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Vol.  21    Number  1 


Editor: 

Tom  Hanrahan 

Writers: 

Dr.  Howard  Applegate 

Jasmine  Bucher  '97 

Lauren  McCartney  Cusick 

Cassandra  Hoadley  '04 

Mary  Beth  Hower 

Dr.  Mark  Mecham 

Ann  Hess  Myers 

Lori  Myers 

Cindy  Progin  '04,  Class  Notes 

Stephen  Trapnell  '90 

John  Tuscano  '98 

Dr.  Susan  Verhoek 

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Tom  Castanzo 

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Kelly  Alsedek 

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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  Notes 
news  received  after  production  has 
begun  will  be  included  in  the 
next  issue  of  the  magazine. 


Lebanon  Valley  College  Magazine 


Features 

2    Learning  by  Doing 

LVC's  emphasis  on  student-faculty  research        Page  2 
leads  to  excellence  in  the  sciences. 

by  Mary  Beth  Hower 

10  Higher  Math:  Looking  Beyond 
Tuition  at  College  Affordability 

It's  all  in  the  numbers.  A  balanced  look  at 
the  true  cost  of  a  LVC  education. 

by  Stephen  Trapnell  '90 

14  One-Track  Mind 

Collecting  and  writing  about  model  trains 
are  lifetime  passions  for  several  members 
of  the  LVC  community. 

by  Lori  Myers 

Departments 
20  Class  News  &  Notes 
32  Valley  News 


Fall  2003 


page  10 


page 


On  the  Cover:  LVC  has  produced  outstand- 
ing scientists  since  the  College's  first  graduating 
class  in  1870,  including  Scientific  Course 
graduate  Albert  Charles  Rigler.  Dedicated 
professors,  such  as  Dr.  Francis  H.  Wilson, 
professor  of  biology  (top  right  comer),  and  Dr. 
Walter  Patton,  assistant  professor  of  chem- 
istry (bottom  left  corner,  with  Christine 
Lightcap  '04),  have  closely  mentored  Valley 
students  since  1866. 

Facing  Page:  The  Carnegie  Building,  formerly 
the  Carnegie  Library,  currently  houses  the  offices 
of  Admission  and  Financial  Aid.  Carnegie  was 
built  through  a  $50,000  donation  from  Andrew 
Carnegie  pledged  on  New  Year's  Day  1905. 


Editor's  Notes:  An  error  in  September's  Honor  Roll  of  Donors  led  to  the  misspelling  of  three  memorial 
scholarships.  We  apologize  for  the  error  and  now  provide  the  correct  names:  The  Joshua  Seitz  Frey 
Memorial  Biological  Scholarship,  The  Mr.  Laurence  W  Melsky  73  Memorial  Scholarship  and 
The  Vernon  E.  Pocius  Jr.  '99  Memorial  Scholarship. 

In  the  Spring  2003  issue  of  The  Valley,  Marcia  Hannah  Cromer  '66  was  incorrectly  identified  in 
her  photograph  on  page  38. 


Fall  2003 


Over  50  years  ago,  Dr.  H.  Anthony  Neidig,  a  1943  graduate 
and  new  member  of  the  College's  chemistry  faculty,  created  a  summer 
research  program  for  his  chemistry  students.  The  findings  from  those 
initial  experiments  were  published  in  a  1950  edition  of  the  prestigious 
Journal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  a  rare  feat  for  the  under- 
graduates who  co-authored  the  work.  Neidig,  now  professor  emeritus  of 
chemistry,  went  on  to  a  distinguished  career  at  the  College,  and  the 
program  he  initiated  became  a  vital  component  of  the  sciences  at 
Lebanon  Valley. 


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oint  student-faculty  research 
is  the  engine  that  drives  the 
whole  progtam  in  chem- 
istry," said  Dr.  Owen  Moe 
■    Jr.,  Vernon  and  Doris 
Bishop  Distinguished 
Professor  of  Chemistry,  "and  we  are  see- 
ing it  more  and  more  in  physics,  biology 
and  psychology." 

Though  research  is  often  more  promi- 
nent in  the  sciences,  it  plays  a  role  in 
every  academic  department  on  campus. 
"It  is  expected  of  all  faculty  to  be 
engaged  in  some  kind  of  research, 
though  the  character  of  that  research  and 
its  extent  can  vary  from  place  to  place," 
said  Dr.  Stephen  MacDonald,  vice  pres- 
ident for  academic  affairs  and  dean  of 
the  faculty.  He  explained  that  student- 
faculty  research,  while  occurring  in  other 
departments  on  campus,  tends  to  be 
more  feasible  in  the  sciences.  "It  is  more 
natural  in  the  sciences  for  faculty  and 
students  to  work  together  designing  proj- 
ects that  invoke  a  series  of  tasks  and 


analysis  of  data.  It  is  very  common  in 
chemistry,  for  example,  to  have  papers 
published  by  four  or  five  authors,  which 
is  not  usually  the  case  in  other  disciplines 
such  as  music,  history  and  religion." 

For  23  students,  the  summer  of  2003 
was  a  10-week  immersion  into  the  world 
of  collaborative  research  and  laboratory 
work.  According  to  Moe,  80  percent  of 
D7C  students  involved  in  summer 
research  go  on  to  earn  either  doctorates 
or  medical  degrees,  many  at  prestigious 
institutions  such  as  Princeton,  Cornell 
and  Northwestern. 

From  the  beginning,  grant  support 
has  been  vital  to  the  success  of  research 
on  the  DVC  campus.  Neidig's  pilot  pro- 
gram was  supported  by  a  three-year  grant 
from  Research  Corporation.  Today,  proj- 
ects receive  funding  from  a  variety  of 
government  and  private-funding  agen- 
cies, including  the  Whitaker  Foundation, 
National  Institutes  of  Health  (NIH), 
National  Science  Foundation  (NSF), 
Merck  Foundation,  and  American 


The  Valley 


Experiment  in  Progress    ft 


Above:  Dr.  Carl  WigaL  chair  and  profes- 
sor of  chemistry,  works  on  an  experiment 
with  Sophia  Kwon  '06  and  Gary 
Romberger  '04.  The  group  iscgrtm^j^M 
research  begun  in  the  summewQk, 
under  a  grant  from  the  Whitaker 
Foundation.     \ 

Below  Left:  Mary  Olanich  '05  is  in  her 
second  year  of  student  research,  having 
ivorked  with  professors  in  the  Psychology 
and  Biology  Departments  the  previous 


. 


Below  Right:  Jordan  Newell  '05  reviews 
related  literature  in  the  s' 
the  Garber 


EunOH&iNUJJS-wneri  preparing  irus  science  umenne,  we 
were  inuri'datfiS  witll-great ' ideas  from  our  science  faculty, 
emeriti,  friends  and  colleagues  alike.  This  article  includes  just 
a  few  highlights  -from  the  first  100  years  of  science  at  LVC  — 
much  more  can  be  found  at  a  web  page  created  just  to  solve 
this  dilemma.  Please  -visit  www.lvc.edu/science-timeline  to 
read  more  about  our  extraordinary  history  and  to  see  historical 
credits  where  applicable.  Also,  please  help  us  add  to  this  his- 
tory by  providing  additional  information  and/or  corrections 
while  visiting  this  site. 


1866 


LVC's  first  curriculum 
includes  the 
Scientific  Course. 


1870 


Albert  Charles  Rigler  '70, 

a  member  of  LVC's  first 
graduating  class,  gradu- 
ates with  two  others.  He 
completed  the  Scientific 
Course. 


1885 


President  David  D.  DeLonj 

strengthens  the  Scientific 
Course  by  adding  a  fourth 
year  to  the  three-year 
program. 


Association  for  the  Advancement  of 
Science  (AAAS).  Grant  monies  cover  a 
variety  of  costs,  including  faculty  sup- 
port, student  stipends  and  supplies, 
which  can  be  especially  costly  in  bio- 
chemistry and  molecular  biology. 
Summer  research  costs  alone  can  add  up 
to  $100,000. 

"Grants  are  very  competitive,"  said 
Dr.  Walter  Patton,  assistant  professor  of 
chemistry.  "More  and  more  small  schools 
like  LVC  are  doing  research  now,  so  there 
is  a  lot  more  competition  for  the  money." 
Patton  explained  that  originality  is  key 
when  it  comes  to  receiving  funds.  "We 
must  make  sure  the  project  is  scientifi- 
cally worthwhile  and  that  we  are  not 


just  repeating  what  has  been  done  by 
other  institutions,"  he  said.  "We  have  to 
show  that  we  are  discovering  new  things 
and  contributing  to  the  literature  out 
there." 

Dr.  Scott  Walck,  assistant  professor 
of  physics,  and  students  Jonathan  Roth 
'05  and  Shawn  Hilbert  '04  are  studying 
quantum  entanglement,  a  field  that  did 
not  even  exist  prior  to  the  1990s.  "The 
problems  and  mysteries  of 
quantum  mechanics  were 
the  principal  motiva- 
tions behind  my 
choice  to  study 
physics,"  said 
Walck.  "Quantum 


mechanics  borrows  from  and  bleeds  into 
the  neighboring  disciplines  of  mathemat- 
ics, philosophy  and  chemistry.  There  is 
no  question  that  this  is  a  difficult  field  in 
which  to  work,  especially  for  students. 
But  the  mysteries  are  compelling.  I 
would  have  liked  to  work  on  something 
like  this  as  a  student." 

Though  Moe's  grant  from  the  NIH 
officially  ended  on  June  30,  2003,  he  is 
continuing  to  work  under  a 

$40,000  NSF  grant  he  received 
in  2001  for  a  MALDI-TOF 
mass  spectrometer.  He 
and  students  are  devel- 
oping new  undergradu- 
ate laboratory  experi- 
ments for  the  MALDI, 
which  determines  easily 
and  quickly  the  exact 
masses  of  single,  isolated 
biomolecules  such  as  pro- 
teins, nucleic  acids  and  complex 
carbohydrates.  Patton  received  a 
$40,000  grant  from  Research  Corpor- 
ation (2003-2005)  to  work  on  commu- 
nication between  the  two  primary  struc- 
tural domains  of  the  enzyme,  GMP  syn- 
thetase. In  addition,  Dr.  Carl  Wigal, 
chair  and  professor  of  chemistry, 
received  a  grant  from  the  AAAS  and  the 
Merck  Foundation  to  support  teams  of 
faculty  and  srudents  in  biology  and 
chemistry.  This  is  a  follow-up  to  the 
Whitaker  Foundation  grant  from  last 
summer.  The  2002  Whitaker  award 
offered  students  and  faculty  from  two 
different  disciplines  —  psychology  and 
biology  —  the  opportunity  to  work 
together  on  research  involving  spatial 
earning  in  rats.  Dr.  Deanna  Dodson, 
chair  and  associate  professor  of  psycholo- 
gy, and  Dr.  Dale  Erskine,  professor  of 
biology,  looked  at  sex  differences  in  spa- 
tial learning,  while  Dr.  Kerry  Laguna, 


The  Valley 


1897-1906 

President  Hervin  U.  Roop 

reorganizes  the  curriculum  similar 
to  one  developed  recently  at  Johns 
Hopkins.  LVC's  five  academic  groups 
included  Chemical-Biological. 


associate  professor  of  psychology,  and 
Dr.  Stacey  Goodman,  assistant  professor 
of  biology,  studied  the  effects  of  han- 
dling in  spatial  learning.  Each  team 
included  three  students  —  one  each 
from  psychology,  biology  and  psychobi- 
ology.  "The  grant  was  designed  expressly 
for  undergraduate  research,"  explained 
Dodson.  "One  of  our  great  strengths  is 
that  students  not  only  have  access  to  fac- 
ulty as  advisers  and  teachers,  but  also  as 
collaborators  in  meaningful  research." 

The  research  done  here  would  not  be 
possible  without  the  appropriate  technol- 
ogy. "We  are  better  equipped  than  most 
small  graduate  programs,"  said  Wigal. 
"Very  few  small  colleges  have  an  invento- 
ry like  we  do."  While  larger  institutions 
may  have  a  broader  range  of  instrumen- 
tation, students  often  do  not  have  access 
to  the  equipment  until  their  junior  or 
senior  years.  Dr.  Marc  Harris,  assistant 
professor  of  chemistry,  was  faced  with 
that  situation  as  an  undergraduate  at  the 
University  of  Arizona  at  Tucson,  and 
understands  the  impor- 
tance of  immediate 
hands-on  opportuni- 
ties. "You  see  fresh- 
men coming  in,  see 
the  gleam  in  their 
eyes  and  know 
they  want  to  par- 
ticipate," he 


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DR.  CARL  WIGAL 


R Y     BETH     H 


RECOGNITION 


^    oth  the  American  Chemical  Society 
^-*S    anc|  the  Lebanon  Valley  College 
J  community  recently  honored  Dr. 
■— ^   Carl  Wigal,  chair  and  professor  of 
chemistry,  for  excellence  in  teaching. 

Wigal  received  the  2003  E.  Emmet  Reid 
Award  for  excellence  in  teaching  in  the 
Middle  Atlantic  Region  of  the  American 
Chemical  Society.  He  was  chosen  from 
among  science  professors  at  small  colleges 
in  Maryland,  Pennsylvania,  Delaware,  New 
York,  New  Jersey  and  Washington,  D.C.,  and 
accepted  the  honor  during  a  Chemical 
Society  meeting  at  Princeton  University. 
Wigal  was  also  the  recipient  of  LVC's  2003 
Vickroy  Award  for  Excellence  in  Teaching,  an 
honor  presented  to  a  full-time  faculty  mem- 
ber each  year  at  Commencement. 

"Wigal's  work  is  a  model  of  excellent 
undergraduate  teaching  in  the  natural  sci- 
ences," said  Dr.  Stephen  MacDonald.  vice 
president  for  academic  affairs  and  dean  of 
the  faculty.  "He  is  an  effective  classroom 
lecturer,  an  active  scholar  in  his  own  right, 
and  his  research  almost  invariably  involves 
the  work  of  undergraduate  majors.  He  is  a 
model  for  what  we  like  to  see  in  the  natural 
sciences  and  across  the  College." 

Since  joining  LVC  in  1993,  Wigal's  work  in 
the  sciences  has  garnered  over  $300,000  in 
grants.  He  is  the  author  of  26  articles,  many 
co-authored  by  undergraduate  students,  and 
is  published  in  professional  journals  such  as 
Biochemistry.  Electroanalysis,  and  both  The 
Journal  of  Organic  Chemistry  and  Journal  of 
Chemical  Education.  He  has  also  developed 
several  modular  experiments  published  by 
Chemical  Education  Resources.  Prior  to  join- 
ing LVC,  he  was  on  the  faculty  at  Idaho  State 
University,  where  he  was  named  the  ISU 


College  of  Arts  and  Science  Most  Influential 
Professor. 

Wigal's  research  and  teaching  have  had 
a  profound  impact  on  his  students,  who 
have  won  graduate  fellowships  to  doctoral 
programs  at  Princeton,  Northwestern, 
Michigan,  Penn  State,  Indiana,  Southern 
Cal,  Wisconsin,  Pittsburgh,  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  and  SUNY  Buffalo.  One  of  his 
students.  Dr.  Aaron  Aponick  '98,  was 
recently  awarded  a  prestigious  National 
Institutes  of  Health  postdoctoral  fellowship 
at  Stanford  University.  Aponick  is  currently  a 
Kodak  Fellow  at  the  University  of  Michigan, 
and  was  also  awarded  an  American 
Chemical  Society  Division  of  Organic 
Chemistry  Fellowship  sponsored  by  the 
Schering-Plough  Research  Institute. 

"Attending  Dr.  Wigal's  classes  and  doing 
research  in  his  laboratories  influenced  my 
career  choices  more  than  any  other  factor  I 
can  identify,"  said  Aponick.  "In  class  he  was 
always  organized,  amazingly  knowledgeable 
and  above  all  intellectually  stimulating.  His 
grasp  of,  and  enthusiasm  for,  the  subject 
matter  inspired  me  tremendously  both  as  a 
student  and  as  a  researcher.  At  LVC,  with  the 
right  mix  of  encouragement  and  supervision, 
he  helped  shape  me  into  a  scientist  and  pre- 
pared me  for  a  successful  career." 

Editor's  Note:  Wigal  received  a  third  dis- 
tinguished award  shortly  after  this  article 
was  written.  He  was  one  of  eight  professors 
honored  by  the  Department  of  Chemistry  at 
Indiana  University  at  the  Symposium  for 
Excellence  in  Undergraduate  Chemical 
Research.  Wigal  was  recognized  for  his 
research  contributions  as  well  as  for  his 
important  work  as  a  mentor  who  encourages 
students  to  pursue  careers  in  science. 


1899 


First  course  in  biology 
is  offered. 


1911 


Dr.  S.O.  Grimm  '12  begins  working  at 
the  College  as  an  assistant  in  biology 
during  his  senior  year  —  he  would  con- 
tinue for  55  years  serving  in  such  roles 
as  principal  of  the  Academy,  full  profes- 
sor in  physics  and  much  more. 


1914 


Dr.  Carl  F.  Schmidt  '14  graduates 
and  later  joins  the  U.S.  Naval 
Development  Center  where  he  works 
closely  with  U.S.  astronauts  John 
Glenn,  Neil  Armstrong,  Virgil  Grissom 
and  Alan  Shepard  among  others. 


1921 


Dr.  Andrew  Bender 

joins  the  faculty. 


said.  "Students  can  walk  into  research 
labs  here  and  get  productive  work  done 
right  away." 

In  addition  to  learning  how  to  use  a 
variety  of  instrumentation,  research  pro- 
grams on  campus  also  provide  students 
with  valuable  insight  into  the  nature  of 
research  in  general.  "We  can  talk  about 
doing  research,  but  the  hands-on  exposure 
is  so  much  more  valuable,"  said  Dodson. 
"You  see  how  things  can  go  wrong  and 
how  you  recover  from  that.  You  see  that 
science  is  a  process  of  steps  and  that  some- 
times you  need  to  step  back  and  re-evalu- 
ate the  hypothesis." 

It  is  important  to  both  students  and 
faculty  that  the  results  of  their  research 
extend  beyond  the  laboratory  walls. 
Wigal's  students,  for  instance,  have  had 
the  distinction  of  being  published  in  The 
Journal  of  Organic  Chemistry  and 


Biochemistry  —  two  top  peer-reviewed 
journals  that  have  featured  the  work  of 
scientists  from  Harvard  and  MIT. 
Patton's  students  have  presented  abstracts 
and  posters  at  the  American  Chemical 
Society  meetings.  Students  performing 
research  with  Dr.  Kathleen  Kolbet, 
assistant  professor  of  chemistry,  presented 
material  last  year  at  the  American 
Physical  Society  Meeting  in  Texas,  where 
they  gave  10-minute  talks  to  an  audience 
of  graduate  students,  industrial  Ph.D.s, 
faculty  and  other  members  of  the  scien- 


MARY 
OLANICH  '05 

has  performed  summer  research  the  past  two 
years  with  several  LVC professors.  Her  current 
research  interests  include  the  introduction  of 
genetic  mutations  into  DNA  sequences. 


tific  community.  In  physics,  a 
number  of  students  have  had 
the  distinction  of  per- 
forming research  in 
k       competitive  summer 
programs  at  insti- 
tutions such  as 
Lehigh  Univer- 
sity and  the 
University  of 
Nebraska  at 
Lincoln. 

In  addition  to 
the  exposure  for 
students,  publish- 
ing, presenting 
research  and  keeping 
abreast  of  what  is  new 
in  the  scientific  community 
is  vital  for  faculty  members. 
"Science  moves  so  rapidly  today," 
said  Moe.  "If  all  a  professor  does  is  teach, 
within  10  years  that  professor  is  out  of 
date.  Instead  of  just  learning  from  a  text- 
book and  reading  about  what  others  have 
done,  you  need  to  be  engaged  in  your 
work  and  become  aware  of  the  latest 
techniques  and  how  to  use  them.  Your 
own  research  can  become  your  best 
teaching  tool." 

With  every  available  inch  of  laboratory 
space  in  the  Garber  Science  Center  now 
being  utilized  to  the  fullest,  science  faculty 
look  forward  to  plans  for  a  revitalization 
and  the  positive  improvements  that  facility 
will  bring.  "Every  faculty  member  will 
have  dedicated  research  space,  allowing 
their  students  to  do  research  throughout 
the  year.  That  is  the  biggest  advantage  of 
the  new  building,"  said  Wigal. 

"Improving  the  atmosphere  is  always  a 
plus  —  putting  people  in  the  right  frame 
of  mind  to  work,  to  learn,"  added  Dr. 
Barry  Hurst,  associate  professor  of 
physics  and  director  of  the  physics  track 


6       The  Valley 


Above:  Dr.  Barry  Hurst,  associate  professor  of  physics  and  director  of  the  physics  track  for 
engineering,  and  Laura  DeHart  '01  discuss  an  image  viewed  with  the  programs  atomic  force 
microscope. 

Right:  Jessica  Abbott  '06 performed  biology  research  in  the  Garber  Science  Center  during  the 
summer  of  2003. 


Mary  McCurdy  Graham  '30  graduates.  She  would  lat_ 
endow  the  LVC  Graham  Scholarships  in  biology. 

"Scientific  and  Decorative  Principles  in  a  Botanical 
Laboratory"  subtitled,  "A  Detailed  Study  of  the  Plantings  fo 
the  Grounds  of  Lebanon  Valley  College,  Annville, 
Pennsylvania,"  appears  in  American  Landscape  Architect. 


V.         <tA., 


Dr.  L.G.  Bailey  is  hired  as  associate  profes- 
sor of  education  and  psychology.  Famous  for 
his  hypnotist  abilities,  Bailey  oversees  psy- 
chology becoming  a  major  (1940)  and  the  for- 
mation of  the  Psychology  Club  (1945)  during 
his  17  years. 


1939 


Dr.  John  H.  Moyer  '39 

graduates.  He  later 
receives  a  Presidential 
Citation  from  U.S. 
President  Lyndon  B. 
Johnson  (1960). 


1941 


Solomon  Caulker  '41 

graduates.  He  later 
becomes  vice-principal 
of  Fourabah  College  in 
Sierra  Leone. 


1943 


Marian  Kreider  '44  is  named 
Who s  Who  Among  Students 
in  American  Colleges  and 
Universities.  She  is  a  pre-med 
major  and  vice  president  of 
the  Biology  Club. 


for  engineering.  Although  the  Physics 
Department  is  small  compared  to  other 
Garber  departments,  the  growing  popular- 
ity of  the  Physical  Therapy  and  Music 
Recording  Technology  programs  on  cam- 
pus have  increased  attendance  in  the 
introductory  physics  classes  by  50  percent. 
After  the  Garber  Revitalization,  the 
Physics  Department  will  not  only  gain 
some  additional  classroom  space,  but  also 
a  computational  lab  that  will  act  as  a 
combination  classroom/lab  for  students  to 
work  on  computer-related  projects  or  use 


computer-related  tools  to  do  their  work. 
The  redesigned  building  will  also  foster 
easier  interactions  among  the 
science  faculty.  A  life  sci 
ences  suite  with  teach 
ing  and  research  labs 
will  link  Patton 
with  Dr.  Stephen 
Williams  and  Dr. 
Sidney  Pollack, 
professors  of  biolo- 
gy. They  will  work 
closely  to  initiate  new 


research.  Also,  while  the  Psychology 
Department  will  find  a  home  in  the  reno- 
vated Lynch  building,  the  new  science 
center  will  contain  an  office  for 
Dodson  and  an  animal 
research  lab  so  that  she  can 
continue  her  collaboration 
in  psychobiology  with 
Goodman. 

Though  the  transi- 
tion to  a  new  science 
facility  may  be  a  few 
years  away,  research  in  the 
sciences  and  the  collabora- 
tive work  between  faculty  and 
students  will  remain  strong. 
"Students  learn  by  doing  science,"  said 
Dr.  Allan  Wolfe,  chair  and  professor  of 
biology.  "It  is  not  a  straight  path  from 
hypothesis  to  conclusion,  but  they  learn 
to  take  information  that  looks  ambigu- 
ous and  make  sense  out  of  it.  It  is  a 
process  where  students  are  supported  all 
the  way.  We  struggle  together  and  nego- 
tiate the  path  to  a  conclusion  together." 

Mary  Beth  Hower  is  a  freelance 
writer  from  Annville.  She  is  the  former 
director  of  media  relations  at 
Lebanon  Valley  College. 


Right:  Dr.  Walter  Patton,  assistant  professor  of 
chemistry,  is  part  of  an  interdepartmental  sum- 
mer research  program  that  focuses  on  the  commu- 
nication between  the  two  primary  structural 
domains  of  the  enzyme,  GMP  synthetase.  Here,  he 
works  with  (L  to  r.):Abby  Shumaker  '04  (bio- 
chemistry and  molecular  biology),  Jessica  Abbott 
'06  (biofogy)  and  Christine  Lightcap  '04  (bio- 
chemistry and  molecular  biology). 


The  Valley 


1947 


President  Clyde  A.  Lynch  breaks 
ground  for  a  new  building,  the 
Washington  House,  that  would  later 
house  three  laboratories  for  biology  and 
chemistry. 


1948 


Chemistry's  summer  research  program 
begins.  Dr.  H.  Anthony  Neidig  '43,  pro- 
fessor of  chemistry,  receives  the  first 
three-year  chemical  research  grant 
from  Research  Corporation. 


1950 


LVC  students,  with  their  professor,  are  published  in  a 
professional  journal.  Dr.  H.  Anthony  Neidig  '43,  profes- 
sor of  chemistry,  publishes  an  article  that  appears  in 
the  Journal  of  the  American  Chemical  Society.  Dr. 
Dennis  L  Funck  '49,  Dr.  Robert  W.  Uhrich  '43,  Robert 
E.  Baker  '49  and  Wesley  R.  Kreiser  '49  are  co-authors. 


1954 


1957 


Dr.  Jean  0.  Love  joins  the  LVC  staff 
as  assistant  professor  of  psychology 
and  acting  chair  of  the  department. 
She  would  teach  until  1985. 


The  Science  Building  is  dedi- 
cated in  memory  of  Dr. 
Andrew  Bender  '06  and  Dr. 
Samuel  Derickson  '02. 


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he  message  is  everywhere,  a 
refrain  repeated  so  often  it 
ft  has  become  accepted  as 

indisputable  truth:  college  costs  are  spi- 
raling  out  of  control,  increasing  faster 
than  inflation  every  year. 

