Harold J. Vanderzwaag Distinguished Alumnus Award
In 1993, the Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at Isenberg established the Harold J. VanderZwaag Distinguished Alumnus Award, named in honor of the man who founded the Sport Management Program at the University of Massachusetts. The criteria for the award are: "professional excellence and outstanding achievement in the sports industry and dedication to the Sport Management Program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst."
Alumnus Award Winners:
2011-12 - Neal Huntington, MS '92 and Carolanne McAuliffe, BS '90
2010-11 - Wade Martin, MS '96 and Burke Magnus, MS '94
2009-10 - Paul Archey, MS '89 and Jim Carr, MS '90, Lisa Masteralexis, BS '87
2007-08 - Thorr Bjorn, BS '90 and Bob DeCarolis, MS '79
2006-07 - John Wentzell, MS '84 and Amy Scheer, BS '86
2005-06 - Sporty Jeralds, MS '83 and Joseph McEacharn, BS '95
2004-05 - Amy Ehrlich, BS '84 and William Munson, MS '73
2003-04 - Greg Bouris, BS '83 and Tom Peters, MS '72
2002-03 - Robert Newman, MS '87 Jay Ogden, MS, '78
2001-02 - Harvey Greene, MS '76 and Peter Luukko, BS' 84
2000-01 - Wayne Levy, BS '87 and Dave Littlefield, MS '88
1999-00 - Bill Hubbard, BS '87 and Jeff Price, MS '89
1998-99 - Stephen McKelvey, MS '85 and Jeff Twiss, BS '87
1997-98 - Anne Flannery, MS '89 and Dennis Mannion, BS '82
1996-97 - Sandy Barbour, MS '83 and Barney Hinkle, MS '85
1995-96 - Richard Ensor, MS '84 and Charles Steedman, BS '84
1994-95 - Judith Davidson, Ph.D. '83 and Dennis Robinson, MS '82
1993-94 - Chet Gladchuk, MS '74, Carl Hirsh, MS '80, Michael Tamburro, BS '75, and Patricia Viverito, MS '79.
Harold J. VanderZwaag, Professor Emeritus, B.A., Calvin College, 1951. M.A., University of Michigan, 1952. Ph.D., 1962. Dr. VanderZwaag came to the University in 1967 as Head of the
Department of Physical Education for Men. In 1974, Professor
VanderZwaag was appointed as the first Head of the Department of Sport
Studies (later becoming Sport Management and now the Mark H. McCormack
Department of Sport Management).
Dr. VanderZwaag is the author and coauthor of six books.
Throughout his tenure he was the president of the Philosophic Society
for the Study of Sport and editor of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport.
His academic appointments prior to UMass were the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy, DePaul University and the University of Illinois at
Champaign/Urbana. He was a visiting lecturer at several universities in
the United States, Canada and Europe. It was during this time that he
was appointed as a Landsdowne Scholar at the University of Victoria,
British Columbia.
Professor VanderZwaag's career is marked by the development of
the UMass Sport Management Department in 1973 and is still revered as
the pioneer of Sport Management education. In 2007 Professor Dr.
VanderZwaag was recognized by the Institute for International Sport as
one of the 100 Most Influential Sports Educators in America.
