Distinguished Alumni to Be Honored at SHS Saturday 11-17

On Saturday November 17 at 9 am, the Scarsdale Alumni Association and Scarsdale High School will present the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony. Since 2005, the Scarsdale Alumni Association, in a joint effort with Scarsdale High School, has honored 90 distinguished alumni. This Saturday Scarsdale alumni and residents are invited to attend the ceremony to honor the 2012 Distinguished Alumni in the SHS library at 9:00 AM. Parking will be available on the Post Road parking area.

The Alumni Association is proud to announce the list of 2012 Distinguished Alumni honorees:

• George C. Branche, III, M.D. (SHS ‘74) – Leader in the field of Sports Medicine - Association of Tennis Professionals Physician of the Year.
• Meredith Gavrin (SHS ‘87) – Educator, Founder of New Haven Academy
• Jonathan Haidt (SHS ‘81) - Leading Professor of Ethical Leadership, Author
• Alison Knowles (SHS ‘51) – Guggenheim Fellow, Avant-Garde Renowned Artist
• Randal (Randy) Livingston (SHS ‘71) - Business Leader, Led two companies through IPO, CFO of Stanford University
• Charles Maier Ph.D. (SHS’ 56) – Professor, Author, Director of the Center for European Studies at Harvard
• Michael Mark (SHS ‘68) - Grammy Nominated Musician/Composer
• Stephen J. Nicholas, MD (SHS ‘78) - Leader in the field of Sports Medicine - orthopedic team physician for the NY Jets and NY Islanders.
• Michael Roth (SHS ‘79) - Award Winning Violinist
• Cynthia E. Rosenzweig Ph.D. (SHS ’66) – NASA Expert in Climate Change
• Christopher Schroeder (SHS ‘82) - Tech Entrepreneur, Investor, Author, Expert on Startups in the Middle East.
• George Zimmer (SHS ‘66) – Business Leader, CEO/Founder of Men’s Wearhouse

Ricardo Garcia-Amaya, President of the Scarsdale Alumni Association said, “I welcome all Scarsdale alumni, students and Scarsdale residents to join us at this very special event. Over the past six years that I have been leading the Scarsdale Alumni Association, I have been on a quest to understand the identity or persona of our alumni community. If I were asked to choose a title that most closely defines our entire alumni community, it would be “activist. “ If I were to choose a noun, it would be nonconformist, always questioning and challenging the status quo. This is considering the fact that we currently have the graduating classes of two transformational decades, the 1960’s and the 1970’s, at their peak of their careers. But you will see plenty of examples that this trend continues. And those Distinguished Alumni who have a chance to visit a classroom and speak to SHS students on the day prior to the ceremony will likely agree with me that what we have at SHS is a goldmine of highly educated, future activists ready to be unleashed into the world.”

Register for this free event at www.scarsdalealumni.org/da2012 . Morning refreshments will be served. Complete biographies of all Distinguished Alumni honorees can be accessed at Scarsdale High School via the wall-mounted touch-screen computer kiosk beside the photo display located in the new Commons area. The biographies of the new honorees will be published on the Scarsdale Alumni Association’s website, www.scarsdalealumni.org .