Director of Alumni Relations
(718) 990-6802
schaeffw@stjohns.edu
Bill, former New York Nets basketball player, returned to
alma mater as Director of Alumni Relations in September
2003 to lead the University's efforts in engaging and serving
alumni and friends and to coordinate and manage corporate
relations.
From 1971-1973, he played on the men's basketball team setting
two individual season records for highest scoring average and
highest field goal average. As the 1973 recipient of the
Haggerty Award, he was recognized as New York's Most Outstanding
Player and in 1990 was inducted into the University's Athletic Hall
of Fame. He played for the New York Nets from 1973 - 1976 and
most recently enjoyed a successful career in equity research sales
at various Wall Street firms including Jefferies & Co.,
McDonald & Co. and Price Waterhouse & Company.