{"id":21973,"date":"2017-04-27T12:09:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/?page_id=21973"},"modified":"2026-01-13T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:25:46","slug":"distinguished-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/alumni\/distinguished-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"A&#038;S Distinguished Alumni Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The<strong> Arts &amp; Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards<\/strong> honor alumni of the College and Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences whose accomplishments in their professions, communities, and university service advance and embody the arts and sciences in action.<\/p>\n<p><em>The 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards ceremony will take place in September 2026 during BU Alumni Weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Nomination Form<\/strong><\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var gform;gform||(document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",function(){gform.scriptsLoaded=!0}),window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){gform.domLoaded=!0}),gform={domLoaded:!1,scriptsLoaded:!1,initializeOnLoaded:function(o){gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?o():!gform.domLoaded&&gform.scriptsLoaded?window.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",o):document.addEventListener(\"gform_main_scripts_loaded\",o)},hooks:{action:{},filter:{}},addAction:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(\"action\",o,n,r,t)},addFilter:function(o,n,r,t){gform.addHook(\"filter\",o,n,r,t)},doAction:function(o){gform.doHook(\"action\",o,arguments)},applyFilters:function(o){return gform.doHook(\"filter\",o,arguments)},removeAction:function(o,n){gform.removeHook(\"action\",o,n)},removeFilter:function(o,n,r){gform.removeHook(\"filter\",o,n,r)},addHook:function(o,n,r,t,i){null==gform.hooks[o][n]&&(gform.hooks[o][n]=[]);var e=gform.hooks[o][n];null==i&&(i=n+\"_\"+e.length),gform.hooks[o][n].push({tag:i,callable:r,priority:t=null==t?10:t})},doHook:function(n,o,r){var t;if(r=Array.prototype.slice.call(r,1),null!=gform.hooks[n][o]&&((o=gform.hooks[n][o]).sort(function(o,n){return o.priority-n.priority}),o.forEach(function(o){\"function\"!=typeof(t=o.callable)&&(t=window[t]),\"action\"==n?t.apply(null,r):r[0]=t.apply(null,r)})),\"filter\"==n)return r[0]},removeHook:function(o,n,t,i){var r;null!=gform.hooks[o][n]&&(r=(r=gform.hooks[o][n]).filter(function(o,n,r){return!!(null!=i&&i!=o.tag||null!=t&&t!=o.priority)}),gform.hooks[o][n]=r)}});<\/script>\n                <div class='gf_browser_gecko gform_wrapper gravity-theme gform-theme--no-framework' data-form-theme='gravity-theme' data-form-index='0' id='gform_wrapper_225' >\n                        <div class='gform_heading'>\n                            <h2 class=\"gform_title\">2026 A&S Distinguished Alumni Award Nominations<\/h2>\n                            <p class='gform_description'>The Arts & Sciences Distinguished Alumni Awards honor alumni of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences whose accomplishments in their professions, communities, and University service advance and embody the arts and sciences in action. Nominations will be accepted through <b>Friday, March 6, 2026<\/b>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class='gform_required_legend'>&quot;<span class=\"gfield_required gfield_required_asterisk\">*<\/span>&quot; indicates required fields<\/p>\n                        <\/div><form method='post' enctype='multipart\/form-data'  id='gform_225'  action='\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21973' data-formid='225' >\n                        <div class='gform-body gform_body'><div id='gform_fields_225' class='gform_fields top_label form_sublabel_below description_below'><div id=\"field_225_17\"  class=\"gfield gfield--type-section gsection field_sublabel_below gfield--no-description field_description_below gfield_visibility_visible\"  data-js-reload=\"field_225_17\"><h3 class=\"gsection_title\">Part 1: Nominator&#039;s Contact Information<\/h3><\/div><div id=\"field_225_1\"  class=\"gfield gfield--type-text gfield--width-half gfield_contains_required field_sublabel_below gfield--no-description 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Burchenal Award, the American Society of Clinical Oncology David A. Karnofsky Award, the American Cancer Society Medal of Honor in Science, and the Harvard Medical School Warren Alpert Prize. He is also recipient of the Robert A. Kyle Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Myeloma Foundation the Waldenstrom Award at the International Myeloma Workshop, as well as the Ron Burton and Leonard P Zakim humanitarian awards.\u00a0 He is a Fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy and the American Society of Clinical Oncology, a member of the National Academy of Medicine as well as Royal College of Physicians and Pathologists, and past President of the International Myeloma Society and American Society of Hematology. He graduated with a BA in Biology from the College of Arts &amp; Sciences in 1973.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/making-science-count-for-patients\/\">Read more about Dr. Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Mary Beth Leonard<\/span> (CAS`84)<\/strong><\/p>\n<section id=\"comp-lian45iw\" class=\"comp-lian45iw CohWsy wixui-column-strip\">\n<div data-testid=\"columns\" class=\"V5AUxf\">\n<div id=\"comp-lian45k2\" class=\"comp-lian45k2 YzqVVZ wixui-column-strip__column\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-lian45k2inlineContent\" data-testid=\"inline-content\" class=\"\">\n<div data-mesh-id=\"comp-lian45k2inlineContent-gridContainer\" data-testid=\"mesh-container-content\">\n<div id=\"comp-lian07us\" class=\"Z_l5lU ku3DBC zQ9jDz qvSjx3 Vq6kJx comp-lian07us wixui-rich-text\" data-testid=\"richTextElement\">\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-491x636.