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AMHERST, N.Y. – ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ College will honor five accomplished graduates at its 2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on Nov. 4 that will begin with cocktails at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. in the college’s Wick Campus Center Social Room.

The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize the growth, achievements and societal contributions of the college’s outstanding alumni. Recipients exhibit the ideals expressed by the Sisters of St. Francis when they founded Rosary Hill College and that remain strong at the institution known today as ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ College.

ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ President Gary A. Olson will present the Distinguished Alumna Award, the highest honor presented to a graduate, to Pamela Ryan Jacobs Vogt ’62. The award recognizes a graduate who has achieved distinction in their career and in the community and has shown outstanding dedication to the college.        

This year’s other Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, who were selected by the National Alumni Board of Governors, are Col. Jean Anderson ’92, Advancement in Career; Jeanne O’Grady Ryan ’63, Dedication to the College.; Toni Smith Wilson ’69 (posthumously), Service to the Community; and Lisa Schimdt ’13, Graduate of the Last Decade.   

Distinguished Alumna Award   
Pamela Ryan Jacobs Vogt ’62     

Jacobs Vogt earned a bachelor’s degree in English from ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ (then Rosary Hill College) and went on to teach English at Bennett High School in Buffalo. Her extensive contributions as a member of the ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿ Board of Trustees and as a strong supporter of the college have been recognized with the college’s President’s Medal and an honorary doctorate of humane letters.

A devoted philanthropist and education advocate, Jacobs Vogt has been active for more than 40 years with a number of organizations and educational institutions throughout the Buffalo Niagara region. She has also served on several area boards, including the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Western New York, Roswell Park Alliance Foundation, and the BISON Fund.

Jacobs Vogt is a lifelong resident of Buffalo. 

Advancement in Career
Col. Jean Anderson ’92

Anderson received a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy from ºÚÁÏÕýÄÜÁ¿, and became commissioned as a U.S. Army officer shortly after graduation. She is currently chief of the Reserve Component Physical Therapy Section and was recently selected to serve as the individual mobilization augmentee to the chief of the Army Medical Specialist