UMass Amherst Alumni Association President Michaella Morzuch will present the 2017 Distinguished Alumni Awards at noon on Monday April 24, in the Great Hall of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. This year’s recipients include Michael Wessells ’73 MA, ’74 PhD, Distinguished Alumni Award; Suzin Bartley ’80, Distinguished Alumni Service Award; Robert Littleton Jr. ’71, Distinguished Alumni Service Award; Danielle O’Connor Dean ’10, Distinguished Young Alumni Award; Melissa James ’10, Distinguished Young Alumni Award; and Léonce NdikumanaDistinguished Faculty Award.