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Alumni  Spo 

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Commencement  2003 

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In  Brief 

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Faculty  &  Staff  Notes 

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Class  Notes 

This  issue  was  produced  by  the 

Office  of  College  Relations  (570)  321-4037 

Director  of  Alumni  Programs:  A.  Sue  McComiick  "60 

Editor:  Molly  Costello  Daly 

Editorial  Assistants:   Sandra  Jansson,  Charlene  Bartoiotta  '03 
Laura  Chamick  '05, 

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Lycoming  Annual  Fund  Committee 


A  new  goal  has  been  established  for  the  Lycoming 
Annual  Fund  and  we  have  assembled  a  wonderful 
committee  of  volunteers  to  help  us  raise  $846,000 
between  July  I,  2003  and  June  30,  2004.  This  money 
helps  fund  scholarships  and  special  programs  that  give 
Lycoming  its  competitive  edge. 

Your  annual  support  is  important,  no  matter  the  size 
of  your  gift.  The  participation  rate  of  our  alumni  is  as 
impoilant  as  the  total  dollar  amount  raised.  The  percent- 
age of  alumni  who  participate  in  annual  giving  is  often 
used  as  a  measurement  of  commitment  to  the  college. 
This  measure  is  commonly  used  by  foundations  (which 
award  grants)  and  by  college  ranking  guides.  Of  course, 
if  you  can  give  more,  we  appreciate  your  support  at 
higher  levels,  and  we  invite  you  to  become  a  member  of 
our  $1,000  President's  Club. 

We  thank  you  for  your  support  in  years  past  and 
appreciate  your  continued  generosity.  This  should  be  a 
very  exciting  year 


Sincerely, 


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Jennifer  Desmond  Wilson 
Director  ofAnmial  Giving 


Chair 

Julie  Hottle  Day  '88 

Judy  Fry  Calistri  '56 

Mark  Malinosky  '88 

Vice  Chairs 

Meredith  Rambo 

Doris  Heller  Teufel  "54 

Murray  '92 

Jack  Tarditi  '63 

Michael  Charles  "96 

Gwendolyn  '68  and 

Susan  Lobas  Parent  '04 

Raymond  '71  Enstine 

Anne  and  Erik  Miller 

Ken  Sibley  '79 

Parents  '05 

Linda  Porr  Sweeney  "78 

Reach  us  by  e-mail.  You  can  correspond  with 
the  alumni  office  and  send  class  notes  by  e-mail. 

alumni(@lycoming.edu 


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The  steel  has  gone  up  for  the  new  recreational  center.  The  goal  for  the  summer  is  to  have  the 
structure  enclosed  by  the  fall.  This  includes  the  steel,  masonry  and  roof  work. 

Meanwhile,  the  main  gymnasium  building  is  being  renovated.   The  main  entrance  will  be 
widened.  Two  locker  rooms  are  being  added.  New  offices  are  being  created  and  a  handicap 
access  platform  is  being  added  to  the  pool  area. 

The  new  recreational  center  is  a  two-stoi7  46,000-square-foot  space  with  room  for  four 
basketball  courts.  It  will  have  a  suspended  indoor  running  track,  an  expanded  weight  room, 
and  a  new  exercise  and  fitness  area.  The  attached  building  will  be  larger  than  the  existing 
physical  education  and  recreation  facility,  which  now  houses  Lamade  Gymnasium,  the 
swimming  pool  and  locker  rooms.  It  will  run  parallel  to  East  Fourth  Street. 

The  move-in  date  is  January  2004. 


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in  a  city  .school  in 
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By  Charlene  Bartolotta  '03  and  Molly  CosteUo 


oung  graduates  of  Lycoming  College  are 
changing  the  face  of  education.   While 
Lycoming  does  not  have  an  education  major,  it 
has  a  very  long  tradition  of  preparing  out- 
standing candidates  for  Teacher  Certification. 
In  keeping  with  the  liberal  arts  philosophy,  Lycoming 
teachers  graduate  with  a  broad  foundation  of  knowl- 
edge through  the  distribution  requirements  and 
expertise  in  a  major  subject  area. 

According  to  Dr.  Rachael  Hungerford,  20  %  of 
Lycoming  students  graduate  with  a  teaching  certification. 
Ed  Frick  '92  is  already  on  the  fast  track  as  part  of 
the  administration.   Dan  Taormina  '93  has  used  his 
computer  expertise  to  put  together  a  website  for  his 
school.  Danielle  Sheehan  '01,  a  one-year  rookie, 
chose  to  teach  in  the  city,  while  Tanya  Garcia  '96  is 
closer  to  nature  on  an  Indian  Reservation. 


20%  of  Lycoming 
College  students 
graduate  with 
Teaching  Certification. 

You  need  a  3.0  to  enter 
Lycoming's  Teaching 
Certification  Program. 

New — Lycoming  has 
added  Certification  in 
Special  Education. 


FEATURE 


Danielle  Sheehan  '01  - 
Teacher/Parent  in  the 
Inner  City 

Danielle  Sheehan  is  in  the 
middle  of  her  "rookie"  year 
as  a  full  time  5"'  grade 
teacher  at  Foose  Elementary 
School,  a  school  that  is 
located  in  the  middle  of  "the 
projects"  in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 
She  is  a  world  away  from  her 
student  teaching  days  at 
Four  Mile  School  in 
Montoursville.  "1  love 
Harrisburg  kids.  1  love  the 
challenge.  It  keeps  you  on 
your  toes,"  she  says. 

Danielle  is  one  of  100 
new  teachers  hired  by  the 
Harrisburg  School  District  to 
deal  with  both  an  expected 
20%  growth  in  the  next  year 
and  to  raise  student  scores  on 
the  PSSAs. 

She  is  protective  of  her 
children.   Despite  socio- 
economic disadvantages,  she 
finds  that  they  can  do 
incredible  things,  if  given  a 
chance.   For  example,  the  5"' 
graders  had  taken  the  fairy 
tale  stable,  Cinderella, 
rewrote  it  to  fit  2003,  and 
performed  it  for  the  students 
below  them  in  K-4"'  grades. 

Danielle  has  been  putting 
Rachael  Hungerford's  course 
in  children's  literature  to 
good  use  in  her  own  class- 
room by  using  literature  as  a 
teaching  tool. 

This  has  been  a  whirl- 
wind year  for  the  recent 
Lycoming  grad.  In  addition 


to  her 
classroom  teaching, 
she  was  asked  to  make  a 
presentation  at  the  Title  I 
Assessment  Congress  in 
front  of  teachers,  administra- 
tors, reading  specialists, 
superintendents  and  The 
Department  of  Education. 
She  is  now  writing  a  bal- 
anced literary  curriculum  and 
has  been  in  e-mail  contact 
with  Dr.  Hungerford  on  this 
latest  task.  Danielle  is  also 
scheduled  to  be  videotaped 
teaching  a  lesson,  which  will 
be  placed  on  a  new  website 
called  Project  Achieve.  The 
site  is  resource  for  teachers 
in  which  specified  lessons 
can  be  accessed.   The 
inquiring  teacher  can  see  the 
lesson  actually  being  taught 
by  a  real  teacher. 

Certainly  one  of  the 
biggest  differences  between 
Danielle's  student  teaching 
experience  in  Montoursville 
and  Foose  School  in  Harris- 
burg is  that  she  finds  herself 
"more  like  a  parent"  to  these 
25  charges.  "1  am  with  them 
breakfast,  lunch  and  dinner," 
she  says.  That  is  because,  in 
addition  to  teaching  from 
6  a.m.  to  3  p.m.,  she  works 
for  the  Explorer  Program,  an 
after-school  program  that 
runs  from  3  p.m.  to  6  p.m.  in 
her  school.   During  that  time, 
she  oversees  homework, 
recreational  activities,  and. 
yes,  dinner. 


Think  summer 
is  a  time  for  rest? 
Danielle  is  taking 
two  courses  and 
waiting  tables  to 
save  money  for  her 
new  house. 

Tanya  Garcia  '96 
-Part  of  the 
Community  on  the 
Reservation 

would  rather  be  here 
than  anywhere  else,"  says 
Tanya  Garcia  of  her 
position  as  a  teacher  on  the 
Pine  Ridge  Reservation  in 
South  Dakota.  Since  her 
graduation  from  Lycoming 
College  in  1996,  Garcia  has 
enjoyed  several  experiences 
working  as  a  teacher  on 
different  Native  American 
reservations. 

In  1997  she  taught  third 
grade  on  the  Navajo  Reser- 
vation in  Kayenta,  Arizona. 
She  then  became  a  first 
grade  teacher  at  Wounded 
Knee  in  South  Dakota  for  a 
year  before  working  with 
kindergarten  to  second  grade 
children  on  the  Pine  Ridge 
Reservation. 

Although  Tanya  had  no 
prior  experience  working 
with  Native  Americans 


before  her  first  teaching 
position  on  a  reservation,  she 
was  able  to  adapt  relatively 
easily,  thanks  in  part  to  her 
education  at  Lycoming. 

"1  had  a  Language  Arts 
class  with  Dr.  Rachael 
Hungerford  that  gave  me  a 
great  deal  of  exposure  with 
multi-cultural  education.  The 
course  also  taught  me  the 
importance  of  recognizing 
that  students  come  from  very 
diverse  backgrounds,"  Tanya 
says. 

She  believes  that  educa- 
tors must  change  to  meet 
their  environments  and  adapt 
their  teaching  styles  and 
materials  to  suit  the  needs  of 
their  students,  a  concept  that 
has  made  her  reservation 
experiences  quite  successful. 
A  token  of  that  success  is 
Tanya's  recent  recognition 
by  the  Ogala  Nation  Educa- 
tion Coalition,  an  organiza- 
tion of  schools  on  the  Pine 
Ridge  Reservation,  which 
honored  her  "commitment 
and  dedication  to  Profes- 
sional Development  and 
Reading." 

Tanya  states  that  the 
school  on  the  reservation  is 
truly  the  center  of  the 
community,  and  is  the  site  of 


Tcmra  Garcia  '96  is  a  teacher  on  the  Pine  Ridge  Reservation  in  South  Dakota. 


FEATURE 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  '03 


community  meetings,  pow- 
wows, elections,  carnivals 
and  wakes  on  a  regular  basis. 
Due  to  this  integration  of 
school  and  community, 
Tanya  believes  that  she  has 
become  fully  immersed  in 
reservation  life,  saying,  "You 
can't  help  but  become 
involved." 

Tanya  has  also  acquired  a 
great  familiarity  with  the 
Lakota  traditions,  an  integral 
part  of  the  school.  She 
describes  the  Lakota  as  "a 
prideful  people  with  a  strong 
sense  of  tradition  and  a  good 
sense  of  humor."  However, 
they  also  face  many  hard- 
ships. Although  the  Pine 
Ridge  Reservation  is  the 
third  largest  in  the  nation, 
about  the  size  of  the  state  of 
Connecticut,  according  to 
Tanya,  "in  so  many  ways  it 
resembles  a  third  v\orld 
nation." 

The  unemployment  rate 
of  86%  is  the  highest  in  the 
United  States  which  has  a 
5.5%  national  average 
unemployment.  Many  of  the 
residents  do  not  have 
telephones,  running  water  or 
electricity.  Families  live  in 
overcrowded  substandard 
housing,  often  with  no 
insulation  or  heating,  and 
usually  sleep  on  dirt  floors. 
Due  to  these  impoverished 
conditions,  Tanya  states, 
"many  of  the  children  here 
on  the  reservation  live 
turbulent  lives.  The  effects 
of  oppression  are  seen  daily. 
This  environment  is  a 
breeding  ground  for  alcohol 
and  many  other  forms  of 
abuse." 

Despite  these  conditions, 
Tanya  remains  optimistic 
about  her  position.  Since  she 
has  a  small  class,  she  has  a 
great  deal  of  opportunity  for 
one-on-one  attention.  She 
volunteered  to  teach  summer 
school  last  year  to  a  small 
group  of  primary  at-risk 


students  in  order  to  increase 
her  impact  on  her  students' 
lives.  Tanya  states,  "I  have 
had  a  chance  to  provide 
stability  within  my  class- 
room. 1  have  been  able  to 
allow  my  students  to 
experience  success  by  setting 
goals  for  them.  They  have 
developed  a  positive  self- 
image  and  for  all  of  these 
reasons  and  many  more, 
that's  what  has  made  this  a 
special  experience." 

Ed  Frick  '92  -  New 
Administrator 

"It  is  rewarding  to  know 
that  as  a  teacher  you  can 
have  a  strong  positive  impact 
on  students  and  have  a  part 
in  their  success  as  individu- 
als," says  Ed  Frick  '92,  who 
appeared  in  Who's  Who 
Among  America's  Teachers 
in  2000  and  2002,  (Teachers 
are  selected  for  inclusion  in 
Who  's  Who  by  being  nomi- 
nated by  a  former  student  for 
their  excellence  in  the 
teaching  profession.)   Ed 
describes  his  inclusion  as  a 
"wonderful  surprise," 
adding,  "1  have  been 
fortunate  to  work  with 
wonderful  students  of  all 
levels  and  interests.  Helping 
them  be  successful  in 
learning  and  in  life  has  been 
my  charge  as  an  educator." 

For  10  years  Ed  enjoyed 
the  opportunity  to  work  with 
students  at  the  Williamsport 
Area  High  School  as  a 
substitute,  paraprofessional 
aide,  and  social  studies 
teacher. 

This  past  year,  he  became 
an  assistant  high  school 
principal  in  the  Donegal 
School  District  in  Mount 
Joy.  Pa. 

"Administration  offers  a 
variety  of  challenges,  and  I 
am  excited  to  be  a  part  of  a 
district  dedicated  to  student 
success  both  fiscally  and  in 


Ed  Frick  '92  is  a  new  assislant  high  school  principal  in  Mount  Joy.  Pa. 


policy  and  practice,"  Ed 
says. 

The  challenge  of  being  an 
administrator  is  to  keep  the 
best  interest  of  all  parties  in 
mind.  "The  accountability  is 
really  high."  says  Frick. 

Ed  believes  that  teachers 
today  face  many  new 
challenges  and  issues, 
including  dealing  with  drugs, 
violence,  high  stakes  testing, 
special  education  laws,  and 
federal  mandates.  To  meet 
these  challenges.  Ed  believes 
that  while  "book  learning"  is 
definitely  crucial,  one  of  the 
most  important  aspects  of 
teaching  is  getting  to  know 
the  students  on  a  personal 
level.  "Rapport  goes  a  long 
way  in  assisting  teachers  in 
the  learning  process,"  Ed 
says. 

He  misses  the  one-on-one 
relationship  with  students  in 
the  classroom  situation. 
Moreover,  as  assistant 
principal,  Ed  is  the  one  who 
deals  with  disciplinary 
issues.   Even  these  negative 
situations,  he  likes  to  turn  in 
to  positive  ones.  The 


environment  at  Donegal 
High  School  "is  wonderful,"        ' 
says  Frick.  The  students  are 
well  behaved.  Still,  the 
anxiety  level  of  its  adminis- 
trators is  much  higher  since 
the  unfortunate  shooting  of  a 
principal  by  a  student  in  ' 

nearby  Red  Lion,  Pa.  This  is        ( 
one  of  the  reasons  w  hy  Ed 
maintains  a  high  visibility  in 
the  school,  spending  little 
time  in  his  office. 

While  Ed  loves  his  job.  ' 

he  has  requested  and  , 

received  pennission  to  do 
more  staff  development.  In 
another  area,  Ed  has  been 
charged  with  developing 
techniques  and  policies 
regarding  federal  legislation,        , 
such  as  the  "No  Child  Left 
Behind  Act,"  which  issues 
federal  mandates  but 
provides  only  minimal 
fiinding. 

Next  step  for  Ed?  He'll 
probably  pursue  a  doctorate 
in  education.  He  and  his 
wife,  Kerri  Bloom  '92,  have 
a  one-  year-old  son,  Avery. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  '03 


FEATURE 


Dan  Taormina  '93  - 
The  Digital  School 

Imagine  a  school  district 
where  ail  of  the  students  and 
faculty  receive  their  own 
personal  laptop  computers 
and  all  students"  homes  are 
provided  with  a  cable 
modem  and  wireless 
connection. 

Well,  Lycoming  College 
graduate  Dan  Taormina 
( 1 993,  chemistry)  has  made 
this  vision  into  a  reality.  He 
was  an  integral  part  of 
securing  one  of  three  $2 
million  Digital  School 
District  grants 
from  the 
Pennsylvania 
Department  of 
Education  last 
year  that  has 
allowed  his 
Quaker  Valley 
School  District 
to  implement 
this  innovative 
program. 

After  Quaker 
Valley's  District 
Technology 
Coordinator  learned  of  and 
applied  for  the  grant  under 
former  Pennsylvania 
Governor  Tom  Ridge,  it  was 
up  to  Dan  to  "seal  the  deal." 
In  order  to  secure  the  grant, 
Dan  created  a  presentation 
for  his  superintendent.  Dr.  R 
Gerard  Longo,  to  be  given 
for  the  Department  of 
Education  representatives. 

Dan  designed  and  built  a 
website  that  functioned  as  a 
guided  tour  of  the  Quaker 
Valley  School  District, 
indicating  who  they  were, 
their  mission  and  why  they 
were  the  best  positioned  to 
receive  the  grant.  Dan  also 
helped  create  the  movie  the 
district  made  and  worked 
closely  with  the  students 
involved  in  the  presentation 
for  the  representatives. 


Taurmina  in  a  1993 
yearbook  photo. 


The  grant  money  has 
allowed  each  student  in 
grades  3  -  12  in  the  school 
district  to  receive  an  Apple 
iBook  laptop  computer,  and 
all  faculty  members  have 
received  the  Apple  Titanium 
G4  laptop  computer.  Re- 
search regarding  the  impact 
of  1 : 1  computing  on  the 
education  process  is  being 
conducted  in  the  district  by 
Rand  and  Carnegie  Mellon 
University. 

"Although  we  are  one  of 
three  school  districts  in 
Pennsylvania  to  become 

'digital,'  we  are 
the  only  district 
to  put  a  laptop 
in  every 
student's  hands 
and  to  install  a 
home  internet 
connection  for 
them  -  that's 
what  sets  us 
apart,"  Dan 
says. 

The  grant 
money  has  also 
allowed  Dan  to 
upgrade  the 
infrastructure  of  the  current 
computer  network  and 
implement  wireless  networks 
in  the  schools.  He  has 
implemented  the  Apple 
System  called  PowerSchool, 
a  technology  resource 
infonnation  system  that 
handles  the  school  district's 
scheduling,  attendance, 
grading,  and  demographic 
information.  According  to 
Dan,  "  we  have  more  data  on 
our  students  than  we  ever 
imagined." 

"The  program  has  been 
extremely  successful  and 
well-received  by  all,"  Dan 
adds.  "The  teachers  have 
really  infused  the  technology 
into  their  curricula  and  the 
kids  use  it  on  a  daily  basis. 
This  has  really  improved  the 
teaching  process." 


Dr.  RachacI  liiingcrfon! 


Unfortu- 
nately, this 
innovative 
program  may 
not  last 
forever.  "The 
grant  runs  out 
at  the  end  of 
this  school 
year  on  June 
30.  We  don't 
know  how 
we'll  ever  go 
back  after 
experiencing 
all  of  this," 
Dan  says. 

Aside  from  serving  as  the 
Cisco  Academy  Instructor 
and  Building  Technology 
Coordinator  at  Quaker  Valley 
High  School,  Dan  is  also  the 
school  district's  webmaster, 
PowerSchool  System 
Administrator  and  a  board 
member  for  Schoolwires,  an 
educational  technology 
company  that  works  with 
schools  to  create  customized 
web  portals.  A  portal 
integrates  the  technology 
resources  of  a  district  in  a 
user-friendly  environment, 
allowing  for  more  efficient, 
collaborative,  and  productive 
use  by  members  of  the 
educational  community 
including  students,  teachers, 
administration  and  parents. 

Dan's  primary  role  as  a 
board  member  for 
Schoolwires  is  to  allow 
educators  to  be  a  part  of  the 
company's  development 
direction.  He  provides 
feedback  on  features  to  be 
added  to  the  product.  His 
other  responsibilities  include 
working  with  teachers  in  his 
school  district  to  listen  to 
what  they  want  from  the 
product,  provide  training, 
and  use  the  Schoolwires 
portals  themselves  to  provide 
feedback  to  the  company. 

Schoolwires  will  be 
Dan's  next  major  project. 
The  implementation  will 


allow  each 
teacher  in  his 
district  to 
have  a 
primary 
communica- 
tions tool  with 
parents  and 
students. 
"Each 

implementa- 
tion done  at 
Quaker  Valley 
keeps  in  mind 
the  responsi- 
bility of  our 
teachers.   We 
do  not  want  the  technology 
to  get  in  the  way  of  educa- 
tion. We  make  the  technol- 
ogy fit  our  needs  rather  than 
adapt  our  needs  to  the 
technology,"  Dan  explains. 

Teachers  Who  Can 
Teach  Anywhere 

Dr.  Rachael  Hungerford, 
chair  of  the  education 
department,  feels  that 
Lycoming  students  have  an 
advantage  because  the 
College  has  a  certification 
program  rather  than  an 
education  major. 

"It  works  out  well  that 
our  students  have  a  back- 
ground [in  another  disci- 
pline].   It  brings  something 
else  to  their  teaching." 

