Alumni Awards

Awarded to a class agent in recognition of consistent dedication and service to Arcadia University on behalf of their class. This individual does not have to be in a reunion year. Recipients are nominated by their classmates in appreciation of their thoughtful and creative efforts to both bring their classmates together and encourage continuous loyalty to their alma mater.

Awarded to a class celebrating a reunion milestone for the successful completion and achievement in executing multiple high-quality programming, events, and activities to engage their class, community, and current Arcadia students. 

Awarded to an individual who has graduated within the last decade and is currently in reunion year. This award recognizes significant accomplishments, dedication, and outstanding achievements in their profession or community while simultaneously supporting their class reunion efforts. Recipients are nominated by their classmates in appreciation for their leadership and commitment to lifting up the young alumni profile of the university while instituting meaningful programs, events, and philanthropic opportunities. 

Awarded to a class cabinet member in reunion year. This award recognizes this individual’s leadership, dedication, and service to Arcadia University on behalf of their class. Recipients are nominated by their classmates in appreciation of their ability to galvanize the class, implement strategic programming to engage the class, and spearhead meaningful philanthropic opportunities in support of and on behalf of the University and current students. 

Awarded to a class celebrating a reunion milestone with the highest reunion giving class participation for that particular year.

Awarded to a class celebrating a reunion milestone with the largest reunion class giving for that particular year.

Awarded to an individual who has graduated more than a decade ago, in recognition of significant accomplishments and outstanding achievements in their profession or community that greatly enhance the prestige of Arcadia University.

Awarded to an individual who has graduated more than a decade ago, in recognition of outstanding volunteer leadership service to Arcadia University through its Alumni Association and/or Board of Trustees. Such contributions exceed all expectations of a loyal Arcadia alumna/us. Recipients must also have a record of consistent participation in The Fund for Arcadia or other philanthropic designations at the University.

Awarded to an Arcadia University or Beaver College graduate who is a current, retired, or emeritus member of the Arcadia faculty or staff, in recognition of their contributions to student success and their demonstration of the University’s lived values of adaptability, excellence, fearlessness, integrity, intellectual freedom, justice, respect, and responsibility. Recipients have made a significant and lasting impact on the Arcadia community that has nurtured future alumni leaders, advanced the University’s mission, and greatly enhanced the prestige of the University.

*The recipient of this award must be an alumna/us of Arcadia University/Beaver College.

Awarded to an individual who has graduated more than five years ago, in memory of Mary Louise Armstrong Wolf ’36, who dedicated herself to both her University and her community. It is presented to a graduate in recognition of outstanding volunteer service to Arcadia University through Alumni Association committee work and/or work as a class agent. Recipients must also have a record of consistent participation in The Fund for Arcadia or other philanthropic designations at the University.

Awarded to an individual who has graduated within the last decade, in recognition of significant accomplishments and outstanding achievements in their profession or community that greatly enhances the prestige of Arcadia University.

Awarded by the Black Alumni Association of Arcadia University
The Sankofa Award is presented to a Black/African-American graduate who exemplifies the spirit of Sankofa. Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana with the literal translation “it is not taboo to fetch what is at risk of being left behind.” Sankofa teaches us the paramount learning experience of recognizing the foundation of the great work that our ancestors have laid before us and using this knowledge as a tool of success to ignite and accelerate the great work of those being done today.

It is in this spirit that the BAAAU and Alumni Association presents this award in recognition of significant professional accomplishments, as well as contributions made in mentoring and social justice activism in the Black/African-American community, which greatly enhance the prestige of Arcadia University.

Presented to a graduating senior at Commencement in recognition of his/her leadership skills and engagement in the campus community. The senior who receives this high honor, in the opinion of his/her classmates, faculty, administration and the Awards and Honors Committee, exemplifies the highest standards of leadership in activities that enhance the quality of student life and promotes the present and future welfare of Arcadia University. Through their activities, the recipient demonstrates a lasting commitment and dedication to Arcadia University and inspires the respect and admiration of their classmates.

Awarded to an alumna/us having graduated more than a decade ago, in recognition of significant accomplishments and outstanding achievements in their profession or community that greatly enhance the prestige of Arcadia University.

