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Vol. 13, Number 3
The Valley
Lebanon Valley College Magazine Spring 1996 i
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Editor: Judy Pehrson
Writers:
John Baer
John B. Deamer, Jr.
Stan Furmanak
Susan Jurgelski
Mary Beth Strehl, New^s Briefs,
Newsmakers Glenn Woods '51, Class Notes
Photographer: Dennis Crews
Send comments or address changes to: Office of College Relations Laughlin Hall Lebanon Valley College 101 North College Avenue Annville, PA 17003-0501 Fax: (717) 867-6035 E-mail: pehrson@lvc.edu
The Valley is published by Lebanon Valley College and distributed without charge to alumni and friends. It is produced in coopera- tion with the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Magazine Consortium. Editor: Donna Shoemaker; Art Director: Royce Faddis; Production: Jes Porro.
On the Cover: The college 's new Vernon and Doris Bishop Library is a "virtual library, " which provides access to information far beyond its walls. Illustration by Cynthia M. Kercher'86. Inside cover: The library's strong architectural lines blend with other buildings on campus. Photograph by Dennis Crews.
On the Fast Track
As interim Pennsylvania attorney general, Tom Corbett, Jr. '71 is positioned to move ahead to bigger and better things.
By John Baer
Where Education Fuels Modernization
Vietnam is on the move, and the college could play a role in its future. By Judy Pehrson
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Beginner's Guide to the Internet
No use putting it off any longer — it's time to learn about surfing the 'Net!
By Stan Furmanak
15 On-Une to the Future
The Bishop Library is beautiful, cozy and well-connected to the world. By Judy Pehrson
20 The Human Link Between "Tech" and "Teach"
Advanced technology enhances the close student/faculty interaction that has always made Lebanon Valley so special.
By Judy Pehrson
Nguyen Ngoc Hieu, an English instructor at Ho Chi Minh Open University, served as interpreter for Judy Pehrson on her visit in Vietnam.
On the Fast Track
After being tapped as Pennsylvania's interim attorney general, Tom Corbett, Jr. '71 eyes his options for the next big step.
By John Baer
Tom Corbett, Jr. '71 enjoys the best view of state gov- ernment in Harrisburg. Sixteen floors up, atop downtown's Strawberry Square, from his mostly glass comer of- fice, Corbett overlooks the state capitol building housing the executive and legis- lative branches, and the sweeping com- plex of state buildings housing courts and agencies.
Heck, with a low-powered telescope he could look INTO the office of pal and sponsor Gov. Tom Ridge.
The view extends north, west and east; every which way but south. Perhaps fit- tingly. There are many that argue this is a guy whose career's going anywhere but south.
Still, lofty, all-inclusive views aside, Corbett has learned to look at things closely, has learned to take the long view, has learned that, especially in politics, things aren't always what they seem.
Take, for example, getting where he is — Pennsylvania attorney general, the highest-ranking law enforcement post in the state, an elective office overseeing a staff of close to 800 (including 172 law- yers), with an annual operating budget of $76 million.
It was an odd, circuitous route.
Corbett — Philadelphia-bom, Pittsburgh- raised and Lebanon Valley-educated — is in the job as an interim appointment until January 1997, when a new attorney general to be elected in November takes office for a four-year term.
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Tom Corbett, Jr. '71 and his wife, Susan Manbeck Corbett '72, outside their ] 50-year-old farmhouse in Pittsburgh.
somebody some good, Corbett got the post after Emie Preate, Jr., a fellow Republi- can from Scranton and a two-term attor- ney general, resigned last June as part of a federal plea bargain to avoid criminal in- dictment by an investigating grand jury.
Preate, now serving a 14-month sen- tence at a federal prison camp in Duluth, Minn., pleaded guilty to mail fraud in connection with campaign finance viola- tions dating back to 1987. He took cash from video poker operators and tried to hide it. Not much of a crime by today's standards, but a sleazy, cheap thing to do nonetheless.
Gov. Ridge was anxious to wash out the bad taste Preate had left in the mouths of state govemment and the Republican Party. Very anxious. The day after Preate said he'd resign. Ridge named his pick for a replacement, a man soon dubbed "Tom Terrific."
Corbett, on paper, looked perfect: a federal prosecutor, former U.S. attomey in Pittsburgh; a solid Republican, active supporter of Ridge's 1994 campaign; white-haired, blue-eyed camera-friendly; well-spoken, well-spoken of and — maybe most importantly — willing to pledge not to be a candidate for the office of attomey general in 1996.
This last was key. Since the office is elective, no Democrat in his or her right partisan mind would have given an edge to a Republican by installing said Repub- lican in an office he could then mn for so soon after the interim appointment.
Because of the no-mn promise and even though Corbett' s appointment required a two-thirds confirmation vote in the politi- cally contentious state Senate, Ridge and Corbett both believed he would sail into office.
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Corbett had run into a political buzzsaw. He became a pawn in a game between Senate Democrats and Republican Ridge, a bargaining chip in political poker...
Ridge tried to provide the wind: "Tom Corbett will provide the leadership we need to move past yesterday's troubling events. He is universally regarded as a tough prosecutor and an able administra- tor, and is known to Democrats and Re- publicans alike as a man of unquestioned integrity. I thank him on behalf of our state for setting aside personal consider- ations to assist Pennsylvania at this criti- cal time."
But if it looked and sounded like a done deal, it was not. "I didn't think it would take till October," said Corbett in a recent interview. "I thought with the prom- ise not to run, with my background...! might have been naive."
Indeed.
Corbett had run into a political buzzsaw. He became a pawn in a game between Senate Democrats and Republi- can Ridge, a bargaining chip in political poker, among "calls" and bluffs over patronage jobs, the state budget and money for special legislative projects.
When it was over and deals were cut and delivered. Democrats got two re- appointments to the Pennsylvania Turn- pike Commission; a handful of Democratic Western Pennsylvania state senators got a personal pledge from Ridge that he'd be more attentive to their needs and wishes; and Ridge got his pick for attorney gen- eral confirmed.
By a vote of 39-7, six more than needed, the state Senate confirmed Corbett on October 2. He was sworn in the fol- lowing day. He said public confidence in the office was shaken. He said, "my main purpose and goal in the next 15 months will be to regain that trust and confidence."
Now, just half-a-year into that stint, Corbett appears headed toward delivering what he pledged. He is focusing on forc- ing more efficiency into the office opera- tions. He's going after state funds paid out during the Preate probe. And, more- over, he's showing promise as a state po- litical prospect, maybe ready for even more display in the not-too-distant future.
"I think Tom Corbett can be a GOP headliner in this state for a long time,"
said a top political analyst, a Democrat who spoke on condition he not be named.
Corbett, 46, is seen widely as a Repub- lican with a political place in pubhc life. He is touted as a potential state Republi- can Party chairman; as a possible GOP candidate to oppose U.S. Sen. Arlen Spec- ter (R-Pa.) in a primary, should Specter as expected seek re-election in 1998; a Hkely Ridge nominee for some other visible state post; or, in the event of a Republican such as Robert Dole winning the presidency this fall, a likely pick for a top job in the Department of Justice.
And he's not hiding his interest in life after being AG.
"I really like public service," he said. "I'd Hke to keep my options open."
He added that after next January he intends to "stay active" in politics. And when asked specifically about a possible run for U.S. Senate in '98, he said, "I wouldn't rule anything out at this point."
Corbett grew up with public ser- vice. His late father was a deputy state attorney general and a top Republican lawyer to the state Senate. It was those jobs and working in Harrisburg that brought Corbett to Lebanon Valley College. Corbett' s mother died while he was still in high school (Shaler High in Pittsburgh's North Hills), and his father wanted his only son near him. Corbett' s older sister still lives in Pittsburgh. Corbett, Sr. met a former president of the Valley in state government who recom- mended Lebanon Valley (Dr. Frederick Miller, after leaving Lebanon Valley, be- came the state's first secretary of Higher Education). Corbett, Jr. applied to the col- lege and was accepted.
He played lacrosse under Coach "Hooter" McHenry, was involved in some student advisory boards and ultimately "very much" enjoyed the change from a huge high school in a metropolitan area to a small college in Central Pennsylvania — or, as he remembers it, "three square blocks surrounded by farm fields... It was at first a shock."
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He attended between 1967 and 1971, a time when, he says, small rural schools were just missing the drugs and Vietnam War protests prevalent on larger campuses. The "revolution" seemed distant.
"You went to dinner in the dining hall in coats and ties and where you sat and were served family-style by other students wearing white coats... Freshmen women had to be in the dorm or the library by 8:30 p.m. ...there was mandatory chapel every Tuesday at 1 1 a.m. for every stu- dent in the school," Corbett said.
He remembers not being the most aggressive academic achiever. "I was not the best student. I enjoyed college," he said, "I wasn't a rabble-rouser, but I enjoyed college."
Other memories: his dorm freshman year was right over Hot Dog Frank's store. History professor Elizabeth M. Geffen (now professor emerita) was "someone who really prepared me for law school." His best friend was Tom Cestare '71, a lacrosse teammate and Phi Lamba Sigma frat brother who's now a lawyer with the National Labor Relations Board in Hono- lulu. They met on Corbett' s first day at the Valley. Noticed they had the same initials (TWC). Discovered they were bom three days apart in the same hospital, Jefferson in Philadelphia. They remain friends to this day.
In a telephone interview, Cestare said he's not surprised, "not at all," that Corbett is state attorney general and is talked about forU.S. senator. "Tom's one of those solid, common-sense guys, somebody you just know is trustworthy, just solid... I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican, but I'll bet we agree on 90 percent of things out there because he's just a nuts-and-bolts person, mainstream."
Oh, yes. Another memory is meeting a certain freshman when he was a sopho- more: Susan Manbeck '72 of Pine Grove, now Susan Manbeck Corbett of Pittsburgh.
"Tom's one of those solid, common-sense guys, somebody you just know is trustwortliy...l'm a Democrat and lie's a Republican, but I'll bet we agree on 90 percent of things out there because he's just a nuts-and-bolts person, mainstream."
—Tom Cestare '71
They were married half a year after he graduated. She taught school in Lebanon County, he taught 9th grade history and civics in her hometown, where her father was a dentist.
Today, Susan Corbett works as a co- producer of the Three Rivers Lecture Se- ries at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh. The Corbetts have two children: Thomas W. Corbett III, 19, a sophomore studying architecture at Virginia Tech; and Katherine M., 16, a sophomore at Shaler High in Pittsburgh. The family lives in the same 1 50-year-old farmhouse in the North Hills, where Corbett was raised.
His journey so far has been varied. After college, he served in the Pennsylva- nia National Guard and the Texas Air National Guard, the latter because he at- tended law school in Texas — St. Mary's University Law School in San Antonio. He ended up there because of Cestare.
Cestare, said Corbett, had gone to Villanova University to study history, then on to law school in Texas. Corbett, who said, "I always wanted to go to law school," followed his friend and got a "very solid" legal education. While his grades were not that good at LVC, he said, he did well on the law boards and learned "the discipline I needed" from military service. "By the time I got to law school, I treated it like a job. I put in eight hours a day, five days a week, and if more was needed, I did more."
After law school, he was a law clerk in Texas for a year before joining the Allegheny County district attorney's office as an assistant DA, a post he held from 1976 to 1980. He joined the Pittsburgh law firm of Rose, Schmidt, Hasley & DiSalle and rose to partner before being picked in 1989 by President George Bush as U.S. attorney for Pennsylvania's West- em District. By 1993, he was national chairman of the federal Attomey General Advisory Committee.
He's been active politically: director of the Allegheny County regional Bush campaign in 1988; head of Ridge's Allegheny County gubernatorial effort in 1994. By then, he was a partner with the Pittsburgh firm of Thorp, Reed & Armstrong. He also served in various capacities on the Ridge transition team between the election and taking office. And Corbett is chairman of the Pennsyl- vania Commission on Crime and Delin- quency, a body involved in the red-hot crime issue of juvenile violence; the post can provide him with yet another fomm from which to remain publicly active.
So far, the worst even his harshest partisan critics can claim is that Corbett hasn't done much as attor- ney general, a charge he dismisses on the grounds that most of his efforts are inter- nal, not public. And he's had just a few small ankle bites from the media.
He made news right after taking office as attomey general when linked to a small- time Pittsburgh case-fixing trial. A defense lawyer at the trial said that when Corbett was in private practice, he sought court favors for a client charged with traffic violations. Corbett denied any wrong- doing and ultimately was vindicated.
He also made news in January after lending support to a legal brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the male-only policy at the publicly-funded Virginia Military Institute. The federal government sued VMI over its 156-year-
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old single-sex policy. Corbett agreed to sign on in defense of the policy because, he said, he feared possible legal ramifica- tions that could endanger the tax-exempt status of 13 Pennsylvania single-sex schools. Only Pennsylvania and Wyoming joined Virginia in the case. Corbett was blasted by women' s groups and civil rights organizations. While the issue has cooled, it could get re-heated if he ever runs for statewide office.
And he took a small hit when the Associated Press ran an analysis in Feb- ruary noting his penchant for hiring Pitts- burgh pals, especially lawyers, despite his short-term status. The AP quoted Penn- sylvania Bar Association President Arthur L. Piccone as labeling such hiring old- fashioned patronage for resume-polishing. Piccone, however, was not entirely nega- tive: "I think he's appointing friends, yes. I can't disagree with that... But I think he's appointing competent people who share his prosecutorial beliefs."
Mostly though, Corbett seems to have arrived at that place from which careers pivot. He is in a major state office in a major state, facing the future with a solid record of service behind him and opportu- nities for more visibility in the months and years immediately ahead. Political observers in both parties say he is doing well. They peg him a player to watch. They note his easy-going, unpretentious style, and the fact that despite the serious work he has done and does, he laughs with ease and seems to embrace and ap- preciate the world beyond legal papers and political puffery.
"Solid" was the word used more than once by associates, colleagues and his friend of nearly 30 years: "He's the kind of guy who you'd want for a next-door neighbor," said Cestare.
That's another view, even if biased, that Tom Corbett can enjoy.
John Baer covers state government and politics as a reporter and columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News.
It's the Economists, Stupid!
Two faculty members vie for a home in tine House.
Lebanon Valley students will get a most unusual bird's eye view of a major local political battle this election year.
In one corner is the Incumbent: Republican Ed Krebs, who was a full- time assistant professor of economics at Lebanon Valley until his election to the Pennsylvania House of Represen- tatives in 1990, representing Lebanon County. Krebs still teaches macro- economics as an adjunct professor.
In the other corner: Democratic chal- lenger Paul Heise, the full-time assis- tant professor of economics who was hired to replace Krebs when he took office. Now Dr. Heise hopes to replace Dr. Krebs again.
Krebs came to Lebanon Valley In 1989 for the second time as an assis- tant professor (the first time was from 1976-80). In addition, he has been an economist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., and a public school teacher. A native of Leba- non, he is a graduate of Penn State University and holds a doctorate from Michigan State University. Elected to the seat for the 101st District as a Democrat in 1990, Krebs won re- election as a Democrat in 1992. Before the 1994 election, he switched parties and won as a Republican.
Heise has made Krebs' party switch a campaign issue.
"The people of the 101st District have shown they want to be repre- sented by someone who affirms the solid values of the Democratic Party," said Heise in the press release announcing his candi- dacy. He also pledged not to change party affiliation.
Dr. Paul Heise has been teaching economics at Lebanon Valley since 1990. He succeeded Dr. Ed Krebs as assistant professor when Krebs was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Heise, a Democrat, is now challenging Republican Krebs for the seat.
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Where Education Fuels Modernization
Vietnam's phoenix-like rise from the ashes of war and poverty may bring opportunities for Lebanon Valley College.
Story and photos by Judy Pehrson
Rush hour in Ho Chi Minh City is a dangerous business — especially if you're on one of the thousands of small Honda motorcycles that are the resi- dents' main form of transport. My Viet- namese companion warned me to hold on tightly to him and not shift my weight as we merged with the dense swarm of vehicles, which appeared to operate with- out the hindrance of traffic regulations. The only rule of the road, it seems, is not to flinch when there's a near collision. Eyes straight ahead, faces expressionless, the cyclists — young and old and some- times more than two to a cycle — weave in and out with incredible dexterity and a fatalistic determination to reach their des- tinations no matter what.
