AAHHE Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award

Sponsored by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education

The AAHHE Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award recognizes distinguished leadership and long-standing sustained contributions to higher education that transcend the nominees’ respective institutions and have had a notable impact and recognition in the field at the state and/or national levels. Sponsored by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education.

There is no award recipient for the year 2024.

List of past recipients of the Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr. Distinguished Leadership Award:

  • 2023 Raymund Paredes
  • 2022 Carlos E. Santiago, PhD
  • 2021 Ann Quiroz Gates, PhD
  • 2020 Chon Noriega
  • 2019 Mildred Garcia
  • 2018 Nora R. Garza
  • 2017 James E. Brenneman
  • 2016 Dr. Ted Martinez Jr.
  • 2015 Havidán Rodríguez
  • 2014 David López
  • 2014 Tomás Morales
  • 2013 Norma L. Hernandez
  • 2012 J. Michael Ortiz
  • 2011 Leonardo de la Garza
  • 2011 Shirley Reed
  • 2010 Milton A. Gordon
  • 2009 Dolores M. Fernandez
  • 2008 Silas H. Abrego
  • 2007 Diana Natalicio and Ernest H. Moreno
  • 2006 José Jaime Rivera
  • 2005 Blandina Cardenas and Miguel A. Nevarez
  • 2004 Estela López
  • 2003 B. Roberto Cruz
  • 2002 Margarita Benitez
  • 2001 Douglas X. Patiño
  • 2000 Cecilia L. Lopez
  • 1999 Jesús Rangel
  • 1998 Celestino Fernández
  • 1997 Eduardo Padrón
  • 1996 Lattie F. Coor
  • 1995 Victor Alicea
  • 1994 Juliet García
  • 1993 José González
  • 1992 Manuel Pacheco
  • 1991 Alfredo G. de los Santos Jr.
  • 1990 Not awarded
  • 1989 Jaime Escalante
  • 1988 Tomás Arciniega
  • 1987 Arturo Madrid