• Foundation Medal

  For extraordinary vision, literary achievement and commitment to social justice

  

  Toni Morrison

  Toni Morrison is a novelist, editor, and professor, best known for her novels Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Sula, and Song of Solomon. She studied humanities at Howard and Cornell Universities, followed by an academic career at Texas Southern University, Howard University, Yale, and Princeton. She made her debut as a novelist in 1970, soon gaining the attention of both critics and a wider audience for her epic power, unerring ear for dialogue, and poetically-charged and richly-expressive depictions of Black America. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for Beloved, the Nobel Prize in 1993, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012.

  Morrison will also deliver the Baskin Ethics Lecture at 4 p.m. October 25 at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz.

• Fiat Lux Award

  For distinguished volunteer leadership and outstanding generosity to UC Santa Cruz since the founding of the campus.

  

  The Long Family and the Joseph and Vera Long Foundation

  Joseph M. Long, an entrepreneur and co-founder of Longs Drug Stores, created his foundation, The JM Long Foundation, in 1966 as a way of giving back to others after receiving so much in his lifetime. Vera M. Long, a philanthropist and board activist, established The Vera M. Long Foundation in 1988 so that she could fund the growing number of projects that interested her. In 2011, the two foundations merged to form The Joseph & Vera Long Foundation, a private, family foundation that provides financial support to qualified not-for-profit organizations involved with healthcare, education, and conservation in the communities of Northern California and Hawaii.

• Alumni Achievement Award

  For boldly pursuing opportunities unseen by others in the financial industry and providing generous support to the Global Information Internship Program.

  

  Mark Headley

  Mark Headley (Stevenson '83, politics and economics) is board chairman of Matthews International Capital Management, a capital investment firm with more than $20 billion invested in Asia. 

  When Headley became active in Asian investing in 1989, Wall Street had a "hands off" attitude toward the region, but he saw opportunity. Indeed, well-regulated public markets are emerging across Asia, a region where feudal hierarchies and government interference have historically shaped the financial landscape. Among his many accomplishments is a focus on corporate governance and long-term sustainability; additionally, his main fund, the Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund, won awards for stewardship and performance.

  Headley has been widely quoted in major financial publications, has participated in panel discussions at conferences of major financial institutions, and has been a guest on both CNBC and CNN. 

  A generous supporter of UC Santa Cruz, Headley and his wife, Christina Pehl, recently established the Dorothy E. Everett Chair. The endowment supports the campus's Global Information Internship Program (GIIP), which mentors students in information technology and social entrepreneurship. 

• Faculty Research Lecturer

  For his influential research into the effects of incarceration and isolation on prisoners.

  

  Craig Haney

  Psychology professor Haney, selected by UC Santa Cruz's Academic Senate to deliver the annual lecture, embodies the interdisciplinarity so highly valued at UC Santa Cruz. He received a joint Ph.D. and J.D. from Stanford University and has spent his career in the Psychology Department at UC Santa Cruz. Throughout his prolific career, Professor Haney has examined the immediate psychological trauma and long-term mental health effects of incarceration and isolation on prisoners. He has argued persuasively that the prevailing prison conditions and policies in many parts of the country violate the legal and civil rights of prisoners. Haney also studies the traumatic social histories of those accused or convicted of serious violent crimes as well as how legal procedures affect attitudes and beliefs about crime, punishment, and legal fairness.

Mistress of Ceremonies

Teri L. Jackson
Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

The Honorable Teri L. Jackson (Stevenson '77, politics) spent many years as a highly respected trial attorney, and in 2002 she was the first African American woman appointed to the Superior Court bench in San Francisco.

Prior to her appointment, Jackson gained extensive experience in both civil and criminal litigation at the prestigious law firm of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, with specialties in the areas of Proposition 65, employment, trade secret, environmental, real estate, and bankruptcy law. For over 14 years, she was a prosecutor for the San Francisco District Attorney and the San Mateo County District Attorney. As assistant DA in San Francisco, she was managing attorney for homicide, domestic violence, and misdemeanor trials.

She has taught trial advocacy as an adjunct law professor for Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco since 2006.

Throughout her career, Jackson has been dedicated to encouraging increased participation by women and people of color in the legal profession. She has also been active in education, serving as a mentor and encouraging young people to pursue higher education.