Centenary’s Presidents
Mr. and Mrs. Dominick V. Romano Elizabeth K. Frank '49 Ray and Margot Nelson Carey '55 Jim Salerno Jim and Elizabeth Freeman Brenda Bailey Carter '60 SASCO Insurance Services, Inc. Daniel Fries Peg Castle '49 Frank and Carol Fundaro The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Otto Schacht New York, Inc. Carol Demuth Schaefer '62/ Jennifer Oi Wah Fung The Shepherd Foundation Chartwells/Compass Group Audrey Weiss Gates '50/Moore Edwin Schrum/The Prudential Gates, Jr. and Audrey W. Gates Cornerstone Governmental Affairs Foundation Fund of the Princeton Area Gail Blank Dawson McNally '57 Community Foundation, Inc. Sherman Theater Deloitte & Touche Robert Goodman and Rochelle A. Warren B. Sillcocks '01 HA Christopher Demarest '02/03 Makela-Goodman '97 Stream Companies, Inc. Bishop Sudarshana Devadhar/The Susan Wisner Gould '62 Mildred W. Stroop '47 Greater New Jersey Annual Elizabeth Ferguson Griffith '63 Conference of the UMC Sussex County Imports, LLC Agust and Linda Gundmundsson Easton Coach Company Judith Abbe Thomas '58/ Ruth K. Hanson '44 J and K Thomas Foundation Tilly-Jo Emerson William F. and MaryAnn Harzer Gail Clausen Titen '71/73 Erbach Communications Group Cynthia Erickson Hellerman '58 Christopher M. Treanor ExxonMobil Education Foundation The Helping Hand Sales, Inc. Janet Kipp Tribus '62 Vicko Fabris Historic Blairstown Theatre Kathleen Lascky Turner '70 Lauretta A. Farrell Unilever United States Foundation, Inc. HSBC - North America Dr. Shane Fitzpatrick Scott Hughes UPS Foundation Christine Siciliano Floether '87 Mr. and Mrs. Barry Hyman Meredith P. Van Pelt '32/Van Pelt Linda Warner Frank '66 Foundation Earlaine Coleman Klingler '75 Wolfgang Gstattenbauer '84 Lois Montana Kroll '62 H & S Construction & Mechanical, Inc. Nancy Briwa Veeder '46 Verizon Foundation Christopher Linne '02/04 Hackettstown Ford Dr. Joseph and Mrs. Kum Linskey Hackettstown Supply Company, Inc. Verizon New Jersey Luna Chimney Sweeps and Hearth Hall-Digioia Surgical Associates PA Village Family Chiropractic, LLC Products Linda V. W. Watkins '62 Carol Whitney Harrington '50 Kurt Lutz Muriel Bollinger Windolf '57 Venisa Hoeflinger Arlene Shorter Young '96/99 and Dr. Kevin and Abby Maher Erica Hontz Hoffman '83 George Young Mansfield Food Enterprises, LLC Virginia George Hook '44 Diane Margolin and Michael S. International Program Consultants Dean Hight Club Weiner Drusie Fox Jenkins '53 ($500 – $999) Thomas F. Martino '89 Barbara Rhodes Kimber '55 A440 Piano Service Arden Davis Melick '60/01 HA Edith Bolte Kutz '42 Aetna, Inc. Mid-Atlantic Equine Medical Betty Ann Leith National Fence Systems John A. Shayner * and Katie C. Lenig- Carol Ann Ahern '54 Scott Anderson John O'Brien Shayner '80/82 Applebee's Neighborhood Grill/Apple Pfizer Inc Barbara-Jayne and Paul Lewthwaite Food Services New Jersey Susan Gordon Posner '58 Gayle S. Maffeo '61 Megan and Kyle Baillie '02/06 Elizabeth H. Post '40 Linda Dey McDonald '62 John Baptist Judithe Truppo Price '61 Roberta Fiske Mildenberger '67 Marion Bischoff Black '55 R. P. Machine Sandra Moody '59 G. Zachary Brinley Betsy Stedman Russell '52 Dr. Sandra E. Moore Amanda Canova The SC Johnson Wax Fund, Inc. A. Lynn Moran '88 Chester Lions Club Kim Scharg '58 My Sports Dreams, LLC Nancy Cooney Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Schwartz Newsweek, Inc. Country Club Services M. Alden and Dorothy Spach Siegel '59 Newton Health and Wellness, LLC Ski Shawnee, Inc. Oscjo Enterprises, Inc. DBA Laughing Dailey Network, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Carmine DeMaio Sluka & Minasian, LLC Lion Restaurant Pamela Dimartile John Sommer Elissa Robison Prout '54/Robison Jean Manner Enes '47 Source One Promotions Family Foundation Louise Altman Stern '58 The Prudential Foundation Matching Mr. and Mrs. James D. Engel James Englehardt Gifts Thomas and Inara Sternadori Fairway Valley Golf Club C. Joy Riddell '58 The Sawtooth Group Diane Finnan Ridgewood Manor, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Steven Tobias First Hope Bank Virginia Nielsen Robitaille '71 Top of the Hill Entertainment LLC Dr. Col. Gerard G. Vaughan
As Dr. Barbara-Jayne Lewthwaite noted in her “Welcoming the Future” message, there is much we can learn from our predecessors. The President’s upcoming inauguration on April 9, 2010, is an optimum time to honor the past by highlighting the history and achievements of the 11 other individuals who led Centenary College. Dr. George H. Whitney, 1869–1895 When the Newark Conference of the United Methodist Church founded the College in 1867, they selected Dr. George H. Whitney as the Centenary Collegiate Institute’s first President. Dr. Whitney oversaw the early development of the main campus in Hackettstown. Upon his retirement in 1895, Dr. Whitney held the title of President Emeritus until his death in 1913.
Dr. Wilbert P. Ferguson, 1895–1900 Centenary’s second President also faced one of the institution’s greatest challenges: the fire that destroyed the main building on October 31, 1899. The cause of the fire was unknown; 65 students escaped unharmed. Dr. Charles Wesley McCormick, 1900–1902 Elected President in the wake of the 1899 fire, Centenary’s third President encountered his fair share of challenges: a smallpox epidemic that quarantined the Town of Hackettstown in 1901. Dr. McCormick is also the first faculty member to become President of Centenary College. Continued on page 9 7