The Elia G. Stratis CASTLE Award
The Elia G. Stratis CASTLE Award is the highest award the Alumni Association presents and is given to a graduate who has demonstrated a lifetime of outstanding loyalty and service to Fairleigh Dickinson University. Recipients have made significant contributions to a specific college, school or program within the University or have served with distinction in organizations such as the Alumni Association Board of Governors or the University Board of Trustees. Download a nomination form (Word version or PDF version), and nominate a deserving alumnus/a.
Previously two separate awards, the Elia G. Stratis Award and the CASTLE Award have been combined to create the Elia G. Stratis CASTLE Award. Past recipients are:
1997
Warren Oates, BS '72, MBA '76 (CASTLE)
William O'Neill, BS '67, DDS '70 (Stratis) |
2010
Eli Amdur, BA'68 |
1998
Richard Krieg, MBA '67 (CASTLE)
Robert Budelman, AA '57, BA '59 (Stratis) |
2011
Richard Panicucci, BS'64, MBA'66 |
1999
Lee Eagles, BS '71 (CASTLE)
Stephen Tumminello, BS '58 (Stratis) |
2012
Armen Khachaturian, BS'69 |
2000
Donald Begosh, BS '59 (CASTLE)
Michel Baumeister, BA '66 (Stratis) |
2013
Albert Schielke, BS'66 |
2001
Lori Lee Dickson, BA '82 (CASTLE) |
2014
Ronald Doerfler, BS'65, MBA'72 (posthumously) |
2005
Gil Bashe, BA '76 |
2015
Hania Ferrara, BS’87, MBA’01 |
2006
Kenneth T. Vehrkens, BA'69, MAT'70, MA'74 |
2016
Neil Koenig, BS'72 |
2007
Carol C. Knauff, MBA'78 |
2017
Richard D. Wellbrock, BA’60, MBA’64 |
2008
Vincent Varrassi, MAT’73, MA'76 |
2018
Nick Agostino BA'97
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2009
Michael Clarke, BA’81 |
2019
Arkady Smolyansky BS'06 |