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 Pastor 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.

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, please visit our website at www.amherstalumni.org or contact the alumni office at 716-362-8259. Reservation forms will be available on our website September 1st.