PCS Alumni Hall of Fame
Class of 2023
William R. Anderson, MD, PhD
Bill Anderson was born in the Wyoming County Hospital in Warsaw, and spent most of his formative years living in Pavilion. He graduated from Pavilion Central School in the Class of 1972. He participated in many activities including Junior and Senior band, Junior Honor Society, dance band, Marching Band, Solo Music Festival, Model Congress, Senior Play, track and field, and basketball. In 1972, his ability on the basketball court earned him a position on the All County First String Basketball Team.
Bill initially attended Genesee Community College. During his time at GCC, he was invited to play NJCAA Cougar Basketball, which he did for two seasons. He graduated from GCC in June of 1974 receiving an Associate of Arts degree in general studies. He was accepted as a transfer student to SUNY Geneseo, where he studied biology and chemistry, and earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors in 1976. He wanted to continue his education in the sciences and applied to various advanced programs. He was offered a PhD track educational Fellowship in the Department of Physiology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. His studies and research revolved around the function of smooth muscle utilizing a silicon force transducer initially developed for the Space Shuttle program. His time at MUSC was eye opening for someone who grew up in a small town being able to meet and interact with many experts in the field of physiology and medicine including Nobel Prize laureates. He finished and defended his dissertation in December 1981 earning the PhD with a major in physiology and a minor in pharmacology. He obtained a postdoctoral fellowship in the department of physiology where he continued his research. While a doctoral candidate, he was intrigued while teaching medical, dental, and nursing students, to continue his studies at the MUSC College of Medicine. He was given early acceptance, and due to his basic science studies during his PhD education, he was given advanced standing as a second year student. He finished his studies early, essentially finishing medical school in 30 months and obtained his Doctor of Medicine in December of 1983. He then returned to another postdoctoral fellowship in the department of physiology.
He pursued further training in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia Hospital and Clinics in Augusta, Georgia. It was a fulfilling time to learn medicine, and he volunteered monthly during his second and third years as the Emergency Outpatient physician at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Augusta. After finishing his residency in 1987, he was offered a position by the Director of the Department of Gastroenterology to come back to MUSC as a fellow in Gastroenterology. During his time in the department, he pursued a research project utilizing the force transducer on Sphincter of Oddi function in Opossums, which was awarded as best fellow research paper at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Medical Association. He also continued to perform Emergency outpatient services intermittently at the VA Medical Center in Charleston.
Dr. Anderson finished his fellowship training at MUSC in 1989 and was board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine for internal medicine and Gastroenterology. He initially entered private practice in Orlando, Florida. After two years in Florida, he learned of a new hospital being built in Summerville, South Carolina, just 18 miles outside of Charleston. He and his wife decided to move back to Charleston, where he built his office across the street from the new hospital. Bill served on many hospital committees, and was a founding physician of the Charleston Independent Practice Association serving on their board of directors. He also served as Medical Director of the Charleston Surgery Center.
Bill has been supportive of numerous youth programs including baseball and basketball. He was a Boy Scout assistant leader, helping several of his scouts reach their rank of Eagle. Bill is also a Ham radio operator, which has come in handy for emergency communications during hurricanes in Charleston.
Dr. Anderson practiced in Summerville until December 2020, when he closed the office and semiretired. He currently lives in Charleston, reminiscing about his childhood spent in Pavilion, and enjoying the many things this special southern city has to offer.
Roxanne Milligan Dueppengiesser
Roxanne Milligan Dueppengiesser has many wonderful memories growing up in Pavilion and is forever grateful for what she learned at PCS! She often reflects on how fortunate she was to grow up in a small community, surrounded by teachers, coaches, community members, and family that truly cared and supported her and each other!
PCS’s Class of 1984 Salutatorian, Roxanne was a member of the Ski Club, AFS, Press Club, and Activities Editor of Tower, along with being a member of Jr. Honor Society and National Honor Society President. She had the privilege of serving as Class President for 3 years and Student Council President for 2 years. She has fond memories of her role in the Jr. Sr. play, along with serving as one of Pavilion’s representatives to the 1984 Genesee County Junior Miss Pageant, where she was first runner-up. Growing up with four brothers, Roxanne loved sports,
participating in soccer, volleyball, basketball, and softball. She received all-tournament team honors in softball and basketball and was a G.R. League all-star in volleyball. She was also a recipient of a National Scholar/Athlete Award, the Danforth “I Dare You” Award, and the DAR Good Citizenship Award.
