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Vol.23    Number! 


Editor: 

Dr.  Tom  Hanrahan 

Writers/Contributors: 

Jasmine  Ammons  Bucher  '97 

Lauren  McCartney  Cusick 

Marie  Cusik  '07 

Mary  Beth  Hower 

Jeff  Intoccia  '02 

Kenya  McCullum 

Lori  Myers 

Ed  Novak 

Gino  Trosa  '06 

Design: 

Momentum  Communications 

Production  Manager: 
Kelly  Alsedek 

Photography: 
Kelly  Alsedek 
John  T.  Consoli 
Bill  Dowling 

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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. 


TheVallev 


Lebanon  Valley  College  Magazine 


Features 


2     Real  World  Experience 

An  increaseing  number  ofLVC 
students  are  enriching  their  academic 
studies  and  learning  on  the  job  by 
participating  in  internships. 


Serving  Their  Country 

During  the  last  century,  LVC  alumni 
have  served  in  every  major  war  and 
every  branch  of  the  military.  Six- 
graduates  share  the  stories  of  their 
careers  in  military  service. 


page  2    ^-fffe/,- 


14  A  Strategic  Plan  for  The  Valley 

As  Lebanon  Valley  College  continues  to  grow  and 
gamer  recognition,  strategic  planning  remains 
vital  to  itsjuture.  President  MacDonald  explains 
how  the  strategic  plan  supports  the  CoUege's 
mission  and  identity  as  a  liberal  arts  institution. 


Departments 

1 8  Class  News  &  Notes 
30  Valley  News 
33  In  Memoriam 


On  the  Cover: 

LVC  students  who  have  gained  real-world  experience 
by  participating  in  internships  include  (pictured  1-7) 
Gino  Trosa  '06.  Jilt  Kidulic  '07,  Amy  Zubek  '06, 
Alex  Reber  '06,  Elmira  Sellu  '06,  Phil  Serio  '06, 
and  Max  Linn  '06. 


Spring  2006 


As  she  walked  into  the 
East  Dining  Room  at  Lebanon 
Valley  College  last  semester, 
Elyse  Tiirr  '06  could 
not  believe  what  she  was 
seeing.  Another  student  was 
earning  a  copy  of  Tariz 
Ramadan's  Western  Muslims  and  the  Future  of  Islam — and 
on  the  back  cover  was  the  promotional  "blurb"  Turr  had 
written  that  summer  as  an  intern  for  Oxford  Universit}'  Press. 
"I  practically  jumped  down  her  throat  with  questions  as 
to  why  she  had  the  book, '  recalls  Turr,  wrho  is  an  English 
major  with  a  concentration  in  communications  from 
Stockholm,  N.J.  It  turned  out  that  the  book  was  assigned 
reading  for  Dr.  JefiEre}'  Robbins'  world  rehgion  class  at 
LVC.  The  on-campus  encounter  with  her  book  blurb 
reminded  Turr  that  "Ln  book  stores  around  the  world, 
people  are  browsing  for  books,  and  when  they  turn  over 
Ramadan's  book  to  read  the  back  cover,  they  will  be  read- 
ing what  I  wTOte." 


Turr  had  been  assigned  to  write  the  back  co\er  coi 
for  the  book  during  her  ver}'  first  week  as  an  intern 
New  York  Cit)'  offices  of  the  venerable  Oxford  University 
Press  (OUP),  which  has  been  in  business  since  the  I6th 
century.  The  opportunit}'  to  work  for  the  publishing 
company  was  facihtated  by  Brian  Hn^es  '97,  an 
associate  markedng  manager  in  OUP's  academic  division. 

Turr  is  just  one  of  an  increasing  number  of  LVC 
students  who  enrich  their  academic  studies  by  learning 
on  the  job.  Some  complete  internships  for  academic  credit 
through  the  College,  and  some  arrange  them  privately 
during  summers  and  on  breaks.  "Most  students  enjoy  the 
practical  dimension  of  their  education — of  being  able  to 
put  to  work  the  knowledge  they  gain  in  the  classroom," 
says  Sharon  Grvler,  LVC's  director  of  career  services. 

Givler  describes  the  internship  experience  for  LVC 
students  as  a  kind  of  transformauon.  "'1  don't  have 
anything  to  offer'  becomes  'this  is  what  I  have  to  offer,'" 
she  says.  "It  is  a  rubber-meets-the-road  experience  that 
also  shows  the  students  what  it  takes  to  be  successful  in 


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'ing  and  business  administration  major 
Deborah  Tookes  '07  (left)  was  a  summer  intern  at 
the  Philadelphia  office  of  PricewaterhouseCoopers, 
one  of  the  world's  largest  accounting  firms. 
English  major  Gino  Trosa  '06  (right)  received 
hands-on  television  production  experience  as  a 
summer  intern  at  the  MTV  offices  in  Manhattan. 


"I  learned  the  ins  and 

outs  of  television  and 

music  production. 


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the  world  of  work  and  how  organizations 
wortc.  They  can  also  get  good  references, 
and  maybe,  a  job  offer." 

The  prestigious  Oxford  University 
Press  is  likely  to  offer  a  job  to  Turr.  "We 
have  to  have  her  on  board  full  time  once 
she  graduates,"  says  Sofia  Kriarakis  of  the 
publishing  company's  human  resource 
department,  who  was  in  charge  of  the 
OUP  internship  program  last  summer. 
"Elyse  was  what  I  call  my  'super  intern.' 
Her  enthusiasm  and  eagerness  to  learn  as 
much  as  possible  while  she  was  here  were 
outstanding." 

