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Meet Our Donors

We are thankful for those who have made an estate gift to Franklin & Marshall College. Here are their stories.

Fred Folmer ’93

From a career as a magazine editor turned playwright to working at a small liberal arts college, Fred Folmer ’93 is building on the passions he explored at Franklin & Marshall College. Now, he’s giving back to help future students pursue their dreams.

Roy Goldman '69

Actuaries are a rare breed, and if you’ve never met one, you wouldn’t be alone. It took until my final year in graduate school to hear about the field, when I was already well on my way to becoming a mathematics professor instead.

Brett S. Harwood

Brett S. Harwood ’71

Students and alumni will enjoy a broader array of career advising and exploration programs, thanks to a significant deferred gift from Brett S. Harwood ’71 and his wife, Margie.

Denise and Dean Pappas

Denise and Dean Pappas, M.D., ’73

Dean Pappas, M.D., ’73 is the chief pathologist at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford, Mass. It’s been several decades, but he still remembers arriving at Franklin & Marshall College as a young Greek-American from a small town in suburban Philadelphia and quickly being exposed to a world much larger than the one he knew.

Alan R. Ingraham

Alan R. Ingraham ’72

If you stop in the office of the chief executive officer of The Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors, Inc. (GBBR), you might talk about local or statewide real estate concerns. Or, you might talk about Franklin & Marshall College.

Joe Hognander ‘64

Joe Hognander ‘64 first learned of Franklin & Marshall College while researching prospective colleges during his high school senior year. He was struck by the number of articles in national publications that reported about F&M’s recent adoption of computers to manage class scheduling and other administrative functions.

Robert and Sheila Smith

Dr. Robert S. Smith ’61, P’87, and Sheila Smith P’87

“I always wanted to be a doctor,” Dr. Robert (Bob) Smith ’61, P’87, remembers. “I even wrote to the American Cancer Society when I was 10 and told them I had a suggestion for finding the cure for cancer!”

Barbara and Stephen Slogoff

Barbara and Stephen Slogoff, M.D., ’64

Stephen Slogoff ’64, dean emeritus of the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago, says he is grateful to Franklin & Marshall College for accepting him—an orphan from Philadelphia who didn’t have the money for higher education.

Lawrence and Lana Rouff

Lawrence Rouff, D.D.S., P’99, and Lana K. Rouff P’99

Lawrence Rouff, D.D.S., P’99, and Lana K. Rouff P’99 still feel admiration for Franklin & Marshall College 17 years after their daughter, Katie Rouff-Ward, graduated in 1999.

Marsha and Dusty Prentiss

Marsha and Dusty Prentiss ’71

Dusty Prentiss ’71 says he had a mind-expanding experience at Franklin & Marshall College. “I didn’t know what I didn’t know,” he remembers. “I had new experiences, which led to new thoughts. I got a well-rounded education, and because of that I have a good feeling about the universe.”

Donald W. Porter ’67, G’03

Donald W. Porter ‘67, G’03, is a member of the Board of Visitors of Franklin & Marshall College, a past president of the Alumni Association Board, and a reunion class volunteer, but his student experience at F&M was far from typical.

John L. Neigh, M.D., ’55, P’92, G’15

John L. Neigh, M.D., ’55, P’92, G’15, and his wife, Charline, are big supporters of Franklin & Marshall College. They so deeply believe in what the College does, they support it in many ways.

Michael Mark, Esq., ’74

Michael Mark, Esq., '74 hasn't traveled beyond the moon—yet—but he has been involved in "planetary entry, descent and landing." For the last 15 years, he has served as an associate chief counsel for NASA at the Langley Research Center in Virginia.

Kenneth Kohlmaier

G. Kenneth Kohlmaier, CFP, J.D., ’73, P’05, P’16

For Ken Kohlmaier, CFP, J.D., ’73, P’05, P’16, it’s personal—family (including two daughters who are F&M alumnae), alma mater, personal finance and business.

Peter Kastor, Ph.D., ’89

Professor and chair in the Department of History at Washington University in St. Louis, Peter Kastor, Ph.D., ’89, has written books, essays and articles, and teaches undergraduates in history and American culture studies classes.

Mary B. Hyman

Mary B. Hyman is a member of F&M's Board of Visitors and a member of the Founders Society. Her husband, Sigmund '47, who died in 2002, was a longtime member of F&M's Board of Trustees, past president of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, and a Diplomat lacrosse student-athlete.

Eugene Harsh ’54

Looking back, Eugene Harsh ’54 sees a life well lived—in a number of places, in a variety of careers, and with an amazing partner.

Professor Alan Glazer, Ph.D., ’69

Professor Alan Glazer, Ph.D., ’69 is an F&M supporter for life. He is the Henry P. and Mary B. Stager Professor of Business at Franklin & Marshall College. He has taught accounting and completed research at his alma mater since 1975—nearly 45 years.

Faye and Richard Gelhard

Faye and Richard Gelhard ’57

Faye Gelhard, a Lancaster County native and late widow of F&M alumnus Richard Gelhard '57, left a significant bequest to F&M, the value of which is estimated to reach nearly $6.3 million.

Ellis F. Friedman, M.D., ’63

Ellis Friedman, M.D., ’63 knew as a young boy growing up in Reading, Pa., that he wanted to be a lawyer or a doctor. But he had trouble deciding between the two careers. When he began his studies at F&M in fall 1959, he made sure he took the courses he needed to keep both options open.

John Clark, M.D., ’67

“My family didn’t have the money to send me to college,” Clark recalls. “F&M gave me a full scholarship, and that started my love affair with Franklin & Marshall College.”

Rockette Brunetti

John ’70 and Rockette Brunetti

When you have a piece of commercial property you don't use, and it's grown in value, what do you do with it? If you're John Brunetti ’70 and his wife, Rockette, you arrange for it to benefit others when you pass from this life.