Past Honorees

Reverend Mother Rosalie Clifton Hill

In honor of Reverend Mother Rosalie Clifton Hill, the University's Mother Rosalie Hill Award is presented annually to an alumnus/a who personifies the spirit and philosophy of the University of San Diego.

Sister Helen Lorch, R.S.C.J. ’58 (B.A.), ’68 (M.A.) 1991

Angelina Kraemer Kleinbub ’59 BA 1993

Charles George King ’62 BBA 1994

John A. Trifiletti ’78 BA 1995

* Stanley M. “Skip” Walsh ’83 MRE 1996

Charles S. Li Mandri ’77 BA 1997

Annette Russick Welsh ’79 BA 1998

Mary Kovac O’Connor ’83 BA 1999

William H. Scripps ’83 BA 2000

Sally North Asbille ’82 BA 2001

Russell Caine ’85 BBA 2002

Greg Zackowski ’84 BBA, ’86 MA 2003

Delle Willett Stattin ’64 BA 2004-2005

Jackson Muecke ’69 BA 2006

Jean (Hicks) Miller '59 BA 2007

Michael J. Maher ’70 (B.A.) 2008

* Deceased

A permanent recognition piece that contains this information hangs in the University Center.

Past Honorees

Bishop Charles Francis Buddy Award

The Bishop Charles Francis Buddy Award was first presented in 1976. It is now presented annually to an alumnus/a of the University of San Diego in recognition of his/her significant or extraordinary contributions and commitment to humanitarian causes.

J. Fred Widmer ’63 BBA 1976

John J. Rodee ’63 BA 1977

Trudy Crampton Fabian ’58 BA 1978

Jose Flores ’69 BA, ’75 MA 1979

Rosemary Masterson Johnston ’70 BA, ’90 MA 1980

*Reverend Benjamin Carrier ’59 BA 1981

Francis “Ned” Wilson ’62 BA 1982

David E. Clements ’77 BA and Reverend Neal Dolan ’60 BA 1983

Maureen Pecht King ’64 BA 1984

Reverend Douglas P. Regin ’66 BA 1985

Thomas M. Spencer ’77 BA 1986

Mary Searcy Bixby ’76 BA, ’87 MED and Walter Johnston ’68 BA 1987

*Anne Boehler Lonnecker ’64 BA and Richard Lonnecker ’62 BBA 1988

Therese Truitt Whitcomb ’53 BA 1989

Frances Oldak Dolan ’63 BA 1990

John J. Bowman ’60 BA, ’73 MAT 1991

Noel A. Hall ’64 BA 1992

*Carol Burke Couture ’57 BA, ’77 MED 1993

Reverend Laurence P. Dolan ’62 BA 1994

Kathleen Dunn Wellman ’71 BA, ’74 JD 1995

Dr. Sarita Doyle Eastman ’65 BA 1996

Sister Maxine Kraemer, RSCJ ’72 MA 1997

Dennis G. Wick ’65 BA 1998

Cynthia Basso Eaton ’89 BBA 1999

Elsa Arnaiz De Toledo ’64 BA, ’80 MA 2000

Sister Anastasia Lott M.M. ’79 BA 2001

Monsignor Dennis Mikulanis ’73 BA 2002

Ray T. Lozada ’84 BA 2003

Ann Taylor ’95 MSN 2004-2005

Elizabeth (Betty) Jones ’90 EDD 2006

Christine Schanes '69 BA 2007

Mary E. Caffery ’80 (B.S.N.) 2008

* Deceased

A permanent recognition piece that contains this information

Past Honorees

Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Awards

Originated in 1995, the Author E. Hughes Career Achievement Awards are named in honor of President Emeritus, Author E. Hughes. His outstanding achievements over his 24 years as president and his commitment to excellence mirror the extraordinary accomplishments of the fifty-four honorees who proudly wear the medallion bearing his name.