Roberta Paulhamus McKinney ’29

Rebecca H. Shriver ’33

Edith Schaeffer ’36

Carolyn Welch Betts ’37

Margaret Oldroyd Hyde ’38

Virginia Hamilton Lawless ’39

Jane Carlin ’40

Shirley Isacowitz Leviton ‘41

Bernice Wenzel Jeffrey ’42

Virginia VanDyke, M.D. ’42

Muriel Lair Happich ’44

Suzanne McLean Hilton ’45

Betsey Smith Bates ’46

Dorothy Germain Porter ’46

Dorothy Ingling MacConkey ‘47

Ruth Yearsley Williams ’48

Annette Eskind ’49

Jeanne B. Brockmann ’50

Patricia Smith, MD ’52

Janet Murray Albright ’55

Virginia MacQueen Ford ’56

Alma Alabilikian ’58

Katharine Lanning Winters ’58

Sara E. Stambaugh, Ph.D ’59

Kay WalkingStick ’59, '11H

Carol Magdalene Elkins ’60

Gilda Rorro Baldasarri ’62

Barbara Starks Favazza ’62

Adeline Gordon Levine ’62

Carol Rogoff Hallstrom ’63

Diane Leenheer Zimmerman ’63

Brooke Maury Dojny ’65

Beverly Booth ’66

Julianne Mamana Boyd ’66

Sharon Foyto Smith '67

Susan Ginsberg Berk ’69

Lynn Kressel ’70

Gertrude Coxe '71

Jane Rosenberg Porter ’71

Susan C. Saxer ’71

Anna Deavere Smith ’71, '93H

Arlene Weissman ’71

Julie B. Houston ’73

Susan Savage ’74

James P. Capolupo '76M

Joseph P. Archie ’77

Emily Perkins Capella '77

Walter Hellendall ’77

Linda Stojak ’78

Mary Beth Long Miele ’78

Susan Jackson Tressider '84, '90M

Adam Denish ’89

Kristin Weissman '98

Presented to a graduating senior at Commencement in recognition of his/her leadership skills and engagement in the campus community. The senior who receives this high honor, in the opinion of his/her classmates, faculty, administration and the Awards and Honors Committee, exemplifies the highest standards of leadership in activities that enhance the quality of student life and promotes the present and future welfare of Arcadia University. Through his/her activities, he/she demonstrates a lasting commitment and dedication to Arcadia University and inspires the respect and admiration of his/her classmates.

Lisa Wasser-Berlin '78

Janice Cavoto '91, '93M

Kerry Ann Costello Leraris '92, '94MEd

Geraldine Swan '92, '99M

Lee Heisman '93

Lisa McClain Byrne '94

Steven Dilworth '95, '98M

Shannon Zellner Davis '96

Tracy Reed '97

Kauna Kalenga Greene '98

TJ Tweddle Trzaskawka '98

Patricia Brennan-Green '98

Remilekun Ojumu '99

Heather Lindsley '00

Jennifer Bach Jones '01

Katie Gorman Salvo '02

Eileen Butkovic Cook '03

Breann Donnelly '04, '19MBA

Mark Adler '05

Amber LaJeunesse Silverberg '06

Dennis Balyeat Greene '07

Natalie Harris '08

Bryan Durfee '09

Stephen Neafsey '10

Daniel Phillips '11

Alisha Leu '12

Tanesha Waid '13

John Doherty '14

Aashika Suseendran '15

Danielle Maxson '16

Jessica Braun '17

Devon Miller '18

Camille Menns '19

Michael Costigan '20

Lashanna Bryant ’21

Awarded to an alumna/us having graduated more than a decade ago, in recognition of outstanding volunteer leadership service to Arcadia University through its Alumni Association and/or Board of Trustees. Such contributions exceed all expectations of a loyal Arcadia alumna/us. Recipients must also have a record of consistent participation in The Fund for Arcadia or other philanthropic designations at the University.

