Five names added to UD’s Alumni Wall of Fame

Joining the Wall of Fame are (from left) Charles A. Genuardi Jr., Karen A. Stout, Terry F. Neimeyer, J. Patrick Kelly and Sandra K. Morris.

9:43 p.m., May 6, 2005--Five distinguished graduates were added to the University’s Alumni Wall of Fame on Friday, May 6.

Charles A. Genuardi Jr., ’70 BE, J. Patrick Kelly, ’67 AS, Sandra K. Morris, ’76/’81M CHEP, Terry F. Neimeyer, ’77 EG, and Karen A. Stout, ’82 AS, ’95 Ed.D. CHEP, were inducted in a ceremony at Bayard Sharp Hall. The wall, located in the Alumni Lounge of the Perkins Student Center, recognizes outstanding professional and public service achievements by UD graduates.

“The University of Delaware is proud of all of its graduates, however, we are particularly proud of our graduates who make outstanding contributions in areas of professional or public service, which serve to improve the quality of life for all people,” UD President David P. Roselle said. “These exceptional individuals have been selected from an alumni base of more than 120,000 graduates. It is a great achievement for today’s inductees to be honored in such a way.”

Robert Davis, vice president for University development and alumni relations, said the worldwide recognition of the inductees brings pride to UD and inspires fellow alumni and current students alike. “Our honorees have added significantly to the value of a University of Delaware degree,” he said.

Genuardi served as chairman, president and CEO of Genuardi’s Family Markets since 1990, working with other family members to strengthen the company and develop strong philanthropic ties with the community. The family business, which began more than 80 years ago selling produce door-to-door, became one of the top supermarket retailers in the Delaware Valley, employing more than 7,000 people in its stores in southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The family sold the business to Safeway Inc. in 2001. Genuardi and his wife, Patricia, live in Wayne, Pa., and Scottsdale, Ariz.

Kelly is a tenured professor at the Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, where he joined the faculty in 1984. He has served as director of international programs and director of graduate legal studies. While teaching at Widener, Kelly has been responsible for developing the Nairobi International Law Institute in Kenya. The institute, which has been recognized by the U.S. State Department, is an exchange program with the University of Nairobi that allows students from both universities to explore the nuances of law in different countries and to prepare for the challenges of international law. Kelly and his wife, Victoria, live in Landenberg, Pa.

Morris is corporate vice president and general manager for Intel Communications Group, Business Operations and Services, where she leads group marketing, business development, business operations and overall supply-line activities. She was appointed to the position in 2004, when the cross-divisional role was created to improve strategic planning, customer supply-line programs, marketing messages and engineering business practices. The Intel Communications Group employs 9,000 persons worldwide. Before joining Intel, Morris was a faculty member and master teacher at the University of Delaware Laboratory Preschool from 1982-85. Morris and her husband, William Sullivan, ’75BE, live in Portland, Ore.

Neimeyer is president, CEO and chairman of the board at KCI technologies Inc., an employee-owned multidisciplinary engineering firm, headquartered in Hunt Valley, Md. After becoming president of the company, he successfully launched two subsidiaries, KCI Wireless Services Inc. and KCI Construction Services LLC. Neimeyer and his wife, Mary, live in Parkton, Md. Their daughter, Erin, is a freshman at UD.

Stout has been president of Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania since 2001. Over the past two decades, Stout has been an educational leader at four community colleges. With campuses in Pottstown and Blue Bell, Pa., Montgomery County Community College enrolls 16,000 credit and 11,000 noncredit students each year. Under Stout’s leadership, the college has formed key partnerships with several other colleges and universities, launched a comprehensive honors college and built a health careers suite at the west campus location. Enrollment has grown 35 percent in the past four years with the introduction of new associate degree programs in high-demand fields. Stout lives in West Chester, Pa.

Article by Martin Mbugua
Photo by Kathy Atkinson

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