April 23rd, 2016, Rensselaer, NY: The Alumni Association inducted five outstanding members into the Hall of Fame for their individual accomplishments and contributions to the Rensselaer City School community. Inductees included:
Walter “Coach D” Dlugolecki
Faculty, Posthumous
Barbara “Bobbi” Cochran Grube ‘62
Alumna, Posthumous
Richard McCabe
Faculty
Marie Stark Mohan ’43
Alumna, Posthumous
Ronald K. Rucker ’68
Alumnus
The event, held at the Troy Elks Club, was attended by more than 100 alumni, friends and relatives who enjoyed a cocktail hour and dinner. In a break from tradition, this year's inductees were introduced by their respective nominator(s) followed by acceptance speeches by inductees present. Ronnie Rucker, being in Japan, delivered a video greeting and his personally arranged rendition of the Van Rensselaer alma mater.
HOF 2016 PowerPoint Briefing
Frank H. Allen '52, Posthumous
Lynne Beiermeister '69
Kathy Keenan '68
Stephen Mann '89
Mary McNally '28 & Faculty 1932-1973, Posthumous (nominated and accepted by Denise Wright)
John Mooney '75 & Board of Education 1998-2015
Fran Pilato '77 alumna of NDHS Batavia, Faculty 1981-2015
Joseph V. Reilly '35 alumnus SJA, Faculty/Admin 1946-1978, Posthumous
William Staats '50
Michael Stammel '73
Michael Storonsky '46 & Fort Crailo Principal 1977-84
Mary Biddle VanLeuven '66
Presented by the association on Saturday, April 25th, 2015 at the Melvin Roads American Legion Post 1231, East Greenbush, NY.
(Names are listed in alphabetical order.)