In Memoriam
Patricia King ’60 (Elementary Education: Political Science) (left) and Rosemarie McBride ’60, (Biology) ’68g (Adolescence Education: Biology) at the 2018 Alumni Reunion Heritage and Alumni Awards.

We are saddened by the news that Rosemarie McBride ’60 (Biology) ’68g (Adolescence Education: Biology), a two-time New Paltz alumna who went on to enjoy a career at SUNY New Paltz spanning more than 30 years, died on Sept. 8, 2023. She was 84.

McBride made the University and the surrounding area her home for more than six decades after her arrival as a student. She joined the professional staff shortly after earning her undergraduate degree, and during her tenure held roles including coordinator of student teaching, associate dean of the School of Education, and assistant director of admissions, which was the title she held upon her retirement in 1992. She worked on numerous key initiatives to support students and enhance the University’s standing in the region, including efforts to establish our first articulation agreements with neighboring community colleges. In 1973, she earned a SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Professional Service.

McBride remained highly active and engaged with New Paltz after retiring, serving for years on the Alumni Council, the Alumni Association Board, and the Lifetime Learning Institute Council, among other organizations and programs.

One of those longtime friends, the late Patricia King ’60 (Elementary Education: Political Science), joined McBride as a lead volunteer for Reunion 2010. Together they helped reinvigorate the Lantern Society Induction Ceremony, which celebrates alumni classes in the 50th anniversary year of their graduation. That tradition has continued to the present day.

King and McBride were also regular presences at Convocation ceremonies, welcoming new students on behalf of alumni from the 1960s. At Reunion 2018, they each received the Distinguished Alumni Service Award, honoring those who have made exceptional contributions in support of activities of the Alumni Association. In 2020, McBride joined the Tower Society of alumni and friends who have supported the University through planned giving.

John Cogswell ’79 ’84 (Art) at an Arrowmont Workshop Demo in 2016.

John Cogswell '79 '84g (Art), the esteemed silversmith, educator and SUNY New Paltz alumnus, died on Jan. 24, 2024, at the age of 75.

Cogswell was instrumental in the construction of SUNY New Paltz’s ceremonial mace and chain of office, among many other commissioned works.

“John Cogswell was a technical guru, a model of efficiency, and a fount of information on so many levels,” said Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, professor in the University’s Metal Program. “The metal and jewelry field has lost one of its premier craftsmen, whose lifelong commitment to the discipline has had a major impact on its many artists, students and teachers.”

In 1979, Cogswell became the Director of the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Program at the 92nd Street YM/YWHA in New York City. He maintained connections to higher education, teaching at Hofstra University, Parsons School of Design, Pratt Institute and at SUNY New Paltz, where he served as adjunct and instructional support technician from 2001-2010.

Today his work resides in many private and public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (United Kingdom), The Jewish Museum (New York) and The Metal Museum (Tennessee), among others.

After retiring from academe, Cogswell remained in workshop and studio spaces, working with students at community centers and craft schools across the country and attracting a passionate following of students who studied and worked alongside him.

“A person of great integrity, Cogswell was a trusted caretaker of the studio and learning environment,” said Mimlitsch-Gray. “He will be fondly remembered and deeply missed by all who had the good fortune to know him.”

Alumni

1940 - 1949 
Robert Dever '43
Lillian Barringer '46
Margaret Satterly '46
H. Marie Thorn '46
Elaine Langsam '47
Marie Roberts '47
Jean Dempsey '48
Violette Dwyer '48
Mary Markle '48
Marie Walsh '48
Joan Taylor Bellavigna '49
Mary McCormack
Petrone '49
Jack Roosa '49

1950 - 1959 
Betty Goldstein '50
Mary Romano '50
John Finch '52
Dorothea Woessner '52
Barbara Markey '53
Carolyn Bank '54
George Wiegand '54
Barbara Wilson '54
Charlotte Dickerson '55
Carol Steiner '55
Margaret Matthews '56
Elizabeth Peck '56
Victoria Seymour '56
Gwenn Meddaugh
Quirk '57
Sally Young '57
Natalie Feinne '58
James Horend '58
Katherine Powell '58
Thomas Stuart '58
John Whitney '58
Frederick Yardley '58
Gilbert Halpin '59

