Distinguished Alumni Awards

About the Daemen College Distinguished Alumni Awards Since graduating our first class in 1952 from Rosary Hill College, we have recognized the need to acknowledge the growth, achievements and societal contributions of our alumni. With each graduating year leaders in many forms have been released from the hallowed halls of this College to represent its ideals to the rest of the world. Outstanding alumni have worked in the fields of business, finance, medicine, health sciences, education, law, civic organizations and the arts. They have all exhibited ideals expressed by the Sisters of St. Francis when they founded Rosary Hill College, and that the faculty and administration maintain in Daemen College.

Descriptions of Alumni Awards

Advancement in Career This award recognizes alumni who focused their lives on improving their career field: have made significant impact on their profession, and have improved society through their chosen careers. Click here to view sample nomination Outstanding Service to the Community This award recognizes alumni that have dedicated their lives to serving the needs of others through volunteer activities, helping those less fortunate form physical, emotional, medical or psychological concerns, or working to improve society through civic organizations or governmental committees. Click here to view sample nomination Dedication to the College This award recognizes alumni who have been moved to give back to the institution that provided the base for their successful lives. These leaders have participated in programs such as service learning, Cooperative Education/Career Development, hosted student teachers, physical therapy students, physician assistant students, scholarship fundraisers, acted as class agents, or contributed to the student life at Daemen College. Click here to view sample nomination Distinguished Alumni Award This Premier award recognizes a graduate who has achieved distinction in all three of the above categories. Click here to view sample nomination Graduate of the Last Decade This award recognizes a graduate from the last decade who falls into one of the above categories selected by the committee and nominated by a member of the Daemen College community (alum, faculty, staff and administration). Click here to view sample nomination

Distinguished Alumni Awards Past Recipients 1986 Distinguished Alumni Award -Honorable Ann E. Pfeiffer '75 1987    Distinguished Alumni Award -Nedra J. Harrison, MD '73 1989    Distinguished Alumni Award -Julia A. Clark Weidemann '58 1990    Distinguished Alumni Award -Caroline Ernst Hassett Buerk, Esq. '59 1991    Distinguished Alumni Award -Dale B. Demyanick '79 1992    Distinguished Alumni Award -Darleen A. Pickering Hummert '67 1993    Distinguished Alumni Award -Joanne L. Finaldi Senall '63 1994    Distinguished Alumni Award -Kathleen M. O'Shaughnessy '71 1995    Distinguished Alumni Award -Barbara A. Eckert Ochterski, Ph.D '65 1996    Distinguished Alumni Award -Laurence C. Wright, DDS '84 1997    Distinguished Alumni Award -Georgia F. Cody Nucci '64 1998    Distinguished Alumni Award -A. Dolores Attea Sapienza '53 1999    Distinguished Alumni Award -Katherine M. Koessler Juhasz '62 Distinguished Alumni Award-Claire E. Starkey '81 Distinguished Alumni Award-Ted J. A. Triana-Mawyin, DO '85 2000    Distinguished Alumni Award -Patricia E. Capstraw Wilkins '67(posthumous) 2001    Distinguished Alumni Award -Catherine M. LePage Campbell '84 2002    Distinguished Alumni Award - Susan E. Bennett, Ed.D '77 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Jean Dowd '70 Advancement in Career Award -Anne M. Steffan Gunderman '63 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Allyson L. Willson '99 Dedication to the College Award -Joseph F. Winter '89 2003    Distinguished Alumni Award - Joyce E. Fink '52 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Brian F. McQueen '77 Dedication to the College Award -Jeanne M. Gueth Healy '86 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Susan A. Conners '69 Advancement in Career Award -M. Janice Nelson, Ed.D, RN '66 2004    Distinguished Alumni Award - Seth A. Kaiser, DC, PT '79 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Sr. Linda M. Lewandowski, OSF '74 Dedication to the College Award -Michael S. Brogan, DPT '84 Graduate of the Last Decade Award -James T. Turner '98 Advancement in Career Award -Mary Ann B. Saporito Esposito '64 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Nancy T. Haberman Gacioch '62 2005    Distinguished Alumni Award - Thomas P. Stewart, Ph.D '74 Advancement in Career Award -Ida M. Campagna, MD '69 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Rita B. Otterbein '62 2006    Distinguished Alumni Award - Lynn Madden Marinelli '85 Dedication to the College Award -Sr. DeSales Hattenberger, OSF '59 Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Margaret Quinn Popiolkowski '73 Advancement in Career Award -Thomas P. Koestler, Ph.D '75 Graduate of the Last Decade Award -Jennifer Gurske, '99, ’02, MD 2007 Distinguished Alumni Award - Kathleen McCarthy ’60 Distinguished Alumni Award-Barbara Swanekamp ’60 (posthumous) Outstanding Service to the Community Award -Ann Leary ‘92 Advancement in Career Award -Susan A. Connelly ‘74 Dedication to the College Award -Dorothy Mueller O.S.F ‘66 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award -Prof. Annmarie Bernadowicz George ’66 Distinguished Alumni Award- Phyllis Krathaus ’98, ’03 (posthumous) Advancement in Career Award - Clifford Pyne ’93 Advancement in Career Award - Fran McDonald, PT ’82, DPT     Outstanding Service to the Community Award - Elieen Rimar Hettich ’74     Dedication to the College Award - Joanne Rogers Szwejbka ’61