Annual Report - SUNY Cortland

2011-12 Cortland College Foundation
Annual Report
Making Every
Step Count
SUNY Cortland students
depend on donor gifts to
overcome obstacles and
pursue big dreams. Read some
of their inspiring stories (Page 3).
1

A Message from the Chair
Every Gift Matters
In Fall 2011 SUNY Cortland launched the public portion of
Educating Champions: The Campaign for Cortland, an
ambitious effort to raise $25 million by 2013 to help support
core College priorities.
CAMPAIGN GOAL
$25 Million
$20 Million
$15 Million
$10 Million
$5 Million
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
Year Amount Cumulative Total
—————————————–––––––———–––——––—
2008-09 $4.7 million $4.7 million
2009-10 $11.1 million $15.8 million
2010-11 $3.3 million $19.1 million
2011-12 $3.5 million $22.6 million
When I joined the foundation board of
directors and we began talking about a
fundraising campaign, the first expert we
consulted told us we’d be lucky to raise
$16 million.
Boy was he wrong.
At the end of my final year as board chairman, I am happy
to announce that Educating Champions: The Campaign for
Cortland raised an additional $3.5 million during the 2011-12
fiscal year. That brought our campaign total to $22.6 million
with one year remaining to reach our $25 million goal.
Generous donations from alumni, students, faculty and
friends have strengthened the Cortland College Foundation.
They’ve enabled deserving students to attend SUNY
Cortland, enriched existing programs and helped create new
educational experiences. With help from our donors, SUNY
Cortland professors and students have shared innovative
research and ideas with the world, helping to shape the
national and international conversations on important social
issues and scientific understanding.
By working together, we have accomplished a lot. The
foundation is deeply grateful for the major gifts provided
through our planned giving and naming programs. But we are
also extremely proud of the breadth of support we’ve
received from the thousands of SUNY Cortland alumni who
gave what they could in a struggling economy.
Last year, more than 4,000 alumni gave gifts of less than
$1,000. Whether it’s an annual pledge of $50 from a retired
teacher or a first-time donation of $20 from a recent
graduate, these contributions add up.
SUNY Cortland has always valued teamwork. We work
together to achieve big goals, whether it’s winning an athletic
championship, raising our academic standards or ensuring
that all deserving students have access to a SUNY Cortland
education, regardless of income.
That may be what the “expert” failed to consider when he
said our goal of $25 million wasn’t possible. As I pass the
leadership torch to new board chair Louise Conley, I am
confident that SUNY Cortland’s legions of supporters will
continue to prove him wrong.
We have eight months remaining. By working together,
we can reach, and surpass, our campaign goal by the end of
the 2012-13 fiscal year.
We may have a broad and ambitious vision for the
College, but to make it a reality, every dollar counts and no
gift is too small. The time has come for all of us to once
again become SUNY Cortland champions.
2012-13 NA NA
The fiscal year ends on June 30.
Brian G. Murphy ’83, Chair, Cortland College Foundation
1

The Great Outdoors
Raquette Lake literally transformed the life of this faculty member and
alumnus. He’s spent more than a decade sharing the natural gem with others.
“Watching students
socialize — just seeing them
outside and making up their
own games — it’s fantastic.”
It’s much more than a
getaway destination in the
Adirondacks, it’s nature at
its finest.”
Corey Ryon ’99 has trekked to SUNY Cortland’s Center for
Environmental and Outdoor Education at Raquette Lake so
many times — nearly 100 by his count — that his friends
jokingly suggest he should change his address.
The truth is that Ryon, who lives in Cortland, was so moved by his
initial encounter with Raquette Lake’s majestic, Adirondack beauty that it
caused him to make serious changes in his life as a student.
A self-described couch potato at the time, he was overweight and
addicted to his electronic gadgets when he started college.
Then, in 1996, he was introduced to Raquette Lake.
“I went up there and it just changed my entire outlook on life,” said
Ryon, a former recreation major who today serves as an instructor for the
College’s Health and Physical Education departments as well as an
assistant coach for its swimming and diving teams.
These days, he sings Raquette Lake’s praises to anyone willing to listen.
He remembers his first campfire at the main dock like it happened
yesterday. He can tell you about the morning swims he has shared with
sports teams from the College, and he can validate just how much fun it
is to kayak with a group of physical education majors.
Ryon has witnessed a lot during 13 years of trips to the Adirondacks
— “countless” facility and equipment improvements, powerful teambuilding
trips, Raquette Lake’s designation as a National Historic Landmark
in 2008, just to name a few.
And he knows there’s a lot more to come.
Educating Champions: The Campaign for Cortland includes a
priority goal of raising $1.5 million for the Raquette Lake Development
and Enrichment Fund, which will enable the College to share this
potentially life-changing experience with every interested SUNY
Cortland student.
The fund will support an endowment to help students overcome
transportation and access issues.
2

Making Every Step Count
Lifting the Weight
He traveled nearly 1,200 miles to play hockey for SUNY Cortland.
A serious accident that injured his father nearly derailed his
college experience until scholarships saved the day.
Brittan Kuhlman’s father always supported his son’s dreams. When
the senior outdoor recreation major from Elkhorn, Neb., traveled
with his parents for hockey tournaments as a youth, Kuhlman
often awoke in hotel rooms to his father, a federal court reporter,
typing away at transcripts.
“When I was growing up, my dad just lived to work,” said
Kuhlman, who would fall back asleep to the soft tapping of the keys.
Allan Kuhlman and his schoolteacher wife, Judy, needed to
work to support their son’s sports dream, which Brittan estimates
can cost up to $20,000 per year when all expenses are considered.
With their support, Brittan played on amateur teams in
Colorado and a handful of cities in Canada before earning a spot
on SUNY Cortland’s roster.
But in the summer of 2010, an unthinkable accident shook his
family: Allan fell 25 feet from the roof of his house. The injuries
included broken fingers, arms and wrists.
He would never be able to work again.
“The one thing he was worried about was school and helping
to pay for it,” Brittan said. “He thought he put our family in
financial jeopardy.”
Brittan returned to Cortland determined to pay his own way.
He worked as much as he could. He lived frugally.
But he couldn’t have done it without scholarships.
Brittan received the Guardian Angelfish Scholarship and the
Helping Hand Scholarship, funds created by anonymous donors
that support students who are experiencing hard times. He also
received the Future New Yorker Scholarship, which allows
out-of-state students to obtain a tuition cost closer to that of a
New York state resident.
“There’s no way I would have been able to stay at Cortland
without them,” said Kuhlman, who maintains a 3.7 grade point average.
And his father, now retired, has peace of mind knowing his son
will be able to fulfill his childhood dream.
Living the Dream
Thanks to a SUNY Cortland teaching program and a scholarship
it provides, his goals to teach in New York City and change his
students’ lives are within reach.
Aspiring teacher Davon Clarke, a SUNY Cortland junior childhood
education major, is determined to work in the tough neighborhoods
of New York City, where he plans to dispel harsh urban stereotypes
one child at a time.
“We need teachers who bring the right passion,” Clarke said.
“And that’s me. I try to be impactful.”
