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The Excelsior Circle — Gifts for Special UAlbany Initiatives

THE EVAN REVERE COLLINS SOCIETY ABRAM BRUBACHER SOCIETY
JOHN M. SAYLES SOCIETY WILLIAM J. MILNE SOCIETY EDWARD P. WATERBURY SOCIETY
MAJOR DONORS SUPPORTERS DONORS

We pay tribute to the many alumni, faculty, staff, parents, friends, corporations and foundations who support the University through non-Annual Fund gifts. Gifts in kind, annuities, stocks & bonds, support from corporations and foundations and contributions via special fund raising campaigns serve as examples as to the types of gifts donated by the following generous individuals and corporations/foundations.


THE EVAN REVERE COLLINS SOCIETY $1,000,000+
President Evan R. Collins, 1949-1969: President Collins was responsible for stewarding, with grace and acumen, the transformation of this institution from a college for teachers to an all-encompassing university.
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Thomas and Constance D’Ambra
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
Morris (Marty) Silverman


ABRAM BRUBACHER SOCIETY $500,000 - $999,999
President Abram Brubacher, 1915-1939: One of the longest serving presidents, President Brubacher was responsible for greatly strengthening undergraduate and graduate education while doubling the size of the downtown campus.


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Terri Cosma Boor
Marjorie Delmar ‘58
Helen Jones Warner ‘36, M.L.S


JOHN M. SAYLES SOCIETY $250,000 - $499,999
President John M. Sayles, 1941-1947: Supported the creation of a five-year program for permanent teaching certification and commissioned many of the
post-World War II building plans for the New York State College for Teachers.

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Estate of Mary Whitney Eager ‘48
Gertrude Welikes Sherwin ‘48
Richard A. Sherwin


WILLIAM J. MILNE SOCIETY $100,000 - $249,999
President William J. Milne. 1889-1914: Presiding during the dawn of the 20th century, President Milne shepherded the school’s growth and transformation into the New York State College for Teachers.

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Elena R. Rodrigues Anderson ‘82
Theodore C. Anderson III, Esq. ‘82
Jean E. Groff ‘38
Irene Harbison
George D. Kennedy
Arthur L. Smith
Estate of Raymond Whitaker



EDWARD P. WATERBURY SOCIETY $25,000 - $99,999
President Edward P. Waterbury, 1882-1889: First alumnus president (Class of 1849) who was integral to the cultivation of the Alumni Association and a proponent of early fund-raising campaigns.

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Anonymous
Nolan T. Altman ‘77
Susan G. Altman ‘77
Carol Brown
Marvin T. Brown
Therese Wienecke Hudson ‘54
George E. Martin ‘54
Arthur J. Roth, CPA
Nancy Roth
Estate of Dorothy M. West ‘27
Edward Winders


MAJOR DONORS $5,000 - $24,999
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Anonymous
Judith E. Barlow, Ph.D
Alice M. Bowker
John H. Bowker, M.D. ‘52
Mary M. Briggs ‘83
Adam H. Brown ‘87
Marcia J. Brown ‘40
Meredith Butler
Charles Cooper
Nathan W. Dougall ‘92
Anne E. Fortune, Ph.D
Peter A. Gisolfi, Ph.D.
Lynda Hamilton
Josephine Harbison
George S. Hastings, Ph.D
Beth Jacobson
Gary M. Jacobson ‘82
Shirley J. Jones, Ph.D
Miriam Snow Mathes ‘26
Dorothy Matza ‘78
Robert Matza ‘77
Marion P. Munzer ‘45
Bernice Peebles ‘39
Emil J. Polak ‘57, Ph.D.
Patricia F. Polak
William J. Reid, Ph.D
Warren E. Roberts, Ph.D
Bernice Rosenberg
Haskell Rosenberg ‘40
William R. Salmeri
Herman P. Salomon, Ph.D
Estate of Adelaide E. Schmid ‘38
Lawrence A. Shore
Marie Shore
Bruce Stanley
Cheryl M. Stees
Ray R. Stees ‘97
Margaret M. Stewart, Ph.D
Edward P. Swyer
Anthony P. Tartaglia
Mark B. Taylor ‘84
Kathleen A.Turek ‘71
Sheena Vaidyanathan ‘90
Vijay Vaidyanathan ‘90
Craig L. Weinstock ‘80
Peter G. Weinstock ‘82
Andrew D. Weinstock ‘84




