Dr. Barrasse, class of 1977, will receive the award for medicine. She is a partner with Great Valley Cardiology, Scranton. She serves on the medical staffs at Mercy Hospital, Moses Taylor Hospital and Community Medical Center, Scranton; Mid-Valley Hospital in Peckville, and Marian Community Hospital, Carbondale.

Dr. Barrasse, who is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, was named an Expert of Subspecialty Field Pennsylvania Section by the American College of Cardiology in 1998.

She is currently a board member of the United Way of Lackawanna County, the Women's Resource Center and Keystone College. She was a member of the Board of Trustees of The University of Scranton from 1977 to 1983.

She is the recipient of the 2002 Margery Scranton Council of Republican Women's History Month Award and the 1998 Champion of Youth Award presented by the Boys and Girls Club of Scranton.

Mr. Kiehl, class of 1967, will receive the award for government service. He is the diplomat in residence at the U.S. Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership in Carlisle, Pa.

He also serves as senior fellow of the U.S. Army Peacekeeping Institute. Mr. Kiehl's 35-year career in government service includes posts as principal deputy assistant secretary and deputy assistant secretary for Policy and Resources of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State; and acting deputy associate director of the United States Information Agency (USIA) for Educational and Cultural Affairs. His most recent overseas assignment was as embassy counselor for Public Affairs and director of the U.S. Information Service in Bangkok, Thailand.

Mr. Kiehl is the recipient of numerous Foreign Service honor awards and the White House Hammer Award for his role in "reinventing" USIA's Information Bureau in 1994. He is a member of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London, the National Press Club, the Internet Society and the American Foreign Service Association, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Martin, who earned a master's degree from the university in 1957, will receive the award for education. Dr. Martin's career in education, which spans more than 45 years, includes teaching and administrative positions at colleges, universities, and Catholic schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

He is currently a professor in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Graduate Program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Health Related Professions, Newark, N.J. Dr. Martin has held several academic posts at UMDNJ since 1979.

Earlier this year, Dr. Martin was designated the founding Dean Emeritus of the School of Health Related Professions at UMDNJ. Dr. Martin also serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Community Medicine at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Dr. Martin is currently a member of the President's Council of John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, and is a past board member of numerous health and educational organizations.

Fr. Quinn, Scranton, will receive the award for University Service. Fr. Quinn, professor emeritus of English at The University of Scranton, joined the university's English Department in 1956. Throughout his more than four decades of service to the university, Fr. Quinn served as a professor, dorm counselor, moderator of drama and founder of the literary magazine Esprit.

Following the completion of his Ph.D. in American Studies at King's College at the University of London, England, he introduced a four-course film program into the English curriculum at the university. Fr. Quinn was the first University of Scranton liaison officer with the Peace Corps in its earliest days. He conducted student tours to London, counseled students and chaired the change of governance to the new Faculty Senate. Alumni and former students have honored Fr. Quinn by establishing the Rev. J.J. Quinn, S.J. Scholarship.

Mrs. Santora, a native of Hazleton and a member of the class of 1980, will receive the award for law. She is the chief executive officer of the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), an organization that includes more than 3,000 attorneys engaged in the practice of higher education law.

Before joining NACUA in 2001, she served as vice president and chief operating officer of the American Association for Higher Education. She also held various positions at Georgetown University, including secretary of the university, assistant to the president for external relations and assistant to the president. Mrs. Santora is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar.

Mr. Shields, class of 1947, will receive the award for management. In 1972, he founded Copytronics, Inc., where he serves as chairman. Today, Copytronics Information Systems is Minolta Business Equipment's largest independent dealer in the world. For the past 12 years, Copytronics has been one of the "Top 50" privately-owned companies in North Florida.

Prior to joining Copytronics, Mr. Shields held distinguished positions as national sales manager and vice president of marketing for APECO, the American forerunner of copy systems, and as president and chief executive officer of Oce Industries. He served in the Air Force during World War II. Mr. Shields serves on the boards of such organizations as Memorial Hospital, Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital and the Jacksonville Economic Development Company.

Dr. Zealand, who received his master's degree from the university in 1972, will receive the award for science and technology. In 1987, Dr. Zealand and his wife, Faye, founded AIDS Resource Foundation for Children, Inc., based in Newark, N.J., and opened the nation's first home for children with AIDS in Elizabeth, N.J. The foundation currently operates two additional homes for medically fragile children in Jersey City and Neptune, N.J.

Dr. Zealand has developed a nationally recognized program for families with AIDS and has traveled to Kenya to supply medicines for health clinics run by the Holy Ghost Fathers. He is the acting chair of the New Jersey Governor's Advisory Council on AIDS and has served on the Newark Ryan White Planning Council for two years and as a member for eight years. The Zealands were designated the 470 Point of Light by President George Bush, Sr.