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Join the Club!
(The Legacy Club)
Annual gifts to Hartwick support the College in
many important ways. Repeat annual gifts, in
particular, strengthen the College’s foundation
and give Hartwick leaders flexibility to pursue
unexpected opportunities in programming
and to help alleviate current students’
unanticipated financial need.
Don ’60 and Diane Green ’60 Brown are the
champions of consecutive giving. This couple met
as Hartwick students, continued to give throughout
Don’s 32 years working at Hartwick, and have not
missed in the 19 years since. Annual giving is a
priority for this devoted couple, and so the College has
renamed the Legacy Club as The Don ’60 and Diane
’60 Brown Legacy Club.
Members of the Legacy Club have donated to
Hartwick for five consecutive years or more. Each year
during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend, the Don
’60 and Diane Green ’60 Brown Award is presented
to an outstanding member of the Legacy Club. If you
already are a consecutive donor to Hartwick College,
thank you; if not, this is a great time to start!
Major League thanks to all who supported Hartwick’s
9th annual Wine and Beer Tasting and Benefit Auction.
Student athlete volunteers were dressed for the party when they
welcomed guests and represented the Hartwick athletic program. Emcee
and auctioneer Vinne Avanzato graciously hosted the gathering at his
family establishment, Stella Luna Ristorante. Stella Luna and its vendors
presented an extensive array of wine and beer tastings while the silent
auction was underway. Hundreds of people gathered from the College
and Oneonta communities for this spring tradition.
Donations for the live and silent auctions came in from alumni across
the country, current and alumni parents, faculty and staff, friends of
the College, and local businesses. Premiere live auction items generated
intense bidding, including four EMC Club tickets to the Boston Red
Sox vs. NY Yankees at Fenway Park (from Bob Atchinson ’79), four
32 | The Wick | Summer 2012
Alumnus | Volunteer | Fundraiser
Joins College Advancement
Leadership Team
Eric Shoen ’99 is now Hartwick’s Executive Director of Individual Giving. A career
fundraiser, he oversees the College’s major giving, planned giving, and annual giving
efforts. He reports to Vice President for Advancement Jim Broschart.
A Certified Fund Raising Executive, Shoen began his career at the University
of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and then assumed increasingly
responsible roles in fundraising for PathStone Corporation, St. Ann’s Community
Foundation, and Rochester General Hospital. Most recently he was Executive
Director for the consulting firm CCS Fundraising in New York City.
As a volunteer, Shoen served twelve years on the Hartwick College Alumni Board
(2000-2012). He has been active in the Rochester Alumni Network, HART student
recruitment, and served on the Presidential Search Committee that recruited Dr.
Margaret L. Drugovich.
“I’m proud to be an alumnus of Hartwick,” Shoen says. “I’ve always wanted to
somehow pay the College back for the experiences I had, and to insure that current
and future students have even more significant opportunities.”
Shoen can be reached at 607-431-4432 or shoene@hartwick.edu.
This year’s event, sponsored by the
Wick Athletic Association, raised $30,000
to support Hartwick athletes.
tickets to New York Yankees vs. Cincinnati Reds at Yankee Stadium
(from Bob Spadaccia ’70), and two front row seats to New York Jets
game (from 14-year Lacrosse Head Coach Bill Bjorness). The fine
wines went to the highest bidders, including three 750ML bottles of
premier Chateau Margaux 1982 Grand Vin from Bordeaux Region
(from Claire Musacchio ’61 and Tony Pace), Chateau Margaux
Grand Cru Classe (first growth) 1989 (from Chair of the Board
Jim Elting and Karen Elting), and a 3-liter Jean-Luc Colombo 2001
Cape Bleau Rose (from hosts Vinne and Ruth Avanzato). Magnificent
mementos included an official jersey signed by the Manchester United
Football Club coaches and players (from Thom Meredith ’73) and an
autographed Game Shirt from the MLS New York Red Bulls, along
with two game tickets and a signed scarf (from Jeremy Vuolo ’10).