Academic Governance
Awards Committee
Pre-Nomination Forms
Awards Committee
The ESF Awards Committee oversees the following awards:
- SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence for
- Faculty service
- Librarianship
- Professional service
- Scholarship and creative activities
- Teaching
Chancellors Awards for Excellence Policies and Procedures
- SUNY Distinguished Professorships
- Distinguished Professorship
- Distinguished Service Professorship
- Distinguished Teaching Professorship
- Distinguished Librarian
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