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Vol. 19, Number 1

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Lebanon Valley College Magazine V

Fall/Winter 2001

Editor:

Tom Hanrahan

Writers:

Marie Bongiovanni
Nancy Kettering Frye '80
Mary Beth Hower
Jeff Intoccia '02
Cindy Progin '04
Braden Snyder '00
Cory Thornton '99
Stephen Trapnell '90
Mary Warner
Barbara West '98

Proofreader:
Lois Fegan

Designer:

Manger, Steck and Koch

Production Manager:
Kelly Alsedek

Photography:
John T Consoli
Dennis Crews
Bill Dowling
Bill Johnson
Nick Kelsh
Howard Korn
Terry Wild

Send comments or
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Office of College Relations
Laughlin Hall
Lebanon Valley College
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Annville, PA 17003-1400
Phone: (717) 867-6030
Fax: (717) 867-6035
progin@lvc.edu
hanrahan@lvc.edu

The Valley IS PUBLISHED BY LEBANON

Valley College and is distributed
without charge to alumni and

FRIENDS.

The Valley IS PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY

five months in advance of when
it is received by its readership.
Class News & Notes received
after production has begun will
be included in the next issue of
the magazine.

Features

Religion and Society

Many LVC graduates are anchoring
their daily work in religious faith...
portraits of Lebanon Valley alumni at
the nexus ot iaith and society.
By Mary Warner

Departments

1 5 Class News & Notes
32 Newsmakers
38 News Briefs

A Legacy of Excellence

While LVC is witnessing positive

growth in many sectors of the

institution, one thing has remained

constant: the faculty's dedication

to student-centered teaching and

learning.

By Stephen Trapnell '90

On the Cover:

Dr. Mary L. Lemons, associate

professor of music, and

Dr. George D. Curfman 53,

professor emeritus of music.

in front ot the Blair Music Center

Photograph by John 7. Consoli

Inside Front Cover:

LVC athletic fields — view
from Krciderheim Road
Photograph by John T. Consoli

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The Continuing Role of LVC Graduates

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Many Lebanon Valley College graduates are anchoring their
daily work in religious faith. They exemplify a variety of
religious" traditions and their purviews range from distressed
communities in rural Maine to the exuberant art world of
metropolitan New York. Here are portraits of Lebanon Valley
alumni at the nexus of faith and society.

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Some people at Lebanon Valley College call him "Mayor
Rankin." Chris Rankin, Class of 2001, received the nickname
from Dr. Gary Grieve-Carlson of the LVC English Department,
who noticed how Rankin was typically at the center of
campus events.

He served as senior class president, resident assistant, chaplains
assistant and member of the Student Programming Board.
When a group of high school classmates toured the campus or
students gathered to plan chapel worship, Rankin was likelv to
be in the lead.

Meanwhile, off campus, Rankin helped lead the youth group
at Christ United Church of Christ in Annville and served as a
delegate to the UCC regional and national meetings.

Fulfilling an ambition he said dates from his kindergarten daws,
he plans to become "Reverend Rankin." He majored in English
with a minor in religion, and this fall began three years of study
at Lancaster Theological Seminary that will lead to ordination in
the United Church of Christ.

In fact, "Chaplain Rankin" appeals to him as well.

LVC Chaplain Rev. Dr. Darrell Woomer has been a mentor,
whom Rankin credits for his particular interest in American
religions. Rankin added that he has been moved to see students
develop their spiritual lives on campus.

"They might come to chapel. Then they get involved. Being a
part of that for four years has made me think that at some point
in my ministry, I would love to be a college chaplain.

"I think I would want a place like Lebanon Vallev — a close-
knit, familv-tvpe place, he said.

When Tabor United Church of Christ in Lebanon invited him
to preach in May, a couple of pews were filled with Lebanon
Valley students, manv of them fellow residents or Funkhouser East.

Prior to attending LVC, Rankin grew up in the First Reformed
United Chutch of Christ in Lancaster and has been an avid
student of its history.

At Lebanon Valley, he was among a group of students preparing
for the ministry in the Methodist, Baptist, Episcopal and UCC
churches. I hev gathered at least once a semester in the
President's Dining Room for lunch and conversation with
seminary representatives invited to campus by Woomer.

1 he group has grown as the College has grown, Rankin said.
"You really form a nice bond on a professional level. You are
colleagues." @

The Rev. Michelle Grube '90 is "working in the depths of
people's lives" amidst the blueberry fields and forests of
rural Maine.

She illustrates with a story: when a black family moved out of
homelessness in New York Cirv to an ill-equipped camper-trailer
buffeted bv the Maine winter, her little churches rallied with
food baskets, firewood, Christmas gifts and support against the
racism of some in the communitv.

" Fodav, the father has a full-time job. Thev have running
water, a generator tor electricity and their lives are pretty much
together. That's what I mean." she said.

Grubes spiritual pursuits might have taken quite a different
path. When she finished her masters degree in divinity at Drew
University in Madison. N.J., where she went directlv after grad-
uating from Lebanon Valley College, she was ottered a fellowship
to study New Testament themes in modern literature tor a
Ph.D. She was particularly drawn, she said, to Virginia Woolf
and Sylvia Plath.

Grube chose ordination instead, in the United Methodist
Church. Now. nine years later, she said she still toys with the
idea of graduate work but she would likelv choose to study
social work or pastoral care. She has learned, "that my heart lies
in helping people.

Grube is a native of Ephrata who spent her high school fresh-
man year in Maine. It was there that she telt a calling to enter
the ministry. After ordination, she made her way back to Maine
because, "this is my spiritual home."

LVC Chaplain Dr. Darrell Woomer (left) has been a mentor to theology student Chris Rankin '01.

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As pastor of two churches, Searsmont United Methodist Church
and People's United Methodist Church in nearby Union, Grube
is a sharp observer of the social and economic dynamic in her
communities, and deeply conscious of the church's role there.
The Searsmont community has developed raw fault lines as the
lumber industry on which the town was built continues to
shrink, and a huge credit-card telephone center was built nearby.
Even as rhe unfamiliar new industry brings jobs, "people are
hurting because their community is changing," she stated.

Her 150-year-old church in Searsmont must be a place "where we
can continue to find common ground. The church's role is to lis-
ten, to open up arms to both sides, to allow dialogue to occur." ©

The Rev. Dr. G. Edwin Zeiders 70 became president last year
of the United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio, after four
years as council director of the Central Pennsylvania
Conference of the United Methodist Church.

He was a pastor for 17 years and a district superintendent of the
church for eight. But what is most important about his spiritual
journey is this: "I have been giving an account of my spiritual
life tor almost 20 years," monthly, one-on-one, with a spiritual
director, acknowledged Zeiders.

In much the way that monastics codify their spiritual goals, he
has developed a written "personal rule, a precious way of meas-
uring what kind of Christian I am apart from what my work is."
He does not discuss details of this intensely personal and regu-
larly evolving document, but he stated, "One thing it does is
make me consciously Christian. My prayer life and my patterns
of generosity have been significantly enhanced."

Zeiders discovered the importance of this inter ior spiritual
attention in the midst of external success. His seminary studies
had gone well, he was senior pastor at a large church in
Stewartstown, Pa., but "spiritually I knew I was not maturing."

The Protestant tradition reinforces the work ethic, while "these
internal pieces have been so neglected," he said. "I think that has
cost the church a lot of integrity and zeal."

Zeiders also talks with passion about the challenges of his new
work at United: how to prepare church leaders to "think and act
globally," to engage the cyber culture, to respond to spiritual
searching.

These days, he noted that, "the seminary is more about helping
people to ask their questions than giving people the answers to
their questions."

Zeiders was a member of Park Street United Methodist
Church in Harrisburg as a boy, and is the 1 1th minister raised
in that church.

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He joined the Marine Corps after high school and went to work
in industry before a call he had felt years earlier jelled and he
decided to go to seminary.

In preparation for that study, Zeiders completed his degree at
Lebanon Valley College in three years, graduating with a sociol-
ogy major and all the Greek he could take. He did this all while
being involved in youth ministry and preaching in the North
Annville parish. He received his doctorate in ministry from
Boston University in 1983. ©

Marian "Mim" Warden '57 will teach a class at her synagogue
in New York City this fall about spiritual journeys — a class
that will incorporate the arts.

The remarkable spiritual journey of this Baptist minister's
daughter, former trustee of Harrisburg's Market Square
Presbyterian Church, graduate of Union Theological Seminary
and now member of B'nai Jeshurun synagogue, has always been
profoundly informed by the arts.

She was program director at the church-owned classical radio
station WMSP in Hatrisburg — a job she considered a spiritual
calling. She was founder and long-time president of Harrisburg's
Metro Arts, and instrumental in clearing the city's Allied Arts
Fund and Whitaket Center for Science and the Arts.

In 1994, Warden went to Union in New York to study religion
and the arts. She was intrigued by "what it was about the artistic
persona that was clearly spiritual, but was not connected to a
faith community."

In the course of her work for a master's degree in divinity at the
interdenominational, predominantly Protestant seminary, she
visited B'nai Jeshurun and found it "the most vibrant place I
had been in a long time." After long study, she decided three
years ago to convett to Judaism.

The congregation is patt of the Jewish Renewal movement,
which incorporates traditional Jewish ptactice. Services are
entirely in Hebrew with the egalitarianism and social
consciousness of modern Judaism.

Warden noted that her paternal great-grandparents were Jewish
immigrants from Germany. It was her experiences at the syna-
gogue and her continuing study of the Bible and its contexts
that led to her conversion.

"The bottom line is that I came to see Jesus in the Jewish
prophetic tradition," she said. While she appreciates liberal
Christianity's metaphorical readings of Jesus' divinity and
resurrection for example, she ultimately felt more connected
to Judaism.

"I have gained immeasurably from my Christian upbringing,"

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she added. "I see the religious traditions as all having a different
path to experiencing God."

Warden heads an interfaith committee at the synagogue that has
a long-standing collaboration with a nearbv Methodist church.
It is part of a project to bring artists-in-residence to Union and
to the Jewish Theological Seminary across the street. @

Rabbi Bernard Goldsmith '51 decided to become a rabbi while
he was serving in the Marine Corps at Parris Island — not a
place usually associated with theological discovery.

The mentorship of the Jewish chaplain at the base in South
Carolina and the jov or textual study in Hebrew texts led to his decision.

"We managed to spend four or five hours a week together in
study" reading the Bible and commentaries of rabbis of the
10th, 1 1th and 12th centuries, in the original Hebrew, said
Rabbi Goldsmith. "It was fascinating."

He majored in psychology at Lebanon Valley College. It was this
study that turned out to be valuable even though his career path
changed. He was doing graduate work in that field at Temple
University when he was drafted during the Korean War.

Goldsmith went on to graduate from Hebrew Union College in
New York City, the seminary of Reform Judaism. He led congre-
gations until his retirement in 1993 and now serves as Jewish

chaplain at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in La
Jolla, California.

Even since his retirement, the rabbi's spiritual journey has taken
new turns. Goldsmith said that he had been drawn in the past
to traditional lewish practices, though Reform ludaism did not
require them, and in his retitement he found solace and strength
bv embracing them.

In 1994, he and his wife Rosalind decided to follow the kosher
laws of traditional Judaism at all times. In addition, thev no
longer watch television or answer the telephone from sundown
Friday to sundown Saturday, as well as on all major Jewish holi-
days, unless the answering machine reveals an emergency.

"It makes our observance so much more meaningful that we do
not have to bother with the mundane things of the daily
process," he explained. "It renews us.

Goldsmith grew up in Harrisburg and went to Temple Beth El
as a child. Though he has lived in California tor decades, he has
remained in close touch with Lebanon Valley. Returning in
1996 tor his -nth reunion, the rabbi presented the College
library with funding tor literature about Judaism. ©

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Mary Warner is the religion and values reporter for
The Patriot News in Harrisburg.

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Excellence

BY STEPHEN TRAPNELL '90

There is a new baseball
stadium* A different professor
in your old advisers office.
Landscaping and walkways
where College Avenue once
stretched back to the railroad
tracks. And a lake where

the "Red Avenger" once rode
triumphantly on an ATV
during a football game.

Visit Lebanon Valley College
for almost any homecoming,
and you are bound to find
changes. Whether you
graduated in 1931, 1961 —
even 2001 — the school you
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think it is easy for us to focus on different periods and
the events that characterized those periods — whether
they be architectural or programmatic — and think
that each period could be defined by those events,"
said LVC President Dr. G. David Pollick. "And, while
it might be easy to focus on the differences between
periods, I think it is more important to focus on those things
that allow the College's identity to be clear in people's minds.
There are certain character elements that belong to the
institution throughout many, manv generations.

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The Valley recently brought together pairs or current and
emeritus faculty members to discuss the academic lire or the

College — then and now. What emerged was a perspective on
decades or change at Lebanon Valley. To some the differences
may appear revolutionary. But perhaps they are better defined
as evolutionary: a consistent development of the values that
have always been, and continue to be, at the core of the
College.

"There is something there that transcends the leadership, that
transcends individual members of the faculty," Pollick said.
When he talks to alumni, one theme comes up repeatedly: "It
is just constant, the expression that the faculty cared tor them.
It does not matter what generation it is ...You give me that,
and I can give you back a great setting tor education.'

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When Dr. C. F. Joseph Tom was looking for a place to teach
economics in 1954, Lebanon Valley met his criteria. "I like a
college that is small, is liberal-arts oriented and is close to large
cities," he said.

"May I say, that's exactly the same thing that attracted me,"
said Dr. Paul A. Heise, an associate professor who has taught
economics at LVC for the last 10 years.

Tom spent 35 years at the Valley, and is now a professor emeritus.
He watched College enrollment climb from about 600 students
shortly after he started to more than 1,500 today. Both he and
Heise, however, said LVC's core philosophies remain intact.

"I am glad that the majority of the faculty and the administra-
tion still believe that the liberal arts approach is the basic pur-
pose of education," Tom noted. "For a small college like this,
our main emphasis is to impress upon the student a much
broader understanding of society."

Heise is quick to point out how important a liberal arts educa-
tion is to the study of economics, which he describes as a
"moral philosophy" or "the science of choice."

"You have unlimited wants, and limited resources. How are
you going to make choices? How are you going to divide your
time?" Heise asked. "We're trying to teach people to make a
life for themselves based on their value system. The average
person today is going to change careers four or five times.
To be trained as just a musician or as just an accountant or
something else is short-changing those kids badly. We want
to educate them."

Heise said LVC's faculty has input in many College decisions,
something that strengthens their camaraderie. "I don't know
just the economists and political scientists. I know the business
people, the chemists. It's all integrated. There's a community
here, a community of shared values."

"It's one good, happy family," Tom stated.

"Yes, there is an LVC family," Heise agreed.

"Oh, we have differences, don't get me wrong," Tom noted,
and both men began to laugh.

Heise pointed out that he and Tom play poker with chemistry
professor Dr. Owen Moe. "I disagree with absolutely every
concept that Owen Moe thinks about with regard to liberal
arts," Heise acknowledged. "But he is a dear friend. Why?
Because he really cares about this College. We might disagree,
but I am certain that he would never do anything that would
hurt this College. And he would go to any length to make sure
that his students were taken care of."

The economics professors recalled stories of their own
students: some amusing, some inspiring. Tom mentioned a

student who wrote as a response to an essay question: "Only
God knows the answer." Tom wrote back: "That is why God
received the A and you received an F."

Heise recalled stopping in to see Dr. Jeanne Hey, also an LVC
economics professor. "Has 'George' been acting odd?" he asked
her. "'Yes he has. He is asking questions,' she said. And they
are good questions!" "This kid, in his junior year, suddenly
woke up. To be there when this kid opens up and reaches out
all over the place, that is nice," Heise said, adding that such
students are the true reward of teaching. "They demand more
of you, and you want to give it to them. It is why we are here."

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Dr. George D. Curfman '53, a professor emeritus of music
who taught at LVC from 1961 to 1996, said, "I can remember
teaching in public school and taking a phonograph record, a
78 rpm, to class to use for music appreciation, and the kids
would go like this: "He has a record!!''

"And now they are burning CDs for their assignments," added
Dr. Mary L. Lemons, an associate professor of music.

As professors of music education, Drs. Curfman and Lemons
have faced the challenges of preparing their own students for
careers that will see such changes.

"I believe in building a solid foundation for the future in the
classes we teach. We cannot possibly teach them everything,"
said Lemons, who joined LVC's faculty in 1996. "So what we
have time to do is to lay the foundation, the principles of good
music teaching."

"A college can not really give you skills," offered Curfman. "It
can identify the skills and make recommendations as to what
you are supposed to do by practicing to develop those skills ...
Only the student can make that happen ... They need to deal
with the technique — much of that is mechanical — but then
also the expressive side, use that technique to express some-
thing. And these are the very two things — the technique and
the expressiveness — that they must then, in turn, do in the
school or with church choirs or whatever creative groups with
whom they are working. So that they go out into school and
do for children and youth what we have done lor them."

"It is a shared responsibility," Lemons agreed.

For generations, the partnership of Lebanon Valley music
faculty, students and alumni has successfully fulfilled that
responsibility.

"People had jobs by graduation day," Curfman noted. "It was a
strong department that turned out people who were able to do
the work in schools."

"That was the recruiting tool ..." Lemons said. "... the job that
these graduates did," Curfman explained.

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"Music teachers want to work with our students, and principals
want to hire our students," Lemons continued.

"Really, almost all you had to say was that you had graduated
from Lebanon Valley College," Curfman said.

Even after they leave the school for jobs, many former music
students keep in touch. Lemons' office features photos of each of
the student-teaching classes she has led since she arrived at LVC.

"They still call and ask for suggestions," she said. "The alumni
are extremely loyal. I find that our music alumni are interested
in our students still, and what's going on here." That bond
begins during their years as students. "They are together all
the time," Lemons pointed out. "They have class after class
together."

"They sing in the choir, they play in the band," Curfman said,
picking up the refrain.

"They are here practicing at night," Lemons added.

Curfman said, "I do not know how it is now, but years ago thev
would all have English together."

"A lot of times they do," Lemons quickly agreed, "because that
fits into their schedule."

When they first learned or opportunities to teach at Lebanon
Valley, the rwo professors' familiarity with the school could not
have been more different: Curfman was a 1953 Valley graduate;
Lemons had never heard of the school. Both, however, found a
place they enjoyed.

"I was overwhelmed with the energy and the commitment of
the faculty," Lemons acknowledged.

"I can not imagine being any more fortunate than I have been,"
Curfman said. "If I had had to 'work' for a living, I would have
wanted to do this in the evening. It was that much tun."

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Psychology professors Dr. Jean O. Love and Dr. Salvatore S.
Cullari found they had arrived at LVC with similar back-
grounds. Both came to the school in their early 30s after careers
in clinical psychology.

"By the age of 34, I thought I knew enough psychology to start
teaching it," Love explained. When she went searching for a job
in 1954, however, "almost every opening specified that a man
should apply for it."

Fortunately, a review of LVC by the American Association of
University Women had urged the school to hire more women,
she said, and "Lebanon Valley grabbed me."

