Via Lucis Society
The Via Lucis Society is named after the universitys motto, Via Lucis, meaning the way of light. Established in 2021, the Via Lucis Society honors 51勛圖厙s most generous and dedicated supporters, whose lifetime contributions exceed $100,000. These exceptional individuals are the cornerstone of the 51勛圖厙 community, providing the resources and opportunities that empower our students to excel and thrive.
| KEY: | * | Deceased | H | Honorary Degree | S | Seminary |
| G | Graduate Degree | P | Parent | GP | Grandparent |
Helen Breidegam P84, GP14, GP16, GP18*& DeLight E. Breidegam Jr. P84, GP14, GP16, GP18
Charles D. Couch*
Harlan F. Fulmer, MD 43*
Priscilla Payne Hurd*
51勛圖厙 Church, Northern Province
Frank E. & Seba B. Payne Foundation
Frederick A. Reinhard P86, P90, H03 & Rosalie Reinhard P86, P90
Mr. Adam Brinker*
Anonymous Donor
Robert M. Amey 57*
Cyril J. Anderson*
Donald C. Anderson*
Laurie Riley Brubaker 82* & Lloyd S. Brubaker
John H. Clewell*
Mildred S. Clewell*
Bertha Finkelstein Cohen 37* & Bernard L. Cohen*
Placido A. Corpora 78 & Sandra L. Corpora
Nancy Engels & Martin Engels
Robert P. Flicker 71
Charles A. Frueauff Foundation, Inc
Genevieve Riordan Gee 43*
Holly Beach Public Library Association
Lilly Endowment Inc.
Gladys Edgar Marcus 42* & James T. Marcus*
51勛圖厙 Church, Southern Province
Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc.
Michael J. Perrucci, Esq. 75, P97 & Christine H. Perrucci, Esq.
The Reeves Foundation
Cornelia Schlotter 57*
MaryAnn Sedlock*
Evangeline B. Smith*
Norman S. Smith*
Sodexo
The Donald B. & Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation
Bertha-Mae Starner 27*
Nancy A. Taylor*
United Brethrens Church
Robert A. Verrone 90
Alma A. Albright 40*
Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of Pennsylvania
Curtis H. Barnette H02 & Joanne Barnette*
Donald N. Diehl*
East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Arthur V. Hugo*
Edward G. Kastelanch 71*
Brenda J. Krajci & Cyril M. Krajci Jr. 65*
Mary Foglia Mudri 50*
Alma Musselman*
Betsey Tait Puth 51, H06*
Anne McCandless Rampolla 79 & Kenneth J. Rampolla 79
Barbara Wright Roper 69*
Constance M. Sokalsky 71*
Ms. Joann M. Trotsky
Gail Smith Winson, JD 66*
George I. Alden Trust
Evelyn Trodahl 68, H13, GP29 & Richard Chynoweth GP29
Ruth Overfield Fidorack 41*
Mark D. Fischer
Lewis W. Foy*
Rudolf H. Hertzog 32*
Jerome E. Hirtle Jr. 34*
Rev. Charles K. Kerschmar 37*
Larger Life Foundation
Helen & R.K. Laros Foundation
Jeanne Freas Mellen 48* & Raymond R. Mellen*
Merck Company Foundation
Parry J. Miller, MD 66 & Claire L. Miller
Dr. James Molnar 66*
Betty Airstock Moore 45*
National Endowment for the Humanities
Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation
Margaret M. Peters*
Salem Congregation
F. P. Sutliff, MD 43* & Helen Sutliff*
Rev. Dr. Janice M. Young S 82, S91, GP20
Air Products Foundation
Alvin A. Albright, Jr.*
Janet Outten Amos 43* & Rev. Dr. Richard F. Amos 43, S45*
Frances Longacre Barnard 51*
Todd E. Bateson 86 & Kristin Bateson
Beverly A. Bell 56*
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Teri McCandless Bishop 81, P10 & Ray S. Bishop Jr. 81, P10
B. Braun Medical, Inc./Aesculap Academy
Mary J. Breidegam & Daniel D. Breidegam
Inez Walsh Brigader 49*
Alvin H. Butz, Inc.