It didn’t take long for Clarke to realize his calling; his own high
school in Middletown, N.Y., included a diverse population with
students from different backgrounds.
“I’ve always known that I wanted to reach out to students
from areas like where I come from,” he said.
This year, he was accepted into Cortland’s Urban Recruitment
of Educators (C.U.R.E.) program, which offers an annual scholarship
worth nearly $4,000 to students who are willing to study courses
related to urban education and commit to two years of teaching
in an urban area upon graduation.
For Clarke, the scholarship eases a financial burden that he
wasn’t sure he could afford. But he said the program’s biggest
payoff is the hands-on experience he gains at elementary schools
in urban areas. This fall, he travels to Percy Hughes Magnet School
in Syracuse, N.Y., once a week to observe and work with students.
It’s the type of learning that can’t be pulled from a textbook.
“The things I learned just by observing were so interesting,” he
said. “I loved it.”
If his campus involvement during his three years at SUNY
Cortland is any indication, Clarke will have little trouble adjusting
to the fast pace of city life. He has been a resident assistant in
Smith Tower, vice president of Black Student Union and an
Admissions Office tour guide, to name just a few roles.
His success, evidenced by his 3.77 grade point average on top
of his extracurricular involvement, comes back to keeping busy
and “keeping it real” with the people around him, he said.
“I like to deal with a wide variety of students, whether it’s
culturally or in terms of personality,” he said. “That’s where I like to
put myself.”
3
Learn more about how you can establish a transformative scholarship by contacting the Cortland College Foundation at (607) 753-5572.

Champions for Cortland
Every SUNY Cortland supporter is important to us, from the first-year teacher who pledges a
week’s worth of lunch money, to the successful business executive who names a campus building
after a loved one. In this report, we’d like to give special recognition to our individuals, businesses
and organizations who provided gifts of $1,000 or more during the 2011-12 fiscal year.
Lifetime Giving Societies
James Harmon Hoose Society
Recognizing lifetime philanthropy of more than $1,000,000
The first principal (president) of the Cortland Normal School who served from 1869 to
1881 and 1882 to 1891, Hoose is remembered for his “honesty of purpose, his enthusiasm
in all he undertook, and his unwavering commitment to make the world better.”
A complete list of all our donors can
be found in the online version of the
2011-12 Annual Report, available at
www.cortland.edu/campaign
Many students in our
education programs
benefit from the
generosity of donors.
Auxiliary Services Corporation
John M. Fantauzzi ’58
Park Foundation
Italicized names denote deceased
Francis J. Cheney Society
Recognizing lifetime philanthropy of more than $500,000
The second principal of the Cortland Normal School who served from 1891 to 1912,
Cheney was a first-rate administrator who was committed to community service.
Anonymous
Elsie C. Brauer
Charles A. Gibson
Lynne Parks Hoffman ’68
Harry DeWitt DeGroat Society
Alpha Kappa Phi/Agonian, Sigma Sigma
Sigma, Sigma Rho Sigma Sorority
Paul W. Blanchard and Suzy D. Blanchard
Rozanne M. Brooks
Harvey B. Brownstein ’52 and Fred Nicaise
Jean K. Cadwallader and
William P. Cadwallader
Campus Artist and Lecture Series
Wah Chip Chin and Yuki Chin
Louise M. Conley
Margaret A. Curry ’52
Dorris Torrey Davis ’28
Jean M. Dunlavey ’64
Peter F. Eisenhardt ’67 and Susan Fish
Peter Fine and Elizabeth Fine
Ford Foundation
Gloria Spina Friedgen ’71 and Ralph Friedgen
Homer C. Gutchess and Martha Gutchess
William L. Haines ’63
David E. Hennessy ’53 and Mildred Hennessy
Robert C. Howe
Bernard W. Hungerford ’52 and
Muriel Hungerford
Ethel McCloy Smiley ’31
SUNY Cortland Student Government
Association
Recognizing lifetime philanthropy of more than $100,000
The third principal of the Cortland Normal School who served from 1912 to 1943, DeGroat
commissioned the Alma Mater and established student Moving Up Day traditions such as
the sophomore key, junior rock and the senior ring ceremonies. DeGroat also is admired for
teaching students the importance of philanthropy.
Eileen Barker Hutchinson ’31
J. M. McDonald Foundation
Arthur R. Kozlik ’36 and Helene L. Kozlik
Adam J. Kradyna
Frederick Lawrence ’54 and
Anne Sullivan Lawrence ’51
Julia Wright Levine ’64 and Max Levine
Donald K. Mathews ’46
George L. McDermott and
Marcia Spaeth McDermott
Brian G. Murphy ’83 and Patricia Rhubottom
Sean A. Murray ’80 and Deborah Henretta
Natalie E. North ’44
Michael J. O’Reilly
Arnold T. Rist ’47
Victor M. Rumore II ’84
Louise DaMassa Sessa ’58
Eleanor King Strode ’59
Ben A. Sueltz and Blanche Bates Sueltz
Gerald P. Theisen ’53 and Ethel Mahan Theisen ’55
Willi A. Uschald
Neil W. Wortmann ’57 and
Rosemary Pierro Wortmann ’56
SMALL STEPS, BIG IMPACT
Karen Valko ’80
When her high school students ask for
college advice, geometry teacher Karen
Valko ’80 usually begins her reply with
two words.
“Go away,” she’ll say.
Valko, who teaches in Yonkers, N.Y.,
isn’t shooing her pupils to the side.
Rather, she’s offering a piece of advice
she learned firsthand as a downstate
transplant at SUNY Cortland. Education,
Valko says, affords a vital social
experience that involves stepping
outside one’s comfort zone.
“When I’m encouraging kids to go (to
college), I tell them: ‘Go away for a year
or at least a semester,’” said Valko, a
32-year teaching veteran. ‘“Get away.
You’ve got to give it a try. You’ve got to
break the ties.’”
Making sure today’s students enjoy
boundary-breaking experiences is one
of the reasons she has supported the
College financially. She’s offered a
monetary gift to The Cortland Fund, the
annual fundraising arm for SUNY
Cortland’s educational programs, almost
every year since her graduation,
increasing it little by little over time.
The payoff, she said, is a student’s
lifelong learning experience.
“Education is my passion,” she said.
“So passing it on is easy for me.”
4

Champions for Cortland
Partners in Leadership
In 2003, SUNY Cortland established its leadership gift recognition program called Partners
in Leadership. Its mission is to encourage the highest level of philanthropy to the College
while honoring those individuals, businesses and organizations who are SUNY Cortland’s
most generous annual donors.
The name reflects the substantial partnership between those donors and SUNY
Cortland. Their gifts impact the scope and quality of the educational experience available
to current Cortland students.
The Red Dragon Society, as indicated by a diamond (t), recognizes loyal benefactors
who have provided financial support to the College at any giving level for the previous
three or more consecutive years. This special group of alumni, parents and friends
regularly support, sustain and enhance the Cortland experience.
The gift recognition societies at right reflect the level of giving by their members
between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012.
