The 2008 Alumni Awards Ceremony will be held during Reunion Weekend, May 30-June 1, 2008.
The awardees will be as follows:

The Haverford Award

The Haverford Award supports and demonstrates the College's expressed concern for the application of knowledge to socially useful ends. It seeks to identify, reward and focus public attention on those alumni/ae who best reflect Haverford's concern with the uses to which they put their knowledge, humanity, initiative, and individuality. Neither age nor service to the College is a consideration in grantig the award.

The recipient of the 2008 Haverford Award: Edwards P. Schwentker '63

Edwards (Ned) P. Schwentker, M.D.

Ned was born in New York City but moved with his family to Baltimore at age 5 when his father accepted a position on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Ned followed his older brother, Fritz (Frederick N. Schwentker) to Haverford College where he majored in Biology and graduated with a BS degree in 1963.

Ned spent the year between college and medical school as a research assistant in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at Johns Hopkins. He married Nancy (Bunny) Ravitch on June 5, 1964 and entered the JHU School of Medicine shortly thereafter graduating in 1968.

He completed his internship and a year of assistant residency in General Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh followed by 3 years of Orthopaedic Residency also at Pitt. In 1973/74 he completed a Pediatric Orthopaedic Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Ontario.

Ned joined the Medical Staff of the Alfred I. DuPont Institute in Wilmington DE in 1974. After two years he joined the faculty of the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, PA as an Assistant Professor. In addition to practicing as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon He was the Medical Director of Rehabilitation for 24 years. He retired from clinical practice, at least in the USA, in 2000 to devote his time to the undergraduate medical education program at the College of Medicine. He will retire as a Professor of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation and Pediatrics at the end of this June.

Ned had the opportunity to spend 3 months at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Nassau, the Bahamas during his orthopaedic residency. There he acquired an interest in working in another culture, in another country, and for caring for underserved patients. In 1989 he was recruited by Project HOPE as a pediatric orthopedic consultant to a pediatric rehabilitation program that was created to help deal with the devastating earthquake in Armenia of December 1988. Ned returned twice more to Armenia in 1990 and ’91. These projects were very satisfying, but he was looking for something closer to home where they spoke a language he might be able to learn.

An opportunity developed in 1995 to provide pediatric orthopaedic care to poor children in San Pedro Sula Honduras. There he found a home and to date Ned has led 24 short-term projects to that city. He and his team have evaluated over 4500 children and have provided operative treatment for over 1100. In 2004 our program affiliated with CURE International (www.cureinternational.org). CURE is now building a 20-bed/2-operating room pediatric orthopaedic hospital in San Pedro Sula. Construction will be completed this summer. Ned and his wife will move to Honduras in September to run the hospital for at least 2 full years. For he and his wife this adventure will be the fulfillment of a 13 year-old dream.

Since the beginning Ned and his team have worked with and trained Honduran orthopaedic surgeons. In the new hospital they will establish a pediatric orthopaedic residency rotation for Honduran orthopaedic residents. In addition they have provided opportunities for global health experience for Penn State medical students and orthopaedic residents. They will continue to recruit medical students and residents, but once they are in Honduras full-time, they would like to extend such opportunities to undergraduates from Penn State and, hopefully, from Haverford College.

Ned is still married to Bunny, his partner in all that has been good in his life. They have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. Ann, his eldest, is a pediatric plastic surgeon. She will come to Honduras to work with the group periodically. Pam is a grade school teacher currently working as a full-time mom and Mark, the youngest, is an actor. "It is he that is responsible for my inability to attend the Reunion Weekend to accept this Honor as that is the date he and his bride have chosen to be married. I am very grateful and humbled to be chosen for this Honor."

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The Alumni Award

The Alumni/ae Award, the most distinguished award given by the Association for alumni/ae activities, honors an individual who, in a variety of ways, provides or has provided sustained service to Haverford. It recognizes especially loyal and active support of the work of the College.