Later, when I shakily disembarked from my wild ride, I was astonished to see a legless man drag himself on his arms into the traffic stream and reappear, miracu- lously unharmed, a short time later on the other side of the road. While none of the drivers appeared to take notice, they nev- ertheless managed to avoid hitting him.
The city's intrepid cyclists somehow symbolize Vietnam's determined drive toward modernization, just 20 years after war and long periods of economic hard- ship devastated the country. While Viet-
(Top) A professor, wearing the traditional Vietnamese ao dai, lectures at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics. (Above) A study in old and new.
nam in many ways is still an underdevel- oped country, there is also a plethora of signs that it's right on the cusp of mod- ernization, ready to become part of South- east Asia's "economic miracle."
In Ho Chi Minh City, commercial con- struction is booming — with modern offices, manufacturing facilities, hotels, restaurants and shops going up every- where. Some Western experts predict that it will take Vietnam a decade or more to catch up with its neighboring "miracle"
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While Vietnam in many ways is still an underdeveloped country, there is also a plethora of signs that it's right on the cusp of modernization, ready to become part of Southeast Asia's "economic miracle."
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(Above) Motorcycles remain popular but perilous. (Left) Students make posters for an autumn arts celebration.
countries like Malaysia and Singapore. But Vietnam government officials and educators point optimistically to the fact that the country's economy is growing at nearly 9 percent per year, thanks to reforms and a new "market economy" approach that has freed local entrepre- neurs to forge ahead. Already it is one of the world's top rice exporters, plus it has large reserves of coal, bauxite, gemstones.
petroleum and natural gas. Upwards of $ II million in for- eign investment is now flowing mto the country, including from America, where companies sighed in relief when the U.S. embargo against Vietnam was lifted 18 months ago.
The country's biggest asset is Its hard-working and well-edu- cated population whose literacy rate approaches 90 percent. As one Vietnamese education offi- cial told me, "Education and the economy are seen as being linked in Viet- nam. We have always placed a high value on education, and we believe that educa- tion is vital to our drive to modernize."
The government also recognizes, how- ever, that there are new and challenging demands being placed on the educational system — particularly the need for a more skilled workforce and more trained man- agers and technical experts. In higher edu- cation, new objectives are being forged to meet that need. Existing institutions of higher education are being retooled, and there's a growing number of new col- leges, technical institutes and specialty schools being set up to teach foreign lan- guages, especially English. In addition.
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Vietnam Connection Spans Two Decades
Lebanon Valley's interest in Viet- nam dates back to 1975 when, following the fall of Saigon, thou- sands of Vietnamese refugees were housed at nearby Fort Indiantown Gap. The college decided to sponsor 12 young refugees and gave them scholarships and other assistance.
"It was, perhaps, Lebanon Valley's fin- est hour," says Glenn Woods '51, profes- sor emeritus of English who spent many hours helping the 12 learn English and adjust to American culture. "We were the first college in the country to open our doors to the refugees. It was such a natu- ral thing for us to do because of our close proximity to the Gap and because of the college's mission of service."
The 12 went on to great success in their lives and careers. Dr. Si Pham '79, for example, is now a cardiothoracic sur- geon at the University of Pittsburgh Medi- cal Center. He was on the team of specialists that carried out the heart-lung transplant in 1993 on Robert Casey, Pennsylvania's governor at the time. And Luong Tu Nguyen '79 is senior scientist and consultant for Rohm & Haas in Phila- delphia. He returned to Vietnam three years ago to set up several businesses, which he now runs from the United States. He also served on the education advisory com- mittee that helped the Ministry of Higher Education map out reforms for the educa- tional system.
Of Lebanon Valley, Luong recalls, "The college offered us a great opportunity, and made a great difference in our lives. All of us will always be grateful."
Luong and several other Vietnamese alumni returned to campus last August for a nostalgic reunion. As part of the visit they set up a scholarship, named after mentor Glenn Woods, to assist Vietnam- ese students who want to attend Lebanon Valley.
"We wanted to provide opportunities for other students," states Luong. "We think it's important to keep the tradition going."
Vietnam is sending more students abroad for study, including to America.
It was this latter fact that induced me to put Vietnam on the itinerary for the college's annual recruiting trip to South- east Asia last fall My three-day visit to Ho Chi Minh City was arranged by Viet- namese alum Luong Nguyen '79, who came to the college with 1 1 other immi- grants following the fall of Saigon in 1975, and his colleague and friend, Tarn Nguyen, also an immigrant and now an attorney in San Jose, Calif. During my stay, I visited two new colleges and technical schools, two government-connected colleges, the venerable Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and the ADIA International Institute USA. The latter is the English language instruction school that Tam set up two years ago and on whose board Luong serves.
Most of the schools I visited present possible opportunities for Lebanon Valley not only to recruit students but to play a part in helping build the new education system. For ex- ample, just last year Hung Vuong University opened with 1,000 stu- dents. It offers three-and four- year degrees in science, math, computer science, accounting, management, eco- nomics and engineering. And it is setting up a nursing program with the help of Regis University in Denver. Arthur Andersen, the international accounting firm, has agreed to provide four lecturers per year in accounting and math and to fund three scholarships in those subjects.
Hung Vuong is interested in setting up linkages with more overseas colleges and universities, and would eventually like to
send some of its students to study abroad after they have spent two years at Hung Vuong.
The Central College of Trade and State School of Commerce No. 3, a two-year college belonging to the Ministry of Com- merce, has 3,000 students who study im- port/export, accounting, foreign trade and trade service. The school is interested in articulation agreements to send students to the United States after they complete their courses, and would like an Ameri- can teacher to come on a short-term basis to help improve the English-language instruction program.
At the National Institute of Public admin- istration, a government-operated school that offers training to government offi- cials, courses range from a two-year M.A. program to 10- week certification in
These friendly students from the economics university were curious about the United States.
such areas as computer science, law, eco- nomic management, social management, legal/court administration and research ad- ministration. The school plans to expand its course offerings and to open up to non- government students as well. It is looking for help from abroad in setting up pro- grams in management, accounting and economics.
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(Above) Students are flocking to the new English-language schools, which are opening around the country. {Left) In one of those schools, the ADIA International Institute USA, Cory Matthews, an American, helps students improve their reading comprehension skills.
Some 900 students have already passed through the ADIA International Institute U.S.A. It's one of a series of new schools set up around Vietnam to teach English. Six American teachers have been recruited to teach the students, who range in age from 17 to 50. Judging from the classes I visited, students are willing to spend long hours to perfect their English because they see it as a necessary skill for the burgeon- ing new economy.
Everywhere I went, I was impressed by the eagerness of the students and the commitment of faculty and school offi- cials to revamp and improve the educa-
tional system. I was well- received everywhere, which surprised me because I had expected at least some linger- ing hostility from the Vietnam War. However, people were
H universally friendly and inter- ested in Lebanon Valley Col- lege and in America. Many of the school officials I visited expressed a desire to have Lebanon Val- ley faculty come to Vietnam for a term or a year to teach or to help set up programs in areas they need. The college is now looking at a way to make that possible.
I was particularly struck throughout my stay by the openness and receptivity of Vietnamese students. They are the gen- eration who will carry out Vietnam's drive for modernity, and it is clear that they are bright, keen and well-suited to the task. It is also clear that the war was a distant event to them — something that happened before they were bom — and that they are as attracted to America as are the other students I met in Southeast Asia.
For my final evening in Ho Chi Minh City, three students from the economics university invited me to attend a celebra- tion with them at a nearby school. The festivities were very much like Lebanon Valley's Spring Arts Festival. As I walked through the various exhibits and cultural performances, students were exuberant and friendly, but careful to make sure I wasn't jostled by the crowd. At one point, a group called me over to join them for a picnic, and not only shared their food but also offered toasts to me and to America.
As I was leaving, one young woman pressed a small school badge into my hand. "Please take this," she said. "I hope our countries will always be friends."
Judy Pehrson, executive director of College Relations and chair of the International Programs Committee, also assists with recruiting international students.
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Beginner's Guide to the Internet
Do your eyes glaze over when someone mentions the Web or the Net? Here's a painless way to get up to speed on the resource that faculty and students love to use.
By Stan Furmanak Photographs by Dennis Crews
Readers ' sen'ice librarian Donna Miller checks out the Socks page on the White House site on the World Wide Web.
"Heartened that a recorded meow and computer photo of Socks have drawn thou- sands to the new White House Web site (www.whitehouse.gov), Administration officials tell Time they plan to design an entire Socks department — 'in response to citizen demand.' Expect new photos but — alas — no updated mewlings."
—Time, November 28, 1994
If the preceding paragraph makes perfect sense and, in fact, you have actually accessed the White House home page, viewed the photo of Socks and listened to his meow, feel free to skip to the next story in The Valley. You have undoubtedly mas- tered the art of surfing the Internet.
Most adults, I would suspect, have only a vague notion of what the Internet is all about, even though the media make fre-
quent references to it. Television programs like NBC's "Dateline" invite viewers to comment about stories by sending elec- tronic mail (e-mail) messages. Commer- cials for Magnavox and Toyota now present addresses for the World Wide Web — the multimedia facet of the Internet — so that Web surfers can visit. And, of course. Bill and Al enthusiasti- cally describe the most excellent adven- ture that awaits travelers on the forthcoming Information Highway. But the fact that only 35 percent of U.S. house- holds own a personal computer (PC) would seem to indicate that the majority of people have yet to plug into this rapidly expand- ing electronic universe.
While it may seem that the Internet (also known as the Net) is a relatively recent phenomenon, it has been around for about 25 years. Begun as a Defense Department project to link together com- puters involved in government research, the Internet has evolved into a worldwide
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network of computer networks. Comput- ers of even the most disparate character communicate with each other in a loosely organized, democratic fraternity that, somewhat surprisingly because of its com- plexity, is owned by no one, organized by no one and maintained by no one. In short, the eclectic Internet may be described as "the only functioning anarchy."
A younger, parallel universe emerged when commercial ventures like CompuServe, Prodigy and America On- line offered home PC users dialup access to all sorts of electronic services, which now include gateways to the older Internet proper. To confuse matters further, the proposed Information Highway will be something else again; faster, ubiquitous and certainly not free. At present, stu- dents, faculty and staff at Lebanon Valley College enjoy a direct connection to the Internet unencumbered by hourly metered access and service fees or by the basic technological obstacles that a typical home PC user endures.
In general, basic Internet functions and operations can be divided into three major areas: e-mail, telneting (connecting to remote computers) and electronic file transfers between two computers.
Beyond "Snail Mail"
Probably the most often used Internet ser- vice is e-mail. Anyone with access to the Internet can send an electronic message to any other Internet user. Audio and some- times visual alerts indicate when you have e-mail in your electronic mailbox. Upon reading your messages, you may choose to reply to the sender, delete the message or forward it to one or more colleagues or friends. Some argue that with e-mail, the dying art of letter writing has been revived.
More importantly, e-mail has been instru- mental in the free exchange of informa- tion and ideas between people in just about every country. During the 1991 attempted coup in Moscow, which sought to over- throw the fledgling Russian government, e-mail messages flooded the Internet and kept the outside world informed of what was happening.
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One of the most visited Web sites, "Welcome to the White House" offers interesting content for everyone. For example, the Interactive Citizens' Handbook allows searching for government information by entering a question in plain English. In the Virtual Library and the Briefing Room sections, you can browse and search the full text of White House documents and speeches and subscribe to publications. Tours of the Old Executive Office Building and the First Lady's sculp- ture garden, which most Americans never get to see, are included. And Socks leads a tour of The White House for Kids section.
The Public Broadcasting System also has an informative site. Web sites are mushrooming for businesses, non-profits, schools, clubs, special interest groups and individuals.
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E-mail discussion lists, known as listservs, represent a large percentage of e-mail traffic. Just as when a group of people who share an interest are sure to form a club or association, electronic dis- cussion lists centered around a rather spe- cific topic seem to pop up almost every day. You could, for example, join a list that discusses new vegetarian recipes, extols the nuances and pleasure of fine
is why some Internauts disparagingly refer to the U.S. Postal Service delivery as "snail mail."
Many Lebanon Valley faculty mem- bers join academic listservs as a way to keep in contact with colleagues and to share ideas. In political science, Dr. John Norton's "Presidents and Congress" class subscribed to the White House listserv and used publications from that source to
At a very modest cost to a college or university, a professor in even the most remotely located school can exchange ideas and advance his or her research through e-mail contacts with colleagues.
wines or revels in the dulcet sounds of Celtic music.
Academics routinely join listservs dedi- cated to a specific subject area or disci- pline. A scholar of American literature can, for example, join the Twain-L listserv, which, according to its ground rules, "may include queries, discussion, conference announcements, calls for papers, informa- tion on new publications or anything else that is related to Mark Twain studies."
There are literally hundreds of pos- sible listservs to which you can subscribe. If you can't find one of interest, you can simply start your own.
When you join a particular listserv, you are automatically sent a copy of any e-mail message posted by another sub- scriber. Think of it as an electronic bulk mail service. The real beauty of joining a listserv is that in just a few minutes you can compose a query or comment and, with a press of a key or two, send it to every fellow subscriber. Each one receives the message in a matter of minutes — even if that subscriber is in Japan. Perhaps the ease and mind-boggling speed of e-mail
write weekly analyses. In the music department, according to Dr. Mark Mecham, this semester is the first where several courses — "Choral Literature and Methods," "Vocal Pedagogy," and "American Music" — will require students to access the Internet for research infor- mation.
At a very modest cost to a college or university, a professor in even the most remotely located school can exchange ideas and advance his or her research through e-mail contacts with colleagues. It is pos- sible now to publish one's research elec- tronically as well as in print in the standard journals. In fact, some new journals exist only in electronic format. The downside, of course, is that your colleagues can now rip your research apart almost as soon as you press the "send" key.
One variation on this theme of e-mail is access to UseNet News groups. Rather than each subscriber receiving a personal copy of an electronic message, subject- oriented messages are sent to UseNet News servers installed on local computer networks. Privileged users can then access a news server and read the messages. The difference between listservs and news groups may be likened to receiving your own copy of the Sunday New York Times
on your doorstep versus visiting your local library to read it. Alas, Lebanon Val- ley College currently does not have a UseNet News server installed, although it is on our wish list.
Before you venture onto the Internet, be prepared to learn a few common abbre- viations, initialisms and acronyms that appear frequently in many e-mail postings. IMHO (in my humble opinion), they can be annoying if you must scurry to a refer- ence manual to decode them. Another com- mon device is using keyboard symbols to convey a particular emotion. These devices are also known as emoticons or smileys. One of them is :) If you turn your head to the left, you'll get the idea. :)
BTW (by the way), proper 'Netiquette dictates that you should not use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS in your e-mail postings, for that gives the effect of SHOUTING. Inflammatory messages, or "flames," are sometimes posted using all capitals SO THAT YOU CAN CONVEY ANGER. To avoid antagonizing others, always remember to think once before posting e-mail, think twice before reply- ing to a message and think thrice before forwarding a message to someone else. Not to dissuade you from joining a list or sending e-mail, but be sure to RTFM (Read The Friendly Manual) and know what you are doing before e-mailing what you may think is a rather innocent question. Chances are, it has been asked before and the answer is out there somewhere. So make an attempt to find it, 'cause, after all, getting there is half the fun.
Be sure to include a signature — i.e., name, e-mail address, telephone number — on all your messages so others, particu- larly on listservs, can respond to you personally if they wish. In the business world, it is more and more common to have an Internet address printed on a busi- ness card. In fact, some Internet addresses are coveted, much like a P.O. box number in the home town of the Wyeth family (there is a waiting list at the Chadds Ford, Pa., post office).
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Visitors can access Lebanon Valley 's Web site at this address: http://www.lvc.edu Drop in to the chemistry department or find out what's new in the alumni office (Class Notes will soon begin running in the Alumni section). You can also check out cultural events and activities and find up-to-date news about the college.