For  example,  one  of  this 
year's  graduates,  Ricky 
Vitanovec,  she  points  out. 
was  a  theatre  major  who  got 
certified  in  elementary 
education. 

Lycoming  College  has  had 
"wonderfiil  feedback"  from 
school  administrators  on  the 
quality  of  Lycoming- 
educated  teachers. 

Although  Lycoming 
College  recently  passed  its 
state  certification  process 
with  flying  colors,"  Dr. 
Hungerford  points  out  that 
Lycoming  "prepares  students 
to  teach  anywhere." 


Front  Porch  Country 
Band  Makes  the 
Charts 

By  Charlene  Bartolotta  '03 

Editor's  Note:  In  Mid- 
Career,  The  Ruperts  Form  a 
New  Band 

The  Front  Porch  Country 
Band  currently  holds  nine 
positions  on  the  Top-40 
Country  Charts  and  has  had 
1 1  number  one  worldwide 
hits,  all  on  MP3.corn.  They 
also  received  more  song 
plays  worldwide  in  the  past 
six  months  than  any  other 
country  artist  in  the  world. 
And,  remarkably,  the  band 
got  its  start  right  here  at 
Lycoming  College. 

Two  of  the  band's  six 
members,  husband  and  wife 
Alison  (Seminerio)  '72  and 
Richard  Rupert  '69,  met 
and  joined  forces  musically 
while  they  both  attended 
Lycoming  College  in  the 
late-1960s  and  early  1970s. 

Although  the  members  of 
the  Front  Porch  Country 
Band  have  recorded  music  in 
the  studio  together  for  1 5 
years,  they  did  not  "oflfi- 
cially"  form  until  2001, 
when  they  began  performing 
together  live.  The  band  was 
virtually  unknown  prior  to 
its  worldwide  premier 
concert  in  June  2002.  Since 
then,  they  have  enjoyed 
enormous  success  due  to  the 
popularity  of  their  music  on 


the  Internet  and  their 
international  exposure. 

On  lVIP3.com,  the 
world's  largest  online  music 
community,  with  1.6  million 
songs  by  over  250.000 
recording  artists  competing 
daily  for  chart  positions.  The 
Front  Porch  Country  Band 
has  registered  over  a  dozen 
number  one  songs  on  the 
site's  country  charts. 
Astoundingly.  the  band  has 
received  more  worldwide 
play  on  the  site  than  country 
superstars  Shania  Twain, 
Willie  Nelson,  Kenny 
Rogers  and  Dolly  Parton 
combined. 

The  Ruperts  have 
experienced  a  steady  growth 
of  recognition  and  describe 
their  musical  success  as 
"incredible  and  unbeliev- 
able." Their  unbelievable 
journey  began  during 
Alison's  freshman  year  and 
Richard's  senior  year,  when 
Alison's  roommate,  Diane 
Webster,  met  Richard  on  a 
Lycoming  art  department 
bus  trip  to  New  York  City. 
Back  on  campus,  when 
Diane  introduced  the  two 
musicians,  Alison  sang  and 
played  her  guitar  for  Richard 
on  the  Quad.  It  was  the  start 
of  a  relationship  that  has 
resulted  in  a  romantic  and 
musical  union  that  has 
become  known  all  over  the 
world. 

Alison  originally  hails 
from  the  Boston  area  and 
was  an  English  literature 
major  at  Lycoming.  She  was 
involved  in  the  tour  choir, 
French  club,  and  also  took 


Richard  Rupert  (infrvnt)  and  Alison  are  hilling  ihe  charl\  wiili  iheir  new 
Front  Porch  Coimtiy  Band. 


private  voice  instruction 
from  Dr.  Walter  Mclver, 
During  her  time  in  college, 
she  often  gave  folk  concerts 
in  The  Ragged  Edge,  a  local 
coffeehouse  affiliated  with 
the  school,  and  performed 
folk  services  in  local 
churches  as  well. 

Richard  grew  up  in  the 
Williamsport  area  and 
commuted  to  school.  He 
double  majored  in  biology 
and  art  and  was  part  of  the 
school  band  for  one  year. 
During  his  time  in  college, 
Richard  was  also  part  of  a 
professional  rock  band,  and 
used  his  musical  talents  to 
fund  his  education. 

The  two  began  to  perform 
together  when  Alison  invited 
Richard  to  play  with  her 
during  her  road  perfor- 
mances at  other  college 
coffeehouses.  They  sounded 
so  good  together  that 
Richard  asked  Alison  to 
perfonn  with  his  rock  band 
to  give  it  a  bit  of  "country- 
rock  flavor." 


The  band  reformed 
several  times,  toured  most  of 
the  East  Coast  and  the 
Midwest  for  about  25  years 
and  was  featured  as  the 
"house  band"  for  two 
summers  in  the  Atlantic  City 
area  on  the  Jersey  Shore.  The 
Ruperts  eventually  fonned 
"The  Alison  Wonderband," 
recorded  five  albums  of 
original  music,  and  contin- 
ued making  their  living 
playing  throughout  central 
Pennsylvania  as  well  as 
performing  on  the  road. 

Today,  the  Ruperts  form 
the  core  of  The  Front  Porch 
Country  Band.  Alison 
provides  the  lead  vocals,  and 
also  plays  keyboard  and 
guitar.  Richard  provides 
acoustic  and  electric  lead 
guitars,  besides  playing  the 
drums.  Richard  also  supplies 
the  band's  precision  techni- 
cal and  creative  control  by 
engineering  and  producing 
the  band's  original  music 
albums  in  his  and  Alison's 
own  professional  recording 


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studio.  Green  Valley  Record- 
ing. He  has  produced  over 
1 00  albums  for  other 
independent  bands  and  has 
designed  the  artwork  of  the 
album  covers  for  their  CDs. 
Alison  also  has  her  own 
"side  job"  using  the  record- 
ing studio  for  her  work  as  a 
voice-over  artist.  "I  am  'the 
voice'  heard  on  thousands  of 
TV  and  radio  commercials, 
public  announcements  and 
video  programs  throughout 
the  United  States,"  Alison 
explained. 

'■|  think  my  greatest 
accomplishment  as  a 
musician  is  writing  a  song 
that  is  viable,"  Richard 
stated.  "It  has  to  be  written 
well,  perfonned  well,  and 
then  produced  cori'ectly,"  he 
added.  Alison,  too,  is  quite 
interested  in  songwriting, 
and  often  collaborates  with 
Richard  to  create  songs.  "We 
write  together,  but  not  in  a 
conventional  way.  Richard 
might  come  up  with  a 
melody  or  a  chorus,  and  I'll 
fill  in  the  rest  of  the  lyrics," 
Alison  explained.  "I  guess 
it's  my  use  of  my  English 
major,"  she  added. 

One  of  the  songs  that  is 
especially  dear  to  the 
Ruperts  is  the  Front  Porch 
Country  Band's  "Echoes  of 
Your  Love,"  a  song  about  the 
people  in  the  Twin  Towers 
on  9/11.  "It  has  a  special 
poignancy  for  me 
because  Angela  Vaira  (Kyte), 
who  died  at  the  Trade  Center, 
was  my  classmate  at 
Lycoming,"  Alison  explained. 


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The  Front  Porch  Country  Band  was  actually  contacted  by 
the  US  -  CHINA  Foundation  and  asked  to  represent  the  nation 
during  a  concert  tour  of  China  in  April  and  May,  where  they 
had  sold  out  many  of  their  stadium  dates.  Unfortunately,  in 
early  April,  the  band  received  word  that  they  would  have  to 
reschedule  the  China  tour  due  to  the  Severe  Acute  Respiratory 
Syndrome  (SARS)  outbreak. 

The  Front  Porch  Country  Band  is  set  to  perfomi  a  concert  in 
New  York  City  in  the  late  fall  to  raise  money  for  breast  cancer 
research.  "We  are  really  looking  forward  to  that  concert.  We're 
so  excited  about  it,"  Alison  exclaimed.  The  band  will  also  be 
featured  on  a  fundraising  album  along  with  major  label  record- 
ing artists,  set  to  be  released  in  late  May  to  accompany  the 
concert. 

http://www.thefrontporchcountryband.com 


Perrelta  '78  coaching  llie  lady  Wililcals 


One  Wonderful  Big  Win 


Editor 's  Note:  Harry  Perretta  is  making  a  name 
for  I  lllanova  Basketball 

It  was  a  great  season  for  women's  basketball  at  Villanova 
and  for  coach  Harry  Perretta  '78.    The  Wildcats  ended  the 
regular  season  with  a  record  of  22-5  overall.  12-4  in  the  Big 
East  and  were  crowned  Big  East  Champions.    They  were 
awarded  the  number  two  seed  in  the  NCAA  Tournament,  made 
it  to  the  Elite  8  and  were  ranked  8'"  in  the  final  ESPN/USA 
Today  poll. 

But  the  highlight  of  the  season  was  Villanova's  52-48 
victory  over  the  unbeatable  University  of  Connecticut  team 


ending  UConn's  70  game 
winning  streak,  which  was  a 
Division  I  record.  It  was  just 
one  more  milestone  in  a 
spectacular  coaching  career 
that  started  at  Lycoming 
College.     In  high  school  at 
Monsignor  Bonner  in  Upper 
Darby,  Harry  earned  All- 
Catholic  League  honors.  But 
an  ankle  injury  during  his 
first  year  at  Lycoming  ended 
his  playing  career.  Coach 
Dutch  Burch  kept  him  on  as 
one  of  his  assistants.  Later 
he  became  the  junior  varsity 
coach  and  he  also  helped 
with  the  women's  team. 

"He  was  something  else," 
remembers  Dutch  Burch.  "A 
nice  ball  player  and  a  lot  of 
fun."  Even  then  Burch 
recognized  that  he  had  a 
passion  for  the  game. 

Harry  has  great  words  for 
Dutch.  "Dutch  was  unbe- 
lievable. He  took  me  under 
his  wing  and  taught  me  a 
lot,"  says  Harry. 

After  graduating  from 
Lycoming  with  a  degree  in 
history,  Perretta  applied  for 
the  coaching  job  at 
Villanova. 

"I  already  had  three  years 
of  coaching  experience  at 
men's  Division  III  level, 
more  than  anyone  else  who 
applied,"  says  Perretta.  And 
maybe  it  didn't  hurt  that  the 
husband  of  the  woman  who 
hired  him  had  once  played 
for  Dutch. 

At  2 1 ,  Perretta  became 
the  youngest  coach  ever  to 
coach  a  women's  program  at 
the  school. 

His  starting  salary  for  a 
part-time  coach  was  $2,500. 


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Then  Title  IX  took  off  and 
with  it  the  women's  game. 

"It's  overwhelmingly 
changed,"  says  PeiTetta,  from 
the  athleticism  to  the 
recruiting. 

Twenty-five  years  later, 
he  has  made  a  name  for 
himself  and  the  Villanova 
program.   He  has  465  careers 
wins.   But,  perhaps  the 
proudest  statistic  is  that  all 
of  his  recruited  players  who 
have  stayed  four  years  have 
graduated. 

Running  the  Boston 
Marathon  at  Last 

By  Taneen  L.  Carvell  '88 

Editor 's  Note:  Despite  three 
injuries,  Taneen  Carvell 
was  determined  to  run  the 
Boston  Marathon 

In  1998, 1  decided  to  start 
running  ...  by  training  for  a 
marathon.    I  set  off  on 
my  first  marathon  —  the 
Marine  Corps 
Marathon  in 
Washington,  D.C. — 
struggling  with  a 
nagging  muscle 
injury  1  was  sure  1 
could  work  through. 
Only,  it  turned  out  to 
be  a  stress  fracture 
that  finally  gave  in  at 
mile  1 8,  preventing 
me  from  completing 
the  race:  a 
devastating 
conclusion  to  the 
many  months  of 
training. 

A  supportive 
doctor  and  months  of 
healing  and  1  was 
back  on  the  track. 
After  one  more  injury 
set-back  and  another 
year  of  training,  I 
completed  the  San 
Diego  Rock  n'  Roll 
Marathon  on  a  very 
hot  day  in  June  of 
2000.  This  marathon  taught 


me  that  mental  strength  is  as 
important  as — if  not  more 
than — any  physical  training  you 
have  under  your  belt.   Still  I 
had  to  conquer  the  marathon 
1  hadn't  finished  so  I  signed 
up  to  run  the  Marine  Corps 
Marathon  yet  again  in 
October  2001. 

As  we  all  know,  the  fate 
of  September  11,2001, 
brought  to  each  of  us  our 
own  sense  of  loss.    Many 
thought  the  race  would  be 
cancelled,  but  instead  it  took 
on  an  element  of  hope.  For 
me,  it  meant  conquering  my 
past  race  demons  and 
moving  one  step  closer  to 
my  newly  found  goal — to 
qualify  for  the  Boston 
Marathon.  As  life  would 
have  it,  I  again  suffered  an 
injury  just  a  week  before  the 
race.  The  doctor  detennined 
that  the  slight  stress  fracture 
in  my  foot  could  be  endured 
through  the  run  with  added 
padding  and  support  in  my 


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niitniiig  ill  llie  Boston  Mciiiillioii. 


shoe.  As  1  stood  just  feet 
from  the  starting  line,  I  felt 
the  bone  give  way  to  the 
nerves  of  pressure.  Still  I 
ran,  knowing  that  once  I 
started,  I  would  finish  and 
that  any  pain  in  my  foot 
certainly  didn't  measure  in 
magnitude  to  the  sorrow  we 
all  shared  as  we  ran  past 
the  devastation  of  the 
Pentagon.  My  needed  time 
of  3  hours  and  45  minutes  to 
get  me  to  Boston  faded  as  I 
approached  the  last  miles  of 
the  race.   Finishing  was  my 
first  goal  and  to  make  sure 
that  happened  1  eased  back, 
still  finishing  in  under  four 
hours. 

A  cast  and  another  few 
months  of  healing  and  1 
again  returned  to  the  sport 
that  had  repeatedly 
challenged  my  perseverance. 
Many  of  my  running 
mates  had  qualified  for 
Boston,  so  the  pressure  was 
on  to  join  them  in 
bean  town.  With  a 
new  weight-training 
program  added  to 
my  routine  and 
a  better  shoe  to  fit 
my  running  style,  1 
was  off  to  Chicago 
for  its  25th  Anniversary 
Marathon.  There  I 
achieved  my 
successful 
qualifying  marathon 
run  with  a  time  of  3 
hours,  35  minutes 
and  3 1  seconds. 
Training  for 
Boston  this  season 
was  especially 
diftlcult  with  harsh 
early  morning  runs 
in  snow,  sleet  and 
fi-eezing  temperatures. 
(Running  22  miles 
the  first  days  of 
April  shouldn't  lead 
to  frostbite,  but  it 
did.)  Despite  the 
weather,  I  increased 


my  weekly  mileage,  hill 
work  and  speed  training.  As 
the  race  approached,  I  knew  I 
was  more  conditioned  for 
Boston  than  any  other 
marathon  I  had  faced. 

Arriving  in  Boston  days 
before  the  race,  1  was  so 
impressed  by  the  city's 
support  and  admiration  for 
the  many  runners  taking  on 
the  marathon's  challenge.  It 
made  the  anticipation  all  the 
more  intense  and  gave  me  a 
deeper  pride  for  the 
accomplishment  of  getting 
there.  I  enjoyed  the  fine 
dining,  carbo-loading  and 
sites  of  the  city.    While  I 
prepared  in  my  own  way,  my 
sister  orchestrated  a  large 
gathering  of  family  support 
as  well.  There  were  12 
family  members  in  all  who 
traveled  from  Pennsylvania, 
New  York  and  New 
Hampshire  to  be  along  the 
route. 

Monday,  April  2 1 ,  was 
here  at  last  and  at  5:30  a.m.  I 
was  making  my  peanut  butter 
and  jelly  sandwiches  and 
packing  them  in  my  bag  for 
the  long  school  bus  ride  out 
to  Hopkinton.    Sporting  my 
alma  mater  spirit,  I  made  a 
quick  stop  at  Starbucks  and 
headed  off  to  the  bus.  1  sat 
among  the  20,000  athletes  in 
the  hot  sun  through  the 
morning  hours  as  we  waited 
for  the  noon  start.    This 
quickly  grew  tiring  as  the 
port-o-potty  lines  grew 
longer  and  longer. 

At  last  they  called  us  to 
our  corrals.  I  was  in  corral 
12 — with  a  bib  number  of 
12081.  Only  11,999  or  so 
runners  in  front  of  me  and 
8,000  runners  behind  me.  I 
could  feel  the  sunburn  on  my 
neck  before  we  even  started 
and  knew  it  was  going  to  be 
a  tough  run  in  the  sun.  My 
first  mark  was  to  get  to  mile 
16  where  'the  troops'  were 
waiting...  in  full  lime  green 


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attire.  I  saw  the  pride  in  my 
stepfather's  face  as  I  raced 
by  and  the  tears  of  joy  it 
created  carried  me  through 
the  grueling  hills  that 
followed. 

My  most  frustrating 
moment  of  the  race  was  not 
knowing  if  I  had  reached 
Heartbreak  Hill.   For  all  the 
torture  it  conjures  during 
training,  one  would  think 
they  would  have  a  marching 
band  salute  when  you  passed 
over  it.  Instead  I  had  to  rely 
on  a  'veteran'  runner  to 
assure  me  that  the  4th  hill  1 
just  conquered  since  passing 
my  family  at  mile  16  was 
indeed  the  famed  Heartbreak 
Hill.    The  70+-degree  heat 
took  its  toll  on  many  runners 
early  in  the  race.  I  admit 
feeling  the  heat's  effects 
from  time  to  time  (okay  .. 
many  times)  but  I  just  kept 
my  attitude  in  check.  By 
mile  22, 1  was  in  a  bit  of  a 
daze,  but  I  was  called  to 
wave  at  friends  at  mile  24 
and  my  partner  at  mile  25. 

It  was  the  most 
challenging  marathon  I've 
ever  endured,  yet  I 
accomplished  a  personal 
best,  coming  in  at  3:34:23, 
passing  over  6,500  runners 
and  ranking  as  the  9 1 9"^ 
woman  to  cross  the  finish 
line.    That  evening  at  my 
sister's  house,  as  family, 
friends  and  neighbors 
gathered  to  cheer  for  my 
success,  I  savored  the  joy 
for  all  it  was  worth.   I'm 
home  now,  days  later,  and 
still  the  memories  are  so 
much  of  my  day. 

So,  that  is  the  story  of  the 
little  runner  that  could.  As 
the  T-shirts  my  family  wore 
so  proudly  stated. 

"A  little  TLC  goes  a  long 
way". 

And  so  I  did. 


Taneen  Carvell  is 
President  of  her  own 
company.  TLC  Productions, 
which  she  started  in  March 
of  2000.  It  is  an  advertising 
agency  specializing  in  trade 
show  promotions.  She  has 
lived  in  D.  C.  for  the  past  13 
vears. 


My  Life  in  El  Salvador 

By  Heather  Jacobs  '98 

Editor 's  Note:  Heather 
Jacobs  survived  an 
earthquake  and  helped 
rebuild  an  El  Savadoran 
village 

Well,  it  was  an  amazing 
two  years  in  El  Salvador.   I 
was  able  to  learn  so  much 
more  than  I  was  able  to  give 
back.  After  my  three  months 
of  in-country  training,  I 
moved  on  to  my  site,  where  I 
would  live  and  work  for  the 
next  two  years. 

About  a  month-and-a-half 
after  I  arrived  in  my  town, 
called  San  Miguel 
Tepezontes,  El  Salvador 
experienced  its  first  major 
earthquake  in  15  years,  7-6 


After  the 
earthquakes.  .  .We 

organized  and 

distributed   donated 

supplies,       and  I 

personally  wrote 

letters  and  made  a 

video  of  the 

destruction  and  sent 

these  to  the  states, 

which  resulted  in 

raising  more 

than  $8,000  for 

earthquake  relief. 


on  the  Richter  scale.  My 
town  was  affected  a  bit,  but 
only  a  few  houses  were 
destroyed  and  there  were  no 
deaths.  Exactly  one  month 
later,  however,  we  were  hit 
with  another  earthquake. 
This  one  destroyed  85-90% 
of  my  town;  eight  people 
died  and  many  more  were 
hurt  out  of  the  town's 
population  of  about  5,000. 

So  the  majority  of  my 
time  in  this  wonderful 


Details  and  Facts 
on  El  Salvador: 
Population:  6  million 

Country  size: 

approximately  the  size 
of  Massachusetts 

•  El  Salvador  is  one  of 
the  most  densely 
populated  and 
environmentally 
degraded  countries 
in  the  western 
hemisphere. 

•Approximately  150 
Peace  Corps 
volunteers  work 
there  in  three 
programs: 

Water  and  Sanitation, 
Agroforestry  and 
Environmental 
Education  and 
Municipal 
Development. 

•  Most  farmers  are 
subsistence  farmers; 
cash  crops  include 
coffee  and 
sugarcane. 

•  Textiles  is  also  a 
major  export. 


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country  was  spent 
on  the  rebuilding 
process  (more  than 
1.5  million  were 
left  homeless  and 
more  than  1 000 
died  between  the 
two  quakes).  This 
is  a  country  that 
has  been  ravaged 
by  a  very  bloody 
civil  war  that 
ended  in  1992, 
(with  the  U.S. 
under  Reagan 
funding  a  right 
wing  military  that 
was  responsible 
for  numerous 
humanitarian 
atrocities), 
hurricanes,  and  now 
earthquakes.  But  the 
resiliency  of  the  Salvadoran 
people  is  incredible. 

