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Class of 1971: 50th Milestone

The excitement is already beginning to build! The Class of 1971 will celebrate our most significant of alumni milestones—our 50th anniversary—in 2021.

When we were students at Rutgers, do you recall how the Chambers Brothers sang “Time Has Come Today”? Well, today is the day for us! We have officially kicked off our 50th-anniversary campaign and the planning of our induction into the Old Guard at Rutgers, a time-honored tradition for 50th-anniversary classes. We will share dates and details of our milestone celebrations in the coming months.

Our support for the university matters every year, but it is especially significant this year as we celebrate our 50th. That’s why we are happy to say that the Class of 1971 50th Milestone Campaign Committee will lead the charge to commemorate our anniversary with two special class gifts.

Please support our 50th-anniversary gifts to Rutgers:

  1. We have renamed our existing Class of 1971 Merit Scholarship as the Class of 1971 Memorial Scholarship in honor of departed loved ones, especially our deceased classmates. Please make a gift directly to the Class of 1971 Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of classmates, friends, family, or anyone special in your life. Be sure to let us know the name(s) of those you have memorialized, as a page will be included in our printed reunion program.
  2. Your gift specifically to the Class of 1971 Fund (which houses funds for our class gifts) will help us endow the Class of 1971 Scarlet Promise Grants Fund. We encourage you to visit the Scarlet Promise Grants page for more details on this important initiative, which is a top priority for the university.

If you have been a loyal supporter of Rutgers, we thank you and say, “The time has come today to stay the course!” If contributing to our alma mater is something you have done infrequently or not at all, “the time has come today” to help us achieve our highest level of participation to date.

Our 45th-anniversary gift of Paul Robeson Plaza was accomplished because our class came together like never before. Don’t you agree that it’s about time we all step up, together as Rutgers brothers and sisters, in greater numbers for our 50th-anniversary campaign? Your gift, no matter the amount, will help us make a difference.

Class Gift & Giving Goals

Increase Class of 1971 Scholarship Endowment and Endow the Class of 1971 Scarlet Promise Grants Fund
Class Gift Initiative(s)

$91,743
$50,000

Total Class Giving

$1,189,518
$500,000

Class Participation Goal 71%

19%
100%

THE TIME HAS COME TODAY, class members! Spread the word and let’s come together to mark our 50th anniversary year with the highest participation yet. The Class of 1971 has appropriately set an aspirational goal of 71 percent and we need your help to achieve it.

Let’s come together and do this!
50th Milestone Campaign Committee

Support Your Class

Support your class's 50th milestone campaign today and get listed on the honor roll below.

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All Gifts Made during the Fiscal Year Count

Gifts to any area at Rutgers made by members of the Class of 1971 from July 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021 will count toward our class giving campaign total, and contributors will be added to the Class of 1971 Honor Roll of Donors for helping us make a significant contribution to the university.

The following will also be added toward our total:

  • Cash, credit, or even shares of stock
  • Estate gifts
  • Matching gifts from qualifying companies

45th Reunion Gift

Paul Robeson Plaza–Voorhees Mall

40th Reunion Gift

Establish the Dr. Jean Wilson Day Memorial Scholarship
Increase Class of 1971 Merit Scholarship Endowment
Support Rutgers Oral History Program
Support Glee Club

35th Reunion Gift

Support Vincent Kramer Scholarship

25th Reunion Gift

Endow Class of 1971 Merit Scholarship
Bicycle Path
Alexander Library

20th Reunion Gift

University Libraries

10th Reunion Gift

Alexander Library

  • James C. Savage, class president and campaign chair
  • Robert McNeely Vance, acting vice president and reunion chair
  • Dr. James S. Cohen
  • Eugene G. Francis
  • Steven D. Guttenplan
  • Lawrence J. Perfetti, Ed.D.
  • Bruce Powell
  • Jeffrey T. Sammons, Ph.D
  • Stephen Seid
  • Paul Von der Heyden
  • Ronald D. Wilson

The online honor roll lists everyone from your class who makes a gift during your 50th-anniversary year. The honor roll section is updated monthly.