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"259\" class=\" wp-image-86048 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-491x636.jpeg 491w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-791x1024.jpeg 791w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-768x994.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-1187x1536.jpeg 1187w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-1583x2048.jpeg 1583w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-755x977.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-320x414.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/0CB25B82-58AC-4C91-87B5-D2C82D56AA58-620x802.jpeg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Mary Beth Leonard spend nearly 35 years in the U.S. Foreign Service, including as an a<\/span>mbassador to Mali, the African Union, and Nigeria. As ambassador to Mali (2011-2014), she guided U.S. policy through turbulent times marked by a coup, encroaching terrorist incursion, and international military intervention to a return to a democratically elected government.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>As a permanent representative to the African Union (2016-2019), she reassured African partners uncertain about a new administration\u2019s commitment to Africa and unnerved by the specter of unflattering comments attributed to the U.S. president of the constancy of our shared commitment to the continent\u2019s peace and prosperity.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>As ambassador to Nigeria (2019-2023), she led one of the largest missions in Africa and oversaw nearly $1 billion in assistance. As COVID raged, her mission pivoted health interventions honed in the fights against polio and HIV to support the government of Nigeria\u2019s COVID response from testing to vaccination in the continent\u2019s most populous nation.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She led the international community as it supported Nigeria through pivotal elections and a contentious aftermath.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\">Her career also included time in academia, including as Diplomat in Residence for the New England region (2014-2015) and the State Department\u2019s Senior Advisor to the Naval War College (2015-2016). She\u00a0spent the fall of 2023 as the Senior Advisor for Africa at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations during the peak sessions of the UN General Assembly.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"font_7 wixui-rich-text__text\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">L<\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">eonard <\/span>earned her BA from Boston University magna cum laude, with a major in economics and a minor in French.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>She received an MA with emphasis in African studies from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and another from the U.S. Naval War College, with distinction.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> <\/span>She is a member of the American Academy of Diplomacy, and serves on the boards of the Worcester Art Museum and Preservation Worcester.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/a-diplomatic-journey-rooted-in-curiosity-and-language\/\">Read more about Ambassador Leonard<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><strong>Karen Seto (GRS&#8217;95, &#8217;00)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/picture-38-1725562165.jpg\" alt=\"Karen Seto\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\" wp-image-86046 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/picture-38-1725562165.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/picture-38-1725562165-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2025\/07\/picture-38-1725562165-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Karen Seto is the Frederick C. Hixon Professor of Geography and Urbanization Science at Yale University. \u00a0A geographer and urban scientist, she is one of the world\u2019s leading experts on the effects of contemporary urbanization on the planet. She developed the first global forecast of urban expansion, and using a combination of satellite remote sensing, modeling methods, and fieldwork, her research has advanced understanding of urbanization\u2019s effects on climate change, biodiversity, and food systems. She has extensive fieldwork experience in Asia, especially China and India, where she has conducted research for over 20 and 10 years, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Seto has served on numerous national and international scientific bodies. From 2022 to 2025, she co-chaired the NAS Climate Security Roundtable, established by the direction of Congress to help better understand how climate change affects U.S. national security interests. She was a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 6th Assessment Reports, where she co-led the chapters on urban mitigation of climate change. She co-founded and for ten years co-chaired an international science program, Urbanization and Global Environmental Change, which framed, enabled, and coordinated urban environmental research with more than 1,000 affiliates across over 50 countries. She has served on numerous U.S. National Research Council (NRC) Committees, including the NRC Committee to the Advise the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the NRC Committee on Pathways to Urban Sustainability.