Roxanne was an active Wyoming County 4-H member for 10 years, participating in 4-H homemaking projects and showing sheep at the Wyoming County Fair. She was also a member of the Covington United Presbyterian Church where she enjoyed playing handbells.
Roxanne attended Cornell University where she received her Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Human Ecology in 1988, majoring in Consumer Economics. At Cornell, Roxanne served as a student advisor and orientation counselor, and was an active member and treasurer of the Human Ecology Club (AHEA). Roxanne was also very involved in her sorority, Delta Delta Delta, serving as its president her senior year. She also loved her time spent both volunteering and working for Cornell’s Alumni Association serving as a reunion clerk, head clerk and as an Alumni Affairs Assistant. Roxanne enjoyed her roles in consumer affairs at Rochester Telephone, as Manager, Marketing Services for Lapp Insulator, and as the Technical Assistant for GCC’s Livingston Campus Center. However, her true passion was working as a youth educator and agriculture advocate.
Roxanne served as a Family & Consumer Science 4-H Youth Development Educator in Wyoming County for over 23 years, from January 1996 to September 2019. She helped to provide leadership and guidance to over 250 volunteers and nearly 1000 youth involved annually in programs offered through their local 4-H club program, one of the largest programs in New York State. Roxanne’s responsibilities included programming in foods and nutrition, clothing and textiles, fine arts and crafts, Cloverbuds, agricultural education, teen programs and award trips, 4-H public presentations, and the annual 4-H Cookie Sale fundraiser.
In an effort to promote food and agriculture, along with encouraging youth to have fun while learning, she organized several events such as the Produced in NYS Foods Contest and International Food & Fun Night, as well as educational activities at the Wyoming County Fair including the Iron Chef Contest, Groovy Smoothie Contest, Create-A-Cake Contest, Vegetable Art Contest, and Bucket of Junk Contest.
With a keen interest in helping youth find their own passion in life, Roxanne helped organize and chaperone the NY City 4-H Career Exploration and Citizenship Washington Focus trips. Serving as a presenter and assistant for the 4-H Career Exploration Conference held each summer at Cornell University, she helped expose youth to a variety of career opportunities. Using funds from a New York State Ag Society grant, she planned and organized a day-long event for teens from Wyoming and Genesee Counties of tours and speakers from Western New York businesses, exposing them firsthand to the vast local career opportunities in the food and agricultural industry.
Roxanne served on many committees in the NYSACCE4-HE (New York State Association of Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Educators) and the NAE4-HA (National Association of Extension 4-H Agents), and held several leadership roles. As the co-chair for the Seminar on Wheels Committee, she helped plan 21 educational tours for NAE4-HA’s National Conference held in Rochester, NY in 2009. As a team member of Cornell’s Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design Style Engineers Program, she helped middle school girls in the study of engineering via apparel design through a 3-year summer program held both at Cornell University and local 4-H camps.
While raising their two boys in Perry, NY, Roxanne and Peter were active members in Wyoming County and NY State Farm Bureau and enjoyed serving as volunteer Wyoming County 4-H club leaders and Junior Holstein Club advisors for many years. Their family continues to enjoy showing dairy cattle at the state, local, national, and international levels.
Roxanne served as a member on the board for several local organizations including the Wyoming County Business Education Council, Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce, Wyoming County Tourist Promotion Agency, Wyoming County Youth Board, and the Genesee Community College Advisory Council. She also served on the Perry Central School Shared Decision-Making Team, on the Warsaw Agricultural Youth Supporters (WAYS) Committee and served as the children’s activities chair for many years on the Wyoming County Agri-Palooza Planning Committee. Roxanne was also a member of the Leadership Wyoming, Class of 2011.
