St. Francis College Alumi Dave Smith ’64, Chairman of General Atlantic Group Limited, and Lou Pastina ’79, former Executive Vice President at the New York Stock Exchange, raised over $700,000 to help future students attending the school in downtown Brooklyn at the college’s 54th Annual Charter Award Dinner this April.
The Charter Award Dinner was started in 1962 by the St. Francis Board of Trustees to celebrate New York State granting St. Francis College a charter, giving them the right to award diplomas, honors, and degrees.
The Charter Dinner, emceed by CNBC’s Bob Pisani, raised around $730,000 for the college’s scholarships and education programs. The dinner is the college’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The dinner celebrates the success of St. Francis alumni and praises their generosity towards current students, helping them to have successful careers of their own.
While at St. Francis College, Dave Smith was an Accounting major, a drummer with the dance band, and social director for Phi Rho Pi fraternity. He was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters Honoris Causa. “I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to attend a college that allowed me to have expectations beyond those that were expected and the opportunity and confidence to follow those”, said Smith. He went on to announce the creation of the General Atlantic Accounting Scholarship and the David D. Smith ’64 Scholarship.
Lou Pastina was an Accounting major and Master of Ceremonies for the Pi Alpha fraternity during his time in college. He is currently an advisory board member of the St. Francis College Center for Entrepreneurship. Pastina was also awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters Honoris Causa and created a scholarship of his own, the Louis G. Pastina ’79 Scholarship.
Student Government Association President Elizabeth Peralta ’15 addressed current and former students, saying, “I never thought in my life that I would be able to stand right here in front of all the people who made my dreams come true.” Peralta’s post-graduations plans are to move to Washington, D.C. to begin working at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which she called her dream job.
St. Francis College Alumi Dave Smith ’64, Chairman of General Atlantic Group Limited, and Lou Pastina ’79, former Executive Vice President at the New York Stock Exchange, raised over $700,000 at the college’s 54th Annual Charter Award Dinner this April.
The Charter Award Dinner was started in 1962 by the St. Francis Board of Trustees to celebrate New York State granting St. Francis College a charter, giving them the right to award diplomas, honors, and degrees.
The Charter Dinner, emceed by CNBC’s Bob Pisani, raised around $730,000 for the college’s scholarships and education programs. The dinner is the college’s biggest fundraiser of the year. The dinner celebrates the success of St. Francis alumni and praises their generosity towards current students, helping them to have successful careers of their own.
While at St. Francis College, Dave Smith was an Accounting major, a drummer with the dance band, and social director for Phi Rho Pi fraternity. He was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters Honoris Causa. “I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to attend a college that allowed me to have expectations beyond those that were expected and the opportunity and confidence to follow those”, said Smith. He went on to announce the creation of the General Atlantic Accounting Scholarship and the David D. Smith ’64 Scholarship.
Lou Pastina was an Accounting major and Master of Ceremonies for the Pi Alpha fraternity during his time in college. He is currently an advisory board member of the St. Francis College Center for Entrepreneurship. Pastina was also awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters Honoris Causa and created a scholarship of his own, the Louis G. Pastina ’79 Scholarship.
Student Government Association President Elizabeth Peralta ’15 addressed current and former students, saying, “I never thought in my life that I would be able to stand right here in front of all the people who made my dreams come true.” Peralta’s post-graduations plans are to move to Washington, D.C. to begin working at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, which she called her dream job.
