Distinguished Alumni Award

This award honors an alumna/us whose exceptional achievements, experiences or contributions in a field or profession have distinguished themselves on the national or international level. The recipients of this award possess the highest standards of integrity and character to positively reflect and enhance the prestige of ESU. This award is the highest honor an ESU alumna/us can receive.

Distinguished Alumni Award Winners:

2019
Mary Pakenas Gardner '74 M. '77

2018
John Howard '68 

2017
Gerard Forrester, Sr. ’64

2016
Justice Christine Donohue ’74
Enzo Cafarelli, Ph.D., ’69 M’70

2015
Patrick Flaherty ’78

2014
Merrily Dean Baker ’64
John Quain ’76

2013
Sherry Salway Black '74
Thomas Petro '72

2012
Earl W. Hulihan, Jr. ’71 M’81
Stephen Luckey ’62

2008
Dr. John R. Gantz ‘63