THE ILLUMINATION SOCIETY
$50,000 and higher
TIOUGHNIOGA SOCIETY
$25,000 to $49,999
PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
$10,000 to $24,999
LYCEUM SOCIETY
$5,000 to $9,999
1868 SOCIETY
$1,868 to $4,999
COMMITTEE OF ONE THOUSAND
$1,000 to $1,867
ILLUMINATION SOCIETY
Donald S. Ames and Diane Ames
Auxiliary Services Corporation t
Margaret A. Curry ’52 t
John M. Fantauzzi ’58
Gloria Spina Friedgen ’71 and
Ralph Friedgen t
William L. Haines ’63 t
Robert Hobson
Lynne Parks Hoffman ’68 t
Bernard W. Hungerford ’52 and
Muriel Hungerford t
George L. McDermott
Park Foundation
Michael J. O’Reilly ’58
SUNY Cortland Student Government
Association
David J. Vittor ’67
TIOUGHNIOGA SOCIETY
James S. Colligan ’62 t
Louise M. Conley t
Peter F. Eisenhardt ’67 and
Susan Fish t
James D. Gallagher ’59 and
Margaret Sevka Gallagher ’61 t
Matthew M. Gallagher
Ronald G. Huether and Marguerite
Huether t
Brian G. Murphy ’83 and
Patricia Rhubottom t
Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving t
Louise DaMassa Sessa ’58 t
Henry A. Terhune ’79 and Mary
Pentangelo Terhune ’78 t
Gerald P. Theisen ’53 and
Ethel Mahan Theisen ’55 t
Willi A. Uschald t
PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
Anonymous (2)
Alliance Bank, NA t
Edward E. Birch ’60 and
Suzanne Pratt Birch ’59 t
Paul W. Blanchard and
Suzy D. Blanchard t
Shirley E. Bowen ’64 t
David E. Hennessy ’53 and
Mildred Hennessy t
Knox Family Foundation
David J. Kronman ’80 and
Sandra K. Kronman
Amy Knox Larson
Learning By Giving Foundation Inc.
Edward S. Leone ’78 t
M&T Charitable Foundation
Mandelbaum Family Trust
Bert R. Mandelbaum ’75
James I. McGuidwin ’63 and
Leslie Griffith McGuidwin ’63 t
Anthony R. Moon Jr. ’86
Maureen O’Rourke Murphy ’62 t
National Grid
Oswego County Charitable
Foundation
Brenda Murray Pace ’60
Victor M. Rumore II ’84 t
William F. Sharp and
Elizabeth A. Sharp t
Judson W. Smith ’76 and
Kathleen Wilmott Smith ’76 t
Iris J. Stedener ’47
Russell W. Steenberg and
Patricia M. Colbert t
Barry J. Thornton II ’93 and
Kristin Parsons Thornton t
William G. Tierney ’73
George H. Weissman ’76 t
Neil W. Wortmann ’57 t
LYCEUM SOCIETY
Anonymous (2)
Matthew L. Asen ’73
Franklin D. Autry ’62 and
Geraldine Wikarski Autry ’64
Carol Bailey Baird ’62
Joan Steiner Blank ’73 and
Charles Blank t
James A. Bonaventura ’79 t
Marcia K. Carlson t
Katherine Emerich Compagni ’68 t
Anupama Chaturvedi Connor
ConocoPhillips t
Barbara M. Cronk ’57
Janet M. Duncan t
Stephen D. Franco ’05 and
Janine Batzing Franco
General Electric Foundation t
Helping Hand ’69 Scholarship
James P. Henneberg ’62
Robert C. Howe t
Iris Jean Stedener Charitable Trust
Johnson & Johnson Family of Cos. t
Marie Reiss Kane ’62 t
Michael A. LaPointe ’00
Joseph M. Lawless ’87 t
Edward S. Leone ’78 t
Michael E. Morandi ’76 t
H. Linnea Peterson Robinson ’36
Norma Smoczynski Schlager ’62 t
Breta C. Sisson ’68 t
Anthony P. Tesori ’39
Verizon Foundation t
J. J. Walsh ’78 t
Rosemary Walters ’58 t
Jo Ann G. Wickman ’74 and
Kenneth P. Wickman t
1868 SOCIETY
ACE INA Foundation t
Frederick P. Acee ’63 t
Terry J. Allen ’78 and
Patricia Ignagni Allen ’78 t
Allyn International Services, Inc.
Ames Linen Service
Johanna Ames and
Matthew T. Coats ’97 t
Elizabeth J. Anderson ’79 t
Joseph Armideo t
Thomas C. Babcock ’94 t
William C. Baerthlein ’76 t
Richard M. Ball ’56 and
Grace Sparkes Ball ’57
James D. Benham ’67 and
Jane Sheehy Benham ’68 t
Erik J. Bitterbaum and
Ellen Howard Burton t
Richard J. Bub Sr. ’57
Norma Hall Burns ’48 t
Shirley Reome Cahill ’66 t
Central New York Community
Foundation
James M. Clark and Patricia A. Clark t
Coca-Cola Co. Matching Gifts
Program t
James C. Codispoti ’63 and
Lois Kornrumpf Codispoti ’64 t
Consolidated Edison Company of
New York t
Joan DeBrine
Douglas A. DeRancy ’75, M ’86 and
Deborah Garnier DeRancy t
William M. Dickerson ’69 and
Maura Feeney Dickerson ’71 t
Roberta Gere Doering ’46 t
Emergency Medicine Physicians of
Cortland County t
John L. Fauth and Barbara A. Fauth t
Fritz Favorule ’76 t
Dorothea Kreig Fowler ’52 t
Raymond D. Franco ’72, M ’75 and
Donna Still Franco ’73 t
Audrey Cook Gensler ’57
Lucy C. Gettman ’78 t
GlobalGiving Foundation
Mark S. Goracy ’77 t
David P. Hempson ’76 and
Karen Hempson ’78 t
IBM Corporation Matching Grants
Program t
Janet Denison Jeffers ’79 and
Peter M. Jeffers
John P. Jelinek ’77 and Laurie Jelinek t
Peter T. Kachris ’56 t
KEYBANK National Association t
Adam J Kradyna t
Mindy Spector Kronman ’78
Robert J. Lalley ’66
Tim Lavelle t
Leanne M. Leonard ’79 t
Charles M. Malet ’70 and
Cynthia Rowley Malet ’69 t
Gail F. Maloney ’72 t
MMC Matching Gifts to Education
Program
Sandra G. Morley ’77 t
New York Community Trust
Edward H. Olivari ’49 t
Angela Pace t
Janice Tesoriero Pauly ’71 t
Norman A. Peck ’57 t
Lynn Karlin Perlman ’68 and
Robert H. Perlman
Carole Wilsey Phillips ’48
Mark J. Prus t
Gloria A. Quadrini ’59 t
Rosa La Sorte Rich ’55 and
George M. Rich t
Robert L. Rubendall and
Susan Rubendall
James Sarvay and Carmenza Sarvay t
Bonnie Miller Sciera ’73 t
