NASA astronaut Dr. Andrew Feustel is this year鈥檚 recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award, the highest honour bestowed by the Queen鈥檚 University Alumni Association.
Dr. Feustel, who earned a PhD in geological sciences from Queen鈥檚 in 1995, is one of several alumni who was honoured at the QUAA Alumni Awards Gala on Saturday, March 28 at the Isabel Centre for the Performing Arts.
Dr. Feustel took part in two space shuttle missions. In 2009, he performed three space walks and helped fix the Hubble Space Telescope. In 2011, he was on Space Shuttle Endeavour鈥檚 final mission that spent nearly a month in space at the International Space Station.
The QUAA also recognized Troy McAllister, Artsci/PHE鈥03 at this year鈥檚 Gala, who was honoured with the Alumni Mentorship Award. The former Queen鈥檚 football player has garnered a lot of media attention 鈥 including profiles in the and Sports Illustrated鈥 for his work rebuilding the Wendell Phillips high school football team, a program that was in jeopardy of termination along with the troubled Chicago inner-city school it represented.
鈥淭his year's award recipients have represented Queen's proudly. They are leaders in their communities, across Canada and literally around the globe. Queen's is what it is today because of these amazing alumni,鈥 says QUAA president George M. Jackson, Artsci鈥85 鈥 who will also be at the Gala event this weekend as master of ceremonies.
Other recipients being honoured are:
鈥 Alumni Humanitarian Award: Queen's Players Toronto (Peter Higgins, Artsci'03; Don Duval, Artsci'99; Paul Levia, Artsci'97, MIR'98; Tim Evans, Com'99; Michael Payne, Sc'99, Ed'00)
鈥 Herbert J. Hamilton Award: Kellogg Ngai, Artsci鈥97
鈥 Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching: Catherine Donnelly, Rehab'95, PhD'13 School of Rehabilitation
Therapy
鈥 One to Watch Award: Matthew Lato, Sc'06, PhD'10
鈥 Outstanding Student Award: Nick Francis, Artsci'14
鈥 Branch Rising Star Award: Melissa Pogue, Artsci鈥09 (Toronto Branch)
鈥 Branch Marsha Lampman Award: Jeremy Mosher, Artsci鈥08
鈥 QSAA Volunteer of Distinction Award: Ekaterina Manoilenko, Artsci鈥15
鈥 Branch Event of the Year: Shakers and Stirrers (Ottawa Branch)
