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​​​​​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 A. Allen

Murray R. Allen †

  • Sound Recording Execuctive
  • BM '51 MM '52
Irwin Bazelon

Irwin Bazelon †

  • Composer
  • BM 44' MM 45'
  • Composition
Arthur Becker

Arthur Becker †

  • Dean, DePaul School of Music 
  • BM '33
  • Performance
Donald Boroiar

Donald Boroian

  • Chair and CEO, FRANCORP
  • BM '55
  • Music Education
Janai Brugger

Janai Brugger

  • Operatic Soprano
  • BM '05
  • Performance
Russell J Brumbach

Russell J. Brumbach

  • President, Walt Disney Records Worldwide
  • BM '58  MM '60
  • Music Education
Oto Carillo

Oto Carillo

  • Horn Player with Chicago Symphony
  • BM '93
  • Performance
Rich Daniels

Rich Daniels

  • Orchestra Leader, Humanitarian
  • BM '83
  • Composition
Orbert Davis

Orbert Davis

  • Jazz Trumpeter, Music Educator
  • BM '82
  • Performance
John Downey

John Downey †

  • Composer
  • BM '49
  • Piano/Composition
Victor Faraci

Victor Faraci

      Senior Vice President, Warner Brothers Records

  • BM '54
  • Music Education
Sasha Gerritson

Sasha Gerritson

      Founder, Executive Director, and General Manager LOpera Piccola

  • CER '99
  • Performance
Leo Henning

Leo Henning †

  • Music Educator
  • BM '47
  • Performance
Donald Martin Jenni

Donald Martin Jenni †

  • Professor and Monk
  • BM '58
  • Music Education, Composition
Marjorie Kenny

Marjorie Kenny

  • Professor, DePaul School of Music
  • BM '58
  • Music Education
Justin Kolb

Justin Kolb

  • Concert Pianist
  • BM '64
  • Performance
Josephine Lee

Josephine Lee

  • Conductor
  • BM '97
  • Performance
Lorin Levee

Lorin Levee †

  • Principal Clarinet, Los Angeles Symphony
  • BM '73
  • Music Education
Samuel Magad

Samuel Magad

  • Concertmaster (retired), Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • BM '55
  • Performance
Norman Malone

Norman Malone

  • Concert Pianist
  • BM ’68 / MM ’73 
  • Music Education
Harry Manfredini

Harry Manfredini

  • Film Composer
  • BM '66
  • Music Education
Dick Marx

Dick Marx †

  • Jazz and Commercial Musician
Rudresh Mahanthappa

Rudresh Mahanthappa

  • Jazz Saxophonist
  • BM '98
  • Jazz Studies
Robert Morrison

Robert Morrison

  • Pianist and Coach for the Metropolitan Opera
  • BM '79
  • Performance
Robert Muczynski

Robert Muczynski †

  • Composer
    BM '52 MM '52
  • Piano and Composition
Raymond Niwa

Raymond Niwa †

  • Violist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • BM '43 MM '49
  • Performance
Thomas O' Horgan

Thomas O'Horgan †

  • Broadway Director and Musicologist
    BM '49 MM '50
  • Music Education
Walter Parazaider

Walter Parazaider

  • Founder and Saxophonist, Chicago
  • BM '69
  • Performance

Christopher Pavlakis

Christopher Pavlakis †

  • Composer
  • MM '56
  • Composition
Anthony Peluso

Anthony Peluso

  • Entertainment
    Walt Disney Resorts, Tony Peluso Productions, The Tussauds Group, Inc.
  • BM '73
    Music Education
Anne Perillo

Anne Perillo

  • Vocal Pedagogue
  • MM '75
  • Voice Performance
George Perle

George Perle †

  • Composer, Pulitzer Prize winner
  • BM '38
  • Composition
James J Quinn

James J Quinn

  • Composer
  • BM '58 MM '63
  • Composition
Annie J Randall

Annie J Randall

  • Musicologist, Professor, Author
  • BM '86
  • Composition
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Brenton Ryan

  • Opera Singer
  • BM'09
  • Performance
Willis S Schaefer

Willis H. Schaeffer †

  • Composer and Arranger
  • BM '50
  • Composition
Leon Stein

Leon Stein †

  • Composer, Dean of DePaul School of Music 1966-1976
  • PhD '49
  • Composition
Joe Vito

Joe Vito †

  • Jazz and Commercial Pianist
Doug Waddell

Doug Waddell

  • Percussionist
  • BM '81 MM '84
Ed Ward

Ed Ward

  • Chicago Musicians Union President
  • BM '63
  • Music Education
Guy S Wuellner

Guy S. Wuellner †

  • Pianist, Professor, Assistant Dean
  • BM '56
  • Music Education
† - denotes deceased

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