The inaugural SUNY Brockport President’s Donor Recognition Dinner, a wonderful evening of celebration of philanthropy, was held on Saturday, May 5, 2007.
This was the first of what is intended to become a SUNY Brockport tradition and an annual event to honor our donors for their generous and visionary contributions which provide support for our commitment to student success in so many ways: much needed support for scholarships and awards, support for faculty development, academic programs, equipment and research, support for the arts and athletics, our library, campus beautification, and much more.
It was a special evening for the College because it brought benefactors together with faculty, students, alumni and friends and provided an opportunity to thank all for making good things happen at Brockport.
A highlight of the evening was the welcoming and thanking of members of the College’s new major Donor Recognition groups.
Brockport’s donor recognition groups were established to acknowledge and thank major benefactors for their generous contributions to the Brockport Foundation to help support the College’s mission and goals. Membership in these special groups is based on life-time contributions or confirmed planned gifts including gift annuities and bequests to the Foundation. The College is deeply grateful to all of the following major gift donors for their generous support.
The individuals highlighted below were in attendance that evening. By clicking on their names you will be taken to a brief bio and picture of them receiving their award.
BENEFACTORS OF SUNY BROCKPORT
BROCKPORT CIRCLE
(Gifts of $1,000,000 or more)
HIEL BROCKWAY SOCIETY
($500,000 to $999,999)
Hiel Brockway was an early Brockport businessman who donated the land for the College and was instrumental in the establishment of the community. Brockway Hall and Brockway Place, a street in the Village, are named for him.
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ERNEST C. HARTWELL SOCIETY
($250,000 to $499,999)
Ernest C. Hartwell was the last Principal of the Brockport Normal School and the first President of the Brockport State Teachers College. Each year at Homecoming, the 50-year reunion class is inducted into the Hartwell Society. The College’s oldest building is named for him.
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Intel Corporation
DONALD M. TOWER SOCIETY
($100,000 to $249,999)
Donald M. Tower succeeded Ernest C. Hartwell as President of the College and was the last President to reside in what is now Alumni House. The College’s arts building is named in his honor.
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Brockport Auxiliary Service Corporation
Marguerite Hare Browne ’44
Harry Caulfield
Eastman Kodak Company
Archie ’52 & Joan ’51 Freitas
*Fletcher & Alice Garlock
Vira Hladun-Goldmann ’58
Janie Hill ’85
Willard & Judith Hunter
M&T Charitable Foundation
*Estate of Rose Strasser
Sun Microsystems Incorporated
Alvin F. & Ruth K. Thiem Foundation
ROBERT E. O’BRIEN SOCIETY
($50,000 to $99,999)
Robert E. O’Brien was an outstanding and dedicated volunteer who helped establish the Brockport Foundation and provided key leadership in serving as its first chair. He also was a former chair of the Brockport College Council.
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*Estate of Ella P. Ashworth ’33
Herbert Bailey
George ’63 & Mary ’56 Bauer
Brockport Student Government
* Ann Donavin ’42
Dorothea Deitz Scholarship Fund
R. Scott Flieger ’77
Friars Foundation
Lawrence ’71 & Jean Gostin
Larry & Dorothy Humm
Earl & Mary ’61 Ingersoll
Michael & Dawn Jones
JP Morgan Chase
John & Kathleen Kutolowski
Donald Leffler
* Estate of Richard Maxwell ’60
MBNA America
J. Emory Morris
Kazumi Nakano
* Estate of Martin Rogers
Sabin Metal Corporation
John Summers
Stephen & Marcia Ullman
* Estate of Betty Watson
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MARGUERITE HARE BROWNE SOCIETY
($20,000 to $49,999)
Marguerite Hare Browne is a 1944 graduate of the College. She was a teacher and administrator, began the emeriti relations program and was assisted in establishing many of the scholarships that the Foundation now sponsors.
Alliance with the Medical Society of the County of Monroe
Alpha Alpha Chapter, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International
William & Monika Andrews
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Betsy Ann Balzano
Nancy Barbour
Daniel ’76 & Dale ’76 Bernstein
Nicholas Billotti ’73
* Robert Boozer
Walter Brautigan ’63
Henry & Marian Bretton
Robert ’72 & Ruth Conrad
Daisy Marquis Jones Foundation
Davenport Hatch Foundation, Inc.
Orlo Derby
Judith Desfosses
Daniel ’79 & Priscilla Donovan
Helmut ’63 & Sandra Forno ’64 Eichhorn
Thomas Gosdeck ’73
Linda Hazel
James Henion
David & Gwendolyn Hoffberg
James ’86* & Patricia Keeler
Key Bank, N.A.
Melinda Kleehamer ’83
Christopher Leichtweis ’83
Alfred & Marilyn ’47 Mahlman
Liberty Mutual
John Lindberg ’57
Jack Spates Oklahoma Gold Wrestling Camp
Jacques & Dawn Lipson
Jasco Tools, Inc.
Jennifer Lloyd ’87
Patrick Madama ’77
* Estate of Gloria Mattera ’52
McCue Memorial Foundation
Milne Family Foundation
Eugene ’53 & Mary Orbaker
Paychex, Inc.
George ’54 & Rosa A. Rich
William C. & Annette L. Rock
Alva & Irene Rivera de ’74 Royston
*Raymond & Theresa Shaheen
Louis ’82 & Gene Spiro
Thales Optem, Inc.
Time Warner Cable
Tommy Hilfiger Corporate Foundation
Scott Turner & Mary Worboys-Turner
* Florence Wage ’30
Xerox Corporation
Joan Young ’53
* Members inducted posthumously
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