Browsing from a Distance
The second major activity on the Internet is telneting. Any computer connected to the Internet has a unique address known as an IP or Internet Protocol address. Knowing an IP address makes it possible to connect your desktop PC to that remote computer (also known as a host). For example, someone in Texas can telnet to our new library computer system by using the address library.lvc.edu and logging in as Ivccat. In this instance, a PC, now act- ing as a "dumb terminal," is placed under the control of the remote or host computer. Telneting lets you access many college, university and public libraries that have replaced their card catalogs with on-line catalogs connected to the Internet. With just a little practice and expertise, you can browse through the library catalogs at Yale, M.I.T., the New York Public Library and many, many others. The advanced computer system installed in Lebanon Valley's Bishop Library features user-friendly telnet access to many col- lege and university libraries in Central Pennsylvania, as well as other Internet- accessible electronic library catalogs and resources.
Files at your Fingertips
The third major Internet operation involves accessing remote computers to retrieve a known electronic file, document or soft- ware program. Often, professional litera- ture or e-mail postings announce an Internet address for a remote computer and a description of publicly accessible electronic files or documents. Using a function known as FTP (file transfer pro- tocol), an Internet user can connect to a remote system, locate a file and then trans- fer or download that file to his or her PC. Knowledgeable Internet users often develop a particular expertise and then share their knowledge in handbooks, guides and helpful hint documents known as FAQs (frequently asked questions).
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which are "published" electronically and are accessible by any Internet user. Vari- ous e-mail lists will detail the IP addresses where you can find these documents. Sometimes the instructions necessary for transferring these documents to your com- puter are posted as well. After download- ing the file, you can print out the documents. For the novice Internet surfer ("newbie" in Internet-speak), FTP prob- ably creates the most problems; it takes a bit of time to master.
Recently, the World Wide Web part of the Internet has been experiencing an ex- plosive growth. Also known simply as the Web or WWW, the World Wide Web can include not just text but audio or sound files as well as still graphics and movie clips. It was developed by physicists at CERN in Switzerland. The Web uses the concept of hypermedia, where certain
to select or "click on" various options of the Web page displayed as text, symbols or icons. Gone are those fearful days when you turned on the computer and all that appeared on the screen was a blinking question mark as it waited patiently for you to enter a command. And woe to those who entered the wrong command and received the dreaded "invalid com- mand" response.
When you explore the World Wide Web and make hyperleaps from document to document, you could quite possibly jump to the Louvre in Paris to look at a painting, to Minnesota to read a how-to document, then to Australia to hear a kook- aburra laugh and end up at the White House to visit with the First Family and hear Socks meow — all in a matter of a few minutes. Surfing the Internet is addictive, so be sure to visit the on-line
The key to exploring all the riches the Web has to offer Is having a Web browser such as Netscape or Mosaic Installed on your PC.
words and images in an electronic docu- ment (also referred to as a Web page) are highlighted and function as links to other documents. You begin by going to a home page using the //http:www address. When viewing a Web page, clicking on the high- lighted text or graphic with a mouse (the computer's pointing device) initiates a jump to another electronic document, which can be located at the same address or at another computer anywhere in the world.
The key to exploring all the riches the Web has to offer is having a Web browser such as Netscape or Mosaic installed on your PC. These software programs oper- ate in a desktop graphical, or so-called windows, environment. You use a mouse to move a cursor on the computer screen
Flower Shop at www.deltanet.com/ flowershop and order an "I'm sorry for ignoring you. Honey" bouquet.
The explosive growth of the Internet during the past two years is due mainly to businesses hosting World Wide Web serv- ers. Companies like MCI, Magnavox, Toyota and even Godiva Chocolates have a Web site where you can find more infor- mation about the company and even place an order for a product electronically.
Not to be outdone, Lebanon 'Valley now has a Web site (www.lvc.edu), which allows anyone around the world to visit us "virtually." It displays information about the college, such as news and events, alumni activities and admission and financial aid. It features pictures showing aspects of college life here at the Valley. To learn more about the excellent chemis- try program, for example, a high school student in Illinois can explore the
department's Web pages created by Dr. Richard Cornelius. There are even images of lab equipment and portraits of the chem- istry staff. The admissions office Web pages give an overview of the college and provide an option to send an e-mail mes- sage requesting more information or even to apply for admission electronically!
Faculty at Lebanon Valley are taking full advantage of the many resources avail- able on the Web. Dr. Noel Hubler of the religion department requires his "World Religions I" class to access and use Web sites on religion. Rather than purchase additional printed textbooks for class read- ing assignments, students are instructed to locate, download or print selections from the Enuma Elish and the Qu'ran. The Enuma Elish Web site also includes examples of cuneiform writing and notes and background information on Mesopotamia. In an even more ambitious attempt to exploit the Internet, Chaplain Darrell Woomer is teaching an entire course on biomedical ethics this spring semester using the Net's resources.
It is said that we are living in the infor- mation age, and it is promised that the Information Highway will bring it right into our homes. Just as the development of the interstate highway system enabled families to pack up the kids, throw some luggage on the roof rack and hit the roads on a family vacation across America, you'll soon be able to cruise at warp speed on the Infobahn and travel around the world from your living room. But why wait until then? If you are lucky enough to have a computer account at your work- place or to an on-line service in your home, fire up your PC now and, in the words of Captain Picard, "Engage."
Stan Furmanak is systems and reference librarian at Lebanon Valley. His e-mail address is furmanak@lvc.edu
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On-line to the Future
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In the first two weeks following the January 1996 opening of the new Vernon and Doris Bishop Library, some 2,500 people passed through its portals — more than the number that visited the old library in months, says library director Robert Paustian. "We built it and they came," he states. "And they keep coming back because it is such an inviting place."
(Top) The Rismiller Tower provides a dramatic eiilry to the new bniUliiig. (Above) Faciillv and students can use computers to browse the library's collections, and to go beyond its walls to other libraries cmd data bases around the world.
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"It is very much a human space where one feels comfortable. . .
uie see views of the campus we never knew existed.
We see ourselves better and more clearly now."
— John A. Synodinos, President of Lebanon Valley College
Indeed, the Bishop Library with its abundance of windows and natural light, its magnificent atrium, its sweeping natu- ral oak staircase and golden oak wood- work and its comfortable individual and group study areas provides a tremendously attractive environment. The building has a dynamic feel to it, an architectural flow that is inspiring. As you come in the main entrance, you pass through a vaulted arch that seems to soar; on the east end, a natural bay window mirrors the western side of the old Carnegie Building.
"It is very much a human space where one feels comfortable," notes President John A. Synodinos. "I'm struck by how well the architect gave us windows through which we might see the rest of the campus and that frame views of the campus we never knew existed. We see ourselves bet- ter and more clearly now."
The technological aspects of the li- brary are less obvious, but equally impressive. Hidden under the floors are some 10 miles of communications wir- ing that enable computers to be connected in virtually every area of the library, as well as the coaxial cable that permits library patrons to view cable TV broad- casts. Also unseen is the state-of-the-art, integrated on-line library system. Within the building, patrons can access this sys- tem via computer workstations. Outside its walls, faculty can access it from their offices, and students from many dormi- tory rooms. And off-campus, anyone can access it via modem or the Internet.
The system provides an electronic catalog or index to the collection; access to on-line resources such as the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, dictionaries and thesauri; periodical indexes and even the full text of articles; quick access to remote college library catalogues; and a gateway to a plethora of Internet resources. This library allows students and faculty to go beyond its physical walls to visit the so-called "virtual library."
Computer workstations are scattered throughout the building. On the lower level in the bibliographic instruction lab, stu- dents are taught how to do on-line
(Above) Light-a metaphor for learning-is abundant in the Bishop Library 's spacious study areas. And the floor-to-ceiling windows frame new views of the campus. (Left) A bay window on the east end of the building mirrors the western side of the old Carnegie Building.
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research at 25 of the workstations. A media lab on the ground floor offers multi- media workstations, which feature audio CDs and CD-ROM capability, along with integrated video monitors and playback units. Group study rooms offer white boards on the walls and multiple jacks to plug in laptop computers.
"All along, the idea was to make the library a high-tech building, but with the technology behind the scenes," says Rob- ert Riley, vice president for telecommuni- cations. "There are obviously computers front and center when you walk in, but they don't dominate the building. It's a comfortable, warm, bright environment that beckons people in. Meanwhile, the technology is there if you want to use it."
Among the library 's many other ameni- ties are a sophisticated security system, a microfiche and microfilm reading room and a special collections area that boasts its own climate control system to protect valuable and historic materials.
Upstairs, in the Rismiller Tower, is the Elaine Frock Conference Room, which can accommodate 20 people. One whole side of this lovely room is glass, providing an unparalleled view of the campus. Multiple outlets for computers are available, as well as the capability to show videos.
"It's a wonderful building," says Paustian. "We have so many facilities and capabilities that we didn't have before. And they're being well-utilized. At any given moment, all the group study rooms are occupied. The place is just jumping."
Student reaction has been equally posi- tive. "I love to study here," says Heath Ocker '99, a physics major. "There are all these little cubbyholes you can duck into and study by yourself. Or the group study rooms are great — you can use the white board to work with a fellow student to solve problems. You can escape from the rest of the world and do your work."
Kelly Fisher '96, an English commu- nications major, took time out from researching a paper to observe, "This is really an impressive place. It's so much more comfortable and functional than the old library, and so much more profes- sional. W. feels like a real library."
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I M Mhile many people gave I /I / generous gifts to make the W W $7.5 million Vemon and Doris Bishop Library a reality, there is one that stands out:
Lebanon business and community leader Vernon Bishop gave the lead gift in the memory of his wife, Doris, who died two years ago. Bishop says he saw the library as an opportunity to pay tribute to her:
"I felt that putting our name on the new library would be a way of doing something for Doris, " he said. "I owe what success I've had to her encour- agement. She took good care of me and supported me in every way. "
Bishop also gave funds to establish the Vernon and Doris Bishop Distin- guished Chair in Chemistry, the college 's first fully funded faculty chair.
According to Lebanon Valley Presi- dent John A. Synodinos, "The Bishops have been good friends of the college. Vernon Bishop has always been ahead of his time, a forward-thinking man who understands the power of science and technology to transform our lives. His gift in support of the library and the establishment of a chemistry pro- fessorship are in keeping with, and follow from, that understanding. "
(Top) Enrico Malvone '98 and Harry Hunt '99 do research in the paper indexes section, where students can access hard copies of reference materials, such as The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. (Bottom) Students pause to chat on the grand stairway leading to the upper level.
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The Human Link Between "Tech" and "Teach"
When faculty blend computers and classrooms, they aren't looking to save time or money. Only one thing counts.
By Judy Pehrson Phcttographs by Dennis Crews
Writing a term paper when Paul Baker '79 was at Lebanon Valley was an arduous undertaking. He had to make many trips to the library, search through countless cards in the card catalog, peruse entries in Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature and other abstracts and then try to hunt down the books and journals he wanted.
"I spent a lot of time sitting at dimly lit tables with dusty tomes, and running back and forth to the stacks to get what I needed," he recalls. Sometimes Baker would even journey to libraries at larger schools to find materials not available at Lebanon Valley. Back in his room, he would draft and re-draft his paper on his trusty upright typewriter. "It was a com- pletely manual operation," Baker says. "The library files were not on computer, and neither was L"
Andy Sims '96 can't imagine life with- out a computer. When he does research for a term paper, he sits at the computer in his dorm room and — at any hour of the day or night — connects to the new Bishop Library and scans its collections. He can also examine the library collections of other colleges and universities. When he finds a book or journal article he needs, he reserves it simply by sending a message to the Bishop interlibrary loan department.
"I do have to walk over to the library and pick up the material, of course," Sims states, "but otherwise I can do everything else from my room."
"Everything else" also includes link- ing up with the Internet and a myriad of people and data bases around the world. Sims, a physics and computer science major, draws on the unlimited resources
Music major Karis Humm '98 and her professor, Dr. Scott Eggert, compose music on a Yamaha keyboard hoolced up to a Macintosh computer.
of a "virtual library." For example, he can tap into The Dynamic Structure of Space, a Web site offering information about the Theory of Relativity. He can have "chats" with friends and physics students at other colleges and with researchers who are working on a topic he is interested in. He can also get advice and help from his professor, via the campus electronic mail (e-mail) system — without leaving his room. Sophomore Auda Palopoli, an elemen- tary education major, also regularly browses through the library's collections
Andy Sims '96 often works late into the night on his dorm room computer.
from her room. "Right now I'm working on a paper on inclusion and mainstreaming m schools, and I'm using a program called FirstSearch to find the different journal articles I need. A number of them I can pull up right on the screen."
Like many other students, Palopoli is a veteran at e-mail. "I use it a lot," she says. "I keep in touch with my friends here and off campus, and also with my parents, who have an e-mail account at home. It's much cheaper than making phone calls."
Music major Michael Washkevich '98 discovered sheet music on the Internet that could be printed out. "There's a huge archive, and everything is free. You just point and click and you can print it out — anything from New Age stuff from Michael Hedges to pop music. It's amazing."
Anu Vesberg, a junior psychology major from Estonia, was able to find a newspaper on-line from her native coun- try. "I was so excited when I saw it," she says. "Now I read it regularly to keep up with what is happening at home."
It's a whole new world, and Lebanon Valley students and faculty are positioned
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to take advantage of its unlimited possi- bilities. The campus is now "wired" with some 55,000 feet of fiber optic cable that links students, faculty and administrators to each other, to the library and to the Internet and all that it offers (see page 10).
Increasingly, professors are integrating technology into the curriculum and requiring their students to learn about and utilize this new treasure trove of instant information.
Philosophy Professor Warren Thomp- son requires students taking his course on the Holocaust to access a variety of sites on the World Wide Web — a collection of multi-media resources on the Internet. Among them are sites like Yad Vashem in Israel and the Simon Wiesenthal Cen- ter and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Web sites that carry images as well as textual information.
"I use the Web material to supplement assigned readings. The students also find it useful when doing term papers," Thompson notes. "There are a number of sites on various aspects of applied and philosophical ethics."
Dr. David Brigham's art students can access the Archives of American Art on the Internet, and order microfilm of art- ists' letters, diaries and sketchbooks.
"The Internet also contains many sites that have visual records, and there are CD-ROM disks coming out that contain entire museum collections," says Brigham. "This is a great teaching tool because the disks are set up to allow a viewer to focus in on a detail, which our current slide- based teaching does not allow."
Other faculty are also turning to CD- ROM technology. Dr. Jim Broussard's his- tory survey courses are using the "Great American History Machine," a CD-ROM program offering census and election in- formation on all counties in the United States, going back to the 1790 census. Using the data provided by the program, students can generate maps illustrating patterns of immigration, education, eco- nomic development, religion and politics.
Psychology students use CD-ROM pro- grams that give visual, factual and statis- tical data on a schizophrenic patient and on a lobotomy operation.
Computer technology is also evident in the music department. Students com- pose music on modified Yamaha electric pianos hooked up to Macintosh Power PCs in the Mary Gillespie Music Learning Cen- ter. And the department's entire admissions/ audition effort is being run on Meeting Maker scheduling software with a connec- tion to each faculty member's computer.
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"Much of the business of the depart- ment is done electronically now," says Dr. Mark Mecham, music chair. "Memos, notices, communication with each other and with students — it's increasingly done via computer." This represents a vast im- provement, Mecham points out, from when he arrived six years ago and found the only computer in the department was a low-tech Apple He at the secretary's desk.
Across the quad, in the Garber Science Center, Dr. Richard Cornelius, chair of chemistry, assigns problems to his stu- dents via e-mail and requires that term papers be submitted electronically.
"I also routinely generate different, in- dividual homework problems for each stu- dent," he states. "And I've created spreadsheet files that perform complex calculations in response to students' sug- gestions, and displayed the results live in class for all to see."
Chemistry's new molecular modeling laboratory, which opened last October, features a top-of-the-line Silicon Graph- ics Workstation, 16 Macintosh computers
and software for molecular modeling in chemistry and biochemistry.
"For some people, the idea of a labora- tory that consists entirely of computers — with no glassware to be found — is still something new," states Cornelius. "None- theless, students will combine the meth- ods of quantum mechanics and computer graphics to predict most stable conforma- tions of molecules, to visualize molecular
Sophomore Auda Palopoli can use e-mail and do research for term papers without ever leaving her room.
