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Annual Alumni Association Awards

Alumni Award Winners 2011 - Left to right from back: Brian Cabral, Jason Burdick, Richard Lyons III, Justin Macauley, Dan Omasta, David Getches, Larissa Bernhardt Herda, Sue Duris-McMurdy, Bernard Amadei, Lucinda McWilliams Sanders, James D. Copeland, Daniel Liston, Phil DiStefano, Dean Boal, Marni Spott, Anthony Ortega

The tradition of honoring the University of Colorado Boulder’s best began in 1930 when the Alumni Association wanted to honor the beloved CU President George Norlin and the growing legions of extraordinary alumni. Thus, the George Norlin Award was born.

Since then, the association has been fortunate to recognize several generations of outstanding alumni with the Norlin Award, including President Norlin himself who received his medal in 1939 when he retired after 20 years of presidential service.

In the decades since, the association has added four prestigious awards to honor members of the university community. They include the Leanne Skupa-Lee Award, the Robert L. Stearns Award, the Alumni Recognition Award, the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award and the Forever Buffs Student Award.

Here are the 2011 winners who were honored May 4 in the Old Main Chapel.

For more info, e-mail Becky Cabral or call 303-492-2879.

Award nominations

Recognize a deserving Buff by nominating her or him for the 2012 CU-Boulder Alumni Association Awards, which honor alumni, faculty and staff from the Boulder campus. These awards are one of the university’s longest standing traditions. Learn more.