The Cal Alumni Association will mark the 144th anniversary of the University of California by honoring the 2012 Alumni Award recipients. The Alumni Award recipients for 2012 appear below.

ALUMNUS OF THE YEAR 2012 – ERIC SCHMIDT
M.S. ’79, Ph.D. ’82 | Executive Chairman, Google

Eric Schmidt remembers himself as “a very nerdy student.” But his years in the computer science program at Berkeley set the stage for his eventual eminence in the digital present and future. Berkeley, he says today, offered “an unusual combination of some of the best theoreticians in the world, as well as very strong programs around making things happen, literally writing code to change the world.” Read more »

Excellence in Achievement

JULIA CHANG BLOCH
Communications and Public Policy ’64

First U.S. ambassador of Asian-American origin and founder and president of the nonprofit US-China Education Trust (USCET)
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SUSAN DESMOND-HELLMANN
Master of Public Health ‘88

Chancellor of UC San Francisco, oncologist, and biotechnology leader
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BARBARA STAGGERS
Psychology ‘76, Master of Public Health ‘80

Authority on the psychosocial and psychobiological needs of adolescents and physician at Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland
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Mark Bingham Award for Excellence in
Achievement by a Young Alumnus

NNAMDI ASOMUGHA
Interdisciplinary Studies ‘06

Cornerback for the Philadelphia Eagles and chairman of the Asomugha Foundation
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Excellence in Service

EDWARD J. ARNOLD
Business Administration ‘40

More than 70 years of key contributions as a council member of the Class of ‘40, including his role as the major gifts co-chair for the Class of ‘40 scholarship program
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ALAN C. MENDELSON
Political Science ‘69

Immediate past president of the Cal Alumni Association and a current UC Alumni Regent
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Bradford S. King Award for Excellence in Service by a Young Alumnus

MICHAEL LIN
Architecture ‘01

Financial advisor with Ameriprise Financial Services and co-founder of Shoot + Edit + Burn Media
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Outstanding Alumni Group

CAL ALUMNI CLUB OF NEW ENGLAND

Founded in 1975 and served more than 9,000 Cal alumni in six New England states
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