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Alumni Awards

NUI Galway Alumni Award recipients (back row, l-r): Catriona O’Farrell, Pearse Mee, Dr Morgan O’Connell, Dr Tom Mitchell and Ms Justice Carmel Stewart. Front row, l-r: Dr Jim Browne, NUI Galway President, Olive Loughnane, and Sean O’Rourke, Alumni Association Chairperson

On 7 March 2015, NUI Galway presented the 2015 Alumni Awards at the 15th annual Alumni Awards Gala Banquet.

The Alumni Awards recognise individual excellence and achievements among the University’s more than 90,000 graduates worldwide.

This year Alumni Awards were presented to six outstanding individuals:

Award for Arts, Literature and Celtic Studies sponsored by AIB Dr Tom Mitchell, Former Provost, Trinity College Dublin.	Award for Engineering, Science and Technology sponsored by Aramark Pearse Mee, IT Entrepreneur, founder of AMT-SYBEX.
Award for Business and Commerce sponsored by Bank of Ireland Catriona O’Farrell, Former CEO, Fintrax Group.	Award for Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences sponsored by Medtronic Dr Morgan O’Connell, retired Medical Officer for the Royal Navy, Consultant Psychiatrist and specialist in PTSD.
Award for Law, Public Policy and Government sponsored by Bank of Ireland Ms Justice Carmel Stewart, Judge of the High Court.	Award for Contribution to Sport sponsored by Galway University Foundation Olive Loughnane, Olympic athlete and World Champion, Irish race walker.