Structures, to calculate essential molecu- lar parameters and to predict molecular spectra." (Layperson's translation: Stu- dents are able to create and manipulate wonderfully colorful, three-dimensional molecules on the screen.)
Education faculty members are using demonstration software in their courses on how to teach math and science in elemen- tary school and physical geography.
Dr. Andrew Brovey, assistant profes- sor of education, uses computers to incor- porate students' ideas into his presentations. For example, in his "Foun-
Philosophy Professor Warren Thompson and Lisa Martin '97 have found many data bases offering materials on the Holocaust.
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dations of Education" course, he polled class members on what they thought was the starting salary for local teachers. He researched newspapers and board of edu- cation documents for the actual salary fig- ures, then prepared a computer graph to demonstrate to students how well their thinking matched reality.
And students in Brovey"s secondary education "Practicum and Methods" course submitted weekly journal entries and engaged in a semester-long written dialogue with him via e-mail.
"The course met just once a week, and without e-mail, students would have had to wait from seven to 13 days to receive dis- cussion feedback on the chronicles of their activities and reflections," Brovey says.
Lest anyone get the erroneous impression that everyone at Leba- non Valley is closeted in his/her room or office, or hidden away at the library, let it be said that face-to-face com- munication on campus is alive and well. "Technology is being used to enhance the communication process, not limit it," explains President John A. Synodinos. "Faculty members remain central to the learning process, although they serve a wider variety of roles than perhaps they did in the past — e.g. teacher, enabler, role model, mentor, counselor, leader, adviser, director, coach."
Observes Dr. William McGill, senior vice president, "The key phrase to under- standing the initiative we are undertaking in linking technology and learning is 'appropriate technology, appropriately
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used." The core value of education at Leba- non Valley is a strong and nurturing fac- ulty interacting closely with students.
"Technologies and the specific uses of technology that allow us to enhance that interaction are the ones we wish to em- phasize," adds McGill. "Those that alien- ate and separate, that create barriers between faculty and students, we do not regard as valuable. The criterion for se- lecting a particular technology must be that it enhances intellectual discourse, a human relationship, not that it saves money or time."
Brovey agrees. "Teaching will never be replaced by technology, but I do think teaching must take advantage of technol- ogy. It is a tool meant to enhance teach- ing," he states.
Technology is also streamlining the college's administrative systems. For example, in the Registrar's Office, "Although we have experienced a 43 percent increase in the number of stu- dents, our staff has not increased and the level of service has consistently improved," says Karen Best, registrar.
In addition to on-line registration, which gives students instant confirmation of course schedules, the office provides faculty with instant access to student schedules, class rosters and student direc- tory information. A program called Degree Audit also enables faculty to see what academic progress their student advisees are making in regard to credits earned and major/minor/general education requirements.
In the area of institutional research, a system called Colleague allows a much faster, and more accurate, retrieval of data for surveys, questionnaires and faculty inquiry. That data includes the number of majors, average grade point averages, classroom usage, faculty course load and room scheduling.
Through the college's integrated admin- istration system, information flows auto- matically from admissions to the student system and then to the alumni system, eliminating duplicate data entry. In addi- tion, such niceties can be accomplished as having financial aid show up on the students' bills.
"I think the best thing of all is that the technology has allowed us to do away with lots of paper," says Best. "We've definitely saved a few trees."
Coming Attraction: Videoconferencing
The college will add one more ele- ment to Its array of high technology capabilities with the new video- conferencing room under construction in the Lynch Memorial Building.
The $190,000 facility, which will go on-line late this spring, will be able to originate as well as receive courses offered by 25 members of an educa- tional consortium to which the college belongs.
The consortium, called CAPE (Cen- ter for Agile Pennsylvania Education), received a grant from the U.S. Office of Housing and Urban Development to build videoconferencing facilities at each member institution. Consortium members include independent colleges and universities, community colleges
and school districts.
"The idea is to share resources," says Lebanon Valley Senior Vice Presi- dent William McGill. "For example, per- haps we can offer a course on chemometrics that other schools may be interested in, and we can draw on our partner schools for courses in sub- ject areas we don't have — for example, geology or Chinese. We might also arrange to have some meetings of classes that are taught on two cam- puses to share speakers or to broaden discussions on particular issues."
Videoconferencing offers a consid- erable advance over old-style video- taped "distance learning" courses. "With videoconferencing, you are oper- ating in real time via a telephone line
or lines carrying images projected on a large screen," says Andy Greene, direc- tor of Media Services. "It is an interac- tive technology involving multiple sites. The professor is not being viewed on tape — he or she is actually lecturing and can interact with his/her own class and with other classes at other sites. Students can 'see' and interact with the professor, and the professor can see and Interact with them."
Lebanon Valley's videoconferencing room, which will have two 35-inch and one 51-inch monitor, will be able to accommodate 21 people. It will also have equipment to integrate overhead slides, graphics and video clips into courses and presentations originating at the college. r.
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NEWS BRIEFS
Library dedicated on Founders Day
Michele M. Ridge, the First Lady of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, will be the keynote speaker for the 1 6th Annual Founders Day Convocation on April 16. In addition to recognizing the college's founders, this year's event features a dedi- cation of the new Vernon and Doris Bishop Library. Mrs. Ridge, who is an expert in the field of library science and literacy, will also be honored with the Founders Day award.
Immediately following the ceremony in Miller Chapel, guests will recess to the plaza in front of the library for the ribbon cutting and dedication. The celebration continues with tours of the library and a buffet lun- cheon under a tent on the academic quad. Over 500 people, including members of the campus community. Toward 2001 campaign contributors and friends of the college, were invited to the event.
Molecular modeling lab opens
The chemistry department unveiled a high- tech, $100,000 molecular modeling labo- ratory in the Garber Science Center in late October. The facility, housed in a former stock room, enables undergraduates and research students to draw molecules and predict their qualities on high-powered computers.
The lab's centerpiece is a $35,000 Sili- con Graphics Indigo computer, which can generate three-dimensional pictures of the rubisco molecules. In plants, these mol- ecules use sunlight to transform carbon dioxide into sugars used as an energy source. In addition to this computer, spe- cial software installed on the laboratory's 10 Power Mac computers will help more than 200 students per year to more easily bridge the gap between lectures and labs.
"What you got before was a list of numbers you had to wade through to fig- ure out what you had," explained Dr. Carl Wigal, assistant professor of chemistry.
A chemistry student creates and manipulates a 3-D image of a molecule in the college's new molecular modeling lab.
"Now the students can actually see the answer in graphic form."
The laboratory was funded by a $50,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and a $50,000 contribution from the college.
Career days
Hundreds of Central Pennsylvania high school students learned more about careers in management, science and math- ematics during two career days held on campus in October.
Over 300 students participated in Man- agement Career Day. The keynote speaker was Katherine Bishop, college trustee and president of Lebanon Chemical Corp. Special seminars led by area business pro- fessionals and Lebanon Valley faculty members focused on marketing and sales, finance, accounting, banking, human resource management, hotel management, international business and computer applications.
Another 200 students came to campus for Sciences and Mathematics Careers Day, featuring a keynote address from Dr. Michael Camann, assistant professor of biology. Each department discussed ca- reer opportunities available in its area and presented natural science and mathemat- ics demonstrations.
Day Without Art
The college was one of many institutions across the country that participated in A Day Without Art on December 1, a nationally recognized day of memorial for those who have died of AIDS.
As a visual reminder of the creativity and life lost to the disease, select pieces of the art exhibit by ceramicist Toshiko Takaezu were shrouded in black cloth, and the lights in the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery were dimmed. The previous evening, members of the college and sur- rounding community participated in a memorial service for those who have died
Lights were dimmed and art works shrouded during the Day Without Art.
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of AIDS. The ceremony included a candlelight vigil as well as special pre- sentations, poems and musical selections.
A model that works
Lebanon Valley was one of 10 colleges and universities recognized in Models That Work: Case Studies in Effective Under- graduate Mathematics Programs, a guide- book published by the Mathematical Association of America.
One chapter is devoted to a site visit conducted at Lebanon Valley in Novem- ber 1993. The very positive report lauded the department's faculty as individuals who "all care very much about their stu- dents. They know virtually all upper-divi- sion majors by name and can talk at length about the strengths and weaknesses of each." The report concluded that "the pro- gram is very successful because it offers the option of a very attractive prospective career as an actuary," enhanced by using graduates in the profession to help with recruiting. The program's faculty "are ex- tremely dedicated to their students while simultaneously maintaining high stan- dards," the book added.
Other institutions rated include the University of Michigan, the University of Chicago, Miami University of Ohio and Mount Holyoke College.
Radio PSAs highlight family life
In an unusual move for an institution of higher education, Lebanon Valley is sup- porting a series of values-oriented "Fam- ily Snapshots" on radio to help people address difficulties in modem life.
The 90-second public service announce- ments, which are running locally on WITF- FM Radio and on some 40 public radio stations across the country, include 65 dra- matic vignettes that deal with such issues as parenting, dating, marriage, divorce, money, death and adoption.
"We're using drama to address in a realistic way the issues that modem fami- lies face," says President John A. Synodinos. "Family matters. It is within the family that the character of our soci- ety is shaped."
The Independent Eye, a Philadelphia- based theater ensemble known for spot- lighting family issues, wrote and produced the PSAs. The college helped underwrite the spots, along with the National Endow- ment for the Arts, the Pennsylvania Coun- cil on the Arts, the Connelly Foundation and the Phoebe Haas Memorial Trust.
Graduating class stats
Some 60 percent of last year's bachelor's degree recipients are employed in their field of interest, according to a survey from the college's Office of Career Plan- ning and Placement. In the 1994 survey, 62.8 percent of bachelor's degree gradu- ates were employed in their field. In 1 995, 21 percent of graduates found employ- ment outside of their fields, compared with 19.1 percent in 1994. And 10 percent of 1995 bachelor's degree recipients went on to pursue graduate study, an increase from last year's 8.5 percent.
Building homes
Delta Tau Chi, the college's Christian service organization, has been lending a hand — and a hammer — to Habitat for Humanity. Two work outings to Harrisburg's historic district were met with such enthusiasm that the group has decided to sponsor monthly trips to other sites in the city. More than 14 students have become involved in the projects, which include helping Habitat reach its goal of completing a new duplex and a new handicapped-accessible home, as well as totally renovating two other homes in Harrisburg.
By John B. Deamer, Jr. Director of Sports Information
Field Hockey
(MAC and NCAA playoffs)
The Lady Dutchmen once again made ap- pearances in the MAC and NCAA playoffs, but were two goals shy of reaching the national Final Four round for the first time.
They finished the season 12-7-1 and had only one blemish in seven games in the MAC Commonwealth League. While they reached the MAC Championship game with a 2-1 win at Wilkes, they could not defeat Messiah in Grantham and suf- fered 2-0 loss.
In the NCAA playoffs, Lebanon Val- ley defeated Goucher 1-0, but just missed the Final Four in a tough 1-0 loss to Wellesley.
The regular season featured two over- time wins against Haverford (2-1) and Widener (1-0). The Lady Dutchmen began the year with a 1-0 win over Divi- sion II Millersville. They hammered Albright and Susquehanna with 4-0 scores.
Senior back Jill Schreiber, a Third Team Division III Ail-American, was named a MAC First Team Commonwealth League All-Star, along with senior midfielder Jodi Smith. Schreiber and Smith were also chosen for the South Atlantic First All-Region Team.
Junior forward Angie Lewis, sopho- more forward Erin Schmid and junior back Tammy Demmy were MAC Second Team Commonwealth League All-Stars.
Senior goaltender Angie Haraish, a four-year standout, was named to the South Atlantic All-Region Second Team.
Hamish, senior back Gina Hollinger, Lewis and senior forward Missy Reiss were all named to the MAC Field Hockey All-Academic Team.
Men's Soccer (8-8-1)
For the first time in the 20-year history of the soccer program, Lebanon Valley had a non-losing season. The Dutchmen fin- ished 8-8-1, the most wins ever posted. The eighth victory came in the final game, 4-3 over Beaver College.
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SPORTS
During the season, Lebanon Valley fin- ished 3-3 in the Commonwealth League — the best league finish yet — and set sev- eral program records: scoring 33 goals, giving up only 37 goals and having a four-game win streak. Lebanon Valley's 7-0 win over King's College meant another record: most goals scored by a Dutchmen team in a game.
Junior forward Greg Glembocki scored eight goals and added six assists for 22 points for the season — both the highest season total for a Dutchman. Glembocki was a MAC Second Team All-Star, the first Valley soccer player to receive league All-Star recognition.
Next season, Lebanon Valley wel- comes back 23 of its 24 players, so the future is bright.
Men's and Women's Cross Country
The women finished fifth out of 12 teams in the 1995 MAC Championships. Sopho- more Lisa Frey led the way for the Lady Dutchmen, finishing in fourth place with a time of 19:44.0.
Frey had a solid season. She finished third at the invitationals held by Baptist Bible and Susquehanna, and eighth at the invitationals hosted by Millersville and Widener.
Five women earned a spot on the MAC Cross Country All-Academic Team: jun- ior Jennifer Bachman and sophomores Stacey Clever, Jocelyn Norton, Rachel Shaak and Jennifer Smith.
The men's team was a young squad with only one senior and one junior among its 10 runners. Sophomore Dan Palopoli and freshman Glenn Vaughan traded spots in leading the team for most of the season. Palopoli finished 32nd at the MAC Cham- pionships with a time of 30:55.8. Vaughan finished 39th at 31:33.1.
Women's Tennis (3-9, 2-5 MAC)
In making strides toward having a respect- able season, in 1995 the women bested Juniata (5-4), Widener (5-4) and Wilkes (9-0). Their tough 5-4 losses came against Cabrini, Susquehanna and Albright. Sophomore Melissa Fritz finished 5-4
Senior midfielder Jodie Smith was named a MAC First Team Commonwealth League All-Star and was chosen for the South Atlantic First All-Region Team.
in singles competition and 6-2 in doubles. Freshman Misty Piersol finished 6-6 in singles competition.
At the MAC Championships, freshmen Karlin Schroeder and Keri Lacy were 1 - 1 in doubles matches.
Football (3-7)
After a slow start, the team was competi- tive enough in the second half of the sea- son to almost reshape the national playoff picture.
Lebanon Valley defeated Delaware Valley 19-7 in the final game of the sea- son. But it was the week before that the Dutchmen played perhaps their finest game of the year, although it was a 13-9 loss against Lycoming in Williamsport.
Lycoming scored in the closing min- utes then caused a Dutchman turnover as Lebanon Valley drove into enemy terri- tory for what would have been the game- winning score. The Warriors went on to do well in the NCAA Division III playoffs.
Turnovers killed Lebanon Valley's bid for a winning season. The Dutchmen threw too many interceptions, but countered their poor passing with an effective late-season running game on the shoulders of fresh- man tailback Greg Kohler. Kohler gained 127 yards in a 27-13 loss against Western Maryland. He rushed for 115 yards in the Lycoming game, and finished the season ripping the Aggies for 165 yards on 28 carries. Kohler also rushed for two touch- downs in that win.
Senior offensive guard David French finished a brilliant four-year career by being named a MAC First Team Offense All-Star and to the conference All-Aca- demic team.
Senior defensive back Mike Susi was named a MAC First Team Defense All- Star. Susi set a team record for four inter- ceptions in a 17-0 win over Juniata. Susi, who played in eight games (an injury side- lined him for two games), finished the season with eight interceptions. His aver- age of one interception per game ranked him number one in the nadon in Division III in this category.
Senior defensive end Jim Snelbaker was named a MAC Second Team Defense All-Star and to the conference All-Academic team. Snelbaker had 77 total tackles, 1 1 sacks, 17 tackles for loss, two forced fumbles, three blocks and two pass deflections for the season.
Also named to the MAC All-Academic team were senior linebacker Jack Beidler and junior defensive back Cory Snook.
Lebanon Valley's other win, its first of the season, was 18-11 at King's College.
Women's Volleyball (27-13, 4-3 MAC)
Another 20-plus win season and a 4-3 record in the MAC Commonwealth made this definitely a competitive season.
