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2004
Honored guests Jerry ’49, MBA ‘50 and
Enid Alpern BS HE ’47 listen intently.
Michael F. Nozzolio ’73 and
Gary B. Bettman ’74
Michael F. Nozzolio, New York State senator,
was this year’s recipient of the Jerome Alpern
Distinguished Alumni Award, and Gary B. Bettman,
commissioner of the National Hockey League,
received the Judge William B. Groat Alumni
Award. Both awards, designed to recognize extraordinary
service and support to the ILR School,
were presented on Thursday, April 1, at a special
ceremony at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York
City. Event proceeds will benefit ILR’s student
diversity initiatives.
(Left to right) Lisa Hunter ’77, president, ILR
Alumni Association, and David B. Lipsky ’61,
ILR professor and director, Institute on Conflict
Resolution, join Dean Edward J. Lawler in
presenting the Groat Award to Gary Bettman.
Senators Nozzolio (left) and Vincent Leibell flank
Dean Lawler.
Announcing Groat and Alpern Awardees for 2005
Harris Raynor ’69, the southern regional director and an international vice president
of UNITE, is ILR’s 2005 Judge William B. Groat Award winner, and Robert Huret
’65, general partner, Financial Technology Ventures, is the winner of the 2005 Jerome
Alpern Distinguished Alumni Award. Both have been trusted advisers to Dean
Lawler as well as previous ILR deans and have been ardent supporters of the School
over the years. Their awards will be presented on Thursday, March 31, 2005, at the
Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. Save the date, and plan to attend Celebration 2005!
The Judge William B. Groat Alumni Award was established to honor a distinguished
alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding service and support to the
School, and it recognizes those whose career accomplishments have been primarily
within the field of industrial and labor relations.
Harris Raynor currently serves as regional director of the Southern Region and
international VP of the Union of Needletrade, Industrial, and Textile Employees
(UNITE), which represents approximately 30,000 workers in the southern United
States. This union is in the process of merging with the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees union to form UNITE/HERE. He has been involved with unions since
1978; before his union career, he was a public school teacher in Harlem for eight
years. Raynor has served as chair of the ILR Dean’s Advisory Council and is a longterm
member of the council. He has participated in various programs and activities at
ILR and has been a role model for students interested in union careers.
The Jerome Alpern Distinguished Alumni Award was established to honor a
distinguished alumnus who has demonstrated outstanding service and support to the
School, and it recognizes those whose career accomplishments have been primarily
outside the field of industrial and labor relations.
Bob Huret is general partner in Financial Technology Ventures, chairman of
Huret Rothenberg Company, and founder and vice chairman of Newell Associates.
Previously he was senior consultant to the financial services group, Montgomery
Securities. He and his wife, Judy, established the Duncan McIntyre Award in 1994.
This teaching award is given each year to a faculty member who has been nominated
by students as being excellent in the classroom. Huret served on the ILR Campaign
Committee during Cornell University’s Campaign to Create the Future (1991–95).
He is actively involved with the university and has been a member of the University
Council since 1993. He is a recently elected member of the Board of Trustees.
ILR extends special thanks to our table sponsors and all alumni and friends who support
the annual celebration events with their attendance.
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