Forever Orange: The Story of Syracuse University

by Scott Pitoniak, Rick Burton

Surveying the university's chronological history, with special focus on how Syracuse led the way in numerous important matters--gender, race, military veterans, and science--Forever Orange goes far beyond the parameters of a traditional institutional history.

Authors Pitoniak and Burton have utilized exhaustive research, scores of interviews, and their own SU experiences to craft a book that explores what it has meant to be Orange since the school 's founding as a small liberal arts college in 1870. Through narrative and hundreds of photos, Forever Orange presents SU's glorious 150-year history in a lively, distinctive, informative manner, appealing to alumni and university friends, young and old.

289 pages, Hardcover

First published September 20, 2019

About the author

Scott Pitoniak is considered the most decorated sports writer in Rochester media history. He has received over 100 national and regional journalism honors and has been inducted into the Frontier Field Walk of Fame (1999), the Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications Hall of Fame (200), and the Rome Sports Hall of Fame (2009). He served as a torchbearer for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Pitoniak graduated from Syracuse University in 1977. He currently has a column in the Rochester Business Journal and does blogging and occasional on-air work for WROC-TV 8. He previously wrote for the Democrat and Chronicle.