Each year, Chapman honors alumni who have proved themselves to be exceptional in their accomplishments. As leaders in business, organizations and communities, the honorees represent the finest values and achievements of Chapman University alumni and serve as role models for students and others in our community.
JENNIFER BASSAGE BONFIL ‘02
College of Performing Arts
Dance education and curriculum specialist at The Wooden Floor
JIM BYRON ‘15
Argyros School of Business and Economics
CEO of Nixon Library
KATIE CORNELLA (MMS ‘18)
Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences
Lead PA in Interventional Cardiology, at the Orange County Heart Institute, at St. Joseph Hospital
TYLER RUSSELL MCCUSKER ‘11
School of Communication
CEO of Snippet.fm
ALEXA ZEIGER (PHARM.D. ‘19)
School of Pharmacy
Clinical pharmacist at Cedars-Sinai
DEAN ANDERSON ‘86
Schmid College of Science and Technology
Retired – VP of Global Operations – chemistry at Beckman Coulter – A Danaher Operating Company
SYDNI AU HOY ‘22
Schmid College of Science and Technology
Cheverton Award recipient
THE REV. DR. SARAH HALVERSON-CANO ‘99
Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Irvine United Congregational Church
JARED T. IZUMI (MA AND ED.S. ‘16)
Attallah College of Educational Studies
Assistant professor in the School Psychology program at the University of Iowa College of Education
TIFFANY PAYTON JAMESON ‘96
Fowler School of Engineering
Organizational psychologist at grit & flow
EMILY FRISCH ‘16 (MA ‘17)
Schmid College of Science and Technology
Cheverton Award recipient; medical student at UC Irvine School of Medicine
SAMANTHA DOREY (JD ‘11)
Fowler School of Law
Founding partner at Everett Dorey LLP
KELLY GALUSKA ‘06
Dodge College of Film and Media Arts
Creator, producer and writer at Netflix