The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association will present awards to six graduates during ceremonies this fall.

The Distinguished Alumnus award will be presented to Maj. Gen. Frederick Roggero, U.S. Air Force Chief of Safety and a 1976 graduate, during halftime ceremonies at the Notre Dame-Washington State football game Oct. 31 (Saturday) in San Antonio.

Commander of the Air Force Safety Center, Roggero develops, executes and evaluates all aviation, ground, weapons, space and system mishap prevention and nuclear surety programs to preserve combat readiness. He also manages, develops and directs all Air Force safety and operational risk management education courses.

A command pilot with more than 4,000 flying hours, Roggero commanded the 905th Air Refueling Squadron, the 319th Operations Group and the 22nd Air Refueling Wing, and air refueling units in operations Deny Flight, Southern Watch and Vigilant Warrior.

Roggero taught national security affairs at the Air Command and Staff College and served at the Department of State and the Joint Staff. He also was a military fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and served as director of public affairs in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. Prior to his current assignment, he served as director of Air, Space and Information Operations.

Dr. Ronald Zamber, a 1983 graduate and co-founder of International Vision Quest (IVQ), will receive the Harvey G. Foster Award on Nov. 5 (Thursday) for distinguished involvement in civic and University initiatives.

In 2001, Zamber and his wife, Suzan, founded the non-profit organization that provides free eye care to people in developing countries, and provides financial resources to entities that care for children living in poverty.

The Zambers also funded, organized and participated in medical and surgical mission trips to Ecuador, Nepal, Malawi and Costa Rica, and during these trips Zamber performed free sight-restoring surgeries and sight-preserving medical care on thousands of impoverished adults and children. These experiences inspired the founding of IVQ, which helped fund the Rotary Netra Rural Eye Hospital in Vizag, India; supported the Malawi Children’s Village in Africa; and has provided donations for more than 100,000 meals for destitute children through the Feed My Starving Children Organization.

In addition, IVQ has contributed funds to the O’Hana Heritage Foundation to aid construction of a respite home for medically fragile children in South Bend, Ind.

Zamber was voted a member of the “Best Doctors in America” for 2009-10 and was featured in Ophthalmology Management Magazine for his humanitarian work.

The Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Award will be presented Nov. 5 (Thursday) to Marc Maurer, a 1974 graduate and president of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), for outstanding contributions in the field of public service.

Maurer earned his law degree from Indiana University in 1977 and began focusing on representing blind individuals in the courts. He was blinded as an infant when he received too much oxygen after his premature birth, and his wife Patricia lost her sight in the same way.

A member of the Bar in Indiana, Ohio, Iowa and Maryland and the Bar of the Supreme Court, Maurer is one of the most experienced lawyers in the field of civil rights and discrimination against the blind.

As president of the NFB, Maurer joined President George W. Bush in the Oval Office in 2001 to celebrate the organization’s Everest Exhibition, and was present for Bush’s signing into law the Help America Vote Act of 2002. He has promoted new technology for the blind, including the Kurzweil-NFB Reader Mobile, a cell phone device that scans and reads aloud most printed material, and the prototype vehicle for the Blind Driver Challenge. He has overseen the massive expansion of the NFB Research and Training Institute, which was conceived for and by the blind and is developing new methods, technologies and services to support independence for the world’s blind.

Paul Geary Jr., a 1965 graduate, will receive the Richard A. Rosenthal Award Nov. 6 (Friday) for his exemplary support of the Alumni Association.

Geary is a former president of the Notre Dame Club of Philadelphia and served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors from 1988 to 1991, on the Notre Dame Senior Alumni (NDSA) Board of Directors from 2000 to 2005, and as chair of the NDSA Board for two years. Geary returned to the Alumni Board in 2003 as the senior alumni director.

Geary currently serves on the board of directors for the Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI), and has been working with the Alumni Association on a partnering arrangement with the CLI. He and his wife, Ann Marie, endowed the Chuck and Joan Lennon Family Eucharistic Lecture Series within the Alumni Association.

The Gearys are the parents of six children, four of whom are Notre Dame graduates: Paul III, 1988; Sean, 1990; Brenda, 1994; and Brendan, 2002. Their daughter Missy is a 1993 graduate of Saint Mary’s College.

Brig. Gen. Michael Brogan, a 1980 graduate and commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, will receive the Rev. William Corby, C.S.C., Award for distinguished military service during halftime ceremonies at the Notre Dame-Navy football game Nov. 7 (Saturday).