  • Anonymous
  • Mr. Paul Francis Adam
  • Dr. Martin N. Adickman
  • Mr. Laurence G. Agron
  • John W. Albohm, Esq.
  • Mr. Domenick Amato
  • Mr. Bruce R. Andrews
  • Mr. Donald D. Aquila
  • Mr. John E. Babb
  • Mr. William E. Baker
  • Murray R. Bakst, Ph.D.
  • Mr. Eugene J. Banasiak
  • Mr. Gary A. Barch
  • Mr. Allen A. Barna
  • Mr. Gary F. Battel
  • Mr. James F. Baumann
  • Mr. Richard P. Bayan
  • Robert J. Beach, M.D.
  • Mr. Joel S. Becker
  • Mr. James G. Benedict
  • Dr. Kenneth G. Bielen
  • Kevin R. Billet, Esq.
  • Mr. Robert W. Bing
  • Mr. Gary C. Bond
  • Mr. John A. Bowman
  • Mr. Thomas W. Bradshaw
  • Mr. Gregory W. Bressler
  • Mr. Raymond J. Broek
  • Mr. James E. Brown
  • Mr. Michael T. Bucci
  • Mr. William A. Burnett
  • Mr. W. Scott Butterfield
  • Mr. Kenneth A. Buxbaum
  • Mr. William J. Cahill
  • Mr. Joseph Campesi
  • Mr. Frederick Peter Campo
  • John James Cardile, Esq.
  • Mr. Francis J. Cavanaugh
  • Mr. Robert C. Cebrick
  • Mr. Robert D. Cecil
  • Harry I. Chernotsky, Ph.D.
  • Ralph A. Ciasullo, D.M.D.
  • Mrs. Irene Salayi Clark
  • Vernon W. Clash, Esq.
  • Mr. Larry P. Clymer
  • Mr. Kevin J. Coghlan
  • Dr. James S. Cohen
  • Jeffrey N. Cohen, Esq.
  • Michael B. Cohen, M.D.
  • Mr. John H. Colnaghi
  • Joseph C. Colosi, Ph.D.
  • Russell J. Cornell, M.D.
  • Mr. Nicholas Cowenhoven, Jr.
  • Mr. Dale J. Crome
  • Mr. James P. D’Alessandro
  • Mr. Carl D. Daiker
  • Warren C. Daniels, M.D.
  • Dr. Frederick T. Davies, Jr.
  • Mr. Joseph C. Decker, Jr.
  • Mr. Anthony DiPace
  • Mr. John T. Dowd
  • Mr. Edward T. Down
  • Mr. Michael Patrick Ennis
  • Dr. Joel J. Epstein
  • Mr. Mark Bernard Epstein
  • Mr. Robert D. Erikson
  • Mr. Robert R. Eskay
  • Mr. Robert L. Ewart
  • Thomas J. Fagan, Ph.D.
  • Saverio C. Falco, Ph.D.
  • Mr. A. Stephen Farber, C.P.A.
  • Mr. Albert E. Fenstemacher
  • Joseph F. Fidler, Esq.
  • Mr. Kenneth D. Fletcher
  • Mr. Eugene G. Francis
  • Lt. Col. Charles W. French
  • Mr. Edward J. Gabrielski
  • Mr. Gilbert E. Garcia
  • Dr. Richard D. Garnett
  • Mrs. Barbara Ann Gates
  • Mark S. Gertel, Esq.
  • Wayne H. Goldman, Ph.D.
  • Ms. Judith Anne Goodson
  • Mr. Gary C. Gray
  • Mr. John A. Graziano, Jr.
  • Dr. Leon Green
  • Mr. Elliot H. Greene
  • Mr. Victor Gregor
  • Mr. David H. Griggs
  • Mr. Edward D. Gross
  • Mr. Steven D. Guttenplan
  • Mr. Leroy C. Haines, Jr.
  • Dr. Thomas C. Hammond
  • Mr. John A. Hamshar
  • Mr. Walter M. Hazard
  • Alberto Hernandez, Esq.
  • Mr. Mark P. Hershhorn
  • Mr. Franklin L. Homan
  • Mr. Kenneth Hopke
  • Mr. William B. Hughes
  • Mr. Harold J. Itkin
  • Mr. Michael T. Jackson
  • Dr. Harry W. Janes
  • Peter H. Jensen, Esq.
  • Mr. Francis E. Johnson III
  • Mr. Peter H. Johnson
  • Mr. Kenneth E. Jones
  • Mr. H. Richard Jurgens
  • Mr. Frank Lee Kendrick
  • Mr. Kevin J. Keppler
  • Mr. William S. Kerestes
  • Robert Kerr, III, Esq.
  • Mr. Roger A. Kihm
  • Dennis P. Kimbleton, M.D.
  • Bruce Ira Kimmel, Ph.D.
  • Mr. Jeffrey H. King
  • Dr. Leonard C. Kinland
  • Mr. John D. Kinneman
  • Mr. Norman L. Kleeblatt
  • Mr. Richard C. Klesse
  • Dr. William F. Koch II
  • Mr. Walter A. Kokola
  • Mr. David A. Kozlowski
  • Mr. Paul Jay Krinzman
  • Dr. Howard S. Kruth
  • Mr. Elliot H. Lainof, C.P.A.
  • Mr. Steven E. Lanman
