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Guarding  Lycoming's  Nest  Egg 


How  Much  Does 
Excellence  Cost? 


Paying  The  Bill 

Sports  Review 

The  Golders  And 
Charitable  Gift  Annuity 

In  Brief 

Faculty  Notes 

Class  Notes 


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FROM    THE    PRESIDENT 


Dear  Alumni  and  Friends 
of  the  College, 

Those  of  us  who  pore 
over  college  financial 
aid  budgets  this  time 
of  year  are  encouraged  by 
the  recent  passage  of  the 
Snowe  Amendment  by  the 
Senate  which 
restored  $9.4 
billion  in  funds  for 
student  loans  that 
had  been  cut  by  the 
Senate  Budget 
Committee. 

However,  the 
fight  to  save 
federal  student  aid 
is  not  over.  The 
Senate  budget  resolution 
would  now  require  $4,395 
billion  to  be  cut  from  the 
loan  programs  over  the  next 
seven  years.  While  even  this 
amount  would  be  difficult  to 
achieve,  it  is  far  better  than 
the  House  version  which 
would  cut  over  $18  billion  in 
that  same  time  period. 

Our  students  benefit  from 
federal  financial  aid.  The 
three  programs  which  had 
been  targeted  for  elimination: 
the  Supplemental  Educa- 
tional Opportunity  Grants, 
Perkins  Loans,  and  Work- 
Study  would  have  cost 
Lycoming  students  $624,074 
(or  $1,093  per  student)  if 
they  had  been  eliminated. 

In  the  last  20  years, 
students  have  taken  on  a 
greater  financial  burden  to 
attend  all  colleges — 
Lycoming  included.  And  as 
an  institution,  we  have 


increased  our  own  financial 
aid  more  than  150%  since 
1990.  The  truth  is  that  the 
cost  of  higher  education  at  all 
colleges  has  risen  dramati- 
cally— propelled  by  the  rising 
costs  of  white  collar  labor  and 
modem  technology.  While 

Lycoming  has  done 
an  excellent  job  of 
managing  its 
financial  resources, 
we  face  the  fact  that 
we  are  no  longer 
affordable  for  80% 
of  our  student 
population. 

The  burden  of 
educating  the  next 
generation  belongs  to  all  of 
us.  Our  goal  as  a  nation 
should  be  to  give  the  next 
generation  of  Americans  the 
best  education  we  can 
provide — not  the  cheapest. 
We  should  increase  the 
resources  of  our  educational 
system — not  cut  them.  We 
should  make  a  college 
education  possible  for  more 
students — not  fewer. 

But  while  we  continue  to 
lobby  Congress  to  make 
education  a  priority,  Lycoming 
College  must  also  take  charge 
of  its  own  destiny  through 
increased  annual  support  by 
its  alumni  and  friends.  That 
is  where  you  can  make  all  the 
difference  in  the  world.  Your 
generous  support  helps  us  to 
give  another  generation  of 
students  our  very  best. 

James  E.  Douthat 
President 


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Guarding 
Lycomings 

NEST 


The  nether  of  Lycoming's  current  endowment  is  Miss  Miriam  Wendle  who  gave 
the  Cbtlege  stock  in  the  LubriKup  factory-a  gift  that  eventually  became 
$6,000,000. 


past 
winter,  the 
National 
Association  of 
College  and  University 
Business  Officers  (NACUBO) 
ranked  446  college  and 
university  endowments  by 
rate  of  return  on  invested 
endowment.  The  schools, 
although  they  were  listed  by 
code,  included  such  well 
known  enclaves  of  ivy  as 
Harvard  and  Yale  along  with 
peers  like  Susquehanna  and 
Elizabethtown.  Among  the 
446  portfolios,  Lycoming's 
$24  million  endowment 
ranked  9th  with  a  return  of 
8.1%  on  investment — in  a 
year  in  which  the  average 
return  was  2.9%. 

Ranked  4th  in 

Endowment 

Management 

For  a  three-year  average, 
Lycoming  did  even  better, 
ranking  4th  among  all 
schools  reporting  with  an 
annual  average  rate  of  return 
of  14.5%.    It  was  high  praise 
and  demonstrated  that  the 
College  has  become  consid- 
erably sophisticated  about  its 
endowment  over  the  last  25 
years. 

There's  a  prevailing 
wisdom  among  private 
colleges  that  success  in 
the  next  century  will  belong 
to  those  that  have  growing, 
well  managed  endowments. 
Increasingly,  higher  educa- 
tion is  a  money  game.  But 
until  only  recently  has 
Lycoming  College  even  been 
in  the  game  at  all. 

The  LubriKup 
Company 

It  took  the  institution  159 
years  to  gather  its  first 
$3,000,000  in  endowment— 
until  Miss  Miriam  Wendle 


FEATURE 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


In 


came  along.  Her  picture,  in 
fact,  graces  the  office  wall  of 
Daniel  G.  Fultz  '57.  Trea- 
surer of  Lycoming  College. 
Fultz  confesses  to  a  special 
fondness  for  the  high  school 
English  teacher  who,  in 
1 97 1 ,  bequeathed  to  the 
College  her  60%  interest  in 
her  father's  LubriKup 
factory.  The  stock  at  the 
time  was  valued  at  $575,000. 
The  company  manufactured 
rubber  valves,  seals,  and 
casings  for  oil  wells,  an 
enterprise  then  on  a  decline 
in  the  United  States. 

For  nearly  twelve  years, 
Lycoming's  Board  of 
Trustees  ran  the  company 
fact,  it  fell  to  Kenneth 
Himes,  the  College's 
treasurer  at  the  time,  and 
Gibbs  McKenney  '37,  then 
chairman  of  the  Trustee 
Finance  Committee,  to  make 
the  major  decisions  for 
LubriKup  based  on  the 
majority  stock  interest  that 
the  College  held. 

The  Board  built  up  a  cash 
reserve  and  put  money  back 
into  the  company  to  purchase 
new  equipment  by  cutting 
out  the  dividends.  "We 
doubled  the  size  of  the 
plant,"  Himes  recalls. 
Lycoming  soon  became 
the  sole  stockholder. 

Then  luck  struck  in 
the  form  of  an  OPEC 
price  squeeze  on  oil — 
driving  up  the  whole- 
sale price  until  the 
U.S.  oil  industry  found 
it  more  cost  effective  to 
reactivate  old 
wells.  The  old  we 
needed  new 
rubber 
valves, 
seals, 
and 


Kennelh 
Himes 


casings,  and 
LubriKup  sales 
soared.  "We 
made  more 
then 

$3,000,000  in 
dividends 
during  that 
time,"  Himes 
said,  money 
that  went  to 
the  institution. 

But  the 
College  was 
mindful  that  its 
mission  was 
education,  not 
manufacturing. 
When  the 
College  found 
a  buyer  for  LubriKup  in 
1982,  the  Board  of  Trustees 
heaved  a  collective  sigh  of 
relief.  But  they  found 
themselves  with  $6,000,000 
in  cash  to  invest,  more  than 
twice  the  total  $3,000,000 
endowment. 

Enter  the 
Professionals 

Gibbs  McKenney  knew 
something  about  managing 
an  endowment  from  sitting 
on  the  Board  of  Trustees  of 
both  Lycoming  College  and 
Dickinson 
College.  "Up 
to  that  time, 
Lycoming 
kept  its 
money  in 
local  banks, 
but  when  we 
had 


Left  to  right:  Fred  Pennington  '32,  Gibbs  MeKenney  '37.  President  Blwner  and 
President  Wertz.  Pennington  and  McKenney  were  involved  in  tlie  College 's 
endowment  strategy  during  the  early  years. 


almost  $10,000,000  in  assets, 
we  knew  we  had  to  hire  a 
professional  management 
service  for  our  portfolio, "he 
recalled. 

Sanford  Bernstein  & 
Company  began  managing 
the  endow- 
ment portfolio 
in  1983. 
"There  is  no 
doubt  that 
Bernstein  is 
the  premier  in 
technical 
research," 
says  Trustee 
Alvin  M. 
Younger, 

Jr., '71,  

Treasurer  of 

T.  Rowe  Price,  a  company 
which  itself  manages  $53 
billion.  Younger  points  out 
that  90  of  the  145  employees 
at  Bernstein  are  analysts  and 
a  number  of  other  invest- 
ment companies  buy 
Bernstein  research. 
In  1990,  in  an  effort 
to  diversify  the 
portfolio,  the  College 
engaged  as  a  second 
manager,  the 
Common  Fund,  a 
consortium  which 


"Our  long- 
range  objective 
is  to  preserve 
the  purchasing 
power  of 
our  assets." 


manages  700  educational 
institutions.  Initially  founded 
through  a  grant  from  the  Ford 
Foundation,  the  Common 
Fund  is  the  largest  endow- 
ment invest-  ment  pool  in  the 
United  States,  serving 

educational 
institutions 
that  range 
from  Harvard 
Medical 
School  to 
Phillips 
Academy. 
Today, 
Lycoming 
College  has 
$19  million 
managed  by 
Sanford 
Bernstein  &  Company  and 
$5  million  managed  by  the 
Common  Fund. 

The  secret  to  Lycoming's 
stewardship  is  a  studied  con- 
servatism. "We  have  always 
guarded  our  endowment  with 
zeal,"  says  McKenney.  And 
guarding  is  a  key  word. 
McKenney  as  well  as 
current  Board  members  need 
only  recall  Odessa  College  in 
Odessa.  Texas,  which  made 
national  news  a  year  ago 
when  it  lost  one-half  of  its 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


FI-. 


endowment  in  a  speculative 
venture. 

Not  only  is  it  important  to 
get  the  best  financial 
managers,  but  it  is  equally 
important  to  monitor  their 
performance. 

The  Finance 
Committee 

The  performance  of 
Bemstein  and  the  Common 
Fund,  as  well  as  investment 
policy  and  decisions  for  the 
remainder  of  the  endowment, 
are  monitored  by  a  commit- 
tee of  Trustees,  all  of  whom 
have  considerable  financial 
experience.  David  B.  Lee 
'6 1  is  Chairman  of  Omega 
Financial  Corporation  and  D. 
Stephen  Martz  '64  is 
President  and  CEO  of 
Hollidaysburg  Trust  Com- 
pany. Henry  Sahakian  is 
Chairman  of  the  Board  and 
CEO  of  Unimarts,  Inc. 
Richard  W.DeWald  "61  is 
CEO  of  Montour  Auto 
Service,  and  Michael  A. 
Warehime  '64  is  CEO  of 
Snyder's  of  Hanover.  Robert 
L.  Shangraw  '58  is  First  Vice 
President  for  Investments  at 
Merrill  Lynch;  Alvin  M. 
Younger,  Jr.  '71  is  Managing 
Director  and  Trea- 
surer of  T.  Rowe 
Price  Associates, 
while  Harold  H. 
Shreckengast.  Jr.  '50 
is  a  retired  partner  of 
Price  Waterhouse. 

Objectives 
and  Returns 

Last  August,  the 
Finance  Committee 
heard  detailed 
reports  from  both 
portfolio  managers — 
news  that  was  good. 

The  total  portfolio 
managed  by 
Bernstein  grew  by 
21%  during  1993. 
The  portfolio 


managed  by 

the  Common 

Fund  grew  by 

13%.  The 

investments  in 

the  two  funds 

are  different 

by  intent, 

Fultz  points 

out,  so  the 

two  funds 

shouldn't  be 

compared.  A 

single  year  view  is  also 

deceptive  because  long-term 

growth  is  the  objective.  A 

ten-year  view  (1983-1993) 

shows 

that  Lycoming's  endowment 

has  grown  at  an  annualized 

average  of  14.3% — a  strong 

rate  of  growth  given 

Lycoming's  investment 

objectives  and  asset 

allocation. 

"Our  long-range  objec- 
tive," says  Dan  Fultz,  "is  to 
preserve  the  purchasing 
power  of  our  assets,  which 
means  we  need  to  earn  more 
than  the  inflation  rate." 

The  College  maintains  a 
balanced  portfolio  (which 
reduces  risk)  but  one  that  has 
a  high  proportion  of  its  assets 
in  equities  (stocks)  which 


Please  be 

assured  that 

Lycoming 

College  has 

not  invested  in 

"derivatives." 


produce  high 
rates  of 
growth  over 
the  long  run. 

The 
institution's 
investment 
guidelines 
allocate  a 
minimum  of 
20%  of  the 
endowment 
in  fixed 
income  securities  (U.S. 
Treasury  Bonds  for  ex- 
ample), a  minimum  of  50% 
in  equities  (stocks)  and  the 
remaining  30%  at  the 
discretion  of  the  investment 
managers. 

Responsibility 

Even  with  top  portfolio 
managers,  watching  the 
College's  nest  egg  is  not  for 
the  weak  of  will. 

Dan  Fultz  has  ridden  out  a 
number  of  cycles.  In  1990, 
Bemstein  invested  a  portion 
of  the  College's  money  in 
bank  stock.  "That  year,  we 
lost  quite  a  bit  on  paper,  but 
we  stuck  with  the  bank 
stocks  and  the  next  year  we 
more  than  recouped  our 
losses." 


"I  can  remember  us 
buying  Chrysler  in  1990  at 
$1 1  per  share,  and  I  can  tell 
you  that  no  one  was  buying 
Chrysler,  then.  But  we  had 
faith  in  our  management 
company  and  we  sold  it  for 
$46  dollars  per  share,"  Fultz 
added. 

Al  Younger  mentions  the 
derivative  debacle  of  a  state 
university  less  than  an  hour 
away  from  Lycoming.  "It 
was  horrible.  They  were 
buying  very  speculative 
investments.  Either  they  or 
their  managers  didn't  know  a 
lot  about  derivatives." 
Steve  Martz  has  a 
different  view.  "We  are 
always  concerned  about 
the  market.  But  you  have  to 
be  comfortable  with  the  style 
of  your  portfolio  manage- 
ment and  with  Bemstein, 
obviously,  we  are."  What 
Martz  points  out  is  that  the 
Finance  Committee  cannot 
be  involved  in  the  day-to-day 
management  of  the  College 
assets,  and  Al  Younger 
agrees. 

"As  fiduciaries,  we  don't 
get  up  every  morning  and 
start  our  day  by  thinking 
about  the  endowment,"  says 
Al  Younger.  "So,  it 
is  incumbent  upon 
us  to  get  the  best 
advice." 

It  was  this  sense 
of  responsibility  that 
led  the  Finance 
Committee,  which 
was  quite  satisfied 
with  the  perfor- 
mance of  both 
Bernstein  and  the 
Common  Fund,  to 
get  yet  another 
opinion  from  an 
independent 
consultant. 


Dan  Fill!"  '^z.  hcasuici,  uiui  I ni.su  cs  George  Nichols  '59.  Sieve  Mart:  M 
and  Bob  Shangraw  '58  are  a  few  of  the  people  guiding  Lycoming 's  future. 


FEATURE 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


Heniy  Siiluikinn.  a  member  of  the  Finance  Committee,  makes  a  point. 


Lycoming's 
Endowment  Gets 
High  Marks 

In  October,  the  Finance 
Committee  hired  Yanni- 
Bilkey  &  Associates  of 
Pittsburgh  to  review  the 
performance  of  the  portfoUo 
managers. 

While  NACUBO  ranked 
colleges  and  universities 
purely  on  return  on  invest- 
ment. Yanni-Bilkey  scruti- 
nized the  professional  money 
managers  and  evaluated  how 
well  they  had  performed 
given  the  specific  portfolio 
objectives.  After  considerable 
study  and  analyses.  Yanni- 
Bilkey  ranked  Lycoming's 
$24  million  endowment  in 


the  top  10%  of  similar 
portfolios — those  that  fall 
into  the  category  of  "high 
equity  balanced  funds." 

"Here  is  the 
bottom  line." 
says  Robert  L. 
Shangraw,  who 
is  also  Chairman 
of  the  Board  of 
Directors  of 
Lycoming 
College. 
"Anyone 
who  invests  his 
money  in 
Lycoming —  either  as  a 
direct  gift  to  the  endowment 
or  indirectly  as  an  annuity — 
can  have  every  confidence  in 
the  world  that  this  is  a  very 
well  managed  portfolio  as 
well  as  a 


"The 

endowment 

is  the  life 

blood  of  a 

college." 


very  well 

& 

All  colleges 
univ.  average 

Lycoming 

managed 
institution." 

EQUITIES 

The  key 

S  &  P  500 

49% 

54% 

to  riding  out 

Venture  capital 

1% 

the  storms 

International 

2% 

9% 

of  the 

Real  Estate 

2% 

investment 
market  is 

FIXED  INCOMES 

diversity. 

U.S.  Treasury 

46% 

29% 

Even  then. 

International  bonds 

7% 

the  rules 

Total 

100% 

100% 

keep  chang- 
ing. "We're 

Portfolio  Return 

10.13% 

14.3% 

learning 
something 

new  all  the  time,"  says 
Henry  Sahakian,  a 
recent  appointee  to  the 
Committee. 

Younger  and  Martz. 
in  particular,  want  to 
see  the  College's 
portfolio  more  diver- 
sified with  a  larger  pro- 
portion of  its  funds  in 
international  stocks — 
an  area  that  is  projected 
to  experience  strong 
growth. 

In  addition,  at  Yanni- 
Bilkey' s  recommenda- 
tion the  Finance 
committee  will  redefine 
some  of  its  goals  and 
objectives.  For  example,  the 
College  had  long  subscribed 
to  the  Sullivan  Principles  in 
which  it  promised  not  to 

invest  any  of  its 

assets  in 
companies  that 
practiced 
apartheid  in 
South  Africa. 
With  the  new 
integration  of 
South  Africa, 
the  Principles 
have  no 
function. 
While  Lycoming  College 
has  done  the  remarkable  in 
raising  its  endowment  8-fold 
since  1971.  the  College  has  a 
considerable  way  to  go  in 
matching  the  endowment  per 
student  figure  of  its  competi- 
tors. 

Under  the  College's 
"spending  formula,"  4%  to 
6%  of  the  market  value  of 
Lycoming's  endowment  is 
added  to  the  current  year's 
operating  budget — most  of  it 
used  for  financial  aid.  This 
represents  just  3.8%  of  its 
total  operating  budget  or  $500 
per  student  per  year.  On  the 
other  hand,  Lycoming's  old 
football  rival,  Susquehanna, 
is  winning  the  endowment 
game  with  over  $38  million 
in  endowment  for  nearly  the 


same  number  of  students. 
Bucknell  University  has  an 
endowment  of  $136,000,000. 
Harvard,  at  the  top  of  the  list, 
has  more  than  $5  billion  in 
resources. 

Endowment 
is  Forever 

But  why  does  a  college 
need  to  have  a  $24,000,000 
nest  egg?  Certainly,  the 
College  needs  annual  gifts 
for  scholarships,  financial 
aid.  and  programs.  An 
endowment,  however, 
ensures  that  the  College  can 
withstand  modest  fluctua- 
tions in  enrollment  and 
economic  downturns.  In 
fact,  quality,  private  educa- 
tion is  a  product  that  is  no 
longer  affordable  for  80%  of 
the  population.  It  must  be 
supported  by  the  society  that 
will  ultimately  benefit  from 
it.  For  public  institutions, 
such  subsidies  come  through 
taxation. 

For  private  institutions, 
the  support  must  come  from 
volunteer  contributions. 

"The  endowment  is  the 
life  blood  of  a  college,"  says 
David  Lee.  "We  have  a  fair 
endowment,  but  if  we  are  to 
continue  to  be  a  pacesetter 
and  attract  the  best  and 
brightest  students,  we  must 
have  an  endowment  that  can 
provide  the  necessary 
income.  I  cannot  emphasize 
how  important  it  is." 

"I  was  once  told  that  there 
is  no  good  small  liberal  arts 
college  that  doesn't  have  a 
good  endowment,"  Kenneth 
Himes  remarks. 

"Lycoming  is  doing  an 
exceptional  job  with  the 
endowment  it  has.  The  task  is 
now  to  continue  to  strengthen 
the  College's  financial 
foundation,"  says  Chairman 
Shangraw.  ▲ 


■■IE 


Close  interaction 
between  students  and 
professors  is  one  of 
Lycoming  College's 
hallmarks.  It's  something  that 
sets  Lycoming  apart  from 
many  others.  That  interaction 
is  made  easier  because  there  is 
one  faculty  member  for  every 
13  students. 

In  addition  to  personal 
attention,  a  Lycoming  student 
can  take  advantage  of  sup- 
erior facilities:  the  $10,000,000 
Heim  Biology  &  Chemistry 
Building,  the  finest  art 
studios,  updated  language 
labs,  a  library  of  over  100,000 
volumes  and  300  databases, 
and  a  computer  network 
linked  to  the  world. 

f 

It  has  been  said 
that  if  you  want 
to  know  what  is 
truly  important 

to  a  person, 
read  his  or  her 

checkbook. 

While  pursuing  a  course 
of  study,  a  Lycoming  student 
can  feel  comfortable  in  his  or 
her  surroundings,  knowing 
that  the  roof  won't  leak,  and 
that  the  campus  will  be  both 
a  secure  place  and  one  that 
he  or  she  will  be  proud  to 
call  home. 

This  kind  of  excellence — 
the  kind  that  puts  Lycoming 
consistently  among  the  top 
ten  regional  colleges  by  U.S. 
News  &  World  Report — 
comes  at  a  price. 

The  cost  to  educate  1525 
(1392  full-time  equivalent) 
students  and  feed  and  house 
1,000  of  them  is  nearly 
$30,000,000  a  year,  or  an 
average  of  $2 1 ,55 1  per  student. 
Students  are  charged  $13,900 
for  tuition;  $  1 8,200  with  room 


How  Much 

Does 
Excellence 


Cost2 


and 
board. 
The 

difference 
is  made  up 
from  endow- 
ment income 
alumni  gifts, 
and  federal  and 
state  grants. 

It  has  been  said 
that  if  you  want  to  know  what 
is  truly  important  to  a  person, 
read  his  or  her  checkbook, 
not  his  or  her  diary.  The  same 
could  be  said  about  colleges. 
Lycoming's  "checkbook" 


confirms 
the  College's 
philosophy  that  the 
academic  product  comes  first. 

If  the  costs  are  broken 
down  on  a  per  student  basis, 
the  academic  product — 
faculty,  academic  support, 
student  services  —  account 
for  47  cents  of  every  dollar 
spent  by  Lycoming. 


(Financial  aid,  which  could 
be  construed  as  part  of  that 
academic  product,  accounts 
for  another  31  cents.) 

In  fact,  while  Lycoming  is 
priced  in  the  middle  of  its 
peer  pack,  it  is  spending  pro- 
portionately more  on  its 
academic  product  and  less  on 
the  category  of  institutional 
support  (administration, 
support  staff,  fundraising, 
etc.)  than  its  peers, 
according  to  an 
independent  survey. 
"Our  business  is 
instruction,"  says 
Daniel  A.  Fultz  '57 
who,  after  a  career 
in  the  private 
sector,  is  now 
Treasurer  of  the 
College.  Each 
year,  Fultz  notes,  the 
academic  product  gets 
a  bigger  portion  of  the 
operating  budget. 
But  behind  the  numbers 
is  a  story  of  major  philo- 
sophical choices  that 
Lycoming  has  made,  choices 
that  we  believe  will  have  a 
greater  impact  on  what 
Lycoming  will  be  in  the 
years  to  come. 


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WHERE  THE  BUDGET  GOES  —  PER  STUDENT     1 

1994-95(Fiscal  Year  "95) 

Students  (full  time  equivalent)  =  1392 

Faculty 

Salaries  and  benefits 

$3,800 

Other  Instructional  Costs 

Other  costs  from  lab  supplies  to  photocopying 

$1,250 

Academic  support 

Library,  computing  support 

$  900 

Debt  service 

On  the  Academic  Center  and  Heim  Building  mortgages 

$  550 

Student  Services 

Admissions,  security,  student  affairs,  etc. 

$1,800 

Plant 

Maintenance 

$  1,600 

Institutional  Support 

Business  office,  fund-raising, 
public  relations,  etc. 

$  2,200 

Financial  Aid 

$  5,500 

Total  Cost 

$17,600 

Actual  tuition  1 994-95 

$13,900 

The  true  cost  of  a  Lycoming  education  does  not  take  into  account  the 
cost  of  the  plant  itself   The  buildings,  laboratories,  and  classrooms  that 
have  been  built  over  time  have  an  estimated  current  replacement  cost  of 
$75,000,000. 

Faculty  Salaries 
and  Benefits — 
$5,284,000 

Faculty  salaries  and 
benefits  together  is  the  biggest 
single  expense  (except  for 
financial  aid).  Lycoming's 
student/faculty  ratio  of  13:1 
is  one  of  the  lowest  among 
its  peer  colleges  and  one  of 
Lycoming  College's  major 
selling  points.  But  it  is  very 
expensive.  Close  to  90%  of 
all  full-time  Lycoming 
faculty  have  a  doctorate  or 
the  highest  degree  normally 
earned  in  their  fields  and  their 
salaries  have  to  be  competi- 
tive in  order  to  attract  these 
people.  When  measured 
against  peer  private  colleges, 
faculty  salaries  are  at  the  80 
percentile.  But  even  then,  a 
full  professor  at  Lycoming 
makes  $52,581  on  average. 

Not  only  does  Lycoming 
have  a  low  student  to  faculty 


ratio,  faculty  course  load  at 
Lycoming  is  normally  three 
courses  a  semester  rather  than 
four,  giving  faculty  members 
the  time  for  office  hours  and 
individual  student  interaction. 

Physical  Plant  and 
Maintenance — 
$2,228,100 

Despite  a  lean  budget  in 
many  areas,  Lycoming  has 
not  skimped  on  the  mainte- 
nance of  its  facilities.  The 
easy,  short-term  solution  to  a 
tight  budget  is  to  defer  main- 
tenance projects,  and  inany 
colleges  have  done  so. 
Lycoming  has  taken  the  long- 
er view — choosing  to  adhere 
to  its  current  preventative 
maintenance  schedule  intend- 
ed to  minimize  the  necessity 
of  major  expenditures  in  the 
future.  This  year,  for  ex- 
ample, the  College  replaced  a 
portion  of  the  roof  on  the 


Academic  Center, 
the  roof  over  the 
swimming  pool, 
the  boiler  in 
Wesley,  and  win- 
dows in  various 
residence  halls. 

Lycoming's 
upkeep  is  a  feature 
that  has  proven  to 
be  a  very  strong 
selling  point  for 
prospective 
students. 

