On Saturday, September 28, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences will honor its 2024 Alumni Award winners. The annual recognition dinner will be held at 5:30 pm at the Crowne Plaza Albany – The Desmond Hotel as part of Reunion 2024 Weekend.
This year’s winners are part of a distinguished global alumni base more than 9,000 strong. The 10 recipients were selected by a peer-nominated review process for their commitment to the fields of pharmacy and health sciences, as well as those who best personified the values most important to ACPHS such as community, collaboration, integrity and student-centeredness.
The honorees include:
Distinguished Alumni Recipients
- David Kile ’74, posthumously
- Martin Irons ’88
Outstanding Young Alumni Award
- Youssef Bessada ’20
- Christina Lombardi ’17
Collaboration and Community Values Award
- Heather Bartle-Ferrarese ’96, ’98
Excellence Values Award
- Zarina Jalal ’12
Friend of the College Values Award
- John Denio
Integrity Values Award
- Michael Duteau ’92
Respect Values Award
- Kerry Roarke ’09
Student Centered Values Award
- Jane Boyd ’82
“For more than 50 years, the annual Alumni Awards Dinner has allowed ACPHS an opportunity to honor those who contribute to the mission of the College,” said Vice President, Institutional Advancement, Michael Pasquarella. “We are grateful to our committee of more than 20 dedicated alumni who independently review the nominations and grant alumni awards each year which facilitate this special tribute.”
For more information on this year's recipients as well as the 2023 honorees, please visit https://www.acphs.edu/alumni/alumni-awards.
About Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Founded in 1881, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) is a private, independent college dedicated to educating the next generation of leaders to improve the health of society. ACPHS offers 17 undergraduate, graduate and doctorate programs including online Master of Biomedical Sciences and Master of Biotechnology programs. Students have myriad opportunities to extend what they are learning in the classroom at The Stack Family Center for Biopharmaceutical Education and Training (CBET), at student-supported pharmacies in underserved communities, and at The Collaboratory, a public health resource designed to alleviate community health disparities in Albany’s South End neighborhood. ACPHS ranks #1 in New York State for best return on investment by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce and was graded an A+ for value by Niche.