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Awards Committee

Pre-Nomination Forms

 

 

Awards Committee

The ESF Awards Committee oversees the following awards:

Chancellors Awards for Excellence Policies and Procedures

Distinguished Faculty Awards Policies and Procedures

  • SUNY/ESF Honorary Degree

We solicit and review nominations, work with nominators on generating supporting documents, help prepare the nomination packages, make recommendations to the President, and maintain a college-wide record of the awardees.

2024-25 Awards Committee

Committee Member

Department

Katherina Searing (co-chair) Open Academy
Janine DeBaise (co-chair) Writing Program
Stewart Diemont Environmental Biology
Robin Kimmerer Environmental Biology
Karen Moore Communications
Leslie Rutkowski Registrar
Karin Limburg Environmental Biology
Ruth Yanai Sustainable Resources Management

 

Contact us at:
Katherina Searing kbsearing@esf.edu 
Janine DeBaise jdebaise@esf.edu 

Past awards

*Year indicates the start of the academic year in which the award was given. 

Brian Leydet, 2023
Environmental Biology

Eddie Bevilaqua, 2022
Sustainable Resource Management

Maren King, 2021
Landscape Architecture

Lee Newman, 2020
Environmental Biology

Neal Abrams, 2019
Chemistry

Melissa Fierke, 2018
Environmental and Forest Biology

Timothy R. Toland, 2017
Landscape Architecture

Christopher Nowak, 2016
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Gregory L. Boyer, 2015
Chemistry

Jack Manno, 2014
Environmental Studies

Kelley Donaghy, 2013
Chemistry

Lianjun Zhang, 2008
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Cheryl S. Doble, 2007
Landscape Architecture

Donald J. Leopold, 2006
Environmental and Forest Biology

Christopher L. Westbrook, 2004
Forest Technology Program, Wanakena

 

Mark Hill, 2023
Financial Aid Office

Debra Driscoll, 2022
Analytical and Technical Services

Maura Stefl, 2021
Experiential Learning and Outreach

Debbie Caviness, 2020
Alumni Relations

James Sahm, 2019
Computing and Network Services

Laura Crandall, 2018
Office of Student Affairs

Ronald Giegerich, 2017
Environmental and Forest Biology

Brenda Greenfield, 2016
Development Office

Raymond Appleby, 2015
Paper and Bioprocess Engineering

Caroline B. Bailey, 2014
Landscape Architecture

Susan E. Benoit, 2013
Office of Research Programs

Mark Storrings, 2012
Environmental Resources Engineering

James Halligan, 2011
Forest Resources Management

Susan H. Sanford, 2010
Undergraduate Admissions

David J. Kiemle, 2009
Analytical and Technical Services

William J. Nicholson, 2008
Office of Research Programs

John E. Turbeville, 2007
Office of Student Life

Leah A. Flynn, 2006
Office of Student Life

Marla A. Bennett, 2005
Office of Graduate Studies

Kevin J. Guerin, 1999
Analytical and Technical Services

Julie Rawls, 1998
Office of Student Life

Robert H. Frey, 1997
Instruction and Graduate Studies

Lawrence P. Abrahamson, 1996
Environmental and Forest Biology

Dennis O. Stratton, 1995
Student Affairs and Educational Services

Jack P. Manno, 1994
Great Lakes Research Consortium

Maureen O. Fellows, 1992
President's Office/Office of Institutional Research

Thomas O. Slocum, 1991
Office of Career and Counseling Services

John View, 1990
Office of Financial Aid

Lawrence W. Whelpton, 1989
Environmental and Forest Biology

George A. Snyder, 1981
Instructional Services

John A. Meyer, 1978
Analytical and Technical Services

 

Janine DeBaise, 2023
Writing Program

Paul Hirsch, 2022
Environmental Studies

Stephen Shaw, 2021
Environmental Resources Engineering

Paul Crovella, 2020
Sustainable Resource Management

Kimberly Schulz, 2019
Environmental and Forest Biology

Robert Malmsheimer, 2018
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Alexander Weir, 2017
Environmental and Forest Biology

Rene Germain, 2016
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Eddie Bevilacqua, 2015
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Douglas J. Daley, 2014
Environmental Resources Engineering

Charles N. Kroll, 2013
Environmental Resources Engineering

Michael H. Webb, 2011
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Christopher A. Nowak, 2007
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Stephen V. Stehman, 2004
Forest and Natural Resources Management

Michael R. Bridgen, 2003
Forest Technology Program, Wanakena

D. Andrew Saunders, 1999
Environmental and Forest Biology

Christopher L. Westbrook, 1996
Forest Technology Program, Wanakena

Chad P. Dawson, 1995
Forestry

James M. Hassett, 1992
Forest Engineering

Chun J.Wang, 1990
Environmental and Forest Biology

Joel R. Howard, 1988
Forestry

Daniel L. Dindal, 1974
Environmental and Forest Biology

George H. Kyanka, 1973
Wood Products Engineering

John D. Bennett, 1973
Forestry

Timothy Volk, Sustainable Resources Management, 2023

Jacqueline Frair, Environmental Biology, 2022

John Farrell, Environmental Biology, 2021

Shijie Liu, Paper and Bioprocess Engineering, 2019

William A. Powell, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2018

Karin E. Limburg, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2017

Ivan Gitsov, Chemistry, 2016

James Gibbs, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2015

David J. Kieber, Chemistry, 2014

Stephen V. Stehman, Forest and Natural Resources Management, 2013

Charles A.S. Hall, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2012

Ruth Yanai, Forest and Natural Resources Management, 2010

David L. Johnson, Chemistry, 2005

Raymond C. Francis, Paper Science and Engineering, 2004

Elisabeth Hogan, Writing, 2016

Diane Kiernan, Sustainable Resource Management, 2014

Jane Verostek, Moon Library, 2017

Elizabeth A. Elkins, Moon Library and Learning Resource Center, 1980

*Year indicates the start of the academic year in which the award was given

Ruth Yanai, Sustainable Resource Management, 2022

Karin E. Limberg, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2019

David J. Kieber, Chemistry, 2018

James P. Gibbs, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2017

Myron Mitchell, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2004

Conrad Scheurch, Chemistry, 1978

William A. Duerr, Forestry, 1972

Michael M. Szwarc, Chemistry, 1964

Robert Malmsheimer, Sustainable Resource Management, 2022

Stephen V. Stehman, Forest and Natural Resources Management, 2014

Russel D. Briggs, Forest and Natural Resources Management, 2013

Robin W. Kimmerer, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2010

Guy A. Baldassarre, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2004

Lee P. Harrington, Forest and Natural Resources Management, 2003

Donald J. Leopold, Environmental and Forest Biology, 1998

Peter E. Black, Forestry, 1997

Neil H. Ringler, Environmental and Forest Biology, 1993

Dudley J. Raynal, Environmental and Forest Biology, 1992

Miklos A. J. Gratzer, Forestry, 1991

George W. Curry, Landscape Architecture, 1985

Daniel L. Dindal, Environmental and Forest Biology, 1985

Theodore J. Stenuf, Paper Science and Engineering, 1977

Edwin H. Ketchledge, Environmental and Forest Biology, 1974

Douglas Johnston , Landscape Architecture, 2021

Richard S. Hawks, Landscape Architecture, 2013

Richard C. Smardon, Environmental Studies, 2012

Douglas C. Allen, Environmental and Forest Biology, 2001

Ralph D. Nyland, Forestry, 1997

Wilfred A. Côté, Wood Products Engineering, 1989