Shortly after he was graduated from Notre Dame, Brogan was assigned as an assault amphibious platoon commander at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. From 1984 to 1987, he served as a guard platoon commander, operations officer, guard officer and executive officer in the Marine barracks at the Naval Weapons Station in Yorktown, Va. In 1989, he assumed command of Company A, which was part of Task Force Ripper during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In addition, he spent four years working on the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle program before returning to the 1st Marine Division to command the 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion. In 2004, he became an expeditionary fighting vehicle program manager.

Brogan’s military education includes the Assault Amphibian Officer’s Course, Advanced Communications Officer Course, Marine Corps Command and Staff College, Defense Systems Management College and Industrial College of the Armed Forces.

The Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C., Award will be presented Nov. 27 (Friday) to Theodore “Ted” Robinson, a 1978 graduate and longtime sportscaster, for his outstanding achievements in the performing arts.

A two-time Emmy Award winner, Robinson has announced games for the NFL, Major League Baseball, the PGA Tour, Olympics, college football and basketball, swimming and boxing. He has announced major-league baseball for more than 20 years—nine seasons covering the San Francisco Giants as the play-by-play radio and TV announcer, six seasons as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Minnesota Twins, four seasons covering the New York Mets as the radio and TV announcer, and three seasons as the TV announcer for the Oakland Athletics.

In addition, Robinson worked for The Baseball Network for two years, worked four years on NBC Sports’ “Major League Baseball Game of the Week,” and spent several years as a play-by-play voice for CBS Radio’s “Game of the Week.” In 2007, he teamed with Steve Stone to call the American League Division Series for TBS.

Since 2000, Robinson has worked as the lead announcer for NBC’s coverage of the French Open and Wimbledon. He also broadcasts for the Tennis Channel and the USA Network and has called play-by-play coverage of the Olympics for the last six games—three Winter Olympics and three Summer Olympics—most recently covering diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Currently, Robinson is the radio play-by-play voice of the San Francisco 49ers.

The students will be recognized at a luncheon in their honor April 24 (Friday) on campus.

A political science and sociology double major, Gelchion has compiled a 3.95 grade point average and was named a Notre Dame Presidential Scholar last year. His commitment to service began with the Freshman Peer Leaders program for which he helped plan and lead a confirmation retreat for high school students in South Bend. He also served as a Mass lector in the Basilica and joined the Notre Dame Boxing Club to help raise money for the Holy Cross missions in Bangladesh. Last year, he chaired the Spiritual Committee on the Junior Class Council.

Gelchion currently is serving as a resident assistant in Fisher Hall and senior mentor for Freshmen in Discipleship, Evangelization, and Service (FIDES) through Campus Ministry. In this role, he leads a group of seven first-year students in weekly discussions of faith, and helped plan the Class of 2009 retreat. He also is a mentor on the Lifeworks Dream Team, a group that helps instill confidence and inspiration in students in local schools.

Barbato has demonstrated exemplary service through Notre Dame’s Center for Social Concerns, including conducting interviews for Summer Service Learning Program candidates during the last three years. In addition to leading the interview process, she facilitates follow-up discussions with the undergraduate students who participate. Because of her natural ability to make students comfortable, Barbato also was asked to interview student applicants for the Latino Leadership Internship Program, and she led the Holy Cross Mission in Education Seminar in January.

Barbato’s accomplishments extend far beyond the Notre Dame campus. Along with other master of divinity students, she participated in experiential learning courses in Monterrey, Mexico, and Haiti, and worked to assist people who live in the most economically deprived areas. She has volunteered in parishes in El Salvador and Chicago, and in the South Bend community she has served at St. Margaret’s House, the Juvenile Justice Center and the Catholic Worker House. Additionally, Barbato taught and earned a master’s degree in Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) program after she received her bachelor’s degree from the University in 2000.

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The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association will present awards to three graduates during ceremonies on campus this month.

The Rev. Anthony Lauck, C.S.C., Award, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in the fine arts, will be presented to Charles Kleibacker, a 1943 graduate, longtime fashion designer and adjunct curator of design at the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio.

