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Glenn ’56 and Susan Good established the
Good Prize for Excellence in Business Administration and History to recognize academic excellence in both a pre-professional field and a liberal arts program. The award comes with a $500 cash prize to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average in those two majors. Glenn Good died on July 23, 2020, but his legacy remains on campus through this Prize. Nearly 30 people attended a Zoom ceremony the afternoon of Wednesday, May 5 this week to celebrate
this year’s two student recipients of the prize: Megan Geschwind ’21 (business), top photo at right, and Meaghan Kiley ’21 (history). After an informal virtual “meet and greet” among participants to start the ceremony, Krystyna Davenport Brown, vice president for institutional advancement, gave the official welcome before
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President Sterritt says the former trustee and business leader’s gift represents a clear signal of faith in Saint Michael s College and the career outcomes of a liberal arts degree
Vermont Business Magazine Class of 1967 alumnus and longtime Trustee Barry Roy bequeathed $4 million to Saint Michael’s College through his estate, the largest single gift in the school’s 117-year history, college officials announced today.
A larger-than-life figure on campus and within New England philanthropic circles, Roy died on August 9, 2019 at the age of 73.
Barry Roy, Saint Michael’s College
“When I first met Barry, he immediately struck me as someone who had a giant heart of gold,” said Saint Michael’s President Lorraine Sterritt. “That first impression was absolutely correct. We quickly became close friends. He was devoted heart and soul to the College. As someone who came from humble circumstances himself, he made it his mission to help students and to hel