"I felt that I fell into place when I started teaching," said Love,
a professor emerita who retired in 1985. "One thing that was

very appealing was that there was practically no department.
The fact that I could develop the department was very enticing,
and I fell in love with the Valley students. The majority of our
students were the first people in their families to go to college,
and I was the one person in my family to go to college, so I
guess there was a natural bond there."

"We still get a lot of students who are either first generation or
second, or their brother or sister went here," noted Cullari,
who has taught at LVC since 1985. He pointed out that many
students work to help their parents pay for college. "Our stu-
dents really are hard-working; they are down-to-earth; they arc-
motivated. I do not think that has changed much over the years."

"I have always enjoyed doing research," Cullari said. "I found
that the quality of students was high enough that they can
actually do a lot of research, and over the years I have done a
number of publications with students. It was like working with
graduate students in some ways."

However, Cullari has also adjusted his teaching methods to stu-
dents raised in an environment of music videos, computer
games and other rapid-fire messages. "They are more visual," he
explained. "Over the years, what I have found myself doing is
almost teaching in sound bites. No one can lecture for c)0
minutes anymore."

"That problem was emerging," Love concurred of her years at
LVC. "At least I thought it was a problem, since I am terriblv
verbal. I used lectures often, because I like to talk, but we also
had a lot of discussions and seminars."

Since the days when Love served as the sole full-time psvcholo-
gv professor, the department has seen significant developments.
It now includes about 160 majors and five full-time tacultv
members; there were eight majors the vear she arrived.

"One of the things I was able to do early on after I came here
was get psychology at Lebanon Valley College classified with the
natural sciences," Love noted.

"Were you the one who did that?" Cullari asked. " Thank you."

"I have been absolutely delighted to see what has happened to
the department," Love continued. "I laid a few bricks, back in
my day."

Cullari replied, "You laid the foundation, that is for sure."

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One challenge for a college dean is to help make a school an
appealing place for top-notch faculty. Dr. Carl Y. Ehrhart '40,
dean emeritus of the College, remembers when Dr. Donald
Byrne, director of American Studies and professor of religion
and history, joined the LVC tacultv in 1971.

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"He let us know in no uncertain terms that he looked upon this
as a stepping stone, until he got a real job, a university job,"
Ehrhart recalled with a chuckle. "He had the hardware. He had
the qualifications, a tremendous personality. We did a job on
him. We made it so good for him he did not leave. What we
used was whatever magic there is in a small school."

This is Byrne's 30th year as a member of the Valley faculty.

"Working in a small school is a wonderful job. It is arguably the
best job in the world," noted Dr. Stephen C. MacDonald, the
current vice president for academic affairs and dean of the facul-
ty. "Getting stimulating feedback from students who clearly are
engaged in the material and intellectually alert to it, who are
excited by that — and whom you know personally — is
tremendously gratifying. When teaching is good, it is very,
very good. This is a place that celebrates that."

Both Ehrhart and MacDonald were teachers themselves earlier
in their careers. Ehrhart graduated from LVC in 1940 and
returned as professor of philosophy in 1947; he served as dean
from 1960 until 1980. MacDonald had been a professor and
administrator at Dickinson College before joining LVC in
1998.

Ehrhart said, "It took me several years to begin to think like a
dean, because I came from the faculty, and the administration
was the enemy. Deans were an abomination. I turned myself
into the enemy. One day I found myself referring to the faculty
as 'they.'"

"One of the things I miss here is that I do not have regular con-
tact with students," MacDonald acknowledged. "You are one
level removed from the fundamental activity of the College.

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of touch with the reality of the classroom. This is a teaching
place, and I am not doing it. I am watching that activity."

Ehrhart pointed out that while MacDonald was selected as dean
after a formal search committee and interview process, he him-
self was "anointed" by a phone call from the College president
[Frederick K. Miller, 1950-1967] in late 1959. The president
said: "We know you are not going to be a scholar ... so you
might as well be dean," Ehrhart recalled with a laugh.

Since his days at the College, processes have been formalized.
Faces have changed. Campus facilities have grown. Connections
to the United Methodist Church have altered (Ehrhart was an
Evangelical United Brethren minister; MacDonald was raised
as a Roman Catholic.) Both deans seem to take such changes
in stride.

"A dean who longs for the past and tries to recreate that past
will fail very, very quickly, whatever emotional attachment he or
she might have to some golden era," MacDonald said. "A dean's
job is not a romantic job. It is a very practical job."

"If you get too romantic, you get fired," Ehrhart quipped,
then thought about the LVC of today compared to his time.
"This is not the same place; fortunately it is not ... One thing
we used to say to ourselves for years: 'We are good, but nobody
knows it.'"

"By 1997, people knew it," MacDonald offered, explaining that
his Dickinson colleagues spoke highly of Lebanon Valley when
he announced he was moving to the school.

"I am glad to hear that," Ehrhart said.

Stephen Trapnell '90 is a corporate communications specialist for D&E Communications, Inc.. Ephrata. Pa.,
and a writer for Gamut!, an online magazine covering entertainment.

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By Jeff Intoccia '02

rian Yingling '03 realized he had a tough
decision to make. After graduating from
Central Dauphin East High School in
1997, Yingling could attend college and
jump into the grueling five-month colle-
giate ice hockey schedule or compete in

a junior league and prepare himself physically and

mentally for the change.

He decided to play junior hockey. During the 1997-
1998 season, he played for the Central Penn Panthers
of the Metropolitan "B" League and his team finished
third nationally. Yingling scored 74 goals and had 52
assists (126 points) in 55 games and was named Rookie
of the Year. Afterward, he spent the 1998-1999
campaign in North Dakota playing for the Bismarck
Bobcats. In 55 games, he scored 40 goals and tallied 40
assists (80 points) en route to being named a first team
all-star.

Realizing he could excel against the top junior "A"
teams, Yingling took his talents to Lebanon Valley
College. As a freshman Yingling led the team with
24 goals.

"Every year, wherever I go, I just try to do my best,"
said Yingling, a junior business major. "I was blessed
to play in a great lineup with J. P. Callahan '02 and
Jamie Taylor '02 at LVC my first year."

Head Coach Al MacCormack, who recruited the 5'11",
170-pound Yingling, was not surprised by the per-
formance of his rookie forward. "I knew Brian was one
of the top scorers in Pennsylvania and in the junior
leagues," stated MacCormack. "He was a player with
the ability to score and to see the ice visually; I knew
right away he would be an impact player."

In his second season, Yingling tied sophomore
defenseman Tim Rink '03 with 23 assists and again led
the Dutchmen with 24 goals, including four in an 8-5
upset win over Johnson & Wales University in the
semifinals of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
(ECAC) Northeast playoffs.

"That game was awesome," acknowledged Yingling,
who commutes from the Harrisburg suburb of
Steelton everyday. "I still replay each goal in my head.
Their goalie really did not play too well and every-
thing I threw at the net seemed to go in."

With smart decision making, Yingling has emerged as
a leader on and off the ice.

"He is probably one of the quietest players on the
team," said MacCormack. "He is a 3.5 student who
holds a full-time job (at Twin Ponds Ice Rink) while
going to school. He is just the type of kid that every-
body would love to have on their team."

Jeff Intoccia '02, an English communications major, is also a sports writer for LaVie Collegienne, an LVC sports
information assistant, a pitcher on LVC's baseball team and a member of the Fellowship for Christian Athletes.

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In Memoriam

Dr. Edna J. Carmean '59, H'85

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Photographs courtesy of LVCAncHn-TS

On Wednesday, June 6, the College community mourned
the loss of Dr. Edna J. Carmean '59, H'85, who passed
away at the age of 97. Edna, along with husband Dr. D.
Clark Carmean H'85, served as an integral part of LVC life since
joining the campus family in 1933.

With a sincere interest in the lives of those around her and a keen
eye for local history, Edna became the College's self-appointed his-
torian. Her research provided the background for LVC history
professor Paul Wallace's Lebanon Valley College: A Centennial
History, a book that chronicles 100 years of LVC life (1866-1966),
capturing past traditions like the Annual Murder and May Day festival.

Edna was always quick to lend her talents to any area on campus
where she could be of assistance. Over the years, she worked for
the Music Department, Admission Office, President's Office and
Public Relations Office; and she served as executive secretary for
the Centennial celebration of the College, as well as an editor/
writer for the Alumni Review. She and Clark were also well known
for opening their hearts and homes to students, whether it hap-
pened to be serving as houseparents to the residents of a 1930s
men's dormitory or welcoming students and colleagues alike to
their South Annville home, where they spent 50 years and avidly
cultivated extensive gardens.

Because of their close ties to the LVC community, campus members
became family to Edna and Clark, and the couple in turn provided
generously for that family. They became members of the College's
Laureate Society, which denotes philanthropic giving to the College
in excess of one million dollars. They supported students
directly with the establishment of the Carmean String Ensemble
Scholarship in 1982 for LVC students interested in studying and per-
forming string music.

Their love of music also resulted in the establishment of the D.
Clark and Edna J. Carmean Distinguished Chair in Music in 1997.
When it came time to lead the College into a major fundraising
campaign, the Carmeans accepted the challenge of serving as hon-
orary co-chairs, and the TOWARD 2001 campaign exceeded its
goal and raised over $23.9 million.

Bringing a sense of artistic definition to campus, the couple funded
Cuewe-Pehelle, a statue commissioned for LVC by New York sculp-
tor Audrey Flack. The area where the statue is located was named
Carmean Plaza in their honor.

An accomplished writer, Edna became well-known in the Lebanon
County community as the woman who chronicled the region's
infamous 19th Century murder trial with her novel, The Blue-Eyed
Six (1974,1981). In more recent times, she researched 100 years of
the Lebanon County court system and published her story, Nine
Men on the Bench (1994). Other creative ventures included three
historical musical dramas, a book based on the Civil War diaries of
her great-uncle, and the beginnings of her memoirs, Rear View.

In addition to her education as an RN, which she earned prior to
arriving at LVC, Edna became a student of the College and
received a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1959, then was pre-
sented an honorary doctor of humane letters degree in 1985. Her
many honors include being named the 1998 recipient of the LVC
Distinguished Alumni Award, receiving the LVC Alumni
Association Citation in 1985, and serving as a member of the
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; Sigma
Alpha lota, an honorary music fraternity; and Psi Chi, a national
psychology honor society.

Of all the memories Edna Carmean has captured of LVC over the
years, there are just as many individuals who hold precious
memories of her life.

"She had an enormous capacity for love," remembered the
Honorable John Walter '53. "The one thing that always struck me
about Edna was her love for her friends. She was always interest-
ed in what they were doing. Clark and Edna were both genuinely
interested in students; always asking what they were doing, what
was good in their lives. She was the epitome of friendship."

Walter added fondly, "She is one woman who will always be in our
minds and memories. What a woman. I have admired herfor many
years, for many reasons. I miss her deeply."

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( LASS NEWS " NOTES

1915 Class Reunion,
Date Unknown, LVC Archives

PRE-'30s

DEATHS

JOHN F. WALTER '27 in February 2001 at the
age of 96.

Ralph A. Daubert '28 on February 28, 2001,
in Lebanon, Pa., ar the age ot 94. He was the
great-grandfather of Jared Daubert '01.

'30s

NEWS

Llella Heilman Myers '53 remains active as
a volunteer in her community ot Concord,
N.H.

DEATHS

CORINNE DYNE FLOCK '30 on February 27,
2001, in Dallastown, Pa., at the age of 93.
Corinne. a retired Latin teacher, was the

widow of Roy S. Flock '28.

HENRY D. Berkhoy '31 on June 29, 2001, in
Harrisburg, Pa., at the age of 90. Henry was
the retired owner ot Burkeys and a Navy vet-
eran of World War II.

Rev. Melvin E. Patrick '33 on March 24,
2001. in Lebanon. Pa., at the age of 93. He
served 68 years in the gospel ministry and was
a retired United Methodist minister. Melvin
also served 25 years in the Naval Reserves
where he was a chaplain and retired as com-
mander of the Chaplain Corps.

Virginia G. Thrush '33 on August 1. 2000,
at 89 years of age.

Earl S. Rice '34 on May 18, 2001. in North
Cornwall Township, Pa. Earl retired in 1978
after working tor -42 years at Kreamcr
Brorhers Furniture Store in Annville, Pa.

Willlam F. Etchberger '35 on March 21,
2001 . in Hershev. Pa., at the age of 88. An
Air Force veteran of World War II and the
Korean War, he reached the rank of colonel
before retiring after 31 vears of service.
William was the husband of Kathryn YlNGST
Etchberger '39 and the father of Robert D.
Etchberger '71.

Dr. William G. Rose '35 on March 5, 2001,

in Vera Beach, Fla., at the age of S"7. William
was a former Highrstown (N.J.) Borough
Council member and mavor, and a World
War II Army Air Force veteran.

Helen Grusko Whiting '35 on January 19,

2001. in Ml. Angel. Ore., at the age of 90.

Sytvta Evelev Baker '36 on March 19, 2001,
in Myerstown, Pa., at the age ot 85. She was a
retired schoolteacher.

JAY H. BOLTON '36 on December 24, 2000, at
83 years of age.

JANE S. GRUBGELD '36 on March 1 1 , 200 1 , at
the age of 86.

Edgar P. Monn '36 on January 7, 2001, at
85 years ot age.

Russell C. Hatz '37 on April 24. 2001, in
Lebanon, Pa., at the age of St The husband
of Nancy Bowman Hatz '36, Russell was a

former associate professor, music department
chair and orchestra conductor at Susquehanna
University in Selinsgrove, Pa.

H. Edgar Messlrm hmidt '3~ on May P.
2001 , in Lebanon, Pa., at the age ot 86. He
was a retired tanner and breeder of Holstein
cattle and Belgian draft horses.

Maxine E\RLEY SAUSSER '37 on March 19.
2001, at 84 years of age.

Ruth Buck Schlegel '37 on April 24. 2001,
in Palmyra, Pa., at the age ot 86. Ruth, the
mother of LORETTA SCHLEGEL RlTTLE '64. was
a retired schoolteacher.

Evelyn Fridinger Baker '39 on April 24.

2001, m Harrisburg, Pa. Evelyn, the mother

of Judith Baker Higgins '64, was a retired
schoolteacher from the Central Dauphin
School District.

'40s

NEWS

1 he Wednesdaj < lub presented a recital fea-
turing ALBERT H. Morrison '43 on March
25, 2001, at the Market Square Presbyterian
Church in Harrisburg. Pa.

JANI Kl 1 < KER MOVCREY '43 was recently hon-
ored tor her more than 30 years of service to
the Meals on Wheels program ot the first
Evangelical Lutheran Church in
Chambersburg, Pa. Jane, along with her hus-
band, Wayni L. Mowrey "47, deliver freshly
prepared meals to people in their communirv.
Jane and Wayne also presented an organ
recit.il in Ma}1 2001 to benefit music pro-
gramming at Menno Haven Penn Hall in
Chambersburg. the retirement community
where thev reside.

Capital Manor, a continuing care retirement
center in Salem, Ore., presented a piano and
violin concert featuring HAZEI FORNOFF
DeTAMBEL '44 and her husband. MARVIN H.
Dl iymbli 4~, on April 10, 2001. Hazel and
Marvin received a standing ovation after their
performance.

At the 2001 Link-Souders Celebration ot
Creative Writing, BRl CE C. Soi DERS '44 was
given special recognition by Shenandoah
University and was invited to be a featured
reader tor the evening. More than a decade
ago, Shenandoah, in Winchester, Va., estab-
lished the Bruce C. Souders Prize tor Fiction
in Bruce's honor.

Dr. Elizabeth Kreiser Weisberger '44
received theTillmans-Skolnick Award from
the Division of Chemical Health and Safety,
Inc., ot the American Chemical Society at
their national meeting held August 2(>-30.
2001, in Chicago, III.

Betty Ehrengart Gassman '45 is involved

with the League ot Women Voters and the
Unitarian Fellowship in New lersey.

On February P. 2001. MILDRED P\I\ILR
NEIDEIGH '47 and her husband. Roy, celebrat-
ed their 55th wedding anniversary

tin lanuarv 20. 2001. the Pennsylvania Music
I ducators Association (PMF--M District 7 hon-
ored Harlan A. Daubert 49 at their 2001
Band North Festival held at Northern Lebanon
County High School in Fredericksburg, Pa.
PMEA District 7 president. RODNEY S. MILLER

, presented Harlan with the Distinguished
Service Award, and Suzanne Dai bert Fox 77
presented her father with a plaque to com-

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CLASS NEWS ©"NOTES

memorare the event. The host directot for the
band festival was another LVC graduate, Galen
M.Walmer73.

DEATHS

Dr. W. Frederick Huber '40 on March 29,
2001, at the age or 82. Inventor of the anti-
histamine Benadryl, he was retired from
Sodyco, a division of Martin Marietta, as a
senior vice president of manufacturing.

Elizabeth Ferne Poet Habbyshaw '41 on
June 20, 2001, in Sarasota, Fla., at the age of
82. A homemaker, Ferne was a former English
teacher at Red Lion (Pa.) High School.

Harold L. Moody '41 in April 2001 at 86
years of age.

Frank S. Zimmerman '42 on September 28,

1999, at the age of 79.

Dr. DeLene Yocum-Congello '44 on
February 19, 2001, in Lancaster, Pa., at the
age of 78. A retired private-practice doctor of
osteopathic medicine in Lancaster, she was the
mother of KARIN M. CONGELLO '77.

MARION HlMMELBERGER WHITE '46 on April
3, 2001, in Lebanon, Pa., ar rhe age of 76.
Marion, an avid motorcyclist, was co-founder
and co-owner of White's Harley Davidson in
Lebanon.

David L. Light '47 on August 29, 1998, in
Brandon, Fla., at the age of 75. David was the
father of JOSEPH M. LIGHT 79.

Walter W. Hess '49 on May 16, 2001, in
Orlando, Fla., ar 81 years of age. An army vet-
eran of World War II, he was a retired social
srudies teacher at ELCO School District in
Myerstown, Pa.

Charlotte Summy Roemig '49 on April 4,

2001, at the age of 81.

'50s

NEWS

Dr. Robert M. Kline '50 recently retired
after 35 years as the doctor for rhe Cornwall-
Lebanon School District in Lebanon, Pa.
Since graduating from LVC in 1950, Robert
has worn a variety of "hats" — schoolteacher,
county coroner, prison doctor and family
physician. As president of the Union Canal
Groundhog Lodge 17, Robert presides over
the lodge's mascot, Uni, every February 2
when the groundhog predicts either the early
arrival of spring or the continuation of winter.

Jean Kostenbauder Stolte '50 assists with
music and poetry at the Homewood
Retirement Home in Hanover, Pa.

Dr. Lloyd T. Achenbach '51 is a retired
osteopathic physician living in Tucson, Ariz.

Floytj M. Baturin '51 is the chair of the
15th reunion committee for the fall 2001
convention of the Marine barracks in
Washington, D.C.