Like  many  popular  conceptions,  this 
beliet  has  some  basis  in  truth,  but  the  full 


story  is  more  complex.  It  is  indisputable, 
however,  that  many  families  experience 
the  issue  of  college  affordability. 

"For  Lebanon  Valley's  families, 
finances  have  always  been  a  concern," 
said  William  J.  Brown  Jr.  '79,  dean  of 
admission  and  financial  aid. 

"It  is  true  that  the  cost  of  college,  both 
here  and  nationally,  has  risen  at  a  rate  faster 


than  the  Consumer  Price  Index  (CPI),"  said 
Deborah  R.  Fullam  '81,  LVC's  vice  presi- 
dent and  controller.  "The  expectations  of 
prospective  students  and  their  families  have 
increased  as  have  the  costs  of  items  histori- 
cally provided  by  colleges." 

For  example,  to  remain  competitive 
today,  colleges  must  offer  technology 
services  that  simply  didn't  exist  a  few 


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years  ago,  such  as  high-speed  Internet 
access.  Other  high-cost  items  are  scientif- 
ic equipment,  computer  equipment  and 
library  materials,  including 
books,  periodicals  and  access  to 
online  data  services. 

Indeed,  families  today 
expect  colleges  to  offer  student 
centers  with  a  la  carte  menus 
and  coffee  bars,  NCAA 
Division  I-type  athletic  fields 
and  stadiums  at  a  small  college, 
and  residence  halls  that  include 
private  suites  with  all  the  com- 
forts of  home,  including  high- 
speed Internet  access. 

Education-related  costs  have 
pushed  LVC's  tuition  from 
$5,870  in  1984-85  to  $20,600 
in  2002-03,  an  increase  of  251 
percent  during  a  period  when 
the  CPI  increased  approximately 
67  percent. 

However,  "at  Lebanon 
Valley,  very  few  people  pay  that 
sticker  price,"  Brown  noted. 

When  considering  college 
costs,  it  is  important  to  differ- 
entiate between  stated  tuition 
rates  —  a  school's  official  price 
tag  —  and  average  "net 
tuition,"  which  is  what  a  typi- 
cal student  actually  pays  after  institution- 
al financial  aid  grants  are  applied. 

The  average  "discount"  a  LVC  student 
received  on  the  stated  tuition  rate  due  to 
the  College's  financial  aid  packages  was 
15  percent  in  1984-85.  This  cut  "net 
tuition"  to  $4,989.  Over  the  years,  the 
College's  financial  aid  grants  grew,  so 
that  by  2002-03,  the  discount  rate  had 


increased  to  41  percent.  Consequently, 

net  tuition  had  only  risen  to  $12,097. 

According  to  figures  released  by  the 


LVC  Tuition:  Sticker  and  "Net" 

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$20,000 

$20^600 

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LVC  Costs  &  Median  Household  Income 


1985  1990  1995 

I  Median  Income    -•-  Stated  Costs 


National  Association  of  Independent 
Colleges  and  Universities  (NAICU), 
tuition  increases  leveled  off  and  institu- 
tional grant  aid  increased  during  the 
1990s,  so  that  average  net  tuition  at 
some  schools  across  the  country  actually 
increased  at  a  lower  rate  than  inflation. 
In  March,  the  organization  reported  that 
from  1992-93  to  1999-2000,  private 


college  net  tuition  increased  17.3  per- 
cent, while  the  CPI  grew  18.7  percent. 
Looking  at  affordability  from  another 
perspective,  LVC's  stated  tuition, 
room  and  board  in  1985-86  was 
$8,760,  or  approximately  37  per- 
cent of  the  U.S.  median  house- 
hold income  at  that  time.  By 
2000,  the  school's  total  stated 
costs  were  $21,910,  equivalent  to 
52  percent  of  the  median  house- 
hold income  that  year. 

Average  total  net  costs,  howev- 
er, remained  at  a  more  consistent 
percentage  of  a  typical  family's 
income.  Net  tuition  —  taking  into 
account  the  discount  resulting 
from  financial  aid  —  plus  room 
and  board  was  $7,879  in  1985, 
about  33  percent  of  the  median 
household  income.  In  2000,  aver- 
age total  net  costs  were  $15,189, 
approximately  36  percent  of  the 
median  household  income. 
Viewed  this  way,  the  Valley's 
increase  in  financial  aid  has  helped 
to  keep  the  school's  affordability 
relatively  stable.  This  in  turn  has 
allowed  LVC  to  be  regularly  recog- 
nized as  a  "Best  Value"  school  by 
U.S.News  &  World  Report. 

NAICU  estimates  that  nation- 
wide, approximately  76  percent  of  full- 
time  undergraduates  receive  grants  to 
help  pay  their  costs.  At  Lebanon  Valley, 
the  percentage  of  students  with  financial 


...  THE  VALLEY  S  INCREASE  IN  FINANCIAL 
AID  HAS  HELPED  TO  KEEP  THE  SCHOOL'S 
AFFORDABILITY  RELATIVELY  STABLE. 


The  entire  LVC  admission  and  financial  aid 
process  is  guided  by  four  Valley  graduates  (L  to 
r.):  Susan  Sarisky  92,  director  of  admission; 
Deborah  R.  Fullam  '81,  vice  president  and 
controller;  Jennifer  Liedtka  '92,  M'OO,  director 
of  financial  aid;  and  William].  Brown  Jr.  '79, 
dean  of  admission  and  financial  aid 


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assistance  packages  is  far  higher,  with 
approximately  92  percent  of  full-time 
students  receiving  financial  aid  from  the 
College.  Add  in  aid  and  loans  offered 
through  government  and  other  sources, 
and  the  population  of  students  receiving 
some  form  of  financial  assistance  increases 
to  approximately  97  percent. 

"It's  very  much  a  necessity  for  many 
of  our  students,"  said  Jennifer  Liedtka 
'92,  M'OO,  director  of  financial  aid.  "We 
are  here  to  serve  our  families.  It  is  our 
job  to  help  them  figure  out  how  to  pay 
to  come  to  LVC." 

One  of  the  primary  ways  Lebanon  Valley 
has  helped  students  attend  the  College  in 
the  last  decade  is  through  the  Presidential 
Scholarship  Program,  which  offers  financial 
grants  based  on  high  school  class  rank. 

LVC  students  who  graduate  in  the  top 
1 0  percent  of  their  high  school  classes 
receive  a  Vickroy  Scholarship  that  pays 
for  half  of  tuition  costs.  Those  in  the  top 
20  or  30  percent  of  their  class  ranks 
receive  scholarships  of  one-third  or  one- 
quarter  of  tuition  costs,  respectively. 

The  scholarship  program  is  renewable 
for  four  years  if  students  maintain  a  certain 
grade-point  average.  And,  if  they  meet  spe- 


EHc  Stkhkr  '03 funded  his  LVC  educa- 
tion by  receiving  a  Vickroy  Scholarship,  the 
Gerald  S.  Wingenroth  Scholarship  and  a  PHEAA 
State  Grant,  serving  as  a  resident  assistant,  and 
borrowing  through  the  Federal  Stafford  Loan  pro- 
gram. 


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ren  Bednar   '04  receives  a  Vickroy 
Scholarship,  PHEAA  State  and  Federal  Pell 
Grants,  a  Federal  Stafford  Loan  and  a  Federal 
PLUS  Loan  as  she  works  her  way  through  LVC. 


cific  conditions,  the  College  guarantees 
that  full-time  students  can  complete 
requirements  for  a  baccalaureate  degree  in 
four  years,  or  the  College  will  provide  free 
tuition  for  additional  courses. 

The  Presidential  Scholarship  Program 
has  fueled  interest  in  the  Valley,  helping 
to  increase  enrollment  to  over  1,500  stu- 
dents. It  also  has  brought  Lebanon  Valley 
national  attention.  For  example,  the 
scholarship  program  was  profiled  on 
ABC  World  News  Tonight  in  April  2003 
with  Peter  Jennings  complimenting  LVC 
on  its  innovative  approach. 

While  some  observers  initially  ques- 
tioned whether  the  College  would  ulti- 
mately be  able  to  support  the  scholarship 
program  as  the  student  population  grew, 
Brown  said  it  is  working. 

"It  has  stood  the  test  of  time  economi- 
cally, financially  and  for  several  generations 
of  students,"  he  said.  "It's  still  a  good  idea." 

The  Vickroy  and  related  scholarships 
are  a  big  factor  in  reducing  LVC's  stated 
tuition  from  $20,600  to  the  average  net 
tuition  a  typical  student  would  be 
responsible  for,  $12,097. 

"Every  year  I  look  at  LVC's  number 
and  I  compare  it  to  the  state-related  uni- 
versities," said  Fullam.  "If  a  student  is 
going  to  commit  the  resources  to  go  to 
college,  especially  if  they  receive  a 
Presidential  Scholarship,  financially,  a 


LVC  education  can  be  as  affordable  as  an 
education  at  a  state-related  school." 

Although  large  public  universities 
may  still  have  slightly  lower  costs,  smaller 
private  schools  such  as  LVC  generally 
offer  more  direct  contact  between  faculty 
and  students.  Fullam  points  out  that  the 
personalized  attention  students  receive  at 
the  Valley  through  a  14:1  full-time 
equivalent  class  size  can  help  them  grad- 
uate within  four  years.  At  schools  where 


Danelle  McCusker   '04  receives  sup- 
port from  a  LVC  Achievement  Award,  a  LVC 
Grant,  PHEAA  State  and  Federal  Pell  Grants,  a 
Federal  Stafford  Loan  and  through  the  UPS 
Earn  and  Learn  Education  Assistance  Program. 


students  may  get  less  guidance  in  choos- 
ing a  major  and  scheduling,  she  said, 
they  sometimes  need  longer  to  complete 
their  education,  thus  increasing  the  cost. 

Brown,  however,  has  his  own  com- 
pelling perspective  on  the  affordability  of 
higher  education. 

"It's  a  good  investment.  If  you're  going 
to  invest  in  anything,  invest  in  yourself  or 
invest  in  your  kids,"  Brown  said.  "There's 
no  better  place  to  put  your  money." 


Stephen  Trapnell  '90  is  a  corporate 
communications  specialist  for  D&E 
Communications,  Inc.,  Ephrata;  a 
freelance  writer;  and  college  jour- 
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everal  LVC  alumni  and  friends  have  more 
in  common  than  a  liberal  arts  education  — 
they  share  a  love  of  model  trains.  When  Warren 
Heidelbaugh  '58  was  only  four  months  old,  his  father, 
an  electrical  engineer,  bought  him  an  American  Flyer 
train.  Heidelbaugh  now  has  one  of  the  largest  operating 
"O"  Gauge  train  collections  in  central  Pennsylvania.  It 
is  composed  of  40  sets  of  trains  with  six  to  eight  cars 
per  set.  The  thrill  of  watching  his  trains  whir  and  hiss 
around  hairpin  curves,  over  ramps  and  through  tunnels  — 
all  in  miniature  —  has  not  diminished.  "I  go  down  to  the 
basement  to  run  them,"  he  said.  "I  think  the  fascination 
has  to  do  with  the  motion  of  the  trains,  watching  them 
go  through  the  towns  and  mountains,  seeing  the  whole 
thing  run  smoothly." 


Fall  2003     15 


But  these  petite  versions  of  the  big 
engineering  marvel  also  have  the  power 
to  conjure  up  memories. 

That  is  exactly  what  model  trains  do 
for  Bruce  Rismiller  '59.  "From  when  I 
was  five  or  six  years  old  to  17  or  18,  my 
dad  collected  trains  with  my  two  broth- 
ers and  me,"  he  recalled.  "Lionel  used  to 
have  a  catalogue  and,  my  dad  would  sit 
down  with  us.  We  each  asked  for  an 
addition  to  the  set  and  sometimes  we 
would  argue  about  what  we  wanted  to 
order.  My  dad  talked  about  how  it 
worked,  and  we  hooked  up  the  wires.  We 
were  getting  a  good  education.  We 
would  set  it  up  at  Thanksgiving  and  the 
platform  came  down  New  Year's  Day." 

That  beloved  childhood  train  now 
whistles  inside  the  Reading  home  of 
Rismiller  s  brother,  but  Rismiller  himself 
has  not  forgotten  the  joy  of  train  owner- 
ship. About  20  years  ago,  he  stopped  in  a 
toy  shop,  noticed  model  trains  manufac- 
tured by  the  German  company 
Lehman,  Gross  Bahn,  and  yearned 
to  share  his  childhood  interest  with 
his  recently  born  grandson.  As  his 
grandson  grew,  so  did  the  train  col- 
lection. Over  the  years,  Rismiller 
has  accumulated  24 
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Rismiller  retired  to 

Florida  and  gave  the 

collection  to  his  son. 

"The  trains  reminded 

me  of  my  relationship 

with  my  dad,  and  I 

think  that's  why  I  did  it  with  my 

grandson,"  said  Rismiller.  "It's 

something  that  they  will  talk  about 

and  ask  about." 

Dr.  Robert  E.  Hamilton,  LVC's 
vice  president  for  administration, 
has  collected  approximately  40 
Lionel  model  steam  engines  but  admits 
that  his  childhood  memories  of  trains  had 
more  to  do  with  fear  than  fascination.  "I 
was  somewhat  afraid  of  trains  as  a  young- 


ster," he  said.  "It  was  the  steam,  the  whis- 
tles and  the  noise." 

In  fourth  grade,  Hamilton  overcame 
his  apprehension  and  received  his  first 
steam  engine  and  train  set.  When  he  and 
his  wife  were  expecting 
their  first  child,  Hamilton 
bought  a  set  at  a  train 
shop  so  he  could  share  the 
hobby  with  his  soon-to- 
be-born  son.  "The  boy 
turned  out  to  be  a  girl," 
Hamilton  remarked.  "My 
wife  accused  me  of  using 
the  baby  as  an  excuse  to 
get  involved  in  trains." 

Hamilton's  involvement  has  lasted  for 
30  years.  "I  just  love  the  detail,"  he  said. 
"The  ones  that  represent 
the  true  prototypes  add  to 
the  interest  and  the  cost. 
Now  they  have  added 
digital  sound  systems  that 
make  the  models  sound 
like  the  original  trains." 
No  one  has  had  to 
know  more  about  model 
train  detail  than  Dr. 
Peter  Riddle  '61,  now  a 
music  professor  at  Acadia  University  in 
Nova  Scotia.  With  his  wife  Gay  Bull 
Riddle  '63  assisting  as  editor,  Dr.  Riddle 
has  written  1 1  books  about  model  trains 


Warren  Heidelbaugh  '58  has  been  collecting 
trains  for  over  a  half  century.  He  is  pictured 
above  (left)  with  his  brother,  Emlen,  in  a  1951 
family  photograph. 

Below  left:  Dr.  Peter  Riddle  '61  has  written  11 
books  about  model  trains.  Three  of  his  book 
jackets  are  pictured  here. 


and  owns  more  than  125  locomotives. 
"The  hobby  is  not  necessarily  child's  play," 
he  noted.  "From  1901  to  1969,  the  trains 
were  aimed  at  children,  mainly  boys  8  to 
14.  At  one  point  Lionel  went  out  of  busi- 
ness, but  now  they  are  stronger  than  ever. 
Adults  are  now  the  biggest  collectors.  I 
know  many  people  in  their  fifties  and  six- 
ties and  even  older  who  have  just  started 
collecting  model  trains." 

Riddle  recalled  going  down  to  the 
train  yard  as  a  young  boy  growing  up  in 
Oceanport,  N.J.,  and  hanging  onto  the 
ties  under  the  railroad  bridge  while  the 
trains  passed  overhead.  "I  was  always  fas- 
cinated with  mechanical  things,"  he  said. 
"It  was  an  exciting  experience." 

Lori  Myers  is  a  Harrisburg-based 
freelance  writer  who  has  had  arti- 
cles published  in  national  and 
regional  magazines,  newspapers 
and  on  the  Internet.  She  is  a  regular 
contributor  to  WITF's  Central  PA 
Magazine. 


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Medieval  and  Renaissance  Manuscripts  from  Pennsylvania  Collections 
February  27  -  April  11,  2004 

Book  of  Hours  for  Sarum  Use  (Streeter-Piccard  Hours),  Flanders,  Bruges,  c.  1440 
Nicholas  Brouwer  (active  1420  to  1450J,  MS  27,  folio  77v,  Bryn  Mawr  College  Library, 
Bryn  Mawr,  Pennsylvania 


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(3rd  Annual  Juried  Art  Exhibition 

\pril  23  -  May  9,  2004 


Rob  Evans:  Recent  Work 

May  21  -June  27,  2004 

Rob  Evans,  Indicator,  2000,  mixed  media  on  paper,  21  x  19  1/2  in.,  private  collection 


Lebanon  Valley  College 


Gallery  Hours 

Wednesday,  5-8  p.m. 
Thursday  &  Friday,  1  -  4:30  p.m. 
Saturday  &  Sunday,  11  a.m.-  5  p.m. 
Other  times  by  appointment. 

717-867-6445 
www.lvc.edu/gallery 


BY   DR.   SUSAN  VERHOEK 


e  call  them  ever- 
greens, the  pines, 
the  junipers,  hem- 
locks and  spruce  of  campus.  The  needle- 
like leaves  stay  on  the  trees  for  several  years 
and  do  not  drop  seasonally  in  the  way 
deciduous  trees  shed  leaves  in  the  fall. 
Because  of  these  "evergreen"  needles,  the 
winters  at  LVC  are  still  verdant.  On  the 
LVC  campus,  the  junipers  are  mostly  low 
bushes  used  to  soften  the  juncture 
of  buildings  and  ground,  especially  at 
Vickroy  Residence  Hall  and  the 


Humanities  Center.  Junipers  are  a  designer 
plant.  New  forms  and  colors  keep  appear- 
ing because  the  shrubs  occasionally  pro- 
duce mutant  branches. 
After  these  branches 
have  been  cloned  and 
rooted,  a  whole  new 
line  of  fancier  shrubs  is 
begun.  Junipers  are  also  a 
landscape  designers  work- 
horse. So  varied  are  they  that  design  pro- 
fessionals might  decide  upon  the  ideal  size, 
shape  and  texture  for  a  shrub  and  then 
find  a  juniper  to  fill  the  job.  The  bluish 
"juniper  berries"  that  flavor  gin  and  sauer- 
braten  are  actually  fleshy  cones.  Also  called 
"red  cedar,"  the  wood  of  taller  trees  makes 
pencils  and  cedar  closet  liners. 

Pines  are  not  prevalent  at  LVC,  but 
there  is  a  magnificent  white  pine  between 


Blair  Music  Center  and  the  Humanities 
Center.  It  has  soft,  flexible  needles  and 
long  cones  frosted  with  pitch.  In  front  of 
Mary  Green  Residence  Hall  is  another  tall 
pine.  This  species  produces  short,  rounded 
cones.  These  needles  are  more  robust  and 
tend  to  break  rather  than  bend  if  folded.  A 
pine  seed  in  the  cone  takes  about  18 
months  to  develop.  Then  the  scales  open 
up,  the  seed  is  wafted  out,  and  the  cone 
falls  off  easily. 

To  see  LVC's  blue  spruce,  one  must 
look  along  the  railroad  tracks.  These 
spruces  are  some  of  the  trees  that  used  to 
live  alternating  with  the  maples  in  the 
Academic  Quad.   Some  of  them  survived 
the  move  to  the  "back"  of  the  campus 
and  put  on  a  brave  bluish-green  show 
through  the  winter. 

The  tall,  dark  evergreen  in  the 
Academic  Quad  near  Miller  Chapel  is  a 
Norway  spruce.  There  are  several  more 
near  Bishop  Library  and  the  Carnegie 
Building.  Norway  spruce  have  the 
upright,  single  main  stem  of  all  tree  ever- 
greens, but  the  smallest  branchlets  droop 
from  their  supporting  branches.  In 
Norway  and  other  countries  where  there 
is  lots  of  snow,  this  is  a  way  the  tree  can 
let  the  heavy  weight  of  winter  precipita- 
tion slide  right  off  to  the  ground. 

The  hemlocks  on  campus  have  lately 
been  under  an  onslaught  of  the  woolly 
adelgid  insect,  but  many  are 
holding  their  own.  The 
grove  between  Blair  and 
Humanities  is  the  oldest 
group,  and  there  is  a  row 
of  newer  ones  along  the 
Garber  Science  Center  park- 
ing lot.  These  short-needled  trees  are  a  very 
attractive  part  of  the  campus  scene  after  a 
snowfall.  As  they  should  be  —  after  all,  the 
hemlock  is  the  Pennsylvania  state  tree. 

Dr.  Susan  Verhoek,  professor  of  biol- 
ogy, and  Kelly  Alsedek,  associate 
director  of  college  relations,  recent- 
ly created  a  self-guided  walking  tour 
of  the  College's  Arboretum.  Please 
call  717-867-6175  if  you  would  like 
to  receive  a  copy  of  the  brochure. 


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The  Great  Expectations  Lynch  Initiative 


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"ith  the  completion  of  the  new  gym  on  the 
J  North  Campus,  a  tremendous  volume  of  space 
has  been  opened  for  academic  purposes  in  the 
heart  of  Lynch  Memorial  Hall.  Through  the  Lynch 
Initiative,  the  space  once  occupied  by  the  gym  will  be 
transformed  into  new  general-purpose  "smart"  (technol- 
ogy-enabled) classrooms,  a  90-seat  lecture  hall,  faculty 
offices  and  seminar  rooms  for  the  Departments  of 
Mathematical  Sciences  and  Psychology,  observation  lab- 
oratories for  psychology  courses,  and  new  facilities  for 
the  Business  and  Economics  Department,  the  Education 
Department  and  the  innovative  Digital  Communications 
Program.  Lynch  will  become  a  centerpiece  for  teaching 
and  learning  with  easy  access  to  other  academic  buildings. 


In  the  center  of  Lynch  will  be  the  3,250-square-foot 
Commons,  an  open  gathering  area  surrounded  by  the 
new  classrooms,  lecture  hall  and  faculty  offices.  With 
nearly  30-foot  ceilings,  the  space  will  be  awash  with 
light  pouring  in  from  new  rooftop  skylights.  Lynch 
Memorial  Hall  will  become  a  unique  space  where 
boundaries  between  the  academic  and  social  lives  of  the 
students  and  faculty  become  more  transparent. 

For  more  information  on  the  Great  Expectations  campaign 
and  the  Lynch  Initiative,  click  on  www.lvc.edu/campaign. 

Pictured  above  is  an  architectural  rendering  of  the  Commons  from 
the  second  floor.  (For  reference,  the  Gather  Science  Center  is  to 
your  back,  and  you  would  be  facing  the  Miller  Chapel.) 


Great  Expectations  as  of  September  30, 2003 


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GREAT  EXPECTATIONS 


Gifts  to  Date  Campaign  Goal 

Capital  Construction      $  1 6,2 14,322  $25,325,000 

Endowment      $13,292,026  $12,675,000 

Current  Operations      $  8,665,436  $12,000,000 

Total  Campaign  Contributions      $39,600,654  $50,000,000 

*  including  gifts  to  all  purposes 


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atriculating  at  Eastman  School  of  Music,  Oberlin  College  or  Lebanon 
Valley  College  would  have  all  prepared  Dr.  Nancy  M.  Fenstermacher  '61 
for  a  career  in  music.  For  her,  the  choice  was  clear.  She  would  attend 
LVC  because  of  its  excellent  reputation  and  quality  liberal  arts  program.  An  aspir- 
ing pianist,  Fenstermacher  believed  that  LVC's  mission  was  best  suited  to  her 
philosophy  of  life.  Little  did  she  know  that  through  music  she  would  be  intro- 
duced to  a  new  way  of  thinking,  and  her  outlook  on  life  would  change. 

After  arriving  at  the  Valley,  Fenstermacher  met  Dr.  William  Fairlamb,  professor 
emeritus  of  music,  who  believed  that  making  great  music  went  beyond  beautiful 

sounds.  Music  was  about  the  interac- 
'$    tion  between  the  musician,  the  orches- 
|    tra  and  the  audience.  One  does  not 

1  dominate  the  other.  Sometimes  they 
I     dance,  sometimes  they  argue  and 

B     sometimes  they  cry  together. 
U  Fenstermacher  then  wanted  to 

■     know  more  about  the  people.  How  did 

the  musicians  interact  with  the  orches- 
i     tra?  Where  did  the  audience  fit  into 

the  picture?  Auditing  classes  taught  by 
i     Dr.  Jean  Love,  professor  emerita  of 

psychology,  helped  Fenstermacher 

2  answer  these  questions.  She  joined 
ft    the  Psychology  Club  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Honor  Society.  She  had  come 
full  circle. 

Fenstermacher  went  on  to  earn  her 
doctorate  in  psychology  from  the 
University  of  Rochester  Medical  School. 
She  has  been  a  psychological  consult- 
ant to  Eastman  Kodak  and  Eastman 
School  of  Music.  Fenstermacher  is  a  licensed  psychologist  with  PinnacleHealth 
Systems  in  Harrisburg.  Following  the  September  11  attacks,  she  went  to  Ground 
Zero  and  worked  around  the  clock  listening  to  stories  of  shattered  dreams  and 
hopes.  She  helped  people  piece  their  lives  back  together,  always  remembering  what 
she  learned  at  the  Valley,  understanding  the  relationship  between  the  soloist,  the 
orchestra  and  the  audience. 

To  Fenstermacher,  the  people  of  New  York  were  the  musicians,  the  city  was  the 
orchestra  and  the  nation  was  the  audience  that  cried  along  with  them.  The  people 
of  New  York  drew  strength  from  patriotism.  Everywhere  they  looked,  American  flags 
flew  high  and  proud.  Fenstermacher  knew  that  slowly,  over  time,  the  musicians 
would  again  join  together  as  an  orchestra  for  the  world  to  praise.  The  crying  would 
fade  into  the  background  and  the  dancing  would  take  center  stage. 

Ann  Hess  Myers  has  been  LVC's  director  of  alumni  programs  since 
1998.  She  has  been  a  visiting  instructor  in  sociology  at  Dickinson 
College. 


Nancy  M.  Fenstermacher  61 


NOTE:  All  locations  are  in 
Pennsylvania  unless  otherwise  noted. 


