Saint John, NB

The Saint John StFX Alumni Chapter has been in existence for more than 40 years. Our chapter encompasses alumni in the area of New Brunswick from Sussex to St. Stephen.

We have many active alumni in our Chapter and our community as well.

Chapter planning group:

President: Doug MacDonald'84

Secretary: Kathleen Ryan'09

Treasurer: Doug MacDonald'84

Director: Andrea MacLean-Holohan'59

Activites and events

The Saint John Chapter is involved in several activities and events throughout the year.

These include:

  • StFX Day December 3 - annual celebration
  • Student Recruitment Program in conjunction with the University Admissions Department
  • Scholarship presentations at High School graduations
  • Alumni Chapter nominations for the Hall of Honour and Alumnus of the Year awards.
  • New Brunswick Alumni Golf Tournament - organized and sponsored by the Saint John Chapter
  • Student send-off for new & returning students & parents
  • Support of our Chapter student scholarship - Roger Franklin Memorial Scholarship

The Saint John Chapter is the recipient of the 2006/2007Alumni Chapter of the Year Award presented at the Alumni Awards dinner at StFX September 2006 during Homecoming weekend.

Hall of Honour

Five of our Alumni have been inducted into the Hall of Honour since 2002:

2002 - Jane Barry '65

2003 - Paschal Chisholm '65

2004 - Dr. Ed. Doherty '70

2005 - Tom McGlaon '52

2006 - Fred Hazel '48

Chapter scholarship

The Roger Franklin Memorial Scholarship celebrates the life of Roger Franklin who was from Saint John, a SFX graduate, class in the 1970’s Students who enter StFX from our Chapter area are eligible for this scholarship as per the defined criteria. The scholarship is administered by the University on our behalf and has been granted for the past 3 years. It is renewable annually for the successful student who meets the criteria.

Alumni chapter volunteers

The success of our chapter in recent years can be measured by the involvement of several of our Alumni volunteers and participants. Anyone who would like to assist in any of our events please be sure to contact our Chapter executive.