After being trapped for 32 hours, GEORGE A.
DeLonG '51 was one of 32 men cur out of
the capsized ship L'SS Oklahoma when it was
torpedoed on December 7, 1941, at Pearl
Harbor. His experience is related in two newly
published books — Pearl Harbor, The Day of
Infamy, An Illustrated History by Dan van der
Vat and Attack on Pearl Harbor, by Shellv
Tanaka. George and his wife, JEANNE STLNE
DeLONG '51, returned to Annville in June to
attend a showing of Disney's movie Pearl
Harbor at the Allen Theatte.

William Fredrjcks, Patricia Fredricks '65,
Lisa Wenrich '99, Ann Myers (alumni
director), Karen Moreno '86, Joan
Geiselhart '52, Susan Hanson '87 and
Jim Geiselhart '51 gathered at the
Bahla Hotel in San Diego this past May.

Dr. Pierce Getz '51, professor of music
emeritus at LVC, recently led the Masterworks
Chorale and Insrrumenral Ensemble on a 12-
day tour of Italy. This traveling company is
comprised of 40 singers from six states and
included the following alumni: ARLENE

Hartenstine Anderson '65, Marjorie
Miller Apple '62, Patricia Davis Bullock
'62, Janice Tellier Coleman 78, Ronald L.
Dietz '60, Deborah Madeira Dillane 77,
Robert J. Dillane 77, Nancy Leibenguth
Embrey 71, Holly Johnson Fay 76,
Kenneth R. Fegan '58, Sheryx D. Forte
75, Richard W Fowler 72, Thomas G.
Hostetter 70, Sally Graham House 78,

Roberta Johns Otto '65, Ronald E.
Poorman '69, Dorothy Kreamer Wendel
'38 and VICTORIA Rose (adjunct instructor of
music).

Dr. Elam S. KURTZ '51 is a physician at High
Country Family Medicine in Jefferson, N.C.

Dr. Ruth A. Daugherty '52 presented a
seminar course, "United Methodist Women:
Vision and Valor," as an adjunct professor at
Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, N.J.,
during the spring 2001 semester.

Dr. Allen C. BOYER '53 is head of the science
department and coordinator of science cur-
riculum for the Manheim Township (Pa.)
School District.

THOMAS H. Israel '53 recendy spent time in
Argenrina and Chile where he visited the
famous Teatro Colon, Argentina's well-known
opera house.

Retiring after 36 years in music education,

William R. Shoppell Jr. '53 is conductor
emeritus of the Monmouth (N.J.) Civic
Chorus and director of music at Point
Pleasant Presbyterian Church in Point
Pleasant Beach, N.J.

Patricia Satterthwaite Edge '54 is a part-
time voice teacher ar the Greater Hartford
(Conn.) Academy for the Arts. Patricia also
gives voice and piano lessons in her home in

Newington.

James R. En'TERLINE '54 is playing French
horn with the Columbia University Wind
Ensemble, various local New York City com-
munity orchestras and his own woodwind
quarret. In addition, Johns Hopkins
University Press recenrlv published James'
new book, Erikson, Eskimos and Columbus.

On August 4, 2001, Adora R\biger
Sholley '55 and Gary Smith were married in
Carlisle, Pa.

EDITH Werntz Taytor '55 performs with the
Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, a component
of the Charlotte (N.C.) Symphony.

Dr. LENWOOD B. Wert '55 was elected to
a fifth term as vice speaker of the House of
Delegates at the Pennsvlvania Osteopathic
Medical Association's 93rd Annual
Clinical Assembly held in May 2001 in
Philadelphia, Pa.

The granddaughter of DR. JACQUELYN

Fetterhoff Douglass '56 and Henry G.
DOUGLASS '58, Ariel Douglass-Devine, began
her first vear at LVC this fall.

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Retiring from full active ministry. Rev.
RUTHANNE KELCHNER '56 is the part-time
pastor of specialized ministries at the First
Christian Disciples of Christ Church in
Mesa, Ariz.

Rev. Dorothy M. Book '57 retired as the

administrative assistant of the Penn Central
Conference of the United Church of Christ
after 1 7 years of service.

On January 20, 2001, Wissahickon High
School in Ambler, I'a., inducted FRANK J.
CATANZARO '57 into the school's Sports Hall
of Fame. He played football and basketball
during his high school years. Today, Frank is
involved in Charities Golf Tournaments for
the Nationwide Insurance Company in and
around the Philadelphia area.

In December 2000. PAUL F. FULK '57 received
a citation from the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives. Representative Patricia Vance,
R-87, presented the citation to Paul stating,
"Mr. Fulk earned these honors through his
hard work and dedication to the community
and lor his remarkable service to our country
and its people." Earlier, on October 26, the
Cumberland County Office of Aging named
Paul "Outstanding Senior of the Year."

Rev. William J. Cowfer '58 is the executive

presbyter for the Peace River Presbytery of the
Presbyterian Church USA, located in south-
west Florida.

Retiring after a 38-year career, MICHAEL
HOTTENSTEIN '58 is professor emeritus of
operations management at Penn State
University.

Theodore M. Cf/iron '59 is owner of
Winhall Real Estate, an agency located in the
Stratton, Vt., resort area.

DEATHS

Dr. Howard L. Britton '50 on March 27,
2001, at 82 years of age.

R. Francis Eigenbrode '50 on June 26,
2001 , in Tucson, Ariz., at the age of 73. He
was a former teacher and principal at various
schools in Maryland. After his retirement in
1976, Francis owned and operated an interior
decorating business in Flagstaff, Ariz. He also
supervised student teachers throughout the
state for Northern Arizona University.

Audrey Geidt Hopple '50 on March 1 ,
2001, in Camp Hill, Pa., at the age of 72.

Richard K. Mackey '50 on March 29, 2001,
in Camp Hill, Pa., at the age of 77. An Army
veteran of World War II, Richard was retired

1948 Dinner at the New England Pantry on Route 422; former LVC President
Clyde A. Lynch (1932-1950) is in i he back row at the far right.

from the former New Cumberland (Pa.)
Army Depot.

LLOYD E. McCuRDY '50 on December 12,

2000, at 74 years of age.

Gerald E. Pratt '51 on January 18, 2001, at
the age of 73.

George E. Ritner '51 on January 27, 2001,
at the age of 75.

Frederick R. Boliz '52 on July 24, 2001, in

Hershey. Pa., at 70 years of age. Fred was
retired from the Jonestown (Pa.) Bank &
Trust Company where he was a trust officer
and an assistant treasurer.

Ralph R. Giordano '53 on January 17,

2001, at the age of 71.

Elaine Bouncer Baver '54 on October 21,
1999.

Lt. Col. J. Harian Mohler '57 on
December 30, 2000, at 66 years of age.

Ronald B. Hartranft '58 on May 19. 2001,
at 68 years of age. The husband of ESTELLE
Berger Hartranft '59, Ronald was retired

from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Board of Appeals.

'60s

NEWS

Dr. Pfti R H. Riddle '61, professor of music
at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia,
tecently had his 10th book, Twelfth Birthday,
released bv I'ublishAmerica, Inc.

Maryloui.se Lamke Burke '62 appears in two
recent film releases. Series 7 is an independent
film that had its premier at the Sundance
Film Festival in January and Amy ami Isabelle
is an "Oprah Winfrey Presents" feature tor
ABC-TV.

Chemistry and physics teacher Barbara
WOGISCH FRAGASSO '62 retired from Central
Regional High School in Flemington, N.J.

Norma Jane Morris Wrjght '62 retired
from Franklin Iownship Schools in
Franklinville, N.J., after teaching kindergarten
for 28 years.

June Stringer Rietdorf '63 is the music
director at the Candlelight Dinner Theater in
Ardentown, Del. June is the past president of
the Delaware State Music Teacher Association.

A guidance counselor in the Elizabeth [N.J.)
Public School District where she has worked
for over 34 years, Lovella L. Naylor '64
recently transferred from Lafayette
Elementary-Middle School to Elizabeth
High School.

After 30 years of teaching, Carol DEICHERT
Rick '64 tented from the Btidgewater-Rariton
(N.J.) School District.

Dr. Wayne A. SELCHER '64, a professor of
international studies at Elizabethtown (Pa.)
College, developed a virtual library, located at
www.etown.edu/vl, for international affairs
resources.

Edward D. Braun '66 has retired after 35
years of teaching music.

J. Duncan Kriebel '66 has completed his
35th year of teaching English at Milton
Hershey School in Hcrshev, Pa.

Karen Bacflant SELLARS '66 has been living
in London, England, tor the last 35 vcars
where she teaches middle school math and sci-
ence at the American School in London.

Now that Carolyn Miller Soderman '66

has retired from teaching kindergarten, she
plans to do some gardening and sewing.
Carolyn is also training a Labrador retriever to
be a certified thetapy dog and pilots, along
with her husband, a small Piper Dakota plane
throughout the L'nited States.

Bonnie Hood Witmer '66 wrote the music
for "Oh Lord, Our Beloved." a song that
appears on the recently released CD Think
On These Things bv Dove Songs.

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ALUMNI PROFILE

EXTRAORDINARY TEACHER

BY NANCY KETTERING FRYE '80

Heister (left) with his faculty mentor
Dr. Paul L. Wolf

Ralph Heister III '90, a teacher of biology at Lebanon
High School since 1996, is one dedicated man! He
was recently selected by the National Association of
Biology Teachers as Pennsylvania's Outstanding Biology
Teacher for the 2000-01 academic year. He was also honored
at the Lebanon County Conservation Awards Program, in
November 2000, by multiple county conservation organiza-
tions as the Lebanon County Conservation Educator of the Year.

Growing up in Malvern, Pa., Heister graduated from Great
Valley High School. His mother, a former elementary teacher
and environmental educator in the community, and his
father, a high school biology teacher for four decades, both
clearly influenced their third child and oldest son. Now the
father of two-year-old Jessica, Heister still looks to his own
father as his professional and personal role model.

Heister chose to attend Lebanon Valley College because he
wanted a small liberal arts college with a strong biology pro-
gram. "It was a good fit," he said. "I received a great educa-
tion at LVC!"

Dr. Paul L. Wolf, LVC professor of biology since 1966,
became Heister's adviser, mentor and lifelong friend. "When
you look back on your life," the 34-year-old Heister mused,
"there are certain people you meet whose influence and
impact are so important that everything you do afterward is
affected by knowing them. Paul Wolf is one of those people
for me. He has guided my interests and has provided lots of
support to help me succeed. I owe a lot to him!"

Strongly encouraged by Dr. Wolf, Heister earned a master's
degree in biology from Clarion University of Pennsylvania in
1995, after which he worked for the Montgomery County
Department of Health, then for a private engineering firm.
Although successfully employed, Heister explained, "I was
not really happy." Encouraged and supported by his wife,
Kristin Weible Heister '88, he "went back to school," earning
his teaching certification at Eastern College in Wayne, Pa.

Heister's approach to teaching biology begins with "caring
about kids and being able to talk with them." His role is that
of advocate, not judge; trying always to be honest and fair.
From his teacher/father, Heister learned "how to get kids
involved in science by making it 'real' through community
involvement." Heister's students experience the exciting
diversity of applied biology through water-quality studies in
Lebanon County streams; annual "clean-ups" on Earth Day;
field trips to salt-marsh study sites in Lewes, Del.; canoe
trips on the Delaware River; and summer internships involv-
ing brain research at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey
Medical Center.

Heister stresses the importance of imbuing students with
the value of the work ethic and of "learning how to learn" by
asking cutting-edge questions, by reading diverse sources,
by learning how to study effectively, by learning to think
creatively and to write scientifically. He encourages students
to look beyond the details to the whole underlying process.

Nancy Kettering Frye '80 is a Lebanon-based freelance writer.

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F.nding his 33 year employment with the 1 .S.

Navy, Ronald D. Newmaster '67 is now the
director of the Defense Security Assistance
Development Center, an agency of the Office
of the Secretary of Defense, located in
Mechanicsburg, Pa.

Dennis A. Brown '68 is a staff attorney for
Carpenter Technology Corporation in
Wyomissing, Pa.

Capt. Michael D. Curley '68 presented
"Staying Alive in a Disabled Submarine" and
moderated a panel discussion on "The Future
of Submarine Survival, Escape and Rescue" at
the Naval Forces "Under the Sea Symposium"
at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis,
Md.,on March 27, 2001.

Masonic Homes in Elizabethtown, Pa., pro-
moted John R. McFadden '68 to director of
gift planning tor the east region.

On March 17, 2001, Marjorie Milier
NELSON '68 was named 2001 New
Hampshire String Teacher of the Year by the
New Hampshire chapter of the American
String Teachers Association.

MARY LaBella Fox '69 has an exciting new
career as a traveling nurse. She spent the sum-
mer at Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.

On May 30, 2001, James E. Kain '69

received the New Jersey Covernor's Award of
Arts Education.

DENNIS E. Patrick '69 is senior vice president
of the support services division of Fulton
Financial Advisors in Lancaster, Pa.

Rev. Charles J. DeBoeserJr. '69 is the

organist and director of music at Friedens
Lutheran Church in Bernville, Pa., where
he directs four choirs and oversees the
music program.

DEATHS

Douglas R. Miller '61 on April 26, 2001, in
Philadelphia, at the age of 65. He was a
retired guidance counselor from Manheim
(Pa.) Central High School.

MICHAEL W. Chabitnoy '63 on February 20,
2001, in Hershey, Pa., at the age of 61. He-
retired from the Lebanon (Pa.) School District
after 35 years of teaching music. Michael also
served 27 years as choir director at Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church in Lebanon.

Suzanne Kralise Mover '63 on June 10,
2001, in Devon, Pa., at the age of 59.
Suzanne was a medical editor for Bristol
Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Co. in
Princeton, N.J.

left to right: jorge lugo '02, dave
Polasky '02, Al Trone '01, Jay McGruder
'02 and Chris Zimmerman '02, members of
the Phi Lambda Sigma fraternity, pit hin
at Halloween in Annville. The brothers
volunteer annually ro help Prudential
Gacono Real Estate provide drinks and
snacks to kids out irkk-or-treating.

Walter S. Shakespeare '68 on March 27,
2001, in Macungie, Pa., at the age of 75. A
decorated World War II veteran, Walter was a
former administrator for the Harrisburg (Pa.)
Hospital.

70s

NEWS

A member of the faculty at the San Diego
State University School of Social Work, Dr.
TERRY E. CARRILIO 71 is currently doing a
statewide evaluation of a family support initia-
tive in 17 sites throughout California.

Volunteer P. THEODORE LVEER '71 is a
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection representative on the state's
Watershed Monitoring Steering Committee.

David E. MILLER '71 is the director of devel-
opment and alumni relations at Pennsylvania
State University-Abington.

Jane C. Snyder, Ph.D., 71 is the dean of

academic affairs at Boston Graduate School of
Psychoanalysis.

Richard B. Thompson 71 is associate direc-
tor for security for the LI.S. Department of
Transportation in Washington, D.C. His wife,
Linda Witmer Thompson 73, is director of
the computer lab at Green Valley F.lementary
School in Moravia, Md.

RICHARD B. Zentmeyer 71 is an information
engineer for the Defense Logistics Agency in
New Cumberland, Pa. Rick is also the organ-
ist at Faith United Church of Christ in
Grantville.

Gl>Y F. BAKER 72 is senior financial analyst
for Westinghouse at their Savannah River site
in Aiken, S.C.

J. Pi NN BOWDITCH 72 teaches A.P American
history and is the coach of the varsity girls
lacrosse team at Randolph (N.J.) High

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Executive vice president of Fulton Financial
Corporation in Lancaster, Pa.. David C.
HOSTELLER 72 is a volunteer member of the
board of directors for Hospice of l^incaster
County. David also serves as director of the
South Central Pennsylvania Housing
Development Foundation, chair of the
Lancaster Count)' Advisor,' Council for the
Pennsylvania Council on Economic
Education, corporate campaign volunteer tor
the Fulton Opera House and fundraising
chair for the Hemptield Education
Foundation.

Dr. Charles E. Musser 72 presented a
paper on "Developmentally Appropriate-
Assessment at the International School
Psychology Conference held recently in
Dundee. Scotland. Charles also caught rwo
salmon on the River Tweed, which he consid-
ers the greater accomplishment.

Author WENDY Uhler Ulmer '~2 spent time
recently at her old elementary school in
Lebanon, Pa., visiting students and talking
about A Campfire for Cowboy Billy, a children's
book she has written.

DONALD B. Fr-WTZ 73 is general manager of
the current Broadway musical A Class Act and
the upcoming new musical. Summer of '42,

Kenneth R. Gilberg, Esq., 73 is president

of the Golden Slipper Club and Charities, an
organization that sen ices the greater
Philadelphia area's youth, needy and elderly.

Roberta L. Greening 73 has her own public
relations consulting business. Summit
Communications, in New Jersey. 1 he firm
represents companies engaged in international
cargo transportations and logistics. In addi-
tion, Roberta is the president of Bergen Poets,
one of the oldest poetry organizations in
New Jersey.

Vocal music teacher DEBORAH SlIIMR
MOORE 73 was voted Teacher of the Year by
her peers at Morgan Elementary School in
Hamilton. N.J.

Dr. Robert Bohlander 74 is a professor of

psychology at Wilkes University in Wilkes
Parte. Pa.

Karen Tabor Crawford 74 is a first-grade

teachei in the Central Dauphin School
District in Harrisburg, Pa.

I'm i Wind r 2001

19

CLASS NEWS cy NOTES

Lucinda Burger Knauer 74 is the director
of children and youth choirs at St. John's
United Church of Christ in Kutztown, Pa.

JEAN HOLBROOK KNUDSON 74 is director of
sales for Verizon in Irving, Texas. Her hus-
band, Howard E. Knudson 74, is senior
project manager for Verizon at the Dallas-Fort
Worth Airport.

Lieutenant Colonel RONALD E. MARTIN-
MlNNICH 74 is a chaplain in the Maryland
Army National Guard serving the 29th
Intantry Division (Light) Support Command.
Ronald is the director of the Freestate
Challenge Academy located at Aberdeen
Proving Ground. The Freestate Challenge is a
program for "at risk" youth from the state of
Maryland and the District of Columbia.

DONNA L. BELTZ 75 recently welcomed into
her family daughters Julianna, 7, and
Kimberlyn, 3, from China. Donna is a finan-
cial assistant for the Medical Society of
Delaware in Wilmington.

Michael A. Hardisky, Ph.D., 75 was named
the Kathryn and Bernard Hyland Biology
Chair at the University of Scranton (Pa.).
Michael is chair and professor of biology at
the university. He will serve as the Hyland
biology chair through 2003.

St. James' Episcopal Church in Collegeville,
Pa., commissioned a special anthem, "Great is
the Mystery," composed by JEFFREY S. Kern
75. The anthem was performed in December
2000, at the final event of the church's year-
long Tricentennial Celebration.

CHARLES B. Shl'PP 75 is operations manager
at LMA Consulting Group in Lancaster, Pa.,
where he focuses on managing operations and
informational systems, as well as business con-
sultations.