Laura Lind McKee ’15

Ethlyn Selner Mack ’18

Polly Menna Geldi ’33

Eleanor Martin Germond ’35

Ethel Roeger Schmuhl ’35

Joan Bosquett Scott ’35*

Dorothy Korell Shisler ’35

Mary Louise Armstrong Wolf ’36

Elizabeth Eayre Brown ’38

Maude Manogue Farran ’38

Barbara Fleck Stitzinger ’38

Frances H. Lewis  ’39**

Ethel Cunningham McClintock ’39

Edna Purvis Nelson ’41

Dorothy Haupt Lampe ’42

Kathryn Darby ’44

Lois Hinlein Hirsch ’45

Patricia S. Carnahan ’47

Jean Stahl Noble ’47

Nancy B. Crosson ’48

Ann Schroter Bechtel ’50

Virginia Fulmer Haist ’51

Priscilla French Curry ’52

Marjorie Darling ‘82***

Beverly Rappaport Goldberg ’53

Betsy Lundquist ’54

Marilyn Sunners Cranin ’54

Eleanor Murphy Workman ’54

Patricia Darling Kile ’56

Rosemary Deniken Blankley ’57, '06H

Jean Stout Fletcher ’57

Edith Hall Neal ’57

Patricia Fletcher Lyford ’58

Mary Lou Bratt Mees ’59

Faye Senneca ’59

Marianna Harder Peckmann ’60

Elizabeth Holton Weiss ’60

Lyanne Lindo Wassermann '61

Carol Hallstrom ‘63

Janet Preston Frisch ’65

Babette Senker Krug ’68, '81M

Allison Rossett '68

Madeline Johnson Stein '68

Susan Smyth Shenker ’69

Joycellen Young Auritt ’71

Lois Haber ’71, '16H

Susan Saxer '71

Ellen August-Templeton '78, '85M

Nancy Harris Wright ’78

Margaret Wright Steele ’80

Audrey O. Reynolds ’85

Laura Fisher Korman ’89

Linda Vandegrift Gazzillo ’90

Arthur (Ozzie) Berger ’91

Karen Rossi Brager ’91

Kerry Costello-Leraris ’92, '94M

William A. Meiers ’93M,’96M

Joan Nadler Brantz '65

Susan Smyth Shenker '69

*Posthumously
**Special Award
***Honorary Alumna

Awarded to an alumna/us having graduated within the last decade, in recognition of significant accomplishments and outstanding achievements in their profession or community that greatly enhances the prestige of Arcadia University.

Adam Denish ’89

Jeff Abramowitz ’90

Jeff Weidner ’90

Lisa Chandler ’91

Amy Meyers Eveleth ’96

Jodee Fortner ’97, ’99M

Dr. Janel Boyce Rustay ’99

Christopher Ubbins ’01

Rebecca Goldstone ’01

Jamie Bradford '09, '12DPT

Nathan Hayward '06, '09MBA

Sara Accardi ’07

Heather Mazzanti McKiernan '07M

Meghann Ryan ’07M

Jessica Cuttic '13M

Francine Sabino Abel '11

Lindsey Gingrich Mauldin '17M

Awarded by the Black Alumni Association of Arcadia University

Presented to an alumnus/a of African-American/African diaspora descent who exemplifies the spirit of Sankofa. This award will be presented to a deserving graduate in recognition of their significant professional accomplishments, as well the contributions they have made in mentoring and social justice activism in the African American/African diaspora community, which greatly enhance the prestige of Arcadia University. 

Candace L. Griffin '13M

Octavius LaVon Blount '15

Zyhkeya Waller-Young '99

Aliyah Abraham '17

Awarded to an Arcadia University or Beaver College graduate who is a current, retired, or emeritus member of the Arcadia faculty or staff, in recognition of their contributions to student success and their demonstration of the University’s lived values. Recipients have made a significant and lasting impact on the Arcadia community that has nurtured future alumni leaders, advanced the University’s mission, and greatly enhanced the prestige of the University.

Michele Reale '96, '99M, '16M

Brian Eckenrode '97, '99M

Awarded to an alumna/us having graduated more than five years ago, in memory of Mary Louise Armstrong Wolf ’36, who dedicated herself to both her University and her community. It is presented to an alumna/us in recognition of outstanding volunteer service to Arcadia University through Alumni Association committee work and/or work as a Class Officer. Recipients must also have a record of consistent participation in The Fund for Arcadia or other philanthropic designations at the University.