Turr  was  equally  impressed  with  OUP. 
"I  went  into  this  internship  having  a  very 


vague  idea  of  what  I  wanted  to  do  after 
college.  After  interning  at  Oxford,  I  have 
a  good  idea  of  where  I  want  to  be  and 
what  I  want  to  be  doing.  I  didn't  expect 
the  level  of  responsibility  or  opportunity 
that  they  gave  me,"  she  says.  "I  didn't 
expect  to  write  copy  as  early  on  as  I  did 
or  to  be  speaking  directly  with  authors. 
I  didn't  expect  the  access  I  was  given  to 
departmental  meetings  and  company- 
wide  meetings.  I  didn't  expect  staff  to 
be  as  helpful,  supportive,  and  fun  as 
they  were." 

The  only  downside  to  her  experience, 
she  jokes,  is  that  the  "Oxford  coffee" 
was  terrible. 


During  her  internship  at  Oxford  University  Press, 
Elyse  Turr  '06  had  the  opportunity  to  write  copy, 
speak  with  authors,  and  participate  in  department 
meetings.  Now,  she  has  accepted  a  job  there. 


OS 

Deborah  Tookes  '07  is  an 

accounting  and  business  administration 
major  from  Philadelphia  who  has  a  lot 
of  dreams:  working  as  an  auditor  for  a 
major  accounting  firm,  going  to  graduate 
school  at  Temple  University,  teaching, 
and  owning  her  own  restaurant.  She  is 
the  kind  of  student  who,  without  an 
appointment,  can  march  into  the  office 
of  one  of  LVC's  top  administrators  and 
walk  out  with  a  friend  and  mentor  on 
her  side — which  is  just  what  she  did 
with  Deborah  Reimer  Fullam  '81,  the 
College's  chief  financial  officer.  "She  is 
very  supportive,  and  we  can  talk  about 
anything,"  Tookes  reports.  "And  we  joke 
about  having  the  same  first  name,  too." 

During  her  freshman  year,  Tookes  met 
with  the  father  of  a  friend,  an  accountant, 
who  told  her  about  INROADS,  an 
organization  for  minority  students  interested 
in  business  internships.  She  attended 
INROADS'  weekend  workshops  on 
resume  writing  and  business  etiquette 
training,  but  no  company  called  her  that 
first  year.  She  was  not  discouraged — 
"There  is  a  time  for  everything,"  she 
says — and  tried  again  in  her  sophomore 
year.  She  was  more  prepared  this  time,  and 
she  was  called  to  work  in  the  Philadelphia 
office  of  PricewaterhouseCoopers  (PWC), 
one  of  the  world's  largest  accounting  firms. 

"I  didn't  go  into  the  internship  with 
expectations,"  she  says.  "I  kept  an  open 
mind  and  was  willing  to  take  advantage  of 
any  opportunity."  She  was  assigned  the 
responsibility  of  keeping  the  internal  filing 
system  organized,  and  she  joined  the  PWC 
Leadership  Program.  If  she  is  invited  back  to 
PWC  next  summer,  as  a  rising  senior,  she 
expects  to  be  given  more  responsibilities, 
including  meeting  with  PWC  clients. 

Tookes  views  her  internship  in  a  very 
positive  light.  "The  real  world  is  not  just 
the  scenarios  in  your  textbook,"  she  says. 
"The  internship  gives  you  experience,  makes 
you  more  marketable  as  a  professional, 
and  creates  a  better  individual." 


Senior  Gino  TrOSa  is  an  English 
major  who  came  to  LVC  from  Scranton, 
but  he  was  born  in  Queens,  N.Y.,  where 
he  spent  the  first  10  years  of  his  life, 
and  he  still  thinks  of  it  as  home.  He  is 
interested  in  writing,  working  in  television, 
pursuing  graduate  school,  and  possibly, 
"teaching  at  a  small  liberal  arts  school 
like  LVC."  When  he  was  thinking  about 
getting  some  hands-on  experience,  a 
friend  from  New  York  helped  him  "grab 
an  internship"  at  the  Music  Television 
(MTV)  offices  in  Times  Square. 

There  was  a  lot  of  physical  labor 
involved,  carrying  tapes  and  equipment 
to  studios  throughout  Manhattan,  but, 
he  says,  "I  learned  the  ins  and  outs  of 
television  and  music  production.  It  was 
helpful  to  learn  how  TV  'magic'  works. 
I  learned  the  intricacies  of  television  and 
DVD  creation,  and  experienced  every- 
thing from  packaging  and  shipping  to 
editing  and  licensing.  The  internship 
allowed  me  to  see  DVD  development 
from  the  first  step  through  fruition.  I 
now  have  the  experience  to  be  helpful  in 
the  production  process." 

He  reports  that  the  work  environment 
was  "laid-back,  which  helped  me  feel 
comfortable  during  the  first  anxious  days 
of  my  working  there."  What  about  the 
glamour  of  the  job?  "You  get  to  meet  a 
lot  of  celebrides,  but  it  is  mosdy  in  passing," 
Trosa  says.  "You  can  step  into  an  elevator 
and  be  standing  next  to  people  from 
MTV  News  or  Hogan  Knows  Best — you 
just  never  know.  I  saw  a  lot  of  stars.  It 
became  second  nature  not  to  react." 

Nolan  Ritchie  '06  hails  from 

Bethel  in  Berks  County.  "My  homestead 
is  located  in  the  mountains  with  a  view 
of  the  Appalachians,"  he  reports.  He  is 
the  first  member  of  his  family  to  attend 
college,  is  active  in  campus  politics,  and  is 
studying  political  science  and  Spanish. 


