Alumni Gazette

The University recognized alumni, faculty, and special guests at this spring’s commencement ceremonies. Recognized for their teaching, scholarship, achievements, and service were:

Arts, Sciences & Engineering

G. Graydon Curtis ’58 and Jane W. Curtis Award for Nontenured Faculty Teaching Excellence

• Nickolas (Nick) Vamivakas, assistant professor of quantum optics and quantum physics

Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

• William FitzPatrick, the Gideon Webster Burbank Professor of Intellectual and Moral Philosophy

Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

• Deborah Bial, founder and president of the Posse Foundation

Honorary Doctor of Laws

• Robert Duffy, president and chief executive officer of the Rochester Business Alliance

Honorary Doctor of Science

• Richard Rashid ’80 (PhD), chief technology officer of Microsoft’s Applications and Services Division

Doctoral Ceremony

William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

• Randall Stone, professor of political science

Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education

• Ralph Locke, professor of musicology at the Eastman School of Music

Rochester Distinguished Scholar Medal

• Stephen Fantone ’79 (PhD), president and founder of Optikos Corporation

School of Medicine and Dentistry

Honorary Doctor of Science

• Porter Anderson, professor emeritus of pediatrics at the School of Medicine and Dentistry

Charles Force Hutchison and Marjorie Smith Hutchison Medal

• Harvey Alter ’56, ’60M (MD), a distinguished National Institutes of Health investigator
• Joseph Cunningham ’67 (MA), principal attorney for Cunningham & Associates

Eastman Medal

• E. Philip Saunders, entrepreneur and business leader