"i  think  we 
manage  our  plant 
very  well,"  says 
Dan  Fultz.  "We 
have  actually 
managed  to  reduce 
the  percentage  of  our  budget 
that  we  spend  on  our  plant  in 
the  last  five  years." 

Academic  Support 
and  other  Instruc- 
tional Costs — 
$3,764,900 

Academic  support — 
which  includes  everything 
from  the  library,  the  mort- 
gage on  the  Heim  Building 
and  the  computer  network  to 
guest  speakers — accounts  for 
1 3%  of  the  budget.  Com- 
puter technology  will 
increase  pressure  on  this 
budget  item  as  Lycoming 
prepares  to  network  its  entire 
campus. 


TOTAL  BUDGET                1 

1994-95  (Fiscal  Year  '95) 

Faculty  salaries/benefits 

5.284,000 

Other  instructional  support   1 ,736,500 

Debt  service  (mortgages) 

799,500 

Academic  support 

1,228,900 

Student  services 

2,484,600 

Institutional  support 

3,026,300 

Physical  plant 

2.228,100 

Student  aid 

7,660,000 

Academic  total 

24,447,900 

Auxiliary  operations 

5,028,600 

(residence  halls. 

food  service) 

Total  Budget 

29.476,500 

f 

Lycoming  is 

committed  to 

need-blind 

admission — 

accepting  students 

solely  on  merit 

and  not  on 
ability  to  pay. 

Financial  Aid — 
$7,660,000 

Financial  aid  continues  to 
be  the  largest  single  budget 
item  and  is  continuing  to 
grow.  Five  years  ago,  in 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


FEAT 


Wayne  KinU'v  '69,  CoiitrolU'r.  and  Don  Full:  '57.  Treasurer 
review  the  annual  hiuli^et. 


1 990,  financial  aid  represented 
14%  of  the  budget.  This  year 
it  represents  26'7f  of  the  total 
budget.  Lycoming's  commit- 
ment to  need-blind  admission 
—  accepting  students  solely 
on  merit  and  not  on  ability  to 
pay — is  a  promi.se  that  comes 
at  a  high  price,  but  one 
Lycoming  feels  compelled  to 
make  because  the  strength  of 
Lycoming's  future  reputation 
depends  on  the  quality  of  its 
student  population. 


Institutional 
Support — 
$3,026,300 

On  the  other  hand, 
administrative  costs  (the  cost 
of  fund-raising,  running  the 
President's  Office,  and  the 


No  student  pays 

the  entire  cost 

of  his  or  her 

education. 

Treasurer's  Office,  etc.) 
comprise  only  10%  of 
Lycoming's  budget.  This  is 
one  of  the  lowest  percentages 
among  our  peer  institutions. 

Auxiliary  Services 
(room,  board, 
bookstore) — 
$5,028,600 
(17%  of  budget) 

Auxiliary  Services 
(residence  halls,  cafeteria, 


bookstore)  while 
part  of  the 
budget,  actually 
pay  for  them- 
selves. While 
the  College 
makes  very  little 
surplus,  it 
doesn't  lose 
money  on  these 
enterprises 
either. 

Who  Pays 
the  Bill? 

No  student 
pays  the  entire 
cost  of  his  or  her 
education.  But 
Lycoming  is 
clearly  a  tuition-driven 
school. 

Some  68%  of  total 
revenue  comes  from  tuition 
and  2 1  %  of  the  budget  comes 
from  auxiliary  enteiprises 
(room  and  board,  bookstore, 
conferences).  Government 
appropriations — mostly  in 
the  form  of  money  for 
students — accounts  for  4.5% 
of  revenue.  Gifts  from 
alumni  and  friends  through 
the  annual  fund  contribute 
2.4%  of  the  budget,  while 
endowment  and  investment 
income  contribute  3.5%. 

The  dependency  that 
Lycoming  has  on  tuition 
makes  its  programs 
particularly  sensitive  to 
enrollment  fluctuations. 

"Lycoming's  conservative 
approach  to  fiscal  manage- 
ment has  allowed  it  to  do 
much  with  modest  budgets. 
But  now  we  have  reached  a 
point  when  we  need  to 
increase  the  institution's 
I  evenue  from  sources  other 
than  tuition,  namely  alumni 
annual  gifts  and  endow- 
ment," says  Dan  Fultz.  ▲ 


/'/    A';,  iiciril  J.  Morris,  hisloiy 
professor,  offers  19  years  of  teaching 
experience. 


REVENUE  1994-95 


Dean  Btilliirf.  electrician,  keeps  the  campus  liifhls  hiu-nini;.    iMinnin::  \ 
atleutiim  to  details  and  commitment  to  a  maintenance  sclwdule  mal<e  it  one  of 
the  hest-maintained  campuses. 


■  Endowment  &  Investment  (3..^%)! 
In  Private  Gifts  &  Grant7(14%)J 


Other  (0.4%) 


Two  years  ago. 
William  Kieser  '65 
began  his  remarks 
at  a  scholarship 
luncheon  by 
holding  up  the 
letter  he  had 
received  from  the  College  in 
1964  awarding  him  a  $175 
scholarship. 

"That  $175  scholarship 
made  a  big  difference," 
Kieser  told  the  audience.  If 
he  had  not  received  the  aid, 
he  would  have  borrowed 
the  money  and  with  that  debt, 
Kieser  explains,  he  would 
probably  not  have  gone  on  to 
law  school. 

But  he  did  go  on  to  law 
school,  and  in  1991  he  was 
elected  as  a  judge  of 
Lycoming  County. 

With  his  son  William  H. 
Kieser  '98  at  Lycoming,  Bill 
is  in  a  good  position  to 
compare  the  costs  of  college 
then  and  now.  And  if  it 
seems  as  though  the  real  cost 
of  college  has  gone  up,  he's 
right. 


Higher  Cost  for 
Higher  Education 

In  1970,  the  Lycoming 
tuition  bill  of  $1,950  repre- 
sented 22%  of  the  national 
median  income  of  $8,734. 

In  1994, 
Lycoming's 
tuition  of 
$13,900 
represented 
36%  of  the 
national 
median 
income  of 
$38,610. 

Tuition  ai 
Lycoming 
and  other 
colleges  has 
been  risins: 
at  twice  the 
rate  of 
inflation  foi 
nearly  a 
decade. 
One  reason 
is  that 

higher  education  is  a  labor- 
intensive  white  collar 
business,  and  labor  costs 


Ji(tii> 


include  bigger  costs  for  health 
care  benefits  as  well  as 
increased  social  security  taxes. 
Technology  has  also  made 
enormous  financial  demands 
on  institutions  as  colleges  feel 
the  acute 
need  to 
purchase 
computers 
and  net- 
work them 
into  the 
information 
superhigh- 
way. 

Nor  is 
the  problem 
exclusively 
Lycoming's. 
In  terms 
of  cost, 
Lycoming 
is  in  the 
mid-point 
of  its  peer, 
private 
institutions. 
Faculty  salaries  are  at  the 
80  percentile  of  its  peer 
institutions — uood  enough  to 


"We  are  offering  a 

superb  education. 

Our  delivery  system- 

with  its  highly 

credentialed  faculty, 

small  classes  and 

individualized 

attention — is 

considered  the  best.'' 


attract  top  faculty,  but 
certainly  not  out  of  line, 
and  actually  below  those  of 
comparable  state  schools. 

Growing  Concern 

The  dilemma  of  higher 
education  is  one  that  troubles 
President  James  E.  Douthat. 
"We  are  offering  a  superb 
education.  Our  delivery 
system — with  its  highly 
credentialed  faculty,  small 
classes  and  individualized 
attention — is  considered  the 
best.  Yet,  the  reality  of  our 
situation  is  that  very  few  of 
our  parents  can  afford  to 


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write  a  check  for  $19. 100 
each  year."  Over  80%  of 
Lycoming  College  students 
need  some  kind  of  financial 
aid  to  attend. 

Financial  Aid 
Packages 

A  generation  ago,  a  $175 
scholarship  could  keep  a 
promising  lawyer  in  school. 
Today,  it  takes  much  more. 

Simple  scholarships  have 
turned  into  financial  aid 
"packages"  that  may  include 
straight  scholarships, 
institutional  grants,  state 
grants  from  PHEEA  based  on 
household  income, 
federal  Pell  grants 
based  on  family 
income,  federal 
Stafford  Loans  to 
students,  and 
federal  PLUS  loans 
to  parents  as  well  as 
campus  employ- 
ment. 


Mike  McCanx  V5 


Yet,  it's  still 
not  enough. 

Mike  McCarty  '95 
graduated  with  great  memo- 
ries of  Lycoming  as  co- 
captain  of  the  football  team, 
top  grades  in  a  biology  major 
that  earned  him  District 
Academic  Ail-American,  and 
$15,000  in  debt. 

He  applied  for  grants;  he 
received  scholarships  from 
Lycoming;  and  his  family 
helped  by  taking  cash  out  of 
their  business,  a  200-head 
dairy  farm. 

"We  tapped  every 
source."  says  Thomas 
McCarty.  Mike's  father. 
The  McCartys  are  not  poor; 
but  they  are  not  rich,  either. 
They  are  among  the  many 
middle  class  parents  stretch- 
ed to  the  limit  by  high 
educational  costs. 

"Believe  me,  we  did  the 
best  we  could  for  the 
McCartys,"  says  James 


S.  Lakis,  director  of  financial 
aid.  "But  we  have  to  spread 
our  money  among  1200 
students." 

In  fact,  Lycoming  contri- 
butes more  than  $7,500,000 
out  of  its  budget  annually 
toward  financial  aid. 

College  Debt 
Skyrocketing 

Yet  more  and  more 
Lycoming  students  are 
graduating  with  large 
personal  debt  as  well  as  debt 
for  their  families. 

It's  a  trend  echoed 
nationally.  According  to  a 
study  done  for  the 
Department  of 
Education,  the 
median  level  of 
educational  debt  in 
1990  was  $7,000. 
By  1993,  average 
debt  was  $11,639. 
an  increase  of 
66%  in  just  three 
years. 
A  genera- 
tion ago,  more  , 
generous         j 


baby-boomers.  Today,  many 
of  these  federal  grant 
programs  are  not  fully 
funded.  Jim  Lakis  explains. 
A  student  may  be  eligible  for 
a  Pell  Grant  up  to  the 
maximum  of  $3,700.  but 
because  the  program  is  not 
fully  funded,  the  student  will 
receive  only  $2,300. 

The  proportion  of  aid 
available  in  grants  and  loans 
has  also  .shifted.  In  1980, 
students  borrowed  approxi- 
mately $4.8  billion  under  the 
loan  program,  and  they 
received  $2.4  billion  in  Pell 
Grants,  a  2  to  1  ratio.    In 
1994.  their  younger  brothers 
and  sisters  borrowed  $23.9 
billion  for  college  and  were 
awarded  $6.4  billion  in  Pell 
Grants,  making  the  loan  to 
grant  ratio  3.7 to  I. 

It's  no  wonder  that 
students  are  increasingly 
concerned  with  the  kind  of 
job  they  will  be  able  to  find 
after  graduation. 

With  increased 
financial 


FINANCIAL 
AID  FAST 
FACTS 

85%  of  Lycoming 
students  received 
some  icind  of 
financial  aid. 

Average  financial 
aid  award  from 
Lycoming:  $5,500 

Average  financial 
aid  award  from  all 
sources,  including 
loans,  grants  and 
jobs:  $10,050 

Lycoming  gives 
out  more  than 
$7,500,000  in 
institutional  funds. 


pressures,  students  like 
Charles  "Chip"  Edmonds  '98 
may  become  an  exception. 
Despite  the  fact  that  he  will 
graduate  with  more  than 
$17,000  in  debt.  Chip  wants 
to  pursue  a  career  as  a  United 
Methodist  minister,  a  career 
path  not  known  for  its 
financial  rewards. 

He  follows  the  career  path 
of  his  father  Walter 
Edmonds  '67. 
(His 
mother 
is  Peggy 


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Jen  West  '95  woikcil  in  llw  iiunlrdoiii  in  defray  some  of  her  edncalional  casts. 


another  6  hours  tutoring 
Lycoming  students.  She  has 
worked  every  summer  since 
she  was  a  freshman  In  high 
school:  as  telephone  market 
researcher,  waitress  at  Pasta 
King,  and  temporary  clerical 
office  help.  Last  summer, 
she  was  fortunate  enough  to 
find  a  paid  internship  through 
a  Lycoming  College  alumna. 

Lycoming  pays  out  more 
than  $400,000  annually  to 
students  who  work  at  campus 
jobs:  a  program  in  which  the 
federal  government  contrib- 
utes $100,000. 

But  even  for  the  most 
ambitious  student,  the  days 
of  working  one's  way 
through  a  private  college  are 
long  gone. 

Financial  Aid  as 
a  Recruitment 
Essential 

Financial  aid  isn't  just  a 
nice  touch  for  colleges,  it  is 
essential. 

James  D.  Spencer,  dean  of 
admissions  and  financial  aid. 
realizes  that  aid  has  become 
a  very  important  component 
in  admissions  and  con- 
versely, it  is  a  very  important 


Chip  Edmonils  '98  starred  in  two 
theatre  productions  this  year, 
started  on  the  soccer  team,  and 
toured  with  the  choir.  He  holds  the 
Earl  Nearhoof  Scholarship. 


The 


Giauque  Edmonds  '69 
Edmondses  took  out  a 
second  mortgage  on  their 
home  to  help  Chip  and  his 
older  sister  through  col- 
lege— something  their  own 
parents  did  not  have  to  do. 


Working  Students 

Students  themselves  still 
contribute  to  the  cost  of  their 
education.  Jennifer  West 
'95,  for  example,  spends  nine 
hours  a  week  working  in  the 
Lycoming  mail  room  and 


recruitment 
tool. 

"Certainly 
for  the  finan- 
cial health  of 
the  school,  we 
want  to  be  at 
full  enrollment. 
But  we  also 
want  to 
maintain  our 
standards,  even 
improve  them. 
It  is  probably 
no  coincidence 
that  the 
average  SAT 
scores  of 
entering  fresh- 
men rose  46 

points  in  the  last  3  years 

while  the  fin-ancial  aid 

budget  increased  100%." 

Spencer  says. 

Liz  Borst  '95  fell  in  love 

with  Lycoming  College  the 

moment  she  set  foot  on 

campus.  So  she  was  happy 

when  she  discovered  that  a 

Lycoming 

College 

scholarship 

would  make 

Lycoming 

more  afford- 
able. Borst,  a 

biology 

major,  is  a 

Dean's  List 

student  and  a 

member  of 

the  Phi  Kappa 

Phi  national 

honor  society, 

headed  to  a 

Ph.D. 

program  in 

wildlife 

behavior. 
When  her 

mother  died 

of  cancer  two 

years  ago, 

Lycoming 

was  able  to 

increase  her 

scholarship  award.  "Mr 

Lakis  has  been  very 


"The  nation  has  to 

recognize  the 

importance  of 

education  to  its  own 

future  and  make 

higher  education  more 

affordable  to  more 

people." 


helpful."  she  says  of  the 
financial  aid  director, 
recalling  a  number  of  trips 
she  and  her  father,  a  middle 
school  teacher,  have  made  to 
the  office. 

Will  Congress 
Raise  the  Cost  of 
College? 

Yet  at  a  time  when 
parents,  students,  and 
financial  aid  offices  are 
stretched  to  the  maximum. 
Congress  could  approve 
changes  in  federal  student- 


Liz  Borst  '95  worked  in  the  worm 
lab.   The  biology  major  holds  the 
Saimdel  Williard  Memorial 
Scholarship. 


FE,- 


Jifii  Spencer,  clean  ofailniissiims  and  financictl  aid.  and  Jim  Lakis,  director  of 
financial  aid.  have  llie  ro»i;/i  ta.'^li  of  putting  together  "financial  aid  packages.  " 


aid  programs  that  would 
significantly  increase  the 
cost  of  college — a  blow  for 
all  colleges  that  would  hit 
hardest  the  small  private 
colleges  like  Lycoming 
which  have  a  majority  of 
students  on  aid. 

A  seemingly  small 
proposal — removing  the  in- 
school  forgiveness  compo- 
nent of  federally-backed 
student  loans  so  that  students 
would  pay  interest  while  still 
in  school — would  increase  a 
student's  debt  by  20%. 

Financial  aid  is  no  longer 
a  nice  thing  colleges  do  to 
help  poor  students,  it  is 
essential  to  the  survival  of  a 
private  institution. 

"There  are  several  things 
that  have  to  happen  on  a 
national  level,"  says  Jim 
Spencer.  "The  nation  has  to 
recognize  the  importance  of 
education  to  its  own  future 


and  make  higher  education 
more  affordable  to  more 
people." 

Lycoming  Needs 
to  Secure  its 
Own  Future 

With  government  support 
likely  to  decrease,  those 
private  colleges  that  will 
prevail  in  the  next  century 
will  be  those  that  have  the 
financial  resources. 

Lycoming  College  needs 
to  secure  its  own  future.  It 
can  only  solve  the  financial 
aid  problem  once  and  for  all 
through  a  substantial  increase 
in  endowed  scholarships. 

Clearly,  the  College's 
next  step  must  be  to  secure 
more  financial  assistance 
through  scholarships 
endowed  by  its  alumni  and 
friends.  ▲ 


You  Can  Leave 
A  Legacy. 


An  endowed  scholarship  is  a  gift  that 
truly  lasts  forever.  And  a  named 
endowed  scholarship  is  a  wonderful  way  to 
remember  someone  you  love,  or  to  honor  a 
family  name. 

You  can  create  your  own  family 
memorial  with  a  gift.  When  the  scholarship 
reaches  the  critical  amount  of  $10,000,  a 
percentage  of  the  interest  earned  each  year 
will  be  awarded  to  a  needy  student.  Some  of 
the  interest  will  be  allowed  to  accumulate  so 
that  the  scholarship  will  grow  even  larger 
over  a  period  of  time. 

Endowed  Amount       Typical  Annual  Award 


$10,000 

$100,000 

$1,000,000 


$400 
$  4,000 
$  40,000 


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A  Winter 
of  Success 

The  Lycoming  College 
winter  sports  teams  continue 
to  prosper  on  the  conference 
as  well  as  national  level. 

The  Warriors'  1994-95 
winter  teams  posted  a  6 1  -3 1 
record,  including  a  school 
record  for  wins  in  a  season 
by  the  Blue  and  Gold's 
wrestling  team. 

Several  individuals 
qualified  for  national 
competition,  while  every 
team  made  their  mark  in  the 
Middle  Atlantic  Conference. 

Wrestling 

Darin  Keim,  one  of  three 
national  qualifiers  for 
Lycoming,  earned  All- 
America  honors  at  the 
NCAA  Division  III  Champi- 
onships in  March  as  he 
finished  fourth  at  150 
pounds.  The  junior  reached 
the  national  semifinals  before 
losing  his  first  match  of  the 
tournament. 

Keim  qualified  for 
nationals  by  winning  the 
NCAA  Division  III  East 
Regional  title.  He  was  also 
one  of  two  Warriors  to  win  a 
Middle  Atlantic  Conference 
crown  this  season. 

He  posted  a  3 1-5  overall 
record  and  won  22  of  his 
final  24  matches. 

Sophomore  Aaron  Fitt 
and  junior  Lyle  Wesneski 
were  the  other  two  Warriors 
who  qualified  for  the  NCAA 
Championships,  although 
both  wrestlers  bowed  out  in 
the  early  rounds. 

Fitt,  27-3  on  the  season, 
was  an  automatic  qualifier 
for  the  national  meet  by 
winning  the  East  Regional 
title  at  142  pounds.  He  also 
won  championships  at  the 
Binghamton  Invitational  and 
York  Tournament,  and 
finished  second  at  the  MAC 
Championships. 


REVIEW 


BY      JEFF      MICHAELS 


Wesneski  received  a  wild 
card  berth  to  nationals  after 
finishing  second  at  heavy- 
weight at  the  East  Regional. 
He  posted  a  17-7  record  this 
season  and  also  finished 
second  at  MACs. 

Lycoming  sophomore 
Matt  Yonkin  won  the  MAC 
crown  at  190,  while  sopho- 
more 167-pounder  Mike 
Kinsey  and  freshman  126- 
pounder  J.T.  Hill  both 
finished  second  at  the  MACs. 
Kinsey  and  freshman  177- 
pounder  Jerry  Bastian  placed 
second  at  the  East  Resional. 


The  Warriors  finished  19- 
2  on  the  season  and  reached 
as  high  as  1 1th  in  the  NCAA 
Division  III  rankings.  The 
19  victories  were  the  most  in 
school  history. 

The  Blue  and  Gold  moved 
into  the  record  books  in 
another  fashion  during  the 
1994-95  season.  Lycoming's 
39-9  win  over  Western 
Maryland  in  early  January 
was  the  school's  400th 
wrestling  victory. 

Coach  Roger  Crebs  has 
compiled  a  36-4  record  in  his 
two  seasons  at  the  helm.  He 


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Darin  Keim  'V6  earnecl  All-America  honors  by  placing  fourth  at  150  pounds  at 
the  NCAA  Division  III  wrestling  championships. 


led  the  Warriors  to  a  second- 
place  finish  at  the  MAC 
Championships  this  season 
after  the  Blue  and  Gold  won 
the  team  title  in  1994. 

Women's 
Basketball 

The  Lycoming  College 
women's  basketball  team 
made  a  return  trip  to  the 
postseason  this  season.  The 
Warriors  posted  a  17-9 
overall  record  and  finished 
second  in  the  Middle  Atlantic 
Conference  Freedom  League 
with  an  11-3  mark. 

In  the  conference  play- 
offs, Lycoming  knocked  off 
Messiah,  70-56.  in  the  first 
round,  before  losing  to  event- 
ual MAC  champion  Eliza- 
bethtown  in  the  semifinals. 

Senior  forward  Annette 
Weller  was  a  big  reason 
behind  Lycoming's  success. 
She  led  the  team  in  scoring 
and  rebounding,  averaging 
20.6  points  and  10.0  re- 
bounds per  game. 

Weller  was  selected  as  a 
first-team  Freedom  League 
all-star  and  was  named 
Freedom  League  "Player  of 
the  Week"  three  consecutive 
times  late  in  the  season  as  the 
team  moved  towards  the 
playoffs.  She  finished  her 
career  seventh  on  Lycoming's 
all-time  scoring  list  with  816 
points  and  ninth  on  the  Blue 
and  Gold's  all-time  rebound- 
ing list  with  385  boards. 

The  future  looks  bright 
for  Warriors  with  only  two 
seniors  and  one  junior  on  the 
1994-95  roster.  In  fact,  the 
next  two  leading  scorers  after 
Weller  were  freshmen. 
Guard  Erica  Weaver  was 
second  on  the  team  at  10.8 
points  per  game,  and  guard 
Pam  Featenby  was  third  at 
7.7  points  a  contest. 

Coach  Christen  Ditzler 
has  led  her  team  to  the 
postseason  in  both  her 


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seasons  as  the  Warriors" 
mentor.  She  is  3 1  - 1 7  in  her 
two-year  tenure  at  Lycoming. 

Men's  Basketball 

The  1994-95  men's 
bastcetbal!  team  gave  a 
glimpse  of  what  should  be  a 
bright  future. 

The  Warriors  went  11-13 
this  season  in  coach  Joe 
Bressi's  first  year.  The  1 1 
wins  were  the  most  for  a 
Lycoming  men's  basketball 
team  since  the  1988-89 
season  when  the  Blue  and 
Gold  posted  a  17-8  mark. 

Lycoming  just  missed 
qualifying  for  the  postseason. 
it  finished  tied  for  fifth  in  the 
MAC  Freedom  League  with 
a  6-8  mark,  a  game  out  of  the 
playoffs. 

The  Warriors  were  led  by 
freshman  guard  Geoff 
Boblick.  He  led  the  team  in 
scoring  at  16.3  points  per 
game  and  was  named 
Freedom  League  "Rookie  of 
the  Year." 

Freshman  forward  Kevin 
McFarland  was  second  on 
the  team  at  13.7  points  and 
averaged  a  team-high  7.3 
rebounds  per  game. 

Junior  forward  Nate 
Dewing  was  third  on  the 
team  in  both  scoring  and 
rebounding  at  1 1 .9  points 
and  5.3  rebounds,  but  he  also 
made  news  off  the  court  by 
being  named  to  the  1995 
GTE  Academic  All-America 
District  II  men's  basketball 
team.  Dewing,  who  has  a 
3.70  grade-point  average  as  a 
biology  major,  was  one  of 
five  individuals  selected 
from  the  District  II  region 
which  includes  Delaware,  the 
District  of  Columbia. 
Maryland.  New  Jersey, 
Pennsylvania,  and  West 
Virginia. 

Despite  featuring  a  young 
team  with  eight  freshmen  and 
only  three  seniors  on  the 
roster,  Bressi's  11-13  first- 


Nate  Dewing  '96.  in  white,  was  named  to  the  1995  GTE  Academic  All-American 
District  II  basketball  team. 


year  record  is  the  best  initial 
season  for  a  Lycoming  men's 
basketball  coach  in  school 
history.  Lycoming  nearly 
eclipsed  the  .500  mark,  but 
the  Blue  and  Gold  lost  two 
games  by  one  point  and 
another  contest  by  two  points. 

Swimming 

The  women's  swimming 
team  posted  a  second  con- 
secutive winning  season  for 
the  first  time  in  school 
history.  Coach  Jay  Kramer 
led  the  Warriors  to  a  9-2 
record  this  season  and  a 
second-place  finish  at  the 
Middle  Atlantic 
Conference 
Championships. 
The  Lycoming 
women  picked 
up  five  indi- 
vidual and  four 
relay  medals  at 
the  MACs. 
Sophomore  Ruth 
Sykes  was  the 
only  athlete  from 
the  MAC  to 
record  either 
provisional  or 


automatic  qualifying  times 
for  the  NCAA  Division  III 
Championships.  She  won  the 
100and200breaststroke 
events  with  provisional 
qualifying  times  in  both 
events. 

Sophomore  Jennifer  Smith 
was  the  other  member  of  the 
Blue  and  Gold's  women's 
team  to  win  gold  as  she  fin- 
ished first  in  the  50  freestyle. 

The  Lycoming  women's 
200  freestyle  relay  team 
placed  first  and  the  200 
medley  and  400  freestyle 
relay  teams  each  took  second 
at  the  MACs. 