Kleibacker, who earned a degree in journalism at Notre Dame and later became an advertising copywriter, realized his passion for women’s fashion in the late 1940s when he worked for the songwriter who managed singer/entertainer Hildegarde.He later served as an assistant for the head designer for Lanvin in Paris, and as an assistant designer at Nettie Rosenstein, a well-established design house on Seventh Avenue in New York.In 1960, he opened KLEIBACKER studio in New York and became known as"the master of the bias"for his signature cut in women’s clothing, which encompassed simplicity, fit and comfort.Kleibacker’s clothes were featured in Women’s Wear Daily, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Town and Country magazines, and his fashions could be purchased at Bergdorf Goodman and Henri Bendel.

In 1986, Kleibacker closed his New York studio and turned to academia as a visiting professor and later designer-in-residence and curator at Ohio State University, where he remained on staff until 1995.In addition to his work at the Columbus Museum of Art, Kleibacker also has held teaching positions at Mount Mary College, Kent State University and Columbus College of Art and Design.

Dr. Michael Brady, a 1973 Notre Dame graduate and pediatric infectious disease physician, will receive the Dr. Thomas A. Dooley Award for his service to HIV-affected families in central and southern Ohio.

Brady is the founder of Family AIDS Clinical and Educational Services (FACES), a unique and comprehensive care model, which is the first family-centered HIV program located within a children’s hospital in the United States (Nationwide Children’s Hospital).In addition to medical providers, FACES gives families access to social workers, dieticians, pharmacists, child life-specialists and mental health providers, as well as assistance with housing, legal services and emergency assistance for food, clothing and other essentials.

In recognition of his efforts in the fight against AIDS, the Ohio Department of Health presented Brady with its Directors AIDS Service Award, and FACES was recognized by the federal government as a"Model that Works."It since has been used as a model for similar programs throughout the United States.

Currently, Brady is the chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Ohio State University and the physician-in-chief of Nationwide Children’s Hospital.He also serves as the vice chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Infectious Diseases.

The Rev. Robert Griffin, C.S.C., Award, which recognizes outstanding achievements in writing, will be presented to Jerry Kammer, a 1971 graduate and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who disclosed the worst case of bribe-taking in the history of the U.S. Congress, which led to the imprisonment of Rep. Randy"Duke"Cunningham.

Kammer got his start in journalism in 1974 as a reporter with the Navaho Times in Window Rock, Ariz.His reporting on the Navajo reservation led to a book titled"The Second Long Walk,"which chronicled a land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi tribes.

In 1986, Kammer became the Northern Mexico correspondent for The Arizona Republic, where his work on the human consequences of industrial development along the border was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award.In 1998, he joined the paper’s investigative team in Phoenix and, for the next four years, covered the story of financier Charles Keating, who became the symbol of the national savings and loan scandal.For his work, Kammer received the National Headliner Award for investigative reporting, Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Reporting and the Arizona Press Club’s Don Bolles Award for investigative reporting.

Kammer became the Republic’s Washington, D.C., correspondent in 2000 and two years later joined the Copley News Service, where he specialized in covering immigration and U.S.-Mexico relations.He and three Copley colleagues authored"The Wrong Stuff,"a 2007 book about the congressional bribery scandal.

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The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association will present four awards during ceremonies on campus this fall.

The Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Award honoring distinguished public service will be presented Sept. 4 to Percy A. Pierre , a 1961 Notre Dame graduate, University Trustee and former Michigan State University vice president.

Pierre, who earned his masters degree from Notre Dame and doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, is recognized as the first African-American to earn a doctoral degree in electrical engineering.

In 1969, Pierre began a series of administrative posts in government and higher education.He was the principal architect of the national minority engineering effort after he co-chaired the 1973 National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Symposium.He also served as the program officer at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for minority engineering for which he developed and funded many organizations, including the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering and Science Inc. (GEM program), which was housed for 30 years at Notre Dame.

Pierre left academia in 1977 to become an assistant secretary for research, development and acquisition in the U.S. Department of the Army.He managed some $10 billion annually for the research, development and production of weapons systems for the Gulf War.He returned to academic service in 1983 as president of Prairie View A&M University and served as vice president of research and graduate studies at Michigan State from 1990 to 1995.

Currently a consultant and board member in the areas of management and education, Pierre also is director of CMS Energy Inc., the White House Fellows Foundation and Association, and TracLabs Inc.

Carolyn Manning , a 1987 Notre Dame graduate and founder of the Welcome to America project in Phoenix, will receive the Family Exemplar Award recognizing distinguished community service Sept. 4.

