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Honorees of Sacred Heart Major Seminary Alumni Awards

Sacred Heart Major Seminary celebrates the contributions of its alumni each year who distinguish themselves in their ministry and profession. The criteria considered in the candidate process include the individual's commitment to the Christian life, evidence of scholarship, professional recognition, a public discernible ministry, creativity and a history of mission activity.

Year	Walter Romig Award Outstanding Lay Alumnus	Bishop Henry Donnelly Award Outstanding Clergy Alumnus	Msgr. Daniel Ryan Award Outstanding Former Faculty	Msgr. Albert Matyn Award Outstanding Senior Clergy
1977	Mr. Walter Romig	Rev. Lucien Hebert
1978	Hon. Daniel Walsh	Rev. Louis Prohaska
1979	Dr. Peter Facione	Rev. Charles Irvin
1980	Mr. Thomas Richard	Most Rev. Thomas Gumbleton
1981	Dr. Eugene Fisher	Rev. William Cunningham
1982	Hon. Dale Kildee	Rev. Edward Farrell
1983	Mr. Terrence Taylor	Edmund Cardinal Szoka
1984	Mr.Thomas Kirkwood	Rev. Peter Lentine
1985/86	Dr. J. Michael Meade	Msgr. Wilbur Suedkamp
1987	Hon. Palmer DePaulis	Msgr. Edmund Fournier	Rev. Karl Hubble
1988	Mr. Howard Hoeflein	Most Rev. Walter J. Schoenherr	Rev. Walter Markowicz
1989	Mr. Charles Piotrowski	James Cardinal Hickey	Rev. Clement Esper
1990	Not Presented	Rev. Robert Singelyn	Dr. Paul Harkins
1991	Mr. Robert DiGiulio	Rev.Thomas Bresnahan	Msgr. William Sherzer
1992	Mr.Michael Distelrath	Msgr. James Maloney	Rev. Edward Scheuerman
1993	Mr. Joseph Radelet	Rev. Thomas McAnoy (P.H.)	Dr. Peter Warner
1994	Rev. Mr. Ronald Rohlman	Most Rev. Arthur Krawczak	Rev. Michael O'Leary
1995	Mr. Alex Gajewski	Msgr. Thomas Finnigan	Rev. James Hayes
1996	Mr. Eugene Kijek	Rev. Edward J. Prus	Rev. Donald Walker
1997	Dr. Michael E. Johns	Msgr. Ferdinand DeCneudt	Mr. Arnold Rzepecki
1998	Mr. Jerry Brown (Honorary Lay Alumnus)
1998	Mr. Jack Armstrong	Rev. Msgr. Gerald A. Flanigan	Msgr. William Easton
1999	Mr. Raymond E. Lauwers	Rev. Msgr. David Stotenbur	Mr. Paul Guenther
2000	Mr. Anthony J. Campbell	Deacon John Ball	Dr. Robert Peckham	Rev. Jerome Krieg
2001	Frederick L. Ahearn Ph.D.	Msgr. John Zenz	Msgr. Vincent Howard	Msgr. Edward Baldwin
2002	Mr. Raymond Hillen	Msgr. Robert Humitz	Most Rev. Kevin Britt	Rev. Ralph Kowalski
2003	Mr. Edward Bovich	Most Rev. Joseph Imesch	Rev. William Dowell	Rev. John Hall
2004	Dr. John Dick	Most Rev. John Quinn	Rev. Msgr. Thomas Villerot	Rev. Francis Weingartz
2005	Mr. James Kiefer	Rev. Donald Hanchon	Ms. Frances Brockington	Rev. George Browne
2006	Mr. Peter Herbeck	Rev. Lawrence McCulloch, MM	Msgr. Patrick Halfpenny	Rev. Edward Ritter
2007	Ms. Beryl Harriott	Rev. Thomas Lumpkin	Dr. William Riordan	Rev. Kevin O'Brien
2008	Mr. Thomas Gaspard	Fr. Arthur Baranowski	Dr. John Goyette	Rev. Msgr. Robert V. Monticello
2009	Mr. Thomas Ryan	Rev. Victor Clore	Rev. Clifford Ruskowski	Rev. William Murphy
	Walter Romig Award Outstanding Lay Alumnus	Bishop Henry Donnelly Award Outstanding Clergy Alumnus	Distinguished Lay Pastoral Minister Alumnus Award	Msgr. Albert Matyn Award Outstanding Senior Clergy
2010	Mr. John O'Brien	Rev. Robert Ruedisueli	Ms. Maureen O'Reilly	Rev. John (Jack) Child
2011	Dr. Daniel Pilon	Rev. Vincent Cole, MM		Rev. Thomas Esper

Would You Help to Choose Our Honorees?

To submit your nominees, call the Alumni Relations Office, (313) 883-8533, email alumni@shms.edu or mail in the nomination form that will be included in upcoming issues of the Mosaic.