The recipient of the 2008 Alumni Award: Lisa Sharf Green '84

Lisas commitment to serve Haverford began during her undergraduate years as a pioneer on the first womens tennis team in 1982 and continued after she graduated in 1984. She has continued to provide sustained service to the College in a variety of roles in support of the Athletics Department and the varsity womens teams, as a Charter Member of the 1833 Society, and as a member of Steering Committee of the Committee of One Hundred in Haverfords successful Educating to Lead, Educating to Serve campaign. She hosted a leadership dinner for donors and prospects in 2006. Currently, Lisa is involved with the Womens Excel Program by hosting events for women engaged in business and education, and the professions. Her marketing skills and experience and her dedication to serve others continue to strengthen Haverford through the lives of its students and graduates.

Lisa and her family have consistently supported Haverford from 1980 until the present. The first of the family gifts to the College was the Ben Strouse Weight Room in the old gym -- in honor of her grandfather, a native Philadelphian. Along with her parents, Fred and Jean Sharf, Lisa has been a steady and consistent supporter of the College.

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Haverford College Alumni Distinguished Achievement Award

Established in 2007, this award is designed to recognize an individual who has achieved personal success, made an outstanding contribution to his/her chosen field of endeavor, achieved recognition by his/her colleagues, and brought honor to themselves and to Haverford College through their distinguished achievements.

The recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Achievement Award: David W. Ellis '58

Dr. David W. Ellis, is President Emeritus, of the Museum of Science in Boston, MA. Dr. Ellis, upon his retirement from the Museum of Science in Boston, began a new career as consultant, teacher, arbitrator and board member. His first assignment was as the first Senior Fellow with The Boston Foundation in 2003-2004. He currently serves as President of The Museum Group, composed of 30 independent museum consultants. He has also been active as a consultant for institutions of higher education, as a board member for non-profit institutions of various types, as a teacher through the Extension Division of Harvard University and as an arbitrator.

From 1990-2002, Dr. David W. Ellis served as President and Director of the Museum of Science, one of the world’s largest science and technology centers. Featuring more than 550 interactive exhibitions, a rich array of educational programs, and vibrant ties to the community, the Museum of Science is New England’s most attended, paid cultural attraction, with more than 1.6 million visitors a year. He currently serves as Trustee Emeritus of the Museum.

Prior to joining the Museum of Science, from 1978 to 1990, Dr. Ellis served as President of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. From 1962 to 1978, he held a variety of positions at the University of New Hampshire, from Assistant Professor of Chemistry to Vice President for Academic Affairs. He holds an A.B. in Chemistry from Haverford College; a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed in 1989 the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Ellis has been an arbitrator and has consulted for many years, including in Brazil for the last 13 years. He is active in numerous professional associations and organizations. Among them, he serves on the boards of the Conservation Law Foundation, the University of New Hampshire Art Gallery Board, the Boston 4 Celebrations Foundation, the Audubon Society of New Hampshire, and the Seacoast Science Center. He also serves as Chair of the Advisory Board of the MIT Museum and serves on the Boards of Advisors for the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston. He serves on the Visiting Committee for Radiation Oncology of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ellis also has served on many non-profit and corporate boards in the past including serving as Chair of the Board of Directors of Elderhostel and Chair of the Board of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. He also has served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the University of New Hampshire Foundation, ASTC (Association of Science-Technology Centers), and the Board of Overseers, Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University; Member and Chair of the Advisory Committee for the Directorate on Education and Human Resources and as a Member of the Advisory Committee to the Directorate on Environmental Research and Education, both of the National Science Foundation. He has received several honorary degrees.

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Haverford College Young Alumni Award

Established in 2007, this award is designed to recognize established and future leaders among Haverford College’s young alumni, defined as those who have been an alumnus for 15 years or less. Nominees will have shown great promise and accomplishment in their chosen profession and/or community, public or humanitarian service, demonstrated leadership capability and substantial commitment to the mission of the College.

The recipient of the 2008 Young Alumni Award: Bradley H. Aronson '93

Brad Aronson currently works in product development at Microsoft.

Brad founded interactive agency i-FRONTIER in February 1996. He started the company from his bedroom, grew it completely from cash flow, and acquired clients such as AstraZeneca, ING Direct, and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. During Brad’s tenure, i-FRONTIER grew into one of the top rated interactive agencies in the country and was named one of the “Best Places to Work in PA” for multiple years. In November 2002, i-FRONTER was acquired by technology company aQuantive, and shortly thereafter became part of aQuantive’s agency business, Avenue A l Razorfish. After the acquisition, Brad joined aQuantive’s management team and became the general manager of the Philadelphia office. He later became responsible for developing new products and services for aQuantive. Microsoft purchased aQuantive in 2007.

