Bonny Kellermann '72
Alumni Help Students While Honoring Class Peer
Class President Bonny Kellermann '72 (center front) shares a laugh before dinner with fellow 35th reunion celebrants. Photo: Justin Knight.
Bonny Kellermann '72 is crazy about ice skating. In fact, she might not have attended MIT had it not been for the Institute's outdoor skating rink at the time. "Skating was a wonderful way to relieve any stress I was feeling as an MIT student," notes Kellermann, who, as an MIT junior, both initiated and taught a new campus figure skating class. "Just being on the ice was a great way to clear my head and prepare for the next day's challenges," she recalls.
Kellermann also is mad about MIT. She's built a 25-plus-year career as a senior MIT administrator and served for decades in volunteer roles such as Educational Council regional chair, AMITA and MIT Club of Boston president, member of both the Alumni Fund Board and the Alumni Association Board of Directors, and Class of 1972 president. She's also a loyal Alumni Fund donor, making gifts every year since she graduated. Some might say she's the champion of giving back.
Kellermann's classmates couldn't agree more. "Literally, from the day we graduated through today, Bonny has been the propelling force behind all of our reunions, our class projects, and many, many other activities," noted 35th Reunion Committee Co-chair Paul Levy '72 and 35th Reunion Gift Committee Co-chair Douglas Bailey '72.
In fact, at her 35th reunion in 2007, classmates voted unanimously to honor Kellermann, then class president, by creating a new class project in her name. "We wanted to recognize Bonny's tremendous efforts to raise Institute support and build a sense of community among the class in a way that was meaningful to her," Levy and Bailey recall.
The result, the Class of 1972 Bonny Kellermann (1972) Scholarship Fund, provides undergraduate financial aid with preference for students who are figure skaters. And with class fundraising efforts already generating over $32,000, the fund will likely continue to honor Kellermann—and her passions—for years to come.
