Alumni awards foster lasting connections with Salve Regina graduates while also recognizing their lifetime achievements. You may recommend a deserving graduate at any time during the year by submitting an online nomination. Career success, community achievement, alumni connectedness and support of Salve Regina are all taken into consideration. Candidates are reviewed twice a year by a peer committee. View a full list of past award recipients.
Alumni Award Recipients
Distinguished Alumni Award
2021 - Leslie Barrett '87
2019 - Eileen Creaton '81
2017 - Katherine M. Aldrich '86
2016 - Nancy C. Cardoza '85
2015 - Elizabeth Hartigan DeSantis '57
Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award
2021 - Carrie Miranda '94 (M)
2019 - William Bundy '05 (PhD)
2018 - Brett J. Morash '15 (PhD)
2017 - Father Kris M. von Maluski '12 (CAGS)
2016 - Denise M. Abraham '94 (M)
2015 - Lynne A. Urbani-Craddock '90 (M)
Salve Regina Mission Award
2021 - Ashley Bendiksen '13
2019 - Christopher Holloway '85
2018 - Mary Lou Gualtieri Riker '68
2017 - Jason Maxwell '01
2016 - Eileen Jeanes Jachna '62
2015 - Daniel J. Taylor-Stypa '75
Outstanding Young Alumni Award
2021 - Ruth T. McNally '15, '20 (DNP)
2019 - Elizabeth Duggan '08
2018 - Rebecca J. Bertrand '08
2017 - Michael A. Fisher '06
2016 - Devon B. Luty-Swenson '05
2015 - Caitlin M. Emery '07
2014 - Bobby Gondola, Jr. ’06
Alumni Achievement Award
2021 - Edward C. Wu '06
2021 - Steven G. Shaker '91
2020 - Deanna Encalada Nisbet '60
2020 - Janice G. Raymond '65
2020 - Margot DiCairano Durkin '70
2020 - Sarah M. Burkwit '95
2019 - Michael J. Abbott '99
2019 - Dr. Michele Fortin Griswold '89
2019 - Wendy M. Tancheff '94
2018 - Stephanie L. Barry '98, '12 (M)
2018 - Marian Mathison Desrosiers '68, '04 (PhD)
2018 - Carol A. Sarganis '68
2018 - Audrain M. Triplett '78
2017 - Carmela Veneziano Geer '87
2017 - Helen Shea McGowen-Gardner '62, '88 (M)
2017 - Brian A. Pryor '92
Exceptional Volunteer Award
2021 - Alison Witham Early '95
2021 - Carolyn Reder Booth '71
2021 - Jason N. Confrancesco '96
2021 - Martha Dolan-Cosgrove '71
2021 - Randy J. Early '94
2019 - Patricia Gallagher Snyder '69
2018 - Shannon Sacharko-Theobald '98
2016 - Jean Havens Cook '66
2016 - Nancy Phelan Flynn '66
2015 - Jane Edward Steele '65
Nursing Alumni Achievement Award
2013 - Kathleen M. O’Connell '63
2013 - Paulette La Cava Osterman '62
2010 - Elizabeth Cadigan '79
2010 - Kathleen Sullivan Connell '58, '96 (M)
2010 - Mary Rafferty McClain '62