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Bristol Myers Squibb is committed to creating a rich pipeline of educated talent across diverse communities, to drive innovation in our industry, and to strengthen our company’s ability to remain competitive in a global economy. As part of the Bristol Myers Squibb...

Chuck and Gail Foresyth’s life together is a story of resilience, career excellence, and a shared passion for giving back. Chuck’s journey began on a U.S. Army base in Vietnam before his family immigrated to the United States. Following the tragic loss of his father...

Dan spent his career as an entrepreneur in 5 IT software technology startups in the Boston area in which 2 of these companies went public and 3 were acquired by fortune 500 companies. Currently Dan is a board member for multiple IT software companies. Dan also spent...

Marion E. Winfrey joined the University of Massachusetts Boston a Visiting Assistant Professor in 1990. During her 29 years in the Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences (MCNHS), Dr. Winfrey served as an associate professor, nursing department chair,...

The 2012 recipient of the Chancellor’s Medal for Exemplary Leadership, Peter J. Berlandi ’69, has been a solid advocate for the University of Massachusetts and UMass Boston in particular. A former University of Massachusetts trustee, Berlandi is committed to...

Professor Bussiere was the winner of the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Service in 2020. Elizabeth Bussiere has been a fellow at the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College and received a grant from the American Philosophical Society for a book on jury...

Robert K. Sheridan became President and CEO of The Savings Bank Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts (“SBLI”) in 1992. He joined SBLI in 1990 as Executive Vice President after serving as President of the Massachusetts Bankers Association and as President of the...

Sam Wilson joined the University of Massachusetts Boston community in an advisory role in 1988, when he was selected as one of 49 IBM employees to participate in the IBM Faculty Loan Program. This program provided participants an opportunity to teach or...

The mission of the Arredondo Family Foundation is to provide a helping hand to those experiencing a tragedy and to provide education on matters relating to military, veterans, military families, and the issue of suicide. The Arredondo Family Foundation is...

The Dr. Jebediah Gaffney Scholarship was established upon his death in 2011, by his mother, Barbara Gaffney. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree at UMass Boston, Dr. Gaffney went on to receive a doctorate in psychology. He taught at UMass Boston after...

In 1993, Edith G. De Angelis and her sisters, Florence R. D’Avella and Catherine F. Zarba, established a scholarship fund to honor and memorialize their mother, father, and aunt’s selfless humanitarian acts throughout their lives.

Eileen Campbell was the youngest of 8 children. She was a surprise, late in life baby but cherished by all. Eileen had a charisma about her. She died unexpectedly at the age of 23, just a few weeks away from graduating from UMass Boston with a degree in Psychology...

Gilman Hébert was a life-long educator who possessed the gift of bringing people together in extraordinary ways and making them feel that they could contribute. In his role at the Department of Education, he was recognized as a state and national leader in bilingual...

The Jimmy Cawley Scholarship is named in honor of a native son of Dorchester whose life was sadly shortened by cancer. A man of many talents, and deeply loved by family and friends, one of Jimmy’s greatest gifts was his ability to bring people together for a good...

The Jean Marie Doyle and Pamela Helen Strong Scholarship was established at UMass Boston in 1990 by alumna Lorraine A. Kelley-Alessi ’84 ’98 MA. When asked why she established this scholarship, Lorraine wrote: “Jean Doyle, my...

The John T. Pelton Scholarship was established in 2017 in remembrance of John Pelton, who passed away in April 2014 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. John was a native of Quincy, MA and worked at UMass Boston in the Parking and Transportation department as...

The Laurie Melchionda Endowed Scholarship, established by her family and members of the Laurie Melchionda Foundation, will be a perpetual tribute to Laurie’s devotion to her community and the children for whom she cared at Boston Children’s Hospital, in the...

The Lucia Mayerson-David Endowment was established by family, friends and colleagues in memory of Lucia after her passing in 2011. A beloved member of the University of Massachusetts Boston community for nearly 40 years and class of 1971 alumna, Lucia...

Born in Glasgow Scotland, Margaret Creigan Roberts was trained as a nurse in the United Kingdom in the early 1960s. In the mid 1960’s, she pursued an opportunity to take a nursing job in Boston which brought her to the United States. By the end of the decade, she was...

Sriram (Rick) Srinivasan was a smart, big-hearted person who never let his health problems come in the way of his zest for life and his professional ambition. He had two kidney transplant operations, the first in 1998 and the second in 2006. Despite his health...

The Rosalind A. Matthews Scholarship Endowment Fund (Fund) was established in 1988 to honor the late Rosalind A. Matthews, a former Trustee of the University of Massachusetts (UMass). The Fund provides an annual $1,000 scholarship award for up to four

Pearl Laura Rosendahl was born on 9/16/24 in Lewiston Maine. Pearl’s early life was one of a loving family but one of financial hardship. She was raised and educated through high school in Auburn, Maine. Pearl decided early on that she had a strong desire to become a...

Talita Guerrero ’15 is the co-founder of Right Key Mortgage, LLC, a company that finances residential and commercial loans throughout the country. She has been in the mortgage business for over a decade and has consistently been recognized for her high level

Richard Campbell ’70 is one of the most successful trial lawyers in Massachusetts and a longtime supporter of UMass Boston, which he attended as a member of the university’s first entering class in 1965. After graduating from UMass Boston with a degree in political...