Awards
The University and its academic units honored several alumni and friends this fall for their achievements and service.
AS&E: Connor, Karly, and Ken Armstrong鈥攇randchildren and son of James Armstrong 鈥54鈥攁nd the recipients of this year鈥檚 Armstrong Award: Vicki Proschel Schwartz and Dick Schwartz; and Jeanine Sullivan Cushman and her husband, John (Photo: University Advancement)Arts, Sciences & Engineering
James S. Armstrong Alumni Service Award
Dick 鈥63, 鈥66 (MS) and Vicki Proschel Schwartz 鈥62, active alumni for more than 50 years. Dick Schwartz is a retired senior optical engineer and Vicki Schwartz is a former teacher and community volunteer. The Schwartzes have volunteered for several alumni initiatives, including serving on class reunion committees, and both are members of the Lifelong Learning Advisory Council and the Rochester Campaign Committee in support of The Meliora Challenge. A former member of the Trustees鈥 Alumni Council of the College, Dick Schwartz is a member of the Hajim School of Engineering & Applied Sciences Visiting Committee.
Jeanine Sullivan Cushman 鈥63, a life trustee of the University. A community volunteer and an active Rochester alumna, Cushman was elected as a trustee in 1989 and served on the Academic Affairs Committee, the Personnel Committee, and the Warner School Trustees Visiting Committee, which she chaired from 1991 to 1993. For nearly 20 years, she has been part of the Warner School Dean鈥檚 Advisory Committee and has been a member or cochair of several Class of 1963 reunion committees.
EASTMAN: Ray and Judy Ricker (Photo: University Advancement)Eastman School of Music
Dean鈥檚 Medal
Ramon (Ray) Ricker 鈥73E (DMA), professor emeritus of saxophone and interim director of the Institute for Music Leadership. As a senior administrator at the Eastman School, Ricker was instrumental in establishing Eastman鈥檚 Institute for Music Leadership and other initiatives, including the Orchestra Musician Forum, with its website Polyphonic.org, and the Paul R. Judy Center for Applied Research. He and his wife, Judy 鈥76, 鈥81E (MM), 鈥91S (MBA), have established two professorships and a scholarship at the Eastman School.
MEDICINE: Michael Gottlieb, Alexander Levitan, Robert Burne, Dean Mark Taubman, Harvey Alter, Elizabeth Almeyda, and Jules
Cohen (not pictured: Steven Birnbaum) (Photo: Ken Huth)School of Medicine and Dentistry
Dean鈥檚 Medal
Alexander Levitan 鈥63M (MD), a retired internist and oncologist who practiced medicine in Minneapolis, Minn., for 30 years. Having participated in numerous surgeries in which hypnosis was used as the sole agent for pain control, Levitan is known for his expertise in clinical hypnosis. He is also a licensed real estate broker and president of A & L Management, a Minneapolis real estate management company that he owns with his wife, Lucy.
Alumni Service Award
Jules Cohen 鈥53, 鈥57M (MD), 鈥59M (Res), professor of medicine and cardiology at Rochester. With University connections spanning six decades, Cohen continues to consult, mentor, research, and teach. He鈥檚 widely known for his research on the factors contributing to heart disease and for his studies of cardiac hypertrophy, cardiomyopathy, and oxygen transport.
Humanitarian Award
Michael Gottlieb 鈥73M (MD), 鈥74M (Res), 鈥77M (Res), an internist and clinical immunologist in private practice in Los Angeles. An associate clinical professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Gottlieb was the first physician to identify AIDS as a new disease. He has earned national distinction for his advocacy, research, and philanthropy.
Alumni Achievement Award
Robert Burne 鈥87M (PhD) associate dean for research at the University of Florida鈥檚 College of Dentistry, where he is also a professor and chair of the school鈥檚 department of oral biology. He is recognized as an early pioneer in the application of molecular biology and molecular genetic techniques to the study of oral bacteria, especially to the physiology and genetics of pathogenic and health-associated oral streptococci.
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Harvey Alter 鈥56, 鈥60M (MD), chief of clinical studies and associate director for research in the Department of Transfusion Medicine at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. Widely acknowledged for his work in discovering an antigen that was key to detecting the hepatitis B virus, Alter holds a distinction reserved for preeminent senior researchers: Distinguished NIH Investigator.
John N. Wilder Award
Steven Birnbaum 鈥78M (MD), a staff radiologist at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic in Manchester, N.H. A strong advocate for radiation safety, Birnbaum was one of the first practicing radiologists to raise awareness about the overuse of diagnostic imaging procedures that expose patients to high doses of radiation, an initiative that has become a model for radiation protection practices in hospitals nationwide.
