Distinguished Alumni Awards

Caroline A. Croen '85 - Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer | The WNET Group
*Dennis R. DePerro '81, MS '88, EdD - Former President | St. Bonaventure University 
Gregory W. Mott '81 - Sustainability Editor | POLITICO
Joseph G. Grifasi '70 - Actor/Director
Marya J. Propis '91 - Executive Vice President/ Retail Distribution | RT Specialty                                                                          

Jill Bond ’82 - Senior Vice President, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer | Rich Products Corporation
Michael Christiano ’83 - Chief Executive Officer and Owner | Left Bank Restaurant
Michael Monin ’65, HON ’ 96 - Former owner and President | US Lighting Service, Inc.
Anthony Spada Jr. ’80, MBA ’87 - President and Chief Executive Officer | AAA of Western and Central New York
 

James Basil '85 - President, Joe Basil Chevrolet Inc., Depew, NY
Michael A. Ervolina, Jr. '79 - President/CEO, Valu Home Centers, Buffalo, NY
Catherine A. Bolz '85, MBA '90 - Global Head of Benefits, Bloomberg LLP, New York, NY   
Hon. M. Mosey '92 - New York State Surrogate’s Judge, Erie County, Buffalo, NY
 

Ashli Skura Dreher '95 - Special Education Teacher, Lewiston-Porter High School, Youngstown, NY
Michael Joseph Edbauer MBA '12 DO - President/CEO, Catholic Medical Partners & Chief Clinical Officer, Catholic Health, Buffalo, NY
Francis J. Felser '81 DM, CPA - President, Bryant & Stratton College, Buffalo, NY
Rhonda Frederick MPA '03 - President/CEO, People Inc., Williamsville, NY
Mary F. Roberts '77 - Executive Director, Frank Lloyd Wright's Martin House, Buffalo, NY
Walter D. Webdale '57 - President/CEO, AHC Inc., Arlington, VA

*Michael N. Coppola '70 - Retired President, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Advance Auto Parts, Charlotte, NC
Nora McGuire MBA '08 - Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Independent Health, Buffalo, NY
Mary V. Travers Murphy '80 - Executive Director, Family Justice Center of Erie County, Buffalo, NY
Ronald A. Raccuia '90 - President, ADPRO Sports, Buffalo, NY
Kenneth M. Sroka '65 PhD - Emeritus Professor of English, Canisius University, Buffalo, NY

Edward B. Carey '69 - President, Carey Realty Investments, Inc., Columbus, OH
LeRoi C. Johnson '71 - Attorney and Internationally Acclaimed Artist, Law office of LeRoi C. , Buffalo, NY 
David J. Nasca '79 - President and Chief Executive Officer, Evans Bank, Hamburg, NY
Richard A. Wall '78 PhD - M&T Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance, Canisius University, Buffalo, NY
Gerald Zon '67 PhD - Director of Business Development, Trilink Biotechnologies, San Diego, CA
Adam O. Zyglis '04 - Editorial Cartoonist, Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY

Col. James L. Budny ’70, MD- Neurosurgeon, Gates Vascular Institute & UB Neurosurgery, Buffalo, NY
Hon. Mary Grace Diehl ’74- United States Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Kathleen Scully Grimm ’77, MD- Supportive Medical Partners (SMP), The Center for Hospice and Palliative Care, Cheektowaga, NY
Robert M. Glaser '68- Director and Chair of the Board, Freed Maxick & Buffalo, NY
Richard M. Peer ’65, MD- Medical Lab, Buffalo Medical Group and Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Buffalo, NY  
George C. Robinson ’73- Former Secret Service Agent, Asst. Fed. Security Director, Homeland Security, Austin, TX
Rocco R. Termini ’73- Chief Executive Officer, Signature Buffalo, NY

William Sisler '69, PhD - Director of Harvard University Press, Harvard University   
J. Donald Schumacher '72, HON '92, PsyD - President and CEO, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization    
Hon. Anthony Masiello '69, HON '96 - President and Partner, Masiello, Martucci, Calabrese & Associates    
Christopher Kelly '83 - Partner-in-Charge-Cleveland, Jones Day    
James Metzler '72 - AICPA Vice President, Small Firm Interests, American Institute of CPAs    
Petrina Genco '70, PhD - Director, Tissue Typing Lab, Mayo Clinic Florida

David M. Borowski '79 - Director of New Products, Finance Division, Freddie Mac    
Peter D. Farstad '80 - CAO, LifeSource, Upper Midwest, Organ Procurement Organization, Inc.    
Karen J. Freeman '83 - Former COO, Biologics Inc.
Charles E. Moran Jr. '72 - President and COO, Delaware North Companies Inc.

