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2025 Alumni Award Recipients

2025 Alumni Award Recipients

From left: Jayme Block '97, M'99, SU associate vice president for alumni engagement and development; SU Alumni Association President Austin Whitehead '14, M'15; Alumni Award recipients Jennifer Ports '19, Chaplin Cooper '09, Nicole Lehmer '14, Steve Shriver '74, SU President Carolyn Ringer Lepre, and Jason Curtin '98, SU vice president of advancement and executive director of the SU Foundation, Inc.

Six lifetime Sea Gulls making major contributions to their communities — in areas including athletics, the environment, education, history, medicine business and more — were lauded during the Salisbury University Alumni Association’s annual awards ceremony.

Winners were recognized in four categories: Gulls of the Last Decade (GOLD), Alumni Leadership, Service to Society and Lifetime Achievement.

To submit an Alumni Award Nomination to the committee for consideration of one of these awards, click the button below:

Alumni Award Nomination

Nomination Criteria for Current Awards

Graduate Of the Last Decade Award (GOLD)
This award is presented to a Salisbury alumnus/a who has graduated within the past 10 years in recognition of a commitment to excellence in post-collegiate life and a significant or ongoing commitment to extraordinary work, research or volunteerism.

This award recipient will be chosen based on a combination of the following criteria:
1. High levels of achievement early in one's chosen career or profession.
2. Demonstrated leadership capability.
3. An assemblage of skills that would demonstrate one's potential for leadership and distinction in the long term.
4. Substantial indications of a commitment to the service of others.
It is expected that the recipient of this award will be present to accept during the spring awards ceremony.
Alumni Leadership Award (formerly Alumni Service Award)
This award is presented to a Salisbury alumnus/a who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, dedication and service to the University and/or Alumni Association.

This award recipient will be chosen based on a combination of the following criteria:
1. Participation in the life of Salisbury University through personal involvement on leadership committees, association with the student body and engagement of fellow alumni.
2. Selfless commitment of time and talent has been augmented by their willingness to enhance the financial welfare of the University.
It is expected that the recipient of this award will be present to accept during the spring awards ceremony.
Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is presented to an alumnus/a who has demonstrated long-term success in his or her career and who exemplifies the attributes of an Salisbury University graduate, such as leadership, citizenship, community service and/or service to his or her business or industry.

It is expected that the recipient of this award will be present to accept during the spring awards ceremony.
Service to Society Award
This award is presented to an alumnus/a who has demonstrated a contribution of service made for the betterment of society, either in a professional or volunteer capacity.

This award recipient will be chosen based on a combination of the following criteria:
1. Selfless commitment of time and energy in giving back to their community or service organization.
2. Engage in the creation, organization, and/or mobilization of volunteers, groups and resources that are involved in projects benefiting the greater community.
3. Demonstrate sustained commitment to meeting community needs.
4. Utilize unique and creative approaches to meeting needs.
5. Develop and foster the virtues and skills of civic engagement and social responsibility.
It is expected that the recipient of this award will be present to accept during the spring awards ceremony.

Alumni Award Recipients

Lifetime Achievement
- Bruce Cort '71 - 2002
- Frank Perdue '41 - 2003
- The Honorable Norman Conway '65 - 2007
- J. Michael Scarborough '76 - 2010
- Robert Livingston '75
Service to Society
- K. Lee Anderson '87
- Andrew D. Fisher '18
- The Honorable Norman Conway '65 - 2002
- The Honorable Talmadge Branch '80 2004
- The Honorable Lowell Stoltzfus '74 - 2007
- The Honorable Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio '99 - 2007
- Leonard Foxwell '92 - 2015
- Jennifer Shipe '05
Alumni Appreciation (1984-2001)
Horticulture Staff

SSU Foundation - 1984

Avery Hall - 1986

Beulah Bartholomew '29 - 1991

Goldy Tyler '41 - 1992

Paul Rendine '74 - 1993

Pat Donahue '74 - 1994
Anne Miller '81 - 1995

Flo Mabe '70 - 1996

Billye Sarbanes '62 - 1997

Ed Baker '71 - 1998

Clint Bradway '56 - 1999

Karen Leimann '73 - 2000

Marshall Moore '48 - 2001
Alumni Leadership
- D. Bruce Rogers '78
- Duke Marshall '88 - 2011
- E. Niel Carey '56 - 2012
- Robert T. Schultheis '00 - 2013
- Pat Lamboni '78 - 2014
- Dr. Lawanda Dockins-Mills '82 & M’96
- Wayne '89 & Melissa '89 Judkins
- Mike Mowery '95
Alumni Service Award (2002-2008)
- Dan Gladding '78 - 2002
- Pam Dolle '76 - 2003
- Hugh Hanson '68 - 2004
- Debbie Abbott '76 - 2005
- Sara Wolff Lewis M'98 - 2006
- Eric E. McLauchlin '92 - 2008
Distinguished Alumni (1984-1991)
- Pauline Hammond '31 - 1984
- Sam Seidel '43 - 1985
- Carvell LaCurts '70 - 1986
- Wade Caruthers '38 - 1991
Graduate Of the Last Decade (GOLD)
- James J. Jenkins '13
- Emily R. Bucheimer '14
- Matthew J. Anderson '14
- Jay Young '77 - 1984
- Donnie Williams '75 - 1985
- Laura Jean Gulyas '81 - 1986
- Casey Baynes '96 - 2007
- Jennifer Hope Wills '95 - 2008
- Stephen Reilly '96 - 2009
- Doug Church '03 - 2010
- Wesley Cox '02 - 2014
- Jennifer Truitt-Lewis '04 - 2016
- Dr. Matthew Copeland ‘11
- Mohamad Dajani ‘14