C. Gregory Sharer and
Kathy Maguire Sharer t
William E. Shaut and Barbara J. Harvey
Sally Bonanno Shumway ’54
Ronnie Sternin Silver ’67 t
Joan C. Sitterly and Gary Miller t
Theresa Vant Snavely ’47 and
Christian Snavely t
Sport Management Club t
Matthew A. Steenberg and
Lynn B. Steenberg t
The U.S. Charitable Gift Trust t
Bernard E. Thoma ’78 and
Paula E. Thoma ’76 t
Joseph A. Vallo ’79 t
Vanguard Charitable Endowment
Program
Robert W. Vinal ’71 t
Alexander P. Voitovich ’77 t
Paul Volk ’50 and Amaryllis Volk t
A. Henry Von Mechow ’49 and
Sallie Von Mechow t
Robert H. Wallace ’53 t
George J. Weinbrenner ’62 t
Susan M. Wilson t
Richard D. Winkler ’78 and
Deborah A. Quigley ’79 t
5

COMMITTEE OF ONE THOUSAND
Anonymous
Benjamin I. Albright ’03 and
Abbey Hadzicki Albright ’02
Dawn Nolan Allyn ’61 and Lew Allyn t
Candy Altman Bergantino ’77 t
George A. Ampagoomian ’65 t
Genevieve Burhans Barden ’60
James S. Barry M ‘89 and
Joanne Diamond Barry M ‘97
Amy Berg
David H. Bleau ’64 t
Herbert M. Booth ’49 and
Virginia Springer Booth t
Eric G. Bradshaw ’70 t
George T. Breen ’56 t
Robert D. Brown ’81
Van A. Burd t
Carolyn Colby Cameron ’53
Michael J. Cappeto ’71 t
Samuel J. Cario ’55 and
Louisa Stahl Cario ’55 t
Francis J. Casullo
Kerri-Ann Catlaw-Berleth ’92
Saralee Haas Christ ’61
Marilyn Muller Clark ’51 t
Mary Lynn Collins ’57 t
Community Foundation of Collier
County t
Carolyn A. Cooke ’66 t
John L. Cottone t
James L. Cranfield ’61 t
Candace Pople Curran ’72 t
Jena Nicols Curtis
T. Peter Dady ’74 t
Carol A. Davis ’66 t
Henry J. DePippo
Mary Turi Desiderio ’48
Barbara A. DiPalma ’62 t
Megan S. Ditton t
Penelope Ditton
Daniel L. Driscoll
ExxonMobil Foundation t
Paul S. Fardy ’63 and Judith Fardy t
Gene J. Farry ’59 t
Paul E. Fernandes ’67 and
Kathy Lopez Fernandes ’67 t
Katherine A. Flack ’71 t
Michael L. Flaster ’78 t
Michael F. Foley ’87
George D. Fordes ’77 and
Julia Hulliger Fordes ’77
Roland Fragnoli
Linda D. Frank ’61 and
Leonard Cohen t
Karen Cornell Funk ’72 t
David R. Gallagher
Janet Smith Gleason ’49 and
Burdette Gleason t
Geoffrey C. Godbey ’64 t
Karen Jackson Goodell ’82 t
Jane E. Grastorf ’62 t
Richard R. Griffin ’63 and
Bonnie Cole Griffin ’62 t
Stephen Gumaer ’67 and
Darlene Nider Gumaer ’69 t
Mary Alice Catlin Haase ’50
Hage Real Estate t
Nabih Hage ’70 and
Florence Starr Hage ’67 t
Timothy G. Hale ’68 and
Linda Shroat Hale ’68
Joseph W. Halper ’52 and
Arline Rimmer Halper ’57 t
Catherine M. Hanchett
Lynn D. Hemink ’62 and
Ellen Hemink t
Joy L. Hendrick t
Shirlee H. Hilton ’56 t
Jerome C. Hink ’64 and Lois Hink
Pamela D. Hoerup ’90, M ’94
Frederick G. Holcomb Jr. ’76 t
Robert Hoppey ’55 t
HSBC Bank USA
Richard W. Hunter
J. Robert Johnson ’58 and
Maureen Johnson t
Rose Marie Jones ’62
Karney Flaster Family Foundation
Samuel L. Kelley t
J. Richard Kendrick and
Marcia F. Kendrick t
Rose Marie Kleinspehn ’49 t
Paul Kolodzy and Martha S. Kolodzy t
Mary Elyse Krall
Gregory Leach
Leach’s Custom Trash
Julia Wright Levine ’64
Willard L. Lewis ’66 t
Craig B. Little and Elaine Little
Ernest A. Logan ’73 t
LPCiminelli, Inc.
William A. Maffei ’83
William Mahon ’49 and Gail Mc Lellan
Mando Books Inc.
Lance J. McAllister ’70 t
Glory Hecker McCarthy ’49
Theodore McKee ’69 t
Carol A. McKinzie ’58 t
McNeil & Company Insurance and
Risk Services
McNeil Development Co. t
Daniel McNeil Sr. and Rose McNeil t
Daniel McNeil Jr. and Danielle McNeil
Seth F. Meisler ’76
Maureen Miletta
Helen Rodevick Mish ’62
Patricia B. Mounser t
Walter T. Munze ’60 t
Mary K. Murphy and
Matthew J. Murphy
National Autism Association
Douglas B. Nessle ’58 and
Jean Cross Nessle ’56 t
Joseph O’Connor ’70 and
Beverly Dams O’Connor ’70 t
David C. Parker ’66 and
Karen Freise Parker ’68 t
Petrella Bros. Auto Body, Inc.
Matthew L. Petrella ’92
Louis R. Pettinelli Jr. ’55 t
Irene Weglinski Phelan ’42
Place Insurance Agency Inc.
Veronica M. Plucinski ’74
Alexander D. Politis ’80 and
Janet Darrigo Politis ’80
Linda L. Pons ’62 t
John Potter
J. Michael Reagan ’78 t
Robert E. Rhodes ’53 and
Norma Young Rhodes ’53 t
Curtis J. Richardson ’66
Louis Rozanski ’62
Lisa Marsh Ryerson ’91 t
Louis F. Saltrelli ’62 and
Joan Pisciotta Saltrelli ’62 t
Peter G. Sarvay and Ellen A. Sarvay t
Paul Sbrollini ’62 and Rebecca
Schwartz Sbrollini ’62 t
David G. Schletter ’67
Andrea Seger ’71 t
Sentinel Brokers Co. Inc. t
Ira Sheier ’62 t
Jack C. Sheltmire ’73 and
Patti Sheltmire t
Bruce H. Siegel ’69 and
Anne Cohn Siegel ’68 t
Harris Silver ’67 t
Kevin J. Smith ’79 t
Nancy Belloff Smith ’62 and
Bradley Smith t
Todd H. Smith ’83 t
John F. Snow ’78 and
Terri Crandall Snow ’78 t
Southern Tier Area Speech, Language
& Hearing Association
Charles H. Spaulding and
Elizabeth S. Spaulding t
Joseph J. Speroni ’75
Steven Steigerwald ’72 and
Maureen R. Sullivan ’76
Doris Morris Stuart ’60 t
SUNY Cortland Recreational Sports
Club
Marilyn Kellam Tannenhaus ’48 t
Thomas A. Terwilliger ’92 and
Shannon Burch Terwilliger ’95
Brian T. Tobin ’94 t
Donald L. Traver ’59 and
Donna Bell Traver ’59 t
United Group of Companies, Inc.
