The Peterson Society, Buffalo State’s planned giving or legacy society, recognizes those who have made a commitment to Buffalo State through a bequest, gift annuity, charitable trust, life insurance, or other estate-planning technique. These gifts greatly influence the future growth of Buffalo State and its students, providing a powerful and lasting impact.
The Peterson Society is named for the late Harold F. Peterson and his late wife, Lucille Mattern Peterson, ’39, in honor of their legacy of giving to Buffalo State. Dr. Peterson served Buffalo State as a professor and chair of the History Department and became the first faculty member from the college to receive the State University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching. He was later honored with the title of Distinguished Professor. Upon retirement, he established a trust that first provided for Lucille during her lifetime and now provides scholarships for Buffalo State students.
For more information, please contact Scott Burns, associate vice president for development.
Anonymous A.
Michael A. Abgott, ’71
David K. Anderson*
Joan K.* and Peter C. Andrews
Andy Anselmo*
Gwendolyn O. Arcara, ’71, ’74
Eleanor C. Ash, ’77
Ruth T. Auer, ’49*
Richard C. Auerbach, ’52, ’55,* and Rita Argen Auerbach, ’54, ’74*
Margaret E. Bacon, ’41*
Susanne P. Bair
Eugene H. Baisch, ’63
Judy L. Baisch, ’62
C. Teo Balbach
Gloria T. Banning*
Anthony L. Bannon and Elizabeth Black Stewart
Bess Chambos Barber, ’52, ’57
Geraldine E. Bard, ’71
A. Marie Barker, ’41, ’51*
H. Graham Barkhuff, ’51,* and Patricia P. Barkhuff*
Annamarie C. Barone, ’50*
Margaret Barr, ’61*
Raymond Barrett, ’49*
Dolores E. Battle, ’71, and Charles Battle, ’88
R. Bruce Baum*
Dianne C. Baumert-Moyik, ’87, ’91
Nancy B. Belfer, ’51
Florence R. Belinson, 1911*
Ethel Harper Bennett, ’46*
John Bentinck-Smith* and Marjory Bentinck-Smith, ’52*
Marion H. Benz, ’66*
Scott M. Black, ’04
Karen E. Blankenship, ’72*
John R. Bobey Jr., ’91
Raymond F. Boehm* and Mary Kirsch Boehm, ’56
Judith A. Bondurant-Utz
Michael, ’79, and Madonna, ’80, Bonitatibus
Maurene Callahan Bouras, ’69
Beryl M. Bradford* and Hilary P. Bradford
James Brandys, ’71, ’73, and Joy Brandys*
Jean A. May Brett, ’73, ’77
Dorothy Leichty Brighton, ’49
George W. Brighton, ’37*
Michael H. Brock, ’82, and Ann M. Millacci, ’81, ’89
Richard C. Brown* and Genevieve C. Brown*
Melanie L. Buhrmaster, ’93
Audré J. Bunis*
Edward H. Butler Sr.*
Anonymous C.
Mary Caccamo, ’38*
Grace E. Caines, ’51*
Mildred Keller Campbell, ’28*
Elizabeth J. “Betty” Cappella
Fay M. Carney, ’69
Maria A. Ceprano
Jimmy Chan, ’02
Nancy A. Chicola, ’66
Kathryn A. Christmann
Robert W. Christmann ’75, and Karen S. Christmann, ’77, ’81
Phyliss A. Cionni*
Norma Marinelli Clark, ’50*
Ruth Fogelsanger Clark, ’22*
William M. E. Clarkson* and Elizabeth H. Clarkson*
June M. Clase, ’57, ’61*
Velma C. Cobb, ’54*
Helen Latza Cole, ’47*
Claire Collier
Robert W. Collin, ’78
Joan A. Commerford*
Katherine Sue Conway-Turner and Alvin L. Turner
Helen Wernejowski Costello, ’50
Richard J. Coughlin, ’41*
Eloise N. Courter*
Irv Cowle, ’42*
Sharon F. Cramer
Leonarda Cyran, ’40*
Anonymous D.*
Sandra Morrow Davidson, ’67
Efner “Lucky” Allen Davis*
Wanda M. Davis
Eunice E. Davison, ’50*
Leslie K. Day, ’77
Arline Thompson Deckert, ’42*
Marie T. Dellas*
Estelle M. DePlanter, ’17*
Paula J. Devereaux, ’96
Deborah S. Diehl
Marjorie Dittenhaffer, ’37, ’52*
Eugene F. Dobbins, ’60, ’64*
Helen Dobmeier*
Linda A. Dobmeier, ’71
Jean Dolce Doctor, ’55, ’71*
Elizabeth A. Doherty
Ida J. Doherty, ’60, ’72
Verla Alexander Dolliff*
Deborah Fields “Debbie” Dombroff, ’72
Cynthia Doolittle* and R. William Doolittle Jr.*
Rock D. Doyle, ’99
Leona Wilder DuColon, 1917*
Bonita R. Durand
Todd B. Duval, ’10
Doris Kerns Eddins*
Judith H. Edgar, ’76
John H. Eigenbrod, ’31,* and Eleanora Eigenbrod*
Judy L. Elliott, ’82, and George M. Batsche Jr.
