
The UD Alumni Association (UDAA) is led by a board of volunteers who are proud to engage our entire alumni community through programming and events, awards, benefits and more.
The UDAA partners with the Office of Development and Alumni Relations to fulfill its vision and mission, and to execute its strategies, programs and outreach. Both groups have the same end goal—to ensure that all current and future alumni have a fulfilling, lifelong relationship with our great University.
Mission: The University of Delaware Alumni Association is dedicated to building pride and lifelong loyalty in our Blue Hen community guided by our shared values to meaningfully Connect, Inspire, Serve and Celebrate all alumni worldwide.

Dear Alumni,
I’m thrilled to serve you, my fellow Blue Hen alums, as the president of the UD Alumni Association. Along with all our alumni volunteers who serve on the UDAA Board of Directors, I want to be sure that we offer you plenty of avenues to connect with classmates and UD through events, career and professional development opportunities and more resources.
The UDAA is proud to offer tools and discounts for financial wellness, lifelong learning and showing off your Blue Hen pride. Check out all these resources for alumni, with more on the way! We’re also excited to get back to more in-person events again, although this past year has also opened our eyes to the limitless potential of gathering Blue Hens near and far virtually.
If you have any questions or feedback for me or for the Board, please don’t hesitate to email alumni-association@udel.edu. I hope to see you on campus (or on our screens) soon!
Blue Hens Forever,
Kerry Orendorf Halbedl, BE02
2022-2023 UDAA Board Members

2022-2023 Alumni Association Officers
Kerry Orendorf Halbedl, BE02, President |
Bill Luzier, AS78, BE84M, Vice President |
Matthew Lardieri, BE97, Treasurer |
Stephen Shallo, AS07, Secretary |
Linda Justice Myrick, EG77, Immediate Past President |
David Alick, AS94 |
Reggie Brown, HS88, HS93M |
Pat Tucci Cannon, EG89 |
Chris Dohl, BE95 |
Tammy Good, AS00 |
Jim Grimes, AS80, AS93M |
Amy Levitz Grundy, EHD90 |
Tiffany Johnson Hanson, EHD05 |
Tamika Harvey, AS05 |
Jonathan Klein, AS07 |
Nancy Beltz Lomax, AS71 |
Mark Manniso, AS84 |
Ray Petrucci, EG71 |
Chris Pickering, BE89 |
Carolyn Eaton Quinci, EHD12EdD |
Michelle Mahaney Scott, EHD90 |
Mark Seifert, AS85 |
Diane Stephens, EHD78 |
Lindsay Thrasher, EHD07 |
Kyle Van Riper, EG99, BE04M |
Jeff Vande Poele, BE94 |
Erica Santos Walsh, AS14, BE21M |
Susan Best, EG76 |
Baitul Chowdhury, BE18 |
David Csatari, BE91 |
Rich Greenberg, ANR77 |
Mary Hastings Hager, HS71 |
Harlan Landes, AS98 |
John Martin, EG84 |
Bill Michalcewiz, EG91, BE96M |
Bob Phelan, BE80 |
Dustin Ramsdell, AS12 |
Eric Rosen, BE11 |
Stacy Richards Yates, EHD05 |
In 1957 the Alumni Associations of Delaware College and the Women's College merged to form the current Alumni Association.
2019-2021: Linda Justice Myrick, EG77 |
2017-2019: Steven Beattie, BE87 |
2015-2017: Anne Giacoma Barretta, AS83 |
2013-2015: Kenneth Jones, BE80 |
2011-2013: Darelle Lake Riabov, AS73 |
2009-2011: Alan Brayman, BE73 |
2007-2009: Shanté Stargell Hastings, EG00 |
2006-2007: Leonard P. Stark, AS91, BE91, 91M |
2003-2006: Julie Moyer Knowles, HS82 |
2001-2003: R. Thorpe Moeckel, AS79 |
1999-2001: Charlotte W. Brown, AS81 |
1997-1999: Richard J. Mroz, AS83 |
1995-1997: Barbara J. Owens, HS58 |
1993-1995: Steven V. Bonine, EG78 |
1991-1993: Barbara H. Stratton, AS78 |
1989-1991: Robert V. A. Harra Jr., BE71 |
1987-1989: Barbra Frank Andrisani, EHD68 |
1985-1987: Lawrence R. Valencourt, EG70 |
1983-1985: Ross Ann Jenny Craig, EHD67 |
1981-1983: Paul C. Seitz, BE71 |
1979-1981: Patricia Murphy O'Flynn, AS49 |
1977-1979: C. Jackson Levis, EG50 |
1975-1977: Catherine Burke Flickinger, EHD40 |
1973-1975: Wayne J. Pollari, AS50 |
1971-1973: Gertrude B. Draper, AS37 |
1969-1971: John W. Alden Jr., AS38 |
1967-1969: Dorothy M. Welsh, AS44 |
1965-1967: Robert F. Siemen, AS43, 55M, BE64M |
1963-1965: Frances Malcolm Patnovic, AS28 |
1961-1963: George W. Thompson, BE34 |
1959-1961: Mina Press Thompson, AS41, EHD57M |
1957-1959: John E. Healy II, EG39 |
The Women's College Alumnae Association was established immediately following graduation of the first class in 1918.