Gordon C. Valentine ’68 t
Carol A. Van Der Karr
John D. Vine ’57 t
Monica A. Voldstad ’72
Joseph A. Warren ’73 t
Lynn Wecker ’69 t
Wells Fargo Foundation
Donald A. White ’53 and
Betty Jo White t
Marie Battermann Whitehill-
Mairhuber ’40 t
Marsha Goodfliesh Wilkins ’67 t
Mary Beth Williams ’63 t
Helen B. Wils ’65 and
Leonard A. Goldstein
William R. Wirth and
Marjrie Coolidge Wirth t
Mitchell Wolf ’72 and Marianne
McGarry Wolf
Judy M. Wolfe ’84 t
Christopher J. Wolpert and
Elizabeth S. Wolpert
Jane Fowler Wood ’77 t
Theodore R. Woods ’53 and
Norma I. Woods t
William Yelverton ’63
Bettie Lee Yerka t
Edward J. Zambraski ’71 and
Nancy Zambraski t
Mark W. Zeller ’82 t
Arden P. Zipp and
Kathryn A. Vernay ’83 t
STEPPING UP
Michael LaPointe ’00
A two-time
All-American, Michael
LaPointe ’00 led the
Red Dragons to three
NCAA Division III
World Series
appearances from
1998 to 2000.
Michael LaPointe ’00, one
of the greatest baseball
players ever to put on a
SUNY Cortland uniform,
didn’t cut his ties to the
College after the final out
of his All-American career.
Instead, the former
business economics major,
who has since found
success in the finance
industry, has given back to
SUNY Cortland and the baseball team as a
dedicated Partner in Leadership. LaPointe not
only still follows the SUNY Cortland team, but
recruits newly graduated players to positions in
corporate America.
“There were people both in the Economics
Department and on the coaching staff who
took an investment in me,” said Mike, who lives
in Stamford, Conn. “We still stick together and I
don’t think that’s all that common at other
schools.
“I just wanted to get more deeply involved if
I could. On the other side, I’ve been fortunate
enough to bring a couple of baseball alumni
down who have turned out to make me look
really good in hiring.”
Italicized names denote deceased 6

Champions for Cortland
Lofty Elm Society
The Lofty Elm Society, which takes its name from the first verse of the Alma Mater, was
established in 2003 to recognize alumni, emeriti and friends who record estate commitments,
establish life income gifts, or make other planned gifts for the benefit of SUNY Cortland
through the Cortland College Foundation. The individuals listed here have confirmed such
gift plans and were recognized as members of the Lofty Elm Society as of June 30, 2012.
ALUMNI
Anonymous (2)
Michael J. Andrus ’80
Matthew L. Asen ’73
Katherine A. Bacon ’47
Joseph C. Baldwin ’60
Judith Fleming Barcik ’61
Genevieve Burhans Barden ’60
Mary Eadie Bell ’21
Edward E. Birch ’60 and
Suzanne Pratt Birch ’59
Shirley E. Bowen ’64
Harvey Brownstein ’52
Laura Woernley Buck ’30
Kathie J. Burnside ’73
Rita Storti Campanella ‘63
William H. Carey ’50 and
Barbara Bennett Carey ’50
Pauline Cooney Carlyon ’56
Marjorie Dey Carter ’50
Virginia Meyer Carter ’74
Joyce T. Cavanagh ’53
Mildred Cefaratti ’50
John H. Ciulla Jr. ’71 and Linda Ciulla
Velma Campbell Cobb ’30
Glenn D. Cook ’53 and
Anne Apgar Cook ’53
Carolyn A. Cooke ’66
Barbara M. Cronk ’57
Margaret A. Curry ’52
Rhoda Chase Curtiss ’55 and Peter Curtiss
George O. Davenport ’62 and
Carol Davenport
Dorris Torrey Davis ’28
Cleone Barnes Davis ’48
Dominick DeFilippo ’49
Vincent D’Esposito ’62
William M. Dickerson ’69 and
Maura Feeney Dickerson ’71
Mary Chmura Donohue ’54
Jean M. Dunlavey ’64
Constance J. Durkee ’54
Eileen C. Dwyer ’57
John M. Fantauzzi ’58
Elizabeth M. Finke ’60
Judith G. Forrest ’62
Dorothea Kreig Fowler ’52
Raymond D. Franco ’72 and
Donna Still Franco ’73
Allen L. Freedman ’72
Martha Dam Gallup ’44
Joyce A. Gaus ’60
John D. Gibbons ’80
Mark W. Glickman ’75
Mary Alice Catlin Haase ’50
Jeffrey W. Harr ’81 and
Amy L. Henderson-Harr ’83
Janet Reust Harris ’57
Barbara G. Hemink ’72
Arlene Cathers Henderson ’44
David E. Hennessy ’53 and
Mildred Hennessy
Robert H. Hildreth ’67
Todd D. Hopkins ’91
Robert Hoppey ’55
John C. Hubbard ’71
Eileen Barker Hutchinson ’31
Robert R. Johnson ’62
Ronald C. Jones ’64 and
Sandra Pratt Jones ’66
Laura Wolfe Jopling ’33
Patricia Kemmerer Kearney ’65
Marthena Marrin King ’55
Renee P. Kirschner ’71
Rose Marie Luppino Kleinspehn ’49
John A. Kobuskie ’48
Arthur R. Kozlik ’36 and
Helene L. Kozlik
Richard B. Lange ’63
Louise Lawrence ’62
Marsha Levine ’69
Patricia Durso Lunsford ’75
Darlene Swift Mack ’72
Robert M. Mallow ’79
Patricia McGee Malone ’71 and
Christopher Malone
Dolores Rogers Martin ’51
Vincent J. Mascia ’53 and
Roberta Miller Mascia ’53
Donald K. Mathews ’46
Eileen M. McCarthy ’39
Ann M. McConnell ’53
Marta Watts McIvor ’64
Ramona Dubick Mirabito ’51
Francis Moench ’16
Sandra G. Morley ’77
Brian G. Murphy ’83
Jennie Locherer Nagengast ’92 and
Theodore P. Nagengast Jr. ’91
Anne Whitehouse Noll ’55
Claire A. Noller ’45
Natalie E. North ’44
Carol A. Okoren ’63
Diane Waugh Oliver ’83
Michael J. O’Reilly ’58
Jorene Post Page ’59 and
Rodger J. Page
June E. Palmer ’53
Kathleen Palmer Perreault ’33
Carole Wilsey Phillips ’48
Elsie Sparrow Platto ’23
Linda L. Pons ’62
Carol M. Pothier ’69
David M. Radder ’76
Patricia Reardon ’50
Rosa La Sorte Rich ’55
Arnold T. Rist ’47
H. Linnea Peterson Robinson ’36
Fern Peabody Rogers ’32
Donald T. Rohel ’72
Norma Smoczynski Schlager ’62
Donna M. Seagers ’53
Andrea Seger ’71
Barbara Molefsky Serling ’62
Beverly Teed Shaffer ’56 and
J. Alvin Shaffer
Ira J. Sheier ’62
Jack C. Sheltmire ’73 and
Patti Sheltmire
Ethel McCloy Smiley ’31
Theresa Vant Snavely ’47 and
Christian Snavely
Suzanne A. Snyder ’73
Iris J. Stedener ’47
Linda Steinberg ’69
Eleanor King Strode ’59
Margaret Ferree Stuart ’46
Anthony P. Tesori ’39
Donald L. Traver ’59 and
Donna Bell Traver ’59
Marjorie Bremiller Wheeler ’43
Dorotha M. Wiggins ’47
Neil W. Wortmann ’57 and
Rosemary Pierro Wortmann ’56
Gloria Stootman Wristen ’74
EMERITI, FACULTY AND STAFF
Anonymous
Louise Abernethy
Patricia Allen
Lenore Alway
Donna K. Anderson
Bonnie B. Barr-Larkin
Van A. Burd
Rozanne M. Brooks
James E. Bugh and Theresa Bugh
Frank A. Burdick
Marcia K. Carlson
