Alumni Giving by Class Year The support of Goshen College alumni is greatly appreciated. During fiscal year 20192020, our alumni contributed $4,295,178. Each class list below is preceded by the percentage of living class members that gave and the total amount given by class. We thank and honor these generous alumni and celebrate their commitment to their alma mater.
1936-1939 24% — $500
Ada Shaum Phyllis Mann Weaver Peter Wiebe Rheta Mae Hostetler Wiebe
1940
1950
Marie Ramseyer Shisler Beechy
Mary Bender Joy Martin Buschert Elwood Graber Robert Harnish Mildred Miller Hess John Hostetler (deceased 6/25/20) David Hurst Mary Ann Troyer Litwiller Ernest Martin Albert Meyer (deceased 7/31/20) Jocele Thut Meyer Mary Detweiler Miller Julia Smucker Penner Chester Raber H. Royce Saltzman Janet Lehman Sherk Mervin Swartzentruber Carolyn Rodgers Yoder Lillian Zook Yoder
Carrie Yoder Diener (deceased 6/27/20)
14.3% — $15,000
1941
5.3% — $1,752
Robert Weaver (deceased 9/20/19)
1944
6.7% — $50
Mary Helen Yoder Wade
1945
5.3% — $1,550
John Nunemaker Mary Oyer
1946
15.2% — $1,550
Paul Friesen Kenneth Heatwole Ruth Kreider Heatwole (deceased 3/8/20) Ellene Long Miller Wilma Hollopeter Shank
1947
9.1% — $950 Ray Bair Mabel Brunk Walter Good
1948
18.6% — $4,700
Robert Ebersole (deceased 1/3/20) Ruth Alderfer Hertzler Miriam Kauffmann Adele Haddad McCarus Roger Neumann Betty Eigsti Roeschley Mary Herr Weaver Miriam Haarer Wellington
1949
17.1% — $12,700
Lillian Oswald Bair Helen Witmer Burkholder Jacob Flisher Simon Gingerich Gladys Landis Grasse Claramae Lehman Klink Doris Gunden Metzler Calvin Redekop
16.7% — $10,085
1951
22.5% — $159.471
Donald Bachman Donald Driver Miriam Sensenig Gingerich Owen Gingerich A. Ruth Nafziger Good Lorene Nafziger Good Joyce Long Graber Esther Bixler Heatwole Lucile Conrad Hochstetler Helen King Hostetler Benjamin Kenagy Kathryn Miller Lorentzen Olive Grace Yoder Miller Ruth Eigsti Miller Mary Miller Oja C. Evan Oswald William Pletcher Kenneth Shoemaker Bernard Showalter M. Willis Sutter Thelma Derstine Swartzendruber Maynard Weaver Gordon Yoder
1952
22.8% — $52,365 Anonymous (2) LaRelda Nafziger (Arnett Fry) Birky John Bixler
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Ina Krabill Breckbill John (JR) Burkholder (deceased 12/20/19) Susan Herr Burkholder Erma Zook Calhoun Louise Thomas Cullar Maxine Frey Diller Paul Diller Esther Buckwalter Graber Ronald Graber David Groh Ruth Gunden Patricia Lerch Hostetter Florence Goodman Hower Velma Frey Kamp (deceased 5/27/19) E. Ellsworth Kauffman Vera Martin (deceased 7/6/20) James Miller Jean Carper Miller Octavio Romero Miriam Troyer Showalter Robert Smith Earl Sutter Margaret Kauffman Sutter (deceased 12/23/19) Hope Sanchez Ventura Marilyn Helmuth Voran Mary Eby Weaver (deceased 8/22/20) Maurice Yordy
1953
34.5% — $42,582
