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Outstanding Alumni Awardees

The CALS Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumni Award recognizes alumni who demonstrate outstanding and uncommon achievement in their professional field and/or distinguished civic or public service. Recipients are committed and proven leaders who are a positive reflection of CALS and Cornell.

 

Click here for this year's Outstanding Alumni Award winners. Past winners are listed below.

2023 Recipients

Glen Dake ’87

Glen completed a BS in Landscape Architecture 1987 from Cornell University, and after this excellent start, he became a leader in innovative neighborhood park design in Southern California. His design work includes the Keck Ocean Atmosphere Science Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and numerous neighborhood parks that also collect stormwater. He led the non-profit LA Community Garden Council in its work to secure land for and build a series of community gardens in Echo Park, East Hollywood, East LA, Vermont Square and Watts.

Between 2001 and 2005 he served on then-Los Angeles Council Member Eric Garcetti’s staff to lead a campaign for a City of LA stormwater management bond measure, and to develop new renewable energy generation programs. In 2020 the American Society of Landscape Architects recognized him with its Community Service award. He served on the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California between 2014 and 2019. 

 

David Fisher ’84

David Fisher was elected president of New York Farm Bureau at the 2016 State Annual Meeting and also represents the Northeastern state Farm Bureaus on the American Farm Bureau Federation Board of Directors and on the AFBF Executive Committee. David is a former president of St. Lawrence County Farm Bureau. 

David and his family operate Mapleview Dairy in Madrid, N.Y. where they have farmed for four generations. He returned to the farm after graduating from Cornell University in 1984 with a degree in Animal Science. Off the farm, Fisher is a Madrid Town Councilman. He is also on the Ag and Farmland Protection Board and previously served on the Soil and Water Conservation District Board for St. Lawrence County. In addition, Fisher serves on the Cornell University College of Ag & Life Science Advisory Committee, animal science advisory committee and represented New York Farm Bureau on the LEAD NY Board of Directors. He is a class 6 alumnus of the LEAD NY program.

 

Neeraj Khemlani ’92

Khemlani is an award-winning journalist and accomplished multiplatform news and media executive, who has a diverse background in television, digital and streaming media, cable networks and local news.

Most recently, Neeraj Khemlani was president and co-head of CBS News and Stations, a division that unified CBS News, CBS News Digital & Streaming and CBS Television Stations. He had editorial and business oversight of all CBS News broadcasts (60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Evening News, CBS Mornings, Sunday Morning & Face the Nation) and operations; CBS News' premiere 24/7 anchored streaming news service; CBS News local streaming networks; cbsnews.com; 28 CBS-owned stations and their Digital extensions; CBS News Audio; and CBS News' affiliate service Newspath.

Prior to joining CBS News, Khemlani was executive vice president and deputy group head at Hearst Newspapers, overseeing 3,000 employees who publish print and digital subscription products for 24 dailies and 52 weeklies in cities across the country.

He has held several senior positions at Hearst since joining the company in 2009, including president and group head of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication, the operating group responsible for Hearst’s cable network partnerships with Disney, including ESPN and A+E Networks, as well as production companies and digital video and music streaming businesses. During his tenure at Hearst, Khemlani also served as chief creative officer, where he worked to create products, content offerings and new user experiences across the company’s global brands.

In 2006, Khemlani joined Yahoo! Khemlani served as vice president and general manager of Yahoo! News & Information, where he led editorial, business and product efforts across Yahoo! News as well as other editorial verticals including, tech, weather, and education. In addition, he served as executive editor of Yahoo! Finance as well as head of Yahoo! Originals, where he produced President George W. Bush’s first streaming interview, an interactive political debate between Democratic presidential primary candidates in 2008, financial news programs, live fantasy football shows and concert series featuring bands like Coldplay. He also oversaw the 60 MINUTES partnership with Yahoo! News and launched a strategic content partnership with ABC News.

Prior to Yahoo! News, Khemlani was an associate producer and then producer at CBS News for Dan Rather, Bob Simon and other correspondents at 60 MINUTES and “60 MINUTES II.” Khemlani began his television career at ABC News, as a production associate and then associate producer for “Peter Jennings Reporting.” He also produced segments for “Nightline,” “Good Morning America,” and ABC News specials.

He has been responsible for landing many exclusive interviews and stories around the world. Khemlani co-produced a three-part series for Dan Rather explaining what Osama bin Laden and his associates were doing the summer before September 11. Khemlani produced a comprehensive interview with Libya’s leader, Col. Qaddafi. Khemlani also reported from the former Soviet Union to reveal the existence of a secret city built inside a mountain in Siberia that was still producing plutonium even though the scientists and soldiers guarding the stockpile were barely being paid.

Khemlani has done stories on numerous conflicts, including the Afghan war, the Sudanese civil war, America’s fight against the Cali and Medellin drug cartels, the Balkan conflict and the U.S. invasion of Haiti.