College of Arts & Sciences

1995
Dr. G. David Pollick '71 (B.A.)
President Lebannon Valley College

1996
M. Elizabeth Hirst Bruns '66 (B.A.)
Retired, Department of Pathology, University of Virginia

1997
Gay Martha Guzinski, M.D. '65 (B.A.)
Chief, Division of OB/GYN, University of Maryland School of Medicine

1998
Sr. Mary Jo Anderson '66 (M.A.)
Retired Sr. Vice President of Hospital Operations, Scripps Mercy Hospital

1999
His Excellence, Mr. Monie Captan '85 (B.A.) '87 (M.A.)
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Liberia

2000
James (Jim) Peters '84 (B.A.)
President, Staples, Inc.

2001
Michelle (Shelly) Foco Mecum '85 (B.A.)
Teacher and Author of
"God's Photo Album - How We Looked for God and Saved Our School"

2002
William Gore '69 (B.A.)
Special Agent in Charge - Federal Bureau of Investigation - San Diego Office

2003
John Carrieri '91 (B.A.)
Founder, Chairman and CEO - U, Inc.

2004
Wayne Darbeau ’85 (M.A.)
Vice President of Administration San Diego Unified Port District

2005
Lawrence Shea ’62 (B.A.)
Managing Principle, Barney & Barney, LLC

2006
James D. Power IV ’85 (B.A.)
Sr. Partner & Executive Vice President, J.D. Power and Associates

2007
Timothy Luberski '73 (B.A.)
President, Hidden Villa Ranch

2008
Liam E. McGee '76 (B.A.)
President of Global Consumer and Small Business Banking,
Bank of America

School of Business Administration

1995
Roy A. Lechner '72 (B.A.)
Senior Estimator, Ninteman Construction

1996
Joseph J. Schmidt III '80 (B.A.)
CEO, Schmidt-Cannon International

1997
Betsy Myers '82 (B.A.)
Former Deputy Assistant to President Clinton &
Former Director, Office for Womenís Initiatives and Outreach

1998
Michael Magerman '92 (M.B.A.)
Director, Centre Partners Management

1999
Lorenzo Fertitta '91 (B.A.)
President and CEO, Gordon Biersch Brewing Company

2000
William Jones '80 (B.A.)
President & CEO, Citylink Investment Corp.

2001
Robert Tully Atwood '62 (B.A.)
Former Executive Vice President of First Union Corporation

2002
Andres '94 (M.B.A.) and David '97 (M.I.B.) Garza Herrera
Owners of Xignux, a multinational corporation

2003
Gina Champion-Cain '94 (M.B.A.)
President and CEO - American National Investments

2004
Garry Ridge ’01 (M.S.)
President and CEO WD-40 Company

2005
Ethel F. Yamamoto ’75, ’80 (M.B.A.)
Co-Head of Counterparty Risk & Financial Institutions, BNP

2006
John Redmond ’80 (B.B.A.)
President and CEO, MGM Grand Resorts

2007
Ali Reza Arabnia '87 (M.B.A.)
President & CEO, GECOFIN S.P.A.

2008
Lowell C. McAdam '83 (M.B.A.)
President and CEO, Verizon Wireless

School of Leadership & Education Sciences

1995
Gloria G. De Ment '76 (M.Ed.)
Literacy Director, National Dyslexia Research Foundation

1996
Bertha O. Pendleton '89 (Ed.D.)
Former Superintendent, San Diego Unified School District

1997
Kevin ‘87 (Ed.D.) & Jackie '94 (Ed.D.)Freiberg
President and Managing Partner, San Diego Consulting Group, Inc.

1998
George Cameron '84 (Ed.D.)
Superintendent, National School District

1999
Kimberlee Jubala '90 (M.Ed.)
Teacher, San Diego Unified School District

2000
Sr. Miriam Kaeser '87 (Ed.D.)
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum Development,
Archdiocese of Cincinnati

2001
Captain Adolfo Gonzales '96 (Ed.D.)
San Diego Police Department, Special Services Division

2002
Judith Rauner '95 (Ed.D.)
Director - Community Service-Learning, University of San Diego

2003
Anthony Smith '87 (Ed.D.)
Managing Director - Leadership Research Institute

2004
Conni E. Cintas ’88 (B.A.), ’89 (M.Ed.)
Director Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Program North Coastal Consortium

2005
David Herrera ’04 (Ed.D)
Organizational Consultant

2006
Juanita Santos Nacu '90 (M.A), ’98 (E.D.D.)
Educator of Heritage & Tagalong, UCSD

2007
Rebecca C. (Haddock) Smith '93 (M.Ed.)
Director of Community Relations, High Tech High

2008
Rabbi Laurie E. Coskey '00 (Ed.D.)
Executive Director, Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice of San Diego County

School of Law

1995
*Note: The Law School did not participate the first year this award was created.

