Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
Biographies for the recipients of the awards listed and linked below have been updated when possible. Otherwise, they represent the information available as of the dates of induction. Send updates or corrections.
- Livingston College Distinguished Alumni Award: Established in September 2000 to recognize Livingston College alumni who have distinguished themselves by contributions they have made in their chosen fields of endeavor, by the leadership they have exhibited, and by the general benefits to the larger society resulting from their activities. <!--Nominate a Distinguished Alumna/Alumnus. -->
- Seth Dvorin Distinguished Young Alumni Award: Established in November 2004 in memory of Army Lt. Seth Jeremy Dvorin (LC’02, Administration of Justice; pictured at right), who was killed in Iraq on February 3, 2004. The Seth Dvorin Award was presented to Livingston College young alumni who have distinguished themselves by contributions they have made in their chosen fields of endeavor, by the leadership they have exhibited, and by the general benefits to the larger society resulting from their activities. The three recipients of this award are noted below. This award is now retired.
2000 Inductees
| RIKI JACOBS (LC’80, NLAW’89) | CLIFTON R. LACY (LC’75, RWJMS’79) | JOHN S. LIPORI (LC’77) | ALFRED E. RAMEY, JR (LC’73) |
| Director of AIDS Support Organization; Health Educator (died in 2009) |
Medical Leader; New Jersey State Health Commissioner |
Banking Executive | University Counsel; New Jersey Assistant Attorney General |
2002 Inductees
| THOMAS F. DALEY (LC’75) | SUSAN KILLE (LC’74) | DAVID A. LASKOW (LC’77, RWJMS’81) | STEVEN D. PLOFKER (LC’78) |
| District Attorney; Judge; Adjunct Professor of Law (died in 2015) | Newspaper Journalist | Surgeon; Associate Professor of Surgery | Real Estate Developer; Attorney |
2004 Inductees
| FRANK CARVILL (LC’75) | GINA COLLINS CUMMINGS (LC’84) | EDWARD E. JOHNSON, JR. (LC’79) |
| New Jersey National Guardsman Killed in Iraq (Posthumous; died in 2004) |
Environmental, Health, and Social Justice Activist |
Wall Street Executive |
| MICHAEL C. LARACY (LC’74) | KAREN ROGERS (LC’92) | HARRY V. SWAYNE III (LC’90) |
| Advocate for Children and Families | Seth Dvorin Distinguished Young Alumni Award Television Meteorologist/Journalist |
Football Executive and Player |
2006 Inductees
| AVERY BROOKS (LC’73, MGSA’76) | COLLEEN FRASER (LC’74) | MARK HELIAS (LC’74) |
| Actor; Director; Singer; Professor, Mason Gross School of the Arts | Advocate for People with Disabilities; Hero of United Airlines Flight 93 (Posthumous; died in 2001) |
Jazz Musician and Composer |
| LIZA KIRSCHENBAUM (LC’87) | ANDREA D. LYON (LC’73) | GREGG SPIRIDELLIS (LC’93, RBS’93) |
| Advocate for Children in the Courts | Law School Dean; Expert in Death-Penalty Defense |
Seth Dvorin Distinguished Young Alumni Award Entrepreneur in Online Entertainment |
2009 Inductees
| KEVIN APUZZIO (LC’06) | MARLA DIAMOND (LC’92) | FRANCOISE JACOBSOHN (LC’79) | MARTHA NELL SMITH (LC’77, GSNB’82,’85) |
| Seth Dvorin Distinguished Young Alumni Award Heroic Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician (Posthumous; died in 2006) |
Radio Journalist | Advocate for Women and Workers | Professor of English; Emily Dickinson Scholar |
2011 Inductees
| GREGORY Q. BROWN (LC’82) | EDWARD M. JORDAN (SMLR’15) |
| Rutgers Board of Governors Chair; Business Leader |
Rutgers Men’s Basketball Head Coach (2013-2016) and Player (1973-1977) |
2013 Inductees
| NDIDI N. AMUTAH-ONUKAGHA (LC’03) | NICHOLAS FERRONI (LC’03) | JESSIE J. HANNA (LC’07, RWJMS’14) |
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| Assistant Professor Researcher on Health and Nutrition |
Educator and Historian | Physician Researcher on Pediatric Cancer |
2015 Inductees
| ROBERT P. BERTRAND (LC’01) | KENNETH B. COP (LC’95) | DEBORAH L. STOKES (LC’74) |
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| Radio Engineer | Rutgers University Executive Director of Police Services / Chief of Police | Museum Curator and Arts Educator |
2018 Inductees
| STACI BERGER (LC’94, EJB/GSNB’04) | JEANIE BRYSON (LC’81) | EVERETTE B. PENN (LC’91) |
| Housing and Community Development Advocate | Jazz/Pop/Latin Vocalist | Race/Youth/Justice Scholar |
| CARLYLE E. SHELTON JR. (LC’80) | ROBERT W. SNYDER (LC’77) | MARIE VARGHESE (LC’03) |
| Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Marine Corps |
Professor, American Studies and Journalism | College Advisor and Social Justice Advocate |