By  strange  coincidence,  two  of  the  four  sur- 
viving graduates  of  the  LVC  class  of  1927 
now  live  in  adjacent  rooms  at  Bethany 
Village  Retirement  Center  in  Mechanicsburg. 
Walter  Ness  and  Blanche  Stager  Fox 
became  neighbors  in  November  2002  without 
any  prior  knowledge  of  the  other's  residency. 

Walter  Lee  Ness,  99,  was  a  chemistry  major 
and  editor  of  the  campus  newspaper,  La  Vie 
Collegienne,  and  the  1 927  class  yearbook, 
Quittapahilla  1928  (LVC  yearbooks  were  then 
published  the  year  that  followed  class  gradua- 
tion). He  married  classmate  Florence 
Dundore  '27  and  they  had  one  son. 

Blanche  Rebecca  Stager  Fox,  97,  was  a  Latin 
major  involved  in  many  extracurricular 
activities.  In  high  school,  she  skipped  a 
grade  and  was  valedictorian  of  her  class  at 
Lebanon  High  School.  After  college,  she 
married  classmate  and  football-team  captain 
Harold  "Zorky"  Fox  '27,  who  was  induct- 
ed into  the  LVC  Athletic  Hall  of  Fame  in 
1981.  They  had  two  daughters  who  also 
graduated  from  LVC,  Joanne  Fox  Shover 
'52  and  Carole  Fox  Weaver  '56. 

Walter  and  Blanche  are  in  good  health  and 
recall  fond  memories  of  their  days  at  LVC. 


A  volunteer  aboard  the  Battleship  New  Jersey 
located  in  Camden,  N.J.,  Robert  U.  Cassel  '36 
has  been  working  toward  restoring  the  ship. 
Along  with  other  volunteers,  he  has  been  paint- 
ing the  turrets  of  the  16-inch  guns,  hauling 
hawsers,  cleaning  compartments  and  registering 
books  in  the  curators  office. 

Louise  Gillan  Harris  '36  is  still  active  at 
the  Rutherford  House  Senior  Center  in 
Harrisburg.  She  also  takes  aerobics  and  is  an 
elementary  school  teacher's  aide  in  the 
Susquehanna  School  District. 

"No  snow  to  shovel  or  grass  to  mow,"  is  how 
Lena  Risser  Mitchell  '38  describes  living  in 
the  retirement  community  in  Florida  where 
she  and  her  husband,  Bill,  now  reside. 


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On  September  22,  2003,  Sarah  Koury 
Zimmerman  '45  was  honored  by  the  con- 
gregation of  the  Waynesboro  Presbyterian 
Church  for  her  50  years  of  service  as  the 
church  organist. 


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Walter  Ness  '27  and  Blanche  Stager  Fox  '27 


Ruth  Anne  Brown  Zimmerman  '51  cele- 
brated her  10th  year  as  a  medical  technolo- 
gist with  the  Denver  Veterans  Affairs 
Medical  Center  in  Colorado.  In  addition  to 
working  full  time,  last  summer  Ruth  Anne 
logged  100  hours  as  a  volunteer  florist  at 
the  medical  center. 

For  over  45  years,  Joseph  T.  Oxley  '52  has 

been  operating  the  Monmouth  Day  Camp 
in  Middletown,  N.J. 

Lenwood  B.  Wert,  D.O.,  '55  was  elected 
to  a  seventh  tetm  as  vice  speaker  of  the 
House  of  Delegates  at  the  95th  Annual 
Clinical  Assembly  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Osteopathic  Medical  Association  held  in 
Philadelphia  this  past  spring. 

George  G.  Cunningham  '58  is  superin- 
tendent of  schools  for  the  Main  School 
Administtation  Disttict  #72  in  Fryeburg. 

In  January  2003,  the  central  Pennsylvania 
publication  Senior  News  profiled  the  life  of 
Robert  M.  Hipp  '58.  He  spent  23  years  in 
the  U.S.  Naval  Reserves,  becoming  an 
atomic,  biological  and  chemical  warfare 
specialist  and  retiring  with  the  rank  of 
Commander.  In  civilian  life,  Bob  had  a  16- 
year  career  in  the  retail  business  and  cur- 
rently owns  his  own  general  insurance 
agency  in  Lebanon. 

Donna  Williamson  Shafer  '58  took  a  cele- 
bratory trip  to  the  British  Isles  over  the 
summer  to  commemorate  her  retirement 
aftet  37  years  of  teaching.  For  21  years, 
Donna  was  a  music  and  sixth-grade  teacher 
at  Wright  Elementary  School,  and  for  14 


years,  she  was  a  sixth-  and  seventh-grade 
math  teacher  at  Pryor  Middle  School,  both 
in  Ft.  Walton  Beach,  Fla. 

James  F.  Wolfe  '58  is  president  of  Edward 
Via  Virginia  College  of  Osteopathic 
Medicine,  a  newly  established,  not-for- 
profit  postgraduate  institution  located  in 
Blacksburg,  Va.  VCOM  is  affiliated  with, 
but  not  a  part  of,  Virginia  Polytechnical 
Institute  and  State  University. 


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The  Rev.  Donald  E.  Zechman  '60  enjoys 
camping,  photography  and  spending  time 
with  his  grandchildren  since  his  retirement 
as  a  United  Methodist  minister 


On  April  12,  2003,  Emily  Bowman  Brown 

'62  was  honored  by  the  Plainfield  (N.J.) 
Symphony  Orchestra  for  over  40  years  of  serv- 
ice. Emily  was  principal  of  the  viola  section  for 
1 1  years,  wrote  program  notes  and  served  sever- 
al terms  on  the  board  of  directors,  acting  as  sec- 
retary of  the  board  for  three  years. 

Judith  Newton  Brown  '63  provided  hymn 
and  anthem  suggestions  for  1 5  scripture  les- 
sons for  Celebrating  justice  and  Liberation: 
A  Resource  for  Worship,  edited  by  Linda 
McKiernan-Allen. 

James  W.  Davis  '63  and  his  wife,  Sail ic 
Slocum  Davis  '65,  are  "happy  to  be  out  of 
the  rat  race."  They  have  retired  and  moved 
to  Avalon,  N.J. 

Judith  Smith  Ermigiotti  '63  is  an  academ- 
ic adviser  at  Temple  University. 

Shirley  Brown  Michel  '63  was  hired  as  the 
first  music  teacher  for  the  new  Mary, 
Mother  of  the  Redeemer  Catholic  School. 
Serving  students  in  kindergarten  through 
eighth  grade,  this  North  Wales  school 
opened  its  doors  in  September  2003. 

In  June  2003,  The  Rev.  Ronald  J. 
Beistline  '64  retired. 

After  35  years  as  a  guidance  counselor, 
Barbara  Macaw  Atkinson  '67  retired  from 
Lower  Dauphin  High  School  in  June  2002. 
She  now  works  part  time  as  a  financial  aid 
counselor  at  Harrisburg  Area  Community 
College. 

An  article  by  Helaine  Hopkins  Golann  '67 

and  her  husband,  Dwight,  titled  "Why  is  it 
hard  for  lawyers  to  deal  with  emotions?," 
appeated  in  the  spring  2003  edition  of  the 
American  Bar  Association's  journal  of 
Dispute  Resolution.  Helaine's  clinical  psy- 
chology practice  includes,  among  other 


William  Jones  72 

has  written  three  mystery  novels:  Murder  By 
Memory,  Silent  Rescue  and  A  Chameleon  in  the 


work,  Murder  By  Memory,  reads,  "When  a  serial 
killer  strikes  again  after  a  hiatus  of  twenty-four 
years,  Detective  Herbert  Chalmers  is  returned  to 
the  police  force.  Along  with  his  beautiful  new 
partner,  Detective  Lizabeth  Barcay,  Chalmers  sets 
out  to  finally  bring  the  elusive  murderer  to  justice.' 
For  more  information,  you  can  contact  Jones  at 
wmjones@uxl.cso.uiuc.edu. 


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class  news  &  notes 


things,  yoga  teaching  and  thetapy,  and  con- 
sultation with  legal  mediators. 

The  Rev.  Bradley  E.  Rentzel  '67,  pastor  at 
Trinity  United  Church  of  Christ  in  Hanover, 
and  his  wife,  Cathy,  became  LVC  parents 
when  their  youngest  daughter,  Rebecca  '07, 

enrolled  at  LVC  this  fall. 

Michael  D.  Curley  '68  is  the  director  of  The 


Curley  Team,  a  Connecticut-based  company 
that  provides  research,  studies  and  analyses. 
Michael  previously  served  in  the  U.S.  Navy 
and  was  a  recipient  of  the  Legion  of  Merit  for 
his  work  in  undersea  biomedical  research. 

Sue  Ellen  Kaufrrnan  '68  is  a  clinical 
research  associate  for  pharmaceutical 
research  in  Florida. 


BY   LORI   MYERS 


No  one  is  more  surprised  than  Pam  Shadel 
Fischer  '81  that  she  has  become  a  passionate 
national  advocate  for  child  safety.  This  former 
Lebanon  Valley  College  English  major  now  serves 
as  vice  president,  public  affairs,  for  the  AAA  New  Jersey  Automobile  Club  in 
Floram  Park  and  is  leading  a  national  initiative  —  "Seated,  Safe  &  Secure"  —  that 
focuses  on  improving  child  passenger  safety. 

"The  law  in  New  Jersey  used  to  be  that  a  child  starting  at  18  months  old  could 
ride  in  the  back  seat  of  a  car  restrained  in  only  a  seat  belt,"  she  explained.  "It  was 
one  of  the  worst  laws  in  the  nation." 

The  national  statistics  are  startling,  Fischer  contended.  "Car  crashes  are  the  num- 
ber-one killer  of  children  under  the  age  of  14,"  she  said.  "There  is  so  much  we  can  do." 

Fischer  took  that  to  heart  when  she  and  her  son  Zachary,  now  8,  trekked  to 
the  state  house  in  Trenton  and  urged  lawmakers  to  take  a  more  realistic  view  of 
child  restraints.  In  a  sort  of  show-and-tell,  Fischer  used  Zachary  as  a  "visual"  to 
demonstrate  why  child  safety  seats,  particularly  booster  seats,  are 
so  critical.  As  a  result  of  her  efforts,  New  Jersey's  law  was 
changed  in  December  2001,  requiring  children  under 
the  age  of  eight,  who  weigh  less  than  80  lbs.,  to  be 
restrained  in  a  car  seat  or  booster  seat.  "We  went  from 
the  basement  to  the  penthouse  in  terms  of  protecting 
our  kids,"  Fischer  proclaimed  proudly. 

Earlier  this  year,  the  Public  Relations  Society  of 
America  awarded  the  Silver  Anvil  to  the  AAA  initia-        <J! 
tive.  The  campaign  focuses  on  educating  the  pub- 
lic about  the  proper  use  of  child  safety  seats  and 
restraints  along  with  modifying  legislation  considered  to 
be  out  of  sync  with  what  is  happening  on  the  roadways.  But  there's  still  a  long 
way  to  go,  said  Fischer. 

"I  have  to  thank  my  professors  at  LVC,"  she  remarked.  "They  taught  me  to 
write  and  think  critically.  It  has  served  me  well." 


Lori  Myers  is  a  Harrisburg-based  freelance  writer  who  has  had  articles 
published  in  national  and  regional  magazines,  newspapers  and  on  the 
Internet.  She  is  a  regular  contributor  to  WITF's  Central  PA  Magazine. 


Based  out  of  Gautier,  Miss.,  retired  Air 
Force  Col.  Jay  A.  Mengel  '68,  better 
known  as  "Cap'n  Jay,"  conducts  tours  of  the 
Pascagoula  River  Marsh  Coastal  Preserve  on 
his  23-foot  cruise  boat. 

Chaplain  (Col.)  Richard  W.  Bower  '69  is 

serving  with  a  combined  joint  task  force  in 
Baghdad,  Iraq. 

After  34  years,  William  E.  Campbell  '69 

retired  as  a  supervisory  mathematician  with 
the  U.S.  Navy  in  Mechanicsburg. 

A  Good-Bye  Never  Said  is  the  first  creative 
nonfiction  book  written  by  Dr.  Jonna- 
Lynn  Knauer  Mandelbaum  '69.  The 

book,  published  in  January  2003  by  Xlibris 
Corporation,  is  a  fictionalized  account 
of  Jonna's  experiences  as  a  nurse  in  Africa 
during  the  Mozambique  and  Zimbabwe 
wars  for  independence. 


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P.  Michael  Reidy  '70  was  recently  elected 
chair  of  the  governing  body  of  the 
Turnbridge  Wells  Grammar  School  for 
Boys,  a  leading  secondary  school  in  Kent, 
England.  Michael  is  the  marketing  director 
for  Bespoke  Publications  Ltd.  in  Banstead, 
Surrey. 

Recently,  Paul  S.  Fisher  '71  led  the  boys' 
tennis  team  of  the  Robinson  Secondary 
School  in  Fairfax,  Va.,  to  their  10th  district 
title  in  1 1  years.  In  addition,  the  team  has 
advanced  to  the  regional  finals  eight  times, 
winning  three  regional  titles. 

The  1 06-acre  family  farm  of  Sue  E. 
Bowman  '72  became  the  6,000th  acre  pre- 
served by  Lebanon  County's  Agricultural 
Land  Preservation  Board.  A  special  ceremo- 
ny was  held  in  August  2002  to  commemo- 
rate the  occasion,  with  numerous  govern- 
ment dignitaries  attending,  including 
Pennsylvania's  secretary  of  agriculture. 

In  May  2003,  Nancy  Freeland  Clark  '72 

received  a  master's  degree  in  educational 
media  from  New  Jersey's  Kean  University. 

The  Rev.  Gary  R.  Evans  is  an  associate  pas- 
tor/chaplain at  Living  Hope  Worship 
Center  in  Logan  Township,  N.J. 

Diane  Seegert  Oberdorff  '73  is  a  parent 
educator  at  LEARN,  Southeastern 
Connecticut's  Regional  Education  Service 
Center,  in  Old  Lyme.  Her  husband,  Vernon 
E.  Oberdorff  '73,  is  manufacturing  manag- 
er for  Stanley  Bostitch  in  Clinton,  Conn. 

Ruth  Nickerson  Rittman  '73  does  costum- 
ing and  appears  in  the  local  community 
theater  of  Ewing,  N.J. 


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Christine  B.  Brown  '74  is  a  medical  technol- 
ogist-ASCP  at  Wilson  Hospital,  a  division  of 
United  Health  Services,  in  Johnson  City,  N.Y. 

Vicki  L.  Hackman,  M.D.,  '74  is  a  physi- 
cian with  Health  Help  Inc.  in  Berea,  Ky. 

Fulfilling  a  lifelong  dream,  Judy  Haines 
Siler  '74  has  taken  up  foxhunting  and  now 
lives  in  southern  Vermont. 

Mark  E.  Jurman  '74  is  a  cell  and  molecular 
biologist  for  Momenta  Pharmaceuticals  Inc. 
in  Cambridge,  Mass. 

The  Rev.  D.  Michael  Bennethum  '75  is 

the  author  of  Listen!  God  is  Talking.  The 
book,  published  by  Augsburg  Fortress 
Publishing  Co.,  is  based  on  his  doctoral  dis- 
sertation. Michael  is  married  to  Diane 
Schaefer  Bennethum  '76,  a  sales  adminis- 
trator with  Exide  Technologies  in  Reading. 

Kevin  J.  Hartnett  '75,  currently  in  his 
26th  year  as  a  school  psychologist,  is 
employed  by  South  Western  School  District 
in  Hanover. 

CW3  James  R.  Sprecher  '75  is  stationed  at 
the  U.S.  Army  Intelligence  Center  and 
School  in  Fort  Huachuca,  Ariz.  He  is  chief, 
signals  intelligence  concepts,  architecture 
and  requirements,  working  future  concepts 
for  the  U.S.  Army  Objective  Force.  James 
has  been  in  the  active  military  for  23  years. 

"Spirit  of  Liberty,"  the  latest  composition 
by  Rodney  S.  Miller  '77,  has  been  accepted 
by  Shawnee  Press  for  publication  in  its 
2003-04  band  catalog.  Rodney  composed 
the  piece  for  Council  Rock's  district-wide 
band  after  visiting  the  Newtown  school  dis- 
trict as  part  of  its  composer-in-residence 
program.  Rodney,  an  instrumental  music 
teacher  in  the  Lebanon  School  District,  is 
staff  arranger  for  LVC's  marching  band  and 
serves  as  co-musical  director/arranger  for 
the  Timbers  Dinner  Theater  in  Mt.  Gretna. 

Ronald  R  Afflebach  '78  is  director  of 
human  resources  for  Pilot  Therapeutics  Inc., 
a  specialty  pharmaceutical  company  based 
in  Charleston,  S.C. 

John  T.  Ebert  '78  has  worked  for  AT&T 
for  over  22  years  in  many  different  capaci- 
ties, including  offer,  product,  program, 
project  manager;  international  ventures, 
business  planning,  strategy  and  financial 
analysis. 

Brenda  Hawkins  Geist  '78  was  promoted  to 
account  executive  at  the  Business  Service  Division 
of  the  New  Jersey  Department  of  Labor,  where 
she  has  worked  for  the  past  23  years. 

Dennis  L.  Mark  '78  is  listed  in  the  2004 
edition  of  the  National  Register's  Who's  Who 
in  Executives  and  Professionals.  Dennis  is 


ALUMNI 
CHORALE 

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COMPACT  DISC 

The  Lebanon  Valley  College  Alumni 
Chorale  recently  released  its  second 
CD.  A  Child  My  Choice,  a  CD  of 
Christmas  music  that  was  produced  in 
honor  of  the  chorale's  25th  anniver- 
sary. The  new  CD,  as  well  as  the 
chorale's  first  release,  Chorale  Gems 
ofJ.S.  Bach,  is  available  at  the  LVC 
bookstore.  Dr.  Pierce  Getz  '51,  profes- 
sor emeritus  of  music,  directs  the 
""  and  has  done  so 

I  founded  the 
in  1978. 
Nearly  20  LVC 
uates  participate  in 
the  Chorale. 


chief  of  laboratory  automation  at  the  Air 
Force  Institute  of  Environmental 
Occupation  Health  Risk  Assessment  at 
Brooks  City-Base,  Texas. 

Former  Brooklyn  Botanical  Gardens  Head 
Rosarian  Stephen  C.  Scanniello  '78  was  a 

featured  speaker  at  the  June  2003  Rose 
Symposium  held  at  the  Brooklyn  Botanic 
Gardens  in  New  York. 

Kathleen  Lazo  Talaat  '78  is  manager  of  the 
youth-business  mentoring  program  for  the 
Common  Wealth  Development  Inc.  of 
Madison,  Wis. 

Pamela  Frantz  Emery  79  works  in  consumer 
relations  for  Hershey  Food  Corporation. 


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Gary  E.  Emery  '80  is  the  in-house  band 
and  orchestra  instrument  repair  technician 
at  Marty's  Music  Store  in  Annville. 

Kevin  T.  Leddy  '80  is  an  academic  adviser 
with  Penn  State  University's  College  of 
Communications  in  State  College.  Kevin 
still  plays  baseball  and  annually  assists  with 
LVC's  alumni  baseball  game. 

Patricia  A.  McGregor  '80  is  a  linguistic  ana- 
lyst for  Eliza  Corporation,  a  software  compa- 
ny that  creates  and  develops  speech  recogni- 
tion software  located  in  Beverly,  Mass.  She  is 
the  author  of  But  Now  I  See,  an  as-yet-unpub- 
lished young  adult  novel.  Patricia  is  a  booking 
agent  for  the  Boston  funk  band  Sugar  Daddy. 


In  her  spare  time,  she  is  also  a  voice-over 
actress  and  narrates  books  on  CDs  for  local 
and  national  radio  advertisements. 

Leo  C.  Hearn  Jr.  '81  is  president  of 
Scientia  Solutions,  an  environmental  con- 
sulting firm  that  provides  occupational  safe- 
ty and  environmental  management  services 
to  clients  nationwide.  He  and  his  family  live 
in  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

Brian  E.  McSweeney  '81  is  a  senior  com- 
puter scientist  with  the  Defense  Department. 
His  wife,  Kimberly  Haunton  McSweeney 
'82,  teaches  general  music  in  Howard 
County,  Md. 

Sharon  Diederich  Shoop  '81  is  a  kinder- 
garten through  sixth-grade  music  teacher  at 
Blennerhassett  Elementary  School  in 
Parkersburg,  W  Va.  Sharon  continues  to 
play  viola  in  the  Blennerhassett  String  Trio 
and  the  River  Cities  Symphony,  and  she 
gives  private  piano  lessons. 

Eva  Greenawalt  Bering  '82  is  director  of 
operations  for  United  Church  of  Christ 
Homes  at  their  corporate  office  in  Camp 
Hill. 

Dr.  Hugh  C.  DeLong  '82  is  program  man- 
ager at  the  Air  Force  Office  of  Scientific 
Research  in  Arlington,  Va. 

On  April  23,  2003,  William  N.  Campbell 
'83  and  his  wife,  Theresa  Martin 
Campbell  '88,  announced  the  birth  of  their 
fourth  daughter,  Juliana  Kathleen. 

Nancy  Darnell  Pantano  '83  is  a  social 
worker  in  case  management  at  Florida 
Hospital  in  Altamonte  Springs. 

Jane  Buscaglia  Cheung  '84  is  a  general 
music  teacher  for  New  Jersey's  Howell 
Township  Board  of  Education  at  Middle 
School  South. 

Stacy  M.  Gundrum  '84  is  an  intelligence 
research  specialist  for  the  Federal  Bureau  of 
Investigation  in  Washington,  D.C. 

Dr.  Ann  Buchman  Orth  '84  is  research 
director  for  the  Agricultural  Products 
Group  at  FMC  Corporation  in  Princeton, 
N.J.  Ann  is  also  the  choir  director/parish 
organist  at  St.  Bede's  Church. 

Dorothy  "Hope"  Garling  Plank  '84  is  the 

central/south  Florida  district  director  of 
sales  and  marketing  for  Kindred  Health 
Care  in  West  Palm  Beach,  Fla. 

In  2002,  Beverly  Rhan  Zimmerman  '84 

retired  from  Hershey  Foods  Corporation. 

On  March  18,  2003,  John  H.  Kiefel  '85 

and  his  wife,  Jacqueline,  welcomed  a  daugh- 
ter, Jocelyn  Marie,  into  their  family. 


Fall  2003     23 


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CAPITAL 

OPPORTUNITY 


BY  CASSANDRA  HOADLEY  '04 


in  Washington,"  read  the  brochure.  Though  th 
phrase  was  directed  toward  students  in  the  p 
gram  and  not  staff  members,  I  discovered  thi: 
summer  that  it  was  true  for  both. 

A  national  organization  dedicated  to  teachin, 
the  many  facets  of  government,  Presidential 
Classroom  (PC)  holds  weeklong  programs  in 
Washington,  D.C.,  for  extraordinary  high  school 
dents  from  across  the  country  and  around  the 
world.  In  addition  to  visiting  the  sites  of  the  nat 
capital,  participants  hear  from  members  of 
Congress,  Presidential  staff,  journalists  and  other 
Washington  personalities.  Chosen  as  one  of  14 


rthy  people, 
including  former  presidential  can- 


interns  out  of  250  applicants,  I  spent  six  weeks  living      didate  BalPh  Nader  (ab^e)'  dur- 
at  Georgetown  University  and  interning  with  PC.  '"^her  summer  lnternshiP '"  D- c 

A  24/7  commitment,  with  most  days  15-20 
hours  long,  this  internship  was  anything  but  typical.  The  daily  obligations  of  a  PC 
intern  could  include  loading  450  students  and  24  instructors  on  to  12  buses; 
organizing  the  group's  transportation  to  and  from  the  State  Department,  the  House 
of  Representatives,  or  other  notable  locations;  and  introducing  seminar  speakers 
such  as  Asa  Hutchinson,  Ralph  Nader  or  Mo  Rocca.  Interns  also  answered  phone 
calls  from  distraught  parents,  located  and  retrieved  lost  students,  and  hemmed 
pants  while  matching  ties  to  dress  shirts.  Any  combination  of  these  responsibilities, 
and  sometimes  all  of  them,  were  just  part  of  a  "normal"  day. 

Though  by  far  the  most  stressful  and  high-pressured  experience  I  have  ever 
endured,  it  was  also  one  of  the  best  of  my  life.  The  knowledge  I  gained  and  the  sit- 
uations I  was  exposed  to  gave  me  the  invaluable  opportunity  to  hone  my  quick- 
thinking  and  problem-solving  skills. 

Witnessing  students  from  around  the  world  interacting  was  an  enormous  benefit. 
Seeing  delegates  from  Texas  discussing  politics  with  students  from  California  or  watch- 
ing U.S.  students  compare  cultures  with  the  participants  from  Sri  Lanka,  I  was  continu- 
ally amazed  by  the  thoughtful  exchanges.  Though  the  personality  of  each  week's 
assemblage  changed,  the  students  all  possessed  an  overwhelming  interest  in  oppos- 
ing viewpoints  and  chose  to  celebrate  and  embrace  their  differences. 

Growing  up  in  a  rural  town  in  northeastern  Pennsylvania  where  there  isn't  a  traf- 
fic light,  and  then  attending  college  in  Annville,  I  had  never  been  exposed  to  metro- 
politan life.  Having  the  opportunity  to  live  in  D.C.  was  a  worthwhile  experience  in 
itself.  I  discovered  the  magic  of  public  transportation  while  mastering  the  Metro 
and  hailing  cabs.  Knowing  that  I  can  survive  in  Washington,  D.C,  gives  me  a  great 
sense  of  independence. 

With  May  and  graduation  approaching,  I  wish  I  could  say  that  I  have  a  definitive 
plan  for  the  immediate  future,  but  I  don't.  However,  the  knowledge  that  I  have 
gained  in  my  three  years  at  LVC  helped  me  attain  this  internship,  survive  it  and 
even  thrive  throughout  it.  Like  most  college  students,  I  have  heard  countless  times 
that  workplace  experience  is  invaluable,  and  after  this  summer,  I  agree  completely. 
It  is  remarkable  how  classroom  knowledge  and  critical  thinking  all  come  together 


Keeping  busy  by  volunteering  now  that  she 
is  retired,  Barbara  Donnell  Osenkarski 

'85  is  an  elected  auditor  of  Valley  Township 
in  Montour  County. 