Anthony J. Bellia Jr. '91 - Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School    
Anna Marie Rooth Cellino '75 - President, National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.    
*Mark J. Czarnecki, MBA '91 - President, M&T Bank    
*Robert J. Kresse '50, HON '00 - Attorney, Hiscock and Barclay, LLP    
*The Most Reverend Dominic Luong MS '67 - Auxiliary Bishop, Orange, CA    
Lawrence J. Vilardo '77 - Partner, Connors & Vilardo, LLP

Gary M. Crosby '75 - Executive Vice President/CAO, First Niagara Financial Group   
Christine Licata-Culhane '67, MS '71 - Senior Associate Provost, Rochester Institute of Technology    
Robert H. Maloney '71 - Founder and Principal, Maloney Government Relations    
David Nalewajek '74, PhD - Senior Principal Scientist, Honeywell International Inc.    
Mary Elizabeth Roehmholdt '71, MD - Neurologist    
Mary Robertson Wittenberg '84 - President/CEO, New York Road Runners

*Jamie E. DePeau '81 - Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, TIAA-CREF    
Paul B. Hurley Jr. '66, PhD - President, Trocaire College
Hon. Thomas A. Maul '64 - Retired, Former Commissioner of the New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities (OMRDD)    
Kenneth F. Myszka'70 - President and Operating Officer, Sovran Self Storage Inc.    
Hon. Denise E. O'Donnell '68 - Deputy Secretary/Public Safety Justice, New York State Government    
*Philip J. Skilnik '62 - Retired, 41 successful years in the food industry, Past President of the Chicago Food Brokers Association    
Joseph N. Weixlmann Jr. '68, PhD - Provost, St. Louis University

Nelson Civello '67 - Director, Golden Griffin /Professor of Finance, Canisius University Retired President Fixed Income Capital Markets, Former Oishei Visiting Professor of Finance, Canisius University Retired Professor, Dain Rauscher Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Norman R. Hitzges '65 - Sports Talk Host, Station KTCK-A 1310, Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX
Margaret W. Paroski '76, MD, MMM - Executive Vice President and Medical Officer, Kaleida Health Buffalo, NY
Michael F Scheuer '74, PhD - Senior Fellow Jamestown Washington, DC Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Former Senior Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Officer, Washington, DC
Franklin J. Sciortino '56 - District Director, U.S. Small Business Administration, Buffalo, NY

*James R. Boldt, MBA '84 - Chairman, President and CEO, Computer Task Group Inc. CTG), Buffalo, New York
Paul J. Harder '69, MBA '73 - CEO, Clinical Support Services Inc., Buffalo, New York
Gregory R. Maday '70, MS '73 - Executive Vice President, Warner Bros. Theatre,
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker '82 - Vice President, Program Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Buffalo, New York

*Andy T. Anselmo '45 - Founding Director, Singers Forum Vocal Academy, New York, New York
Angela (Giordano) Evans '69 - Deputy Director, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Francis M. Lazarus '66, PhD - President, University of Dallas, Irving, Texas
John D. Naples '55, MD - Retired Gynecological Surgeon, Williamsville, New York
*Norman S. Paolini Jr. '69 - Co-Director, St. Luke's Mission of Mercy, Buffalo, New York
Robert R. Prazmark '75 - President, Olympic Sales and Marketing Worldwide, New York, New York

Terrence M. Connors '68, Esq. - Partner, Connors & Vilardo LLP, Buffalo, New York
Cherylyn Harley Lebon '88, Esq. - Counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Washington, DC
Michael P. Healy '70 - Senior Vice President/Original Movies, Disney/ABC Cable Networks, Burbank, California
Paul J. Kolkmeyer '75 - President/CEO, First Niagara Financial Group Inc., Lockport, New York
Andrew J. Shaevel '88, MBA '90 - CEO, RSA Solutions Inc., Amherst, New York
Nancy (Wutz) Ware '78, MBA '85 - President, EduKids Inc., West Seneca, New York