Junior outside hitter Natalie Baruka was especially outstanding. She set new team records for attack attempts in a sea- son, attack attempts in a career, kills in a season, kills in a career and assist blocks in a career.
Junior setter Becky Slagle set team records for service attempts and service aces in a season. Slagle was invited to be part of the St. Mary's All-Tournament team.
Baruka was named to four all-tourna- ment teams throughout the season and was a member of the MAC Common- wealth League First All-Star team. She was MVP of the tournament hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Lebanon Valley won that tournament and another hosted by Haverford. At Haverford, the Lady Dutchmen defeated New York University, a regionally-ranked team all season. On Coast Guard turf, the team defeated the Academy's team — ranked 14th in the nation at the time — to win its second tournament.
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NEWSMAKERS
Full-time dean
Dr. Arthur Ford has been named full- time dean of international programs. He was formerly associate dean of interna- tional programs and served part-time as professor of English. The new position will include organizing the college's study abroad and faculty exchange programs and recruiting international students, as well as providing guidance for them during their years at the college.
Arboretum director named
President John A. Synodinos announced the appointment of Dr. Susan Verhoek,
professor of biology, to the position of director of the arboretum. As a botanist, Verhoek has maintained an intense inter- est in the campus plantings, both as teach- ing tools and as aesthetic elements.
She will prepare and maintain data on the plantings and consult with campus grounds personnel and landscape archi- tects. She'll also provide guidance in de- veloping the grounds as an educational area and in making people more aware of the arboretum. And she will promote the development of an area for memorial tree plantings.
Verhoek will continue her teaching duties as well.
Distinguished Visiting Professor
Dr. Dale Erskine, professor of biology, will become the Distinguished Visiting ProfessorofBiology for 1996-97 the U.S. Air Force Academy.
The Academy, with 4,000 men and women cadets, offers 25 majors; biology is the second largest.
During his year there, in the fall he will teach in the first-year course and in the spring he will offer his "Introduction to Immunology" class as a special topics course. He will also assist the department in assessing the biology major to see where it can be strengthened, help to develop and direct independent study and consult
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on faculty/cadet research projects. He will also serve as an external civilian consult- ant and review the content of departmen- tal courses, perform limited educational research, advise the department's head, assist in developing undergraduate research and participate in faculty com- mittee work.
AU'USA
Amy Shollenberger, a January 1996 graduate who majored in English and phi- losophy, was named to the All-USA Col- lege Academic Third Team. The contest, sponsored by USA Today, salutes the best and brightest students in the United States. In the February 8 edition, Shollenberger was listed among 20 students who were selected for the Third Team. In all, 80 students were named to the First, Second and Third teams or received Honorable Mention.
Shollenberger was credited with free- ing herself from a cycle of povery as a single mother and for being an outstand- ing student and campus leader.
While a student, Shollenberger worked in the International Programs Office, served as president of the Greenblotter Literary Society (1993-95) and as poetry coordinator of the Spring Arts Festival (1994-95).
She now works full-time in the Inter- national Programs Office and hopes to study technical writing in a graduate pro- gram beginning this fall.
Publishes textbook
Dr. Eugene Brown, professor of political science, is co-author of The Contours of Power (1996, St. Martin's Press), an in- troductory international relations textbook. The 600-page book, which presents a new theoretical approach to international rela- tions, was written with Dr. Donald Snow, professor of political science at the Uni- versity of Alabama. Their second book. Beyond the Water's Edge, an American foreign policy text, will be published by St. Martin's later this year. The first of the
three books that the two authors have pub- lished over the past three years was Puzzle Palaces and Foggy Bottom, which dealt with the foreign policy process.
Brown is spending the year in China as the college's exchange professor at the University of Nanjing.
Writers and presenters
Dr. John Norton, chair of political sci- ence and economics, had a letter to the editor published in a November issue of The New York Times, headlined, "Mencken's Heart Belonged to Baltimore Paper." In addition, he presented a paper titled "Present at a Carnival of Buncombe: H.L. Mencken as Anti-Democrat" at the Northeast Political Science Association meeting in Newark, N.J.
Scott Richardson '90 and Joseph Buehler '89 were presenters at the Penn- sylvania Council for Social Studies Con- ference in October, where they discussed "An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ameri- can Culture." In March, the two served as presenters at the national meeting of the Association for Supervision and Curricu- lum Development in New Orleans, where they discussed "Interdisciplinary Team- ing at the High School Level." Richardson (history) and Buehler (English) team-teach 9th grade at the Milton S. Hershey School in Hershey, Pa.
Dr. James Scott, professor of Ger- man, read a paper titled "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Sueskind's The Pigeon" at the Pennsylvania Foreign Language Conference, held at Duquesne University in September. In November, he hosted the fall meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German.
Dr. Gary Grieve-Carlson, associate professor of English, has written reviews for Choice magazine of Dorothy Goldman's Women Writers and the Great War and David Clark's W. B. Yeats: The Winding Stair (1929): Manuscript Materials. For the Cyclopedia of World Authors (Salem Press), he authored
entries on Hayden Carruth, Charles Olson and W.D. Snodgrass.
Dr. Susan Verhoek, professor of bi- ology, attended sessions on the biology of the Texas Gulf Coast, offered by the Uni- versity of Texas-Pan American, and did field research in the Rio Grande Valley in October. She attended the Third New Crops Symposium: New Crops, New Tech- nologies, sponsored by Purdue University in Indianapolis. Verhoek also presented a lecture, "Pollination: Which Pollinates What and Why We Care" to the Muhlenberg Botanical Society at Franklin & Marshall College in November.
Dr. Carl Wigal, assistant professor of chemistry, published a paper in the Jour- nal of Organic Chemistry titled "Acid- Catalyzed Dehydration of Substituted Dienediols." The paper was co-authored by senior chemistry majors Jason McKinley, Jennifer Coyle, Diane Por- ter and Dan Lehman. Wigal also pub- lished a paper in the Journal of Chemical Education titled "Synthesis of a Bromohydrin: An Experiment Demon- strating Markovnikov Addition." The pa- per was co-authored by senior chemistry major Diane Porter.
Dr. Michael Day, chair and professor of physics, published a paper with Col. William Richar titled "Artillery and the Liberal Arts" in the Forward Observer (a publication of the U.S. Field Artillery Association.) The article focuses on Leba- non Valley's special topics course, "Soci- ety and Its Weapons."
Dr. Donald Byrne, professor of reli- gion and history, had two of his poems selected as finalists in the Third Annual Maryland Poetry Review Fiction and Poetry Contest. He also had poems accepted for publication in Albatross (Anabiosis Press) and West Branch (Bucknell University.)
Dr. Robert Bookmiller, assistant pro- fessor of political science, co-authored an article, "Behind the Headhnes: The Mul- tilateral Middle East Talks," with his wife, Kirsten Nakjavani Bookmiller. The article was published in the January 1996 Cur- rent History: A Journal of Contemporary World Affairs.
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Drs. Steven Specht, Deanna Dodson and Louis Manza, all assistant professors of psychology, presented a variety of papers at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association in Philadelphia in March. Included as co-authors of the papers were 10 under- graduate psychology majors. The titles and authors are as follows:
'The Role of Contextual Cues in Human Taste Contrast" by senior Robert Twining, junior William Kesil and Specht.
"A Normative Study of Visual Neglect in Adolescent, College-Aged and Elderly Individuals" by junior David Russell, Dr. Richard Tushup (adjunct instructor of psychology) and Specht.
"Postural Effect of Strength of Pre- ferred Hand Use in Preschool Children" by senior Heather Merz and Dodson.
"Divided Attention and Artificial Grammar Learning: Dissociation of Implicit and Explicit Thought Processes" by Manza, Twining and freshman Amy Witmer.
"Attention Deficit Disorder and Implicit Learning: Preserved Cognitive Abilities in the Face of Attentional Dys- function" by Manza, junior Yvonne D'Uva, junior Tracie Gilpin, junior Tenneil Daniels and sophomore Amy Parsons.
Grant recipient
Dr. Carl Wigal, assistant professor of chemistry, received a $5,000 grant from the Exxon Education Foundation to sup- port the development of new methodolo- gies for the synthesis of quinone derivatives.
"Quinones are naturally occurring com- pounds found in living systems," explained Wigal. "Synthetic quinone derivatives are used as a medicinal agent such as tetracy- cline, a common antibiotic."
Wigal's recent work, which was pub- lished in the Journal of Organic Chemis- try, used quinone derivatives to synthesize substituted phenols, which are used as antioxidants.
Honored
Kevin Yeiser, director of grounds and athletic facilities, was awarded a certifi- cate of appreciation from the Little League Baseball Association of Williamsport, Pa. The certificate recognized him for his vol- unteer service in the reconstruction of the Howard J. Lamade Stadium's Little League Baseball World Series Field in Williamsport.
Dr. Dale Summers, assistant profes- sor of education, was named to the fifth edition of Marquis' Who 's Wlio in Ameri- can Education.
Editorial skills
Dr. Barney Raffield, associate professor of management, was selected as an ad hoc manuscript referee for the American Marketing Association's Summer 1996 Marketing Educator's Conference, which will be held in San Diego. He was also chosen as manuscript referee for the sil- ver anniversary issue of the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing.
Judy Pehrson, executive director of College Relations, was named newsletter editor for the Pennsylvania Council for International Education, an organization of the state' s colleges and universities that fosters cooperation in, and long-term growth of, study abroad and exchange programs.
Dr. Susan Atkinson, associate pro- fessor of education, was elected to chair the Newspaper in Education Special Interest Group for the Pennsylvania Coun- cil for Social Studies. In addition, she was elected by the Harrisburg chapter of Phi Delta Kappa International as newsletter editor for 1996-97.
Defends dissertation
Marianne Goodfellow, lecturer in soci- ology, successfully defended her disserta- tion, "Resource Capacity and Complexity of Rural Environments: Implications for Homeless Shelters," at the Penn State University in September.
Sharing the spotlight
Biology professors Dr. Susan 'Verhoek and Dr. Stephen Williams were included in an article on shared teaching positions, which appeared in the October 30 issue of The Scientist.
Attends inauguration
Ellen Arnold, director of development, represented Lebanon Valley at the inau- guration of Dr. William D. Adams, presi- dent of Bucknell University. Arnold is a 1964 graduate of Bucknell.
Scholarship winner
Lisa Geschwindt, senior elementary edu- cation major, has been awarded the Key- stone State Reading Association's 1996 Scholarship Award.
Geschwindt was chosen for her aca- demic record, her interest and performance in the teaching of reading and the other language arts and her creative and consis- tent promotion of developmental literacy.
"Lisa is an outstanding spokesperson for the college and we wish her continued success, especially as she embarks on her career as a professional educator," remarked Dr. Michael Grella, chair and professor of education. "The education department faculty, in a special and pub- lic way, applaud her consistently exem- plary performance as a student and as a teacher."
Changes in Dining Services
Bryan Burkholder has been named director of dining and conference services. He replaces John Andrews, who is now dining services director with Hallmark Management Service at Capital Univer- sity in Columbus, Ohio. Burkholder for- merly served as food service director at Johns Hopkins University, Shepherd Col- lege and Northern Kentucky University. Crystal Smith, formerly dining ser- vices manager, is now catering manager for Hallmark.
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ALUMNI NEWS
High Notes of a Music Master
By Susan Jurgelski
Penn State University choir director and music instructor Anthony "Tony" Thomas Leach '73 is as upbeat as he is down to earth.
An accomplished pianist, vocaHst and music teacher, he's also the founder and director of the university ' s Essence of Joy, a choral ensemble specializing in music from the African-American tradition.
Despite all the accolades and ovations Leach has enjoyed over his career, his feet remain firmly planted on the ground. He hasn't lost touch with either his roots in the church or in Lebanon Valley College.
It was through church that Leach dis- covered music. His father was the pastor of a Baptist church in rural Maryland, and his mother, a pianist, was the church mu- sician. "When I got old enough to take piano lessons I was allowed to do that," he says.
"Music is all in the family," adds Leach. One of his four brothers is involved in church music in Washington, D.C., and in the Maryland church where another brother serves as pastor.
Leach, who was a minister of music at New Bethel Baptist Church in his home- town of Washington, D.C., now serves as minister of music at Harrisburg' s St. Paul' s Baptist Church. For the past 21 years, he has been the director of the Capitol Area Music Association in Harrisburg, a choral organization that sponsors cultural per- formances and offers a scholarship to young people interested in music educa- tion. His connection to the 90-member association began during his sophomore year at Lebanon Valley, when he was in- volved with the Harrisburg church com- munity.
In college, he nurtured his own love of music as well as the talent of other musi- cians.
Anthony "Tony" Thomas Leach '73 wants to mentor people coming into the music profession.
As a high-school senior, he had visited campus with his parents in January 1969 during a ferocious snowstorm. He audi- tioned on the piano in Engle Hall (the original music building, better known as "the Conserv"). His goal was to pursue a bachelor's degree in music education with a performance specialty in piano.
At first, you might say, he had a case of cold feet, and it wasn't from the weather.
"My initial impression of the campus was just that it was far too small for me," he recalls. "I'm from D.C. I'm a city person."
After his audition, when he met up with his parents who had been taking the campus tour, his mother — his musical mentor — informed him that this was where he was going to go to college. His parents, he adds, "really knew what was happen- ing before I did."
Despite his initial reservations. Leach does remember being im- pressed with the friend- liness of students and faculty, especially his future piano teacher. Dr. William Fairlamb, now professor emeritus.
At the Valley, Leach participated in student government, journalism and cheerleading — and, of course, music. He was a feature writer for the college newspaper and was one of three freshmen on the varsity cheerleading squad. And he was elected vice president and then president of the fresh- man class. As a sopho- more, he was again elected class president. In his junior year, he was a dorm counselor. He joined a men's music fraternity and became president in his senior year. And for all four years, he sang in the Concert Choir.
"My musical memories are very sig- nificant," says Leach. "My work with Bill Fairlamb in the piano studio was life- changing. Some of the repertoires and many of the technical things that he shared with me and that I attempted to master set me up for making music at a very, very high level. I framed a lot of my standards in musical theater and choral music by those experiences I had at Lebanon Val- ley." That included producing "Hello, Dolly!" in his senior year and accompa- nying the choir, under the tutelage of Dr. Pierce Getz, now professor emeritus.
"He always provided the opportunity for me to be stretched to the limit, because the big deal was that if I knew I couldn't play it, he could! So I just made it my business to be as prepared as I could, and that really set me up for how I do a lot of the things that I do right now. Accom-
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panying is one of my first loves, and I accompanied many extremely talented stu- dents at Lebanon Valley."
One of Leach's musical memories is somewhat bittersweet.
During a cross-country concert choir tour in his freshman year, he says he encountered some racial prejudice. "We realized that some of our hosts had a little problem with us because they didn't know there was a black student in the group." However, he adds, he received total support from choir tour leaders and members.
"Our last performance was in Gettysburg. One of the most moving experiences was singing 'Oh, Freedom' on the steps of the Gettysburg monument, knowing what I had just endured but at the same time knowing all of the histori- cal significance that Gettysburg stood for and continues to stand for."
After graduation. Leach taught music in Harford County, Md., for two years. He continued to study piano and purchased his first one. Two years later, he joined the teaching staff of a high school in Mechanicsburg, Pa., and while there, looked into the master's degree program in piano performance at Penn State. By 1977, he had enrolled and five years later, received his degree after shifting to con- ducting. As part of his graduate assistant- ship, he accompanied the choir.
"That opened up all kinds of things in my life. It allowed me to be involved with an organization that was doing things on a national level — they were performing with all kinds of symphony orchestras," recalls Leach.
He was also a vocalist with the Penn State Singers. During the summer of 1 977, he was chosen to be a vocalist for a Lancaster-based music group called Manna Ministries, which was touring the country. Through the group. Leach
befriended Henry Harrison, a pastor in Harlem. Another door opened.
In 1980, he left Penn State to serve as organist at Convent Avenue Baptist Church in New York City. "That was an exciting time because it was the first time I'd left the Central Pennsylvania area to live and to do music. And they do things in a big way in the Big Apple.