In  the  fall  of  2004,  he  participated 
in  an  LVC  program  that  sent  him  to 
Washington,  D.C.,  to  spend  a  semester 
at  American  University.  The  program 
required  him  to  find  an  internship;  he 
acquired  a  position  with  the  United 
Nations  Information  Centre  (UNIC). 
The  experience  was  a  political  junkie's 
dream  come  true. 

"My  main  responsibility  was  to  attend 
news  briefings,  conferences.  Congressional 
hearings,  and  galas  related  to  the  work  of 
the  United  Nations,"  he  explains.  He  visited, 
among  other  places,  the  State  Department, 
the  French  Embassy,  the  Woodrow  Wilson 
International  Center  for  Scholars,  and 
the  National  Press  Building. 

Ritchie  met  former  secretaries  of  state 
Henry  Kissinger  and  Madeleine  Albright, 
ambassadors  John  Danforth  and  Bruce 
Laingen,  Sen.  Richard  Lugar,  and  various 
State  Department  officials. 


While  Nolan  Ritchie  '06 participated  in  LVC's 
Washington  semester  at  American  University,  he 
completed  an  internship  at  the  United  Nations 
Information  Centre. 


As  a  residt  of  the  internship,  Ritchie 
reports,  he  decided  to  focus  his  future 
on  the  role  of  the  United  Nations — to 
reduce  war  and  arms,  uphold  human  rights, 
and  work  with  the  people  of  developing 
nations.  He  believes  even  more  strongly 
now  in  a  society  built  on  a  solid  foundation 
of  peace  and  security. 

Ritchie  has  recommended  his  internship 
experience  to  friends  and  told  them,  "If 
you  have  had  an  internship  already,  you 
need  to  get  another  one."  In  addition  to 
his  UNIC  work,  Ritchie  has  interned 
with  Pa.  State  Rep.  Sheila  Miller  and 
U.S.  Rep.  Tim  Holden. 

Senior  Jeff  Caills  parents  are 
Salvation  Army  pastors,  which  explains 
why  he  grew  up  mosdy  in  Philadelphia, 
graduated  from  high  school  in  New 


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The  students  pictured  above  are  just  a  few  who  have  participated  in  internships  during  the  summer  or  academic  year,  (from  left  to 
right)  Amy  Zubek  '06,  an  English  and  digital  communications  major,  was  an  editorial  intern  at  the  Times  News  in  Lehighton. 
Business  administration  and  accounting  major  Alex  Reber  '06  spent  a  summer  as  an  intern  at  Weik  Investment  Services,  Inc., 
in  Wyomissing.  Elmira  Sellu  '06,  a  business  administration  major,  served  as  a  promotions  intern  at  Hersheypark  ft)r  Hershey 
Entertainment  and  Resorts  Co.  For  inftirmation  on  Gino  Trosa's  internship,  see  page  5.  English  and  digital  communications  major 
Jill  Kidulic  '07  worked fi)r  the  summer  as  an  education  intern  at  WLVT-  TV,  a  PBS  affiliate  in  Bethlehem.  Accounting  major  Max 
Linn  '06  was  an  auditing  and  accounting  intern  for  Beard  Miller  Company,  LLP,  in  its  Harrisburg  office.  Digital  communications  major 
Phil  Serio  '06  was  an  information  technology  administrator  intern  at  KTHL,  an  international  law  firm  in  Lebanon. 


Jersey,  and  currently  lives  in  Columbus, 
Ohio.  He  has  always  been  interested 
in  music,  and  considered  attending  a 
technical  school,  but  he  chose  to  study 
music  recording  technology  (MRT)  at 
LVC  because  he  wanted  to  "enhance  and 
define  my  skills  in  music  and  recording, 
but  also  to  explore  other  areas  of  educa- 
tional interest." 

Cain  began  the  search  for  an  internship 
during  his  junior  year,  when  he  sent  his 
resume  to  about  30  recording  studios. 
"I  received  several  replies,  including  some 
from  Nashville.  I  set  up  a  day's  worth  of 
interviews  with  the  folks  in  Nashville  and 
flew  down  last  April."  At  one  studio, 
an  engineer/producer  friend  of  the  inter- 
viewer mentioned  that  he  needed  some 
help  in  his  daily  work.  The  engineer, 
Danny  Duncan,  agreed  to  take  on  Cain 
for  the  summer.  Duncan  has  worked 
with  musicians  such  as  Bruce  Springsteen 
and  Michael  McDonald. 

"Right  from  the  beginning,  he  forced 
me  to  rely  on  everything  I  had  learned 
about  recording  in  my  classes  as  well  as 
to  employ  organizational  and  management 


skills,"  Cain  reports.  "He  showed  a  great 
deal  of  confidence  in  my  abilities  after  having 
met  me  only  once,  and  he  let  me  run  with 
the  things  he  knew  I  was  capable  of  doing." 

During  the  course  of  the  summer, 
Cain  met  and  worked  with  many  artists, 
engineers,  and  producers.  He  even  got 
to  sing  backup  for  some  of  the  recording 
sessions.  And,  as  he  faces  his  own  choices 
after  he  graduates  in  May,  he  has  something 
going  for  him.  "The  internship  with 
Danny  gave  me  the  personal  confidence 
to  know  that  I  can  tackle  any  sort  of 
project  that  comes  my  way  in  the  future." 

Cain  is  one  of  four  LVC  music  record- 
ing technology  students  who  have  com- 
pleted internships  recently  in  Nashville. 

Working  with  their  academic  advisors, 
students  are  keenly  aware  of  the  possibili- 
ties that  internships  can  offer,  but  they 
must  work  hard  and  be  creative  in 
finding  the  right  opportunities. 

