Albertus Magnus College celebrates the accomplishments of its alumni through three
award categories that recognize exceptional achievement, leadership, and service.
These honors reflect the College’s Dominican values and acknowledge graduates who
have made meaningful contributions to their professions, communities, and the broader
world. By highlighting alumni whose lives exemplify excellence and commitment, these
awards honor both individual distinction and the enduring impact of an Albertus Magnus
College education.
The Awards:
The Alumni of the Year Award shall be presented to a living member of the Association who has attained preeminence
in his/her life through outstanding professional, scholarly, and artistic achievement;
who is devoted to serving others through volunteer/community service work; or who
has manifested extraordinary loyalty and dedication to the College. This award is
presented annually to one undergraduate alumna/us and one graduate alumna/us.
The Premier Achievement Award shall be presented to a living member of the association who has graduated from Albertus within the last ten years who has excelled either professionally, within the community, or shown extraordinary loyalty and dedication
to the College. (This award need not be given each year.)
Dr. Ann Jakubowski ’71 | 2025 Alumni of the Year Award (Undergraduate)
Dr. Ann Jakubowski ’71, a resident of Hamden, Connecticut, is the 2025 recipient of the Alumni of the Year Award – Undergraduate, presented to a living member of the Association who has attained preeminence in
their life through outstanding professional, scholarly, and artistic achievement;
who is devoted to serving others through volunteer and community service; or who has
manifested extraordinary loyalty to Albertus.
Samuel Gray, Jr. ’17, ’19 M.S. | 2025 Alumni of the Year Award (Graduate)
Samuel Gray, Jr. ’17, ’19 M.S., a resident of Bloomfield, Connecticut, is the 2025 recipient of the Alumni of the Year Award – Graduate, presented to a living member of the Association who has attained preeminence in
their life through outstanding professional, scholarly, and artistic achievement;
who is devoted to serving others through volunteer and community service; or who has
manifested extraordinary loyalty to Albertus.
Chelsea Sherrod ’16 | 2025 Premier Achievement Award
Chelsea Sherrod ’16, a resident of New York, New York, is the 2025 recipient of the Premier Achievement Award, presented to a living member of the Association who has graduated from Albertus
within the last ten years and who has excelled either professionally, within the community,
or has shown extraordinary loyalty and dedication to the College.
Previous Awards Reciepients By Decade
2020 - Present
2025
Premier Achievement Award
Chelsea Sherrod '16
Alumni of the Year - Graduate
Samuel Gray, Jr. '17, '19 M.S.
Alumni of the Year - Undergraduate
Dr. Ann Jakubowski '71
2024
Premier Achievement Award
Shamain McAllister '18
Alumni of the Year - Graduate
Dr. Ena Williams '07 M.S., '08 M.B.A.
Alumni of the Year - Undergraduate
Timothy Quinn '88
2023
Premier Achievement Award
Stacie Hurley ’17
Alumni of the Year
Dr. Mary Badger ’75
2022
Premier Achievement Award
John Watts ’13 M.A.