The  men's  swim  team 
finished  with  a  5-5  mark  and 
fourth  at  the  MAC  Champ- 
ionships. 

The  Lycoming  men  took 
home  seven  individual  medals 
and  three  in  the  relays.  Junior 
Matt  Houseknecht,  sopho- 
more Neil  Ryan,  and  fresh- 
man Joe  Cieri  each  took  home 
two  second-place  finishes 
from  the  conference  meet. 

Also,  the  200  and  400  free 
relays  took  gold,  while  the 
200  medley  relay  placed 
.second. 

The  two  teams  combined 
to  set  14  school  records  this 
season.  Houseknecht  set 
three  Lycoming  marks,  while 
Sykes  set  two. 

Eaton  Coaches 
National  Select 
Team 

Lycoming  College  soccer 
coach  Rob  Eaton  made  a 
homecoming  of  sorts  in 
April. 

The  Warriors'  mentor 
coached  the  United  States' 
under  18  men's  Lanzera 
soccer  team  in  the  Geusselt 
Cup. 

"I  don't  know  where  they 
got  my  name.  I  got  a  phone 
call  from  a  tournament 
director  and  was  asked  to 
coach  one  of  the  teams," 
Eaton  said.  "It  was  nice  to 
be  acknowledged,  plus  it's 


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SPORTS 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


Rob  Eaton 


good  profes- 
sionally and  for 
recruiting.  I 
imagine  I  was 
selected 
because  of  the 
success  of  the 
program  over 
the  past  few 
years." 

The  Geusselt 
Cup  featured 
teams  from  the 
U.S.,  Belgium, 
England,  France,  Holland, 
Italy,  and  Spain  and  was 
play-ed  in  Maastricht, 
Holland. 

It  was  Eaton's  second  trip 
to  the  international  tourna- 
ment. He  played  in  the  event 
when  he  was  15. 

In  addition  to  playing  in 
the  international  tournament. 
Eaton's  team  also  toured  parts 
of  Holland  and  France  and 
played  two  exhibition  games 
against  local  club  teams. 

Softball 

The  1995  Lycoming 
College  Softball  team  added 
to  the  school's  rich  athletic 
tradition  by  winning  the 
Middle  Atlantic  Conference 
Championship. 

The  conference  title  was 
the  College's  first  for  a 
women's  sport. 

Coach  Christen  Ditzler's 
squad  posted  a  22-8 
overall  mark  to  set  a 
school  record  for  wins  in  a 
season.    In  addition,  the 
team  repeated  as  MAC 
Freedom  League  champi- 
ons with  a  10-2  league 
record. 

The  War- 
riors, who 
lost  their 
opening 
game  of  the 
tournament, 

came  through  with  three 
victories  on  the  final  day  of 
the  MAC  championships, 

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including  a  9-3 
win  over 
Moravian  in  the 
title  game. 
Several 
individual 
performances 
highlighted  the 
Warriors'  trip  to 
the  postseason. 

Junior 
outfielder  Tressa 
Brown  batted 
.600  in  the 
tournament  with  two  triples, 
six  runs,  and  five  RBI.  She 
hit  safely  in  her  final  eight 
trips  to  the  plate. 

Freshman  pitcher  Sally 
Snyder  also  had  a  superb 
playoff  tournament,  picking 
up  two  of  the  Warriors'  three 
wins  on  the  final  day  of  the 
championships.  She  allowed 
only  two  earned  runs  in  12 
innings  in  those  contests, 
including  a  4-0,  eight-inning 
win  over  Messiah. 

On  the  season,  senior  first 
baseman  Annette  Weller  led 
the  team  in  several  offensive 
categories,  including  a  .384 
batting  average  and  a  school- 
record  28  RBI. 
She  finished 
her  career 
with  75  hits 
and  58 


f 


RBI  to  set  school 

records 

in 

both  categories. 

Freshman  center  fielder 
Lynda  Thomas  was  third  on 
the  team  with  a  .341  batting 
average  and  scored  a 
school-record  36  runs.  She 
was  named  to  the  All- 
Middle  Atlantic  Confer- 
ence Freedom  League  first 
team. 

Other 
Warriors       ^^ 
named  ^r  ■'*'' 

to  the  all-       ^       Orchon-ski  V? 

league  team  were  Snyder, 
sophomore  pitcher  Mary 
Beth  Schwindenhammer,  and 
freshman  utility  player  Erica 
Weaver. 

Snyder  had  a  team-best 
1 .60  ERA  and  went  9-4  on 
the  season. 

Schwindenhammer  led 
the  team  with  a  13-4  record. 
She  had  a  1.91  ERA  and  a 
team-high  84 
strikeouts. 

Weaver,  who 
played  catcher, 
shortstop,  left 
field,  and  right 
field  at  different 
times  during  the 
season,  batted 
.333  with  22 
RBI  and  15 
runs. 

Ditzler  has 
compiled  a  46- 
18  record  in  her 
three  years  as  softball  coach 


Orchowski 
set  the  school 
ecord  earlier  in 
the  season  with 
a  129-9. 
That  effort 
surpassed  the 
provisional- 
qualifying 
distance  for  the 
NCAA  Division  III 
Championships. 


Marx  Belli  S. 


Track  and  Field 

Lycoming  College 
sophomore  Jen  Orchowski 
won  her  second  consecutive 
women's  javelin  title  at  the 

995  Middle  Atlantic 
Conference  Championships. 

Her  winning  effort  of 
129-8  was  an  inch  short  of 
her  personal  best  and 
outdistanced  the  competi- 
A    tion  by  nearly  four  feet. 


Golf 

Sophomore  golfer 
Greg  Corbo  finished 
in  a  tie  for  third 
place  at  the  Middle 
Atlantic  Conference  Champi- 
onships in  late  April  to 
highlight  Lycoming's  1995 
golf  season. 

He  shot  a  238  and 
finished  six  strokes  behind 
the  leader. 

In  the  race  for  the  team 
title  at  the  conference  meet, 
the  Warriors 
finished  10th  of 
1 3  squads. 

Tennis 

The 
Lycoming 
College  men's 
lennis  team 
finished  with  a 
2-7  overall 
record  in  the 
1995  season. 
The  Warriors" 
victories  came 

with  a  6-0  win  over  Juniata 

and  an  8- 1  triumph  over 

Wilkes. 

Freshman  Ryan  Ferris  led 

the  team  with  a  6-5  singles 

record  this  season.  ▲ 


FEATURETT 


AND 


A  CHARITABLE  GIFT  ANNUITY 


Sailing  enthusiasts  Helen  and 
Robert  Colder  have  invested  in 
Lycoming 's  future  as  well  as  their 
own. 

£     Jr    /s  a  student  who 
\^yf_y    attended  Dickinson 
Junior  College  during  the 
Depression,  Helen  Mallalieu 
Colder  "33  knows  both  the 
value  of  money  and  the  value 
of  education. 

"I  don't  know  whether  it's 
different  now,  but  I  didn't 
really  know  what  I  wanted  to 
do,"  she  says. 

So  she  took  art  courses, 
her  first  love,  along  with 
general  studies  courses  that 
would  prepare  her  for  a  four- 
year  degree.  Subsequently, 
she  received  a  degree  in 
education  from  Penn  State 
University  where  she  met 
Robert  Thomas  Colder. 

Having  married  Robert, 
she  tucked  the  teaching 
degree  away  until  several 
years  later  when  she  received 
a  call  from  Dickinson.  With 
World  War  II  on,  Dickinson 


was  losing  its 
instructors.  Bob 
was  away  in  the 
Navy,  so  Helen 
began  teaching 
math  to  the 
preparatory 
students  and  art 
to  the  junior 
college  students. 
She  stayed  on  to 
help  in  the  great 
transition  of  the 
institution  into  a 
four-year  degree 
granting  college 
with  the  new  name  of 
Lycoming. 

One  of  her  talents  was  as 
a  calligrapher.  Students  from 
1946  through  1973  have  a 
sample  of  that  calligraphy  in 
hand,  because  during  those 
years  she  hand  lettered  the 
name,  degree,  and  the  date 
on  every  diploma  of  every 
graduate. 

Robert  Colder  became  the 
owner  of  Mallalieu-Golder 
Insurance  in  Williamsport 
and  for  many  years  was 
active  on  a  number  of  fund- 
raising  campaigns  for  the 
College,  so  he  was  well 
aware  of  the  impact  a  gift  to 
Lycoming  could  make. 

When  the  Colders 
reviewed  their  financial  plans 
in  their  retirement,  they  felt 
that  charitable  gift  annuities 
made  a  great  deal  of  sense. 
In  fact,  in  addition  to  a 
charitable  gift  annuity  with 
Lycoming,  they  have 
annuities  with  Penn  State  and 


Ceisinger  Medical  Center. 
The  Lycoming  annuities  earn 
the  Colders  a  guaranteed  rate 
of  return  of  8. 1  %  on  their 
money  for  the  rest  of  their 
lives.  And  because  the 
principal  will 

ultimately  become  a  chari- 
table gift  to  the  College,  a 
portion  of  the  interest  they 
receive  is  tax  free. 

Helen  and  Bob  are 
enjoying  retirement  in 
Florida  where  they  have  been 
so  long  "we  feel  like  na- 
tives." For  many  years  they 
were  boating  enthusiasts, 
spending  a  lot  of  time 
cniising  on  their  38'  foot 
trawler  Moon  Orbit.  Bob 
taught  safe  boating  courses 
with  the  U.S.  Power  Squad- 
ron. They  still  enjoy  golf, 
and  Helen  keeps  up  her 
interest  in  art.  They  are  now 
in  the  process  of  building  a 
new  home  in  a  new  retire- 
ment community. 

"This  is  a  win/win 
situation  for  both  Lycoming 
and  the  Colders,"  says  Dale 
Bower  '59,  director  of 
planned  giving.  The  Colders 
received  a  tax  deduction  at 
the  time  of  the  gift  and  a  high 
rate  of  return  on  income  they 
can  use  right  now,  while 
Lycoming  ultimately 
receives  a  gift  that  will  help 
generations  of  students. 

And  for  a  couple  with  no 
children.  Bower  notes,  they 
will  end  up  leaving  a  legacy 
to  hundreds  of  young 
people.  ▲ 


PROFILE 

Helen  and 
Robert  Golder 

♦  Married  couple,  no 
children. 

♦  Ages  at  time  ofannidty 
78  and  80. 

♦  Fi.xed  interest  for  life  8.1% 

♦  Suiriving  spouse  continues 
to  receive  a  check  for  life. 

♦  Interest  rates  of  annuities 
depend  on  the  age  of  the 
donor.  Rates  are  typically 
higher  than  the  prevailing 
rates  for  bank  CDs  and 
Treasuries. 

For  more  information 
on  Cliaritable  Gift 
Annuities,  call 
Dale  V.  Bower  '59 
1-800-345-3920. 


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Helen  Mallalieu  Golder  1933 


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CAMPUS       NOTES 


Three  Join  Board 
of  Trustees 

JAY  W.  CLEVELAND 

SR.  is  president  of  Cleveland 
Bros.  Equipment  Company 
in  Harrisburg. 

Cleveland  has  long  been 
active  in 
the  greater 
Harrisburg 
commu- 
nity as 
past 

chairman 
of  the 
Harrisburg 
Chamber  of  Commerce, 
past  president  of  the  West 
Shore  Country  Club,  a 
former  member  of  the  Camp 
Hill  School  Board  and  a 
fomier  trustee  of  the  Haixis- 
burg  Hospital. 

A  graduate  of  Widener 
University,  he  is  the  father  of 
Jay  Cleveland  Jr.  "88 

MAJORIE  FERRELL 
JONES  '50  of  Caledonia, 
New  York,  and  Naples, 
Florida,  is  a  member  of  the 
Board  of 
Directors 
of  Jones 
Chemicals 
Incoipo- 
rated  and 
is  editor  of 
the  Jones 
Journal. 
an  internal  employee  pub- 
lication that  goes  to  all  22 
branch  offices  of  the 
company. 

In  addition  to  her  involve- 
ment with  the  Caledonia 
Library,  she  also  serves  on 
the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 
Pavilion  State  Bank  ba.sed  in 
Pavilion,  New  York,  and  on 
the  Board  of  "Focus  on  the 
Children,"  an  organization 
that  serves  children  in 
emergency  situations  in 
Livingston  County. 

For  many  years,  Mrs. 
Jones  was  active  in  the 
Livingston  County  Republi- 


16 


can  Commit- 
tee and  the 
New  York 
State  Repub- 
lican Com- 
mittee. She 
served  as  the 
county 
liaison  to 
Governor 
Nelson 
Rockefeller 
during  his 
administra- 
tion. 

In  addition  to  her  volun- 
teer activities,  Mrs.  Jones 
regularly  attends  the  Ath- 
enaeum at  the  Rochester 
Institute  of  Technology. 
Rochester's  Academy  for 
Learning  after  50. 

The  widow  of  Robert 
Jones,  she  is  the  mother  of 
three  and  the  grandmother 
of  six. 

HUGH  (PETE)  H. 
SIDES  '60,  who  majored  in 
business  at  Lycoming,  is 

president 
of  Robert 
M.  Sides 
Family 
Music 
Center,  a 
57-year- 
old  family 
business 
with  locations  in  Williamsport 
and  Wilkes-Bane. 
He  is  currently 
serving  as  a  member  of 
the  North  Central  Bank 
Associate  Board  and  as 
a  member  of  the  Board 
of  the  National 
Association  of  School 
Music  Dealers,  as  well 
as  a  member  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Associa- 
tion of  School  Music 
Dealers. 

Active  in  the  area's 
soccer  program,  Sides  is 
the  treasurer  of  the 
North  Central  Pennsyl- 
vania Soccer  Club  and  a 
past  president  of  the 


Williamsport 
Area  High 
School 
Soccer 
Boosters.  He 
is  also  a 
member  of 
the  Aircraft 
Owners  and 
Pilots 

Association. 
He  and  his 
wife.  Carol, 
and  their  two 
children. 

Alysha  and  Peter,  live  in 

Williamsport. 

Lycoming  College 
Joins  Information 
Superhighway 

Lycoming  College  in 
cooperation  with  Penn 
College,  a  technical  school  in 
Williamsport,  received  a 
grant  for  $25,000  from  the 
National  Science  Foundation 
to  become  a  "node"  on  the 
vast  international  communi- 
cation system  called  Internet. 
The  system  now  gives 
students  direct  access  to  the 
so-called  "information 
highway." 

Already  the  Internet  is 
making  a  difference  in  the 
lives  of  students  and  faculty 
members.  Perhaps  the  most 


common  use  of  the  Internet 
is  e-mail  (electronic  mail) 
through  which  any  two 
people  on  the  system  can 
send  messages  back  and 
forth.  In  fact,  many  people 
can  communicate  via 
"Bulletin  Boards"  and 
conversation  groups. 

For  example.  Dr.  Kathryn 
Ryan,  a  psychology  profes- 
sor, attended  CRIMECON 
conference  through  Internet. 
She  presented  a  paper  by  e- 
mail,  received  copies  of  other 
papers  that  interested  her, 
and  participated  in  three 
separate  discussion  groups — 
all  by  computer. 

Dr.  Robert  J.  B.  Maples, 
Lycoming  French  professor, 
enlivened  his  French  class  by 
downloading  the  daily  menu 
served  in  the  student  dining 
room  of  the  University  of 
Paris.  Lycoming  students 
quickly  discovered  that  the 
special  for  the  day  was 
rabbit. 

"What  this  really  does  is 
open  up  a  world  of  informa- 
tion to  our  students  as  well  as 
to  link  them  to  a  wider 
community  of  scholars," 
says  David  Heffner,  Director 
of  the  Office  of  Communica- 
tions Technology,  a  position 
created  this  past  fall  at 
Lycoming  College. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


CAMPUS  NOTES 


The  fust  graduates  of  Lycoming  College 's  new  "fastrack  "  nursitig  jiiogiain  litul 
cm  average  GPA  of  3.8.  Seated:  Francis  Ampadii-Nyarko.  Christine  Bachmaii. 
Carol  Butlers.  Animatu  Deen-Kargho:  Standing:  Betsy  Hunt,  Cheryl  Sclumewolf. 
Elizabeth  Sclmheit,  Susan  Stacey-Harluiig  and  Susait  Swank. 


Lycoming  Grad- 
uates First  Fastrack 
Nursing  Class 

The  nine  nursing  students 
graduating  in  the  first  class 
of  Lycoming  College's  Fast- 
rack  B.S.N,  nursing  program 
in  January  had  one  thing  in 
common;  nursing  was  their 
second  career  choice.  The 
small  class  boasted  a  former 
flight  attendant,  a  financial 
planner,  and  a  marketing 
manager  of  a  log  cabin 
company. 

Lycoming's  new  Fastrack 
nursing  program  permits 
students  who  already  have 
one  degree  to  earn  a  Bach- 
elor of  Science  in  Nursing  in 
just  18  months,  instead  of 
four  years. 

Dr.  Doris  Parrish,  chair  of 
the  Lycoming  College 
Nursing  Department,  came 
up  with  the  concept  of  an 
intensive  B.S.N,  program 
after  realizing  that  many  of 
her  nursing  students  were 
older,  non-traditional 
students  going  back  to 
school.  "We  saw  this 
program  as  fulfilling  a  real 
need,"  says  Parrish  who  put 
together  the  program  two 
years  ago,  patterning  it  after 
a  similar  program  being 
offered  in  Washington,  D.C. 

Are  these  Fastrack  nursing 
students  different  from  the 


regular  class?  Their  average 
GPA  (grade  point  average) 
was  3.8  on  a  4.0  scale. 

Nursing  Depart- 
ment Passes 
Accredition  Again 

The  Nursing  Department 
has  been  granted  continuing 
accredition  for  its  baccalau- 
reate degree  program  by  the 
Board  of  Review  for  Baccal- 
aureate and  Higher  Degree 
Programs  of  the  National 
League  for  Nursing  for 
another  eight  years. 

Car  Raffle  Winner 

Mary  Woffenden  of 
Harrisburg  was  the  winner  of 
the  1 995  Mercury  Trace 
sedan  given  away  by 
Lycoming  College  and 
Anchor  Ford-Lincoln- 
Mercury  of  Williamsport  as  a 
fund-raiser  for  the  athletic 


department.  Woffenden 
purchased  the  ticket  from  her 
nephew.  Bob  Durlis,  a  fresh- 
man on  the  Wairiors"  football 
team.  The  raffle,  co-spon- 
sored by  Pepsi  and  Dimen- 
sion Media  Services,  raised 
nearly  $7,000  for  renovation 
of  athletic  facilities. 

Faculty  Teaching 
Awards 

This  year,  a  jury  of 
faculty  and  students  awarded 
Lycoming's  Teaching 
Excellence  Awards  to  Dr. 
Richard  R.  Erickson  (senior 
faculty)  and  Dr.  Robert  E. 
Van  Voorst  (junior  faculty). 

Dr.  Erickson  is  an 
associate  professor  of 
astronomy  and  physics.  He 
joined  the  faculty  in  1973. 
He  holds  a  B.A.  from  the 
University  of  Minnesota  and 
a  master's  and  doctorate  from 
the  University  of 
Chicago.  Erickson 
teaches  both  as- 
tronomy and  physics 
courses.  In  addition 
to  guiding  hundreds 
of  college  students 
through  the  heavens, 
he  shares  his  love  of 
astronomy  with  more 
than  3,000  elemen- 
tary-aged schoolchildren 
each  year  by  volunteering  his 
time  to  give  planetarium  tours. 


Dr.  Robert  E.  Van  Voorst 
is  assistant  professor  of 
religion  and  joined  the 
faculty  in  1989.  He  teaches 
Greek  and  Hebrew  as  well  as 
the  New  Testament.  In 
addition  to  his  teaching,  he 
has  published  a  textbook  on 
scriptures  of  the  world  which 
is  now  used  at  more  than  1 00 
colleges  and  universities. 

Makisu  Awards 

This  year's  Makisu 
Award  for  outstanding 
service  and  commitment  to 
students  was  given  to  Dr.  M. 
Ben  Hogan,  Dean  of  Student 
Affairs,  and  Mrs.  Mary  B. 
Wolf,  Assistant  Dean  for 
Freshmen.  Dr.  Hogan  has 
been  Dean  since  1992. 
Mary  Wolf,  who  is  also  an 
instructor  in  political 
science,  has  been  on  the 
staff  since  i985. 


Dr.  M.  Ben  Hogan  and  Mrs.  Man- 
B.  Wolf  received  this  year's  Makisu 
Award  from  Robert  V.  Martin  '95. 
Student  Senate  president. 


Man'  Woffenden  is  joined  by  Anchor 
General  Maiuiger  Al  Bingainan 
(center)  and  Shap  Boyd  (right) 
assistaiu  football  coach  at 
Lycoming. 


Teaching  Award  winners  Dr.  Robert  Van  Voorst  and  Dr.  Richard  Erickson  are 
flanked  by  Dean  John  F.  Piper,  Jr.,  and  President  James  E.  Douthat  (at  right). 


CLASS  NOTES 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


Brand  Eaton  '95,  phi  kappa  phi  fellowship  winner,  and 
Dean  Piper. 


The  Lycourier 
won  this 
award  in 
competition 
with  Other 
small  liberal 
arts  colleges 
throughout  the 
nation. 

Michael 
Smith  is  the 
faculty 

advisor  for  the 
bi-weekJy 
publication. 


Lycoming  Student 
Wins  Phi  Kappa 
Phi  Scholarship 

Brand  Eaton  became  the 
fourth  student  in  Lycoming 
history  to  win  a  Phi  Kappa 
Phi  fellowship  in  a  national 
competition  that  selected 
just  50  students  for  the 
award.  Eaton,  a  religion 
major,  will  use  the  $7,000 
fellowship  to  attend  the 
Princeton  Theological 
Seminary  next  fall  to  become 
a  United  Methodist  minister. 
Other  recipients  have  been 
Shannon  Keane  "94  (now  in 
medical  school).  Mark 
Forrester  "92  (in  graduate 
school  at  the  University 
of  Maryland),  and  Chad 
Lohman  "QO. 

Lycourier  Wins 
First  Prize 

The  Columbia  Scholastic 
Press  Association  (CSPA) 
awarded  first  place  honors  to 
Lycoming  College's  student 
newspaper.  The  Lycourier. 
The  award  was  given  by 
Columbia  University  in  New 
York  City. 

Newspapers  are  evaluated 
according  to  classification 
based  on  frequency  of 
publication,  enrollment  size 
of  the  college,  and  whether 
the  newspaper  is  from  a  two- 
year  or  four-year  institution. 


Alumni  Magazine 
Wins  An  A 

The  "Women's  Issue"  of 
this  publication  won  an  "A" 
from  Editors  Workshop,  a 
publication  that  goes  to 
editors  of  newsletters  and 
company  magazines.  The 
Lycoming  magazine  was 
cited  for  its  design,  its  use  of 
a  second  accent  color,  and 
the  interest  level  of  its  content. 

Undergraduate 
Research 

Five  students  from 
Lycoming  College  presented 
their  research  projects  at  the 
71st  Annual  Meeting  of  the 


Pennsylvania  Academy  of 
Science. 

The  research  ranged  from 
a  technique  to  test  the  water 
quality  of  the  Loyalsock 
Creek  to  a  technique  that  can 
be  used  in  harvesting  DNA 
for  genetic  engineering 
applications. 

The  Pennsylvania  Academy 
of  Science  includes  research 
from  graduate  students  and 
post-doctoral  students,  as 
well  as  undergraduates. 

Mark  L.  Heyd  '95  of 
Salladasburg  presented  his 
findings  on  "The  Use  of 
Pumice  to  Harvest  DNA 
from  Agarose  Gels,"  a 
project  conducted  under  the 
supervision  of  Dr.  Jack  D. 
Diehl,  Jr.  This  study  devel- 
oped a  technique  that  can  be 
used  in  genetic  engineering 
procedures. 

Richard  J.  Gardner  '95 
of  New  Columbia  presented 
research  on  the  "Application 
of  Rapid  Bioassessment 
Protocol  II  for  Water  Quality 
Determination  of  the 
Loyalsock  Creek  (North- 
central  Pennsylvania). 
The  study  was  done  under 
the  supervision  of  Dr.  Mel 
Zimmerman  and  uses  the 


number  of  macroinvert- 
ebrates  in  the  stream  as  an 
indicator  of  water  quality, 
which  for  the  Loyalsock 
Creek  appears  to  have 
improved  since  1982. 

Elizabeth  Borst  '95  of 
Spring  City  researched 
methods  to  control  the 
southern  army  worm,  a  pest 
for  economically  valuable 
crops  like  cotton.  Her  project, 
"The  Interaction  Between  Bt 
and  Condensed  Tannins  in 
Spodoptera  Eridania."  was 
supervised  by  Dr.  Michelle 
A.  Briggs,  an  assistant 
professor  of  biology. 

Thomas  Lasher  '95  of 
Wethersfield,  Conn., 
completed  research  on  the 
effect  on  acid  rain  on  the 
Norway  spruce.  "Treatment 
of  Norway  Spruce,  Picea 
Abies,  With  Aqueous  Sulfur 
Dioxide"  was  also  supervised 
by  Dr.  Michelle  A.  Briggs. 

The  effects  of  X-rays  on 
white  blood  cells,  research 
completed  by  Mary  Ann 
Wagner  '94  and  Dr.  Edward 
Gabriel,  was  also  presented 
at  the  conference. 

Institute  for 

Management 

Studies 

The  Institute  for  Manage- 
ment Studies  (IMS)  has  a 
new  brochure.  Under  the 
program,  internships  for 
students  in  business, 
accounting,  and  economics 
have  increased  dramatically. 

Those  interested  in 
providing  an  internship  to  a 
Lycoming  student,  either 
during  the  summer  or  the 
school  year,  should  contact 
Christine  Wallace,  Internship 
Coordinator,  at  Lycoming 
College.  321-4257.  A  copy 
of  the  brochure  is  also 
available  from  Wallace. 


Proud  profs  with  their  tmdergraduate  researchers:  Front  row:  Richard  J. 
Gardner  '95.  Elizabeth  Borst  '95.  Mark  L.  Heyd  '95.  and  Thomas  Lasher  '95.  In 
hack  row  (left  to  right):  Dr.  Mel  Zimmerman.  Dr.  Michelle  Briggs.  Dr.  Jack  D. 
Diehl  Jr..  and  Dr.  Edward  D.  Gabriel  of  the  biology  department. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


CLASS  NOTES 


Faces  At  Lycoming 

Series  Brings  Women 
Artists  to  Campus 

Five  women,  all  visual 
artists,  gave  a  series  of 
lectures  and  screenings  at 
Lycoming  College  during  the 
spring. 

