Rob Bellin is a catalyst for community whose Benedictine gift for cultivating connections touches everything from biochemistry to baseball. 

Bellin, a biology professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, has served as co-director of the biochemistry concentration most of his 20-plus years there. In addition to his official campus work and considerable research, he fosters Holy Cross’s ties with past and current students through the Bellin Lab Annual Reunion Dinner, better known as BLARD, which he has hosted for two decades. He is a highly regarded professor known for setting high expectations for students while teaching with humility and care.

Bellin is a dedicated Worcester community member and devoted father who served as a Boy Scout leader for both of his sons’ troops.  

A Johnnie through and through, Bellin helps keep his Collegeville friends connected as a founding member of the “Baseballapalooza” Class of ’94 group that has gathered annually since 2009 to visit a different Major League ballpark.