Sharon  Givler  tells  a  story  about  a 
student  who  came  into  the  Career 


Services  Office  who  was  unsure  about 
how  she  could  land  an  event  planning 
internship  in  Lancaster.  "She  was  an 
athlete,"  Givler  remembers,  "and  her 
family  lived  near  the  new  baseball  stadium 
that  was  being  built  for  the  Lancaster 
Barnstormers.  I  asked  her  about  the 
team.  She  paused  and  I  could  almost  see 
the  light  bulb  go  off  over  her  head.  Her 
father  knew  someone  with  the  team.  She 
got  the  internship  and  was  quite  successful. 
"The  mistake  a  lot  of  college  students 
make,"  says  Givler,  "is  that  they  tend 
to  define  themselves  solely  on  the  basis 
of  major,  especially  those  in  the  liberal 
arts.  Students  with  majors  that  don't 
lead  to  a  clearly  defined  job  title  tend  to 
feel  unqualified  for  the  world  of  work. 
They  need  to  know  what  employers 
seek  in  candidates  and  learn  about  their 
own  skills  and  strengths."  Givler  has 
three  final  words  of  advice  for  students: 
"Network.  Network.  Network." 

Ed  Novak  is  a  writer  based  in  Harrisburg. 
He  currently  works  for  tlie  Whitaker 
Center  for  Science  and  the  Arts  as 
executive  director  of  KiteFest. 


The  Valley 


t's  time.  LVC  is  about  to  begin  the  massive  renovation  of  Garber  Science  Center  and 
J.  create  up-to-date  teaching  and  research  facilities  for  the  students  and  facidty.  We  are 
asking  for  your  help,  and  invite  you  to  be  part  of  the  creation  of  the  Neidig-Garber 
Science  Center.  ^ 

Our  goal  is  to  raise  $10,000,000  toward  the  cost  of  the  project.  We  have        ^^^ 
over  $8.7  million  in  pledges  to  date.  If  you  have  been  wondering  when  you       ^| 
would  be  asked  to  join  the  effort,  or  how  your  gift  could  have  a  meaningful 
impact,  now  is  the  time  when  you  can  really  make  a  difference. 

There's  an  added  incentive.  Through  the  Arnold  Challenge, 
all  gifts  of  $  1 ,000  or  more  for  the  Neidig-Garber  project  " 

will  be  matched  $1  for  every  $2  you  pledge.  In  addi- 
tion, by  making  a  gift  now,  you  can  leave  your  mark 
on  the  Neidig-Garber  Science  Center  and  show  k 

today's  students  and  faculty  that  you  support  LVC  I 
science.  You  can  even  honor  or  remember  a  family  \ 
member,  classmate,  or  faculty  merriber  who  made  a  ' 
difference  to  you. 

The  new  Neidig-Garber  Science  Center  will  have  a 
striking,  four-story,  interior  atrium,  providing  a  flood 
of  light  throughout  the  building.  It  is  here  that  those 
who  join  in  this  campaign  will  be  recognized.  Donors         i 
who  pledge  $2,000  for  each  of  the  next  three  years  will 
have  their  names  inscribed  on  decorative  glass  panels, 
which  will  line  the  balconies  of  the  atrium.  Donors  who     I 
increase  their  three-year  commitment  to  $2,500  annual- 
ly may  designate  their  inscription  in  honor  of  a  beloved 
professor  or  in  memory  of  a  loved  one. 

This  display  will  be  located  within  the  main  entrance 
of  the  new  Neidig-Garber  Science  Center.  It  will  serve  as     - 
a  permanent  record  of  the  alumni,  parents,  and  friends        •* '" 
who  stepped  forward  to  support  our  students  and  to 
continue  a  long  tradition  of  excellence  in  science  at 
Lebanon  Valley  College. 

For  more  information  about  this  exciting  project, 
please  visit  www.lvc.edu/science. 


An  artist's  rendering  of  the  interior  atrium 


GREAT  EXPECTAnONS 


Great  Expectations  as  of  March  31, 2006 

Gifts  to  Date 

Capital  Construction      $20,509,322 


Endowment      $17,002,731 


Current  Operations      $11,407,419 
*Total  Campaign  Contributions      $50,818,602 

*  including  gifts  to  all  purposes 


Campaign  Goal 
$21,925,000 


$14,400,000 


$12,000,000 
$50,000,000 


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'n  1943,  a  large  contingent  of LVC  students  was  called  up  for  war. 
The  students  and  well  wishers  gathered  at  the  Annville  train 
tation  awaiting  departures.  (Inset)  U.S.  Army  Sgt.  Kevin  Wood  '03 
s  assigned  to  a  cavalry  squadron  located  at  a  desert  post  in  Iraq  doing 
■econnaissance,  surveillance,  and  target  acquisition. 


BY      LORI      MYERS 


LVC  alumni  have  served  in  every  major  war 

and  every  branch  of  the  military  during  the  last  century  Some  rose 
to  the  distinguished  rank  of  general;  others  saw  action  in  Vietnam; 
some  now  serve  in  Iraq.  The  places  of  training  or  battle  may 
change,  but  what  has  stayed  the  same  are  the  fears,  challenges,  and 
rewards  these  graduates  have  experienced.  Here  are  the  stories  some 
of  our  graduates  would  like  to  share  about  their  chosen  career  paths. 