Alumni of the Year
Dr. Verica Milivojevic ’04
2021
Premier Achievement Award
OtonielTonyReyes ’11
Alumni of the Year
Dr. Margaret Meiman Layton ’90
2020
Premier Achievement Award
Briona Jenkins ’12
Alumni of the Year
Lesley Hudson ’70
2010 - 2019
2019
Premier Achievement Award
Kevin Glenn '14
Alumni of the Year
Mary Lou DiPaola ’72
2018
Premier Achievement Award
Kevin J. Puzycki '10
Alumni of the Year
Karin C. Nobile '89
2017
Premier Achievement Award
Diana Velez '12
Alumni of the Year
Barbara Popp Murphy '58
2016
Premier Achievement Award
Cindy Carson '11
Alumni of the Year
Maria Shea Terrell '73
2015
Premier Achievement Award
Daniel B. Bland '07
Alumni of the Year
Margaret L. Drugovich '81
2014
Premier Achievement Award
Christopher Berg '06, '12
Alumni of the Year
Elizabeth Driscoll Jorgensen '85
2012
Premier Achievement Award
Linda Townsend Maier '07, '09 M.B.A. James T. Scott '07
2011
Premier Achievement Award
Karreem Mebane '04
2010
Premier Achievement Award
Jared James '05
Alumni of the Year
Michelle Dubreuil Macek '85
2000 - 2009
2009
Alumni of the Year
Sr. Christine Cosgrove, O.P., '74
2008
Premier Achievement Award
Jodi Lombardozzi Everone '02 Terri Smith '05 MSM, '06 MBA
Alumni of the Year
Joan Lucey Donnelly '58 Patricia Scussel '89
2007
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Carol Gose DeVine '70
2006
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Dianne M. Pinderhughes '69
2005
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Joan E. Venditto '63
2002
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Julia M. McNamara '02 (Honorary Alumna) Tomoko Takahashi '77
2001
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Lynne S. Farrell '60
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Jane Nady Sigmon '70
Humanitarian Award
Rita Savarese Moule '39
2000
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
A. Geraldine O'Brien Sullivan '38
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Carmelo Otero '97 Sandra Vilardi Leheny '60
Humanitarian Award
Elaine Pyles-Harding '96
1990 - 1999
1999
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Nancy Ryan Doyle '49
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Patricia J. Checko '64
1998
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Deborah DeWitt Frattini '70
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Kathleen Prendergast Hollowell '68
Humanitarian Award
Toni Lee Ferrucci '68 Sr. Mary Ellen Burns, ACSJ '79
1997
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Maribeth Piscitelli-Villecco '83
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Elizabeth Meyer Traynor '52 Patricia Lipowski Nuelsen '63
Humanitarian Award
Frances Wendt Meade '60
1996
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Mary Colleran '38
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
M.K. Bennett '61
Humanitarian Award
Marilyn Quinn Jacobson '54
1995
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Rosanne Zudekoff '60
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Marcialynn Marando Trotta
Humanitarian Award
Barbara Lombardi '68
1994
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Sr. Thomas Aquin Kelly, O.P. '35
Humanitarian Award
Elizabeth Heery Porell '56
1993
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Ellen McDonnell Ferguson '58
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Sheila McCue Hennessey '58
1992
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Marion Crane Lee '34 Nancy Francis Hopkins '57
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Sr. Charles Marie Brantl, O.P. '51
Humanitarian Award
Bette Anne Curtin Bailey '52
1991
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Madeleine Martin Sobin '51 (C-I)
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Mary Jane Sheehy Scarpellino '68
Humanitarian Award
Beverly Volk Fagan '44S
1990
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Catherine Cestar Crawford '66 (C-I)
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Evelyn M. Garrity '48 Tara Sullivan Rickart '68
1980 - 1989
1989
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Class of 1929
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Linda Brandi Cateura '44S Joan V. O'Brien '46
Humanitarian Award
Beverly Volk Fagan '44S
1988
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Elizabeth Cornfield Bellach '37
1987
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Carol Broshjeit '62
1986
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Sister Mary Faith Dargan '53
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Ann Bain '68
1985
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Linda Barth Brencher '65
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Ellin M. Mulholland '51
1984
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Eleanor Goode Sanders '29
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Gertrude McKeon '47
1982
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Mary Batrow '62
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Martha McMahon McCaffrey '54
Humanitarian Award
Lois Venditto Simpson '67
1981
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Jean Carini Donadio '61
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Helen Weinreich '41
Humanitarian Award
Lois Venditto Simpson '67
1980
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Carol Kirwan Aikenhead '58 (C-I)
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Virginia Guidone Upton '51
Humanitarian Award
Audrey Gallagher '41
1970 - 1979
1978
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Class of 1928
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Patricia Wallace '71
1977
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Margaret Allman '42 (C-I)
1976
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Elizabeth Hurley Candels '48 (C-I)
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Vivian Rogers McCoy '41
1975
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Mary Ellen Murphy Mininberg '49 Frances McCormick King '43
1974
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Justine Horrigan Hampp '29
Outstanding Professional Achievement Award
Jeanne Kay Wolf '49
1973
Loyalty and Service to the College Award
Dorothy Murphy Brown '37 Margaret Mary Burns Clancy '57 Clare Coughlan Sullivan '60