\u00a0 She is a former co-editor-in-chief of the journal, <em>Global Environmental Change<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>At Yale, Dr. Seto is Director of the Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability and Co-Director of the Yale Center for Geospatial Solutions. From 2000 to 2008, she was faculty at Stanford, where she held joint appointments in the Woods Institute for the Environment and the School of Earth Sciences. She has received many awards for her scientific contributions, including the Outstanding Contributions to Remote Sensing Research Award from the American Association of Geographers and a Sustainability Science Award from the Ecological Society of America. Dr. Seto is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Council on Foreign Relations, and a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She received a Ph.D. in Geography and a M.A. in International Relations and Resource and Environmental Management from Boston University.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/seeing-the-world-from-space\/\">Read more about Professor Seto\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>Previous Recipients<\/strong><\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/arts-sciences\/article\/helping-the-world-come-alive\/\">Carol Guerrero (CAS\u201912)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/arts-sciences\/article\/embracing-change-through-artistry-guila-clara-kessous\/?preview_id=81879&amp;preview_nonce=9345459f68&amp;_thumbnail_id=81303&amp;preview=true\">Guila Clara Kessous (GRS\u201908)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/arts-sciences\/article\/a-history-majors-journey-to-leading-the-space-force\/\">General B. Chance Saltzman (CAS\u201991)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/arts-sciences\/article\/finding-a-journalism-bug-at-grs\/\">Bill Whitaker (GRS\u201974)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/arts-sciences\/article\/living-to-learn\/\">Bonnie Feld (CAS\u201973)<\/a><br \/>\n<span>Deirdre Giblin, Esq.(CAS\u201990)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Christine Kannler (CAS\u201996)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Prerna Mukharya (GRS\u201909)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Leslie Sills (CAS\u201969)<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Warren J. Adelson, CAS\u201963, GRS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Charles M. Aker, CAS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Honorable Theodore J. Aleixo Jr., CAS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. James Edward Allard, CAS\u201991, HON\u201909<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Charles F. H. Allen, CAS\u201919, CAS\u201918, GRS\u201920, HON\u201944<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Warren Alpert, CAS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. James A. Argeros, CAS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. John Arsenian, CAS\u201939<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Robert P. Aulston, CAS\u201969<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Stanley M. Awramik, CAS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Nathan H. Azrin, CAS\u201951, GRS\u201952<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Howard A. Baker, Esq., CAS\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Michael J. Barnicle, CAS \u201965, DGE\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Herbert J. Bass, CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Hugo A. Bedau, Ph.D., GRS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Martin A. Berezin, CAS\u201934, MED\u201937<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Elliot Berman, Ph.D., GRS\u201956<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Angelo P. Bertocci, Ph.D., CAS\u201927<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Peter A. Bertocci, CAS\u201931, GRS\u201935<\/span><br \/>\n<span> Bryan Biniak<\/span>, CAS&#8217;90<br \/>\n<span>Mr. Steven H. Biondolillo, CAS\u201977<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Janey L. Bishoff, CAS\u201975<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Reverend Roger W. Blanchard, CAS\u201932<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Priscilla Fairfield Bok, CAS\u201917<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Richard J. Bond Sr., CAS\u201949, SSW\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Eileen C. Boris, CAS\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Gabor S. Boritt, Ph.D., GRS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Robert A. Boudreau, CAS\u201947<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Robert A. Bragole, CAS\u201958<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Liane Brandon, CAS\u201962, SED\u201967<\/span><br \/>\n<span>David Branigan, CAS\u201902<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Phyllis A. Brauner, GRS\u201959<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. George W. W. Brewster III, CAS\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Robert W. Briggs, SED\u201934, CAS\u201934<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Harry S. Broudy, CAS\u201929<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Charlotte Browne-Mayers, CAS\u201932, STH\u201932<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Professor Robert V. Bruce Emeritus, GRS\u201947, GRS\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Robert A. Bruce, M.D., CAS\u201938<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. William F. Buckley, CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Thomas O. Buford, GRS\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Virginia