1960 - 1969
Betty Briehl '60
Rosemarie McBride '60
Ruth Bischoff Smith '60
Barbara Thompson '60
Elsa Tutwiler '61
Joan Bachner Barnett '62
Michael Boyle '62
Else Sayles Carter '62
James Connor '62
Anne Farley '62
Arthur Appelbaum '63
Lewis Chartock '63
Eleanor Seeland '63
Theodore Taylor '63
Frederick Dever '64
Shirley Gordon '64
Sheila Hecht '64
James Kennedy '64
Nancy Alden '65
Walter Lipka '65
Jeffrey Schultz '65
James Agard '66
Patricia DiPerno '66
Richard Elwyn '66
Nancy Hetzler '66
Helen Huber '66
Richard Lotze '66
Marilyn Peck '66
Joel Steigman '66
Marilyne Flora '67
Mary-Lyn Gerloff '67
William Thom '67
John Buckley '68
Penelope MacFarland
Hulten '68
Sadie Stellefson Penzato '68
Karen Quinn '68
Julian Weiner '68
James Dentel '69
Michael Fegan '69
Sharon Feroldi '69
Pascal Frisina '69
Raylene Shayo '69
Virginia Williamson '69

1970 - 1979
James Borden '70
Virginia Cowan '71
Mary Devitt '71
Wayne Hamilton '71
Francis Maloney '71
Bernice Merz '71
Marilyn Olsen '71
Leslie Wulff '71
Daniel Granek '72
Guido Loyola '72
Paula Rozelle '72
Robert Adam '73
Gilbert Anderson '73
Nancy Binder '73
Stephen McNally '73
William Rall '73
Barbara Sartorius '73
John Shelton '73
Susan Cowell '74
Anthony Dipietro '74
Danny Forer '74
Robert Mirabelli '74
Geralyn Peterkin '74
Richard Roberts '74
Emily LaBrie Roosa '74
Roger Williams '74
Karen McCurty '75
Robert Michael '75
Marsha Aronson '77
Stephen Fabrico '77
Meike Cryan '78
David Wilkie '78

1980 - 1989
Glenn Brown '80
George Daniels '80
Terry Moore Degraw '80
Edward Farrell '80
Mia Polanchik '80
Barbara Lindsey '81
Paul Pellino '81
Howard Smith '81
Robert Moon '81
Mona Bogan '82
Lovie Redding '82
Dally Edwards Taylor '82
Madalyn Terpening '82
Ave Arrington '83
Laura Coffey '83
Barbara Fisch '83
Raymond Parker '83
Joy Rea '83
Santino Rovereto '83
Donald Smith '83
Carol Toppel '83
John Cogswell '84
Gary Sherow '84
Rick Charbonneau '85
Steven Debs '85
Richard Guggisberg '85
Michele Lezon '85
Yvonne Watkins '85
Stelios Ouloupis '86
Paul Strothenke '86
Kathleen Wood '86
Greddy Abraham '87
Roseanne Bruno '87
Michael Lukacs '87
Neil Nulty '87
Paul Sheehan '87
Melinda Way '88
Donald Bailey '89
Christopher Seger '89
John Tolbert '89

1990 - 1999
Arleen Hendrickson '90
Gisela Hiller '90
Craig Kardon '90
Kathleen Watzka '90
Mary Meddaugh '91
Audrey Zindler '91
Denis O'Connor '92
Irene Roudis '92
Eric Andersen '93
Matthew Brown '93
Patricia Bruhn '93
Jon Petty '93
Donald Ross '93
Tara Cook '94
Jose Devers '94
Kari Schwartz-Roosa '94
Elizabeth Sealey '94
Fotis Manouvelos '95
Trisha Quay-Ernst '95
Joanne Bartsche '97
Karen Consalvo-Chereck '97
Mary Medley-White '97
Michael O'Neill '99
Linda Upright '99
Tyrone Waiters '99

2000- Present
Elizabeth Brocker '02
Jeffrey Miller '02
Dylan Jennings '03
Merris Morris '03
Jacquelyn Chantel '05
George Gallo '05
Richard Rogowski '05
Maria Guarente '07
Alex Brailey '21
Beverly Lavergneau '21

Faculty & Staff

Charles Danowski
Diego Dominici
Barbara Hollingshead
Baback Izadi
John Mahoney
Cecelia Tapley
Robert Waugh

Students

Ray Rattray

*This list reflects names from Aug. 1, 2023 to July 26, 2024.