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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

2:30 – 4:30 p.m.

The Angelica and Russ Berrie Center for Performing and Visual Arts, Sharp Theater

This event will honor the lives and contributions of members of the Ramapo community who passed away between July 2024 and June 2025.

2026 Ceremony Honorees
We remember:

  • Phillip Anderson, faculty emeritus 
  • Donald D’Angelo, staff
  • Henry Davis, faculty
  • Arthur Felix, faculty emeritus
  • Valerie Hunter, staff
  • Joseph Ippolito, donor
  • Christopher Paul Irizarry, student
  • Ralph Mastrangelo, donor
  • Lucia Palestroni, donor
  • Timothy Schroeder, trustee
  • Sanford Shevack, adjunct
  • Giovanni Viglino, faculty
  • Matthew Walsh, staff
  • George Webster, donor

Submit your Memories

The memories you share will be used to shape the ceremony. Also, please email your photos to Jennifer Hicks McGowan, Executive Director of Employee Relations, at remembrance@ramapo.edu

Kindly RSVP by April 9, 2026

About Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day is an annual event established by the Ramapo College of New Jersey Board of Trustees in 2005 to “memorialize the death of members of the campus community and outside individuals who have significantly contributed to the institution and to the campus community.” The event provides an opportunity to pause, remember and celebrate the contributions and lives of those whose memories continue to make Ramapo College a special community. Family members, friends, and members of the community are invited to attend this ceremony which includes a memorial plaque at an on-campus planting site.

If you have any questions please contact: remembrance@ramapo.edu or review College Policy 476: Memorial.