Elizabeth Almeyda 鈥74, 鈥78M (MD), a noted New York City plastic surgeon. Specializing in aesthetic surgery of the body and face, Almeyda is one of the few women in a predominantly male field, distinguishing herself as a practitioner who offers female patients a perspective reflected in her maxim, 鈥淪killed hands; the eye of a woman.鈥
NURSING: Richard Mulvey, Elaine Hubbard, Dean Kathy Rideout, Jeffery Rideout, Medical Center CEO Bradford Berk, Maryjoan Ladden, Keri Baker, the late Robert Hurlbut鈥檚 son, Robert Hurlbut, and his widow, Barbara Hurlbut, and T. C. Lewis (not pictured: Pamela McQuilkin Lewis) (Photo: Ken Huth)School of Nursing
Dean鈥檚 Medal
Elaine Hubbard, professor emerita of nursing. Hubbard was nursing鈥檚 first associate dean for undergraduate studies and later became the director of its community-centered practice. The Elaine C. Hubbard Center for Nursing Research on Aging was named in her honor in 2006.
Distinguished Alumna Award
Maryjoan Ladden 鈥78N (MS), senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Ladden is a nurse practitioner whose work focuses on improving quality and safety through health professional collaboration.
Humanitarian Award
Keri Baker 鈥11N, cofounder and executive director of Sacred Valley Health, a U.S.鈥揵ased nongovernmental organization in Ollantaytambo, Peru. Baker coordinates medical campaigns, establishes university partnerships, and oversees the community health worker program known as 鈥淧romotoras de Salud.鈥
Legacy Award
The late Robert Hurlbut 鈥12 (Honorary), a former trustee of the University and longtime supporter of the school. The founder, former president, and chairman of ROHM Services Corporation, Hurlbut was regarded as a pioneer in nursing home administration and an innovator in shifting the nation鈥檚 model of late-life care from traditional nursing homes to senior living facilities.
Richard (Dick) Mulvey, husband of Ann Marshall Gugino Mulvey 鈥55N, a practicing nurse who was an active alumna of the School of Nursing until her death in 2008. Dick established the Ann Marshall Mulvey 鈥55 Nursing Endowed Scholarship in her honor to support a promising nursing student who demonstrates need.
John N. Wilder Award
T. C. 鈥60 and Pamela McQuilkin Lewis 鈥62, longtime supporters of nursing. T. C. is a former vice president of Canandaigua National Bank & Trust, and Pam is a former nurse and homemaker. They met at Rochester in 1958 when T. C. was helping his sister move into the dorm room she shared with Pam.
SIMON: Kevin Collins, Kathleen Washington, Dean Mark Zupan, Harvey Jacobson, and Daniel Lazarek (Photo: Ria Tafani)Simon Business School
Alumni Service Award
Harvey Jacobson 鈥82S (MBA), founder, president, and chief executive officer of California Financial Partners Inc. Jacobson is often called upon to speak nationally on topics such as charitable planning, family limited partnerships, fee-based money management, generation-skipping trusts, and qualified plan distributions. He is the author of The Biggest Mistakes in Financial Planning.
Kathleen Washington 鈥04S (MBA), cofounder and managing director of Enterprise Solutions International, where she focuses on small and mid-cap business growth. Washington has helped businesses engineer successful turnarounds and has worked with governments in the Caribbean and South America to reduce the cost of energy and build sustainable energy resources.
Distinguished Alumnus Award
Kevin Collins 鈥82S (MBA), chief financial officer of Catalyst Energy Technologies. A former managing director at Houlihan Lokey, a privately owned investment bank, Collins provided financial advice for a range of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, and sales.
John N. Wilder Award
Daniel Lazarek 鈥91S (MBA), chief financial officer and co-owner of Access Insurance Holdings Inc., based in Atlanta. Established in 1995, the company has grown from a small start-up to a nationally recognized insurer with $400 million in annual revenue, more than 400 employees, and operations in 14 states.
DENTISTRY: William Calnon (right) and his family鈥攕on, Timothy 鈥15D (Pdc); daughter-in-law, Jennifer Calnon 鈥09D (Pdc); son, Christopher 鈥09D (Pdc); and wife, Mary (Photo: Keith Bullis)Eastman Institute for Oral Health
Director鈥檚 Award
William Calnon 鈥79D (Pdc), immediate past president of the American Dental Association. The president of the Eastman Dental Foundation Board and former acting director of the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, Calnon is a practicing dentist and partner of the dental practice of Calnon & Cilano. He is also a part-time professor in the Department of Dentistry.锘