Each year the Alumni Council grants three Alumni Awards and recognizes the recipients during Alumni Weekend in September. The Alumni Awards, and their recipients, include:
Honorary Alumni of the University of New England
The Honorary Alumni Award is given to an individual (or individuals) who has shown unusual interest and given substantial service to the general Alumni Association. A nomination for honorary membership in the Association must be made by a member of the Alumni Council or alumni body. This individual will become an honorary member upon the unanimous vote of the Alumni Council. Past Recipients, listed in order of the year the Honorary Alumni Award was bestowed, are:
Jacques M. Downs, Ph.D., HA '99
James A. Beaudry, HA '01
Jack S. Ketchum, HA '01
Karol L'Heureux, HA '02
Harland C. Goodwin, HA '98, HA '02*
Georgette R. Sutton, HA '02
Albert J. Shinkel, Ed.D., HA '03
Sandra Featherman, Ph.D., HA '98, HA '04**
Bernard Featherman, HA '05
Hugh L. Hennedy, Ph.D., HA '06
Douglas K. Biggs, HA '07
Bernard G. Chretien, HA '08
Mattina R. Proctor, HA '09
Robert Pecchia, HA '09
*Harland Goodwin received an Honorary Alumni Award from the Westbrook College Alumni Association in 1998 and from the University of New England in 2002.
**Sandra Featherman received an Honorary Alumni Award from the Westbrook College Alumni Association in 1998 and from the University of New England in 2004.
Alumni Service Award
Since 1998, the Alumni Service Award is presented by vote of the Alumni Council to the alumna/alumnus who has done the most for the Alumni Council or in any other way shown extraordinary and loyal service to the University. Past Recipients, listed in order of the year the Alumni Service Award was bestowed, are:
Jon A. Bolaski ’75, Ed.D. (1998)
Thomas W. Reed ’70 (1998)
Francis X. Coyne ’64 (1999)
Brian M. Walsh ’69 (1999)
Peter L. Lynch ’64 (2000)
Deborah Jackson Komich ’81 (2001)
Virginia M. Nelson ’79 (2001)
Ernest A. DiPietro ’67 (2002)
Paul J. Farley, Jr. ’73 (2003)
Lorraine Shire Pecchia '84 (2004)
Timothy F. Noonan, Jr. '70 (2005)
Lisa Caron-Bartell '81 (2006)
Thomas H. Bartell '82 (2007)
Joseph J. Valenza '68 (2008)
Alumni Achievement Award
The Alumni Achievement Award is presented to graduates of St. Francis College or the University of New England who have distinguished themselves and the University by a high level of performance in business or professional life, by services of unusual quality in civic activities or organizations, or by extraordinary, devoted and loyal service to the University. Past Recipients, listed in order of the year the Alumni Achievement Award was bestowed, are:
Norman R. Beaupré ’67, Ph.D. (2000)
Herve J. Poissant ’55 (2000)
James L. Pierce ’66 (2001)
Father Raymond Lagacé ’51, O.F.M. (2002)
Father Clarence LaPLante ’45, O.F.M. (2003)
James G. Zoll '69, Ed.D. (2004)
Michael "Ben" Hogan '75 (2005)
Robert R. Occhialini '66 (2006)
Roger A. Fortin, Ph.D. '62 (2007)
Émile J. Talbot '63 (2008)
Michael E. Baker '62 (2009)
James M. Barry '69 (2009)