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ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Alumni AssociationÌýcelebrates 80th anniversary of annual awards ceremony

The tradition of honoring the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s best began in 1930 and continues as the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Alumni Association announced 22 outstanding members of the university community who were recognized atÌýa ceremony on campus Wednesday, May 5.

The George Norlin Award honors outstanding alumni for their careers and service to society. ÌýRecipients of the 2010 Norlin Award are:ÌýJulianne Mattingly SteinhauerÌý(Mus’60), a musician, longtime volunteer in Vietnam and someone who has been deeply involved in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder’s Conference on World Affairs;ÌýHank BrownÌý(Acct’61, Law’69), a successful politician who served as U.S. Senator from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and was president of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and the University of Northern ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ as well as President and CEO of the Daniels Fund;ÌýRichard KnowltonÌý(Geog’54), successful leader of Hormel Foods Corporation and a supporter of the Leeds Business School and the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ athletic department; andÌýLaurence BoxerÌý(Hist’61), a physician and clinical scientist researching how white blood cells work and how new research can be used to improve the lives of children.

Three professors and one top administratorÌý received the Robert L. Stearns Award in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the university: John Cumalat, whose 12-year tenure as physics chair helped the department’s reputation skyrocket as its faculty and staff won more than 150 awards, including three Nobel Prizes, and whose studies of quarks led him to be involved with the Large Hadron Collider in Europe; Richard Noble, chemical and biological engineering department professor who is founder of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s Center for Membrane Applied Science and Technology, supporting research on significant environmental problems;ÌýRic PorrecaÌý(MPolSci ex’83) a 28-year ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ administrator who serves as senior vice chancellor and chief financial officer and whose planning and financial savvy has led to strong strategic planning andÌý the construction of many new campus buildings, despite state cutbacks and a looming recession; Robert Schulzinger, one of America’s foremost diplomatic historians and author of one of the seminal histories of the U.S. and Vietnam,ÌýA Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975.

Four alumniÌýwere recognized with the Alumni Recognition Award:ÌýJoanne Easley ArnoldÌý(Engl’52, MJour’65, PhDComm’71) is a professor emerita of journalism who has had a long history of service to the university including serving as associate dean of the journalism school andÌý chairing the Chancellor’s Standing Committee on Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues for seven years;ÌýWoody EatonÌý(DistSt’62) andÌýLeslie Bernstein EatonÌý(Art’63) have been intimately involved in supporting ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder in many ways, from co-founding the Buffalo Bicycle Classic, which has raised $1.2 million for Arts & Sciences College scholarships, to helping fund the Eaton Humanities building on the main university quad, sitting on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Foundation’s boards and devoting a great deal of time to the Center of the American West;ÌýClancy Herbst Jr.Ìý(ChemEngr’50,HonDocSci’95), who is always in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ gear and deeply involved with the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Foundation, engineering (including founding The Herbst Program for Engineering in the Humanities), athletic scholarships and the Dal Ward Athletic Center.

Mary Allen JuddÌý(PolSci’80) of ChicagoÌý received the Leanne Skupa-Lee Award as a faithful National Alumni Admissions Assistance Program volunteer for more than 20 years, participating in college fairs and doing other work to recruit ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s next generation of students.

The Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award went toÌýNick SowdenÌý(Mgmt’07) Ìýwho lives in Kenya where he is business development director for ToughStuff, an international organization that provides inexpensive solar products to low-income families in developing countries.

Eight students were recognized as recipients of the Public Interest Internship Experience awards:ÌýWynne AdamsÌý(a junior environmental studies and art double major),ÌýMindy BridgesÌý(a junior anthropology major),ÌýDenise JusticeÌý(a senior international affairs major),ÌýMelissa KhatÌý(a senior international affairs major),ÌýBryant MasonÌý(a junior economics and environmental studies double major),ÌýHeidi MeyerÌý(a sophomore education and English double major),ÌýAustin RempelÌý(a senior ecology and economics double major) and Mercedes Ruiz (a senior Spanish major).

The May 5 awards ceremony began at 7 p.m. in Old Main Chapel on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder campus.