The Welcome to America project is a response of solidarity following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which claimed the life of Mannings brother-in-law.Acknowledging the connection the U.S. felt with those suffering throughout the world, she started the project as a way to reach out through a bridge of understanding between newly arriving refugees and her volunteer corps.Since 2001, Welcome to America has delivered furniture and household items totaling some $500,000 to 500 refugee families.

Manning earned a masters degree in public administration from Seattle University in 1992 and, since 1987, has served her community as a crisis worker, case manager and manager.Her strong belief in the goodness of humanity has aided her determination to make every individual feel welcome in society.

Bryant Young , a 1994 Notre Dame graduate and former Irish and professional football player, will receive the Harvey G. Foster Award during a halftime ceremony at the Notre Dame-San Diego State game Sept. 6.The Foster Award is given annually to a Notre Dame graduate distinguished for athletic endeavors and community service.

An All-American defensive tackle for the Irish, Young played for 13 years with the San Francisco 49ers before retiring last year with 89 career sacks.His NFL accolades include Defensive Rookie of the Year, four Pro-Bowl and All-Pro honors, selection to the 1990s All Decade Team and Comeback Player of the Year after suffering a potentially career-ending leg injury in 1999.Last year, Youngs teammates voted him the winner of the Len Eshmont Award, the teams most prestigious honor for inspirational and courageous play, for a record eighth time.No other player in 49ers history has won the award more than twice.

Young and his wife, Kristin (also a 1994 Notre Dame graduate), established the Young Dreams Foundation, which benefits youth organizations in San Francisco and Chicago.The supports summer youth football camps and college tuition for San Francisco Bay-area students.In addition, the Youngs have established several scholarships at Notre Dame for San Francisco and Chicago students.

For his philanthropic efforts, Young was named USA Todays Most Caring Athlete in 2000 and was nominated as one of the 10 Most Influential African-Americans in the Bay area.

The Rev. William Corby, C.S.C., Award honoring distinguished military service will be presented to Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A.TreyObering , a 1973 graduate, during a halftime ceremony at the Notre Dame-Stanford game Oct. 4.

Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Obering serves as the acquisition executive for all ballistic missile defense systems and programs.He joined the Air Force in 1973 after graduating from Notre Dames ROTC program.

During more than three decades of service, Obering has established himself as an effective leader in engineering operations.He worked extensively with the Space Shuttle program, participating in 15 launches as a NASA orbiter project engineer and was responsible for integrating firing room launch operations.

Prior to his position in the MDA, Obering served as the mission area director for information dominance where he planned and programmed 68 joint Air Force and international programs.He also has served in Top Gun, Air-to-Air and the F-4E Replacement Training Unit.

Obering, who plans to retire from the Air Force in January, earned his masters degree in astronautical engineering from Stanford University.His military education includes the Squadron Officer 91��Ƶ, Air Command and Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces.His personal decorations include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, three Meritorious Service Medals, Air Force Commendation Medal, and Air Force Achievement Medal.

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Patrick Reidy, a senior from Greenwood Village, Colo., and Brenna Casey, a masters degree candidate in the Creative Writing Program from Waterford, N.Y., have been selected recipients of the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association’s 2007-08 Distinguished Student Award and Distinguished Graduate Student Award for their outstanding academic performance and service to the University.

Reidy, a political science major and theology minor, who has compiled a 3.93 grade point average, will offer the invocation at Notre Dames Commencement exercises.He is completing a senior honors thesis on clientelism in Uganda primary educationa topic he examined after receiving two grants to do original research in Uganda last summer.

Reidys service to Notre Dame began when he was a first-year student residing in Sorin College.He served as Sorins freshman class council representative, was elected hall president, received the Monk Award, as the hallsmost outstanding freshman,and currently serves as a resident assistant for the hall.

Reidy has remained dedicated to service throughout his time on campus.He worked as a counselor for high school students through Notre Dame Vision, joined the Millennium Development Initiative student advisory committee, assumed a primary leadership role in the Africa Faith and Justice Network, and served as a team leader for three Campus Ministry retreats.

