Building a Bold Future to Hold Arcadia's Past
The Arcadia University legacy began in 1853 with Sylvania Jones and Juliet A. Poundstone, two 19th century trailblazers who left their family homes to pursue an education and receive the first diplomas from Beaver Female Seminary. The Jones Poundstone Society recognizes donors who support Arcadia’s mission and enable the University to uphold its longstanding tradition of academic excellence, cutting-edge innovation, and groundbreaking initiatives.
Jones Poundstone Society Giving Circles
The giving circles within the Jones Poundstone Society are named in accordance with our treasured history.
Each of the first four circles represents unrestricted support for The Fund for Arcadia. The Presidents Circle entitles the donor to a named, current-use scholarship.
JPS GOLD Circle: For Graduates of the Last Decade
Donors of the GOLD Circle of the Jones Poundstone Society give on an annual basis at a scale that coincides with the number of years since your graduation, growing to $1,000 with your 10-year reunion.
Inspiration for the Jones Poundstone Society
In 1853, 15-year-old Sylvania Jones and 17-year-old Juliet A. Poundstone left their family homes in Lafayette County, Pa., and accompanied Dr. Sheridan Baker, principal at the Brownsville School they had attended, to a newly chartered female seminary 26 miles northwest of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River’s north bank. Dr. Baker had accepted a position as principal of Beaver Female Seminary, and he and his two pupils would soon become an indelible part of its history.
At Beaver, Jones and Poundstone studied a daringly unconventional curriculum of arts and sciences during an era when few colleges for young women existed. Jones and Poundstone led the way for generations of intellectually curious students to enjoy the rewards of an Arcadia education. In September 1856, they became the first two graduates in the institution’s history.
You Light the Way
Thank you to our 2020-21 Jones Poundstone Society Donors
1853 Circle
John A. Affleck *
Gale F. Barnett ’68 *
Joyce C. Barr ’63 *
Elsa-Lu Greenblatt Berkowitz ’55 *
Amy Honigsberg Bernstein ’67 *
Judith E. Bishop ’60
Verizon Foundation
Virginia Bolmarcich P’02
Carol Grossman Bowman ’70 *
Tonya M. Bridges
Denis Brosnan
Pelley Brown ’65 *
Suzanne Burnison Burrows ’53 *
Pradyumna S. Chauhan P’79 P’80 P’89 P’90 *
Vijay L. Chauhan P’79, P’80, P’89, P’90 *
Marilyn Sunners Cranin ’54, ’96H *
Adam G. Denish ’89 *
Martha E. Eastlack *
Ronald J. Eicholtz *
Annette Schaffer Eskind ’49 *
The Estate of Doris Eyman ’53
Emily Solomon Farrell ’69 *
Janice A. Finn P’15 *
Robert J. Fleming
Susan L. Fleming ’69, ’77MEd *
Marie T. Gallagher ’95, P’84, P’86, P’89, P’91, P’99 *
Durice White Galloway
GLP Architects, PC *
Elizabeth Hoffman Goettge ’68 *
Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez ’56 *
Nancy M. Guile-Goodsell ’68 *
Joan Ottaway Gurniak ’58 *
Rakin A. Hall
Sharon L. Hansen ’60 *
Nathan J. Hayward ’06, ’09MBA*
Margaret Hazlett ’66 *
Sandra Krebs Hirsh ’64 *
Jean Horton ’69
Melissa E. Hough ’73 *
Margaret Tillman Huskins ’68 *
