Rochester Distinguished Scholar Award
Recognizing the careers of our doctoral alumni
Past recipients
Explore the sortable table below for a full list of previous Rochester Distinguished Scholars.
| Year | Recipient | School | Degree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Donna Strickland | College | Ph.D. Optics 1989 |
| 2015 | Stephen D. Fantone | College | B.S. Electrical Engineering 1974, Ph.D. Optics 1979 |
| 2014 | Yuh-geng Tsay | College | M.S. Chemistry 1975, Ph.D. Chemistry 1977 |
| 2013 | John Aldrich | College | Ph.D. Political Science 1975 |
| 2012 | Glenn Watkins | Eastman | Ph.D Musicology 1953 |
| 2010 | Young-Kee Kim | College | Ph.D. Physics 1990 |
| 2009 | Clifford P. Kubiak | College | Ph.D. Chemistry 1980 |
| 2009 | Barbara Sinclair | College | Ph.D. Political Science 1970 |
| 2008 | Patrick McCreless | Eastman | Ph.D. Music Theory 1981 |
| 2008 | Charles R. Munnerlyn | College | Ph.D. Optical Engineering 1969 |
| 2007 | Ernest Courant | College | Ph.D. Physics 1943 |
| 2006 | Amit Goyal | College | Ph.D. Engineering 1991 |
| 2006 | Jerry Green | College | Ph.D. Economics 1970 |
| 2005 | Kenneth French | Simon | Ph.D. Finance 1983 |
| 2005 | Edward J.J. Grabowski | College | Ph.D. Organic Chemistry 1965 |
| 2004 | Kevin Campbell | Medicine & Dentistry | Ph.D. Biophysics 1979 |
| 2004 | Siddhartha Dalal | College | Ph.D. Statistics 1976 |
| 2003 | Jack E. Crow | College | Ph.D. Physics 1967 |
| 2002 | Bruce R. Smith | College | Ph.D. English 1973 |
| 2002 | Lillian M. Nail | Nursing | Ph.D. Nursing 1985 |
| 2001 | Karen Brown | College | Ph.D. Chemistry 1972 |
| 2000 | Masatoshi Koshiba | College | Ph.D. Physics 1955 |
| 1999 | Morris Fiorina | College | Ph.D. Political Science 1972 |
| 1999 | Lewis Rowell | Eastman | Ph.D. Music Theory 1958 |
| 1998 | Katherine Hayles | College | Ph.D. English 1977 |
| 1997 | Charles Swenberg | College | Ph.D. Physics 1967 |
| 1997 | Jacquelyn Campbell | Nursing | Ph.D. Nursing 1986 |
| 1996 | Richard McKelvey | College | Ph.D. Political Science 1971 |
| 1996 | George T. Walker | Eastman | DMA Performance and Pedagogy 1956 |
| 1995 | Joseph Bunnett | College | Ph.D. Chemistry 1945 |
| 1995 | Lowell “Ed” Folsom | College | Ph.D. English 1976 |
| 1995 | Robert Potter | College | Ph.D. Optics 1960 |
| 1994 | Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham | College | Ph.D. History 1984 |
| 1994 | Lawrence Alan Babb | College | Ph.D. Anthropology 1969 |
| 1993 | Kenneth Shepsle | College | Ph.D. Political Science 1970 |
| 1993 | D. Allan Bromley | College | Ph.D. Physics 1952 |