SUPPORTERS $1,000 - $4,999
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Ruth O’Donnell Abele ‘42
Keith Aibel, DDS
Carol Lee Anderson
Dean C. Backer ‘88
Kedron Barson
Norman Bauman
Taylor M. Belcher, III
Valerie Belcher
John D. Bertuzzi ‘76
Jeffrey H. Black ‘76
Lee Ann Black
Barbara Bakal Borys ‘78
Michael J. Borys ‘78
Christine E. Bose, Ph.D
Elizabeth R. Steele Breeze ‘34
Katharine Briar-Lawson, Ph.D.
Ray Bromley, Ph.D
Estate of Helen M. Buchan
David A. Buzen ‘81
Lynette Feit Buzen ‘82
Patricia A. Caldwell ‘75
Bianca Carter
Dorothy E. Christiansen
Nicholas W. Conte ‘72
Estate of Marion Porter Covel ‘35
Gloria R. DeSole, Ph.D ‘59
Gloria F. Deutsch ‘60, PhD.
Marijo Dougherty ‘74
V. Mark Durand, Ph.D
Margaret Elbow
Matthew H. Elbow, Ph.D.
Sue R. Faerman, Ph.D ‘87
Cecilia M. Falbe, Ph.D
Robert M. Ford
Robert A. Fortune
Walter M. Francis ‘79, Ph.D.
Bruce H. Geller ‘91
Victoria Graffeo
Alice P. Green ‘62
John Grever
Howard F. Gross
Christine E. Haile ‘77
Milton C. Hall
Cynthia Pond Hansen ‘78
Robert G. Hansen ‘77
William Harbison
Carolyn Hart
Rada K. Hastings
Geoffrey S. Hastings
Eleanor R. Hathaway ‘47
W.H. Helmerich, III
Richard Highfield, Ph.D
Karen Hanovice Hogan ‘82
Stacy J. Kanter ‘79
Byong-Won Kim ‘83
Eric M. Kornblau
David M. Kreczko ‘83
Roanne M. Kulakoff ‘81
Susan Lawrence
Kristine Gasser Leonard ‘75
Paul A. Leonard, Ph.D ‘75
Martha L. Lepow
Esther L. Lewis
Nahum H. Lewis ‘38
Herbert A. Lurie ‘82
Sharon L. Miller Lurie ‘83
Carolyn MacDonald, Ph.D
Mary E. Maney ‘73
Robert J. Martel ‘78
Margaret Yager Middleton ‘29
John J. Nigro
Gene Nordland
Erica A. Reinholtz Olin ‘86
Michael A. Olin ‘85
Peter C. Pedro ‘90
Mark L. Pnini ‘98
John T. Ray
Nancy K. Ray ‘72
Joan D. Rosenthal ‘76
Diane Ruggles ‘78
William J. Ruggles ‘79
Patricia E. Salkin, Esq. ‘85
Frederick Schiff
Joan E. Schulz, Ph.D
Lisa R. Sessa
Katherine Shooks
Lorretta B. Smith
Joel M. Spiro, MD
Roy C. Swingle ‘37, MD
Charles Touhey ‘91
Ellen Weingarten
Michael P. Weingarten
Edward E. Winders ‘70
Warren A. Winslow, Jr. ‘73
Patricia P. Wylde
Gordon Zuckerman
Linda Kolker Zuckerman ‘64