Burns, CAS\u201946, SSW\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>John H. Bustamante, Esq., LAW\u201952, CAS\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Nelson M. Butters, Ph.D., CAS\u201960, SMG\u201983<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Eugene S. Callender, CAS\u201947<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Lawrence Cancro, CAS\u201977<\/span><br \/>\n<span>William Wesley Cantelo, Ph.D., CAS\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. David R. Carr, CAS\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Caroline J. Chang, Esq., CAS \u201862<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Shoshana S. Chatfield, CAS\u201988<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Liana De Girolami Cheney, Ph.D., GRS\u201978<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Mary Stetson Clarke, CAS\u201933<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Clyde R. Claus, CAS\u201956<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Colonel Melvin S. Cohen, CAS\u201958<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Merrill Cohen, Ph.D., CAS\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. John W. Connery, CAS\u201969<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Michael G. Contompasis, CAS,62<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mary E. Conway, Ph.D., GRS\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Lowell W. Coolidge, Ph.D., CAS\u201927, GRS\u201928<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Kevin F. Coughlin, CAS\u201976<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Kathleen R. Crampton, CAS\u201966, MET\u201973<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Roger F. Cressey Jr., CAS\u201956, GRS\u201958, GRS\u201965<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Paul W. Cronin, CAS\u201962<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Professor Ralph B. D\u2019Agostino, CAS\u201962, GRS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Reverend Clarence E. Danforth, CAS\u201943<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Thadious M. Davis, GRS\u201976<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Laura Griffin Deaton, CAS\u201986<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Gary C. Dennis, CAS\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Professor Lucy Der Manuelian, GRS\u201980, GRS\u201975<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Ronald C. Desrosiers, CAS\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Lester S. Dewis, M.D., MED\u201961, CAS\u201957<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Dan Dill, CAS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Ronald R. Dion, CAS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Laurie Manny Donnelly, CGS\u201971, CAS \u201973, GRS\u201975<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. John T. Dranow, CAS\u201971<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Sister Rita C. Drinkwater, CAS\u201944<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Honorable Harry J. Elam, LAW\u201951, CAS\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Sydney Ellis, Ph.D., CAS\u201938, GRS\u201939, GRS\u201941<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Joseph B. Ely II, CAS\u201965<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ida D. Fasel, Ph.D., CAS\u201931, GRS\u201945<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Sheldon M. Fechtor, CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Enio Feliciotti, Ph.D., CAS\u201949, GRS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Frederick P. Ferre, CAS\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Robert Finn, CAS \u201952, DGE\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Susan T. Fletcher, Esq., CAS\u201963, DGE\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Patricia M. Flynn, Ph.D., GRS\u201973, GRS\u201980<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Eugene J. Foglietta, CAS\u201954, GRS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. William H. Frackelton, CAS\u201932<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Edwin P. Fredie, CGS\u201964, CAS\u201966<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Katherine French, GRS\u201981<\/span><br \/>\n<span>William H. Frishman, M.D., CAS\u201969, MED\u201969<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Steve Fu, CAS\u201989<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. George P. Fulton II, CAS\u201936, GRS\u201938, GRS\u201941<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Lawrence Hing-Lun Fung, CAS\u201956<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Stephen B. Gendel, CAS\u201967, COM\u201967<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Alfred Nelson Gerald, CAS\u201943<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Alan Geyer, STH\u201955, GRS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Miriam Gideon, CAS\u201926<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Richard C. Gilman, Ph.D., GRS\u201952, HON\u201969<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Gerald L. Gitner, CAS\u201966<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Julianne Glowacki, Ph.D., CAS\u201966<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. William H. D. Goddard, CAS\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Cynthia A. Gomez, GRS\u201991, CAS\u201979<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Lisa A. Goodman, GRS\u201987, GRS\u201992<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Anne D. Gounaris, Ph.D., CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Charles R. Grader, Ph.D., CAS\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Robert