Awards & Honors

We’re proud of our people. Here, we share honors, awards, and accolades from across SC Johnson College.

A group of Consortium students stand with their trophy and large signs like #inclusion
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Distinguished alumni honored at 2018 Diversity Awards dinner

Johnson alumni Marques Zak and William Restrepo were honored with the school’s African American and Latino diversity awards Oct. 27.

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Johnson’s Parker Center for Investment Research celebrates 20 years

The Parker Center’s 20th anniversary celebration brought together more than 120 members of the Johnson community Oct. 25 in Manhattan.

Marques E. Zak on left and William Restrepo on right
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Johnson announces 2018 distinguished alumni diversity award recipients

Marques E. Zak, MBA ’10, and William J. Restrepo ’80, MBA ’85, will be honored at the Johnson Diversity Symposium and Alumni Awards Dinner on Oct. 27.

Headshot of Pablo Azcárraga
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Pablo Azcárraga, MPS ’85, awarded 2018 MMH Outstanding Alumnus of the Year

Pablo Azcárraga, MPS ’85, chairman of the board of directors for Posadas, will be honored at the 2018 Cornell MMH Reception.

Photo of Consortium members standing on stage with a trophy
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Johnson represents: MBA students win Consortium T.E.A.M. Award

In June, the Johnson Consortium family beat out 18 other Consortium member schools to claim the coveted 2018 T.E.A.M. award.

Photo of Dean Walsh and banner bearers at Commencement 2018
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Reflections at the close of another outstanding academic year

As I reflect back on the spring semester, there is so much to share and even more to be proud of. There’s no doubt our students continue to amaze us all.

Photo of digital blockchain map
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Maureen O’Hara earns Bernstein Award for contributions to finance industry

Johnson professor Maureen O’Hara receives prestigious Bernstein Award for a paper she co-authored titled “Footprints on a Blockchain: Trading and Information Leakage in Distributed Ledgers.”

Photo of Lele with her son, Abhijeet, MBA ’89, and Ralph Christy, professor and director of Cornell’s International Institute for Food, Agriculture, and Development.
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Uma Lele, “a leader in the world of economic development,” receives Dyson’s Wharton Award

To the many significant honors and awards she has accrued in her career, Uma Lele recently added one from the Dyson School, the Clifton R. Wharton Jr. Emerging Markets Award.

Photo of student organizers with faculty Last Lecture speakers. From left: Gautam Arora, MBA ’18; Professor Allan Filipowicz; Matheus Costa, MBA ’18; Lauren Dowler, MBA ’18; Professor Risa Mish; David Elman, MBA ’19; and Professor Bill Schmidt.
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Faculty Last Lectures 2018: Schmidt, Filipowicz, and Mish give graduates assignments for life

Faculty members Bill Schmidt, Risa Mish, and Allan Filipowicz were nominated by the Class of 2018 to deliver this year’s Last Lectures and offer life advice and parting words of wisdom to soon-to-be MBA graduates.