Athletic Hall of Fame

The University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame was created in 1992 to honor former athletes, coaches, and friends for outstanding achievement. Their stories stand as testimony to the rich history that athletics play in the education of Rochester's students and of their pursuit of excellence both on and off the field.

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Hall of Fame Inductees Sorted By Induction Year

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

1992

Louis Alexander, Sr.*
Elizabeth Arendt, M.D. '75, '79M (MD), '84M (Res)
Robert Babcock '37*
J. Mercer Brugler '25
Elmer Burnham*
John M. Clarey '70
Sylvia Fabricant
Rufus Hedges '31
Richard T. Kramer '43
Jody Lavin-Patrick '82
David Moller, M.D. '75
Lawrence Palvino '59
Charles Resler '30
James Secrest, M.D. '45
Richard Secrest '43
Nelson "Bud" Spies '38
Samuel Stratton '37*
Robert Ulrech '40
Bert A. VanHorn '30*
Luther Ira Webster '26
G. Robert Witmer, Jr. '59
Gerald Zornow '37*
Theodore H. Zornow '59
Theodore J. Zornow '29

1993

William Adler '44
James S. Armstrong '54, '65 (Mas)*
Allen M. Brewer '40
Lyle Brown
Phil Chamberlain '38
John M. Donohue '51
Alexander D. Dunbar '26
Kristan Radan Dunst '85
Alexander Gaeta '83, '91 (PhD)
Ezra Andrews Hale '16*
G. Prescott Lane '39
Raymond P. Lang '54
David R. Ocorr '51
Anthony R. Palumbo '74, '84 (PhD)
Benjamin Ramaker '10*
Renee Schmitt Somerville '87
Clifford Roman Speegle
Harold Suttle '26
Theresa A. Tuthill '84, '91 (PhD)
David L. Wormuth '65

1994

Russel Jones Anderson '37
James R. Beall '46
William Bruckel '42
Jean Merenda Conway '79
Robert Erickson '42
John A. Garnish, M.D. '51
Lysle "Spike" Garnish*
Richard Garnish, M.D. '49
Norman Gay '41*
Ralph Gebhardt '76
Samuel Park Harman '09*
Maureen "Molly" Hayes '84
James Klimschot '78
Cheryl Lyght Lamonica '82
Gerald Liebel '52
Madelon "Lonnie" Lief '77
J. Matthew Riordan '81
Roy F. Roberts '40
Irene "Patty" Rupp '87
Peter A. Stranges '41
Robert Swartout '83
Terri Eddy Terwilliger '87
LaRoy B. Thompson*
Robert A. Woods '42

1995

Guy A. Bailey '68
Richard E. Baldwin '43
Donald J. Bardell '53
Michael F. Berger '62
Cheryl Cole '86, '87W (Mas)
Gerald L. Dales, Jr. '51
Donald E. Diehl '47
Charles E. Erdle '32*
John F. Forsyth '43
Jayne Freedman '79
Frederick Gehlmann '42*
Robert G. Klimasewski '66, '67 (Mas)
George V. Kondraske '78
Frank Lillich '63
B. Emmett Norris '30*
Thomas E. Pammenter '40
Brian E. Pasley '76
Glenn W. Quaint, Jr. '42
William E. Secor '53
Joan Alley Smith '84
Robert E. Springer '41
Thomas M. Tuori '87
John F. Welter '50

1996

Eliza Bates '79
Gorman Burnett, D.D.S. '47
Maureen Hopke-Christmas '79
John Cogar, D.V.M. '71
Lawrence Handelsman, M.D. '66
John Herlan '77
Harvey A. Humphrey, M.D. '41
Jon Hunter '72, '78W (Mas), '88W (EdD)
Frank Okey '42
Michael J. Roulan '72
Billy E. Sandow '42
Timothy O. Schum '60
Donald C. Smith
Gordon Turner '74

1997

Josefa Benzoni '88
Robert Branigan '49
Emerson Chapin '41
Michael Corp '78
Richard Devereaux '56
Ronald J. Forte '62
Jacqueline Grasso '81
Robert Hoe, M.D. '47, '51 (Mas)
Arthur Jones '39
Robert Liberto '67
Megan MacKenzie '84
Robert Place '54
Charles Quinby '58
David Ragusa '68
Janice Vanselow '82
Suzane White Villarini '80
John Vitone*
William Yantz '60*

1998

John A. Badowski '77
Richard Baroody '44*
John Baynes '47
Malcolm Black '52
Glenn C. Fowler '51
Heather Guyer Garrison '79
Ronald Haines '72
Frank Howd '51, '53 (Mas)
Richard Keil '83
Michelle Mazurik Maybaum '86
Paul McKee
Jerome Carl Violette '60
Lisa Scopa Voit '84

1999

Karen C. Arden '76
John A. Burchett '66
Jean Cardinale '88
Peter DiPasquale '52
Theodore J. Fink, M.D. '66
Jane Gibbons '76
Thomas Hoffman '50
Richard C. Wade '43
Robert L. Wells '39
John Zabrodsky '82