  • Mr. Joseph M. LaTona
  • Dr. Roger L. Latzgo
  • Mr. Wilfred Kincheuk Lau
  • Mr. Thomas E. Lavery
  • Dr. Richard C. Leib
  • Benjamin D. Leibowitz, Esq.
  • Mr. John J. Levenson III
  • Mr. Robert I. Levin
  • Mr. Howard Levine
  • Carl B. Levy, Esq.
  • Dr. Kenneth D. Lewis
  • Lorraine V. Licata, Ph.D.
  • Mr. Michael A. Lieberman
  • Jerome S. Loewenstein, D.M.D.
  • Mr. Lawrence L. Lukenda
  • Mr. John E. Lundin
  • Mr. Gary R. Madriss
  • Mr. Guy Magar
  • Randall F. Maguire, M.D.
  • Mr. Richard A. Magurno
  • Mr. Stephen M. Mahfood
  • Mr. Robert V. Malanga, Jr.
  • Mr. William J. Mansmann
  • Mr. Anthony L. Marchetta
  • Mr. Peter Van Rensselaer Mason
  • Alfredo S. Masullo, M.D.
  • Mr. David M. Matzer
  • Mr. Anthony E. Mauro
  • Mr. George T. Mayer, Jr.
  • Mr. Derek W. Mc Grath
  • Mr. Wayne R. McKenna
  • Mr. Dominick R. Mellace
  • Mr. Lawrence E. Miller
  • Mrs. Phyllis E. Miller
  • Harold J. Milstein, M.D.
  • Dr. John V. Moffa
  • Mr. Joseph R. Molinari
  • Mr. John W. Mooney
  • Lt. Colonel George R. Murnyak
  • Mr. Andrew J. Naporano, Jr.
  • Mr. Michael J. Natale
  • Mr. Michael A. Noto
  • Mr. Donald C. Oblazney
  • Mr. Peter M. Oddo
  • Mr. William James Parente
  • James Julius Paul, M.D.
  • Mr. Joseph J. Pavlica
  • Samuel N. Pearl, M.D.
  • Mark Joel Pello, M.D.
  • Lawrence J. Perfetti, Ed.D.
  • Mr. Alan M. Petrov
  • Dr. James E. Phillips, Sr.
  • Mr. Arthur E. Pizzano, Jr.
  • Mr. Ira Polk
  • Mr. David D. Potter
  • Mr. E. Bruce Powell
  • Mr. James J. Prendergast
  • Mr. Erik F. Rasmussen
  • Mr. Thomas A. Reimer
  • Mr. Ronald H. Reisman
  • The Reverend Douglas E. Remer
  • Mr. Barry R. Ress
  • Mr. Daniel L. Robinson
  • Mr. John Allen Robinson
  • Mr. Richard G. Rocamora
  • Mr. Stephen H. Rosen
  • Eric R. Rosenberg, M.D.
  • Lt. Colonel Julius Rothlein
  • Kenneth P. Rubin, M.D.
  • Mr. Michael Ruda
  • Mr. Glenn J. Rufrano
  • Mr. Mario E. Russo
  • Mr. James R. Ryan
  • Mr. Gregory J. Sakal
  • Dr. Jeffrey T. Sammons
  • Mr. James C. Savage, Sr.
  • Mr. David Schaaf
  • Mr. Raymond G. Schumacher
  • Mr. Robert A. Scott
  • Mr. Stephen L. Seid
  • Sidney Seligman, Esq.
  • Mr. Andrew M. Sereysky
  • Mr. Stephen M. Shapiro
  • Mr. Joseph Simpkins
  • Mr. Thomas J. Smith
  • Mr. Henry C. Smock
  • Edward G. Sponzilli, Esq.
  • Mr. Arthur M. Spooner
  • Mr. Robert M. Steinberg
  • Robert F. Stevens, Ph.D.
  • C. Gregory Stewart, Esq.
  • Mr. William F. Stockwell
  • Mr. Thomas J. Stokes
  • Mr. John J. Sudia
  • Mr. Paul James Sundermier
  • Mr. David A. Talbot
  • Mr. Mario P. Tedeschi
  • Mr. Mark H. Tessler
  • Lewis E. Thayne, Ph.D.
  • Dr. Ernest H. Thurlow
  • Mr. William C. Tinklepaugh
  • Mr. Gary P. Tinney
  • Mr. Douglas E. Trainor
  • Mr. Thomas A. Tuskowski
  • Mr. Thomas F. Ulan
  • Mr. Robert McNeely Vance
  • Robert J. Verdile, Ph.D.
  • Mr. Joseph R. Viola, Jr.
  • Mr. Paul Von der Heyden
  • Mr. Philip A. Walker
  • Mr. Robert J. Wegrzen
  • Mr. Richard M. White
  • Mr. Ronald D. Wilson
  • James P. Winder, Ph.D.
  • Kenneth R. Wolski, R.N., MPA
  • Mr. Joel Stewart Yura
  • Patrick F. Zazzaro, M.D.
  • Thomas W. Zelman, Ph.D.
  • Mr. John E. Zoog
  • Mr. Barry H. Zucker

Questions about gifts?

Contact the Milestone Campaigns Program:

Cyndy Shersick, Director
cyndy.shersick@ruf.rutgers.edu