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Upstate Medical University recognizes 29 individuals and Kohl’s Department Stores for excellence at Fall Faculty Convocation

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Twenty-nine individuals and Kohl’s Department Stores were honored for distinguished service to Upstate Medical University at the university’s 2009 Fall Faculty Convocation and Presentation of Awards, held Sept. 16 on the Upstate campus.

The recipients and their awards include (residence in parenthesis):

? Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service and SUNY Distinguished Service Professor: Mantosh J. Dewan, M.D. (Fayetteville).

? SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor: Roger P. Greenberg, Ph.D. (Fayetteville).

? Jacobsen Scholar Awards: David C. Amberg, Ph.D. (Tully); Wendy R. Kates, Ph.D. (Syracuse); Barry E. Knox, Ph.D. (Marcellus).

? Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities: Patricia M. Kane, Ph.D. (Syracuse).

? Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching: Melanie Kalman, R.N., Ph.D. (Tully).

? Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service: Karen C. Kelly. (Liverpool).

? Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Classified Service: Lt. Tracy Collins (Oneida); Maggie Brathwaite (Syracuse); Nancy McCarthy, R.N. (Baldwinsville).

? President’s Award for Excellence in Basic Research by a Young Investigator: Stephen J. Glatt, Ph.D. (Syracuse).

? President’s Award for Advancement of Affirmative Action: Edgar J. Johnson (Syracuse).

? President’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service: Leah Caldwell (Manlius).

? President’s Award for Excellence in Faculty Service: Sharon A. Brangman, M.D. (DeWitt).

?President’s Awards for Excellence in Teaching: Thomas L. Schwartz, M.D. ( Town of Onondaga); Zahi N. Makhuli, M.D. (Fayetteville); Joyce F. Scarpinato, F.N.P., P.N.P. (Manlius); David A. Clemente, E.D. (Syracuse); Daniel J. Driscoll, M.D. (Binghamton).

? President’s Awards for Outstanding Voluntary Faculty: John N. Langenberg, M.D., (Syracuse); Timothy J. Ryan, M.D. (Waterloo); Charles Rinn, R.N. (Camillus); Stephen Gwilt, M.T.(A.S.C.P.) S.H., S.C. (Cicero); Burt Cagir, M.D.(Sayre, Pa.s).

? President’s Award for Distinguished Service: Elvira Szigeti, Ph.D., R.N. (Manlius);

? President’s Award for Exemplary Collaboration Within Higher Education: Philip W. Wood (Albany).

? President’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service, Individual: Penny and Ryan Connelly (Binghamton).

? President’s Award for Excellence in Philanthropic Service, Corporate: Kohl’s Department Stores.