DONORS $100 - $999
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Anonymous
Harriet Adams, MLS ‘60
Arlene Murphy Adel-Posses ‘58
Judith E. Adrezin ‘71
Margaret H. Aldrich ‘85
Ann H. Alexander
Robert C. Alexander, Jr.
Sydney K. Allen
Richard M. Amadon
Janet Angelis
Mary B. Valentis, Ph.D ‘79
Mary Anne T. Austin
C. E. Bailey
Hassaram Bakhru, Ph.D
Susan M. Barnes
Judith A. Barnes, Ph.D
Douglas J. Bauer ‘75
Robert B. Baxter ‘76
Virginia Conetta Baxter ‘76
Iris Berger, Ph.D
Gail M. Henry Berley ‘73
Donald P. Bielecki ‘71
Ellen B. Blake ‘78
George W. Blake ‘55
Marion Gorskie Blake ‘52
Maurice X. Boissiere
Michael A. Boots
Charles Boots
Christine A. Bouchard ‘73
Lee A. Brathwaite
Bernard R. Brown
Jeanne M. Brown
Stephen C. Brown, Ph.D
Michael A. Brusco ‘84
Bonita I. Bryant
Charles Buchanan
Charlotte S. Buchanan, Esq.
Carol F. Bullard, Ph.D
Joseph C. Burke
Ida R. Canty
Diane M. Cardone ‘02
Carson Carr, Ph.D
Nancy E. Carroll
Carole D. Kray Case ‘80
Lia M. Catalano ‘71
Anthony L. Chechile ‘89
Joanne M. Cheever
Indushobha Chengalur-Smith, Ph.D
Gregory Christodulu ‘92
Elizabeth A. Egan Close ‘82
Sarah B. Cohen, Ph.D
Donna J. Collins
Dana E. Contrino ‘02
Milagros Cooper
Bruce T. Crandall
J. Thalia Cunningham
Yun Dai
Susan Dake ‘76
William P. Dake
Constance D’Ambra
Thomas E. D’Ambra
Sharon S. Dawes, Ph.D ‘72
Louise DeCormier
Robert DeCormier
Valerie DiRocco-Ruskin ‘95 MPA
Shirley M. Downey
Rodney L. Dunbar ‘77
Christopher S. Dunn ‘70
Mary O. Dutt
Gail A. Dytrych
Mary Koonz Egan ‘40
Roy F. Elk ‘66
Dennis S. Elkin ‘68
Sylvia Elkin
Eitan Evan
Malka Evan
Lisa Lyon Evans ‘69
Kelly F. Facklam ‘91
John R. Fallon, Esq. ‘77
Margaret Farrell, Ph.D.
Judith Fetterley, Ph.D
Julia M. Filippone ‘92
Michele Fleckenstein ‘81
Francine W. Frank, Ph.D
Jennifer A. Frank
Bernadette Fuller
Reginald C. Fuller, III
McKinley Garden
Judy Genshaft, Ph.D
Joseph Gomez
Francis C. Grant, III
Laird I. Grant
Victor T. Greco ‘75
Michael S. Green, Ph.D
Janice A. Green
Steven Greenbaum
Warren B. Greshes ‘72
Maurice Griffel
Gareth Griffiths
Paige V. Griggs ‘85
Joyce R. Griggs
Charles G. Griswold
Candace J. Groudine ‘98
Arthur W. Haberl
Jan L. Hagen, Ph.D
Irene Harbison
Ralph W. Harbison*
Jacquelyn J. Hawkins ‘89
Ilene Hearst
Rod Hearst
Maureen O’Donnell Helmer ‘79
Lawrence P. Herzog
Julie A. Heslin ‘89
Thomas M. Higgins ‘88
Vernon C. Hinson
James G. Hoehn
Kay C. Hotaling ‘68
Scott Hughes
Carole Huxley
Michael Huxley
Akira Inomata, Ph.D
Alan V. Iselin
Barbara Hellman Iselin
Jon W. Jacklet, Ph.D
David M. Janower
Albert L. Jeandheur
Sally S. Jennings
Wallace Johnson
Susan R. Jones
Lance L. Joy
Dawn V. Kakumba ‘71
Joseph P. Kelley
Ruth J. Kellogg ‘72
Christine Kianka
John J. Kianka ‘77
Ruth Killoran
Gloria J. Kimball ‘78
Terrance W. Kinal
Richard R. Konian
Mark Kraicliy
Jurgen Kruger ‘80
Michael O. Laddin ‘80
Robert P. Lanni ‘52
Hal A. Lawson
Fern Glass Leibowitz ‘79
Lawrence Leibowitz ‘78
Peter J. Levin, Ph.D
Daniel C. Levy, Ph.D
Ada W. Long ‘76
Kelly Lopez
Sophie Lubensky, Ph.D
John A. Lumbard
Sheila A. Mahan
Sheila Maloney
Leonard S. Marcus ‘87
Debbie L. Martin ‘95
Joanne B. Martin
Joseph P. Mascarenhas, Ph.D
Caroline Mason
Jacqueline Massey
Susan M. Mathews, Ph.D