On  January  9,  2003,  James  W.  Reilly  '87 

and  his  wife,  Rachel,  welcomed  a  second 
daughtet,  Catie  Ann,  into  their  family. 

Barry  M.  Koklefsky  '88  is  an  actuary  and 
vice  president  for  Scottish  Re  (US)  Inc.  in 
Charlotte,  N.C. 

Brian  P.  Luckenbill  '88  and  his  wife, 
Nancy,  announced  the  birth  of  a  daughter, 
Courtney  Sara,  on  December  27,  2002. 

Jeane  Weidner  Serrian  '88  is  a  math  teacher 
at  Twin  Valley  High  School  in  Elverson. 

Delia  Sitaras  Terris  '88  is  a  stay-at-home 
mom  to  daughters  Callie  and  Alexi. 

On  November  16,  2002,  Richard  W.  Umla 

'88  and  Aslynn  D.  Hinkle  were  married  at 
Westminstet  United  Methodist  Church  in 
Maryland.  Richard  is  an  elementary  vocal 
music  teacher  for  Howard  County  Public 
Schools. 

The  Dave  Wilson  Quartet  recently  released 
their  debut  CD  on  Dreamscape  Records. 
David  M.  Wilson  '88  plays  tenot  and 
soprano  saxophone  on  Through  the  Time,  a 
collection  of  eight  jazz  songs. 

Marie  Shott  McGee  '89  is  eastern  United 
States  sales  manager  for  JP  Morgan  Fleming 
in  New  York  City. 

On  December  30,  2002,  Kenneth  W. 
Miller  '89  and  his  wife,  Bobbi  Jo,  wel- 
comed a  daughter,  Clara  Madeline,  into 
their  family.  Ken  is  the  assistant  director  of 
a  short-term  care  facility  in  Athens,  Ga. 

On  October  7,  2002,  Martha  Bordic 
Papadakis  '89  and  her  husband, 
Christopher,  announced  the  birth  of  a 
daughter,  Arianna  Violet. 

Eric  K.  Rabenold  '89  is  president  of  Philly 
Counseling  Services  Inc.  in  Philadelphia  and  a 
psychologist  for  the  New  Jersey  State  Prison. 


90 


Cassandra  Hoadley  '04  is  an  English  communications  and  American 
studies  double  major  from  Hop  Bottom.  She  is  the  co-editor  of  La  Vie 
Collegienne  and  a  student  assistant  in  the  Office  of  College  Relations. 


]S 


On  December  12,  2002,  Rachel  Snyder 
Hills  '90  and  her  husband,  Christopher 

Hills  '91,  announced  the  birth  of  their  sec- 
ond son,  Joshua  Robert.  Rachel  is  on  child- 
rearing  leave  from  Baltimore  County  Public 
Schools,  and  Chris  is  a  systems  analyst  for 
Williams  Scotsman  in  Baltimore. 

On  May  17,  2003,  Michael  A. 
McGranaghan  '90  and  Stephanie  Reichner 
were  married  at  Otterbein  United 
Methodist  Church  in  Sunbury.  Mike  is  clin- 


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class  news  &  notes 


icaJ  coordinator  for  Universal  Community 
Behavioral  Health  in  Sunbury.  He  is  also  a 
film  critic  for  Sunbury  Broadcasting  Corp. 

Holly  Carey  Moore  '90  is  a  social  worker 
with  Keystone  Central  School  District  in 
Lock  Haven. 

Jeffrey  D.  Osborne  '90  is  a  teacher  in  the 
Central  Columbia  School  District  in 
Bloomsburg. 

Robert  G.  Sherman  '90  is  a  product  man- 
ager for  Amrep  Inc.  in  Marietta.  Ga. 

On  November  11,  2002,  Michelle  A. 
Sullivan  '90  and  Michael  West  were  mar- 
ried at  the  Kahala  Mandarin  Oriental  Hotel 
in  Oafiu,  Hawaii.  Michelle  is  a  business  risk 
consultant  for  GlaxoSmithKline  in 
Philadelphia  and  is  pursuing  a  master's 
degree  in  global  management. 

Lisa  Kerr  Windbiel  '90  is  a  German 
teacher  in  the  Perkiomen  Valley  School 
District  in  Collegeville. 

On  February  26,  2003,  James  P.  McMenamin 

'91  and  his  wife,  Regina,  announced  the  birth 
of  their  third  child,  Brett  Thomas. 

Debra  L.  Stoudt  '91  is  a  French  teacher  at 
Satchel  Ford  Elementary  School  in 
Columbia,  S.C. 

In  September  2003,  Andrew  S.  Wangman 

'91  celebrated  his  fifth  anniversary  working 
at  GE  Polymershapes  in  Middletown. 

On  December  14,  2002,  Mary  Blouch  '92 
and  The  Rev.  Dr.  Voorhis  C.  Cantrell, 

professor  emeritus  of  religion  and  Greek  at 
LVC,  were  married  in  the  Palmyra  Church 
of  the  Brethren. 

On  April  3,  2003,  Dr.  Kristen  L.  Boeshore 

'92  and  her  husband,  Dale  Long, 
announced  the  birth  of  their  second  child, 
Eric  Matthew.  Kristen  is  the  daughter  of 
Marilyn  Boeshore,  assistant  in  LVCs  alum- 
ni programs  office. 

Kimberly  Sollenberger  Baldwin  '92  is  a 

prevention/intervention  specialist  with  the 
Cumberland  Perry  Drug  and  Alcohol 
Commission  in  Carlisle. 

Dr.  Marianne  E.  Boltz  '92  is  an 
optometrist  for  Kilmore  Eye  Associates  of 
Mechanicsburg. 

Nicole  Grove  Brubaker  '92  has  released  a 
new  CD  titled  Sol  Siden,  from  Rider  Hall 
Music  Company.  Nicole  and  Barry  Atticks 
form  Sol  Siden,  a  contemporary  Christian 
duo.  She  has  been  a  vocalist  for  numerous 
radio  and  television  commercials  and,  for 
the  past  eight  years,  has  served  as  a  worship 
leader  at  St.  Paul's  United  Methodist 
Church  in  Elizabethtown. 


Antoinette  R.  Davis  '92  received  a  master's 
degree  in  computer  information  systems 
from  the  University  of  Phoenix.  In  February 
2003,  she  was  elected  into  the  international 
Who's  Who  in  Information  Technology. 

On  April  3,  2003,  Kimberly  Shaffer  Myers 

'92  and  her  husband,  Bryan,  announced  the 
birth  of  their  second  child,  Caroline  Kimberly. 

On  March  5,  2003,  Michael  L.  Spangler 

'92  and  his  wife,  Christine,  welcomed  a 
son,  Luke  Maximus,  into  their  family. 

On  May  19,  2003,  Timothy  P.  Boltz  '93 
and  his  wife,  Kristine  Kuhn  Boltz  '94, 

welcomed  a  son,  Michael  Timothy,  into 
their  family. 

Helen  M.  Major  '93  is  a  protective  services 
case  worker  for  Columbia-Montour  County 
Area  Agency  on  Aging  in  Bloomsburg. 

Denise  Snyder  Petrasic  '93  is  a  laboratory 
chief  with  the  city  of  Lebanon. 

Jill  E.  Stanley  '93  is  a  school  business 
administrator  for  the  Madison  and 
Hamilton  Central  school  districts  in  New 
York. 

On  May  9,  2003,  Jonathan  D.  Wescott 
'93  and  his  wife,  Deborah  Bullock 

Wescott  '95,  announced  the  birth  of  their 
second  child,  Abigail  Rose.  Jon  is  LVCs 
director  of  residential  life,  and  Deb  is  asso- 
ciate director  of  alumni  programs  at  LVC. 

On  March  9,  2002,  Michelle  limit/ 
Whitmoyer  '93  and  her  husband, 
Christopher,  welcomed  a  daughter,  Rachel 
Elizabeth,  into  their  family. 

On  February  14,  2003,  Heather  Fennell 

Burker  '94  and  her  husband,  Burr,  announced 
the  birth  of  their  third  child,  Paige  Victoria. 
Heather  enjoys  being  a  stay-at-home  mom  to 
Paige  and  Paige's  brothers,  Quinn  and  Chase. 

On  November  12,  2002,  Bethany  Yohe 
Eaton  '94  and  her  husband,  Christopher, 
welcomed  a  daughter,  Julia,  into  their  fami- 
ly. Julia  was  born  on  March  4,  2002,  in 
Jiangxi,  China. 

Lois  Lapp  Holsinger  '94  is  a  pediatric  occu- 
pational therapist  for  Primary  Children's 
Medical  Center  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah. 

John  Lauffer  '94  was  awarded  a  teaching 
assistantship  in  France.  He  will  be  teaching 
English  to  French  secondary  school  students 
in  the  Bordeaux  area  of  France. 

Christy  Herr  Platts  '94  is  a  SAP  Oracle 
database  administrator  for  Tyco  Electronics 
in  Harrisburg. 

On  July  13,  2002,  Sheri  L.  Smith  '94  and 

her  husband,  Kris  Collins,  welcomed  a 


daughter,  Jasmine  Sierra,  into  their  family. 
Sheri  is  a  manufacturing  facilitator  for 
Merck  &  Company  in  West  Point,  N.Y. 

Lynn  M.  Sosnoskie  '94  is  a  doctoral  stu- 
dent and  graduate  research  assistant  in  the 
department  of  horticulture  and  crop  science 
at  Ohio  State  University  in  Wooster.  She 
received  a  graduate  student  leadership  award 
and  is  on  the  university's  search  committee 
for  a  new  vice  president  of  research. 

In  May  2003,  Christine  B.  Wright  '94 

received  a  master's  degree  in  social  work 
from  Adelphi  University  in  New  York. 

Melissa  M.  Anderson  '95  is  a  business  sys- 
tems analyst  for  Rosenbluth  International,  a 
corporate  travel  management  company. 

George  J.  Hollich  III  '95  is  an  assistant  pro- 
fessor of  developmental  psychology  at  Purdue 
University  in  West  Lafayette,  Ind.  George  is 
also  a  consulting  editor  ot  Child  Development. 

Scott  A  Maier  '95  is  master  instructor  at 
the  Jim  McLean  Golf  School  at  PGA  West 
in  La  Quinta,  Calif. 

Patrick  F.  Mason  '95  is  head  football  coach 
at  Minersville  Area  High  School. 

On  January  23,  2003,  Michael  P.  Putnam 

'95  and  his  wife,  Sharyn,  announced  the 
birth  of  a  son.  Jack  Douglas. 

Dana  Centofanti  Triantafillos  '95,  a 

teacher  with  the  New  Jersey  Department  of 
Corrections,  was  voted  2002-2003  teacher 
of  the  year  for  the  Stabilization  and 
Reintegration  Program. 

In  February  2003,  CWO  Kirk  L. 
Altrichter  M'96  was  called  to  active  duty 
with  the  Marine  Corps  Reserves'  Third  Air 
Naval  Gunfire  Liaison  Company  in 


Alumni 
Weekend 

for  Alumni  Weekend  2004  —  June 
11.  12  and  13.  The  classes  of  '44. 
'49,  '54,  '59,  '64,  '69,  74,  79  and 
'84  will  be  celebrating  reunions.  We 
hope  to  see  you  there!  Call  1-800- 
ALUMLVC  for  more  information  or  visit 
our  web  site  at  www.lvc.edu/alumni. 


Fall  2003      25 


class  news  &  notes 


Southwest  Asia  in  support  of  Operation 
Enduring  Freedom. 

At  Portsmouth  Middle  School  in  Rhode 
Island,  Rebecca  Ragno  Cituk  '96  is  a  sixth- 
grade  teacher  and  head  coach  for  the  school's 
cross  country  and  track  and  field  teams. 
During  this  past  summer,  she  was  one  of  three 
teachers  selected  by  Brown  University  to  work 
with  scientists  in  the  material  engineering 
department.  Through  Browns  Research 
Experience  for  Teachers,  Rebecca  helped  create 
educational  programs/modules  that  will  be 
used  in  middle-  and  high-school  classrooms.  In 
Rebecca's  spare  time,  she  plays  soccer  on  an 
amateur  Newport,  R.I.,  soccer  team. 

Spencer  J.  Dech  '96  is  a  staff  biologist  with 
the  department  of  safety  assessment's  car- 
diac electrophysiology  group  at  Merck 
Research  Laboratories  in  West  Point. 

Troy  H.  Gregory  '96  is  a  sales  representa- 
tive with  the  Bradco  Supply  Corporation  in 
Hyattsville,  Md. 

Jennifer  A.  Hihn  '96  and  Matthew  F. 
Cubbage  were  married  recently  in  Mount 
Calvary  United  Methodist  Church  in 
Harrisburg.  Jennifer  is  an  assistant  general 
manager  for  the  Bon  Ton  Department  Store 
in  Harrisburg. 

Lawrence  W.  Moore  '96,  a  music  theory 
professor  at  Miami-Dade  Community 
College  in  Florida,  received  a  master's  degree 
in  media  writing  and  production  from  the 
University  of  Miami.  He  was  accepted  into 
the  doctotal  program  for  musical  arts  in  com- 
position at  the  University  of  Miami. 

Nhien  T.  Nguyen  '96  is  a  program  analyst 
with  the  Peace  Corps  in  Washington,  D.C. 

Dutch  Gold  Honey  Inc.  of  Lancaster  pro- 
moted Charles  W.  Schatzman  III  M'96  to 

executive  vice  president  of  finance  and 
administration. 

Kimberh/  Romania  Tozzi  '96  is  a  teacher  with 
the  Gold  Creek  School  District  in  New  Jersey. 

On  October  5,  2002,  Laura  Ann  Hain  '97 
and  Terry  Jay  Motter  Jr.  '97  were  married  at 
St.  Christopher  Lutheran  Church  in  Lykens. 
Laura  is  an  assistant  law  librarian  at  the 
Dauphin  County  Law  Library.  Terry  is  a 
youth  program  specialist  at  the  Schaffner 
Juvenile  Detention  Center  in  Harrisburg. 

SSG  Nathan  A.  Hillegas  '97  is  attending 
Officer  Candidate  School  at  Ft.  Benning, 
Ga.  After  his  graduation,  Nathan  will  be 
heading  off  to  the  Infantry  Basic  Course 
and  Ranger  School. 

Mather  B.  Hutchens  M'97  is  a  materials 
engineer  in  the  product  engineering  depart- 
ment of  the  Defense  Supply  Center  located 
in  Richmond,  Va. 


Bethany  D.  Mummert  '97  is  a  financial 
analyst  with  Everest  Field  Technologies  in 
Boothwyn. 

Robert  A.  Murin  '97  is  a  project  manager  for 
the  Department  of  State  in  Washington,  D.C. 

Pamela  A  Pedrick  '97  is  director  of  client 
services  for  the  Cornerstone  Pregnancy  Center 
of  South  Jersey  located  in  Bridgeton,  N.J. 

On  July  13,  2002,  Rebecca  L.  Avers  '97 
and  Christopher  D.  Pope  '91  were  married 
in  LVC's  Miller  Chapel.  Members  of  the 
wedding  parry  included  Jill  C.  Schreiber 
'96,  Danielle  Zimmerman  Miller  '96, 
Jennifer  A.  Hihn  '96,  Bridget  Lohr  Geisel 
'95,  J.  Ronald  Hess  '91,  Joseph  E. 
Buehler  '89  and  Douglas  J.  Ferguson  '99. 

James  J.  Schwalm  '97  is  a  math  teacher  at 
Biglerville  Middle  School. 

On  May  9,  2003,  Charles  W.  Ulrich  IV 

'97  and  his  wife,  Gail,  announced  the  birth 
of  their  second  daughter,  Carley  Jade. 

Brian  C.  Berling  '98  is  a  pharmaceutical 
research  scientist  for  Alpharma  USHP. 

Brian  D.  Burke  '98  is  a  history  teacher  for 
the  Ridgefield  Board  of  Education  in  New 
Jersey.  His  wife,  Lauren  Corbett  Burke 

'99,  is  a  science  teacher  in  the  New  Milford 
School  District. 

On  October  5,  2002,  Ann  Kane  '98  and 

Ted  Bowman  were  married  at  the  Joseph 
Ambler  Inn  in  North  Wales.  Ann  is  a  cor- 
porate controller  for  The  Norwood 
Company  in  West  Chester. 

Stacy  V.  Lavin  '98  is  a  human  resources 
associate  with  the  Glenmede  Trust  Company, 
NA,  in  Philadelphia. 

Justin  L.  McCall  '98  is  an  attorney  with 
the  firm  of  Papernick  &  Gefsky  LLC  in 
Pittsburgh. 

Jerry  W.  Prarr  '98  is  a  scientist  III  for  Geo- 
Centers  Inc.  at  Aberdeen  Proving  Ground,  Md. 

After  serving  as  a  postdoctoral  research  associ- 
ate at  Princeton  University  for  two  years,  Dr. 
Raymond  E.  Schaak  '98  is  now  an  assistant 
professor  of  chemistry  at  Texas  A&M 
University.  His  specialties  include  inorganic 
materials  chemistry  and  nanotechnology. 

Jeffrey  A.  Sherk  '98  and  April  Eisenhauer 
were  married  on  May  31,  2003. 

In  May  2003,  Jennifer  L.  Smith  '98  gradu- 
ated from  the  Pennsylvania  State  College  of 
Medicine.  Jennifer  will  continue  her  train- 
ing in  pediatrics  at  Penn  State  University. 

On  April  7,  2003,  Lisa  Epting  Underwood 
'98  and  her  husband,  Craig  A.  Underwood 
'99,  announced  the  birth  of  their  second 
child,  Ryan  Alexander. 


James  S.  Unger  '98  is  in  his  sixth  year  of 
teaching  at  Austin  Elementary  School  in 
Atlanta,  Ga.  He  also  serves  as  the  school's 
webmaster.  In  addition,  James  coaches  both 
the  long  jump  and  the  triple  jump  at 
Oglethorpe  University. 

Carrie  A.  Champ  '99  is  a  psychologist  for 
Milton  Hershey  School. 

Kelly  A.  Dessert  '99  is  a  first-grade  teacher 
for  the  Franklin  Regional  School  District  in 
Murrysville. 

On  June  7,  2003,  Amy  N.  Edris  '99  and 
John  W.  Music  Jr.  '01  were  married  in 
LVC's  Miller  Chapel.  Members  of  the  wed- 
ding party  included  Lindsey  Edris  '03  and 
Chad  Hoofiiagle  '02. 

Alicia  Fioravanti  '99  is  a  first-time  offend- 
ers program  administrator  for  the  Lebanon 
County  Juvenile  Probation  Department. 

On  September  28,  2002,  Matthew  R. 
Franks  '99  and  Tyson  M.  Ardrey  were  mar- 
ried at  Second  Avenue  United  Methodist 
Church  in  Altoona.  Matthew  is  employed 
by  Wyeth  Pharmaceuticals  in  Marietta. 

Lori  M.  Moyer  '99  is  a  senior  airman  with 
the  Northeast  Counterdrug  Training  Center 
at  Fort  Indiantown  Gap. 

Thomas  P.  Schaaf  '99  is  a  teacher  with 
Alternative  Rehabilitation  Communities  in 
Jonestown. 

Shane  M.  Sipes  '99  is  a  business  analyst 
with  Hartford  Life  Insurance  Co.  in 
Simsbury,  Conn. 

Lisa  M.  Speck  '99  is  a  senior  intensive  case 
manager  for  Keystone  Mental  Health 
Services  in  Harrisburg. 

Wayne  P.  Tulli  '99  is  a  quality  control  spe- 
cialist for  Gilbert  Architects  in  Lancaster. 

On  April  5,  2003,  Eric  B.  White  '99  and 
Lynn  Backer  were  married  at  Holy  Trinity 
Lutheran  Church  in  Lebanon.  Members  of 
the  wedding  party  included  Ryan  S. 
Redner  '99  and  Randal  D.  Kostelac  '99. 

On  August  30,  2002,  Susan  Myers  Yeager 

'99  and  her  husband,  Kirk,  announced  the 
birth  of  their  son,  Carter  Douglas. 


OOs 


Seaman  Levar  D.  Bouyer  '00  recendy  com- 
pleted basic  training  at  the  U.S.  Navy's  Recruit 
Training  Command  at  Great  Lakes,  111. 

Diane  L.  Butzer  M'OO  is  an  assistant  prin- 
cipal at  Wheatland  Middle  School  in  the 
Lancaster  School  District. 


26     The  Valley 


class  news  &  notes 


James  W.  Franklin  '00  and  Shawna 

Bonner,  a  former  LVC  student,  were  mar- 
ried on  August  17,  2002. 

Lori  Beth  Sweigert  Hans  '00  is  an  analyst 
for  Constellation  Energy  Group  in 
Baltimore,  Md. 

Gregory  L.  Kratzer  '00  is  a  teacher  at 
Upper  Dauphin  Area  High  School  in 
Elizabethville. 

The  Pennsylvania  Humanities  Council  of 
Philadelphia  recently  promoted  Kathryn 
Laepple  '00  to  the  position  of  development 
associate. 

Gwen  E.  Lawson  '00  is  a  fifth-  and  sixth- 
grade  drama  teacher  at  Rogers  Middle 
School  in  Pearland,  Texas. 

Amanda  Ott  '00  and  Jeffrey  Templeton 

'98  were  married  in  Jonestown  on  June  7, 
2003.  Members  of  the  wedding  party 
included  Carrie  Fetterman  '00,  Marcia 
Reed  Weist  '00,  Jessica  Scheinder 
Bender  '00  and  Joseph  J.  Martin  '98. 
Amanda  is  an  English  teacher  and  field 
hockey  coach  at  Eastern  Lebanon  County 
High  School  in  Myerstown.  Jeff  is  major 
market  service  specialist  with  Paychex  in 
Norristown. 

Jennifer  D.  Rakowski  '00  is  a  microbiol- 
ogist for  the  Pennsylvania  Department  of 
Agriculture  in  Harrisburg. 

Selena  L.  Rodgers  '00  is  show  safety  spe- 
cialist for  Sight  and  Sound  Ministries  in 
Strasburg.  In  December  2002,  she  gradu- 
ated from  Messiah  College  with  a  degree 
in  athletic  training,  and  is  a  certified 
strength  and  conditioning  specialist. 

Lindsay  A.  Shattuck  '00  is  a  seventh-  and 
eighth-grade  band  director  at  Manalapan- 
Englishtown  Middle  School  in  New  Jersey. 

Francy  L.  Spangler  '00  is  a  teacher  in  the 
Lebanon  School  District. 

Sharon  Williams  '00  is  a  program  analyst 
with  the  Commonwealth  of  Pennsylvania 
in  Harrisburg. 

Frank  D.  Zernhelt  '00  is  a  chemical  engi- 
neer with  General  Electric  Water  Tech- 
nologies in  Trevose. 

Stephanie  M.  Bender  '01  is  a  financial 
aid  administrator  for  Towson  University  in 
Baltimore,  Md. 

Kelly  R.  Cooney  '01  is  a  staff  accountant 
for  Harsco  Corporation  in  Camp  Hill. 

Bryan  D.  Cutler  '01  is  studying  health 
law  at  Widener  University. 

In  May  2003,  Eugene  R.  Kelly  III  '01 

received  a  master's  degree  in  higher  educa- 
tion counseling  from  West  Chester 


University.  He  is  resident  life  coordinator  at 
Lehigh  University  in  Bethlehem. 

On  January  19,  2003,  Andrew  P.  Rimby 

'01  and  his  wife,  Rebecca,  announced  the 
birth  of  a  son,  Christopher  William. 

Kimberly  M.  Simmons  '01  is  a  music 
teacher  and  chorus  director  at  Palmyra  Area 
Middle  School. 

Sara  Stichler  '01  was  awarded  a  teaching 
assistantship  in  France.  She  will  be  teaching 
English  to  French  primary  school  students 
in  Creteil,  a  suburb  of  Paris. 

Kirs  ten  L.  Stowell  '01  is  a  research  and 
design  laboratory  technician  for  Arrow 
International  in  Reading. 

Todd  R.  Sturniolo  '01  is  a  graduate  student 
at  the  Cleveland  Institute  of  Music  in  Ohio. 


David  B.  Towery  '01  is  a  senior  cost  and 
budget  analyst  for  Highmark  in  Harrisburg. 

Joachim  "Jack"  Townsend  M'01  is  a  sen- 
ior contracts  manager  at  NISH,  a  non-prof- 
it national  agency  located  in  Vienna,  Va., 
that  assists  people  with  severe  disabilities  to 
find  employment. 

Stephanie  Wealand  Uplinger  '01  is  a  product 
manager  for  CNH  Global  in  New  Holland. 

On  April  21,  2003,  Michelle  Walmsley  '01 

ran  in  the  107th  Boston  Marathon,  her 
third  marathon  since  graduating  from  LVC. 

Rebecca  Drayer  Weaver  '01  is  a  marketing 
specialist  for  United  Theological  Seminary 
in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Melinda  Gordon  Wilson  '01  is  a  staff 
accountant  for  Trout,  Ebersole  &  Groff, 
LLP,  in  Lancaster. 


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class  news  &  notes 


Susan  K.  Borelli  M'02  has  been  promoted 
to  assistant  director  of  major  gifts  at  LVC. 

Benjamin  S.  Eastlack  '02  is  network  engi- 
neer for  WellChoice  Inc.  in  Harrisburg. 

Jared  M.  Daubert  '02  is  the  band  directot 
at  Lebanon  High  School. 

Lois  E.  Fegan  '02  is  a  research  assistant  for 
the  Correctional  Education  Association  in 
Lanham,  Md. 

Amanda  M.  Fortney  '02  is  the  director  of 
the  elementary,  middle  and  high  school 
orchestras  in  the  Hanover  Public  School 
District.  Amanda  also  teaches  strings  to  stu- 
dents in  grades  3  through  12. 

Patrick  Grant  '02,  a  team  leader  for  Newell 
Rubbermaid,  was  recognized  as  a  Phoenix 
Legend  Award  Winner  at  the  company's 
national  sales  conference  held  recently  in 
Phoenix,  Ariz.  Patrick  currently  manages  a 
four-state  territory  (Indiana,  Kentucky, 
Ohio  and  Illinois)  and  is  responsible  for 
seven  field  marketing  representatives, 
tecruiting  at  Purdue  University  and  manag- 
ing a  $22  million  territory. 

