Lorch Award and Winners

Faculty – I. Joan Lorch, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Founder of Women’s Studies Program

1992    

• Speaker – Barbara Bunker, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, SUNY at Buffalo
• Administrator – Lillian Levy, Vice President/Assistant to the President
• Student – Jennifer Graf, ‘94

1993

• Speaker – Paula S. Rothenberg, Director of New Jersey’s Statewide Curriculum
• Faculty - Jeff McConnell, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science

1994

• Speaker – Rev. James Hennesy, S.J. 
• Administrator - Patricia Mc Glynn, Associate Reference Librarian
• Student – Leslie Lanning, ‘94

1995

• Speaker – Lorna C. Hill, Founder, Acting Executive Director, Ujima Theatre Company
• Faculty- Coral R. Snodgrass, Ph.D., Department of Management/Marketing
• Student – Tina M.Bacon, ‘95

1996

• Speaker -Sister Mary Thompson, Sisters of St. Mary 
• Faculty – Patricia A. Rissmeyer, Ph.D. Dean of Student Affairs
• Student – Anne Marie Bauer, ‘97

1997

• Speaker – Natalie Zemon Davis, Professor of History, Emerita, Princeton University
• Faculty – Nancy Rosenbloom, Ph. D, Department of History
• Student –Michelle M. Henn,’97

1998

• Faculty – Rita A. Capezzi, Ph.D., Department of English
• Staff – Anne Clifford, Public Services Librarian
• Student – Yolanda R. Beaton, ‘98

1999 

• Faculty - Patricia B. Van Verth, Ph.D
• Staff - Marcia M. Riederer
• Student – Cynthia A. Short. ‘99

2000 

• Speaker – Florence Howe, Founder and editor of The Feminist Press at The City University of New York
• Faculty – Patricia Christian, Ph.D., Department of Sociology & Anthropology
• Administrator – Mary Lu Littlefield, Dir. Design and Publication Services
• Student – Christine Barry,’00

2001

• Speakers- Patricia Shelly, Assoc. Dir. of Institute for Research and Education and, Rev. Sarah Buston-Smith, Associate Pastor, Trinity Episcopal Church
• Faculty – Patricia Hutton, Ph.D., Department of Economics and Finance
• Staff – Rosemary Sortino, Secretary for the Vice President of Student Affairs
• Student – Katie Dettman ’01, and Laura Finucane, ‘01

2002

• Faculty – Margaret McCarthy, Ph. D., Department of Teacher Education
• Administrator – Barbara Porter, Ph.D. Assoc. Dir., Career Center 
• Student – Tracy Di Biasio, ’02

2003 

• Speaker- Tanya Perrin Johnson, CEO of the YWCA of WNY
• Faculty –RoseMarie Castner, Dir., Mathematics Tutoring Center; Coordinator, Academic Affairs Special Events
• Administrator – Maureen Millane-Rusk, Asst. Dean, External Business Programs
• Staff – Mary Pat Leahy, Secretary to Vice President of Academic Affairs
• Student – Sarah Signorino, ’04 

2004

• Speaker - Margaret Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Buffalo News 
• Faculty- Melissa Wanzer, Ph.D., Department of Communication Studies
• Administrator – Ellen Conley, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs
• Staff – Kathleen Devine, Secretary, Dean of Students, 
• Student – Jenel Stevens, ’04

2005

• Speaker- Donna Fernandez, Ph. D. CEO, Buffalo & Erie County Zoological Gardens
• Faculty – E. Christine Moll, Ph. D., Department of Counseling & Human Services
• Administrator – Sr. Patricia Brady, SSMN, Associate Campus Minister & Dir. of Service Learning
• Staff- Barbara Wozniak, Secretary, Student Retention
• Student- Katherine Bidell, ‘05

2006

• Speakers – Sister Susan Bowles, VOICE-Buffalo and Bernadette Franklin, president, Seneca Rezolutions Construction Management Co.
• Faculty – H. Jeannette Willert, Chair, Undergraduate Education Department
• Administrator – Lily A. Adams-Dudley, Director. C.O.P.E. and Talent Search
• Staff – Diane M. Wolfe, Secretary, Career Center
• Staff – Suzanne H. D’Arcangelo, Officer, Public Safety
• Student – Grace Dubrick ’06 