1996
Sally M. Furay, R.S.C.J. '72 (J.D.)
Retired Vice-President & Provost, University of San Diego

1997
The Honorable Federico Fred Castro '71 (J.D.)
Judge, San Diego County Superior Court

1998
The Honorable Judith Keep '70 (J.D.)
Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern California District

1999
Michael Thorsnes '68 (J.D.)
Founding Partner, Thorsnes, Bartolotta, McGuire & Padilla

2000
Patricia Mc Quater '78 (J.D.)
Former Chairman, Port of San Diego and
Senior Corporate Counsel, Solar Turbines

2001
Nancy Ely-Raphel '68 (J.D.)
Ambassador of the United States of America
Republic of Slovenia

2002
The Honorable Lynn Schenk '70 (J.D.)
Chief of Staff, CA Governor Gray Davis

2003
David Casey, Jr. '74 (J.D.)
Senior Partner - Casey, Gerry, Reed & Schenk, LLP

2004
Steven R. Altman ’86 (J.D.)
Executive Vice President, QUALCOMM Incorporated President, QUALCOMM Tech Licensing

2005
The Honorable Napoleon Jones, Jr. ’71 (J.D.)
United States District Court, Southern District of California, San Diego

2006
Susanne Stanford ’75 (J.D.)
Partner, Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps

2007
Leonard Armato '78 (J.D.)
Commissioner, Association of Volleyball Professionals Inc.

2008
The Honorable Thomas J. Whelan '61 (B.B.A.) and '65 (J.D.)
Judge, United States District Court

Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science

1995
Dian Kotarba Doyle '83 (B.S.N.) '88 (M.S.N.)
Director of Women & Child Health Services, Kaiser Permanente

1996
Mary B. Middleton '80 (B.S.N.) '83 (M.S.N.)
Director of Patient Care Services, UCSD Medical Center

1997
Felicitas A. de la Cruz, R.N. '91 (D.N.Sc.)
Director of Family Nurse Practitioners and
Graduate Nursing Research, Azusa Pacific University

1998
Rear Admiral Kathleen Martin '92 (M.S.N.)
Director, Navy Nurse Corps and Commander
National Naval Medical Center

1999
Daniel Gross '97 (D.N.Sc.)
CEO, Sharp Memorial Hospitals

2000
Carol Beth Sise '85 (M.S.N.) '92 (J.D.)
Community Outreach Coordinator, Scripps Mercy Hospital

2001
Jaynell (Jan) F. Stichler '90 (D.N.Sc.)
Principal, Stichler Design Group

2002
Ruth Grendell '81 (M.S.N.), '91 (D.N.Sc.)
Nurse educator, volunteer and global healer

2003
Captain Sandra C. Garmon Bibb '83 (B.S.N.), '91 (M.S.N.), '99 (D.N.Sc.)
Director - Population Health Services, Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital

2004
Cay Chapman Casey ’84 (M.S.N.), ’02 (Ph.D.)
San Diego Unified School District, Special Education Nurse Medically Homebound and Infant Hard of Hearing Programs

2005
Julie C. Novak ’89 (D.N.Sc)
Professor of Nursing, Technology & Human Services, Southwestern College

2006
Dr. Ann Mayo ’90 (M.S.N.), ’98 (D.N.Sc.)
Nursing Researcher, Kaiser Permanente

2007
Linda D. Urden '89 (D.N.Sc.)
Executive Director, Nursing Quality, Education, and Research, Palomar Pomerado Health

2008
Col. Mary T. Sarnecky '90 (D.N.Sc.)
Colonel, United States Army (Retired)