Office of Development and Alumni Relations

Office of Development and Alumni Relations

The Alumni Association of Grinnell College was established in 1879 with 151 charter members. Today, the College’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations, in coordination with the Alumni Council, serves more than 20,000 active class members living across the United States and around the world.  Alumni volunteers — class agents, class fund directors, class committees, regional planning committees, alumni admission representatives, and career development volunteers — all work to support the College. The College provides its alumni with such services as The Grinnell Magazine, coordination of regional activities, promotion of class and affinity reunions, alumni awards, and class letters. The College also offers an online directory to encourage alumni to get in contact with each other.

The Student Alumni Council (SAC) is a student-run group that strives to instill in students a lifelong connection to the College, to facilitate interaction between all Grinnellians, and to raise student awareness about Grinnell’s history and traditions. SAC fosters an atmosphere that guides students in their transition to life after Grinnell, bestowing a sense of pride in their alma mater that will carry over to their chosen careers. To join SAC, send an email to sac@grinnell.edu.

For more about Alumni Council, SAC, and the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, visit our website at: https://alumni.grinnell.edu/.

Alumni Council Officers

Lester Alemán ‘07, president, Robert Gehorsam ‘76 president-elect, Chris Meyer ‘70 past council president

Alumni Council Members 

Edmund Atkins ‘66, Claudia Beckwith ‘77,  Ann Poor Cary ‘81, Debby Feir ‘68, Kate Goddard ‘91, Debbie Gottschalk ‘90, Graciela Guzmán ‘11, Phillip Hales ‘02,  Kelly Clements Hopfer ‘96, Andrea Jackson ‘95, Bernard Jackson Jr ‘86, David Jarvis ‘04, Anton Jones ‘02, Jake Joseph ‘11, Eric Mistry ‘14, Becky Reetz Neal ‘65, Mike Niederman ‘80, Robert Ruhl ‘76, Scott Shepherd, ‘82, Tom Triplett ‘69, Benjamin Vaughn Jr. ‘15, Dawn Helsing Wolters ‘87, Jocelyn Wyatt ‘99.

Alumni Awards, 2021

Frances Gray ‘71, Sheena Brown Thomas ‘71, Sally Campbell-Galman ‘96, Sabrina Eagan “96, Rev. Jake Joseph ’ 11

Alumni Senior Awards, 2021

Avery Barnett ‘21 and Oscar Buchanan ‘21