Ensign  April  L.  Gunsallus  '02  recently  com- 
pleted Aviation  Officer  Candidate  School  at 
Naval  Aviation  Schools  Command  at  the 
Naval  Air  Station  in  Pensacola,  Fla. 

Nathan  E.  Himes  '02  is  a  graduate  student 
at  George  Washington  University. 

Mary  F.  Hoagland  '02  is  an  instrumental 
teachet  in  the  Oxford  Area  School  District. 

Angela  Hoover  M'02  is  a  teacher  in  the 
Manheim  Township  School  District. 

Kara  R.  Kinsey  '02  is  pursuing  a  master's 
degree  in  communications  at  Hawaii  Pacific 
University  in  Honolulu. 

Jenah  Marie  MacDonald  '02  is  a  bookkeeper 
for  S.  Ellis  &  Company  in  Camp  Hill. 

Jason  R.  Mackey  '02  is  an  agent  with  Dale 
Wagner  Insurance  Agency  in  Harrisburg. 

Jennifer  A.  Newcomer  '02  is  a  senior 
human  resource  management  assistant  for 
recruitment  at  Loma  Linda  University 
Medical  Center  in  California. 

Robert  L.  Perry  '02  is  a  junior  consultant  with 
HJ  Financial  Group  in  Plymouth  Meeting. 

Karen  G.  Sanderson  '02  is  a  human 
resources  administtator  with  Hershey 
Entertainment  &  Resorts  in  Hershey. 

Jennifer  C.  Wetzel  '02  is  an  assistant  manag- 
ing editor  at  Idea  Group  Publishing  in 
Hershey. 

Douglas  A.  Widener  '02  and  Beth  Ann 
Gross  '02  were  married  on  June  7,  2003. 


Melissa  Yoder  Wissler  '02  is  the  relation- 
ship managet  in  the  wealth  management 
division  at  Fulton  Financial  Advisors  in 
Lancaster. 

Benjamin  H.  Bamford  '03  is  a  senior  com- 
mercial project  manager  for  Elam  G. 
Stoltzfus  Jr.  Inc.  in  Lancaster. 

In  Memoriam 

George  S.  Bachman,  one-time  LVC  stu- 
dent and  friend  of  the  College,  died  on 
January  29,  2003,  in  Perth  Amboy,  N.J.,  at 
88  years  of  age.  An  Army  veteran,  he  served 
in  Europe  during  World  War  II.  George  was 
the  fotmer  director  of  the  Research  Fiber 
Glass  Division  of  Pittsburgh  Plate  Glass 
Company  in  Shelbyville,  Ind. 

Walter  F.  Raab,  the  1985  LVC  Founders 
Day  Award  recipient,  died  on  April  3, 
2003,  in  Jupiter,  Fla.,  at  78  years  of  age. 

Lucille  Engle  Otto  '33  died  on  February 
22,  2003,  in  Palmyra  at  the  age  of  92.  A 
former  educator,  Lucille  was  the  mother  of 
Walter  D.  Otto  '67  and  the  sister  of  Esther 
Otto  Hivner  '47,  John  W.  Engle  '39  and 
Robert  M.  Engle  '48. 

William  K.  Fishburn  '34  died  on  May  2, 
2003,  in  Ephrata  at  90  years  of  age.  He  was 
a  U.S.  Army  veteran,  who  served  in  China, 
Burma  and  India  during  World  War  II. 
William  was  retired  from  the  Air  Supply 
Depot  in  Goldsboro,  N.C. 

Dr.  Lewis  P.  Frank  '36  died  on  February  1 , 
2003,  in  Carlisle  at  the  age  of  89.  Lewis  was  a 
U.S.  Army  combat  surgeon  during  World  War 
II  who  served  in  the  Pacific  arena,  including 
Guadalcanal.  He  was  a  retired  surgeon  from 
Good  Samaritan  Hospital  in  Lebanon. 

Dr.  Charles  I.  Hoffman  '37  died  on  May 
12,  2003,  in  Lancaster  at  the  age  of  87.  A 
retired  dentist,  Charles  served  in  the  U.S. 
Air  Force  during  World  War  II. 

Jefferson  C.  Barnhart  '38  —  please  see 
page  39, 

Luther  H.  Immler  '39  died  on  February  5, 
2003,  in  Severna  Park,  Md.,  at  the  age  of  85.  A 
musician  and  retired  school  band  director, 
Luther  was  responsible  for  creating  instrumen- 
tal music  programs  in  several  Maryland  public 
schools.  While  serving  in  the  U.S.  Army  during 
World  War  II,  he  landed  on  Utah  Beach  in 
France  during  the  Normandy  invasion. 

Dr.  Carl  Y.  Ehrhart  '40  —  please  see  page  39. 

John  H.  Dressier  '41  died  on  May  21, 
2003,  at  82  years  of  age. 

Dr.  Charles  Lazin  '41  died  on  March  10, 
2003,  in  Sarasota,  Fla.,  at  the  age  of  83.  A 
veteran  of  World  War  II,  he  was  a  member 


of  the  U.S.  Army  Air  Corp  and  received 
numerous  medals  and  honors.  He  was  a 
retired  dentist,  who  practiced  in  Lebanon 
for  50  years.  Charles  was  the  uncle  of  LVC 
Trustee  Malcolm  L.  Lazin  '65- 

E.  Jane  Smith  Scherfel  '43  died  on  June 
18,  2003,  at  82  years  of  age.  Jane  was  the 
wife  of  William  Scherfel  Jr.  '40. 

James  R.  Blauch  '49  died  on  March  1 1 , 
2003,  in  Lebanon  at  77  years  of  age.  A  U.S. 
Army  veteran  of  World  War  II  who  served 
at  the  Battle  of  the  Bulge,  Jim  was  a  prison- 
er of  war  for  five  months.  He  was  the 
retired  vice  president  of  Quaket  Alloy 
Casting  Co.  in  Myerstown  and  was  the 
father  of  John  H.  Blauch  '70. 

Robert  H.  Marquette  '49  died  on  May  2, 
2003,  in  Myerstown  at  80  years  of  age.  A 
member  of  the  Marine  Corps  during  World 
War  II,  he  served  in  Okinawa  and  China. 
The  owner  of  Loser's  Music  Store  in 
Lebanon,  Robert  was  the  husband  of  Grace 
Cully  Marquette  '46  and  the  brother  of 
Dr.  George  "Rinso"  Marquette  '48. 

Dr.  John  E.  Marshall  '49  died  on  April  23, 
2003,  in  Lebanon,  at  76  years  of  age.  A 
U.S.  Army  veteran  of  World  War  II,  John 
was  a  retired  physician  with  Conrad  Weiser 
Medical  Group.  He  was  the  husband  of 
Elaine  Heilman  Marshall  '48. 

Richard  A.  Checket  '50  died  on  February 
12,  2003,  in  Lebanon  at  the  age  of  79.  He 
was  a  retired  production  manager  at  the  for- 
mer Lebanon  Steel  Foundry. 

John  H.  Ilgenfritz  '50  died  on  January  25, 
2003,  at  the  age  of  76. 

Retired  teacher  Ethel  Beam  Mark  '50  died 
on  April  6,  2003,  in  Elizabethtown  at  84 
years  of  age. 

Frederic  Walls  Brown  '50  died  on  May  5, 
2003,  in  Wyoming,  Del.,  at  the  age  of  75. 
Before  attending  LVC,  he  served  two  years  in 
the  U.S.  Navy.  Frederic  was  the  former  co- 
owner  of  B  &  B  Music  Service  in  Wyoming. 

The  Rev.  Robert  E.  Zuver  '50  died  on 
February  15,  2003,  in  Millersburg  at  75 
years  of  age.  A  U.S.  Navy  veteran,  he  was  a 
retired  minister  from  Grace  United 
Methodist  Church  in  Millersburg. 

Donald  E.  Coldren  '51  died  on  May  26, 
2003,  in  Carlisle  at  the  age  of  73.  A  retired 
lieutenant  colonel,  he  served  20  years  in  the 
military  intelligence  branch  of  the  U.S. 
Army,  serving  during  both  the  Korean  and 
Vietnam  conflicts.  After  retiring  from  the 
Army,  Donald  spent  18  years  with  the 
Pennsylvania  Welfare  Department. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  M.  Daugherty  '52, 

H'77  died  on  April  8,  2003,  in  Lancaster  at 


28     The  Valley 


class  news  &  notes 


72  years  of  age.  Before  retiring  in  1996,  he 
served  as  minister  for  United  Methodist 
churches  in  Broomall,  Lebanon  and 
Lancaster.  He  was  also  a  former  superintend- 
ent of  the  UMC's  Lebanon-Reading  District 
of  the  Eastern  Pennsylvania  Conference,  a 
former  chair  of  the  Latin  American  Task 
Force  and  vice  president  of  the  World 
Division  for  the  General  Board  of  Global 
Ministries  of  the  UMC.  Robert  was  the  hus- 
band of  Dr.  Ruth  Sheaffer  Daugherty  '52. 

James  R.  Kendig  '52  died  on  April  20, 
2003,  in  Dunedin,  Fla.,  at  the  age  of  76.  He 
was  a  U.S.  Navy  veteran  who  served  during 
World  War  II.  Before  retiring  and  moving  to 
Florida,  James  was  the  activities  director  at 
the  Camp  Hill  Correctional  Institute. 

George  M.  Knobl,  Ph.D.,  '52  died  on 
January  16,  2003,  in  Charlotte,  N.C.,  at  the 
age  of  72.  He  retired  from  the  National 
Oceanic  and  Atmospheric  Administration 
Agency  of  the  Department  of  Commerce  in 
1988. 

Melvin  Schiff'52  died  on  April  12,  2003, 
in  Schenectady,  N.Y.,  at  the  age  of  76.  For 
36  years,  he  was  a  music  teacher  and  band 
director  in  New  York's  Niskayuna  Central 
School  System.  Melvin  also  gave  private 
music  lessons. 

Ardith  Gaunter  Steckel  '55  died  on  June  3, 
2003,  in  Lehigh  Township  at  the  age  of  69. 
She  was  the  choir  director  and  organist  for  St. 
John's  United  Church  of  Christ  in  Slatington. 

Ruth  C.  Reddinger  '58  died  on  June  1 1, 

2002,  in  St.  Augustine,  Fla.,  at  73  years  of 
age.  A  former  stewardess  and  nurse  with 
Eastern  Airlines,  she  at  one  time  owned  Ruth 
C.  Reddinger  Real  Estate  in  Beverly,  Mass. 

The  Rev.  Wayde  V.  Atwell  '59  died  on 
February  7,  2003,  in  Millersville  at  80  years 
of  age.  A  veteran  of  World  War  II  who  served 
under  Gen.  George  Patton,  he  was  a  member 
of  rhe  Eastern  Pennsylvania  Conference  of  the 
United  Methodist  Church. 

Ruth  Walker  Bucher  '60  died  on  May  11, 

2003,  in  Palmyra  at  the  age  of  89.  A  former 
school  teacher,  Ruth  taught  elementary  chil- 
dren for  23  years  in  Orange  County,  Calif. 

Albert  F.  Standish  Jr.  '62  died  on  May  15, 

2003,  in  Mt.  Gretna  at  65  years  of  age.  A 
former  member  of  the  U.S.  Army,  he  was 
retired  from  New  Penn  Motor  Express  in 
Lebanon  where  he  was  claims  manager.  For 
over  30  years,  Albert  was  a  member  of  the 
Mt.  Gretna  Community  Fire  Company. 

John  F.  Matsko  Jr.  '64  died  on  February  25, 
2003,  in  Cape  Coral,  Fla.,  at  the  age  of  61. 
John  was  the  president  of  Blough- Wagner 
Manufacturing  Company  in  Middleburg.  He 
was  the  son  of  the  late  John  F.  Matsko  Sr„  a 


former  LVC  trustee,  and  the  brother  of  Dr. 
Robert  P.  Masko  '67. 

Andrew  W.  Kreider  '65  —  please  see  page  39. 

David  A.  Hoffher  '69  died  on  January  24, 
2003,  in  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  at  55  years  of  age. 
For  33  years,  David  taught  social  studies  in 
the  Hamburg  School  District.  He  was  also  a 
Sunday  school  superintendent  and  a  teacher 
at  Hamburg  Wesleyan  Church. 

Andrew  F.  Grider  '85  died  on  May  22, 
2003,  in  Harrisburg  at  the  age  of  42.  He  was 
a  music  teacher  in  the  Harrisburg  School 
District  and  the  music  director  for  the  Jewish 
Community  Center  Summer  Program. 


Andrew  was  also  the  children's  choir  director 
at  Harrisburg  Brethren  in  Christ  Church. 

Grace  Mase  Stover  '93  died  on  January  6, 
2003,  in  Hershey  at  50  years  of  age.  After 
retiring  from  Hershey  Foods  Corporation, 
she  worked  at  Lebanon  Valley  Family 
Medicine  in  Palmyra.  Grace  was  the  sister 
of  Judy  Mase  Kennedy  '96. 

Preston  C.  Hadley  '94  died  on  May  30, 
2003,  in  Madison,  Wis.,  at  the  age  of  32. 

Vernon  E.  Pocius  Jr.  '99  died  on  April  13, 
2003,  in  Lansdale  at  the  age  of  27.  He  was 
an  engineer/supervisor  at  Hershey  Foods 
Corporation. 


Dr.  Geffen 

.EAVES  A  LEGACY 


To  Dr.  Elizabeth  May  Geffen,  professor  emeritus  of  history,  education  was 
extremely  important.  She  earned  her  bachelor's  degree  in  English  education, 
master's  degree  in  English,  and  doctorate  in  American  civilization,  all  from  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  She  regarded  her  doctorate  as  a  badge  of  honor  because 
she  earned  the  degree  as  a  part-time  student  while  working  full  time. 

Geffen  arrived  on  the  campus  of  Lebanon  Valley  in  August  of  1958  and  retired  in 
June  of  1983.  During  this  long  tenure,  she  worked  her  way  through  the  academic 
ranks  and  retired  as  a  professor  of  history  and  chair  of  the  Department  of  History  and 
Political  Science.  She  said  many  times  that  she  had  two  careers,  one  as  an  accom- 
plished historian  and  another  as  a  college  history  teacher.  She  excelled  at  both. 

As  a  college  history  teacher,  her  major  goal  was  to  motivate 
students  to  study  American  history.  She  was  well  respected  by 
her  students,  especially  by  the  majors  who  regarded  her  as 
"knowing  her  stuff."  Majors  who  went  on  to  graduate  school 
found  themselves  especially  well  prepared.  To  them,  she  made  a 
difference.  She  taught  by  telling  stories  and  her  anecdotal  lec- 
tures showed  her  jolly  sense  of  humor.  She  was  "old  school"  in 
the  sense  of  being  tough  and  rigorous,  often  challenging  students  to  work  harder  than 
they  thought  they  could.  In  the  classroom,  she  used  her  eyes  effectively,  often  rolling 
them  at  any  sign  of  student  mediocrity. 

In  keeping  with  the  value  she  placed  on  education, 
in  1988  Geffen  established  the  Elizabeth  M.  Geffen 
Scholarship  in  History.  This  scholarship  supports  an 
outstanding  history  major  who  has  "contributed  signifi- 
cantly to  the  development  of  the  department." 

Knowing  that  over  a  period  of  time,  college  expenses 
would  increase,  and  her  endowment  would  have  a  less 
positive  impact  on  the  lives  of  the  students,  Geffen  gen- 
erously added  to  her  scholarship  each  year.  Since  she 
would  not  always  be  here  to  aid  students,  she  also 
established  a  charitable  trust  through  a  local  bank. 
When  she  passed  away  in  2002,  Elizabeth  May  Geffen's 
philanthropy  did  not  die  with  her.  Each  year,  the  trust  she 
established  will  support  an  outstanding  history  major  at  Lebanon  Valley  College. 
(Contributed  by  Dr.  Howard  Applegate,  professor  emeritus  of  history  and 
American  studies.) 

For  more  information  on  Planned  Giving,  please  contact  Susan  K.  Borelli  M'02, 
assistant  director  of  major  gifts,  at  1-866-GIVE-LVC  or  borelli@lvc.edu. 


Fall  2003     29 


LEGACIES 


1  i~i  1  ^    IYyL L,  14  students  in  LVC's  entering 
class  of  2007  were  children  of  Valley  graduates.  Gretchen 
Artz,  Claire  Behney,  Craig  Brown,  Bailey  Claeys,  Sara 
Fuhrman,  Brendan  Fullam,  John  Gentile  Jr.,  Matthew 
Jarry,  Kelly  Kauffman,  Mark  Orndorf,  Rebecca  Rentzel, 
David  Siegal,  Gregory  Strohman  and  Katherine 
Umberger  are  carrying  on  the  family  tradition  of  earning 
a  Valley  degree.  Six  of  these  families  came  together  for  a 
photo  shoot  during  Convocation  Weekend.  Individual 
family  photographs  can  be  found  at  www.lvc.edu/alumni. 


(L  to  n):  Brendan  Fullam  '07, 


ory  Strohman  '07,  Mark  Orndorf 


'07  and  Craig  Brown  '07;  Middle  Row 


(L  to  r.):  SherieAnn  Warlow  Strohman  79, 


Deborah  Reimer  Fullam  '81,  Kelly 


Kauffman  '07,  Roe  Sechrist  '42,  Bailey 


Claeys  '07,  Katherine  Umberger  '07, 
Carol  McCleary  Orndorf '81,  William  J. 


Brown  Jr.  '79,  Donna  Bacon  '79  and 


Brian  Claeys  '81;  Back  Row  (I  to  r.): 
Walter  Fullam  '80,  Julie  Kauffman  Claeyi 
'81,  Ellen  Roe  Kauffman  Zeigler  '67,  Bill 
Kauffman  74,  Thomas  Strohman  75, 
Linda  Shay  Umberger  76  and  Thomas 
Orndorf'81 


™eSP    RUNG  LIFE 


,N0  '98 


ANDY  PANKO  99  and  DARREN  PUGH  03  are  enjoying  the  opportunity  of  a  lifetime, 
and  it's  one  so  few  of  us  are  able  to  realize  —  the  chance  to  live  their  dream. 


In  this  case,  the  dream  is  to 
extend  their  basketball  careers 
beyond  the  hardwood  floors  of  his- 
toric Lynch  Gymnasium.  Panko, 
Lebanon  Valley  College's  all-time  lead- 
ing scorer,  has  spent  most  of  his 
post-Flying  Dutchmen  days  playing 
overseas  in  Europe. 

Pugh,  meanwhile,  recently  headed 
off  to  play  for  the  New  York  Nationals, 
a  traveling  team  that  is  often  the 
whipping  post  for  the  legendary 
Harlem  Globetrotters. 

"This  has  been  an  unbelievable 
experience  for  me,"  said  Panko,  who 
recently  signed  a  contract  to  play  for 
Casedemont  Girona  in  Spain. 

"Spain  is  one  of  the  best  countries 
in  the  world  to  play  basketball.  It's 
probably  the  second-best  league  in 
the  world  next  to  the  NBA  and  the 
National  teams." 

Before  landing  in  Girona,  Spain, 
which  is  just  an  hour  from  Barcelona 
and  a  half  hour  from  France,  Panko 
lent  his  exceptional  talents  to  the 
International  Basketball  League,  the 
Puerto  Rican  League,  the  Italian 
League  and  the  Continental 
Basketball  Association.  While  in  the 
CBA,  Panko  played  for  the  Dakota 
Wizards  and  won  league  MVP  honors 
in  2002-2003. 

"The  competition  in  the  CBA  was 
great  too,  and  it  served  as  a  great  step- 
ping stone  for  my  career,"  said  Panko. 

"I'm  very  happy  here  [in  Spain]. 
I'm  in  a  great  city,  they've  set  me  up 
with  a  great  apartment  with  a  pool 
and  the  weather  here  is  beautiful." 

The  Harrisburg  native  and  Bishop 
McDevitt  graduate  also  has  played  on 
NBA  Summer  League  teams  for  the 
Los  Angeles  Lakers,  Chicago  Bulls, 
Milwaukee  Bucks  and  New  York 


Darren  Pugh  '03  (top) 
and  Andy  Panko  '99 
(bottom  photos)  are 
realizing  their  dream  of 
performing  as  profes- 
sional athletes. 
Knicks. 

As  for  Pugh,  his  opportunity  came 
about  through  a  friend,  who  helped 
arrange  an  interview  at  the  Nationals' 
headquarters  in  Atlantic  City,  N.J. 
"It's  a  great  experience  and  a 
chance  to  keep  playing  basketball," 
Pugh  said. 

Pugh,  a  native  of  Shippensburg, 
will  also  tour  with  the  Nationals  in 
November  and  December.  He  is  look- 
ing forward  to  going  toe-to-toe  with 
the  Globetrotters. 

"It  should  be  fun.  I  haven't  done 
anything  like  this  before,  so  I'm  not 
sure  what  to  expect,"  Pugh  said. 

"We'll  be  playing  around  105 
games.  Every  day,  it's  our  job  to  put  on 


a  show  and  realize  that  no  one  is  there 
to  see  us.  It's  our  job  to  make  them  look 
good." 


Editor's  Note:  LVC  has  also  had  sever- 
al other  athletes  play  professionally  over 
the  years,  including  six  baseball  players 
who  found  their  way  to  the  major  leagues, 
and  five  former  ice  hockey  players  who 
signed  professional  contracts.  According 
to  Rick  Benner,  co-chairman  of  the  colle- 
giate baseball  committee  of  SABR,  the  fol- 
lowing former  LVC  baseball  players  com- 
peted in  the  big  leagues:  SI  PAUXTIS  (four 
games  as  catcher  for  the  1909  Cincinnati 
Reds),  MYRL  BROWN  (seven  games  as  a 
pitcher,  with  a  3-1  record,  for  the  1922 
Pittsburgh  Pirates),  HINKEY  HAINES  (28 
games  as  an  outfielder  for  the  1923  New 
York  Yankees),  LEFTY  WOLF  (eight  games 
as  a  relief  pitcher  for  the  1921 
Philadelphia  Athletics),  REUBEN  EWING  (b. 
Cohen;  three  games  at  shortstop  for  the 
1921  St.  Louis  Cardinals)  and  CHARLIE 
GELBERT.  Gelbert  played  nine  years  at 
shortstop  and  third  base  for  the  St.  Louis 
Cardinals,  Cincinnati  Reds,  Detroit  Tigers, 
Washington  Senators  and  Boston  Red  Sox 
from  1929  to  1940;  he  had  a  .267  career 
lifetime  batting  average.  Finally,  LOU 
SORRENTINO  '54,  former  LVC  athletic 
director  and  head  football  coach,  signed 
professional  contracts  with  both  the 
Philadelphia  Eagles  (football)  and 
Baltimore  Orioles  (baseball).  GREG 
KUTCHMA  '02,  KEVIN  BLOCK  '02,  JAMIE 
TAYLOR  '02,  BRIAN  YINGLING  '03  and 
BENJAMIN  KWON  '03  are  the  five  former 
LVC  ice  hockey  players  who  have  inked 
professional  contracts.  If  you  know  of  any 
other  LVC  graduates  with  professional 
sport  experience,  please  contact  BRADEN 
SNYDER  '99,  sports  information  director, 
at  bsnyder@lvc.edu. 

John  Tuscano  '98  is  a  sports- 
writer  and  Lebanon  Bureau  Chief 
for  sports  for  The  Patriot-News  in 
Harrisburg. 


Fall  2003     31 


ome  students  prefer  the  anonymity  of  a  large  bustling 
urban  college  campus  where  student  ID  numbers 
take  the  place  of  names,  and  professors  can't  tell 
ne  face  from  the  next.  That  was  not  the  case  for  two 
Lebanon  Valley  College  alumni  who  were  greatly  affected 
by  the  personal  attention  they  received  during  their 
undergraduate  careers  and  carried  that  personal  touch 
into  their  medical  practices. 

Dr.  Lenwood  Wert  '55  knew  years  before  that  medicine 
would  be  his  life's  work  and  his  passion  for  the  medical  field 
never  diminished.  But  LVC  reinforced  his  passion  for  peo- 
ple, and  he  fondly  recalls  the  small-college  atmosphere  of. 
LVC,  where  close  and  intimate  relationships  with  students 
and  faculty  were  the  rule  rather  than  the  exception. 

"I  still  remember  the  people's  faces,"  he  says.  "My 
biology  professor,  Dr.  Grimm  [Dr.  S.O.  Grimm  '06],  was 
down-to-earth  and  loved  the  students.  LVC  has  had  a 
very  positive  effect  on  my  life." 

That  "positive  effect"  is  very  much  in  evidence  inside 
Wert's  one-man  medical  practice  in  Lansdowne,  Pa.,  where 
he  has  been  a  doctor  for  43  years.  Here,  in  an  office  attached 
to  his  home,  patients  bring  him  homemade  pasta,  two 
friendly  Great  Danes  named  Heidi  and  Sheba  greet  visitors, 
and  Wert  is  available  24/7  for  house  calls,  emergencies  or 
consultations. 

"My  office  has  a  homey  atmosphere  with  a  fireplace 
in  the  waiting  room,"  he  remarks.  "My  patients  are  my 
friends." 


Across  the  Pennsylvania  state  border  in  the  rural 
community  of  Salem,  N.J.,  Dr.  John  Patricelli  '73  says 
that  the  personal  attention  he  received  during  his  years 
as  a  biology  major  at  LVC  has  helped  him  give  that  same 
individual  concern  to  those  patients  who  seek  his  expert- 
ise as  a  general  surgeon. 

"LVC  provided  me  with  a  level  of  education  I  needed 
in  the  environment  I  needed,"  he  says.  "Dr.  Al  Wolfe 
and  Dr.  Paul  Wolff  were  always  available  to  help  you  with 
a  problem.  They  wanted  us  to  be  successful  as  much  as 
we  did  ourselves.  They  reinforced  that  philosophy  of 
enjoying  what  you  do." 

Despite  his  busy  schedule,  Patricelli  has  not  forgotten 
LVC.  He  and  his  wife,  Janine  Womer  Patricelli  '73,  have 
a  scholarship  in  their  name  at  the'  College  and  their 
daughter,  Amy  Patricelli  '02,  has  made  being  an  LVC 
graduate  a  family  tradition.  Patricelli  recently  visited  the 
campus  and  was  amazed  by  the  recent  changes  taking 
place  at  LVC. 