"Through that, I was introduced to many wonderful people, musicians who worked on Broadway, professional danc- ers and actors — all kinds of people who have continued to be an important part of my life."
In 1981, Leach returned to Harrisburg, where he was a substitute teacher at the Arts Magnet School and also opened a music studio. At his mother's urging, he decided to go back to full-time teaching, and returned to Harford County, where he became choral director at Fallston Junior/ Senior High School. For the next four years, he also commuted to Washington, D.C., to pursue his church work.
From 1983 to 1991, he was minister of music and organist at New Bethel Baptist in Washington, pastored by Dr. Walter Fauntroy, Washington's first non-voting delegate to Congress.
During the 1 980s, Leach appeared as a guest artist and accompanist with the United Negro College Fund Choir in New York City, and in 1989, he was accompa- nist for the Howard University Concert Choir in Washington. When Leach learned in 1986 that his father was dying of pros- tate cancer, he felt a need to be closer to home. He took a teaching job in Silver Spring, Md., where he remained for five years.
In 1991, he returned to Penn State. Although he didn't initially plan to earn a Ph.D., it was through that pursuit that he found a new niche. He served as interim director of the choir and the Men's Glee Club. In the fall of 1994, he became an instructor of music education and director of the choir. This August, he will receive his Ph.D. in music education.
In 1991, he also organized Essence of Joy, his pride and joy. The group of about 35 students performs both secular and sacred music statewide.
What about the future?
"My plan is to stay here until some- body or something gets completely on my nerves," he jokes. "That's my plan. That's as honest as I can be. When I came to Penn State, I had no intention of being here all this time, but in resigning my high school job, F ve made a real commit- ment" to educating musicians in an aca- demic setting.
Despite his jump to the university level, the State College resident still keeps his hand in high-school music by directing the gospel choir at Milton S. Hershey School in Hershey. "That keeps me grounded in practice," he says. "Up here in academia, it's easy to just kind of talk about theory.
"My commitment now is to affect the people coming into the profession of mu- sic. I think where I am is a fabulous plat- form because there are some exciting things happening in music and in music education at Penn State."
Throughout his noteworthy career. Leach never forgot Lebanon Valley.
"All along the way, even from my first job in Aberdeen, if the concert choir from Lebanon Valley was coming through, I'd host them," says Leach. And he has changed his mind about the college he once considered "too small."
"The small college experience was ex- cellent," he says. "Even though it's a small school, it doesn't have what I like to think of as a small-time, small-school, small- town mentality. I recommend Lebanon Valley to anyone."
Susan Jurgelski is a staff writer at the Lancaster New Era.
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CLASS NOTES
Correction
The Valley received erroneous information re- garding Laura Hornchek '93, and in the last issue listed her as deceased. We have ascertained that Laura is not deceased, and we regret any distress that this incorrect item may have caused.
Former Faculty/Staff
Hilda M. Damus, former chair of the Ger- man department at LVC, died January 2, 1996.
Robert M. Wonderling, former executive director of development at LVC, died on Decem- ber 6, 1995. He was retired from Ketchum, Inc., in Pittsburgh, and was the former director of admissions at Thiel College in Greenville, Pa. Survivors include his wife, Doris Dunlap Wonderling; a son, Robert C. Wonderling; and daughters Susan L. Alger and Cynthia Raub '74.
Pre-1930s
News
Anna S. Wright '22 celebrated her 95th birth- day with a Maine lobster dinner given by her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. F.H. Gehman.
Deaths
Elta M. Weaver Donohue Herman '15, September 20, 1995.
Raymond Oberholtzer '23, November 20, 1995.
Samuel D. Evans '24, October 18, 1995. He worked at The Daily News in Lebanon, Pa., from 1924-1979, serving for many of those years as advertising director.
Ruth C. Harpel '24, June 1993. A native of Lebanon, Pa., Ruth was head of the English de- partment at Lebanon High School and later was state supervisor of English with the Montana State Department of Public Instruction. For three years she taught English and Latin at the American School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was also a Fulbright scholar in England.
Verna I. Seitzinger '25, May 10, 1995. She had been dean of girls at Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa., and taught Latin, German, French and world cultures there from 1928 to 1961.
Paul A Lebes '26, December 21, 1994.
Viola Wolf Silvernail '28, December 4, 1995. She had been a school teacher in Wayne County, Pa. She retired as a billing clerk from the former J. Landis Shoe Factory in Palmyra.
Martin F. Bleichart '29, August 25, 1995.
YEARBOOKS
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1930s
News
Christine Kreider '34 was the subject of a feature article about retirees who are using com- puters, "Cyber Space: Seniors Surf the Net." The article appeared in the Lancaster, Pa., Sunday Weiv.? on November 5, 1995. A resident of Home- stead Village in Lancaster, Christine, 82, has been on-line for about a year and a half. She surfs the Internet daily and sends e-mail to her grandchil- dren. She has been working on the genealogy of her family for years and thought it would be a good idea to put it on the computer. Her com- puter system, recently upgraded, houses files on family history, stories from ancestors and even the game of solitaire.
Charlotte Stabley '36 on her 80th birthday, in 1994, married Donald Eaton, her first boy- friend in high school. They live at Country Mead- ows of Leader Heights, a retirement center in York, Pa.
V. Belle Mulhollen Ackley '37 writes that she and her husband now live in Scottsdale, Ariz. She is a retired high school teacher.
Deaths
William Gilbert Spangler '31, August 5, 1995. William was a research chemist with Colgate-Palmolive Co.
Rev. Dr. Harry E. Zech '33, July 15, 1995. Dr. Zech received an honorary degree from LVC on June 8, 1958. He was ordained by the Penn-
sylvania Conference of the Evangelical United Brethren Church in 1936 and immediately took up his duties as pastor of the Fayetteville, Pa., charge in that conference. In 1944, he left to take up mission work in Puerto Rico. For the first two years, he served as instructor in Bible at the Polytechnic Institute, at the time the only college-level school operating under the auspices of the Evangelical Church in Puerto Rico. After he returned to the mainland in 1969, he served as pastor to several United Methodist churches in Ohio, where he retired in 1980. He is survived by his wife, Edna, and three children. Their son was killed while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic in June 1965.
Charles E. Bartolet '36, August 23, 1995.
Eleanor Lynch Hcmperly '37, November 12, 1995. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Clyde A. Lynch, former president of LVC. She taught history in the Dauphin County (Pa.) public schools.
Ethel M. Slonaker '38, January 12, 1995. In 1981, she retired as reference librarian at the Virginia State Library in Richmond after 13 years of service.
1940s
News
Ralph Lloyd '40 continues to write an out- door column for the Butler (Pa.) Eagle.
Marian Reiff Craighead '41 in November 1994 became a national honorary member of Sigma Alpha Iota (SAI) in Rochester, N.Y. A concert organist, she performs both solo and organ duets with her husband, David Craighead, a retired professor of organ at the Eastman School of Music and an SAI national arts associ- ate. She regularly accompanies oratorios in the Rochester area, most recently "Requiem, Op. 9" by Maurice Durfle for the Rochester Oratorio Society in spring 1994.
Rev. Dale Beittel '45 is a retired United Meth- odist minister who is serving as interim minister of Belpre (Ohio) Congregational Church. He is married to Barbara Kolb Beittel '47. They have four children. Barbara was named an associate professor emerita after retiring from West Virginia University at Parkersburg.
Dr. George Peter Rutt '46 and his wife, D. Pauline Keller Rutt '43, have moved to Ormond Beach, Fla. George is a retired physician. Their daughter is Carol Rutt Jennings '72.
Frances Workman Weiser '46 and her hus- band, Herman J. Weiser Jr. '47, have moved to Southlake, Texas, from Cincinnati, where they lived for 48 years.
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Deaths
Dr. Robert J. Mandle '42, April 5, 1995. Robert was a member of the Department of Mi- crobiology of Jefferson Medical School in Phila- delphia. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship in 1990. He and his wife, Barbara, spent six months in Ecuador, where he taught medical my- cology and conducted research at Catholic Uni- versity in Quito.
Dr. Glenn P. Schwalm '44, May 26, 1995.
Dr. Geraldine Huss Testa '45, November 1995.
Mary Helen Long Bickel '48, August 15, 1995. Helen had retired after teaching English in the Lehighton (Pa.) Area School District. She was the widow of Rev. George W. Bickel '46 and is survived by a daughter, Jean, and a son. Rev. Dr. Kenneth Bickel '74.
1950s
News
Rev. Robert E. Zuver '50 retired on June 30, 1995, after 36 years as a United Methodist minister in the Central Pennsylvania Conference.
Rev. Martin W. Trestle '51 retired on July 1, 1995, after 44 years as a United Methodist minister. He is continuing in ministry as an interim pastor.
James S. Lewis '53 is assistant director of the Louisiana Department of Insurance Receiver- ship Office in Baton Rouge.
Rev. Clarence D. Ulrich '55 retired in June 1 995 after being a United Methodist pastor for 36 years. But he is serving as minister for one year at the Avon Zion United Methodist Church in Lebanon, Pa.
Dr. James N. Bollinger '56 is employed by Alcon Labs in Fort Worth. Texas, as manager of research and development.
Shirley Warfel Knade '56 has served nearly 20 years in the Susquehanna Health System, Hos- pital Management Outpatient Division, in Williamspon, Pa.
Robert J. Nelson '57 retired from the insur- ance industry after a career of 36 years. Most recently he was a vice president of the Ranger Insurance Co. in Houston, Texas.
Doris Kane Younken '57 has begun her 25th year of teaching music in the South Plainfield (N.J.) School District. She was recognized as a nationally registered music educator by the MENC in 1992.
Deaths
Ellis S. Diamont '50, September 3, 1995. Ellis was a retired chemist from Mobil Oil Co. Robert E. Shultz '51, September II, 1995. Dr. Carl S. Smith '51, November 17. 1994. Thomas E. Davis '55, June 24, 1 995. He was
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Benedict C. Salamandra '56, November 5, 1995.
Flora R. Blumenthal '59, July 5, 1995. She was a music teacher in the Dows Lane School in the Irvington (N.Y.) Public Schools. She is survived by her husband, Theodore L. Blumenthal '57.
1960s
News
Patricia Leader Farnell '60 retired from U.S. Army Civil Service in January 1995 after 29 1/2 years. She is working part-time for the physical services division of Morehead State University.
Constance Chambers Trostle '60 is the ad- ministrative secretary for St. Marks Lutheran Church in Harrisburg.
Donald E. Zechman '60 is pastor at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Mt. Joy, Pa. He moved to St. Mark's after serving 17 years as pastor at Salem United Methodist Church in Manheim. He and his wife, Faye, celebrated their
30th wedding anniversary by taking a 10-day trip to the Holy Land in February 1995.
Harry R. Trout Jr. '61 is president of Bicknell and Fuller in the Peabody Industrial Park in Peabody, Maine.
Virginia Templeton Kichline '62 and her husband, James, have retired to Vero Beach, Fla., on the Indian River. She says the fishing is great there.
Rev. James D. Corbett '63 is pastor at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Elizabethtown, Pa.
Adam Diebus '63 is a sales representative for Star Enterprise in Moorestown, N.J.
Donald R. Kaufmann '65 is managing di- rector of Red Rose Systems, Inc. in Ephrata, Pa. In addition to overseeing Denver and Ephrata Telephone Co.'s deregulated subsidiary, he is responsible for developing new revenue opportu- nities. The telephone company serves more than 48,000 customers in northern Lancaster County.
Dr. Frederic J. Marsik '65 is director of research and development at Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems in Cockeysville, Md.
Howard Lake '67 was the subject of a fea- ture article in the July/August 1995 Independent Business, "Hiring Family and Friends: How to Do It Right." Howard is owner of Lake Litho- graph Co., Inc. Manassas, Va.
Alice Alwine '68 is an elementary music teacher in Adirondack Central School in Boonville, N.Y.
Dennis A. Brown '68 is an attorney with Carpenter Technology Corp. in Reading, Pa. He passed the Pennsylvania bar exam in 1994.
James R. Newcomer '68 has earned an Ed.D. in educational leadership from Lehigh Univer- sity. His research on special education law won the 1995 Lloyd W. Ashby Outstanding Disserta- tion Award. Jim is the director of pupil personnel services in the Quakertown (Pa.) Community School District.
Richard Simington '68 is director of major gifts for The Salvation Army in Syracuse, N.Y.
David A. Brubaker '69 was awarded an M.A. in interdisciplinary consciousness studies at the Graduate School for the Study of Human Con- sciousness at John F. Kennedy University. David is a technical writer in Silicon Valley, Calif.
Rev. Terry Mills '69 is a clergyman in the Evangelical United Methodist Church in Pottsville, Pa.
Joan M. Schmehl '69 is an adjunct professor in gerontology at Lehigh Carbon Community College in Schnecksville, Pa.
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Deaths
Fred A. Poorman '60, October 14, 1995. He had been head football coach at Palmyra High School since 1993, and during that year was also assistant football coach at LVC. Involved in coaching for 33 years, he also coached basketball and track and field. He also taught high school biology, science and world cultures. Before becoming coach at Palmyra, he served as head football coach at Eastern Lebanon County High School in Myerstown, Pa., where he started the football program in 1968.
Richard W. Burkholder '61, June 14, 1995. He was science department chairman at Penns Grove High School in Upper Penns Neck School District, Penns Grove, N.J. He was named "The Outstanding Science Teacher" of Southern New Jersey in 1972.
Beverly Edwards Patton '61, July 10, 1995.
Dr. G. Thomas Balsbaugh '63, October 8, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Pat Jones Balsbaugh '64.
Joanne Cochran Sakaguchi '67, November 20, 1995, after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, Klyofumi Sakaguchi '67, and three sons, Hiko, 23; Tetsuya, 20; and Kengo, 16. In a tribute to his wife's memory, Kiyofumi has es- tablished an endowed scholarship to help needy students from Japan attend LVC.
1970s
News
Ronald E. Landis '70 is a United Methodist minister in McAlisterville, Pa.
Rev. Dr. George Edwin Zelders '70 is the conference program council director for the Cen- tral Pennsylvania Conference of the United Meth- odist Church in Harrisburg. He will be a delegate to the General and Jurisdictional Conferences of the UMC in 1996 and to the World Methodist Council in August 1996. He and his wife, Joan M. Zeiders, have three children: Jody, Christine and Glenn.
Paul S. Fisher '71 retired from the U.S. Air Force Band after 27 years. Paul is the tennis director at Burke Racquet and Swim Club, and coaches the boys' and girls' tennis teams at Robinson High School in Fairfax, Va.
Harvey Gregory '71 is completing his 25th year with the Valley Central Schools in New Paltz, N.Y. His wife, Jessica L. Leonard Gre- gory '71, teaches 2nd grade in the same school district where he is a principal.
Linda Ammlung McAlpin '71 teaches pri- vate piano lessons to about 30 students, plays oboe in the Lansdowne (Pa.) Symphony Orches- tra and the Rose Valley Orchestra and is presi- dent of the Philadelphia Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota.
Mark your calendar now for Alumni Weekend: April 26-28, 1996.
^^1 Class Reunions
,,^ Spring Arts Festival
^ja 15th Annual Golf Tournament
3) Clambake at Kreiderheim
X^. Dinner Dance at Lebanon W^ Country Club
Terrence L. Wible '71 in October 1994 be- gan a two-year appointment as priest-in-charge at All Saints Episcopal Church in Hanover, Pa.
Dr. Rex A. Herbert '72 is one of the owners of Harrisburg Heat, a professional soccer team.
William M. Jones '72, who has been teach- ing aviation at the University of Illinois since his retirement from the Marine Corps in 1993, has just published two aviation textbooks: The Pilot's Outline Guide to Basic Aerodynamics and Sim- plified Instrument Flying/Instructing Techniques (both by Eastern Dakota Publishers).
Gail Deveney Pepe '72 is a receptionist/cleri- cal support employee for Ken S. Rubin and Co. in San Diego. She married Louis Pepe on May 13, 1995.
Stephen Spiese '72 played the role of Horace Vandergelder in the Actors' Company of Penn- sylvania production of "Hello, Dolly!" at the newly renovated Fulton Opera House in Lancaster, Pa. Richard L. Kline '51 was the musical director for the show.