Khemlani also produced features for 60 MINUTES on Dean Kamen and his Segway human transporter, Jay-Z, the Grateful Dead, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai, a prolific team of jewel thieves in Florida called the Dinner Set Gang, Bill Gates and the future of video games, and the chairman of General Motors, who unveiled his hydrogen car on the program.

Khemlani’s journalism has been honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Journalism and an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award for coverage of the war in Bosnia.

He began his career as a newspaper reporter, stringing for the New York Times and the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Khemlani earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from Cornell University (where he was Editor in Chief of the Cornell Daily Sun). He is married to author and former ABC News correspondent, Heather Cabot, and they are the proud parents of teenage twins, Ian & Samantha.

 

A'ndrea Van Schoick ’96

Dr. A’ndrea Van Schoick earned her BS with Honors in Animal Science from Cornell University and BS in Veterinary Medicine and DVM degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She holds a project management certification from Duke University, is a graduate of the Institute for Women’s Entrepreneurship at Cornell and eCornell’s Executive Leadership program, and holds certifications in facilitation, training, and instructional design.

After veterinary school, A’ndrea spent eight years in private companion animal clinical practice in northern Virginia and established a five-state locum tenens primary care and emergency practice. She is a Fear Free Elite and Human-Animal Bond certified veterinarian and has been honored as a Top Vet in Virginia Living, and among the Best Vets in Northern Virginia Magazine and Washingtonian.

In 2008, A’ndrea became a Veterinary Medical Officer at FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), where she has held roles as a new animal drug reviewer, Director of Scientific Curriculum, and currently, within the Office of Minor Use and Minor Species Animal Drug Development. Her work has been recognized with the Outstanding New Reviewer Award, Commissioner’s Award of Excellence, Outstanding Service Award, and twice, the CVM Director’s Honor Award. A’ndrea continues her clinical practice part-time and is an adjunct Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine.

A'ndrea is a Past President and Program Chair and the current Scholarships and Grants Chair for the District of Columbia Academy of Veterinary Medicine, and serves as Vice President of the Northern Virginia Veterinary Medical Association. She has been active in rescue and shelter work in northern Virginia throughout the years. A’ndrea enjoys mentorship and coaching in clinics and through organizations such as Not One More Vet and MentorVet; she also frequently presents to students of all ages on careers and opportunities in veterinary medicine.

For Cornell, A’ndrea is a Past President of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Alumni Association, Cornell Club of Washington, Class of 1996, and Cornell Association of Class Officers, along with an array of past committee chairships and executive board roles across multiple organizations. She has served on the Cornellians Advisory Board, the Cornell University Council and its administrative board, the Cornell Alumni Advisory Board (CAAB) and currently serves as a member of the Class of 1996 Council, the College of Veterinary Medicine Advisory Council, CAAAN, and as an alumni-elected member of the Board of Trustees, for which she is the Vice Chair of the Committee on Academic Affairs. A’ndrea resides in Virginia with her family.

 

Prior Recipients

Prior recipients of the CALS Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award.