The  series,  the  first  of  its 
kind  for  Lycoming  College, 
was  the  idea  of  Lynn  Estomin, 
an  assistant  professor  in  art 
who  led  off  the  series  with  a 
screening  of  her  own  award- 
winning  documentary  The 
Other  Side  of  the  Fence,  a 
portrait  of  two  women  on 
opposite  sides  of  the  abortion 
controversy. 

Kim  Burleigh,  Director  of 
Graduate  Studies  in  Fine  Arts 
at  the  University  of  Cincin- 
nati, held  a  one-woman 
exhibition  of  22  works,  all 
collages  created  from  photo- 
graphs found  in  old 
magazines. 

Brenda  Laurel, 
one  of  the  few 
women  working  in 
virtual  reality,  staged 
an  "art  event"  that  led 
the  audience  through  a 
virtual  reality  world 
she  had  created. 
In  February 
Zeinbabu  Davis,  a  filmmaker 
whose  subjects  are  mostly 
African- American 
women,  screened  and 
discussed  two  of  her 
films:  Mother  of  the 
River,  a  black  and 
white  drama  that  is  a 
children's  film  based 
on  an  old  recurring 
story  throughout 
Africa  and  among 
African-Americans;  and  A 
Powerful  Thang.  an  experi- 
mental narrative  film  about 
an  African-American  couple 
which  has  won  four  awards. 
In  March  Lorie  Loeb,  an 
internationally  acclaimed 
filmmaker  and  animator, 
came  to  Lycoming  to  screen 
her  latest  film.  Rewind:  It 


Could  Have  Been  Me, 
that  tells  the  story  of  a 
homeless  woman — 
backwards. 

The  series  con- 
cluded with  a  two-day 
screening  of  some  of 
the  nation's  best  films 
and  videos  made  by 
women. 


Akinmshkina 


Laurel 


Davis 


Technology 
Symposium 

In  February  the  College 
took  an  in-depth  look  at  the 
effects  of  technology  on  the 
fabric  of  society  in  a  two-day 
symposium  that  encompassed 
everything  from  the  ethics  of 
biotechnology  to  electronic  art. 

The  two-day  event  included 
nine  speakers  and  five  partic- 
ipatory workshops  that  ranged 
from  computer-generated 
music  to  graphic  arts. 

Noted  Sociolo- 
gist Speaks 

Dr.  Charles  V. 
Willie,  a  sociologist 
at  Harvard 
University, 
lectured  on 
"The  Black 
Family" 

during  February, 

Black  History  Month. 
Willie 
compared  the 
strengths  of 
the  black  family 
(unity)  and  the  white 
family  (individual- 
ism) and  presented 
his  research  on  the 
unique  influence  a 
father  has  on  a 

daughter;  and  a  mother  on  a 

son  as  mentors. 

Professor  Willie  was  a 

classmate  of  Martin  Luther 

King.  Jr.,  at  Morehouse 

College  in  Atlanta,  Georgia. 

Russian  Scholar 

In  March  Dr.  Irina 
Akimushkina,  a  Fulbright 


BeciiiM  Alls  Trio 


Willie 


Scholar  from 
Moscow,  spoke  on 
the  "History  of 
Russian  Women 
from  a  Feminist 
Perspective." 

Since  1992,  Dr. 
Akimushkina  has 
served  as  the  director 
of  the  Gender  and 
Family  Studies  Center  of  the 
Russian  People's  Friendship 
University  in  Moscow. 

Artist  Robert  Marx 
in  the  Gallery 

Robert  Marx. 

painter,  print-maker 

and  sculptor  from 

Rochester,  New 

York,  mounted  a 

one-man  show  at  the 

Lycoming  College  art 

gallery  from  February 

22-March  1. 

Marx  has  over  60  one-man 

shows  to  his  credit  and  is  a 

teacher  as  well  as  an  artist.  He 

was  named  Distinguished 

Professor  by  the  State  Univ- 
ersity of  New  York, 
before  he  retired  from 
the  art  department  at 
SLFNY-Brockport.  He 
also  spent  a  year  in 
India  as  a  Fulbright 
Lectureship  appoint- 
ment at  the  College  of 
Art  at  Delhi  University 
in  New  Delhi.  India. 

Mclver 
Conducts 
Tour 
Choir 

The  Tour 
Choir's  stop  in 
Davidson, 
North  Caro- 
lina, during 
their  spring 
break  tour  had 
special  sign- 
ificance for  it 
is  the  current  home  of 
Walter  G.  Mclver.    Mclver 


served  as  director  of  choral 
music  for  30  years,  retiring  in 
1976.  Mclver  guest  con- 
ducted part  of  the  program. 

The  College  has  a  Walter 
G.  Mclver  Recital  Series 
Fund  that  was  endowed  in 
his  honor. 

Barber  of  Seville, 
Beaux  Arts  Trio, 
and  Adam  Sandler 

Figaro!  — the  world's 
most  famous  barber  came  to 
Williamsport  in  January  in 
the  New  York  City 
Opera  Company's 
national  touring 
production  of  The 
Barber  of  Seville  by 
Rossini. 

The  Lycoming 
College  Artist  Series 
also  included  the 
Beaux  Arts  Trio,  comprised 
of  pianist  Menahem  Pressler, 
violinist  Ida  Kavafian.  and 
cellist 


Peter 

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Wiley.  It 

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is  consid- 

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ered  the 

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world's 
best. 

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During 

<w 

the  last 

week  of 

Sandler 

classes,  comedian  Adam 
Sandler,  a  regular  on 
Saturday  Night  Live, 
entertained  a  packed 
Lamade  gym.  ▲ 


Walter  G.  Mclver  guest  conducts 
the  1995  Tour  Choir. 


19 


FACULTY      NOTES 


March  1 


te  on  activities  of 
ilty/staff  from 
1994  through 
arch  1995. 


ART 

Jon  R.  Bogle  (professor) 
exhibited  in  a  juried  show 
titled  "10  X  lOTabletop 
Sculptures"  at  the  FFS 
Gallery  in  New  York  City 
from  November  30  through 
January  7.  In  March,  his 
sculpture  "Descending 
Angel"  was  selected  for  the 
"Works  from  Sculptors 
Guild"  exhibition  in  the  Cast 
Iron  Gallery  in  New  York 
City.  Bogle  was  also  invited 
to  be  on  the  board  of  The 
Sculptors  Guild,  a  New 
York-based  organization  of 
sculptors  with  a  national/ 
international  membership. 


Esromin 

Lynn  Estomin  (assistant 
professor)  won  Best  Female 
Filmmaker  and  Best  Local 
Interest  Film  at  the  Interna- 
tional College  Film  Festival 
for  her  documentary  video. 
The  Other  Side  of  the  Fence, 
which  follows  the  life  of  a 
protestor  at  an  abortion 
clinic.  The  video  won  a 
total  of  2 1  different  awards 
this  past  year  and  was 
selected  by  the  Public 
Broadcasting  System  for 
national  distribution. 

Estomin  was  awarded  an 
Artist  Fellowship  for  1 994  by 
Art  Matters,  Inc.  of  New 
York  City.  Last  summer  she 
received  a  Kodak  Educator's 


20 


Publishing 
Profs 

Lycoming  College  faculty  were  honored  for  their  publica- 
tions as  well  as  for  special  awards  and  accolades  received 
during  this  academic  year. 

Together  the  29  faculty  members  (one-third  of  all  full-time 
faculty)  published  5  books,  20  scholarly  articles,  won  28  awards 
and  exhibited  in  four  juried  art  shows. 


First  row,  left  to  right:  Dr.  Peg  Gray-Viekrey,  Dr.  Kullileeii  D.  PLigaiui,  Dr. 
Miclwel  G.  Roskin,  Dr.  G.  W.  Hauke.^.  Deiii.se  Diihamel.  Dr.  Richard  A. 
Hughes.  Dr.  Siisiiii  H.  Alexander.  Back  row.  left  to  right:  Dr.  Darby  Lewes. 
Roger  D.  Shipley.  Dr.  Mel  Zimmerman.  Michael  Smith.  Dr.  Mehrdad 
Madresehee.  Dr.  Mark  Toncar.  Dr.  Richard  A.  Weida.  Matthew  Ficca,  Dr. 
David  G.  Fisher.  Daniel  J.  Hartsock.  and  Dr.  David  H.  Wolfe.  Absent:  Jerry  D. 
Allen.  Jon  R.  Bogle.  Dr.  Jack  D.  Diehl  Jr..  Lynn  Estomin.  Dr  Robert  F.  Folk. 
Dr.  David  A.  Franz.  Edward  A.  Henninger.  Dr.  Arthur  H.  Sterngold,  Janet  M. 
Hurlherl.  Dr.  Fred  M.  Thaver.  and  Dr.  Fredric  M.  Wild 


Grant  to  "The  Color  Land- 
scape," an  intensive  week- 
long  workshop  with  photog- 
rapher Linde  Waidhofer  at 
the  Sante  Fe  Photographic 
Workshop,  and  an  llford 
Grant  to  attend  "Advanced 
Ilfochrome  Printing"  at  the 
Cape  May  Photographic 
Workshop.  A  show  of 
Lynn's  images  from  the  two 
workshops  was  exhibited  in 
the  Lycoming  College 
Library  in  conjunction  with 
the  Fall  Symposium  on 
the  environment.  She  was 
also  appointed  Video  Curator 
for  the  1994  National 
Conference  of  the  Society  for 
Photographic  Educators. 


Dr.  Amy  Golahny 

(associate  professor)  pre- 
sented a  paper,  "Antiquarian 
Interests  in  the  Early  Critical 
Appreciation  of  the  Works  of 
Pieter  Eastman,"  at  the 
international  conference, 
"Antiquity  and  Antiquity 
Transumed,"  held  at  the 
University  of  Toronto  in 
March  1994. 

Dr.  Golahny  presented  a 
paper,  "Eastman  and  the 
Poets,"  at  the  University 
College,  London,  in 
December  1994.  She  was 
also  an  invited  speaker  at 
the  Women's  Symposium  at 
Penn  State  sponsored  by  the 
Jewish  women's  organiza- 
tion Hadassah  and  the  Jewish 


Studies  Department  of  The 
Pennsylvania  State  Univer- 
sity. Her  topic  was  "Women 
(Jewish)  and  Art." 

Roger  D.  Shipley 

(professor)  had  a  one-person 
exhibition  of  his  prints  and 
drawings  titled  "Images  on 
Paper"  at  the  Penn  State 
(Harrisburg)  Gallery  during 
May  1994andattheB&S 
Galleries  in  Williamsport 
during  October  1994.  This 
spring,  Shipley  was  part  of 
a  two-person  show  for  the 
Lycoming  County  Historical 
Society  Fifth  Annual  Art 
Show  in  which  he  exhibited 
over  50  two-dimensional 
pieces  as  well  as  12 
sculptures. 

ASTRONOMY/ 
PHYSICS 

Dr.  Richard  R.  Erickson 

(associate  professor)  received 
the  Senior  Faculty  Teaching 
Award  for  1 994-95  given  by 
Lycoming  College. 

A  paper  by  Dr.  David  G. 

Fisher  (associate  professor), 
"Undergraduate  Laboratory 
Demonstration  of  Aspects  of 
Phase  Transitions  Using 
Curie  Temperature  Determi- 
nation in  Amorphous 
Ferromagnetic  Materials," 
was  published  in  the  Ameri- 
can Journal  of  Physics, 
March  1995  issue.  The 
paper  was  co-authored  by 
Dr.  William  T.  Franz  of 
Randolph-Macon  College. 

Dr.  Fisher  wrote  an  article 
on  the  design  and  develop- 
ment of  solar  power  satellite 
stations  for  inclusion  in 
"Great  Events  from  History 
II:  Ecology  and  the  Environ- 
ment" series  which  was 
published  in  March  1995. 
His  "Reflections  on  Apollo 
11:  25  Years  Later"  was 
published  in  the  Summer 
1994  issue  of  Aerospace 
Educator. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


FACULTY  NOTES 


Dr.  Wolfe 

Fisher  continued  to  pursue 
his  interest  in  dinosaurs  by 
attending  DINO  '94  last 
summer,  a  paleontological 
conference  held  in  Caspar, 
Wyoming,  which  included 
field  trips  to  Cretaceous  Age 
and  Jurassic  Age  bone  beds 
near  Alcove  Lake. 

Dr.  David  H.  Wolfe 

(assistant  professor)  is  a  co- 
author of  two  papers  pub- 
lished in  the  February  issue 
(Vol.  \233)  of  Biochimica 
Biophysica  Acta.  The  papers, 
based  on  research,  were 
"Sterols  stabilize  the  ripple 
phase  stnicture  in 
dihexadecylphosphatidyl- 
choline,"  and  "Real-time  X-ray 
diffraction  study  at  different 
scan  rates  of  phase  transitions 
for  dipalmitoylphos- 
phatidylcholine  in  KSCN." 

Another  paper,  "An 
Exploration  of  the  Molecular 
Mechanisms  of  the  Ripple 
Phase  Formation  Using 
Temperature  Jumps,"  was 
presented  at  the  meeting  of 
American  Physical  Society 
in  San  Jose,  California,  this 
past  March.  The  paper 
was  co-authored  by  Beth 


Cunningham,  Wim 
Bras,  and  Ernie 
Komanschek. 

BIOLOGY 

Dr.  Michelle 
A.  Briggs  (assis- 
tant professor)  and 
students  presented 
two  research 
projects  at  the  7 1st 
Pennsylvania 
Academy  of 
Science  annual 
meeting.  Dr. 
Briggs  and 
Elizabeth  Borst 
■95  presented  "The 
Interaction 
Between  Bt  and 
Condensed 
Tannins  in 
Spodoptera  Eridania,"  a 
method  that  might  help 
control  the  southern  army 
worm. 

Briggs  supervised  a 
project  on  the  effect  of  acid 
rain  on  the  Norway  spruce,  a 
tree  cultivated  as  Christmas 
trees,  with  Thomas  Lasher  '95 
which  was  also  presented. 

Dr.  Peter  S.  Brown 

(assistant  professor)  received 

his  Ph.D.  in  plant  physiology 

from  The  Pennsylvania  State 

University  this  past  fall.  His 

thesis  was  on 

"Drought 

Effects  on  Free 

Radical 

Scavenging 

Enzymes  in 

Maize  Leaves." 

Dr.  Jack  D. 
Diehl  Jr. 

(professor)  and     Dr.Diehi 
Shannon  Keane 
'94  presented  the  results  of 
their  research  at  the  70th 
Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Academy  of 
Science  in  the  spring  of 
1994.  In  addition,  they  co- 
authored  an  abstract  of  the 
research  which  was  pub- 
lished in  The  Journal  of  the 


Pennsylvania  Academy  of 
Science.  The  research  was  an 
investigation  of  the  influence 
of  cyclic  adenosine  mono- 
phosphate, a  hoimone-like 
substance,  on  the  growth  of 
bacteria. 

Dr.  Diehl  and  Mark  L. 
Heyd  '95  presented  research 
involving  the  extraction  of 
DNA  from  agarose  gels  at  the 
7 1  St  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Academcy  of 
Science.  The  research 
developed  a  method  used  in 
genetic  engineering. 

Dr.  Edward  G.  Gabriel 

(associate  professor)  pre- 
sented a  research  project 
completed  with  Mary  Ann 
Wagner  '94  on  the  effects  of 
X-rays  on  white  blood  cells 
at  the  71st  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  Pennyslvania  Academy  of 
Science. 

Dr.  Mel  Zimmerman 

(associate  professor)  received 
a  $50,000  Ben  Franklin  grant 
to  help  test  wastewater 
treatment  products  for 
Cromaglass,  Inc.    He  and 
Richard  J.  Gardner  '95 
presented  research  on  the 
"Application  of  Rapid 
Bioassessment  Protocol  II  for 
Water  Quality  Determination 
of  the  Loyalsock 
Creek  (North- 
central  Pennsyl- 
vania)." The 
study  used  the 
number  of 
macroinvert- 
ebrates  in  the 
stream  as   an 
indicator 
of  water 
quality,  which  for  the 
Loyalsock  Creek  appears  to 
have  improved  since  1982. 

BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 

Edward  A.  Henninger 

(assistant  professor)  of 
business,  had  his  paper. 


"Outcomes  Assessment:  The 
Role  of  Business  School  and 
Program  Accrediting 
Agencies,"  published  in  The 
Journal  of  Education  for 
Business,  Summer  1994. 

An  article  by  Dr.  Arthur 
H.  Sterngold  (assistant 
professor  and  director  of  the 
Institute  for  Management 
Studies),  "Do  Surveys 
Overstate  Public  Concerns?," 
was  published  in  the  Summer 
1 994  issue  of  Public  Opinion 
Quarterly. 

Dr.  Sterngold  also 
presented  his  paper,  "Educat- 
ing Students  to  Become 
Reflective  Practitioners,"  at 
the  1994  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  Association  of  Marketing 
Theory  and  Practice. 

He  and  Ruth  Voris  "94 
presented  their  paper,  "Who 
Answers  Open-Ended 
Questions?,"  at  the  1994 
meeting  of  the  American 
Association  for  Public 
Opinion  Research. 

Sterngold  also  presented  a 
workshop  on  the  design, 
implementation,  and  interpre- 
tation of  community  surveys 
at  the  Pennsylvania  Planning 


■.ihvard  A. 
Henninger 


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FACULTY  NOTES 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


Dr.  McDomihl 

An  article  by  Dr.  Mark 
F.  Toncar  (assistant  profes- 
sor) was  published  in  the 
Journal  of  Marketing  Theory 
ami  Practice,  Summer  1994. 
The  article,  "Examining 
Consumers"  Thoughts 
During  a  Telemarketing 
Message,"  was  co-authored 
by  James  M.  Munch  and 
Michael  Y.  Hu. 

CHEMISTRY 

Dr.  David  A.  Franz 

(professor)  spent  the  1994-95 
academic  year  on  sabbatical 
at  the  University  of  Virginia 
where  he  studied  the  synthesis 
and  properties  of  boron- 
carbon-metal  cluster  com- 
pounds. Such  clusters  are 
complex  synthetic  molecules 
which  many  researchers  feel 
will  result  in  new  materials 
with  improved  electronic, 
magnetic,  or  optical 
properties. 

Dr.  Franz  was  also  the 
recipient  of  a  $4,000  grant 
from  the  Pitts- 


burgh Conference  Memorial 
National  College  Grant.  The 
grant  will  be  used  as  match- 
ing funds  for  the  National 
Science  Foundation  Grant 
described  in  the  last  issue  of 
the  Lycoming  Magazine. 
Franz  was  one  of  12 
awardees  selected  from  55 
small-college  applicants. 

Dr.  Chriss  McDonald 

(associate  professor)  received 
a  $25,000  grant  from  the 
Petroleum  Research  Fund 
(one  of  50  PRF  grants 
awarded)  to  conduct  research 
on  the  cleavage  carbon- 
carbon  bonds  last  summer. 
Ron  Aungst  "96,  Jason 
Stamm  '95  and  Ann  Bullion 
■97  assisted. 


ECONOMICS 

Dr.  Mehrdad 
Madresehee  (associate 
professor)  had  an 
article  in  the  Fall  1993 
issue  of  the  American 
Economist  on  "Replac- 
ing the  Autarky 
Factor  Prices     With 


the  Corresponding  Post-trade 
Prices:  An  Extension  of 
Deardorff's  Factor-propor- 
tions Theory  of  Justice." 

This  past  September,  Dr. 
Madresehee  presented  a 
paper,  "Changes  in  Lycoming 
County  Employment  by 
Sector.  1975-1991:  A  Shift- 
share  Analysis,"  at  the 
Pennsylvania  State  Data 
Center's  Fourth  Annual  User 
Conference.  A  revised 
version  of  his  paper  was 
presented  at  the  March  1995 
meeting  of  the  Eastern 
Economic  Association  in 
New  York  City. 

Dr.  Madresehee' s  article 
titled  "Lycoming  County  Eco- 
nomy: Better  Than  It  Should 
Be"  appeared  in  the  January 
1995  issue  oi  Pennsylvania 
Business  Central. 

EDUCATION 

Dr.  James  Blair  (assistant 
professor)  was  appointed  to 
the  Governing  Board  of  the 
Northcentral  Teacher  Leader- 
ship Center,  where  he  serves 
on  the  Teacher  Preparation 
Sub-committee.  He  also  is  a 
member  of  the  Chapter  5 
Field  Support  Advisory 
Committee  which  oversees 
the  implementation  of 
educational  reform  staff 
development  efforts 
statewide.  Dr.  Blair 
represents  Lycoming 
College  as  the  higher 
education  repre- 
sentative on  the 
.      Williamsport 

Area  School 
District's  Strategic 
Planning 
Steering 
Com- 
mittee. 


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Dr.  Rachael  A. 
Hungerford  (assistant 
professor)  was  one  of  the 
presenters  at  the  84th  Annual 
Convention  of  the  National 
Council  of  Teachers  of 
English  in  Orlando.  Florida, 
in  November  1994.  She 
served  as  director  of  the  3rd 
Children's  Literature  Jubilee 
at  Lycoming  College. 

She  also  served  as  co- 
chair  of  a  full-day  workshop 
on  "Songs  of  Experience: 
The  Child  as  Survivor  in 
Children's  Literature."  In 
addition.  Dr.  Hungerford 
serves  on  the  Board  of  the 
Children's  Literature 
Assembly.  Hungerford  spent 
the  spring  semester  in 
Oxford,  England,  at 
Westminister  College, 
accompanying  the  first 
Lycoming  College  student 
group  to  study  there  in  a  new 
joint  venture  between 
Lycoming  and  the  Oxford- 
affiliated  college. 

ENGLISH 

Denise  Duhamel's 

(assistant  professor)  second 
book  of  poetry  The  Woman 
with  Two  Vaginas,  a  series  of 
poems  based  on  Inuit 
folklore,  was  published  in 
February  1995  by  Salmon 
Run  Publishers,  Anchorage, 
Alaska. 

Dr.  G.  W.  Hawkes 

(assistant  professor)  has  a 
second  book.  Playing  Out  of 
the  Deep  Woods,  in  print. 
The  collection  of  short 
stories  was  published  by  the 
University  of  Missouri  Press. 
Several  of  the  stories  have 
golfing  themes  or  metaphors. 
Hawkes  was  also  a  guest 
speaker  at  a  fund-raising 
event  for  the  Missouri 
Review. 

Hawkes'  book  is 
available  through  the 
College  Bookstore. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


FACULTY  NOTES 


Dr.  Moses 


Dr.  Darby  Lewes 

(assistant  professor)  pre- 
sented a  paper  "Nudes  from 
Nowhere:  Pornography, 
Empire,  and  Utopia"  at  the 
Northeastern  Modern 
Language  Conference  in 
Pittsburgh.  April  1994.  She 
was  also  member  of  a  panel 
on  "Revisioning  the  Utopian 
Canon"  at  the  Society 
for  Utopian  Studies  interna- 
tional conference  in  Toronto, 
Canada,  October  1994, 
where  she  chaired  a  session 
on  "The  British/American 
Axis  of  Utopia"  and  pre- 
sented a  paper  titled  "Worlds 
Apart:  Contrasts  in  British 
and  American  Utopian  Texts 
by  Nineteenth-century 
Women"  which  received  the 
Arthur  O.  Lewis  Award  for 
best  paper  by  a  junior 
scholar. 

Dr.  Carole  A.  Moses 

(associate  professor)  pre- 
sented papers  at  two  con- 
secutive annual  conferences 
of  the  Northeast  Modem 
Language  Association.  In 
1 994,  she  spoke  about  "Mr. 
Penrose:  The  First  American 
Novel?,"  and  in  1995  she 
gave  a  talk  on  "Branagh's 
Much  Ado  About  Nothing: 
Shakespearean  Comedy  vs. 
Shakespearean  Romance." 


Dr.  Moses  has 
published  a  book 
review  of  a  composi- 
tion text  in  Syntax  in 
the  Schools.  She 
also  appears  in  the 
latest  issue  of  Who's 
Who  in  American 
Education. 

FOREIGN 
LANGUAGES 

Dr.  Gloria  B. 

Clark  (assistant 
professor)  led  a 
group  of  1 1  students 
to  Cuemavaca, 
Mexico,  for  May 
Icrm  this  year.   The 
students  studied  Spanish 
language  and  culture  for  five 
hours  each  day  and  worked  in 
a  community  center  that 
provides  literacy  courses, 
child  care,  and  nutrition 
counseling  for  the  poor.  Dr. 
Clark  spent  last  summer  pre- 
paring for  this  experimental 
service  learning  course  by 
studying  at  the  Cemanahuac 
Comunidad  Educativa  in 
Cuernavaca,  where  she  also 
participated  in  a  rural  literacy 
program  and  women's  clinic 
through  the  VAMOS 
Foundation. 

Dr.  Clark  also  presented  a 
paper  at  the  Sixth  Biennial 
Northeast  Regional  Confer- 


ence of  the  American 
Association  of  Teachers  of 
Spanish  and  Portuguese  at 
Yale  University  in  New 
Haven,  Conn.  The  theme  of 
the  conference  was  "The 
Hispanic  Presence  in  the 
United  States."  Her  paper 
was  titled  "Lora  and 
Whitman:  Kindred  Spirits?" 

She  also  chaired  the 
session  "Twentieth  Century 
Spanish  Poetry." 

Dr.  Paul  A.  MacKenzie 

translated  a  chapter  of  Risiko 
unci  Wagnis  by  Ulrich  Beck 
on  the  Politics  of  Ecology 
that  was  issued  in  May  by 
Gardner  Press,  Inc. 
MacKenzie' s  review  of 
Alfred  Andersen's  novel  The 
Father  of  a  Murderer 
appeared  in  the  October  1994 
issue  of  CHOICE  published 
by  the  American  Library 
Association.  Two  other 
book  reviews  appeared  in  the 
March  1995  issue  of  the 
same  publication:  Nietzsche, 
God  and  the  Jews  by  Weaver 
Santaniello  and  Tlie  German 
Novella  by  Siegfried  Weing. 

