Established in 1988 by Chancellor Emeritus William P. Tolley, the Melvin A. Eggers Senior Alumni Award “was created out of my deep respect and admiration for Chancellor Eggers and to honor senior alumni whose leadership and service to society has been joined with loyalty and service to Syracuse University.”
The award is presented to those alumni who have graduated more than 50 years ago and have demonstrated loyalty and service to Syracuse University.
Past Recipients
2022
Dr. Carole A. Leland '56
2021
Russ King '52
2020
Syracuse University did not present its annual alumni awards due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2019
Joanne '57 and Ronald Goldfarb '54, L'56
2018
Larry Bashe ’66, G’68
Helen Lefkowitz ’60
Fred Silverman ’58
2017
Warren L. Kimble ’57
2016
David Coffman ’38 (posthumous)
Class of 1956 Reunion Committee
Ted Krawitz
Judy Richardson Beers
Patricia Cain Beyle
Ray Caldiero
Bobby Browne Cramer
Andra Tompkins Frank
Polly Reed Hollis
Ken Halaby Sr.
Janet Rigdon Jackson
Haden Patten
Milton Shefter
Ken Sparks
2015
Molly Corbett Broad ’62, H’09
Harriette Line Thompson ’47
2014
Marylyn (Turner) Ginsburg-Klaus ’56, G’57
Irma (Ginsberg) Kalish ’45, H’07
2013
Donald G. Hornung ’53
2012
Penny Jones Allyn ’60
William Allyn G’59
Shirley Fenner Reidenbaugh ’54
2011
Edward S. Miller ’51
Kenneth R. Sparks ’56, G’61, G’64
2010
Brad Strait ’58, G’60, G’65
2009
Gregg Doherty ’55
2008
Eta Pi Upsilon Alumnae Board
2007
Marshall M. Gelfand ’50
Robert S. Rosenthal ’53
2006
Warren Boin ’42
Mel Elfin ’51
Robert Laubach G’56, G’63
Jack Stewart ’46, G’50
Wilfreda Stone ’43, G’44
2005
Donald Ingram ’54, G’60
Eleanor Ludwig ’43, G’45
Joseph Strasser ’53, G’58
Janet Weltmann ’35
2004
William C. Archbold ’50
Marilyn Johnson Giancola ’46
Allen C. Ritz ’35
June Vetter Rose ’35, ’36, G’43
Harold A. Schlotzhauer ’38
2003
Charles A. Chappell, Jr. ’49
Elizabeth Mary Henes ’42, G’43, G’51
Rev. Irving G. Hill ’50
Marcia C. Hill ’50, G’84
2002
Janet Gustafson ’46
H. Clayton Holbrook ’36
William K. Phipps ’47, G’50, Ph.D.’70
Ruth Ross Sager ’47
Flora A. Workman ’46, G’64
2001
Miriam Decker Alsever ’37
Yvonne Miller Phillips ’41, G’70
George C. Stafford ’48, G’72
2000
Martin S. Dembo ’35
Irwin Guttag ’37
Marjorie Vogel Guttag ’38
Irving Hotze ’43
Beverly Blaney Martin ’48, ’60, G’70
1999
Barbara Nicholson Conklin ’44
William P. Conklin ’44
Richard J. Fay ’44
Dorothy Golub Spira ’28 (Posthumous)
1998
Douglas P. Cagwin ’41
Anne Pinck Easter ’35
L. Edgar Prina ’38, G’40
1997
Marcus Clements ’36
Beth Maxwell Duncan ’38
Morris 'Mike' Weeden ’41
1996
Virginia Guilfoil Allen ’40
Jerome R. Gerber ’34
Arlene Liberman Gerber ’34
1995
Forrest H. Witmeyer ’28
1994
The Rev. Dr. Charles Boddie ’33
Walter S. Kiebach ’36
Mary Gilmore Smith ’29, G’38
1993
Horace J. Landry ’34, G’36
Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer ’33, H’90
Elaine Benderoff Spector ’42
Joseph Spector ’38, G’41
1992
Bettina Barrett Chapman ’33
Florence Kerins Murray ’38
Royal L. O'Day ’36
Albert Ornstein ’33
1991
Kathleen Walker Rossman ’39
Newell W. Rossman Jr. ’39
Virginia C. Simons ’42, G’54
Lois Gannet Vosburgh ’32
1990
Harvey O. Banks ’30
Pearle Ness Clements ’35
Walter Rose ’19, G’22
Frank J. Schantz ’31
1989
Abbie Harper Bigelow ’22
Harry D. Goldman ’25
Julius Kahn ’22
Anthony Toney ’34
1988
Paul C. Baldwin ’36
Bernard S. Cohen ’35, JD’38
Edythe Farnham Ely G ’32
Anne Marie Hurley Reynolds ’28