John Carroll University is pleased to announce the recipients of its prestigious Alumni Medal including:
- James A. Coyne '82 (Westport, CT), Partner, Stoneleigh Capital;
- Robert W. Hostoffer, DO '81 (Bratenahl, OH), Physician, Allergy Immunology Associates, Inc., Program Director, A/I Fellowship, Clinical Assoc. Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, and Professor of Medicine at LECOM;
- Robert W. Kraft '73 (Milwaukee, WI), Chairman & CEO, FirstPathway Partners;
- Jane E. (Broeren) Lambesis '83 (Mt. Prospect, IL), Senior Vice President, Sales, Federated Hermes;
- Michael J. Merriman '78 (Chagrin Falls, OH), Chairman of the Board, Nordson Corporation
The Alumni Medal is the highest award given annually by the John Carroll University Alumni Association. It recognizes an individual’s accomplishments in their profession, contributions to their community, exemplary family and personal life, and dedicated service to John Carroll University post-graduation.
The JCU Alumni Association also named Victoria M. O’Keefe, PhD '09 (Cherokee Nation/Seminole Nation) (Baltimore, MD) as its Young Alumni Award recipient. She is the Mathuram Santosham Endowed Chair in Native American Health, Johns Hopkins University, Associate Director, Center for Indigenous Health, and Assistant Professor, Department of International Health, Social and Behavioral Interventions Program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Clinical Psychologist
Other honors include:
- Deborah L. Solyan '83 (Cleveland, OH), as the Rev. William M. Bichl, S.J. Alumni Volunteer Service Award recipient for her dedicated volunteer service to the JCU Alumni Association
- Margaret "Peggy" (O'Hearn) Finucane, PhD '80 (University Hts., OH), ), who will receive the Rev. Casey Bukala Distinguished Service Award, honoring a JCU graduate who has served the University with distinction as a member of its faculty or staff.
- Daniel K. Cassavar, MD '85 (Bowling Green, OH), as the Campion Shield Recipient for his physical and moral actions in the face of adversity on behalf of others.
Please join me in congratulating this year's class of alumni award winners. Lisa Zone, '98 President, JCU Alumni Association