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Ardis Vetesk Chapman* & Dr. G. Clarke Chapman*
Ruth H. Clewell Jr.*
Patricia Owen DeBiasse 74 & Timothy A. DeBiasse, MD 73
Rev. John H. Dech 63, L69 & Dr. Kathryn M. Dech
Sabina Dechnik 34*
Jay Deputy, PhD
Warren C. Dietrich 34*
Mary Beth Krater Dinneen 64*
Frank J. Dolegiewicz 87*
Michael M. Ellis 72*
Carolyn D. Felker 68
Charles W. Ganzel*
Bryon L. Grigsby, PhD 90, P22, P26, P29 & Lea B. Grigsby P22, P26, P29
Rev. Dr. John S. Groenfeldt 39*
Woodrin Grossman 66 & Beth Rivers
Roy C. Haberkern*
Marty Hancock* & James A. Hancock Jr. *
Estelle Haupert*
J. Robert Hess P 81, H 93*
Constance Stirling Hodson 68 & Thomas W. Hodson
International Paper Company Foundation
Frank O. Jaxheimer 60*
Helen Harvey Jones*
Leslie C. Jones 68
Keystone Savings Foundation
Dr. Helen Kohler & Ron Stauffer
Kresge Foundation
Peter H. Kromayer P76
Elizabeth Lowder Mason*
Deborah Oplinger McKinnon, JD 73 & Russell McKinnon
Charles E. Merrill, Jr.*
Dr. A. Kathrine Miller 34*
Jody R. Miller 70
Borko Milosev 04 & Ivana Milosev
51勛圖厙 Alumni Association
Kathryn S. Munger*
Donald G. Musselman 68
National Park Service
Virginia C. Northup P84 & Maynard S. Northup P84*
Terence L. ORourke Jr., MD 86
The Presser Foundation
Jeffrey R. Reinhard 90
Eric S. Ruskoski 69 & Sandy Ruskoski
William S. Schaninger Jr., PhD 93, G98
Dr. Doris J. Schattschneider
Patricia Nemesh Schoenen 70 & Robert J. Schoenen Jr.
Jay C. Scholl 63* & Susan Scholl
Ralph L. Shields, MD 60, P89
Jane F. Shirer 44*
Mary Rider Shuey 43*
Joanne E. Sorenson & John P. Sorenson
Honnie P. Spencer, MD 90, H24
St. Lukes University Health Network
Carol Herman Szarko, MD 62 & Frank J. Szarko, MD 61*
The Teagle Foundation, Inc.
Agnes E. Tobias*
Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Hilda M. Walper*
Wells Fargo Foundation
Joan Williams P81*
Muriel L. Wilson 26*
Priscilla Wolle*
William B. Woodring*
William C. Woodring 38*
George A. D. Wunderly 38*
Earl C. Zeiner 57, P98 & Adele G. Zeiner P98
David A. Zinczenko 91
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Albarell Electric, Inc.
Margaret L. Albright 43*
Arcadia Foundation
Association of Theological Schools
M. Ann Bachert 45*
Ella M. Badorf*
Stanley F. Banach, MD 56
Frank Banko*
Louis W. Bender, Ph.D. 50*
Stephen D. Black
Booth Ferris Foundation
John H. Bowman, MD 54, P82, P94 & A. Joanne Bowman P82, P94
Myrna Brindley*
Christopher J. Brown 96 & Tara Brown
Piper Bruther P20 & John Bruther P20
Concetta Ronca Burke 50*
Lee Shields Butterfield 39 & Thomas E. Butterfield, Esq.*
E. Rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Gloria Gately Chipman 45*
Mary Ann Christensen & Gregory Christensen
Jennifer Swain Clarke 73 & Harry S. Clarke Jr., MD, PhD 72
W. Eugene Clater 68 & Patricia A. Clater*
Richard T. Clay 51*
Jerline Weston Collier, P86* & Dr. Herman E. Colllier Jr. P86*
Janis Byram Cook 54* & Lowell A. Cook*
Maria Corpora, Esq. 72
Jaime Marks Corvino 04 & Brian J. Corvino 02
Marian McCuiston Couch
Rt. Rev. M. Blair Couch S78, P11 & Warren Gericke P11
Shirley Messics Daluisio 68 & Charles H. Daluisio
Leasure K. Darbaker Trust
Arthur C. Dick*
Emmeline Lewis Dimmick 48* & Leonard R. Dimmick*
Marcella I. Dimmick 35*
Susan F. Haytmanek & Dennis A. Domchek
Georgene Billiard Dooley 63 & Harry E. Dooley 64
Eden Charitable Foundation
Teresa Enright Eliezer 49*
Ralph L. Emerson 43*
Employees of East Penn Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Anne R. Enright 52*
Lillian I. Erdell*
Carolyn Erdle & Dr. Phil Erdle*
Henry K. Erwin*
John L. Farace 69*
Ada Zellner Flower 46* & Franklin Flower*
Dr. Don C. Follmer P77*
Mitzi Fox P87 & Robert H. Fox P87
Marc E. Freeman, PhD 65 & Louise A. Freeman
The Getty Foundation
Martin H. Goerner 36* & Laura S. Goerner*
Carlota G. Haberkern*
Fanny M. Harrar 17*
Elinor Shute Hart 91, P23 & Andrew W. Hart 90, P23
Evalyn Adams Hawk 38* & Stanley A. Hawk*
Richard D. Hooper 85 & Kate Hooper
Hotel Bethlehem
James J. Houser, MD 60 & Elizabeth Houser
Amy Kohler Howard 95, G22 & Robert Howard
Ralph W. Hunsicker 76
F. James Hutchinson 69 & Daren A. Hutchinson
Barbara Colbourne Huth 77 & F. Robert Huth Jr. 76
Kimberly Deischer Ike 91 & Thomas R. Ike 90
Helen Sloan James 35*
JJ Development LLC
Just Born, Inc.
