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2012 Seventh Annual
\nDistinguished Achievement Awards<\/h1>\n

Saturday, October 27, 2012 \u22c5 Newport Marriott, Newport, R.I.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Distinguished Achievement Awards honor
\nthose alumni who personify URI\u2019s tradition of excellence
\nin\u00a0<\/span>achievement, leadership, and service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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2012 PRESIDENT’S AWARD RECIPIENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"150203_Neil_Kerwin\"<\/a>Cornelius M. Kerwin,\u00a0M.A. \u201973, Ph.D.<\/a><\/strong>
\nPresident, American University<\/em>
\nCornelius Kerwin is president of American University and a nationally recognized specialist in public policy and the regulatory process.\u00a0 The founder of American University\u2019s Center for the Study of Rulemaking, he is the author of\u00a0Rulemaking: How Government Agencies Write Law and Make Policy<\/em>\u00a0and co-author of\u00a0How Washington Works: The Executive\u2019s Guide to Government<\/em>.\u00a0 He was named a Washingtonian of the Year by\u00a0Washingtonian<\/em>\u00a0magazine in 2009, and\u00a0Irish Voice<\/em>\u00a0named him one of the most influential Irish educators in the U.S. and Canada. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and member of the boards of directors of the American Council on Education and the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.<\/p>\n

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\"Mario\"<\/a>Ernest Mario, M.S. \u201963, Ph.D. \u201966,\u00a0Hon \u201991<\/a>
\n<\/strong>Chairman and CEO, Capnia
\n<\/em>Ernest Mario began his career in the pharmaceutical industry as a research scientist in 1966 and later went on to lead four drug companies as CEO: Glaxo, Alza, Reliant, and his current company, Capnia.\u00a0In addition to serving on the boards of companies public and private, Dr. Mario devotes considerable time to philanthropy. A past trustee of Duke, Rutgers, URI, and Rockefeller universities, he was awarded the Remington Medal, pharmacy\u2019s highest honor, in 2007, and is namesake of the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, his undergraduate alma mater.<\/p>\n

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\"Murray\"<\/a>Blanche R. Murray\u00a0 \u201941, Hon. \u201988<\/strong><\/a>
\nRetired Educator, Tolman High School<\/em>
\nBlanche Murray was the first female president of both the URI Foundation and the URI Alumni Association, and she served two terms on the R.I. Board of Governors for Higher Education.\u00a0 A former home economics teacher in Pawtucket who was named R.I. Home Economics Teacher of the Year in 1977, she received an honorary degree from the University in 1988 and was inducted into the College of the Environment and Life Sciences Hall of Fame in 2003.\u00a0 She has served on numerous URI committees, including a Presidential Search Committee, and boasts of 10 family members who also received URI degrees.<\/p>\n

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\"Wroe\"<\/a>Thomas Wroe, Jr. \u201972, Hon. \u201906<\/strong><\/a>
\nChairman and CEO, Sensata Technologies, Inc.<\/em>
\nThomas Wroe is chairman and CEO of Sensata Technologies, formerly the sensors and controls business of Texas Instruments, where he started his career in 1972 as a manufacturing engineer. During his long tenure at TI, he held management assignments in operations, engineering, marketing and business development. He has been an instrumental supporter of the URI International Engineering Program, especially the Chinese IEP, and he has established an endowed scholarship to support students in that program. He serves on many boards, including the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, Cape Cod Healthcare, Chase Corp., and Boston College\u2019s Carroll School of Management.<\/p>\n

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2012 CORPORATE AWARD RECIPIENT<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sensata Technologies, Inc.<\/strong>
\nAttleboro, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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2012 DEANS’ AWARD RECIPIENTS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Learn more about the Deans’ Award recipients\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

ALAN SHAWN FEINSTEIN COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
\nJay Spitulnik<\/strong>,\u00a0Organizational Consultant, Lifespan Learning Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
\nRichard K. Pyle Sr. ’67, M.A. ’69<\/strong>,\u00a0Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. Department of State, Intelligence Community
\n<\/em>Therese A. Rando ’74, M.A. ’75,\u00a0Ph.D. ’80<\/strong>,\u00a0Clinical Director and Founder, The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Loss
\n<\/em>Douglas M. Rosie ’51<\/strong>,\u00a0Assistant Provost, Chair and Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, University of Rhode Island<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
\nRobert\u00a0J. Alvine ’88<\/strong>,\u00a0President and General Manager, Premier Subaru and Premier Kia
\n<\/em>Keith M. Moore ’74, Ph.D. ’04<\/strong>,\u00a0Managing Director, Event Driven Research, MKM Partners LLC<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
\nCarl C. Engle ’65<\/strong>,\u00a0Vice President and Chief Engineer, Cardi Corporation
\n<\/em>Rear Admiral Daniel R. May, M.S. ’84<\/strong>,\u00a0U.S. Coast Guard, Retired<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLEGE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE SCIENCES
\nJonathan L. Feinstein ’77, M.C.P. ’79<\/strong>,\u00a0Senior Vice President, Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.
\n<\/em>Captain Tom A. Marnane, M.M.A. ’70<\/strong>,\u00a0U.S. Navy, Retired; Vice President of Facilities, Matson Navigation Company, Inc., Retired<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLEGE OF HUMAN SCIENCE AND SERVICES
\nJohn Wardle ’78<\/strong>,\u00a0Senior Vice President of Client Services, CVS Caremark<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY
\nDr. Keith P. Lewis ’76<\/strong>,\u00a0Professor of Anesthesiology, Boston University School of Medicine; Chairman of Anesthesiology, Boston Medical Center<\/em><\/p>\n

COLLEGE OF NURSING
\nKristen M. Swanson ’75,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor, School of Nursing, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

GRADUATE SCHOOL
\nCarrie Byron, Ph.D. ’10<\/strong>,\u00a0Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Gulf of Maine Research Institute
\n<\/em>Matthew Ortoleva, M.A. ’03,\u00a0Ph.D. ’10,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Assistant Professor of English and Writing Center Director, Worcester State University<\/em><\/p>\n

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
\nMary A. Voytek, M.S. ’85, <\/strong>Director, NASA Astrobiology Program<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2012 Seventh Annual Distinguished Achievement Awards Saturday, October 27, 2012 \u22c5 Newport Marriott, Newport, R.I. The Distinguished Achievement Awards honor those alumni who personify URI\u2019s tradition of excellence in\u00a0achievement, leadership, and service.\u00a0 2012 PRESIDENT’S AWARD RECIPIENTS Cornelius M. Kerwin,\u00a0M.A. \u201973, Ph.D. President, American University Cornelius Kerwin is president of American University and a nationally recognized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":958,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-distinguished-achievement-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/958"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/university-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}