Volunteer Philanthropist Susan Pfau to Receive Honorary Doctorate from UC

Susan L. Pfau is an outstanding philanthropist in our community. She has given most generously to numerous causes, but she is equally generous in sharing her time and talents by devoting herself to community volunteerism. 

Mrs. Pfau earned a bachelor of science in secondary education from the University of Cincinnati College of Education, Criminal Justice, and Human Services in 1960 and later earned a master’s in education from Rutgers University. She has a family history with the University of Cincinnati. Her husband Dan graduated from the College of Engineering with a bachelor's of science degree in mechanical engineering in 1959 and her father-in-law, the late Alfred Pfau, graduated from the College of Law. 

Mrs. Pfau and her husband, Dan, have supported UC’s Institue for Learning in Retirement, the College of Engineering, and the Friends of Women’s Studies. Within the College of Education, Criminal Justice and Human Services, she has supported the college’s annual fund, scholarship fund and the African-American Initiative for Math and Science. They have also been a major contributor to the College of Medicine’s Louis Sacks Memorial Fund.
 
In addition to her service to the University of Cincinnati, Mrs. Pfau has served as a trustee for The American Cancer Society and Trustee for the Cincinnati-Kharkiv Sister City Project. She is a founding member of the Greater Cincinnati Breast Cancer Alliance. She has also been a volunteer for Tall Stacks and the Cincinnati Art Museum, coordinator for the Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission and co-chair of the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative Girls/Boys Club.

She and her husband were the 2005 recipients of the President’s Award from the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative in recognition of their mentoring commitments. Susan began mentoring within the African-American community in the 60s, long before others saw the need.
  
Mrs. Pfau and her husband Dan reside in Cincinnati, Ohio. They have two children.