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Cornell Hillel's Tanner Prize event is held each spring in New York City, celebrating the Cornell Jewish community and Jewish life on campus. The event brings together Hillel and Cornell Trustees, University administrators, Jewish alumni and parents, and Hillel student leaders.
The TANNER PRIZE, named for visionary philanthropist and communal leader Harold Tanner '52, is awarded annually by Cornell Hillel to an individual or family, honoring their significant contributions and service to the Jewish people and to Cornell University.
Tanner Prize Recipients
2023: Herbert Neuman '53 and Elena Neuman Lefkowitz '88
2022: Harriet Schleifer '74
2020: Marc Schlussel '77, MBA '78
2019: Shelley Akabas '51
2018: Joseph Lubeck ‘78
2017: James S. Tisch ’75
2016: Roald Hoffmann
2015: David Skorton
2014: Lynn ’65 and Jules ’63 Kroll
2013: Seth ‘Yossi’ Siegel ’74, J.D. ’78
2012: Susan Murphy ’73, Ph.D. ’94
2011: Robert J. Katz ’69
2010: Irene B. Rosenfeld ’75, M.S. ’77, Ph.D. ’80 and Allison Rosenfeld ’08
2008: Irwin ’54, Joan ’54, Gary and Jerri-Ann Jacobs
2007: Andrew Tisch ’71
2006: Abby Joseph Cohen ’73 and David M. Cohen ’73
2005: Barbara Friedman ’59
