Four alumni were inducted into the University's Wall of Fame in a spring ceremony on the Newark campus. The Wall of Fame, established in 1983 to recognize the many notable achievements of its alumni, is located in the Alumni Lounge of the Perkins Student Center.
Honorees are
Amelia Augustus
Augustus graduated from the University of Delaware in 1959 with a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy. She received a master's degree in education from Temple University in 1963 and master's and doctoral degrees from Columbia University in 1968 and 1970, respectively. She currently is president and CEO of Augustus Associates Inc., and president, director and co-founder of the Women's Economic Round Table Inc.
As the Amnesty International representative to the United Nations from London, she helped organize Amnesty International in the United States and has served as its U.S. executive director. She also has been a United Nations representative to the International Peace Bureau and adviser to Nobel laureate Sean MacBride.
Augustus has received numerous awards and honors, including the 1997 Distinguished Alumni Award from Columbia University, the Mayor's 1986 Proclamation honoring New York City's 100 most influential women and a Fulbright Award to Greece in 1963.
In 1999, she presented the Commencement address for UD's Department of Philosophy.
A business council member for Women in Need, the Trickle Up Program and an advisory board member for the New York Women's Agenda, she is a member of the Economic Club of New York, the National Education Association, the Hellenic American Bankers Association, the Penn Club and the Germantown Historical Society.
Augustus lives in New York City.
Henri L. Bertuch
In 1954, Bertuch received his bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Delaware. He is currently the chairman of Corpex Banknote Co. and ViaTech Publishing Solutions Inc.
Bertuch and his wife, Rhonda Sue, CHEP '57, who have supported the College of Business and Economics' building fund, also established a scholarship fund to assist promising out-of-state graduate and undergraduate students who have achieved academic and extracurricular excellence.
Recipient of the College of Business and Economics Alumni Award of Excellence in 1992, he is a member of the college's Visiting Committee and the board of directors of UD's Family Business Center.
He is president of North Shore Synagogue and chairs the local United Jewish Appeal Committee.
Bertuch splits his residence between Boca Raton, Fla., and Bay Shore, N.Y.
Thomas D. Campbell
Campbell graduated from the University in 1972 as a Dean's Scholar with a bachelor of arts degree in economics. He currently is president of Thomas D. Campbell & Associates Inc., one of the nation's leading government affairs firms. Previously, he was an executive with the Amoco Corp., representing its domestic production, refining, retail and mining divisions.
In 1995, the Joint Leadership of the U.S. Congress named Campbell chairman of the board of directors of the Congressional Award Foundation. In this position, he directs the affairs of the foundation in the United States and serves as its representative to the International Award Association, created by His Royal Highness Prince Philip of Great Britain.
Campbell received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania and was admitted to practice before the Delaware Supreme Court in 1977. He also is a member of the executive committee of the Big Brothers' golf and tennis tournaments.
He has served in the U.S. Army and Air National Guard.
Campbell lives in Alexandria, Va., with his wife, Mary Anne, and daughter, Kristen.
Frederick E. Roberts
Roberts received a master of science degree in ornamental horticulture in 1971 as a member of the Longwood Graduate Program in public horticulture administration. Director of Longwood Gardens Inc. in Kennett Square, Pa., since 1984, he manages 1,050 acres of gardens, woodlands and meadows with 11,000 different types of plants. Each year, the gardens attract 800,000 visitors from around the world.
Roberts has received the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society's most prestigious award, the Distinguished Achievement Medal, as well as the George Robert White Medal of Honor from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He also has received the Mercer Research Fellowship at Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, the Longwood Graduate Fellowship at UD, the University of Connecticut Horticulture Club's Distinguished Alumnus Award and its School of Agriculture and Natural Resources Distinguished Alumnus Award.
Roberts serves on the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' Visiting Committee, providing input on the landscape horticulture curriculum.
He lives in West Chester, Pa.