Congratulations to the winners
of the 2012 Alumni Awards! Be sure to check out the spring/summer issue of
Haverford magazine for full coverage of
the Awards ceremony (to be held during Alumni Weekend on Saturday, May 26).
The Kannerstein Award (formerly the Alumni Award)
Benn C. Sah '62
earned his medical degree from
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and then served two
years in the U.S. Navy Medical Corp. From 1973 to 2006, Sah ran a private Ear,
Nose and Throat practice in Fremont, CA. A former member of the Haverford Board
of Managers, Sah received an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the College
in 2004.
The Haverford Award
James Dahlberg '62
is the Frederick Sanger Professor
Emeritus of Biomolecular Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin School of
Medicine and Public Health, where he joined the faculty in 1969. He has
published over 150 research articles and is an inventor or co-inventor of 36
U.S. and 13 international patents. Based on research in his laboratory Dahlberg
co-founded a biotechnology company that developed assays now being used in the
diagnosis of cervical and colon cancers.
Stephen J. Lippard '62
is the Arthur Amos Noyes
Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he
was Head of the Chemistry Department from 1995 to 2005. His research activities
span inorganic chemistry, biological chemistry and neurochemistry, and he
founded the field of metalloneurochemistry. He has more than 800 published
papers and co-authored Principles
of Bioinorganic Chemistry. Lippard is associate
editor of the Journal
of the American Chemical Society and recently co-founded
Blend Therapeutics, working to optimize pharmacological response and improve
patient outcomes.
Haverford College Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award for Outstanding Achievement in a Chosen Field or Endeavor
Cheston M. Berlin, Jr., '58
is University Professor of
Pediatrics and Professor of Pharmacology at the Pennsylvania State University
College of Medicine at Hershey. He was chief of the
Division of General Pediatrics at the Hershey Medical Center
from 1971 to 2000 and was selected as an honorary alumnus of Penn State in
2008. Berlin has published 139 articles and is the principal author of the
“Statement by the Committee on Drugs of the American Academy of Pediatrics on
the Transfer of Drugs and Chemicals in Human Milk” published in Pediatrics.
The Young Alumni Award for Excellence in Leadership
Mike Gordon '04 , a graduate of the London School of Economics and
George Washington University Law School, practiced corporate and commercial
litigation for a large firm for two years. He left legal practice in 2011 to
pursue a career in the entertainment industry and is now training to become an
agent at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment in their Non-Scripted Television
Department. Gordon is the co-founder of the Haverford College Lawyers Network
(HCLN).
Co-founder of the HCLN, Rahul Munshi '06
graduated from Temple University
Beasley School of Law in 2009 and clerked for a federal judge in Philadelphia.
He is currently an associate at the Philadelphia office of the boutique firm of
Console Law Offices LLC, where
he represents individuals in employment and civil rights litigation.
Munshi is also an Adjunct Professor at Temple Law School, where he coaches a
mock trial team.
The Forman Award
Jeremy Edwards '92 serves as the executive director of SportsChallenge
Leadership Academy, a national nonprofit that teaches leadership skills to
students and coaches through summer programs and workshops. Edwards was a coach
and the sports information director at Haverford when he co-founded SportsChallenge
Leadership Academy. He went on to earn a master’s from Stanford University’s
School of Education. Over the past decade Edwards has facilitated over 150
leadership workshops for students, parents, coaches and faculty.
The Kaye Award
A former trial lawyer, Bruce E. Segal '83
is now the director of Online
Analytics and Strategy for LiftDNA, where he leads the digital analytics and
strategy operations for the online advertising optimization company. Segal’s
career includes running E•S•Q Unlimited, a marketing strategy and analytics
firm. An active leader for Haverford, he sat on the Alumni Association
Executive Committee, led the Philadelphia alumni club and founded the Haverford
College LinkedIn group.
The Perry Award
Lawrence Tint '67
is a senior managing director of
Cantor Fitzgerald LLP, president of Cantor Comparative Advantage and chairman
of Quantal International. Previously, he was vice chairman, U.S. CEO and
Management Committee member of Barclays Global Investors. Tint received an MBA
in finance and operations research from the Wharton School of Business at the
University of Pennsylvania. He was a former member of the Haverford College
Board of Managers and chaired the Haverford College Investment Committee.
The Sheppard Award
Elizabeth Stockmeyer Cohen '92
has served as a class chair since
1997, when she planned her class’s five-year Reunion, and has been part of the
planning committee for every reunion since. She was a founding member of PHAN
(the Philadelphia Haverford Alumni Network) and organized several dining out
events. Cohen is an elementary school librarian and volunteers as an advisor
for the high school youth group at her church. She recently finished a
three-year term on the board of A Better Chance (ABC) Strath Haven.
The MacIntosh Award
A food writer since 2004, Cheryl Sternman Rule '92
is the author of the cookbook Ripe: A Fresh, Colorful Approach to
Fruits and Vegetables (Running Press, 2012). Her work has appeared in numerous
food magazines, and she is the voice behind 5 Second Rule, a
food blog she founded in 2008. Rule is a former Peace Corps Volunteer (Eritrea,
1995–97) and an alumna of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts.
The Friend of Haverford College Award
Anna M. Durbin
lives and practices law, mostly
federal criminal defense, in Ardmore, PA. She regularly assists Haverford and Bryn
Mawr students after they have had unfortunate encounters with the local
constabulary. Durbin is a graduate of Stanford and of Yale Law School and is
listed by peer nomination both as a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” and in Best Lawyers in America.