ap pre ci a tion Affirmation & Applause, Praise – For and From Our Donors.
CLOCK TOWER – Honoring the Hands of Our Past, Present & Future
MOVING FORWARD WITH STRENGTH, LEADERSHIP, AND FOCUS: From Raiders to Redhawks ROBERTS TODAY The magazine for alumni and friends of Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary, Vol. 35, No. 1, Summer 2012 Published periodically by Roberts Wesleyan College and Northeastern Seminary, 2301 Westside Drive, Rochester, NY 14624-1997; Phone: 800.777.4RWC; Fax: 585.594.6770; Email: [email protected]. The magazine is distributed free to alumni, parents, faculty, staff, friends, and students.
PRESIDENT John A. Martin
TRUSTEES Joshua B. Bouk John D. Cooke’66 George P. Grace David W. Hughes Lorne W. Jackson, Chair George A. Kimmich’63 Roy W. King, NES‘04 David M. Lascell Norman P. Leenhouts, Vice Chair Paul A. Lysander‘85 Duncan W. O’Dwyer Dwight M. (Kip) Palmer Mary G. Perna, Secretary E. John Reinhold Mary D. Richards David B. Rinker Deborah K. Schmidt’79 Robert E. Smith Richard D. Snyder’62 Terry R. Taber, Vice Chair Steven E. Von Berg Caryl L. Wenzke NES‘04 Daniel D. Wolfe Mary A. Worboys-Turner Coralie B. Hoselton, Honorary David C. Hoselton, Trustee Emeritus
PRESIDENT’S CABINET David Basinger – Interim Dean Jack Connell – Sr. VP Adv. & External Relations James E. Cuthbert – Sr. VP, CFO & Treasurer The Roberts Fund Generosity that Transforms Julie Grimm- Interim Dean Nelson W. Hill – VP Academic & Student Support Ruth A. Logan – VP for Administration Robert Zwier – Sr. VP & Provost
PUBLISHER Donna McLaren – AVP Brand & Marketing Communications
EDITOR EVERY GIFT IS A BLESSING … THANK YOU FOR YOURS. Kate Merz
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Jessica Scribani’09 The Roberts Fund: Making College Possible in Ways Big and Small WRITERS Eileen Button‘89 Renn Carey Holly Britton Jennings‘00 IT’S EASY TO GIVE … ONLINE, OVER THE PHONE, THROUGH THE MAIL. Kirk Kettinger’92 Marsha Bolton Rivers’96, NES‘04 HOW WILL YOU PARTICIPATE? Darryl Smith Rebekah Watts’08
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