HISTORY 

Dr.  Robert  H.  Larson 

(professor)  spent  the  1994-95 
academic  year  on  sabbatical 
in  Berlin,  Germany,  studying 
German  military  history. 


Dr.  John  F.  Piper,  Jr. 

(professor  and  Dean  of  the 
College)  is  co-chairman  of 
the  Lycoming  County 
Bicentennial  this  year.  He 
continues  to  teach  one  class 
each  semester  in  addition  to 
his  duties  as  Dean. 

LIBRARY 

Susan  K.  Beidler  (associ- 
ate professor  and  Collection 
Management  Services 
Librarian)  completed  her 
second  teiTU  in  1 994  as 
president  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  of  PALINET,  an 
association  of  over  350 
member  libraries  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, New  Jersey,  Delaware, 
Maryland,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia.  She  continues  to 
serve  on  PALINET' s  Finance 
Committee  during  1995.  The 
organization  has  an  annual 
operating  budget  of  $4.2 
million. 

Beidler  also  served  as  a 
member  of  the  Library 
Services  and  Construction 
Act  (LSCA)  Title  III  grants 
review  committee  for  the 
Commonwealth  Libraries, 
formerly  the  State  Library  of 
Pennsylvania. 

Janet  M.  Hurlbert 

(associate  professor)  and  Dr. 
Fredric  M.  Wild,  Jr.  (assistant 
professor  mass  communica- 
tion) had  their  paper 
presented  at  the  14th  Annual 
Lilly  Conference  on  College 
Teaching  held  at  Miami 
University,  Oxford,  Ohio. 
The  paper,  titled  "Time, 
Place,  and  Community:  Active 
Learning  Experiences  Using 
the  Library  as  Laboratory,"  is 
an  expansion  of  a  previous 
presentation  made  to  the  Third 
Annual  Conference  on 
Advancing  Teaching  in 
College  Classrooms  & 
Campus  Cultures,  sponsored 
by  the  State  System  of 
Higher  Education  Summer 
Academy  Expansion  Project. 


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FACULTY  NOTES 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


MASS 
COMMUNICATION 

The  Journal  of  Mediated 
Communication  published  an 
article.  "International  Reli- 
gious Broadcasting,  the 
Diffusion  of  Innovation 
and  the  Need  for  Audience 
Research,"  by  Michael  R. 
Smith  (assistant  professor). 
Smith  also  wrote  a  chapter  in 
the  book  Disabled:  The 
Media  and  the  Information 
Age  and  had  an  article 
published  in  the  December 
1994  Guidepost. 

In  addition.  Smith  is 
working  with  the  Christian 
College  coalition  on  commu- 
nication in  its  "Eyes  on  Faith" 
series,  speaking  about  news 
and  Christianity  in  American 
journalism. 

MATHEMATICAL 
SCIENCES 

Dr.  David  K.  Haley 

(associate  professor)  and  his 
wife,  Ellen,  were  recipients 
of  Ecumenical  Services 
Awards  from  the  United 
Churches  of  Lycoming 
County.  David  has  served  in 
a  leadership  position  with 
Shepherd  of  the  Streets  and 
Ellen  coordinated  the  last 
four  annual  CROP  Walks. 

Writing  and  Learning,  the 
publication  by  the  Writing 
Across  the  Cirriculum 
Association  of  the  Pennsylva- 
nia State  System  of  Higher 
Education,  published  an 
article  by  Dr.  Richard  A. 
Weida  (assistant  professor). 
Daniel  J.  Hartsock  (director 
of  the  Academic  Resource 
Centerj.and  Janet  M. 
Hurlbert  (associate  professor 
and  instructional  services 
librarian).  The  article, 
"Writing  in  Mathematics:  A 
Three-way  Partnership," 
appeared  in  Vol.  3,  No.  2, 
1994. 


Joanne  Schweinsburg 

( instructor)  has  been  ap- 
pointed by  the  Educational 
Testing  Service  as  a  consult- 
ant to  the  AP  mathematics 
placement. 

MUSIC 

Dr.  Gary  M.  Boerckel 

(associate  professor)  per- 
formed "Rhapsody  in  Blue" 
as  the  featured  piano  soloist 
with  the  Williamsport 
Symphony  Orchestra.  Dr. 
Boerckel  also  produced  and 
directed  Amahl  and  the 
Night  Visitors  during  the 
Christmas  season  for  St. 
Boniface  Church. 

Dr.  Diane  Janda 

(assistant  professor)  was 
invited  by  the  president  of 
the  College  Band  Directors 
National  Association  to  guest 
conduct  the  Colorado 
Intercollegiate  Band  during 
the  biennial  convention  of 
the  association  in  Boulder. 
Colorado.  The  event  brought 
conductors  from  the  U.S., 
Canada,  and  abroad. 

Dr.  Fred  M.  Thayer 

(associate  professor)  received 
his  1 1th  award  from  the 
American  Society  of  Com- 
posers, Authors,  and  Publish- 
ers ( ASCAP)  for  composition. 
Dr.  Thayer  has  received 


contracts  from  Laurendale 
Associates  Publishers  for  the 
publication  of  three  new 
compositions:  "Gloria."  "In 
Dulci  Jubilo,"  and  "O 
Magnum  Mysterium"  and 
from  Lawson-Gould  Music 
Publishers  for  the  publication 
of  two  choral  arrangements 
of  "Ain't  Got  Time  to  Die" 
and  "Sweet  Little  Jesus  Boy." 

Dr.  Thayer  was  also  a 
featured  speaker  at  the  New 
York  State  School  Music 
Association  conference  in 
November  1994. 

NURSING 

Dr.  Peg  Gray-Vickrey 

(assistant  professor)  was 
named  winner  of  the  Region 
Six  Research  Dissertation 
Award  by  Sigma  Theta  Tau 
International.  Inc.,  the  honor 
society  of  nursing.  The 
award  was  in  recognition  of 
the  excellence  of  her 
dissertation,  "The  Lived 
Experience  of  Caring  for  a 
Spouse  with  Alzheimer's 
Disease:  An  Investigation  of 
Rural  and  Urban  Caregivers." 

Dr.  Gray-Vickrey  was 
also  a  contributing  author  for 
test  questions  in  AJN:  The 
Questions  and  Answer  Book 
(4th  edition)  for  AJN/Mosby 
Yearbook;  author  of  a 
chapter  on  Cellular  Aberra- 


tion for  AJN/Mosby  Year- 
book 1994  Nursing  Boards 
Review  (9th  ed.):  and 
contributing  author  for 
Chapter  26.  "Gerontologic 
Care."  Nursing  94:  Ilhistrated 
Manual  of  Nursing  Practice 
(2nd  Ed.)  Springhouse  Corp- 
oration, Springhouse,  Pa. 

Dr.  Kathleen  D.  Pagana 

(associate  professor)  and  her 
husband.  Timothy  J.  Pagana, 
MD,  have  recently  published 
the  second  edition  of  Mosby  's 
Diagnostic  and  Laboratory 
Test  Reference.  The  book  is 
published  by  Mosby  Year- 
book. St.  Louis.  A  computer 
version  of  this  book  is  avail- 
able for  individual  or  insti- 
tutional use  and  a  Spanish 
translation  is  also  available. 

Dr.  Pagana' s  article, 
"Teaching  Students  Time 
Management  Strategies," 
was  published  in  the  October 
1994  issue  of  the  Journal  of 
Nursing  Education. 

PHILOSOPHY 

Dr.  John  M.  Whelan.  Jr. 

(professor)  presented  his 
paper  "Consent,  Fair  Play, 
and  the  Problem  of  Political 
Obligation"  to  the  fall  meeting 
of  the  Eastern  Pennsylvania 
Philosophical  Association  in 
November  1994. 

PHYSICAL 

EDUCATION/ 

WELLNESS 

Pamela  Z.  Dill  (  instruc- 
tor) had  two  commentaries 
published  in  the  July/ August 
1994:  Vol.  8.  No.  4  edition  of 
Women 's  Health  Nursing 
Scan.  In  them  she  reviewed 
cuiTent  medical  research 
published  in  Ibe  Americcm 
Journal  of  Obstetrics  and 
Gynecology.  In  addition, 
Pamela  was  recently  selected 
by  the  Journal  of  Obstetrics, 
Gynecologic  and  Neonatal 
Nursing  to  serve  as  a  peer 
reviewer  in  prinatal  care. 


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FACULTY  NOTES 


Matthew  Ficca  (athletic 
trainer)  was  author  of 
"Eccentric  and  Concentric 
Torque  Production  of  Knee 
Extensors  in  Endurance 
Runners  and  Cyclists,"  in 
Isokinetics  and  Exercise 
Science.  September  1994, 
Vol  4,  No  3. 

POLITICAL 
SCIENCE 

The  5th  edition  of  Dr. 
Michael  G.  Roskin's  book 
Countries  and  Concepts:  An 
Introduction  to  Comparative 
Politics  has  been  published 
by  Prentice  Hall.  The  new 
edition  adds  Japan  and 
updates  sweeping  changes  in 
Russia  and  South  Africa. 

His  second  edition  of  The 
Rebirth  of  East  Europe 
earned  Roskin  a  writing 
award  from  the  U.S.  Army 
War  College  in  Carlisle, 
Pa.    According  to  the  panel 
of  judges,  Roskin's  book  was 
"marked  by  exemplary 
research,  an  absorbing 
narrative,  and  direct,  lucid 
prose."    In  addition  to  the 
high-level  praise,  the  award 
carried  a  $500  stipend. 

His  article,  "The  Third 
Balkan  War,  and  How  It  Will 
End,"  appeared  in  the  Fall 
1 994  issue  of  Parameters, 
the  quarterly  publication  of 
the  U.S.  Army  War  College. 
A  second  article,  "National 
Interest:  From  Abstraction  to 
Strategy,"  appeared  in  the 
Winter  1995  issue  of 
Parameters  and  was  also 
published  by  the  War 
College's  Strategic  Studies 
Institute  to  be  used  as  required 
reading  by  all  students. 

After  three  years  teaching 
at  the  U.S.  Army  War 
College,  Roskin  is 
back  on 
campus  with 
his  new  dog 
Thor. 


Dr.  Ernest  D.  Glglio 

(professor)  is  back  on  campus 
after  a  year  at  the  University 
of  Nottingham  in  England. 
He  is  the  Director  of  Interna- 
tional Studies  at  Lycoming. 

Mary  B.  Wolf  (instructor 
and  Assistant  Dean  for 
Freshmen)  is  demonstrating 
political  theory  in  action  to 
her  students  by  running 
for  City  Council  this  year. 

PSYCHOLOGY 

Dr.  Kathryn  M.  Ryan 

(associate  professor)  had  her 
article,  "Do  Courtship 
Violent  Men  Have  Charac- 
teristics Associated  with  a 
"Battering  Personality'," 
published  in  a  recent  issue  of 
the  Journal  of  Family 
Violence,  Vol  10,  No.l.  She 
also  presented  a  paper  on 
"The  Influence  of  Play 
Agression  on  Courtship 
Violence  and  Sexual  Aggres- 
sion" as  part  of  a  panel 
discussion  at  the  first  annual 
international  conference  on 
Crime  and  Justice.  What 
make  the  conference  more 
notable  is  that  it  took 
place  completely 
on  the  Internet. 

RELIGION 

Dr.  Richard 
A.  Hughes  (MB. 
Rich  Professor  of 
Religion)  has 
had  a  new  book. 
The  Radiant  Shock 
of  Death. 
published 
by  Peter 
Lang  in 
Europe 
and  the 
USA. 


Dr.  Hughes 

The  book  is  a  multi-disciplin- 
ary study  of  death  as  a  non- 
rational  shock  event,  drawing 
upon  psychiatry  and 
the  history  of  religions. 

Hughes's  book  is  avail- 
able through  the  College 
Bookstore. 

Dr.  Robert  E.  Van 
Voorst  (assistant  professor) 
presented  a  paper  and  led  a 
workshop  titled  "Perspec- 
tives on  Academic  Excel- 
lence in  Small  Liberal  Arts 
Colleges  and  Univer- 
sities: Obstacles 
and  Opportuni- 
ties" at  the 
Triennial 
Northeast 
Regional  Meeting 
of  the  National 
Honor  Society  of 
Phi  Kappa  Phi  held  in 
Norfolk,  Virginia. 
Van 
Voorst 
received 
the 


College's  Teaching  Award 
for  junior  faculty  (on  campus 
seven  years  or  less)  for 
1994-95. 

SOCIOLOGY/ 
ANTHROPOLOGY 

A  paper  by  Dr.  Susan  H. 
Alexander  (assistant 
professor  of  sociology),  "The 
Bilingual  Education  Move- 
ment: The  Emergence  of  an 
Elite  in  an  Exploited  Minor- 
ity Group,"  was  published  in 
Migration  World  Magazine 
(Vol.  XXll,  No.  2,  1994). 

In  October,  she  was 
invited  by  Brock  University, 
St.  Catharines,  Ontario, 
Canada,  to  present  her 
research  concerning 
"Women,  Work,  and  World 
War  II."  Dr.  Alexander 
previously  presented  portions 
of  this  research  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Society  for 
the  Advancement  of 
Socioeconomics  in  Paris, 
France,  last  summer. 

Alexander  has  also  been  a 
guest  speaker  at  the 
Williamsport  chapter  of 
NOW  speaking  on  "Mes- 
sages On  Love  &  Marriage 
in  Women's  Magazines 
Between  1965  and  1994." 

Dr.  Stan  Wilk  (professor 
of  anthropology)  presented  a 
paper  on  anthropology  as 
literature  at  the  34th  Annual 
Meeting  of  the  Northeastern 
Anthropology  Association  in 
a  session  titled  "Texts, 
Codes,  and  the  Construction 
of  Meaning."  He  presented  a 
second  paper.  "Culture- 
Consciousness  and  Human 
Rights,"  in  a  session  titled 
"Rights,  Rites,  and  Writing: 
Humanistic  Perspectives"  at 
the  93rd  Annual  Meeting  of 
the  American  Anthropologi- 
cal Association  in  Atlanta. 

Dr.  Wilk  was  invited  by 
Millersville  University  to 
serve  as  a  consultant  for  the 
five-year  program  review  of 


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LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


John  Etk,  a  tong-tiine  familiar  face 
in  the  cafeteria,  retired  this  year. 

their  sociology/anthropology 
department.  He  served  in  a 
similar  capacity  for  Stockton 
State  College  of  New  Jersey. 

THEATRE 

Jerry  D.  Allen  (associate 
professor)  received  a 
Meritorius  Achievement 
Award  for  scene  design  from 
the  Kennedy  Center"  s 
American  College  Theatre 
Festival.  The  award-winning 
design  was  for  the  production 
The  Lady's  Not  for  Burning 
which  was  produced  on  the 
Lycoming  CoUge  Arena 
Theatre  stage  this  past  fall. 
This  is  Allen's  second 
Achievement  Award  from 
the  American  College 
Theatre  Festival.  His  first 
award  was  for  his  direction 
oi  Charlie's  Aunt  m  1991. 

Last  summer  Allen 
founded  The 

Fmerald 


City  Players,  a  new 
Lycoming  College 
children's  theatre  group, 
and  received  grants  for 
the  first  production  of 
The  Rehictant  Dragon 
from  the  Pennsylvania 
Council  of  the  Arts,  the 
Williamsport-Lycoming 
Arts  Council,  and  the 
Williamsport  Recreation 
Commission. 

Dr.  Robert  F.  Falk 

(professor  and  Associ- 
ate Dean  of  the  College) 
received  a  commendation 
from  the  American  College 
Theatre  Festival  for  his 
direction  of  the  production 
The  Lady's  Not  for  Burning. 

MILESTONES 

John  Eck.  who  has 

worked  in  Lycoming  food 
service  for  more  than  27 
years,  retired  this  year. 

EMERITI 
FACULTY 

Notes  compiled  by  Kristin 
Woznick  '95  from  personal 
interviews. 

Since  Jack  Buckle  retired 
from  his  position  as  Dean  at 
Lycoming,  he  has  enjoyed 
volunteering  at  the  Williamsport 
Historical  Society  Museum, 
working  on  a  photo  collec- 
tion, and  building  doll 
houses,  and  gardening. 

Buckle  stays  involved 
with  the  College  by  attending 
Lycoming 
Artist 
Series 
events  and 
Homecom- 
ing. 

Dr. 
James 
Hummer's 

travels  since 
his  retire- 
ment include 

Jack  Buckle  with 
one  of  his 
Victorian  doll 
houses. 


a  trip  to  Antarctica.  He  often 
goes  to  the  symphony  in 
Penn  State,  the  Philadelphia 
Orchestra,  and  operas  in  New 
York  City  and  Pittsburgh. 

In  the  first  few  years  since 
his  retirement.  Dr.  John 
Radspinner  occupied  his 
time  by  auditing  courses  at 
Lycoming,  such  as  art,  photo- 
graphy, history  and  botany. 

As  photography  became  a 
love  of  his,  Radspinner  built 
a  dark  room  in  his  house  to 
facilitate  his  hobby. 

These  days,  he  enjoys 
attending  chemistry  and 
physics  colloquiums, 
especially  ones  at  which  his 
former  students  speak. 

Mrs.  Mary  Landon 
Russell  is  staying  involved  in 
different  music  activities. 

She  is  a  member  of  the 
Williamsport  Music  Club,  a 
nationally-federated  music 
club,  and  is  on  the  Board  of 
the  Williamsport  Community 
Concert  Association.  She  is 
also  a  patron  of  the 
Williamsport  Symphony 
Orchestra  and  the 
Williamsport  Civic  Chorus. 
Last  year,  she  performed  as 
accompanist  in  the  50th 
anniversary  concert  of  the 
chorus,  having  been  the 
original  accompanist  for  the 
chorus. 

Mrs.  Russell  keeps  in 
touch  with  the  College  by 
attending  Friday  Concerts  at 
Noon  and  other  student 
recitals,  Lycoming  Artist 
Series  Productions,  and 
plays. 

She  also  does  some 
traveling.  She  attends 
various  music  festivals  and 
has  visited  such  places  as 
Canada,  California,  Colo- 
rado, and  a  number  of 
European  countries  as  well  as 
a  number  of  southern  islands 
on  cruises. 

She  still  finds  time  to 
teach,  though.  She  teaches 


piano  at  Lycoming  part-time, 
and  has  private  students  as 
well. 

"People  keep  asking  me 
when  I'm  going  to  retire 
again,"  quips  Russell.  "I 
love  to  teach.  I  really  do.  I 
figure,  as  long  as  I  enjoy  it,  I 
might  as  well  do  it." 

Since  Dr.  Louise 
Schaeffer  retired,  she  has 
kept  busy  by  gardening, 
reading,  and  attending 
concerts  and  operas.  Her 
two  children,  Peter  and 
Susan  (who  are  both  gradu- 
ates of  Lycoming)  and  her 
three  grandchildren  are  a  big 
part  of  her  life. 

Her  retirement  has 
allowed  her  to  do  some 
traveling,  and  she  has  seen  a 
good  bit  of  Europe,  including 
Italy. 

The  1 6  years  since  he  has 
retired  have  flown.  A  lot  of 
Jim  Sheaffer's  time  is 
devoted  to  taking  care  of  his 
farm  and  his  house.  "I  live 
for  this  farm,  and  enjoy 
living  in  the  country,"  says 
Sheaffer.  He  enjoys  watch- 
ing the  deer,  coyotes,  bobcats 
and  even  a  bear  that  occa- 
sionally comes  onto  the 
porch. 

Although  his  wife  died 
seven  years  ago,  Sheaffer 
continues  to  travel  exten- 
sively and  every  year  he 
takes  an  extended  trip  to 
Europe,  visiting  primarily 
Switzerland  and  Austria. 
"The  Swiss  have  the  best 
railway  system  in  Europe,  as 
well  as  the  most  spectacular 
mountains,"  says  Sheaffer. 

He  also  travels  to  visit  his 
three  children,  and  takes  one 
of  his  five  grandchildren  on  a 
trip  every  year,  usually  out 
west.  He  stays  involved  with 
music  writing  program  notes 
for  the  Williamsport  Sym- 
phony Orchestra.  ▲ 


COMMENCEMENT 


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menceme 


Under  blue  skies,  281  Lycoming  College 
students  participated  in  the  147th  Commence- 
ment of  the  institution. 

Three  received  honorary  degrees.  William 
Pickelner,  Williamsport  businessman,  re- 
ceived a  Doctor  of  Laws  degree.  Gary  A. 
Sojka,  outgoing  president  of  Bucknell  Univer- 
sity, was  awarded  a  Doctor  of  Laws  degree 
and  Rev.  James  W.  Grubb,  pastor  of  the 
Grace  United  Methodist  Church  in  Harris- 
burg,  received  a  Doctor  of  Divinity. 

Rev.  James  W.  Grubb  gave  the  sermon  at 
Baccalaureate.  Sojka  was  the  Commence- 
ment speaker.    Robert  V.  Martin  '95,  presi- 
dent of  the  Student  Senate,  was  the  student 
speaker. 

Sharing  the  honor  as  valedictolian  of  the 
Class  of  1995  were  Brand  Wesley  Eaton  of 
Williamsport  and  Donald  K.  Sherman  of 
Monloursville. 


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William  Pickelner 
receives  an 
honorary  degree. 


Brooke  and  Beth  Gentile 


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alumni,  from  newspaper  clippings  received  through  our  clipping 
service  and  from  press  releases  sent  to  our  news  bureau. 

Class  notes  received  after  January  1,  1995,  will  be  included 
in  a  future  issue  of  the  Lycoming  Magazine. 


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James  W.  Harding 
Retired  Kemper  CEO 

Ten  years  into  retirement  from  being 
President  of  Kemper  Corporation,  James  W. 
Harding  has  advice  for  young  graduates:  join 
a  large  company,  work  very  hard,  and  learn 
to  play  golf. 

The  hard  work  was  a  lesson  that  Harding 
learned  early.  Growing  up  in  Montoursville. 
Pennsylvania,  during  the  Depression  years, 
Harding  went  to  work  in  the  "blind  factory" 
after  the  death  of  his  father  and  might  have 
continued  if  he  had  not  lived  next  door  to  a 
Methodist  minister.  "He  told  me,  I  was  not 
going  to  work  in  the  factory;  I  had  to  go  to 
Dickinson,"  Harding  says. 

And  so  he  went,  borrowing  the  money 
and  hitchhiking  the  four  miles  back  and  forth 
every  day.  He  graduated  from  the  junior  college  two  years  later  and  $700  in  debt,  ready  to  go  to 
work. 

But  again,  a  mentor  intervened.  Professor  Sterling  McGrath  had  other  plans  for  Harding  and 
told  him  that  he  was  not  going  to  get  a  job;  he  was  going  to  complete  his  degree.  Harding 
received  a  scholarship  to  the  University  of  Chicago  where  he  not  only  earned  a  bachelor's  degree 
but  an  MBA  as  well.  In  1940,  he  joined  Kemper  Insurance  Company  for  $1 10  a  month  with  a 
five-year  plan  in  mind.  If  he  wasn't  earning  $5,000  a  year  in  five  years,  he  would  return  to 
Pennsylvania. 

He  never  returned. 

By  the  time  Harding  retired  from  Kemper,  43  years  later,  he  was  President  of  Kemper 
Coiporation  and  Chaimian  of  the  Kemper  Financial  Services,  a  parent  company  of  Kemper 
Insurance. 

Harding  views  his  career  as  a  Jack-of-all-trades.  Indeed,  he  held  a  variety  of  positions  at 
Kemper — from  controller  to  administrative  vice  president — before  becoming  its  president. 

In  1983,  his  accomplishments  were  recognized  by  Lycoming  College  with  an  honorary 
degree. 

The  dedication  required  to  get  ahead  is  a  key  factor,  and  it  requires,  says  Harding,  the 
willingness  to  share  your  life — perhaps  time  you  might  like  to  have  with  your  family — with  the 
company. 

"Every  business  is  different,  but  the  underlying  similarity  is  the  need  for  good  judgement. 
Liberal  arts  can  provide  a  background  for  the  critical  thinking  so  necessary  in  every  decision," 
he  says. 

Harding  does  not  underestimate  the  power  of  networking,  whether  it"s  on  the  golf  course,  or 
as  a  member  of  a  club  or  a  professional  association  or  a  church.  During  his  own  career,  he  often 
found  himself  sitting  on  the  Board  of  Directors  with  people  like  David  Rockefeller. 

Harding  has  one  daughter,  Connie  Fisher  (who  went  to  High  School  in  Park  Ridge,  Illinois, 
with  Hillary  Rodham  Clinton),  and  three  grandchildren. 

He  and  his  second  wife,  Mary,  enjoy  golf  at  the  Indian  Wells  Country  Club  in  Indian  Wells, 
California,  near  Palm  Springs. 


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A  Career  in 

Public 

Accounting 

"Public  accounting 
has  been  a  wonderful 
career,"  says  Hal 
Shreckengast. 

However,  Shreckengast 
would  not  have  become  a 
partner  in  Price 
Waterhouse,  would  not 
have  traveled  all  over  the 
world,  would  not  have 
counseled  companies 
like  Campbell  Soup  and 
Dupont — if  he  had 
been  any  good  at 
mechanical  drawing. 
Because  after  World  War 
II,  when  Hal  entered 
Dickinson  Junior  College, 
it  was  with  the  thought  of 
becoming  an  architect. 
As  he  struggled  through 
his  first  year,  the  Veterans 
Administration  gave  him 
an  interest  test  that  sug- 
gested he  do  something 
with  numbers  and  stay 
away  from  engineering. 

"I  read  in  a  magazine 
that  accounting  was  a 
good  job,  so  I  switched. 
Then,  when  I  was  ready 
to  graduate,  I  read  in  a 
magazine  that  Price 
Waterhouse  was  a  good 
accounting  firm,  so  I 
wrote  them  a  letter."  In 
those  days,  you  didn't 
have  placement  depart- 
ments; you  wrote  letters 

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CLASS  NOTES 


Cimlimieci  from  Page  28 

to  companies,  he  explains.  "I  wrote 
about  a  hundred  and  Price  Waterhousc 
responded.  They  said  if  I  was  ever  in 
the  Philadelphia  area,  I  should  stop  in. 
Well."  Shreckengast  smiles,  "I  stopped 
in  and  stayed  for  37  years." 

Shreckengast  became  a  CPA  and 
eventually  an  audit  partner.  It  was  very 
interesting  work,  he  notes.  "I  was 
involved  with  every  possible  kind  of 
business.  Part  of  my  job  was  to  visit 
the 

business  site  where  they  could  be 
making  nylon,  or  soup,  or  cans,  or 
paper  towels — whatever." 