Rev. John C. Barth ’74 - Assistant General, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Maryknoll, New York
Patrick M. Gallivan ’82 - Sheriff of Erie County, Buffalo, New York
*Richard F. Griffin ’54 - Counsel, Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo, New York
Charles L. Maday Jr. ’67 - Senior Vice President/Programming, The History Channel, New York, New York
Norma J. Nowak ’79, PhD - Director, Scientific Planning, Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics, University at Buffalo Director, Roswell Cancer Institute/University at Buffalo Microarray and Genomics Facility, Buffalo, New York

*Frederick G. Attea’61, Esq. - Partner, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, LLP
*Edward M. Cordasco '46, MD - Emeritus Staff, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
John J. Hurley ’78, Esq. - Vice President for College Relations/General Counsel Canisius University
Angelo A. Licata ’66, MD, PhD - Physician, Cleveland Clinic
*Gerald E. Murray ’68 - Poet-Critic, Teacher, Communications Consultant, Murray Communications
MaryLynn Ryan ’83 - Managing Editor, CNN/USA

Catherine (Lindquist) Burzik ’72 - President, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Calvin Darden ’72 - Senior Vice President for Operations, UPS
*Hon. Vincent Doyle ’53 - State Supreme Court Justice
Thomas Lawley '66, MD - University School of Medicine
Jim Lyons ’56 - Chairman of Oracle Management Corp.
Gordon Martin ’69 - Executive VP and CFO, NASD (National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.)
L. William Paxon ’77 - Senior Advisor and Lobbyist, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP

General Peter M. Cuviello ’69 – Systems for Command, Control, Communication and Computers
Carolyn B. Frank ’80 – Executive Vice President of Operations, Kaleida Health Systems
Rocco J. Maggiotto ’72, MBA '79 – Senior Partner, Global Markets and Head of Marketing and Strategic Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Carmen A. Mannella '69, PhD – Director, Division of Molecular Medicine, and Chief, Laboratory of Pathology, Wadsworth Center, NYS Dept. Health   
Dennis F. Strigl ’74 – President & CEO, Verizon Wireless

Joseph M. Hassett '64, Esq., PhD – Partner, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P.
Marsha (Spence) Henderson, MBA ’80 – President, Western New York District, Key Bank, N.A.
Albert F. LoBuglio '58, MD – Director, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Associate Dean, School of Medicine Professor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
John F. Marszalek '61, PhD – William L. Giles Distinguished Professor, Mississippi State University
Daniel W. Stanton ’79 – Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Mary E. Belle ’73 – Liz Claiborne
Angelo M. Fatta ’66 – President and CEO, ACTS Testing Labs, Inc.
Mark Lema ’71, MD, PhD - Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
*Robert Mesel ’57 - President, BP American (retired)
*Joseph J. Naples ’41 - President, Joseph J. Naples & Associates, Inc.
Dale Wilson ’72, MD – Managing Partner - Brummitte Dale Wilson, M.D. & Associates and the Aesthetic Laser Surgery Center

*John A. Bellanti ’54 – President and Chief Executive Officer, Battenfeld Management, Inc.
*William D. Bennett ’61, MS '67– Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, School of Education and Human Services Canisius University
*Lillian M. Levey , MS ’67 – Former Vice President/Assistant to the President, Canisius University
Norbert Myslinski '69, PhD – Associate Professor of Neuroscience, University of Maryland Dental School
Robin Schimminger ’69 – Member, New York State Assembly, Albany, New York
Cynthia L. Skrzycki ’76 – Business Columnist, The Washington Post

*Rev. A. Joseph Bissonette '54, MA '63 (posthumous) - Former Pastor, St. Bartholomew Church
*Sister Barbara Ciarico, MS '68, RSM - President, Trocaire College
*Donald M. Clark '50, MA '52 - President and Chief Executive Officer, National Association for Industry-Education Cooperation
*Ronald F. Poe '59 - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Dorman & Wilson, Inc.
*Sebastian J. Rosica '48 - Retired Audiologist and Teacher of Deaf Children
*Richard E. Winter '42 - President and Chief Executive Officer, Pepsi-Cola Ogdensburg Bottlers, Inc.

