Business Awards Dinner Past Award Recipients

Business Executive of the Year – Past Recipients
1969 Edward M. Gallagher ’29
Director and Executive Vice President,
McCann-Erickson
1970 Benjamin L. Lemmer
Manager, Tonawanda Plants,
Chevrolet Motor Division
General Motors Corporation
1971 F. Bruce Krysiak
President and Chief Executive Officer,
National Tea Co. and Loblaw Inc.
1972 Daniel A. Roblin Jr.
Chair of the Board and President,
Roblin Industries Inc.
1973 R. John Oishei
Chair and President,
Trico Products Corporation
1974 Jeremy M. Jacobs
Chair and Chief Executive Officer,
Delaware North Companies
1975 Leonard Rochwarger
President, Firstmark Corporation
1976 Henry Z. Urban
President and Publisher,
Buffalo Evening News
1977 Kenneth L. Koessler ’29
Chair of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer,
Greater Buffalo Press Inc.
1978 Robert W. Ramsay
President, Buffalo Savings Bank
1979 Henry H. Coords
President, Fisher-Price Toys
1980 Robert J. Fierle
President and Chair,
American Precision Industries
1981 Edward W. Duffy
Chair of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer,
Marine Midland Bank
1982 Robert E. Rich
Chair of the Board,
Rich Products Corporation
1983 Savino P. Nanula
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Niagara Frontier Services Inc.
1984 Paul L. Snyder
Chair, Chief Executive Officer,
Snyder-Darien Corporation
1985 A. Neville Proctor
Retired Chair, Dunlop North America Inc.
1986 Raymond D. Stevens Jr.
Chair and Chief Executive Officer,
Pratt and Lambert Inc.
1987 Ross B. Kenzie
Chair and Chief Executive Officer,
Goldome
1988 Brix Barrell
General Manager, Manpower Inc.
1989 Donald P. Quinlan
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chair of the Board,
Graphic Controls Corporation
1990 Bernard J. Kennedy
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chair of the Board,
National Fuel Gas Corporation
1991 Charles M. Mitschow
Executive Vice President,
NYS Regional Banking,
Marine Midland Bank
1992 Donald F. Newman
Chair, NOCO Energy Corporation
1992 Reginald B. Newman II
President, NOCO Energy Corporation
1993 Ralph C. Wilson Jr.
Chair, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Enterprises
1994 Carl J. Montante ’64
President, Uniland Development Company
1995 Sal H. Alfiero
Chair and Chief Executive Officer,
Mark IV Industries Inc.
1995 Clement R. Arrison
President, Mark IV Industries Inc.
1996 Marguerite Dispenza Hambleton, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer,
AAA Western and Central New York
1997 Brian J. Lipke
Chair, President and
Chief Executive Officer,
Gibraltar Steel Corporation
1998 Paul S. Bush
Chair of the Board,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bush Industries Inc.
1999 Patrick P. Lee
Chair, International Motion Control Inc.
2000 Angelo M. Fatta ’66, PhD
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder,
ACTS Testing Labs Inc.
2001 Gerald C. Saxe
President, Matthews Bartlett and Dedecker
2002 Randall L. Clark
President, Dunn Tire Corporation
2003 Peter F. Hunt
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Hunt Real Estate Corporation
2004 Andrew W. Dorn Jr. MBA ’76
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Greater Buffalo Savings Bank
2005 Paul J. Kolkmeyer ’75
President and Chief Executive Officer,
First Niagara Bank
2006 William G. Gisel Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Rich Products Corporation
2007 Scott R. Bieler
President, West Herr Automotive Group
2008 Alphonso O’Neil-White
President and Chief Executive Officer,
HealthNow New York Inc.
2009 Louis P. Ciminelli
Chair and Chief Executive Officer,
LP Ciminelli Inc.
2010 Jordan A. Levy
Partner-New York, Softbank Capital
2011 Edward F. Walsh Jr.
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Walsh Duffield Companies Inc.
2012 Timothy T. Tevens
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Director, Columbus Mckinnon Corporation
2013 Bob Zak
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Merchants Insurance Group
2014 Ronald J. Tanski
President and Chief Executive Officer,
National Fuel Gas Company
2015 Michael W. Cropp, MD, MBA
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Independent Health
2016 Mark J. Czarnecki MBA ’91
President and Chief Operating Officer,
M&T Bank
2017 David J. Nasca ’79
President and Chief Executive Officer,
Evans Bancorp, Inc. & Evans Bank, N.A.

Dr. Bernard L. Martin Award – Past Recipients
1976 George C. Livingston MBA ’73
1977 Francis M. Huffman Jr. MBA ’75
1978 John W. Biffl MBA ’73
1979 J. Robert Kulp MBA ’72
1980 Gordon R. Bailey MBA ’72
1981 Dennis M. O’Connor MBA ’72
1982 Anthony N. Diina MBA ’72
1983 Rosemary A. Ligotti MBA ’79
1984 Lawrence D. Seymour MBA ’72
1985 Daniel D. Brown MBA ’83
1986 John Burgess MBA ’76
1987 Gary E. Lunger MBA ’72
1988 Vincent J. Mancuso MBA ’77
1989 Dorsey H. Glover MBA ’77
1990 Margaret S. Turner MBA ’84
1991 Thomas C. Playford MBA ’76
1992 William H. Graser MBA ’75
1993 Nancy M. Blaschak MBA ’83
1994 Wallace J. Ochterski MBA ’82
1995 Nancy L. LaTulip MBA ’82
1996 Richard A. Neil ’64, MBA ’72
1997 Victor Rutecki MBA ’83
1998 Frank L. Eberl ’67, MBA ’78
1999 Marsha S. Henderson MBA ’81
2000 Andrew J. Shaevel ’88, MBA ’90
2001 Deborah A. DiMatteo MBA ’88
2002 Maureen E. D’Orazio ’87, MBA ’90
2003 Nancy W. Ware ’78, MBA ’85
2004 James R. Boldt MBA ’84
2005 Mark J. Czarnecki MBA ’91
2006 Mary S. Martino MBA ’83
2007 Catherine F. Schweitzer MBA ’99
2008 James F. Dentinger ’84, MBA ’94
2009 June W. Hoeflich MBA ’89
2010 Deborah C. Leous ’79, MBA ’82
2011 Barbara A. Bellanti MBA ’86
2012 Matthew K. Enstice MBA ’04
2013 Michael F. Newman ’90, MBA ’99
2014 Michael J. Edbauer MBA ’12, DO
2015 Ralph M. Jeswald MBA ’91, CPA
2016 Lawrence T. McGowan ’70, MBA ’85
2017 Daniel J. Zimmer ’83, MBA ’87

Dr. Richard A. Shick Award - Past Recipients
2001 Richard A. Shick, PhD
2002 Ray Harman
2004 Catherine M. Hart
2006 Nicholas J. Boccolucci, PhD
2007 Kenneth M. Kujawa ’87, MBA ’00
2008 Martin J. Berardi ’79
2009 Brian Townson
2010 Anthony N. Diina ’69, MBA ’72
2013 Antone F. Alber, PhD
2015 Richard A. Wall ’78, PhD, CFA
2017 Edward M. Murphy Jr. ’73