Perhaps most notable are Reidys accomplishments for St. Jude Primary 91��Ƶ in Jinja, Uganda, through the Center for Social ConcernsInternational Summer Service Learning Program.The school was on the verge of closing five years ago before Reidy single-handedly raised nearly $40,000 and helped Sorin raise an additional $110,000 for improvements.The contributions enabled St. Jude to complete major renovations.Additionally, under Reidys influence, Sorin launched its own service project at the Center for the Homeless in South Bend and sponsored three trips to New Orleans to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.Reidy currently is working on a micro-venturing project with engineering students to aid economic development in Uganda.

Casey, the Creative Writing Programs Nicholas Sparks fellow, will receive her master of fine arts degree in May.She serves as managing editor of the nationally distributed literary magazine Notre Dame Review and has focused her masters thesis, a collection of highly original narrative essays, on poverty and cultural difference. One of the essays has been nominated for the Association of Writers and Writing ProgramsnationalIntro Journalscontest.

Casey has served Notre Dame both on and off campus.She founded a writing program at South Bends Center for the Homeless, and each week for the last two years she has led a dozen other graduate student volunteers at the center.Last year, she organized a reading by the homeless writers at the Center for Social Concerns and later organized a panel presentation and presented a paper on the homeless writing group at the annual meeting of the national Association of Writers and Writing Programs.

On campus, Casey served on the advisory board of the inaugural women writersconference, an event designed to bring significant women writers to Notre Dame.

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The University of Notre Dame Alumni Association will present five awards during ceremonies on campus this month.

Kerry Temple , a 1974 graduate and long-time editor of Notre Dame Magazine, will receive the James E. Armstrong Award, which recognizes outstanding service to the University by an employee.

A native of Shreveport, La., Temple assumed the editorship of Notre Dame Magazine (one of the most respected publications in higher education) in 1995 after 10 years as its managing editor. He joined the magazine staff in 1981 after working as a writer in the Universitys development office and in public relations.He has taught writing courses at Notre Dame and Saint Marys College, won nine national writing awards and has been cited seven times in Best American Essays for stories that have appeared in Notre Dame Magazine.Temple is the author ofBack to Earth: A Backpackers Journey into Self and SoulandCelebrating Notre Dame,which features the work of University photographer Matt Cashore.

The William D. Reynolds Award will be presented posthumously to the family of Michael Sennett , a 1991 graduate and captain of the Notre Dame mens lacrosse team his senior year.Sennett, who is honored for his work with young athletes as a coach and mentor, died last April.

In 1991, Sennett moved to St. Louis to pursue a career with Northwestern Mutual and founded and volunteered as head coach for the lacrosse program at DeSmet Jesuit High 91��Ƶ, where he coached for 16 seasons.One of the states most successful and highly regarded coaches, he founded leagues, camps and clinics for youths and high school players and, in 2005, was named an inaugural inductee into the Missouri Lacrosse Hall of Fame.Under his tutelage, DeSmet won six state championships over 16 seasons, and Sennett encouraged his former players to give back by coaching lacrosse at the youth and high school levels.Most recently, he founded a lacrosse program at Matthews-Dickey Boys and Girls Club in downtown St. Louis.

Sennett, who also served as a volunteer firefighter for the Boles Fire Protection District and was an active member of St. Clements Parish, hailed from a family of Notre Dame alumni.His father, John (1955); three brothers, Tom (1983), Tim (1985) and Matt (1987); and his sister, Julie (1988), attended the University.

Paul Hurley , a 1956 graduate, will receive the Rev. Louis J. Putz, C.S.C., Award for his dedication to improving the lives of others.

For more than eight years, Hurley has led a weekly religious service for prisoners at the Gretna Jail in Jefferson Parish, La.His congregation consists of inmates both awaiting trial and convicted of serious crimes, who are not eligible for bail.He uses a lectionary titledSunday Service in the Absence of a Priestand prepares a homily suited to the prisoners.For nearly three years, he conducted a similar service on Sunday mornings at a minimum security state juvenile facility housing adolescent males.In addition to his work with inmates, he serves as a lector and Eucharistic minister at his church and visits sick parishioners.He also serves on the Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission, which has had major responsibilities in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Hurley served in the U. S. Navy for more than 10 years and currently supports numerous business and civic associations with spiritual service activities.

The Mike Russo Award will be presented to Notre Dame sophomore Charlie Gardner in recognition of exemplary leadership qualities, academic achievements and dedication to spirituality and service on campus.

