The University of Guam Office of Development and Alumni Affairs and UOG Alumni Association are excited to announce the names of the winners of the 2015 UOG Distinguished Alumni Awards. The awards were given out on Nov. 14 at the UOG Alumni Reunion at the Lotte Hotel. A total of six awards were given.

The award is given to those who demonstrate a high level of distinction and achievement through scholarship, research, teaching, creative contributions to the arts or sciences, and/or service to society. They must also exhibit a high degree of character and integrity, civic and University involvement, and whose achievements have local, national or international significance.


The winners are:

Alpha Espina
Teacher, Guam Department of Education
BA Secondary Education, 1988
School of Education

 

 

 

 

Carmelita Gogue
Vice President and General Manager
Marianas Finance Corporation
BBA 1996 and MBA 1999
School of Business & Public Administration

 

 

 

Brigadier General Roderick Leon Guerrero
Adjutant General
Guam National Guard
BA Political Science, 1989
Military Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zennia Pecina
Assistant Administrator of Nursing Services
Guam Memorial Hospital Authority
BSN, 1997
School of Nursing & Health Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Pesch
Business Owner
Guam Family Law Office
MA Micronesian Studies, 2001
College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciecnes

 

 

 

Roy Tsutsui
Senior Political-Military Affairs Policy Advisor and
Coordinating Officer Representative
Joint Region Marianas
BA Biology, 1979
College of Natural & Applied Sciences