{"id":2688,"date":"2024-08-23T15:38:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T19:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/?page_id=2688"},"modified":"2026-01-06T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:19:24","slug":"founders-and-pioneers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/","title":{"rendered":"Founders and Pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"collapsableContent\" tabindex=\"0\"><div class=\"collapsableTitle\"><span class=\"fa-stack\"><i class=\"fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-up fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i><\/span>2025 Founders' Day Photo Gallery: Happy Birthday, Â鶹´«Ã½!<\/div><div class=\"c_content\">\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2688 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-4\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-167-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Four people stand smiling behind a table with a cake, covered by a red cloth that reads \u201cFOUNDERS\u2019 DAY Ramapo College of New Jersey,\u201d outdoors near brick columns and autumn decorations.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3097\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3097'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-226-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Founders Day Celebration\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3094\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3094'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-2\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-123-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A rectangular white frosted cake with dark red roses, green leaves, and the words Happy 56th Birthday Ramas written in icing, placed on a burgundy tablecloth.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3095\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3095'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-3\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-132-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A row of dark gray baseball caps with the Ramapo College logo and text displayed on a maroon tablecloth, next to a stack of white plates.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3096\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3096'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-5\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-175-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A group of people stand in line outdoors, waiting at a table covered with a maroon cloth, where a woman is serving food or drinks. The scene is sunny, with trees and a glass building in the background.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3098\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3098'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-6\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-179-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A group of people stand outdoors in a sunny area, some wearing backpacks. Several are gathered around a table with stacks of white frisbees featuring a red logo, while a woman hands out frisbees to attendees.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3099\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3099'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-7\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-180-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A group of people stand in line outdoors as a woman hands out white plastic plates from a table covered with stacks of plates. Trees and a building are in the background.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3100\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3100'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-8\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-182-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A young man standing outdoors at a campus event holds a Ramapo College frisbee and a plate of fruit, smiling at the camera. Other people and college buildings are visible in the background.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3101\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3101'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href="https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/founders-and-pioneers\/ramapo-founders-day-2025-9\/"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/01\/Â鶹´«Ã½FounderDay2025-223-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Three adults stand talking outdoors on a sunny day; one woman wears a red blazer, another wears a light gray blazer and holds a plate, and a man in a yellow shirt and hat stands beside them. People are in the background with backpacks.