2019 Inductees

  • Angela Berti ’90 – Marketing and Public Affairs Coordinator – NYS Office of Parks
  • Dr. Jeffrey Boldt ’73 – Scientific Director, Assisted Fertility Services, Community Health Network
  • Terry DeBruin ’70 – Retired Teacher, KE Alumni Facilitator
  • Jeffrey Gemmer ’67 – Retired Teacher, Athletic Director, Coach, Community Wellness Devotee
  • Ann Marie Levine, M.D. ’80 – Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program, Adventist Univ. 
  • Michael Levine ’74 – Vice President for Finance and Management, SUCNYAB
  • Kevin LoVullo ’78 – Television Host, Producer
  • Donald Robert Peck ’76 – Aerospace Engineer
  • Michael Samotowka, M.D. ’82 – Medical Director, Div of Trauma, Memorial Hospital
  • Dr. Reid Simmons ’74 – Professor, Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute

2018 Inductees

  • Mark Brylinski ’82 – Realtor, Community Servant
  • David Glor ’99 – Entrepreneur, Brewmeister
  • Jeff Glor ’93 – Anchor, CBS Evening News
  • Dr. Rich Glor ’94 – Curator, Biodiversity Institute, Kansas University
  • Dr. Michael Groden ’65 – Distinguished University Professor, University of Western Ontario
  • Dan’l Lewin ’72 – Corporate VP Microsoft, President, President/CEO Computer History Museum
  • Dr. Lisa Manz-Dulac ’79 – Dermatologist, Medical Missionary
  • Jeff Mueller ’79 – Executive Analyst and Intelligence Manager

2017 Inductees

  • David Bolinsky ‘70 – Founder, Director of e.mersion studios, LLC
  • Glenn Butler ‘75 – Food Service Industry Executive, Community Servant
  • Matthew Etu ‘95 – Structural Design Engineer
  • Dr. Mark Frank ‘79 – Chair, Communications Department SUNYAB
  • Dr. David Lindeman ‘70 – Director, Health Care at Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society
  • Dr. Robert Nelson ‘79 – Department Chair, Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management, University of Delaware
  • Dr. Mary Pittman ‘70 – President and CEO, Public Health Institute
  • Geno Principe ‘74 – Managing Partner, The Mansion    

2016 Inductees

Due to unavoidable scheduling conflicts, the Induction Ceremonies for the Hall of Distinction did not take place this year. 

2015 Inductees

  • Sandy Avery Barton ’69 – Teacher, Author
  • Kenneth Brink ’66 – Director, Coastal Ocean Institute, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • Bernie Bunny ’68 – Regional Manager, General Electric, USN Reserve Officer
  • Kevin Foster ’81 – Commander, US Navy – Director of Navy Cyber Security
  • Daniel Glushefski ’76 – Author, Missionary
  • William Hein ’67 – Chairman, William S. Hein & Co., Founder, Church on the Bay
  • Mark McEwen ’75 – Restaurateur, Author, TV Chef Personality
  • David Van Knapp ’64 – Attorney, Author, Investment Advisor

2014 Inductees

  • Russ Cooper ’73 – Director of Acoustics, C13
  • Kevin Harms ’76 – Colonel USAF (retired), Independent Consultant
  • John Mika ’72 – President / Founder – Teacher’s Pet
  • Brian Murphy ‘81 – Commander, US Navy (retired), Environmental Advocate
  • Jill Donnelley Tomsic ‘74 –  (posthumously), School / Community Advocate
  • David Walter ’77 –  Global Business Manager, DuPont Corp
  • E. Daniel Walther ’77 – Community Servant

2013 Inductees

  • Dr. Robert Boyd ’65  – Physics Professor – Ottawa University, University of Rochester
  • Pamela Fishback Christie ’71 – Retired Educator
  • Don Fishback ’74 – Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, MOOG, INC.
  • Gigi Grizanti ’80 – Employee Benefits Manager, Community Volunteer
  • David Hilfiker ’62 – Family Practitioner, Advocate for the Homeless, Author
  • Jim Keller ’75 – Communications Director, IBM
  • Brian Martin ’80 – Executive VP, General Counsel and Corp. Secretary – KLA-Tencor
  • Bill Munson ’68 – Senior VP of Government Relations – Buffalo Bills

2012 Inductees

  • James Burns ‘67 – Vietnam Veteran, Community Servant
  • Carl Calabrese ‘70 – Consultant, former Deputy County Executive
  • Dr. Robert Greene ‘69 – Biology Department Chair, Niagara University
  • Honorable Melissa Lin Jones ‘88 – Administrative Appeals Judge
  • Dr. Deborah Myers ‘73 – Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University
  • James Oberg ‘62 – Space Engineer, Consultant
  • Andrew SanFilipo ‘69 – New York State Deputy Comptroller
  • Frank Williams ‘60 – Regional Vice President, The Marriott Corp., Community Servant

2011 Inductees

  • Judy Elliott ‘78 – Chief Academic Officer; Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Robert Engel ‘71 – President and CEO; CoBank, Boulder,Colo.
  • Ken Friedman ‘72 – Partner and Practice Area Leader; Hodgson Russ, LLP
  • Dale Goodrich ‘76 – Lead Systems Engineer; The Mitre Corporation, Marine Corps Program
  • Marc Panepinto ‘83 – Partner; Cantor, Lukasik, Dolce & Panepinto
  • Ross Runfola ‘61 –Professor; Medaille College; Poet, Attorney, Journalist
  • James Turner ‘81 – Vice President; Surgical and Cardiac Care Services, Erie County Medical Center

2010 Inductees

  • Jon Luther ‘61 – CEO (retired) and Chairman of the Board; Dunkin Brands, Inc.
  • Robert LaMendola ‘62 – President and CEO; Surety and Construction Ins. Div., St. Paul Companies (retired), Senior Advisor to Renaissance Reinsurance, Ltd.
  • Donald Ogilvie ‘63 – District Superintendent; First Supervisory District, Erie1 BOCES
  • Mark Farrell ‘65 – Senior Justice; Town of Amherst; Innovator of therapeutic justice programs
  • Mary Lynn Dobmeier Lenz ‘73 – President and CEO; Professional Business Bank, Pasadena, CA.
  • Duane Paddock ‘82 – President and CEO; Paddock Chevrolet
  • Gregory Peck ‘87 – ISS Systems Manager; NASA