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Connections Begin in the ’Grove & Go Beyond

Susquehanna’s 22,000 alumni are connected across the globe.

From New York to the United Kingdom, Los Angeles to Singapore and everywhere in between, the university’s global footprint reaches far and wide. Led by Susquehanna University’s Alumni Association Board, there are many ways in which alumni can remain connected to each other and their alma mater — regardless of where they are in the world.

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Become A Volunteer

Susquehanna alumni can volunteer their time and talent to the university in many ways. Become a volunteer today!

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Welcome New Students

Imagine how special the members of the Class of 2029 and transfer students will feel when they find notes from alumni welcoming them to the Susquehanna community.

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Give

At Susquehanna, every contribution, no matter the size, helps to uphold our mission to prepare students for lives of achievement, leadership and success.

Alumni Association Board

The mission of Susquehanna University’s Alumni Association Board is to enrich the lives of Susquehanna’s alumni and students by bringing the alumni community together through activities and programs meant to deepen engagement with each other and the university. Alumni Board members serve as ambassadors and philanthropists; act as a conduit between the alumni community and current and prospective students; and work to ensure students experience the same academic experiences and opportunities for personal and professional growth that generations of River Hawks enjoyed during their time on campus.

Additionally, the Alumni Board regularly supports signature programs and events like Homecoming–Reunion Weekend, Break Through, regional alumni events and OneSU, Susquehanna’s annual day of giving.

Homecoming-Reunion

Break Through

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Executive Committee

Jamie Malachowski ’09 Hindman, President
Valarie Bastek ’06, First Vice President
Craig Housenick ’98, Second Vice President
Kyle Robertson ’11, Past President

Alumni Board Members-At-Large

Courtney Allen ’08
Viulka Arias Guzman ’15
Robert Campbell ’79
Stephanie Chan ’13
Torrance Cleveland ’00
Matthew Curran ’92
Rachel Folk ’05
Dave Getz ’78
Brett Marin-Hernandez ’25
Kendra Kent ’24
Stacy Koppenhaver ’92
Charlie McLeskey ’68
Alysha Melnyk ’14
Andy Nagy ’08
Casey Nickerson ’23
Stephen Porter ’97
Kat Kissinger ’86 Snowe
Jacob Trevino ’02
Robb Whitmoyer ’80
Brian Williams ’99

Nominate Future Board Members

You can nominate a fellow River Hawk or yourself. Nominations are reviewed annually beginning each calendar year. Terms begin on July 1. New members are ratified at the fall meeting. Nominees should meet the following criteria to serve as:

Representative — Acts as a representative voice across their respective units, divisions, geographies, cultures/ethnicities, personal identities, volunteer activities, student affiliations, etc.
Ambassador — Attends or has attended a minimum of two local/regional events.
Donor — Is or willing to be an annual or semi-annual donor.

Submit A Nomination

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Celebrate Outstanding Alumni

Nominate a fellow River Hawk for one of two honors: the Emerging Champion Award (graduates from 2010–2024) or the Exceptional Champion Award (Class of 2009 or earlier). These awards recognize achievement, leadership and service. Honorees are celebrated at signature events throughout the year.

Submit A Nomination

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Past Alumni Award Recipients

Since 1956, the Susquehanna University Alumni Association has honored alumni of distinction who exemplify the university’s mission of achievement, leadership and service in all aspects of their lives.

Susquehanna’s bronze Alumni Award medal, sculpted by the late George Tamke, depicts a woman of the Susquehannock tribe, for whom the Susquehanna River is named. The river is expressed in the arc of the medal. Members of the Susquehannock Tribe were the original inhabitants of the river valley where Susquehanna University makes its home.

