CUAA 2024 Founder's Day Awards
The 2024 Founder’s Day Award ceremony was held on February 8, 2024 in The Cooper Union Frederick P. Rose Auditorium. The annual event honors alumni excelling in the fields of art, architecture, engineering, and public service. This year's honorees included Barry Rosenbaum ChE’63; Catherine Seavitt Nordenson AR’94; Ann Agee A’81; Shigeru Ban AR’84; Dean Maltz AR’84; Laura Spinner A’90; and Standish Lee AR’11. President Laura Sparks offered welcoming remarks and alumni trustee Carol Wolf A'84 served as emcee. Over 150 Cooper community members including alumni and family as well as current faculty, staff, and students gathered to celebrate the awardees.
Photos by Marget Long
The 2024 CUAA Founder's Day Awardees with CUAA President Ron Vogel ChE’01 and alumni trustee Carol Wolf A'84, who served as the host for the ceremony
President Laura Sparks welcomes awardees and attendees
Standish Lee AR'11 accepts The Young Alumna of the Year awards for outstanding dedication and commitment to the CUAA
Ann Agee A’81 shares her work after receiving the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award which is awarded to a School of Art graduate for professional achievement in art
Barry Rosenbaum ChE’63 accepts the Gano Dunn Award from Carol Woff A'80. The Gano Dunn Award is given to a graduate of The Albert Nerken School of Engineering for professional achievement in engineering, industry, science, or finance.
Dean Maltz AR’84 who shared The Peter Cooper Public Service Award with his fellow 1984 architecture graduate Shigeru Ban speaks about his work
Shigeru Ban AR'84 joins by video to accept the Peter Cooper Public Service Award that he shared with Dean Maltz AR'84
Laura Spinner A'90, who has helped organize the Founder's Day awards for more than five years, receives the Alumna of the Year award from CUAA President Ron Vogel ChE’01 for her dedication and commitment to Cooper and the CUAA
2024 John Q. Hejduk Award recipient Catherine Seavitt Nordenson AR'94 with her family
Celebrating in the Gelman Foyer post-ceremony