Alumni Of The Years

The Alumnus of the Year Award is presented annually to an outstanding alumna or alumnus for their longstanding dedication and commitment to the Cooper Union Alumni Association and The Cooper Union.
**indicates deceased

2019	Robert Tan AR’81
2018	Nils Folke Anderson A’94
2017	James Liubicich ChE’83	James Liubicich ChE’83
2017	Carol E. Wolf A’84	Carol E. Wolf A’84
2016	Adrian Burton Jovanovic BSC ’89	Adrian Burton Jovanovic BSE ’89
2015	Mary K. Lynch, ChE’82	Mary K. Lynch, ChE’82
2014	Sean Cusack, BSE ’98	Sean Cusack, BSE’98
2013	MaryAnn Nichols, A ’68 Dean Stephen P. Baker (Honorary)	MaryAnn Nichols A’68	Dean Baker, Honorary Alumnus of The Year
2012	John Leeper AR’85	John F. Leeper AR’85
2011	Mina Greenstein A’56	Karina Tipton CE’99 and Mina Greenstein A’56
2010	Charles Cassella EE’68, Eleanor Baum (Honorary)	Eleanor Baum, Dean of Nerkin School of Engineering
2009	John Huddy AR’85	John Huddy, AR’85
2008	Ron Weinstein CE’67
2007	Ronald W. Drucker CE’62	Ron Drucker CE’62
2006	Martin Trust ME’56
2005	William Sandholm CE’63, Robert Bernhard (Honorary)
2004	Benjamin Eisenberg ChE’61, Susan Eisenberg CE’62
2003	Willard Warren EE’50	Willard (Bill) Warren EE’50
2002	Mark Epstein A’76, Art Zigas ME ’44	Mark Epstein, A’78
2001	Richard Schwartz ME’57
2000	John Jay Iselin (honorary) **	John J. Islelin
1999	Peter Torraco ME’28 **	Peter Torroco, ME’28
1998	Albert Carnesale ME’57	Albert Carnesale ME’57
1997	Howard Flagg EE’75 ** Benedict Itri EE’75
1996	Michael Borkowsky ME’61, Cecily Fox (honorary)	Michael Borkowsky ME’61
1995	Larry Ng EE’78	Larry Ng EE’78
1994	Barbara White Fishman A’60 **
1993	Carl Selinger CE’67	Carl Selinger CE’67
1992	George Hecht EE’30 **
1991	Albert Nerken ChE’33 (Alumnus-of-the-Decade) Marylyn Gore (honorary) Vera Neumann A’28 Clarence Hornung A’19 (Bicentennial Award) **	Vera Neumann A’28
1990	Alan Green (Honorary) **
1989	Frank Miner ChE’47
1988	John Clarke AR’66	John Clarke AR’66
1987	Clarence Michalis (Honorary)
1986	Jack Yogman ChE’48 **
1985	H.Carl Bauman EE’36 **
1984	Robert Wagner ME’59
1983	Bernard Levine EE’44 **
1982	Richard Bowman (Honorary) Irwin Chanin BSE’15 **
1981	D. Bert Haring ME’46 Frank Stanton (Honorary)
1980	Herbert Lubalin A’39 Louis Dorfsman A’39	Air Mail Stamp designed by Herb Lubalin Lou Dorfsman A’39
1979	Rudolph Aronson AR’29 John F. White (Honorary) Irwin Appel EE’26 **
1978	Howard Silfin ME’49 **
1977	Jack Glicksman A’31 John Carroll CE’33
1976	Albert Nerken CHE’33 **
1975	Paul Parisi CE’50 **
1974	Arnold Levien AR’10 **
1973	Charles Schaffner CE ’41 **
1972	Herman Jessor BSE’17 **
1971	George Fox CE’40 **
1970	John Lanigan CE’32 **
1969	Marilyn Hoffner A’48 Al Greenberg A’48
1968	Martin Weissburg EE’29 **
1967	Frederick Krug Eng’17 **
1966	Benjamin Gross EE’13 **
1965	Philip Brueck Eng’33 **
1964	Herbert Roemmele Eng’25 **
1963	William Lukacs A’28 **
1962	James D. Carroll ME’29 **
1961	David Samson Eng’24 **
1958	Pearl Greenberg A’48 George Burrows Eng’07 Matthew Becker EE’21
1957	Joseph Rofman Eng’28 Jack Gould ME’27 Frederick Caiola Eng’17 **
1956	Irving Fisher Eng’17 J. Johnson Eng ’05 Anthony Daidone Eng’23 **
1955	Charles Goodman Eng’05 Leo Wallerstein Eng’04 Joseph Meltzer Eng’10 **
1954	Christian Weaver Eng ’03 Carl Bussow Eng’22 Meyer Meadow Eng’18 **
1952	Hudson Searing Eng’16 **