THOMAS R. Ward 75 is director of sales for
Elizabeth Imports, an importer of fine wines
from Italy and France.

The Washington State Chiropractic
Association (WSCA) recently honored Dr.
Kenneth B. Shotwell 76 with a
Chiropractic Pioneer Award presented at the
association's 10th annual conference in
February 2001.

NANETTE L. LaCorte 76 celebrated 25 years
as the music director of the Richard M.
Teitelman Junior High School in Cape May, N.J.

A clinical social worker at Allina Medical
Clinic in Cottage Grove, Minn., Dr.

Richard E. Close 78 received a doctor of

ministry degree in pasroral counseling from
Luther Seminary on May 27, 2001.

Dr. Marcia L. Moyer 78 is the reading
supervisor for the Wyomissing Area School
District in Wyomissing Hills, Pa.

Deborah Warner Papavizas 78 is organist
for the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in
Highland, Md.

During October and November of this year,
David H. RojAHN 78 performed at the Texas
Renaissance Faire in Houston, Texas, as magi-
cian Isaac Fawlkes. David appears as "Isaac"
over 30 weeks-a-vear at various Renaissance

Edward Tesnar '52

faires throughout the United States. He also
performs at over 50 colleges and comedy clubs
annually.

Edith Rice Shillitoe 78 directs the fourth-
to eighth-grade orchestra program in the
Chittenango Central School District in New
York. Edith is also an adjunct instructor in the
music department at Syracuse University.

L\WR£NCE SlLVERSTEIN 78 is consultant
librarian for Beaver County, Pa.

Dr. Meredith Young 78, a naturopath in
Milwaukee, Wis., is pursuing a degree in tra-
ditional Chinese medicine.

Mary G. Barton 79 teaches elementary
orchestra at the Los Angeles Unified School

District in California. Mary also plays Celtic
and folk music around the Los Angeles area.

Nina Lunde Hansen 79 and her husband,
Robbin, are proud parents of son Joseph
Christopher, who was 1 5 months old when he
arrived from Haiti.

Gregory A. Hilton 79 is a Unix systems
engineer for Computer Sciences Corporation
in Rocky Hill, Conn.

Timothy' D. Hogan 79 is music chair for

the South Country Central School District in
New York.

STEPHEN W Reisteter 79 is a frequendy fea-
tured clarinet soloist for the Allentown (Pa.)
Band. Steve is also known for his arrange-
ments and orchestrations that the band plays.
His composition, "Song for Gerry," was rec-
ognized by The Instrumentalist as "one of the
year's best new compositions;" and his works
have been performed by the Allentown
Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia
Orchestra and the U.S. Military Academy,
among othets.

Dr. David T Rossi 79 was recendy
appointed director of analytical research and
development at Pfizer in Ann Arbor, Mich.
David's new book, Mass Spectrometry in
Drug Discovery, was published by Marcel
Dekker, Inc.

Rev. Carrie Wardell Stine 79 and her hus-
band, Herbert, welcomed their fourth child,
Luke Benjamin Judah, on September 27,
2000. Carrie is the pastor of Arkport (N.Y.)
Presbyterian Church.

DEATHS

Robert Andrews 70 on May 22, 2001, at
52 years of age.

Robert C. Sherman 70 on January 29, 2001.

'80s

NEWS

June Collier Beyer '80 is pursuing a master's
degree in pastoral counseling at Wesley
Seminary' in Washington, D.C.

LORI MORGAN CELLUZZI '80 is a patent and
trademark paralegal with the law firm of
Sherman Shalloway in Alexandria, Va.

Diane Miller Scantzos '80 is a registered
nurse for the Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center.

ANN Calhoon WAGNER '80 is a forensic sci-
entist with the Pennsylvania State Police in
Harrisburg.

20

The Valley

CLASS NEWS & NOTES

TEAM PROFILE

IRISH TRAVELS

BY BARBARA WEST '98

While the Lebanon Valley
endured high humidity and
record-breaking tempera-
tures, the LVC men's basketball team
enjoyed a cooler, more comfortable
climate in the Emerald Isle. The team
returned in August from a nine-day
excursion to Ireland with their head
coach, Brad McAlester. This was the
second time that McAlester had led
a group abroad. Three years ago, the
team visited England and Scotland.

The team toured the country in a luxury coach accompanied
by their Irish tour guide Mary Phalen. The tour led them from
Cobh, the last port of call for the ill-fated Titanic and the
Lusitania and port of embarkation for two and a half million
emigrants between 1848 and 1950; to Blarney Castle to kiss
the world-famous Blarney Stone; through the scenic Ring of
Kerry; and to Dublin's Trinity College (founded in 1592 by
Queen Elizabeth I) to see the Book of Kells.

Three basketball games, or matches as the Irish say, were also
on the itinerary during their visits to Limerick, Dublin and
Waterford. In each town, their Irish hosts extended a warm
welcome to the team and followers. In Waterford, where a
local radio station announced the contest earlier in the day, a
fair number of curious spectators turned out to watch LVC
play Waterford Crystal. Although the match attracted a mod-
erately sized crowd, basketball is not typically a popular Irish
spectator sport. The Irish prefer hurling, soccer or Celtic foot-
ball, McAlester noted.

There are no collegiate basketball teams in Ireland. Irish teams
are owned and sponsored by local communities and busi-
nesses. LVC players were surprised to learn that at least two of
the Limerick players, sponsored by the local Burger King, orig-
inally hailed from the United States.

"There was one from Kansas and another from New York
City," Jeff Kline '04, one of the LVC players, confirmed.

lvc men's basketball head coach
Brad McAlester (far left, green
shirt) vcith his team and guests.

photo courtesy of barbara <0cest

"Everyone was very friendly. During
a game, one of the players knocked
me down and then asked me if I
was all right."

Although LVC successfully defeated
only one of the Irish teams during

their stay, the coach was not overly concerned about

their reputation.

"The games were all secondary," McAlester explained.
"Traveling as a group inspires unity as a team. In addition, this
is a young team from a basketball standpoint. These games
gave us a chance to play together and offered some insight as
to how we perform as a team."

Following each game, the team was invited to socialize with
the home team.

The LVC travelers also discovered why Ireland is known as the
land of "forty shades of green." It rained nearly everyday.
However, rain showers could not detract from the beauty of
the lush Irish landscape — homeland of literary geniuses
Joyce, Beckett and Shaw.

McAlester said he is already looking forward to the next trip in
three years. "Under NCAA guidelines, we can go abroad once
every three years," he said. "That gives our students an oppor-
tunity to experience at least one trip abroad while they are at
the Valley."

It was the second overseas trip for former LVC player Ron
Knerr '01, who accompanied the group that also included
coaches, parents, family and friends of the team.

"We invite graduating seniors, parents and others to travel
with us," McAlester added. "We travel in a big coach. The
more the merrier!"

Barbara West '98 has worked in the LVC Chemistry Department sin ^ i l°°o
She is a freelance writer and photographer for the Lebanon Daily '

editor's note: portions of this article appeared in the Lebasos Daily News on

monday, august 20. 2001, p. 3a

Fall/ Winter 2001

21

CLASS NEWS & NOTES

BONITA S. BOMGARDNER '81 is a technical
writer for D&E Networks, Inc., in Ephrata, Pa.

Steven R. Miller, Esq., '81 received a mas-
ter's degree in informational technology from
the Northwestern University School of
Engineering & Applied Science in Evanston,
111. Steve was recendy appointed as a lecturer-
in-residence at the Northwestern School ot
Law in Chicago.

KATHLEEN M. PlCCIANO '81 is a veterinarian
for the Delaware Racing Commission.

JOHN P. SHOTT '81 is president of the
Lebanon (Pa.) School District Board of
Directots, where he has served since 1989.
John is also the president of the Cedar
Foundation, the education foundation of the
Lebanon School District.

LEWIS R. Mauer '82 is library systems account
manager for Gaylord Information Services, an
automation equipment, supplies and services
company with headquartets in Syracuse, N.Y.

DAVID E. RAMAGE '82, coordinator of tech-
nology staff development for the Souderton
(Pa.) Area School District, is pursuing a doc-
toral degree in educational leadership and
technology education at Drexel LIniversity in
Philadelphia.

Sandra Hetrick Smith '82 is a human
resource specialist/corporate recruiter for
Community Services Group in Lancaster, Pa.

Linda J. Evans '83 is the director of shared
technology services for Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals, a division of American
Home Products, located in Radnor, Pa.

Dr. Clifford L. Leaman '83 is associate pro-
fessor of saxophone in the School of Music at
the University of South Carolina in Columbia.

DANIEL K MILLS '83, who recently completed
his Pennsylvania Administtation Certification,
is the academic dean at Interboro High School
in Prospect Park, Pa. He also serves as the var-
sity football team's head line coach.

Recently awarded tenure, Dr. Jeffrey S.
RlEHL '83 was promoted to associate professor
of music and director of choral activities at the
University of Richmond in Virginia. In June
2001, Jeff performed as a member of the
Carolina Chamber Chorale at the Spoleto
U.S.A. Festival held in Charleston, S.C.

Sharon Ford Wilson '83 received a master's
degree in English from Millersville (Pa.)
University. Her thesis was tided, "A Look in
the Dramatic Mirror: The Feminine Aesthetic
in Contemporary English Language Drama."

James L. Campbell '84 is
a sales supervisor for
Stroehmann Maier's
Bakery located near
Middlesex, N.J.

Rev. David M. Frye '84
received a mastet's degree
in journalism and mass
communications from the
University of Nebraska-
Lincoln in December

2000. He is the director of communications
for the Martin Luther Home Society, Inc.,
in Lincoln.

Science writer for the Richmond (Va..) Times-
Dispatch, AMY J. HOSTETLER '84 has been
elected to the board of directors for the
National Association of Science Writers.

Thomas M. Kane '84 is principal of the
Robert R. Lazar Middle School in
Montville, N.J.

BRYAN G. Rowe '84 is a math teacher for the
Howard County (Md.) Department of
Education.

MARY SECOTT Sanden '84 and her husband,
Jeffrey, welcomed their third child, Carissa, in
December 2000.

In addition to teaching one-year-olds at the
Brookside School in Sea Girt, N.J., LORl M.
Yanci '84 volunteers at the Tech Connection,
a computer center for people with disabilities,
in Shrewsbury, N.J. Other volunteer activities
include the Pre- Vocational Club and ABC
KidsChildrens Specialized Hospital in Toms
River, assisting the recreational therapist with
activities during evening recreation.

Allison Schiller Crelin '85 is sales consult-
ant and creative consultant for North Central
Jersey Printing in Morristown, N.J.

BROOKE Wise Koons '85 is a member of the
faculty at the Fairfax County (Va.) School of
Nursing.

Kristine Barbatschi SHIREY '85 is a salesper-
son for ReMax Real Estate LTD in Toms
River, N.J. Her husband, CHARLES T. Shirey
'86, is the owner of C.T. Shirey Contracting
in Pine Beach, N.J.

Aline Rogers Struphar '85 is a CATV sales

controller forTVC Communications in
Annville, Pa.

John A. TAORMINA '85 is supply chain/logis-
tics manager for Exxon Mobil Corporation
near his home in Manassas, Va.

1900 AND 1905 CLASS REUNIONS,
DATE UNKNOWN, D/C ARCHIVES

ERJK L. ENTERS '86 is the head field hockey
and lacrosse coach at Upper Merion High
School in King of Prussia, Pa., where he is
chair of the guidance department.

On February 3, 2001, KEITH A. Hurst '86
and Rachel Manreal were married. Keith is an
actuary/programmer for Andesa TPA in
Allentown, Pa.

Rev. Tracy Wenger Sadd '86 is the chaplain
at Elizabethtown (Pa.) College.

Nominated as a 2001 Disney Teacher of the
Year, Kevin L. BlDDLE '87 is a social studies
and communications art teacher at
Elizabethtown (Pa.) Middle School. Active in
the Annville, Pa., community, he is co-
founder of the Annville Community Theater,
where he recently porttayed Horace
Vandergelder in the theater's production of
Hello, Dolly. Kevin is also the ditector of
music ministry at Christ United Church of
Christ in Annville.

GILBERT C. Eng '87 and his wife, Kim, wel-
comed their second child, Victoria, on
February 26, 2001. Gilbert is a domain man-
ager at Logicon, a Northrop Grumman
Company, in Arlington, Va.

Christtne Webster Hostetler '87 is an

HR1S analyst for Hershey Foods Corporation
in Hershey, Pa. Her husband, DONALD W
HOSTETLER Jr. '88, is a senior business analyst
for Benova, Inc., in Camp Hill.

James W. Reilly '87 received a master's degree
in education from Neumann College in
Aston, Pa. Jim is the varsity football coach at
Springfield (Pa.) High School.

ROBERT C. Rogers '87 is an account manager
for TVC Communications in Houston, Texas.

JOANNE Saltzer GRIER '88 is a Medicare hear-
ing officer for Highmark, Inc., in Camp Hill, Pa.

Rebecca R. Long, M.D., '88 has opened up a
family practice. Agape Family Medicine,
which includes prenatal care and obstetrics, in
Lebanon, Pa.

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miitiuim

CLASS NEWS - NOTES

JEANE WEIDNER Serrian '88 is a math teacher
at Twin Valley High School in Elverson, Pa.

STEVEN J. SMITH '88 is manager of sales and
services for Swisscargo at Newark
International Airport in New Jersey.

Christina E. Weber '88 was promoted to
program specialist with the Department of
Public Welfare, Office of Children and Youth,
in Harrisburg, Pa.

Amy K. Evans '89 is a management consult-
ant for Superior Consultant Holdings
Corporation, a nationwide healthcare firm.

On June 16, 2001, Maria Claudia
FAZZOLARI '89 and Robert Douglas Hamilton
were married at St. Joan of Arc Catholic
Church in Hershey, Pa. Maria is a corporate
industrial engineering manager at B. Braun
Medical Inc. in Allentown, Pa.

Rebecca C. Gasper '87 and Angel de Avila
Gallego were married on April 14, 2001, at
the Radnor United Methodist Church in
Rosemont, Pa. Becky and Angel will reside in
Gandia (Valencia), Spain.

On May 20, 2001, Dr. Tracy Shank '89
received a doctoral degree in educational
administration and policy studies from
Immaculata (Pa.) College.

'90s

NEWS

Candace Wheedleton Allebach '90 is a
music teacher in Dorchester County, Md.

Recently promored to advertising sales manag-
er of the Shippensburg (Pa.) Sentinel SCOTT A.
BaRLUP '90 is pursuing an elementarv educa-
tion teaching certificate at Wilson College in
Chambersburg.

D. SCOTT CAREY '90 and his wife, Eileen, wel-
comed their first child, Rvan, on March 15,
2001. Scott is an area manager for U.S.
Healthworks in Piscataway, N.J.

N. THOMAS CRAVER '90 is an analyst for
Towers Perrin in Philadelphia.

An honors English teacher at Egg Harbor
(N.J.) Township High School, MATTHEW' S.
GUENTHER '90 received the school's 2001
Teacher of the Year award. Enrolled in the
holocaust and genocide studies master's pro-
gram at Richard Stockton College of New
Jersey, Mark also teaches a new course,
"Holocaust, Genocide, & Crimes Against
Humanity," at Egg Harbor.

Jessie Robertson '43, cellist

Laura Bajrd Henczel '90 is a teacher in the
Selma City Schools in Selma, Ala.

DAVID J. SCHELL '90 is the owner of Schells
Web Design based in Mounr Joy, Pa.

Dr. Melanie Fleek Sherman '90 and her

husband, ROBERT G. SHERMAN '90, welcomed
their first child, Bennett Robert, in May
2000.

LISA BlEHL WEIDEMOYER '90 is an elementary
teacher in the Brandywine Heights Area
School District located in Topton. Pa.

BRENDA BOTTIGLIER '91 is a social
worker/therapist for George Junior Republic
Preventative Aftercare, Inc., of York, Pa.
Brenda received a master's degree in social
work from Temple University in Philadelphia.

ANN M. DEITRICH '91 is an account clerk for
( Iredit Plus Solutions Group in Harrisburg, Pa.

CAROL SWAVELY DERHAM '91 is the supervisor
of student teachers while pursuing a doctotate
in education at Lehigh University in
Bethlehem, Pa.

Brian A. Hand '91 and Rebecca Dl can-
Hand '92 welcomed their first child, Brian
Andrew, on December 8, 2000. Brian is direc-
tor of supply chain management tor Cingular
Wireless in Memphis, Tenn. Rebecca is a full-
time mother.

Sean P. Phenicie '91 is a director with the
National Small Business Council located in
Columbia, Md.

Rebecca Snyder Richards '91 and her hus-
band, John, welcomed a son, Nicholas John,
on December 19, 2000. Rebecca is the special
events/program coordinator lor the Berks
County Parks and Recreation Department in
Wyomissine, Pa.

Fulton Bank of Lancaster, Pa., promoted
JOSEPH F. Rilatt '91 to senior vice president/
regional manager of commercial services.

James J. Ruddy III '91 is a sales executive
with UUNet, a Worldcom Company, in
Ashburn, Va. His wife, PAMELA MERTHER
RUDDY '92. is a tull-time homemaker.

Suzanne W~or< ester Skills '91 is .,
registered nurse/medical auditor for -
Managemenr Services in Lancaster, Pa.

Joseph T. Souders '91 and his wife, Shelly,
welcomed their first child, Jacob Steven, on
May 3, 2001.

CYNTHIA L. SlTNE '91 and her husband, Rick,
welcomed their third child, Jacob Richard, on
August 24, 2000.

DEBRA L. STOUDT '91 is a fourth- and fifth-
grade French teacher at Pineview Elementarv
School and Saluda River Academy for the
Fine Arts in West Columbia. S.( '..

David P. Stover '91 and his wife, Tracey
Smi i ii Stover '91. welcomed a son. N >aJi
David, on March 7, 2001.

Andrew S. WaNGMAN '91 is an inside sale
representative for Cadillac Plastics in
Middletown, Pa., and is responsible tor
Cadillacs Maryland, Delaware and D.C.
territory.

Danielle L. Bowan '92 and Alexsander Saar

were married on October 7, 2000. at the Firsr
Baptist Church of Bridgeton. N.J.

On November 13, 2000. Allison [ngalLS
GLADDEN '92 and her husband, Greg, wel-
comed a son. Dalron Drew. Recently Allison
received a master's degree in education from
Western Maryland College.

Elfinwild Presbyterian Church in Gli
Pa., was the location ot the May 19. 2001,
wedding of Brian A. Henry '92 and Susan
Carettie. Brian is a graphic designer at Dick's
Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh. Pa.

KENNI III H. JONES Jr. '92 and Linda Maikis
were married on April 28, 2001, in
Harrisburg. Pa.

ERIKA All EN JUCEWICZ '92 is a teacher in the
Souderton School District in Harleysville, Pa.
Erika and her husband. Tom, own a private
gymnastics club

CYNTHIA Schul Lance '92 and her husband.
William, welcomed a daughter. Bethany
Anne, on January 29, 1999, and a son,
Bennett Andrew, on March 27, 2001.

