Alumni Award Recipients
The Alumni Association Board of Directors recognizes alumni achievement and service to the institution. The awards presented are the Comenius Alumni Award, the Benigna Education Award, the Young Alumni Achievement Award, the Haupert Humanitarian Award, and the Medallion of Merit. Please read the following descriptions of each award and then click on the link below to submit a nomination.
The Comenius Award recognizes an alum’s outstanding achievement or service in their field of work. This is the Alumni Association's lifetime achievement award.
The Medallion of Merit recognizes an alum for their outstanding service to Moravian University or the Alumni Association.
The Haupert Humanitarian Award
The Haupert Humanitarian Award recognizes an alum who has rendered outstanding service in the cause of human welfare. The recipient’s service to humanity has achieved standards "above and beyond" the expected duties and responsibilities of their career. In addition, the recipient has made a positive difference in the lives of others, in the community in which they live, or in the community at large.
The Benigna Education Award recognizes an alum for their outstanding contributions to the field of education. Administrators, college professors, elementary and secondary teachers, and all those in the teaching profession are eligible. The recipient has made significant innovations in the teaching profession, or otherwise substantially impacted the education process, and has demonstrated dedication to the community at large.
The Emerging Leader Award recognizes a young alum (graduated within the past two to ten years) for their dedicated service and leadership to Moravian University
The Young Alumni Achievement Award
The Young Alumni Achievement Award recognizes a young alum (graduated within the past two to ten years) who has achieved exceptional success in their profession.
Previous Award Winners
Comenius Award
- June Slawinski Youngs ’79, 2023
- Susiehyer ’76, 2022
- Harry S. Clarke Jr. '72, 2021
- G. Bruce Boyer ’63, MA, 2018
- Margaret L. McClure, EdD, RN, FAAN ’61, 2017
- James S. Lyon ’76, 2016
- Odell Guyton, Esq. '77, 2015
- Ron dePaolo ’64, 2014
- James M. Stevens '73 , 2013
- David B. Vasily ’71, 2012
- Joseph C.L. Merola '64, 2011
- Laurie Riley Brubaker '82, 2010
- Eric S. Ruskoski, ’69, 2009
- Lloyd H. Michael '64, 2008
- Bruce C. Coull '64, 2006
- Peter L. French '60, 2005
- Janine Jagger PhD '72, 2004
- Judith Share Yaphe, PhD '66, 2003
- Roy Goshorn '58, 2002
Medallion of Merit
- Jonathan D. Soden ’91, 2022
- Kenneth J. Rampolla ’79, 2021
- Jody R. Miller ’70, MA, 2018
- Susan J. Gangwere McCabe ’79, MA, 2018
- Deborah O. McKinnon JD ’73, 2017
- Bertie Francis Knisely ’69, 2016
- Amy Lesser Mende '76 (posthumously), 2015
- Joseph P. Castellano ’61, 2014
- Roy B. Goshorn '58 (posthumously), 2013
- Betsey Tait Puth ’51, 2012
- Betty Adams Roach '43, 2011
- Jan Gollins '72, 2010
- Candy Barr Heimbach, ’79 J.D., 2009
- Anthony Morelli '59, 2008
- Lyn Trodahl Chynoweth '68, 2007
- Claire Klatchak '87, '95 MBA, 2006
- Connie Stirling Hodson '68, 2005
- Jeanne Taccarino Guaraldo '69, 2004
- Bill Bauman '74, 2003
- Reverend J. Michael Dowd '68 '71, 2002
Haupert Humanitarian Award
- Gary M. Martell ’76, P’07, 2023
- Shane R. Burcaw ’14 & Sarah Burcaw ’13, 2022
- Lauren A. Baksa ’97, MBA ’99, 2018
- Ann L. Flood ’96, 2017
- Brett G. Stoudt, PhD ’98, 2016
- Steven J. Milligan '86, 2015
- Kathy Ozzard Chism ’77, 2014
- Russell E. Morgan, Jr. '65, Dr. P.H., 2013
- Charles Decker, Jr. ’63, 2009
- Honnie P. Spencer '90, 2008
- Henry E. May, Jr. '60, 2006
- Marjorie Flohr Weiss '46, 2005
- Carol Vogler '80, '86, 2004
- Ivan Backer '49, 2003
- Frederick P. Rooney '75, 2002
Benigna Education Award
- Kris McGurrin Rooney, MD ’97, 2023
- Elizabeth Kuehner Mauch, Ph.D. ’93, 2022
- Amy L. Putlock ’10, G’18, 2021
- Diane Sciabica Mandry ’84, MEd, 2018
- Cindy L. Stein ’79, 2017
- Carol A. Traupman-Carr, PhD ’86, 2016
- Joseph M. Shosh, Ph.D. '88, 2015
- Douglas Bauder ’71, 2014
- Denise M. Torma '77, Ed.D., 2013
- Kathleen Figlear Malu ’73, 2012
- Anne M. Rampolla '79, 2011
- Joseph L. Powlette '60, 2011
- Janice M. Thomas '84, 2010
- Monita Russick Leavitt ’71, 2009
- Holden T. Waterman '70, 2008
- Robert K. Gratz '75, 2006
- Richard A. Bedics '63, 2005
- Thomas H. Evans '68, 2004
- Carol Mooney Kemp '80, 2003
- Jack R. Ridge '53, 2002
Emerging Leader Award
- Dylan C. Runne ’16, 2022
- Hakim A. Myers ’09, 2017
- Ericka M. Blair ’14, 2016
- Jessica Preston Grillo '08, 2015
- Geoffrey Roche ’08, 2014
- Dylan S. Stroup '10, 2013
- Alyson L. Remsing '03, 2010
- Jaime L. Marks, '04, 2009
- Scott A. Heydt '02, 2008
- Kevin R. Bush '02, 2008
- Brian Corvino '02, 2006
- Jessica Edris '00, 2005
- Bob Thear '98, 2004
- Michelle Litzenberger Trent '93, 2003
- Tennant Magee '96, 2002
Young Alumni Achievement Award
- Elizabeth G. Sgambelluri ’13, 2023
- Brittany Garzillo Stephens ’13, 2022
- Patrick Perone ’15, 2021
- Jennifer M. Novatnack Weaver ’09, MPS, 2018
- Virginia K. Hinders ’07, 2017
- Beverly A. Beaver, Esq. ’08, 2016
- Jonathan E. Latiano '06, 2015
- Borko Milosev ’04, 2014
- Casey J. Hoffman '06, 2013
- Scott T. Williams ’04, 2012
- William T. Trub ’03, 2012
- Dustin Levy '01, 2010
- Lisa G. Hahn ’00, 2009
- Ryan Mehl '96, 2006
- Sean Richardson '97, 2005
- William (Jens) Scott '94, 2004
- April Major Esq. '93, 2003
- Scott D. Pfeiffer '92, 2002
Honorary Alumni
- John E. Williams and Mary Ann Williams, 2013
- Brenda J. Krajci, 2008
- Priscilla Payne Hurd, 2006
- Dr. Ervin J. Rokke, 2006
- Pamela Rokke, 2006
- Fred Reinhard, 2003
- Mayo Lanning, 2003