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3102\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3102'>\n\t\t\t\tÂ鶹´«Ã½ Founders Day 2025\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"tabs\"><a href=\"#\" title=\"View Founding Faculty and Staff Members Tab\" rel=\"t205201235\" class=\"active\"><span>Founding Faculty and Staff Members<\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" title=\"View Â鶹´«Ã½ Pioneers - The First Five Years Tab\" rel=\"t205201236\"><span>Â鶹´«Ã½ Pioneers - The First Five Years<\/span><\/a><\/div><div id=\"tab-content\"><div class=\"wrapper\"><div id=\"t205201235\" title=\"Founding Faculty and Staff Members\" class=\"content active\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>George T. Potter, Founding President and Professor Emeritus<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"row colSet\">\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Adams<\/li>\n<li>Flavia Alaya<\/li>\n<li>Eleanor Antolino<\/li>\n<li>Stephan Arianas<\/li>\n<li>James Barrow<\/li>\n<li>Robert Barth<\/li>\n<li>Harold Benenson<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Berry<\/li>\n<li>Henry Bischoff<\/li>\n<li>Pamela Morehead Bischoff<\/li>\n<li>Richard Bond<\/li>\n<li>John Breen<\/li>\n<li>G. Thomas Bulthuis<\/li>\n<li>Helen Burchell<\/li>\n<li>Carole Campana<\/li>\n<li>Charles Carreras<\/li>\n<li>John Robert Cassidy<\/li>\n<li>Roberta Cioppa<\/li>\n<li>Laura Clarke<\/li>\n<li>Edward Cody<\/li>\n<li>Jean Craven<\/li>\n<li>Worden Day<\/li>\n<li>Hendrik DeVries<\/li>\n<li>Beverly Ann Dunn<\/li>\n<li>Susan Ehrman<\/li>\n<li>Sara Eisenstein<\/li>\n<li>Paul Elovitz<\/li>\n<li>Michael Fluhr<\/li>\n<li>Bea Ford<\/li>\n<li>Donald Fucci<\/li>\n<li>Kenneth Gladstone<\/li>\n<li>Susanna Mary Goemaat<\/li>\n<li>William Goodsir<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Goss<\/li>\n<li>Elaine Graeme<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Hall<\/li>\n<li>Gerard Halleron<\/li>\n<li>Violet Halter<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Hartman<\/li>\n<li>Robert Hartman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<ul>\n<li>Shirley Hartman<\/li>\n<li>Edward Henderson<\/li>\n<li>Michael Holden<\/li>\n<li>Milton Horowitz<\/li>\n<li>Carol Hovanec<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Hurwitz<\/li>\n<li>William Jacobs<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Kunz Jaeger<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Roger N. Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Roger O. Johnson<\/li>\n<li>Mitchell Kahn<\/li>\n<li>Joel Kameron<\/li>\n<li>D. Warren Kaufman<\/li>\n<li>Herman Kaufman<\/li>\n<li>Jay Kaufman<\/li>\n<li>Winston Kirby<\/li>\n<li>Rosabel Koss<\/li>\n<li>John Kreps<\/li>\n<li>Aimlee Laderman<\/li>\n<li>Richard Larkin<\/li>\n<li>Robert Lebedwic<\/li>\n<li>Joseph LeMay<\/li>\n<li>Ella Lidsky<\/li>\n<li>Betty Liss<\/li>\n<li>Elsie Maas<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Mackin<\/li>\n<li>Fred Madison<\/li>\n<li>Wayne Marshall<\/li>\n<li>Edwin Marston<\/li>\n<li>D. Bennet Mazur<\/li>\n<li>Concetta Mazzarino<\/li>\n<li>James McCarthy<\/li>\n<li>Marie Mencki<\/li>\n<li>Theodore Michelfeld<\/li>\n<li>Syril Miller<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Mullane<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Nardiello<\/li>\n<li>Bonnie Olson<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Padovano<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<ul>\n<li>Virginia Page<\/li>\n<li>Dominick Palazzotto<\/li>\n<li>Judith Peck<\/li>\n<li>Raymond Pennotti<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Perrucci<\/li>\n<li>Michael Policastro<\/li>\n<li>Howard Radest<\/li>\n<li>Nicholas Rinaldi<\/li>\n<li>Richard Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Maryann Robertson<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Robinson<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Rogers<\/li>\n<li>Helen Rogers<\/li>\n<li>Estelle Rogol<\/li>\n<li>Rodney Jack Roth<\/li>\n<li>Servando Sacaluga<\/li>\n<li>Marilyn Sacchi<\/li>\n<li>Jean Samanek<\/li>\n<li>John Schroeder<\/li>\n<li>Evelyn Schultz<\/li>\n<li>Paula Schwartz<\/li>\n<li>Edward Scully<\/li>\n<li>Robert Segal<\/li>\n<li>Henry Seligson<\/li>\n<li>Robert