Brad is a recognized leader in Interactive advertising. He is co-author of Advertising on the Internet (John Wiley and Sons, second edition), which has been printed in six languages. Brad also authored Banners and Beyond: Strategies for Branding, Driving Traffic and Sales (Jupiter Research), a report on the future of online ad creative.

As a former social worker, Brad has also worked as associate director of A Better Chance in Lower Merion (ABC), a program for gifted high-school students from the inner city. He and his wife continue to volunteer on a regular basis at ABC, among various other community service efforts.

Brad holds a BA in English from Haverford College.

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The Forman Award

The Lawrence Forman Award goes to a superior Haverford athlete who, throught his or her career or volunteer time, has devoted a significant portion of their energy to the betterment of society. The award honors Lawrence Forman ’60, one of the outstanding athletes in the history of Haverford College. After graduation, Larry committed his life both to the betterment of humankind and to international understanding.

The recipient of the 2008 Forman Award: Robert Bollinger '79

Robert C. Bollinger, MD, MPH, is the Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. He is a Professor of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, with a joint appointment in the Department of International Health of the Bloomberg School of Public Health. He has more than 28 years of experience in international public health, clinical research and education in a broad range of global health priorities including HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, leprosy and emerging infections. His initial experience in public health in India was in 1979 and included field work with a leprosy control project in rural Bihar. Over the past 15 years, he has initiated and conducted a large collaborative Indo-US HIV research program in Pune, with the National AIDS Research Institute/ICMR and the BJ Medical College. His ongoing public health research includes additional collaborative projects in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Dr. Bollinger is also the Country Director for the Hopkins Fogarty International Programs in India and DRC, which has provided short-term and degree public health training to more than 200 visiting scientists at Hopkins, as well as in-country training for many more scientists, since 1992. Additionally, he is Director of the Immunology Core Laboratory for the international NIH-sponsored HIV Prevention Trials Network, responsible for technology transfer, training and oversight of clinical and research laboratories in 17 institutions, in 13 countries.

Dr. Bollinger is an active clinician/educator, who provides and supervises HIV and infectious diseases clinical care, in the outpatient and in-patient settings at Johns Hopkins Hospital. In addition to his teaching, research and clinical responsibilities, Dr. Bollinger has contributed to many public health training programs, expert committees and consultations in the US, Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, India, Japan, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal, South Africa, South Korea, Thailand and Uganda. He is a member of the US Presidential Advisory Council for HIV/AIDS (PACHA), where he also serves on the PACHA International Sub-committee. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases from the American Board of Internal Medicine, having received internal medicine training at the University of Maryland Medical Systems and a Post-doctoral Fellowship in Infectious Diseases from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Bollinger has been on the faculty at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Public Health since 1992.

Bob graduated from Haverford with degrees in Chemistry and Philosophy. He received an MD from Dartmouth in 1984 and his MPH from Johns Hopkins in 1988. He played Lacrosse while at Haverford and is a member of the Varsity Club.

As to his athletic career at Haverford, Bob was a standout midfielder and four year letter-winner in Lacrosse, Former Athletic director and lacrosse Coach Dana Swan could attest to Bobs outstanding athleticism, excellent skills, and selfless team play which made Bob one of the mainstays of a truly remarkable team that included an NCAA Division III All-American and a national scoring leader. Lacrosse teammate Chris Norton 80, now a member of Haverfords Board of Managers also regards Bob as eminently well-suited for the Forman award because of his superior athletic accomplishments at Haverford and his subsequent career of remarkably energetic and fruitful service to society on an international scale.

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The following awards are presented during Leadership Weekend:

The Sheppard Award

The William E. Sheppard Award, honoring the late Director of Alumni Relations, Bill Sheppard '36, is given for exemplary service to the College in alumni/ae activities, such as service in Haverford regional societies, class activities or programs.

The recipient of the 2008 Sheppard Award: Charles "Chas" O'Donnell '73