Five accomplished alumni were each presented with a 2014 John Jay Award for distinguished professional achievement at the 36th annual John Jay Awards Dinner, held at Cipriani 42nd Street. The honorees were Joyce Chang ’86, managing director, global head of fixed income research, J.P. Morgan; Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz ’62, PS’66, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and professor of biochemistry and chemistry at Duke University Medical Center; James L. Melcher ’61, founding partner, Balestra Capital; Michael S. Solender ’86, Americas vice chair and general counsel, Ernst & Young; and Mozelle W. Thompson ’76, LAW’81, CEO, Thompson Strategic Consulting.
The dinner raised $1.1 million for the John Jay National Scholars Program, which provides financial aid and special programming to enhance the academic and extracurricular experiences of outstanding students.