Founded in 1999, the Cornerstone Award is given annually to a member of the University of Michigan faculty or staff. The award recognizes the unique contributions and assistance that this individual has given to enhance the academic and social progress of African American students at the University of Michigan.

Below is a list of the Cornerstone Award winners of past years:

1999
Ms. Elzora Holland - Comprehensive Studies Program

2000
Dr. Anne Monterio - School of Engineering

2001
Dr. Dwight Fontenot - Comprehensive Studies Program

2002
Ms. Denise Lee - Comprehensive Studies Program

2003
Ms. Robbie Dye - Housing

2004
Mr. John Marshall - Comprehensive Studies Program

2005
Ms. Elizabeth James - Center for Afro-American and African Studies

2006
Dr. Tiya Miles - Comprehensive Studies Program
Mr. Tyrone Winfrey - Office of Undergraduate Admissions

2007
Dr. Hanes Walton, Jr. - College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Ms. Charlae Davis - Comprehensive Studies Program

2008
Dr. Patricia Gurin - Nancy Cantor Distinguished University Professor, Emerita, of Psychology and Women’s Studies
Mr. Greg Hardin - Associate Director of Athletics, Director of Athletic Counseling

2009
Dr. David Wooten - School of Business
Dr. Rochelle Woods - Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives

2010
Dr. Patricia Coleman Burns - School of Nursing
Ms. Lydia Middleton - Office of New Student Programs

2011
Professor Jon Onye Lockard - Afro-American and African Studies
Ms. Sharon Burch - College of Engineering

2012
Dr. Stephen Ward - Afro-American and African Studies and Residential College
Ms. Katherine Weathers - Department of Afro-American and African Studies

2013
Dr. Phillip Bowman - School of Education and Institute for Social Research
Dr. John Matlock - Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives
Mary Stewart - Event Services

2014
Nesha Haniff - Department of Afro-American and African Studies
Leon Howard III - University Housing Hall Director