The Heritage and Alumni Awards are presented during Alumni Reunion. Nominations for 2025 alumni awards are open until March 31.
Heritage Awards: This award recognizes an alumnus or alumni couple and a faculty/staff couple or individual whose devotion to the university's ideals serves as an extraordinary example to the entire New Paltz community.
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Recognizes alumni who have achieved distinction in a chosen profession or outstanding lifetime achievement. Submit a nomination.
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Recognizes alumni volunteers who have made exceptional contributions in support of the activities of the SUNY New Paltz Alumni Network. Submit a nomination.
Friends of the Alumni Association: Recognizes individuals (non-alumni) who have made exceptional contributions to alumni engagement in University life. Submit a nomination.
2024
Alumni: Maureen Lohan-Bremer '86 '92g
Faculty/Staff: Dr. Laurel Garrick Duhaney and Dr. Devon Duhaney
2023
Alumni: Mark Rumnit '93
Faculty/Staff: Dr. Gweneth Lloyd
2022
Alumni: Michele Di Palo-Williams '77
Faculty/Staff: Nancy Kassop
2021
Alumni: Myra Kressner '76
Faculty/Staff: Martin Rutstein
2020
Alumni: Dion Baccus '92 and Renee Padmore-Baccus '91
Faculty/Staff: Gerald Sorin
2019
Alumnus: Harry Bonsu '90
Faculty/Staff: David Eaton and Linda Eaton
2018
Alumni: Everton Henriques '78 '83g '22 HON and Jeannie Irvine '78
Alumni: Bruce Orenstein '68 and Sandra (Schwartz) Orenstein '67
Faculty/Staff: Gail Gallerie
Faculty/Staff Dr. Giancarlo Traverso
2017
Alumna: Robin Cohen-La Valle '77 '82g
Alumna: Susan Najork '67 '70g (deceased)
Faculty/Staff: Dr. Louis Saraceno and Frances Saraceno
Faculty/Staff: Dr. A.J. Williams-Myers (deceased)
2016
Alumna: Mary Kastner '71
Faculty/Staff: Dr. Joseph C. Paparone (deceased)
2015
Alumna: Onika Jervis '93 '05g
Faculty/Staff: Prof. William B. Rhoads
2014
Alumnus: Antonio "Tony" Bonilla '87 '05g
Faculty/Staff: Prof. Ronald Knapp
2013
Alumni: Robert "Bob" Thorn '66 '70g & Jane (Hausz) Thorn '68
Faculty/Staff: Linda Delgado-Baker '84 '86g & Dr. Douglas Baker (deceased)
2012
Alumni: Robert "Bob" Mountz '68 '71g '80cas and Henrietta (Thomas) Mountz '68 '71g
Faculty/Staff: Dean Robert Michael '75 cas
2011
Alumna: Sadie (Stellefson) Penzato '66 '68g '76cas (deceased)
Faculty: Prof. Heinz Meng (deceased)
2010
Alumna: Rosemarie (Mainberger) McBride '60 '68g (deceased)
Faculty/Staff: Dr. Karl Budmen (deceased) and Mrs. Roberta Budmen (deceased)
2009
Alumnus: Alan Dunefsky '69 '91g
Faculty: Dr. Ray Snider (deceased)
2008
Alumnus: Prof. Joseph Castellana '48 (deceased)
Faculty: Prof. 0. Lincoln "Lin" Igou (deceased)
2024
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Michael Allen '98, Dr. Kelly Cassano '86, Christine DeBiase '90, Yolanda Mims-Johnson '90
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Virginia Apuzzo '63, Niza Cardona '04g
Friends of the Alumni Association Award: Dr. Nancy Campos
2023
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Dr. Lucia Amendano '08, Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman '93, Dr. Scott Siegel '78
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Christian "Ed" Burke, Jr. '90, Candice Dixon '73, Oliver Petrovic '04
Friends of the Alumni Association Award: Dr. Patricia Sullivan
2022
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Senator Robert Jackson '75, David Scott '99 '03g
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Ronald Law '74
Friends of the Alumni Association Award: Mark McFadden
2021
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Marianne Mizel '76
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Everton Browne '92
Friends of the Alumni Association Award: Michael Keegan
2020
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Leslie Gordon '93
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Bradley Diuguid '07, Missy Graff Ballone '13g, Gorgette Green-Hodnett '91, Jennifer Haefele, RDN '12, Lester Mayers '19, Destiny Moore '13, Kelly A. Murphy '13, Lana Pasqual '11, Nia Thomas '11, Juan-Carlos Piñeiro '07, Jason Valentino '07
Friends of the Alumni Association Award: Glenn Geher
2019
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Kevin Zraly '74
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Mary Elizabeth Bannon '81
2018
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Marc Warren '68 and Dennis Rinsler '68
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Patricia (Gisin) King '60 (deceased) and Rosemarie (Mainberger) McBride '60 '68 (deceased)
2017
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Dr. Neyooxet Greymorning '73
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Camille Jacobs '91
2016
Alumni Professional Achievement Award: Col. Joseph D. Davidson '90
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Robert "Bob" Thorn '66 70'g
2015
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Amber Greene '03
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