President’s Citation Award Winners

The Cooper Union Hall of Fame includes winners of the President’s Citation award.  The Cooper Union President selects the alumni for this award

* Indicates deceased

2022	Firelei Baez A’04
2022	Anthony Titus AR’98
2022	John Manuck ChE’69
2019	Awol Erizku A’10
2019	Richard Schwartz ME’57
2019	Jean Brownhill AR’00
2018	Patty Jenkins A’93
2018	Basar Girit AR05
2018	Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny AR05,
2018	Wes Rozen AR05
2018	Brad Samuels AR05
2018	Marisa Lago PH’77
2017	Bruce Degen A’66
2017	Diane H. Lewis AR’76*
2017	Nina Tandon EE’01
2016	John Leeper AR’85
2016	William Morrison A’89
2016	Jason Banfelder ChE’93 & MChE’96
2011	Max Becher A’86 Andrea Robbins A’87 Catherine Seavitt Nordensen AR’94 Richard Sarles CE’67
2010	Ronald Brookmeyer Math’75
2009	Evan Douglis, AR ’83
2009	Carin Goldberg, A ’75
2009	Kamran Mahbobi, EE ’89, MEE ’91
2008	Jesse Reiser, AR’81
2008	Nanako Umemoto, AR’83
2008	Thomas Nozkowski, A’67*
2008	Nancy H.Yieh, ME’79
2007	TJ Gottesdiener, AR’79
2007	Sylvia Plimack Mangold, A’59
2007	Harold Goldberg, EE’44
2006	Albert Burstein, ME’59
2006	Wangechi Mutu, A’97
2006	Lee Skolnick, AR’79
2005	Christine (Chris) Benedict, AR ’86
2005	Stanley Lapidus, EE’70
2005	Neal Slavin, A’63
2004	Maurice Cox, AR’83
2004	Marie Wieck, E ’82
2004	Jerome Witkin, A’60
2003	Russell Hulse, PHY’70
2003	Daniel Libeskind, AR’70
2003	Irma Giustino Weiss, A’45
2002	Stanley Allen, AR’81
2002	Donald Baechler, A’77
2002	Louis Brooks, ME’41*
2001	Edwin Aviles, AR’69
2001	Kevin Burke, EE’72
2001	Paul Garrin, A’82
2000	Robert Aquilina, CE’78
2000	Evan Hunter, A’46*
2000	Lauren Mallas, AR’68
1999	Isaac Heller, E’52
1999	Toshiko Mori, AR’76
1999	Edward Sorel, A’51
1998	Alexander Gorlin, AR’78
1998	Peter Kimm, CE’58
1998	Ellen Lupton, A’85
1998	J. Abbot Miller, A’85
1997	Edward Feiner, AR’69
1997	Patricia Buckley Moss, A’55
1997	Lawrence Ng, EE’78
1996	Thomas R. Aidala, AR’55
1996	Roy DeCarava, A’40
1996	Marisa Lago, PHY’77
1995	Laurie Hawkinson, AR’83
1995	Walter Nazarewicz, ChE’49
1995	Robert Yarber, A’71
1994	Karen Bausman, AR’82
1994	Leslie Gill, AR’82
1994	Leon Machiz, E’48*
1994	Philip Taaffe, A’77
1993	Michael Borkowsky, ME’61
1993	Charles Hoberman, A’79
1993	Roderick Knox, AR’70
1992	Jacob Alspector, AR’72
1992	Anthony Mazzola, A’48
1992	Dr. Richard Slember, ME’55
1990	George Barletta, CE’59
1990	Ralph Lerner, AR’74
1990	Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, ’75
1989	Ashley Bryan, A’46
1989	Elizabeth Diller, AR’79
1989	Ricardo Scofidio, AR’55
1989	Samuel Sigman, CE’38*
1988	Carmi Bee, AR’67
1988	Rubin Rabinowitz, E’42
1988	Robert Scudellari, A’55
1987	Lois Dodd, A’48
1987	Edwin King Stodola, EE’36*
1987	Anthony Tung, AR’72
1986	Alvin Marks, EE’32*
1986	Elliot Willensky, AR’53*
1986	Joel-Peter Witkin, A’70
1985	Donald Blauweiss, A’61
1985	Gregory Gillespie, A’60*
1985	Frank Kelemen, ENG’37*
1985	Charles Reiss, AR’65
1985	Eric Sumner, ME’48*
1984	John Alcorn, A’55*
1984	David Dardick, ME’34*
1984	Jack Gould, ME’27*
