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Retired banker, volunteer extraordinaire, Edward L. Dilworth Jr., of Cumberland Foreside, Maine, was named Alumnus of the Year for Saint Michael's College at ceremonies held during Reunion, June 7. Dilworth, a 1963 graduate of Saint Michael's, was described as "a person who has always made Saint Michael's a part of his life." He retired in 2002 as president of Oxford Bank and Trust of Oxford, Maine.
At the Reunion ceremony, Ed Dilworth was cited for a dedication to community, family and church nearly matched by his extensive commitment to Saint Michael's College. He served as president of the Saint Michael's Club of Portland, and with his wife Susan, hosted each of the Saint Michael's College Presidents over the years. He has also been a donor to the college, a Class Agent and a Reunion Chair.
Best of all, said the citation, Ed Dilworth saw his three sons graduate from Saint Michael's: Edward III in 1989, Michael in 1991, and Thomas in 1993. Ed's son Edward and his wife Susan created a Dilworth Family Scholarship in honor of their parents and in appreciation of the college’s place in their family.
Saint Michael's College, founded in 1904 by the Society of St. Edmund and headed by President John J. Neuhauser, is identified by the Princeton Review as one of the nation's
Best 366 Colleges. A liberal arts, residential, Catholic college, Saint Michael's is located just outside of Burlington, Vermont, one of America's top college towns and less than two hours from Montreal. As one of only 270 institutions nationwide with a prestigious Phi Beta Kappa chapter on campus, Saint Michael's has 2,000 full-time undergraduate students, some 500 graduate students and 200 international students. In recent years Saint Michael's students and professors have received Rhodes, Woodrow Wilson, Guggenheim, Fulbright, National Science Foundation and other grants, and Saint Michael's professors have been named Vermont Professor of the Year in four of the last seven years. The college is currently listed as one of the nation's Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the 2008
U.S. News & World Report rankings.