Honorees of the 成人影片 President鈥檚 Gala
Meet the individuals who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to 成人影片 University and our larger community.
Awards by Year
- The family of Jonathan Larson 鈥82
President鈥檚 Humanitarian Award - Mary Jane 鈥62听and听Thomas Poole
President鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Service - Peter Principato 鈥87
President鈥檚 Outstanding Alumni Award
Anita D鈥橝mico, PhD 鈥84 and Joseph Stambouly, MD
President鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Service
成人影片 University will honor Dr. Anita D鈥橝mico 鈥84 and her husband, Dr. Joseph Stambouly, with the听President鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Service. This award is presented to individuals in recognition of their exceptional individual expertise and service, which brings honor to 成人影片 University.
Dr. D鈥橝mico is the Vice President of Market Development for the Synopsys Software Integrity Group and former CEO of the recently acquired Code Dx, Inc., a Long Island-based cybersecurity company. Over her 35-year career, she has conducted research on the intersection of the human experience with technology, and designed technologies to improve human performance in fields as diverse as the merchant marine, manned space travel, intelligence analysis, and, for the past 20 years, cybersecurity.听 She is the recipient of numerous government research contracts to study and develop technologies to improve cybersecurity decision processes. As the CEO of Code Dx, Inc. she has added cybersecurity internships and jobs to the Long Island community. She serves the 成人影片 community through her service on the Derner Advisory Council and professional engagement with the Willumstad School of Business and the Computer Science program.
Dr. Joseph Stambouly is the Chief of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at NYU Langone Hospital 鈥 Long Island (formerly NYU Winthrop Hospital), which is a long-time strategic partner of 成人影片 University. NYU Winthrop Hospital had the first hospitalized COVID-19 case on Long Island. As the pandemic continued, Dr. Stambouly converted his Pediatric Intensive Care Unit into an adult COVID-19 treatment unit, where he and his colleagues worked tirelessly to save lives and comfort the dying. The recognition of Dr. Stambouly allows 成人影片 to publicly acknowledge the tremendous work that healthcare providers, and Dr. Stambouly in particular, have performed for the Long Island community throughout the pandemic.
The professional success and service to the community demonstrated by Drs. D鈥橝mico and Stambouly, in two vital areas, cybersecurity and healthcare, are worthy of recognition.
Dr. D鈥橝mico, through her participation in the Derner Advisory Council, and Dr. Stambouly, through his ongoing support of 成人影片鈥檚 athletic program, continue to partner with the University to carry out its mission to foster the academic success of current and future students.听 We are honored this evening to announce the establishment of The Anita D鈥橝mico Endowment Fund for Cybersecurity and Psychology Research.
David Machlis, PhD
President鈥檚 Humanitarian Award
During Professor David Machlis鈥檚 54-year tenure at 成人影片, he has served as chairman of the economics department, director of the University鈥檚 Urban Center and associate dean of academic affairs. In the 2017-2018 academic year, he received 成人影片鈥檚 Teaching Excellence Award.
As Vice Chairman of International March of the Living and Founding Director of March of Remembrance and Hope, Dr. Machlis has created and designed innovative programs to bring diverse communities of people to Poland to study the Holocaust. Amongst the education missions that he organized are: Deans of Schools of Education and Law Schools, Commissioners and Heads of State Boards of Education, World War II Camp Liberators, Oprah Winfrey and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. Dr. Machlis鈥 most recent programming, held on Holocaust Remembrance Day on April 7, 2021, brought together an international audience of medical professionals to reflect on how the lessons of the Holocaust can inform the medical community鈥檚 response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
He was the associate creator of a United Nations exhibit entitled 鈥淲hen You Listen to a Witness You Become a Witness.鈥 His work is based upon the belief that the Holocaust is a Universal issue and that we must learn from the past so that a more just and tolerant society evolves for the betterment of all humankind.
Professor Machlis has generously established a diversity equity and inclusion fund that will work on combating hatred, intolerance, antisemitism and systemic racism.
Michael BBA 鈥89 and Christine Tiedemann
President鈥s Award for Distinguished Service
Paula Malone, PhD
President鈥s Award for Philanthropic Leadership
成人影片 7 Sisters
President鈥檚 Award for Philanthropic Leadership
Nicholas Papain 鈥74
President鈥檚 Award for Distinguished Service
Shorelight Education
Outstanding Strategic Partner
成人影片 University Women鈥檚 Giving Circle
Outstanding Philanthropic Partner
Marc S. Strachan 鈥81
Outstanding Alumnus
Marian Conway, Ph.D. and New York Community Bank Foundation
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Vincent C. Tizzio 鈥89
Outstanding Alumnus
John F. Collins and Winthrop-University Hospital
Outstanding Strategic Partner
Phyllis & Frank Angello 鈥77
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Carmine J. Pizzo
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Esther Siegel 鈥69, M.S. 鈥72, EdD
Outstanding Alumna
Loretta V. Cangialosi 鈥80
Outstanding Alumna
Bernard E. Clair 鈥73
Outstanding Alumnus
Jeffrey R. Greene
Outstanding Executive
LeeAnn Black 鈥83
Outstanding Alumna
Mark W. Harris
Outstanding Executive
Eileen C. McDonnell, MBA 鈥88
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Tina and Jeffrey Bolton 鈥61
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Leon Pollack 鈥63
Lifetime Service to 成人影片
Patrick Smalley 鈥86
Outstanding Alumnus
Thomas D. Croci
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Maria A. Grasso, MBA 鈥89
Outstanding Executive
John J. Phelan Jr. 鈥70, 鈥87 (Hon.)
Lifetime Service to 成人影片
Paul J. Salerno 鈥76
Outstanding Alumnus
Marjorie Weinberg-Berman, MS 鈥61
Lifetime Service to 成人影片
Anthony J. Bonomo, JD
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Robert A. Isaksen
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Christopher D. Saridakis 鈥90
Outstanding Alumnus
Horace G. McDonell Jr. 鈥02 (Hon.)
Lifetime Service to 成人影片
Doreen Downs Miller, MBA 鈥86
Outstanding Alumna
JoAnn O鈥橦agen, MS 鈥82
Outstanding Long Island Executive
S. Al Creft
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Thomas J. Donohue, MBA 鈥65, 鈥98 (Hon.)
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Noreen Harrington 鈥81
Outstanding Alumna
Frank J. Bivona 鈥77
Outstanding Alumnus
Dorothy Herman
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Adele Klapper 鈥92, MA 鈥99
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Carol A. Ammon, MBA 鈥79, 鈥10 (Hon.)
Outstanding Alumna
Robert B. Catell 鈥99 (Hon.)
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Vernon W. Hill
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Russell Albanese
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Sharon G. Grosser 鈥83
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Jean Marie Salvatico 鈥97
Outstanding Alumna
Kirk Kordeleski
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Jerry Landsberg
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
The Honorable May W. Newburger 鈥64
Outstanding Alumna
John R. Bransfield Jr., MS 鈥79
Outstanding Alumnus
Raymond A. Jansen
Outstanding Long Island Executive
The Honorable Claire Shulman 鈥46, 鈥90 (Hon.)
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
John P. Finnerty, MS 鈥77
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Carol Finnerty, MA 鈥76
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University
Vincent A. Fusco
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Suzy Sonenberg, MSW 鈥76, 鈥09 (Hon.)
Outstanding Alumna
John J. Gutleber 鈥68, MBA 鈥70
Outstanding Alumnus
Douglas W. Kurz
Outstanding Long Island Executive
Dr. Carol Lindemann, PhD 鈥70
Outstanding Service to 成人影片 University