Hutchison Medal
Recognizing service-driven alumni
Past recipients
Explore the sortable table below for a full list of previous Hutchison Medal winners.
| Year | Recipient | Achievement |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Robert A. Montgomery 鈥�87(M) MD | Pioneering transplant surgeon, and transformative leader in academic medical education and patient care |
| 2024 | Francis Price 鈥�74, 鈥�75S (MBA) | Entrepreneur and business leader dedicated to ensuring members of underrepresented communities have opportunities to succeed. |
| 2022 | Kenneth R. French 鈥�78S (MBA), 鈥�81S (MS), 鈥�83S (PhD) | An expert on the behavior of security prices and investment strategies, and a prolific researcher whose work has transformed the field of finance |
| 2022 | Deborah C. German 鈥�79M (RES) | A nationally recognized physician, educator, and administrator who leads both a research-based medical school and a patient-centered clinical enterprise. |
| 2021 | Alice Holloway Young, 鈥�57W (MS), 鈥�69W (EdD) | Distinguished teacher and educational administrator, and founding trustee of Monroe Community College |
| 2020 | Jude Sauer 鈥�81, 鈥�84M (MD), 鈥�88M (Res) | Leader in the field of surgical innovation, founder of LSI SOLUTIONS |
| 2019 | Ruth Lawrence 鈥�49 (MD) | Physician, pioneer and leader in the fields breastfeeding and toxicology |
| 2018 | Mary Ellen Burris 鈥�68W (Mas) | Senior vice president of consumer affairs for Wegmans Food Markets Inc. |
| 2017 | Carol C. Nadelson 鈥�61M (MD) | Founding director of the Partners and Brigham/Women鈥檚 Hospital Office for Women鈥檚 Careers (OWC) and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School |
| 2017 | Mark S. Ain 鈥�67S (MBA) | Founder and former chairman and CEO of Kronos Incorporated |
| 2017 | Jimmie V. Reyna 鈥�75 | Circuit Judge on the United State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit |
| 2016 | Laurence H. Bloch 鈥�75, P鈥�13S | Distinguished private investor and the former chair of TransWestern Publishing Company |
| 2016 | Richard Hodes 鈥�82M (MD) | Medical Director for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
| 2015 | Ronald J. Paprocki 鈥�69, 鈥�86S (MBA) | Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| 2015 | Harvey Alter 鈥�56, 鈥�60M (MD) | Chief of clinical studies and associate director of research at the National Institutes of Health, Department of Transfusion Medicine and distinguished NIH investigator |
| 2015 | Joseph F. Cunningham 鈥�67 (MBA) | Principal Attorney, Joseph F. Cunningham & Associates |
| 2014 | C. McCollister (鈥淢ac鈥�) Evarts 鈥�57M (MD), 鈥�64M (Res) | Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Orthopaedics |
| 2014 | Harriet Kitzman, 61W (MS), 84N (PhD) | Senior Associate Dean for Research, 暗网吃瓜 School of Nursing |
| 2014 | Robert E. Rich, Jr., 69S (MBA) | Chairman of Rich Products Corporation |
| 2013 | Edward D. Miller, M.D. | CEO Emeritus, Johns Hopkins Medicine; Dean and Vice President Emeritus, Johns Hopkins University |
| 2013 | Norman Leenhouts | Chairman of Broadstone Real Estate |
| 2012 | Roger Friedlander, 鈥�56 | University Trustee, Business Executive, Civic Leader |
| 2011 | Eric J. Topol, 鈥�79M | Director of Scripps Translational Science Institute |
| 2010 | Vincent Lenti 鈥�60E, 鈥�63E (MA) | Lecturer, Piano, Eastman School of Music |
| 2010 | Cathy E. Minehan 鈥�68 | UR Trustee; Managing Director, Arlington Advisory Partners, LLC |
| 2010 | Arthur Moss 鈥�62M (Res) | Professor of Medicine, UR Medical Center |
| 2009 | Steven Chu 鈥�70 | Secretary, United States Department of Energy; winner, 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics |
