Third Age Achievement Awards Past Honorees
Honoring more than 30 Years of
Leadership, Service and Community Impact
Since its inception, the Third Age Achievement Awards have recognized individuals whose leadership, service and dedication have strengthened our community. This page honors those whose contributions reflect lives of distinction and lasting impact across the Capital Region.
Featuring Our 2025 Honorees
Frederick M. Altman
Attorney
Altman and Associates
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Barbara E. Carroll
Volunteer
Whiskers Animal Benevolent League • LifePath
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Fredrick W. Erlich
Founder & CEO • Living Resources
Consultant & Board Member • Community Services
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Chris Foster &
Patrick White
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Paul Grondahl
Opalka Endowed Director
NYS Writers Institute at the
University at Albany
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The Rev. Dr. William R. Hinrichs
St. John’s Episcopal Church of Cohoes • Episcopal Diocese of Albany
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Richard F. Holub, M.D.
President
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
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Charles Patricelli
Mayor
City of Watervliet
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Wanda F. Willingham
Deputy Chairwoman & District 3 Legislature
Albany County
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Dr. Benita Zahn
B Your Best, LLC
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Past Honorees
2025
Frederick M. Altman • Barbara Carroll • Fredrick W. Erlich • Chris Foster & Patrick White • Paul Grondahl • The Rev. Dr. William R. Hinrichs • Richard F. Holub, MD • Mayor Charles Patricelli • Hon. Wanda F. Willingham • Dr. Benita Zahn
2024
Monika Boeckmann • Joe Culver • Kathryn Kavanaugh • Hon. Carolyn McLaughlin • Lou Pierro, Esq. • Sgt. Lenny Ricchiuti • Jack Roddy
2023
2022
Carm Basile • Charlie Diamond • Deborah Goedeke • Dr. Lee McElroy, Jr. • Libby Post • Charles Ries, Esq. • Peter Ten Eyck II
2021
Wally Altes • Dr. John Bennett • Alice Greeen • Jim Harris, Sr. • Paul Lamar • Lilian Moy • Nicholas TeBordo • Marcia White
2020
Jerry Abdelnour • Robert Beston • Thomas Flynn • Diane Hart • Richard Lovrich • F. Michael Tucker • Jeff Weiss • Earl Zimmerman, MD
2019
David Carpenter, MD • Robert Curley • Alan Goldstein • Bishop Howard James Hubbard • Joseph Reilly • Paula Stopera • Paul Vandenburg • Marilyn Wheeler
2018
T. Gregory Dewey, Ph.D. • Barbara Hildreth • Robert W. Lazar, CPA • Bernadette Mayersohn • Edward Neary • Kenneth Raymond • Kevin B. Tully, CPA • Michele Vennard
2017
Vincent W. Colonno • Rev. Kenneth J. Doyle • Benna Eldridge • Virginia Golden • Michael C. Hoffman • Barbara J. McDonald • LeGrande Serras • Senator Jim Tedisco • Thomas Tyrrell • Michael Whiteman
2016
Eunice Antonucci • Patricia J. Binzer • Ronald Canestrari • Michael Esposito • Gregory Hurd • E. Stewart Jones, Esq. • James Morrell • Yono & Donna Purnomo • Ronald W. Toseland, Ph.D.
2015
Ann G. DiSarro • Nancy Fuller • Juan George • Gerald D. Jennings • Robert McMahon • Tanya Owens • Dr. James H. Puelo, Ph.D. • Henry J. Steadman, Ph.D.
2014
W. Brian Barr • Stephen R. Coffey • Garry J. Kearns • Benjamin Mendel, Jr. • Nellie Morton • Edward P. Ryan • Michael J. Ryan • Dr. Mark Sullivan • Congressman Paul D. Tonko
2012
Michael Breslin • Rita Cook • Joan Dembinski • Karl Gohlke • Dr. Martha Lepow • Barbara McGuiness • Lawrence Shore
2011
William Bergenzer • Professor Phillip DiNovo • Richard Iannello • Dr. Douglas North • Richard Seiden • Lois Wilson
2010
Shirley Bristol • David Coplon • Jane Golub • Jack Keenan • James & Georginan Panton • Aileen Sternfeld • Regina Warner
2009
John & Barbara Flynn • Ursula Garreau-Rickenbacher • Nancy Hoffman • Sister Mary Rose McGeady • Anne Pope • Francis M. Sheehan • Ken Skinner
2008
Manoja Ajmera • Cynthia Cromie • Shirley Curtis • Robert Herman, Ph.D. • Mary V. Ryan
2007
Hon. Howard Levine • Margaret Moore • Dr. William & Adrienne Rockwood • Nancy Roth • Roana Roy • Herbert Schultz • Sue Zick
2006
Elsa DeBeer • Marvin A. Freedman • Kathleen Balthazar Heitzmann • Caroline B. Mason • Hon. Lucille M. McKnight • Henritta Messier • Miriam Maccoby Netter • Willian & Sandra Teatem
2005
Dr. Jane Altes • Virginia Bowers • Charles Buchanan • Blase Iuliano • Dr. Mary Kahl • Dr. Arnold Ritterbrand • Dr. Clifford Ritterbrand • Richard Robison
2004
Dr. Alan Chartock • Dr. Sam Ciccio • Robert DiSio • John Egan • Elizabeth Shaver • Margaret Syrett
2003
Harry Apkarian • Ernest Kahn • Joseph Koval • Jean Krokenberger • Judith Lyons • Dr. Robert Pietman • Peggy Slocum • Brent Steuerwald
2002
Richard Aucliar • James P. Faugnan, Jr. • Heidi McKinley • Patricia Peterson • William Redmond • Evelyn Kennedy Sturdevan • C. Jordan Vail
2001
John Bach • Jaura Bradley Chodos • Vicci Crosier • Adelaide Muhlfelder • Kenneth Rapsard • Ruth Salter • James R. Sandner • Hon. Carol S. Wallace
2000
Patrick J. Amodeo • Rena P. Button • Dr. Munir Jabbur • Margaret Krause • Marion Lamar • John J. McNulty • Elizabeth Sonneborn
1998
Dr. John Balient • William Barnet, II • David Coplon • Robert Ford • Raymond Joyce, Jr. • Stephen Lewis • J. Spencer Standish • Jane Adams Wait
1996
Rezsin Adams • Dr. Richard T. Beebe • Mary Breslin • Donald Cohen • Dr. Patricia Peterson • Henry Quellmalz • Philip J. Thompson • Leslie Urback