Many  of  the  courses  that  he  took  at 
Lycoming — courses  that  he  thought  he 
would  never  use.  became,  in  fact,  quite 
useful.  Spanish?  There  were  business  trips  to  Barcelona  and  Buenos  Aires.  Chemistry?  Dupont 
made  ammonia  using  the  Belle  process  he  had  studied  at  college.  The  arts?  As  he  traveled, 
Shreckengast  had  the  opportunity  to  see  in  person  some  of  the  same  works  he  had  studied. 

"The  2  +  2  =  4  stuff  of  accounting  is  the  most  inconsequential  part  of  being  an  auditor," 
Shreckengast  comments.  "The  larger  part  of  the  job  is  arriving  at  opinions  and  analyses." 

He  was  elected  president  in  1983  of  the  Pennsylvania  Institute  of  Certified  Public  Accoun- 
tants, a  professional  society  with  nearly  20,000  members.  In  1985  he  was  appointed  by  the 
Governor  to  the  State  Board  of  Accountancy,  an  agency  that  monitors  the  work  of  CPAs  and 
grades  the  CPA  exams.  A  member  of  the  Lycoming  College  Board  of  Trustees  since  1972,  he 
served  as  Chairman  from  1984  to  1989. 

Retired  since  1987,  the  Shreckengasts  travel  together  (last  trip  was  to  Italy),  and  Hal  continues 
to  spend  time  helping  Lycoming  College  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  a  member  of 
its  Finance  Committee. 


Howard  Shreckengast  (left )  with  former  Lycoming  College 
President  BImner 


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RONALD  N.  TIETBOHL 

(psychology),  professor  of 
psychology  at  Wesley 
College  in  Delaware, 
presented  a  lecture  entitled 
"Dreams:  What  Do  They 
Really  Mean,"  in  Wells 
Theater.  Tietbohl  has  been  a 
member  of  the  Wesley 
College  faculty  since  1960. 
He  resides  in  Dover,  Del. 


JOHN  A.  BONFATTO 

(accounting)  serves  as 
director  of  administration 
for  Bonfatto's  in  Bellefonte 
Pa.  What  began  back  in 
1919  as  a  grocery  and 
produce  store  in  Bellefonte 
has  evolved  into  a  restaurant, 
bar,  and  takeout  sandwich 
counter,  all  located  across  the 
street  from  the  original 
restaurant.  Bonfatto"s, 
celebrating  75  years  in  the 
food  business,  is  a  product  of 
the  hard  work  of  two 
generations  of  Bonfattos.  In 
1958,  John  came  up  with 
the  idea  of  carry-out  sand- 
wiches and  the  trademark 
Bonanza  sub  was  born.  He 
resides  in  Bellefonte. 


WILLIAM  DEMENO 

(business)  has  retired  from  a 
35-year  career  with  Nation- 
wide Insurance  where  he  was 
senior  vice  president  of 
business  operations  and  a 
member  of  the  company's 
Executive  Management 
Council.  He  was  elected  as  a 


senior  vice  president  in 
1989. 

DeMeno  joined  the 
insurer  in  1960  as  a  claims 
adjuster  in  Butler,  Pa.  He 
moved  to  Pittsburgh  in  1963 
as  a  district  sales  manager 
and  Franklin,  Pa.,  in  1965  as 
a  district  claims  manager. 
After  a  series  of  moves  to 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  White 
Plains,  N.Y.,  and  Columbus, 
Ohio,  he  moved  to  Des 
Moines  in  1984  as  president 
and  chief  executive  officer  of 
Farmland  Insurance,  which 
Nationwide  acquired  in  1992. 
DeMeno  and  his  wife 
Barbara  have  three  grown 
children  and  a  grandson. 
They  plan  to  move  to  Palm 
Springs,  California. 


LEO  A.  CALISTRI 

(business  administration)  was 
recently  elected  to  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  the  Commu- 
nity-General Foundation 
(Community  General 
Hospital  of  Greater  Syra- 
cuse). Calistri  resides  in 
Fayetteville,  N.Y. 

JAMES  MCCORMICK 

(business)  has  had  35  years 
at  Nationwide  and  is  now 
Vice  President  and  State 
Officer,  managing  600 
employees  throughout  the 
Commonwealth  of  Virginia. 

Nationwide  is  the  third 
largest  carrier  in  Virginia,  the 
fifth  largest  in  property 
casualty  in  the  United  States 
and  the  nineteenth  largest  in 
premiums.  It"s  been  a  good 
career,  says  McCormick. 
And  although  he  has  moved 
seven  times,  "I've  loved 
every  place  we've  lived." 

McCormick  feels  that  the 
insurance  industry  holds  a 
bright  future  for  new 
graduates  even  though 
regulations  are  complicating 
the  business.  "It's  a  career 


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where  you  can  make  an 
excellent  income  in  time  and 
it's  helping  people,"  he  says. 
"When  you  go  in  after  a  bad 
accident  or  a  disaster  and 
help  people,  it  gives  you 
a  great  big  lift." 

The  McCormicks,  James 
and  Leneta,  have  three  sons, 
Jim,  Jeff  and  Casey,  and  a 
daughter.  Colleen,  who  is 
budget  manager  for  the  show 
Northern  Exposure. 


35th  Reunion  at  Homecom- 
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ROD  LAUB  (biology),  head 
Jersey  Shore  High  School 
wrestling  coach  for  24  years, 
was  elected  to  the  West 
Branch  Valley  Chapter, 
Pennsylvania  Sports  Hall  of 
Fame.  He  produced  the 
Class  AAA  State  Champion- 
ship mat  team  in  1980.  He 
resides  in  Jersey  Shore,  Pa. 


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ing, October  13-15.  Chair- 
person: Louise  Gossler 
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Dr.  Beth  Musser, 
Thrice  Honored 

Dr.  Beth  Musser  Lockerman 
(Spanish/elementary  education) 
has  received  three  separate 
honors  this  year.  In  October,  the 
Washington  Ohsen'er-Reponer 
profiled  her  as  one  of  the  top  ten 
women  of  achievement  in  the 
area.  That  same  month  the 
Washington  YWCA  honored  her 
as  one  of  fifteen  women  in  a 
special  Tribute  to  Women.  Then,  in  the  Winter  Commence- 
ment at  West  Liberty  State  College,  where  she  is  Director  of 
Student  Teaching,  she  received  the  Exemplary  Professor 
Award. 

Her  most  recent  project,  called  "Building  Bridges,"  has 
college  students  working  weekly  in  inner  city  schools.  She 
also  conducts  in-service  workshops  for  teachers  in  five 
counties  in  Pennsylvania,  Ohio,  and  West  Virginia.  And  at 
West  Liberty  College,  she  has  been  an  officer  of  the  Faculty 
Senate  and  the  college  representative  for  the  West  Virginia 
Council  of  Teacher  Educators. 

In  the  community,  she  is  a  charter  member  and  past 
president  of  Zonta  International,  an  organization  of  business 
and  professional  women.  Her  interest  in  Zonta  led  her  to 
organize  the  annual  Amelia  Earhart  dinner,  which  honors 
young  women  for  their  community  service. 

The  Observer-Reporter  described  Musser  Lockerman  as  a 
wonderful  role  model  for  service.  In  addition  to  her  professional 
achievements,  she  also  finds  time  to  organize  evening  story 
hours  for  the  new  children's  room  at  the  local  library  and  volun- 
teers weekly  as  a  read-aloud  adult  for  a  local  sixth  grade  class. 

Beth  is  married  to  James  Lockemian.  a  manager  of  a 
brokerage  firm.  Her  children,  Sean  and  Shannon  Snee.  have 
graduated  from  Penn  State  and  are  pursuing  a  career  and 
attending  graduate  school  respectively. 


PATRICIA  BAILEY 

(history)  is  the  first  full-time 
director  of  Disabled  Student 
Services  (DSS)  at  the 
University  of  North  Carolina 
at  Greensboro  (UNCG).  The 
DSS  office  was  opened  in 
1983.    It  serves  309  students 
out  of  a  total  enrollment  of 
about  12,000.  The  two  most 
commonly  used  services  are 
priority  registration,  which, 
for  example,  ensures  that  a 
student  in  a  wheelchair 
will  not  have  to  take  back-to- 


back  classes  across  campus, 
and  alternate  testing,  which 
might  allow  a  student  with 
Attention  Deficit  Disorder 
extra  time  or  a  quiet  room  for 
taking  a  test.  Bailey  is 
interested  in  getting  more 
work  experience  for  disabled 
students  while  they  are  in 
college.  She  also  wants  to 
talk  with  the  foreign  lan- 
guage faculty  about  different 
ways  to  teach.  She  resides  in 
Greensboro,  N.C. 


DAVID  WRIGHT  (Span 

ish)  was  featured  in  the 
Barre  Gazette,  a  Massachu- 
setts paper,  in  an  article  on 
preservation.  He  owns  and 
operates  three  companies  that 
harness  the  power  of 
hydroelectricity  for  the  towns 
of  Princeton  and  Holden. 
They  are  South  Barre  Hydro, 
Webster  Hydro,  and 
Powdermill  Hydro.  He  also 
has  a  company.  Ware  River 
Power,  Inc.,  that  rehabilitates 
and  maintains  other  hydro- 
electric facilities  throughout 
New  England.  His  great- 
grandfather. William 
Enos  Wright,  founded  the 
William  E.  Wright  Company 
in  Warren  in  1897.  They 
began  producing  "W 
&  N"  brand  bias  tapes  and 
related  products.  He  enjoys 
restoring  old  homes,  like  the 
1 750  farmhouse  where  he 
currently  lives,  antique  car 
restoration,  and  farming. 


ALLAN  J.  CEASE  (history) 
was  among  the  first  three 
persons  certified  as  a  pastoral 
caregiver  by  the  Religion 
Division  of  the  Association 
on  Mental  Retardation. 
Cease  serves  as  a  Protestant 
chaplain  at  Selinsgrove 
Center,  a  state  residential 
facility  for  persons  with 
mental  retardation  in 
Selinsgrove,  Pa.  He  resides 
in  Williamsport  with  his 
wife,  LYNN  (HESS)  '75, 
and  their  13-year-old  son. 
Christian. 


From  Teacher  to 
Stock  Broker 

C.  William  Donovan 
returned  to  campus  this  fall 
to  talk  to  Lycoming 
students  about  his  career 
path — a  path  that  started  as 
a  high  school  mathematics 
teacher  and  led  him  to 
financial  consulting. 

Today  Donovan  is  not 
only  a  stock  broker  with  the 
regional  brokerage  firm  of 
Legg  Mason  in  Pittsburgh, 
but  he  has  created  a  unique 
service  targeted  to  the 
special  niche  market  of 
doctors  which  he  calls  the 
Physicians  Advisory 
Network.  The  Network 
consists  of  Donovan's 
brokerage  service,  a  law 
firm,  an  accounting 
firm,  and  a  number  of 
consultants  in  medical 
practice  management. 

Together,  the  Network 
offers  educational  seminars 
of  special  interest  to 
doctors  and  even  to 
residents.  In  addition,  they 
can  offer  follow-up 
consulting  on  any  number 
of  issues — from  malprac- 
tice insurance  to  retirement 
planning. 

Donovan  has  been 
involved  in  Physicians 
Advisory  Network  for  five 
years,  and  his  business  is 
doing  even  better  as  reform 
ripples  through  the  entire 
health  care  system. 

"I  understand  physicians 
and  their  problems," 
Donovan  explains.  I  under- 
stand that  their  reimburse- 
ments are  down  at  the  same 
time  their  taxes  have  been 
bumped  up,  and  their  tax- 
deferred  contributions  to 
retirement  plans  have  been 
decreased  from  $30,000 
to  $22,500  annually.  I  am 

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their  budgetary 
needs." 

While 
Donovan  first 
began  to  maricet 
his  services 
directly  to 
physicians,  he 
has  found  a 
new  partner  in 
pharmaceutical 
firms.  With 
healthcare 
reform, 

pharmaceutical 
companies  have 
begun  to 
refocus  their 
marketing 
efforts  by 
providing 


educational  programs  on  non-clinical  issues.  Miles  Inc., 
UpJohn,  and  Marion  Merrell  Dow  are  now  underwriting 
Donovan's  seminars  as  a  way  to  develop  relationships  with 
a  very  important  audience. 

Donovan's  career  path  did  indeed  begin  in  a  small  high 
school  in  upstate  New  York.  Although  Donovan  majored  in 
economics,  he  found  himself  teaching  mathematics  shortly 
after  graduation.  Even  while  he  was  continuing  his  educa- 
tion at  SUNY-Binghamton  where  he  received  a  master's 
degree  in  economics,  he  supplemented  his  income  as  a  real 
estate  broker.  One  day  he  sold  a  house  to  a  stockbroker  who 
convinced  him  to  combine  his  teaching  skills  and  his 
salesmanship  into  one  job — a  stock  broker. 

Donovan  recounted  his  career  climb  to  Lycoming 
management  students  this  past  fall.  While  he  was  on 
campus.  Dr.  Opdahl  arranged  a  luncheon  with  several 
students  in  one  of  the  private  dining  rooms  in  Wertz  Student 
Center.  Dr.  Opdahl  and  the  students  joked  with  each  other 
and  ribbed  each  other,  like  old  times. 

"The  campus  has  changed  a  lot,  but  the  level  of  care  by 
professors  and  the  very  personal  feeling  between  students 
and  professors  at  Lycoming,"  Donovan  observed,  "has  not 
changed." 


LINDA  WEIDENHAMER 
CULLEN  (English)  was 
hired  as  a  realtor-associate 
for  the  West  Palm  Beach 
office  of  Gimelstob  Realty 
Inc./Better  Homes  and 


Gardens.  She  was  the  owner 
and  operator  of  World 
Association  in  Palm  Beach 
and  is  a  member  of  the 
Palm  Beach  Board  of 
Realtors.  She  resides  in 
West  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 


Murray  Ross  (left)  and  Dr.  Brnce  Weaver,  associate 
professor  of  business  administration,  meet  at  the 
Philadelphia  Stock  Exchange  during  a  visit  by 
Lycoming  students  this  fall. 


Secretary  of  the  Phila.  Stock  Exchange 

Murray  Ross  '69  and  Linda  Wabschall  Ross  '69 

Founded  in  1790,  the  Philadelphia  Stock  Exchange 
(PHLX)  is  the  nation's  oldest  trading  floor  and  is  about  as 
"establish- 
ment" as  you 
can  get. 

So  many  of 
his  classmates, 
and  surely 
most  of  his 
professors, 
may  find  it 
interesting  that 
the  Secretary 
of  the  Ex- 
change is  now 
Murray 
Ross — the 

same  Murray  Ross  who  as  a  member  of  Residents  of 
Susquehanna  Valley  for  Peace  (RSVP)  protested  against  the 
Vietnam  War,  picketed  the  marine  recruiters  and  the  ROTC 
and,  by  his  own  admission,  occasionally  went  to  class. 

Murray  Ross  was  one  of  the  500  or  so  students  who 
stormed  Long  Hall  in  protest  over  the  firing  of  a  popular 
dean.  In  fact  it  was  Murray  who  was  sent  in  by  the  crowd  to 
talk  to  President  Detwiler. 

Still,  he  has  good  feelings  about  Lycoming.  "I  got  a  very 
good  education  when  I  went  to  class — and  even  outside  of 
class." 

The  times  were  troubling.  Although  Murray  came  in 
with  enough  advanced  placement  courses  to  take  high  level 
courses  his  freshman  year,  he  dragged  his  academic  heels 
his  senior  year  to  put  off  his  graduation  until  September. 
The  reason  was  simple. 

"I  knew  if  I  graduated  in  May  I  would  be  1-A  and  in 
Canada,"  he  says.    Murray  went  so  far  as  to  investigate  the 
York  College  of  Law  of  the  University  of  Toronto,  but  he 
finally  chose  to  go  to  University  of  Toledo  College  of  Law 
where  he  spent  a  great  deal  of  time  in  the  legal  aid  clinical 
programs. 

After  law  school  and  with  his  father  ill,  he  returned  to 
Rochester  where  he  worked  in  a  private  law  practice  while 
helping  with  the  family  business,  a  machine  tool  company. 

When  his  wife  Linda  Wabschall  Ross  '69  found  a  better 
teaching  job,  they  moved  to  Philadelphia  where  he  joined 
the  staff  of  the  Philadelphia  Stock  Exchange  in  October  of 
1975.  He  has  been  Secretary  of  the  Exchange  since  1982, 
and  a  corporate  officer  in  the  Exchange's  subsidiaries:  the 
Stock  Clearing  Corporation  of  Philadelphia  (oldest  in  the 
country),  the  Philadelphia  Depository  Trust  Company,  and 
the  Philadelphia  Board  of  Trade,  which  runs  the  commodi- 
ties market  at  PHLX. 

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Continued  from  Page  32 

Somewhere  during  the  last  25  years,  Linda's  political 
views  and  Murray's  have  crisscrossed.  "I  may  be  the  more 
liberal  one  now,"  she  says. 

As  protestors,  says  Murray  of  the  "60s  and  "70s,  "We  were 
only  trying  to  capture  the  imagination  of  the  American  people." 

"We  were  very  politically  naive;  we  honestly  believed  all 
the  American  history  and  what  passed  for  political  science 
that  we  were  taught,"  he  says. 

The  Rosses  were  married  in  1970,  and  Linda  subsequently 
received  her  doctorate  from  Wayne  State.  Twenty  years  ago 
she  began  teaching  business  and  public  administration  at 
Glassboro  State.  She  served  for  the  last  four  and  one-half 
years  as  Acting  Deputy  Provost  of  the  same  school  (now 
named  Rowan  College)  and  returned  to  teaching  in  the 
business  school  this  past  spring. 

Murray  doesn't  see  himself  as  fundamentally  different 
from  who  he  was  in  college.  He  became  disillusioned  with 
aspects  of  the  practice  of  law  as  an  instrument  of  social  and 
economic  change.  Part  of  his  career  shift  (from  legal  aid  to 
regulatory  law)  was  due  to  burnout. 

■'I  don't  know  anyone  who  doesn't  identify  with  his  clients, 
and  that  can  be  depressing,"  he  explains,"  because  the  law  is 
not  on  the  side  of  the  poor.  Real  change  has  to  come  from  the 
legislators  and,  therefore,  ultimately  from  the  people." 

His  present  position  allows  him  to  effect  change  on  a 
greater  scale.  He  now  works  to  create  new  financial  instru- 
ments as  well  as  more  effective  regulatory  procedures  to 
ensure  the  integrity  of  markets  worldwide. 

The  Rosses  live  in  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania. 


25th 

Reunion  at 
Home- 
coming. 
October 
13-15. 
Chairper- 
son: Mel 


Campbell.  Be  a  volunteer. 
Call  321-4036. 


LYNNE  BILLMAN  (Span- 
ish) is  a  member  of  the  faculty 
of  the  Department  of  Spanish, 
Italian,  and  Portuguese,  part- 
time  at  the  University  of 
Virginia.    After  23  years  of 
living  in  the  District  of 
Columbia,  she  and  her 
husband,  Paul,  and  son, 
Thomas,  have  moved  to  a 


wooded  lot  ten  minutes  from 
Charlottesville,  Va. 

ROBERT  L.  DLUGE  JR. 

(political  science)  was 
featured  in  the  Shamokin 
News-Item  as  part  of  a 
series  of  American  Education 
Week  articles  recognizing 
locally-educated  people  who 
chose  to  remain  in  the  area. 
Dluge  is  beginning  his  19th 
year  as  an  attorney.  He  also 
serves  as  an  assistant  fire 
chief  and  is  very  involved 
with  the  Masons.  He  feels 
that  education  affects  every 
part  of  his  life.  As  the  father 
of  three.daughters,  he  was 
quoted  as  saying,  "I  empha- 
size education  to  my  children 
and  how  it  allows  them  to 
have  the  ability  to  make 
informed  choices."  He  and  his 
family  reside  in  Elysburg,  Pa. 


JAMES  L.  HEBE  (political 
science),  president  and  CEO 
of  Freightliner  Corporation, 
was  honored  as  a  recipient  of 
a  1995  Distinguished  Service 
Citation  from  the  Automotive 
Hall  of  Fame.  He  was  one  of 
just  seven  industry  leaders  so 
honored  at  the  56th  Annual 
Award  Luncheon  sponsored 
by  the  Automotive  Hall  of 
Fame  and  Popular  Mechan- 
ics magazine. 

Hebe  began  his  career  as  a 
salesman  for  America 
LaFrance  in  Elmira,  New 
York,  in  1971.  Over  the  next 
20  years,  he  earned  positions 
with  increasing  responsibility 
at  America  LaFrance  and 
later  Kenworth.  In  1989, 
Hebe  joined  Freightliner 
Corporation  as  Senior  Vice 
President  of  Sales  and 
Marketing  and  just  three 
years  later,  in  1 992,  became 
the  company's  chief  execu- 
tive officer. 

Freightliner  Corporation  is 
a  member  of  the  Mercedes- 
Benz  AG  group,  the  world's 
largest  commercial  vehicle 
manufacturer. 

He  lives  in  Portland, 
Oregon. 

MARILYN  (LYNNE) 

SCHILLER  (political 
science)  makes  her  living 
helping  other  people  to 
get  organized.  Since  Shiller 
founded  Affairs  in  Order 
about  four  years  ago,  she  has 


helped  more  than  50  clients 
do  everything  from  start  their 
own  businesses  to  settling 
their  estates.  Her  speciality 
is  finance  management  and 
she  is  now  expanding  her 
consulting  to  small  busi- 
nesses and  non-profit 
organizations.  She  resides  in 
Media,  Pa. 


Ci'l.  Miuiiui  VerULiUs  and 
astionaul  Drew  Gaffney 

Vernalis,  Assistant 
Chief  of  Cardiology 

Dr.  Marina  N.  Vernalis 
(philosophy  and  biology)  is 
credited  for  paving  the  way 
for  women  in  Army 
medicine.  The  doctor,  a  full 
colonel  in  the  U.S.  Army 
Reserves,  is  assistant  chief 
of  cardiology  at  world- 
famous  Walter  Reed 
Hospital  in  Washington  D.C. 

Her  passion  for  medicine 
began  at  three,  but  it  was 
during  college  that  she 
decided  on  cardiology.  Two 
things  prompted  that  career 
choice:  her  experience  as  an 
aide  in  the  coronary  care 
unit  of  the  Good  Samaritan 
Hospital  near  her  hometown 
of  Shenandoah  and  her 
father  having  a  heart  attack. 

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Continued  from  Page  33 

After  graduating  from  Lycoming,  she  received  a  full 
scholarship  for  medical  school  from  the  U.S.  Navy  Health 
Professions  Scholarship  Program. 

Vemalis  chalked  up  several  firsts:  She  was  the  first 
woman  internal  medicine  resident  at  the  U.S.  Naval  Medical 
Center  in  Bethesda  and  then  subsequently  became  the  first 
woman  chief  resident  of  internal  medicine.  She  was  selected 
in  a  highly  competitive  program  to  be  cardiology  fellow. 

"1  was  involved  in  the  first  balloon  angioplasty  procedure," 
she  says.  "By  today's  standards,  it  was  incredibly  crude. 
Now  we  do  600  to  700  procedures  each  year."  she  says. 

In  1988,  she  transfeired  from  the  Navy  to  the  Army  to 
explore  new  opportunities  at  the  1 ,000-bed  Walter  Reed 
Army  Medical  Center. 

Her  day  now  involves  everything  from  routine  tasks  of 
making  her  rounds  to  assisting  surgeons  in  the  operating 
room  by  doing  interoperative  echocardiography.  This 
procedure  consists  of  a  miniaturized  transducer  inserted  into 
the  esophagus  to  view  the  heart  during  an  operation.  "I  can 
tell  the  surgeon  if  the  repairs  are  okay,"  she  explains. 

Working  in  medicine  within  the  military  is  particularly 
rewarding  for  Marina.  "It's  a  bonus  for  me  in  treating  active 
duty  military  personnel,  their  dependents  and  people  who 
serve  their  country.  At  Walter  Reed,  we  offer  the  best  that's 
available." 

Edited  from  afrature  in  the  Evening  Herald,  Shenandoah.  Pa., 
November  24.  1994  by  John  E.  Usalis. 


CHARLES  CATHERMAN 

(biology)  is  vice  president 
and  winemaster  at  St. 
Julian  Winery  in  Michigan. 
According  to  a  recent  issue 
of  the  Detroit  Free  Press, 
Catherman  "is  as  good  (a 
winemaker)  as  the  best  in 
California  or  France."  He 
was  a  former  resident  of 
Conyngham.  Pa. 

JEFFREY  GETLER 

(religion),  Lafayette  College 
men's  soccer  coach,  was 
named  as  the  NSCAA/ 
Umbro  Mid-Atlantic  Region 
Division  I  Coach  of  the  Year. 
The  honor  is  Gettler's 
second  of  the  post-season  as 
he  adds  it  to  his  Patriot 
League  Coach  of  the  Year 
award.  Before  arriving  on 
College  Hill,  he  coached  for 
nine  seasons  at  the 
University  of  Massachusetts. 
He  resides  in  Easton,  Pa. 


STANLEY  J.  KRALL 

(sociology)  is  the  pastor  of 
Fox  Cha.se  United 
Methodist  Church.  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.  Pastor  Krall  began 
his  ministry  in  1976  at  the 
Mt.  Carmel  United  Methodist 
Church  in  the  Fern  Rock 
section.  He  and  his  wife. 
CLARITA  (ANDERMAN) 
'73,  are  the  parents  of  five 
children. 

DANIEL  R.  LANGDON 

(accounting)  was  named 
president  of  East  Penn 
Manufacturing  Company, 
Inc.  Founded  in  1946,  this 
privately  owned  company 
has  more  than  2,600  employ- 
ees generating  $300  million 
in  sales.  Langdon  joined  the 
company  in  1986  as  control- 
ler and  worked  for  the  last 
five  years  as  chief  financial 
officer.  He  also  is  president 
of  the  Greater  Berks  Devel- 


opment Fund  and  is  a 
director  of  the  Reading 
Hospital,  the  Reading  Center 
City  Development  Fund,  the 
Berks  County  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  and  the  Berks 
County  United  Way.  He  and 
his  wife,  Kathy,  have  five 
children  and  reside  in 
Wyomissing  Hills,  Pa. 