I WlNTI K 2001

CLASS NEWS C NOTES

MUSIC PROFILE

Choir members performing in Italy;
photo courtesy of dr. dale erskzne,
LVC Professor of Biology

COLLEGE CHOIR
TOURS ITALY

A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE, BY MARIE BONGIOVANNI

Tt is one thing to appreciate
Renaissance or Baroque music
-— - in Lutz or Zimmerman Recital
Hall, but imagine what it is like to
perform motets and madrigals in
their original settings. Participants in
a Lebanon Valley College choir tour
of Italy enjoyed this experience more
than once in May 2001.

The 10-day tour, including formal
performances in Rome, Florence and
Venice, featured African-American spiri-
tuals as well as music written centuries ago specifically for those cities, said
Dr. Mark Mecham, professor and chair of the Music Department. Under Mecham's
direction, 59 singers participated in three scheduled concerts and had an unex-
pected chance to sing in the Pantheon and perform privately in the Sistine Chapel.

"Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina [c. 1526-1594] was writing for the Sistine Chapel
choir, and we sang his Tu es Petrus in the Chapel," said Mecham. "To be trans-
ported back 500 years to where that piece was performed regularly and to hear
those musical lines and voices in that space is an ineffable experience."

Dr. Mary Lemons, associate professor of music, added, "We were in a circle when
we started singing; there was a huge resonance and the sound started moving
around the room. The sound went on and on in every corner. You had the sense
that anyone who had ever been in that room could hear that music and that it will
be there forever."

A few nights before the LVC choir arrived in Florence, I had heard rnusica barocca
filtering through the massive wooden doors of Chiesa S. Maria de'Ricci. But the
sounds were not brought to life until the evening I stepped inside the church to see
our students' faces and hear their voices lifted in song. Their response to
Mecham's graceful and dynamic direction filled the church with an energy and
presence that bridged continents and time.

The trip's highlights for Rebecca Grudzina '04, sophomore English major, includ-
ed singing in Chiesa di Sant'lgnazio in Rome. "Most of us had never seen an
incredible cathedral like that, let alone ever performed in one," she said. "The
building seemed like it had seen many, many choirs. It was so big that it made us
feel like we are very small, but in the great chain of things we are actually part of
something."

Marie Bi iate professor of English at

lvc and chair of the e

Partner and senior vice president of Shea
Communications, Inc., a public relations and
advertising agency located in New York City,
Philip J. Nourie '92 is responsible for new
business development and corporate branding,
financing and investor relations. In his spare
time, Phil enjoys acting. He appeared in the
September 2000 movie Whipped, and plays
blues trumpet with a few bands in the city.

Dr. John P. PEROZICH '92 is an assistant pro-
fessor of biology at Franciscan Univetsity in
Steubenville, Ohio.

ALYSON NEISWENDER Reilly '92 teaches
English to Speakers of Other Languages
(ESOL) to kindergarten through fifth graders,
focusing on refugee and immigration educa-
tion, in the DeKalb County Schools of metro
Atlanta, Ga.

YVETTE CHAPPELL SANDERS '92 and her hus-
band, Allen, welcomed theit second daughter,
Lauren Elizabeth, on May 8, 2001.

On May 5, 2001, KEITH K. SCHLEICHER '92

and Robbi Ann Goodloe were married at St.
Luke Lutheran Church in Richmond, Va.
Keith is a statistical manager for Capital One
Financial Corporation.

Sarah Thompson Smith '92 is a substitute

teacher for the Detry Township and Central
Dauphin School Distticts in Central
Pennsylvania.

SANDRA BaranOWSKI '93 is a kindergarten
teachet at Onaga Elementary School in Yucca
Valley, Calif.

On June 16, 2001, Wendy M. Burkert '93

and Sabin Neuheimer wete married in Ocho
Rios, Jamaica. Wendy is employed by
Piedmont Development Services in
Concord, N.C.

John J. DiGilio, M.L.I.S., J.D., '93 is the

legal and business research librarian/instructor
for Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, LLP, in
Pittsburgh, Pa. Voted "Librarian of the Year"
by the Pittsburgh chapter of the Special
Libraries Association (SLA) and the Western
Pennsylvania Law Libraries Association, John
is the chait of mentoring and diversity for the
legal division of the SLA and president-elect
of its Pittsburgh chapter.

MICHAEL L. Gensler '93 is a production clerk
with Power Logistics in Palmyra, Pa.

Christopher S. Long '93 is a middle school

language arts teacher in the Hatboro-
Horsham (Pa.) School District.

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PHYSICS PROFILE

A "PHYSICS STATE" OF TEACHING

BY BRADEN SNYDER '00

front (left to right): dr. michael day, blll smith '96, doug
Zook '92, Kelly Light (Triest) '99 and Dr. Scott Walck; back
(left to right): Dr. Barry Hurst, David Todd '97, Eric
Wilson '95 and Bryan Rehm '98. Day, Hurst and Walck are
faculty members in the LVC Physics Department; the alumni
above are all physics teachers in Pennsylvania.

For recent Lebanon Valley College physics graduates
who are teachers, there really is no place like home.
Over the past 10 years, 12 physics graduates have
gone on to become teachers, and all but one have stayed in
Pennsylvania. The teachers' close proximity to their Alma
Mater has allowed for frequent interaction with their former
professors.

"This may be something quite unique about our program,"
said Dr. Michael Day, professor and chair of the LVC Physics
Department. "Lebanon Valley is a small and personal com-
munity with close interactions between students and faculty
which promote friendships that extend beyond graduation.
So, for many of our alumni who are teachers in the region,
there has been an opportunity for some really interesting
things to develop as we have continued to work together."

These alumni continue to work with the department in a
variety of ways. For the past three summers, LVC has held a
one-day workshop for physics teachers, which has been well
attended by several LVC alumni. Two of these teachers also
played a central role when author and scholar Dr. Mary
Palevsky visited the Valley this past February. David Todd
'97, physics teacher at East Pennsboro High School, and
Kelly Light (Triest) '99, physics teacher at Pine Grove High
School, arranged for several of their students to read

Palevsky's recent book on the role of physicists in the devel-
opment of the atomic bomb. The teachers and their students
then had dinner with Palevsky and participated in a discus-
sion with the author along with several LVC students.

On a more personal level. Dr. Day recently embarked on a
research project with Todd, who is completing his master's
degree in science education at LVC. Starting this past sum-
mer, Dr. Day and Todd began working with the I. I. Rabi
Papers at the Library of Congress focusing on Rabi's views
on the nature of science. Rabi was winner of the 1944 Nobel
Prize in Physics.

Perhaps the most interesting fact about these teachers is
their number. Twelve might not seem like a large number,
but the fact that Lebanon Valley has produced that many
physics teachers in such a short time is astonishing, consid-
ering the national average for physics graduates. Just one of
every 310 college graduates in the United States is a physics
major, and just a fraction of those graduates become teach-
ers. However, the current LVC physics faculty isn't about to
take full credit for this phenomenon.

"There has been a tradition of excellence in physics teaching
and the training of teachers at Lebanon Valley," acknowl-
edged Dr. Day. "We are just pleased that we have been able
to help continue that tradition."

Braden Snyder '00 is a freelance writer and an athletic communications assistant at Blcknell University.

Fall/Winter 2001

CLASS NEWS a NOTES

TRICIA M. MUMMERT '93 is assistant con-
troller for Integrated Health Services in
Sparks, Md.

On September 30, 2000, MaLISSA M. Noll
'93 and Kenneth G. Weikel were married at
Lincoln Park Community United Methodist
Church in Reading, Pa.

COLETTE Shatto '93 is a federal social securi-
ty employee in Sykesville, Md.

Jill C. Thompson '93 is employed in the
human resource/accounts payable department
of Alpha Industries, Inc., in McKinney, Texas.

Ronald A. Flowers '94 is the director of

safety and risk management for Masterbrand
Cabinets Inc. in Jasper, Ind.

Cathi Bashore Gable '94 is an accounting
assistant for Fleetwood Homes in
Elizabethtown, Pa.

Christine Berry Gartner '94 and her
husband, David V. Gartner '94, welcomed

daughter Marcelia Elizabeth on November 3,
2000.

Wig and Buckle Society, date unknown,
D/C Archives

JOHN A. HARPER '94 is the recreation director
for the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in
Orlando, Fla.

Beth Hoffman Hartman '94 is a third-grade
teachet at Lebanon (Pa.) Catholic School.

KRISTIN A. SAGUN '94 is student affairs spe-
cialist fot the Mont Alto campus of Penn State

I Diversity.

Teresa M. Scianna '94 is a family services
counselor for SCI Berks County Memorial
Gardens in Fleetwood, Pa.

Rebecca Blessing Smith '94 and her hus-
band, Chad, welcomed son Caleb Nicholas on
April 29, 2001.

Chemist TIMOTHY A. Bean '95 is currently
working on post-harvest produce treatments
for Agrofresh, Inc., a company owned by
Rohm & Haas, in Spring House, Pa.

Karen Kessler Berkheimer '95 is operations
manager of the family services division of
Mental Health Systems, Inc., in San Diego, Calif

On June 30, 2001 , Celia C. Billman '95 and
the Rev. A.J. Domines were married. Celia is
an associate in ministry at the Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church in Greensburg, Pa.

Robert R. Finger, Ph.D., M'95 is vice presi-
dent of marketing lor Success Performance
Solutions in Leola, Pa.

Mark L. Flamisch '95 is an eighth-grade
mathematics teacher in the Kutztown (Pa.)
School District.

TRACY L. Fornwalt '95 is plant manager for
Kellogg Company in Worthington, Ohio.

Lisa Hollowbush Litzenberger '95 is
attending the Widener Llniversiry School of
Law in Harrisburg, Pa.

GREGORY P. LlEBERMAN '95 is branch manager
of the Camp Hill, Pa., office of Citifinancial.

DANIEL R. NEYER '95 is a trace evidence ana-
lyst for the Pennsylvania State Police in theit
Bethlehem Regional Labotatory. His wife,
Mary Bullock Neyer '97, is a sixth-grade
math and science teacher in the Southern
Lehigh School District in Center Valley, Pa.

After receiving a doctor of medicine degree
from the University or Man-land School of
Medicine, Dr. Kevin J. POOLE '95 began his
family medicine residency at York (Pa.)
Hospital.

Nancy L. Arnold '96 and Lew Ludwig were
married May 19, 2001, at St. Cecilia Catholic
Chutch in Lebanon, Pa. Nancy is a public
relations specialist for the Pennsylvania
Chemical Industry Council.

Matthew R. Bender '96 and Jennifer L.
HOTZMAN '96 were married on July 8, 2000,
in LVC's Miller Chapel. Matt is a social stud-
ies teacher and assistant football coach at
Wilson High School in West Lawn, Pa.
Jennifer is account coordinator for Jetson
Direct Mail Services, Inc., in Hamburg, Pa.

On October 14, 2000, Beth Ann Berkhelmer
'96 and Lee M. Mescolotto were married in
Adamsville (Pa.) United Methodist Church.

Karen Paul BlEN '96 is a product manager
for Siemens Medical Systems in Malvern, Pa.

Allison G. Brandt '96 is an executive assis-
tant for the Palm Springs (Calif.) Riviera
Resort and Racquet Club.

REBECCA M. ClTUK '96 is a sixth-grade math
and science teacher in the Portsmouth (R.I.)
School District.

SPENCER J. DECH '96 is a research assistant in
the Ohio State College of Pharmacy in
Columbus.

Cameron L. Ferdinand '96 is a human

resource consultant for PPL Generation, LLC,
in Lancaster, Pa.

Kenneth L. Gibson '96 is the band director
for Pine Grove (Pa.) High School.

A consultant with William M. Mercer,
Incorporated, in Washington, D.C., MELISSA
Howard Jimeno '96 is an M.B.A. student at
the University of Maryland, College Park.

EMEDIO V MARCHOZZI '96 and Dawn
Candisky were married on February 3, 2001 , at
St. Peters Lutheran Church in Reiglesville, Pa.

JUSTIN M. MOTZ '96 is a sergeant in the U.S.
Army.

Elizabeth A. Palmer '96 was elected to the

board of directors of the Lancaster (Pa.)
Osteopathic Health Foundation. Elizabeth is a
cettified public accountant lor Dorwart,
Andrew & Co. in Lancaster.

BRENT M. RAMSEY' '96 is an environmental
scientist for Gannett Fleming in
Chambersburg, Pa.

SHAWN M. RAUCHUT '96 is director of finan-
cial services forTVC, Inc., in Annville, Pa.

Paul E. Richardson '96 is pursuing a doctor-
al degree in biochemisrry and molecular
genetics at the Llniversiry of Alabama in
Birmingham.

Jennifer S. Stites '96 will receive her school
psychologist cettification in December 2001,
after her internship in the Easton (Pa.) Area
School District is completed.

Brian T. Sto\TR '96 is the presidenr of
Procinct, Inc., in Chicago, 111.

Elizabeth R. Tinsley '96 is a financial aid

counselor at Liberty University in Lynchburg,
Va.

A finalist fot Virginia's REB Award for Teacher
Excellence, fifth-grade teacher Laura M.
Tolbert '96 was chosen Chesterfield County
(Va.) Public School's 2001 Teacher of the Year.
Laura also received Chesterfield's Award tor
Initiative in Teaching, teceiving a S4.500 grant
to implement a theater program for at-risk
fifth graders at the school where she teaches.

Jason J. ZlTTER '96 is the assistant golf course
superintendent at the Fairview Golf Course in

Lebanon, Pa.

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Patricia Ritchie Bender '97 is a
realtor with Century 21 Heeht
ReaJry in Terrell, N.C.

Allyson Schneider Blanford '97

is a fifth-grade teacher at Hillside
Elementary School in Mount Laurel
Township, N.J. Her husband,
Brian P. Bianford '97 is a fourth-
grade teacher in the Bridgewater-Raritan
School District, also located in New Jersey.

Jasmine Ammons Bucher '97 and her hus-
band, Mark, welcomed a son, Aaron, on
October 5, 2000. Jasmine is the communica-
tions assistant in College Relations at LVC.
She will be working closely with the College's
Great Expectations campaign.

The Miss Easley Award, South Carolina's
2001 Woman of Achievement, was presented
to Tenneil L. Daniels '97. The contestants
of the Miss America Pageants, including the
Miss South Carolina pageant, choose the
award tecipients by selecting women ot high
personal achievement (including career and
community involvement) from around the
nation to serve as role models tor voung women.

A senior buyer for Alcoa, Inc., in Lebanon,
Pa., Holly Landis Ford '97 received a mas-
ter's degree in business administration from
Johnson cv Wales University of Providence,
R.I., in August 2000.

Pllll I IP A. Gl ITY '97 is the operations man-
ager for Exel Logistics Inc. in Middletown, Pa.
I lis wife, Emily Jones Getty '98, is a high

school biology teacher in the Derry Township
School District in Hershev.

GREGORY J. Glembocki '97 is sales manager/
engineer at Paragon Optical Co. Inc. in
Reading, Pa.

Michael D. Groff '97 is the regional

service director for Chapman Ford in Fast
Petersburg. Pa.

Kristi Ames Hawkins '97 teaches English as a
second language in the Central Dauphin
School District in Il.imsburg, Pa.

Drummer Daniel P. Henderson '97 is a
member of Mr. Downstairs, a band that per-
forms in the Northeastern underground scene.

Glenn M. Hoac '97 is the facility manager of
Covanta Energy in Tampa, Fla.

ROBYN WELKER KECKLER '97 and her hus-
band, Joe, welcomed a daughter, Megan
Nicole, on September 2, 2000.

On October 7, 2000, Matthew S. Leonard
'97 and Kristin Seymor were married at the

software test engineer for Aether
Systems Inc. in Owings Mills, Md.,
and a graduate student at Towson State
University.

LVC FOOTBALL TEAM, CIRCA 1941, LVC Am HIVES

Montdale Country Club in Scranton, Pa.
Matthew is an EDI/EC analyst at Hershey
Foods Corporation and is pursuing a masters
degree at Pennsylvania State L'niversity.

SHELLY M. Levan '97 is a claims representative
for the Social Security Administration in
Lebanon, Pa.

Natalie Hope McDonald '97 is the associate

editor at North American Publishing
Company in Philadelphia. Natalie also free-
lances for Artis Spectrum, a New York City-
based art magazine, and illustrates "Browser,"
a cartoon strip for an Internet magazine.

On September 23. 2000, Elizabeth M.
Pond '97 and Pedro Colon were married at
Lehman Memorial United Methodist Church
in Hatboro, Pa. Elizabeth is a teacher's aide in

tin I p|X i I Hihlm S, huiil I >isti ui in MapK
Glen.

Christina A. Ranker '97 is an elementary
teacher in the Red Lion (Pa.) School District.

RACHEL L. Shaak '97 is a sixth-grade teacher
in the Governor Mifflin School District in
Shillington, Pa.

CORY J. SNOOK '97 is an attorney with Gates
& Associates, PC, in Lemoyne, Pa.

Thomas L. Trone Jr. '97 is a social studies
teacher and assistant football coach in the
Spring Grove (Pa.) School District. Tom is
pursuing a master's degree in administration at
Western Maryland College located in
Westminster.

Holly Stevens Waser '97 is senior technical

specialist for BioWhittaker, Inc., in
Walkersville, Md.

STACI KOWAICZYK WlSNlEWSKI '97 is a fifth-
grade teachei .11 \iin\ ilk I Pa. I EL mem 11 \
School. Her husband, Nathan A. Wisnii w ski
'97, is a senior chemist in the pharmaceutical
department at Lancaster Laboratories.

JESSLYN ObERHOLTZER B.MMER '98 and her
husband Jeffrey, welcomed a son. Ethan
Jeffrey, on Januarj 15, 2001

On May 19, 2001,ANTHONi R. BERNARDUCI
'98 and Ianya M. Dewey were married at
Grace Church in Elmira, N.V. Anthony is a

WlLLY M. Carmona '98 is the middle
school band director for the Dovet
(N.J.) Board of Education.

John M. Coles '98 received a juris
doctor degree ( magna cum laude) from The
Dickinson School of law of The Pennsylvania
State University in May 2001 .

Christopher D. Dean '98 is the traffic
coordinator for the Clipper Magazine 'in
Mountville, Pa.

Ricky J. Dillon '98 is a staff accountant in
Lititz, Pa., for Susquehanna Bancsharo. a
multi-state financial services holding
company.

MATTHEW C. ElCHA '98 is a senior health and
fitness specialist for Medifit Corporation in
Delta. Pa.

Angela Coval Godfrey '98 received a mas-
ter's of education degree in school counseling
from Millersville (Pa.) University in December
2000. Angela is a mobile therapist for
Northwestern Human Services in York, Pa.

DOUGLAS G. HaRING '98 is a self-employed
artist living in Hoboken, N.J.

On June 23. 2001, DEENA R. HlXON '98 and
Jeremy Aguiar were married in Iatamy, Pa.
Deena is an associate scientist at Medarex,
Inc., a biopharmaceutical company in
Annandale, N.J.

