Alumni Awards

Alumni Awards

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The D’Youville Alumni Association proudly recognizes outstanding individuals whose achievements, leadership, and service reflect the spirit and mission of D’Youville.

Through our annual awards, we celebrate alumni and members of the broader D’Youville community who have made meaningful contributions to their professions, their communities, and the University. Alumni honors include the Anne Lum Distinguished Alumni Award,Career Achievement Award, Delta Sigma Award and the Young Alumni Award 

In addition, the Spirit of D’Youville Award recognizes a non-alumni individual who has made a significant and lasting impact on the D’Youville community.

We invite you to help us recognize members of hte D'Youville community who inspire us all.

Awards

Anne Lum Distinguished Alumni Award

Named in honor of 1924 graduate Anne Lum, the Anne Lum Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor presented by the D’Youville Alumni Association. The award recognizes an alumna/us whose outstanding professional accomplishments, exemplary leadership, dedication to community service, and enduring commitment to D’Youville through volunteerism, mentorship, advocacy, philanthropy, or alumni engagement reflect the highest ideals and values of the University.

Career Achievement Award

The Career Achievement Award honors an alumnus/a who has attained significant success and distinction in their profession, demonstrating leadership, innovation, and a lasting impact in their field. This award honors individuals who have demonstrated excellence, leadership, and meaningful advancement in their professional careers, making a positive impact on their industry and society.  

Young Alumni Award

The Young Alumni Award recognizes graduates within 5–10 years of earning their degree who have demonstrated exceptional achievement and made significant contributions in their chosen fields.

This award honors individuals who exemplify leadership, innovation, and a strong commitment to their profession, reflecting the promise and impact of D’Youville’s newest generation of alumni.

Delta Sigma Award

The Delta Sigma Award is presented to an alumnus/a whose distinguished career, exceptional achievements, and lifelong commitment to service reflect the mission and values of D’Youville University. As one of the University’s highest alumni honors, the award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated exemplary leadership, professional excellence, and meaningful contributions to their communities while embodying the spirit of compassion, service, and innovation that defines D’Youville.

Spirit to D'Youville Award

The Spirit of D’Youville Award recognizes a non-alumni individual who has made a meaningful and lasting impact on the D’Youville community. Through their dedication, partnership, or service, this individual embodies the mission, values, and spirit of the University.

This award honors those whose support and commitment have strengthened D’Youville and enriched the experience of its students, faculty, and alumni.

Distinguished Alumni Awards Past Recipients

Anne Lum Distinguished Alumni Award and Delta Sigma Award

  • Catherine Anderson Barone '35
  • Irma Dickman '33
  • Margaret Dooling 1924
  • Genevieve Geraty 1925
  • Dr. Jane Flanigen Griffin '54
  • Beatrice Stockman Hickey '32
  • Lorraine Attea Lynn '42
  • Eileen Callahan Lyons '42
  • Gertrude McGee 1927
  • Mary Schwab Murphy '42
  • Martha Haar Ryan '73
  • Ellen Hausle Smith '42
  • Stella Tiffany 1918
  • Patricia Lyons Van Dyke '52
  • Florence Welch '34

Anne Lum Distinguished Alumni Award

  • Dr. Jean M. Alberti '57
  • Pauline Alt 1928
  • Nora Anderson '33
  • Katherine Baier '69
  • Fern Jackson Beavers '72
  • Mary Bisantz '66
  • Gertrude Campbell '30
  • Mary Moriarity Cottrell '45
  • Regina Curry 1922
  • Mary De Laney '72
  • Marie Dietrich '64
  • Mary Dillon '72
  • Dr. Mary Alice Higgins Donius '69
  • Dr. Denise Mahoney Dunford '94
  • Sr. Marguerite Dynski SSJ MD '70
  • Dr. Marcella Farinelli Fierro '62
  • Elizabeth Martinez Fildes '91
  • Sr. Mary Finnick GNSH '60
  • Edith Flanigen '50
  • Marguerite Edwards Grande '47
  • Rita Rejent Jenczka '46
  • Mary Kirwan '60
  • Cecelia Scuto Kohlmeier '69
  • Mary McDonald Mascott '66
  • Jo Ann Mecca '59
  • Ursula Miller Ostrowski '44
  • Donna Fisselbrand Owen '70
  • Dennis Pines '74
  • Dr. Dolores Gaeta Prezyna '70
  • Rosetta Rico '70
  • Madeleine Silber Robillard '35
  • Sr. Denise Roche, GNSH, Ph.D. '67
  • Sr. Mary Ann Schimscheiner RSM '73
  • Marie Cosgrove Shea '65
  • Beverly Michalak Slichta-Cusick '66
  • Geralyn Speacht Spiesz '94
  • Jeannette Van Dyke '43
  • Camille Quart Welch '37
  • Judy Po-Chedley Wilkins '74
  • Ann Wood-Kelly '38

Delta Sigma Award

  • Nancy Acara '47
  • Marian Adrian '51
  • Agnes Africanus '11
  • Sara Aloisio
  • Barbara Gregorio Barbarossa '62
  • Mary Rollie Barthel '36
  • Margaret Beuerlein Bartolotti '67
  • Anne Jordan Bisantz '30
  • Margaret Boone 1929
  • June Ruhle Box '51
  • Ann Stephens Brady '65
  • Catherine Braniecki '73
  • A. Laurie Koessler Brosnahan '85
  • Mary McNamara Browne '52
  • Eugenia Fronczak Bukowska 1923
  • Catherine Burns Burkert '31
  • Edith Byers Byers 1929
  • Mary Ellen Snyder Cahoon '58
  • Lucia Ragusa Calandra '34
  • Jean "Patsy" Bisantz Caldiero '69
  • Lorraine Cammarata '53
  • Barbara Campagna '63
  • Virginia Carley
  • Mary Keiran Carney '48
  • Carol Shepardson Colvin '82
  • Jeanette Schreiber Costantino '45
  • Dorothy Coughlin '49
  • Agnes Creahan 1925
  • Margaret Curry '46
  • Elaine Brown Curtin '46
  • Mary Frances Danner '55
  • Rita Saggese Dauria '45
  • Mary George Davitt '52
  • Mary Jane McDonald Dean '49
  • Diane Del Santo '82
  • Sr. Donna Del Santo SSJ '75
  • Rosemary Dean Delaney '48
  • Marjorie McGowan Demerly '39
  • Frances Desmond 1921
  • Kayla Deth '14
  • Janet Kelly Doan '52
  • Genevieve McNeil Dobmeier '52
  • Katharine Doyle 1922
  • Mary Sheila Driscoll '33
  • Grace Druar '39
  • Jean Roth Duffy '51
  • Eleanora Shannon Eigenbrod '34
  • Mary Ann Repicky Emanuele '67
  • Betty Warthling Fanning '55
  • Isabelle Winkler Farewell '52
  • Marie Christine Fitzgerald '44
  • Grace Acara Flaherty '60
  • Elizabeth Gardner Flynn '52
  • Marie Kelly Foley '40
  • Ann Kilroy Furey '53
  • Rita Gleason '37
  • Leona Reed Gonzales '57
  • Sylvia Grendisa '59
  • Mary Conroy Grine '60
  • Joanne Haefner '90
  • Ancella Hanley 1928
  • Elizabeth Hannan '47
  • Sr. Barbara J. Harrington GNSH '56
  • Sr. Kathryn Healy GNSH '60
  • Sr. Sheila A. Stone GNSH '69
  • Dr. Michelle Swygert-Seay '98
  • Jacqueline Saab Taylor '59
  • Christine Yakubec '70