*Anthony J. Colucci, Jr. '55, Esq. - Senior Managing Attorney, Block & Colucci, P.C.
*Robert J. Hall '47, MD - Director, Cardiology Education Texas Heart Institute/St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Elizabeth Macdonald '84 - Financial Editor, Worth Magazine
*Rev. Robert Wurtz '54 - Executive Vice President, Treasurer, and Pastor of Our Lady of Victory Institutions

Teresa M. Amabile '72, PhD - Professor of Psychology, Brandeis University
Richard A. DiVita '55 - President/CEO, DiVita Group of Companies
*Robert J. Genco, DDS, PhD -Distinguished Professor and Chairman, Oral Biology Dept. State University of New York at Buffalo
Elizabeth N. Kolber '72 - Vice President of Merrill Lynch - Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Michael M. Orzel '79 - Advocate, Niagara Frontier Center for Independent Living, Inc.
William M. Skretny '66 - U.S. District Court Judge, Western District of New York

Carolyn E. Billingslea '75 - Field Services Liaison Director of the IRS, Dallas
*J. Jerry Castiglia '55 - President and Chief Executive Officer, Pratt & Lambert
*Hon. James B. Kane Jr. '48 - Supreme Court Justice, State of New York
Karen (Wasielewski) Makowski '77 - Executive Vice President, Key Bank, Albany, NY
*Leonard P. Markert Jr. '49 - Chairman, Edward Joy Company, Syracuse, NY
Hon. Dale M. Volker '63 - Senator, State of New York

Erik L. Brady '76 - Sports Reporter, USA Today
Robert M. Greene '66 - CEO and Managing Partner, Phillips Blaine & Huber
*Milford C. Maloney '47, MD - Chairman, Department of Medicine, Mercy Hospital
Carl J. Montante '64 - President and CEO, Uniland Development Company
Peter P. Zaleski '60 - President and CEO, Key Bank

*Joseph F. CrangleCrangie '55 - Attorney, Block & Colucci, Former Chairman, Erie County Democratic Committee
Rosemary A. Ligotti '70 - Senior Vice President, Moors and Cabot, Inc.
*Albert R. Mugel '40 - Attorney, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel
*Minot H. Ortolani '51 - Executive Director, Buffalo Zoological Society
*Thomas A. Raab '73, MD - Chief of Infectious Disease, Mercy Hospital, Buffalo
John L. Strauss '61 - Partner, BHM & Strauss, Inc.

*Rick Azar Carballada '50 - Former Sports Director, WKBW-TV
*Vincent C. Bowhers '50 - Managing Partner and General Agent, John Hancock Insurance
*Joseph G. Herbstritt '59, MD - Reconstructive and Plastic Surgeon
Karen L. Mize '78 - Vice President for Marketing and Sales, New Boston Garden Corp.
*Donald Pinkel '47, MD - Chief of Pediatric Leukemia, Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, University of Texas
John W. Rowe '66, MD - Gerontologist and President of Mt. Sinai Medical Center and Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NYC

*John J. Calabro '47, MD - Former Director of Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School
*J. Francis Drea '55 – Chairman, Ontario Racing Commission
*Rev. Leonard G. Hacker '35, SJ - Jesuit Missionary, Marshall Islands, Philippines
*John W. Koessler Jr. '49 - Vice President, Sullivan Graphics
*James M. Lanz '38, MA '47 - Executive Vice President, Trocaire College

*John P. Courtney '58 – President, Computer Task Group
Hon. John J. LaFalce '61 - U. S. Congressman, New York State
*Joseph T. Murray '51 - Manager/Director, Suc Buffalo
Hon. Henry J. Nowak '57 - Former Congressman/Bank Director/Attorney, Marine Midland Bank
*Judge H. Buswell Roberts '38 - Chief Judge, Buffalo City Court

