Student Alumni Council
Memorial Bell Ringing Ceremony

The Old Main bell plays an important role in every McDaniel College student's experience. Each first-year student "rings-in" and on graduation day, graduating seniors "ring-out." The Student Alumni Council honors this tradition by reading the names of alumni who have passed and ringing Old Main's bell one last time to show respect for their alumni experience.

Each semester, the Student Alumni Council's Memorial Bell Ringing Ceremony concludes with a poignant rendition of the Alma Mater, where special attention is given to the closing chorus: Hail McDaniel! Hail, all Hail! Echo softly from each heart. We'll be ever loyal to thee, Till we from life shall part.

Our next Memorial Bell Ringing Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 1, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Plaza during Golden Reunion Weekend.

Below is the list of classmates that will be honored at our next Bell Ringing Ceremony sorted by graduation decade, then class year, and then by last name:

1930s

Lee Irwin Cronin (English & History/BA/1936)

1940s

Mabel Fowler (History/BA/1940)
Paul Stum (MA/1942)
Doris Harman Krusen (Home Economics/BA/1943)
Frank Zeigler (Biology/BA/1944)
Wells Drumwright (Biology/BA/1945)
Charlotte Beyersdorfer (Mathematics/BA/1946)
Beverly Wright Spittell (Sociology/BA/1946)
Margie Zerkel (Sociology/BA/1946)
Ruby Stein Frankel (English/BA/1948)
Fern Ray Grumbine (English & Spanish/BA/1948)
George Johnson (Economics/BA/1948)
Betty Little Morey (English/BA/1948)
Jean Ritter Sagan (Home Economics/BA/1948)
Milly Shipley (History & English/BA/1948)
Barbara Morris Trader (Home Economics/BS/1948)
Jeanne Brown Bucher (English/BA/1949)
Kenneth Buckingham (Mathematics/BA/1949)
Norma Wright Dew (English/BA/1949)
Doris Ritter Ensminger (Mathematics/BA/1949)
Irma Eney Myers (History & English/BA/1949)
Cliff Pedone (Economics/BA/1949)
Roger Simpkins (Economics & Mathematics/BA/1949)

1950s

Martha Schaeffer Herting (Music/BA/1950)
LaRue Coblentz Rosenberger (English/BA/1950)
Helen Ray Sommers (English/BA/1950)
Ed Wright (Sociology & Religious Studies/BA/1950)
Ernie Boyd (Mathematics/BA/1951)
Dottie Frizzell Williams (Art and Art History/BA/1951)
Bill Jones (Economics/BA/1952)
Jan Ports (Psychology/BA/1952)
Ray Faby (Economics/BA/1953)
Jane McLeod Radcliffe (Mathematics/BA/1953)
Andrew Rusinko (Biology/BS/1953)
Mike Pezzella (BA/1954)
Bob Ricker (Biology/BS/1954)
Charlie Clarke (Sociology/BA/1955)
Robert Garrity (History/BA/1956)
Marilyn Eccleston Boor (Art and Art History/BA/1957)
Bill Goodling (Curriculum and Instruction/MEd/1957)
Harry Cornpropst (History/BA/1958)
Ann Gorman (Sociology & Physical Education/BS/1958)
John Greenfieldt (MEd/1958)
Roger Butts (Philosophy & Religious Studies/BA/1959)
Ruth Sutherland Sayers (Curriculum and Instruction/MEd/1959)
Quinton Thompson (MEd/1959)

1960s

Bill Schweikert (Chemistry/BA/1960)
Carolyn Carter McKenzie (Biology/BA/1961)
Ronald Branoff (BA/1963)
William Georg (Physical Education/BA/1964)
Phyllis Ibach Hawkins (History/BA/1964)
Richard Cline (Mathematics/BA/1966)
Bob Scott (Biology/BA/1966)
John Daily (Mathematics/BA/1967)
Les Carlson (Sociology/BA/1968)
Bessie Hawk Howard (MEd/1968)
Bill Neaton (Sociology/BA/1968)
Kathryn Long Fagan (MEd/1969)
Kenneth Nibali (Economics/BA/1969)

1970s 

Vincent Spong (Administration/MEd/1977)
Thomas Kline (Economics/BA/1978)
Carl Sinner (Administration/MEd/1978)
Michael Campagnoli (Political Sci & Int'l Studies/BA/1979)
Loren Whitehead Swivel (MEd/1979)

1980s 

Pamela Russell (English/BA/1983)
Kathleen Soper Robey (Economics/BA/1984)

1990s

Kathy Hahn (Liberal Arts/MLA/1990)
Maureen Hynes (Deaf Education/MS/1992)
David Bar-Tzur (Deaf Education/MS/1994)

2000s

Andrew White (Business Administration/BA/2003)

In Memorium

Austin Metzler 

*Bolded names are additions to our list.

For more information about the Student Alumni Council Memorial Bell Ringing Ceremony or to share news of a classmate who has passed, please contact alumni@mcdaniel.edu or (410) 857-2296.