Thomas C. Elliott, ’58
William E. Engelbrecht
Diane M. English, ’70
Dorothy M. Epavets, ’39*
Claudia B. Evans, ’74
Anonymous F.
Dorothy T. Ferguson
Marie M. Ferraro, ’91, ’97
Samuel M. Ferraro, ’78*
James M. Finnerty
Roger L. Firestien, ’79
Mildred J. Fischle, ’50*
Ilene R. Fleischmann, ’73
Robert L. Flock, ’59*
Lawrence G. Flood
Tom Fontana, ’73
Caryl Brennan Forrest, ’43,* and Casey Forrest*
Gary Forrest
Barbara R. Frey*
Elsie L. Fulton, ’15*
Joseph M. Fusco, ’82, ’03, and Nancy M. Fusco, ’88
Anonymous G.*
Peter Lewis Gabak
John N. Gartner and Toni Gartner
Kimberly German, ’16
Gladys Pratt Gill, 1916*
Maryruth Phelps Glogowski and James E. Glogowski
Scott M. Goldman
Annette Goldsman* and Bertha Goldsman*
Lillian L. Gondree, ’67
George F. Goodyear*
Lee Ann Grace
Jill M. Gradwell
Carmine A. Grande*
Joseph A. Grande, ’53*
Eleanor W. Greatbatch, ’42*
Constance A. Greco
Nora B. Green, ’65*
Grace Whitelock Grey, ’39*
Rogernelle Griffin, ’87
Grunebaum Family Charitable Trust
Helen Grunebaum*
James O. Grunebaum and Penelope A. Prentice
Dorothy Gustafson, ’37*
Anonymous H.
Peter M. Hall
F. Dean Hansen, ’59, and Elizabeth J. Hansen, ’59
Shine Kareem Hassanali
Reine Hauser
Peter J. Heffley, ’68
Edward O. Helwig, ’43,* and Annette Cox Helwig, ’48*
Jean M. Henrich*
Carolyn W. Heyman*
Lorraine M. Hickler, ’46*
Byron W. Hill, ’36*
Thomas Y. Hobart Jr., ’60, and Dorothy Hobart
James E. Hofmeister, ’61, ’70
Frances Morton Holbrook, ’23*
Barbara H. Hole, ’84,* and George T. Hole
Edgar J. Hollwedel, ’61,* and Mary Louise Hollwedel
Joyce Day Homan, ’55
Kathryn M. Szely Homer, ’59, ’62, Paul R. Homer
John T. Hoskins* and Susan S. Hoskins*
Muriel A. Howard and Albert R. Howard
Mildred L. Howell, ’37*
Jeremy C. Hudson
Stanton H. Hudson Jr. and Anthony P. Ippolito
Ruth E. Huppuch, ’42*
Carmen J. Iannaccone, ’61*
Daniel R. Idzik, ’56, and Kathleen M. Osborne
Frederick A. Jacob, ’50*
Thomas A. Jambro, ’66
Anita Johnson
D. Bruce Johnstone and Gail E. Johnstone*
Thelma Popp Jones, ’44,* and Gordon E. Jones*
Ross B. Kenzie*
Jane A. Kirsch, ’63, ’67*
Sylvia Fahey Kleindinst, ’71
Rona L. Knobel, ’73, ’78*
Ruth E. Kocher*
Carol V. Kociela and John T. Kociela*
Rita T. Kohn, ’55
Ulysses J. Kontos, ’63, ’68,* and Melinda M. Kontos, ’88
Edward John Michael Koszarek, ’81*
Mary Kozub, ’77, and Tom Kozub
Natalie S. Kubera
Audrey J. Kunz, ’74, ’77, ’91
Velma Jean Laird, ’40*
Steven Lakomy and Cheryl Lyles
Concetta M. LaPenna, ’57, ’67
Daniel A. Lapinski, ’75*
Robert W. Laskie, ’63, ’67,* and Gloria M. Laskie, ’67
Wilma Laux, ’37*
Kathryn H. Leacock, ’99
Richard J. Lee, ’68, ’72
Velie C. Lee, ’48*
Debi S. Levin-Stankevich, ’74
Matthew A. Levin-Stankevich, ’07
Florence Lewis-Rice, ’68
Jean T. Lidstrom*
Edna M. Lindemann*
Richard A. Lippmann, ’76