After  the  earthquakes, 
although  I  was  an 
agro  forestry-environmental 
education  volunteer,  I  was 
involved  in  an  emergency 
committee  in  the  town  where 
I  lived.  We  organized  and 
distributed  donated  supplies, 
and  1  personally  wrote  letters 
and  made  a  video  of  the 
destruction  and  sent  these  to 
the  states,  which  resulted  in 
raising  more  than  $8,000  for 
earthquake  relief.  Donors 
included  Lycoming  College, 
Pine  Street  United  Methodist 
Church  in  Williamsport, 
Trinity  Churches  in 
Hummelstown  and 
Clearfield,  St.  Paul's  United 
Methodist  in  State  College, 
and  numerous  donations  by 
friends  and  family. 

Once  the  town  began  to 
get  back  on  its  feet,  I  began 
to  work  in  my  called 
assignment.  I  established  an 
ecological  kid's  club  for  4th- 
6th  graders  to  teach  them 
environmental  awareness. 
We  did  a  bunch  of  activities, 
including  a  tree  nursery  and 


an  organic  garden. 

Our  major  accomplishment 
was  a  fruit  tree  project 
funded  by  USAID,  in  which 
we  planted  more  than  1300 
fruit  trees  with  45  fanners 
and  held  a  series  of 
educational  workshops  about 
fruit  cultivation.  The 
reasoning  behind  the  project 
was  economic.  The  majority 
of  farmers  in  my  town  grew 
coffee,  but  the  world  market 
price  has  dropped  so 
dramatically  that  coffee  is  no 
longer  an  economically 
viable  crop  for  most.  The 
fruit  trees  are  an  attempt  to 
replace  or  add  additional 
money  crops. 

With  other  volunteers,  we 
also  held  two  overnight 
camps  for  youth,  one  on 
basketball  and  leadership  and 
another  on  the  environment. 

1  joined  the  Peace  Corps 
because  it  was  something  I 
wanted  to  do  since  6th  grade. 
I  always  knew  I  would  work 
in  another  country,  and  the 
Peace  Corps  is  what  I 
ultimately  chose  to  fulfill  that 
dream.  I  gained  so  much 
from  my  experience  there. 
For  one  thing,  I  now  can 
fluently  speak  Spanish,  a 
language  ever  growing  in 
importance  in  the  states. 

But  the  most  important 
lesson  I  learned  is  how  the 
majority  of  the  world  lives. 
We  are  so  sheltered  in  the 
U.S.  that  it  is  important 
everyone  gets  the  opportunity 
to  travel  outside  of  our 
developed  world  and  see  just 
how  lucky  we  are.  To  live  in 
a  culture  for  two  years  where 
women  are,  for  the  most  part, 
thought  of  and  treated  like 
second  class  persons  and  to 
realize  all  that  I've  been  able 
to  do  as  a  female  is 
incredible. 

My  most  treasured 
memories  from  my  time  with 
the  Peace  Corps  are  of  my 
friends,  both  Salvadoran  and 


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FEATURE 


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Steve  Newman  completes  a  finir 
mile  swim  in  the  Long  Island 
Sound. 

my  fellow  volunteers.  One  of 
my  last  memories  of  El 
Salvador  is  particularly 
special  for  me.  In  my  town, 
we  had  a  girl's  softbail  team. 
Fast  Pitch,  and  we  were 
playing  in  a  league.  In  my 
final  game  before  I  was  to 
come  home,  we  played 
against  a  team  we  had  lost  to 
the  previous  three  times,  and 
we  beat  them.  It  was 
wonderful  to  see  so  many 
smiles  on  the  other  women's 
faces. 

Editor's  Note: 

Heather  is  currently  looking 
for  work  and  would  like 
eventually  to  be  involved  in  a 
non-profit  organization 
dealing  with  water  quality 
and  water  resource 
management. 


Back  in  the 
Swim 
of  Things 

Editor's  Note: 
Steve  Newman 
'84  is  breaking; 
his  Lycoming 
swimming  times, 
twenty  years  later 

When  Steve 
Newman  '84  was 
a  freshman  at 
Lycoming 
College,  he  swam 
the  200-yard 
freestyle  in  1:52 
under  Coach  Dave 
Hair.  Not  bad  for 
a  Lycoming 
swimmer!   In  fact 
during  his  time  at 
Lycoming 
College,  he  set  a 
number  of  school  records. 
Last  year,  twenty  years 
later,  he  did  a  1 :48  in  the 
200-yard  freestyle  in  the 
United  States  Masters 
Swimming  Long  Course 
National  Championships  for 
men  in  the  40-44  age  group. 
And  that's  not  bad  at  all  for 
the  41 -year  old!   In  fact  it's 
championship  swimming. 
Last  August,  Steve  took  first 
place  in  the  200-meter 
freestyle  and  the  400-meter 
freestyle,  making  him 
National  Champion.  The 
New  Rochelle(N.Y.)high 
school  math  teacher  also 
placed  third  in  the  80-meter 
freestyle,  fifth  in  the  100- 
meter  butterfly  and  sixth  in 
the  200-meter  butterfly. 

Last  December,  he  was 
named  a  United  States 
Master  Swimming  All 
American  with  three  number 
one  national  rankings  in  the 
200-meter  short  course 
freestyle;  200-meter  long 
course  freestyle  and  the  400- 
meter  long  course  freestyle. 

He  holds  two  thirds,  a 
fifth  and  a  seventh  in  the 


world  rankings  for  master 
swimmers. 

Steve's  second  swimming 
career  started  in  1999  when 
he  participated  in  "Swim 
Across  America,"  a  cancer 
fund-raiser,  in  memory  of  a 
friend  who  had  died  from  the 
disease. 

The  event  made  him  want 
to  become  more  competitive 
and  he  began  training  with 
the  Badger  Swim  Club  in 
Larchmont,  N.Y.,  where  he 
had  begun  swimming  at  the 
age  of  8.  Steve  works  out  5 
days  of  the  week  from  5:30 
to  7:00  a.m.  stroking  along 
side  of  high  school  students. 

"I'm  not  just  the  old  guy," 
says  Steve.  "They  see  me 
training  right  next  to  them." 
Compared  to  his  college 
days,  Steve  says  "I  swim 
smarter  and  I  eat  better.  I'm 
in  better  shape  than  I  was  in 
college  and  swimming  as 
good  if  not  better." 

He  trains  all  year  and 
participates  in  a  masters 
meet  about  every  month  or  6 
weeks.  In  the  summer,  he 
includes  a  4-mile  swim  in 
the  Long  Island  Sound  in  his 
competition  calendar. 
"There  is  a  lot  of 
camaraderie  in  these  events," 
says  Steve.  "You  get  to 
know  people  from  all  over. 
There  are  husbands  and 
wives  and  even  grandparents 
at  these  events." 

He  has  done  some 
coaching.  He  was  head  coach 
of  women's  swimming  at 
lona  College  from  1985- 
1990  and  assistant  coach  for 
the  Badger  Swim  Club  from 
1990  to  1996,  where  he 
coached  three  Olympians. 

This  past  year  he  was  also 
elected  vice  president  of  the 
masters  program  in  the  New 
York  Metro  area  which 
includes  1300  swimmers.  It 
is  a  hobby  that  can  become  a 
lifelong  commitment.  Some 


of  the  swimmers  compete 
well  into  their  80s,  says 
Steve. 

Newman  and  his  wife, 
Elizabeth,  live  in 
Mamaroneck,  N.Y.,  and  have 
a  7  1/2-year-old  son, 
Matthew,  and  a  4  year-old 
daughter,  Allison.  Interested 
in  learning  more  about  the 
masters  program?  Contact 
Steve  at  SNI00@aol.com. 


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COMMENCEMENT 


Chibiizo  Amohi 


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Baccalaureate  Speaker: 

Rev.  Dr.  Bob  Edgar  '65,  general 
secretary  of  the  National  Council 
of  Churches 


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Valedictorians: 

James  L.  Crater,  Centre  Hall 
(biology);  Jessica  Feerrar,  Lock 
Haven  (biology);  Sarah  B.  Martin, 
Ephrata  (psychology  and 
sociology/anthropology) 

Salutatorian: 

Michael  Morris,  Bethlehem 
(biology) 


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nder  rainy  skies,  3 1 2 
students  participated  in 
Lycoming  College's  1 55"" 
Commencement  on  Sunday, 
May  n,  2003.  held  in  Lamade 
Gymnasium. 

Bob  Krueger  of  Texas,  whose  career 
has  included  three  ambassadorships 
and  stints  in  the  U.S.  Congress  and 
Senate,  was  the  featured 
Commencement  Speaker 

Krueger  told  the  Class  of  2003  that 
they  "were  the  most  blessed,  most 
opportuned  generation  of  any  time," 
but  counseled  that  they  had  the 
responsibility  to  give  back.  The 
former  ambassador  to  Mexico, 
Burundi  and  Botswana  told  them  that 
there  could  be  no  "distinction 


President  Doiilhal 
and  Bob  Krueger 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  "03 


FEATURE 


2003 


between  the  morality  of  individuals 
and  morality  of  nations." 

Krueger  graduated  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
from  Southern  Methodist  University. 
He  took  a  master's  degree  from  Duke 
University  and  completed  a  Ph.D.  in 
English  literature  at  O.xford  University, 
England.    He  began  his  career 
teaching  at  age  25  at  Duke  University 
and  by  age  36  was  Dean  of  the  College 
of  Arts  and  Sciences.  He  then  returned 
to  Texas  to  take  over  the  family 
business. 

Baccalaureate  Speaker 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  W.  Edgar  "65. 
General  Secretary  of  the  National 
Council  of  Churches,  the  nation's 
largest  ecumenical  organization,  gave 
the  Baccalaureate  sermon  on 
Saturday,  May  1 0. 

Edgar  began  his  career  as  a 
United  Methodist  minister.   In 
1974  he  was  elected  to  the  U.S. 
Congress,  serving  for  six  terms. 
He  spent  a  decade  as  president  of 
Claremont  School  of  Theology 
before  being  chosen  to  head  the 
National  Council  of  Churches.   He 
received  an  honorary  doctorate  from 
Lycoming  in  1 980. 

Edgar  outlined  the  challenges  of  the 
planet  as  6.2  billion  brothers  and 
sisters  "who  want  clean  air  and  clean 
water." 

He  also  mentioned  that  he  had 
helped  to  create  the  first  homeless 
shelter  in  Philadelphia  and  "the 
bad  news  is  that  it  is  still  open." 

"We  are  called  by  God  to 
make  a  difference  on  planet 
earth,"  he  said.  "God 
picks  common  people 
to  do  extraordinary 
things." 


COMMENCEMENT 


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CAMPUS       NOTES 


Student  Art  Project  in 
June  Celebration 

A  public  art  project  on  the 
Underground  Railroad 
created  by  Lycoming  College 
art  students  under  the 
guidance  of  Prof.  Lynn 
Estomin  and  artist-in- 
residence  Steven  Marc  has 
begun  a  tour  of  the  area.  The 
project,  consisting  of  three 
large  panels,  made  its  public 
debut  on  June  1 9"^  at 
Wegman's  Supermarket  in 
Williamsport,  on  a  day  called 
Juneteenth,  which  celebrates 
African  American 
Independence.    Local 
historian  Mamie  Sweeting 
Diggs  and  Karen  Frock  '78 
helped  the  students  to  record 
Underground  Railroad  sites. 


At  Lycoming 


New  Jazz  Ensemble 

Lycoming  College 
introduced  its  new  instru- 
mental group,  the  Lycoming 
College  Jazz  Ensemble 
which  made  its  debut  on 
February  26  with  Richard 
Adams  '77,  a  jazz  saxophon- 
ist, as  the  featured  guest. 
The  19-piece  jazz  band  is 
drawn  from  the  Concert 
Band  conducted  by  Christo- 
pher Woodruff 


Lycoming 's  new  Jazz  Ensemble 


Choir  Honors 
Gregg  Smith 

The  Lycoming  College 
Chamber  Choir,  conducted 
by  Fred  Thayer,  honored 
Gregg  Smith  with  a  concert 
on  "The  Sacred  Music  of 
Gregg  Smith,"  on  March 
28th.   Smith  is  a  recording 
artist  with  over  100  albums 
to  his  credit,  a 
composer  of 
more  than  400 
works  of  all 
types  and  sizes, 
and  the  founder 
of  an  interna- 
tionally 
acclaimed 
singing  group 
bearing  his 
name.  Gregg  Smtlh 

Civil  War 
Historian 
Neely  is  the 
Ewing 
Lecturer 

Dr.  Mark  E. 
Neely  gave  the 
Ewing  Lecture 
this  spring,  an 
endowed 
lectureship 
established  in 
1973  to  honor 
Professor 
Robert  H. 
Ewing,  who 
taught  history 
for  27  years  at 
Lycoming 
College  and 
died  in  1991. 
Neely  currently 
serves  as  a 
McCabe-Greer 


and  Dr.  Neelv 


Professor  of  History  of  the 

American  Civil  War  Era  at 

The  Pennsylvania  State 

University. 

He  received 

his 

bachelor's 

degree  as 

well  as  his 

Ph.D.  from 

Yale 

University. 

He  has 

published 

several 

books  on  the 

Civil  War, 

including  his 

1992  Pulitzer  Prize  winner. 

The  Fate  of  Liberty: 

Abraham 
Lincoln  and 
Civil  Liberties. 

Marketing 
Class 
Tackles 
Downtown 

Dr.  Bonita 
Kolb,  professor 
of  business 
administration 
at  Lycoming  College,  likes  to 
use  real  case  studies  in  her 
Business  429  Marketing 
Strategies  course.  This 
spring,  she  gave  her  class  a 
challenging  assignment:  to 
create  a  plan  for  the 
Williamsport  Merchants  and 
Business  Association  that 
would  market  the  downtown 
to  students  at  Lycoming  and 
Penn  College. 

Working  in  teams,  the 
Lycoming  students  first 
analyzed  the  downtown  by 
taking  a  detailed  inventory  of 
all  the  resources  of  the  center 
city  area.    A  second  team 
surveyed  students  in  both 
Lycoming  College  and  Penn 
College.  A  third  team 
researched  several  ways  in 
which  downtown  merchants 
could  promote  themselves  to 
students.  A  fourth  team 


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LYCOMrNG  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER'03 


Dr.  Boiiila  Kolh  aiiil  h,  >  ■.iiiJu!i\  Jc\ised  a  marketing  strateii\ 
Williamsporl  Merchunis  and  Business  Associalkm. 


investigated  a  number  of 
college  towns  in  the  area. 

The  student  project 
culminated  with  a  fonnal 
presentation  to  the 
Williamsport  Merchants  and 
Business  Association,  the 
mayor  and  members  of  the 
City  Council  on  April  14. 
Dr.  Kolb  promises  that  the 
dialogue  will  continue  next 
year 

Happy  Birthday  DNA! 
Human  Genome  is 
Focus  of  Spring 
Symposium 

What  are  we  made  of? 
And  what  makes  us  different 
from  the  rest  of  the  animal 
kingdom?  Within  the  last 
few  years,  science  has  made 


Dr  Ron  Newhuld  of  Merck  and 
Dr.  Jeffrey  Newman 


great  advances  toward 
understanding  the  answers  to 
these  questions  with  the 
successful  mapping  of  the 
human  genome.  This  past 
spring,  Lycoming  College 
spent  a  semester  on  the  topic 
of  the  Human  Genome.  The 
timing  coincided  with  the 
50"'  anniversary  of  the 
discovery  of  the  structure  of 
DNA  by  Watson  and  Crick. 
Featured  speakers  were 
drawn  from  a  number  of 
different  disciplines.  They 
included  Dr.  Ron  Newboid, 
Senior  Director  Strategic 
Research  Initiatives  for 
Merck  Phannaceuticais;  Dr. 
Ronald  Cole-Turner,  H. 
Parker  Sharp  Professor  of 
Theology  and  Ethics  at 
Pittsburgh  Theological 
School; 
Deborah 
Eunpu, 
M.S.C.G.C, 
director  of  the 
Genetic 
Counseling 
Program  at 
Arcadia 
University; 
Dr.  Wen- 
Hsiung  Li,  a 
George  Wells 
Beadle 

Distinguished 
Service 
Professor  in 


the  Department  of  Ecology 
and  Evolution  at  the 
University  of  Chicago,  and 
Dr.  David  Miklos,  the 
director  of  the  Dolan  DNA 
Learning  Center,  Cold 
Spring  Harbor  Laboratory, 
now  the  professional  home 
of  Dr.  James  D.  Watson. 


Morris 

Michael  Morris  Wins 
Phi  Kappa  Phi 
Fellowship 

Michael  Morris  '03  of 

Bethlehem,  a  senior  biology 
graduate  at  Lycoming 
College,  became  one  of  52 
students  nationwide  to  win 
an  $8,000  Phi  Kappa  Phi 
Fellowship.  His  application 
was  chosen  from  entrants 
from  approximately  280 
colleges  and  universities  that 
have  a  Phi  Kappa  Phi 
chapter.  Phi  Kappa  Phi  is  a 
national  honor  society  for 
academic  excellence  in  any 
discipline.  Morris,  an  avid 
fisherman,  is  interested  in 
fish  management.   He  has 
been  accepted  into  a  doctoral 
program  at  the  University  of 
Montana. 

Adam  Makos  Wins 
Entrepreneur  Award 

Adam  Makos  '03,  a  May 

business-marketing  graduate, 
was  named  the  winner  of  this 
year's  Global  Student 
Entrepreneur  Award  for  the 


Mako.', 

Ohio  Valley  Region,  which 
includes  the  states  of 
Pennsylvania,  Ohio,  Indiana 
and  West  Virginia.  In 
addition  to  winning  $2,000, 
Makos  is  now  a  candidate  to 
represent  the  four-state  area 
in  the  national  competition 
held  in  November  in 
Chicago. 

Makos  is  the  founder  and 
publisher  of  Ghost  fVings,  a 
magazine  he  designed  and 
developed  while  still  in 
Montoursville  High  School. 
The  focus  of  the  magazine  is 
military  aviation  from  World 
War  II  to  the  Vietnam  War. 
The  magazine  enjoys 
national  distribution. 

Student  Newspaper 
Wins  Award 

The  Lycourier,  Lycoming 
College's  student  newspaper, 
won  first  place  with  special 
merit  in  the  American 
Scholastic  Press  Association 
contest,  scoring  950  out  of  a 
possible  1,000  points. 
Freshman  Stephen  Novak  of 
Andover,  N.J.,  opinion  editor 
for  The  Lycourier,  won  the 
outstanding  cartoon  award 
for  his  relationship  month 
submission.   Katy 
Grzywinski  '04,  from  North 
Brunswick,  N.J.,  is  editor-in 
chief  Advisor  is  Janice 
Ogurcak. 


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CAMPUS  NOTES 


Lvcoiirier  staff  celehvales!  From  lejl  lo  lighl:  Tiiiiku  Robinson.  Enlertainmen/ 
Editor:  Pam  Dailey.  Staff  Writer:  Rob  Scott.  Staff  Writer:  Katy-  Kresge.  Sports 
Editor:  Amanda  Keister  '02  (Copy  Editor):  Katy  Griywinski.  Editor-in-Chief: 
Steve  Novak.  Opinion  Editor:  Kelly  Peirce.  Copy  Editor 


Four  Lycoming 
College  Students 
Win  National  Science 
Foundation  Summer 
Research  Grant 

Four  Lycoming  College 
Students,  astronomy/  physics 
majors,  have  been  accepted 
into  the  NSF-fiinded 
Research  Experience  for 
Undergraduate  (REU) 
program  at  various 
universities 

They  include  Nicole 
Gugliucci  '05  (Staten  Island, 
N.Y.)  who  will  be  working 
on  "Pushing  Vei^  Long 
Baseline  Interferometry 
Polarimetry  to  Higher 
Frequencies"  under  Dr. 
Joanne  Attridge  and  Dr. 
Robert  Phillips  at  MIT. 

Adrienne  Horvath  '04 
(tire  Hill,  Pa.)  will  be 
working  on  "Brown  Dwarf 
Astrophysics"  under  the 
supervision  of  Dr.  Philip 
Stancil  at  the  University  of 
Georgia  at  Athens. 

Erin  Mastrantonio  '04 
(Elmira,  N.Y.)  willbe 
working  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  Antonio  Bianchini  on 
an  infrared  astronomy 
project  entitled 
"Spectroscopy  of 


cataclysmic  variable  star/ 
reducing  spectra."  at  the 
University  of  Wyoming. 

Christina  Nestlerode 
'04  (  Williamsport.  Pa.)  will 
be  working  at  the  University 
of  Oklahoma's  Oklahoma 
Weather  Center  under  Dr. 
Michael  Richman  on  a 
project  involving  "Radar  of 
Precyclonic  Thunderstonns." 

These  REUs  involve 
independent  research  at  the 
university  level  and 
selection  for  participation  in 
the  program  is  highly 
competitive.  Many 
participating  universities 
received  between  250  and 
400  applications  to  fill  ten  or 
fewer  positions 

42nd  Summer 
Theatre  Season 

This  summer  marks 
Lycoming  College's  42nd 
season  of  bringing  live 
theatre  to  the  Williamsport 
community  during  the 
summer.  It  also  marks  the 
first  season  that  Dr.  N.  J. 
Stanley  is  at  the  helm  as 
artistic  director,  overseeing  a 
student  company. 

