The Manheim Township Alumni Association is pleased to announce the recipients of Manheim Township’s Distinguished Alumni Award for 2026. Since 1997, Manheim Township has presented the Distinguished Alumni Award to honor graduates who have achieved noteworthy accomplishments in their chosen fields, have positively impacted their communities, and who will serve as inspiration for students, alumni, and staff of the Manheim Township School District.
The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients for 2026 are Morgan Fogarty, class of 1999; Dr. John Tobias Musser, class of 1995; and Nelson Rohrer, class of 1969.
Distinguished Alumni Award honorees will be recognized at a breakfast reception at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at Calvary Church, 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. The cost to attend is $20 and RSVP is required. Register online or by contacting Becca Stamp at 717-560-3117 or [email protected] by Wednesday, May 20.
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Morgan Fogarty MTHS ’99 is a television news anchor in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Fogarty graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2003 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. For the past 15 years she has served as lead anchor of Charlotte’s WCCB News @ Ten. As managing editor of the newscast, she leads the station’s nightside news operations. She also reports on a regular basis and covers significant national news events on location. She moderates WCCB News Edge, a news magazine show featuring in depth conversations about news, sports, politics and pop culture.
Fogarty has won numerous awards throughout her career including several from the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas for investigative series and overall excellence in reporting. She has been named one Charlotte’s 50 Most Influential Women by The Mecklenburg Times and Charlotte-area viewers have voted her “favorite anchor,” “best TV anchor” and more in local publications.
Fogarty is a board member of the Greater Charlotte SPCA and Project Halo Animal Rescue and is a nationally competitive equestrian in the discipline of eventing.
She resides in Charlotte with her husband and two children.
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John Tobias Musser, M.D. MTHS ’95 is a board-certified physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) physician at the Regenerative Orthopaedics and Spine Institute (ROSI) in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
Dr. Musser attended Franklin & Marshall College, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in biology. He earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed his PM&R residency at Emory University. In 2010 he completed a fellowship in interventional pain management at the Shepherd Center, a spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation hospital in Atlanta.
Dr. Musser has been practicing interventional pain medicine for the past 15 years, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of painful musculoskeletal conditions through image-guided injections and device implantation. A physician partner at ROSI, Musser founded the interventional pain management arm of the practice, expanding patient care access, and added a subdivision of regenerative medicine to the patient care model.
Dr. Musser’s work has been published in textbooks and medical journals. He continues to contribute to the field of interventional pain medicine, mentoring and training medical and healthcare providers through individual proctorships, as adjunct faculty at Emory University, and by speaking at national and international medical conferences. He has been named by his peers as one of Atlanta’s Top Doctors for the past five years.
Dr. Musser resides in Decatur, Georgia.
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Nelson Rohrer MTHS ’69 is a farmer and business owner in Lancaster.
Following graduation from Manheim Township High School, Rohrer joined his father at Rohrer Family Farm, becoming the fifth generation to manage the family farm and grain storage business. With his wife, Rose, he also operated Rohrer Family Farm Produce and later Rorher Family Farm Flowers, which included a retail location at Central Market. He established and operated a compost site on the family farm, which has now become the Manheim Township Compost Park.
In 1983, Rohrer joined Manheim Township Planning Commission, serving seven years before being elected to the Manheim Township Board of Commissioners for two terms, including a term as president. He currently serves as a member of the township’s agricultural advisory committee and continues to advocate for land stewardship in the area.
A longtime volunteer with the Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum, Rohrer has previously been honored by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission as Volunteer of the Year. He has also served on the boards of Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership and Lancaster Central Market Trust and is a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Rohrer resides in Manheim Township with his wife. His four children are Manheim Township alumni, and nine of his eleven grandchildren have graduated from or currently attend Manheim Township.