DePaul University has honored the following individuals with the Distinguished Alumni Award for their leadership in the community through their professional achievements and public service.
Murray R. Allen †
- Sound Recording Execuctive
- BM '51 MM '52
Irwin Bazelon †
- Composer
- BM 44' MM 45'
- Composition
Arthur Becker †
- Dean, DePaul School of Music
- BM '33
- Performance
Donald Boroian
- Chair and CEO, FRANCORP
- BM '55
- Music Education
Janai Brugger
- Operatic Soprano
- BM '05
- Performance
Russell J. Brumbach
- President, Walt Disney Records Worldwide
- BM '58 MM '60
- Music Education
Oto Carillo
- Horn Player with Chicago Symphony
- BM '93
- Performance
Rich Daniels
- Orchestra Leader, Humanitarian
- BM '83
- Composition
Orbert Davis
- Jazz Trumpeter, Music Educator
- BM '82
- Performance
John Downey †
- Composer
- BM '49
- Piano/Composition
Victor Faraci
- Senior Vice President, Warner Brothers Records
- BM '54
- Music Education
Sasha Gerritson
- Founder, Executive Director, and General Manager LOpera Piccola
- CER '99
- Performance
Leo Henning †
- Music Educator
- BM '47
- Performance
Donald Martin Jenni †
- Professor and Monk
- BM '58
- Music Education, Composition
Marjorie Kenny
- Professor, DePaul School of Music
- BM '58
- Music Education
Justin Kolb
- Concert Pianist
- BM '64
- Performance
Josephine Lee
- Conductor
- BM '97
- Performance
Lorin Levee †
- Principal Clarinet, Los Angeles Symphony
- BM '73
- Music Education
Samuel Magad
- Concertmaster (retired), Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- BM '55
- Performance
Norman Malone
- Concert Pianist
- BM ’68 / MM ’73
- Music Education
Harry Manfredini
- Film Composer
- BM '66
- Music Education
Dick Marx †
- Jazz and Commercial Musician
Rudresh Mahanthappa
- Jazz Saxophonist
- BM '98
- Jazz Studies
Robert Morrison
- Pianist and Coach for the Metropolitan Opera
- BM '79
- Performance
Robert Muczynski †
- Composer
BM '52 MM '52 - Piano and Composition
Raymond Niwa †
- Violist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- BM '43 MM '49
- Performance
Thomas O'Horgan †
- Broadway Director and Musicologist
BM '49 MM '50 - Music Education
Christopher Pavlakis †
- Composer
- MM '56
- Composition
Anthony Peluso
- Entertainment
Walt Disney Resorts, Tony Peluso Productions, The Tussauds Group, Inc. - BM '73
Music Education
Anne Perillo
- Vocal Pedagogue
- MM '75
- Voice Performance
George Perle †
- Composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
- BM '38
- Composition
James J Quinn
- Composer
- BM '58 MM '63
- Composition
Annie J Randall
- Musicologist, Professor, Author
- BM '86
- Composition
Brenton Ryan
- Opera Singer
- BM'09
- Performance
Willis H. Schaeffer †
- Composer and Arranger
- BM '50
- Composition
Leon Stein †
- Composer, Dean of DePaul School of Music 1966-1976
- PhD '49
- Composition
Joe Vito †
- Jazz and Commercial Pianist
Doug Waddell
- Percussionist
- BM '81 MM '84
Ed Ward
- Chicago Musicians Union President
- BM '63
- Music Education
Guy S. Wuellner †
- Pianist, Professor, Assistant Dean
- BM '56
- Music Education
† - denotes deceased
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