The Professor Joseph A. Buff Award

The Professor Joseph A. Buff Award is for alumni with outstanding accomplishments or achievements in their careers. Alumni selected for this award might include those who have achieved the following kinds of success:
- Advancement to the highest-level executive positions in either the public or private sector.
- Notable creative achievements in the arts field.
- A significant or decisive role in particular administrative or research breakthroughs, such an alum who is credited for a new scientific development or the reshaping of public policy.
- Unusual accomplishments in in fields such as medicine, law, teaching, and politics.
- The accumulation of exceptional business holdings.