PAUL  V.  NADEL  (biology) 
was  promoted  to  president 
and  chief  executive  officer  of 
Amcon  Industries,  Buena 
Park,  Calif.  He  is  an  avid 
golfer,  racquetball  player, 
and  nmner.  He  and  his  wife, 
Joan,  have  two  sons,  Mat- 
thew, age  8,  and  Michael, 
age  4.  They  reside  in  Laguna 
Niguel,  Calif. 

JOYCE  MICHAUD  NICE 

(art),  a  ceramics  instructor  at 
George  Washington  Univer- 
sity and  Mount  Vernon 
College,  exhibited  her 
ceramic  works  during  the 
spring  of  1994  at  an  exhibit 
of  works  by  the  art  faculty  at 
Hood  College.  She  was 
awarded  a  grant  by  the  Arts 
Council  of  Montgomery 
College  and  was  the  1992 
recipient  of  the  Bernard  S. 
Glassman  Ceramic  Award 
from  the  Dimock  Gallery. 
She  resides  in  Frederick,  Md. 

JACQUELINE 
PANNELLA  (English)  is 
now  the  managing  broker  of 
the  Pike  Creek/Hockessin 
office  of  White  Robbins 
Realtors.  She  has  been 
active  in  the  local  real  estate 
market  for  over  seven  years. 
She  resides  in  Hockessin,  Del. 


JACK  A.  CARSON  has 

opened  his  new  law  office  in 
Charleroi,  Pa.  In  his  general 
practice  of  law.  he  will  be 
working  on  automobile  and 
accident  cases,  civil 


litigation.  Social  Security 
disability,  medical  malprac- 
tice, defective  products,  and 
workers'  compensation.  He 
resides  in  Charleroi. 


20th  Reunion  at  Homecom- 
ing, October  13-15.   Chairs 
of  the  20th  Reunion,  Carol 
Snook  (left)  and  Christina 
(Tina)  Miller  Heim.  To 
be  a  volunteer,  call 
(717)321-4036. 

ROBERT  J.  LEAHY 

(accounting)  was  appointed 
to  the  position  of  interim 
president/ceo  of  the  North 
Broward  Hospital  District. 
He  was  formerly  the  execu- 
tive vice  president  of 
finance  and  held  the  positions 
of  director  of  accounting 
services  and  controller  prior 
to  this  position.  He  resides 
in  Ft.  Lauderdale.  Fla. 

MARSHA  V.  MILLS 

(political  science)  has 
accepted  a  short  tour  with 
the  National  Guard  Bureau  at 
the  Pentagon  in  Washington, 
D.C.  Major  Mills  was 
assigned  to  the  National 
Guard  Bureau  Judge  Advo- 
cate General's  Office.  Her 
active  duty  tour  began  in 
October  1994  and  will 
continue  for  six  months. 
Mills  will  be  taking  a  leave 
of  absence  from  her  position 
as  senior  deputy  attorney 
general  with  the  Pa.  Office  of 
Attorney  General  in  Harris- 
burg,  Pa.  She  was  a  former 
Bradford  County  public 
defender. 


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CLASS  NOTES 


DAVID  SCHMID  (business 
administration)  was  featured 
in  an  article  entitled  "Shore 
Delicious"  which  appeared  in 
the  Beach  Haven  Times.  His 
recipe  for  sauerbraten  was 
listed.  He  grew  up  in  a 
business  that  was  started  by 
his  grandparents,  continued 
by  his  parents,  and  is  now  in 
the  third  generation.  The 
restaurant  is  The  Dutchman's 
Brauhaus  and  Schmid  runs 
the  kitchen.  He  has  been 
with  the  restaurant  in  various 
capacities  since  1976.  The 
Dutchman's  Brauhaus  was 
named  the  best  German/ 
Swiss  restaurant  in  Southern 
New  Jersey.  He  resides  in 
Manahawkin,  N.J. 


TIMOTHY  F.  HARLEY 

(art)  was  appointed  to  the 
position  of  acting  director  of 
the  Huguenot  Historical 
Society  of  New  Paltz,  N.  Y. 
The  5000  member  organiza- 
tion was  founded  in  1894  "to 
record  the  virtues  and  to 
perpetuate  the  memory  of  the 
Huguenot  Patentees  of  New 
Paltz  and  of  the  early  settlers 
upon  the  patent."  The 
Society  owns  and  operates 
"Huguenot  Street,"  a 
collection  of  house  museums 
with  construction  dates  from 
1690-1890. 

Harley  has  been  em- 
ployed by  the  Huguenot 
Historical  Society  since 
1984  as  public  relations 
officer  and  was  previously 
employed  by  the  Metropoli- 
tan Museum  of  Art,  New 
York.  Harley  is  the  first 
person  to  head  the  society 
who  is  not  a  descendent  of 
one  of  the  town's  original  12 
patriarchs.  He  resides  in 
New  Paltz. 


STEVEN  P.  JOHNSON 

(criminal  justice)  was 
appointed  to  Northern 
Central  Bank's  Central 
Region  Associate  Board  of 
Directors.  Johnson  is  senior 
vice  president  and  chief 
operating  officer  of  The 
Williamsport  Hospital  and 
The  Williamsport  Hospital 
Home  Health  Co.  He  is 
also  involved  in  various 
professional  health-care 
organizations  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Williamsport- 
Lycoming  Chamber  of 
Commerce  board  of  direc- 
tors. He  resides  in  Cogan 
Station,  Pa. 

JEFFREY  WAGNER 

(philosophy/religion)  recently 
began  his  ministry  at  the 
Lykens  Valley  Charge  of  the 
United  Church  of  Christ 
(Peace  and  St.  Peter's 
churches).  He  and  his  wife 
and  three  children  reside  in 
Loyalton.  Pa. 


NORMAN  J.  POLLARD 

(criminal  justice),  director  of 
counseling  and  health 
education  services  at  Alfred 
University,  has  been  selected 
to  chair  the  Ethics  Commit- 
tee of  the  New  York  Coun- 
seling Association.  Pollard 
joined  the  University  in 
1985.  He  formerly  served  as 
counseling  psychologist  at 
James  Madison  University  in 
Virginia.  He  resides  in 
Alfred,  N.Y. 


Windows  on  the  Currency  World 

A  typical  transaction  for  Jon  Vandevander.  currency  trader 
for  Dean  Witter,  is  a  half  billion  dollars.  The  deal  is  made  in 
minutes — a  verbal  agreement  over  the  phone — and  billions  of 
dollars  shift.  A  client  may  "stay  in  that  market  position"  for 
three  months  or  15  minutes  before  Vandevander  is  once  again 
moving  the  client's  money  into  a  more  favorable  currency  in 
the  world  market. 

Vandevander  moves  money  by  the  billions  from  a  desk 
that  .sets  next  to  an  outside  window  on  the  62nd  floor  of  the 
World  Trade  Center  (Tower  II).  "I  love  the  view!"  says 
Vandevander.  But  he  does  not  have  much  time  to  enjoy  it. 
From  7:00  a.m.  (when  his  shift  takes  over  from  the  European 
shift)  to  4:30  p.m.  (when  the  Asian  shift  comes  in),  he  has  a 
phone  in  each  hand,  hunting  for  the  best  buys  on  dollars,  yen, 
and  Deutsche  marks  for  his  institutional  clients — clients 
whose  famous  names  he  can't  divulge. 

Although  he  begins  the  day  by  reading  the  paper  until  the 
volume  picks  up  around  7:30  a.m..  the  newspaper,  however,  is 
old  news.  The  Currency  Desk  relies  on  a  Multiple  News 
machine  and  CNN  for  its  information  flow. 

"There's  a  lot  of  noise;  a  lot  of  screaming  going  on,"  he 
describes  the  trading  arena.    Yet  for  the  U.S.  market,  all  deals 
are  made  verbally  over  the  phone — with  an  audio  tape  backup 
of  all  conversations.  "You  have  to  be  careful  about  what  you 
hear  and  what  you  say,"  Vandevander  cautions.  For  transac- 
tions overseas,  however,  the  traders  rely  on  a  computer. 

"Anyone  who  knew  me  at  Lycoming  and  who  knew  how 
unmathematical  I  was  will  find  it  hard  to  believe  what  I'm 
doing  now,"  he  says.  Most  would  remember  him  as  captain  of 
the  soccer  team  and  a  Theta  Chi  brother.  So  how  did  this 
history  major  become  a  currency  trader? 

"That's  the  joy  and  virtue  of  a  liberal  arts  education,"  says 
Vandevander.  "Most  any  job  you  do,  they  will  train  you — if 
you  have  confidence  in  yourself."  And  that  confidence  is 
something  that  a  broad-based  liberal  arts  education  provides. 

After  graduation,  he  answered  a  newspaper  ad  for  a 
stockbroker  trainee.  After  seven  years  as  a  stockbroker, 
trading  over-the-counter  stocks,  he  switched  to  cuirency 
trading,  which  he  has  been  doing  for  the  last  eight  years.  Jon 
commutes  from  his  home  in  Ridgewood,  New  Jersey,  where 
he  is  also  father  to  Jon  7-1/2  and  Janie  3-1/2. 


15th  Reunion  a!  Homecom- 
ing, October  13-15.  Be  a 
vohmteer.  Call  321-4036. 

ELIZABETH  (BUFFY) 
GULICK  DOUGHERTY 

(art/sociology)  worked  as  a 
registered  nurse  in  the  labor 


and  delivery  unit  of  the 
Kapiolani  Womens  and 
Childrens  Medical  Center  in 
Honolulu,  Hawaii,  prior  to 
moving  to  Gennany  in 
January  1995. 

JOHN  SCALA  (astronomy) 
was  named  Lenape  Valley 
Regional  High  School's 


CLASS  NOTES 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


Teacher  of  the  Year  for 
1994-95  by  the  Board  of 
Education.  He  has  been  a 
science  teacher  and  plan- 
etarium director  at  Lenape 
Valley  for  nearly  eight  years. 
He  was  also  one  of  75 
teachers  recently  selected 
nationwide  by  the  American 
Astronomy  Society  to  be  a 
certified  "astronomy  resource 
teacher."  This  allows  him  to 
train  other  teachers  in 
astronomy  techniques  they 
can  u.se  in  the  classroom.  He 
and  his  wife,  Anne,  and  their 
two  daughters  reside  in 
Stanhope,  N.J. 


JANE  SORTOR 
ALEXANDER  (music)  is  a 
patent  attorney  for  Mathews, 
Woodbridge  and  Collins  in 
Princeton,  N.J.  She  and  her 
husband.  Wade,  reside  in 
Yardley,  Pa. 


SALLY  STOCK 
HOUTMAN  (English/ 
psychology)  has  worked  as  a 
senior  chemical  dependency 
counselor  for  the  past  four 
years  for  Kaiser  Permanente, 
West  Los  Angeles,  Calif. 
She  and  her  husband,  Lucas, 
reside  in  Culver  City.  Calif. 


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JOSEPH  NOON  (account- 
ing) was  promoted  to 
financial  reporting  officer  at 
Reliance  Insurance  Group. 


Some  of  his  responsibilities 
include  preparing 
Security  and  Exchange 
Commission  (SEC)  filings 
and  implementing  all 
Financial  Accounting 
Standards  Board  and  SEC 
regulations.  He  and  his  wife, 
Janet,  and  their  son,  Colin, 
reside  in  Wyncote,  Pa. 

DONNA  JO  BOHNERT 
STEPHAN  (history /political 
science)  was  named  vice 
president  of  government 
services  at  Prudential 
Resource  Management.  She 
is  responsible  for  opening  a 
branch  office  that  will 
service  government  reloca- 
tion contracts.  Stephan  and 
her  husband.  JOHN  ('82). 
live  in  Washington,  D.C. 


10th  Reunion  at  Homecom- 
ing, October  13-15.  Chair  of 
the  10th  Reunion,  Barbara 
Dodd  Aruohl.   To  volunteer, 
call  321-4036. 


LAURA  LEVALLEY 
VANVELTHOVEN  (mass 
communication)  has  been 
promoted  to  director  of  sales 
and  marketing  for  the 
Hudson  River  Division  at  K. 
Hovnanian  Enterprises.  She 
resides  with  her  husband, 
John,  and  son.  Brad,  in 
Middletown,  N.J. 


Nicole  Spring  in  llw  hny  III 


I  ihc  Lycoming  Count}-  Court  House. 


Nicole  J.  Spring — 
Newest  Public  Defender 

One  month  after  passing  her  bar  exam.  Nicole  J.  Spring 
(political  science)  became  the  public  defender  for  Lycoming 
County.  The  new  public  defender,  however,  had  already 
spent  ten  years  working  in  the  Office  of  the  Public  Defender. 

Spring  transferred  to  Lycoming  after  two  years  at  Penn 
State.  She  found  that  Lycoming,  with  its  smaller  classes  and 
small  student  to  faculty  ratio,  offered  her  more  personal 
attention. 

She  credits  Larry  Strauser,  assistant  professor  of  criminal 
justice  at  Lycoming,  for  her  career  choice.  During  her  senior 
year  at  Lycoming,  Strauser  advised  the  political  science  major 
to  "go  watch  a  trial." 

"I  followed  the  public  defender  home,"  she  says,  and 
talked  her  way  into  an  internship  in  the  public  defender's 
office  that  semester,  taking  off  just  enough  time  to  have  her 
daughter  Amanda. 

After  graduating  from  Lycoming  in  1986,  Spring  worked 
her  way  through  law  school  at  the  Harrisburg  campus  of 
Widener  University  School  of  Law  while  holding  down  a  full 
time  job  as  a  paralegal  on  the  staff  of  Chief  Public  Defender 
William  J.  Miele  "70.  For  four  years,  Spring  commuted  three 
times  a  week  for  night  and  weekend  classes.  "I  could  drive 
Route  15  in  my  sleep  and  avoid  every  pothole,"  she  says. 

Spring  wants  to  make  a  career  out  of  being  a  public 
defender,  a  decision  she  made  at  the  age  of  8.  "I  always  knew 
I  was  going  to  be  a  poor  people's  lawyer,"  she  says.  What 
drives  her  on  is  her  belief  that  there  is  often  injustice  in  the 
way  the  law  is  administered. 

The  legal  bug  is  catching.  Spring's  mother,  now  in 
Harrisburg,  is  attending  law  classes  at  the  same  school  her 
daughter  attended. 

Nicole  and  her  daughter,  Amanda,  live  in  Lairdsville,  Pa. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  95 


CLASS  NOTES 


Correction  from 
Winter  94/95  Issue: 

LOU  ANN  MILLER 

(biology/chemistry)  has 
received  a  master  of  science 
degree  in  analytical  chemis- 
try from  Bucknell  University, 
Lewisburg,  Pa.  The  title  of 
her  thesis  was  "Solvent 
Isotope  Effects  on  the 
Reduction  of  Lipoxygenase 
by  Alkylhydroxylamines." 
She  was  promoted  to  senior 
chemist  with  Merck  and 
Company,  Inc.  in  Riverside, 
Pa.  She  is  a  part-time 
instructor  in  the  Chemistry 
Department  at  Lycoming 
College.  She  resides  in 
Bloomsburg,  Pa. 

DEBRA  OBERG 
KMIECIK  (mass  communi- 
cation )  hit  a  hole-in-one  in 
June  1 994  at  the  Pascack 
Golf  Club  from  135  yards 
away  using  a  Ping  eight  iron. 
On  a  recent  trip,  she  and  her 
husband,  Craig,  were 
surprised  as  another  Lyco 
grad,  HOLLY  (HALL)  '86 
and  her  new  husband.  Tim 
Smith,  were  not  only  on  the 
same  American  Airlines 
connecting  flight,  but  also 
had  seats  in  the  same  row  on 
the  airplane.  The  Smiths 
were  traveling  to  Hawaii  on 
their  honeymoon. 

KEVIN  T.  MAHONEY 

(sociology)  will  be  coaching 
the  varsity  swim  team  for  a 
fourth  season  at  Oratory 
High  School.  New  Jersey.  He 
also  fills  the  capacity  of 
athletic  director  and  physical 
education  instructor  at  the 
school.  In  addition  to  these 
responsibilities,  Mahoney  is 
directing  the  varsity  swim 
team  at  Mount  St.  Mail's 
Academy  in  Watchung.  He 
resides  in  Murray  Hill,  N.J. 


BRION  M.  WATSON 

(accounting)  has  joined  the 
firm  of  Rowles  and  Com- 
pany, certified  public 
accountants,  as  a  staff 
accountant  and  will  assist  the 
company's  bank  and  small 
business  clients.  Rowles  & 
Co.  provides  accounting,  tax, 
and  financial  advice  to 
individuals  and  businesses  in 
Maryland,  Delaware,  and 
Virginia  through  its  offices  in 
Salisbury  and  Towson.  Md. 


JOYCE  BOROCZ 
ABBOTT  is  a  certified 
professional  picture  framer 
and  cuiTently  works  in  an 
art  gallery  in  Huntingdon 
Valley.  Pa.  Until  February 
1993.  she  and  her  husband. 
Rick,  lived  in  Dorset,  Vt. 
They  own  a  restaurant  in 
Keene.  N.H.  They  reside 
with  their  new  son.  Patrick. 
in  North  Wales.  Pa. 

TONIIOPPOLO(mass 

communication)  has  joined 
Gaul  Advertising  in  Paoli  as 
an  account  executive.  Toni 
has  been  in  advertising  and 
public  relations  since 
graduation  and  was  previ- 
ously with  Windemere 
Agency  and  Philips  Agency. 
She  lives  in  Broomall.  Pa. 


5lh  Reunion  at 
Homecoming, 
October  13-15. 
Cluiirpeople  of  the 
5th  Reunion, 
Courtney  Wells 
Arendt  and 
Gretchen  Crowley 
Fox.  (no  picture) 
To  be  a  volunteer. 
Call  J2 1-4036. 


Lycoming's  Connection  at 
Local  Accounting  Firm 


Mark  Hughes  'H3 

Seven 
graduates  of 
Lycoming 
College's 


accounting 
program  are 
working 
professionals 
in  the  regional 


Sealed:  Jniin  H.  t  onipion.  Jr.  CHA.  'fiti  (supen-isor): 
Jeffrey  L  Beimel/  '94  fassistaiU  staff  accountant):  In 
back  row.  left  to  right:  Bonnie  S.  Steinliacher  '93  (staff 
accountant):  Yvette  M.  Bower  Graver  '94  (junior 
accountant):  Jeffrey  R.  Arnold,  CPA  '88  (senior 
accountant)  and  Debra  K.  Niinn  '95  (junior  accountant) 
who  will  be  starting  full-time  this  fall. 

accounting 

firm  of  Parente.  Randolph.  Orlando.  Carey  &  Associates  in 
Williamsport.  Since  Parente  Randolph  opened  an  office  in 
1983.  the  ties  between  the  firm  and  the  College  have  been 
very  close.  Over  the  past  12  years,  the  firm  has  hired  many 
Lycoming  graduates.  Presently  the  fimi  has  seven. 


KATHLEEN  R.  ELY 

(Spanish)  received  a  master 
of  science  degree  in 
education  from  Bucknell 
University.  Lewisburg.  Pa., 
in  1993.  A  recipient  of  a 
graduate  scholarship  from 
the  Department  of  Education, 
she  completed  the  two-year 
program  in  secondary 
counseling.  Ely  is  a  guidance 
counselor  at  Rice  Middle 
School.  Northumberland.  Pa. 
She  resides  in  Sunbury,  Pa. 

DONNA  GREEN 
MISSIGMAN 

(music)  has 
recently  released 
two  new  cassettes/ 
cds  entitled  "Snow 
on  the  Mountain" 
(21  Christmas 
favorites)  and 
"Wanderings"  (22 
popular  folk 
melodies).  She  performs  on 


the  Hammered  Dulcimer. 
These  recordings  are 
available  by  contacting 
Missigman  Music.  P.O.  Box 
6.  Lake  Road,  Laporte.  Pa. 
18626.  CDs  are  $14.00. 
cassettes  $9.00. 

MARIE  RISCAVAGE 
SALTZ  (nursing)  is 
working  in  a  managerial 
position  at  the  surgical  office 
of  Geisinger  Medical  Group. 
Wilkes-BaiTe.  Pa.  Saltz.  who 
is  a  registered  nurse,  and  her 
husband.  Wesley,  reside  in 
Ashley,  Pa. 


MINDY  ANN 
SOLLENBERGER 
KEHLER  (biology)  is 
employed  as  a  microbiologi- 
cal laboratory  technician  at 
Hershey  Chocolate  U.S.A.. 
Hershey,  Pa.  She  resides  in 
Valley  View,  Pa. 


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GERALD  A.  LANOZA, 

JR.  (business  administration) 
has  joined  Gould  Paper 
Corporation's  Mid-Atlantic 
Division  as  a  customer 
service  representative.  He 
resides  in  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

PAT  LONG  (English)  is  the 
Centre  County  Training 
Coordinator  for  Special 
Olympics  and  will  be  the 
head  of  a  delegation  to  the 
games  at  Penn  State  in  June 
1995. 

JEFF  MICHAELS  (mass 
communication/political 
science)  has  joined  the 
staff  of  Lycoming  College  as 
Sports  Information  Director. 
He  lives  in  Danville  with  his 
wife,  Tammy. 

MEREDITH  RAMBO 

(mass  communication/ 
political  science),  office 
manager  at  Oxford  Commu- 
nications, Lambertville,  N.J., 
was  honored  by  the  Ameri- 
can Cancer  Society's 
Pennsylvania  Division.  An 
article  she  wrote  on  the  effects 
of  cancer  among  college 
students  was  awarded  the 
"best  single  article  printed  in 
a  news  weekly  with  circula- 
tion under  50,000."  She 
resides  in  Feasterville.  Pa. 

SHANNON  MUDRICK 
WILKINSON  (mass 
communication/psychology), 
along  with  her  husband. 
Jay,  manages  Eagles  Mere 
Village,  Inc.  (EM VI),  a  for- 
profit  corporation  dedicated 
to  "restoring  and  developing 
old  time  Eagles  Mere."  She 
serves  as  public  relations 
director.  EMVI  sponsors 
the  Eagles  Mere  Arts  and 
Crafts  Festival  and  the 
Antique  Markets  held  on  the 
Village  Greene.  These  events 
have  helped  the  Corporation 
finance  the  renovations  of 
its  buildings. 


ALISON  GREENBERG 

(mass  communication) 
received  her  master's  degree 
in  communications  from  the 
University  of  Miami  (Ohio) 
and  is  now  in  the  doctoral 
program  in  communications 
at  The  Pennsylvania  State 
University.  Greenberg  is 
also  a  graduate  assistant 
teaching  a  course  in  advertis- 
ing. She  lives  in  State 
College. 

JAMES  HEPLER  (criminal 
justice)  was  inducted  into  the 
North  Schuylkill  High 
School  Football  Hall  of 
Fame.  Hepler  was  an 
offensive  and  defensive 
tackle.  He  was  also  first 
team  All  County  and  All 
Anthracite  Offense,  a  three 
year  varsity  letterman,  and 
team  co-captain  in  1988.  He 
is  employed  by  WENCO 
Windows,  Ringtown,  Pa. 

THOMAS  LAUTA  (his- 
tory) joined  the  faculty  of 
Shenandoah  Valley  for 
the  1994-95  school  year  as  a 
seventh  and  eighth  grade 
history  teacher.  He  resides  in 
Ashland,  Pa. 

DAVID  TROUTMAN 

(biology)  was  the  director  of 
summer  theater  in  Mount 
Carmel,  Pa.  For  a  second 
straight  year,  a  group  of 
college  friends  spent  a 
portion  of  vacation  reviving 
their  thespian  skills. 
Troutman,  who  is  attending 
podiatry  school  in  Philadel- 
phia, got  his  start  in  theater 
when  he  was  involved  in 
several  productions  at 
Lycoming  while  a  student. 


JEFFREY  AL-MASHAT 

(mass  communication- 
journalism)  is  an  educational 
services  coordinator  for 
Safe  America  Foundation, 
Athens,  Ga. 

KIRSTEN  RAMBO  AL- 
MASHAT  (English/Spanish) 
is  a  student  in  the  master's 
program  for  English  litera- 
ture at  the  University  of 
Georgia.  She  and  her 
husband,  JEFF  '94,  reside  in 
Athens,  Ga. 

NATALIE 

KLEINFELDER  (mass 
communication)  has  joined 
Videosmith,  Inc.,  a  Philadel- 
phia company,  working 
together  with  Lycoming 
grads  and  owners,  STEVEN 
T.  SMITH  '69  and  his 
wife,  MARTHA 
(SCHNEIDER '70).  She  is 
the  client  relations  manager 
and  will  be  directly  involved 
with  Videosmith' s  clients 
who  create  and  produce 
commercial  and  corporate 
videos.  While  on  campus, 
Kleinfelder  specialized  in 
print  and  broadcast  journal- 
ism and  related  activities 
on  campus.  She  produced 
and  was  the  on-air  talent  for 
a  classic  rock  radio  show  on 
Lycoming's  FM  Station  and 
was  the  Sports  Editor  for  the 
Lycoiirier. 

PETER  RESSLER  (politi 
cal  science)  worked  for  an 
outfitter  in  the  Teton 
Mountains  of  Wyoming 
giving  tours  and  tly  fishing 
lessons.  He  hopes  to  pursue 
his  interest  in  the  environ- 
ment and  may  consider  law 
school  in  two  years,  accord- 
ing to  information  received 
from  his  father. 


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R      R      I 


Marlene  K.  Gummo  and 
GALEN  D.  CASTLEBURY 

'60.  July  23,  1994.  Lamar,  Pa. 

REBECCA  A.  FORD  '73 

and  Thomas  E.  Auble  on 
September  16,  1994. 

Julie  C.  Stoops  and  GRE- 
GORY S.  BOWERS  '75, 
July  9,  1994.  Columbia.  Pa. 

Sandra  Irene  May  and  DAVID 
M.  GONZALEZ  '78.  May 
28,  1994,  Clifton  Park,  N.Y. 

ELIZABETH  GULICK  '80 

and  William  J.  Dougherty. 
October  1,  1994.  Honolulu, 
Hawaii. 

JANE  SORTOR  '81  and 

Wade  H.  Alexander  III. 
September  18,  1993.  Tren- 
ton, N.J. 

JENNIFER  M.  SIKORA 

'82  and  Ernest  J.  Dianastasis, 
September  17,  1994, 
Wildwood,  N.J. 

