Office of the Provost
Eastman Medal Recipients
The Eastman Medal was awarded for the first time in 2000, during the University's sesquicentennial celebration.
| Year |
Recipient |
Achievement |
Occasion |
| 2009 |
Louise Slaughter |
Congresswoman (DNY-28) ; Chair, House Rules Committee |
College Commencement |
| 2009 |
Carola B. Eisenberg |
Co-founder, Physicians for Human Rights; 1997 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
for campaign to ban land mines |
SMD Commencement |
| 2009 |
William Bonnez |
Development of vaccine to prevent cervical cancer
|
SMD Commencement |
| 2009 |
Richard Reichmann |
SMD Commencement |
| 2009 |
Robert Rose |
SMD Commencement |
| 2008 |
Arvid Carlsson |
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology, Göteborg University in Sweden; 2000 Nobel
Prize recipient in Physiology or Medicine |
Guest Lecture at School of Medicine and Dentistry |
| 2006 |
Robert H. Hurlbut |
President, Hurlbut Trust, and UR Trustee |
Dr. Bradford Berk's Investiture |
| 2005 |
Carl Schramm |
President and CEO, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation | College Commencement |
| 2004 |
Joseph C. Wilson '31 |
Founder, Xerox Corporation | Meliora Weekend |
| 2003 | Garth Fagan | Founder and Artistic Director, Garth Fagan Dance, Inc. | Meliora Weekend |
| 2003 | Ralph Snyderman, M.D. | President and CEO, Duke University Health Systems | SMD Commencement |
| 2002 | Ted Turner | Founder, Cable News Network (CNN) | Meliora Weekend |
| 2001 | Glenda T. Lappan | Professor, Mathematics - Michigan State University |
Dean Raffaella Borasi's Investiture |
| 2000 | Mark L. Schneider | Director, Peace Corps | River Campus Commencement |
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