Maj.  Gen.  Ross  Plasterer  '57 
— U.S.  Marine  Corps 

It  wasn't  too  long  after  his  LVC 
graduation  in  1957  that  Maj.  Gen.  Ross 
Plasterer  decided  to  take  the  advice  of 
his  brother-in-law,  who  told  him  that  if 
he  was  going  to  go  into  the  military,  he 
might  as  well  start  off  as  an  officer.  The 
rigors  of  playing  college  football  and 
baseball  helped  him  with  the  physical 
and  mental  demands  of  1 2  weeks  of 
Officer's  Candidate  School  training  in 
Quantico,  Va.  He  became  a  helicopter 
pilot  who  later  used  his  flying  talents 


during  two  tours  in  Vietnam. 

"The  reward  was  you  were  able  to  get 
the  wounded  to  the  hospital,"  he  says. 
"I  was  also  the  helicopter  pilot  for 
President  Lyndon  Johnson,  and  I  did 
get  to  fly  former  President  Dwight 
Eisenhower.  He  was  a  great  person — a 
very  appreciative  guy." 

Although  it  has  been  almost  50  years 
since  Plasterer  graduated  from  LVC,  the 
passing  decades  haven't  stopped  this 
Marine  Corps  retiree  from  staying  in 
touch  with  his  LVC  comrades. 

"I  made  a  lot  of  good  friendships  while 
going  to  LVC,"  says  Plasterer,  who  now 


lives  in  Norfolk,  Va.  "We  get  together  at 
least  one  or  two  times  a  year  to  play 
golf.  The  quarterback  on  our  team  was 
Lou  Sorrentino  '54,  and  I'm  still  in 
contact  with  him  as  well  as  with  William 
Kiick  '57,  Frank  Catanzaro  '57,  and 
Frank  McCulloch  '57  " 

Plasterer  also  feels  rewarded  by  the  fact 
that  the  ROTC  Sword  at  LVC  is  named 
after  him. 

"It  was  an  honor  to  have  my  name  on 
it.  I  am  proud  of  what  I  have  done,  of 
being  from  Lebanon  and  graduating  from 
LVC."  He  served  for  34  years,  retiring  in 
December  of  199  L 


Spring  2006       9 


Col.  John  J.  Harvey  '77 
— U.S.  Marine  Corps 

Col.  John  J.  Harvey  recalls  chat  when 
his  junior  year  at  LVC  was  coming  to  an 
end,  his  father,  sensing  his  son's  lack  of 
focus,  gently  suggested  that  he  try  military 
service.  Armed  with  a  degree  in  political 
science,  Harvey  decided  to  give  it  a  try. 
That  "try"  spanned  28  years  of  active 
duty,  during  which  his  responsibilities 
included  aviation  operations,  logistics, 
aircraft  maintenance,  and  safety  depart- 
ment head  duties.  He  also  had  a  three- 


year  tour  as  a  helicopter  flight  instructor 
in  the  Naval  Air  Training  Command. 
But  his  biggest  honor  as  a  Marine  officer 
was  being  a  leader. 

"Leading  Marines  is  generally  why 
young  men  and  women  remain  in  the 
Marine  Corps,"  he  says.  "The  association 
over  the  years  with  so  many  fine  marines 
is  its  own  reward." 

Harvey  observed  many  changes  during 
his  years  of  active  duty,  particularly  in 
the  area  of  technology. 

His  solid  liberal  arts  education  at 
LVC  prepared  him  for  his  military 
stint.  He  recalls  with  affection  good 
times  in  Funkhouser  Hall;  his  favorite 
professors.  Dr.  John  Norton,  Dr. 


Donald  Byrne  Jr.,  and  Richard  Joyce; 

and  intramural  sports. 

"I  was  coaching  and  playing  on  the 
'residents'  intramural  basketball  team  for 
two  years,"  he  remarks,  "and  playing  a 
variety  of  other  intramural  sports  in 
which  we  routinely  kicked  fraternity 
'rear-end.'" 

Harvey  is  now  employed  by  CJ 
Systems  Aviation  Group.  He  flies  an 
Augusta  1 09E  helicopter  for  the 
Emergency  Medical  Service  of  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania  Shock  Trauma 
Air  Rescue  Flight  Department.  They 
serve  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Hospital  System  and  Reading  Hospital 
Trauma  Center. 


Ensign  Jonathan  Phillips  '97  is  currently  attached  to  the  U.S.  Navy's  West  Coast  SEAL  team. 


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(Left)  This  collage  of  photos  from  the  1919 

Quittapahillay?^z<rf<^  LVC  students  serving 

in  various  branches  of  the  military  during 

World  War  I. 

(Below)  Captain  Michael  Sarro  02,  u/ho  is 

currently  serving  a  one-year  tour  in  Iraq,  is 

pictured  here  in  Kuwait. 

(Bottom)  Members  of  the  LVC  and  Annville 

communities  gathered  in  1943  to  bid  farewell 

to  new  recruits  leaving  for  the  war. 


Ensign  Jonathan  Phillips  '97 

—U.S.  Navy  SEAL 

Ensign  Jonathan  Phillips  is  now 

another  link  in  his  family's  military  lineage. 
His  grandfather,  father,  and  younger 
brother  have  all  served.  For  Phillips,  the 
interest  was  always  there  and  always 
around  him.  But  he  began  taking  a  serious 
look  at  making  the  military  his  future 
career  while  a  senior  at  LVC. 


"Professors  [Dr.  Jeanne]  Hey  and 
[Dr.  Paul]  Heise  were  encouraging  with 
regard  to  the  military  in  general, "  recalls 
Phillips.  "They  told  me  that  the  military 
is  a  good  job  with  many  opportunities." 

