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Distinguished Alumni Award

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RIT's Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes a deserving graduate of NTID or a deaf or hard-of-hearing graduate from another college of RIT. Alumni selected for the award are highly successful in their chosen field of study or career, are actively involved in and contribute to the betterment of the deaf community, and promote spirit among NTID alumni and RIT's deaf and hard-of-hearing alumni. The Distinguished Alumni Award is given annually for each college of RIT.

Past Award Recipients

2011 Mark Feder
2010 Sharon L. Applegate
2009 Christopher Wagner
2008 Barbara M. Fallon
2007 Andrew Brenneman
2006 (no award given)
2005 Jelica B. Nuccio
2004 Gary W. Behm
2003 Susan (Wolf) Downes
2002 W.Scot Atkins
2001 David L. Binning
2000 Angela (Donnell) Officer
1999 Philip J. Jacob
1998 Colleen Daviton
1997 Robert J. and Sue (Mozzer) Mather
1996 David S. Rosenthal
1995 James F. Northcutt
1994 Sharaine (Rawlinson) Rice
1993 David H. Pierce
1992 Linda (Kessler) Nelson
1991 Fred R. Mangrubang
1990 Andrew D. Baker
1989 Gary J. Etkie
1988 Gerald M. Isobe
1987 (no award given)
1986 Darlene (Rhoads) Sarnouski
1985 Gerard J. Buckley
1984 Edward B. Lord
1983 George O. Kononenko
1982 Thomas R. Nedved
1981 Robert J. Green
1980 Carmella (Sinaguglia) Ramey
1979 Cynthia (Rohlin) Davidson
1978 William S. Mather
1977 Kevin J. Nolan
1976 Donald H. Stoops

NTID-supported student recipients from College of Liberal Arts

1996 Gerard J. Buckley
1985 Barbara J. Wood
1980 Robert J. Mather
1978 Daniel J. Langholtz

NTID-supported student recipients from College of Science

1985 Andrew D. Baker

NTID-supported student recipients from College of Applied Science and Technology

1976 Gerald A. Nelson