(PDF) (DOC) (JPG)May 5, 1999

(Mahwah) – Attendees at Ramapo College’s Annual Distinguished Citizens Dinner cheered loudly as Dr. Robert A. Scott, college president, announced that the event raised $240,000, a record fundraiser by the Ramapo College Foundation. Scott said that this is the highest total raised in the dinner’s 17-year history. One hundred seventy-two thousand dollars is designated for student scholarships, faculty research awards and grants and $70,000 is to be used for a special endowment fund for minority students.

The Foundation also presented a check in the amount of $1.19 million to the College as their annual contribution to benefit student scholarships, college projects and faculty development opportunities at Ramapo.

This year’s four distinguished honorees were Michael H. Dale, president of Jaguar Cars, the North American subsidiary of Jaguar Cars Ltd. located in Mahwah; Donna A. Knutsen (Ramapo ’77), vice president of accounting for the Fountain European Day Spa in Ramsey; Tsutomu Mitome, excutive director of SEIKO CORPORATION (Tokyo) and president of SEIKO CORPORATION OF AMERICA in Mahwah; and J.M. Robinson, chairman, president and CEO of Footstar, Inc. in Mahwah.

The event, which is becoming known as one of the more elegant black tie evenings in northern New Jersey, drew a crowd of 600 to the Sheraton International Crossroads Hotel on March 6 for a gala evening of dinner and entertainment by rhythm and blues artists, The Drifters. Guests polished up their swing steps as they danced to nostalgia and contemporary music supplied by the band, Steppin’ Out.

Other announcements made at the dinner included the completion of Ramapo’s newest facility, the $14.5 million Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, which will officially open to students in the fall.

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About Ramapo College

Ramapo College of New Jersey is the state’s premier public liberal arts college and is committed to academic excellence through interdisciplinary and experiential learning, and international and intercultural understanding. The comprehensive college is situated among the beautiful Ramapo Mountains, is within commuting distance to New York City, was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful College Campuses in America by CondeNast Traveler, and boasts the best on-campus housing in New Jersey per Niche.com. Established in 1969, Ramapo College offers bachelor’s degrees in the arts, business, data science, humanities, social sciences and the sciences, as well as in professional studies, which include business, education, nursing and social work. In addition, the College offers courses leading to teacher certification at the elementary and secondary levels, and offers graduate programs leading to master’s degrees in Accounting, Applied Mathematics, Business Administration, Contemporary Instructional Design, Computer Science, Creative Music Technology, Data Science, Educational Leadership, Nursing, Social Work and Special Education, as well as a Doctor of Nursing Practice.

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