James M. Clark and Patricia A. Clark
Kathleen Howarth
Peter D. Koryzno
Robert F. Lewis ‘47
George L. McDermott and
Marcia Spaeth McDermott
Nasrin Parvizi
Jessie Hahn Shaffer
Gerald M. Surette
Judson H. Taylor and Elise M. Taylor
Willi A. Uschald
Peter W. VanderWoude and
Kimberlea Race VanderWoude
Alice A. Walker
Robert H. Wallace ’53 and
Sally Yaeger Wallace ’53
Helena Zapletalova
FRIENDS
Anonymous (2)
Elsie C. Brauer
Jean K. Cadwallader and
William P. Cadwallader
Wah Chip Chin and Yuki Chin
Louise M. Conley
Paul Demane
Leo R. Flanigan
Wendy K. Foldes
Charles A. Gibson
Homer C. Gutchess
Eleanor R. Hathaway
Robert C. Howe
Adam J. Kradyna
John W. Mosser and Jane R. Mosser
Frederick Nicaise
William L. Susen
Donald M. Wilcox
Olive Wilkinson
Marjrie Coolidge Wirth and
William R. Wirth
Bettie Lee Yerka
7

Helping to Make
a Difference
Lofty Elms Have
Strong Roots
As a successful graduate, you’re part
of SUNY Cortland’s proud legacy. It’s
time to make the College part of yours.
“Cortland was an invaluable experience
and opportunity for me. It really
opened so many doors and let me go in
a direction I hadn’t planned to go in.”
Donald Rohel ’72, director of the Student
Center at Shepherd University in West
Virginia, received his Lofty Elm Society pin
from President Erik Bitterbaum at the
2012 Partners in Leadership Dinner. Rohel
joins nearly 200 College alumni, friends,
faculty and emeriti who have remembered
the Cortland College Foundation in their
wills or long-term financial plans.
“You’re never too young to give back to
your university. Especially when you look
at how little government support they
now receive,” Rohel said.
To learn more about Planned Giving,
contact Peter VanderWoude in the
Planned Gifts Office at (607) 758-5309 or at
peter.vanderwoude@cortland.edu
Once a month, families from across Central
New York gather with SUNY Cortland
physical education students and a team of
medical, educational and service specialists.
While the adults learn about topics
ranging from life-planning to wheelchairfitting,
the children do something that many
of them rarely get an opportunity to do:
They play. With other kids.
In activities that don’t make them feel
like outcasts.
“It’s really the only program of its kind,”
said Physical Education Professor John Foley,
head of a joint effort by SUNY Cortland
and SUNY Upstate Medical University to
help families with children born with spina
bifida, a congenital disorder that can cause a
range of disabilities. “The families appreciate
it, the kids love it, and it’s an incredible
learning experience for our students.”
The program is a model that Foley
hopes will be widely copied and adopted.
With the help of a foundation grant, last
SUNY CORTLAND 2011-12 SOURCES OF FUNDING
year he was able to promote the concept
at influential, professional conferences.
It’s just one aspect of a SUNY Cortland
adaptive physical education program that
affects the lives of dozens of individuals
every week. Undergraduate physical education
students gain valuable experience
working with disabled children and adults
at Park Center as part of their course work.
Many of those students put that
experience to work at “Fit Families Group
Visits,” in which about a dozen SUNY
Cortland graduate students meet regularly
with 10 to 15 families of children with spina
bifida and a diverse team of specialists at
Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse.
“We bring extra wheelchairs so siblings
and staff can use them and everybody is
on the same level,” Foley said. “The
program gives our students an opportunity
to collaborate with other professionals,
which is what they will need to do when
they’re working in the field.”
This fiscal year, for the first time ever, the percentage of SUNY Cortland’s budget supported by
New York State appropriations was smaller than the percentage funded by student tuition.
Grants and Contracts 1.9%
Foundation and Alumni 3.2%
Capital Projects 6.8%
Fee Supported Activities 10.1%
Residence Halls 13.6%
Auxiliary Services 14.1%
Student Government Association .9%
Tuition 25.2%
State Appropriations
and Fringe Benefits
(NYS Tax $) 24.2%
$36,953,400 Tuition 25.2 percent
$35,313,558 State Appropriations and Fringe Benefits (NYS Tax $) 24.2 percent
$20,606,266 Auxiliary Services 14.1 percent
$19,822,295 Residence Halls 13.6 percent
$14,673,977 Fee Supported Activities 10.1 percent
$9,880,685 Capital Projects 6.8 percent
$4,638,243 Foundation and Alumni (estimated, unaudited) 3.2 percent
$2,805,525 Grants and Contracts 1.9 percent
$1,295,583 Student Government Association 0.9 percent
____________________________________________________________________________
$145,989,532 Total 100.0 percent
8

In the National Spotlight
For three students destined for health-related careers, a
small grant from the Cortland College Foundation afforded
a memorable trip and national recognition.
After nearly four years of college, many students wouldn’t
want to brag that they learned how to party.
But for three recent SUNY Cortland graduates, sharing that
knowledge led to a national award.
The group made its way to a national case study competition
in Boston this spring, tasked with devising a fictional plan to
curb underage drinking. Their presentation, creatively named
“Teach Your Parents How to Party,” won third place in the
American Association for Health Education event. The
competition asked teams of students from across the nation
to role-play as Boston health educators working in the city’s
public schools.
“It was a real-world scenario where we applied the methods
and techniques we learned in our classes,” said Cortland native
Amanda Cheetham ’12, who earned a health education degree.
“The experience was incredible.”
The SUNY Cortland trio also included recent community
health graduate Lauren Shirley ‘12, of Homer, N.Y., and senior
community health major Kenneth Dean, of Auburn, N.Y.
“We did a lot of work preparing,” Dean said. “And that
preparation really paid off.”