| 2008 | Robert B. Goergen 鈥�60 | Chairman and CEO of Blyth Inc., and Founder and Chairman of The Ropart Group |
| 2008 | Joseph B. Martin 鈥�71M (PhD) | Former Dean, Harvard Medical School |
| 2008 | G. Robert Witmer Jr. 鈥�59 | Former Chair, Management Committee, Nixon Peabody |
| 2007 | Michael Gottlieb 鈥�73M (MD) | Trustee, Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance |
| 2007 | Edmund Hajim 鈥�58 | Chairman and CEO, MLH Capital |
| 2006 | James S. Gleason 鈥�68S (MBA) | Chairman, Gleason Corporation |
| 2006 | Martin E. Messinger 鈥�49 | Managing Partner, Neuberger Berman, LLC |
| 2006 | Michael G. Rosenfeld 鈥�66M (MD) | Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine |
| 2005 | William A. Peck 鈥�60 M (MD), 鈥�00 (HNR) | Founding Director of the Center for Health Policy, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2005 | Donald (D. A.) Henderson 鈥�54 M (MD), 鈥�77 (HNR) | Resident Scholar, Center for Biosecurity; 21st Century Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
| 2004 | Barry Meyer 鈥�64 | Chairman and CEO, Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. |
| 2003 | Dr. Myles Brand 鈥�67 (Ph.D.) Philosophy | President, National Collegiate Athletic Association |
| 2002 | Ron Carter 鈥�59 (ESM) | Jazz musician, Professor of Music City College of New York |
| 2002 | Dr. Paul Horn 鈥�73 (Ph.D.) Physics (CAS) | Sr. V.P. of IBM Corporation and Director of Research |
| 2001 | Galway Kinnell 鈥�49 (Mas) | Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Creative Writing at New York University and Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1983 |
| 2000 | William F. May 鈥�37 | Chairman, Statue of Liberty Ellis Island Foundation |
| 1999 | Jay T. Last 鈥�51 | President, Hillcrest Press |
| 1998 | Mary-Frances Winters 鈥�73, 鈥�82 S (MBA) | Founder and President of The Winters Group (Rochester-based Consulting Firm) |
| 1997 | Herbert York 鈥�42, 鈥�43 (MS) | Physicist/Advisor to four presidents Retired Director, Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation |
| 1996 | David T. Kearns 鈥�52 | Retired Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation |
| 1995 | Doriot A. Dwyer 鈥�43E | Retired Principal Flutist, Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| 1994 | Walter Cooper 鈥�57 (PhD) | Member, New York State Board of Regents and Retired Researcher, Eastman Kodak Company |
| 1993 | Adam Urbanski 鈥�69, 鈥�75 (PhD) | President, Rochester Teachers Association |
| 1992 | Richard T. Kennedy 鈥�41 | U. S. Representative, International Atomic Energy Association |
| 1991 | Bernard W. Harleston 鈥�55 (PhD), 鈥�72 (ScD)* | President, City College of New York |
| 1991 | Florence Cawthorne Ladd 鈥�58 (PhD) | Administrator, Radcliffe College |
| 1990 | Michael A. Telesca 鈥�52 | U. S. District Court Judge |
| 1989 | Helen Crouch 鈥�50 | President, Literacy Volunteers of America |
| 1988 | George Abbott 鈥�11 鈥�61 (LHD)* | Playwright |
| 1986 | Virginia A. Dwyer 鈥�43 | Retired Senior VP/Finance AT&T |
| 1985 | Roger J. Robach 鈥�66 | New York State Assemblyman |
| 1984 | Arthur R. Miller 鈥�56, 鈥�08 (HNR) | Law Professor |
| 1983 | David W. Stewart 鈥�41 | Retired President, Genesee Valley BC/BS |
| 1981 | Herbert Scoville, Jr. 鈥�42 (PhD) | Physicist |
| 1980 | Charles L. Strouse 鈥�47E | Composer of Annie |
| 1978 | Samuel S. Stratton 鈥�37 | U.S. Congressman |
| 1977 | Burnett Anderson 鈥�40 | U. S. State Department |
| 2026 | John W. Rowe 鈥�70M (MD), 鈥�02M (Hnr) | Nationally recognized expert in geriatrics and human longevity and distinguished leader in medical education, health policy, and the business of health care. |