Bob Hettich Inducted to 2025 Hall of Distinguished Alumni

Troy, PA - Memorial Auditorium - December 12, 2025

Robert "Bob" Hettich was inducted into the Troy Area School District (TASD) Foundation's Hall of Distinguished Alumni at Memorial Auditorium. High school students, Foundation Dignitaries including Past Award Winners, and members of the Hettich family were on hand to witness the unveiling of the official portrait. Superintendent, Brad Feldmeier, provided opening remarks about the Troy Area School District as being "not normal", but with a unique community support system.

 Hillary Pautz Saxton, newly named Committee Chair, oversaw the process, arranged the ceremony and welcomed the family back to Troy High School. Evan Williams III, Vice-President of the Foundation, encouraged students attending to serve their community and presented the award posthumously to the family. The Troy High School Concert Choir sang The National Anthem and the Concert Band played the Trojan Alma Mater.

Darin Hettich, Bob's son, accepted the award and spoke of the great impact the Troy High School and its teachers had on his father. He remembered his father believing that small gestures, words of encouragement, and dedicated service can have a great impact on individuals and the community as a greater whole.

The newly unveiled portrait will be hung in Memorial Auditorium's Hall of Distinguished Alumni. The Foundation conducts a public nomination process each year with applications due on September 1st.

Learn more about the TASD Foundation and the Hall of Distinguished Alumni on their website at https://www.troypaschoolfoundation.org/s-projects-side-by....

Robert (Bob) excelled academically at Troy High School and as an outstanding athlete in football, basketball, and baseball.  After high school, he attended Lafayette College on a football scholarship.  Bob enlisted in the US Navy following college and served as a Medic on the USS Forrestal.  After returning home from the Navy, Bob started Hettich Roofing and Siding and ran this successful business in Bradford County for 47 years.  While working, raising a family, and serving the community, Bob also played fast pitch softball for the Calkins-Vickery Team in Troy as the team pitcher.  This team became both Pennsylvania and New York State Champions. 

Bob served on the Troy and Towanda School Boards for more than 25 years and also served as the Troy Area School Board president.  As president, he led the development of the new elementary school model and building of TECE.  He was also president of the Bradford County Education Association, which designed and constructed the Bradford County Vocational-Technical Institute in North Towanda.