Shine<\/li>\n<li>Charles Shorter<\/li>\n<li>Arlene Silvers<\/li>\n<li>Ernest Simon<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Tarallo<\/li>\n<li>Salvatore Taranto<\/li>\n<li>Henry Thaler<\/li>\n<li>Roderick Thorp<\/li>\n<li>Maria Toledo<\/li>\n<li>Rudolph Von Burg<\/li>\n<li>William Ward<\/li>\n<li>George Warguska<\/li>\n<li>George Watson<\/li>\n<li>Jay Wholley<\/li>\n<li>Fred Wilkes<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Williams<\/li>\n<li>Judy Zola<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><div id=\"t205201236\" title=\"Ramapo Pioneers - The First Five Years\" class=\"content\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"row colSet\">\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<ul>\n<li>Pavle Batinic<\/li>\n<li>Gordon Bear<\/li>\n<li>Robert Bender<\/li>\n<li>Annette Benedict<\/li>\n<li>Rosemary Benz<\/li>\n<li>Marion Berger<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte Bernstein<\/li>\n<li>Eugene Beyers<\/li>\n<li>Grace Borowitz<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Brady<\/li>\n<li>Cynthia Brennan<\/li>\n<li>Walter Brown<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Chill<\/li>\n<li>Robert Christopher<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Collins<\/li>\n<li>Sherrill Cox<\/li>\n<li>Joseph Dallon<\/li>\n<li>Bonnie DeGroat<\/li>\n<li>Ann DiBella<\/li>\n<li>Robert Dilly<\/li>\n<li>Isabella Drew<\/li>\n<li>Carol Duncan<\/li>\n<li>Robert DuPree<\/li>\n<li>Michael Edelstein<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Finnegan<\/li>\n<li>Albert Frech<\/li>\n<li>David Freund<\/li>\n<li>Henry Frundt<\/li>\n<li>Helen Gazda<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Giezendanner<\/li>\n<li>Milton Gittens<\/li>\n<li>Anne Glickman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<ul>\n<li>Fred Goddard<\/li>\n<li>Richard Graham<\/li>\n<li>David Greene<\/li>\n<li>Teodoro Halpern<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Harrison<\/li>\n<li>Marshall Harth<\/li>\n<li>Ronald Hayashida<\/li>\n<li>Wayne Hayes<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Heed<\/li>\n<li>James Hollenbach<\/li>\n<li>Fred Hopkins<\/li>\n<li>Paul Humphreys<\/li>\n<li>Angelica Jackson<\/li>\n<li>Arnold Jones<\/li>\n<li>John Kalbacher<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Kelley<\/li>\n<li>William Kollock<\/li>\n<li>Peter Kooy<\/li>\n<li>Patricia Kozakiewicz<\/li>\n<li>Anthony LaManna<\/li>\n<li>Bernard Langer<\/li>\n<li>Newton Levine<\/li>\n<li>Harold Lieberman<\/li>\n<li>Richard Lowell<\/li>\n<li>William Makofske<\/li>\n<li>Lucy Mateo<\/li>\n<li>Jennefer Mazza<\/li>\n<li>Philip McLewin<\/li>\n<li>Victor Miller<\/li>\n<li>William Murnion<\/li>\n<li>Denis Murphy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sColumn col-sm-12 col-md-12 \">\n<ul>\n<li>Anita Oneglia<\/li>\n<li>Brenda Perkins<\/li>\n<li>Patricia Perry<\/li>\n<li>Clifford Peterson<\/li>\n<li>A.K.B. Pillai<\/li>\n<li>Samuel Pinn<\/li>\n<li>William Pollock<\/li>\n<li>Sebastian Raciti<\/li>\n<li>Russell Reinhardt<\/li>\n<li>Nancy Roccoberton<\/li>\n<li>Ellen Ross<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Rubinstein<\/li>\n<li>Edward Saiff<\/li>\n<li>Vito Savino<\/li>\n<li>Peter Schneckner<\/li>\n<li>Trent Schroyer<\/li>\n<li>John Scura<\/li>\n<li>Frances Shapiro-Skrobe<\/li>\n<li>Donna Singer<\/li>\n<li>Mark Singer<\/li>\n<li>Ira Spar<\/li>\n<li>Mary Starke<\/li>\n<li>Kathleen Sunshine<\/li>\n<li>Adele Thomas<\/li>\n<li>Giovanni Viglino<\/li>\n<li>Sydney Weinberg<\/li>\n<li>Frederick Weiss<\/li>\n<li>David Welch<\/li>\n<li>Diana Williams<\/li>\n<li>Elaine Winshell<\/li>\n<li>Norma Yueh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"divider \"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ramapo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/rcnjrd\/images\/icons\/ramapo-arch-icom_rule.png\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"infoBox col-sm-12 col-lg-12 \"><div class=\"boxContent\">\n<p>The Board of Trustees approved the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/policies\/policy\/founders\/\">honoring of the College\u2019s founders<\/a> as an all-college program celebrating the founding of Ramapo College and recognizing those faculty, staff, administrators and trustees as \u201cfounders\u201d and \u201cpioneers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This program may include current campus constituents as well as outreach to the College\u2019s founders, pioneers, alumni, and retirees. 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