Indiana University of Pennsylvania Athletics

IUP graduates Dennis and Regina Stover, who spent their careers in banking, have always made sure their alma mater shared in the dividends of their success.

The Stovers have been selected as recipients of the honorary Bell Ringer Award for their unwavering support of IUP and IUP athletics.

Regina, who earned a degree in business management from IUP in 1975 and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 1981, is immediate past president of the Foundation for IUP, current chair of the Athletics Advancement Council at IUP and, along with Dennis, is a member of the National Campaign Cabinet for IUP. She was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus in 1999 and was honored with induction into IUP’s Eberly College of Business Hall of Distinction in 2001.

A retired managing director at Mellon Bank (now Bank of New York Mellon) in Pittsburgh, Regina worked in various senior management positions in internal auditing and risk management. She was nationally recognized as an expert on fiduciary and investment management risk and spoke frequently at industry conferences, seminars and meetings.

Regina was a past member of the faculty at Bucknell University, Williams College and Robert Morris University.

Dennis, who earned a degree in business management from IUP in 1976 and an MBA from Pitt in 1978, worked in finance, cash management, network services and eCommerce at Mellon. He launched a Health Savings Account product in the Mellon Lab, a new business incubation unit, which led to a position as senior vice president and manager of Corporate Development at Health/Equity Inc., an HSA startup business. Dennis also served as a faculty member at Robert Morris in addition to teaching CPA exam review courses.

He and Regina established endowed scholarship funds at IUP, Pitt, Carlow University and Our Lady of Grace School (now Ave Maria Academy) in suburban Pittsburgh. They also funded a Title IX support endowment at IUP.

The Stovers reside in the Pittsburgh suburb of Scott Township.
 

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Personal Reflection: 

We are honored to be recognized with this award. Even though we were not student-athletes, we recognize the value that athletic participation provides for students. Student-athletes have higher GPAs than other students due to better time management and focused study skills. We are proud to be able to support these dedicated student-athletes with our time, talent and treasure and to encourage others to provide ongoing financial support for athlete scholarships and athletic programs.