The  season  included  three 
plays  presented  for  two 
weekends  each;  June  5-7 


June  12-14;  a  comedy  The 
NERD;  June  19-21  and  .lune 
26-28;  a  mystery  MURDER 
AMONG  FRIENDS;  July  9- 
12  and  July  16-19:  the 
musical  NUNSENSE. 


Composer  Will  George 
Butler  Gets  Some  Play 

Dr.  Will  George  Butler 
taught  at  Dickinson 
Seminary  only  six  years 
(1904-1910),  but  long 
enough  for  the  musician/ 
composer  to  write  the  alma 
mater  "Fair  Dickinson".  He 
moved  to  Mansfield  Nomial 
School  and  later  wrote  their 
alma  mater  as  well.  Some  of 
Butler's  music  is  now  getting 
some  play  in  his  hometown 
thanks  to  Lycoming  music 
ensembles.    Christopher 


Woodruff,  conductor  of  the 
Lycoming  College  Concert 
Band,  chose  Butler's 
Diamond  Anniversaiy  March 
as  the  recessional  for  this 
year's  Honors  Convocation, 
Baccalaureate  and 
Commencement.   Dr. 
Boerckel  teamed  up  with  Dr. 
Kenneth  Sarch  of  Mansfield 
University  to  play  Butler's 
Gypsy  Dance  in  a  series  of 
concerts  the  duo  gave  in  the 
area.  One  of  Butler's 
descendents  is  Ricliard 
Mix  '51 

One  Man's  Trash  is 
Another  Man's  Class 

Dr.  Zimmerman's 
Environmental  Science  Class 
analyzed  Lycoming's  trash 
during  one  week  in  March. 
The  counted  a  total  of  375 
bags  of  trash  that  were  set 
out  at  curbside  at  7a.m.  each 
morning  during  a  5-day 
week  that  weighed  over 
4,725  pounds.  The  students 
then  hand  picked  a  sub- 
sample  of  6  bags.  These  bags 
weighed  a  total  of  70  lbs. 
and  included  7  lbs.  of 
aluminum  cans,  23  lbs.  of 
glass  bottles,  and  3  lbs.  of 
plastic.  They  found  that  47% 
of  the  trash  was  comprised 
of  materials  that  could  have 
been  recycled. 


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Cruisin'  with 
Lycoming 

Young  alumni,  actually 
20  graduating  seniors, 
embarked  on  the  first  ever 
Lycoming  cruise  aboard  the 
Carnival  Fascination  for  a 
four  night  Western  Carib- 
bean Cruise.  What  a  way  to 
finish  school.  "The  cruise 
far  exceeded  my  expecta- 
tions," said  Jeffrey  Shevlin. 


"Just  hanging  out  with 
people  from  school  and 
having  a  good  time,  it  was 
fabulous." 

"I  was  able  to  meet  and 
bond  with  classmates  that  I 
never  knew  before  now," 
said  Kristin  Campbell." 

The  cruise  departed  after 
the  end  of  exams  and 
returned  in  time  for  Com- 
mencement. 


It  may  be  the  beginning  of 
a  new  tradition  that  will 
include  young  alumni  (out  5 
years  or  less). 

Past  Notes 

March  2  •  New  York 

The  Lycoming  College  Tour 
Choir  was  in  town  to  sing  at 
St.  John  the  Divine. 
Norm  IVledow  '60  was  the 
host  for  a  pre-concert 


Cruise  Participants:  Listed  from  Top  of  Staircase  to  Lower  Right  Natalie  Ktttell.  Kimherlee  Frerichs.  Dara  Beniiiigcr 
Julie  Schweiger.  Jessica  Held.  Brianne  McManus.  Lindsey  Guiles,  Meredith  Moerschbacher.  Valerie  Troutnian. 
Jeremiah  Raichle.  Todd  Leader.  Jeffrey  Shevlin.  Crystal  McKinney.  Jocelyii  Mengel.  Rebecca  Maiirer.  Marissa  Paul. 
Melissa  Crandell.  Tami  Lumbatis.  Amanda  Majetsky,  Sarah  Spencer  -  Group  Leader,  and  Kristen  Campbell 


gathering  of  choir  and 
friends  at  Bistro  Ten  18  on 
Amsterdam  Ave.  Thanks 
Norm,  from  the  Choir. 

March  7  •  Hilton  Head 
Helen  and  Dan  Fultz  '57 

hosted  a  gathering  of  the 
"Hilton  Head  Alumni  Club" 
at  their  lovely  home  in  Sea 
Pines. 

March  10  •  Naples,  Florida 

More  fun  for  the  Lycoming 
snowbirds  and  Floridians  at 
the  Vineyards  Country  Club 
in  Naples,  Florida  when 
Joyce  and  Peter  Lynn  '69 
hosted  a  gathering  at  the 
Club. 

March  11  •  West  Palm 
Beach 

President  James  E.  Douthat 
and  Vice  President  of 
College  Relations  Tom  Ruhl 
were  the  special  guests  at  an 
alumni  gathering  dinner  at 
the  Sheraton  West  Palm 
Beach  Hotel.  Special  thanks 
to  Steve  Reiser  '63  who 
hosted  the  event. 

March  26  •  Williamsport 

Young  alumni  in  the  area 
gathered  at  The  Pub  for  an 
after-work  party. 

April  6  •  Landisburg,  Pa. 

Alumni  gathered  at  Warm 
Springs  Lodge  for  dinner  and 
entertainment  for  a  fun  and 
relaxing  evening. 


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Alumni  Association  Executive  Board 


Ccipl.  Richard  Raiidahaiigh  '60  and 
Mary  Hoffman  Bower  '60. 


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Alumni  and  friends  gather 
a!  H'cnm  Springs  Lodge. 


May  31  •2""  Annual 
Lycoming  College  Day 
at  the  Philadelphia  Zoo. 
A  great  family  outing 
and  the  beginning  of  a 
great  tradition. 

At  Deadline: 


July  12  •  New  England 

Lobster  Clambake! 
By  the  New  England  Chapter 
At  the  Chaucey  Creek 
Lobster  Pier — Kittery,  ME. 

Coming 
Attractions: 

July  19  •  Lyco  "Team 
Timeout  Party"  at  Camden 

Yards"  Orioles  vs.  Angels. 
5:00  p.m.  BBQ  and 
7:00  p.m.  Game.  Joint 
program  by  the  Baltimore- 
Washington  and  Philadelphia 
Chapter  Alumni  Association. 

August  9  •  Midwest 

Chapter  hosts  dinner  with 
President  James  E.  Douthat 
in  Indianapolis,  Indiana! 


Fir.'ir  row  from  left:   Meredith  Ramho  Murray  '92.  Karin  Plummer  Botto  '93, 

Bonnie  Bierly  Bowes  '62,  Brenda  Bowser  '98.  Matthew  Pivirotio  '9S,  and 

Nancy  Hall  Gieniec  '59 

Second  Row:  Andrew  Gross  '59.  Andrew  Biicke  '71,  David  Walsh  '  76  John 

Murray  '8f  David  Free/  '68,  Cheiyl  Eck  Spencer  '70.  and  Linda  Lady 

Wallace  '77. 

Third  roM-:  Pat  MacBride  Krauser  '68,  John  Short  76,  Jim  Scott  '70,  Gaiy 

Spies  '72.  Jay  Thomson  '86.  Robert  Bender  '59,  and  John  Joe  '59.  Back  row: 

John  Lea  III  '80,  Thomas  Beamer'74.  and  Brian  Belz  '96. 


CHECK  US  OUT  ON  ONLINE 


For  more  info  on  alumni  events, 

look  on  the  web: 

http://www.lycoming.edu/alumni/chapters. 


Retiring  Alumni  Director  A.  Sue  Met.  nnuick  '60  receives  ii  gift  Jroiii  I  hn  :.  i 
Walsh  '76.  president  of  Alumni  Association  Executive  Board. 


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Retirements 

Dr.  Emily  R.  Jensen, 

professor  of  English,  retired 
this  spring.  A  graduate  of 
Jamestown  College  and  the 
University  of  Denver,  she 
earned  her  doctorate  from 
The  Pennsylvania  State 
University.    She  joined  the 
Lycoming  College  faculty  in 
1969  and  taught  Chaucer  and 
British  Literature.   She  was 
instrumental  in  founding  the 
College's  creative  writing 
program  and  its  Women's 
Studies  Program. 
34  years  of  service. 


Dr.  Robert  A.  Zaccaria, 

associate  professor  of 
biology  retired  this  spring. 
A  graduate  of  Bridgewater 
College  ( Va.),  he  earned  a 
doctorate  at  the  University  of 
Virginia  where  he  received 
an  award  for  excellence  in 
research.   He  joined  the 


Lycoming  College  faculty  in 
1973  where,  over  the  years, 
he  taught  anatomy,  physiol- 
ogy, endocrinology  and 
vertebrate  embi^ology.  Dr 
Zaccaria  was  an  integral  part 
of  the  education  of  nursing 
students  both  to  the 
Williamsport  Hospital 
School  of  Nursing  students 
and  then  later  to  Lycoming's 
BSN  students.  He  also 
served  as  Biology  Depart- 
ment chair  and  was  chair 
for  UyearsofHPAC 
(Lycoming's  Health  Profes- 
sions Advisory  Committee). 
He  produced  award-winning 
student/faculty  collaborative 
research.   He  also  published 
a  number  of  research 
articles,  including  one  in  the 
prestigious  International 
Journal  of  Developing 
Biology.     Zaccaria  was  also 
a  member  of  Sigma  Xi,  the 
national  honor  society  of  the 
life  sciences. 
30  years  of  service 


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retire. 

Thomas  J.  Henninger, 

Director  of  Administrative 
Computing  and  Data 
Networks,  retired  in  Decem- 
ber. Henninger  joined  the 
faculty  in  1966  in  the 
mathematics  department. 
When  computer  technology 
was  just  an  idea  at 
Lycoming,  Henninger  led  the 


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College  in  the  computer  age 
and  helped  to  wired  the 
campus  for  a  computer 
network  in  the  mid- 1 990s. 
36  years  of  service 

Deborah  E.  Weaver, 

Residence  Hail  Operations, 
and  long  time  advisor  to  the 
Gamma  Delta  Sigma 
sorority,  retired  in  December. 
24  years  of  service 

Dorothy  E.  Maples,  Theatre 
Box  Office  Manager  and 
sometime  actress,  retired  this 
spring  after  1 5  years. 

Orlan  J.  Fisher,  mailroom 
coordinator,  retired  after  8 
years  of  service. 

Teaching  Awards 

Dr.  Mehrdad  Madresehee, 

associate  professor  of 
economics  and  chair  of  the 
economics  department, 
received  the  Constance  Cupp 
Plankenhorn  Alumni 
Teaching  Award,  which  is 
given  to  a  senior  faculty 


member.   Madresehee  joined 
the  faculty  in  1986. 
He  has  done  extensive 
research  on  the  local 
economy,  particularly 
employment  trends 

Dr.  Kathleen  Chamberlain, 

an  assistant  professor  of 
education,  received  the 
junior  faculty  teaching 
award,  which  goes  to  a 
member  of  the  faculty  who 
has  fewer  than  seven  years  of 
teaching  at  Lycoming 
College.  She  joined  the 
Lycoming  College  faculty  in 
1999.  During  her  career,  she 
has  been  an  elementary  and 
middle  school  teacher,  an 
elemental^  school  principal, 
director  of  curriculum  K.-12 
in  the  Athens  School  District 
and  an  adjunct  instructor  at 
Lackawanna  Junior  College. 

Dr.  Edward  Gabriel, 

associate  professor  of 
biology,  received  from  the 
student  body  the  College's 
Makisu  Award,  for  service 


Dr-  Mcludail  Madivsehee  and  Dr.  Kathleen  Chcimbeiiain,  2005  reap  wills  oj 
Lycoming 's  teaching  awards. 


above  and  beyond  the  call  of      ^ 
duty.  This  is  the  second  time 
he  has  won  the  Makisu 
award.  He  also  received  the 
senior  faculty  teaching  award 
in  1996. 

Promotions: 

Dr.  Howard  Berthold  to 

full  professor  of  psychology 

Dr.  Holly  Bendorf  to 

associate  professor  of 

chemistry 

Dr.  Timothy  Carter  to 

associate  professor  of 

criminal  justice 

Arts 

Lynn  Estomin,  associate 
professor  of  art,  had  a  busy 
year.  She  was  the  Featured 
Filmmaker  at  the  Women's 
Film  Festival,  Cincinnati. 
Ohio.  She  also  gave  video 
screenings  and  artist  talks  at 
Elon  University  in  North 
Carolina,  Ohio  Wesleyan 
University,  Ohio  State 
University,  Antioch  College, 
and  the  University  of 
Cincinnati.   Her  video  work 
found  its  way  to  the  Ajijic 
Festival  Intemacional  de 
Cine  in  Mexico,  Female  Eye 
Film  Festival  in  Toronto, 
Canada  (where  it  was  the 
Juror's  Choice),  and  the 
OVNI  Video  Festival,  Centre 
de  Cultura  Contemporania 
de  Barcelona,  Spain.  Her 
latest  video  was  also  chosen 
for  national  distribution  by 
Filmmakers  Library  of  New 
York  City. 

Her  photography  work  of 
the  peace  demonstration 
after  September  1 1  was  part 
of  a  traveling  exhibition  that 
toured  New  York,  N.Y;  Los 
Angeles,  Calif,  and  Wash- 
ington, D.C.;  London, 
England;  and  Tokyo,  Japan. 

She  also  had  a  solo 
exhibition  at  the  Faith 
Rockefeller  Model  Center 
for  the  Arts,  North  Carolina, 


Lynn  EsUtiiun 

and  was  part  of  exhibits  at 
the  Lycoming  County 
Historical  Museum  and 
B&S  Gallery,  Williamsport. 
Pa 

Estomin  received  grants 
from  RPA,  Inc.;  Women's 
Film  Project  Production, 
Lycoming  College  Profes- 
sional Development  Grant, 
Interfaith  Dialogue  Grant  of 
the  United  Churches  of 
Lycoming  County,  and  a  cash 
award  from  the  Female  Eye 
Film  Festival 

She  also  served  as 
National  Portfolio  Reviewer 
for  Society  of  Photographic 
Education  National  Conven- 
tion, Austin,  Tex;  and  made 
presentations  at  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Arts  Education 
National  Convention,  and 
the  Pennsylvania  Arts 
Education  Association 
(PAEA)  Conference 

Dr.  Amy  Golahny,  associate 
professor  of  art  history, 
published  an  article  on 
"Pyrrys  and  Fabricius,"  in 
Master  Drawings. 

Danielle  Goodyear,  assis- 
tant professor  of  art,  had 
three  solo  exhibitions  at 


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Milsaps  College,  Jackson, 
Miss.,  Atrium  Gallery, 
YMHA,  Washington 
Township,  N.J.,  and  at 
Cornelia  Street  Cafe,  New 
York,  N.Y.  Her  work  was 
part  of  an  exhibition  at  the 
Old  Church  Cultural  Center, 
Demarest,  NJ.;  New  York 
Camera  Club,  New  York, 
N.Y.;  and  The  Center  for 
Photography  at  Woodstock, 
Woodstock,  NY 

Roger  Shipley,  professor  of 
art,  exhibited  works  in  the 
Lycoming  County  Historical 
Museum,  the  Annual 
Holiday  Group  Exhibition  at 
B  &  S  Gallery  in 
Williamsport;   at  the 
Packwood  House  Museum, 
Lewisburg;  and  the 
Lewisburg  Arts  Council. 
He  served  as  an  evaluator  of 
the  Bald  Eagle  Art  League 
membership  committee,  part 
of  the  grant  review  pane!  of 
the  Williamsport/  Lycoming 
Arts  Council;  an  advisor  on 
the  restoration  of  the 
Hiawatha  Murals  Project;  a 
panel  moderator  for  the 
Pennsylvania  Art  Education 
Association  Conference,  and 
a  judge  in  the  Susquehanna 
Valley  Shutterbug's  Holiday 
Photo  Exhibition,  in 
Williamsport.   Shipley  also 
serves  as  President,  Board  of 
Governors  of  the  Lycoming 
County  Historical  Society 
Museum. 

Dr.  Gary  Boerckel,  profes- 
sor of  music,  played 
Mozart's  Piano  Concerto  in 
D  Minor,  K  466  and 
Beethoven's  Fantasia  for 
Piano  Soloist,  Chorus  and 
Orchestra,  as  guest  soloist 
for  the  Williamsport 
Chamber  Chorus  and 
Williamsport  Symphony 
Orchestra,  at  the  Commu- 
nity Arts  Center.  He  was 
also  a  guest  artist  at 


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Dr.  Gmy  Boerckel 

Susquehanna  University,  the 
Wellsboro  and  Canton 
Community  Artist  Series, 
and  at  Mansfield  University. 
In  December  he  produced 
Menotti's  opera  Amahl  and 
the  Night  Visitors  for  the 
Williamsport  Symphony 
Orchestra. 

Dr.  Fred  Thayer,  professor 
of  music,  was  honored  with 
the  2002-2003  ASCAP 
Award  for  his  compositions. 
One  of  his  newest  composi- 
tions, Ave  Veriim.  was 
accepted  for  perfomiance 
during  the  Society  of 
Composers,  Inc.  Region  VI 
Conference  at  Henderson 
State  University. 

Jerry  D.  Allen,  associate 
professor  of  theatre,  de- 
signed costumes  for  Sylvia  at 
Keuka  College,  College 
Park,  New  York 

N.  J.  Stanley,  assistant 
professor  of  theatre,  has  an 
article  "Screamingly  Funny 
and  Terrifyingly  Shocking: 
Paula  Vogel  as  Domestic 
Detective,"  published  in  the 
book  Staging  a  Cultural 
Paradigm:   The  Political 
and  the  Personal  in  Ameri- 
can Theatre  and  Drama, 
Pl.E.-Peter  Lang,  2002). 
She  presented  a  paper  on 
"Going  Deeper  into  'That 
Black  Hole  of  History:' 
Theodora  Skipitares  as  the 
Art  World's  Investigative 


Reporter,"  at  the  Conference 
on  Civil  War(s)  in  Contem- 
porary Performance  Arts, 
Rennes,  France,  May  2002. 
This  March,  she  presented  a 
paper  on  "  (Dis)colorations 
of  Race  and  Class  in 
Rodgers  and  Hammerstein's 
Oklahoma!.  South  Pacific, 
and  The  King  and  f  at  the 
Conference  on  the  Broadway 
Musical:  1920-2020,  Hofstra 
University,  Hempstead,  NY. 

Communication, 
Languages  and 
Literature 

Communication 

Dr.  Steven  Koehn,  assistant 
professor  of  communication, 

presented  "The  Necessity  for 
the  'Mass'  in  Mass  Commu- 
nication" and  "The  Place- 
ment of  Nonverbal  Commu- 
nication in  Every  Communi- 
cation Course,"  at  the 
Eastern  Communication 
Association,  April  2003, 
Washington,  D.C. 


Dr.  Steven  Koelm 

English 

Dr.  Sascha  Feinstein, 

associate  professor  of  English 
and  co-director  of  the 
Creative  Writing  Program, 
had  two  poems  published: 


"The  Hanging  Gardens,"  in 
Antietam  Review,   "Towers," 
in  South  Dakota  Review. 
An  article,  "Epistrophies: 
Poems  Celebrating 
Thelonious  Monk  and  His 
Music,"  was  published  in 
African  American  Review, 
Writing  Social  Justice  in  the 
Arts  and  Humanities, 
Houghton  Mifflin,  2003.   He 
presented  "Legacy  of  the 
Poet  Kenneth  Rexroth,"  at 
the  Associated  Writing 
Programs  Conference, 
Baltimore,  Md.;  and  "Jazz 
and  Literature,"  at  Fresno 
State  University.  Fresno, 
Cailf    He  gave  a  poetry 
reading  at  The  Lawrenceville 
School  in  Lawrenceville, 
N.J.   In  addition,  he  received 
a  $3,014  grant  from  the 
Pennsylvania  Council  on  the 
Arts  for  Brilliant  Corners:  A 
Journal  of  Jazz  &Literatiire, 
of  which  he  is  the  founding 
editor. 

Dr.  Emily  .Jensen,  professor 
of  English,  presented  "The 
Melibee  and  Closure  in  The 
Canterbury  Tales"  at  the  37th 
International  Congress  on 
Medieval  Studies  at  Western 
Michigan  University.  Dr 
Jensen  retired  this  past  May. 

Dr.  Darby  Lewes,  associate 
professor  of  English,  served 
as  editor  and  wrote  the 
preface  and  an  article  for  the 
book,  A  Brighter  Morn. 
published  by  Lexington 
Books,  2003. 

Dr.  Carole  Moses,  professor 
of  English,  had  an  article 
"Pride  and  Prejudice,  Mr. 
Collins,  and  the  Art  of 
Misreading,"  published  in 
Persuasions:  The  Jane 
Austen  Journal  Online. 

Dr.  David  Rife,  professor  of 
English,  had  an  article  "Jazz 
Fiction:  A  Bibliographic 
Overview,"  published  in 


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FACULTY  NOTES 


Annual  Review  of  Jazz 
Studies.  10.    17-34,  and 
another  piece,  "Jazz  Fiction: 
An  Annotated  Bibliography," 
published  in  the  next  issue  of 
Annual  Review  of  Jazz 
Studies.  11,  125-216. 
Committee  Members  and 
Congressional  Elections,"  at 
the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Southern  Political  Science 
Association  in  Savannah, 
Ga. 


