Mrs. Sue Hartman

Sue Hartman and her family have contributed their time, talents, and generosity to the Bishop McDevitt High School community for over two decades.  Beginning in 1990 when her husband, Thomas J. Hartman, Sr., began coaching football as the head coach of the freshman football team all the way through 2020, Sue and the Hartman family have dedicated themselves to McDevitt, its students, faculty, coaches, and community.  Tom Hartman, Sr. made his mark on coaching McDevitt student-athletes and future McDevitt athletes.  He began coaching football at St. Genevieve’s parish in Flourtown, where he founded the program and coached for nine years, sending many young men, including his sons Tom and Bob, to play at McDevitt.  Mr. Hartman then moved on to McDevitt, where he coached the freshman football team from 1990 to 2000.  Both Tom, Sr., and Tom, Jr., are members of the Bishop McDevitt Football Hall of Fame.

Following his untimely passing, the Hartman family wanted to honor Tom, Sr.’s memory and support the students and the football programs at both McDevitt and St. Gen’s.  Sue and family organized and ran a horseshoe tournament in Tom, Sr.’s name and donated the proceeds to McDevitt and St. Genevieve’s CYO program. Each year, Sue and the Hartman family would donate $4,000 to McDevitt, with $2,500 of that donation going to a scholarship for a deserving incoming freshman student and $1,500 going to the Lancers Football program.  Along with that $4,000 donation to McDevitt, the Hartman family would also donate $1,500 to the St. Genevieve CYO program that Tom, Sr. had founded.  

Sue, a graduate of Archbishop Prendergast High School, and Tom, Sr., a graduate of North Catholic High School, believed whole-heartedly in the benefits and value of a Catholic education, and their dedication not only to their own family but many other deserving families is evident.  Over the 11 years that Sue and family ran the Hartman Scholarship Horseshoe Tournament, they raised and donated over $40,000 to McDevitt and $15,000 to St. Genevieve’s.  Although Tom, Jr. could not be with us this afternoon, he noted that “Mom is the glue that holds the Hartman family together and always strived to honor her faith and her family’s commitment to Bishop McDevitt High School and its community.”

With thanks to her nominator, Dan Greenberg, please welcome a true Legend of Bishop McDevitt, Mrs. Suzanne Hartman.