This year's recipients will be honored at the Distinguished Alumnus Awards Ceremony and Dinner Reception on Friday, November 20, 2009 at the University's Charles B. Wang Center. Please click here to register.

The 2009 honorees include: Dr. Robert J. Frey, (BS '80, PhD ' 87), Rear Admiral Dr. Steven K. Galson, (BS '78), Dr. Sally A. Lynch, (BS '82, PhD '88), and Dr. Margaret M. McGovern, (BS '78).

Dr. Robert J. Frey is the President and CEO of Harbor Financial Management, LLC in Port Jefferson, NY. In addition, he is a Research Professor at Stony Brook University in the Applied Mathematics and Statistics department and also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Chicago's Department of Mathematics. Frey spent 15 years in quantitative finance as a Managing Director at Renaissance Technologies Corporation, where he retired in 2004. A member of the Stony Brook Foundation Board of Trustees and co-chair of its Investment Committee, Frey earned his BS in Applied Mathematics and Statistics in 1980 and his PhD in the same discipline in 1987. He is a resident of Port Jefferson, NY.

Rear Admiral Dr. Steven K. Galson has served as the Acting Surgeon General of the United States since October 2007 and most recently in January 2009 was named Acting Assistant Secretary for Health. Additionally, he serves as the operational Commander of the Commissioned Corps of the United States Public Health Service (PHS), a uniformed force of 6,000 health professional officers dedicated to promoting, protecting, and advancing the health and safety of the people of the United States. Dr. Galson received his BS in biochemistry from Stony Brook in 1978. He lives in Chevy Chase, MD.

Dr. Sally A. Lynch is the Vice President of General American Investors Co. Inc. and is responsible for securities in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. She earned her BS in Biological Sciences in 1982 and her PhD from the Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology in 1988, both from Stony Brook University. Following graduation, she was a postdoctoral fellow and research assistant in the division of Solid Tumor Immunobiology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Dr. Lynch splits her time between New York City and Old Field, NY where she established and operates a nonprofit to restore historic Old Field Farm County Parkland as a venue for equestrian and community-related activities.

Dr. Margaret M. McGovern is the Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Stony Brook University Medical Center. She received her BS in Biology from Stony Brook in 1978 and subsequently earned her PhD degree in Genetics from the Mount Sinai School of Biological Sciences program and her MD from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She is a board certified Pediatrician, Clinical Geneticist and Molecular Geneticist. Dr. McGovern is an NIH funded clinical investigator and has served on numerous national committees including the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the New York State Task Force on Life and the Law. Dr. McGovern lives in Huntington, NY.