Deborah C. May
William G. Mayer
Patricia M. McAuliff
Mary L. McCarthy ‘82
Norman R. McConney, Jr. ‘71
Paulette J. McCormick, Ph.D ‘79
Patrick J. McCullough ‘86
Dr. Lee A. McElroy
Christine H. McKnight
James M. McKnight
Louise-Anne McNutt, Ph.D
Kathryn Michalewicz
Joseph J. Michalsky, Jr.
Florence Bensinger Milano ‘36
Christine Miles
Albert J. Millis, Ph.D.
Joan L. Millman
Isabel T. Mills
Patricia P. Mills
Pamela J. Moniz ‘01
Anita Morin
Mark A. Morris ‘97
I. Lynn Mueller
Lenore Mullin, Ph.D
Jeryl L. Mumpower, Ph.D
Neil V. Murray, Ph.D
Pamela Myers
Judith A. Mysliborski, MD ‘69
Miriam Netter
Lisa M. Newmark ‘81
Vivien W. Ng, Ph.D
Isabel L. Nirenberg ‘76
Carol S. Noble
Candace E. Noel
Maria J. Normile ‘92
Barbara J. Norris
Marilyn N. Northrop
James F. Norton
Thomas D. O’Connor, Sr.
Peggy O’Day
Thomas Older
Elaine Osborn
John C. Oxley
Susan Palmer
Georgiana Panton
James E. Panton ‘53, ‘87
Harold L. Pazer
Janet D. Perloff, Ph.D
Thomas Phelan
John Phillips
Matthew S. Platz ‘73
Pamela L. Magram Plummer,
CPA ‘93
Anne Pope
Norman Posses *
William G. Primomo
Richard Propp, MD
Donald E. Putterman ‘52
Donald J. Reeb, Ph.D
Risa A. Resnick ‘93
Gail Thomas Reynolds ‘68
Leona Rhenish
Estela M. Rivero, Ph.D
Cornelius V. Robbins, Ph.D
Alice M. Rohr ‘63
Stacey A. Rosenberg ‘93
Mary-Jo Tout Rosenblatt ‘87
Michael A. Rosenblatt ‘87
Tiziana Rota
Ian Ruddle
Scott M. Rusch ‘78
Judith R. Saidel, Ph.D ‘73
Andrew M. Saidel
Sandra Salasin
Robert C. Sannwald
Carlos E. Santiago, Ph.D.
Azara Santiago-Rivera, Ph.D
Peter Sanzen
Ernest A. Scatton, Ph.D.
Linda H. Scatton
Estelle I. Inkeles Schecter ‘70
Richard L. Schecter ‘69
Ronald S. Scheinzeit, MD
John T. Schmidt, Ph.D
Delores Schmidt
Ronald Schmitt
Richard Schoenberg ‘80
Charles P. Scholes, Ph.D
Marni B. Inventasch Schwartz ‘85
Christina Sebastian
Audrey Seidman ‘75
Mary Sellen
Betty P. Shadrick ‘72
Peter Shaffer
Malcolm J. Sherman, Ph.D
Susan R. Sherman
Barry R. Sherman, Ph.D
Susan Shipherd ‘64
Marie Shore
Cynthia R. Shultz
Herbert L. Shultz, Jr.
Mary-Kay Skrabalak ‘92
David M. Smith, Ph.D
Robert Smyth
Royce W. Soanes ‘81
Janet H. Spalding
Bonnie B. Spanier, Ph.D
Jill Spierre
Glenna D. Spitze, Ph.D
Alan R. Stephenson ‘52
Beno Sternlicht
Lisa Sternlicht
Jeff D. Stettin ‘87
Freda Story
Cecile Sweeney
Stephanie B. Swire
Bonnie Taylor
Henry Tedeschi, Ph.D
Karen Thompson
Vivian H. Hillier Thorne ‘48
Sambamurthy Thyagarajan
Michael R. Tiffany
Louise Tornatore ‘61
Debra A. Travaglione ‘78
Leonard Travaglione ‘76
Miriam E. Trementozzi ‘93
Peter C. Trimarchi ‘94
Michael J. Trinkala ‘71
F M. Tucker
Elizabeth Verentzioti
Edward Vetter
Nancy Vetter
Carolyn Fonda Viall ‘36
Lynn Videka-Sherman, Ph.D
John W. Wagner
Janet Walker
Sean Walmsley
Doris V. Vater Ward ‘52
J. Paul Ward, Ph.D ‘53
DeMita C. Warner, Ph.D ‘73
Rose-Marie Weber, Ph.D
Carl M. Weiner ‘86
Michele M. Ketcham Weiner ‘86
Joann G. Weinstock
Margery Whiteman
Michael W. Whiteman
Christopher Whyland, Esq. ‘87
Carol A. Wiggins ‘58
Lillian S. Williams, Ph.D
Dorothy B. Williams
Emmett D. Willis
Kathie C. Winchester
Jane L. Winer ‘69
Mary B. Winn, Ph.D
Nigel G. Wright
Daniel L. Wulff, Ph.D


 

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