The Orange Circle Award recognizes altruistic members of the Syracuse University community who have done extraordinary things in the service of others. This year, the presentation of the award is one of the highlights of Philanthropy Week at SU.
On April 19, 2013, the Orange Circle Award honored four SU alumni who are making a difference on and off the SU campus. Learn more about them below and see photos from the event.
Richard Dulude ’54
Louise Phanstiel
Melvin T. Stith G’73, G’78 and Patricia L. Stith G’77
Past Orange Circle Award recipients
An engineering graduate and retired senior executive for Corning Inc., Dulude has been a longtime SU volunteer and advisor. In 1987, he established the Richard Dulude Endowed Scholarship for undergraduate engineering students. Creating opportunity for students is important to Dulude, whose major motivation in giving is to help others attend SU.
He has also served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including Colby-Sawyer College and the Abbott Library Foundation
At Syracuse University, Phanstiel has supported a number of initiatives, including the Phanstiel Scholars program, the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center, the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, and the Community Folk Art Center.
As a volunteer, she has served many nonprofit organizations, including the I Have a Dream Foundation, Cedars-Sinai Health System, and the Los Angeles chapter of the American Heart Association.
Melvin Stith, dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and Patricia Stith, the University’s assistant provost for equity and inclusion, are well known in the Syracuse and academic communities for their service and dedication to local, regional, and national organizations, including the Ph.D. Project, Vera House, and the United Way.
At SU, they endowed the Stith Graduate Student Fund, which provides financial support for full-time African American, Hispanic, and Native American doctoral students
