Hutchison Medal
Recognizing service-driven alumni
Past recipients
Explore the sortable table below for a full list of previous Hutchison Medal winners.
| Year | Recipient | Achievement |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Robert A. Montgomery ’87(M) MD | Pioneering transplant surgeon, and transformative leader in academic medical education and patient care |
| 2024 | Francis Price ’74, ’75S (MBA) | Entrepreneur and business leader dedicated to ensuring members of underrepresented communities have opportunities to succeed. |
| 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 |