O. Greer, SDM\u201973,\u201974, GRS\u201989<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Herbert J. Greig, CAS\u201939<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Noreen Alisa-May Grice, CAS\u201985<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Paul A. Grieco, CAS\u201966<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Carol Lee Griffin, CAS\u201958, GRS\u201959,\u201967<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Gene P. Grillo, Ph.D., GRS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Peter M. Guralnick, CAS\u201967, GRS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. John P. Hagen, CAS\u201929, HON\u201958<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Elaine C. Hagopian, Ph.D., CAS\u201954, DGE\u201952, GRS\u201956,\u201962<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Gertrude R. Halloran, Esq., CAS\u201953, LAW\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Honorable Leslie E. Harris, GRS\u201974<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Winslow H. Hartford, CAS\u201928<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Emil M. Hartl, Ph.D., STH\u201931, GRS\u201938, HON\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Joseph A. Hawkins Jr., CGS\u201969, CAS\u201971<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Carole A. Heilman, CAS\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Edith F. Helman, CAS\u201925<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Honorable Douglas Henderson, CAS\u201940 , HON\u201969<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Christopher C. Henes, CAS\u201973, DGE\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Donald S. Hirtle, CAS\u201932, GRS\u201934<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Reverend Ellis J. Holt, CAS\u201931<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Hans Holzapfel, CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. William S. Honneus, CAS\u201926<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Esther A. H. Hopkins, Ph.D., CAS\u201947<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Michael A. Horne, GRS\u201967,\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Reverend Rachel Hosmer, CAS\u201933<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Honorable Julian T. Houston, LAW\u201971, DGE\u201965, CAS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Elizabeth E. Hoyt, CAS\u201913<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Judith S. Hurwitz, CAS\u201973, COM\u201975<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Ray Hyman, CAS \u201850<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Linda Irene Isaacs, Ph.D., CAS\u201961, GRS\u201962,\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Hideo H. Itabashi, M.D., CAS\u201949, MED\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Georgiana Mary Jagiello, M.D., CAS\u201949, HON\u201979<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Edward Leo Jamieson, CAS\u201951, COM\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Donald L. Janis, Esq., CAS\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ann Baker Jenkins, Ph.D., CAS\u201950, GRS\u201952, LAW\u201977, SMG\u201977<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Honorable Jeremiah S. Jeremiah Jr., CAS\u201957, LAW\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Alice E. Johnson, Ph.D., CAS\u201945, GRS\u201947<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Steven M. Karbank, CAS\u201979<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Hirschel Kasper, Ph.D., CAS\u201956<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Kevin Kelly, DGE\u201950, CAS\u201952, GRS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Harry G. Kemelman, CAS\u201930<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Robert M. Kershner, M.D., CAS\u201975<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Edward J. Khantzian, M.D., CAS\u201958<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Lowell V. Kingsley, CAS\u201940, SED\u201943<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Stephen A. Kinzer, CAS\u201973<\/span><br \/>\n<span>President Asa S. Knowles, GRS\u201935<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Frederick R. Kobrick, CAS\u201969<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Charles D. Kochakian, Ph.D., CAS\u201930, GRS\u201931<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Gerald P. Koocher, CAS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Honorable Albert L. Kramer, LAW\u201957<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Norman A. Krasnegor, CAS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Erwin G. Krasnow, CAS\u201958<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Sheldon Krimsky, GRS\u201968,\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Hyman Kublin, CAS\u201941, GRS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Theodore E. Kyrios, CAS\u201932, GRS\u201933<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Roland Paul LaFerriere, CAS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Chester C. Langway Jr., Ph.D., CAS\u201955, GRS\u201956<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Henry Lasker, CAS\u201930<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Donald F. Law Jr. , CAS\u201968, CGS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Harry P. Leftin, CAS\u201950, GRS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Olive A. Lesueur, CAS\u201966, MET\u201985<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Santiago Levy, CAS\u201976, GRS\u201978,\u201980<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Honorable Paul J. Liacos, LAW\u201952, CAS\u201950, HON\u201996<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Jesse