The UCSF 150th Anniversary Alumni Excellence Awards celebrate living alumni who have made significant contributions to research, clinical care, education, business and/or public service. These awardees reflect the excellence of UCSF’s entire alumni community, and inspire the next wave of alumni distinction.

Awardees 

Joshua Adler 
Robert J. Alpern 
Richard Andersen 
Karl Mark Ansel 
Gary C. Armitage 
Suzanne R. Bakken 
Andrew Baldwin 
Harold Barron    
Brian Bast 
Ernie Alphonso Bates 
Leslie Z. Benet 
Mitchel S. Berger 
Faustino Bernadett Jr.
Pilar Bernal de Pheils 
Raymond L. Bertolotti 
Carolyn R. Bertozzi 
Stefano Bertozzi 
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo 
Cynthia K. Brattesani 
William R. Brody 
Warren S. Browner 
Esteban G. Burchard
Nancy N. Byl 
Richard H. Carmona 
Peter R. Carroll 
Linda S. Centore 
Benjamin W. Chaffee 
Vicki L. Chandler 
Catherine Ann Chesla 
Adele E. Clarke 
Molly Cooke 
Shaun R. Coughlin 
Charles Craik 
Susan A. Currin 
Mark S. Cushman 
R. Christopher deCharms 
Jill Derby 
Tejal A. Desai 
Sue Desmond-Hellmann 
Catherine J. Dodd 
Gordon J. Dow 
Glenna A. Dowling
Barbara J. Drew 
A. Brent Eastman 
Paul Ekman 
Ephraim P. Engleman
Luke B. Evnin 
Napoleone Ferrara 
Donna M. Ferriero 
Marilyn E. Flood 
Katherine A. Flores 
Don E. Ganem 
Adam N. Gazzaley 
Julie Louise Gerberding 
Verna C. Gibbs 
Stanton Glantz 
Lee Goldman 
Lynn R. Goldman 
Eric Goosby 
George A. Gregory
Linda Darlene Gregory 
Michael A. Gropper 
Kevin L. Grumbach 
B. Joseph Guglielmo Jr.
LaJuan Michelle Hall 
Michael N. Hall 
Diana L. Hendel 
Teresa K. Henry 
Michelle M. Henshaw 
Denly Herbert 
Sandra R. Hernandez 
Jane Elizabeth Hirsch 
Miriam J. Hirschfeld 
David T. Hung 
Bee F. Jeng 
S. Claiborne Johnston 
Sunil D. Kapila 
Mitchell H. Katz 
Stuart A. Kauffman 
Sharon R. Kaufman 
Margaret H. Kearney 
Saraswati Kenkare-Mitra 
Kathleen B. Kennedy 
Mary-Claire King 
Mark D. Kirkland 
James E. Knoben 
Jacqueline Kotula 
Wayne A. Kradjan 
Lisa Kroon 
Hwalin Lee
Joyce Yu-Chia Lee
Robert H. Levin
Arthur Levinson
Jay A. Levy 
Pamela M. Ling
Catherine Lucey 
Marilyn Reed Lucia 
Michael A. Marletta
Judith Lynn Martin-Holland 
James H. McKerrow
William P. Metzler 
Christine A. Miaskowski 
Nancy Milliken 
Timothy J. Mitchison 
Michael J. Moore 
Cathryn L. Nation 
Theresa C. O’Brien 
Gene Marie O’Connell 
Phillip R. Oppenheimer 
Michele Rigsby Pauley 
Michael L. Penn Jr. 
Stanley B. Prusiner 
Barry D. Quart 
Daniel M. Ramos 
Sally Heller Rankin 
Michelle S. Rhyu 
Michael F. Roizen 
Maria N. Ruud 
Marilyn C. Savedra
Kenneth H. Schell 
Robert Harry Schoenhaus 
Steven A. Schroeder 
Pamela Schweitzer
Naomi M. Seboni 
Caroline Helene Shiboski 
Vivian Siegel 
David E. Smith 
Mark Smith 
Matthew C. Spitzer
Laura E. Stachel 
Jason R. Swedlow 
Diana Taylor 
Axel Ullrich 
Mickey S. Urdea 
Jonathan Van Nuys
Paul A. Volberding
Robert M. Wachter 
Daniel L. Wandres 
DeLois P. Weekes 
Gio C. Wiederhold 
Rachel Irene Wilson 
M. Ted Wong 
Keith R. Yamamoto 
Shinya Yamanaka
Sharon L. Youmans 
C. Dale Young 
Patricia Sira Zayas-Melendez 
Ian M. Zlotolow

Selection Committee 

Nominations were submitted anonymously, and reviewed by the AAUCSF 150th Awards Committee. 

All recipients were notified of their selection by the AAUCSF and/or the Office of Alumni Relations in early 2015. 

Committee Chair
Susan Walczak, MS, RN ’02

Committee Members
Todd Golden, MS ’12
Baruch Harris, PhD ’03
Dorothy Jones-Davis, Postdoc Alum
Donald Kishi, PharmD ’68
Alma Martinez, MD, MPH ’81
Renee Navarro, MD ’86
Mary Porteous, RDH, BS, MS ’11
Ramon Resa, Resident Alum, Medicine
Biana Roykh, DDS ’06
Michael Thaler, MD, Emeritus Faculty, MA ’98 
Kimberly Topp, PhD, PT, Postdoc Alum
Joseph Wilson, PhD ’13
Wilma Wong, PharmD ’73
 

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