At the Board of Trustees meeting in October, two new members were appointed. Each will serve a three-year term.

John T. Baily ’65 of Farmington, Conn. is president of Swiss Re Capital Partners, the alternative asset investment management arm of the Swiss Re Financial Services Business Group.

Previously, he was a general practice partner specializing in the insurance industry with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he was employed for 34 years. He also led the U.S. Insurance Industry practice of Coopers & Lybrand (predecessor of PricewaterhouseCoopers) for 12 years and was a member of its Board of Partners, the firm’s governing body.

Baily is currently one of three independent members of the GAB Robins Group of Companies’ Board of Directors. He is a past chairman of the American Institute of CPA’s Insurance Companies Committee and is currently a member of the AICPA, the Pennsylvania CPA Society and the Connecticut CPA Society.

After earning his bachelor’s degree in economics cum laude from Albright, he went on to earn his MBA from the University of Chicago. His sister, Kathleen Ann Baily McDermott ’73, and brother, David E. Baily ’76, are also Albright graduates.

James E. Stocker, D.P.M. ’69 of Glendale, Ariz. is retired after 25 years from his private podiatric practice, Thunderbird Podiatry, in Glendale.

Prior to moving to Arizona, Stocker had a private practice in Tampa, Fla. He was a certified member of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and a fellow of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons. He served as president of the Arizona Podiatric Medical Association and established the Arizona Podiatry Political Action Committee.

Civically, Stocker has served as chairman and annual campaign chairman of the Glendale/Peoria YMCA, financial officer of the Northwest YMCA, and has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Glendale/Peoria YMCA. He also coached Cholla Little League and Arizona Girls Softball.
After earning his bachelor’s degree in English from Albright he went on to earn his doctor of podiatric medicine degree from Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine, and completed his residency at the Maryland State Hospital System in Baltimore, Md. His wife, Kitty, is also an Albright graduate.

Sara Little ’02 expresses her appreciation to donors of the Nancy Ratajczak-Shuman ’60 Memorial Scholarship

With three younger brothers at home for Mom and Dad to support, Sara Little ’02 worried about coming up with the money to pay for her applications to medical school; a dream she has had since she was young. But with the help of the Nancy Ratajczak-Shuman ’60 Memorial Scholarship, Little’s worries were made fewer.

Students had the opportunity to meet with and thank their donors at the fifth annual Scholarship Luncheon held in November. Little, the featured speaker, said: "There are no words that could describe how truly honored I am. From reading about this extraordinary woman and how dedicated she was to Albright, I am in great awe of all of her accomplishments and to even be compared to her is an honor within itself. I doubt I will match her character and integrity as a woman, physician, and dedicated alumna but I will never cease trying."

Ninety-six percent of traditional day students receive financial aid at Albright. For the 2002-03 academic year, the College awarded more than $13 million in Albright funds towards scholarship and grant aid to support students.

Currently there are more than 200 endowed scholarship funds in Albright’s portfolio. Scholarship endowments work to benefit students and the College in perpetuity. Funds are often created in the name of individual class years, a company or profession or, more often, in memory of an individual.

For information on contributing to an existing endowed scholarship fund, or establishing a new endowed scholarship fund, contact Jason Ketter, associate vice-
president of development at 610-921-7500.

Recipients of the John S. and Jane Kline Endowed Scholarship, Danika Scales ’04 and James Bastian ’03 pose with their scholarship donor John S. Kline ’37.