Mary Hobler Hyson ’73
Tyler Tragle Jenner ’69 *
Maya L. Johnson ’97 *
Joel Kirschbaum P’92 *
Marilyn Kirschbaum P’92
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Betty Tate Kirwan ’57 *
Rebecca Kohn
Diane J. Kramer ’71 *
Linda Krauss ’71 *
Robert A. Krauss *
Rosemarie Kraynak P’15, P’16 P’19 P’20*
Lynn R. Kressel ’70
Babette Senker Krug ’68, ’81M *
Andrew D. Law
Grace Warrington Lowe ’58 *
Jane A. Maloney *
Holly Manzone ’79, P’19
Virginia G. Martin ’66 *
Thomas P. McCollum ’83
Laura McKenna
Marc W. McKenna
Shelley N. Meyers ’71
Bridget Miller
Judith A. Mills ’93 *
Susanne E. Monteith ’68 *
James A. Moran
Hugh G. Moulton
Susan Patt Mountz ’64
Barbara F. Nodine *
Barbara M. Osinski ’89 *
Lillian Howarth Pagano ’52 *
Carole Pennock ’71
Janet Bullock Perper ’51 *
Barbara Brown Pinchuk ’57
Rashmi Radhakrishnan *
Rebecca Barnes Ray ’73 *
Virginia A. Reid ’73, ’75MEd*
M. Fredric Rieders ’80
Marion Yick Rosenbaum ’68
Louise Fulton Rossmassler ’75, P’’74 *
Elliott A. Roth
Jeffrey B. Rutenbeck
Kenneth R. Samen ’92
Melissa Martin Samen ’93
Prudential Financial
Freda M. Schopfer ’57
Barbara J. Sibley ’58
Joan K. Singleton P ’23 *
Peter T. Siskind
Linda May Sklar ’62 *
Phyllis Skok ’64 *
Sharon Foyto Smith ’67 *
Mary Ann Speakman ’64 *
Erica Spizzirri
Lynne Stahler ’66
Sarah E. Stein *
Marilyn L. Steinbright ’99H *
Joseph S. Sun
Mary Sweeney
Signe Twardowski ’66 *
Christopher R. van de Velde
Lili F. Velez ’86 *
Elsa Vernon ’71
Patton Vo
Elizabeth Holton Weiss ’60 *
Lois MacElroy Wells ’57 *
Elene Meury West ’65
Andrew Wheeler *
Lula M. Wheeler ’81
Nancy Woehrle
Grace Li Yung ’68 *
Scott Zgraggen ’01EdD *
Beechwood Circle
Naomi Hutchison Black ’63 *
Brigette A. Bryant *
Margaret Callahan *
Jacqueline L. Cannon ’68 *
Rebecca L. Craik *
Deborah Fins P’15 *
Harriette Brownstein Fox ’71
Jeffrey J. Fratantaro ’95 *
Stephanie Fratantaro ’95 *
Ann N. Greene *
Lynn Darling Hendershot ’66 *
Barbara Belchier Kauffman ’63
Andrew J. Leschak ’85 *
Anne L. Pilert ’68 *
Kevin G. Shollenberger ’88 *
Ilene D. Silver Berman ’74
Margaret Wright Steele ’80 *
Detta Voesar ’68
Susan Johnson Whitelaw ’63 *
Ken C. Weirman
ExxonMobil Foundation *
Betty S. D. Wood P’94
Theodore V. Wood P’94
Eleanor Murphy Workman ’54 *
Carol Wrigley Young ’54 *
Beaver Circle
Anonymous
Joycellen Young Auritt ’71
Laura Baldwin ’12MBA, P’21*
Tim Baldwin P’21 *
Priscilla J. Hambrick-Dixon ’71
J. Wesley Hardin *
IntegraONE
Christine McCrea Krolik ’79 *
Mary Lou Mees ’59 *
Thomas E. Mees ’59H
Ajay Nair *
Paayal Nair *
Gretchen M. Santamour
Susan C. Saxer ’71 *
Patty Albert Schmidt ’64 *
Susan Smyth Shenker ’69 *
Arcadia Circle
Ametek Foundation *
Alison L. Aaron Madsen ’85 *
Office Depot, Inc. *
John D. Rollins *
Theresa P. Rollins*
Presidents Circle
Michiko S. Aizawa ’68
Joan Nadler Brantz ’65 *
Metz Culinary Management *
Diane Deane Myers ’51 *
Pepsi Bottling Group LLC
Gerald B. Rorer *
Allison Rossett ’68 *
Isaac Stein ’11H
Madeline Johnson Stein ’68 *
Capital Group *
Lyanne Lindo Wassermann ’61 *
The Wassermann-Lindo
Foundation *
Kay York ’68 *
Trustee Circle
Rosemary Blankley ’57, ’06H *
*denotes founding JPS donors.