SALLY  STOCK  '84  and 

Lucas  Houtman.  June  10. 
1994.  Lake  Tahoe,  Calif. 
Attendants  included: 
DONNA  JO  BOHNERT 
STEPHAN  '84.  DEBORAH 
SABO  '84.  and  ELIZA- 
BETH LAYER  '85. 

HOLLY  H.  HALL  '86  and 

Tim  Smith.  Septeinber  10, 
1994,  Westfield.  N.J. 
Attendants  included:  LISA 
JUDGE  BLINN  '86  and 
DEBRA  OBERG- 
KMIECIK  '87 

LISA  JUDGE  '86  and 
Dennis  Blinn.  November 
1993.  Attendants  included: 
HOLLY  HALL  SMITH 
'86.  DEBRA  OBERG- 
KMIECIK  '87.  and  PATTY 
STUNDON  '84. 


Ziva  Marchus  and  JOHN  C. 
LITTLE '86.  September  17. 
1994.  Hershey.  Pa. 

Donna  M.  Roche  and 
JAMES  S.  LULL  '86.  July 
2.  1994.  Milford.  Pa. 

KAREN  AILEEN  ARTHUR 

'87  and  James  V.  Santanna  III. 
July  2.  1994,  Hanisburg.  Pa. 
KENNETH  R.  ARTHUR 
'58,  father  of  the  bride, 
performed  the  ceremony. 
KIMBERLY  TRESSLER 
'83  matron  of  honor: 
KRISTIN  ARTHUR  '93. 
maid  of  honor:  PATRICIA 
RYAN  VIGNOLA  '85  and 
MARY  WALKER 
HANLON  '87.  were 
bridesmaids. 

BERNADETTE  J. 
CARROLL  '87  and  Bradley 
G.  Nichols.  September  17. 
1994.  Norwood.  Pa. 

Parry  L.  Grogan  and  PAUL 
P.  GULBIN '87,  October  1, 
1994,  New  Canaan,  Conn. 

ELIZABETH  C.  IZZO  '87 

and  Leighton  K.  Waters  Jr., 
July  23.  1994,  Rumson.  N.J. 

Traci  R.  Pearson  and  GARY 
C.  RHINEHART  '87, 

September  3.  1994, 
Gatlinburg,  Tenn. 

ALICIA  ARVESON  '88 

and  John  Salmon  in  Novem- 
ber 1992. 

Mary  L.  Swartz  and  JAY  W. 
CLEVELAND  '88.  October 
29,  1994,  Hanisburg,  Pa. 

EILEEN  McDonald  '88 

and  Michael  Nardo.  October, 
23,  1993,  Clark,  N.J. 
Attendants  included: 
PATRICIA  MCDONALD 
VALENTINE  '84.  matron 
of  honor:  SUSAN  RANKIN 
'88.  MICHELLE  DONLON 
CLICKNER  '89.  TANEEN 


CARVELL  '88,  honor 
attendants:  and  MATTHEW 
A.  MCDONALD  '88,  lector. 

SUSAN  E.  PILCHARD  '89 

and  James  M.  Horan,  October 
22,  1994,  Potomac,  Md. 

PAMELA  SCHMOYER 

'89  and  Drew  Wildonger, 
October  29,  1994,  Boyertown, 
Pa.  Attendants  included: 
KAREN  SIVES  ROLAND 
'88.  DONNA 

HOLLENBACH  ZINN  '88, 
and  KRIS  CONFER  '89 

AMY  WOMELSDORF  '89 
and  HENRY  ANDERSEN 

JR. '89.  June  11,  1994, 
Williamsport,  Pa. 

Michelle  L.  Bosch  and 
JOSEPH  A.  BITNER  '90. 
July  9,  1994,  Williamsport. 
Pa    TROY  GARDNER '90 
and  MATT  MILLER  '90 
were  ushers. 

COURTENAY  M.  WELLS 

'90  and  George  J.  Arendt  111. 
October  2.  1993.  Baltimore. 
Md.  LAURA  RUTAN 

'91was  a  bridesmaid. 

ADRIENNE  M.  AIKEN  '91 
and  DAVID  A.  MILLER 

'89.  August  6.  1994, 
Hollidaysburg,  Pa. 

MARIA  ELENA  DeMORE 
'91  and  MICHAEL  P. 
PEARSON  '90,  June  25. 
1994.  Blackwood,  N.J. 
Attendants  included:  DIANE 
DeNISCO  '91  and  MEL- 
ISSA LYONS  '91.  brides- 
maids GEORGE  HETRICK 
'93  was  an  usher. 

ELISSA  FONER  '91  and 

Brian  Newcomer,  April  30, 
1994.  Williamsport,  PA. 
JACQUELINE  GAGE  '91 

and  Vincent  Blea,  September 
3.  1994.  Cornwall,  N.Y. 


CASSANDRA  A.  HOYT 
'91  and  JOHN  A.  GUMMO 

'86.  November  5,  1994. 
Williamsport.  Pa. 

MARIE  RISCAVAGE  '91 

and  Wesley  Saltz.  June  5, 

1993.  West  Wyoming.  Pa. 
SONJA  BURKHALTER 

'93  was  a  bridesmaid. 

CHRISTINE  WIRTH  '91 

and  Mark  Wheary.  March 
19.  1994.  Waterville.  Pa. 

ANNETTE  J.  BIEBER  '92 
and  EDWARD  A. 
ISENBERG  '92,  November 
19.  1994.  Turbotville,  Pa. 
Attendants  included: 
ELIZABETH  EVANS  '92, 
ANDY  BIEBER  '96. 
TOM  FORTNUM  '92. 
MINDY  SOLLENBERGER 
KEHLER  '92.  KELLI 
LEWIS  '92.  and  DAN 
REILLY  '92. 

LISA  ANN  KOWALCZYK 
'92  and  LAWRENCE  RAY 
STAUFFER  '92,  July  23, 

1994,  Atco,  N.J.    Attendants 
included:  KELLI 
MANCHESTER  '92.  maid 
of  honor:  GAIL  MILLER 
'92.  attendant;  and  RICH 
LEHMAN  '92,  ANDREW 
GNUTTI  '92,  and  JOSEPH 
WYNNE  '91  were  ushers. 

MINDY  A. 
SOLLENBERGER  '92  and 

Darin  C.  Kehler,  October  22, 
1994.  Valley  View.  Pa. 
ANNETTE  BIEBER 
ISENBERG  '92  was  the 

maid  of  honor. 

JOANNE  CHRISTINE 
STALLSMITH  '92  and 
KENNETH  JOHN  BOHN 

'91,  October  22,1994, 
Doylestown,  Pa.  Attendants 
included:  KARI 
TURNBOW  ALLEN  '92, 
JENNIFER  SMALL  '92. 
SHANNON  HOLLAND  '92. 


39 


MARRIAGES/BIRTHS 


and  SUSAN  ALBANESE 
'91,  bridesmaids.  MICHAEL 
VENEZIA  '92,  STEPHEN 
ABDO '91,  and  STEVEN 
McGUINESS  '91  were 
groomsmen. 

CLAUDIA  ANN 
TOMASELLO  '92  and 
ROLAND  CHRISTIAN 
MENDLER  '92,  August  6, 
1994,  in  Rocicaway,  N.J.,  at 
the  White  Meadow  Lake 
Country  Club. 

KRISTEN  VanFLEET  '92, 

and  Dale  P.  Wright,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1994,  Linden,  Pa. 

HEATHER  M. 
WOLYNIEC  '92  and  Edwin 
A.  Williams,  October  8, 
1994,  Picture  Rocks,  Pa. 

JOY  L.  WOMELSDORF 
'92,  and  Barry  G.  Garverick, 
October  22,  1994,  in  Clarks- 
town.  Pa.  AMY  ATKINSON 
'92  was  a  bridesmaid. 
Crystal  L.  Herb  and  JACK 
Q.  ALTLAND  '93,  October 
8.  1994,  Elizabethville,  Pa. 

Kimberly  A.  Kempf  and 
KIRK  C.  FELIX  '93. 
October  1,  1994,  Willianisport, 
Pa.  BRETT  ANDERSON 
'93  was  an  attendant. 

Kimberly  A.  Brown  and 
DANIEL  L.  HOFFMAN 

'93,  September  10,  1994, 
Williamsport,  Pa. 

SHELBI  A.  KROPP  '93  and 
PHILIP  H.  CLVRROCCHI 

'93,  August  20,  1994,  South 
Williamsport,  Pa. 

CRYSTAL  LOUISE 
MOON  '93  and  Thomas  P. 
Chapman,  July  30,  1994, 
Montoursville  Pa. 


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NANCY  LYN 
SHANGRAW  '93  and 

Dennis  DeSanto,  September 
24,  1994,  Williamsport,  Pa. 
SUSAN  MYERS  '90  was 
matron  of  honor. 

JENNIFER  A. 
NOELDECHEN  '94  and 

Charles  J.  Smith,  October  7, 
1994.  Williamsport,  Pa. 

KIRSTEN  SUE  RAMBO 
'94  and  JEFFREY  A.  AL- 
MASHAT  '94,  August  27. 
1994,  Langhorne,  Pa. 
Attendants  included; 
MEREDITH  RAMBO  '92. 
maid  of  honor;  AMY  BETH 
ARNOLD  '94,  bridesmaid; 
KRISTEN  SPENGLER  '92, 
.soloist;  DAN  EVANCHO 
'95.  BRYAN  MILLER  '95, 
and  STEPHEN  LYNCH 
'94.  groomsmen;  DANA 
ELLIS  '94  and  DANIELLE 
KEGELMAN  '94. 
guestbook  attendants. 


A  daughter.  Alexandra 
Marie,  to  KAREN 
(ENSSLEN  '80)  and  David 
Vinci,  March  23,  1993. 

A  son,  John  Nicholas,  to 
PAMELA  (ERNST  '80) 

and  Peter  Rockafellow, 
December  18.  1993. 

A  son,  Peter  Albert,  to 
MARI  FRANCES  (LA- 
YER '80)  and  JAMES  A. 
COONEY  '80,  April  19. 
1994.  He  joins  his  sister. 
Rachel,  and  brothers,  Brian, 
Kevin,  and  David,  at  home. 

A  daughter,  Kelsey 
Madeline,  to  Jolene  and 
STANLEY  SLOTER  '80, 

July  26.  1994. 

A  daughter,  Caroline  Noelle, 
to  VICKIE  (MYERS '81) 

and  Joseph  Stankaitis, 
December  28,  1994. 

A  son,  Ryan,  to 
MARGORY  (HILL  '83) 
and  ARTHUR  DOOLEY 

'83,  August  21,  1994. 

A  daughter,  Anna  Muriel,  to 
KATHY  (ZECHMAN  '83) 
and  MARK  GANUNG  '85, 
January  14,  1995. 

A  son,  Tyler  Raymond,  to 
DONNA  (BRENNAN  '84) 
and  J.  RUSSELL  YARNELL 
'82,  October  17,  1994,  Califon. 
NJ.  He  joins  his  brother  and 
sister.  Russ  and  Lindsay  at 
home.  The  proud  grandpar- 
ents are  Ray  and  ANN 
(CRUM  '59)  BRENNAN. 

A  daughter.  Samantha  Rae. 
to  KAREN  (NORTON  '85) 

and  Chris  Miller.  February  25. 
1994.  She  joins  her  brother, 
Jeremy  Tyler,  at  home. 


A  daughter.  Emily  Ann.  to 
SUSAN  (LOVELESS  '86) 

and  Mark  Carriero, 
November  16,  1993. 

A  son,  Matthew  Terrence,  to 
MAUREEN 

(DOUGHERTY  '87)  and 
Gary  Kuhl. 

A  son,  Patrick  George,  to 
JOYCE  (BOROCZ  '89) 

and  Rick  Abbott,  December 
30,  1994. 

A  son,  Alexander  Haydn,  to 
WENDY  (PARK  '89)  and 
TIMOTHY  L.  MYERS 

'87,  March  30,  1994, 
Harrisburg,  Pa. 

A  son.  Heath  Sherman,  to 
ELISSA(FONER'91)and 

Brian  Newcomer.  January 
16,  1995. 

A  daughter.  Emilee  Joy.  to 
DANA  (MILLER '91)  and 
ERIC  DELKER  '92, 

December  16,  1994,  Trout 
Run,  Pa. 


IN        MEMORIAM 


1916  •  REBECCA  SHEP- 
HERD BROWNE  died 
during  1994.  She  had  been  a 
resident  at  the  Williamsport 
Home  for  a  number  of  years. 
Among  her  survivors  are  two 
daughters  who  attended 
Lycoming  College,  MAR- 
GARET BROWNE  WISE 
'43  and  ALICE  BROWNE 
MARLER  '47. 

1919  •  KATHERINE 
KURTZ  GSTALDER  is 

deceased  according  to 
information  received  by  the 
College.  She  had  lived  in 
Williamsport  and  was  a 
retired  teacher. 

1920  •  CHRISTINE 
STEINBACHER  COVERT 

died  September  4,  1994. 
in  Rose  View  Manor, 
Williamsport.  Her  husband 
had  predeceased  her. 

1925  •  DOROTHY  MOORE 
COURTNEY  is  deceased 
according  to  mail  which  was 
returned  to  the  College.  She 
had  lived  in  Ridge,  Md. 

1925  •  ARTHUR  EMICK 

died  September  29.  1994,  in 
Rose  View  Manor, 
Williamsport.  He  and  his 
wife,  the  former  HELEN 
NODEN  '41,  observed  their 
49th  wedding  anniversary  in 
September  of  1994.  His 
wife  is  his  only  close  survivor. 

1926  •  ELIZABETH 
MAITLAND  GOOD  died 
August  30.  1994.  at  her 
home  in  Williamsport. 
Among  her  survivors  is  a 
son,  JOHN  E.  GOOD  '62. 

1926  •  CHARLES  E. 
MANHERZ  died  in  Febru- 
ary of  1994.  During  his  long 
ministry.  Rev.  Manherz 
served  congregations  in  ten 
churches  in  Pennsylvania  and 
six  churches  in  California 
where  he  had  lived  since 
1948.  He  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  Eva,  in  Sacramento, 
Calif. 


1927  •  Word  was  received  of 
the  death  of  CHESTER  L. 
HINKELMAN.  He  died 
November  II,  1988.  He  had 
lived  in  Williamsport. 

1928  •  HARRY  E.  KOLB,  a 

retired  pharmacist,  died 
according  to  information 
received  by  the  Alumni 
Office. 

1929  •  ELIZABETH 
BRUNSTETTER 
COLLINS  is  deceased 
according  to  mail  returned  to 
the  College.  She  had  lived  in 
Tampa,  Fla. 

1932  •  MARGARET 
GARLICK  RUNYAN  is 

deceased  according  to 
information  received  by  the 
College. 

1932  •  CLYDE  W.  SINDY 

died  October  19,  1994.  He 
had  lived  in  Huntington,  W. 
Va.  He  was  a  retired  United 
Methodist  minister  and  is 
survived  by  his  wife. 
Marguerite. 

1934  •  ANN  LOUISE 
KRIMM  APRIL  is  de 

ceased  according  to  informa- 
tion from  her  husband,  John. 
She  had  been  living  in 
Venice.  Fla. 

1935  •  IRVING  JAFFE 

died  during  1994.  He  had 
been  in  Delray  Beach,  Fla., 
and  then  returned  to 
Williamsport  a  few  years  ago. 

1935  •  MORGAN 
VINCENT  KNAPP  died 

November  22,  1994,  in  San 
Diego,  Calif.  Morgan 
received  the  "Outstanding 
Alumnus  Award"  in  1990 
from  Lycoming  College  and 
was  a  great  friend  and 
benefactor  of  the  Music 
Program  of  the  College. 
Morgan  was  born  and  raised 
in  Williamsport  but  had  lived 
in  San  Diego  for  the  past  35 
years.  He  is  survived  by  his 
sister,  Evelyn  Bruns  of  Chula 


Vista,  California  and  by  two 
sons,  Morgan  Raymond 
Knapp  of  San  Diego  and 
Walter  Hartman  Knapp  of 
Beaverton,  Oregon.  A 
frequent  visitor  to  the  campus, 
Morgan  will  be  greatly 
missed. 

1937  •  Word  was  received  of 
the  death  of  JACOB 
MORRIS  HOLT,  JR.  He 

had  been  living  in  Seattle, 

Wash. 

1938  •  MILDRED  L. 
BOWER  IS  deceased 
according  to  mail  returned 
from  the  Postal  Service. 

1947  •  FREDERICK  G. 
DYER  is  now  deceased.  He 
had  been  living  in  Whiting.  N.J. 

1947  •  ROBERT  L. 
METZGER  died  November 
19,  1994,  in  Manor  Care, 
Arlington,  Va.  A  graduate  of 
the  U.S.  Naval  Academy,  he 
was  also  a  graduate  of  Naval 
War  College  and  received  a 
master's  degree  from 
American  University.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  the 
former  CAMILLE 
BURCHFIELD  '42.  They 
had  been  married  for  48  years. 

1950  •  RICHARD  H. 
LAMADE  died  November 
29,  1994,  following  a  lengthy 
illness. 

1950  •  WILLIAM  F. 
LARSON  died  December 
27,  1994.  A  native  of 
Williamsport,  he  had  lived  in 
Malibu,  Calif.  He  received 
his  MD  degree  from  Jefferson 
Medical  Center.  He  is 
survived  by  a  sister  Carmen 
Hauge.  of  Fairmont.  W.  Va., 
and  two  nephews.  His  wife, 
the  former  Sally  Moltz,  and  a 
son.  Randy  Larson,  both 
predeceased  him. 

1951  •  PAUL  F. 
OHNMEISS  of  Baltimore, 
Md.,  died  July  20,  1994,  at 
his  home. 


1952  •  GERALD  E. 
WOLFE,  JR.  died  Decem- 
ber 23,  1994,  at  his  home  in 
Palmyra.  He  is  survived  by 
his  wife,  Beverly,  and  a  son. 

1953  •  HARRY  ROBERT 
CARSON  died  June  8,  1994. 
He  had  been  living  in 
Thurmont,  Md.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife.  Linda. 

1953  •  VIRGINIA 
RAINOW  LANDON  is 

deceased  according  to 
information  received  by  the 
Alumni  Office. 

1954  •  ESTHER  FRY 
HUYCK  died  September  13, 
1994,  at  her  home.  She  had 
been  a  dental  hygienist  for 
the  Williamsport  Area 
School  District  and  was  co- 
owner  and  teacher  of  the 
former  Fry-Lyon  School  of 
Dancing.  She  is  survived  by 
her  husband,  Robert. 

1957  •  ROSEMARY 
CONRAD  ALBURY  died 
August  25,  1994.  at  her  home 
in  Miami.  Fla.,  after  an 
extended  illness.  She  and  her 
husband.  Michael,  had 
observed  their  22nd  wedding 
anniversary.  Rosemary  had 
completed  her  nursing  degree 
from  Barry  University  in 
Miami  in  1993  and  was 
employed  as  a  registered 
nurse  in  the  Miami  area. 

1958  •  EVELYN  OLVER 

AVERY  died  August  21. 
1994,  in  the  Williamsport 
Home.  She  had  been 
employed  as  an  elementary 
teacher  and  reading  specialist 
by  the  South  Williamsport 
School  District. 

1958  •  PAUL  MCDOWELL 

died  October  4,  1994.  He 
had  been  a  patient  at  Memo- 
rial Sloan-Kettering  Cancer 
Center  in  New  York  City 
since  May  30,  1994.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife. 
Stephanie,  two  children  and 
two  grandchildren. 


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1961  •  ROBERT  G. 
CARTER  died  November 
26,  1994,  at  his  home  in  State 
College.  He  is  survived  by 
his  wife,  MARIE  FAUS 
CARTER  '59.  a  daughter, 
two  sons  and  a  brother. 
SHERWOOD  D.  CARTER 
'58. 

1966  •  Word  was  received  on 
the  death  of  EVERETT 
HILE.  He  had  been  living  in 
Fort  Lauderdale,  Fla. 

1967  •  PATRICIA 
LANDESCO 

TERPOLILLI  died  Novem- 
ber 26,  1994.  She  had  lived 
in  Rhode  Island  since  1970. 
She  had  worked  at  the 
Vanderbilt  Rehabilitation 
Center  in  the  Newport 
Hospital. 

1968  •  SUSAN  SHIELDS 
HOWARTH  and  her 

husband,  George,  were  found 
murdered  in  their  Allentown 
area  home  on  March  2,  1995 
by  their  son  Stephen.  Their 
16-old  son,  Jeffrey,  has  been 
charged  with  the  crime. 
Susan  was  secretary  at 
Asbury  United  Methodist 
Church  where  she  was  the 
editor  of  the  church  newslet- 
ter. The  newsletter  had 
received  a  national  award 
this  past  year.  She  was  also 
a  member  of  its  choir.  Also 
surviving  Susan  are  her 
parents  and  brothers  . 

1971  •  MICHAEL  SHALL 

passed  away  on  February  8, 
1995.  after  a  long  illness. 
Michael  had  been  residing  in 
New  York  City  since  1974. 
He  taught  English  in  New 
Jersey  high  schools  for  4 
years  before  moving  to 
Manhatten  to  create  a  career 
as  America's  only  full  time 
professional  paperfolder. 
Michael  was  a  master  teacher 
who  attracted  invitations  to 
teach  all  over  the  world.  He 
was  noted  for  his  workshops 
at  international  origami 


conventions  where  his 
wit  and  wisdom  taught  many 
others  the  art  of  teaching 
origami.  Michael  could 
teach  anyone  to  fold  paper 
successfully. 

It  was  Michael  Shall  who 
created  the  spectacular 
"Paper  Magic"  origami 
holiday  tree  which  appeared 
for  the  past  seventeen  years 
at  Japan  Air  Lines  on  Fifth 
Avenue  in  NYC.  His  tree 
was  an  inspiration  for  many 
others  to  grow  from 
Michael's  idea  and  appear  all 
over  the  world.  Michael 
himself  was  responsible  for 
trees  in  Dallas,  Washington, 
D.C.,  including  two  for  the 
White  House,  many  in  New 
York,  and  the  huge  tree  in 
Netherlands  that  was  three 
stories  high.  Michael  was 
the  founding  father  of  the 
non-profit  arts  organization 
known  as  Origami.  USA 
housed  at  the  American 
Museum  of  Natural  History 
in  NYC.  The  organization 
has  grown  to  include  a  large 
membership  and  more  than 
60  affiliate  clubs  across 
the  country. 

Michael  was  a  consultant 
to  the  National  Geographic 
Society  and  the  United  States 
Committee  for  UNICEF. 
Michael  believed  that  the 
sharing  of  origami  could 
make  the  world  a  finer  place 
and  that  philosophy  filled  his 
life.  He  was  a  teacher, 
creator,  showman,  folder, 
and,  most  of  all,  charismatic 
spokesman  for  the  magic  to 
be  found  in  a  single  sheet 
of  paper.  77?;.?  obitiiaiy  was 
written  by  a  close  friend  and 
fellow  graduate  of  Michael's, 
Shirley  Goebel  Christie  '71. 

1972  •  STEPHEN  W. 
LAYTON  died  in  December 
of  1994  at  his  home  in 
Woodstown,  N.J..  after  a 
lengthy  illness  of  leukemia. 
He  had  been  working  as  an 


accountant  in  San  Francisco, 
Calif.  He  is  survived  by  his 
parents,  Samual  and  Florence 
Lay  ton. 

1972  •  ANN  CELIA 
MALKIN  died  November 
23.  1994.  in  the  Williamsport 
Hospital.  She  had  been 
residing  at  Rose  View  Manor. 
She  is  survived  by  a  sister. 
Rose  Grace  Malkin  of 
Williamsport.  Ann  had 
donated  a  number  of  her 
literary  collections  to  the 
College  library  in  recent 
years. 

1972  •  JOHN  H.  PAUL 

died  December  14,  1994,  of 
a  massive  heart  attack  at  his 
home  in  Goleta,  Calif.  John 
had  worked  in  procurement 
for  small  parts  for  the  Patriot 
missile  for  the  past  22  years 
for  Raytheon  Corporation  in 
Goleta.  He  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  his  mother,  and  one 
daughter. 

1974  •  JAMES  H. 
PLUMMER  III  died 
December  2.  1994.  He  had 
been  living  in  DuBois,  Pa. 
He  had  been  employed  by 
the  U.S.  Postal  Service. 

1987  •  MARILYN  TROISI 
GREEN  died  September  5, 
1994  following  an  extended 
illness.  She  had  been 
employed  by  the  Williamsport 
Area  School  District  as  a 
middle  school  and  high 
school  English  teacher.  She 
is  survived  by  her  husband, 
David. 

1989  •  ELIZABETH  M. 

PAGANA  died  November 
15,  1994  at  her  home  in 
Montgomery.  A  psycholo- 
gist, she  was  founder  and 
former  director  of  CARE, 
Inc.  Her  husband,  Richard, 
predeceased  her  in  March 
of  1994. 


1991  •  MICHAEL  L. 
SOLLENBERGER  died 
October  23,  1994,  in  a  tragic 
automobile  accident.   He 
was  a  wrestler  at  Lycoming 
College  and  later  at 
Millersville  University 
where  he  also  earned  a 
chemistry  degree  in  1992. 
He  was  serving  as  an 
assistant  wrestling  coach  at 
Eastern  High  School  in 
York. 

1996  •  CHRISTOPHER  P. 
CRISSINGER  died 
September  1,  1994,  at  his 
home  in  Hemdon.  He  was  a 
student  at  Lycoming  College 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
is  survived  by  his  paients, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ronald 
Crissinger. 

1996  •  DUANE  HACKNEY 

of  Trout  Run,  died  Septem- 
ber 3,  1993.  He  is  survived 
by  his  wife,  Carole,  and  son, 
Jason. 


Former  Faculty 
Members  Die 

WILLIAM  LEE 
BRICKER  died  October 
25.  1994.  at  age  96.  He 
had  taught  at  Lycoming 
College  for  eight  years. 
He  was  a  resident  of 
Portland.  Oregon. 

Word  has  been  re- 
ceived that  NEALE 
MUCKLOW.  fonner 
chaimian  of  the  philoso- 
phy department,  died  in 
March  1995.  He  taught  at 
Lycoming  College  from 
1961-1969.  He  had  been 
retired  from  the  University 
of  Richmond. 


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