American International College

Bob Anastas was a member of the AIC football and men’s ice hockey teams. He earned Associated Press All-America honors in 1958 and finished his collegiate career as AIC’s all-time passing leader with 3,279 yards. He led all passers in New England and the ECAC from 1956-58, was named a first-team ECAC all-star as a senior and was later drafted by the New England Patriots.

As a member of the ice hockey team, Anastas received honorable mention to the All-America team and earned all-region and all-New England honors. He received the F.J. Maloney Award in 1959 as the College’s most outstanding athlete, and was also the recipient of the William E. Conniff Hockey Award.

Anastas went on to found Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD), which is now known as Students Against Destructive Decisions, in 1981 and served as its executive director for 12 years. He has traveled around the world to lecture on the use of drugs and alcohol by students.