Founder’s Dinner
The 2026 Fordham Founder’s Dinner
Monday, March 30, 2026 | Black Tie Optional
6 p.m. Reception | 7 p.m. Dinner
Waldorf Astoria New York | 301 Park Avenue | NYC
Honoring:
Meaghan Jarensky Barakett ’16 MS and Brett Barakett
Boniface A. Zaino ’65 and Alison Zaino
For additional information, please contact Liz Manigan at 212-636-7442 or [email protected].
Save the Date for the 2027 Fordham Founder's Dinner, Monday, March 17, 2027!
View the 2026 Founder's Dinner Coverage
Founder's Dinner Photos Instructions:
Open the Flickr link to view the album. Click on any photo you like, then press the download button in the bottom-right corner to save it.
Note: You can’t download the whole album at once, so photos need to be saved one at a time.
About the Founder’s Scholarship Fund
The Fordham Founder’s Undergraduate Scholarship Fund helps Fordham advance its goals and mission of recruiting more students of all backgrounds to the University. The scholarship is awarded to undergraduate students whose curiosity of mind and strength of spirit have enabled them to surmount obstacles and exceed expectations. Scholarship recipients must demonstrate through coursework, extracurricular activities, and personal experiences a desire for excellence in all aspects of life. Their characteristics reflect the qualities shared by Fordham’s founding members and are mandates for the development of an ethical society.
About the Fordham Founder’s Award
With the Fordham Founder’s Award, we seek to recognize individuals whose personal and professional lives reflect the highest aspirations of the University’s defining traditions, as an institution dedicated to wisdom and learning in the service of others. They are designated Founders of Fordham not only for their own achievements and contributions to the University, but also because they stand as exemplars of the renewal of the University in its identity and mission by different generations of Fordham graduates.
Rebecca Madison Cortes '26
Student Speaker Rebecca Madison Cortes at Founder's 2026