(left to right) 2012 Education for Service recipientsJohn G. FLores, PhD '71, Selma Seiler Sax '63 and Carol DeSouza,
a former staff member. Between the women stands with Chancellor J. Keith Motley.

Each autumn, UMass Boston honors distinguished Boston State College
(and its predecessor institutions) alumni with the "Education for Service" Award.

The awards honor individuals whose lives embody their
alma mater's institutional motto, "Education for Service."

Recipients

2012 (video)
John G. Flores, PhD '71
Selma Seiler Sax '63
Carol DeSouza

2011 (video)
Peter H. Tsaffaras '73
Beverly A. Lowery '75, '80
Gerard F. Burke '59
Joan Moon
John Moon

2010 (video)
Steven Leonard '80
Joyce Murphy '74
George Talbot '68

2009
Patricia Cronin '59
Kathleen Kelley '67
Francis "Mickey" Roach '75

2008
Melvin King '52
Richard W. Newman '36
Mary Grassa O'Neill '68