 
LastFirstClass YearYear Won
DakeGlen19872023
FisherDavid19842023
KhemlaniNeeraj19922023
Van SchoickA'ndrea19962023
HerzogLeslie19772022
RoistacherNancy19722022
TooheyJohn19842022
Van KerkhoveMaria19992022
AdelmanMichelle19892021
ArrindellDeborah19792021
FraserAmy19842021
MillerKathleen19822021
FerreiraAnn19882020
Fils-AiméReginald19832020
FurieMartha19742020
WintonJeffrey19802020
KoenigPeggy19782019
LattmanJessica19902019
Preger SellewLisa1979, MBA '79, MBA '822019
RosenbergDavid1989, MD '932019
SellewMark19782019
MullarkeyDavid19882018
MullarkeyKim19882018
Simon GrossLorette1989, MBA '902018
TeichNatalie19652018
ThompsonMichael19772018
BraunsteinScott19862017
GraingerBrad19792017
GraingerMary1979, MPS '872017
MackeyCatherine1977, PhD '832017
DukartGary19762016
TroyMichael19812016
Westring PikeM. ElizabethPhD '832016
DalrympleDana54, MS '562015
EverettElizabeth19972015
GaffneyCatherine19892015
MageeWilliam19812015
NozzolioMichael73, MS '772015
BaccilePeter19842014
MalchoffGodfrey19432014
McGonigalJane50, PhD '842014
MuellerGeorge19542014
PamkowskiPeter19742014
AmbrosiaLynn79, MBA '812013
BornsteinDale19852013
GoldmanDaniel19872013
HookerPatrick19842013
LambJonathan19942013
KligermanAlan19522012
KornetMitch1976, DVM '792012
LevineJohnathan19762012
OlayanLubna19772012
WagnerKim19852012
AtkinsonDavid19602011
JohSun PaikMS '772011
JohYongkeunMS '782011
MarinoThomas19782011
MogilLaurey19762011
PollardKen19582011
CalpeterLynn19862010
FessendenEdwin19542010
FrankFrederick19792010
JanickJules19512010
ManelskiJoseph19562010
BleylerRuth19622009
Curtiss IIIRoy19562009
EckhardtLawrence19802009
ResnickGene1970, MD '742009
TeeleStephen19722009
FenstermacherGary1961, PhD '702008
LeleUmaMS '63, PhD '652008
McManusGeraldine19782008
PulverMary 19802008
VincentRichard19592008
BortonRaymond19532007
HouseknechtKarenPhD '942007
LincolnJohn19602007
SaltonstallPeter19752007
TobinRobert19602007
LamontGeorge19572006
O'ConnellFrank1965, MBA '662006
RippyMarianMS '792006
Van DeusenMarie19742006
Wilcox*G. Harris19432006
Bishop IIIC. Morton19742005
ByrnesJames19632005
HerdtRobert19612005
SternErnest19562005
YunkerCraig19722005
BandlerNed19492004
HerendeenNathan1964, MS '692004
MalchoffKevin19742004
OdakPerry19682004
RodeeCelia19812004
Coombe, Jr.Richard19642003
HanIn KyuPhD '652003
HollidaySusan19772003
JeffersThomas19632003
WilkersonL. JohnMS '67, PhD '702003
Bickford*RobertMS '502002
Everingham*Robert19412002
LoWinstonMS '672002
PutnamLloyd19442002
TetorDavid19652002
ClarkJ. Thomas19632001
DallasGlenn19582001
MarronePamela19782001
NolanPeter19802001
VallaMichael19762001
GellertGeorge19602000
KentThomas19712000
LipinskiWilliam19792000
Mondy*NellPhD '532000
RiceDavid19512000
Colby*James19501999
DeGolyerWillard19691999
Ladd, Sr.*Robert19431999
MacMillenGlenn19541999
NobleJohn19761999
AshleyStephen19621998
BitterCarole19811998
HicksAlfred1962, MBA '631998
VossElwyn19641998
WickhamThomas19621998
Niederhauser*John19391997
NolanDavid19491997
OffuttSusan19801997
Ten Eyck, IIPeter19601997
Winch, Jr.Fred19371997
Coombe, Jr.Philip19581996
KeeneRichard19571996
MeisterRichard19401996
MulcahyJ. Patrick19661996
Wille*Charles19501996
FrancisCheryl19761995
Longley-Cook*Jane19691995
Teng-HuiLee19681995
Walkley*Frank19431995
WidgerBruce19511995
WingKenneth19581995
BoekWalter19461994
FloraCornelia19661994
MixLewellyn19461994
MixMaurice19501994
RowleyJean19541994
AxinnGeorge19471993
Curtis, Jr.Austin19321993
GowenGordon19521993
Lynch*Ronald19581993
Warner*Richard19511993
Beard, Jr.*Albert19521992
BrodieDouglas19551992
CookSolomon19421992
JohnsonRaymond19541992
KennedyW. Keith19411992
Baker*Robert19431991
Longhouse*Alfred19371991
RiehlmanJudith19801991
Sands*Fenton19421991
Smith*Steve19351991
BayDonald19551990
GellertPhilip19581990
Hurd*T. Norman19361990
Kling*Herbert19361990
Earle*Wendell19481989
Greig*Robert19361989
LevineGilbert19491989
PeckJoseph19601989
Slusarczyk*Edwin19491989
Abraham*George19391988
Abraham*Katherine19431988
BitzRobert19521988
ConklinGordon19491988
ThompsonRobert19671988
AllenNorman19461987
MellorJohn19501987
Severinghaus*C. William19391987
Shepardson*E. Stanley19361987
Smith*Robert19421987
BondareffEsther19371986
Hamilton, Jr.*William19261986
LaBastilleAnne19551986
Lounsbury*Albert19551986
Pendergast*H. Joseph19381986
Bernays*Edward19121985
CallRichard19521985
Call, Jr.Robert19501985
Dalrymple*Daniel19271985
Neel, IIIHarry19621985
DysonJohn19651984
Luders*Clifford19381984
Warren*Stanley19271984
WiggintonB. Eliot19651984
Wiley*Frank19441984
BrodyJane19621983
Carter*Julian19371983
McClintock*Barbara19231983
Robinson, Sr.*Donald19411983
SipherErton19431983
DavisLloyd19421982
Edick*Glenn19401982
Jones*Robert 1982
Potter*Bernard19431982
Smith, II*William19381982
Fuerst*Myron19291981
TalmageJohn19521981
Adams*Mort19331980
Creal*Harold19191980
Wickham*Don19241979
Shaul*Max19421978
King*Joseph19361977