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V. “Ram” Ramaswamy, William Kennedy and Maritza Martinez are among those being honored for excellence by the University of Albany Alumni Association.


ALBANY, N.Y. (April 28, 2017 — A Pulitzer Prize-winner, a Hollywood producer and one of the University’s leading educators are among 14 recipients of the University at Albany Alumni Excellence Awards. The awards recognize UAlbany alumni and friends for outstanding achievements and service.
Recipients will be honored at the annual University at Albany Alumni Association’s Excellence Awards Gala Saturday, April 29, at the Albany Country Club. This year’s excellence awards winners are:
Citizen of the University: William Kennedy
The founder of the New York State Writers Institute, hosted by UAlbany, has made an impact on the University’s students as a writing professor and mentor to aspiring authors. Kennedy is the author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Ironweed.
Distinguished Alumni: Lawrence A. Gordon
As co-author of the Gordon-Loeb Model, Gordon, BS ‘66, MBA ‘67, is one of the most influential accounting researchers in the world. He has served as the EY Alumni Professor of Managerial Accounting and Information Assurance at University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business since 1981.
Outstanding Young Alumni: Dorcey Applyrs
Elected to the City of Albany Common Council in 2014, Applyrs, MPH ‘05, PhD ‘14, tackles health disparity and environmental safety issues affecting her constituents in Albany’s First Ward. She is faculty program director for the Excelsior College School of Health Sciences and clinical assistant professor at UAlbany’s School of Public Health.
International Alumni Award for Exceptional Achievement: Bushra Rahim
After earning her doctoral degree in 2015 at UAlbany, Rahim returned to Pakistan, where she has made a great impact on the educational structures of conflict-ridden Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She serves as deputy director and reforms coordinator in the Ministry of Local Government, Elections and Rural Development.
Excellence in Alumni Service: William J. ...

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