Mark G. Littlefield*
Peter W. Loehr
Robert Valentine Loft, ’60, ’63*
Adolphine Long, ’27*
Jacqueline Vito LoRusso, ’62, ’64
Jean V. Losinger, ’75, ’77*
Ann K. Lupo, ’76, ’82
Phyllis M. Lutwack*
Anonymous M.*
Hazel G. Macartney*
Donald I. MacDavid*
John E. Mack Jr.* and Jayne Mack
Norman E. Mack II*
Susan Maguire
Michael Malyak, ’70, ’72
Horace “Hank” Mann*
Carol L. (Snider) Manne, ’58
Christy Marillo*
Michele M. Fairchild Marko, ’72, and Tedy B. Marko
Margaret M. Martin*
Eunice F. Mason, ’28*
Janet E. Mattes, ’68
Barbara Mautz, ’53
Russell J. Maxwell
Vivian R. McCullor, ’22, ’30*
Gerald C. Mead Jr., ’85, ’87
Margaret E. Mead*
Barbara T. Meech*
Grace Meibohm
Lorraine M. Meinke, ’56, ’59*
Helene Carol Melasky*
Robert K. Mellon, ’97, and Christine Mellon
Sylvia Garofalo Miller, ’43*
Vivienne E. Miller, ’43*
Gary Minagawa*
D. Denise Minault*
Mabel D. Montgomery*
Sally Moran*
Thomas J. Morrisey*
Carolyn A. Morris-Hunt and Timothy M. Hunt, ’76
Winifred E. Morrison, ’46, ’64*
Sandra P. Morris-Rivera, ’86
Mary C. Murdock*
Anna Mae Murphy, ’58*
Stephen V. Musolino, ’76
Anonymous N.
Anthony Nanula
Donald J. Nelson* and Barbara L. (Czurles) Nelson
Ruthe L. Nemmer, ’51*
Fay Northrop, ’64, ’77, and Gordon G. McGuire*
Mary E. O’Leary, ’72
William A. O’Loughlin Jr.*
Henry D. Olsen, ’63, ’65,* and Florence Olsen
Cynthia Olson, ’74*
Marcia V. O’Neill, ’69*
Mary Jane Orcutt, ’44*
Paul T. Orrange*
Gioia Ottaviano, ’46*
Doloris A. Parks, ’53*
Mary J. Pastore, ’45*
Edward A. Paxson, ’33*
Dorothy M. Payne, ’35*
Hal D. Payne
John A. Peckham*
Karen E. Penfold, ’69
Russell Penner
Charles Rand Penney, ’95*
Beverly N. Perkins, ’86
Melanie L. Perreault and Karen F. Silverstrim
Ben Perrone
EuGene Alexander Peters, ’84, ’88
Ronald J. Peters, ’59, and Lilia Peters*
Ruth Parker Peters, ’48, ’51*
Harold F. Peterson* and Lucille M. Peterson, ’39*
Richard A. Pfeiffer, ’74
Judith L. Pfoltzer, ’80
Stephen Phelps
Dorothy Mierzwa Pieniadz, ’45*
Ted S. Pietrzak and Marlene Longdon
Julia C. Piquette*
C. Arthur Plant, ’64, ’67*
Dennis K. Ponton and Libby P. Ponton
Jill A. Powell, ’84, ’97
Scott Propeack
Angela Provenzano, ’42*
Mary Lou Puleo*
Donald P. Quinlan, ’53,* and Florence A. Quinlan*
Anonymous R.
Marie L. Ram, ’22*
Russell J. Ram, ’74
John S. Ramsey and Janet E. Ramsey
Lloyd Randall* and Emma Randall*
Mary Lou Rath, ’56
Kevin Reilly
Deborah K. Renzi* and Thomas C. Renzi*
Velma F. Rice, ’69*
George E. Richmond* and Joan Steinmiller Richmond, ’45*
Beth Richwine, ’88*
Meyer H. Riwchun* and Ann Riwchun*
Alexandra M. Romanczuk, ’52*
Thomas J. Rookey, ’66
Angelo V. Rosati, ’50,* and Antoinette Ciancone Rosati, ’45*
Sylvia L. Rosen, ’71*
Natalie Roth*
Alma Roudebush*
Ronald J. Rudnicki and Michelle Y. Rudnicki
Virginia G. Rumsey, ’45*
Anonymous S.