Dr.  Giiivll  llcysel 

French 

Dr.  Garett  Heysel,  assistant 
professor  of  French,  had  an 
article  "Sporty  Gals:  Sports 
for  Women  ahead  of  their 
Time,"  published  in  Con- 
temporaiy  French  Civiliza- 
tion. 27. \  (2003):  108-28.  He 
presented  papers  on  "Pro- 
fessing Sexuality:  Out  and 
About  with  Old  Goriot,"  at 
the  Societe  des  dix- 
neuviemistes  at  Queen  Mary 


l)r  Duviil  IVilwer 


Di:  Stephen  Griffuh  utnt  his 
daughter.  Dr.  Meghan  Griffith,  wito 
taught  at  Lycoming  this  year 

University  of  London, 
England;    "Droles  de 
desires,"  at  the  28th  Annual 
Nineteenth  Centuiy  French 
Studies  Colloquium  at  Ohio 
State  University;  and 
"Misunderstanding  Hell's 
Angels  in  Cocteau's 
Orpheus  Trilogy,"  during  the 
Twentieth  International 
Colloquium  on  Twentieth 
Century  French  Studies  at 
the  University  of  Illinois  at 
Urbana-Champaign. 

Humanities 

History 

Dr.  David  Witwer,  assistant 
professor  of  history,  had  his 
article  on  "The  Landrum- 
Griffm  Act:  A  Case  Study  in 
the  Possibilities  and  Prob- 
lems in  an  Anti-Union 
Corruption  Law,"  published 
in  the  Criminal  Justice 
Review,  Autumn  2002. 

Philosophy 

Dr.  Stephen  R.  Griffith, 

professor  of  philosophy, 
published  his  article  titled 
"The  Problem  of  Pomegran- 
ates," in  Faith  and  Evil  by 
Eerdman's.    He  also 
presented  the  "Irreducible 
Complexity,"  at  the  Eastern 
Regional  meeting.  Society  of 
Christian  Philosophers.   He 
was  chosen  to  receive  a 
fellowship  to  the  Discovery 
Institute,  a  think  tank 
headquartered  in  Seattle,  by 
the  Center  for  the  Renewal 


of  Science  and  Culture.  The 
Discovery  Institute  is,  among 
other  things,  supporting 
research  pertaining  to  the 
"Intelligent  Design  Theory" 
a  proposed  alternative  to  the 
NeoDarwinian  theory  of 
evolution.   Dr.  GritTith  is 
engaged  in  research  and 
writing  concerning  the 
philosophical  aspects  and 
implications  of  this  theory. 

Religion 

Dr.  Richard  Hughes, 

professor  of  religion,  had  his 
article  "Tillich's  Metaphor  of 
the  'Eternal  Memory"" 
published  in  Encounter.  63:3 
(Summer,  2002):  311-328., 
and  another  article  "Suicide 
Grief  Work  and  Pastoral 
Counseling,"  published  in 
the  American  Journal  of 
Pastoral  Counseling.  6:2 
(Winter,  2003). 

Dr.  Steven  R.  Johnson, 

assistant  professor  of 
religion,  was  the  editor  and 
one  of  the  writers  on 
Q  7:1-10:  The  Centurion  ■s 
Faith  in  Jesus  '  Word. 
Leuven:  Peelers,  2002.  This 
is  a  scholarly  work  that 
suggests  a  possible  lost 
Gospel.   He  also  had  an 
article  on  "The  Hidden/ 


Dr.  Slcvcii  Jutuison 


Dr  Bonita  Kolh 

Revealed  Saying  in  the  Greek 
and  Coptic  Versions  of  Gas. 
Thorn.  5  &  6,"  in  Novum 
Testamentum  (vol.  44.2, 
2002,  pp.  176-85).   In 
addition,  he  presented 
"Questions  Concerning 
Hippolytus'  Citation  of  the 
Gospel  of  Thomas  in 
Refutatio  5.7.20,"  at  the  Mid- 
Atlantic  Society  of  Biblical 
Literature  Annual  Meeting  in 
New  Brunswick,  NJ. 

Robin  DeWitt  Knauth, 

instructor  of  religion,  wrote 
entries  on  "Alien,  Foreign 
Resident,"  "Esau.  Edomites," 
and  "Israelites,"  for  the 
Dictioncny  of  the  Old 
Testament:  Pentateuch. 
InterVarsity  Press,  2003.  She 
also  presented  a  paper  on 
"Luke's  Use  of  Jubilee 
Imagery  in  the  'Song  of 
Zechariah,'"  at  the  Biblical 
Criticism  and  Literary 
Criticism  Section  (S23-53), 
of  the  Society  of  Biblical 
Literature,  Toronto,  Novem- 
ber 2002. 

Institute  for 

Management 

Studies 

Dr.  Bonita  Kolb,  assistant 
professor  of  business 
administration,  published  an 
article  on  "Ethnic  Preference 
for  the  Arts:  The  Role  of  the 


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Social  Experience  as 
Attendance  Motivation"  in 
the  Journal  of  Nonprofit  and 
Vohmlaiy  Sector  Marketing. 
Fail  2002.  A  second  article 
on  "The  Effect  of  Genera- 
tional Change  on  Classical 
Music  Concert  Attendance 
and  Orchestras'  Response  in 
the  UK  and  US"  was 
published  in  Cultural 
Trends:  Policy  Studies 
Institute.  London,  Issue  41 
2002.  She  presented  a  paper 
on  Ethnic  Attendance  at  the 
Arts  versus  Ethnic  Experi- 
ence of  the  Arts,  at  the 
Twelfth  International 
Conference  on  Cultural 
Economics,  Rotterdam,  The 
Netherlands,  in  June  2002, 
and  another  paper  on 
Redefining  Arts  &  Culture: 
The  Preferences  of  Ethnic 
Groups,  at  a  conference  on 
Social  Theory,  Politics  and 
the  Arts,  in  Charleston,  S.C., 
in  October. 

She  was  an  invited 
speaker  at  the  meeting  of  the 
Association  of  Swedish 
Theatres  and  Orchestras, 
Stockholm,  Sweden,  May 
2002.  She  was  also  inter- 
viewed by  the  BBC  radio  on 
marketing  of  the  arts. 

Dr.  Mehrdad  Madresehee, 

associate  professor  of 
economics,  had  his  article  on 
"Changes  in  Lycoming 
County  Employment  by 
Sector,  1975- 1 991:  A  Shift- 
Share  Analysis,"  published 
in  Pennsylvania  Manufac- 
turers' Association  on-line 
library,  Pennsylvania 
Economic  Review  and 
Pennsylvania  Economic 
Association  Proceedings. 

Sciences 

Biology 

Dr.  Jeff  Newman,  assistant 
professor  of  biology, 
presented  "Integrating 
Genomics  Across  the 


Dr.  Holly  Bciuloil 

Curriculum  with  an  Empha- 
sis on  Prokaryotes,"  at  the 
American  Society  for 
Microbiology  Annual 
Meeting  in  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah. 

Dr.  Melvin  C.  Zimmerman, 

professor  of  biology,  had  his 
article  "Debugging 
Macroinvertebrate  Quality 
Assurance  and  Quality 
Control,"  published  in 
Monitoring  Matters  vol.  9 
( 1 ),  January  2003.  A  second 
article,  "Putting  Wetlands  to 
Work,"  was  published  in 
Environmental  Protection 
vol.  14(2),  March  2003.   Dr. 
Zim  presented  a  paper  on 
the  "Development  of  a 
Biological  Monitoring 
Program,"  at  Pennsylvania's 
Third  Statewide  Summit  for 
Volunteer  Watershed 
Monitors  held  at  Penn  State 
and  another  paper  on  "A 
Biological  Perspective  on 
Stream  Restoration,"  at  the 
Mid-Atlantic/Northeast 
Training  Workshop  held  at 
Bear  Mountain,  N.Y. 

Chemistry 

Dr.  Holly  D.  Bendorf, 

assistant  professor  of 
chemistry,  and  Dr.  Chriss  E. 
McDonald,  professor  of 
chemistry  published  an 


article  on  "The  Base- 
Induced  Reaction  of  Salicy- 
laldehyde  with  I- 
Bromobutane  in  Acetone: 
Two  Related  Examples  of 
Chemical  Problem  Solving," 
in  the  Journal  of  Chemical 
Education. 

Dr.  Bendorf,  had  a  second 
article  on  "Chelation- 
Assisted  Intramolecular 
Hydroacylation:  Synthesis  of 
Medium  Ring  Heterocycles," 
published  in  Tetrahedron 
Letters.  She  also  presented 
"Synthesis  of  Sulfur- 
Containing  Medium  Rings 
via  Chelation-Assisted 
Hydroacylation,"  at  the  20"' 
International  Symposium  on 
the  Organic  Chemistry  of 
Sulfur,  at  Northern  Arizona 
University,  Flagstaff, 
Arizona. 

Dr.  Charles  H.  Mahler, 

assistant  professor  of 
chemistry,  received  word 
that  his  "Correlation 
between  Structural  and 
Solution  Calorimetric  Data 
forCp*Ru(PR3)2CI(Cp*  = 
C5Me5)  Complexes,"  had 
been  published  in  Organo- 
metallics.  18,  2357-2361 ,  in 
1999. 


Dr.  MichuL'l  Raskin 

Mathematical  and 
Computer  Sciences 

Dr.  Eileen  M.  Peluso, 

assistant  professor  of 
mathematics,  had  an  article 
on  "Nonnal  Processes 
for  Modeling  the  Desired 
Behavior  of  Distributed 
Autonomous  Discrete 
Event  Systems,"  published 
in  the  Journal  of  Auto- 
mata. Languages,  and 
Combinatorics. 

Social  Sciences 

Political  Science 

Dr.  Michael  Roskin, 

professor  of  political 
science,  had  the  8"'  edition 
of  Political  Science:  An 
Introduction,  (2003)  pub- 
lished by  Prentice  Hall.  He 


Or  Eileen  Peluso 


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FACULTY  NOTES 


had  a  series  of  five  articles 
published  on  the  Foreign 
Policy  Forum  website  this 
academic  year.  They  were 
"Putin:  Rational  Praetorian" 
(Aug.  5,2002);  "Attack 
Iraq"  (August  26,  2002); 
"The  Psychology  of  the  Bush 
Doctrine"  (Sept.  23,  2002); 
"The  Fall  of  the  House  of 
Saud"(  Jan.  6,  2003); 
"NATO,  the  Zombie  Alli- 
ance" (Feb.  13,  2003);  and 
"Ex-Allies"  (March  19, 
2003). 

Jonathan  Williamson, 

visiting  assistant  professor  of 
political  science,  presented 
"Drawing  Yourself  a 
District:  Reapportionment 
Committee  Members  and 
Congressional  Elections,"  at 
the  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
Southern  Political  Science 
Association  in  Savannah, 
Ga. 

Psychology 

Michael  Holmes,  visiting 
assistant  professor  of 
psychology,  contributed  to  A 
Textbook  of  AiaJiological 
Medicine  Clinical  Aspects  of 
Hearing  and  Balance. 
Martin  Duniz,  2002. 

Dr.  Sue  A.  Kelley,  assistant 
professor  of  psychology,  had 
an  article  on  "Putting  the 
Pieces  Together:  Maternal 


Depression,  Maternal 
Behavior,  and  Toddler 
Helplessness,"  published  in 
Infant  Mental  Health 
Jowwfl/,  Vol.  24(1),  74-90, 
2003.    She  also  presented  a 
paper  on  "Helplessness  in 
Toddlers:  Relations  With 
Temperament  and  Maternal 
Self  Report,"  at  the  Biennial 
Meeting  of  the  Society  for 
Research  in  Child  Develop- 
ment in  Tampa.  Fla. 

Professional 
Programs  & 
Services 

Nursing 

Dr.  Kathleen  Pagana, 

professor  of  nursing,  is  co- 
author with  her  husband.  Dr. 
Timothy  Pagana,  of  the  6"" 
edition  of  "Mosby's  Diag- 
nostic and  Laboratory  Test 
Reference"  (2003). 

Janet  Hurlbert,  Cate 
Savidge,  and  Georgia 


Dr.  StiL^  SiUinJcrs 

Smith,  of  the  Snowden 
Library,  co-authored  an 
article  on  "Process-Based 
Assignments:  Promoting 
Information  Literacy  and 
Preventing  Plagiarism,"  in 
College  and  Undergraduate 
Libraries,  November  2002. 

Janet  Hurlbert,  associate 
dean  and  director  of  library 
services,  participated  in  the 


ACRL/Harvard  Leadership 
Institute  in  Cambridge, 
Mass. 

Education 

Dr.  Kathleen  Chamberlain, 

assistant  professor  of 
education,  presented 
"Problem-Based  Learning  to 
Promote  Creativity  and 
Understanding"  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Association  of 
Colleges  and  Teacher 
Educators  Annual  Confer- 
ence in  Harrisburg,  Pa. 

Student  Affairs 

Dr.  Sue  A.  Saunders,  dean 
of  student  affairs,  was  a  co- 
author of  two  professional 
books:   Supervising  new 
professionals  in  student 
affairs:  A  guide  for  practitio- 
ners, and  Learning  through 
supervised  practice  in 
student  affairs.  Brunner- 
Routledge,  2002. 


Dr.  Sue  Kellev 


Honored  at  a  luncheon  Jor  puhiicution  and  projessional  aehieveiuems  were  from  left  gonig  up  the  stairs:  Zinunerman, 
Goodyear.  Roskin.  Chamherlain.  Rife.  Eslomin.  Johnson.  Hurlheri.  Hohnes.  Knauth.  Madresehee.  Golahny.  Kelley, 
Feinstein.  Stanley  and  Keller  In  front  from  left:  Kolh.  Saunders.  Pehiso.  Heysel.  Bendorf.  Mahler  and  Griffith. 


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compiled  from  information 
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scribes,  newspaper  clippings 
received  through  our  press 
clipping  sen'ice,  and  press 
releases  and  letters  sent 
directly  to  the  alumni  office. 

Information  received 
after  May  1,  2003.  will  be  in 
a  future  issue  of  the 
Lycoming  College  Magazine. 

Send  news  to: 

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Alumni  Office 
Lycoming  College 
700  College  Place 
Williamsport,  PA  17701 
e-mail: 

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FAX:  (570)  321-4337 


Class  Scribes: 

Ralph  Marion 

110  Roswell  Farms  Lane 

Roswell.  GA  30075 

(678)  461-6040  (h) 

paparalph@earthlink.net 

or 

Dick  Dingle 

27  Bennett  St. 

Williamsport.  PA  17701 

(570)  322-5526  (h) 


Save  the  date  for  the  50"' 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weekend,  October  1 7- 
19,  2003. 
Watch  the  mail. 


Save  the  date  for  the  45"' 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weekend,  October  1 7- 
19,  2003. 
Watch  the  mail. 

Congratulations  to  Lillian 
(Albert)  and  Edward  Fitch 

'59  on  the  observance  of 
their  45"'  wedding  anniver- 
sary on  May  2,  2003.  They 
are  enjoying  their  retirement 
and  loved  snowmobiling  this 


left  to  light:  former  New  York  City  Mayor  David  Dinkiiis  ami 
William  "Bill"  Humes  '58 


past  winter.   Lillian  and 
Edward  are  the  parents  of  a 
daughter  and  two  sons  and 
are  grandparents  of  8. 

William  "Bill"  Humes 
(mathematics),  former 
mathematics  teacher  and 
tennis  coach  at  Princeton 
High  School,  was  recently 
awarded  the  Professional 
Tennis  Registry  Volunteer  of 
the  Year  Award  for  2002, 
The  PTR  is  the  global 
organization  of  more  than 
10,000  tennis  teachers 
representing  120  countries. 
Bill  retired  from  Princeton 
High  School  in  2000  and 
presently  teaches  tennis  at 
Princeton  University  as  part 


of  the  Physical  Education  and 
Recreation  Program.   He  also 
conducts  fall  and  spring 
programs  at  the  Institute  for 
Advanced  Study  in  Princeton, 
N.J.   Bill  is  married  to  Anne 
Baxter  Humes,  Institutional 
Advancement  Officer  at  the 
Institute  for  Advanced  Study. 
Anne  recently  completed  a 
two-year  temi  as  volunteer 
president  of  the  USTA/ 
Middle  States  Tennis  Asso- 
ciation. They  have  two  sons, 
Colin  and  Jason  Cigarran. 


Geoffrey  Wood  (English) 
has  retired  after  34  years  in 


the  tleld  of  international 
educational  exchange,  serving 
most  recently  for  1 8  years  as 
the  Director  of  the  Oftlce  of 
International  Services  at  the 
University  of  Pittsburgh.  He  is 
now  president  of  Geoffrey 
Wood  International  Education 
Consulting.  Inc.  Geoff  and  his 
wife,  Rosalie  (Sandison)  '63, 
live  in  the  south  hills  of 
Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Save  the  date  for  the  40''' 

Class  Reunion,  Homecoming 

Weekend,  October  17-19, 

2003. 

Watch  the  mail  or 

check  our  website,  http:// 

www.  ly  coming,  edu/alumni 


Class  Scribe: 

Bill  Lawiy 
6  Tolland  Circle 
Simsbiiiy.  CT  06070 
(860)  658-72 17(h) 
wlawry(d),aol.  com 

Margy  Lawton  Doxsee 

(art)  reports  that  she  is  cur- 
rently retired  and  residing  off 
the  shore  of  Lake 
Winnipesaukee  in  New 
Hampshire,  with  her  husband, 
John. 


Members  of  Sigma  Pi  Fraternity  have  been  getting  together  yearly  since  1970.  (Left  to  right):  Don  Irwin  '65.  George 
Buehler  '64.  Ricli  Young  '66.  Milce  Cohen  '66  Steve  Jusick  '64.  Larry  Watson  '66.  Roger  Siraley  '64.  John  Hair  '70. 
Jim  Horvath  '64  and  Jerry  Lecbliter '67.   Missing  from  photo    Bill  Gutermuth  '64  and  Byron  "Tiiffy"  Samuels  '66. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  '03 


CLASS  NOTES 


ll'ii/l  Eilmonds  rcnienihered  Waller  AlcJver  al  a  special  memorial  scrvic 
Clarke  Chapel. 


Rev.  Walter  G  Edmonds 

(music)  conducted  the 
memorial  service  for  Walter 
G.  Mclver  on  April  27  in 
Clarke  Chapel,  which  was 
tilled  with  choir  members  of 
all  ages  and  friends  of 
Walter  Mclver. 


Dr.  Charles  Matter 

(psychology)  is  Chair  of 
Psychology  at  the  University 
of  Wisconsin-Green  Bay. 
Charles  and  his  wife,  Kathy, 
are  currently  residing  in 
Denmark,  Wise. 


James  Palmquist 

(business  administration) 
reports  that  he  has  taken 
early  retirement  from  Air 
Products  in  Allentown,  Pa., 
in  2002.   His  plan  is  to  find 
another  career;  having  4  Vi 
careers  so  far,  he  thought  a 
fifth  career  would  be  fun. 
Jim  has  become  heavily 
involved  injustice  work, 
having  been  in  Austin,  Tex., 
in  January  2003  and  in 
Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  in  February 
2003,  working  on  United 
Methodist  inclusion.   He  is 
also  on  the  Board  of  Direc- 
tors, Executive  Committee 
and  Chair  of  the  Acquisitions 
Committee  of  Keystone 
Health  Plan  Central,  a  $400 
million  HMO  that  serves 
central  Pennsylvania.  Jim 
expects  to  be  teaching  again 
at  Temple  University  this 
summer.  Jim  and  his  wife. 
Dawn,  are  the  parents  of  3 
children,  two  of  whom  are 
married. 


Save  the  date  for  the  35"' 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weekend,  October  1 7- 
19,  2003. 

Watch  the  mail  or  check  our 
website,  http:// 
wwH'.lycoming.edu/alumni 

John  and  Melodye 
Hamer  Pompa,  are  recipi- 
ents of  a  2002  Service  Award 
from  Seven  Seas  Cruising 
Association  (SSCA),  "for 
your  work  in  alerting  the 
cruising  community  to  areas 
of  crime  in  the  Caribbean". 
For  nearly  four  years, 
Melodye  and  John  have  been 
net  controllers  for  the 
Caribbean  Safety  and 
Security  Net,  meeting  daily 
at  8:15  a.m.  on  SSB  fre- 
quency 8104  with  listeners 
and  callers  from  Jamaica  to 
Panama. 

The  Caribbean  Safety  and 
Security  Net  began  during 
the  summer  of  1 996  when 
sailors  recognized  the  need 
to  alert  the  cruising  commu- 
nity to  areas  of  dinghy  theft. 


and  thus  began  reporting 
those  events  on  the  single 
sideband  radio. 

In  addition  to  simply 
tracking  lost  and  stolen 
dinghies,  the  Security  Net 
logs  reports  of  any  sort  of 
problem,  from  acts  of  piracy 
to  harassment  by 
overaggressive  boat  boys. 
The  Net  also  announces  boat 
watches  (yachts  overdue  on  a 
passage)  and  navigational 
hazards  (both  natural  and 
manmade),  and  maintains  a 
list  of  medical  practitioners 
from  Puerto  Rico  to 
Curacao,  for  those  who  need 
specialized  attention  for  a 
health  problem. 

