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Alumni of Distinction

Established in 1956, the Alumnus of Distinction award is the academy's highest honor and is given to an alumnus "in recognition of success or renown in a particular field of endeavor whose accomplishments have reflected creditably upon himself and the personnel or institutions associated with him."

2006
Eduardo deVeer '60
President, Meta Corporation
 2005Gene Schiavone '63
Founder & Owner, Financial Underwriters Network
 2004Erwin H. Ezzes '34
Former President & CEO, United Artists Television
 2003Robert H. Benmosche '62
Chairman of the Board & CEO, Metlife, Inc.
 2002Robert P. Stiller '61
President & CEO, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc.
 2001Tarky J. Lombardi, Jr. '47
New York State Senator, 1965-1992
2000
Stephen Sondheim '46
Composer, lyricist
 1999John A. "Johnny" Mandel '44
Composer arranger, musician, Academy Award winner
 1998Donald J. Trump '64
President, Chairman and CEO, The Trump Organization
1990
Anthony F. "Ace" Castellano '43
NYMA Commandant, Deputy for Alumni Affairs
Deputy Superintendent
1988
Eugene L. Dinallo, '47
Former business executive, municipal judge
Past President, NYMA Board of Trustees
1980
John F. Inganamort '48
Partner, Mediterranean Towers
1980
John J. Brunetti, Sr. '48
President, The Brunetti Organization
Past President, NYMA Board of Trustees
 1976Robert H. Loughborough '14
Distinguished soldier, insurance executive, manufacturer
President, NYMA Alumni Association, 1929
 1970Louis P. Leone '18
First full-time NYMA Director of Alumni Affairs, 1962-1966
Chairman, NYMA Board of Governors, 1967-1969
 1968Robert de Jesus Toro '36
Banker, businessman, educator
 1966Lester R. "Les" Brown '32
Musician, composer, arranger
Founder & Conductor of the Les Brown Band
 1965Henry E. Greene '21
Partner, Peak, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
Cadet First Captain, 1921
 1964MG Robert B. McClure '15
United States Army
Combat leader, World War I, World War II, Korean War
Cadet First Captain, 1915
 1964Adolfo V. Midence '14
President, Bank of Honduras, C. A.
1964
Donald S. Walker '20
Past President. U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association
1963
Fairleigh S. Dickinson, Jr. '37
Philanthropist, businessman, state senator
Past President, Becton-Dickinson & Co.
New Jersey State Senator, 1968-1971
Former member, NYMA Board of Trustees
1963
Harold F. Linder '17
President & Chairman of the Board,
Export-Import Bank of Washington, 1961-1968
U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1968-1969
 1963Cord A. Meyer 1898
First President of NYMA Alumni Association, 1902-1907
1962
Joseph L. Costa '32
Former Vice-President for sales, Costa Ice Cream
Past President, NYMA Board of Trustees
1962
Peter H. Odegard '19
Distinguished political scientist
 1962Leonard B. Smith '33
Composer, musician
Founder and former conductor, Detroit Concert Band
1961
Nelson Dingley III '10
First alumnus to become NYMA superintendent
Fifth superintendent, 1951-1961
 1961David L. Eggers '36
Former partner, Eggers and Higgins, Architects
 1960John W. Barnes '20
President, Barnes & Noble, Inc., 1942-1964
1960
Donald S. Frost '29
Former Vice-President, Bristol-Myers Co.
 1960Alexander Standish '17
Former Chairman of the Board, Standish, Ayer & McKay
 1959Lee Parson Davis 1900
Former Justice of the New York Supreme Court
1959
Rene W. Pinto '14
Former research specialst,
Carnegie Foundation for International Peace 
 1958Carleton S. Harloff '19
Past President, Phelps Dodge Refining Corp.
 1958Byron G. McNabb '28
Former Director of Test Engineering, Astronautics
 1958Frank J. Reynolds 1908
Past President, Albert Frank-Guenther Law
1957
LG James E. Briggs '24
United States Air Force
Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1956-1959
 1957Edward U. Murphy '38
Specialist in pediatric opthalmology
 1956Charles J. Hardy, Jr. '13
Former Chairman, American Car Foundry Industries
  

 

 



Eduardo deVeer '60
 

Gene Schiavone '63
 

Erwin H. Ezzes '34
 

Robert H. Benmosche '62
 

Robert P. Stiller '61
 

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