In their project, they targeted both students and parents
with unique components, such as a daycare provider at
information sessions for parents and a translator for people
who do not speak English.
Amanda Cheetham ’12
and Kenneth Dean pore
through reference materials
used in their nationally
recognized presentation.
“Based on the material, we decided the scare tactic
approach might not be the best way to approach underage
drinking,” Shirley said. “So we suggested sessions where
students could teach their parents how to party, without using
alcohol.”
The SUNY Cortland trio was able to take its unique plan to
Boston thanks to the Cortland College Foundation Small
Grants Program, which supplied money for travel and lodging.
The program, which provides funds for projects that advance
the mission of the College, is supported by the Cortland
College Foundation.
For the three students destined for health-related careers,
the small grant meant a jump-start on networking with
nationally-recognized professionals in the field.
“Just to be invited was an honor,” Dean said. “But to wind
up with one of the best projects in the country, that was
pretty cool.”
Where We Stand
Cortland College Foundation, Inc. and Cortland College Foundation Properties, Inc. Statements of Financial Position
as of June 30, 2012.
2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
ASSETS
Cash and Investments $12,151,586 $18,982,878 $23,183,003 $24,934,885
Other $3,398,492 $3,154,964 $3,182,508 $3,358,735
Total Assets $15,550,078 $22,137,842 $26,365,511 $28,293,620
LIABILITIES
Total Liabilities $276,516 $295,272 $414,123 $434,222
NET ASSETS
Total Net Assets $15,273,562 $21,842,570 $25,951,388 $27,859,398
9

Gifts of cash, planned gifts or campaign pledges of $5,000 or more since July 1, 2008
$1,000,000 +
Auxiliary Services Corporation
Louise M. Conley
John M. Fantauzzi ’58
Lynne Parks Hoffman ’68
Michael J. O’Reilly ’58
$500,000 - $999,999.99
Joseph C. Baldwin ’60
Brian G. Murphy ’83 and Patricia
Rhubottom
Ethel McCloy Smiley ’31
$100,000 - $499,999.99
Donald S. Ames and Diane Ames
Bonnie B. Barr-Larkin
Edward E. Birch ’60 and
Suzanne Pratt Birch ’59
Paul W. Blanchard and Suzy D.
Blanchard
Jean K. Cadwallader and
William P. Cadwallader
Margaret A. Curry ’52
Peter F. Eisenhardt ’67 and Susan Fish
Dorothea Kreig Fowler ’52
William L. Haines ‘63
David E. Hennessy ’53 and
Mildred Hennessy
Ronald G. Huether and
Marguerite Huether
Adam J. Kradyna
Park Foundation
Linda L. Pons ’62
Rosa La Sorte Rich ’55
Victor M. Rumore II ’84
Norma Smoczynski Schlager ’62
Louise DaMassa Sessa ’58
Ira J. Sheier ’62
Eleanor King Strode ’59
SUNY Cortland Student
Government Association
Willi A. Uschald
$50,000 - $99,999.99
Anonymous
Katherine A. Bacon ’47
Patricia Boscamp Cluss ’79
Gloria Spina Friedgen ’71 and
Ralph Friedgen
Robert Hobson
Bernard W. Hungerford ’52 and
Muriel Hungerford
Julia Wright Levine ’64 and
Max Levine
Mandelbaum Family Trust
George L. McDermott and Marcia
Spaeth McDermott
Anthony R. Moon Jr. ’86
Maureen O’Rourke Murphy ’62
National Grid
Claire A. Noller ’45
Arnold T. Rist ’47
Gerald P. Theisen ’53 and
Ethel Mahan Theisen ’55
David J. Vittor ’67
Neil W. Wortmann ’57 and
Rosemary Pierro Wortmann ’56
Italicized names denote deceased
$25,000 - $49,999.99
Anonymous (2)
Paul M. Alexander ’82
Matthew L. Asen ’73
William C. Baerthlein ’76
James A. Bonaventura ’79
Shirley E. Bowen ’64
Campus Artist and Lecture Series
James S. Colligan ’62
Katherine Emerich Compagni ’68
Dorothea Deitz Memorial Scholarship
Fund, Inc.
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
James D. Gallagher ’59 and
Margaret Sevka Gallagher ’61
Robert C. Howe
Johnson & Johnson Family of Cos.
Joseph Lawless ’87
Edward S. Leone ’78
Ramona Dubick Mirabito ’51 and
Frederick B. Mirabito
Patricia Reardon ’50
William F. Sharp and Elizabeth A. Sharp
Victor G. Siegle and
Ann Handman Siegle
Breta C. Sisson ’68
Patricia Vetrone Slater ’49
Ethel McCloy Smiley
Judson W. Smith ’76 and Kathleen
Wilmott Smith ’76
Russell Steenberg and Patricia M. Colbert
Henry A. Terhune ’79 and
Mary Pentangelo Terhune ’78
Audrey L. Thompson
Barry J. Thornton ’93 and
Kristin Parsons Thornton
Robert H. Wallace ’53
J. J. Walsh ’78
Marjorie Bremiller Wheeler ’43
$10,000 - $24,999.99
Anonymous
Patricia Allen
Terry J. Allen ’78 and
Patricia Ignagni Allen ’78
Johanna Ames and Matthew T. Coats ’97
Ames Linen Service
Robert L. Antin ’72
Robert and Patti Antin
Charitable Gift Fund
Donald C. Armstrong and
Linda May Armstrong ’76
Thomas C. Babcock ’94
Richard M. Ball ’56 and
Grace Sparkes Ball ’57
Harry Bellardini ’56 and
Mary Alice Bellardini ’58
James D. Benham ’67 and
Jane Sheehy Benham ’68
Erik J. Bitterbaum and
Ellen Howard Burton
Bobbi Cohen Blair ’65
Michael J. Cappeto ’71
James M. Clark and Patricia A. Clark
James C. Codispoti ’63 and Lois
Kornrumpf Codispoti ’64
ConocoPhillips
Consolidated Edison Company of
New York
Cleone Barnes Davis ’48
Dominion Foundation
Emergency Medicine Physicians of
Cortland County
ExxonMobil Foundation
John L. Fauth and Barbara A. Fauth
Raymond D. Franco ’72, M ’75 and
Donna Still Franco ’73
Matthew M. Gallagher
General Electric Foundation
Lucy C. Gettman ’78
Mark S. Goracy ’77
David P. Hempson ’76 and
Karen M. Hempson ’78
IBM Corporation Matching Grants
Program
John P. Jelinek ’77 and Laurie Jelinek
Knox Family Foundation
David J. Kronman ’80 and
Sandra K. Kronman
Amy Knox Larson
Learning By Giving Foundation Inc.
