peter E. Pochi ’55
Artemis P. Simopoulos ’56

1990
*George D. Malkasian Jr. ’54
*Ralph C. Marcove ’54
Edward L. Schneider ’66

1989
*Ralph D. Feigin ’62
David G. Poplack ’70
Lawrence A. Yannuzzi ’64

1988
*Betty J. Bamforth ’47
*Eleanor N. McQuillen ’60
Jerome D. Waye ’58

1987
Malkah T. Notman ’52
*Steve P. Shearing ’64
*Edna H. Sobel ’43-B

1986
John M. Bennett ’59
*Joseph M. Civetta ’63

1985
Andrew B. Crummy ’55
*Job E. Fuchs ’44
Carl A. Olsson ’63
*Philip E. Sartwell ’32

1984
Mary Jane England ’64
*John B. Little ’55
*A. Daniel Rubenstein ’33
Richard L. Simmons ’59
*Joseph P. Van Der Meulen ’54

1983
*Folkert O. Belzer ’58
*H. Richard Nesson ’59
*John F. O’Connor ’57
Judith L. Vaitukaitis ’66

1982
*William Berenberg ’40
*Robert L. Berger ’56
*Mortimer J. Buckley ’58
Diane Winston Crocker ’52
*Richard C. Talamo ’61

1981
*David H. Baker ’51
*Robert M. Donaldson Jr. ’52
*Lois F. O’Grady ’62
*Peter J. Mozden ’53
*Michael J. Halberstam ’57 (posthumously)

1980
*Martin B. Levene ’50

1979
*Sidney Carter ’38
*Jacob Swartz ’46

1975
*Alan S. Cohen ’52

1974
*Harry W. Fritts Jr. ’51

1973
CENTENNIAL AWARDS
*Gertrude J. Smith ’29
*Carlos E. Munoz-MacCormick ’30
*Leroy S. Ford ’33
*Matthew A. Derow ’34
*Nicholas J. Fiumara ’39
*Fredrick F. Yonkman ’39
*George I. Lythcott ’43-A
*Louis Weinstein ’43-A
*Ernest A. Bragg Jr. ’43-B
*Otto C. Page ’44
*Frederick Sargent II ’47
*Raymond Seltser ’47
June Jackson Christmas ’49
*Albert J. Plummer ’49
*Murray M. Freed ’52
Louis W. Sullivan ’58

1971
*Charles D. Bonner ’44

1970
*Herbert Mescon ’42

1969
*Nathan L. Fineberg ’30

1968
*Ensio K.F. Ronka ’27

1967
*Kenneth Christophe ’28

1966
*David B. Stearns ’26

1965
*Andrew D. Elia ’35

1964
*Burnham S. Walker ’34

1963
*Leroy M.S. Miner ’07

1962
*Winfred Overholser ’16

1961
*Frank E. Barton ’24

1960
*Edward S. Calderwood ’04

1959
*George Levene ’25

1958
*Helmuth Ulrich ’11

1957
*Samuel N. Vose ’18

1956
*David L. Belding ’13

1955
*Wesley T. Lee ’98

1954
*Sanford B. Hooker ’13

*Deceased