James P. Kelly '98 and L«m B. Graybl\l

'99 were married on October 21, 2000, in
New Park. Pa.

ANGIE L. KOONS '98 is program supervisor tor

Berkshire Farm Center cv Sen ices tor Youth
headquartered in Canaan, N.Y.

On December1), 2000. HEATHER M. KRAI SI
'98 and Daniel Strazisat were married .u St.
Catherine Laboure in Harrisburg. Pa. Heather
is employed by United C crebral Palsy in
Camp Hill, Pa.

Joyce Kauffman Martin '98 is the activity

assistant tor the Zerbe Sisters Nursing i "enter
in Narvon, Pa.

Roy Margous '98 is serving a one-yeai

internship with the state of Pennsylvania's new
program to recruit bachelor degree candidates
in any major for careers in information tech-
nology.

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CLASS NEWS S' NOTES

Newlyweds Douglas L. Weigle '99 and
March S. Tumpey '99 outside the Saint
Cyril & Methodius Church in
Bethlehem, Pa.

ELIZABETH M. MaSESSA '98 is a music teacher
for the Dover (N.J.) Board of Education.

Steven E. Perkins '98 is the manager of the
Your Place Restaurants located in Harrisburg
and Hershey, Pa.

Melissa-Ann Pero '98 is a twelfth-grade
English teacher at Bermudian Springs High
School in York Springs, Pa.

On April 29, 2000, Thea ROOMET '98 and
Chris Giaquinto were married at Upper
Octorara Presbyterian Church in Parkesburg,
Pa. Thea is an accounts representative at
Micro-Coax in Pottstown, Pa.

TRACEY A. Ross, CST, '98 received a master's
degree in education from Pennsylvania State
Universiry-Harrisburg.

DANIEL M. SiC-AFOOS '98 is a lab technician
for Merck & Co. in Danville, Pa.

An occupational therapist for Brick (N.J.)
School Systems, Wendy A. Warner '98 grad-
uated from Thomas Jefferson University in
Philadelphia with a master's degree in occupa-
tional therapy.

Jeremy- D. Wilson '98 and Rayna E. Schell
'99 were married on July 14, 2001, in Ivyland.
Pa. Jeremy graduated from the Pennsylvania
Rural Leadership Program (RULE), a two-year
intensive leadership program administered bv
Pennsylvania State University. He is a single
family-housing specialist with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development, in Harrisburg, Pa. Rayna is
employed by Rite Ad Corporate Headquarters
in Camp Hill, Pa.

Michael E. Bastian II '99 is the assistant
wholesale rate supervisor for Bastian Tire
Sales, Inc., in Williamsport, Pa.

LVC's Miller Chapel was the location for the
June 16, 2001, wedding of DANIEL J.
BRICKLEY '99 and GAIL E. GRAEFF '99. The
son of DONNA BRICKLEY, LVC's client services
coordinator, Daniel is assistant superintendent
of the Lebanon (Pa.) Country Club. Gail is a
third-grade teacher in the Eastern Lebanon
County School District.

BETH A. Curley '99 is an internal wholesaler
for Lincoln Financial Distributors in
Philadelphia.

On March 24, 2001, Cynthh A. Ensminger
'99 and Leigh ton J. Goshorn were married in
LVC's Miller Chapel. Cynthia is assistant
director of governmental affairs/lobbyist for
the Pennsylvania Retailers' Association.

KENNETH L. Eshleman M'99 is vice presi-
dent/relationship manager of Fulton Financial
Advisors in Lancaster, Pa.

Rebekah A. HENDRICKS '99 is an elementary
music teacher at the Lincoln-Edison Charter
School in York, Pa. Rebekah is also the direc-
tor of music at Yorkshire United Methodist
Church in York where she directs the chancel
and bell choirs.

Cheryl A. Lee '99 is a drug and alcohol
addictions counselor for the Good Samaritan
Hospital in Pottsville, Pa. Cheryl is also pursu-
ing a master's degree in social work at Temple
University.

DwiGHT A. LlCHTENWALNER '99 is a case
manager for foster children wirh the IMPACT
Project, Inc., in Emmaus, Pa.

DAWN LACEY McCABE '99 is a district account
manager for Hershey Foods Corporation in
Hershey, Pa.

MEGAN J. MILLER '99 is a fifth-grade teacher
in the Pine Grove (Pa.) Area School District.

After graduating from Air Force boot camp at
Lackland Ar Force Base in San Antonio,
Texas, LORI M. MOYER '99 now sings with the
Ar National Guard Band of the Mid-Atlantic
and is stationed in Middletown, Pa.

G. SCOTT MYERS '99 is a staff accountant for
Beard Miller Company, LLP, in York, Pa.

ANDREW J. PaNKO '99 played summer-league
ball with the NBA Chicago Bulls. He now
plays professionally in Europe.

RANDY PETERS M'99 is a research engineer for
Kraft Foods in Tarrytown, N.Y.

MISTY L. PlERSOL '99 is an account executive
in Harrisburg, Pa., for television station
WLYH-UPN 15.

M. JOSHUA SHELLENBERGER '99 is a third-year
medical srudent at Philadelphia (Pa.) College
of Osteopathic Medicine.

Angel Galloway Slabach '99 is the manager
of the Mechanicsburg, Pa., franchise of Color
Me Mine.

M\rcw S. Tumpey' '99 and Douglas L.
Weigle '99 were married on June 9, 2001.
Marcia is an analytical technical support QA
scientist for Pharmaceutical Sourcing Group
Americas (PSGA), a division of Johnson &
Johnson, in New Jersey. Douglas is a quality
control chemist for Wyeth-Ayerst, a division
of American Home Products, in Cherry
Hill, N.J.

WENDY D. UMBARGER '99 is a family service
coordinaror for Preslev Ridge Schools of West
Virginia.

An'GELO J. VlOUU '99 is a pharmaceutical sales
specialist for Abbott Laboratories in Marlton.
N.J. Angelo also volunteers as an assistant
instructor at Peak Wrestling Academy in
Newark.

AMANDA R. Wmifel '99 is a childcare director
for the YWCA of Lancaster (Pa.)

On April 21, 2001, Robert E. Wentzel '99
and Kimberly R. Ullmann were married at the
William A. Carpenter Chapel, Masonic
Homes, in Elizabethtown, Pa.

Susan Meyers Yeager '99 is an admission

representative tor the Schuylkill Institute of
Business and Technology in Pottsville, Pa.

ANITA M. YOUNG '99 works in the sales divi-
sion of ThereSense, a diabetes testing compa-
nv based in Alameda, Calif

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Sylyta D. Anderson M'OO is the WorkOne
Center manager for Ivy Tech State College in
Lafayette, Ind.

JOY B. BRADLEY '00 is a process analyst for
Pfizer Inc. located in Lititz, Pa.

MARY Br^NNON Boohar '00 and her hus-
band, Charles, welcomed their second daugh-
ter Abigail Elizabeth, on May 1, 2001. Both
Mary and Charles attended LVC in the late
1980s.

Erica L. Briber '00 teaches instrumental,
vocal and classroom music to kindergarten

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CLASS NEWS .' NOTE$

through eighth-grade students at Frenchtown
(N.J.) Elementary School.

Kristin M. Chandler '00 is a music teacher
at the M. Clifford Miller Middle School in
Kingston, N.Y.

On lulv 7, 2001, Nathaniel K. Davis '00
and Ann Marie MUSSER '00 were married at
Bailsman Memorial Church in Womelsdorf,
Pa. Both are employed by Chink Middle
School in Arizona — Nathaniel is a physical
education teacher and football coach and Ann
is a special education teacher.

Kristi Cavanaugh Doyle '00 is employed by
Dupont in Wilmington, Del.

KELLY ROTH ENCK '00 is a worship leader for
the New Song Community Church in
Annville, Pa.

Christopher J. Evans '00 is a high school
instrumental music teacher in the Line
Mountain School District in Herndon, Pa.

Ronald E. Fink '00 and Jodi A. Finkenbiner

were married on April 21, 2001, at Mary
Mother of The Church Parish in Mt. Joy, Pa.
Ronald, an inventory-control manager for
Kunzler & Co. in Lancaster, is pursuing a
master's degree in business administration
at LVC.

Voice teacher for the Cumberland Valley (Pa.)
School of Music, James W. Franklin '00 was
a patticipant in the school's November 2000
tribute to Aaron Copeland celebrating the
centennial of the composer's birth.

Heather M. Gateau '00, a graduate assistant
tot athletic bands, is enrolled in the master's
degree program in music education at Temple
University in Philadelphia. Pa.

David L. GEHMAN Jr. '00 is the financial con-
troller for Custer Homes, Inc., located in
Jonestown, Pa.

SERGE O. GrjGORYAN '00 manages the I 'pper
Dauphin County Mental Health/Mental
Retardation Crisis Intervention office in
Harrisburg, Pa.

STACY L. Helhowski '00 is a sixth-grade
teacher at William Beanes Elementary School
in Suitland, Md.

On May 19, 2001, MICHAEL B. HOWARD '00
and Emily M. Fager '00 were married in
Pittsburgh, Pa. Members of the wedding party
included Paul VOLBERG '98, Erin Paxson
Vol BERG '00 and SCOTT RaDCJ IhFF '00.

Scon Kingsbi R\ M'OO is rh pun hasing
engineer for the Harley Davidson Motor ( <>.
in Wauwarosa, Wis.

KlMBERLY A. KOL1BAB '00 is a recent graduate
of the U.S. Coast Guard Officer Candidate
School and is stationed at the Coast Guard
Activities Station in San Diego working in
surface operations.

MICHAEL R. LamaRCA '00 is a benefit analyst
for Conrad M. Siegel, Inc., in Harrisburg, Pa.

Fl-.l Liu 00 works for Scripps Research
Institute in La Jolla, Calif.

HOLLEY DOBSON McELLROY '00 is a sound
engineer at Creative Sound Studios located
near Allentown, Pa., where she is currently
working on two television shows and numer-
ous radio and TV commercials.

Donald N. Myers '00 is a staff accountant

with Crystal Springs Water Co. in
Lancaster, Pa.

On May ll), 2001, the wedding of ROBERT C.
NEWSWANGER '00 and Colleen M. Tempest
took place in LVC's Miller Chapel. Robert is a
mechanical engineer at Proctor & Gamble
Co. in Scranton, Pa.

W Mark PETERITAS '00 is a software engineer
for ST Micro Electronics in Lancaster, Pa.

KaTHRYN M. Pine '00 is an emotional support
teacher for the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate
Unit 13 in the Cornwall-Lebanon (Pa.)
School District.

Tara A. Ruhi. '00 is a teacher at the
Wordsworth Academy in Harrisburg, Pa.

STEPHEN M. Rosenfeld '00 is the convention
coordinator tor the International Society of
Poets. He is also a partner in Party Time DJs
& Entertainment Co.

AMANDA J. SEKER '00 and Douglas A. Johns
were married on April 28, 2001. at Fishing
Creek (Pa.) Salem United Methodist Church.
Amanda is the human resources and benefits rep-
resentative for Rite Aid Corp. in Camp Hill, Pa.

Lindsay A. Shattuck '00 is a middle school

band director at Manalapan-Englishtown
Regional School District (N.J.).

E. Anne W\ller '00 is a computer specialist
tor the Department of the Navy in
Mechanicsbufg, Pa.

Kate R. Wilson '00 was named Miss

Keystone, a precursor to the Miss
Pennsylvania and Miss America Scholarship
Pageants. Kate participated in the Miss
Keystone Scholarship Pageant at the Scottish

Former President Clyde A. Lynch, Walter
Esbenshade and Dr. Samuei Derickson in
Hi manities< enter, dati unknown, LVC
Ajtt hives

Rite Cathedral in Allentown in March and
went on to compete in the Miss Pennsylvania
Pageant in June.

Shannon L. Feather '01 is a system analyst
toi BAI S\ stems in \ irginu

TRENT A. Hollinger '01 is a graduate stu-
dent at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in
Baltimore, Md.

Mariah L. Kuratomi '01 is a seventh- and

eighth-grade learning support teacher in the
Cornwall-Lebanon (Pa.) School District.

Jessica A. Mitchell '01 is a lab technician for
Environmental Health Lab in Cromwell, Conn.

JENNIFER A. PeLLEGRINO '01 is a marketing
assistant tor First Industrial Realty Frust in
Denver, Colo.

Christopher M. Rankin '01 is enrolled in

the master of divinity program at I ancaster
(Pa.) Theological Seminary

Congratulations to all who participated in
last issue's "Can You Guess Who They Are?"
game. There were more than 20 responses
including a College trustee and a current fac-
ulty member. I hose answering correctly were:
Al Maree '79, Jane Snyder Stachow ,_l).
Bob Stachow '~cl. Eve Lindemuth Bodeux '87,
Debbie Lange , Robert Hogan 82,
I hcrcsa Campbell 88 and Wes Dellinger "8.

The correct answers (left to right beginning
on page 31): Dr. Bryan I. Heiirsey.
mathematical sciences, Gregory G. Statison '63,
vice president, enrollment and student
O. Kent Reed, associate pi
cation and head coach, trai It c field a
country; Dr. Leon F Markowicz. :•
business administration; Dr. Paul L. Wolf,
professor, biology; Dr. John D. Norton III.
professor, political science; Dr. John P. Kearney,
professor, English; and Dr. Donald F. Byrne
Jr., director. American studies and. professor,
religion and history.

Fall Winter 2001

CLASS NEWS & NOTES

CONTINUING EDUCATION PROFILE

Parallel Paths

BY CORY THORNTON '99

Christina Steinbacher '97, M'OO and Sandra Daylor
'94, M'02 have more than a few things in common.
Both graduated from Lebanon Valley College with a
bachelor of science in elementary education and, as current
and former students in LVC's Master of Science Education
program, they have entered the workforce as dedicated and
talented teachers. They both share a passion for travel and
learning experiences that expand their own understanding
of the world around them.

They also both happen to be Fulbright Scholars, who have
combined their desire to teach, learn and explore the world
into a professionally enhancing experience abroad.

Steinbacher and Daylor each traveled to Japan through the
Fulbright Program, studying the structure of Japanese ele-
mentary schools. Steinbacher has continued her journey
and taken the step abroad a second time, spending two
months in Malaysia.

"There are two things I am very passionate about," said
Steinbacher, who currently teaches at Union Canal
Elementary in Lebanon, Pa. "Teaching and traveling. I do not
have the money to just travel, and after a late night of
searching for programs that would allow me to combine the
two, I found the Fulbright Program.

"I was especially drawn to the cross-cultural aspect that
would allow me to reveal the greater world to myself and
ultimately to my students." The potential effects and influ-
ence of her experience were immediately demonstrated
when she returned home.

As part of the program, Fulbright Scholars compensate for
their expenses abroad by sharing their experience on the

Steinbacher (left) in Malaysia;
Daylor on campus prior to
teaching a class

home front in what is called a "Follow-on Plan." As part of
her plan, Steinbacher gave presentations and slide shows
about her visit to Japan.

Her first convert to the experience turned out to be Daylor
who, motivated by the chance to see educational systems
around the world, pursued her own Fulbright Award and
eventually a trip to Japan.

"It expanded my teaching by allowing me to serve as an
ambassador for the United States," said Daylor, a third
grade teacher at the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pa.
"Professionally it widened my perspective, and that per-
spective goes straight into my classroom."

Educational travel is certainly not new to these two scholars.
Steinbacher spent a semester during her junior year in
England as part of LVC's study abroad program. Daylor, who
originally hails from Puerto Rico, made her first trip abroad
when she came to the United States in 1988, where she stud-
ied math at the University of Maryland.

"I had a very good English teacher in high school," noted
Daylor. "Ever since then, I have wanted to be teaching and
helping kids. Lebanon Valley College has provided me with
a really solid foundation to branch off into my teaching."

Steinbacher echoes this as she remembers some of the
biggest influences she encountered while studying at LVC. "I
really give Dr. (Susan) Atkinson credit for her energy and
enthusiasm for education. Kathy Blough [former adjunct]
also stands out from my experience. She made me realize
the benefit of constructive learning and helping kids seek
their own answers."

Cory Thornton '99 is a graduate assistant at Shippensburg University

WHERE HE IS PURSUING A MASTER'S DEGREE IN COMMUNICATIONS.

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LVC WELCOMES NEW TRUSTEES

The College has witnessed extraordinary growth in the past decade, which has resulted in increased
excitement in the activity and participation or Board members. As such, there are some new names
among the Colleges Board of Trustees. In an effort to familiarize our alumni, faculty and friends
with the people who volunteer their time on behalf of the College, we will occasionally profile newer
members of the Board of Trustees.

Michael A. Day

Profession: professor of physics,
Lebanon Valley College

EDUCATION: B.S., University of
Idaho; M.A., University of
Nebraska-Lincoln; Ph.D.,
philosophy, LIniversity of
Nebraska-Lincoln; M.S.,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
Ph.D., physics, University ot
Nebraska-Lincoln

WHY I DECIDED TO BECOME A
TRUSTEE OF LEBANON VALLEY
Coi.1 K,l "I wanted to join thi
Board of Trustees for two reasons
— one, to continue my service to
the College and two, to further
my understanding of the
College."

Current Board Committee

ASSIGNMENT(S): Facilities
Committee

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Re\'. Alfred T. Day III

PROFESSION: senior pastor. First
I 'nited \L thodisl ( hun h in
Germantown

Education: B.A.. Houghton
College; M. Div., Gordon-
Conwell Theological Seminaty;
doctoral student, 1995, Drew
1 'niversin

Why I decided to become a
1 rus 1 if of Lebanon Valley
COLLEGE: "LVC is one of the
most stimulating and exciting
colleges around. The passion tor
excellence and quest for highest
quality in all that is undertaken,
the visioning way of approaching
the future, the attention to beau-
ty along with effectiveness, and
the desire to be a leader among
colleges makes me thoroughly
enthused to be a part of the LVC
team."

Current Board Committee

ASSIGNMENT(S): Strategic
Planning Committee

Suzanne H. Arnold

PROFESSION: community leader
and philanthropist

EDUCATION: Technical School

WHY I DECIDED TO BEO IME \N
HONORARY rRUSTEE OF Ll-BANON

Valley College: "Because of my

many years of interest in and
involvement with Lebanon Valley
College, I feel I can contribute to
the work of the board. 1 he stu-
dents have always been a top pri-
ority for me and I am proud to
be part of ,\n institution that is so
student-focused.

Current Leadership

POSITION(S): co-chair, Suzanne
H. Arnold Arr Gallery Advisory
Council; co-chair, Spring Fling
Committee

Current Board Committee
Assignment(s): Facilities
Committee, Lead Gifts
Committee (Great Expectations

Campaign)

Richard C. Miller

PROFESSION: senior vice president

tor academic affairs, benedict
College

EDUCATION: B.S., Ithaca College;
M.S., Ithaca College: D.P.E.,
Springfield College

Why I DECIDED TO BE<
TRUSTEI OI Li BANON \
COLLEGE: "A historic past.
dynamic present and exciting
future.