A liberal studies major with minors in Italian and Catholic social tradition, Gardner has earned Deans List honors for the past three semesters and was elected to the Student Advisory Committee for his major.As part of the Freshman Peer Leaders Group, he joined weekly, faith-based discussions and has been involved with Campus Ministry, the Center for Social Concerns and the ND Right to Life initiative. Additionally, Gardner has served as a Eucharistic minister for the Folk Choir Mass and currently is one of three Eucharistic minister coordinators.

In his role as service commissioner for Knott Hall, Gardner has led the CROP Walk, Aidan Project and Lenten Rice Bowl Campaign on campus. In December, he organizedChristmas on Campus,which brought 25 children from the Center for the Homeless and Hope Rescue Mission to Knott Hall for a day with the residents.He ran a similar event for Easter.

For the past two years, Gardner has been active with Friday Night Activities, spending time with children at the Center for the Homeless each week, and will assume leadership responsibilities for the project next year.He participated last fall in a service trip to Appalachia, where he helped repair homes, clean up a school and assist disabled couples.He also has worked with the youth group at Incarnate Word parish in Chesterfield, Mo., and plans to serve the group again this summer.

The Young Alumni Award will be presented to Gage C. Dungy , a 2000 graduate and president of the Notre Dame Club of Central California, for serving as a leader and inspiration to alumni through club participation.

An attorney with the firm Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, Dungy earned his law degree from the University of California at Davis, where he served as student body president during his third year.After moving to Fresno, Calif., he became involved in the Notre Dame Club, organized Irish football game watches during the 2004 season and was elected president in 2005.Under his leadership, the club evolved into an active organization, successfully practicing the core values of all Notre Dame clubs: camaraderie, Catholic spirituality, continuing education, community service, current student support and communications.

In addition, Dungy participates in several community service, spiritual, and social organizations and activities. He also is a member of the University of California at Davis Law Alumni Association Board of Directors and Rotary Club of Fresno.

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Three University of Notre Dame graduates received special awards from the Notre Dame Alumni Association on campus this month.

• The Rev. Arthur S. Harvey, C.S.C., Award, which recognizes achievements in the performing arts, was presented to NASCAR and former music industry executive Max L. Siegel, a 1986 graduate who earned his law degree from Notre Dame in 1992.

The highest-ranking African-American in NASCAR, Siegel is the president of global operations for Dale Earnhardt Inc. (DEI), where he oversees competition, marketing, sales, sponsorship and distribution for DEI motor sports teams, licensing, promotion, and business development, and the Dale Earnhardt Foundation.

Siegel, a former executive for Sony BMG/Zomba Label Group, held dual positions as senior vice president of Zomba Label and president of Zomba Gospel. During his tenure at Sony BMG, he helped the company score 16 gold and platinum records and more No. 1 hits than ever before.He served on the executive team that produced pop artists including Usher, Justin Timberlake and NSync.

An accomplished entertainment executive, attorney, author and television and film producer, Siegel is one of the most sought-after names in the entertainment industry. He has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, ESPN and National Public Radio, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, USA Today, the New York Times, Crains New York Business, Black Enterprise and Billboard Magazine.

• Award-winning author Michael Collins, who was graduated from Notre Dame in 1987 and earned his masters degree from the University in 1991, received the Rev. Robert F. Griffin, C.S.C., Award in recognition of outstanding literary achievements.

Collins is the author of two collections of short stories and six novels:The Secret Life of E. Robert Pendleton,Lost Souls,The Resurrectionists,Emerald Underground,The Keepers of Truth,andDeath of a Writer,which have been translated into 17 languages.He won the Pushcart Best American Short Story, Irish Novel of the Year, and London Times Book of the Year awards.In addition, he three times earned New York Times Notable Book of the Year awards.Last year,Death of a Writerwas named Novel of the Year in France, and a film adaptation ofThe Resurrectionists,to be released in 2009, will be directed by Oscar-winner John Madden, whose credits includeShakespeare in Love.

Collins attended Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship in cross country and track, and is a former winner of the North Pole, South Pole, Everest and Sub-Sahara marathons.Last year, he finished fifth at the USATF 50-Mile Championshipsa performance that earned him a spot on the U. S. national team.However, Collins opted to represent his native Ireland at the World 100k Championships in Holland, where he set a national record for 100 kilometers (62 miles).

• The Dr. Thomas A. Dooley Award for outstanding service was presented to Dr. Edward Charles Murphy, a neurosurgeon who earned his bachelors and masters degrees from Notre Dame in 1965 and 1966.

