H. Stanley Eichenauer, M.S.W. ‘70 Distinguished Career Award
Retired Senior Advisor to the Administrator, Mental Health System Transformation US Department of Health and Human Services; graduate of the United Theological Seminary with a Master's of Divinity; served as Deputy Executive Director, President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; retired President and CEO, Eastway Community Mental Health Center; former Director of Forensic Psychiatry, Netcare Corporation.
Samira Beckwith, M.S.W. ‘77 Distinguished Career Award
President and CEO, Hope Hospice and Community Services in Fort Myers Florida; former Director, United Hospice Grand Forks North Dakota; Consultant and Surveyor for the Accreditation Program for Hospice Care; former Oncology Social Worker, United Hospital Grand Forks North Dakota; former Intake Coordinator at Columbus Area Community Mental Health Center and Youth Leader, Buckeye Boys Ranch.
Dr. Claudia Coulton, M.S.W. ‘72 Distinguished Career Award
Professor, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University; Co-Director, Center on Urban Poverty and Social Change, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University; Associate Dean for Research, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University.
Dr. Beverly Watkins, Ph.D. ‘88
Distinguished Career Award
Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Savannah State University, Associate Professor and former Chair of the Department of Social Work, Savannah State University; former Assistant Professor/Coordinator of Field Instruction of the Department of Social Work, Savannah State University, former Director of Field Instruction of The Ohio State University College of Social Work; past Coordinator of Clinical Services, Family Counseling and Crittenton Services.
Dr. Keith Alford, Ph.D. ‘97
Distinguished Recent Alum Award
Associate Professor, Syracuse University College of Human Services; Principal Investigator of a large training grant to promote healthy marriage and family formation; former Principal graduate investigator in the evaluation of the statewide Rites of Passage (RITES) Program for adolescent African American males; former Treatment Foster Care Supervisor, Search Light C.A.R.E, Inc; former Group Facilitator, Lutheran Social Services; worked as a Family Practitioner, Treatment Foster Care Program, Hannah Neil Center for Children and as a Counselor, Columbus Area Community Mental Health Center.