Anonymous S.
Anonymous S.
Anonymous S.
Samuel Saia Jr.*
Paul H. Sanio, ’63, ’66, and Gerda F. Sanio*
Donald J. Savage*
Richard, ’91, and Tracy Sawicki, ’84
Daniel Scanlon
Rebecca “Becky” J. Schenk, ’77
Ned V. Schimizzi
Alice Wehrung Schmidt, ’41*
Raquel Rezàra Schmidt, ’94, ’96
William H. Schmidt, ’50,* and Doris M. Schmidt, ’48*
Carolyn l. Schnatz, ’54
Jerome M. Schnell
Louise Simon Schoene
Paula F. Sciuk, ’94, and Kenneth R. Sciog
Carol J. Scorsone, ’83
Suell E. Scott*
Mildred M. Seegler, ’42*
Louis Semrau, ’61, and Barbara Semrau, ’60
Victor Shanchuk Jr., ’61, ’72
Stanley E. Sheets* and Indie S. Sheets
Lynne M. Shuster, ’68
Leonard S. Sikora, ’50,* and Irene A. Sikora*
Nick Sinatra
Edith L. Small*
E. O. Smith Jr.*
M. Madalene Smith, ’43, ’69*
Ruth A. Smith, ’69*
Gertrude Hemstreet Snyder, ’44*
Michael Starks and Sandy Starks, ’72
Joyce Pfeffer Steltenpohl, ’46*
Hilary I. Sternberg*
Gretchen S. Stevenson, ’31* and Richard Stevenson*
Helen Thompson Stone*
Gerald Strauss* and Sue W. Strauss
Vernon G. Strub, ’41*
Theodore G. Sturgis, ’53,* and Rita C. Sturgis, ’71, ’72
Mary E. Greene Suffoletta
Norma Munger Sutter, ’42, ’59*
Donna Swain, ’90, and Roy Swain
I. Joyce Swartney*
Dorothy S. Sweet*
Marion Thomas Swenson, ’39*
Anonymous T.
Cecilia Tachok*
Luba Skolnikoff Taylorson, ’36*
Augustus O. Thomas and Gloria J. Thomas*
Paul L. Thoms, ’63*
Dana E. Tillou and Catherine Tillou
Guy A. Tomassi, ’93
Carol A. Townsend
Edgar “Ted” H. Turkle III
Rosalie A. Turton, ’53, ’72
Anonymous V.
Harry and Athena Vardis
Demar R. Vassell, ’05
Sharon R. Venema, ’76
Dona M. Venne, ’50*
Mary C. Vucinich*
Peter A. Vukelic
Anonymous W.
Jeannette E. Wagner, ’25*
Gerald A. Wahlenmayer, ’62, ’65,* and Carol A. Wahlenmayer, ’64, ’66
Judith Walsh, ’77
Denia E. Walters, ’85
Kathryn A. Ward, ’81
S. Donald Warfe, ’80
Mark K. Warford
Doris M. Waterworth, ’42*
Janet Breu Weatherall, ’53*
Esther E. Westendorf, ’39*
Ruth E. Westenfelder, ’37, ’54*
Janet, ’81, and Richard Wetter
Kate Butler Wallace Wickham*
Ralph M. Williams* in Memory of Arline, ’65*
Fredric Winer, ’69, and Jill R. Winer, ’70
Michael P. Wojtanik, ’73, ’93
Jeanette O. Wojtowicz, ’37*
Muriel H. Wolf* and Albert P. Steger*
Edward J. Wozniak*
Laraine J. Wright
Tsuruyo Yamamoto*
Gerhardt R. Yaskow
Charles W. and Maura B. Yates, ’92
Loraine L. Yates
Bernard B. Yormak* and Margaret V. Yormak
Marion B. Young, ’39*
Sonia L. Young, ’54, ’65
Dorothy Hoffman Youngers, ’27*
Donn M. Youngstrom
Christina F. M. Zawierucha-Zack, ’75, ’80
Janet Zimmerman Zehr, ’73, and Richard Zehr*
Rita M. Zientek, ’90
Clara M. Zink, ’29*
*Deceased
