The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Education honors the outstanding accomplishments of its graduates through its Alumni Awards program. Criteria for these awards include a recognition of professional achievement, commitment to the continued success of the School of Education and the University of Pittsburgh, and public service to the advancement of the educational field.
If you would like to nominate a School of Education graduate for an Alumni Award in 2010, please
complete a nomination form and return it to Gary Pollock by January 22, 2010.
Previous School of Education Alumni Award recipients include the following:
Distinguished Alumni Award
Susan Albrecht, Ph.D., RN, FAAN
Doreen E. Boyce, Ph.D.
Nancy R. Bunt, Ed.D.
Donald M. Carroll, Jr.
Carol A. Cartwright, Ph.D.
Jerlean E. Daniel, Ph.D.
Lizanne DeStefano, Ph.D.
Helen S. Faison, Ph.D.
Richard L. Ferguson, Ph.D.
John N. Mangieri, Ph.D.
George S. Morrison, Ed.D.
Marilyn H. Oermann, Ph.D.
Nick J. Staresinic, Ph.D.
Richard L. Welsh, Ph.D.
Early Career Award
Veronica I. Ent, Ed.D.
Patricia A. Pierce, Ph.D.
Carena Sue Winters, Ph.D., M.P.H.
PreK-12 Educator Award
Paula Ann Calabrese, Ph.D.
Regina B. Holley, Ph.D.
Departmental Alumni Awards
Administrative and Policy Studies:
Charlene Mickens Dukes, Ed.D.
Namgi Park, Ph.D.
Yidan Wang, Ph.D.
Health and Physical Activity:
Kent B. Pandolf, Ph.D., MPH
Donna Sanft
Dr. Stella Lucia Volpe
Instruction and Learning:
Richard P. Mathews
Richard David Wertheimer, Ed.D.
Psychology in Education:
Richard C. Carney
Dr. Dale H. Curry
Dr. Merle D. Griff
James E. Hughes, Ph.D.
Dr. Marjorie D. Kostelnik
Sister Madeleine Rybicki
Falk School Outstanding Alumni Award
Charlene Foggie Barnett
Nancy Richter Brzeski
Henry Fisher
Student Leadership Award
Francesca Amati, M.D.
Chantee McBride
Wendy M. Sink
If you have any questions, please contact Gary Pollock, Director of Constituent Relations in the School of Education, by e-mail at
gvp@pitt.edu or by phone at 412-648-1789.
Thank you for your assistance with the School of Education’s 2010 Alumni Awards Program.
