Robert Switz of Wayzata, Minn. receives Distinguished Alumni Award from Quinnipiac University

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Quinnipiac University President John L. Lahey, left, Robert E. Switz of Wayzata Minn., and Patrick A. Charmel, president of the Quinnipiac University Alumni Association’s National Board of Governors.

HAMDEN, CT (02/18/2010)(readMedia)-- Robert E. Switz, of Wayzata Minn., received the Distinguished Alumni Award at Quinnipiac University's Winter Homecoming celebration on Feb. 6.

The Distinguished Alumni Award is presented to alumni that have displayed outstanding leadership and achievement in their careers, have continually served their local and global community, have acted as a conduit for alumni who are looking to reconnect with the university and have displayed philanthropic loyalty and bonds with Quinnipiac.

Switz is chairman, president and CEO of ADC Telecommunications, Inc. a leading global provider of fiber connectivity, wireless coverage and capacity solutions for communications service providers.

Switz serves as a director on the boards of Micron Technology Inc., Broadcom Corp. and the Telecommunications Industry Association. He received the CFO Excellence Award from "CFO Magazine" in 1999.

Switz earned his bachelor's degree in business studies at Quinnipiac in 1969.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 5,700 full-time undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students in 52 undergraduate and 19 graduate programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac ranks among the top 10 universities with master's programs in the Northern region in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges. The 2009 issue of U.S. News and World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the North. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's The Best 371 Colleges. For more information, please visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu.