Lerner College Alumni

 

AWARD RECIPIENTS FOR THE LERNER COLLEGE “AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE"
 

 


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The Lerner College presents the prestigious Alumni Award of Excellence, established in 1991, to a select few alumni who have exhibited exceptional accomplishments in their careers and personal achievements.  Nominations are solicited from alumni and the University community.  Selection is based upon professional accomplishments, contribution to the community, and commitment to excellence.  The award is typically presented the Friday night of Homecoming weekend in the Alfred Lerner Hall atrium at 5:00 pm.  Here are our recipients. Note that only University of Delaware degrees are listed.

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2008 Recipients
 

David Elkins, '91

BS Economics

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

AstraZeneca North America

 

Eddie Epstein, '81 and '85M

BA Economics and Political Science; and MA in Economics

President and Founder

EBC, Inc.
 

Michael Geltzeiler, '80

BS Accounting

Chief Financial Officer and Group Executive Vice President

NYSE Euronext

 

Thomas Oliver, '81MBA

MBA Business Administration

Chief Operating Officer

NEXT Proteins, Inc.

 

2007 Recipients
 

John R. Collins, '80

BSBA Business Administration

Chief Financial Officer, Chief Risk Officer and Sr. Vice President

Constellation Energy

 

Michael W. Shone, '77 and '93M

BSAC Accounting; and Masters in Economics

President and Founder

Peirce Park Group

 

Kenneth C. Whitney, '80

BSAC Accounting

Senior Managing Director

Blackstone Group

 

2006 Recipients

 

Gregory F. Lavelle, '87

BSBA Business Administration and Finance

Managing Director, Puglisi and Associates

Member, House of Delaware State Representatives, 11th District

 

Stoyan Tenev, '93 M

Masters in Economics

Lead Economist for East Asia and Pacific Region, The International Finance Corporation, The World Bank Group

2005 Recipients

Matthew Minker, '68, 2001M
BS Engineering and 2001 MBA
President, Minker Construction & President and Managing Partner of the Wilmington Blue Rocks and the Omaha Royals

 Nicholas Marsini, '77
BSAC
Accounting
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, PFPC Worldwide

 Vincent Schiavi, '75
BSAC Accounting
President, Schiavi & Company

2004 Recipients

David Freschman, 84
BSAC Accounting
President and CEO
Delaware Innovation Fund

Michael Lancellot, '78
CEO of North American Sales (Ret.)
Vector Marketing/CUTCO Cutlery Corp.

Ann Shepard Visalli, '87, 90M
BA Economics, MA Economics
Deputy State Treasurer, State of Delaware

2003 Recipients 

Eric Brucker, ‘63
BS Economics
Dean of the School of Mgmt.
Widener University

Anthony Goland, ‘83
BSBA
Director
McKinsey & Company

Mr. William Schieffer, ‘84
BSAC
President & COO
The Siegfried Group, LLP

2002 Recipients  

Denise M. Blew, '79
BSAC
Associate Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
Lehigh University

 Judith M. Scarborough, '84, '90
BSAC, MS

 2001

Robert J. Christian, '73
MA Economics
Chief Investment Officer
Wilmington Trust Company

Dennis G. Sheehy, '79,  '84
BMAS, MBA
East Region Managing Partner
Deloitte Consulting

Robert L. Siegfried, Jr., '81
BSBU
President and CEO
Siegfried Group, LLP

2000

George W. Forbes III, '68
BSBU
Executive Vice President
PNC Bank, Delaware

David J. Hartzell, '77, '79
BSBU, MA
NC Real Estate Education Fdn. Professor
University of North Carolina

 
Robert P. McNutt, '69

MBA
Instructor, Marketing
College of Business and Economics
Retired Sr. V.P., Human Resources,
Allfirst Bank
Retired Manager, DuPont 

Charles P. Pinto, '69
BSBE
Sr. V.P., Human Resources
PPL Corp.

1999
 
Robert V. A. Harra, '71
BSBU
President
Wilmington Trust Company

Robert L. Johnson, '53, '55

BSAS, MBA

Director, Resource Management (Ret.)
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
 
The Honorable Wayne A. Smith, '84

BSBA
Delaware State Representative;
Vice President, Janney Montgomery Scott, Inc.
 
Michael W. Wickham, '68
BSBU
Chairman and CEO
Roadway Express Company

1998
 
Richard P. Derr, '77

BSBA
President/Owner
Learning Express (Kidspoint, Inc.)

George MacKenzie Jr., '71
BSBU
Vice President and CFO
Hercules Incorporated
 

Thomas V. Mulrine, Esq., '66
BSBU
Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney
Loudoun County, VA

Harold D. Smith II, '64
BSBU
Vice President and General Auditor
DuPont Company

 1997

 Robert A. Fischer, Jr., '70
BSBU
Partner, Cape Shores Associates

 William H. Iredale, '65
BS
Principal Owner and CEO (Ret.)
Fitzwater, Inc.

Gregg A. Jarrell, '74
BSBU
Professor of Economics and Finance
University of Rochester

  

1996

Daniel J. Ford Sr., '55
BSBA
Co-Owner/President
Butler-Johnson Corporation
 

John W. Himes, '66
BSBU

Sr. Vice President, Corporate Strategy

DuPont Company
 
Mark V. Pauly, '65
MA
Vice Dean and Director, Doctoral Programs
     Chairperson, Health Care Systems Dept.

 Howard H. Simon, '63
BSAS
Co-Founder/Managing Director
Simon, Master & Sidlow, PA

W. Alvon Sparks Jr., '58

BSAS

Executive Vice President and CFO (Ret.)

GEICO Corporation

  

1995
 

Brian L. King, '68, '70

BSBU, MBA

Executive Vice President

Allfirst Financial Inc.

 
Robert J. Lipstein, '77

BSAC

Partner

KPMG LLP

 

Joseph R. Schmuckler, '82

BSBA

Chief Executive Officer

Nomura Holding America, Inc.


Scott R. Somerville, '76

BSAC

Tax Partner

Ernst & Young LLP

 

1994
 

Joseph H. Fisher, '66

BSBU

Special Assistant to the President (Ret.)

University of Hartford


W. Robert Knechel, '77

BSAC

Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting,

      and Director, Center for Accounting

      Research

University of Florida

 
Emily-May Richards, '69

BSBU

Chief Financial Officer

Shoptaw & Garrard, LLP

 

1993
 

 Donald R. Brunner, '66

BSBU

Sr. V.P. and Sr. Trust Officer

Tiedemann Investment Group Delaware

 
Howard E. Cosgrove, '70

MBA

Chairman and CEO (Ret.)

Conectiv

 

Robert E. Dickerson, '73

BSBU

President and CEO

Baltimore Trust Company

  

1992


 Henri L. Bertuch, '54

BSAS

Chairman

Corpex Bauhuote Company

 

G. Dallas Green, '81

BSBA

Senior Advisor to the General Manager

Philadelphia Phillies

 

Stephen M. Mockbee, '73

BSBU

Founder, President and CEO

Bancroft Construction Company

 

Leonard W. Quill, '58, '66

BS, MBA

Member, Board of Directors

Wilmington Trust Company

 

1991
 

 The Honorable Thomas R. Carper, '75

MBA

Senator

United States Senate

 

Calvert A. Morgan, Jr., '70

BSBU

Chairman of the Board

PNC Bank, Delaware


Janet C. Rzewnicki, '78

BSAC

Former Treasurer

State of Delaware

 

Paul C. Seitz, '71

BSBU

Executive Vice President

Cross Country Bank

 

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