2000

John Bishop '64
William H. Ceckler '51
Charles G. Cochrane, M.D. '51
Russell E. Craytor '35
Mark Decker, M.D. '71
Samuel Guerrieri '87
Lawrence Hokaj '85
John M. Keil '44
Richard Kissell, M.D. '67
Roger D. Lathan '54
Susan J. Lathan '85
Richard M. Lieb '52
Peter R. Lyman '47
Frederick J. Martin, M.D. '40
Jill M. McCabe '88
Peter G. "Pat" Stark
Bruce Thompson '56

2001

Neil L. Alexander '50
Louis Alexander, Jr. '51
Pamela L. Church '85
Michael L. Cirrincione '69
David J. Drummond '82
Atlas D. Evans '71
Penny Waderich Fuehrer '90
John A. Gersbach '39
Thomas L. Gibbons '56
Carolyn S. Misch '89
Lesa M. Hojnicki Sayer '89
Samuel Shatkin, M.D. '79
Craig M. Smith '39
Merle Spurrier*
John Sullivan '26*
Jeffrey S. Wittig '86
Carl U. Wren '50

2002

Jeanne Cramer Armstrong '50
Halford B. Johnson '52
Thomas B. Jones '61
Reed A. Martin '75
Eugene L. Nicandri '60
H. Scott Norris '49
Jill Decker Ogden '89
Mark L. Palvino '85
Nancy Melvin Taylor '86
Philip J. Yurecka '65

2003

Lisa A. Caracillo Anderson '90
Paul Bitgood
James Brennan '53
Jeffrey D. Hirsch '86
Glenn A. Lamb '83
Brian Laudadio '92
Mary Martha Winter McKenna '90, '95W (Mas)
Dr. R. Bruce McPherson '55, '64W (Mas)
Dick Rice '65
Hazel S. Varner

2004

Aileen Beneroff Binder '80N
Kerry-Anne Murphy Dempsey '86
Jean C. Giambrone '42
J. Nelson Hoffman '55
George Hole '60, '68 Ph.D.
Richard "Rick" Magere '72
Joseph M. McShea '24*
Scott Milener '90
Aileen Beneroff Binder '80N
Karen Price Pavlicin '87
Howard Pratt '60, '66 Ph.D.
David Vaccaro '88, '94S (MBA)

2005

John Burgess '59
Gary Ciarleglio '89
Gregory Conrad '72
Christopher Fite '92
Joachim Hammer '88
Joseph Mello '92
Debra Poletto, MD '79
Kelly Gorman Rakowski '91
Thomas Sheehan '90
Zenon Snylyk '55*
Harry Stathe '52
Mernie Bacon Whitcomb '49
Hazel Wilbraham '27*
Tyler Zachem '88

2006

John Antonelli '80, '83
Robert Bruton '50*
Carlos Chapman '44
Diane Marshall Ennist '78
Charles Gray '48*
Robert Kulpinski '71
Matthew Lawless '09*
James McComb '59
Paul Muntner '91
Gregory Perry '87
Amber Lee Scott '95
Robert Wales '84

2007

William Boomer '63W M.Ed.
John Butterworth '75
Tracey Buettgens Clancy '94, '95 MS
Ames Curchin '41
Eric Fass, D.D.S. '71
Edwin Fauver*
Thomas Havens '91
Maria Budihas Jensen '87
John Loiacono '84
John (Jupe) Mossel '55
Thomas Sarro '52
Wayne Sebastianelli '79, '83M (MD), '88M (Res)
William Sharp, M.D. '53
William Standera '71
David Taylor '69

2008

JoAnn Johnston Allender '89
Dr. Peter Blanck '79
Francis Caravaglio '61
John Cranch '43
Dr. Kenneth DeHaven
James Dunlop '92
Warren Heard '44
Daniel Leary '83
Joseph P. Miller '58
Susan Penepent '88
William Weiss '78

* - Awarded posthumously

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Hall of Fame Nominations

The University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame nomination process is open to everyone. We welcome and encourage your participation with worthy candidates. Please review the criteria listed below and then submit your nomination to the committee through Associate Director, Terry Gurnett '77 (tgurnett@sports.rochester.edu). Your submission should include as much factual information as possible about the individual. Nominees may be contacted to request more information if needed.

Criteria

• Distinguished themselves with UR athletics as an administrator, athlete, coach, manager, or friend
• Distinguished themsleves as alumni by supporting athletics at the University
• Distinguished themselves in their chosen career
• Nominees should be 5-year alumni or more, with consideration to different eras
• Awards can be made posthumously
• Promoted good will for and enhanced the image of the University

Committee

The committee is made up of former varsity athletes along with staff from the Department of Athletics.

Process

The nomination committee accepts nominations throughout the year. The committee meets each January to review the new nominations along with those already on the list. The committee recommends a group of finalists from which the year's inductees are selected later in the spring. Inductees are notified in writing shortly thereafter. The Hall of Fame Induction Dinner is held each year on Friday night of Meliora Weekend.

Thank you for participating.