A member of the Board of Governors for St. Joseph Medical Center in Houston and Patients Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas, Murphys passion for community service began during his undergraduate days at Notre Dame. Soon after his arrival on campus, he joined a group of students doing informal missionary work in Mexicoan initiative that eventually led to the creation of the Universitys Center for Social Concerns.

Murphy attended Northwestern University Medical 91��Ƶ, and while in Chicago, he mentored high school students from his local parish and volunteered in clinics for the poor.During his residency at Baylor College of Medicine, he co-founded the Houston Community Youth Center for Boys and Girls and later started a neurosurgery practice, served as a faculty member at Baylor and raised six children – four of whom he adopted as a single parent.

In the 1980s, Murphy served as the doctor for St. Marys Seminary, was knighted by the approval of the Vatican, and became a member of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, he visited his homeland of Lima, Peru, where he provided medical care to impoverished citizens.He is the founder of the Texas Medical Mission, an organization working to facilitate the development of the Dos de Mayo National Hospital, which serves more than 8 million people and is known as thehospital for the poorin Lima.

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Four University of Notre Dame graduates will be honored by the Notre Dame Alumni Association during ceremonies on campus in November.

• U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Philip Volpe , a 1977 Notre Dame graduate, board-certified family physician and director of health services at Fort Bragg, N.C., will receive the Rev. William Corby, C.S.C., Award honoring distinguished military service during a halftime ceremony at the Notre Dame-Navy football game Nov. 3 (Saturday).

p. With more than 20 years of military service, Volpe is commanding general of the Armys 44th Medical Command and corps surgeon for the XVIII Airborne Corps Battle Command.He was commissioned in 1983 as a captain in the Medical Corps after earning his bachelors degree in pre-professional studies at Notre Dame and his D.O. from the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he was named valedictorian of his class.

Volpes numerous deployments include Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operation Hurricane Andrew Relief in South Florida, Operation Restore Hope in Somalia, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, Operation Clean Sweep in North Carolina, and numerous classified special operations missions.

As the command surgeon during Task Force Ranger operations in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1993 (also known asBlack Hawk Down), Volpe helped save the lives of numerous critically wounded soldiers.

His many decorations include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and Purple Heart.

• U.S. Rep. Daniel Lungren , a Republican from Californias 3rd Congressional District and a 1968 Notre Dame graduate, will receive the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, C.S.C., Award on Nov. 8 (Thursday) in recognition of outstanding governmental, patriotic, public or political service.

p. Lungren earned his law degree in 1971from Georgetown University, where he served on the staffs of U.S. Sens. George Murphy (R-Calif.) and Bill Brock (R-Tenn.).From 1971 to 1972, he worked as a special assistant to the co-chair of the Republican National Committee.

First elected to office in 1978, Lungren, at age 32, challenged the two-term incumbent and won the congressional seat in Californias 34th district.For 10 years he served in Congress and was considered a leader in criminal justice and immigration issues.He later was elected attorney general of California, and during his eight years of service helped author CaliforniasThree-Strikes-and-Youre-Outlaw, sponsored legislation that culminated inMegans Lawand successfully argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court.From 1993 to 1998, the crime rate dropped by 30 percent to historic lows in California, in large part due to Lungrens advocacy of tough-on-crime policies.

At the end of Lungrens second term as attorney general, he became a nationally syndicated radio talk show host and served as a fellow in Harvard Universitys Institute of Politics before returning to the private practice of law.The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks prompted him to return to Congress, where he now serves on the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees.

• Barry W. Ryan , a 1962 graduate, and his wife, Jacquelyn, of Dauphin, Pa., will receive the Family Exemplar Award on Nov. 8, presented each year to an individual, couple or family, at least one of whom is a Notre Dame graduate, who have made an impact on society, the Catholic Church, politics, athletics or personal lifestyle as related to family values.

p. Barry is the owner and chief executive officer of Information Network Associates, and Jacquelyn is a teacher at Cathedral 91��Ƶ in Harrisburg, Pa., where she founded an inner-city kindergarten for underprivileged children and has taughtpro-bonofor more than 20 years.

The Ryans have touched the lives of many through their organization of, and participation in, several ongoing volunteer projects that highlight the importance of family and community.They have implemented a number of initiatives to help the impoverished and underprivileged, including food and clothing drives, Christmas gift programs for needy children, and Sunday dinners for the homeless.

