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Awards

Commencement Honorees 2014
commencement_honoreesCOMMENCEMENT MOMENT: President Joel Seligman (left to right), Ed Hajim ’58, chairman of the Board of Trustees, and honorary degree recipients Chris Matthews and Barry Meyer ’64 welcomed the graduating class at the start of the procession. (Photo: Adam Fenster)

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

Elizabeth Colantoni, Assistant professor of religion and classics

Vasilii Petrenko, Assistant professor of earth and environmental sciences

Honorary Doctor of Laws

Barry Meyer ’64, Former chairman, Warner Bros. Entertainment

Honorary Doctor of Letters

Chris Matthews, MSNBC political analyst and author

Doctoral Ceremony

William H. Riker University Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching

Eric Phizicky, Professor of biochemistry and biophysics

Lifetime Achievement in Graduate Education

Douglas Turner, Professor of chemistry

Rochester Distinguished Scholar Medal

Yuh-geng Tsay ’77, (PhD), Founder, Diagnostic Reagents

Eastman School

Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching

William Marvin ’02E (PhD), Associate professor of music theory

School of Nursing

Charles Force Hutchison and Marjorie Smith Hutchison Medal

Harriet Kitzman ’61W (MS), ’84N (PhD), Professor of nursing and pediatrics and senior associate dean for research

Simon Business School

Charles Force Hutchison and Marjorie Smith Hutchison Medal

Robert Rich ’69S (MBA), Chairman, Rich Products Corp.