Ensuring the spirit of Saint Rose continues past graduation: The Saint Rose Alumni Association

The Saint Rose Alumni Association was founded in 1924 — the year of the first graduating class — and since then has continued to serve as an important connection to the College. Whether alums consider themselves Rosebuds or Golden Knights, the Alumni Association brings them together as one community.

Founded in 1924 and legally incorporated in 1950, the Alumni Association is one of Saint Rose’s oldest and proudest organizations. Central to the relationships between the College and more than 44,000 alumni worldwide, the association orchestrates everything from class reunions and other social events to vital scholarship support and student-alumni networking events. As its own centennial approaches, the association continues to nurture those relationships and Saint Rose’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, integrity, and service in future generations of alums.

Past presidents:

• 1924-1925: Margaret Ray Grogran ’24
• 1926-1927: Marion M. Carey ’24
• 1928-1930: Catherine Boylan ’25
• 1930-1931: Catherine Reynolds Campbell ’26
• 1931-1932: Margaret Sennett ’27
• 1932-1933: Mary Gordon McVoy ’30
• 1933-1936: Elizabeth Hanrahan ’25
• 1936-1940: Helen Warren ’31
• 1940-1942: Margaret C. Keane ’24
• 1942-1944: Irene Cooley ’34
• 1944-1948: Mary Hanrahan ’33
• 1948-1950: Mary E. Hayes ’36
• 1950-1952: Irene Ryder ’40
• 1952-1954: Catherine Cody Osborne ’27
• 1954-1958: Virginia Schiele Murphy ’35, G’55
• 1958-1962: Dorothea Sheedy Becker ’35
• 1962-1964: Sallie Shea Doyle ’29
• 1964-1966: Ann LaMontagne Karl ’44
• 1966-1968: Kathryn F. Minnock ’38
• 1968-1972: Dorothea Hughes Hudson ’39
• 1972-1974: Gayle K. Matthews ’59
• 1974-1976: Audrey Brown Hughes ’53
• 1976-1978: Philomena Venerosa Smith ’61, G’84
• 1978-1980: Margaret Kavanaugh ’60, G’62
• 1980-1984: Carol J. Boivin ’67, G’72, G’82
• 1984-1986: Jane Spain Ducatt ’57
• 1986-1990: Katherine A. Anson ’73
• 1990-1992: Kenneth Shannon ’74
• 1992-1996: Rosemary O’Neill Sheridan ’69, G’73
• 1996-1998: Audrey Brown Hughes ’53
• 1998-2002: David Kisselback ’89
• 2002-2004: M. Joyce Fonda ’81
• 2004-2006: Ryan Baum ’99
• 2006-2010: James Feeney G’93
• 2010-2014: Denise DiNoto ’95
• 2014-2018: James J. Manley ’93, G’95
• 2018-2020: Angelina Hardy Maloney Ed.D. ’96

– Compiled by Sharon Vilardo Maneri ‘64, G’69