Together, the Ryans serve as volunteers for Birthright International, which seeks to help women cope with unplanned pregnancies. They also serve the Catholic Family Movement Group, which promotes Catholic family values and spiritual growth, and volunteer at the Lourdes House, a shelter for unwed mothers.

• Aaron Taylor, a 1994 Notre Dame graduate, former Irish and NFL player and former college football analyst for ABC Sports, will receive the Harvey G. Foster Award on Nov. 9 (Friday) for athletic endeavors and civic or University service.

p. An offensive guard for Notre Dame, Taylor was drafted in 1994 by the Green Bay Packers, where he earned a Super Bowl ring in 1997.He played for the San Diego Chargers in 1998 and 1999 before retiring from the NFL because of knee injuries.He joined ABC Sports as a color commentator for college football and recently retired from broadcasting to devote time to his passion for philanthropy, including the Aaron Taylor IMPACT Fund, a non-profit organization that benefits programs for children in San Diego.After leaving professional football, Taylor earned a post-graduate degree in elementary education, and in 2001, participated in a volunteer placement program teaching English to high school students in South America.He also founded a project that built a community center and 40 temporary houses in the tsunami-ravaged village of Kosgoda, Sri Lanka.

President of the NFL Players Association for Retired Players in San Diego, Taylor currently is organizing a mentor program for NFL rookies, active players and retired players, and recently received the 10News Leadership Award for his work in Sri Lanka, mentoring children and with athletes in transition.

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TheUniversityofNotre Dame Alumni Associationwill present two awards during Reunion 2007 ceremonies on campus Friday and Saturday (June 1 and 2).

Francis X. (Tim) Bradley Jr., who earned his bachelors, masters and law degrees from Notre Dame, will receive the Rev. John Cardinal OHara Award during aReunion07 ceremony June 1.

The O’Hara Award, named for Notre Dames 13th president, recognizes distinguished service to the University by a former employee.

A 1939 graduate who earned his masters and law degrees from Notre Dame in 1949, Bradley served as an advanced flying instructor in the U.S. Army Air Corps and division operations officer at the Central African Division of the Air Transport Command.In 1945, he worked with then veteranschaplain Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., to help veterans adjust to life at Notre Dame. After being awarded the Sterling Fellowship atYaleLaw91��Ƶ, Bradley taught for two years at theCreightonUniversityLaw91��Ƶ.

In 1957, Father Hesburgh, who then was Notre Dames president, asked Bradley to return to campus to establish the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.For 12 years he served as assistant dean of theGraduate91��Ƶand director of the Office of Research Administration.He also was secretary/treasurer of the National Council of University Research Administrators and consulted with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation and various Department of Defense agencies.

The Rev. Edward F. Sorin, C.S.C., Award, will be presented to Sheila OBrien, anIllinoisappellate court judge and member of the advisory council for theNotre DameLaw91��Ƶ, at the reunion banquet June 2.

Named in honor of Notre Dame’s founder, the Sorin Award is presented annually to a graduate who has embodied “the values of Our Lady’s University” in his or her service to community.

A judge for more than 22 years, OBrien was graduated from Notre Dame in 1977 and earned her law degree from the University in 1980.She was elected to theIllinoisappellate court in 1994 and previously practiced law as an assistant public defender, trial lawyer and adjunct professor at theSt. LouisUniversityLaw91��Ƶ.She holds law licenses from the supreme courts ofIllinoisandMissouri, as well as the Supreme Court of theUnited States.

Since graduation, OBrien has served as secretary of her law school class and also is chair of the Alumni 91��Ƶs Committee for the Notre Dame Club ofChicago.Most recently, she helped spearhead the new Notre Dame Alumnae Leadership Initiative, and was one of the first recipients of the Universitys Women of Achievement award.

A volunteer with severalChicagocommunity organizations and schools, as well as her parish, OBrien has served on the Illinois Justice Commission and the Illinois Arts Council, still, her passion is music.She was the recipient of the Louis Sudler Scholarship for Voice as a Notre Dame undergraduate and since has sung with both theSt. Louisand Chicago Symphony Choruses.

In August, OBrien will receive her masters degree in pastoral theology from St. Mary-of-the-Woods College inTerre Haute,Ind.

* Contact: * _Angela Sienko, alumni editor, 574-631-7005, asienko@nd.edu
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