*John W. Condon, Jr. '47 – President, Condon, Sedita and Latona Law Firm
*Sister M. Carmina Coppola '52 – President, Trocaire College
*William D. Hassett, Jr. '57 – President, W.D. Hassett, Inc.
*Rev. Paul R. Juenker '42 – Pastor, Blessed Sacrament Church
Salvatore R. Martoche '62 – Partner, Hiscock and Barclay Law Firm
*William J. Walsh '51 - Former President, RCA Australia

*Orval M. Adam '53 - Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, SanteFe/Southern Pacific Corporation
*Hon. John T. Curtin '46 - Federal District Judge
*Dr. Thomas J. Dougherty '55 - Cancer Research Scientist, Roswell Park Cancer Institute
*Paul G. Gassman '57, PhD - Professor of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, former Alfred F. Sloan Foundation Fellow
*Raymond W. Manuszewski '51 – Chairman, Manufacturers Hanover
*Anthony C. Rocco '48 - Vice Development/Sales, ABC Television Network

*Michael D. Barrett '65 - Financier
*M. Jane Dickman '46, CPA – Partner, Touche Ross & Company
*Lawrence J. Felser '55 - Sports Editor, Buffalo News
*Francis D. Flanagan '33 - Vice President and Chief Lobbyist, W. R. Grace & Co.
*George M. Martin '42 - Executive Vice President for Administrative Affairs, Canisius University
*Nelson Reavey-Cantwell '45, MD - Professor of Medicine and Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs, Thomas Jefferson University
Paul A. Willax '61 - President and Chief Executive Officer, Empire Savings of America

*Rev. James M. Demske '47, SJ – President, Canisius University
Mary Ann Lauricella '68 - Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs, State of New York Department of Motor Vehicles
*Samuel J. Lentine '67 – Owner, Ability Aids, Inc.
*James T. Molloy '58 – Doorkeeper, U. S. House of Representatives
*George E. Schreiner '43, MD - Director of Nephrology, Georgetown University Hospital
Sharon R. Tolbert '68, PhD - Vice President for Institutional Advancement, St. Catherine's College

Brigadier General Robert B. Adams '55 - Deputy Commanding General, U.S. Army Finance & Accounting Center
*Hon. Michael F. Dillon '50 - Judge, Appellate Division, New York State Supreme Court
*Leo R. Futia '40, CLU - Chairman of the Board, Guardian Life Insurance Company
*Hon. Walter J. Mahoney '30 - Retired Judge, Appellate Division, New York State Supreme Court; former President & Majority Leader, New York State Senate
*William H. McFarland '29 - Chairman of the Board Emeritus, McFarland-Johnson Engineers, Inc.
Elaine F. Sciolino '70 - Rome Bureau Chief, Newsweek Magazine
Robert J. Slater '59 – President, Crane Co.

R. Carlos Carballada '56 - President & Chief Executive Officer, Citizen's Central Bank
Eugene F. Jankowski '55 – President, CBS Broadcast Group
*Robert A. MacKinnon '50 - General Manager, New Jersey Nets
*Sister Mary Pachomia '38 - Retired President, Villa Maria College
*Arthur J. Schaefer '43, MD - Eye physician and surgeon

*J. Norman Hayes '36, PhD – Superintendent, Lancaster Central School District
*Peter Poth '50, CPA - Managing Partner, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
*Marjorie (Sara) Quinlan '74 - Art History Instructor, Canisius University
Paul D. Weiss '61 – Founder, Los Ninos
*Deacon John G. Wick '49 - President, Merchants Mutual Insurance Company

*Hon. Matthew J. Jasen '37 – Judge, New York State Court of Appeals

*Joseph D. Godfrey '27, MD - President, Godfrey Orthopedic Group, P.C.

*Dr. Charles A. Brady '33 - Writer, Critic, Professor Emeritus, Canisius University
J. Michael Collins '57 – President, WNED-TV
*Rt. Rev. John J. Conniff '46 - Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Buffalo
*Hon. Charles S. Desmond '17 - Former Chief Judge, New York State Court of Appeals
*Henry J. Osinski '35 - Vice President, M & T Bank - Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.
*Hon. Frank A. Sedita '30 - Former Mayor, City of Buffalo