Longest Serving Faculty Member Retires After 50-Year Career

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: May 4, 2010

CONTACT: Lisa Saunders

(845) 574 - 4244

lsaunde2@sunyrockland.edu

Longest Serving Faculty Member Retires from Rockland Community College

Community invited to retirement luncheon

Ramapo, NY - The retirement of Rockland Community College's longest serving faculty member coincides with the College's 50th Anniversary Celebration.

Friday, May 14, 2010, 10:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Retirement Luncheon: "50 Years of service at RCC"

Student Union, Rm. 3214, second floor

Admission: $15 includes brunch and gift. RSVP to Karen Griffith at 845-574-4451.

Joseph Famellette of Hartsdale, a professor of Physical Education hired by RCC in 1960, is retiring at the end of the Spring 2010 semester after 50 years of teaching and coaching.  Last January, he was the first coach inducted into RCC's Sports Hall of Fame, and in 2007, the RCC Foundation honored him for his service to the College and for establishing the Heinz Ahlmeyer USMC Scholarship and the Jerry Donnellen Veterans Scholarship.

In 1995, Famellette was a member of Team USA and competed in the world biathlon championships in Mexico, and in 2009, he and his racquetball partner won fourth place in the National Senior Olympics.

Famellette is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of Orange County Community College, where he was Athlete of the Year.  He earned his BS and MS in Physical Education from Springfield College. He and his wife, Judy, have four children, all of whom have attended RCC, and six grandchildren.

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