NUI Galway pays tributes to alumni
12.03.2010
NUI Galway’s recent Alumni Awards paid tribute to the achievements of the university’s 70,000-strong graduate community worldwide.
Novelist Gerard Donovan, Postbank CEO Margaret Sweeney and Pfizer’s Paul Duffy were among those honoured at gala banquet held in the university’s new Bailey Allen Hall earlier this month.
The winners of the 2010 Alumni Awards included:
- AIB Award for Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies, Gerard Donovan BA 1983, MA 1988, Novelist
- Bank of Ireland Award for Business, Public Policy and Law, Margaret Sweeney BComm 1981, Chief Executive, Postbank Ireland Ltd
- Bank of Ireland Award for Engineering and Informatics, Professor Brian Moran BE1980, MEngSc.1982. Acting Provost at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
- Duais Hewlett-Packard don Ghaeilge, Pádraig Ó hAoláin LLB 1985, Príomhfheidhmeannach, Údarás na Gaeltachta
- Medtronic Award for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Professor Rose Anne Kenny MB, BCh, BAO 1977, MD 1986, Head of Department of Clinical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin and Consultant Physician in Medicine at St James’ Hospital
- Seavite Award for Science, Dr J. Paul Duffy BSc 1986, PhD 1992, Vice President Operations, Primary Care/Oncology Operating Unit for Pfizer Ireland Pharmaceuticals.
Pictured at the Alumni Awards and Gala Banquet (back row from left): Gerard Donovan, Professor Brian Moran, Dr Paul Duffy, Pádraig Ó hAoláin, Seán O Rourke, RTÉ and MC for the night, and Sandra Butler, Chair of the NUI Galway Alumni Board.