Heritage and Alumni Award recipients will be presented with their awards during Alumni Reunion Weekend.
Nominations closed March 31, 2023.
Heritage Awards: Recognizes an alumnus/a or alumni couple and a faculty/staff couple or individual, whose devotion to the ideals of the University 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.
Distinguished Alumni Service Award: Recognizes alumni volunteers who have made exceptional contributions in support of the activities of the SUNY New Paltz Alumni Association.
Friends of the Alumni Association: Recognizes individuals (non-alumni) who have made exceptional contributions to the engagement of alumni in the life of the University.
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
Faculty/Staff: Dr. Louis Saraceno and Frances Saraceno
Faculty/Staff: Dr. A.J. Williams-Myers (deceased)
2016
Alumna: Mary Kastner '71
Faculty/Staff: Prof. Joseph C. Paparone
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 & Prof. Douglas Baker
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
Faculty: Prof. Heinz Meng (deceased)
2010
Alumna: Rosemarie (Mainberger) McBride '60 '68g
Faculty/Staff: Prof. and Mrs. Karl Budmen (deceased)
2009
Alumnus: Alan Dunefsky '69 '91g
Faculty: Prof. Ray Snider
2008
Alumnus: Prof. Joseph Castellana '48 (deceased)
Faculty: Prof. 0. Lincoln "Lin" Igou (deceased)
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: 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: 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 and Rosemarie (Mainberger) McBride '60 '68
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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