Phillips  has  found  their  advice  to  be 
true.  He  is  currently  an  ensign  attached 
to  the  West  Coast  SEAL  team  and  has 
traveled  to  the  Middle  East,  Europe, 
Asia,  Australia,  and  New  Guinea.  He 
considers  himself  lucky  to  have  traveled 
the  world  and  to  have  had  opportunities 
that  no  other  career  or  job  would  have 
given  him. 


"The  initial  training  and  selection  were 
more  difficult  than  I  could  have  imagined," 
Phillips  says.  "One  of  the  rewards  is 
working  with  outstanding  people." 

Phillips  is  quick  to  advise  anyone 
considering  military  service  to  take  a 
long  hard  look  at  doing  just  that. 

"Research  what  you  want  to  do,"  he 
says.  "Talk  to  people  who  are  doing  that 
job.  Books,  magazines,  and  television  do 
not  tell  the  story." 


Spring  2006     1 1 


Maj.  Michelle  Brailsford  Ambrose  '92  I 

— U.S.  Air  Force 


Capt.  Michael  Sarro  '02 

—U.S.  Army 

The  opportunity  to  play  ice  hockey 
was  the  magnet  that  first  brought  Capt. 
Michael  Sarro  to  LVC.  He  remembers 
being  impressed  with  the  campus  as 
Head  Coach  Allen  MacCormack 
showed  him  around,  and  he  loved  the 
fact  that  HersheyParl<  Arena  would  be 
the  team's  home  rink. 

"Coach  MacCormack  worked  us  very 
hard  on  and  off  the  ice,"  Sarro  recalls. 
"Dry  land  training  every  year  was  really 
tough,  and  then  when  we  hit  the  ice,  it 
became  even  worse.  But  it  all  paid  off." 

Choosing  the  military  was  a  natural 
progression  for  Sarro.  Growing  up  in  a 
family  of  hockey  fanatics  in  Brooklyn, 
N.Y.,  Sarro  was  also  a  Civil  War  and 
World  War  I  re-enactor  who  joined 
ROTC  at  LVC. 

"I  think  military  service  is  the  highest 
form  of  duty  you  can  perform  for  your 
country,"  he  says.  "I  take  a  lot  of  pride  in 
serving  in  the  Army.  I  have  been  in  for 
about  four  years  and  have  been  to  a  lot 
of  places,  like  South  Korea  and  Iraq,  and 
have  met  a  ton  of  people  from  all  over. 
It's  a  great  experience." 

Sarro  was  commissioned  a  2nd 
lieutenant  in  2002  and  then  went  to 
Korea,  where  he  served  as  a  platoon 
leader  and  executive  officer.  He  graduated 
from  Basic  Airborne  School  in  March 
2004  and  was  promoted  to  captain  in 
September  2005.  He  has  been  stationed 
at  Fort  Bragg  since  April  2004  and  is 
currently  in  Iraq  for  a  one-year  tour. 

"Being  in  Iraq  is  definitely  a  different 
experience,"  says  Sarro.  "This  is  a  war 
zone.  Soldiers  are  putting  their  lives  on 
the  line  out  there  on  the  roads  and  on 
patrols,  trying  to  weed  out  the  insurgen- 
cy in  Iraq.  I  am  able  to  see  firsthand  the 
progress  we  are  making  in  this  country. 
I  would  like  to  do  more  with  the  Iraqis 
and  help  to  be  a  part  of  their  resurgence 
as  a  country." 


Maj.  Michelle  Brailsford  Ambrose 

has  found  her  dream  job  working  for 
the  Air  Force.  Tired  of  life  as  a  poor 
and  starving  graduate  student,  she 
applied  for  an  American  Psychological 
Association  approved  internship  program 
with  the  U.S.  Air  Force.  After  complet- 
ing her  doctorate  in  clinical  psychology 
courtesy  of  the  Air  Force,  she  owed  the 
military  three  years  of  service. 

"My  original  plan  was  to  do  the  three 
years  and  then  move  on,"  Ambrose 
recalls.  "But  I  quickly  came  to  love  my 
experience  in  the  military  and  am  now 
entering  my  eighth  year  of  service.  The 
Air  Force  is  a  wonderful  job." 

Ambrose's  duties  include  not  only 
traditional  tasks  such  as  psychological 
testing,  and  individual,  marital,  and 
group  therapy,  but  she  also  acts  as  a 
consultant  to  commanders — providing 
specialty  evaluations  and  consultations 
on  issues  that  impact  the  flying/combat 
commands  and  intelligence  world.  In 
addition,  she  consults  for  crisis  situations 
and  is  a  certified  trainer  in  a  number 
of  programs  including  Applied  Suicide 


Intervention  Skills  Training,  Prevention 
and  Relationship  Enhancement  Program, 
and  Critical  Incident  Stress  Management. 
Her  job  has  given  her  the  opportunity  to 
travel  the  world,  including  trips  to  Japan, 
Australia,  Germany,  and  Portugal.  She 
is  presently  with  the  70th  Intelligence 
Wing  at  Fort  George  G.  Meade,  Md. 

"Sometimes  I  have  to  make  hard  calls, 
such  as  deciding  that  someone  might 
not  be  suitable  to  stay  in  the  military  or 
might  not  be  best  suited  for  a  particular 
job,"  Ambrose  says.  "I  am  on  call  24/7, 
and  at  a  moment's  notice  could  be  told 
that  I  will  be  going  away  for  a  few  days 
or  a  few  months." 

One  college  event  may  very  well  have 
been  a  sign  of  things  to  come — Ambrose 
had  to  wear  army  combat  fatigues  and 
combat  boots  while  pledging  one  of  LVC's 
sororities. 

"Funny  that  I  now  wear  combat  fatigues 
and  boots  on  a  daily  basis  in  the  Air 
Force,"  Ambrose  remarks.  "I  was  also  the 
pledge  master  one  year,  a  role  similar  to 
being  a  drill  sergeant." 


Sgt.  Kevin  Wood '03 

—U.S.  Army 

Sgt.  Kevin  Wood  began  to  think 
about  a  military  career  while  he  was  a 
busy  English  major  at  LVC.  He  played 
intramural  sports,  worked  in  the  Sports 
Information  Office  and  for  WLVC 
radio,  and  wrote  sports  stories  for  La  Vie 
Collegienne.  But  his  true  motivation  for 
joining  the  military  came  from  his  family 
in  Scranton. 

"With  the  situation  in  Iraq  continuing, 
I  felt  some  guilt  for  never  following 
through  on  the  military,"  says  Wood. 
"My  biggest  motivation  was  my  father. 
He  was  a  Viemam  veteran  who  volunteered 
for  the  Army  rather  than  waiting  to  be 
drafted.  My  father  served  honorably  and 


was  even  awarded  a  Purple  Heart  for 
wounds  received  in  action." 

Wood  is  now  assigned  to  a  cavalry 
squadron  located  at  a  desert  post  in 
Iraq  doing  reconnaissance,  surveillance, 
and  target  acquisition.  Summer 
temperatures  climb  to  over  130  degrees, 
and  January  nights  dip  into  the  20s.  He 
spends  his  days  patrolling  a  vast  expanse 
of  the  western  Al-Anbar  Province, 
piecing  together  the  information  that 
keeps  American  and  Iraqi  troops,  as  well 
as  Iraqi  civilians,  alive. 

"I  had  finally  decided  that  if  I  wanted 
to  get  to  where  I  wanted  to  be  in  life, 
I  had  to  put  my  time  in  the  hard  way," 
Wood  says.  "Tough  as  it  has  been,  I  have 
no  regrets." 


Lorl  Myers  is  a  freelance  writer  from 
Harrisburg  wlio  is  a  regular  contributor 
to  Central  PA  magazine. 


12     The  Valley 


Maj.  Michelle  Brailsfrrd  Ambrose  "92' serves 
as  a psycholopst  for  the  U.S.  Air  Force.  She  is 
stationed  with  the  70th  Intelligence  Wing  at 
Fort  George  Meade,  Md 


A  Str^egic  Plan 

the  Valley 


By  Mary  Beth  Hower 


n  the  fall  of  1991,  Lebanon  Valley 
College  was  in  a  fragile  state. 
Only  837  full-time  students  were 
enrolled.  Fast  forward  16  years,  and 
it's  a  different  story.  The  College 
welcomed  1,614  students  in  the  fall  of 
2005,  a  whopping  93  percent  increase 
in  enrollment. 

How  did  LVC  achieve  one  of  this 
country's  most  dramatic  turnarounds 
in  the  history  of  higher  education? 
President  Stephen  MacDonald  believes 
the  key  to  LVC's  success  was  in  steadfastly 
adhering  to  a  strategic  plan  developed  in 
1991  by  LVC's  senior  officers,  faculty, 
and  Board  of  Trustees. 


Now,  as  Lebanon  Valley  continues 
to  grow  and  garner  recognition,  strategic 
planning  remains  vital.  The  current 
strategic  plan,  adopted  in  May  2005, 
supports  the  College's  mission  statement 
and  cherishes  Lebanon  Valley's  identity 
as  a  liberal  arts  college. 

"We're  enjoying  a  moment  of  real 
success  in  the  life  of  the  College  by  every 
measure — enrollment,  finances,  quantity 
and  quality  of  students,  and  growth  of 
programs,"  MacDonald  explains,  and 
he  attributes  those  successes  to  good 
planning.  "We've  become  accustomed  in 
the  last  decade  and  a  half  to  fulfilling 
strategic  plans,  and  doing  a  good  job  of 


implementing  and  achieving  the  goals 
we've  set  for  ourselves." 

His  goals  are  high.  "We  seek  to  become 
the  best  liberal  arts  and  pre-professional 
college  in  Pennsylvania,"  he  says. 

"But  what  does  this  mean?"  MacDonald 
continues.  "How  can  you  claim  to  be  the 
best?  How  do  you  measure  this?  There  is, 
in  fact,  no  single,  indisputable  metric  to 
prove  such  a  claim.  Our  goal  to  be  the 
best  is  an  expression  not  so  much  of  a 
condition  as  it  is  an  aspiration  and  a 
prod — a  reminder  to  ourselves  that  we 
should  try  to  do  our  work  better.  We  can 
consult  benchmarks,  measures  of  certain 
kinds  of  inputs:  financial  resources;  ratios 


Some  highlights  of  the  strategic  plan: 

•  Develop  and  implement  an  assessment  plan  keyed  to 
College-wide  and  departmental/programmatic  expectations 
of  the  competencies  of  graduates. 

•  Sustain  and  consider  expanding  off-campus  study  participa- 
tion— abroad  and  in  the  United  States — that  enriches  and 
complements  the  College's  educational  program. 

•  Develop  the  study  of  aspects  of  American  multiculturalism 
as  one  of  the  foundational  elements  in  the  general 
education  program. 

•  In  close  collaboration  with  the  academic  program,  considef 
how  to  increase  the  range  and  number  of  internship  experiences. 

•  Enhance  the  effectiveness  and  visibility  of  the  Career 
Services  Office  and  see  that  it  assumes  a  significant  role 
in  the  preparation  of  students  after  graduation. 

•  Complete  the  current  Great  Expectations  Campaign  by 
summer  2007. 