Margaret Brubacher Ashley (deceased 4/17/19) Ferne Imhoff Bachman John Bender Naomi Hertzler Bender Gerald Brenneman Esther Berkey Cender R. Charlotte Hertzler Croyle Esther Showalter Deal Leonard Gross Rodney Herr Joyce Eigsti Hofer Roma Herrington Holmes Abram Hostetter Gene Kanagy Elwin LeFevre Ruby Swartzendruber Lehman Marjorie Schertz Liechty Russel Liechty Nancy Yoder Long David Mann Julia King Megnin Alta Roth Mellinger Johannes Meyer Beverly Shellenberger Miller James Miller Marilyn Logan Newsom Galen Otto LaVerne Litwiller Petersen Caroll Hostetler Roth Paul Roth (deceased 3/11/19) Phyllis Engle Saltzman Arden Schmucker (deceased 2/18/20) Elizabeth Stieglitz Scruggs Doris Good Shoemaker Frederick Speckeen
John Swartzendruber Paul Swartzentruber G. Weldon Troyer Aden Yoder Helen Kandel Yoder Mary Ellen Yoder
1954
32.4% — $101,870
Willard Albrecht Kathryn Aschliman James Christophel Caroline Moser Detwiler Helen Thut Detwiler Catharine Brunk Eash Anna Rose Schmucker Fuentes Eunice Zook Little Gautsche Luella Albrecht Gerig Harry Graber Victor Hartzler Edward Herr Marian Hostetler Annabelle Conrad Hughes Gerald Hughes Wilma Leichty Kanagy Mary Bontrager Keely Marilyn Horst Klassen Darlene Metzler Landes J. Clyde Landes Roland Landes Naomi Kauffman Lederach Jane Lehman Kenneth Long Mona Aeschliman Mann Mary Ellen Yoder Meyer Arlene Eash Miller D. Richard Miller Marilyn Oswald Miller Marvin Miller LaVerne Vogt Nafziger Joyce Nyce Osborne Millard Osborne Geraldine Landis Raber Colene Aschliman Rich Thelma Ackerson Roll Genevieve Leichty Schwartzentruber Edith Shantz Esther Shaum Lydia Schlabach Tester Mary Jean Troyer John Ventura E. Louise Croyle Wigle David Yoder Dolores Stump Yoder Lois Yoder Virgil Yoder
1955
29.4% — $308,047
Anonymous Carolyn Brooks Blosser John Bohn Eugene Clemens James Delp Carolyn Smith Diener Victor Esch Vance George Eileen Rutt Graybill Alta Perry Grossman Naomi Derstine Hunsberger
(deceased 8/18/20) M. Verena Wyse Jacobs Mary Ann Heiser Jost Raymond Kauffman Grace Hershberger Krabill David Leatherman Eileen Hartzler Lehman Eva Byers Martin Lois Hurst Mast Lavonne Wenger McGuire Deloris Herr Meiners Carl Metzler Jeanette Keener Metzler Paul Metzler Anna Nofziger Miller James Miller Phyllis Ramseyer Miller William Miller Doris Amstutz North Carolyn Yoder Sauder Wilbert Shenk Beatrice Hilty Slabach Mary Wolber Steiner Psolla Margaret Gerber Stoltzfus Cara Frey Ulrich Franklin Ulrich Marjorie Yoder Waybill Helen Eicher Weldy Betty Burkey Yoder Carol Sommer Yoder
1956
27.5% — $47,734
Anonymous Violet Keens Barr Lois Dayton Byler Morauski Ruth Wismer Cender Ila Eichelberger Dennis Lois Brenneman Gugel Paul Helmuth Paul Herr Floyd Hershberger Ralph Hunsberger Mary Ann Hostetler King Dorothy Reil Kuhns Julia Steiner Leatherman Robert Lerch Dean Mann Mary Hostetler Mann Ruth Hartzler Martin Patricia Mishler Miller Arlene Smucker Moore Doris Souder Morgan Carol Nebel Beulah Esch Raber Merrill Raber Jacob Redekop Wilmer Rutt James Shellenberger Donna Gerber Smucker Mary Lu Imhoff Smucker Pauline Smucker W. Frederick Springer Wilma Kaufman Springer Ruth Yoder Stauffer Geneva Swartzendruber Stoltzfus Glenn Stoltzfus Marie Althouse Stoltzfus Victor Stoltzfus Janet Hostetler Swartzentruber Bernita Kauffman Wade Ardith Schertz Wilson