1984	Daniel Libeskind, AR’70
1984	Albert Nerken, ChE’33*
1984	Joan Semmel, A’52
1982	R.B. Kitaj, A’53*
1982	Daniel Maggin, ENG’20*
1981	Philip Auerbach, ME’51
1981	Albert (Al) Greenberg, A’48
1981	Bernard Rothzeid, AR’49
1980	Myron Kayton, ME’55
1980	Lee Krasner,A’29*
1980	Rolf Ohlhausen, AR’58
1979	George Fox, CE’40*
1979	Clarence Hornung, A’19*
1978	Benjamin Gruzen, AR’43*
1978	Robert Herzog, ChE’39
1978	Richard Lytle, A’55
1977	John Clarke, AR’66
1977	Audrey Flack, A’51
1977	Edward Hawthorne, EE’43 *
1977	Isidor Laskowitz, ME’18*
1976	Leo Brancato, ME’50
1976	Dimitri Hadzi, A’50*
1976	Herman Jessor, BSE’17*
1975	Harold Altman, A’47*
1975	James D. Carroll,ENG’29*
1975	Remy Charlip, A’49
1975	C. Raymond Dahl, ME’43
1975	Charles Gilvarg, ChE’48
1975	Vera Neumann, A’28*
1973	Phyllis Berger, ME’46*
1973	Freda Diamond, A’24*
1973	Laurin Fischer, SCE’42*
1973	Howard Greyber, ME’43
1973	Alex Katz, A’49
1973	Vincent Longo, A’46
1972	Sidney Borg, CE’37*
1972	John Hejduk, AR’50*
1972	Alexander Matiuk, ME’38
1972	Reynold Ruffins, A’51
1972	Stanley Van Der Beek, A’56*
1972	Robert White, ChE’36*
1971	Edward Barlow, EE’42
1971	Martin Cohen, A’52 *
1971	William King, A’48
1971	Gerard Rohlich, ENG’34*
1971	Tom Wesselmann, A’59*
1971	Jack Yogman, ChE’48*
1970	Alfred Blaustein, A’47*
1970	Norman Griner, A’52*
1970	S. Manson, ME’41
1970	Joseph Messina, A’50*
1970	Daniel Okun, CE’37*
1970	Dean Seifried, EE’36
1969	Seymour Chwast, A’51
1969	George Friedl, EE’28*
1969	Bernard Loughlin, EE’39*
1969	Jay Maisel, A’52
1969	Caesar Pattarini, ME’53
1969	Herbert Roemmele, E’25*
1969	Richard Stein, AR’37*
1967	John T.Carroll, CE’33*
1967	Freeman Craw, A’39
1967	Nils Hoglund, ENG’44*
1967	Morris Ketay, ENG’26*
1967	Arthur Rosenblatt, AR’52*
1967	Arthur Singer, A’39
1966	William Dubilier, ENG’09*
1966	Carl Fischer, A’48
1966	Milton Glaser, A’51*
1966	Nicholas Molnar, ENG’26
1966	John Ross, A’49* and Clare Romano Ross, A’43*
1966	Charles Schaffner, CE’41*
1965	Maurice Brooks, ChE’47
1965	Franklin Diederich, ME’43*
1965	Irwin Glusker, A’48
1965	John V. Harrington, EE’40
1965	Arthur Kane, A’50
1965	Eleanore Pettersen, AR’41*
1964	John Cleary, EE’25*
1964	Benjamin Lax, ME’41
1964	Herbert Lubalin, A’39*
1964	John Maxon, A’38*
1964	Emanuel Turano, AR’41
1956	Matthew Becker, EE’21*
1956	John Cetrule, ENG’21*
1956	Irwin S. Chanin, BSE TECH’15*
1956	Louis Cole, EE’11*
1956	Matthew Del Gaudio,AR’08*
1956	Louis Dorfsman, A’39*
1956	Isidor Frankuchen, ENG’26*
1956	Benjamin Gross, EE’13*
1956	Erich Hausmann, ENG’07*
1956	Frederick Krug, ENG’17*
1956	Alfred Lama, AR’20*
1956	Peppino Mangravite, A’18*
1956	James O’Donnell, ENG’30*
1956	Thomas Peterson, ENG’23*
1956	William Pfann, ENG’40*
1956	John Riedel, ENG1898*
1956	Oronzio Maldarelli, A’33*
1956	Irving Rossi, BSE’09*
1956	Douglas Smith, ENG’27*
1956	Raphael Soyer, A’17*
1956	George Spatta, ENG’14*
1956	Samuel Steinberg, ENG’10*
1956	David Steinman, ENG’06*
1956	Elwood Whitney, A’24*
1956	Simon Zelnik, AR’24*

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