Bonnie Phillips Guggenheim '73 was se- lected as one of two teachers to implement the first year of the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program for the Denver Public Schools. Starting with 60 6th graders, this pro- gram will expand to include the 7th and 8th grades in subsequent years. It is designed by the Interna- tional Baccalaureate Organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. Bonnie attended the spe- cial training institute last summer at Armand Ham- mer World College in Arizona. Last spring, she also received the Outstanding Teacher Award from the Denver Optimist Club.
F. Obai Kabia '73, an LVC trustee, has been named political affairs officer for the United Nations.
Barry J. Rittmann '73 is a pharmacist for Rite-Aid in Virginia Beach, Va.
Rev. Michael I. Alleman '74 is senior pastor of Grandview United Methodist Church in Lancaster, Pa.
Cynthia Grubb Condran '74 and her hus- band, Lee, received the International Country Gospel Music Association's "Contemporary- Country Artist of the Year for 1995" award in March 1995 in Dallas.
Rex P. Hildebrand '74 is a classification system analyst for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections in Camp Hill. He and his wife, Dorothy, have two children: Erin and Ryan.
Howard Knudson '74 and his wife, Jean M. Holbrook Knudson '75, have three children: Tamara, Benjamin and Stephanie. Howard is
self-employed in Bedford, Texas, while Jean works for Century 21 Real Estate.
William H. Phifer '74 is the site manager for the Electronic Data Systems account at CIGNA Insurance Corp. in Voorhees, N.J. His responsi- bilities include management of software engi- neering process improvement.
Kendrick L. Albert '75 is an accountant for Messiah Village in Mechanicsburg, Pa. He and his wife, Mary Ann, have two children: Gregory and Caroline.
Frank W. Kushler '75 is product line man- ager for the Royal Insurance Co. in Charlotte, N.C. He and his wife, Kathleen, have two chil- dren: Michael and Kristen.
John M. Cullather '76 is the Democratic staff director of the Congressional Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee. Dur- ing thel02nd and 103rd Congresses, John worked on Coast Guard and commercial shipping legis- lation for the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Com- mittee. For the 101st Congress, he served as staff director of the Public Buildings and Grounds Subcommittee of the Public Works and Trans- portation Committee. He began his career in the House as legislative assistant to Rep. Glenn Anderson of California, who later chaired the Public Works and Transportation Committee.
Dr. Charlotte A. Mackenson-Dean '76 was named senior account executive for Directions Research, Inc. in Cincinnati. Charlotte's primary responsibilities include developing partnered relationships with medical supply companies, pharmaceutical firms and health care providers.
Donald L. Borger '77 is a chiropractor in Schuylkill Haven, Pa. He and his wife, Rae Ann, have two children: Amy Nicole and Craig Luther.
Thomas Hassinger '77 is a manager of cor- porate analytical chemistry at G. Heileman Brew- ing Co. in La Crosse, Wis.
James Veglia '77 and his wife, Lorna H. Heltebridle '78, are both music teachers in the Hazelton Area (Pa.) School District. They have a daughter, Laura, 5.
Ronald R. Afflebach '78 is a human re- sources manager in the Photographic Products Division at Fuji Photo Film, Inc., in Greenwood, S.C. Ronald was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of the Lander Foundation at Lander Uni- versity in Greenwood.
Michael Helman '78 recently won the North- ern Virginia Chapter American Guild of Organ- ists hymn writing competition. His hymn, "God of the Universal Song," led by recitalist John Walker, premiered at a hymn festival on Septem- ber 1 1, 1995, at the St. Thomas More Cathedral in Arlington, Va.
Stephan S. Kreiser '79 has received an M.B.A. in organizational management from Syra- cuse University.
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1980s
News
Linda Neiman Himeback '80 is a share- holder in Herbein & Co., Inc., a regional ac- counting firm headquartered in Reading, Pa. She coordinates and supervises accounting and audit- ing services for all government and non-profit clients.
Susan A. Gunn '81 married David L. McGuire on April 22, 1995. Susan is a technical writer for FileTek, Inc. in Rockville, Md. David is a senior engineer for Dynamic Systems, Inc. in Alexandria, Va. The McGuires reside in Annandale, Va.
Dr. Chris E. Shoop '8 1 is employed by Gen- eral Electric Plastics in Parkersburg, W.Va.
Jill Shaffer Swanson '81 and her husband, Paul D. Swanson, welcomed a second daughter, Aubrey Marie, on September 11, 1995.
Elizabeth Anne Meyer-Myers '82 is the keyboard education coordinator for Marty's Music Store in Lebanon, Pa. She and her hus- band, Stephen Paul Myers, have two children: Adam and Rebecca.
Andrea Crudo Stark '82 and her husband, Albert Stark, welcomed a daughter, Lauren Eliza- beth, on August 25, 1995. They also have a son, Benjamin, 3.
Kristine Schenk Visher '82 is the director of financial accounting for the Chicago Community Trust.
Laurie Cook Benner '83 is an elementary principal in the Selinsgrove (Pa.) School District. She and her husband, Bryon, welcomed a son, Thadeus, on April 28, 1995.
Susan E. Smith Clark '83 is a 2nd-grade teacher with the Chestnut Ridge School District in New Paris. Pa. Last spring she coached the varsity Softball team to a District V champion- ship and an 18-4 record. On November 25, 1994, Susan married Rodney Clark.
Richard Martorano '83 is a sales manager for Richards-Wilcox in Aurora, 111.
David Meyer '83 teaches chemistry and phys- ics in the Lower Merion (Pa.) School District.
Catherine S. Bushyager Robinson '83 is a registered nurse at Southeast Baptist Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. She and her husband have three children: Isaiah. Taylor and Kendra. Catherine hopes to pursue a master's degree in nursing and psychology in early 1996.
Dale R. Groome '84 is an information sys- tems specialist for the Canton Agency in Timonium, Md. Dale and his wife, Vicki L. Frey Groome '84, live in Felton, Pa., with their daugh- ter. Kelsey, 4 1/2.
Judy Sargeant Williams '84 is a Ist-grade teacher for the Great Meadows Regional School District in Great Meadows, N.J. She and her hus-
band, Glenn, an attorney at Courter, Robert, Laufer and Cohen in Hackettstown, have two children: Wade L. and Amanda Jean.
Alison Verrier Meyer '85 teaches 3rd grade at the Gladwyne Elementary School in Lower Merion, Pa. She and her husband. David Meyer '83, have two sons: Alexander and Daniel.
Janette A. Lasher Nee '85 is senior associ- ate quality assurance scientist at Bayer ConsumerCare in Myerslown, Pa. She and her husband, Mark Nee, have two children: Kimbre and Andrew.
Linda J. Steckhaus Diamanti '86 is a senior pension administrator with Pension Consulting Services, Inc. in Pennsauken, N.J. She and her husband, John M. Diamanti, have two children: Jacob Michael and Elisa Marie.
Dianna Carr Joseph '86 is an occuptional therapist for the Voorhees (N.J.) Pediatric Facil- ity. She received her B.S. in occupational therapy in 1988 and an M.S. in school age pediatric occu- pational therapy in 1992 from Thomas Jefferson University. She married Christopher Joseph in September 1994. He works for Memorial Health Alliance as a pediatric physical therapist.
Jehnna-Claire Metz '86 is pursuing a master's degree in industrial, organizational and human relations psychology.
Rev. Tracy Wenger Sadd '86 has been named to the five-person Redesign Steering Committee of the Church of the Brethren General Board, the church's program arm.
Julie Farris Valentine '86 and her husband, Kevin J. Valentine, welcomed a daughter, Bethany Ellen, on May 21, 1995.
Dr. Maria C. DeMario '87 is a family physician for Prime Health Associates in Broomall, Pa.
Gilbert C. Eng '87 is account manager for Electronic Data Systems. Mid Atlantic Region, in Herndon. Va. He married Kimberiy Rothweiler on May 20, 1995, in Pompton Lakes. N.J.
David A. Filbert '87 is in the third year of a Ph.D. program in political science at SUNY-Albany. Last year he was a graduate assistant with the university's Center for Tech- nology in Government, which was named by Harvard University's Kennedy School of Gov- ernment and the Ford Foundation as one of the nation's top 15 "Innovations in American Gov- ernment." This year he holds a teaching assis- tantship with the political science department.
Greg Hessinger '87 is an attorney for Westinghouse Broadcasting in New York.
K. Scott Kirk '87 graduated from Princeton Theological Seminary in May 1995. He is the associate pastor of Pilgrim Church of the United Church of Christ in Toledo. Ohio. Scott was ordained in his home church in Oley, Pa., on October 15, 1995.
Herbert A. Kriegh '87 and his wife, Jean Krieg Kriegh '84, welcomed a son, Herbert A. Kriegh, Jr., on October 10, 1995. They also have a daughter, Carolyn.
Dr. Laura E. Pence '87 is an assistant pro- fessor of chemistry at the University of Hartford in West Hartford. Conn.
Ingrid B. Petersen '87 is in her second year of teaching at Gibsonton Elementary School in Hillsborough County, Fla. She is also working on EMH certification at the University of South Florida.
Dr. Michael J. Reihart '87 is a third-year emergency medicine resident at Albert Einstein Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center in Phila- delphia. His training included a month of trauma surgery at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa., during which time he flew with Medevac I, an aeromedical helicopter serving eastern Penn- sylvania.
Ralph R. Ristcnbatt III '87 is a forensic scientist in the department of biology. Office of Chief Medical Examiner. New York College. He is enrolled in the Ph.D. program in criminal justice with a concentration in forensic science at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, He married Jennifer Tanco on Janu- ary 14, 1995.
Catherine Waltermyer Boyanowski '88 and her husband, Mark Boyanowski, have a son, Ben- jamin James, born on February 15, 1994.
Kimberiy Burd '88 received master's degrees in college student personnel in May 1994 and in industrial/organizational psychology in May 1995 from Bowling Green State University. Kim is an instructor and student development representative at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio.
Deborah L. Fike '88 returned to LVC to acquire a second undergraduate degree in elemen- tary education in May 1 995. She is a 4th-grade teacher in the West Shore School District in Etters, Pa.
David Robert Gedleski '88 is a retirement administrator for First Union National Bank in Charlotte, N.C. He and his wife, Rebecca Annette Werner Gedleski '88, have three children: Hannah, Nathaniel and Christelle.
Susan E. Aksar Iscil '88 is an appointment clerk at Kai.ser Permanente in Manassas, Va., and also a teacher of English as a Second Language.
Patrick Miorin '88 is an accountant for Smoker, Smith and Associates in Hershey. Pa.
Patricia A. Roeske '88 has been promoted to agricultural credit administration officer at Lebanon Valley National Bank in Lebanon, Pa.
David D. Andrews '89 and his wife, M. Angela Andrews, welcomed a daughter, Amalie L. Andrews, on July 30, 1995. David is a piano tuner/technician for Gist Pianos in Louisville, Ky.
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Martha E. Bordic '89 has moved to the Reading, Pa., area after a period of employment by the U.S. Army in Naticl<, Maine.
A. Keith Dils '89 is athletic coach/teaching assistant at West Virginia University in Morgantown, where he is completing require- ments for a doctor of education degree.
Doreen Ann Simmons '89 and Jason Patrick Kepple were married on December 30, 1995. Doreen is working in sales for Alumax Home Products in Lancaster, Pa.
Suzann Yingst '89 works for the Pennsylva- nia State Treasury Department in Harrisburg.
1990s
News
Toni Salam Butz '90 and Stephen Butz '90
welcomed their first child, Daniel Stephen, on September 5, 1995. Stephen is a school social worker for Bucks County (Pa.) Intermediate Unit and Toni is an English teacher at North Penn High School in Lansdale.
Edward A. Dema, Jr. '90 is a chemist for Becton Dickinson Microbiology Systems in Cockeysville, Md. He and his wife, Susan Dema, have two children: Edward III and Krysten.
Marliese Miller Filbert '90, an English and reading teacher at the Thomas O. Hopkins Middle School in Burlington Township, N.J., is also the head coach of the Burlington Township High School girls' basketball team. Last year, she coached her team to its first divisional champion- ship in 14 years. Marliese traveled to Belgium last summer to coach a New Jersey All-Star team in the American-European Basketball Tournament.
Suzanne Bolinsky Fortna '90 and her hus- band. Dr. Carl H. Fortna '91, welcomed a daugh- ter, Sarah Nicole, on May 15, 1995. Carl was awarded a D.V.M. degree from Cornell Univer- sity of Veterinary Medicine in May 1995. He is a small animal veterinarian at the Oley Valley (Pa.) Animal Clinic. They reside in Reading.
Dee Capece Hertzog '90 and Rory C. Hertzog '90 welcomed their first child, Ryan Carl, on March 19, 1995.
Jeffrey Osborne '90 is a math teacher and head football coach at Central Columbia School District in Bloomsburg, Pa.
Dr. Amy Lynn Paszkawski '90 is a veteri- narian in a partnership at the Foley (Ala.) Veteri- nary Hospital.
Christine Patanow '90 received a master's of pharmacology at the Milton S. Hershey Medi- cal Center School of Medicine, where she is now employed.
Melanie Fleek Sherman '90 was awarded a Ph.D. in immunology from Emory University in Atlanta. She is a postdoctoral fellow in the pathology department at Emory.
Are you a numbers person?
If you graduated with a mathemat- ics, computer science or actuarial science major and are worl<ing in a math-related career, the Leba- non Valley Math Club would like to talk with you. We 're interested in learning about various careers in the math field. Please contact Sandy Bam brick at (717) 867- 6865 for more information.
Daryl M. Stump '90 is a personnel sergeant in the Army, stationed at Fort Richardson, Ark.
Cynthia Watson '90 and Jared Cowbum were married on June 24, 1995. In May 1995, Cynthia was awarded a master's degree in counseling education from Alfred University. She is a 3rd-grade teacher with the Northern Potter School District in Ulysses, Pa.
Anne Wolf Wirth '90 and her husband, Edward F. Wirth '90, welcomed a daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, on October 3, 1995. The fam- ily resides in Charleston, S.C.
Dr. Eyako Wurapa '90 is a physician in internal medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Silver Spring, Md.
Katherine Henry Betz '91 is assistant to the director at Columbia Press in New York City. She and her husband, Jef Betz '91, moved to Brooklyn in July 1995. Jef received an M.F.A. in acting from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and joined the Actors' Equity Association. He performed in a New York City production of All's Well Thar Ends Well.
Dawn DiDonato '91 is the admissions coor- dinator for Coram Healthcare in Malvern, Pa.
Tammy Knerr Ficca '91, an English teacher in the Elizabethtown (Pa.) Area School District, was awarded an M.A. in English education from Millersville University in August 1994. Tammy married Christopher Ficca '91 on June 4, 1994.
Jennifer Leitao Howard '91 is a 6th-grade teacher in the Accomack County (Va.) School District.
Tamera L. Jones '91 is a system consultant for Capital Blue Cross in Harrisburg, Pa.
Debra Reagle Lichtenwalner '91 is teach- ing elementary general music in the Elizabethtown (Pa.) Area School District. Her husband, Michael Lichtenwalner '91, is an audio-visual and com- puter technician in the Manheim Township School District.
Joseph F. Rilatt '91 is a commercial real estate loan officer for Fulton Bank in Harrisburg.
David Sandler '91 is a chiropractor at Gallagher Chiropractic in Hamtramck, Mich.
Michael J. Slechta '91 is teaching orchestra, chorus, band and classroom music at Wickersham Elementary School in the Lancaster (Pa.) School District. His wife, Dina H. Litzenberger Slechta '91, is giving private cello lessons through LVC's Community Music Institute and her home studio. Michael and Dina perform with local orchestras. Their son, Theodore Charles, was born on December 5, 1994.
Brian D. Wassell '91 is a CPA for Trout, Ebersole and Groff in Lancaster, Pa. He is enrolled in the master's degree in taxation pro- gram at Temple University.
Robert White '91 is the coordinator for the Lebanon After-School Program at Philhaven Hospital in Mt. Gretna, Pa. He married Rebecca F. Yoder on November 1 1, 1995.