Roxanne has received several professional awards and honors for her work with 4-H and for her volunteer work. She was a recipient of the Wyoming County Youth Bureau Outstanding Adult Career Service to Youth Award. She has been recognized at both the state and national levels for her work with 4-H receiving the NYSACCE4-HE Special Service Award and Team Programming Award, along with the NYSACCE4-HE & NAE4-HA Distinguished Service Award and Meritorious Service Award. Roxanne was honored with the Wyoming County ‘Friend of Agriculture’ Award from the Wyoming County Farm Bureau and CCE Wyoming County in 2019, along with receiving the 2019 New York State Senate ‘Women of Distinction’ Award from Senator Patrick Gallivan’s 60th District.
In 2019, Roxanne and Peter moved to Wisconsin to be closer to their grown children and are members of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau, the Wisconsin and National Holstein Associations, attend Community Church in Oshkosh, and serve as active members on the Dairy Cares of Wisconsin Committee which raises funds to help children and families in need.
Since moving to Wisconsin, Roxanne works for LaClare Family Creamery, a manufacturer of award-winning goat and cow milk cheeses, in addition to operating a retail shop, café, and garden center. She has very much enjoyed working as the Garden Center Lead, overseeing the planting, daily care, and sales of their greenhouse inventory. When not working in the greenhouse or retail shop, she also enjoys substitute teaching for several local elementary schools, gardening, traveling, and especially visiting her two grandchildren!
Roxanne and Peter celebrated their 31st wedding anniversary in October and have two children, Jacob and Jared. Jacob and his wife Courtney live in Manheim, PA. Jared and his wife Kristen, live in Oshkosh, WI.
Martin T. Griffith
Marty Griffith is a Senior Executive Vice-President and Chief Banking Officer for CNB Bank, a role he has held since 2021. In his role, Marty is responsible for significantly contributing to the strategic planning and direction of a $5.5 billion multi-state Bank holding company with 50 offices spread through Western NY, Central and NW PA, Ohio and VA., overseeing customer relationship growth, developing, implementing, and achieving annual goals and objectives as established in the annual strategic plan. Included in his primary responsibilities, Marty leads the Bank’s loan production efforts in order to meet the credit needs of customers while, at the same time, controlling the overall credit risk profile for the Bank. He resides in Buffalo, NY with his wife, Amy Jo. They have two daughters, Samantha Jo and Taylor Leigh.
Marty has more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry, including senior and executive roles with both Tompkins (Bank of Castile) for five years, and then 16 years with Five Star Bank. In 2016, Marty left his regional presidency of Five Star Bank in Buffalo NY to launch a new division of CNB Bank, “Bank on Buffalo”. In just 7 years, Bank on Buffalo has grown to over $1 billion in total assets with 12 full-service branch offices and a “Bank on wheels” which services low to moderate income areas in and around the cities of Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY. As President of the newly formed Bank on Buffalo, Marty quickly became recognized at the holding company for his market leadership and strategic direction. As a result, he was elevated to a named executive role with CNB Bank in 2021, leading the 4 state banking operation for CNB Bank. Most recently, Marty has opened the Bank’s first office in the Rochester NY market (Victor NY), with plans to further expand the Bank’s footprint in Rochester and surrounding regions.
Marty is a proud Pavilion Central School graduate from the class of 1980. While in high school he excelled in both the classroom and in sports. Marty lettered in Football, Basketball, and Baseball and was named to the Genesee Region All Stars in both football and baseball, and recognized as an all-state Linebacker in football in his senior year.
Marty attended Ithaca College and graduated in 1984 with a B.S. in Business Administration. While at Ithaca, Marty continued to excel in football, as a three-year letterman on the Ithaca College Bombers football team, and was recognized as a first team all ECAC Offensive Lineman in 1983, and received the Honorary Offensive Captains award from his coaches and teammates in 1983. Marty continued is postgraduate education, graduating from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin in 2006.
Prior to his banking career, Marty grew up in family-owned businesses, including W.W. Griffith Oil Co., Inc., Sugar Creek Stores and Griffith Builders. Together with his father, mother and brother, he developed residential and commercial properties in Canandaigua NY from the mid 80’s through 1994, constructing and selling over 150 new homes in the Canandaigua NY area.
Marty attributes much of his success on the values and characteristics driven through his involvement in family business and the discipline and leadership instilled in him through involvement in sports from a very young age.
As an adult, Marty has been very active in his communities, serving on many local and regional boards and now takes pride in giving back to the communities that instilled such a strong foundation for his growth.