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Hutchison Medal

Recognizing service-driven alumni

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The Charles Force Hutchison and Marjorie Smith Hutchison Medal is awarded to Δ’Ή½΄«Γ½ 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.

YearRecipientAchievement
2024Robert A. Montgomery ’87(M) MDPioneering transplant surgeon, and transformative leader in academic medical education and patient care
2024Francis Price ’74, ’75S (MBA)Entrepreneur and business leader dedicated to ensuring members of underrepresented communities have opportunities to succeed.
2022Kenneth 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
2022Deborah 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.
2021Alice Holloway Young, ’57W (MS), ’69W (EdD)Distinguished teacher and educational administrator, and founding trustee of Monroe Community College
2020Jude Sauer ’81, β€˜84M (MD), β€˜88M (Res)Leader in the field of surgical innovation, founder of LSI SOLUTIONS
2019Ruth Lawrence ’49 (MD)Physician, pioneer and leader in the fields breastfeeding and toxicology
2018Mary Ellen Burris ’68W (Mas)Senior vice president of consumer affairs for Wegmans Food Markets Inc.
2017Carol 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
2017Mark S. Ain ’67S (MBA)Founder and former chairman and CEO of Kronos Incorporated
2017Jimmie V. Reyna ’75Circuit Judge on the United State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2016Laurence H. Bloch ’75, P’13SDistinguished private investor and the former chair of TransWestern Publishing Company
2016Richard Hodes ’82M (MD)Medical Director for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2015Ronald J. Paprocki ’69, ’86S (MBA)Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
2015Harvey Alter ’56, β€˜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
2015Joseph F. Cunningham ’67 (MBA)Principal Attorney, Joseph F. Cunningham & Associates
2014C. McCollister (β€œMac”) Evarts β€˜57M (MD), β€˜64M (Res)Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Orthopaedics
2014Harriet Kitzman, 61W (MS), 84N (PhD)Senior Associate Dean for Research, Δ’Ή½΄«Γ½ School of Nursing
2014Robert E. Rich, Jr., 69S (MBA)Chairman of Rich Products Corporation
2013Edward D. Miller, M.D.CEO Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Dean and Vice President Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University
2013Norman LeenhoutsChairman of Broadstone Real Estate
2012Roger Friedlander, ’56University Trustee, Business Executive, Civic Leader
2011Eric J. Topol, ’79MDirector of Scripps Translational Science Institute
2010Vincent Lenti ’60E, ’63E (MA)Lecturer, Piano, Eastman School of Music
2010Cathy E. Minehan ’68UR Trustee; Managing Director, Arlington Advisory Partners, LLC
2010Arthur Moss ’62M (Res)Professor of Medicine, UR Medical Center
2009Steven Chu ’70Secretary, United States Department of Energy;
winner, 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics
2008Robert B. Goergen ’60Chairman and CEO of Blyth Inc., and Founder and Chairman of The Ropart Group
2008Joseph B. Martin ’71M (PhD)Former Dean, Harvard Medical School
2008G. Robert Witmer Jr. ’59Former Chair, Management Committee, Nixon Peabody
2007Michael Gottlieb ’73M (MD)Trustee, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance
2007Edmund Hajim ’58Chairman and CEO, MLH Capital
2006James S. Gleason ’68S (MBA)Chairman, Gleason Corporation
2006Martin E. Messinger ’49Managing Partner, Neuberger Berman, LLC
2006Michael G. Rosenfeld ’66M (MD)Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine
2005William A. Peck ’60 M (MD), ’00 (HNR)Founding Director of the Center for Health Policy, Washington University in St. Louis
2005Donald (D. A.) Henderson ’54 M (MD), ’77 (HNR)Resident Scholar, Center for Biosecurity; 21st Century Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
2004Barry Meyer ’64Chairman and CEO, Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc.
2003Dr. Myles Brand ’67 (Ph.D.) PhilosophyPresident, National Collegiate Athletic Association
2002Ron Carter ’59 (ESM)Jazz musician, Professor of Music City College of New York
2002Dr. Paul Horn ’73 (Ph.D.) Physics (CAS)Sr. V.P. of IBM Corporation and Director of Research
2001Galway Kinnell ’49 (Mas)Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1983
2000William F. May ’37Chairman, Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation
1999Jay T. Last ’51President, Hillcrest Press
1998Mary-Frances Winters ’73, ’82 S (MBA)Founder and President of The Winters Group (Rochester-based Consulting Firm)
1997Herbert York ’42, ’43 (MS)Physicist/Advisor to four presidents
Retired Director, Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation
1996David T. Kearns ’52Retired Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation
1995Doriot A. Dwyer ’43ERetired Principal Flutist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
1994Walter Cooper ’57 (PhD)Member, New York State Board of Regents and Retired Researcher, Eastman Kodak Company
1993Adam Urbanski ’69, ’75 (PhD)President, Rochester Teachers Association
1992Richard T. Kennedy ’41U. S. Representative,
International Atomic Energy Association
1991Bernard W. Harleston ’55 (PhD), ’72 (ScD)*President, City College of New York
1991Florence Cawthorne Ladd ’58 (PhD)Administrator, Radcliffe College
1990Michael A. Telesca ’52U. S. District Court Judge
1989Helen Crouch ’50President, Literacy Volunteers of America
1988George Abbott ’11 ’61 (LHD)*Playwright
1986Virginia A. Dwyer ’43Retired Senior VP/Finance AT&T
1985Roger J. Robach ’66New York State Assemblyman
1984Arthur R. Miller ’56, ’08 (HNR)Law Professor
1983David W. Stewart ’41Retired President, Genesee Valley BC/BS
1981Herbert Scoville, Jr. ’42 (PhD)Physicist
1980Charles L. Strouse ’47EComposer of Annie
1978Samuel S. Stratton ’37U.S. Congressman
1977Burnett Anderson ’40U. S. State Department