Elizabeth Dunlap Broshart ’34

Helen Geller Deich ’34

Lillian S. Rankin ‘34

Wilma Haack Fowler ’35

Alberta Gladeck ’37

Ruth Clara Grant ’37

Reba Eighmey ’38

Eleanor McGlaughlin ’38

Ethel Moore Tripple ’40

Dorothy Patten Zaiser ’40

Jessie Severe Robson ’40

Marian Garrison ’40

Anita Schwitters Schroeder ’41

Jean Stewart Clutsam ’42

Jane Stahl Noble ’47

Babette Cranston ‘48

Jane Skinner Haines ’48

Marian Wolfinger Burdick ’49

Bette Heavener Hottenstein ’49

Margaret Srinkle Yearsley ’49

Barbara Hinchcliffe Russell ’50

Anna Laura Neidert Thompson ’50

Shirley Musson Brower ’51

Betty Tomlinson Lebegern ’51

Patricia Rittenhouse ’51

Lillian Howarth Pagano ’52

Joan Bachman ’53

Joanne C. Romano ’54

Peg Johnson Sutor ‘54

Carol W. Young ’54

Elsa-Lu Greenblatt Berkowitz ’55

Joan Peppelman Clougherty '55

Martha-Lee Taggart Sunderman ’55

Harriet Swoyer Horner Baisch ’56

Ruth Denker Campopiano ’56

Patricia Darling Kile ’56

Nora Hegedus Sztaray ’56

Rosemary Deniken Blankley ’57, '06H

Emma Jane Murphy Burns ’57

Eleanore Perrine Cox ’57

Jean Stout Fletcher ’57

Shirley Renninger Cressman ’58

Joan Ottaway Gurniak ’58

Shirley Kern Streeter ’58

Loli Jaeger Lindstrom ‘59

Lillie Ludman ’59

Mary Lou Pickell Nelson ‘59

Faye Senneca ’59

Nory Berman Block ’60

Barbara (Bobbie) Steffa Clayton ’60

Marianna Harder Peckman ’60

Elizabeth Holton Weiss ’60

Suzanne Decker Fenimore ’61

Eva Oehrle Fronk ‘61

Ann Simonin Grebe ‘61

Lynn Kronenberg Berman ’62

Wilma Maxwell Gray '62

Joyce Barr ‘63

Merle Arbogast Chorba '63

Barbara Weathers Johns ’64

Margaret A. Lees ’64

Linda Mann ‘64

Susan Patt Mountz ‘64

Judy Vasile ’64

Pelley Sablove Brown '65

Doreen Booth Faulkner '55

Carol Manikin ’65

Carol Toner Shane ’65

Tina Talarico Brick ’67

Elisabeth Mackerell Ruch ’67

Thora T. Easton ‘68

Babette Senker Krug ’68, '81M

Anne Pilert ’68

Madeline Johnson Stein ’68

Heather Fleming Tucker ’68

Susan Rodgers Fleming ’69

Susan Smyth Shenker ’69

Sandra McCall ’70

Madelyn Waxman Lesure ’71

Elsa Larsen Vernon ’71

Pamela Martin-Molina ’73

Monique Miller '73

Marie Duke Murphy ’73

Janet St. Amand ‘75

Karen Schwartz Scheiner ’76

Rachel Bogatin '77

Mary Beth Hadley ’77

Maryalice Mazzara, Ed.D. ’77

Ellen August Booth ’78, '85M

Cheryl Wilks Scherbner ’78

Andrew Burdan ’81

Marilyn Rose ’83

Brigid Gallagher ’84 ’86 M

Paul Van Thuyne ’84 MSPT

Paul Schleich ’85

Eunice Wick ’86

Jenny Connolly ’87

Kathleen Griffin Hilty ’87

David Forbes ‘88

Robert Jacobs ’88

Kimberly Sterner ’88

Alice Jacobs ‘89

Laura Fisher Korman ’89

Lisa Pergolizzi-Brock ’90

Linda Vandegrift ’90

Karen Rossi ’91

Arthur (Ozzie) Berger ’91

Donna Segner Levan ’93, '95M, '03DPT

William Meiers ’93M, ’96M

Joseph Rodriguez ’94

Chritine Thomas Hewitt ’95

Arlene DeLeon ’97, ’05 M

TaraJean Tweddle Trzaskawka ’98

Donelle Brotz ’01, ’05M

David Paone '04, '09MEd

Meghan Makar '07

Maya Basu Johnson '97

Margaret Lyons '12

Awarded to class officers during years in which their class celebrates a milestone reunion (every five years) in recognition of consistent dedication and service to Arcadia University on behalf of their class. Recipients are nominated by their classmates in appreciation of their thoughtful and creative efforts to both bring their classmates together and encourage continuous loyalty to their alma mater. Recipients must also have a record of consistent participation in The Fund for Arcadia or other philanthropic designations at the University, and cannot have previously received the Mary Louise Armstrong Wolf or Golden Disc Awards.