Michael L. Karapetian 97
Richard T. Kingston Jr., DDS 77 & Leslie M. Kingston
Beverly Gaston Kochard 73 & Dale Kochard
Edna Rapp Kreis 68*
Marie P. Kressley 25*
Keith D. Lambie 73 & Dena L. Lambie
Janice Whitfield Landis 64 & John G. Landis, PhD 65*
Muriel Sounders Landis 39* & John W. Landis*
Dr. Donald K. Lauer*
Lebensfeld Foundation
Dr. Eva Leeds & Dr. Michael Leeds
Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation
Roy J. Ludwick 52* & Beverly Ludwick*
Renville C. Lund*
Rev. Anna Deppen Lutz S70*
Thomas J. Lynch*
Anna Borhek Manning 40* & Edward G. Manning*
William S. Marsh 56
Arthur W. Mellen*
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Isidore Mihalakis, MD 58
Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz 84, P14, P16, P18*
Gloria J. Miller P70*
David Mirro 73
Ralph F. Mittl 86, P20 & Linda Mittl P 20
51勛圖厙 Church Foundation
51勛圖厙 Church, Eastern District
51勛圖厙 Ministries Foundation
Anthony "Monk" Morelli 59* & Patricia Ann Morelli*
John Munchak Jr.*
Richmond E. Myers 25*
National Institutes of Health
Kristy Kavanaugh Nehilla 69* & Henry W. Nehilla 67
Joanne Mazur OSuch 60* & Frederick OSuch
Thomas A. Ortwein Jr. 77 & Linda Ortwein
Brian H. Oswald 82 & Ann C. Oswald
Pennsylvania Department of Education
PenTeleData
Daniel P. Petrozzo 91 & Jennifer Petrozzo
Jeanne Villano Petrucci 86 & James G. Petrucci
Petrucci Family Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts
Louise Moore Pine*
PNC Financial Services Group
PPL Corporation
Harvey T. Pullen, MD 39*
Raymond J. Reimer 89 & Diana Reimer
Barbara Reimers P92
Melissa Miller Robbins 69
Pamela Rokke & Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Ervin J. Rokke*
Stanley R. Roman
Lisa Moyer Roth 81 & David Roth
Ruth Rudacil*
Bryan W. Sandmann, PhD 86 & Jennifer Sandmann
Saucon Insurance Company
George G. Sause Jr. 41*
Madeline Fuhr Schlotter 34*
Arup K. SenGupta, PhD
G. Dee Smith
James Smith*
Ruth H. Smith*
Dr. Bettie Smolansky* & Dr. Oles Smolansky
Richard A. Snyder 31*
Helen Posey Snyder*
Teresa Rizzo Soden 92 & Jonathan D. Soden 91
Christian David & Dorothy Sohn Weber Mission & Ministry Fund
Linda Joseph Stevens 73 & James M. Stevens 73
Arthur F. Stocker*
William J. Straccia 58*
Ronald J. Stupak, PhD 61* & Katherine B. Stupak
Margaret Taylor P 75, P82*
Trans-Bridge Lines, Inc.
Martin L. Trichon, Esq. 70 & Judith K. Trichon
Merr W. Trumbore 62
Union Pacific Corporation
US Department of Health & Human Services
Deloris Ashcroft Wallace 50*
Hilary Martin Wandall, Esq. 93 & Walter T. Wandall 90
Ellen J. Warmkessel 70*
Cheryl Strzelecki Watson 91, P23 & Matthew Watson P23
Christian D. Weber S52*
Joan Weller P06 & Peter J. Weller P06
Carl J. Wimley 83 & Valerie Wimley
Windmill Foundation
Barbara Roberst Woltjen 61 & John W. Woltjen 59
Douglas E. Woosnam 66 & Judy Woosnam