Donald Rembert '61 receives McDaniel College Alumni College Service Award
DONALD REMBERT RECEIVES ALUMNI COLLEGE SERVICE AWARD FROM McDANIEL COLLEGE
Rembert of Reston, Va., is a 1961 alumnus of the college
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Donald Rembert of Reston, Va., has received the alumni college service award from McDaniel College. He is a 1961 alumnus of the college.
Presented annually during McDaniel’s Homecoming, the alumni college service award is given to a graduate who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, devotion and service for the betterment of the McDaniel College Alumni Association.
Rembert graduated from McDaniel (formerly Western Maryland) College with a bachelor’s degree in economics. He played all four years on the Green Terror football team. A member of the college’s ROTC program, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army, U.S. Army Reserves and U.S. Naval Reserves.
A certified financial planner, he has worked as a financial advisor since 1974 and is currently a principal at Rembert Pendleton Jackson. He is an active member of the Investment Adviser Association, the Southern Economics Association, the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the Northern Virginia Board of Realtors.
He was elected to the McDaniel College Board of Trustees in 2007 and currently chairs the WMC Heritage Society Advisory Council, which he founded in 2004. Rembert and his wife Judy, a 1960 alumna of the college, assisted in the renovation of the college’s former Buell House, which was renamed Rembert House in honor of their efforts to promote the college’s history. They also funded Waldorf Way and Rembert Way at the college, as well as established the annual Rembert Lecture in the economics and business administration department.
Additionally, Rembert is chair of The Founders Society at McDaniel and has served on McDaniel’s Stadium Project Committee. He is also president of the Class of 1961 and a member of his class reunion committee.