Wilma Haack Fowler ’35

Alberta Gladeck ’37

Ruth Grant ’37

Eugenia Rothwell Gray ’38

Eleanor Teague McGlaughlin ’38

Marjorie Groves Schweitzer ’38

Marion Garrison ’40

Virginia McGinnes Mullinix ’40

Jessie Severe Robson ’40

Ruth Hill Thomson ’40

Helen Campbell Ames ’41

Edna Nelson ’41

Harriet Wendell ’41

Marjorie Aldrich Bowers ’42

Mary Berlin Benjamin ’43

Virginia Henson Mechling ’43

Marjorie Williams Purcell ’43

Elizabeth Hartey Magagna ’44

Babette L. Cranston ’48

Carol Ranger ‘48

Betty Hottenstein ’49

Margaret Yearsley ’49

Barbara Bronson Danziger ’50

Jeanne Bertolet Steinruck ’50

Anna Laura Neidert Thompson ’50

Jane Hellyer Vasile ’50

Virginia (Ginny) Haist ’51

Lucille LaMorgesse Downs ’52

Barbara Jones Earle ’52

Nancy Parke ’52

Joan Heil Prall ’52

Megan Helffrich Steinmetz ’53

Rosemary Steunenberg-Laporte ’53

Sally Felton Butterworth ’54

Ruth Weber High ’54

Loretta Parker Liljestrand ‘54

Paula Berrino Livingston ’54

Nancy Banks Mills ‘54

Margaret Johnson Sutor ’54

Joan Christopher Aliotta ’55

Elsa-Lu Greenblatt Berkowitz ’55

Joan Peppleman Clougherty ’55

Leah Kresge ’55

Ann Cornell Swalm ’55

Harriet Baisch ’56

Elinor Towell Chevalier ’56

Montana Kresge Pratt ’56

Emma Jane Burns ’57

Shirley Radcliff Momiyama ’57

Edith Hall Neal ’57

Freda Friz Schopfer ’57

Clementine Klein Brodsky ’58

Barbara Jones Sibley ’58

Jane Lewis Grove '59

Lolita Jaeger Lindstrom ’59

Shirley Canning Scatcherd ’59

Doris Bock Worts '59

Ann Grebe ’61

Suzanne Decker Fenimore ’61

Eva Oehrle Fronk ’61

Ann Simonin Grebe ’61

Anne Willis Newman ’61

Lynn Kronenberg Berman ’62

Janet Copeland Zinman ’62

Diane Actman ‘63

Gail Nazzaro Biggs ’63

Merle Chorba ’63

Barbara Weathers Johns ’64

Elizabeth Weathers Kaspar ’64

Bonnie McDowell Lasky ‘54

Margaret Lees ’64

Linda Mann ’64

Judy McCarthy Gielow ’65

Carol Ibbotson Manikin ’65

Carol Toner Shane ’65

Gail Agerton ‘67

Charlotte A. Ehlig ’68

Linda J. Marple ’68

Barbara Kelly Breeden '69

Helen Bosley ‘69

Christina Hill Connell ‘69

Emily Solomon Farrell '69

Cheryl Hopkins Damico ’70

Arlene Johnston ’72

Agnes Slevin Mauro ’73

Mary Pacioni Alderfer ’73

Pamela Bilyieu Coombs ’77

Vernita Parris ’78

Fay Fastige Ferguson '79

Patricia Mayr Moore ’79

Georgia Crozier ’80

Merri Bender Brown ’81

David Eatough ’84

Bonnie Goldblum Fiorentino ’87

Jennifer Cook Raposelli ’87

Kevin G. Shollenberger ‘88

Jill Buchbinder ’90

Linda Helbig Coceano '93

Frank Daiutolo ‘93

Karen Woodeschick Orkin ’96

Jonathan Greskiewicz '99

Tricia Kershner Luddecke ’00

Amanda Schorle ’01

Corinne Royer Greskiewicz ’02

Megan Corcoran ’06

Amber LaJeunesse Silverberg ’06

Kevin Hughes '07

Anthony Champi ‘09

Barry Hendler '09

Robert Migliaccio '13

Molly Fretz Stevens ’60 

April Klarman Apfelbaum ’70

Patricia Pisklak Lucas ’75

Linda Collier Strickland ’75

Nancy McSherry-Collins ’80

Andrew Leschak ’85

Kathleen O’Connor O’Brien ’00

Grace Wainwright Taylor ’10, ’18M

Linda Vandegrift '90, '07MEd

Awarded to an individual who has graduated within the last decade and is currently in reunion year. This award recognizes significant accomplishments, dedication, and outstanding achievements in their profession or community while simultaneously supporting their class reunion efforts. Recipients are nominated by their classmates in appreciation for their leadership and commitment to lifting up the young alumni profile of the university while instituting meaningful programs, events, and philanthropic opportunities.

Gianna Lozzi Wolf '16

Awarded to a class cabinet member in reunion year. This award recognizes this individual’s leadership, dedication, and service to Arcadia University on behalf of their class. Recipients are nominated by their classmates in appreciation of their ability to galvanize their class, implement strategic programming to engage the class, and spearhead meaningful philanthropic opportunities in support of and on behalf of the University and current students.

Susan C. Saxer '71