Stephanie Schumaker Zdanavage '91, a health actuarial consultant with KPMG Peat Marwick in New Hope, Pa., has earned the desig- nation of Associate of the Society of Actuaries.
Mary Beth Ziegenfuss '91 married Richard William Baringer on November 25, 1994, at St. Paul's United Church of Christ in Sellersville, Pa. Mary Beth is dementia care manager at Pine Run Health Center in Doylestown.
Michelle Brailsford '92 married Andrew Ambrose in Baltimore on October 14, 1995. They reside in Chicago, where Michelle is pursuing a doctoral degree in clinical psychology at the Illi- nois School of Professional Psychology.
Kristen Lee Boeshore '92 and Dale Edward Long were married on October 14, 1995, in the Annville United Methodist Church. Kristen is pursuing a doctorate in neuroscience at Case Western Reserve University.
Holly Hendrix '92 is a vocal music teacher for the Charles County Board of Education in Waldorf, Md.
Gregory A. High '92 is executive assistant to the president of High Industries, Inc. in Lancaster, Pa. He is responsible for assisting the president in the development and planning of corporate policy, goals and objectives; providing leadership and coordination for strategic plan- ning; increasing linkages with governmental and community organizations; and providing leader- ship to the internal and external communication program.
Jodi L. McNeal Johnston '92 is an accoun- tant for RMD, Inc. in Louisville, Ky.
Pamela Mcrther '92 and James J. Ruddy III '91 were married on June 24, 1995. Pamela is a 3rd-grade teacher at St. Mary's School in Hyattsville, Md. Jim is an assistant manager and educational representative for Musical Arts in Northern Virginia. He is also second bassoonist for the Washington, D.C., Symphony Orchestra. They live in Vienna, Va.
Tawni Niklaus '92 married Mark Thomas on November 6, 1993. She is a general vocal music teacher at the Fogelsville (Pa.) Elementary School and choir director at Bethel Memorial Baptist Church in Easton.
Joanne Grajewski Osborne '92 teaches English at the Hanover Area School District in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She is also head field hockey coach at Northwest Area High School.
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Denise Kulp Rathman '92 is a biology teacher for the Reading (Pa.) School District.
Paula Ritter *92 and Joe Shermeyer '92 were married on June 10, 1995. Paula teaches at Holy Name of Jesus School in Harrisburg and Joe is a teacher at Immaculate Conception School in Hanover.
Stacey A. Straub '92 and John Wargins '91 were married on September 2, 1995. John is a sales representative for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. Stacey is a 5th grade teacher in the Northern Lebanon School District in Jonestown, Pa.
Robyn E. Ulmer '92 is a physics/math teacher at Eastside Catholic High School in Bellvue, Wash.
Sandy Baranowski '93 and Jon J. McCracken were married on October 14, 1995. Sandy is a kindergarten teacher and assistant director at the Discovery School in Camp Hill, Pa.
Charles W. Bloss IV '93 is an actuarial consultant with William M. Mercer in Stamford, Conn.
Cory A. Boltz '93 is band director at James M. Bennett High School in Salisbury. Md.
Wendy M. Burkert '93 graduated from Winthrop University in May 1995 with a M.Ed. in counseling and development. She is family services coordinator for the pre-kindergarten program in three childcare network facilities in Savannah, Ga.
Steven Carpenter '93 and Jennifer Mellott '95 were married on June 24, 1995. LVC was well represented in their wedding party by Roy Williams '92, Timothy Butz '93, Sandy Baranowski '93, Helen Major '93, Jennifer Bragunier '93, Ronda Weller '94, Wembi Dimandja '93 and Ann Cawley '92. Steve is manager of Radio Shack in Thornedale, Pa. Jennifer teaches at a Montessori school in Lancaster, Pa.
Jennifer Carter '93 is an 8th-grade math teacher in the Hanover (Pa.) Middle School.
Scott M. Davis '93 is employed as a Pennsyl- vania state trooper stationed at Lykens.
Susan Hlbba DelFalcis '93 is the office man- ager for Steven Benson, D.D.S., in Houston.
Lori Ann Folk '93 is a doctoral candidate at the Virginia Consortium for Professional Psycholgy in Virginia Beach.
Stephen M. Hand '93 completed an MS. in human resource management and industrial rela- tions in May 1995 at Widener University in Chester, Pa., where he is also a coach for the men's varsity soccer team. Stephen is employed by HR Soft, Inc. in Morristown, N.J., as Middle Atlantic regional director.
Caria Savering Hartman '93 and her hus- band, Corey J. Hartman, welcomed a second daughter, Hailey Nichole, on November 7. 1995. Their other daughter is Alyson Leigh. Carla is
working as a radiologic technologist at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Stacy R. Hollenshead '93 is a mental health professional for Keystone Service Systems, Inc. in Harrisburg, working in a group home for chroni- cally mentally ill adults.
Theodore A. Jones '93 is an actuary for Chubb Insurance Co. in Warren, N.J.
Kristina J. Laakko '93 is social services coordinator at the Ingleside Retirement Commu- nity. Inc. in Wilmington, Del. She married Darren Stroh on October 28, 1995.
Kelly Connelly Lyons '93 is a graphic designer for USA Direct in York, Pa.
Brian E. McCabe '93 is employed by World Class Leather Co., Inc. in New York City.
Helen Major '93 is the early intervention service coordinator for the Chester County Department of Mental Health/Mental Retarda- tion in West Chester, Pa.
Jeffrey Martin '93 is a manager at the Bird-in-Hand Deli Bakery in Lancaster, Pa.
Lorl M. Moyer '93 is a music teacher for North Schuylkill School District in Ashland, Pa.
Jan M. Ogurack '93 is a 1 st-grade teacher at Jackson Elementary school in Myerstown, Pa.
Jeffrey F. Peter '93 is an engineer for St. Ange Co. in York, Pa.
Cristal Renzo '93 was awarded the E. Riley Holman Memorial Endowment Grant for Cre- ativity at West Chester University in October 1995. Cristal is pursuing an M.A. in English/ creative writing.
Heather Lynn Rimmer '93 married Mat- thew D. Thomas on June 10, 1995. Heather is a social worker for the Marietta (Ohio) Convales- cent Center.
Andrea M. Shaffer '93 and Scott A. Moody '93 were married on October 7, 1995, in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Pa. Andrea is a caseworker with Dauphin County Social Ser- vices for Children and Youth in Harrisburg. Scott is an actuarial assistant with Conrad M. Siegel, Inc. in Harrisburg.
Ryan H. Tweedie '93 is employed by HR Soft, Inc. in Mooristown, N.J., as the Eastern Region director of management information systems.
Melinda Waschinski '93 is inter-library loan circulation assistant at Widener School of Law in Wilmington, Del. She married Ken W. Kleppinger on Augu.st 6, 1995, at the Harry Packer mansion in Jim Thorpe, Pa.
Christine M. Berry '94 and David Gartner '94 were married in Miller Chapel at LVC on August 13, 1995. Christy is an 8th-grade teacher in the Penn Manor School District in Pequea, Pa.
Rebecca M. Blessing '94 was married to Chad G. Smith on September 23, 1995, in Red Lion, Pa.
Susan E. Bugash '94 married David Fromholt '94 on June 10, 1995. Susan has been employed at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Cen- ter since November 1994 as a junior research technician. David teaches biology at the Central York (Pa.) High School.
Christopher L. Chandler '94 teaches at the Kids Peace William Penn School in Allen- town, Pa.
Cathy E. Connors '94 is a trust services representative for Pennsylvania National Bank in Harrisburg.
Elizabeth Earp '94 and Brad Kreider were married on October 28, 1995, in Salem Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Pa. She teaches 3rd grade in the Eastern Lebanon County School District in Myerstown.
Melissa A. Fleegal '94 is a research techni- cian in the Anesthesia Department at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Denita J. Foreman '94 has joined Westra Construction in Harrisburg as branch controller.
Amy Fuelleborn '94 and Bradley D. New- comer '94 were married on July 15, 1995, in the Quakertown (Pa.) United Methodist Church. Amy is a biology and general science teacher in the Upper Darby School District. Brad is in his sec- ond year at Widener University School of Law in Wilmington, Del.
Rania Gaitanis '94 teaches lOth-grade biol- ogy in Hempfield High School in Lancaster, Pa.
William L. Groves '94 is a marketing systems analyst for Hershey Pasta Group in Hershey, Pa.
Beth Ann Hoffman '94 and Scott Hartman were married on June 17, 1995, in St. Gertrude's Catholic Church in Lebanon, Pa. Beth Ann is a substitute teacher for local school districts.
Jennifer Reeder '94 is a 6th and 7th grade reading and language arts teacher in the Bedford (Pa.) Area School District.
Teresa M. Scianna '94 married Michael L. Hardy on July 8, 1995, in the Holy Rosary Ro- man Catholic Church in Reading, Pa. She is em- ployed by Berks County Children and Youth Services in Reading.
Tina M. Seitz '94 is a waitress at the Hotel Hershey.
Christine Siple-Musil '94 is a credit analyst for Sears, Roebuck National Accounting Autho- rization Center in Middleburg Heights, Ohio.
Sheri Lynn Smith '94 is a junior research technician at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Department of Anesthesia and Neuro- science.
Peter A. Stavenick '94 is the copy editor for an electronics trade publication. Microwaves + RF.
Kathy Wolfe '94 is an actuarial assistant for Providian Life and Health Insurance Co. in Valley Forge, Pa.
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Bethany A. Yohe '94 is a 3rd grade teacher at Rohrerstown Elementary School in the Hempfield School District in Lancaster County, Pa.
Christopher Anderson '95 is a sound engineer for Marvin Krause Association in New York City.
Lynn Appleby '95 is a registered nurse at Philhaven Hospital in Mt. Gretna, Pa.
Kristin N. Arnold '95 is a laboratory techni- cian at Pennfield Corp. in Lancaster, Pa.
Peter F. Bauer '95 teaches high school instrumental and vocal music and middle school instrumental music with the Pompton Lakes (N.J.) School District.
Richard D. Bruggeman III '95 is attending graduate school in zoology at the University of Rhode Island.
Matthew S. Campbell '95 is a graduate stu- dent in secondary education counseling at Shippensburg University.
Crystal B. Crownover '95 is a case manager at Infant and Youth Care, Inc. in Elizabethtown, Pa.
Jeffrey Drummond '95 and Karen Dick '95 were married on August 5, 1995. In October, Karen started classes at Palmer Chiropractic Col- lege in Iowa. Jeff is the administrative assistant for the human resources manager of Lujack's Northpark Auto Plaza, one of the largest car dealerships in the nation. Jeff writes: "With over 300 employees to keep track of, I keep myself pretty busy at work!"
Brad J. Dukehart '95 is a graduate student in the occupational therapy program at Chatham College. Brad and his wife, Suzanne, reside in Pittsburgh.
Bryan R. Eberly '95 is product evaluation coordinator for New Holland, Inc. in New Holland, Pa. Bryan is enrolled in LVC's M.S. A. program.
Stephen Eickhoff '95 is a sales associate for Office Max in Cicero, N.Y.
Robert R. Finger '95 is director of sales and marketing for Superior Walls of America in Ephrata, Pa. Robert is pursuing an M.B.A. in marketing at LVC.
James S. Fisher '95 is an electronics techni- cian for Haremoor in Middletown, Pa.
Tricia Galati '95 is a resident manager and substitute staff person at Schuylkill Women in Crisis in Pottstown, Pa.
Anthony Geiss '95 is a student in LVC's M.B.A. program.
Linda L. Greedi '95 is earning a graduate degree in community psychology at the Penn State Harrisburg campus.
Heather Donnachie Hain '95 is a claims examiner for Aegis Security Insurance Co. in Harrisburg.
Heather Harbaugh '95 is employed by the safety and security management department at the Hotel Hershey.
Deborah Heidlaut '95 is assistant coordina- tor at Best Western Eden Resort in Lancaster, Pa.
Michelle A. Hoke '95 married Dale P. Heffner on November 18, 1995. Michelle is a social worker for Cedar Haven Nursing Home in Leba- non, Pa.
George J. Hollich III '95 is a graduate assis- tant at Temple University.
Lisa Karen Hollowbush '95 is the assistant to the layout and advertising editor at the Boyertown (Pa.) Area Times.
Stephanie Hostetter '95 is in middle management at the Log Cabin Restaurant in Leola, Pa.
Cory Johns '95 is an acturial consultant for Towers Perrin in Philadelphia.
Joan E. Johnsen '95 is the executive director for Neighborhood Housing Services in Reading, Pa.
Karen G. Kessler '95 is marketing coordina- tor at NuTec Design Associates, Inc. in York, Pa.
Weon Bae Kim '95 and his wife welcomed a daughter, Christine, on May 26, 1995.
Tara Koslosky '95 serves on the floor staff of The Museum of Scientific Discovery in Harrisburg.
Troy M. Lenker '95 works in the cus- tomer service department at Needleworks in Millersburg, Pa.
Jennifer Lightner '95 is a substitute teacher for the Frederick County Board of Education in Walkersville, Md.
William H. Linton Jr. '95 is an engineering project superintendent for Alumax Mill Products in Lancaster, Pa. He is enrolled in LVC's M.B.A. program.
Jason Lutz '95 is the manager of Sneaker Villa in Reading, Pa.
Scott Maier '95 is second assistant golf professional at the Lebanon (Pa.) Country Club.
Rachel D. Merritt '95 is a historic inter- preter at the Mark Twain Memorial in Hartford, Conn.
Chad Miller '95 is a substitute biology teacher at Eastern Lebanon County High School in Myerstown, Pa., and will also coach a new junior high wrestling program there.
Thomas J. Murray '95 is employed by Edu- cators Mutual Life in Lancaster, Pa.
Troy A. Neidermyer '95, owner of The Game Players II, is also enrolled at Widener University School of Law.
Ann O'Shea '95 is office administrator for the ATEC Association, Inc. in York, Pa. She is enrolled in LVC's M.B.A. program.
Douglas Pike '95 is a cashier at Giant Foods in Landover, Md.
Kevin J. Poole '95 is a patient transporter/ operating room orderly at the Montgomery Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, Va.
Kristie M. Radetsky '95 is an admissions counselor at Neumann College in Aston, Pa.
Richard D. Ragno '95 recently completed Navy basic training at Recruit Training Com- mand in Great Lakes, III.
Kimerly Ann Rankin '95 is a corporate sec- retary for Educators Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Lancaster, Pa.
Michael D. Rhoades '95 is a substitute teacher and assistant basketball coach in the Mahanoy Area School District in Mahanoy City, Pa.
Meredith Shaffer Rinehart '95 is a cus- tomer service representative for Energy Source Distributing Co. in Allentown, Pa.
Robert C. Rush '95 is a manager trainee at Armstrong in Lancaster, Pa.
Andrew Sensenig '95 is a graduate student in athletic administration at West Chester Uni- versity.
Robert "Bubba" Shaffer '95 is a sales man- ager at Plastech in Somerdale, N.J.
Lori Weise Shepler '95 is a case manager for the Lebanon County Housing and Redevelop- ment Authority.
Barrie L. Stoudt '95 is a graduate assistant at Temple University, where she is studying educational administration in higher education.
Deborah Ann Tindall '95 is director of patient services for Dr. Philip Schwartz in Lancaster, Pa.
Robert Trombetta '95 is a financial analyst for PP&L Electric in Holtwood, Pa. He is also enrolled in LVC's M.B.A. program.
John M. Troxcl '95 is manager of regional training for Amp Inc. in Harrisburg. He is pursu- ing his M.B.A. at LVC.
Jennifer D. Walls '95 is a kindergarten teacher/management trainee for Kindercare Learn- ing Center in Harrisburg.
Linda Wink '95 is a medical office specialist for Good Hope Family Physicians in Enola, Pa.
Craig Wolfe '95 is production planner for Hauck Manufacturing Co. in Cleona, Pa.
Kathryn Yost '95 is on the therapeutic sup- port staff for United Health and Human Services in Schuylkill Haven, Pa.
Deaths
James D. Baker '91, July 5, 1995. He died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident at Yosemite National Park. He was a quality assurance auditor for Hershey Chocolate USA in Oakdale, Calif
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