Saluting the Sweet Sixteen
From left to right bottom row are award winners Lucinda McWilliams Sanders, James Copeland, Daniel Liston, Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano, Dean Boal, Marni Spott and Tony Ortega. Middle row left to right are Brian Cabral, David Getches, Larissa Bernhardt Herda, Sue Duris-McMurdy and Bernard Amadei. Top row from left to right are Jason Burdick, Richard 鈥淭rey鈥 Lyons III, Justin Macauley and Dan Omasta. Ron Geschwer is not pictured.
The Alumni Association celebrated the 81st anniversary of its annual awards ceremony in early May by awarding 16 alumni, faculty, staff and students with six prestigious awards.
The George Norlin Award honors outstanding alumni for their careers and service to society. Recipients were Boulder resident Dean Boal (Mus, MusEdu鈥53, PhD鈥59); Castle Rock, Colo., resident Larissa Bernhardt Herda (PolSci鈥80); Denver resident Anthony 鈥淭ony鈥 Ortega (Span鈥80, MFA鈥95) and Lucinda McWilliams Sanders (MCompSci78) of Boulder.
Three professors and one football coach received the Robert L. Stearns Award in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the university: civil engineering professor Bernard Amadei, assistant football coach Brian Cabral (Rec鈥79), law dean David Getches and education professor Daniel Liston.
Boulder resident James D. Copeland (PE鈥62, Arch鈥69) and New York City resident Ron Geschwer (Psych鈥01) received the Alumni Recognition Award.
Sue Duris-McMurdy (Econ鈥84) of West Hollywood, Calif., received the Leanne Skupa-Lee Award as a faithful National Alumni Admissions Assistance Program volunteer for more than 20 years.
The Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award went to two alumni 鈥 Jason Burdick (PhDChemEngr鈥02) of Philadelphia and Richard 鈥淭rey鈥 Lyons III (PolSci鈥00) of Arlington, Va.
Three students received the inaugural Forever Buffs Student Award: Justin Macauley (叠耻蝉鈥11),&苍产蝉辫;Dan Omasta (EnvSt鈥11) and Marni Spott (Ger, IntlAf鈥12).