The Hillsdale College Alumni Association was organized in 1865 with Hiram Collier, Class of 1864, as the first Alumni Board president.  All graduates of Hillsdale College, as well as all students who completed four semesters at the College, are considered members of the Association.  The Association Mission Statement states:

The purpose of the Association shall be to organize the alumni of Hillsdale College to promote the development and maintenance of a mutual bond between the alumni and the College, to keep the alumni fully informed, to reflect the views of the alumni on matters affecting the College, to help maintain and raise the standards of the College, to aid in the enrollment of new students, and to encourage all alumni to tangibly support the College by developing programs to insure its continued growth.

The Alumni Board is comprised of 30 alumni representing graduating classes from the 1950s to the present.  The board currently has representation from five fraternities and three sororities and represents ten states.  The members meet formally three times a year, typically September, February and May, and have several projects on which they work year-long.  They are instrumental in planning Homecoming, organizing an annual golf outing that raises money for the Alumni Association Legacy Scholarship, promoting alumni-student relationships and assisting with admissions efforts in their home areas.

Currently, there are just under 11,000 living Hillsdale College alumni.  If you are interested in serving on the Alumni Board (or know of an alum who is), please feel free to contact the Alumni Office for more information. 

 

Officers:

 

Mr. Edward Swanson, '60 (DSP)
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Board President, January 1, 2010

 

Mr. John C. Lauria, '95
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Board Vice President, January 1, 2010

Ms. Elizabeth Deer Walker, '87 (CO)
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Board Secretary, January 1, 2010

Mr. Brendan E. Ringlever, '92 (DTD)
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Immediate Past President, Jan. 1, 2010

 

Membership:

 

Mrs. Michelle Mohn Baratta, '83 (PBP)
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Development Team

 

 

Mrs. Carol Morley Beck, '77 (CO)
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

 

Mr. Benjamin Bodkin, '97
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Career Services Team

 

 

Mrs. Kathleen Goldsmith Connor, '79 (CO)
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

 

Mrs. Ronda Doane Deer, '60 (CO)
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Ex-Officio, AEB Historian, Class Ambassador

 

 

Mrs. Sonja Stegelmann Drews, '92
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

 

Mr. George K. Kidman, '78
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Development Team

 

 

Mr. Thomas S. Klix, '75 (ATO)
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

 

The Honorable Timothy Kuhlman, '88 (SC)
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Career Services Team

Ms. Pamela J. Lowe, '80
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Career Services Team

Mrs. Kyle Chambers Maystead, '78 (PBP)
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Career Services Team

 

Mr. Douglas C. Mills, '74 (TKE)
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Career Services Team

 

 

Mr. Timothy Sanchez-Mustapha, '03
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Development Team

 

 

Mr. Peter C. Niedbala, '83
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Homecoming and Reunions Team Chair

Mrs. Cynthia Van Straten Phillips, '83 (KKG)
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Development Team

 

Mr. Stephen P. Rentschler, '78(DTD)
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

Matthew A. Resch, '97 (TKE)
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Development Team

 

Dr. Patricia L. Rooney, '77 (PBP)
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Development Team

 

Lt. Commander James D. Rowen, Sr., '04 (USN RET)
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

Mr. Joel R. Schellhammer, '01
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Career Services Team

 

Mr. Paul Schlatter, '72(ATO)
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

Mr. Allen Seder, '75 (DSP)
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Homecoming and Reunions Team

 

 

Mrs. Thelma Mullin Sim, '58 (PBP)
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Alumni Liaison/Board, College, Alumni

 

 

Mr. Jeffrey A. Stone, '95
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Career Services Team

 

 

Leonard G. Stover, '79
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Career Services, Athletic Liaison

 

Mr. Vito J. Tringale, '02 (ATO)
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Career Services Team

 

 

Mr. John Waldvogel, '91 (DSP)
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Career Services Team

 

Miss Nicole Wustman, '07
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Career Services Team

 

Officio Members:

Dr. Rebecca J. Schmidt-Abel, ’77

Mr. David W. Bahlmann, ’61

Mr. Roger G. Bisschop, ’59

Mr. James R. Buck, ’55

Mr. Joseph N. Daniel, ’61

Mr. Roger C. Davis, ’56

Mrs. Ronda Doane Deer, ’60

Mr. James E. Fetherston, ’56

Mr. Stephen S. Higley, ’66

Mr. Richard C. Kerr, ’53

Mr. Jeffrey R. Loehnis, ’80

Mr. Charles B. Long, ’71

Mr. Thomas M. Martilotti, ’67

Mrs. Normajean Thompson Rerucha, ’59

Dr. Bernard E. Tishkowski Jr., ’59

Dr. Linda Berk Voit, ’73

 

Alumni Volunteers:

Mrs. Mafy Chapin, ’58

Mrs. Julie Talley Hooton, ’80

Mrs. Rhea Lynch, ’59