Ending  each  broadcast 
with  a  reminder  to  LOCK  IT 
OR  LOSE  IT,  Melodye  says 
that  the  number  of  reports 


has  decreased,  giving 
credence  to  her  daily  sign-off 
reminder. 

Melodye  and  John  have 
lived  aboard  their  yacht  and 
cruised  the  Caribbean  for  the 
past  eight  years.  They  can 
be  reached  at 
boatmiIIie(a)aol.com. 


50*''  Reunion 


The  Psi  Chapter 
KDR 

At  Homecoming 
October  17-19,  2003 

Contact  Jim  Scott  '70 
for  more  the  details, 
jgscottfrtgreennet.net 

Lambda  Chi 
Celebrates  50  years 

Homecoming 
October  17-19,  2003 


Photo  courtesy  of 

George  Krzacaynski, 

S/V  Jiimeau. 

Simpson  Bay  Lagoon, 

Saint  Maarlen 


CLASS  NOTES 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  '03 


Richard  Rupert  (biol- 
ogy) and  his  wife,  Alison 
(Seminerio)  '72  (English) 
are  part  of  The  Front  Porch 
Coimliy  Band,  a  country 
music  group  that  is  topping 
the  worldwide  charts  on 
MP3.com,  with  1 1  number 
one  songs.  The  group  has 
been  receiving  international 
airplay  in  markets  as  far 
away  as  Australia,  and 
recently  was  invited  to 
perfomi  in  mainland  China. 
See  page  6  for  story. 


Class  Scribes: 

Virginia  (Ginny)  Shamlian 
P.O.  Box  240 
Mt.  Tabor.  NJ  07878 
(908)  295-4553  (c) 
shamlian@optonline.  net 
or 

Sherrie  Burton  Smith 
103  S.  Cherry  Grove  Ave 
Annapolis  MD  21401-3629 
(410)  280-9086 
sbsmith(a),mail.aacc.cc.mii.iis 

Save  the  date  for  the  30"' 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weeliend,  October  17- 
19,  2003. 

Watch  the  mail  or  check  our 
website,  http:// 
www.  ly  coming,  edu/alumni 

Jeffrey  Anspacher 

(economics)  has  been 
promoted  to  director  of  the 
Office  of  Export  Trading 
Company  Affairs  for  the 
United  States  Department  of 
Commerce.  Jeffrey  and  his 
wife,  Mary,  are  residing  in 
Takoma  Park,  Md. 

Robert  Hawthorne,  Jr. 
(sociology)  has  retired  after 
30  years  as  a  licensed 
nursing  home  administrator 
He  currently  counsels  people 
in  macrobiotics,  also  known 
as  the  way  of  health.  He 


intends  to  publish  his  first 
book  of  poetry  in  2003. 
Robert  currently  serves  as 
president  of  the  Society  for 
Poets  of  Southern  New 
Jersey,  a  23-year-old 
organization.   Robert  and  his 
wife,  Joanne,  are  traveling 
extensively  throughout  the 
United  States  and  abroad. 
Ken  Jensen  (political 
science)  has  been  appointed 
president  of  Post  Yachts  in 
Mays  Landing,  N.J.  Ken 
joined  Post  Yachts  in  1982 
after  nine  years  in  the 
banking  industry  and  has 
held  the  position  of  vice 
president  of  administration 
at  Post  for  the  past  1 6  years. 

Beverly  Ekey  Langley 
(English)  was  recently 
recognized  as  broker/agent 
of  the  month  and  was 
pictured  on  the  cover  of  the 
Broker  Agent  magazine, 
December  2002  issue,  along 
with  being  featured  in  an 
article.  She  is  a  30-year 
veteran  real  estate  agent  and, 
along  with  her  husband, 
owns  a  franchise  with 
Century  2 1  in  Sevema  Park, 
Md.   Beverly's  company  has 
been  in  the  top  10  sales  in 
the  past  10  years.  It  was 
listed  number  4  last  year 
with  243  sales  and  a  sales 
volume  of  $47.5  million  and 
$1.35  million  in  gross  closed 
commissions.  Beverly  and 
her  husband.  Bob,  reside  in 
Millersville,  Md.,  with  their 
two  children,  Michael  and 
Megan. 

Patricia  Evans  LeDuc 
(Soviet  area  studies)  has 
relocated  from  the  Florida 
Keys  to  Punta  Gorda,  Fla., 
with  husband.  Bob,  and  two 
cats.  They  purchased  a  place 
in  Windmill  Village,  a 
residents-owned  community, 
complete  with  a  large  marina 
so  they  can  continue  their 
pursuit  of  fishing.   Patricia 
has  taken  a  position  working 
at  Universal  Engineering 


Sciences  in  Punta  Gorda. 
They  have  been  busy  putting 
their  new  home  in  order  and 
exploring  the  surrounding 
area. 

Jacqueline  Pannella 
(English)  reports  that  her 
son,  David  Salvaggio,  now 
25,  originated  the  fiash 
technology  for  the  Internet 
reality  model  when  he  was 
21 .  It  is  the  technology  that 
allows  objects  to  turn  360 
degrees  using  flash  program- 
ming on  web  sites.  The 
name  of  the  corporation  he 
and  his  brother,  Jarrod,  22, 
started  is  NUEWEB.CO. 
Jacqueline's  daughter, 
Jennifer,  27,  is  an  assistant 
vice  president  with 
JPMorgan  Bank.  Jacqueline 
is  currently  residing  in 
Tampa,  Fla. 


Class  Scribe: 

Sheny  L.  MacPherson 
P.O.  Box  167 
Shiloh,  NJ  08353 
(856)  451-4976 
sImacp@aol.  com 

John  C.  Koch  (chemis- 
try) is  currently  employed  as 
a  chemist  with  Goodier 
Cosmetics  in  Dallas,  Texas. 
John  and  his  wife,  Debra,  are 
the  parents  of  2  daughters. 

Bob  Tannahill  (business 
administration)  was  ap- 
pointed senior  trust  officer  at 
the  First  National  Bank 
Alaska.  Bob  has  more  than 
22  years  experience  in 
financial  services,  having 
worked  most  recently  as  a 
client  manager  for  Key 
Bank's  Victory  Capital 
Management. 


Carl  J.  Grivner  (biol- 
ogy) is  XO's  new  Chief 
Executive  Officer  in  the 
newly  created  Office  of  the 
Chairman.  XO  Communica- 
tions is  a  leading  broadband 
communications  service 
provider  offering  a  complete 
set  of  communication 
services,  including:  local 
and  long  distance  voice, 
Internet  access.  Virtual 
Private  Networking  (VPN), 
Ethernet,  Wavelength,  Web 
Hosting  and  Integrated  voice 
and  data  services.  Carl  most 
recently  served  as  Chief 
Operating  Officer  at  Global 
Crossing  and  brings  a  wealth 
of  experience  in  the  telecom 
industry.  Carl's  career  in 
telecom  and  technology 
spans  more  than  25  years. 

Hilda  Schmerling 
Landesberg  (English)  is  the 
Director  of  the  Hamlin 
Public  Library  in  the 
delightfully  bucolic  commu- 
nity of  Hamlin,  N.Y. 

John  Lewis  (history)  is  a 
captain  for  American 
Airlines  and  coaches 
children's  sports  in  his  spare 
time.  John  and  his  wife, 
Terri,  are  the  parents  of  three 
children,  Jacob,  14,  Patrick, 
12,  and  Emily,  9. 

David  Reid  (business 
administration)  heads  a  task 
force  for  the  New  Hampshire 
Department  of  Environmen- 
tal Services.   David  and  his 
wife,  Nancy,  are  the  parents 
of  sons,  Connor,  8,  and  Jack, 
6.   David  recently  had  a  knee 
replacement  to  repair  "old 
Lyco  basketball  injuries!" 


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CLASS  NOTES 


William  Carlucci 

(political  science)  was 
named  vice  president  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Bar 
Association  during  the 
organization's  annual 
meeting  in  April  2003.   Bill 
will  become  president  of  the 
28,000  member  state  legal 
association  in  2005. 

Max  Hals  (biology)  has 
been  living  in  Scottsdale, 
Ariz.,  for  the  past  5  years 
and  is  president  of  Intercon- 
tinental Glass  Technologies. 
Max  runs  regularly  and  has 
maintained  his  "college 
weight"!   He  has  two  sons, 
10  and  14. 

Re%.  Haydn  McLean 
(biology)  has  had  his  article, 
"Promote  Stewardship 
Without  Mentioning 
Money,"  published  in  the 
January  2003  issue  of  The 
Clergy  Journal.   Rev. 
McLean  also  had  a  sermon 
accepted  for  publication 
in  May's  Lectioiiaiy 
Homlletlcs. 

Rev.  Jeffrey  Patton 
(philosophy/religion) 
authored  a  book  entitled.  Ifli 
Could  Happen  Here, 
(Abingdon  Press,  2002) 
about  the  transformation  of  a 
traditional  congregation  in 
rural  Pennsylvania.  He  is 
currently  a  consultant  for 
Easum,  Bandy  &  Associates 
and  operates  the  Christian 
Counseling  Clinic,  Inc.,  in 
Williamsport,  Pa.  Jeff  and 
his  wife,  Sandy  (Frymire) 
'77  are  the  parents  of 
Gregory.  17,  and  Michelle, 
14.  "^ 


Jeff  Spang  (history)  has 
been  a  receiving  analyst  at 
the  Moody  Bible  Institute 
located  in  Chicago,  111.  for 
the  past  two  years.  The 
Moody  Bible  Institute  trains 
students  for  full-time 
ministry  in  churches  and 
para-church  organizations. 
Recently,  Jeff  was  appointed 
deacon  at  the  Fourth  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Chicago. 
This  will  certainly  add  to  a 
busy  schedule  of  full-time 
work  and  part-time  graduate 
study  at  Moody!  Jeff 
encourages  his  Lycoming 
friends  to  contact  him  at: 
scottyspang(«  cs.com. 


Save  the  date  for  the  25''' 

Class  Reunion,  Homeeom- 

ing  Weekend,  October  17- 

19,  2003. 

Hatch  the  mail  or  check  our 

website.  Iittp:// 

www.lyconting.edii/alnmni 


Class  Scribe: 

John  Piazza 
416  Pine  Street 
Williamsport.  PA  17701 
(570)  321-lHlH 


Class  Scribe: 

Roy  Crowe 

305  North  Rd 

Garden  City,  NY  11530 

roycrowe@optonline.net 


Stephen  J.  Hancock  (art) 
is  currently  puppeteer  and 
scenic  director  for 
Tanglewood  Marionettes  in 
Ware,  Mass.   Founded  in 
1 993  by  Anne  Ware  and 
Peter  Schaefer,  Tanglewood 
Marionettes  is  a  nationally 


touring  marionette  theater 
based  in  New  England. 


Major  Cheryl  Lynn 
Hackman,  was  deployed  to 
Ramstein  Air  Force  Base  in 
Germany  as  a  member  of  the 
Air  Force  Reserve  in  support 
of  Operation  Iraqi  Freedom 
on  Februai7  27,  2003.  She  is 
a  nurse  in  a  Contingency 
Aeromedical  Staging 
Facility.  Cheryl's  civilian 
job  is  research  compliance 
coordinator  with  the  Human 
Subjects  Protection  Office  at 
the  Penn  State  Milton  S. 
Hershey  Medical  Center. 

Dan  Leathers  (physics) 
has  been  a  professor  of 
geography  at  the  University 
of  Delaware  since  1991  and 
state  climatologist  since 
1993.   His  office  is  respon- 
sible for  collecting  and 
storing  data  on  Delaware's 
weather  conditions  and 
analyzing  it  for  patterns. 
Dan  and  his  wife,  Pani,  are 
the  parents  of  twin  daugh- 
ters, Ashley  and  Emily.  13. 


Save  the  date  for  the  20"' 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weekend,  October  1 7- 
19,  2003. 

Watch  the  mail  or  check  our 
website,  http:// 
www.  ly  coming,  edu/aliimni 

Marcia  Fineman 

(sociology)  reports  that  she 
loves  her  job  as  a  counselor 
at  Tressler  Counseling 
Services  in  Williamsport.  Pa. 
In  her  free  time.  Marcia 
enjoys  her  2  greyhounds, 
Duncan  and  Gloria. 


Claire  Hutchins  (ac- 
counting), after  working  18 
years  with  GMAC  in  Detroit, 
Mich.,  has  relocated  to 
Florida  to  be  closer  to  her 
family.  She  is  cuiTently 
employed  for  Broward 
County  in  the  Office  of 
Information  Technology. 
Claire  reports,  it  was  a 
daunting  and  scary  move, 
but  it  was  the  best  thing  she 
ever  did  for  herself! 


Class  Scribe: 

Thea  Glide  Truch 
5  Farm  Ridge 
Maiildin.  SC  29622 
(864)  676-0675 
c.triich(alworldnet. att.net 


Robert  Rappoport 

(criminal  justice)  was 
recently  promoted  to  the 
rank  of  Police  Lieutenant 
with  the  Rockville  Police 
Department  where  he  is 
assigned  to  Field  Operations. 
Rockville  is  located  12  miles 
northwest  of  Washington. 
D.C.,  and  was  headquarters 
of  the  Sniper  Task  Force 
Investigation.   Robert  and 
his  wife,  Anita,  reside  in 
Rockville,  Md.,  with  his 
daughter.  Charlotte,  4,  and 
son,  William,  2. 


Class  Scribe: 

Tina  Muheim 
32  Summit  Ave 
Paoli  PA  19301 
(610)  695-9379  (h) 
(215)  928-8436  (w) 

Bob  Matoushek  (history) 
has  been  named  head 
football  coach  of  Western 
Wayne  School  District.   He 


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began  his  coaching  career  as 
an  assistant  at  Western 
Wayne  in  1987.   Bob  had 
been  at  Carbondale  for  the 
last  10  seasons. 


Class  Scribe: 

Cindy  Smith  Snyderman 
3  Edwin  Miller  Drive 
Glen  Mills.  PA  19342 
(610)  558-0998  (h) 

Save  the  date  for  the  IS'" 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weekend,  October  1 7- 
19,  2003. 

Watch  the  mail  or  check  our 
website,  http:// 
www.lycoming.edu/alumni 


Class  Scribe: 

Wendy  Park  Myers 
10  Yorktown  Drive 
Shamong  NJ  08088 
(609)  268-5458  Oi) 
KDoenitz(a>erols.com 

Toni  loppolo  Barsh 

(communications)  is 
currently  the  President  of 
Barsh  Consultancy.  Inc.,  a 
pharmaceutical  consulting 
firm  that  she  established  in 
1999.  Toni  and  her  husband. 
Saul,  were  married  in  1 997 
and  are  currently  living  in 
Malvern.  Pa. 

Joseph  B.  Bower 
(accounting)  has  been 
promoted  to  the  position  of 
executive  vice  president  and 
chief  financial  officer  of 
County  National  Bank.  Joe 
joined  County  National  Bank 
in  1997  from  Mifflinburg 
Bank  and  Trust  Company 
where  he  was  CFO.  Joe 
resides  in  Clearfield,  Pa., 
with  his  wife.  Tawney.  and 
three  children. 

Amanda  "Mandy" 
Gates  Lamothe  (communi- 
cations) recently  completed  a 
lifelong  dream  of  performing 


Amanda  "Mandv"  Gates  Lamothe  '89  -  center 


at  an  Off-Broadway  theatre 
in  Connecticut.  She  was  a 
(dance/song)  cast  member  of 
Gershwin's  "Crazy  for  You"", 
and  tap  danced  and  sang  as 
Nellie  Cohan,  in  George  M. 
Cohan's  "George  M"! 
Amanda  was  also  acknowl- 
edged as  a  United  Way 
award  recipient  for  her 
contributions  to  fundraising 
for  the  New  London, 
Connecticut,  local  campaign. 
For  the  past  1 0  years,  she  has 
worked  from  her  home 
office,  placing  television 
advertising  for  Cox  Commu- 
nications and  Cable  Rep 
Advertising.   In  this  position, 
Amanda  handled  political 
advertising  placement  on  10 
different  cable  systems 
throughout  Connecticut. 
Recently  relocating  from 
Connecticut  to  South  Park, 
Pa.,  Amanda  is  still  enjoying 
her  lifelong  role  of  "Mom" 
(in  South  Park)  with  her 
three  children,  Lauren,  8, 
Sarah,  6,  and  Alexander,  3. 
She  can  be  reached  at 
TheCTRace(a)  Yahoo.com 


Class  Scribe: 

Coiirtenay  Wells  Arendt 
633  Oak  Farm  Court 
Lutherville  MD  21093 
(410)  561-0909 


Robert  Fox  (biology)  has 
joined  the  Discovery  Center 
of  Science  and  Technology 
in  Bethlehem,  Pa.,  as 
director  of  student  programs. 
He  previously  was  director 
of  school  programs  at 
Catawba  Science  Center  in 
Hickory,  N.C.   Robert  will 
be  responsible  for  develop- 
ment and  delivery  of 
educational  programs  for 
youths  and  families. 


Class  Scribe: 

Julie  Makatche 
Alpharetta.  GA  30005 
335  Mulberry  Manor  Court 

(770)  753-1474 
Jmakatch@kcc.  com 

Geoffrey  "Scott" 
Patterson  (communications) 
is  currently  employed  by 
Hanson  &  Ryan  Inc., 
Totowa,  N.J.,  one  of  New 
Jersey's  oldest  and  largest 
insurance  brokerage  firms. 
He  is  a  major  account 
manager  selling  group 
benefits  to  companies 
throughout  New  Jersey. 
Scott  currently  lives  in  West 
Caldwell,  N.J. 


Class  Scribe: 

Karin  Plummer  Botto 
1022  Cardinal  Rd 
Audubon.  PA  19403 
(610)  660-1995  (w) 
botto(a\sju.edu 

Save  the  date  for  the  10"' 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weekend,  October  1 7- 
19,  2003. 

Watch  the  mail  or  check  our 
website,  http:// 
www.  ly  coming,  edu/alumni 

Jennifer  Cella  (biology) 
reports,  after  working  at 
Tulane  University  in  New 
Orleans  for  nearly  5  years, 
she  has  moved  on  to  bigger 
and  better  things.   She 
recently  accepted  a  new 
position  as  the  document 
delivery  services  librarian  at 
the  University  of  Miami  in 
Coral  Gables,  Florida. 
Jennifer  cun^ently  supervises 
all  aspects  of  interlibrary 
loan  and  document  services 
for  the  Richter  Library.  Her 
current  email  address  is: 
jcella@miami.edu 

Aaron  Coldren  (busi- 
ness-management) is 
employed  as  a  university 
sei"vices  representative  for 
The  Collegiate  Licensing  Co. 
in  Atlanta,  Ga.  Aaron  and 
his  wife,  Anne,  reside  in 
Mableton,  Ga. 

Andrea  Ruble  Miller 
(communications)  has  been 
working  as  the  researcher  for 
a  USA  Network  movie, 
scheduled  to  air  in  August 
2003,  about  the  D.C.  sniper 
investigation.   It  has  been  her 
job  to  gather  information  and 
interview  key  investigators 
from  the  FBI,  ATF,  Secret 
Service,  Maryland  State 
Police  and  Montgomery 
County  MD  who  tracked 
down  those  responsible  for 
terrorizing  the  D.C.  metro- 
politan area  and  shooting  13 


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CLASS  NOTES 


innocent  people  last  October. 
Andrea  has  been  a  freelance 
producer  since  last  summer 
after  ending  a  contract  with 
FOX's  America's  Most 
Wauled  in  order  to  spend 
more  time  with  her  2  year- 
old  son,  Jackson.  Andrea 
and  her  husband.  Josh,  reside 
in  Gambrills,  Md. 


Jack  Bono  '18  looks  ahead  to  his 
Lycoming  years 

Capt.  Lois  Nice  (chemis- 
try) of  New  Hartford,  N.Y., 
was  appointed  testing  officer 
for  the  Civil  Air  Patrol's 
Mohawk-Griflfiss  Senior 
Squadron.   She  recently 
joined  the  squadron,  head- 
quartered at  Oneida  County 
Airport,  after  moving  to  the 
area  from  South  Carolina.  A 
skydiver  and  private  pilot, 
Lois  trained  in  search-and- 
rescue  with  the  Civil  Air 
Patrol  in  South  Carolina, 
where  she  also  mentored 
CAP  cadets  and  was  in- 
volved in  aerospace  educa- 
tion.  In  her  civilian  occupa- 
tion, Lois  is  project  leader 
for  Prevalere  Life  Sciences 
in  Whitesboro. 

Daniel  Taormina 
(chemistry)  is  a  technology 
teacher  and  administrator  at 
the  Quaker  Valley  High 
School  in  Sewickley,  Pa., 
and  also  serves  as  the 
district's  webmaster.   Dan 


was  an  integral  part  of  the 
Quaker  Valley  team  respon- 
sible for  securing  one  of 
three  $2  million  Digital 
School  District  Grants  from 
the  Pennsylvania  Department 
of  Education  last  year.   In 
conjunction  with  the 
implementation  of  the 
Digital  School  District 
Program,  he  was  recently 
selected  to  serve  on  the 
board  of  Schoolwires,  a  State 
College  based  educational 
technology  company.  (See 
story  on  page  5.)  Dan  lives 
in  Pittsburgh  with  his  wife, 
Melanie  (Harris)  '94. 