Achievement

1956 Jerry D. Bogar ’99
1956 Guy M. Bogar ’21
1957 George E. Fisher ’88
1957 John I. Woodruff ’88
1958 Roger M. Blough ’25
1959 John J. Houtz ’08
1960 Harold N. Moldenke ’29
1961 Donald M. Pace ’28
1962 Eugene T. Adams ’26
1963 Mary Weimer ’28 Moffitt
1964 Lillian E. Fisher ’12
1965 Harry V. Knorr ’17
1966 Ira C. Gross ’15
1967 Glenn L. Musser ’41
1968 Merle A. Beam ’22
1969 Erle I. Shobert II ’35
1970 Claude A. Buss ’24
1971 Lee E. Boyer ’26
1972 Norman R. Benner ’25
1973 Henry H. Cassler ’34
1974 Ralph C. Geigle ’35
1975 John Garcia Gensel ’40
1976 Lawrence M. Isaacs ’43
1977 Marvin W. Schlegel ’28
1978 Paul M. Orso ’40
1979 William E. Ecenbarger ’61
1980 Paul D. Coleman ’40
1981 E. Dorthea Meyer ’33
1982 Herman G. Stuempfle Jr. ’45
1983 Leon C. Chesley ’29
1984 Robert A. Boyer ’38
1985 Douglas E. Arthur ’49
1986 Raymond C. Lauver ’50
1987 John F. Lewis ’27
1988 Albert P. Molinaro Jr. ’50
1989 Samuel D. Ross ’54
1990 Joe W. Kleinbauer ’63
1991 Arthur F. Bowen ’65
1992 Stephen T. Toy ’61
1993 Carl H. Hitchner ’62
1994 Raymond J. Kerstetter Jr. ’59
1995 Alice Ann Patterson ’58 Jacobs
1996 Carl L. Campbell ’65
1997 Peter M. Nunn ’57
1998 Terry L. March ’67
1999 Nicholas A. Lopardo ’68
2000 Richard E. Caruso ’65, Ph.D.
2001 Dawn Grigg ’68 Mueller, M.D.
2002 Bonnie Bucks ’65 Reece
2003 Michael E. Collins ’73
2004 Gary E. Baylor ’69
2004 Jay H. Feaster ’84
2005 Charles “Rusty” Flack ’76
2007 Marla McNally ’79 Phillips
2009 Robert J. Summer ’63, Ph.D.
2010 Marie E. Burns ’92, Ph.D.
2010 Hugo J. Warns III ’90
2011 Wayne Fisher ’66
2012 Margaret Fisher ’71
2013 Mary Coughlin ’82
2014 Donna Di Ianni ’78
2015 Richard Dorman ’75
2016 Craig Housenick ’98
2017 Thomas Dodd ’92
2018 William “Bill” McCullough ’91
2019 Tim Murray ’93
2020 W. Jay Bosanko ’92
2022 Catherine Pierce ’00

Service

1961 Clyde R. Spitzner ’37
1962 Mary Farlling ’28 Holloway
1963 John F. Harkins ’15
1964 H. Vernon Blough ’31
1965 Lester G. Shannon ’15
1966 Lawrence C. Fisher ’31
1966 Dan MacCuish H’55
1967 Raymond P. Garman ’30
1968 Raymond L. Lubold ’13
1969 W. Alfred Streamer ’29
1969 Gustave W. Weber H’77
1970 Mabel Kinzey ’24 Fetterolf
1970 Marlyn R. Fetterolf ’23
1971 S. John Price ’42
1972 Aberdeen Phillips ’34 Hutchinson
1972 D. Edgar Hutchinson ’34
1973 Katherine P. Reed ’29
1974 Jack P. Shipe ’40
1975 Blanche Forney ’42 Rogers
1975 Edward S. Rogers ’42
1976 Charles E. Chaffee ’27
1976 Dorothy Chaffee ’28 Rothermel
1976 William O. Roberts ’29
1977 Harold E. Shaffer ’40
1977 Ruth Naylor ’41 Shaffer
1978 Richard A. Scharfe ’31
1979 Louise Mehring ’35 Koontz
1980 Timothy E. Barnes ’35
1981 George H. Bantley ’41
1982 Harry W. Butts ’48
1983 Marsh C. Bogar ’51
1984 William C. Davenport ’53
1984 Donald E. Wissinger ’50
1985 Peter M. Nunn ’57
1986 Robert A. Gabrenya ’40
1987 Louise E. West ’39
1988 Robert L. Hackenberg ’56
1989 Francis “Rudy” Gelnett ’37
1989 Chester G. Rowe ’52
1990 Louise Kresge ’45 Isaacs
1991 Leah Cryder ’47 Oberheim
1992 Charles H. “Buss” Carr ’52
1993 Ruth Eleanor McCorkill ’43
1994 Douglas E. Arthur ’49
1995 Robert M. Bastress ’39
1996 Lynn Hassinger ’57 Askew
1997 Jack K. Bishop ’57
1998 Hazel Brobst ’51 Brown, Ph.D.
1999 Lawrence M. Isaacs ’43
2000 Raymond C. Lauver ’50
2001 Samuel D. Ross ’54
2002 Dorothy M. Anderson ’62
2002 E. Raymond Shaheen ’37
2003 Robert A. Pittello ’51
2004 Richard D. Spotts ’68
2004 Rebecca Shade ’54 Mignot
2005 William A. Lewis ’68
2005 Jill Stevens ’74 Fecker
2007 Stephanie Haase ’60 Moore
2007 Warren C. Herrold ’41, Ph.D.
2008 Kathi Stine ’76 Flack
2008 Virginia A. Lloyd ’81
2009 Robert L. ’59 and Linda Traub ’61 Fiscus
2009 Robert Campbell ’79
2010 James W. Summers ’64
2010 Samuel D. Clapper ’68
2011 Kenneth Hugendubler ’90
2011 Larry Hutchison ’80
2012 Sue Davis ’66
2012 Robert ’69 and Carol Scherb ’70 Ray
2013 Kat Swift ’02
2013 Robert Hain ’82
2014 David Johnson ’69
2014 Richard Janes ’69
2015 Jeff Morgan ’82
2015 Michael Kling ’80
2016 Karen Goeringer ’61 Snider
2016 Robb Whitmoyer ’80
2017 J. Thomas Uhler ’70
2017 Keith Costello ’73
2018 J. Donald Steele ’73
2018 Margaret Anne “Meg” Finley ’85 Flournoy
2019 Kara DiCamillo ’99
2019 Patrick J. McElroy ’07
2020 Kevin Fitzpatrick ’78
2020 Luke Eddinger ’00
2022 Lou Santangelo ’50
2022 Merle Ulsh ’55