R. Lien, GRS\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>David T. Lindgren, Ph.D., CAS\u201960, GRS\u201962, GRS\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. William T. Logan Jr., CAS\u201949<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Evelyn Marlin Lord, CAS\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Philip H. Lord, CAS\u201933<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Duncan E. MacDonald, CAS\u201940, GRS\u201941,\u201944, HON\u201969<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Donald S. MacIver, CAS\u201952<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Maurice Mann, GRS\u201952<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ralph C. Marcove, M.D., MED\u201954, CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Sam A. Margolis, Ph.D., CAS\u201955, GRS\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Thomas Mariner, CAS\u201935<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Julia Markus, CAS\u201961, GRS\u201962<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Frederick F. Marmo, Ph.D., CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Samuel A. Matthews, CAS\u201923, GRS\u201924<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Robert H. Maybury, GRS\u201948,\u201952<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Gerald E. Mayo, CAS\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Albert Maysles, GRS\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Daniel F. Mccall, CAS\u201949<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Kenneth A. McClane, M.D., CAS\u201935, MED\u201939<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Edna M. McGlynn, CAS\u201927, GRS\u201928<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Thomas D. McKiernan, CAS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Warren D. McPhee, Ph.D., CAS\u201937<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Charles A. Mehos , CAS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. David I. Meiselman, CAS\u201947<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dean Elsbeth Melville Emeritus, CAS\u201925<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Reverend Jack Mendelsohn, CAS\u201939<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. John Ellsworth Merrill, CAS\u201923<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Thomas M. Messer, CAS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Professor Julius Sumner Miller, CAS\u201932, GRS\u201933<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Susan N. Miller, GRS\u201980<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. John C. Milley, CAS\u201958<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Robert H. Moench, Ph.D., CAS\u201950, GRS\u201951,\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Louis Monchick, Ph.D., CAS\u201948, GRS\u201951,\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Robert E. Moody, CAS\u201922, GRS\u201923<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Frances M. Moran, CAS\u201933<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Honorable Constance A. Morella, CAS\u201954, DGE\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Professor Albert Morris, CAS \u201925, GRS\u201926<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Dorothy Jackson Morrow, CAS\u201936<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Marion Alden King Moulton, M.D., CAS\u201935, MED\u201938<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The Honorable David C. Mulford, GRS\u201962<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Alicia C. Mullen, CAS\u201983<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Margarita M. Muniz, CAS\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Alicia Munnell, GRS\u201966<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Samuel L. Myers, GRS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Robert Alan Nagourney, M.D., CAS\u201975<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Sally G. Narodick, CAS\u201965<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Raymond D. Nasher, GRS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. J. Garton Needham, CAS\u201930<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Nancy S. Newcomb, GRS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Jason I. Newman, CAS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Miss Mary Xinh Nguyen, CAS\u201991<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Larry S. Nichter, M.D., MED\u201978, CAS\u201973, CGS\u201971<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Earl R. Nickerson, CAS\u201960, GRS\u201962<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Louis W. Norris, STH\u201931, GRS\u201937<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Bernard Norwood, Ph.D., CAS\u201947, SMG\u201941, SMG\u201946<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Franklin P. Ollivierre, CAS\u201960, DGE\u201958<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Stanley B. Olson, CAS\u201969, CGS\u201967<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Albert W. Ondis, CAS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Manfred Opel, GRS\u201981<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Melville E. Osborne, CAS\u201939, GRS\u201940<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Miss Margaret A. Otto, CAS\u201960<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Iris M. Ovshinsky, Ph.D., GRS\u201960<\/span><br \/>\n<span>William L. Pak, Ph.D. , CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Betty A. Papangelis, CAS\u201946<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. George F. Parker, CAS\u201940<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Robert B. Parker, GRS\u201971,\u201957<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Milton Parsons, CAS\u201926<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, GRS\u201924, STH\u201924, HON\u201986<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Robert W. Peebles, Ph.D., CAS\u201952<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Cesareo Dennis Pena, GRS\u201944,\u201948,\u201952, CAS\u201947<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Paul E. Pepe, M.D., CAS\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mervyn F. Perry, Esq., LAW\u201951, CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Anthony J. Piro Sr., M.D., CAS\u201952, MED\u201956<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Albert J. Plummer, M.D., MED\u201949, CAS\u201929, GRS\u201930,\u201935<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Philip P. Poirier, CAS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Wayne J. Positan, Esq., CAS\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Gerald Posner, CAS\u201947<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. James H. Powers, CAS\u201915<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Honorable Sylvia B. Pressler, CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Nathaniel S. Preston, Ph.D., CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Faith Preston-Wadleigh, CAS\u201944, GRS\u201945<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Joanne Prives, CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Wendy D. Puriefoy, GRS\u201972,\u201977<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Ajmal Mahmood Qureshi, GRS\u201978<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. William M. Raeder, CAS\u201960, GRS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>S. Lester Ralph, Esq., CAS\u201954, GRS\u201959, LAW\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Leland S. Reid Jr., CAS\u201932, GRS\u201932<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Marion A. Reid, CAS\u201924, GRS\u201929,\u201936<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Oscar E. Remick, Ph.D., GRS\u201966<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Paul C. Richards, CAS\u201960, HON\u201982<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Karen Bedrosian Richardson, CAS\u201968, DGE\u201966<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Kenneth H. Roberts, CAS\u201947, GRS\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>John R. Robinson, Esq., LAW\u201964, CAS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Eleanor Moody Robison, Esq., CAS\u201923, LAW\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Peter A. Rock, Ph.D., CAS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Raymond O. Rockwood, CAS\u201929<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Joan Hannah Rosenbaum, CAS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Melvin Rosenthal, CAS\u201949, GRS\u201951,\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Edward I. Rudman, CAS\u201959<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Paul F. Russell, CAS\u201916<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Kenneth G. Ryder, CAS\u201945,\u201946<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Jacob Saliba, CAS\u201940,\u201941<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Carlos M. Samour, Ph.D., GRS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Barbara M. Sanborn, Ph.D., GRS\u201965, GRS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Cornelia H. Sanders, CAS\u201965, GRS\u201968, SAR\u201965<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. John Robert Sasso, CAS\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Pauline C. Saunders, CAS\u201926<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Emma Fall Schofield, Esq., CAS 1906, LAW 1908, LAW\u201930<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Judith S. Scott, CAS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Nancy Lee Segal, CAS\u201973<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Richard Servetnick, CAS\u201965<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Kenneth M. Setton, Ph.D., CAS\u201936, HON\u201957<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Thomas A. Shaheen, Ed.D., CAS\u201938, SED\u201949<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Bassam Z. Shakhashiri, CAS\u201960<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Richard Kennedy Sharpless, Esq., CAS\u201932<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Anne C. Shoemaker, CAS\u201946<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Milton F. Shore, GRS\u201950,\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. James V. Sidell, GRS\u201953<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Benjamin S. Siegel, M.D., CAS\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Stuart E. Siegel, M.D., CAS\u201967, MED\u201967<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Rollo G. Silver, GRS\u201941<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Arnold J. Silverman, CAS\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Alan B. Siskind, Ph.D., CAS\u201964, DGE\u201962<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Alvin J. Slater, Esq., CAS\u201940<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Herbert F. Smith, CAS\u201955, GRS\u201956<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Joshua L. Smith, Ed.D., CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Matthew Barry Smith, CAS\u201970, GSM\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Rosemary Sorrentino, CAS\u201945, GRS\u201946<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Elizabeth Speare, CAS\u201930, GRS\u201932<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Miss