C  lass  Scribe: 

Michele  (  Wanroski)  Hogaii 
445  Central  Avenue 
Needham.  MA  02494 
(781)444-2254  (hj 
sheIlyhogan@yahoo.com 

Kirsten  Rambo  Al- 
Mashat  (English-literature/ 
Spanish)  has  finished  her 
dissertation  and  will  gradu- 
ated with  her  Ph.D.  in 
Women's  Studies  from 
Emory  University  in  May 
2003.   Kirsten  lives  in 
Decatur,  Ga.,  with  her 
husband,  Jeff  '94,  and  their 
two  dogs. 

Rose  Noviello  Czap 
(nursing)  is  a  staff  nurse  in 
the  Post  Anesthesia  Care 
Unit  for  the  Susquehanna 
Health  System  in 
Williamsport,  Pa.   Rose  and 
her  husband,  John,  are  the 
parents  of  Allison,  7, 
Andrew,  4,  and  Olivia,  I. 

Melanie  Harris 
Taormina  (English-creative 
writing)  is  a  marketing  and 
commercial  litigation 
assistant  with 
McGuireWoods  LLP,  a 
Richmond,  Virginia  based, 
international  law  firm 
representing  a  varied 
corporate  clientele.  She  also 


\hiii     icuiiion  Jainiary  ynii  in  Basking  Ridge.  .\J.    Back  row  tic/i  lo  righl): 
Doii/i  Marshall  '96.  Brian  Marshall  '94.  Jeim  Gallo  '96.  Kevin  Sanyer  '95. 
Kellie  O'Connor  '96    Fionl  /on  (lefl  lo  righl).-   Michael  Sawyer  '94. 
Shannan  (SUmer)  Marshall  '95.  Enid  (Figueroa)  Peachey  '96  and  Randy 
Peachev  '95 


serves  as  a  lay  worship 
leader  with  the  Southwestern 
Pennsylvania  Synod  of  the 
Evangelical  Lutheran  Church 
in  America,  periodically 
filling  vacant  pulpits  on 
Sunday  mornings.  Her 
poems  and  essays  have 
been  published  in  a  number 
of  local  and  national 
journals  and  newsletters. 
Melanie  lives  in  Pittsburgh 
with  her  husband,  Dan 
Taormina  '93. 


Class  Scribe: 

Bob  Martin 
2467  Route  1 0  East 
Building  6  Unit  1-B 
Morris  Plains,  NJ  07950 
(973)  401-1983  (h) 
Martin  180(^aol.  com 

Kenneth  Bergmann 

(criminal  justice)  received 
his  master's  degree  in 
criminal  justice  from  St. 
Joseph's  University  in 
Philadelphia  in  May  2002. 
Ken  and  his  wife.  Dawn,  are 
the  parents  of  two  sons, 
Kenneth  Robert,  5,  and  Dean 
Michael,  I. 


Class  Scribe: 

Amy  J.  Ambrose 
105  Nathaniel  Rd 
Newark.  DE  19713 
(302)  479-9159 
aja07@hotmail.  com 

Meredith  Lewis  (psy- 
chology) is  currently  staff 
developer  for  Bank  Street 
College  of  Education  in  New 
York  City. 

Martha  Nolder  (art 
history/philosophy)  has  been 
accepted  into  the  Career 
Discovery  Program  for 
architecture  at  Harvard 
University. 

Kimberly  Pancheri 
O'Neill  (nursing)  reports 
that  she  and  her  husband, 
Frank,  are  in  the  process  of 
building  a  new  home  with 
completion  sometime  in 
August  2003.  They  are  the 
proud  parents  of  Logan,  2. 
Karen  Potter  (account- 
ing) has  been  promoted  to 
accounting  manager  at 
Albright  Care  Services  in 
Lewisburg,  Pa.  Karen  has 
been  with  ACS  for  five  years 
and  was  previously  the 


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assistant  accounting 
manager.  Priorto  ACS,  she 
wori<ed  as  a  staff  accountant 
for  Commonwealth  Bank. 

Brian  Wingard  (ac- 
counting-tuiancial)  has  been 
promoted  to  manager  in  the 
Williamsport  office  of 
Parente  Randolph.   Brian 
joined  Parente  Randolph  in 
1996  after  completing  an 
internship  with  the  firm 
during  his  senior  year  of 
college. 

Sarah  Wolff  is  in  her  6* 
year  of  teaching  elementai7 
school  in  the  Colonial 
School  District  in  the 
suburbs  of  Philadelphia. 
Sarah  is  pursuing  her 
master's  degree  in  education 
with  a  certification  in 
reading  at  Gwynedd  Mercy 
College. 


Class  Scribes: 

Lauren  Kolaya 

inSI  OaklamI Avenue 

Pluinfield  NJ  07060-3411 

(908)  755-5710  or 

(908)  962-0816 

lvco97{cvaol.com 

or 

Kirsteii  Sclnvalm  Miller 

122  Bressler  St. 

Sayre  PA  18840 

(570)  888-6486 

kirstetibrian(a),CYber- 

quest.com 

Alicia  Klosowski 

(communications)  is  the 
head  of  corporate  and  public 
relations  for  Rosenbluth 
International  headquartered 
in  Philadelphia.  Pa.   In  this 
role,  she  manages  all  media 
relations,  employee  and 
client  communications, 
government  affairs,  corpo- 
rate events  and  philanthropy 
in  the  56  countries  where  the 
company  operates.  When 
not  on  the  road,  Alicia  enjoys 
her  home  in  Olde  City, 
Philadelphia. 


Lauren  Kolaya  (English) 
is  currently  the  Media 
Specialist  at  St.  Joseph 
School  in  Carteret,  N.J. 
Lauren  has  been  with  the 
school  for  5  years  and  is 
residing  in  Plainfield,  N.J. 
Rebecca  McCourtney 
(near  east/religion)  received 
her  master's  in  comparative 
literature  from  Rutgers 
University  in  May  2002. 
Rebecca  is  currently  residing 
in  Edison.  N.J. 


Class  Scribe: 

Brenda  Bowser 

8750  Georgia  Avenue  Apt. 

1231 A 

Georgian  Towers 

Silver  Spring.  MD  20910 

(301)  563-6956 

BrenclaBowser(a>hotmail.com 

Save  the  date  for  the  5"' 
Class  Reunion,  Homecom- 
ing Weekend,  October  17- 
19,  2003. 

Hatch  the  mail  or  check  our 
website.  Iittp:// 
www.  ly  coming,  edu/alumni 

Hilary  Welbourne 
Dailey  (psychology)  is 
working  for  the  Smithsonian 
Associates  in  Washington, 
D.C.,  marketing  world  travel 
options  available  to 
Smithsonian  members. 
Recently,  Hilary  was 
accepted  to  The  George 
Washington  University's 
distance  learning  Masters  of 
Tourism  Administration 
Program.  She  will  be  taking 
classes  while  li\ing  in 
Belgium  with  her  husband, 
Brian  '98,  starting  August 
2003.   Brian  will  be  taking  a 
leave  of  absence  from  his 
position  as  program  lead  for 
XonTech,  Inc.,  and  radar 
expert  for  the  Missile 
Defense  National  Team  to 
pursue  an  international  MBA 


from  Vlerick  Leuven  Gent 
Management  School  in 
Leuven,  Belgium. 

Jessica  Godek  (music)  is 
currently  the  strings  instmc- 
tor  for  the  Wyomissing  Area 
School  District.  She  also  is 
violin/viola  teacher  at  the 
Wyomissing  Institute  of  the 
Arts  and  musical  director  of 
St.  Cyril  &  Methodius  RCC 
in  Reading,  Pa. 

Heather  Kennedy  (music) 
is  employed  as  an  elemen- 
tary school  teacher  for  the 
School  District  of  Philadel- 
phia. 

April  Sparks  (political 
science/Spanish)  has  taken  a 
new  position  as  administra- 
tive officer  within  the 
Pennsylvania  Department  of 
Agriculture  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Hardwoods  Develop- 
ment Council.  One  of  her 
duties  is  to  travel  around  the 
state  in  the  Pennsylvania 
WoodMobile  and  educate 
children  (as  well  as  adults) 
about  the  benefits  of  our 
forests  and  early  forest 
history  that  occurred  in 
Williamsport,  Pa.   Look  for 
April  at  local  fairs  and 
exhibitions  and  stop  by  to 
say  "hello". 


Class  Scribe: 

Cowell  Falls  Gamherling 
RR  1  Box  456 
Millmont.  PA  1 7845 
(570)  922-1044 
cowell52@hotmail.com 

Kristen  May  (nursing)  is 
employed  as  a  pediatric 
oncology  nurse  at  Children's 
Hospital  in  Pittsburgh. 
Kristen  studied  to  be  a 
pediatric  nurse  practitioner  at 
the  University  of  Pittsburgh. 
Jason  Shipley  (studio  art) 
is  senior  graphic  designer  at 
Alion  Science  and  Technol- 
ogy in  Alexandria,  Va. 


Jason's  division  specializes 
in  education  technology  and 
training  for  government 
clients.  On  the  side,  he  is 
working  on  white-water 
helmet  designs  and  develop- 
ment of  a  website  for  the 
United  States  Freestyle 
Kayak  Team. 

Michael  E.  Smith 
(astronomy /physical  science) 
is  employed  as  the  assistant 
director  of  the  Koch  Science 
Center  and  Planetarium  at 
the  Evansville  Museum.   His 
wife.  Jennifer  (Snyder)  '00, 
is  working  as  a  preschool 
teacher  at  High  Point  Child 
Care  Learning  Center  also 
located  in  Evansville,  Ind. 

Ethan  Snyder  (psychol- 
ogy) received  his  MS  in 
behavior  analysis  at  South- 
ern Illinois  University, 
Carbondale,  in  May  2002. 
He  is  currently  employed  as 
a  behavior  analyst  for 
Behavioral  Services  of 
Tennessee  located  in 
Memphis.   Ethan  and  his 
wife,  Kimberly  (Bunting) 
'98,  reside  in  Cordova, 
Tenn.,  with  their  daughter, 
Alexandra. 


Class  Scribe: 

Amanda  Peterman  dalla 

Piazza 

115  Carpenter  St. 

MuncyPA  17756 

(570)  546-9440 

arp@larsondesigngroup.com 

Tracey  Clayworth 

(Spanish/history)  has  been 
promoted  to  director  of 
community  investment  at 
United  Way  of  Dutchess 
County  in  Poughkeepsie, 
N.Y.   She  previously  held  the 
position  of  resource  develop- 
ment associate. 

Amanda  Eisner  Holmes 
(art)  is  currently  teaching  art 
at  the  Roosevelt  Middle 
School  in  the  Williamsport 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZINE  •  SUMMER  '03 


CLASS  NOTES 


Area  School  District. 
Amanda  and  her  husband, 
Michael,  reside  in 
Montoursville,  Pa. 

Minta  George  Krise 
(business-marketing  man- 
agement) has  been  promoted 
to  assistant  vice  president  of 
commercial  real  estate  at 
Waypoint  Bank,  which  has 
its  headquarters  in   Harris- 
burg,  Pa.   Minta  and  her 
husband,  Matthew  '00,  are 
currently  residing  in 
Mechanicsburg.  Pa. 


Class  Scribe: 

Shaima  McQuillen 
2219  B  Center  Ave. 
Charlottesville  VA  22903 
(434)  295-4478 
mcqshaii(aihotmail.com 

Heather  Babbony 

(history)  has  been  promoted 
to  acting  manager  at  the 
Lycoming  Mall  branch  of  M 
&  T  Bank. 

Kerrie  Brown  (business- 
international)  is  currently 
employed  as  an  administra- 
tive assistant  for  Anheuser- 
Busch,  Inc.,  in  Parsippany, 
N.J. 

Jennifer  Fedor  (nursing) 
is  currently  employed  as  a 
registered  nurse  by  Geisinger 
Wyoming  Valley. 

Laura  Lebo  (criminal 
justice/psychology)  gradu- 
ated with  a  master's  degree 
in  forensic  psychology  from 
the  John  Jay  College  of 
Criminal  Justice  (CUNY)  in 
Manhattan.  N.Y.,  on  May  29, 
2003. 


Class  Scribe: 

Sharon  Rogers 
218  69th  St. 
Guttenberg.  NJ  07093 
(201)  679-2611 
SharonR6300(w,aol.com 


Sara  DeardortT( math- 
ematics) is  teaching  8"'  grade 
mathematics  at  the  North 
Penn  School  District  in 
Lansdale,  Pa. 

Jason  Herres  (biology) 
has  been  accepted  at  Temple 
University  Dental  School 
starting  in  August  2003. 

Charles  Holmes,  IV 
(music/criminal  justice) 
accepted  a  position  as 
counselor  with  the  West 
Branch  Drug  and  Alcohol 
Abuse  Commission. 

Erin  Kahler  (psychol- 
ogy) is  curi'ently  teaching  the 
6"'  grade  in  the  Manheim 
Central  School  District  in 
Manheim,  Pa. 

Tressa  Nolan  (religion/ 
far  east)  is  pursuing  her 
master's  degree  in  Indo- 
Tibetan  Buddhism  at  Naropa 
University  in  Boulder,  Colo. 

April  Perry  (psychology) 
is  teaching  the  T'  grade  in 
the  Manheim  Township 
School  District  in  Lancaster, 
Pa. 


Class  Scribe: 

Charlene  Bartolotta 
4317  Furman  Avenue 
Bronx.  NY  10466 
char26lene(3j,bolt.  com 

Allison  Baggot  (psychol- 
ogy) will  be  attending 
Eastern  Mennonite 
University's  graduate 
program  in  the  fall  2003. 
EMU  is  located  in 
Harrisonburg,  Va.,  near 
James  Madison  University. 
Allison  plans  to  complete  the 
program  in  2  years  and 
obtain  a  master's  in  counsel- 
ing. 

Shelly  Beam  (nursing)  is 
working  at  the  Williamsport 
Hospital  as  a  critical  care 
nurse  in  the  cardiovascular 
care  unit. 


Angela  Bohr  (biology)  is 

working  through  the  summer 
at  both  Williamsport  and 
Divine  Providence  Hospitals, 
while  awaiting  admission  to 
a  medical  school  in  fall 
2003. 

Emily  Breighner 
(psychology)  will  begin  a 
five-year  doctorate  program 
in  clinical  psychology  at  the 
University  of  Toledo  in 
Toledo,  Ohio,  in  fall  2003. 
Jill  Broschart  (French/ 
psychology)  is  working  as 
the  Union  County  4-H  agent 
out  of  the  Penn  State 
Cooperative  E.xtension  office 
in  Miftlinburg.  Pa. 

Juliana  Caltagirone 
(psychology)  went  on  the 
IMS  internship  to  London 
for  3  weeks  and  traveled  to 
Prague,  Czech  Republic; 
Dublin.  Ireland;  Amsterdam, 
Holland;  Finland  and  Russia. 
She  has  been  offered  several 
positions  at  home  in  Read- 
ing, Pa.,  in  the  psychology 
field. 

Gregory  Care  (criminal 
justice)  graduated  in  January 
2003  and  has  been  employed 
as  a  research  associate  at  the 
Community  Law  Center  in 
Baltimore,  Md.  Greg  plans 
to  defer  his  enrollment  to  the 
University  of  Maryland 
School  of  Law,  where  he 
intends  to  begin  studies  in 
the  fall  of  2004. 

Thomas  Coombs 
(biology/chemistry)  has 
enrolled  in  a  chemistry 
program  at  Emory  University 
in  Atlanta,  Georgia,  and  will 
be  working  towards  a  Ph.D. 

Adam  Gangaware 
(psychology)  will  be 
attending  the  Harrisburg 
campus  of  Penn  State  for 
community  psychology. 
Adam  will  also  be  working 
as  a  residential  counselor  for 
adolescents  at  Philhaven  in 
Lebanon,  Pa. 


Catherine  Golden 

(psychology)  will  be 
attending  graduate  school  at 
Ohio  University  in  the  child 
clinical  psychology  Ph.D. 
program  in  fall  2003. 

Andrew  Gutkowski 
(computer  science)  gradu- 
ated in  Januaiy  2003  and  has 
been  working  at  the  Pennsyl- 
vania College  of  Technology 
as  a  network  applications 
analyst  in  the  Information 
Technology  Services 
Department  since  February 
2003. 

Adam  Hartzel  (account- 
ing) has  accepted  a  position 
with  Parente  Randolph,  PC 
in  Williamsport,  Pa. 

Robert  Houck  (account- 
ing) has  accepted  a  position 
at  Concannon,  Gallagher. 
Miller  &  Co.,  a  public 
accounting  CPA  finn  in 
Allentown,  Pa. 

Rebecca  Maurer  (psy- 
chology) will  attend  Lehigh 
University  for  school 
psychology  in  fall  2003. 

Meredith  Moerschbacher 
(biology)  will  attend  the 
University  of  Connecticut 
for  cell  biology  in  fall  2003. 

Glen  Mummey  (psychol- 
ogy) has  accepted  a  position 
as  a  counselor  with  Youth 
Services  Agency  in  Jim 
Thorpe,  Pa. 

Charissa  Nayduch 
(international  studies)  has 
accepted  a  position  as  a  full- 
time  dispatch  officer  with 
the  National  Park  Service  in 
Valley  Forge,  Pa. 

Christopher  Rager 
(economics)  reports  that  he 
has  interned  for  State 
Senator  Stewart  Greenleaf, 
Chairman  of  the  Judiciary 
Committee,  as  a  legislative 
assistant.  He  also  interned 
for  U.S.  Senator  Arlen 
Specter.  Chris  has  been 
accepted  to  Penn  State's 
Graduate  School  of  Public 
Affairs.   He  has  accepted  a 
position  with  his  U.S. 


33 


CLASS  NOTES/MARRIAGES 


R      R      I      A      G      E      S 


Congressman,  Todd  Platts, 
and  is  living  in  D.C.  on 
Capitol  Hill. 

Jonathan  Ross  (criminal 
justice)  will  begin  a  full-time 
training  program  with  the 
Delaware  Police  Academy 
starting  in  July  2003. 

Julie  Schweiger  (psy- 
chology) has  accepted  a  first 
grade  position  in  Louden 
County,  Va. 

Steve  Sharp  (religion) 
has  a  full-time  internship 
with  the  Speaker  of  the 
Pennsylvania  House  of 
Representatives,  John  M. 
Perzel.   He  will  represent  the 
Speaker  at  the  Senior  Sumer 
Games  and  the  Keystone 
State  Games. 

Julie  Strouse  (business 
administration/economics) 
has  entered  M&T  Bank's 
manager  training  program  in 
Williamsport,  Pa. 

Sarah  Virkler  (theatre)  is 
working  in  the  theater  at 
Lycoming  for  the  summer. 
Sarah  plans  to  move  to 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  to  pursue  her 
career  in  local  theater. 

Holly  Wendt  (English) 
will  be  entering  Ohio 
University's  MA  program  in 
creative  writing  in  fall  2003, 
where  she  has  been  awarded 
a  teaching  assistantship. 

Jessica  Wise  (business 
administration)  accepted  a 
position  with  AFLAC 
Insurance  Company  in  their 
new  Williamsport  office. 

Andrew  Woodbridge 
(theatre)  will  be  the  technical 
director/stage  manager  at  the 
Downstairs  Cabaret  Theatre 
in  Rochester,  N.Y.,  during 
the  summer  of  2003.  He  will 
be  pursuing  a  fiill-time 
teaching  position  for  the  fall. 
Timothy  Yorke  (English) 
is  moving  to  Columbia,  Md., 
and  will  begin  working  for 
the  Montgomery  County 
School  System  in  fall  2003. 


34 


Jane  H.  Edgar 
and  David  E. 
Freet  '68  were 
manied  on 
January  24,  2003, 
in  Sedona,  Ariz. 

Janelle  W. 
Jones  '71  and 
John  D.  Meehan 
were  married  on 
August  10,2002, 
in  Long  Island, 
N.Y. 

Karen  Gmazzo 
and  Wade  Ritter 

'84  were  married  on  Febru- 
ary 14,  2003.  in  Las  Vegas, 

Nev. 

Christine  Cole  '88  and 

Bruce  Scherer  were  married 
on  June  29,  2002. 

Rebecca  Stout  and  Scott 
Huber  '90  were  married  on 
February  16,2002. 

Karen  M.  Bellettiere  '91 

and  Thomas  B.  Pursel  were 
married  on  July  6,  2002,  at 
Woodlawn  Plantation  in  Mt. 
Vernon.  Vir. 

Kathryn  "Kate"  Gagner 

'91  and  David  Shillerwere 
married  on  May  3,  2002.  in 
Doylestown,  Pa. 

Jocelyn  Macon  Perot  and 
Chad  Jeremy  Bailey  '92 

were  married  on  June  29, 
2002,  in  the  garden  of 
People's  Light  and  Theatre 
Company  in  Malvern,  Pa. 

Heidi  Nicole  Hoffman 
and  Corey  Theodore  Bittle 

'92  were  married  on  Novem- 
ber 23,  2002,  at  St.  John's 
Lutheran  Church  in 
Littlestown,  Pa. 

Kimberly  Krous  '92  and 

Stephen  Gough  were  married 
on  October  28,  2000.  in 
Malvern,  Pa. 

Christine  Berard  and 
Glenn  Castiglia  '95  were 
married  on  July  26.  2002,  at 
St.  Joseph's  Church  in 
Cumberland,  R.I. 


