Awards
AUC's Alumni Awards Ceremony is an annual celebration hosted by the Office of Alumni Engagement to celebrate AUC graduates who have exhibited exceptional dedication and made a remarkable difference to their careers and communities. Their successes are saluted at this annual event in the presence of their peers, families and friends, and culminates in a presentation of distinguished alumni and service awards by the AUC president. Previous alumni award winners have included Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel ’68, Nadia Makram Ebeid (MA ’77), Lobna Abdel Aziz ’54, Laila Rustom ’56, Mona El Tahawy ’90, ’92 and Lawrence Wright (MA ’71).
Recipients of Distinguished Alumni Awards
2022 June • Ahmed Ismail '97
2022 June • Mohamed Shelbaya '90
2018 April • Abdalla El-Ebiary ’94
2018 April • Heba Hagrass ’82 98
2017 May • Khaled Hegazy ’93, ’98 • Nidal Assar ’95
2016 May • Minoush Abdel-Meguid ’96
2016 March • Ahmed Zahran '02
2015 May • Randa Abdou ’88 • Noha Bakr ’87, ’91 • H.E. Ambassador Walid Abdelnasser ’83, ’85
2014 May • Shahinaz Foda ’89, ‘93 • Khaled Sheta ‘87 • Ghada Wagdy ‘87
2013 May • Sameh Aboul Enein ’86 • Hatem Dowidar ’01
2012 May • Ahmed Bakry ’87, ‘90
2010 May • Mona El Tahawy ‘90, ‘92 • Edward Walker (ALU)
2010 April • Mostafa Mansour ’62, ‘65 • Karim Bichara ‘97 • Emad El Sewedy ‘88
2010 March • Anas El Saket ‘69 • Khaled Al Wazani ‘90
2009 June • A. Gopinathan • Hisham Badr ‘ 82, ‘87 • Violette Jaggi ’73
2009 April • Mary Iskander ‘76 • Mervat El Kaffas ‘80 • Karim Ramadan ’88
2008 November • Juan Ricardo Cole ‘78 • Mervat Hatem ’71, ‘75
2008 April • Abdulkareem Assaad Abu Alnasr ‘89
2008 February • Mohamed Shafik Gabr ‘73
2007 November • Salim Nassar ‘60
2007 October • Lawrence Wright ’71 MA
2006 November • David Bonderman ALU
2006 October • Jaweed Al Ghussein ’53 (deceased)
2006 May • Sadek Wahba ‘87 • Azza Karam ‘88
2005 October • Farkhonda Hassan ’67 MSC • Mohamed Abughazaleh ‘67
2005 June • Akil Beshir ‘79
2004 October • Abdulrahman Hayel Saeed ‘68 • Jawad Anani ‘67 • Tarek Amer ‘80 • Wasef Jabsheh ‘67 • Nicholas Kristof (YAB’84) • Yervant Terzian ‘60
2004 May • Assaad Kelada ‘61
2004 April • Samir Shihabi ‘47
2003 November • Nabil Fahmy ’74, ‘77 • Lyutha Mughairy ‘69
2003 October • Wagdi Rabbat ’75 MSC • Adel El Labban ’77, ‘80 • Mohamed Hisham El Sherif ’79 DPL
2002 October • Sam Zakhem ‘57 • Lobna Abdel Aziz ‘54 • Hassan Abdalla ’82, ‘94 • Sherif El Zayat ‘92
2002 February • Antranig Sarkissian ‘57 • Charles Onyongo-Obbo ’85 MA • Youssef Ibrahim ‘68 • In’am Mufti ‘56
2001 • Ramzi Dalloul ‘59 • Seifallah Coutry Hassan ‘75 • Gamal Mubarak ’83, ‘86 • Nadia Makram Ebeid ’77 MA
1999 • Mohamed Hassan Faki ’60 (deceased) • Fuad Barahim ’56 (deceased) • Souhail El Farouki ‘68 • Mona Makram Ebeid ’75 MA • Heba Handoussa ‘66
1998 • Mervat Tallawy ’61 • Kamel Tewfik Diab MA ’71 • Yousreya Loza ’82 MA