Current Leadership

POSITION(S): board of directors.
National Senior Games

Association

Current Board Committee
ASSIGNMI NT(s): Advisory

Ryan J. Arnold M'04

PRO! I SSION: student trustee

Education: M.P.T., Lebanon
Valley College, 2004

Why I decided t< ) bec :< >mi \

Kl sii 1 OI 1 I BANON VaI Mi
COLLEGE: "I am thrilled to
work with extraordinary peo-
ple who share my belief in the
continued quality and growth
of Lebanon Valley College.

Curreni Leadership

P( )S1 1 1< >N(S): resident assistant;

Study Abroad Committee;

Physical I herapy Student

1 cadcrship C lommittee,

t lolloquium 1 Committee, R.A.

Advisory Committee

Curri nt Board Committei
Assignment(s): Strategic
Planning Committee, Facilities

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@ TWO EARN FULBRIGHTS %

Dr. Barbara Vlaisavijevic, associate
dean of the faculty, and Dr. Barney
Rap field, professot of business
administration, have earned
Fulbright Awards.

Vlaisavijevic was selected to
participate in the Seminar for U.S.
Administrators in International
Education, and spent 10 days in
Germany this past May with 24
other administrators from colleges
and universities throughout the
United States. Her trip included a
week in Berlin meeting with repre-
sentatives from the city's major uni-
versities, and speaking with higher
education representatives in
Rostock, Wismar and Hamburg.

Raffield was chosen to teach this fall
at Donetsk Academy of Management
in the Ukraine. He will be teaching
marketing management and strate-
gic management, developing a mar-
keting curricula and advising seniors
on their thesis work. In addition, he
will also have the opportunity to
teach a two-week course at the Kiev
International Management
Institute.

@ WELCOME TO... 0

Dr. Andrei Varava has joined the
College as a visiting international
scholar. He will spend four months
on campus conducting research on
modern U.S. federal election tech-
nologies. His work will be funded by
the State Department's Bureau of
Educational and Cultural Affairs
through the Regional Scholar
Exchange Program (RSEP). The fel-
lowship supports short-term research
visits to U.S. universities, think tanks
and institutes by scholars from the
nations of the former Soviet Union.
Varava is currently employed as the
international programs coordinator
at Volgograd University in Russia.
He is also a lecturer at his university,
teaching English language courses for
Russians, courses on international
organizations, and Russian history
for American students. He has a
graduate degree in history from

Volgograd University (1999), with an
undergraduate degree from Volgograd
in linguistics.

Claudia Gazsi has been named aca-
demic coordinator of clinical educa-
tion and assistant professor ot physi-
cal therapy. She was formerly
employed by Neumann College and
Lancaster Regional Medical Center,
and also taught at Alvernia College
and West Virginia University. She
holds a bachelor's degree in physical
therapy from West Virginia
University and a master's degree in
health administration from Penn
State University.

Dr. Griffin Hathaway has been
named assistant visiting professor of
political science. He served as visit-
ing assistant professor and adjunct
professor at Towson University,
adjunct professor at the United
States Naval Academy, and adjunct
professor at The American
University's School of Public Affairs.
He holds a bachelor's degree in
political science from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
master's degrees in Latin American
studies, Russian studies and U.S.
foreign policy from The American
University, and a doctorate in inter-
national relations, U.S. foreign poli-
cy, and the presidency from the
University of Maryland.

Dr. Barbara Anderman has been
named assistant professor of art.
She has previously served as an
adjunct faculty member at Rutgers
University, and has held editorial
positions at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art and Atheneum
Publishers. She holds a bachelor's
and master's degree in English lan-
guage and literature from the
University of St. Andrews, a post-
graduate certification of education
from the University of Sussex and a
doctorate in art history from
Rutgers University.

Edward Pitingolo has been named
visiting instructor of accounting. He
has served as president of EDP
Systems, Inc., adjunct faculty

member at Harrisburg Area
Community College, corporate
controller for Harman Stove
Company, and administrative man-
ager at Lane Enterprises. He holds a
bachelor's degree in professional
accountancy from Penn State
University and a master's degree in
business administration from
Kutztown University.

Mary-Lynne Weber has joined the
College as a visiting instructor of
psychology. She was formerly a vis-
iting instructor at Franklin &
Marshall College. She holds a bach-
elor's degree in psychology from
Allegheny College, studied abroad
at the University of Glasgow in
Scotland and holds a master's degree
in neuroscience from the University
of California-San Diego.

Dr. Luke Huggins has been named
assistant professor of biology. He
has served as an adjunct faculty
member at Middlesex County
College and Southampton College-
Long Island University, as well as a
lecturer at Rutgers University. He
holds a bachelor's degree in bio-
chemistry from Albright College, a
master's degree in marine studies
from the University of Delaware,
College ot Marine Studies, and a
doctorate in cellular and develop-
mental biology from The State
University of New York at Stony
Brook. He pursued post-doctoral
research at the Waksman Institute
of Microbiology at Rutgers
University.

Dr. Edward Sullivan has joined the
College as an associate professor of
business administration. An expert
in financial economics, he was for-
merly professor of finance at
Jacksonville State University in
Alabama. He holds a bachelor's
degree in economics from St. Peter's
College, and a master's degree and
doctorate in economics from Penn
State University.

M. Jane Ylngling has been named
assistant professor of education. Her
specialty is learning disabilities. She

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was formerly coordinator of
instructional support at Milton
Hershey School, where she also
served as a learning assistance
teacher. She holds a bachelor's
degree in elementary/special edu-
cation from Lock Haven
University, a master's degree in
special education from
Shippensburg University, and she
is pursuing a doctorate in human
development from Mary-wood
University.

Jeffrey Zufelt has joined the
College as director of special gifts
and advancement sen-ices. He
was formerly director of annual
giving at Franklin & Marshall
College, and also served as vice
president for resource develop-
ment at the United Way of
Lancaster County, and was later
promoted to the United Way's
chief operating officer. He holds a
bachelors degree in television and
radio production from Syracuse
University.

Jill RUSSELL has been named study
abroad advisor. Prior to joining
LVC, she spent three years living
in Scotland and England with her
husband, Ted, a professional ice
hockev player who now serves as
LVC's assistant ice hockey coach.
She holds a bachelor's degree in
exercise physiology from the
University of New Hampshire and
a master's degree in exercise physi-
ology from the L'niversity of
Victoria in British Columbia.

Jasmine Bucher '97 has joined the
( ollege as communications assis-
tant. Her responsibilities will
revolve around the Great
Expectations campaign, as
she will handle all aspects of
campaign communications from
publications and video to the web
site. She was formerly deputy-
press secretary- for both the PA
Departments of State and
Agriculture, and worked on the
Ridge/Schweiker Campaign. She
holds a bachelor's decree in

English from LVC and is current-
ly working on her master's thesis
in humanities at Penn State
University.

Christine Brooks has been
named director of the Colleges
Lancaster Center. She was previ-
ously employed by Harrisburg
Area Community College as an
adjunct instructor of English and
humanities, and also worked in
learning support services as a
writing tutor and test center coor-
dinator. She holds an associate's
degree in communication and arts
from Harrisburg Area Communitv
College, and a bachelor's degree
and master's degree in humanities
from Penn State University.

Lisa Neal has joined the College
as assistant to the director/gallery
intern tor the Suzanne H. Arnold
Art Gallery'. She specializes in
Italian Renaissance art, and has
lived in Florence, Italy, for much
of the last two years. She holds a
bachelor's degree in studio art/art
history- from James Madison
University and a master's degree
in art history- from Syracuse
University.

Kristi Barbour has joined the
advancement staff as director of
leadership giving. Her responsibil-
ities will include the Vickrov
Society- and reunion giving pro-
grams. She comes to the College
from the Shakespeare Theatre and
Library in Washington, D.C.,
where she was employed as a
major gifts officer. Her work
experience also includes develop-
ment positions with the
University of Colorado
Foundation, the MS Society in
Harrisburg and Music at Gretna.
She holds a bachelor's degree in
theatre from Grinnell College.

LyRlT TrouTMAN has been
named assistant for the Great
Expectations campaign. She was
formerly employed as a mold
repair technician at Tyco
Electronics, Inc., in Lickdale, and

holds an associate's degree in spe-
cialized business from McCann
School of Business.

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Dr. Richard Cornelius, professor
emeritus of chemistry, will serve on
a part-time basis as special projects
assistant to the dean of the faculty.
His principal tasks will involve
assisting faculty- and departments
in the preparation of grant propos-
als for external funding. He will
confer directly with faculty- to help
them identity- and articulate equip-
ment needs for research and teach-
ing, and he will guide faculty in
crafting proposals for other kinds
of resources such as travel money
in support of research to archival
or library holdings that will sup-
port their scholarly endeavors. He
will also take up other assignments
as needed in such areas as data
gathering, report writing and doc-
ument preparation. Cornelius
joined the College's Chemistry-
Department in 1985. He holds a
bachelor's degree from Carleton
College and a doctorate in inor-
ganic chemistry from the
University of Iowa.

Dr. Walter Patton has been
named assistant professor of chem-
istry. Patton joined the College in
1999 as research assistant professor
and Dreyfus Fellow. He holds a
bachelor's degree in biochemistry
from Susquehanna L'niversity and
a doctorate in chemistry from
Lehigh L'niversity.

Rev. Timothy Dewald, adjunct
instructor of mathematical sci-
ences since 1989, has been named
coordinator of academic advising
and community programming.
His new job responsibilities
include teaching, working with
faculty and incoming students to
ensure quality academic advising
and working with the Lebanon
Valley Education Partnership to
recruit and coordinate campus
mentors. He holds a bachelor's
degree in political science and

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religion from Dickinson
College, and a master's
degree from Andover
Newton Theological
School in Boston. He
also served as an
ordained minister for
the past 26 years.

Sue Sarjsky '92 has
been named director of
admission. Sarisky
joined the Admission
Office in 1993 as a
counselor before mov-
ing into her former
position as assistant
director of financial
aid. She holds a bache-
lor's degree in psychol-
ogy from LVC and a
master's degree in edu-
cational administration
from Temple
University.

Joel Kline '89 has been named director
of the Digital Communications
Program. He holds a bachelor's degree
in biology from the College and is
completing a graduate degree in mass
media and communications at Temple
University. He has over 1 5 years of
technology experience in the private
sector and has owned his own technol-
ogy firm since 1994.

Dr. Kevin Pry 76 has been named
assistant professor of English. He has
served the College since 1990, when he

SHIRLEY HOCKLEY

Al Sutcliffe (center), LVC PUBLIC SAFETY
officer, receives his NECUSA Award
(see award winners). Paul Darlington,
NECUSA president, presents the award
as Al Yingst, LVC director of public
safety, looks on.

joined the English Department as an
adjunct faculty member. In 1994, he
was promoted to lecturer and was
appointed to serve as adviser for the
Wig & Buckle Society. He holds a
bachelor's degree in history from LVC,
and a master's degree in European his-
tory and doctorate in British history
from Penn State University. A dra-
maturge for local theater companies.
Dr. Pry teaches world literature, dra-
matic literature, theater workshop and
production courses.

Alexandra Ritter, who has served the
College as assistant to the director/
gallery intern since 1999, has been
named director of advancement special
events. Her responsibilities will revolve
around coordinating and organizing
events related to the Great Expectations
campaign. She holds a bachelor's
degree in art history from Penn State
University.

Shirley Hockley '80, formerly assistant
director of continuing education, has
been named director of Annville con-
tinuing education. She assumes direct
responsibility for the day-to-day opera-
tions of the continuing education pro-
gram in Annville, serving the College's
undergraduate, part-time students who
attend day, evening and weekend class-
es. Hockley joined the College in
1 996. She holds a bachelor's degree in
English from LVC and a master's
degree in college student personnel
from Bowling Green State University.

Dorothy' Brehm, who has served the
College in Media Services and the
Business Office, has been named finan-
cial aid officer. She joined the College
in 1993, and holds a bachelor's degree
in microbiology from Penn State
University.

% GRANT RECIPIENTS ©

Dan Massad, LVC's artist-in-residence,
was awarded a $20,000 grant from The
Pollock-Krasner Foundation. This pres-
tigious, international award was estab-
lished in 1985 through the late Lee
Krasner, a leading abstract expressionist
painter and the widow of Jackson
Pollock. Massad is using the funds to

support an exhibition of his pastels at
the Forum Gallery in New York City
from Nov. 8-Dec. 8. The display will
feature 12 of his works, a catalog and
four preliminary drawings.

Kathy Moe (wife of Dr. Owen Moe,
professor of chemistry) and Dave
Evans, director of career services, wrote
a grant for the Pa. Department of
Community and Economic
Development, and received $20,000 to
develop and work toward construction
of a foot and hiking bridge in the
Qui trie Creek Nature Park. Moe is also
coordinating an effort with the State
Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources to fund a greenway
along the shores of the Quittapahilla
and throughout the community of
Annville.

© PLAYWRIGHT IN RESIDENCE ©

Dr. Art Ford '59, professor of English
emeritus, has been named the College's
plavwright-in-residence tor the 2001-
02 academic year. In preparation for
his residency, Ford attended a work-
shop in plavwriting at St. Petersburg,
Russia, this past summer He is cur-
rently working on a series of one-act
plays which will be performed at the
Allen Theatre in Annville during the
months of February, March and April.
Ford has written numerous works for
stage, including The Reunion, the story
of two football playets who return to
their 45th high school reunion and
decide instead to visit an old coach;
Mr. Emerson and Henry, which focuses
on the relationship between Ralph
Waldo Emerson and Henry David
Thoreau; and The Waters ofKronos,
an adaptation of the novel by Conrad
Richter. Ford has spent 36 years
with the College, during which time
he served as professor of English
and held administrative positions as
associate dean and dean of interna-
tional programs.

© ELECTED TO SERVE ©

Dr. Donald Kline, assistant professor
of education, was appointed overall
chairperson for the 2003 National

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Science Teachers Association national con-
vention to be held in Philadelphia. In addi-
tion, he served as one of approximately 50
educators from the U.S. and Canada who
were invited to judge theToshiba/NSTA
1 xploraVision contcsi on Man li 5 i in
Washington, D.C. The contest is a national
competition where students in grades K-12
compete with their peers in developing
ideas based on current technologies, which
are then projected 20 years into the future.

Joel Kline '89, director of the Digital
Communications Program, participated in
a state-wide judging of cable television pro-
gramming in an awards program sponsored
by the Pennsylvania Cable and Telecom-
munications Association in March. He was
one of 16 judges from the fields of media,
new media and television to judge entries
submitted by cable operators from around
the state, including Comcast, AT&T
Broadband, Adelphia, Blue Ridge Cable
and several other smaller operators.

© AWARD WINNERS ©

Dr. KLEMENT Hambolrg, professor of music
emeritus, was the recipient of the Pennsylvania
Delaware String and Orchestra Teachers
Association Outstanding Service Award. The
honor was presented at their annual meeting
in April lor his work as editor ot the
PADESTA newsletter, Stringboard-Opus I.

Al Sutcliffe, LVC public safety officer,
received the Robert Bunker Award lor
Outstanding Performance from the
Northeast Colleges & Universities Security
Association (NECUSA). Officer Sutcliffe
received the award at the Association's 48th
Annual Conference this past June.

© CD RELEASED ©

Tom Strohman '75, assistant professor of
music, released a CD recording tor R&L
Records, featuring Steve Rudolph on piano
and keyboard, Steve Varner on acoustic and
electric bass, and internationally recognized
drummer/percussionist Bill Goodwin. Titled,
In Our Prime, the recording features
Strohman on flute, clarinet and assorted
saxophones, plaving standard jazz tunes;
three original selections from Rudolph; and
a piece written by Strohman's 1 5-year-old
son, Gregory.

© PUBLISHED ©

Dr. Michael Day, professor of physics, had
a major article, "Oppenheimer on the
Nature of Science," published in May in
Centaurus, an international journal on the
history of mathematics, science and tech-
nology.

Rosa Tezanos-Pinto, assistant professor of
Spanish, published a poem "Octubre en la
cuidad" in the literary journal, Alba de
America (Westminster, 2000, Vol. 19, No.
35-36). In addition, her essay "La poesia de
Alberto Romero: Exegesis del exilio y de
soledad" has been published as the prologue
to the book by Romero, Desde el pueblo
donde vivo (Miami: Editorial Nosotros,
2001).

Dr. Angel Tuninetti, assistant professor of
Spanish, reviewed Salvador Garcia
Castaneda's "Litetatute de viajes: El Viejo
Mundo y el Nuevo" for Revista de Estudios
Hispanicos 35.1 (January 200 1 ).

Dr. D. Darrell Woo.MER, College chaplain,
has written seven entries for a Dictionary of
Spiritual Formation to be published bv The
Upper Room.

© PRESENTERS ©

Dr. Salvatore Cullari, professor of psy-
chology, presented a paper "Defining My
Vision for the Future of Psychology" at the
Pennsylvania Psychological Association's sec-

ond annual regional leadership conference
held in Harrisburg, Pa.

Dr. Michael Day, professor of physics,
delivered a paper titled, "Oppenheimer on
the Nature of Science: 1945-1954" at the
national meeting of the .American Physical
Society in Washington, D.C., in April.

Rosa Tezanos-Pinto, assistant professor of
Spanish, was the keynote speaker at the
Conferencia Internacional Sobre la Literarura
Testimonial held at the University of Puerto
Rico in April. The title of her presentation
was, "La Literatura Testimonial del Post-
Boom Hispanoamericano."

Dr. Leon Markowicz, professor of business
administration, conducted two workshops,
participated in panel discussions and served
as a judge at the International Society of
Poets' convention in Orlando.

Dr. John Norton, professor of political sci-
ence, was a participant in a panel discussion
at the Pennsylvania Political Science
Association meeting in April. The topic was
Bush vs. Gore, the Supreme Court case that
ended the 2000 Presidential elections.

Dr. Barbara Denison, associate dean for
graduate studies and continuing education,
presented "Teaching Sociology as a
Recruitment Tool to Adult Learners' at the
annual meetings of the North Central
Sociological .Association in Louisville,
Kentucky.

Participants in the recent LVC \il\ini cruise had their photograph iaken in front of
theTrevi Fountain in Rome (i . to r.): Row 1: President G. David Poluck, Sharon .Arnold.
Row 2: E. H. Arnold, Sandra Mesk s, Betty Fasick, Libb\ Glk r '58, Dayna Poluck, KJ u n
Gluntz '82, Polly Reinhart '57, Jean Martin. Marianne Rover, Erin Martin, 1
Arnold, Jeanne Arnold. Row 3: lor Mesics, Ross Fasick '55, Darnxtn Glick '58, Martin
Gluntz '53, Tom Reinhart '58, Charles Martin '64, G< irdon Arnold, Glenn Royer.

