2006
Alumna Award
Rosanne Sullivan Matulaitis ‘61
Knollwood Award Alumna recipient Rosanna Sullivan Matulaitis ’61accepting her award with Sr. Ann Morrison, Principal
Rosanne, a member of the Academy’s Class of 1961, is being honored for her many achievements in the field of education, her entrepreneurship and her exemplary volunteer work.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education degree from Worcester State College and a master’s degree in Child Growth and Development and Family Relations from the University of Connecticut. From 1965 to 1974 Rosanne’s teaching assignments included Worcester’s Clark Street School, Wawecus Road School, and Norrback School. After a ten-year leave to raise her family, Rosanne returned to the classroom with teaching assignments including New Ludlow School and Flagg Street School. In addition to her classroom duties, Rosanne taught in the Worcester Public Schools federal summer programs and was the technology director at Flagg Street School where she designed and maintained its website. From 1992 to 2004, when called upon, she served as an acting assistant principal at Flagg Street. Rosanne has been a student council advisor, a cooperating teacher for pre-practicum and practicum students from area colleges, and as a member of the Global Education Alliance workshop at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, helped to write the social studies curriculum for the Worcester Public Schools. She has used her educational expertise to develop programs for Preservation Worcester, Old Sturbridge Village, and the Worcester Art Museum.
In addition to her career in education, Ms. Matulaitis owned and operated her own delicatessen, bakery and catering service from 1979 to 1983 and from 1984 to 1994 had a successful third career as a realtor for Better Homes and Gardens. She is also a Worcester County reserve deputy sheriff.
Rosanne is a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Honor Society for Women Educators and the Beta Sigma Phi International Women’s Sorority. She was recently elected to the Worcester State College Multimillion Dollar Campaign Committee. A life member of the Guild of Our Lady of Providence, Rosanne has also served on the boards of the American Association of University Women, the Quota Club, and the Friday Afternoon Club. Other memberships include the Massac State College Alumni Association and the Scholarship Tea Committee, the Worcester Educational Association, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, the National Education Association, the Worcester Dance Assembly, and the Boston Waltz Evenings.
A member of Christ the King Parish, Rosanne has served in many capacities on the Parish Council and the Women’s Guild, and taught in the CCD program. She is a Eucharistic Minister for the elderly, and has volunteered as a choir mother and C.Y.C. parent advisor. Her volunteer efforts at Notre Dame Academy have included working at the annual phonathons, speaking at Career Awareness Day and serving on her reunion committee.
Rosanne and her husband, Vincent, will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary next May. They have one daughter, Susan Matulaitis Citro who lives with her husband, Jeremy, in Washington, D.C. Margaret Trainor Sullivan ‘61, describes her classmate Rosanne as “epitomizing the ideals of Christian womanhood that Notre Dame seeks to foster in its students. For Rosanne, faith is not just an expression of words, it is the foundation of the love, commitment, and service to her family, her Church, and her community that she demonstrates in her daily life”For further information regarding the awards ceremony, please contact The Director of Development, at 508-757-6200 or e-mail: development@nda-worc.org
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