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3 New Members Elected to University’s Board of Trustees
05-12-2025Syracuse University advisory board members and alumni are often elevated to serve on the Board of Trustees. Three active alumni, College of Law Board of Advisors member Frank Ryan IV '90, L'94, Alonna Berry '11, and Jonathan Resnick '89, were recently appointed to the Board of Trustees.
Syracuse University to Award 3 Honorary Degrees at 2025 Commencement
05-06-2025Syracuse University Trustee Judith Greenberg Seinfeld ’56, H’25 was one of three outstanding individuals who received an honorary degree at Syracuse University’s 2025 Commencement.
Serving Those Who Served: The Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic
05-05-2025Syracuse University Trustee Michael Wohl ’72, L’75, P’12 and his wife Betty Wohl P’12 established the Betty and Michael D. Wohl Veterans Legal Clinic within the College of Law. The legal clinic offers law students meaningful legal experience while they represent military veterans with pro-bono legal services.
Kathy and Stan Walters Endowed Professor of Quantum Science Installed
04-22-2025Syracuse University Trustee, Libraries Advisory Board, and Atlanta Regional Council member Kathy Walters ’73, H’23 and her husband Stan Walters ’72 established the Kathy and Stan Walters Endowed Professor of Quantum Science where Alexander Maloney, an international leader in quantum information science, was formally installed.
Bandier Program Alumni and Leaders from Across Recording and Entertainment Industries Join Inaugural Advisory Board
02-10-2025Syracuse University Life Trustee Martin Bandier ’62 and Chairman and CEO of Bandier Ventures is inspiration behind the newly-formed Bandier Program Advisory Board.
History Made: Nearly $1.6B Raised as Syracuse University Surpasses Forever Orange Campaign Goal
01-29-2025Syracuse University Trustees Patrcia Mautino ’64, G’66, Mike Thonis ’72, and the late H. John Riley Jr. ’61 chaired Forever Orange: The Campaign for Syracuse University.
The Coach Mac Food Pantry at Hendricks Chapel Honors the Legacy of Legendary Orange Football Coach Dick MacPherson
12-16-2024Hendricks Chapel board member Sean McDonogh ’84 provides lead gift to rename the Chapel’s food pantry to the Coach Mac Food Pantry at Hendricks Chapel.
American Artist James Little G’76 Gifts Painting to Syracuse University Art Museum
03-08-2024Syracuse University Art Museum Advisory Board member and American artist James Little G’76 expands the museum’s contemporary art collection with generous gift of his painting.
Trustee Sharon Barner’s ’79 Historic Gift Names 119 Euclid While Providing Support to Black, First-Generation and Underrepresented Students
01-24-2024Trustee Sharon Barner ’79 pays it forward in support of the University’s Forever Orange Campaign with generous gift to secure the future of 119 Euclid and its renaming to the Barner-McDuffie House.
Forever Orange Campaign Gift to Support Launch of Libraries’ Orange Innovation Fund
08-08-2023Trustee Raj-Ann Rekhi Gill ’98 supports launch of The Orange Innovation Fund, a seed fund for student initiatives from the Blackstone LaunchPad and other campus innovation programs.
Sean O’Keefe G’78 Joins Government Hall of Fame
06-07-2023Sean O’Keefe G’78, Institute for Veterans and Military Families Advisory Board member, four times presidential appointee and University Professor, was inducted into the Government Hall of Fame.
Mowers Endow Newhouse Professorship of Persuasive Communications
04-26-2023Eric Mower ’66, G’68, Life Trustee and Newhouse Advisory Board member, and Judy Mower ’66, G’73, G’80, G’84, Life Trustee and Libraries Advisory Board member, support student focused learning with generous gift to establish the Mower Endowed Professorship of Persuasive Communications.
Ed Pettinella G’76 and His Family Lend Their Leadership Support Toward the John A. Lally Athletics Complex and the JMA Wireless Dome Transformation Project
04-25-2023Trustee and Whitman Advisory Council member Ed Pettinella G’76 and his family generously support the transformation of the JMA Wireless Dome and Phase I of the John A. Lally Athletics Complex.
3rd Thonis Endowed Professorship Announced: The Multiplier Effect in Philanthropy
03-24-2023Michael Thonis ’72, Life Trustee, College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board and Boston Regional Council member, and his wife Susan established the Thonis Family Professorship III of Earth Science as part of the Faculty Excellence Program.
Ribbon Cutting Celebrates Opening of the John A. Lally Athletics Complex Entranceway
02-17-2023Trustee and Athletics Orange Council member John Lally ’82 and wife, Laura, cut the ribbon to officially launch the build of the Lally Athletics Complex, a state-of-the-art academic and athletics village that will serve all 20 University athletic teams.
Donor’s ‘Belief in Potential’ Motivates $1.5M Gift
02-01-2023College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board member Laura Feldman ’81 generously supports students interested in science and career possibilities through SUSTAIN.
James ’70, G’72 and Marjorie Kuhn Provide New Support for Transformational Experience at JMA Wireless Dome
01-24-2023Life Trustee and Whitman Advisory Council member James Kuhn ’70, G’72 and his wife, Marjorie, support the University’s Forever Orange Campaign with generous support to Phase II of stadium experience.