1956-1957: Alice Sheldon Taylor, AS37 |
1954-1956: Mary J. deHan, AS32 |
1952-1954: Hester Smith Thomas, EHD39 |
1950-1952: May Thompson Keith, EHD26 |
1948-1950: A. Jeanette Thoroughgood Werntz, AS32, EHD50M |
1946-1948: Olive Murray Jones, EHD28 |
1942-1945: Frances Malcolm Patinovic, AS28 |
1940-1942: Marjorie Johnson Squire, AS28 |
1938-1940: Mary C. Dennison, AS19 |
1936-1938: Nellie P. Lawton, AS28 |
1934-1936: Anna E. Gallaher, AS18 |
1932-1934: Marion H. Steele, AS28 |
1930-1932: Anna D. Scott, AS19 |
1928-1930: Ruth Anne Russell, AS23 |
1926-1928: Mabel Smith Fraser, EHD23 |
1924-1926: Ruth Clendaniel Bausman, ANR18 |
1922-1924: Edith A. McDougle, AS18 |
1920-1922: Selma Bachrach Schafer, AS18 |
1918-1920: Elizabeth Jones Lyon, EHD18 |
The Delaware College Alumni Association was founded in 1846. Formal records dating back to 1921 show that many outstanding graduates have served the University as president of the association.
1955-1957: William R. Draper, BE30 |
1954-1955: James C. Stewart, BE38 |
1953-1954: Ernest S. Wilson, EG18, 63H |
1952-1953: J. Alex Crothers, EG16 |
1951-1952: Paul D. Lovett, AS18 |
1950-1952: Phillip H. Marvel, EG21 |
1949-1950: Victor H. Jones, EG09 |
1948-1949: Jefferson F. Pool, ANR21 |
1947-1948: Joseph M. McVey, AS04 |
1946-1947: Emery W. Loomis, EG14, 30H |
1945-1946: Joseph M. Cherpak, AS26 |
1944-1945: Harry W. Loose, EG20 |
1943-1944: A. Rae DuBell, AS12 |
1942-1943: W. Owen Sypherd, AS96, 47H |
1941-1942: John G. Leach, AS25 |
1940-1941: Warren C. Newton, ANR16, 55H |
1938-1940: Milton V. Draper, EG22 |
1937-1938: Archie H. Dean, AS14 |
1936-1937: Joseph M. McVey, AS04 |
1935-1936: John V. Postles, EG11 |
1933-1935: Harry G. Lawson, EG06 |
1932-1933: Edward R. Mullin, EG95 |
1931-1932: J. Rankin Davis, AS11 |
1930-1931: J. Alex Crothers, EG16 |
1929-1930: Clarence A. Short, EG96, 05M |
1928-1929: J. Harry Mitchell, AS03, 07M |
1927-1928: Leroy W. Hickman, EG03 |
1926-1927: Charles E. Grubb, EG14, 30H |
1925-1926: Everett C. Johnson, AS99 |
1924-1925: Alexander J. Taylor Sr., EG93, 96M |
1923-1924: George N. Davis, AS98 |
1922-1923: Harry W. Lyndall, EG05, 21M |
1921-1922: George I. Lockwood, AS03 |
The Association is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of four officers, 24 directors, members at large and the immediate past president. Six alumni are selected annually to serve four-year terms. The UDAA Constitution and Bylaws can be provided upon request.
Alumni Circle
University of Delaware Alumni Circle Unveiling: youtube.com/watch?v=su_r04Int78
Alumni who are recognized by the UDAA for their achievements and dedication to the University can see their engraved names on the stone walls of the Alumni Circle, which is a campus structure, dedicated in 2019, that graces the green space between Alumni Hall and the Little Bob, near Old College. The etched names include past UDAA presidents and the recipients of the:
- Outstanding Alumni Award
- Alumni Wall of Fame Award
- Emalea Pusey Warner Award for Outstanding Senior
- Alexander J. Taylor Sr. Award for Outstanding Senior
The Coastal Resilience Design Studio receives awards for work with Bowers Beach