"I  saw  the  expansion  of  the  athletic  fields  and  the  lands- 
caping," he  says.  "It  was  really  spectacular." 

Lori  Myers  is  a  Harrisburg-based  freelance 
writer  who  has  had  articles  published  in 
national  and  regional  magazines,  newspapers 
and  on  the  Internet.  She  is  a  regular  contrib- 
utor to  WITF's  Central  PA  Magazine. 


32     The  Valley 


valley  news 


President  s  Opening  Breakfast 


Lebanon  Valley  College  began  the 
new  academic  year  August  22,  with 
the  opening  breakfast  that  has 
become  a  tradition  in  recent  years.  Lebanon 
Valley  College  President  G.  David  Pollick 
reviewed  last  year's  College  milestones  and 
outlined  his  vision  for  the  current  academic 
year.  The  event  brought  together  College 
staff,  faculty  and  trustees,  as  well  as  local 
officials  and  invited  guests. 

At  the  breakfast,  President  Pollick  empha- 
sized the  College's  strong  commitment  to  the 
local  community  when  he  made  three  sepa- 
rate financial  contributions  totaling  $70, 150 
to  Annville  Township  and  the  Annville- 
Cleona  School  District.  Most  of  that 
amount,  $50,000,  went  to  The  Greater 
Annville  Committee  for  the  College's  third 
installment  toward  the  Annville  Streetscape 
Project,  which  has  beautified  four  blocks  on 
Route  422  alongside  the  College  and  extend- 
ing past  Route  934  toward  Hershey. 
"This  year,  as  we  look  out  on  the 


beautiful  new  streetscape  on  Main  Street, 
we  can  feel  deeply  grateful  for  everyone 
involved  in  the  years  of  planning  that 
made  this  possible,"  said  Dr.  Pollick.  "The 
street  has  not  only  been  beautified  with 
brick-lined  sidewalks,  more  trees  and  dis- 
tinctive street  lights,  but  the  wider  inter- 
sections, new  traffic  patterns  and  pedestri- 
an crossing  signals  make  the  area  safer  for 
both  drivers  and  pedestrians.  We  salute 
the  changes  and  are  pleased  to  continue 
our  financial  support  for  this  project  and 
the  Annville-Cleona  School  District." 

The  College  has  pledged  a  total  of 
$250,000  toward  the  streetscape,  which  is 
also  designed  to  encourage  the  preservation 
of  Annville's  architecture  and  enhance  the 
township's  economic  development.  The 
Annville-Cleona  School  District  was  the  ben- 
eficiary of  a  check  for  $12,000.  The  final 
amount,  a  contribution  of  $8,150,  was  for 
the  Annville  Board  of  Commissioners  to  use 
at  their  discretion  for  township  operations. 


COLLEGE  ENROLLMENT 
CONTINUES  TO  CLIMB 

Lebanon  Valley  College  continued  to  meet 
its  enrollment  goals  in  the  fall  of  2003, 
attracting  478  highly  qualified  new  stu- 
dents, with  over  84  percent  of  them  eligible 
for  the  College's  Presidential  Scholarships 
Program,  which  guarantees  tuition  dis- 
counts to  high-achieving  first-year  and 
transfer  students. 

Eight  of  the  freshmen  students  are  vale- 
dictorians of  their  high  school  classes,  and 
three  are  salutatorians.  There  are  1,540  full- 
time  students  on  campus  this  year.  Twenty- 
eight  students  studied  off-campus  during 
the  fall  semester,  27  went  overseas  and  one 
participated  in  the  Washington,  D.C., 
semester  internship  program. 

Two  of  the  new  first-year  students 
received  the  President's  Award,  a  full- 
tuition,  merit-based  scholarship,  said 
William  J.  Brown  Jr.  '79,  dean  of  admis- 
sion and  financial  aid.  One  hundred  ninety- 
seven  students  who  were  in  the  top  1 0  per- 
cent of  their  high  school  class  qualified  for 
one-half  tuition  Vickroy  Awards.  One  hun- 
dred three  first-year  students  who  graduated 
in  the  top  20  percent  of  their  high  school 
class  were  awarded  one-third  tuition 


Leadership  Awards  and  58  students  who 
graduated  in  the  top  30  percent  earned  one- 
quarter  tuition  Achievement  Awards. 

The  478  entering  students  come  from 
12  states,  mosdy  from  the  Middle  Atlantic 
region  as  well  as  from  Illinois,  Maine, 
Michigan,  North  Carolina  and  Wyoming. 


Freshmen  are  also  coming  from  three  foreign 
countries:  Sweden,  Canada  and  Nigeria. 

JOB  CHANGES 

Walter  Labonte  has  joined  the  full-time 
faculty  as  an  instructor  in  English  and 
director  of  the  Writing  Center.  He  has  been 
an  adjunct  faculty  member  here  since  1992, 
and  also  served  as  acting  director  of  the 
writing  center.  He  holds  a  bachelor's  degree 
in  education  and  English  from  Northeastern 
University  in  Boston  and  also  a  master  of 
arts  degree  in  English  from  Northeastern. 
He  earned  a  master  of  education  degree 
from  Curry  College  near  Boston.  While  at 
LVC,  he  has  served  simultaneously  as  an 
adjunct  faculty  member  at  Millersville 
University  and  Harrisburg  Area 
Community  College. 

Victoria  Rose,  who  was  formerly  an  adjunct 
assistant  professor  of  music  here,  has  been 
named  to  the  full-time  faculty  as  an  instruc- 
tor of  music.  An  accomplished  vocalist,  she 
has  extensive  professional  experience  as  an 
oratorio,  art  song  and  chamber  music  soloist. 
She  has  been  on  three  European  tours  with 
Masterworks  Chorale  and  has  served  as  presi- 
dent of  the  LVC  Alumni  Chorale.  Rose  has 
conducted  numerous  vocal  workshops  and 
has  served  as  a  judge  of  vocal  competitions. 
After  completing  her  undergraduate  degree  in 
music  at  The  Peabody  Conservatory  of  Johns 
Hopkins  University,  she  earned  a  master's 
degree  in  vocal  performance  from  Towson 
University  in  Maryland. 


The  Common  Clav 


THOMAS  A.  LANESE,  associate  professor  emeritus  of  strings,  con- 
ducting and  theory,  and  his  wife,  Denise,  recently  published  The  Common 
Clay:  A  Dual  Memoir  of  Denise  and  Tom  Lanese.  Tom  Lanese  taught  at  LVC 
from  1954  to  1978,  he  toured  the  Pacific  Theater  during  WWII  with  Irving 
Berlin's  "This  is  the  Army"  orchestra  and  appeared  in  the  movie  by  the 
same  name  after  the  war.  Denise  Lanese  is  the  daughter  of  Pierre 
Monteux,  former  conductor  of  the  Paris  Symphony  Orchestra,  which  pre- 
miered many  of  the  early  Modernist  compositions  including  Igor 
Stravinsky's  "The  Rites  of  Spring."  The  Common  Clay  includes  stories  and 
photographs  from  the  time  the  Lanese  family  spent  at  LVC.  Their  memoirs 
are  available  at  the  LVC  College  Store. 


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Heilman  Center 

PHYSICAL  THERAPY  MOVES 
TOWARD  ACCREDITATION 

Lebanon  Valley  College's  Doctor  of  Physical 
Therapy  Degree  Program  won  the  first 
approval  it  needs  to  be  considered  for  full 
accreditation  in  2006.  The  College  now  has 
Candidate  for  Accreditation  status,  awarded 
last  May  by  the  Commission  on  Accredi- 
tation in  Physical  Therapy  Education  of  the 
American  Physical  Therapy  Association. 
Eighry-eight  students  are  currently  enrolled 
in  the  program;  the  first  class  of  10  is 
expected  to  be  awarded  doctoral  degrees  in 
May  2006. 

LYNCH  DEMOLITION; 
NEW  GYM  DEDICATED 

On  May  17,  nearly  100  people  attended  the 
Lynch  Demolition  Party,  which  signaled  the 
start  of  the  Lynch  Revitalization  plan.  The 


space  once  occupied  by  the  gym  is  now  being 
converted  into  several  new  general-purpose, 
technology-enabled  classrooms,  a  90-seat  lec- 
ture hall,  faculty  offices  and  seminar  rooms. 

To  usher  in  a  new  era  at  the  Valley, 
alumni,  parents,  students  and  friends  joined 
the  College  community  during  Oktoberfest 
to  formally  dedicate  the  new  gymnasium  on 
October  4.  A  grand  celebration  parry  fol- 
lowed on  the  gym  floor.  This  newest  build- 
ing on  campus  is  on  the  southeast  side  of 
the  Heilman  Cenrer.  Ir  seats  1,650+,  nearly 
a  40  percent  increase  over  the  capacity  of 
the  fomer  Lynch  Gymnasium.  The  1994 
championship  basketball  team  was  also  rec- 
ognized during  the  dedication  ceremony. 
Earlier  that  day,  during  pre-game  festivities 
at  the  football  game  vs.  Delaware  Valley 
College,  some  legendary  LVC  athletes  were 
inducted  into  the  hall  of  fame.  Honored 
were  Thomas  W.  Cestare  '71,  John  M. 
Holbrook  '72,  Susan  Partilla  Rilatt  '90, 
Barry  H.  Streeter  '71  and  Bryna  L. 
Vandergrift  '89. 

LVC  DEBUTS 
NEW  WEB  SITE 

The  new  LVC  web  site  was  unveiled  to  the 
public  in  July  after  over  a  year 
of  work  behind  the  scenes.  The 
new  look  offers  far  more  fea- 
tures, including  an  array  of 
changing  pictures  on  the  home 
page,  www.lvc.edu,  improved 
presences  for  LVC  parents  and 
rhe  graduate  studies  and  con- 
tinuing education  programs, 
stronger  search  engines,  and 
much  more.  The  new  site  was 


created  in-house  by  Kristy  Adams,  web- 
master; Stan  Furmanak,  systems  and  refer- 
ence librarian;  and  David  Shapiro  '99, 

UNIX/Windows  system  administrator. 
Feedback  on  the  new  site  can  be  direcred  to 
the  webmaster  at:  kadams@lvc.edu. 

SCHOLARSHIP  PROGRAM 
ON  PRIMETIME 

ABC  World  News  Tonight  with  Peter 
Jennings  showcased  LVC's  innovative 
Presidential  Scholarship  Program  in  a 
feature  segment  on  April  30.  An  ABC 
crew  spent  a  day  on  campus  filming  for 
the  two-and-a-half-minute  piece,  which 
highlighted  the  College's  affordability  for 
high-achieving  students.  Dr.  G.  David 
Pollick,  president  of  the  College,  and 
William  J.  Brown  Jr.  '79,  dean  of  admis- 
sion and  financial  aid,  were  interviewed  for 
the  program.  For  more  information  on  the 
Presidential  Scholarship  Program,  visit 
http://www.lvc.edu/financial-aid/presiden- 
tial-scholar.aspx. 

ARBOR  DAY 

The  Lebanon  Valley  College  student  envi- 
ronmental club,  Student  Action  for  Earth 


Dr.  Suzanne  H.  Arnold  H'OO  participates  hi  the  Lynch 
Demolition  as  Dr.  Ross  W.  Fasick  '55  cheers  on  her  efforts. 


(S.A.F.E.),  planted  a  tree  in  front  of  the 
Humanities  Center  to  commemorate  Arbor 
Day  on  April  25.  Mauree  Gingrich, 
Pennsylvania  representative,  and  Ryan 
Kitko  '05,  president  of  S.A.F.E.,  filled  in 
the  dirt  around  the  tree,  while  Kelly 
Hilkert  '06  read  a  poem  in  honor  of  the 
occasion.  Dr.  Susan  Verhoek,  director  of 
the  College's  Arboretum  and  professor  of 
biology,  worked  closely  with  S.A.F.E.  to 
oversee  the  project.  Other  students  involved 
in  the  event  were  Lisa  Meranti  '04,  vice 
president  of  S.A.F.E.  and  co-founder  of  the 
organization  with  Kitko,  and  Dennis 


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Wiscount  '06,  who  also  read  a  poem. 
S.A.F.E.'s  major  project  for  2002-03  was  to 
revitalize  campus-wide  recycling. 

KUDOS 

LVC  awarded  diplomas  to  over  500  stu- 
dents during  its  134th  annual  Commence- 
ment ceremony  on  May  10.  The  Rev. 
Timothy  Dewald,  coordinator  of  academic 
advising  and  community  programming  at 
the  College,  spoke  at  the  baccalaureate  serv- 
ice, thanking  the  ancient  Iraqis  for  "Math, 
Writing,  Beer  and  God."  The  Commence- 
ment speaker  was  Marie  Bongiovanni, 
chair  and  professor  of  English.  In  an  address 
titled  "Write  Your  Own  Life,"  she  asked, 
"Why  should  your  own  life  be  any  less 
exciting  than  the  most  compelling  tales?" 
She  spoke  as  a  result  of  earning  the  College's 
highest  teaching  honor,  the  Thomas  Rhys 
Vickroy  Distinguished  Teaching  Award,  at 
the  previous  year's  Commencement. 

Dr.  Ross  W.  Fasick  '55,  who  has  served  on 
the  College's  Board  of  Trustees  since  1992 
and  as  its  chait  from  1997  to  2003,  was  sur- 
prised to  be  the  recipient  of  an  honorary 
degree  at  Commencement.  Fasick  stepped 
down  as  chair  of  the  board  in  May,  but  will 
remain  a  College  Trustee.  After  starting  his 
career  as  a  chemist  for  the  Dupont  Chemical 
Corp.,  Fasick  rose  through  the  ranks  and 
retired  as  senior  vice  president  of  E.I.  Dupont 
de  Nemours  &  Co.  He  is  the  holder  of  1 5 
patents  and  the  author  of  numerous  publica- 
tions in  his  discipline.  During  the 
Commencement  ceremony,  Dr.  Stephen 
MacDonald,  vice  president  for  academic 
affairs  and  dean  of  the  faculty,  hailed  Fasick  as 
a  scientist,  inventor,  leader  of  industry  and 
benefactor  of  his  community. 

Marion  Markowicz,  instructor  in  sociology 
and  full-time  social  worker  at  the  Hershey 
Medical  Center,  was  also  honored  at 
Commencement  with  the  Nevelyn  J. 
Knisley  Award  for  Inspirational  Teaching, 
the  top  annual  award  for  a  part-time  or 
adjunct  faculty  member.  She  was  hailed  as  a 
caring  teacher  for  her  depth  of  knowledge 
and  for  her  eagerness  to  share  her  expertise 
with  her  classes. 

Two  students  qualified  for  the  top  student 
award,  the  H.  Anthony  Neidig  Award.  It 
went  to  Matthew  Russell  '03  of  York  and 
Julia  Wolfe  '03  of  Forest  Hill,  Md.  Russell 
graduated  with  a  double  major  in  chemistry 
and  philosophy.  He  presented  scholarly 


Dr.  Ross  W.  Fasick  '55  (center)  receives  his  honorary  degree  fron 
Dr.  David  Pollick  (left)  and  Dr.  Owen  Moe  at  Commencement. 


papers  in  philosophy  at  academic  confer- 
ences, winning  awards  while  competing 
against  graduate  students.  He  also  presented 
research  papers  in  chemistry  at  a  national 
meeting  of  the  American  Chemical  Society. 
Russell  plans  to  pursue  a  doctorate  in  chem- 
istry. A  two-year  letterman  in  track  at  the 
College,  he  also  served  as  a  peer  tutor  and 
as  a  resident  assistant  in  the  Daniel  Fox 
Youth  Scholars  Institute,  a  summer  enrich- 
ment program  for  academically  talented 
high  school  students.  He  graduated  summa 
cum  laude  with  departmental  honors  in 
chemistry,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Phi 
Alpha  Epsilon  honor  society. 

Wolfe,  who  graduated  with  a  double 
major  in  biology  and  German,  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Beta  Beta  Beta  honor  society  in 
biology,  an  anatomy  lab  assistant,  and  the 
recipient  of  the  Alvin  R.  Grove  Biology 
Scholarship  and  the  Graham  Scholarship  in 
biology.  In  addition  to  graduating  with 


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Marion  Markowicz  receives  the  Nevelyn 
J.  Knisley  Award  for  Inspirational 
Teaching  from  Dr.  Ross  W.  Fasick  '55. 


honors,  she  is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Alpha 
Epsilon  honor  society.  Wolfe  was  such  an 
enthusiastic  student  of  German  language 
and  culture  that  het  adviser,  Dr.  Jim  Scott, 
professor  of  German,  praised  her  by  saying, 
"in  all  my  years  at  this  College,  I  have  never 
known  anyone  who  appreciated  the  cutricu- 
lum  as  much  as  she  did." 


Julia  Wolfe  '03  was  one  of  two  recipients 
of  the  H.  Anthony  Neidig  Award 


Jeff  Remington,  adjunct  instructor  in  the 
Master  of  Science  Education  Program  at 
LVC  and  chair  of  the  middle  school  science 
department  at  Palmyra  Middle  School,  was 
the  only  secondary  school  teacher  in 
Pennsylvania  to  receive  the  2002 
Presidential  Award  for  Excellence  in  Science 
Teaching.  The  National  Science  Foundation 
award  of  $7,500  was  presented  March  21  in 
Washington,  D.C.  The  award  program 
identifies  outstanding  mathematics  and  sci- 
ence teachers,  kindergarten  through  12th 
grade,  in  each  state  and  the  four  U.S.  juris- 
dictions. 


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1_VC 

Parents  on 


THE  LAUNCH  of  LVCs 
new  web  site  in  July 
included  many  great 
changes  including 
the  addition  of  a 
Parents  Page  with  a  Parents  Guide, 
information  on  how  to  volunteer  for 
the  Parents  Council  and  much  more. 
Please  visit  www.lvc.edu/parents 


Dr.  Johannes  Dietrich,  associate  professor 
of  music,  received  the  Distinguished  Service 
Award  last  spring  from  the  Pennsylvania/ 
Delaware  String  Teachers  Association. 

Dr.  Barney  T.  Raffield  III,  professor  of 
business  administration,  won  "The  Student 
Government  Educator  of  the  Year  Award" 
in  April,  an  honor  voted  by  the  students. 
Raffield  also  received  top  honors  in  1 996 
and  1999.  "I  can't  tell  you  how  much  this 
means  to  me,"  Raffield  said  when  receiving 
the  honor  during  Dutchman  Day  activities. 
"The  students  here  make  it  very  easy  to  love 
them;  they  give  back  so  much." 

Lauren  Nickey  '05  of  Mechanicsburg  has 
been  chosen  to  serve  a  two-year  term  as  a 
student  trustee  on  the  LVC  Board  of 
Trustees.  Nickey,  who  is  pursuing  a  degree 
in  psychology,  graduated  from  Cumberland 
Valley  High  School,  where  she  was  active  in 
many  extracurricular  activities.  Also  assist- 
ing the  Board  this  year  will  be  Melissa 
Ulrich  '05.  a  mathematics  major  from 
Reinholds,  and  Craig  Kazda  '05,  a  political 
science  major  from  Biglerville.  Nickey  and 
Ulrich  will  serve  on  the  Facilities 
Committee  and  Kazda  will  serve  on  the 
Strategic  Planning  Committee.  At  LVC, 
Nickey  is  vice  president  of  her  class,  a  peer 


adviser,  and  a  member  of  Psi  Chi,  an  invita- 
tion-only national  honor  society  fot  psy- 
chology students.  She  is  a  former  member 
of  both  the  LVC  marching  band  and  the 
Psychology  Club. 

Dr.  Salvatore  Cullari,  professor  emeritus  of 
psychology,  who  joined  the  College  in  1986 
and  served  nine  years  as  chair  of  the 
Psychology  Department,  was  honored  in 
June  with  the  2003  Psychology  in  the 
Media  Award,  which  was  presented  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Psychological  Association's 
Awards  Ceremony  at  the  Hilton  Harrisburg 
Towers.  He  has  conducted  and  published 
research  with  his  students,  and  has  been 
widely  published  on  his  own  in  professional 
journals.  His  teaching  interests  are  clinical 
and  abnormal  psychology,  personality  and 
creativity.  His  current  research  areas  are 
schizophrenia,  eating  disotders  and  psy- 
chopharmacology.  He  is  also  a  contributing 
editor  of  two  textbooks.  Counseling  and 
Psychotherapy:  A  Practical  Guide  for  Students, 
Trainees,  and  New  Professionals  and 


Lauren  Nickey  '05  was  recently  chosen 
to  serve  as  a  student  trustee. 


Foundations  of  Clinical  Psychology.  He  is  the 
authot  of  Treatment  Resistance:  A  Guide  for 
Practitioners,  all  published  in  Boston  by 
Allyn  &  Bacon. 

During  the  last  few  years,  Cullari  has 
been  quoted  widely  in  popular  magazines 
such  as  Good  Housekeeping,  Shape, 
Cosmopolitan,  Women's  Health  &  Fitness 
Magazine,  and  Seventeen.  His  topics  have 
included  body-image  perceptions,  how  to 
handle  stress  during  the  holidays,  depression 
and  self-esteem.  He  has  coveted  some  of  the 
same  topics  in  scholarly  journals;  for  exam- 


ple, he  published  an  article  in  the  June 
2002  issue  of  the  North  American  Journal  of 
Psychology,  titled  "On  Differentiating  Major 
Depression  from  Chronic  Sadness." 

Cullari  was  selected  as  a  member  of  the 
Board  of  Directors  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Psychological  Foundation  and  was  also 
elected  chair  of  the  Public  Interest  Board  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Psychological  Association. 
He  has  served  as  president  of  the  Institute 
for  Psychotherapy  and  is  a  member  of  the 
American  Psychological  Association  as  well 
as  other  professional  organizations. 

STUDENTS  RAISE  THOUSANDS 
FOR  CANCER  AWARENESS 

For  the  second  year  in  a  row,  the  College 
sponsored  the  Relay  for  Life,  a  signature  event 
of  the  American  Cancer  Society.  The  March 
relay  raised  over  $19,000.  More  than  40  LVC 
student  teams  walked,  jogged  or  ran  for  24 
consecutive  hours  on  the  Arnold  Sports 
Center  track.  The  Relay  for  Life  concluded 
the  College's  Wellness  Days,  a  week  dedicated 
to  promoting  health  issues  through  activities 
such  as  lectures  and  games. 

TAX  CHECK-OFF 
FOR  BREAST  CANCER 

Pat  Halpin-Murphy,  president  and  founder 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Breast  Cancer  Coalition 
(PBCC),  kicked  off  this  year's  Income  Tax 
Check-OfF  for  Breast  and  Cervical  Cancer 
Research  at  the  College  in  March.  Featured 
speakers  included  Katie  True,  Pennsylvania 
representative,  and  Deborah  Strickler  Freer 
'71,  a  breast  cancer  survivor  and  volunteer 
for  numerous  organizations  including  the 
Lebanon  American  Cancer  Board,  PBCC, 
WITF,  Inc.,  and  Good  Samaritan  Hospital, 
Lebanon.  Landmark  legislation  initiated  by 
the  coalition  in  1997  allows  Pennsylvania 
taxpayers  to  donate  all  or  part  of  their  state 
tax  refund  to  breast  and  cervical  cancer 
research. 

CAMPUS  VISITORS 

Spanish  students  at  LVC,  under  the  guid- 
ance of  Dr.  Rosa  Tezanos-Pinto,  assistant 
professor  of  Spanish,  helped  translate  the 
work  of  a  prize-winning  poet  and  received 
the  chance  to  meet  the  author  April  22, 
when  he  came  to  the  Valley  to  talk  about 
his  poetry  and  read  poems  from  his  new 
anthology.  Manuel  Patino  Lopez,  a  Peruvian 
poet  who  is  the  1997  recipient  of  Premio 
Nacional  de  Cultura  of  his  country,  is  the 
author  of  Manuel  Patino  Lopez  in  Two 
Worlds:  First  Bilingual  Anthology.  "The  art 


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Manuel  Patino  Lopez  recently  spoke  on  campus. 


of  translation  is  a  gift  given  to  only  a  few," 
Lopez  wrote  in  his  new  book.  He  is  also  the 
editor  of  several  literary  magazines  and  the 
author  of  numerous  books.  He  has  taught 
at  Universidad  Nacional  de  Educacion, 
Chiclayo,  and  several  other  universities  in 
Peru.  The  LVC  students  who  participated  in 
the  translation  were:  Kelly  Bastek  '06,  Keri 
Bugden  '06,  David  Krauson  '06,  John 
Crognale  '06,  Tim  Flynn  '05,  Roberta 
Gantea  '05,  Andrea  Granger  '06,  Chris 
Metzger  '06,  Amanda  Hartman  '06,  Kate 
Jenkins  '03,  Chris  Jessen  '05,  Andrew 
Jenkins  '05,  Josh  Anderson  '05,  Tara 
Kaufrman  '05,  Allison  Lencicki  '06, 
Devin  Mack  '03,  Samantha  Meglino  '06, 


Jenilee  Myers  '06,  Leah  Pyle  '06,  Jon 
Stiner  '06,  Jeremy  Umbenhauer  '06, 
Chris  Fisher  '05,  Rachel  Whipple  '06, 
Jason  Ambrose  '05,  Kevin  Keller  '06  and 
Megan  Zengerle  '06. 

Nationally  known  song  leader  Nick  Page 
was  the  College's  artist-in-residence  the  first 
week  of  March,  conducting  music  and  song 
workshops  on  campus  and  at  the  Lebanon 
and  Lower  Dauphin  middle  schools.  Page  is 
an  inspirational  music  teacher  who  has 
worked  with  educational  and  choir  groups 
around  the  country,  sharing  with  them  the 
great  folk  music  of  the  world.  He  took  part 
in  classes  and  even  led  a  sing-along  at  a  fac- 


ulty meering.  As  an  ethnomusicologist,  his 
strongest  interest  is  in  the  music  of  Africa 
and  India.  Page  is  the  author  of  two  books. 
Music:  A  Way  of  Knowing  and  Sing  and 
Shine  On!  as  well  as  the  recording.  The  Nick 
Page  Songbook  CD.  Page's  residency  in  cen- 
tral Pennsylvania  was  made  possible  by  a 
gift  from  Vincent  Pronio  '47  and  his  wife, 
Ronnie. 