Leadership

2002 Stephen R. Shilling ’80
2003 Frank J. Trembulak ’69
2004 Ralph E. Purpur ’66
2005 John R. Strangfeld ’75
2007 Joseph A. Snyder Jr. ’64
2007 Pamela Gehron ’74 Robey, Ph.D.
2008 James F. App ’65
2009 Edward Schmidt ’69
2010 Stephen G. Wallace ’81
2011 Irving Miller ’71
2012 Greg Carr ’83
2013 Suzanne Yenchko ’68
2014 Marsha Lehman ’74
2015 Peter Arduini ’86
2016 James Jordan ’75
2017 Samuel Hoff ’79
2018 The Hon. Abigail C. Myers ’01 Legrow
2019 Heidi M. Heikenfeld ’00
2020 Annette “Toni” Tomarazzo ’84
2022 Nicole Payne ’99

Outstanding Recent & Young Alumni

2002 Amy Murphy Nolen ’85
2003 Lara K. Primak, ’90 M.D.
2003 Douglas B. Carlson ’88
2004 Tammy Frailey Shearer ’92
2004 Geoffrey A. Shearer ’91
2005 Kevin Akner ’85
2007 Peter M. de Mets ’93
2007 Jayanthi Jayawardena Wolf ’96
2008 Michelle McIntyre-Brewer ’01
2009 Jermaine Edwards ’03
2010 Jameson Troutman ’02
2011 Allison Baugher ’08
2012 Baktash Ahadi ’05
2013 Stephanie Scafa ’05
2014 Timothy Barnes ’07
2015 Cassandra Smolcic ’06
2016 Rachel Beatty ’06
2017 Laura Wirpsza ’06
2018 Ahmed Alkhateeb ’07
2019 Dr. Sabin Mulepati ’08
2020 Bryan Majors ’10
2022 Alley Miller ’17

Special Recognition

1963 Amos Alonzo Stagg Sr. H ’49
1972 Elizabeth G. Eyster ’72

Humanitarian

1996 J. Donald Steele Sr. ’33

Affinity Groups

Susquehanna alumni networks bring together graduates who share a common bond — whether it’s a major, profession, identity, region or passion. These groups are created by alumni, for alumni, often in partnership with Alumni Relations or Susquehanna faculty and staff. Whether you’re looking to reconnect, lead or simply belong, there’s a network for you. Ready to join or start one? Let’s make it happen — together!

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Share exciting life updates like graduate school graduation announcements, promotions and career changes, retirements, board appointments, special awards and recognition, birth and marriage celebrations and more.

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