Jennifet  L.  Schmidt  '95  and 

Andrew  J.  KochI 

Jennifer  L.  Schmidt  '95 

and  Andrew  J.  Koehl  were 
married  on  January  18,  2003, 
at  Our  Savior's  Lutheran 
Church  in  Ambridge,  Pa. 
Stephanie  (Smith)  Fortin 
'95  was  soloist  at  the 
ceremony. 

Jennifer  T.  Alexiou  '96 

and  John  Antinone  were 
married  on  September  28. 
2002.  at  St.  Anthony  Shrine 
Church  in  Nanuet,  N.Y. 
Kellie  O'Connor  '96  and 
Betsy  (Jacobs)  Dries  '96 
were  bridesmaids.  Guests 
included;   Nicole  Guffey 
'96,  Allison  (Hale)  Sullivan 
'96  and  Stacie  (Birming- 
ham) Pasco  '96. 

Michele  DiMeo  and  R. 
Adam  Beach  '97  were 
married  on  July  6.  2002.  at 


SS.  Simon  and  Jude 
Church  in  Westtown, 
Pa. 

Heather  Haslam 
and  Patrick  Gilligan 

'97  were  married  on 
February  2,  2002,  at 
the  Radisson 
Lackawanna  Station 
Hotel  in  Scranton, 
Pa. 

Mary  Beth 
Schvvindenhammer 

'97  and  Michael 
McNicholas  were 
married  on  October  26,  2002, 
at  St.  Elizabeth  Catholic 
Church  in  Whitehall  Town- 
ship, Pa.  Janine  (Slotter) 
Young  '97  was  a  member  of 
the  wedding  party. 

Jenna  L.  Hoff  '98  and 

Charles  Roeder  were  married 
on  December  21,  2002,  at 
Zion  Evangelical  Lutheran 
Church  in  Hummelstown,  Pa. 

Jill  A.  Seavers  and  Jamey 
Liparulo  '98  were  married  on 
December  2 1 .  2002.  at  the 
First  United  Presbyterian 
Church  in  Olyphant,  Pa. 

Nicole  Wasson  '99  and 

Oscar  Garcia  were  married  on 
October  5,  2002.  at  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church  in 
AUentown,  Pa. 

Jessica  Devery  '00  and 
Brockton  Parker  '99  were 


Jen  Alexiou  Aniinone  and  tier  Lyco  girls. 


LYCOMING  COLLEGE  MAGAZPME  •  SUMMER  '03 


NEW       ARRIVALS 


Jessica  Deverv  '00  mid  Brockton  Parker  '99 


married  at  St.  Isadore's 
Church  in  Quakertown,  Pa., 
on  June  15,  2002.   Guests 
included:   Lance  Barry  '99, 
Marco  Espinoza  '99,  Jerry 
and  Kara  (Koziol)  Moran 
'99,  Brian  Fehn  '00, 
William  Canfield  '00, 
Rochelle  Paz  '99.  Shawn 
Shutts  '98,  Bob  Schildt  '00, 
Kirti  Pate!  '00,  Sarah 
Conley  '01  and  Jen 
(Weaver)  Miller  '00. 

Lauren  K.  Mangeney 
'00  and  Edward  R.  Slavin, 

III  '00  were  married  on  May 
5,  2002,  at  Aulettos  in 
Deptford,  N.J. 

Daria  Heller  and  Michael 
Piancone  '00  were  married 
on  June  29,  2002,  at  East 
Stroudsburg  United  Method- 
ist Church. 

Azure  Lea  Reaser '00 
and  Joseph  G.  Albeck,  III 

'00  were  married  on  October 
19,2002,  in  the  Cathedral  of 
St.  Catharine  of  Siene 
Church  in  Allentown,  Pa. 
Members  of  the  wedding 
party  included:  Nicole 
(Pericich)  Newkam  '00, 
Alyssa  Wenrich  '00,  Erin 
McCracken  '00,  Shannon 
Kitlas  '00,  Jill  Schroeder 
'00,  Katie  (Rishel)  Valetutti 
'99,  Sean  Cramer  '00,  Josh 
Albeck  '02,  Jesse  Albeck 
'05,  and  Denzil  Hacker  '03. 

Melissa  C.  Seidel  'GO 
and  Jonathan  W.  Sharpe 


'01  were  married  on  Septem- 
ber 14,  2002,  at 
Washingtonville  Lutheran 
Church. 

Sandra  L.  Waters  '00  and 
Michael  S.  Mayo  '99  were 
married  on  June  8,  2002,  at 
All  Saints  Church  in  Philadel- 
phia. 

Jessica  Belcher  '02  and 
Nathan  Hicks  were  married 
on  August  17,  2002,  at  Tioga 
Gardens  in  Owego,  N.Y. 
Sarah  Bendock  '02  was  a 
bridesmaid.   Guests  included: 
Stephanie  Sathe  '02,  Chad 
Kirkendal  '02,  and  Michelle 
Clewell  '02, 

Megan  Zimmerman  '02 

and  Christopher  Ament  were 
married  on  November  30, 
2002,  at  Sacred  Heart  Church 
in  Lancaster,  Pa. 


Reader  -Albeck 


Lydia.  adopted Jnjiii  tlunci  on  July  I.  2002.  to  Lisa  (SItolly)  '86  cind  Gregoiy 
Neuhaiiser. 


A  daughter,  Francesca 
Renee,  to  Jennifer  and  Greg 
C.  Guisewhite  '84,  March 
31.2002. 

A  son,  Michael  James,  to 
Patricia  (Stundon)  '84  and 

James  Munay,  December  19, 
2002.   He  joins  brothers, 
Matthew,  5,  and  Brian,  3. 

A  daughter,  Phoebe  Alice, 
to  Alice  and  J.  Charles 
"Chuck"  Meeth  '85,  August 
14,2001. 

A  son,  Benjamin  Jacob, 
adopted  by  Debra 
(Hammaker)  '86  and  Ray 

Landrum,  September  4, 
2002.   He  joins  sister,  Tisha, 
23,  and  brother,  Daniel,  22. 

A  daughter,  Lydia, 
adopted  from  China  on  July 
1,2002,  to  Lisa  (Sholly) '86 
and  Gregory  Neuhauser.  She 
joins  sisters,  Megan,  2 1 ,  and 
Dana,  17. 

A  son,  Seamus  Michael, 
to  Theresa  and  Michael 
Flaherty  '88,  September  9, 

2002. 

A  son,  Luke,  to  Sue  and 
Charles  Pollick  '88,  June 
15.2002. 

A  daughter,  Grace  Ann,  to 
Susan  (Bensinger)  '89  and 

Tim  Darby,  February  15, 
2003. 

A  daughter,  Olivia  Grace, 
to  Michelle  and  David  F. 


Bonsick  '89,  September  17, 
2002. 

A  son,  Dylan  Neal,  to 
Lysa  (Judson)  '89  and  Brian 
Fritz,  March  19,2002.   He 
joins  a  sister,  Lindsay,  3. 

A  daughter,  Peytann 
Rose,  to  Sandra  Tamasi  '89 

and  Tony  Troy,  August  25, 
2002. 

A  son,  Matthew  Joseph, 
to  Deborah  (Baker)  '90  and 

Joseph  Kelly,  August  24, 
2002. 

A  daughter,  Sophia  Rose, 
to  Antoinette  (Lettini)  '90 
and  Michael  Montague  '88, 

March  31,  2003.   She  joins 
her  big  sisters,  Angela,  7, 
and  Meagan,  3. 

Twins,  John  Jacob  and 
Emily  Catherine,  to  Mary 
and  John  Stermel  '90, 

December  9,  2001.  They 
join  brother,  William,  6,  and 
sisters,  Brigid,  5,  and 
Elizabeth,  3. 

A  son,  Nathaniel  Joseph, 
to  Melissa  (Lyons)  '91  and 

Kenneth  Hurd,  March  31, 
2003.  He  joins  a  sister, 
Phoebe  Grace,  2  1/2. 

A  son,  Kevin  Scott,  to 
Lauren  (Nitch)  '91  and 
Scott  E.  Carty  '89,  August 
28,  2002.  He  joins  a  brother, 
Patrick,  7,  and  sister, 
Morgan,  5. 


35 


NEW       ARRIVALS 


A  daughter,  Olivia  Pearl, 
to  Eileen  (Esposito)  "90  and 
David  Vaida  '92,  December 
2,  2002. 

A  son,  Sullivan  James,  to 
Amy  and  Stephen  Slattery 

'91,  August  15,2002. 

A  son.  Colton  .leffrey.  to 
Dina  and  Jeffrey  Bogosian 

'92,  March  26,  2003.  He 
joins  a  sister,  Mae  Isabelle,  2. 

A  son.  Patrick  Joseph,  to 
Laura  and  Joseph  M. 
Milliken  '92,  January  14, 

2003. 

A  son,  Cameron  Kenneth, 
to  Kristin  (Spengler)  '92 
and  Eric  Zerbe  '91,  April  7, 
2003. 

A  son,  Kevin  David,  to 
Angie  and  David  Becher 

'93,  March  21,  2003.  He 
joins  a  brother,  Ryan,  2  1/2. 

A  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Lynn,  to  Ann  (Doud)  '93 
and  Scott  Burke  '93,  March 
18,2003.  Shejoinsabig 
sister,  Erin,  4. 

A  son,  Zachariah  An- 
thony, to  Mary  (Ayers)  '94 

and  Jeffery  Feerrar,  May  24, 
2002.   He  joins  a  brother. 
Matthew,  2. 

A  daughter,  Molly 
Rachel,  to  Audia  (Ahlgren) 
'95  and  Steven  Lobel  '94, 

December  20,  2002. 

A  daughter,  Anna  Rose,  to 
Karen  and  Stephen  Cairone 

'95,  February  7,  2003. 


Anna 


A  son,  Spencer  James,  III. 
to  Patricia  (Steffen)  '95  and 
Spencer  J.  Reynolds  '96, 

August  20.  2002. 

A  daughter,  Gillian 
Nicole,  to  Deborah  and 
Travis  C.  Shrey  '95,  March 
19,2003. 


Gillian 

A  son,  Xander  William,  to 
Shana  and  Patrick  W. 
Dovvlin  '96.  January  24, 

2003. 

A  daughter.  Jocelyn 
Catherine,  to  Justine 
(Girardi)  '96  and  Alcides 
"AC"  Cruz  '96,  April  8, 
2003.   She  joins  sister, 
Juliana,  2. 

A  daughter,  Taylor 
Autumn,  to  Tracey  and 
Jason  S.  Snyder  '96, 

Februai7  6,  2003. 

A  daughter,  Erin  Rose,  to 
Alyssa  (Waite)  '96  and  Todd 
Summer,  Februaiy  20,  2003. 
She  joins  a  sister,  Kaylen,  16 
months. 

A  son,  Bi-yce,  to  Tanya 
(Hepler)  '97  and  Brian 
Laudenslager,  February  12, 
2002.   He  joins  a  sister, 
Elise,  3. 

A  daughter,  Skylar 
Autumn,  to  Jessica 
(Houskamp)  '97  and 
Christopher  Blaker,  March 
18,2003. 

A  son,  Michael  Thomas, 
to  Gina  (Francis)  '98  and 
Michael  Kinsey  '97,  April 
1,2002. 


A  daughter,  Hannah  Dora, 
to  Deirdre  (Baer)  '97  and 

Justin  Parsons,  January  5. 
2003. 


Hainuih 

A  son,  Samuel,  to  Susan 
(Hammacher)  '97  and  Ryan 
Wenzler '97,  May  11,2002. 
He  joins  sister,  Lydia  Joy,  4. 

A  daughter,  Ava  Caroline, 
to  Meredith  (Adams)  '99 

and  Douglas  Krouse,  May  3 1 . 
2002. 


Ava 

A  daughter,  Alexandra  Elise, 
to  Kimberly  (Bunting)  '98 
and  Ethan  Snyder  '99, 

October  31,  2()02. 

A  son,  Elijah  Clayton,  to 
Traci  (Lutz)  '99  and  Stephen 
Walker,  March  11.2003. 

A  son.  Tanner  William,  to 
Jilian  (Foust)  '99  and  Travis 
Treadway,  December  13, 
2002. 


Tanner 


1925 

Harriet  L.  Berger  of 

Stamford,  Conn.,  died  on 
March  10,  2003  at  Laurel 
Ridge  Health  Center  in 
Ridgefield,  Conn.  There  are 
no  known  survivors. 

1926 

Roger  M.  Prior  of  Linden, 
Pa.,  died  on  April  10,2003. 
at  the  Willimsport  Home 
where  he  was  a  patient  for 
one  day.  He  is  survived  by  a 
son. 

1927 

Jane  Castner  Henninger  of 

Seminole,  Fla.,  died  on  April 
3,  2003.  She  is  survived  by 
her  sister,  Louise  Castner 
Sanderson  '35. 

1929 

Helen  Bubb  Sprout  of 

Syracuse,  N.Y..  died  on 
February  13,2003.  She  is 
survived  by  two  daughters. 

1937 

William  H.  Hays  of  Dayton, 
Ohio  died  June  4,  2002.   He 
is  survived  by  his  wife, 
Jeanette,  and  a  son. 

1940 

Rev.  Herbert  L.  Weaver  of 

Hagerstown,  Md.,  died  on 
February  8,  2003  at  Wash- 
ington County  Hospital.  He 
has  no  known  survivors. 

1945 

Rita  A.  Border  of 

Williamsport,  Pa.,  died  on 
April  11,2003  at  her  home 
after  an  extended  illness. 
She  is  survived  by  her 
husband,  Eugene,  two  sons 
and  a  daughter. 

1947 

Donald  E.  Brungard  of 

Riverview,  Fla.,  died  on 
February  22,  2003,  at  Manor 
Care  South.   He  is  survived 
by  a  daughter  and  a  son. 


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James  H.  Notor  died  April 
IS.  2003  at  the  home  of  his 
daugiiter.  Denise,  with  whom 
he  resided  in  Wiliiamsport, 
Pa.  He  is  survived  by  three 
sons  and  two  daughters. 

1948 

Grant  O.  Hockman  of 

Hoilidaysburg,  Pa.  died  on 
March  9,  2003  in  Ahoona 
Hospital  after  an  extended 
illness.   He  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  .loanne,  three  daughters 
and  two  stepsons. 

1950 

Gilbert  F.  Hill  of  We.xford, 
Pa.,  died  on  January  26, 
2003  at  UPMC  Passavant 
Hospital.   He  is  survived  by 
two  daughters. 

1954 

James  H.  Bains  of  Gautier, 

Miss.,  died  on  February  8, 
2003  in  Mobile,  Ala.   He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  Clio, 
two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

Edward  P.  Donnell  of 

Sarasota,  Fla.,  died  on  April 
13,  2003  after  a  lengthy 
illness.   He  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  June  Johnson  Donnell 
'55,  and  a  son. 

1955 

Dr.  Richard  K. 
McCormack  died  at  his 
home  in  Tully,  N.Y.  on 
March  11,  2003  following  a 
lengthy  illness.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife, 
Kathleen,  a  daughter  and  two 
sons. 

1959 

Max  D.  Betts  of 

Kylerstown,  Pa.,  died  on 
Februaiy  13,  2003  at 
Philipsburg  Area  Hospital. 
He  is  survived  by  his  wife, 
Anne,  a  daughter  and  a  son. 


1960 

Stewart  M.  McMinn  died 
on  October  30,  2002  at  his 
home  in  Lancaster,  Pa.  from 
cancer.   He  is  survived  by  his 
wife  of  41  years,  Sallie,  a 
daughter  and  a  son. 

1968 

Ray  D.  Compton,  Jr.  of 

MontoursviUe,  Pa.,  died  on 
January  19,2003.   He  is 
survived  by  a  son  and  a 
daughter. 

1972 

Marlin  R.  Anderson,  Jr.  of 

Harrisburg,  Pa.,  died  on 
January  9,  2003.   He  is 
survived  by  his  parents,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Marlin  Anderson, 
Sr.,  a  brother  and  a  sister. 


John  W.  McDonald  of 

Hoilidaysburg,  Pa,  died  on 
December  28,  2002.  He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  Mary, 
and  a  daughter 

1973 

David  G.  Webster  of 

Altoona,  Pa.,  died  on 
September  25,  2002  after  a 
lengthy  illness.   He  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  Joyce. 
David  was  a  four-year 
lettemian  on  the  Lycoming 
wrestling  team. 

1975 

Laurie  Tymeson  Meyers  of 

Alpharetta,  Ga.,  died  on 
March  9,  2003.   She  is 
survived  by  her  husband. 


Kenneth  '74,  and  two 
daughters. 

1976 

Rhona  Wenger  Wilk  died 
on  March  27,  2003,  at  the 
Wiliiamsport  Hospital.   She 
is  survived  by  her  husband 
of  36  years.  Dr.  Stan  Wilk, 
Professor  and  Chair  of  the 
sociology /anthropology 
departments  of  Lycoming 
College,  and  two  sons. 

1979 

William  Atkins  Hedges  of 

Southboro,  Mass.  died 
suddenly  on  September  3, 
2002.  He  is  survived  by  his 
wife,  Cheryl,  and  his  parents, 
Thomas  and  Ann. 


Walter  Mclver  Dies  at  90 

Walter  George  Mclver,  90,  of  Rochester,  New  York, 
died  Thursday  night,  April  1 7,  2003,  at  Rochester 
General  Hospital. 

Mr.  Mclver  was  born  and  raised  in  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
the  fourth  of  four  children  of  William  and  Jean  Mclver. 
After  graduating  from  high  school,  he  attended 
Westminster  Choir  College  in  Princeton,  New  Jersey, 
where  he  met  and  married  Beulah  Newman.    They  were 
married  sixty-three  years,  until  her  death  in  1999. 

After  graduating  with  a  Bachelor  of  Music  degree 
from  Westminster,  the  Mclvers  moved  to  Harrisburg, 
Pa.,  where  Walter  headed  the  music  program  at  Market 
Square  Presbyterian  Church  and  founded  the  Harrisburg 
Symphony  Choir.  The  family  moved  to  Wiliiamsport  in 

1942,  where  Mr.  Mclver  directed  the  music  program  at  Covenant  Central  Presbyterian 
Church  and  later  founded  the  Wiliiamsport  Civic  Choir.   In  1946,  Mr.  Mclver  began  his  30- 
year  teaching  career  at  Lycoming  College,  founding  the  Lycoming  College  Choir  and  leading 
the  Tour  Choir  on  two  tours  of  England.   He  retired  in  1976  and  received  an  honorary 
doctorate  from  the  College  in  1996. 

After  Beulah  Mclver "s  death,  Walter  married  Mrs.  Lillian  Smith  in  2001. 

Rev.  Walter  Edmonds  "67  led  a  memorial  service  on  April  27"^  in  Clarke  Chapel  which 
featured  the  current  Lycoming  College  Tour  Choir  and  brought  back  many  former  choir 
members. 

Mr.  Mclver  is  survived  by  his  widow,  Lillian  Mclver;  his  three  children  and  their  spouses: 
Ann  (Kay)  Mclver  Reilly,  William  and  Dana  Mclver,  and  Robert  and  Karen  Mclver;  his  eight 
grandchildren  and  four  great-grandchildren. 

Gifts  may  be  made  to  the  Mclver  Recital  Series  at  the  Development  Office,  Lycoming 
College,  700  College  Place,  Wiliiamsport,  PA  17701. 


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July  5-9 

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Lycoming  Warrior  Wrestling 

Admissions  Open  House. 

Cainp:  Directed  by  Roger  W.  Crebs,  Head 

Tel:  570-321-4026. 

Wrestling  Coach.  Tel:  570-321-4264;          ^ 
email  crebs@lycoming.edu; 

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July  28-July31 

Web:www.lycoming.edu/sports/wrestiing/ 

1 3th  Annual  Lycoming  Warrior  Football 

camps.htm 

Camp  (Grades  9-12)  Directed  by  Steve 
Wiser.  Tel:   570-321-7297. 

July  9-12,  16-19 

The  Mary  L.  Welch  Theatre  presents 

July  28-July  31 

Nunsense  by  Dan  Groggin.  Director:  Jerry 

7th  Annual  Lycoming  Warrior  Youth 

D.  Allen  -  Music  Director:  Russ  Wynn 
Box  Office:570-32 1-4048. 

Football  Camp  (Grades  4-8)  (See  above. 

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July  12 
Alumni  Event:  Lobster  Clambake  in 

Lycoming  Warriors  Boys'  Basketball        1 
Individual  Camp.  Tel:  570-321-4110.        | 

Kittery,  Me.  Contact  Jim  Scott  '70 

1     September  26-28 

July  13-16 

Lady  Warrior  Basketball  Camp:  Directed 
by  Christen  Ditzler,  Head  Women's 

Basketball  Coach.  Tel:  570-321-4261  or 

570-321-0121. 

OCTOBER  17-19 
Homecoming  Weekend   Special 

Reunions  Glasses  of 

July  18-20 

Lycoming  Warrior  Wrestling  Cainp. 

1953,  1958,  1963,  1968,  1973, 

(See  above.) 

1978,  1983,  1988,  1993,  1998,  2003 

July  19 
Alumni  Event:   Lyco  "Team  Timeout" 
Party  at  Camden  Yards  in  Baltimore. 

Special  50"'  Anniversary 
ofPsi  ChaperofKDR! 

Orioles  vs.  Angels    5:00  p.m.  bullpen 

party.  7:05  p.m.  game  start.  SOLD 

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