In  conjunction  with  the  College's 
"Africa"  Colloquium,  Dr.  Kathy  Robinson 
'81.  an  expert  on  multicultural  perspectives 
in  music  education  and  an  assistant  profes- 
sor of  music  at  the  Eastman  School  of 
Music  in  Rochester,  N.Y.,  presented  a  pro- 
gram March  27  on  the  music  of  Africa. 
Robinson  co-directs  the  Eastman  School's 
summer  music  education  project  in 
Kimberley,  South  Africa. 


The  Universal  African  Dance  &  Drum  Ensemble  appeared  at  LVC  as  part  of  the  Cherry  Blossom  Festival. 


The  College  hosted  the  1st  Annual 
Cherry  Blossom  Festival  in  April. 


CAMPUS  EVENTS 

Lebanon  Valley  College  held  its  first 
Cherry  Blossom  Festival  April  1 1-13.  The 
festival,  sponsored  by  various  student 
groups,  replaces  rhe  former  Spring  Arts 
Festival.  The  new  name  is  designed  to  high- 
light the  arts  outdoors  at  the  same  time  that 
the  College's  extensive  collection  of  cherry 
trees  is  blooming.  The  event  was  well 
attended  by  the  public  who  joined  the  LVC 
family  for  evening  concerts  and  daytime 
events  such  as  dancing  lessons,  children's 
activities,  food  and  craft  vendors,  and  games 
for  the  greater  Annville  community. 

One  of  the  highlights  of  the  weekend 
was  The  Universal  African  Dance  &  Drum 
Ensemble  performance,  featuring  dancers, 
drummers,  srilt  walkers,  ground  masquer- 
ades and  acrobatics.  Ensemble  members  are 
from  inner  city  African-American  families 
and  are  all  martial  artists  at  the  award-win- 
ning Universal  Pasha  Karate  School.  The 
ensemble's  appearance  also  concluded  LVC's 
yearlong  "Africa"  colloquium. 


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Lebanon  Valley  College  premiered  its 
first  Step  Show  in  April,  featuring  perform- 
ers from  fraternities  and  sororities  from  area 
colleges  as  well  as  youth  step  and  drill  teams 
from  Lancaster  Harrisburg  and  New  Jersey. 
Philadelphia  DJ  Ricchocher  and  LVC  DJ 
Nelly  (Shanell  Hinanokepa  Johnson  '06) 
provided  the  music.  Part  of  the  proceeds 
from  the  event  went  for  the  Book 
Scholarship  Fund  for  incoming  LVC  stu- 
dents. The  brothers  of  Iota  Phi  Theta,  the 
LVC  Office  of  Multicultural  Affairs  and  the 
student  group.  L.E.A.D.  (Leading 
Education  and  Awareness  for  Diversity) 
sponsored  the  evening. 

PUBLISHED 

Dr.  William  McGill  Jr.,  senior  vice  presi- 
dent and  dean  of  the  faculty  emeritus,  has 
written  a  book,  titled  Poets'  Meeting:  George 
Herbert,  R.  S.  Thomas  and  the  Argument 
with  God.  McFarland  Publishers  released  the 
book  this  fall.  Also,  his  long  story  "Release 
Point"  has  been  accepted  by  Birch  Book 
Press  as  part  of  an  anthology  of  long  base- 
ball stories. 

Dr.  Noel  Hubler,  associate  professor  of  reli- 
gion and  philosophy,  has  completed  the 
tevisions  of  his  translation  of  the  Septuagint 
Version  of  the  book  of  Ezekiel,  which  will 
be  published  by  Oxford  University  Press. 
Oxford  plans  to  include  it  in  a  fascicle  of 
translations  of  the  Prophets  to  appear  in 
2004.  The  complete  New  English 
Translation  of  the  Septuagint  is  slated  for 
publication  in  2005.  The  Septuagint  is  the 
Ancient  Greek  translation  of  the  Hebrew 
Bible,  a  project  that  required  careful  com- 
parison of  the  Greek  and  Hebrew  texts. 

In  a  book  that  suggests  a  new  relationship 
between  faith  and  thought,  and  a  new 
understanding  of  the  relationship  between 
theology  and  philosophy,  Dr.  Jeffrey 
Robbins,  assistant  professor  of  religion  and 
philosophy,  takes  on  what  many  identify  as 
the  defining  issue  of  contempotary  philo- 
sophical theology:  the  problem  of  ontothe- 
ology.  Between  Faith  and  Thought:  An  Essay 
on  the  Ontotheohgical  Condition  is  both  an 
examination  of  the  history  of  20th-century 
religious  thought  and  an  atgument  for  a 
new,  less  dogmatic  and  less  antagonistic 
future  tor  philosophical  theology.  The  book 
was  published  last  April  by  the  Univetsity  of 
Virginia  Press  as  a  part  of  its  series  called 
"Studies  in  Religion  and  Culture."  It  is 
written  as  a  dialogue  between  the  continen- 


BETWEEN 
FAITH  and 

THOUGHT 

AN  ESSAY  ON  THE 

ONTOTHEOLOGICAL 

CONDITION 

JEFFREY  W.  ROBBINS 


tal  and  contemporary  philosophical  tradi- 
tions. 

Dr.  Noelle  Vahanian.  adjunct  instructor  in 
religion  and  philosophy,  has  published  her  first 
book,  Language,  Desire,  and  Theology:  A 
Genealogy  of  the  Will  to  Speak.  The  book  is  part 
of  the  Roudedge  "Studies  in  Religion"  series.  It 
is  an  effort  to  develop  a  new  theological 
approach  to  language  in  the  light  of  contempo- 
rary critical  theory. 

Dr.  Roger  Nelson,  professor  and  chair  of 
the  Physical  Thetapy  Program,  had  a  paper 
published  in  the  January-February  2003 
issue  of  Electromyography  and  Clinical 
Neurophysiology,  titled  "Comparison  of 
motor  unit  action  potential  characteristics 
and  hand  dominance  using  monopolar 
needle  electrodes  in  the  abductor  pollicus 
brevis  and  abductor  digiti  minimi  muscles." 

Dr.  Eric  Bain-Selbo,  chair  and  associate 
professor  of  religion  and  philosophy,  has 
published  "Awareness,  Appropriation,  and 
Loathing  in  Histories  of  Comparative 
Religion:  Review  and  Assessment"  in  the 
Journal  of  Religion  &  Society.  Bain-Selbo  also 
wrote  "From  Pride  to  Cowardice:  Obstacles 
to  the  Dialogical  Classroom"  for  the 
February  2003  issue  of  the  peer-reviewed 
journal  Teaching  Theology  &  Religion. 

Marie  Bongiovanni,  chair  and  associate 
professor  of  English,  contributed  an  entry 
on  Gretel  Ehrlich  to  the  Dictionary  of 
Literary  Biography  (DLB).  This  entry 


appears  in  the  2003  volume,  Twentieth- 
Century  American  Nature  Writers:  Prose.  The 
multi-volume  DLB,  a  reference  tool  for  stu- 
dents, teachers,  researchers  and  the  public, 
is  designed  to  place  authors  "in  the  larger 
perspective  of  literary  history  and  to  offer 
appraisals  of  their  accomplishments  by  qual- 
ified scholars." 

Dr.  Dennis  Tulli  '69,  visiting  assistant  pro- 
fessor of  education,  has  published  a  project 
report  in  Poicerful  Teaching,  a  book  written 
by  Judy  Taccogna  and  published  by  the 
Search  Institute  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.  His 
project  was  used  to  demonstrate  the  imple- 
mentation of  a  developmental  asset  plan 
within  a  school  curriculum  and  instruction 
program. 

Dr.  Louis  Laguna,  assistant  professor  of 
psychology,  had  a  paper  accepted  for  publi- 
cation in  an  upcoming  issue  of  the  Journal 
of  Cognitive  Therapy  and  Research,  an  inter- 
national journal  that  focuses  on  the  role  of 
cognitive  processes  in  psychopathology.  His 
paper  is  titled  "Chronic  worry  as  avoidance 
of  arousal:  A  bioinformational  model." 

Dr.  Barry  X.  Friedman,  assistant  professor 
of  psychology,  had  some  findings  from  his 
dissertation,  "Cues  to  Commitment,"  pro- 
filed in  netscape. corn's  "Love  &  Personals" 
section.  The  article,  titled  "Sex  & 
Commitment:  What  He  Thinks,  What  She 
Thinks  ...  "by  Laura  Snyder,  pointed  out 
that  according  to  new  research  by 
Friedman,  sex  is  still  a  wild  card  when  it 
comes  to  determining  someone's  interest  in 
commitment. 

Olandina,  a  Peruvian  literary  magazine, 
recently  published  an  essay  by  Dr.  Rosa 
Tezanos-Pintos,  assistant  professor  of 
Spanish,  titled  "Ester  de  Izaguirre:  su  poesia 
inicial."  Also,  nine  of  her  poems  were 
included  in  the  Conference  Proceedings  of 
the  V  International  Casa  de  Poetas  del  Peru 
Conference,  and  Palavreiros,  a  literary  maga- 
zine from  Brazil,  selected  three  additional 
poems  for  "Poetry  Day." 

Dr.  Sharon  F.  Clark,  professor  of  business 
administration,  recently  wrote  two  reviews 
for  Choice,  a  journal  that  publishes  critiques 
of  new  scholarly  books  and  electronic  prod- 
ucts for  librarians  and  faculty  members.  She 
reviewed  The  Complete  Guide  to  Conflict 
Resolution  in  the  Workplace  by  Marick  F. 
Masters  and  Robert  R.  Albright,  and 


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Servants  of  the  State:  Managing  Diversity  and 
Democracy  in  the  Federal  Workforce, 
1933-1953  by  Margaret  C.  Rung. 

Dr.  Paul  A.  Heise,  professor  of  economics, 
has  been  writing  a  bi-weekly  column  for  the 
editorial  page  of  the  Lebanon  Daily  News.  He 
addresses  local,  state  and  national  issues  con- 
cerning the  political  economy.  Heise  invites 
ideas  for  issues  to  address  in  his  column,  and 
continues  his  regular  appearances  on  local 
talk  radio. 


ACHIEVEMENTS 

Dr.  Walter  Patton,  assistant  professor  of 
chemistry,  has  received  a  Cottrell  College 
Science  Award  from  Research  Corporation,  a 
foundation  for  the  advancement  of  chemistry, 
physics  and  astronomy.  The  $39,820  grant 
will  support  two  years  of  Patton's  research  on 
the  "Mechanism  of  Ammonia  Transfer  in  E. 
coli  GMP  Synthetase." 

The  Lebanon  Valley  College  Symphonic 
Band  and  Wind  Ensemble  concert  featured 
traditional  and  contemporary  music  at  its 
annual  spring  concert  April  6,  including  two 
pieces  written  by  LVC  graduates.  The  pro- 
gram featured  a  new  work  by  local  composer 
and  music  educator  Rodney  S.  Miller  '77.  A 
special  feature  of  the  wind  ensemble  portion 
of  the  program  was  the  premiere  performance 
of  a  new  work  by  Jonathan  Crane  '02,  who 
is  now  studying  music  composition  at 
Bowling  Green  State  University  in  Ohio. 

Dr.  Louis  Zivic,  adjunct  instructor  in  reli- 
gion, received  the  doctor  of  divinity  degree 
honoris  causa  in  February  2003  from  the 
Jewish  Theological  Seminary  of  America. 

Dr.  Christopher  Bra/field  assistant  profes- 
sor of  mathematics,  has  passed  the  Course  1 
examination  administered  in  the  fall  of  2002 
toward  actuarial  credentialing.  The  Course  1 
examination  is  jointly  administered  by  the 
Society  of  Actuaries  and  the  Casualty 
Actuarial  Society. 

Joel  Kline  '89,  assistant  professor  of  business 
and  economics  and  acting  director  of  the  Digital 
Communications  Program,  was  universally 
accredited  last  spring  in  the  field  of  public  rela- 
tions. He  earned  the  APR  designation,  which  is 
awarded  to  public  relations  professionals  who 
pass  oral  and  written  exams  that  test  broad  disci- 
plinary knowledge,  strategic  perspective  and 
sound  professional  judgment.  Less  than  5,000 


Dr.  Carl  Y.  Ehrhart  '40 
Leaves  a  Legacy 
of  Excellence 

Dr.  Carl  Y.  Ehrhart  '40,  who  for  nearly  half  a 
century  was  one  of  the  guiding  intellectuals  of 
Lebanon  Valley  College,  both  as  a  philosophy  pro- 
fessor and  as  a  longtime  vice  president  and  dean  of 
the  College,  died  June  25  in  Cornwall  Manor 
Nursing  Home.  He  was  85.  Ehrhart,  who  was  also 
an  ordained  minister  in  the  United  Methodist 
Church,  was  honored  at  his  retirement  from  LVC 
in  1983  with  the  tides  of  professor  emeritus  of  phi- 
losophy and  dean  emeritus  of  the  College.  He  then 
began  a  second  career  as  a  supply  and/or  interim 
pastor  at  various  local  Methodist  churches. 

After  graduating  with  a  degree  in  history 
from  Lebanon  Valley  College  in  1940,  Ehrhart 
went  on  to  earn  a  master  of  divinity  degree  in 
1943  from  United  Theological  Seminary  in 
Dayton,  Ohio.  Ehrhart  had  completed  his  course 
work  for  a  doctor  of  divinity  degree  at  Yale 
University  when  he  came  back  to  LVC  in  1947 
as  professor  and  chair  of  philosophy,  a  position 
he  held  for  17  years.  He  continued  to  teach  even 
after  he  became  dean  of  the  College  in  I960.  He 
finished  his  doctoral  degree  in  1954,  but  he  cau- 
tioned anyone  who  thought  his  "bucket  of 
knowledge  was  just  about  full,"  as  he  put  it  in  a 
1964  article  in  the  Lebanon  Valley  College 
Bulletin.  Instead,  he  urged  his  readers  to  retain 
"the  sense  of  wonder,  or  awe  ...  of  the  deep  mys- 
tery of  the  universe  and  of  ourselves." 

In  a  2001  interview  in  The  Valley,  Ehrhart 
explained  how  he  was  named  a  dean.  Then- 
President  Frederic  K.  Miller  called  him  to  say, 
'"We  know  you  are  not  going  to  be  a  scholar  . . . 
so  you  might  as  well  be  dean,'"  Ehrhart  recalled 
with  a  laugh.  Ehrhart  s  longtime  friend  and  col- 
league, Dr.  H.  Anthony  Neidig  '43,  professor 
emeritus  of  chemistry,  disagreed  with  this  assess- 
ment. In  a  Lebanon  Daily  News  story  published 
just  after  Ehrhart's  death,  Neidig  said,  "He  was  a 
scholar,  without  question,  extremely  well  read." 
Neidig  added  that  his  friend  would  be  remem- 
bered most  for  his  outstanding  teaching  abilities. 
Dr.  Howard  Applegate,  professor  emeritus  of 
history  and  American  studies,  agreed.  "Carl 
Ehrhart  was  one  of  the  most  incredible  and 
beloved  teachers  when  he  was  on  the  faculty. 
People  would  take  his  courses  even  when  they 
weren't  required  to."  As  a  dean,  Applegate  credits 
Ehrhart  with  transforming  the  faculty  from  a 
somewhat  parochial  group,  many  of  whom  had 
graduated  from  LVC,  to  a  much  more  cosmo- 
politan and  diverse  group  of  scholars,  capable  of 
winning  major  teaching  awards. 

Ehrhart  sometimes  referred  to  himself  as  the 
College's  "court  jester."  In  his  1960  installation 
address  as  dean,  Ehrhart  made  light  of  adminis- 
trative roles  when  he  said  a  president's  job  at  a 
college  was  to  do  the  public  speaking,  the  profes- 
sor's job  was  to  do  the  thinking,  and  the  deans 
job  was  to  try  to  keep  the  professors  from  speak- 
ing and  the  president  from  thinking. 

As  an  administrator,  Ehrhart  continued  to  fos- 
ter close  ties  between  the  staff  and  students.  He 
sometimes  wrote  letters  congratulating  students  on 
making  dean's  list,  personalizing  them  with  rhymes 
that  highlighted  the  students'  unique  qualities. 


Dr.  Ehrhart 

Ehrhart  was  appointed  to  the  new  office  of  vice 
president  and  dean  of  the  College  in  1967,  and  13 
years  later  he  was  promoted  to  the  position  of 
vice-president/assistant  to  the  president  at  LVC. 
He  also  served  as  director  of  auxiliary  schools  for 
nine  years. 

After  his  retirement,  Ehrhart  continued  to 
work  for  the  College  as  a  member  of  the  Toward 
2001  capital  campaign  steering  committee  and 
he  frequently  served  on  alumni  committees. 
When  he  was  nominated  for  the  Distinguished 
Alumnus  Award  in  1973,  the  only  notable 
accomplishment  he  mentioned  on  his  biographi- 
cal form  was,  "Survived  for  almost  25  years  at 
LVC."  He  also  might  have  added,  "Thrived." 

His  wife  of  55  years,  Geraldine  M.  Baldwin 
Ehrhart,  died  three  years  ago.  He  is  survived  by 
three  daughters,  Carole  L.  Whittam  of  Silver 
Spring,  Md.,  Constance  S.  Dwyer  of  Mt.  Gretna 
and  Anne  B.  Bocian  '77  of  Harrisburg,  and 
three  grandchildren.  A  memorial  service  was 
held  at  Miller  Chapel  in  July.  Memorial  contri- 
butions may  be  made  to  the  Scholarship 
Endowment  Fund,  c/o  Dr.  G.  Edwin  Zeiders, 
United  Theological  Seminary,  1810  Harvard 
Blvd.,  Dayton,  Ohio  45406. 

JefferSOII  C.  Bamhart  '38  died  February  10 
in  his  Hershey  home  at  the  age  of  84.  Bamhart, 
a  lawyer  who  earned  a  degree  from  Columbia 
Law  School  after  graduating  from  the  Valley, 
served  on  the  LVC  Board  of  Trustees  and  also 
received  the  College's  Distinguished  Alumnus 
Award.  He  was  married  for  53  years  to  Mary 
Elizabeth  Zartman  Bamhart  '38.  A  decorated 
veteran  of  World  War  II  and  the  Korean  War,  he 
was  instrumental  in  the  development  of  the  U.S. 
Army's  tank  simulator  used  to  train  drivers. 
Barnhart  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Hershey  community  and  served  on  both  the 
Deny  Township  School  Board  and  the  Derry 
Township  Supervisors  as  well  as  on  several  bank 
boards.  He  is  survived  by  two  sons,  Stephen 
Harry  Barnhart  of  Cleveland  and  Jeffrey 
Clifford  Barnhart  *84  of  Hummelstown. 

Andrew  W.  Kreider  '65  died  May  6  in  his 

Elverson  home  at  the  age  of  60.  He  was  married 
for  37  years  to  Mary  Bollman  Kreider  '62. 

He  served  as  a  church  representative  to  the 
LVC  Board  of  Trustees  in  the  1980s,  and 
was  an  active  recruiter  for  his  Alma  Mater.  His 
grandfather,  father  and  two  sisters  were  also  LVC 
graduates.  Kreider  was  a  businessman  who 
worked  for  Trim  Master  Co.  in  Temple. 


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professionals  have  earned  the  designation, 
which  is  recognized  by  a  large  group  of  public 
relations  organizations  and  is  administered  by 
the  Public  Relations  Society  of  America. 

Tom  Hanrahan,  director  of  college  rela- 
tions, has  been  selected  to  serve  as  the  rep- 


resentative for  private  institutions  on  the 
Board  of  Directors  for  the  College  and 
University  Public  Relations  Association  of 
Pennsylvania  (CUPRAP).  Hanrahan  will 
serve  a  two-year  term  on  the  board  of 
CUPRAP,  a  statewide  association  of  public 
relations  and  publications  professionals  at 


MUSIC  REUNION:  «*dr.markmECham 

A  Resounding  Success 

June  12-June  15  were  a  remarkable  four  days  on  campus  this  sum- 
mer. The  focus  of  the  annual  LVC  Alumni  Weekend  was  Celebrate 
Reunions  and  a  Tradition  of  Music.  Thursday  evening  started  off  with 
three  rehearsals:  a  Jazz  Band  directed  by  Tom  Strohman  '75,  a  Concert 
Band  directed  by  Dr.  Robert  Hearson,  and  a  Concert  Choir  directed  by  Dr. 
Mark  Mecham.  More  than  one  hundred  alumni  joined  in  the  making  of 
music:  Twenty  one  joined  in  the  Jazz  Band,  40  in  the  Concert  Band  and 
60  in  the  Concert  Choir.  On  Friday,  the  Jazz  Band  presented  an  evening 
performance  with  alumni  representing  seven  decades:  from  pianist  Abiert 
H.  Morrison  '43  to  percussionist  Daniel  W.  Brenner  '02.  With  only  three 
rehearsals  together,  the  level  of  performance  was  amazing.  To  hear  the 
full  band  and  small  combos  play  together  in  such  a  professional  manner 
after  only  three  rehearsals  was  thrilling.  This  stellar  performance  was  fol- 
lowed on  Saturday  evening  by  an  equally  fine  performance  prepared  (in 
five  rehearsals)  by  the  Concert  Band  and  Choir,  culminating  in  a  com- 
bined performance  of  Carmen  Dragon's  band-chorus  arrangement  of 
"America  the  Beautiful."  Souvenir  CDs  were  prepared  for  all  participants. 
Hats  off  to  colleagues  Ann  Hess  Myers,  director  of  alumni  programs; 
Deborah  Bullock  Wescott  '95,  associate  director  of  alumni  programs; 
Marilyn  E.  Boeshore,  secretary,  alumni  programs;  student  assistant  John 
W.  Feather  '05;  their  associates  in  the  Advancement  Office;  and  accompa- 
nists Brenda  L.  McElwee  '03,  Cheryl  L.  Kilhefner  '03  and  Gregory  J. 
Strohman  '07  for  a  well-organized  and  thoroughly  enjoyable  Alumni  Weekend. 

Dr.  Mark  Mecham  is  currently  on  sabbatical  and  will  be  overseeing  the 
College's  New  Zealand  Program  in  the  spring.  This  article  originally 
appeared  in  the  Music  Alumni  Newsletter. 


Pennsylvania  colleges  and  universities. 
CUPRAP  has  more  than  450  individual 
members  who  represent  more  than  100  col- 
leges and  universities  across  Pennsylvania. 


COLLABORATORS 

LVC  wins  again  at  Phi  Beta  Lambda! 
In  what  has  become  an  annual  occurrence, 
Lebanon  Valley  College  business  students 
excelled  at  the  Phi  Beta  Lambda 
(International  Business  Fraternity)  State 
Leadership  Conference.  All  eight  LVC  stu- 
dents, members  of  the  College's 
Department  of  Business  and  Economics, 
placed  among  the  top  three  in  the  state  at 
the  32nd  annual  conference,  titled 
"Building  a  Better  Business  Professional." 
The  competition  was  hosted  in  April  by 
Central  Penn  College  in  Camp  Hill.  Bill 
Bainbridge  '03,  Jaime  Cronin  '04,  Judie 
Leidy  '04,  Linda  Martz  '03  and  Adria 
Yannaccone  '03  each  earned  first-place 
honors.  Taylor  Reinhard  '04  achieved  a 
second-place  finish  while  Jen  Bednar  '04 
and  Aubrie  Ensinger  '06  each  won  third- 
place  honors.  Attending  the  conference  with 
their  students  were  Donald  Boone,  Dr. 
Sharon  F.  Clark  and  Dr.  Barney  Raffield 
III.  They  are  LVC  Phi  Beta  Lambda  advis- 
ers and  faculty  members  in  the  College's 
Department  of  Business  and  Economics. 

Dr.  Lou  Manza,  associate  professor  of  psy- 
chology, and  Christina  Marco  '04,  psy- 
chology, presented  a  poster  in  Baltimore  at 
the  annual  March  meeting  of  the  Eastern 
Psychological  Association.  The  poster,  based 
on  an  experiment  conducted  in  the 
Psychology  Department,  was  titled  "Science 
vs.  Pseudoscience:  Encouraging  Skepticism 
in  an  Undergraduate  Statistics  Course." 

During  the  summer  of  2003,  Dr.  Scott 
Walck,  assistant  professor  of  physics,  and 
Dr.  David  Lyons,  assistant  professor  of 
mathematics,  conducted  a  research  project 
in  quantum  information  with  students 
Jonathan  Pitt  '03,  physics,  and  Nicholas 
Hamblet  '04,  mathematical  sciences.  The 
students  produced  three-dimensional  ani- 
mation software  to  explore  quantum  entan- 
glement. Walck  and  Lyons  achieved  some 
new  research  results.  In  January  2003,  Pitt 
and  Hamblet  presented  their  projects  in 
Baltimore  at  a  poster  session  for  undergrad- 
uate research  at  the  national  joint  meetings 
of  the  American  Mathematical  Society  and 
the  Mathematical  Association  of  America. 


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Hamblet's  project  was  called  "Visualizing 
the  Hopf  Fibration."  Pitt  presented 
"Stationary  2-qubit  Quantum  States."  At 
the  same  meeting,  Lyons  presented  his  and 
Walck's  research  results  in  a  session  on 
geometry  and  topology.  Lyons'  talk  was 
titled  "Simplified  method  for  classification 
of  entanglement  types." 

Dr.  Cheryl  George  and  Jane  Yingling, 

assistant  professors  of  education,  attended 
the  Tenth  Annual  Lancaster-Lebanon 
Intermediate  Unit  13  Special  Education 
Conference  in  June  2003,  where  they  gave  a 
presentation  on  "A  Higher  Education  and 
K-12  Partnership:  Preparing  Pre-Service 
Teachers  for  a  Career  in  Special  Education." 
Two  Lebanon  Valley  College  students, 
Jennifer  Peirson  '03  and  Amanda  Kelly 
'03,  co-presented. 

Candice  Falger,  coordinator  of  the  Master 
of  Science  Education  Program;  Cynthia 
Johnston,  lecturer  in  chemistry;  and  Jeremy 
Wolfe,  Palisades  High  School,  presented  a 
workshop  in  March,  titled  "CSI  Amateur 
Crime  Scene  Investigations,"  at  the 
National  Science  Teachers  meeting  in 
Philadelphia.  Eighty-three  teachers  from 
elementary,  middle  and  high  schools  attend- 
ed the  workshop. 

