Hutchison Medal
Recognizing service-driven alumni
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The Charles Force Hutchison and Marjorie Smith Hutchison Medal is awarded to University of Rochester alumni in recognition of their outstanding achievement and notable service to the community, state, or nation.
Nominations for this award are received from school and unit leaders. The University president selects one or more recipients of this award annually.
If you have questions about this process or award, please contact our office.
Past recipients
Explore the sortable table below for a full list of previous Hutchison Medal winners.
| Year | Recipient | Achievement |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kenneth R. French ’78S (MBA), ’81S (MS), ’83S (PhD) | An expert on the behavior of security prices and investment strategies, and a prolific researcher whose work has transformed the field of finance |
| 2022 | Deborah C. German ’79M (RES) | A nationally recognized physician, educator, and administrator who leads both a research-based medical school and a patient-centered clinical enterprise. |
| 2021 | Alice Holloway Young, ’57W (MS), ’69W (EdD) | Distinguished teacher and educational administrator, and founding trustee of Monroe Community College |
| 2020 | Jude Sauer ’81, ‘84M (MD), ‘88M (Res) | Leader in the field of surgical innovation, founder of LSI SOLUTIONS |
| 2019 | Ruth Lawrence ’49 (MD) | Physician, pioneer and leader in the fields breastfeeding and toxicology |
| 2018 | Mary Ellen Burris ’68W (Mas) | Senior vice president of consumer affairs for Wegmans Food Markets Inc. |
| 2017 | Carol C. Nadelson ’61M (MD) | Founding director of the Partners and Brigham/Women’s Hospital Office for Women’s Careers (OWC) and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School |
| 2017 | Mark S. Ain ’67S (MBA) | Founder and former chairman and CEO of Kronos Incorporated |
| 2017 | Jimmie V. Reyna ’75 | Circuit Judge on the United State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| 2016 | Laurence H. Bloch ’75, P’13S | Distinguished private investor and the former chair of TransWestern Publishing Company |
| 2016 | Richard Hodes ’82M (MD) | Medical Director for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 2015 | Ronald J. Paprocki ’69, ’86S (MBA) | Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| 2015 | Harvey Alter ’56, ‘60M (MD) | Chief of clinical studies and associate director of research at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Transfusion Medicine and distinguished NIH investigator |
| 2015 | Joseph F. Cunningham ’67 (MBA) | Principal Attorney, Joseph F. Cunningham & Associates |
| 2014 | C. McCollister (“Mac”) Evarts ‘57M (MD), ‘64M (Res) | Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Orthopaedics |
| 2014 | Harriet Kitzman, 61W (MS), 84N (PhD) | Senior Associate Dean for Research, University of Rochester School of Nursing |
| 2014 | Robert E. Rich, Jr., 69S (MBA) | Chairman of Rich Products Corporation |
| 2013 | Edward D. Miller, M.D. | CEO Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Dean and Vice President Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University |
| 2013 | Norman Leenhouts | Chairman of Broadstone Real Estate |
| 2012 | Roger Friedlander, ’56 | University Trustee, Business Executive, Civic Leader |
| 2011 | Eric J. Topol, ’79M | Director of Scripps Translational Science Institute |
| 2010 | Vincent Lenti ’60E, ’63E (MA) | Lecturer, Piano, Eastman School of Music |
| 2010 | Cathy E. Minehan ’68 | UR Trustee; Managing Director, Arlington Advisory Partners, LLC |
| 2010 | Arthur Moss ’62M (Res) | Professor of Medicine, UR Medical Center |
| 2009 | Steven Chu ’70 | Secretary, United States Department of Energy; winner, 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics |
| 2008 | Robert B. Goergen ’60 | Chairman and CEO of Blyth Inc., and Founder and Chairman of The Ropart Group |
| 2008 | Joseph B. Martin ’71M (PhD) | Former Dean, Harvard Medical School |
| 2008 | G. Robert Witmer Jr. ’59 | Former Chair, Management Committee, Nixon Peabody |
| 2007 | Michael Gottlieb ’73M (MD) | Trustee, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance |
| 2007 | Edmund Hajim ’58 | Chairman and CEO, MLH Capital |
| 2006 | James S. Gleason ’68S (MBA) | Chairman, Gleason Corporation |
| 2006 | Martin E. Messinger ’49 | Managing Partner, Neuberger Berman, LLC |
| 2006 | Michael G. Rosenfeld ’66M (MD) | Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine |
| 2005 | William A. Peck ’60 M (MD), ’00 (HNR) | Founding Director of the Center for Health Policy, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2005 | Donald (D. A.) Henderson ’54 M (MD), ’77 (HNR) | Resident Scholar, Center for Biosecurity; 21st Century Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| 2004 | Barry Meyer ’64 | Chairman and CEO, Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. |
| 2003 | Dr. Myles Brand ’67 (Ph.D.) Philosophy | President, National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 2002 | Ron Carter ’59 (ESM) | Jazz musician, Professor of Music City College of New York |
| 2002 | Dr. Paul Horn ’73 (Ph.D.) Physics (CAS) | Sr. V.P. of IBM Corporation and Director of Research |
| 2001 | Galway Kinnell ’49 (Mas) | Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1983 |
| 2000 | William F. May ’37 | Chairman, Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation |
| 1999 | Jay T. Last ’51 | President, Hillcrest Press |
| 1998 | Mary-Frances Winters ’73, ’82 S (MBA) | Founder and President of The Winters Group (Rochester-based Consulting Firm) |
| 1997 | Herbert York ’42, ’43 (MS) | Physicist/Advisor to four presidents Retired Director, Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation |
| 1996 | David T. Kearns ’52 | Retired Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation |
| 1995 | Doriot A. Dwyer ’43E | Retired Principal Flutist, Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 1994 | Walter Cooper ’57 (PhD) | Member, New York State Board of Regents and Retired Researcher, Eastman Kodak Company |
| 1993 | Adam Urbanski ’69, ’75 (PhD) | President, Rochester Teachers Association |
| 1992 | Richard T. Kennedy ’41 | U. S. Representative, International Atomic Energy Association |
| 1991 | Bernard W. Harleston ’55 (PhD), ’72 (ScD)* | President, City College of New York |
| 1991 | Florence Cawthorne Ladd ’58 (PhD) | Administrator, Radcliffe College |
| 1990 | Michael A. Telesca ’52 | U. S. District Court Judge |
| 1989 | Helen Crouch ’50 | President, Literacy Volunteers of America |
| 1988 | George Abbott ’11 ’61 (LHD)* | Playwright |
| 1986 | Virginia A. Dwyer ’43 | Retired Senior VP/Finance AT&T |
| 1985 | Roger J. Robach ’66 | New York State Assemblyman |
| 1984 | Arthur R. Miller ’56, ’08 (HNR) | Law Professor |
| 1983 | David W. Stewart ’41 | Retired President, Genesee Valley BC/BS |
| 1981 | Herbert Scoville, Jr. ’42 (PhD) | Physicist |
| 1980 | Charles L. Strouse ’47E | Composer of Annie |
| 1978 | Samuel S. Stratton ’37 | U.S. Congressman |
| 1977 | Burnett Anderson ’40 | U. S. State Department |