1995 • Aida Guindi ’43 (deceased) • Louis Greiss ’55 • Mohamed Shafik Gabr ‘73 • Ahmed Ismail Fakhr ’81 MA
1985 • Abdel Wahab Al Tammar ’61 • Laila Shukri El Hamamsy ‘46
1984 • Ahmed Abdullatif ’57 • Avedis Tchakedjian ’33 (deceased)
1983 • Adel Dajani ’52 • Hanna Rizk ’34 (deceased)
1982 • Aziza Shukri Hussein ’42 • Yousef Abdul Latif Jameel ’68
Recipients of Alumni Entrepreneurs Under 40 Awards
2022 June • Alain El Hajj '15 • Islam Shawky '15 • Mostafa Menessy '16
2022 June • Hadeer Shalaby '11
2022 June • Mohamed Aboulnaga '09
Recipients of Distinguished Young Alumni Awards
2018 April • Yasmine Kamar ’11
2017 May • Seif Abou Zaid ’08
2015 May • Mohamed Rafea '03
2014 May • Monica Hanna ’04, ’07
Distinguished Alumni Award in Memoriam
2022 June • Khaled Bichara '93 | Received by his wife, Marianne Simaika '94
2022 June • Ahmed Helmy '97 | Received by his wife, Yasmine Mahdy '98
Distinguished Alumni Athletes Award
2022 June • Omar El Borolossy '00
2022 June • Sherif El Saket '93
Recipients of Distinguished Alumni Volunteer Awards
2022 June • Manal Hassan '90 DPL '08
2022 June • Raghda El Ebrashi '04 '07
2017 May • Sara Selim ’07
2012 May • Mohammed Ismail ‘87 • Hisham Abbas ‘88
2010 April • Leila Saad ’66
2010 February • Sharifa Mohamed Al Lamki ’56
2009 October • Tarek El Sherbini ’97
2008 October • Aleya Aly Rouchdy ’62
2006 October • Mona Omran El Shaffei (Mrs. Gehad Madi) ’82 ‘90 (deceased)
2005 May • Marileez Doss Suter ‘72
2004 December • Amani Bassili ‘83 • Magdi El Difrawi ’72 MA • Nesreen Al Refai ‘90 • Samar Atassi ’87 ‘91
2004 June • Tarek Rouchdy ‘76
2004 April • Abla Leheta ‘69
2003 October • Ibrahim Saleh ’91, ’00 • Zeinab El Naggar ’68, ’72 (deceased)
2002 October • Laila Doss ‘81
2002 February • Isis Kelada ’50 (deceased)
2001 • Nawal Hassan ‘56 • Violette Jaggi ‘73 • Mohamed Sadek Radwan ‘69 • Bassam Jabr ‘63
1999 • Marie Bassili Assaad ’44, ’45 and ‘69 • Galal Zaki ‘68 • Mounir Doss ’62, ‘72
1998 • Leon Ishkanian ’52 (deceased) • Wafiya El Hassany ’48, ‘50 • Nabil Mazhar ’89 (deceased)
1995 • Saneya Saleh ’71, ’76 (deceased) • Rashed Fakhro ’67 • Abdalla Juma’h ‘65
Recipients of Alumni Achievement Awards
2008 November • Amin Khayyal ‘95
2008 February • Omar Samra ‘00
2008 January • Mustafa Abdel-Wadood ‘91
2007 February • Maha Mohiyeldin Ragab ‘76
2006 December • Laila Rustom ‘ 56 • Mona El Shazly ’96 • Lamees El Hadidi ’87, 90 • Nihal Saad ‘96
2006 June • Laila El Missiri ‘ 62, ‘69 • Iman Bibars ’81, 88
2005 June • Ayman Ayad ‘87 • Wael Amin ’93, ’06
2004 October • Wadie Philistin ‘42
2004 June • Fatma Hamza ‘55 • Salah Eldin Faiq ‘54
Recipients of Distinguished Alumni Faculty Service Awards
2018 April • Ayman Ismail ’95 ’97
2017 May • Adham Ramadan ’91
2016 May • Nagla Rizk ’83, ’87
2015 May • Amal Essawi ’89, ’90
2014 May • Sherif Kamel ’88, '90, ‘13
2013 May • Ahmed Tolba ‘97, ‘01
2012 May • Hoda Grant ‘83 • Mervat Abou Ouf ’88, ‘02
Recipient of the Alumni of the Year Award
2013 May • Yosri Fouda ’92
