Awards
ENDOWMENT LEADERSHIP AWARD
The Foundation’s Endowment Leadership Award is the highest honor that our organization bestows. It is awarded in recognition of extraordinary service, generosity, and commitment to the Buffalo Jewish community. Our Community and Corporate Leadership Awards recognize significant contributions throughout Western New York.
1985
Ann S. Riwchun*
Sheldon Hurwitz*
1986
Ruth Kahn Stovroff *
Sanford M. Nobel
1987
J. Milton Zeckhauser*
Richard Brummer
1988
Edwin Polokoff
1989
Benjamin Smith*
1990
Nancy S. Warner*
Robert C. Hayman*
1991
Nathan Benderson*
1992
Ambassador Leonard Rochwarger*
1993
Gordon R. Gross*
1994
Regina Holland*
Ann Holland Cohn*
1995
Haskell I. Stovroff*
James I. Stovroff*
1996
Harry Dosberg*
Paul P. Dosberg*
1997
Rose* and Leonard Frank*
1998
Shirley * and Sam Zemsky*
Dr. Richard Ament*
1999
Sylvia L. Rosen*
2000
Dorothy* and Byron Goldman*
2002
Fanette* and Harold Goldman*
Stanford Lipsey*
2003
Eugene M. Setel*
2004
Nathan Benderson*
Lifetime Achievement Award
2005
Dr. Sol Messinger
2006
Ruth Kahn Stovroff*
Lifetime Achievement Award
2007
Hyman B. Shuman*
Charles E. Shuman
Irving M. Shuman*
2008
Wayne D.* and Janet K. Wisbaum
2012
Hannah R. and
Norman L. Weinberg
2014
Gordon R. Gross*
Lifetime Achievement Award
2015
Holly W. and Jordan A. Levy
2016
Janet R. and David H. Desmond
2021
David Feuerstein
2022
Howard S. Rosenhoch
2023
Karen & Rick Zakalik
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
2009
Maestro JoAnn Falletta
Dr. Enrico Mihich*
2010
David Bunis
Dr. Saul Elkin
2013
David Dunkelman
Peter Fleischmann
Marlene Schillinger
Evie Weinstein
2014
Charles F. Kreiner Jr.,
Professional Advisor Award
2017
Jewish Buffalo Archives Project
CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AWARD
2003
M&T Bank
2011
The Buffalo News
2014
Independent Health
*deceased