Tailgate with the Tigers on September 14th at the Buffalo Brewing Company, Alumni Owned and Operated by John Domres ’04. Go Bills! 🐯👍
Events
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc is proud to announce that seven alumni, including two posthumously, have been selected to receive its prestigious 2025 Distinguished Alumni Award and will be honored at a reception on October 23rd at Sean Patrick’s Emerald Island Banquet room. Among the recipients are Rev. Stephen Biegner ’89 for his outstanding contributions to the WNY community as Pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran church and as the founder of the Daily Bread food truck; Archibald Dean ’55 for his contributions as an international businessman and author of a best-selling guidebook; Jeremy Jacobs and Margaret Davis Jacobs ’58 for Jeremy’s contributions as a global leader in hospitality as Chairman of Delaware North Companies, and Jeremy and Margaret for their decades of philanthropy; Julie Pace ’00 for her contributions as an American journalist and her positive impact as Executive Editor and Senior Vice President of the Associated Press; Dr. David Dean ’48 (posthumously) for his outstanding contributions to cardiology as Chief Cardiologist at the Buffalo Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center and, also for the medical innovations he pioneered and research papers he published; Douglas Volgenau ’55 (posthumously) for his distinguished career in the military as Rear Admiral of the United States Navy and for his continued support of the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc.
The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation, Inc is proud to announce the recipients of the alumni’s 2025 Educator Emeritus Award. This award is bestowed upon an educator who is held in the highest regard for his or her contributions while at service at Amherst. It is designed to embrace all staff, grades pre-K-12, whether at the High School, Middle School, Harlem Road Elementary School, Eggert Road Elementary School, Smallwood Drive Elementary School or Windermere Blvd. Elementary School. This year’s recipients are Dr. Dale Bosworth, Middle School art teacher; Joanna Ransom, third grade teacher at Smallwood Drive Elementary School; Steven Thomas, High School music teacher; David Maul (posthumously), principal of Windermere Drive Elementary school; and Carolyn Russell (posthumously), high school Aide and member of the Amherst Central Alumni Choral.
A reception will be held on Thursday, October 23rd at 5:30-7:30pm at Sean Patrick’s Emerald Isle Banquet room at 3480 Millersport Hwy., Getzville, NY 14068. For more information or to make a reservation, please visit our website at www.amherstalumni.org or contact the alumni office at 716-362-8259. Tickets are $40.
We were delighted to present the inaugural Amherst Central Alumni Foundation Dimp Wagner Scholarship in honor of Donald Dimp Wagner, Class of 1948, on Wednesday, June 4, 2025, during the annual award ceremony at Amherst Central High School.
The late Anne Harding Joyce, Class of 1970, played a crucial role in connecting us with Dimp Wagner and facilitating the establishment of this scholarship. The scholarship criteria were designed to reflect Dimp’s legacy at Amherst and beyond, awarding a $5,000 scholarship to a student who embodies similar characteristics, interests, and qualities as Dimp, including a passion for Amherst and its students, active involvement in school activities, and dedication to the community. During his time at Amherst, Dimp served as President of the National Honor Society and was a member of the Marching Band, Amherst Symphony, choir, and was an accomplished athlete.
Dimp was generous in his support of the Alumni Foundation, and you may recognize his name on the track located at the back of the school, which was named in his honor following a significant donation.
He entrusted us with the establishment of a foundation within the Community Foundation of Greater Buffalo, enabling the Alumni Foundation to uphold Dimp’s legacy in perpetuity through the creation of this scholarship.
Our inaugural scholarship recipient exemplifies many of Dimp’s admirable qualities. She has demonstrated a strong desire to serve her local community and give back to a place that has provided her with a sense of safety, acceptance, and access to a quality education supported by inspiring teachers. She plans to attend the University at Buffalo to pursue a degree in Information Technology and Management, with aspirations of building a career in information security analysis.
It was our distinct honor to present the inaugural Amherst Central Alumni Foundation Dimp Wagner Scholarship to Mehrnaz Amini of the Class of 2025.
This event is our biggest fundraiser of the school year!
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The Amherst Central Alumni Foundation recently funded a visit by the Buffalo Museum of Science’s “Buffalo Museum on Wheels” to Windermere Boulevard School first graders.
Grants like this are made possible by the generosity of Amherst Alumni and their donations. If you want to donate to the Amherst Central Alumni Foundation to help fund grants like these, visit https://www.amherstalumni.org/Donate.htm.
The first-grade teachers involved in the project were kind enough send us photos and have their students send us thank you notes.
You can view these at:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1EGG4BLXXIwO87q0RVnrNARGKHS7MEZ8y?usp=drive_link
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