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.
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2023 | Kelly Occhiuzzo- Zack Art ’90 |
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2022 | Kay Nordstrom ME’77 | ![]() |
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2021 | Susan Shaw A’72 | ![]() |
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2020 | Darrell Low EE’89 | ![]() |
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2019 | Robert Tan AR’81 | ![]() |
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2018 | Nils Folke Anderson A’94 | ![]() |
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2017 | James Liubicich ChE’83 | ||
2017 | Carol E. Wolf A’84 | ||
2016 | Adrian Burton Jovanovic BSC ’89 | ||
2015 | Mary K. Lynch, ChE’82 | ||
2014 | Sean Cusack, BSE ’98 | ||
2013 | MaryAnn Nichols, A ’68 Dean Stephen P. Baker (Honorary) |
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2012 | John Leeper AR’85 | ||
2011 | Mina Greenstein A’56 | ||
2010 | Charles Cassella EE’68, Eleanor Baum (Honorary) | ||
2009 | John Huddy AR’85 | ||
2008 | Ron Weinstein CE’67 | ||
2007 | Ronald W. 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 | ||
2002 | Mark Epstein A’76, Art Zigas ME ’44 | ||
2001 | Richard Schwartz ME’57 | ||
2000 | John Jay Iselin (honorary) ** | ||
1999 | Peter Torraco ME’28 | ||
1998 | Albert Carnesale ME’57 | ||
1997 | Howard Flagg EE’75 ** Benedict Itri EE’75 |
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1996 | Michael Borkowsky ME’61, Cecily Fox (honorary) | ||
1995 | Larry Ng EE’78 | ||
1994 | Barbara White Fishman A’60 ** | ||
1993 | 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) ** |
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1990 | Alan Green (Honorary) ** | ||
1989 | Frank Miner ChE’47 | ||
1988 | 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 ** | ![]() |
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1982 | Richard Bowman (Honorary) Irwin Chanin BSE’15 ** |
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1981 | D. Bert Haring ME’46 ** Frank Stanton (Honorary) ** |
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1980 | Herbert Lubalin A’39 ** Louis Dorfsman A’39 ** |
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1979 | Rudolph Aronson AR’29 ** John F. White (Honorary) ** Irwin Appel EE’26 ** |
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1978 | Howard Silfin ME’49 ** | ||
1977 | Jack Glicksman A’31** John Carroll CE’33 ** |
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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 ** | ![]() |
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1970 | John Lanigan CE’32 ** | ||
1969 | Marilyn Hoffner A’48 ** Al Greenberg A’48 ** |
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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 ** |
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1957 | Joseph Rofman Eng’28 ** Jack Gould ME’27 ** Frederick Caiola Eng’17 ** |
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1956 | Irving Fisher Eng’17 ** J. Johnson Eng ’05 ** Anthony Daidone Eng’23 ** |
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1955 | Charles Goodman Eng’05 ** Leo Wallerstein Eng’04 ** Joseph Meltzer Eng’10 ** |
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1954 | Christian Weaver Eng ’03 ** Carl Bussow Eng’22 ** Meyer Meadow Eng’18 ** |
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1952 | Hudson Searing Eng’16 ** |
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