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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Hundreds of alumni, their families, and
friends of the SUNY College at Oneonta will return to campus for Reunion
Weekend 2009 from Friday, June 5, through Sunday, June 7, to join in the
celebration of the College's 120th anniversary. In addition to gatherings
and athletic competitions, the College's
Alumni Association will present its
annual awards in recognition of outstanding contributions to the College.
The reunion begins with golf and tennis tournaments during the day on
Friday and a 120th anniversary celebration on campus in the evening. On
Saturday during a 10:30 a.m. reception in the Hunt Union Ballroom, College
President Nancy Kleniewski will welcome guests to the campus, and the 50th
Reunion Class of 1959 will be recognized. Saturday's calendar also includes
the popular reunion barbecue at the Alumni Field House at noon as well as
tours of the campus and the recently renovated Science Building 1.
On Saturday afternoon, President Kleniewski and her husband, Bill Davis,
will host a special reception for substantial donors in the atrium of
Science Building 1. Later in the afternoon, participants will celebrate the
40th anniversary of the Educational Opportunity Program on the SUNY Oneonta
campus, and the 50th Reunion Class will gather for a toast at the pillars of
Old Main.
Saturday evening will feature the Reunion Weekend Banquet at 6 p.m. in
the ballroom of the Hunt College Union. At the banquet, the Alumni
Association Awards will honor alumni, friends, and faculty of the College:
- Eileen LaCorte '76 of Latham, President and CEO of LaCorte Companies
Inc., will receive the Distinguished Alumna Award.
- Dr. Steven Ackerman '76 of Madison, Wisconsin, Director of the
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies and a faculty
member at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will receive the
Distinguished Alumnus Award.
- Dr. William Kaufmann of Los Altos, California, whose gifts endowed
the College's Cornell-Gladstone-Hanlon-Kaufmann Lecture on Environmental
Education and Communication, will receive the Honorary Alumnus Award.
- Caryl Stern '78 of Bayside, President and Chief Executive Officer of
the US Fund for UNICEF, will receive the Outstanding Commitment to
Diversity and Inclusion Alumna Award.
- Sonia Rossbach de Frances '59, '71G, of Franklin, Chair of the
Membership Committee of the College at Oneonta Foundation Board of
Directors and a long-time supporter of the College, will receive the
Excellence in Alumni Service Award.
- Dr. Wade Thomas of Oneonta, Associate Dean of Economics and
Business, will receive the Current Faculty Outstanding Service Award.
- Jane Forbes Clark of Cooperstown, President of the Clark Foundation
and a supporter of the College's Biological Field Station, will receive
the Friend of the College Award.
Jonathan Kaplan '99 of East Brunswick, New Jersey, volunteer Alumni
Coordinator for radio station WONY, will receive the Outstanding Young
Alumnus Award.
Reunion Weekend 2009 is open to all alumni and friends of the College at
Oneonta, as well as to members of the community. Some events require
advance registration. More information is available from the Office of
Alumni Affairs at (607) 436-2526 or through the College's web site at
www.oneonta.edu.
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