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PREVIOUS GALA HONOREES
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2024
Astrophysicist and the author of the #1 bestselling books Starry Messenger and Astrophysics
for People in a Hurry
Director, Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History
Two-time host of the beloved TV series Cosmos — rebooting the original 1980 series
hosted by Carl Sagan
Host and cofounder of the popular Emmy-nominated podcast StarTalk and its spinoff
StarTalk Sports Edition
Recipient of 23 honorary doctorates, the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy
of Sciences, and the Distinguished Public Service Medal from NASA
2023
Laurie Landeau, VMD, MBA
President and Director, Laurie Landeau Foundation LLC President and Director, Ralph Landau Foundation Vice Chair, Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees Robert J. Maze, PhD Vice President and Director, Laurie Landeau Foundation LLC
Vice President and Director, Ralph Landau Foundation Chair, SoMAS 2022
John L. Hennessy ’75, ’77
President Emeritus and James F. and Mary Lynn Gibbons Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco Sovereign Prince of Monaco
President, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation 2020
Barry S. Coller, MD, Hon. 03 David Rockefeller Professor of Medicine, Physician in Chief, Vice President for Medical Affairs The Rockefeller University Bobbi Coller, PhD Advisory Board Chairperson of the Stony Brook Foundation’s Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center 2019 Marilyn H. Simons '74, PhD '84, Hon. '08
President, Simons Foundation 2018
Dorothy Lichtenstein, Hon. '14
President Roy Lichtenstein Foundation
2017
Joseph R. Biden
Former Vice President
United States of America
2016
Glenn Dubin '78, Hon. '12 Founder, Dubin & Co. LP Eva Andersson-Dubin, MD Founder, Dubin Breast Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center Joe Nathan '97
Major League Baseball Pitcher 2015
Jane Fonda Actress 2014
Patricia C. Wright Professor, Anthropology Founder, Centre ValBio 2013
Alan Alda Actor, Director, Writer Visiting Professor Stony Brook University
2012
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Ed Harris Actor |
2011
Julie Andrews Actress Emma Walton Hamilton Author and Professor Stony Brook Southampton
2010
C.N. Yang, PhD, Hon. '99 Nobel Laureate, Physics, 1957 Professor Emeritus 2009 Shirley Strum Kenny, PhD
President, Stony Brook University 2008
Nancy Rauch Douzinas, PhD President, Rauch Foundation 2007
Richard Leakey, Hon. '98 Paleoanthropologist and Conservationist 2006
Erwin P. Staller, Hon. '01 CEO, Staller Associates Inc. Cary F. Staller, Esq. President, Staller Associates Inc. 2005
James H. Simons, PhD, Hon. '92 Founder Renaissance Technologies
2004
Henry B. Laufer, PhD Chief Scientist Renaissance Technologies Marsha Zlatin Laufer, PhD Speech-Language Pathologist (Ret.) 2003
Debra A. Cody Matthew J. Cody General Partner (Ret.)
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg 2002
Charles B. Wang Co-Founder, CA Technologies Inc. Owner, New York Islanders 2001
Jerome L. Swartz, PhD Founder, Symbol Technologies 2000
Richard L. Gelfond '76 Chair, Stony Brook Foundation
CEO, IMAX Corporation |