Dr.  David  Lyons'  article  "An  Elementary 
Introduction  to  the  Hopf  Fibration," 
appeared  in  the  April  2003  issue  of 
Mathematics  Magazine,  published  by  the 
Mathematical  Association  of  America. 
Lyons  also  produced  the  cover  artwork  on 
the  April  issue  with  the  help  of  Jonathan 
Pitt  '03. 

Several  LVC  science  majors  presented  their 
research  in  April  at  the  79th  annual  meeting 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Academy  of  Science  in 
Grantville.  Regina  Kettering  '03,  biochem- 
istry, presented  a  poster,  titled  "Comparative 
morphology  of  Plumbago  auriculata  and 
Plumbago  indica  sepals."  This  work  was  co- 
authored  with  Dr.  Stephen  Williams  and 
Dr.  Allan  Wolfe,  professors  of  biology. 
Nicholas  Petrovich  '03,  biology,  presented  a 
poster,  tided  "Microscopic  study  of  the  cutic- 
ular  setae  on  the  body  of  Anemia  francis- 
cana."  This  work  was  co-authored  with 
Wolfe.  Laura  Fuhnnan  '03,  biology,  and 
Mary  Olanich  '05,  psychobiology  and  biolo- 
gy, presented  a  poster,  titled  "The  effect  of 
task  complexity  on  gender  differences  in  spa- 
tial learning  in  rats."  This  work  was  co- 


authored  with  Dr.  Deanna  Dodson,  associ- 
ate professor  of  psychology,  and  Dr.  Dale 
Erskine,  professor  of  biology. 

Dr.  Walter  Patton,  assistant  professor  of 
chemistry,  and  four  students  attended  the 
67th  Annual  Intercollegiate  Student 
Chemists'  Convention  April  5  at  Villanova 
University.  Jennifer  Gehman  '03,  biochem- 
istry, presented  results  from  her  research 
with  Patton  in  a  talk,  titled  "A  Strategy  for 
Cloning  and  Expression  of  E.  coli  GMP 
Synthetase  Mutants."  Gehman  won  a  sec- 
ond-place award  for  her  presentation.  Also 
presenting  at  the  meeting  was  Jared  Bushey 
'04,  chemistry.  His  talk,  "Integral  Equation 
Theory  for  Counterion  Interactions  in 
Associating  Polymers,"  focused  on  aspects  of 
his  research  with  Dr.  Kathleen  Kolbet, 
assistant  professor  of  chemistry.  Also  attend- 
ing the  meeting  were  Jennifer  Kreidler  '03, 
chemistry,  and  Christine  Lightcap  '04, 
biochemistry.  In  addition,  Dr.  Patton  and 
five  students  attended  the  April  30  meeting 
of  the  Southeastern  Pennsylvania  Section  of 
the  American  Chemical  Society  at  York 
College.  During  the  meeting,  William 
Pitcock  '03,  chemistry,  received  an  ACS 
award  as  LVC's  outstanding  senior  chem- 
istry major.  As  a  research  student  of  Dr. 
Carl  Wigal,  chair  and  professor  of  chem- 
istry, Pitcock  has  given  presentations  on  the 
synthesis  of  quinones  at  regional  scientific 
meetings  and  co-authored  articles  in  The 
Journal  of  Organic  Chemistry.  Two  of 
Patton's  students  ptesented  posters  at  the 
meeting:  Jennifer  Kreidler  '03,  chemistry, 
discussed  "Investigating  the  Binding  and 
Catalytic  Sites  Within  the  ATP-pyrophos- 
phatase  Domain  of  E.  coli  GMP 
Synthetase."  Jordan  Newell  '05,  biology, 
discussed  "The  Generation  of  Recombinant 
Proteins  to  Examine  the  Dimeric 
Organization  of  E.  coli  GMP  Synthetase." 
Regina  Kettering  '03,  biochemistry,  pre- 
sented a  poster  on  her  research  with  Dr. 
Allan  Wolfe,  professor  of  biology,  titled  "A 
Histochemical  Study  of  Anemia  franciscana 
Hemocytes."  Gabriel  Johnson  '05,  biology, 
co-authored  the  poster  with  Kettering. 

PRESENTERS 

The  work  of  Dan  Massad,  LVC's  artist-in- 
residence,  was  featured  in  several  exhibitions 
during  spring  2003,  both  locally  and  in  West 
Virginia.  One  of  his  pastels  was  included  in 
Transforming  the  Commonplace,  a  show  at  the 
Susquehanna  Art  Museum  in  Harrisburg. 
The  Lancaster  Museum  of  Art  presented  five 


of  Massad's  pastels  and  a  lithograph  in  Study 
Drawings,  a  small  solo  show  and  the 
Huntington  Museum  of  Art  in  Huntingdon, 
W.  Va.,  displayed  his  recent  pastels  in  another 
solo  show.  Massad  was  also  invited  to  give  a 
lecture  and  a  three-day  workshop  on  the  art 
of  pastels  as  part  of  Huntington's  Walter 
Gropius  Master  Artist  Workshop  Series. 

Joel  Kline  '89,  assistant  professor  of  busi- 
ness administration  and  acting  director  of 
the  Digital  Communications  Program,  gave 
a  breakfast  presentation  titled  "Business  and 
Technology:  Where  Are  We  Headed?"  in 
spring  2003  at  the  Northern  Lebanon 
Rotary  Club.  Kline  discussed  emerging 
business  technology  trends  and  explained 
the  current  value  of  technology  in  small 
business. 

Dr.  Michael  Day,  professor  of  physics,  pre- 
sented a  paper,  titled  "Rabi,  Snow,  and  'The 
Two  Cultures,'"  at  the  April  national  meet- 
ing of  the  American  Physical  Society  in 
Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Eric  Bain-Selbo,  chait  and  professor  of 
religion  and  philosophy,  presented  a  paper 
in  March,  titled  "A  Moral  Analysis  of  the 
Goldhagen-Browning  Debate,  or,  Why  So 
Many  Germans  Were  Bad  People,"  at  the 
33rd  Annual  Scholars'  Conference  on  the 
Holocaust  and  the  Churches.  The  confer- 
ence was  held  at  St.  Joseph's  University  in 
Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Jeffrey  Robbins,  assistant  professor  of 
religion  and  philosophy,  presented  a  paper 
last  spring,  titled  "Postmodernism, 
Orientalism  and  the  Politics  of  Theory,"  at 
the  American  Academy  of  Religion  Eastern 
International  Region  Conference  at 
Mercyhurst  College  in  Erie. 

Jean-Paul  Benowitz,  adjunct  instructor  in 
history,  presented  a  paper  in  April,  titled 
"Eisenhower  the  Democrat?  Reconsidering 
the  American  Presidency  and  Popular 
Culture  of  the  1950s."  He  gave  the  address 
at  the  33rd  Annual  Popular  Culture 
Association  Conference  in  New  Orleans. 
Benowitz  serves  as  the  area  chair  of  the 
biography  section  of  the  association. 

Jeffrey  Zufelt,  director  of  development,  was 
a  speaker  in  February  2003,  at  the  annual 
Council  for  Advancement  and  Support  of 
Education  (CASE)  District  II  conference  in 
New  York  City.  The  topic  of  Zufelt's  presen- 


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tation  was  "The  Love/Hate  Relationship 
between  Development  and  Alumni 
Relations."  His  talk  centered  on  how  the 
two  functions  are  interdependent  in  the  life 
of  a  college.  Zufelt  also  was  the  keynote 
speaker  March  20  at  Lafayette  College  at 
the  biannual  meeting  of  the  Professional 
Researchers  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania/ 
Association  of  Professional  Researchers  for 
Advancement  (PREP/APRA).  He  spoke  on 
the  use  of  "data  mining"  to  focus  develop- 
ment efforts. 

Walter  Labonte.  instructor  in  English  and 
directot  of  the  Writing  Center,  presented  a 
demonstration  in  spring  2003  to  the 
English  faculty  at  the  Lebanon  Campus  of 
the  Harrisburg  Area  Community  College 


on  the  use  of  computer- assisted  writing 
instruction  in  developmental  classes.  This 
program  is  grant-funded  and  seeks  to  help 
at-risk  students  develop  confidence  and  skill 
in  writing  by  working  with  a  specially 
designed  computer  program  that  the  stu- 
dents can  use  either  in  class  or  through  the 
Internet  from  home. 

In  February  2003,  Dr.  Noel  Hubler,  associate 
professor  of  religion  and  philosophy,  visited  a 
seventh-grade  class  at  Cedar  Crest  Middle 
School  to  explain  the  fundamentals  of 
cuneiform  writing.  He  also  led  a  demonstration 
on  the  mechanics  of  writing  on  clay  tablets. 

Dr.  Rosa  Tezanos-Pinto,  assistant  professor 
of  Spanish,  was  invited  to  the  Fifth 


International  Encounter  of  Hispanic 
Women  Writers  (V  Encuentro  Internacional 
de  Escritoras  Hispanas)  in  San  Juan,  Puerto 
Rico  in  May  2003.  This  event  was  spon- 
sored by  Instituto  de  Cultura 
Puertorriqueno  and  Creadon  Femenina  en 
el  mundo  Hispanico. 

For  the  past  two  years,  Dr.  Donald  E. 

Kline,  acting  chair  and  associate  professor 
of  education,  has  served  as  the  overall  plan- 
ning committee  chair  of  the  National 
Science  Teachers  Association  (NSTA) 
National  Convention,  held  last  spring  from 
March  27-30  in  Philadelphia.  The  conven- 
tion was  the  fifth  largest  in  the  history  of 
NSTA  with  an  estimated  attendance  of 
18,000,  including  registered  conventioneers, 
their  guests  and  exhibitors. 

Dr.  Luke  Huggins,  assistant  professor  of 
biology,  was  the  only  person  from  a  primarily 
undergraduate  institution  to  speak  at  the 
2003  Northeast  Regional  Meeting  of  the 
Society  for  Developmental  Biology,  in  April 
at  Woods  Hole,  Mass.  He  gave  a  talk,  titled 
"The  Drosophila  mutant  without  children 
(woe)  is  a  suppressor  of  Dpp  signaling  and  a 
potential  new  component  of  the  TGF- 
beta/BMP  signal  transduction  pathway." 

Twenty  Lebanon  Valley  College  professors 
called  on  their  expertise  and  special  interests 
this  summer  when  they  discussed  a  wide- 
ranging  collection  of  books  in  two  separate 
book  review  series  that  wete  free  and  open  to 
the  public.  The  first  series  was  held  at  the 
Freeman  Auditorium,  Cornwall,  and  second 
at  the  Pennsylvania  Chautauqua  Community 
Building  at  Mount  Gretna.  Dr.  Howard 
Applegate,  professor  emeritus  of  history  and 
American  studies,  arranged  both  series. 

On  May  8,  Scott  Schweigert,  director  of 
the  Suzanne  H.  Arnold  Art  Gallery,  served 
as  a  panelist  at  the  Susquehanna  Museum  of 
Art,  Harrisburg.  Schweigert  discussed  "Does 
Design  Belong  in  Art  Museums?"  with 
other  panelists,  including  architect  Charles 
Alexandet  and  The  Patriot-News  arts  colum- 
nist Zachary  Lewis.  The  panel  discussion 
was  organized  in  response  to  a  review  of  the 
museum's  recent  exhibition  of  wotk  by 
architect  Michael  Graves  and  Associates.  On 
July  1 7,  Schweigert  spoke  on  Renaissance 
architecture  at  the  Center  for  Renaissance 
and  Baroque  Studies,  University  of 
Maryland,  College  Park.  The  week-long 
symposium,  "The  Arts  of  the  Renaissance: 


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Crossing  Borders/  Breaking  Boundaries:  A 
Multidisciplinary  Summer  Institute  for  Arts 
Educators,"  integrated  performance,  schol- 
arship and  education  in  the  fine  arts. 

GALLERY 

In  conjunction  with  Lebanon  Valley's 
2003-2004  colloquium  "Science  and  Public 
Policy,"  the  Gallery  is  presenting  a  collection  of 
works  by  internationally  known  photographer 
Gary  Schneider.  The  exhibition  Gary  Schneider: 
Biobgy,  will  be  on  view  from  January  9 
through  February  15,  2004.  This  exhibition 
will  explore  the  often-ambiguous  relationship 
between  science  and  art.  The  New  York-based 
artist  creates  photographs  that  reveal  the  invisi- 
ble world  of  cells,  chromosomes  and  natural 
specimens,  encouraging  viewers  to  question  the 
impact  of  genetics  on  their  daily  lives,  and  to 
discern  the  inherent  beauty  in  this  process. 
Schneider's  work  has  been  featured  in  Artfbrum, 
Art  on  Paper,  The  New  York  Times  and  Le  Temps, 
among  other  publications.  His  work  is  included 
in  the  collections  of  the  Boston  Museum  of 
Fine  Arts,  The  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art, 
The  An  Institute  of  Chicago  and  the 
Guggenheim  Museum. 

COLLOQUIUM  UNDERWAY 

LVC's  2003-2004  Colloquium  aims  to 
investigate  the  mutual  impact  of  "Science  & 
Public  Policy"  in  several  areas:  How  should 
advances  in  scientific  knowledge  and  tech- 
nology affect  public  policy  regarding  such 
issues  as  global  climate  change,  nuclear 
weapons  proliferation,  high  school  curricula 
and  the  teaching  of  evolution,  and  bio-engi- 
neering? 

The  first  speaker,  Bob  Reiss,  a  leading 
author  and  environmental  activist,  discussed 
his  book,  The  Coming  Storm,  on  global 
warming  and  U.S.  energy  policy.  The  series 
continued  with  a  visit  from  Dr.  Eric  Barron, 
one  of  the  nation's  top  climate  scientists  and 
dean  of  the  College  of  Earth  and  Mineral 
Sciences  at  The  Pennsylvania  State  Univer- 
sity. He  predicted  what  may  be  in  store  for 
the  21st  century  and  explained  how  human 
activity  may  cause  global  wanning.  Banon 
heads  the  National  Academy  of  Sciences 
Board  on  Atmospheric  Sciences  and 
Climate.  Also,  John  David  Isaacs,  one  of  the 
nation's  top  lobbyists  for  arms  control,  spoke 
on  "Nuclear  Weapons  and  You."  Isaacs  is  the 
senior  associate  for  policy  at  the  Council 
Center  for  Arms  Control,  pan  of  The 
Council  for  a  Livable  World.  These  organi- 
zations seek  to  persuade  politicians  to  halt 
the  spread  of  weapons  of  mass  destruction. 


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2003-2004  Colloquium 


For  a  look  at  the  history  of  nuclear 
weapons,  Kai  Bird  spoke  on  "J.  Robert 
Oppenheimer  and  the  Development  of 
Atomic  Weapons."  Bird  is  the  author  of  a 
forthcoming  biography  on  Oppenheimer 
and  is  also  a  contributing  editor  to  The 
Nation  and  co-editor  of  Hiroshima's  Shadow, 
which  takes  issue  with  the  Truman  adminis- 
tration's rationale  for  dropping  nuclear 
bombs  on  civilians  in  Japan.  Concluding  the 
lecture  series  was  Daniel  Greenberg,  who 
discussed  "Scientists,  Politics  and  the  Bush 
Administration."  He  drew  on  his  expertise  as 
a  science  writer  for  The  Washington  Post  and 
as  the  author  of  Science,  Money,  and  Politics: 
Political  Triumph  and  Ethical  Erosion. 

The  students  of  Dr.  Kevin  Pry's  '76 
English  class  presented  Galileo,  Bertoh 
Brecht's  drama  about  the  brilliant  16th  cen- 
tury astronomer  and  physicist.  Galileo  was 
convicted  of  heresy  and  sentenced  to  life 
imprisonment  for  challenging  the  Catholic 
Church's  earth-centered  view  of  the  universe. 
The  colloquium  will  continue  next  semester. 
Visit  the  LVC  web  site  at  www.lvc.edu  for 
more  information. 

NEW  FACULTY 
Dr.  Dolores  Buttry,  who  specializes  in 
modernist  German  literature  and  12th-cen- 
tury French  literature,  has  been  named  an 
assistant  professor  of  foreign  languages.  She 
earned  her  bachelor's  and  master's  degrees  in 
French  from  Illinois  State  University,  and 
another  master's  degree  in  German  from 
Middleburv  College,  Vt.  Bunry  also  has 
two  doctorates,  one  in  comparative  litera- 
ture from  the  University  of  Illinois  and 
another  in  French  from  the  University  of 
Pittsburgh. 


Dr.  Stan  M.  Dacko  has  been  named  an 
associate  professor  of  physical  therapy.  He 
earned  a  bachelors  degree  in  zoology  at 
Rutgers  University  in  Newark,  a  master  of 
arts  degree  and  a  master  of  science  degree  in 
physical  therapy  from  Boston  University, 
and  a  doctorate  in  neuroscience  from 
Hahnemann  University. 

Dr.  Marcia  Epler  has  been  named  an  associ- 
ate professor  of  physical  therapy.  She  earned 
her  master's  and  doctoral  degrees  at  Temple 
University  and  did  her  undergraduate  work  at 
Ithaca  College  in  New  York,  where  she  earned 
a  bachelor's  degree  in  general  studies  and  a 
bachelor  of  science  degree  in  physical  therapy. 

Dr.  Lee  Ann  Grisolano  is  a  visiting  assis- 
tant professor  of  psychology  with  an  interest 
in  pediatric  psychology  and  neuropsycholo- 
gy as  well  as  school  psychology.  She  com- 
pleted her  bachelor's  degree  in  psychology 
and  communication  studies  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Iowa,  and  also  earned  her  doctorate 
there  in  school  and  pediatric  psychology. 
Grisolano  is  a  pediatric  neuropsychologist 
for  the  Center  for  Neurobehavioral  Health 
in  Camp  Hill. 

Dr.  Rebecca  Crow  Lister  has  joined  the 
Music  Department  as  an  assistant  professor 
specializing  in  vocal  literature.  After  earning 
a  degree  in  music  education  from  James 
Madison  University  in  Virginia,  she  went  to 
graduate  school  at  Florida  State  University, 
where  she  earned  a  master's  degree  and  a 
doctorate  in  voice  performance. 

Penelope  Lee  Samuelson  has  been  named 
an  assistant  professor  of  physical  therapy. 
She  graduated  from  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  with  a  degree  in  physical  ther- 
apy. Samuelson  also  holds  a  master's  degree 
in  public  administration  from  Pennsylvania 
State  University.  Currendy,  she  is  a  doctoral 
candidate  at  Rocky  Mountain  University  of 
Health  Professions  in  Provo,  Utah. 

Dr.  Jeffrey  Richard  Savage,  a  prize-win- 
ning pianist,  has  been  named  an  assistant 
professor  of  music.  He  came  to  LVC  from 
The  Juilliard  School,  where  he  served  simul- 
taneously as  an  adjunct  faculty  member  and 
on  the  faculty  for  Juilliard's  pre-college  divi- 
sion. Savage  majored  in  piano  at  the 
University  of  Colorado  at  Boulder  and 
earned  both  his  master  of  music  and  doctor 
of  musical  arts  degrees  in  piano  at  The 
Juilliard  School. 


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LVC  Invites  Five  New  Trustees  to  Join  Board;  Lehr  Named  Cnaii 


WILLIAM  LEHR  JR.,  retired  senior  vice  president 
secretary,    Hershey   Foods   Corporation,    was    recei 
named   as   LVC's  chair  of  the   Board  of  Trustees, 
assumed  the  role  from  Dr.  Ross  W.  Fasick  '55,  H'03,  who 

served  as  chair  from  1997  until  May  17,  2003.  Lehr,  who 
has  been  an  LVC  trustee  since  1999,  received  a  bache- 
lor's degree  cum  laude  from  the  University  of  Notre  Dame 
and  a  juris  doctor  degree  from  the  Georgetown  University 
Law  Center. 

Lehr  is  widely  known  for  his  philanthropic  efforts  and  has 
served  on  numerous  boards  and  associations.  He  is  chair- 
man of  The  Greater  Harrisburg  Foundation  as  well  as  chair- 
man of  the  Capital  Region's  Early  Childhood  Training 
Institute;  a  director  and  vice  chairman  of  Capital  Blue 
Cross;  a  director  and  immediate  past  chairman  of 
Americans  for  the  Arts;  and  a  director  and  immediate  past 
president  of  the  Susquehanna  Art  Museum.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  advisory  board  of  The  University  of  Notre  Dame's 
Center  for  Ethics  and  Religious  Values  in  Business  anc1  " 
CHANNELS  Food  Rescue.  In  2003,  he  was  designated  i 
Central  Pennsylvania  Business  Journal.  He  is  also  a  trust 
real  estate  investment  trust. 


Lehr  has  served  as  chairman  of  the  Pennsylvania  MILRITE  Council,  as  chairman  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Health  Care  Cost  Containment  Council,  as  chairman  of  MetroArts  of  the  Capital 
Region,  as  chairman  and  president  of  the  Capital  Division  of  the  Pennsylvania  Economy 
League,  and  as  a  founding  director  and  vice  chairman  of  the  board  of  the  Whitaker  Center 
for  Science  and  the  Arts.  He  was  a  member  of  Governor  Ed  Rendell's  Arts  and  Culture 
Transition  Team.  Lehr  is  married  to  the  artist  Beverlee  Balch  Lehr.  They  are  the  parents  of 
Audrey,  William  and  James. 


DR.  GARY  GRIEVE- 
CARLSON.  professor  of 
English  and  director  of 
the  General  Education 
and  American  Studies 
programs,  has  taught  at 
LVC  for  13  years  including 
service  as  chair  of  the 
English  Department.  He 
holds  a  doctorate  in 
English  and  has  received 
several  academic  honors. 

Grieve-Carlson  oversees  the  College's  year- 
long colloquium,  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Study  Abroad  Committee  and  the  Diversity 
Advisory  Committee.  He  has  been  LVC's  on- 
site  director  for  New  Zealand,  and  is  a  past 
member  of  the  Curriculum  Committee,  Faculty 
Standards  and  Policies  Committee  and  the 
faculty  Executive  Committee.  He  and  his  wife, 
Bridget,  have  three  children:  Timothy  (12), 
Jessye  (8)  and  Grace  (6). 


ELYSE  ROGERS  '76,  a 

partner  with  the  law 
firm  of  Keefer  Wood 
Allen  &  Rahal,  LLP,  is  a 
graduate  of  Lebanon 
Valley,  cum  laude  and 
The  Dickinson  School  of 
Law,  magna  cum  laude, 
who  has  been  featured 
in  the  past  two  editions 


of  The  Best  Lawyers  in  America.  In  her  prac- 
tice, she  concentrates  on  wealth  transfer 
planning  and  business  planning,  as  well  as 
estate  administration  and  representation  of 
closely  held  business  owners. 

Rogers  is  active  at  Pine  Street  Presby- 
terian Church  in  Harrisburg,  currently  serving 
as  a  trustee.  In  the  past,  she  has  served  as 
a  trustee  of  the  Pennsylvania  Bar  Trust  Fund 
and  the  Pennsylvania  Bar  Insurance  Fund, 
and  zone  director  for  the  Pennsylvania  Bar 
Foundation.  She  has  received  two  special 
achievement  awards  from  the  Pennsylvania 
Bar  Association,  as  well  as  the  President's 
Award.  Rogers  is  an  adjunct  professor  at  the 
Dickinson  School  of  Law,  where  she  teaches 
Estate  Planning  &  Wealth  Transfer  Taxation. 

JAMES  M.  MEAD, 

president  and  chief 
executive  officer  of 
Capital  BlueCross, 
received  a  bachelor's 
degree  and  a  master's 
degree,  both  in  eco- 
nomics, from  The 
Pennsylvania  State 
University.  Before  join- 
ing Capital  BlueCross, 
he  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Business 
at  The  Pennsylvania  State  University  in 
Harrisburg.  He  also  served  as  special  assis- 


tant to  the  Pennsylvania  Insurance 
Commissioner. 

Mead  has  served  with  various  community 
organizations  including  as  chairman  of  the 
board  of  advisers  of  Penn  State  Harrisburg, 
chairman  of  the  Central  Pennsylvania  U.S. 
Savings  Bond  Campaign  for  the  United  States 
Treasury  Department,  and  campaign  chairman 
of  the  United  Way  of  the  Capital  Region.  He  is 
past  chairman  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the 
Federal  Reserve  Bank  of  Philadelphia  and  is 
currently  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors 
of  the  Blue  Cross  and  Blue  Shield  Associ- 
ation, chairman  of  the  board  of  BCS  Financial 
Incorporated,  Chicago;  the  Harrisburg 
Symphony  Association;  and  The  Greater 
Harrisburg  Foundation. 

JOHN  S.  OYLER.  a  part 
ner  of  the  law  firm 
McNees  Wallace  & 
Nurick  LLC  since  1982, 
is  a  magna  cum  laude 
graduate  of  Princeton 
University  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Virginia 
Law  Review  and  the 
Order  of  the  Coif  while 
a  student  at  the 

University  of  Virginia  School  of  Law.  Oyler  is 
a  corporate  and  tax  lawyer  who  has  repre- 
sented automobile  dealers  for  his  entire 
legal  career  and  serves  as  outside  general 
counsel  for  the  Pennsylvania  Automotive 
Association.  Oyler  assisted  in  drafting  and 
revising  the  Pennsylvania  Board  of  Vehicles 
Act  and  has  presented  at  various  NADA 
workshops  nationwide.  His  business  coun- 
seling practice  includes  the  representation 
of  automobile  dealerships  and  auto  dealers, 
representation  of  agricultural  cooperatives, 
the  acquisition  and  sale  of  businesses,  and 
general  business  counseling. 

Oyler  served  as  managing  partner  of  his 
law  firm  from  1992  to  2002. 

Oyler  is  a  member  of  the  American, 
Pennsylvania  and  Dauphin  County  Bar 
Associations;  the  board  of  directors  and  the 
executive  committee,  and  chair  of  the  mar- 
keting committee  of  The  Greater  Harrisburg 
Foundation;  member  of  the  board  of  direc- 
tors of  Knouse  Foods  Cooperative,  Inc.; 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  and  the 
executive  committee,  and  secretary  of  the 
Team  Pennsylvania  Foundation.  He  is  listed 
in  the  Best  Lawyers  in  America*.  He  and  his 
wife,  Lydia,  live  in  Mechanicsburg,  and  have 
two  sons,  Jack  and  David. 

Editor's  Note:  Lauren  Nickey  '05,  LVC's 
new  student  trustee,  is  featured  on  page  36. 


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