Alumni Awards

The Cal Aggie Alumni Association of the University of California, Davis, today (March 8) announced the recipients of its 2022 Alumni Awards. 

The awards honor the accomplishments of six dedicated alumni and friends, including a doctor dedicated to improving diversity in health care, a former CEO who has devoted his life’s work to sustainability in the tech industry and a legendary winemaker of the Napa Valley. 

Francisco Rodriguez ’85 M.S. ’97 was honored at the Alumni Awards Gala on Feb. 1 as this year’s Jerry W. Fielder Award winner.

This year’s Young Alumnus Award winner Richard Addante Ph.D. ’11 – only seven years out from graduation – is already the only psychologist to participate in a NASA simulation mission to Mars.

This year’s UC Davis Alumni Awards honor three leaders in higher education, one of the Most Powerful Women in Healthcare Information Technology, a neuroscientist who worked with NASA, a health professional using film to convey vital information and a dynamic duo of Aggie advocates.

This February, the Cal Aggie Alumni Association’s (CAAA) 45th Annual Alumni Awards Gala brought laughter, tears and Aggie Pride to the audience and awardees.