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(STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT): DR. WALTER PaTTON, MARK PRINZIVALLI '03, DAN KISSINGER

'02, Jennifer Gehman '03 and Dr. Owen Moe are all involved in a faculty-student
research project largely funded by a national institutes of health (nih)
Academic Research Enhancement Award.

Jean-Paul Benowitz, adjunct instructor of
history and American studies, presented a
paper, "Presidential Biography and the Art
of Debunking: The Impact of Biography on
the Historical Record and Political Process
in American Culture" at the Popular Culture
Association's annual joint meeting with the
American Cultural Association in
Philadelphia in April.

Rabbi Lous Zrvic, adjunct assistant profes-
sor of religion, delivered a talk and was part
ol a panel of rabbis at the United Synagogue
for Conservative Judaism's convention for
small congregations. His talk was on
"Searching for Personal Spirituality" and he
also participated in a panel discussion, "For
Rabbis Only."

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Dr. Stacy Goodman, assistant professor of
biology, presented a paper titled, "Zinc
stimulates the activity of the insulin- and
nutrient-regulated protein kinase mTOR
at the Experimental Biology annual meet-
ing in Orlando, Fla., in April. The paper
represents work she performed at Hershey
Medical Center that has since been accept-
ed for publication in the American journal
of Physiology. Brian J. Patson '00 is a co-
author of the paper. In addition, Lisa
Godlewsh '01 and Dr. Goodman present-

ed a poster tided, "The effects of handling
on spatial learning in male rats" at the
Eastern Psychological Society annual meet-
ing in Washington, D.C, in April. The
poster was based on research performed by
Godlewski as an independent study project.

Dr. Walter Patton, assistant professor of
chemistry, presented two papers ar the
"Insights Into Signal Transduction" sympo-
sium in Bethesda, Md. The first,
"Elucidation of active-site residues in E. coli
guanosine-5 -monophosphate synthetase,"
was based on the research efforts of Derek
Fisher '01 and Crmg MENGES '01. The sec-
ond paper, on which Dr. Patton was a
coauthor, was titled, "ARL4, an ARF-like
protein that is developmentallv regulated
and localized to nuclei and nucleoli" and
notes the culmination of a several-year col-
laborative research project with researchers
at National Taiwan University and the
National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Paul Heise, associate professor of eco-
nomics, and Dr. Jeanne Hey, chair and
associate professor of economics, accompa-
nied students to the 12th Annual
Undergraduate Conference at Ursinus
College on Friday, April 20. Presenters
included Kimberly Dotson '01, "Spain and
the European Union Cohesian Policy";
Adam Feltes '02, "In-Kind Transfers and

the War on Poverty-"; Magda Jura '01,
"Romania and the Euro"; and Edward
TlMMONS '01, "Throwing a Curve: How
Income Inequality and Environmental
Degradation Influence Economic Growth."
Four students served as discussants:
Charlton Albright '02, Peter Dymond
'03, Jack Himmelberger '03 and Andrew
Murray '03.

Dr. Kathleen Kolbet, assistant professor of
chemistry; Dr. Walter Patton, assistant
professor of chemistry; Dr. Owen Moe,
professor of chemistry; and Dr. Carl
Wigal; associate professor of chemistry, and
eight students attended the 65th Annual
Intercollegiare Student Chemists
Convention (ISCC) at Goucher College in
Towson, Md., in April. Four students pre-
sented papers on their research: Rob Tomko
'02 and Ryan Buzdygon '02, working with
Dr. Wigal presented in the organic chem-
istry division; Tony Huynh '03, working
with Dr. Kolbet, presented in the physical
chemistry division; and Derek Fisher '01,
working with Dr. Moe, presented in the
biochemistry division. Fisher won the first
place award in biochemistry and Buzdvgon
won second place in organic.

Dr. Louis Laguna, assistant professor of
psychology, and students from his research
lab presented the following studies at the
2001 meeting of the Eastern Psychological
Association in Washington, D.C: "Worry
as avoidance of imagery: theoretical support
using a dichotic listening task" by MICHELLE
Vosburgh '01, Matthew Rose '02, Sharon
Zook '01 and Dr. Laguna; "Worn' as avoid-
ance of arousal" by Meredith McGinley
'02, KERl HANSEL '01 and Dr. Laguna.

During this past summer Dr. Owen Moe,
professor of chemistry, and Dr. WALTER
Patton, assistant professor of chemistry,
continued their collaborative work on an
ongoing faculty-student research project
that is supported by a SI 33.000 Academic
Research Enhancement Award (AREA
grant) from the National Institutes of
Health. According to Dr. Patton, co-investi-
gator for the project, NIH-AREA grants are
specifically designed to enhance research
opportunities at undergraduate institutions.
Dr. Moe is the principal investigator for the
research efforts that use gene cloning and
protein modification techniques to map key

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amino acid residues at the active site of the
enzyme, GMP synthetase. GMP synthetase
is a target enzyme for chemotherapeutic
and immunosuppressive therapies: elucidat-
ing the active site topology of GMP syn-
thetase could therefore assist in the design
of new therapeutic drugs.

Six LVC students carried out research with
Drs. Moc and Patton during the summer of
2001: Jen Kreidler '03, Abby Shumaker
'04, Steve Polansky '02, Mark Prinzivalli
'03, Dan Krissinger '02 and Jennifer
Gehman '03. The students each brought
their particular expertise to the research that
continues this fall through independent
study projects.

Dr. Kenneth Yarnall, associate professor
of mathematics, took two teams of comput-
er science majors to Dickinson College in
April to compete in the first annual
Dickinson College Spring Programming
Contest. The team of KEITH BODEN '04,
David DeHart '05 and Nicholas Hamblet
'04 finished seventh out of 14 teams, an
especially good showing considering all
three were first-year students who were
attending their first contest. The team of
seniors Curt Stanton '02 and David
Taylor '02 took second place, losing to a
team from Shippensburg University on a
tie-breaker.

Dr. Kathleen Kolbet, assistant professor of
chemistry, was invited to give a seminar to
the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania
on May 30. The seminar, titled, "Structure
and Clustering of Associating Polymers," is
based on her doctoral thesis and the
research efforts of chemistry majors John
Heaney '00, Tony Huynh '03 and
Elizabeth Walker '01 over the past two
years at LVC. In addition, the Ionomer
Group at Perm met specifically with Dr.
Kolbet to discuss future collaborative
research. The invitation stems from discus-
sions in Seattle at the American Physical
Society national meeting in March of this
year at which Kolbet presented a paper
titled, "Associating Polymers in Solution."

Matthew Rl ssill '03 presented a paper
titled, "An Evaluation of the Merits of
Noncommercial Software Piracy" at a stu-
dent applied ethics conference at Ohio
University in April. In addition to having
his paper accepted for the conference.

Russell received a $500 honorarium/
stipend (one of only two awarded) for his
participation. The paper was written initially
for Dr. Eric Bain-Selbo's social philosophy
course that was offered in Fall 2000.

Dr. Louis Manza, chair and associate pro-
fessor of psychology, along with several
undergraduate research assistants, traveled
to the 72nd meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association in Washington,
D.C., in April. In addition to attending
various seminars relating to professional
development while at the conference, they
presented the following papers concerning
the research that has been conducted at
LVC: Kerri Hansell '02, Dr. Manza,
Meredith McGinley '02, Kristy Kane '01,
Nicole Ondo '02 and Tragi Hindle '01,
"Implicit Learning: The Impact of
Processing Context and Stimulus
Complexity on Artificial Grammar
I earning"; ALUSON Kim '02, Dr. Manza,
Paula Marshali '01, Sara Angle '01 and
ELSPETH Shumway '00, "Artificial Grammar
Learning: Utilizing Stimulus Complexity to
Illustrate a Dissociation Between Implicit
and Explicit Cognition": Dr. Manza,
Amanda Bostdorf '03, Joey Duran '03,
Scean Flowers '03, Keri Hilperts '02,
Lauren Hindley '03, Liz Lohrmann '02,
Mandee Santana '01, Jessica Stokes '03
and Michelle Vosburgh '02, "The

Influence of Classroom Experiences on
Paranormal Beliefs."

TRUSTEES STUDY TOWN/GOWN

RELATIONSHIPS

This past May, the I ebanon Valley College

Board of I'rustecs participated in a working
session that featured a panel discussion on
town/gown relations and a second
that focused on alcohol issues and programs
on college campuses. Dr. Marsha Zehner
'73, superintendent, Annville-Cleona
School District; Dana Si \di hi, i sq.,
McNees, Wallace & Nurick; and Dr.
Theodore Long, president, Elizabethtown
College, comprised the town/gown panel.
Each member shared with the trustees the
three major issues, in their opinion, of
being part of a small college town. The
panelists all provided significant observa-
tions, including Dana Scaduto, counsel for
several small colleges, who noted, "the key
to good town/gown relations is not one of
law, but rather of communication
TOM MOTTOLA, director of judicial affairs
and community development at Gettvsburg
College, hosted a second working session
on small college alcohol issues and pro-
grams. Mottola discussed ways to educate
students about the dangers of alcohol and
highlighted several newer programs being
developed by U.S. colleges that are most
effective toward eliminating and/or curbing
such abuses.

(Leftto Right) Dr. Ross Fasick '55, Dr. Marsha Zehner _3. Dr. Theodore Long.
Dana Scadlto, Esq.. and Dr. G. David Poi i ick outside of the Zimmerman Recital Hall
following a special Trustee working session; Zehner, Long \m> Scaduto were panei
MEMBERS WHO DISCUSSED rOWN/GOWN relations.

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w ENROLLMENT REMAINS STRONG

The College's enrollment numbers contin-
ue to climb as the 2001-2002 academic
year opened with some 1,525 full-time
students. The new school year officially
began on Saturday, Aug. 25, with an
opening Convocation in Miller Chapel.
Some 420 freshmen and 48 transfers
joined the student body. Eighty-four per-
cent of last year's freshmen returned to
campus this year. "Through a combination
of retention and a great incoming class, we
are very pleased to welcome a record num-
ber of students to LVC this fall," stated
William Brown 79, dean of admission
and financial aid.

According to Brown, three of the new
freshmen received the President's Award,
which pays the full amount of the Colleges
SI 9,2 10 tuition. One hundred ninety-five
students were in the top 10 percent of their
high school class and received Vickroy
Scholarships, which pay half of the cost of
tuition. Another 94 students were in the
next decile of their high school class and
received Leadership Scholarships, which pay
one-third of the cost of tuition. Fifty-two
students were in the third decile and earned
Achievement Scholarships, which pay one-
fourth of the cost of tuition.

The entering freshmen come from 1 3 states
(California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine,
New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,
Pennsylvania and Virginia), Puerto Rico, and
two foreign countries (Kenya and France).

The College also welcomed some 346 part-
time students, with some 1 1 5 in the Master
of Business Administration program and
some 57 in the Master of Science Education
program. In addition, some 70 students
have enrolled in the five-year master's
degree program in physical therapy.

* U.S.NEWS RANKS LVC IN TOP TIER
AGAIN: GREAT SCHOOL, GREAT
PRICE

Lebanon Valley College was recognized
once again as a "Best Value" and is ranked
among the top tier of colleges and universi-
ties in the category of "Best Universities -
Master's in the North" in U.S.News &
World Reports 14th annual "America's Best
Colleges" issue and guidebook.

"This is the first year that Lebanon Valley
College has been ranked with an entirely
new family of academic institutions," stated
LVC President Dr. G. David Pollick.
"These include such institutions as
Villanova, Providence, the Rochester
Institute of Technology and Loyola College
in Baltimore. I could not be more pleased
to see that the Valley has not only once
again emerged as one of the finest academic
institutions of its kind in the United States,
but has also claimed the right to be the #5
Best Value among this new group of 167
colleges and universities in the north. LVC
continues to be a truly great school, at a
great price."

■m NEW ACADEMIC OFFERINGS

The following new academic programs are
now available at LVC:

Bachelor of Arts in Digital Communications

This is an interdisciplinary bachelor of arts
program drawing courses from across the
curriculum to prepare students for careers
in journalism, publications, public relations,
design and electronic media. The new
major is conceived as a liberal arts program
that explotes the foundational practices and
philosophies of communication, design and
technology. The heart of the program con-
sists of an 1 1-course sequence in digital
design, writing, programming, business, law
and ethics, and information science. The
program culminates in a senior year project
involving both individual and group work.

Master in Music Education

This is a new graduate program that will be
offered (summers only) to practicing public
school music educators who seek graduate
certification and additional exposure to
theories and practices in contemporary
music education. The program consists of
30 credit hours (10 courses) that will be
taught by a combination of cutrent LVC
music faculty and visiting faculty from
some of the leading universities and music
programs in the United States.

Theater Concentration in the
Department of English

The College now offers a concentration in
theater within the existing English major
The concentration has been developed in
response to the requests of many students
who have looked for some way to give for-

mal academic expression to their interest in
the stage. The concentration will add three
new courses and build upon the College's
London program and the long tradition of
the Wig and Buckle Society.

* LAZIN SERIES RETURNS

The third Lazin Distinguished Leader in
Residence Series was held on the LVC cam-
pus Oct. 31 to Nov. 2. The Series, which is
funded by Malcolm Lazin '65, allows stu-
dents to learn more about life beyond LVC
by meeting with successful alumni and
community leaders. This year's residents
were: JEANNE ARNOLD, community business
leader and volunteer; Tony Leach '73, pro-
fessor of music at Penn State University;
Robert Dinerman '58, entrepreneur; Alan
Hague '68, partner with Arthur Andersen;
John Biever '69, psychiatrist and faculty
member at the Hershey Medical Center;
and Eve Lindemuth Bodeux '87, interna-
tional communication consultant.

* CELEBRATING THE 60s

The College's 2001-2002 Colloquium will
focus on the 1960s, a revolutionary decade
in history that changed the way society
viewed education, values, lifestyles, laws and
entertainment.

The fall semester's events began with a riv-
eting ptesentation by Bobby Seale, co-
founder of the Black Panther Party. The
series continued with a panel discussion on
"Vietnam: Then and Now"; a multimedia

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Cornish, Dr. Albertine Washington, Bobby
Seale and Kim Saunders on the stage in
Lutz Hall; Dow-Ford and Washing t< >n are
LVC Trustees, (see below)

presentation on the music of the 1 960s by
Rock & Roll aficionado Barry Drake; and
an art exhibition, "From Pop to Op:
American Art in the 1960s," featuring a
presentation by CECILE Whiting, professor
of art history at UCLA. Rounding out the
colloquium was a film series featuring such
classics as Easy Rider, A Hard Day's Night,
Tom Jones and To Sir With Love. The collo-
quium will continue with a full calendar of
events throughout the spring semester.
Visit the LVC web site at www.lvc.edu for
more information.

* BLACK PANTHER CO-FOUNDER
LEADS OFF COLLOQUIUM

BOBBY Seale, co-founder and national
organizer of the Black Panther Party dis-
cussed "From the 60s to the Future" as part
of the kickoff for the College's year-long
colloquium, "The 1960s." Seale lectured to
a standing-room only crowd in Lutz Hall in
September. Among numerous topics, Seale
explained the creation and evolution of the
Black Panther party before discussing proj-
ects with which he is currently involved.
Today, Seale acts as Community Liaison
with the Department of African and
African-American Studies at Temple
University. He is currently completing a
screenplay for a film based on Seize the
Time. He is the creator of REACH!, an
organization dedicated to informing and
teaching the youth of America and the
world about numerous topics, including the
1960s social action movement, gun control,
economic liberation. South Africa and
social justice.

* ( IRANT FOR PERFORMANCE

Lebanon Valley College was one of 65 four-
year, Pennsylvania colleges to receive a new,
nationally innovative performance grant
from the state of Pennsylvania that rewards
institutions for graduating students on
time. Institutions that graduate more than
40 percent of their Pennsylvania resident
students in four years — or five years in
five-year programs — are eligible to receive
incentive awards. Lebanon Valley has been
allotted 595,910.

* VIVA LVC

Michelle Buzgon, the daughter of Bernerd
'59 and Marcia Buzgon, was vacationing in
Venice, Italy, when this poster in a local
restaurant captured her attention. The sign
advertises the Concert Choir and Chamber
Choir's performance at a nearby venue,
which was part of the group's 10-day tour
of Italy in May (see story, page 24).

w PUBI [CATIONS WIN

The College has received the following
awards for its publications:

•The 1999-2000 President's Report earned a
national bronze medal in the 2001 CASE
Circle of Excellence Awards.

• The master of science education brochure
garnered a bronze award in the 2001
Summit Creative Awards competition.

I he award was presented to Hamilton
Gregory Advertising, the firm that
designed the piece.

•m LVC SUPPORTS LOCAI ( OMMUNITY

LVC President Dr. G. David Pollick pre-
sented three separate contributions, totaling
over $66,000, to Annville Township and
the Annville-Cleona School District at the

(LEFT TO RIGHT): RICHARD F. CHARLES,

Dr. Marsha L. Zehner 73, Dr. G. David

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moment in mi West Dining Hall of
iiii Mund College Center. President
Pollick, on behalf of the G

I'RI si N TED EACH OF THE THREI

A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWARD l'HEIR

RLsI'H TIVF I )R< .ANIZATIONS.

College's opening breakfast in August. The
opening breakfast, instituted by Dr. Pollick
when he arrived on campus in 1996, is a
celebration of the new academic year. "It is
with great pleasure that I present these girts
on behalf of the Lebanon Valley College
family," noted Dr. Pollick. "WTiile the fact
is that our faculty, staff and students are
involved in many immeasurable charitable
and voluntary works throughout the greater
Annville community, these financial gifts
from the College enhance our belief in, and
support tor, the strong connections that
have been established within the region."
Richard F. Charles, Annville Township
Commissioner, accepted a $50,000 gift on
behalf of The Greater Annville Committee.
The College has agreed to contribute a total
of $250,000 toward the Annville
Streetscape Project; a project designed in
part to "enhance economic development in
downtown Annville and to improve pedes-
trian safety and traffic movement accord-
ing ro Charles. Dr. Marsha L. Zehner 73,
superintendent of the .Annville-Cleona
School District, received an $8,000 gilt on
behalf of the school district and, THONLAS R.
BEAZI EY, president of the Annville Board of
Commissioners, received an S8.150 contri-
bution on behalf of Annville Township. In
the past, the school district has used LVC
contributions toward educational programs
and the township has used such gifts at the
discretion of the Board of Commissioners.

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on pink textured paper; Ameringer/Howard + gouache on paper; CIGNA Museum and Art the ,

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*From Pop to Op: American Art in the 1960s
October 26 - December 9, 2001

'American Watercolors and Gouaches

from the CIGNA Museum and Art Collection

January 10 - February 17, 2002

0 Rembrandt Etchings
March 1 - April 14, 2002

Spring Arts Festival

31st Annual Juried Art Exhibition • April 26 - May 11, 2002

Call (717) 867-6397 for Juried Arts entry form.

Hours: Thursday - Friday, 1 - 4:30 p.m.,
Saturday - Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., and by appointment for tour groups

For more information call (717) 867-6397

Vicit thp Arnold Art Gallery on the web: www.lvc.edu/gallery

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