Leanne M. Leonard ’79
Robert F. Lewis ’47
M & T Charitable Foundation
Gail F. Maloney ’72
Vincent J. Mascia ’53 and
Roberta Miller Mascia ’53
Ann M. McConnell ’53
James I. McGuidwin ’63 and
Leslie Griffith McGuidwin ’63
Doris Nafis McKee ’41
Sean A. Murray ’80 and
Deborah Henretta
Angela Pace
Brenda Murray Pace ’60
Robert H. Perlman and
Lynn Karlin Perlman ’68
Carole Wilsey Phillips ’48
Mark J. Prus
Gloria A. Quadrini ’59
C. Gregory Sharer and
Kathy Maguire Sharer
William E. Shaut and Barbara J. Harvey
Ronnie Sternin Silver ’67
Sport Management Club
Iris J. Stedener ’47
Margaret Ferree Stuart ’46
Bernard E. Thoma ’78 and
Paula E. Thoma ’76
Angela Priore Thurlow ’82
Antoinette Tiburzi
William G. Tierney ’73
Donald L. Traver ’59 and
Donna Bell Traver ’59
Gordon C. Valentine ’68
Joseph A. Vallo ’79
Verizon Foundation
Paul Volk ’50 and Amaryllis Volk
A. Henry von Mechow ’49 and
Sallie von Mechow
Rosemary Walters ’58
George H. Weissman ’76
Susan M. Wilson
Richard D. Winkler ’78 and
Deborah A. Quigley ’79
Bettie Lee Yerka
$5,000 - $9,999.99
Anonymous (2)
ACE INA Foundation
Dawn Nolan Allyn ’61 and Lew F. Allyn
Allyn International Services, Inc.
Elizabeth J. Anderson ’79
Arizona Community Foundation
Joseph Armideo
Marian Natoli Atkinson ’54
Franklin D. Autry ’62 and
Geraldine Wikarski Autry ’64
James S. Barry M ’89 and Joanne
Diamond Barry M ’97
Amy Berg
Ronald Black ’59
David H. Bleau ’64
Herbert M. Booth ’49 and
Virginia Springer Booth
George T. Breen ’56
Gilbert Brown ’51 and
Shirley Haft Brown ’51
C.B. Bucknor ’84
Norma Hall Burns ’48
Shirley Reome Cahill ’66
Christine Cimino Calabro ’97 and
Chris Calabro
Calabro Properties, Inc.
Samuel J. Cario ’55 and
Louisa Stahl Cario ’55
Marcia K. Carlson
Francis J. Casullo
Richard A. Cecconi ’74 and
Christine Perry Cecconi ’74
Central New York Community
Foundation
Coca-Cola Co. Matching Gifts Program
Sheila G. Cohen
Anupama Chaturvedi Connor
Carolyn A. Cooke ’66
John L. Cottone
Barbara M. Cronk ’57
Jean M. Cross ’46
Sara J. Daggett ’78
Carol A. Davis ’66
Dominick DeFilippo ’49
Douglas A. DeRancy ’75, M ’86 and
Deborah Garnier DeRancy
William M. Dickerson ’69 and
Maura Feeney Dickerson ’71
Robert B. Ditton ’64
Roberta Gere Doering ’46
Janet M. Duncan
Paul S. Fardy ’63
Fritz Favorule ’76
Paul E. Fernandes ’67 and
Kathy Lopez Fernandes ’67
Katherine A. Flack ’71
Stephen D. Franco ’05 and
Janine Batzing Franco
John P. Funiciello ’86
Jeanne F. Galvin ’60
Karen Jackson Goodell ’82
Jane E. Grastorf ’62
Stephen Gumaer ’67 and
Darlene Nider Gumaer ’69
Nabih Hage ’70 and
Florence Starr Hage ’67
Timothy G. Hale ’68 and
Linda Shroat Hale ’68
Catherine M. Hanchett
W. Graham Heaslip and Barbara Heaslip
Helping Hand ’69 Scholarship
Joy L. Hendrick
James P. Henneberg ’62
Pamela D. Hoerup ’90, M ’94
Robert Hoppey ’55
Iris Jean Stedener Charitable Trust
James McKee Jr. and Doris N. McKee
Family Charitable Fnd.
J. Robert Johnson ’58 and
Maureen Johnson
Peter T. Kachris ’56
Marie Reiss Kane ’62
Michael Katz and
Ellen Cohen-Rosenthal
Samuel L. Kelley
KEYBANK National Association
Isobel R. Kleinman ’67
George E. Kronman ’76 and
Mindy Spector Kronman ’78
Robert J. Lalley ’66
Michael A. LaPointe ’00
Tim Lavelle
Frederick R. Lawrence ’54 and
Anne Sullivan Lawrence ’51
LaRetha Leyman
Fred A. Lipscomb ’83
C. Michael Malet ’70 and Cynthia
Rowley Malet ’69
Michael E. Morandi ’76
Sandra G. Morley ’77
James P. Murphy ’78
Mary K. Murphy and
Matthew J. Murphy
Mechthild E. Nagel
Douglas B. Nessle ’58 and
Jean Cross Nessle ’56
Edward H. Olivari ’49
Matthew L. Petrella ’92
Louis R. Pettinelli Jr. ’55
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts
Program
Donald Rhuda ’65
H. Linnea Peterson Robinson ’36
Kevin A. Rowell ’82
Lisa Marsh Ryerson ’91
Louis F. Saltrelli ’62 and
Joan Pisciotta Saltrelli ’62
James Sarvay and Carmenza Sarvay
David G. Schletter ’67
Bonnie Miller Sciera ’73
Sentinel Brokers Co. Inc.
Sally Bonanno Shumway ’54
Harris Silver ’67
Joan C. Sitterly and Gary Miller
Kevin J. Smith ’79
John F. Snow ’78 and
Terri Crandall Snow ’78
Charles H. Spaulding and
Elizabeth S. Spaulding
Matthew A. Steenberg and
Lynn B. Steenberg
Marilyn Kellam Tannenhaus ’48 and
Joseph Tannenhaus
Anthony P. Tesori ’39
Allen R. Trevett and Cathy Trevett
Carol A. Van Der Karr
Paul R. van der Veur
Kathryn A. Vernay ’83 and Arden P. Zipp
Robert W. Vinal ’71
Alexander P. Voitovich ’77
Joseph A. Warren ’73
Marie Battermann Whitehill-
Mairhuber ’40
Marsha Goodfliesh Wilkins ’67
Mary Beth Williams ’63
Judy M. Wolfe ’84
James J. Yaman ’40
Yaman Real Estate
Charles H. Young ’86 and
Margaret Palmer Young ’85
Edward J. Zambraski ’71
10

Cortland College Foundation
P.O. Box 2000
Cortland, NY 13045
ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
2011-12 Cortland College Foundation
Annual Report
2
3
Inside
The Great Outdoors 2
Corey Ryon ’99
Making Every Step Count 3
Brittan Kuhlman
Davon Clarke
Champions for Cortland
Lifetime Giving Societies 4
Partners in Leadership 5
Lofty Elm Society 7
Helping to Make a Difference 8
Adaptive Physical Education Students
Looking for Your Name
A partial listing of our generous donors for
the 2011-12 fiscal year is located on pages 4-7.
For a complete listing please visit us on the
Web at www.cortland.edu/campaign
3
8
9
In the National Spotlight 9
Amanda Cheetham ’12, Kenneth Dean
and Lauren Shirley ’12
Educating Champions:
The Campaign for Cortland
Major Campaign Donors 10