Marion L. Starkey, CAS\u201922, GRS\u201935<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. George R. Stockbridge, CAS\u201953, GRS\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Charles J. Stokes, Ph.D., CAS\u201943, GRS\u201947,\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Irving J. Stolberg, GRS\u201964<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Gerald Strauss, CAS\u201949<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Mary W. Sucher, CAS\u201942 , GRS\u201942<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Jacob Swartz, M.D., CAS\u201942, MED\u201946<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Wolfgang V. Swarzenski, CAS\u201950, GRS\u201951,\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Daisy M. L. Tagliacozzo, CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Fred L. Taylor, CAS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Charles Terrell, GRS\u201971<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Martha J.B. Thomas, GRS\u201950,\u201952<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Robert Thomas, GRS\u201965, CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Clarence H. Thompson, CAS\u201956, SED\u201957<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Carolyn F. Todd, CAS\u201931<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Mary F. Toomey, CAS\u201940, GRS\u201941<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mrs. Janet L. Travis, CAS\u201959, GRS\u201967,\u201970<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Thomas R. Tritton, Ph.D., GRS\u201973<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Miss Elizabeth A. Trotta, CAS\u201959<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Gerald Tsai Jr., CAS\u201949, GRS\u201949, SMG\u201951, HON\u201903<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Clifford D. Ty, CAS\u201980, CGS\u201978, GSM\u201992<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Thomas Joseph Vaughn, GRS\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Dorothy I. Warner, CAS\u201929<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Shields Warren, CAS\u201918, HON\u201949<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Captain Julia D. Webster, USN(Ret), CAS\u201955<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. George T. Wein, CAS\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Marc S. Weinberg, M.D., CAS\u201974, MED\u201977<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. John R. Welty, CAS\u201948<\/span><br \/>\n<span>James A. Welu, Ph.D., GRS\u201977<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Bishop Edward N. West, CAS\u201931, HON\u201950<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Sherwin B. Wexler, CAS\u201972<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Bishop C. Dale White, STH\u201951, GRS\u201963<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Kenneth R. Whiting, CAS\u201940<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Ms. Deborah E. Wiley, CAS\u201968<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Robert J. Willard, Ph.D., GRS\u201953,\u201958, CAS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Irving Wolf, Ph.D., CAS\u201949, GRS\u201951,\u201954<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Leon E. Wright, CAS\u201934, GRS\u201937<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Ralph G. Wright, CGS\u201958, CAS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. David S. Wyman, CAS\u201951<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Nicholas Yannoni, Ph.D., CAS\u201954, GRS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Robert E. Yellin, CAS\u201961<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Mr. Ketema Yifru, GRS\u201952<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Dr. Melvin Zax, CAS\u201951, DGE\u201950, GRS\u201952<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h5 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><strong>More Information<\/strong><\/h5><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Criteria for selection includes the nominee\u2019s contributions to their profession, contributions to their community, and contributions to the Arts &amp; Sciences and the wider BU community.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominees are also considered for\u00a0 the IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, &amp; Access Leadership) Award, which can be awarded to an alumnus or alumna to recognize their outstanding work in advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in their local community or profession, or at the national or global level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Must have obtained a degree from Boston University College or Graduate School of Arts &amp; Sciences (this includes the College of Liberal Arts).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Current Boston University employees are not eligible for consideration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominees who may be perceived to have a conflict of interest (i.e. grant funders, grant recipients, etc.) with the institution will not be considered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political candidates may not be selected or honored in a year in which they are actively pursuing election or re-election.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The award is not presented in absentia but may be presented posthumously.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A nominee who is selected but unable to accept the award in a given year will be invited to accept the following year, at the discretion of the committee. 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