2007

• Speaker – Lisa Bloch Rodwin, Esqs. Chief, Erie County District Attorney’s Domestic Violence Bureau
• Faculty –Jane E. Fisher, Ph.D., Department of English,
• Administrator – Susan A. Fisher, Campus Ministry
• Staff – Veronica Serwacki, Secretary, Dean of Arts & Sciences
• Student -Shirley Sackey, ’07

2008

• Speaker – Jodi Johnston ‘95, MS’99, Anchor, Channel 2 WGRZ Television
• Faculty - Tanya Loughead, Ph.D., Department of Philosophy
• Administrator - Melissa Rath Sanderson, Ex. Dir. Women’s Business Center
• Staff – Deborah E. Abrahamson, Admissions Associate, Office of Admissions, 
• Student – Sheri Labinski,’08

2009

• Speaker – Kathleen Hochul, Erie County Clerk
• Faculty- Johanna Fisher, Ph.D., Department of English;
• Administrator – Anne Marie Dobies, Dir.,Disability Support Services
• Staff – Geraldine Pawelek, Administrative Associate, Department of English
• Student – Tonya Johnson, ’09

2010

• Speaker - Brigid Doherty, WNY Women’s Fund
• Faculty – Rebecca Krawiec, Ph.D., Department of Religious Studies & Theology
• Administrator-Barbara Boehnke, Ph.D.- Associate Director of Collection Services
• Staff- Christine Blum – Administrative Associate, C.O.P.E.
• Student – Emma Fabian,’10 

2011

• Speaker – E. Christine Moll, Ph.D., Department of Counseling & Human Services
• Faculty – Kathleen M. Dierenfield, Ph.D, Department of History
• Administrator- Kathleen M. DeLaney, Archivist/Special Collections Librarian, 
• Staff – Carolyn Birner, Administrative Associate, Office of Campus Ministry
• Student – Alyssa Bennett, ’12

2012

• Speaker - Christine Ambrosone, PhD, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Researcher, Breast Cancer 
• Faculty – Ellen Barnum, Department of Fine Arts, 
• Administrator –Luanne Firestone, Associate Campus Minister,
• Staff – Susan Keller Sedia, Administrative Associate, Department of Management
• Student – Margaret Zimmer, ’12,

2013

• Speakers – Jackie and Joan Albarella, playwrights.
• Faculty- Nancy Rourke, Ph.D., Department of Religious Studies & Theology,
• Administrator - Kristine Esch Kasbohm, director Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library
• Staff - Angeline Castronova, Facilities, Housekeeper (ret.)
• Student – Allyson Braun,’13

2014 

• Speakers: All Awardees
• Community  Award:  Constance Eve, Ex. Director Women for Human Rights and Dignity
• Canisius Colleague Award: Richard Reistma, Ph. D., Department of Modern Languages,
• Canisius Student Award (2): Vance Lewis Stinson, ’16 and Jasmina Tacheva, ‘14

2015

• Speakers: All Awardees
• Community Award: Amy Fleischauer, Director of Victim Services, International Institute
• Canisius Colleague Award: Susan Gruttadauria, Student Records and Retention
• Canisius Student Award: Emmalene Carberry, ‘16

2016

• Speakers : All Awardees
• Community Award: The Di Gamma Five 1978 (Darlene M. Nowak, Virginia M. Scahill, Helen Planinsek Brady; Louise LaVere, and Maria Valvo)
• Canisius Colleague Award: Melissa Mosko, Ph. D., Department of Philosophy
• Canisius Student Award: Elizabeth Sawka ‘16

2017

• Community Award - Kristen Gillibrand, U.S. Senator for New York 
• Colleaue Award - Dr. Erin Robinson, Sociology Faculty
• Student Award - Christina Estime, '17

 
2018

• Community Award - Marvin Henchberger, Executive Director Gay and Lesbian Youth Services of Western New York
• Colleague Award - Dr. Sarah Evans, Chemistry and biochemistry Faculty
• Student Award - Grace Lindsay, '18

 
2019

• Community Award - Betty Jean Grant, retired Erie County Legislator
• Colleague Award - Dr. Jennifer Desiderio, English Faculty
• Student Award - Maggie Treichler, '19, and Joy Riso, '18, MBA '19