The maurice o. graff distinguished alumni award
The Maurice O. Graff Distinguished Alumni Award …
recognizes alumni who have achieved honor and distinction with recognition and reputations that extend well beyond the immediate environments in which they live and work. “I believe that merely ’doing one’s job,’ even though doing it in an outstanding manner, should not be enough to merit one of the awards. The recipients should be widely known and recognized for their accomplishments outside their immediate work-service area,” said Maurice O. Graff, vice chancellor emeritus, in establishing the award. Graff was a professor and administrator from 1941-1972.
Shirley Otis-Green • Highly accomplished and internationally respected clinical social worker. • Expert on end-of-life care issues; social work advocate. • Recipient of national award for developing an innovation and quality in healthcare training session. • Licensed clinical social worker and senior research specialist in the Division of Nursing Research and Education with the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif. • Earned a bachelor’s degree in social work in 1981; holds a master’s from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1986.
Alfonzo Thurman • Respected scholar, leader, educator, mentor and reformer. • Dean and Chancellor’s Deputy for Education Partnerships at UW-Milwaukee. • Past educator and administrator at Northern Illinois University, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Whitewater. • President of Homes Partnership, a national consortium to improve U.S. education. Advocate, American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education. • Earned a bachelor’s in English in 1971; holds a master’s (1973) and doctorate (1979) from UW-Madison. 10 UW-La Crosse Lantern Summer 2013 10 UW-La Crosse Lantern Summer 2013