Conduct  a  thorough  analysis  of  the  College's  affordability. 
(Completed  last  year.) 

Improve  the  financial  position  of  the  College  through 
effective  financial  management  that  seeks  to  exploit 
opportunities  for  new  sources  of  revenue,  to  realize 
efficiencies  in  operations,  and  to  effectively  balance 
short-term  and  long-term  financial  viability. 

Develop  programming  plans  for  the  renovation  of  the 
Allan  W.  Mund  College  Center. 

Complete  the  Neidig-Garber  Science  Center  renovation. 

Update  the  campus  master  plan. 

Provide  the  technology  and  support  services  needed  to 
fiilfill  the  College's  educational  mission  and  to 
accommodate  any  future  plans  for  growth. 


14     The  Valley 


President  MacDonald  discusses  points  of  the 
strategic  plan  with  students  (from  left  to  right) 
Laura  Gockley  '08,  J.  Matthew  Lohman  '07, 
and  Brittany  Dukeman  D'09. 


As  Lebanon  Valley  continues  to  grow  and 
garner  recognition,  strategic  planning  remains  vital. 


of  faculty  to  students;  availability  of 
technologies;  the  presence  of  student 
services  and  counseling  services  and 
career  services,  and  so  on.  These  are 
things  that  one  can  quantify  and 
compare  with  other  institutions.  It  is 
much  more  difficult  to  measure  outputs. 
Exactly  what  have  students  learned? 
How  has  their  college  experience  refined 
and  shaped  their  intellectual  skills  and 
their  operational  capacities?  These  are 
tough  questions.  But  we'll  be  wrestling 
with  precisely  these  questions  as  we 
proceed  because  developing  an  outcomes 
assessment  plan  represents  the  very  first 
element  in  the  strategic  plan." 


With  its  well  reasoned  and  carefully 
worded  points,  "the  plan  is  specifically 
formed  in  the  context  of  the  historical 
evolution  of  this  school,"  he  explains.  "It 
reflects  what  the  previous  administration 
built  here;  it  seeks  to  establish  and 
maintain  continuity;  it  speaks  specifically 
to  LVC's  historical  development." 

The  nature  of  the  plan  is  organic  as 
well.  There's  always  room  for  growth  and 
change.  "Some  things  we  do  and  take 
care  of  and  move  on,"  says  MacDonald. 
He  also  explains  that  some  areas  of  the 
College,  while  important,  may  not  be 
covered  in  the  plan.  Take  athletics,  for 
instance.  "There's  little  about  athletics 


in  the  plan,"  he  says,  "not  because  it's 
not  important,  but  because  it's  in  good 
shape,  well  organized,  and  accomplishing 
its  purpose,  so  there's  no  need  to  look  at 
it  right  now  at  the  strategic  level." 
To  read  the  strategic  plan  in  its 
entirety,  log  on  to  the  College's  web  site 
at  www.lvc.edu/alumni. 

Mary  Beth  Hower  is  a  freelance 
writer  from  Lebanon  who  also 
serves  as  advisor  to  The  Quittaphilla 
yearbook  staff. 


Spring  2006     15 


To>ti  SiiLim  Butz  '90  and  Janet  Gessner  Roberts  '68  serve  as  instructional 
coaches  in  an  innovative  professional  development  program  for  teachers. 


Alumni  Partners  in 
Instructional  Coaching 

Two  LVC  Grads  Mentor  the  Next  Generation  of  Teachers 

by  Kenya  McCullum 

The  professioanl  paths  of  Janet  Gessner 
Roberts  '68  and  Toni  Salam  Butz  '90  seemed 

destined  to  cross.  Not  only  are  they  teachers 
and  instructional  coaches  at  the  North  Penn 
School  District  in  Montgomery  County,  Pa., 
but  they  both  are  also  LVC  alumnae. 

Roberts,  who  graduated  from  LVC  in  1968 
with  a  bachelor  of  science  degree  in  elementary 
education,  has  been  teaching  in  the  district  for 
21  years.  Butz  graduated  from  LVC  in  1990 
with  a  bachelor  of  arts  degree  in  literature 
and  began  teaching  at  North  Penn  the  same 
year.  While  both  are  involved  in  an  innovative 
professional  development  program  at  the 
district  and  work  closely  together,  neither  of 
them  realized  that  the  other  attended  LVC 
until  a  chance  conversation. 

"Toni  and  I  realized  that  we  were  both  LVC 
grads  quite  by  accident,"  says  Roberts.  "One 
day  as  we  walked  out  to  the  parking  lot  together, 
Toni  said,  'Oh,  there's  an  LVC  license  plate.  I 
wonder  whose  that  could  be?'  I  looked  at  her 
and  said,  'That's  my  car.  I  graduated  from 
LVC  'So  did  I!'  she  replied." 

LVC's  Long-lasting  Influence 

Although  coincidental,  it  isn't  surprising 
that  both  Roberts  and  Butz  are  LVC  graduates 
who  are  excelling  in  their  careers.  Both  teachers 
recall  their  years  at  the  College  fondly  and 
credit  LVC  with  the  preparation  that  they 
needed  to  succeed. 

"LVC's  education  program  not  only 
prepared  me  for  my  role  as  a  teacher,  but 
also  provided  me  with  the  background  and 
depth  of  knowledge  a  liberal  arts  education 
can  provide,"  says  Roberts. 

Butz  also  recalls  the  benefits  of  LVC's 
strong  liberal  arts  curriculum,  but  it  is  the 
dedication  of  the  faculty  that  especially  made 
a  lasting  impression  on  her. 

"What  really  made  Lebanon  Valley  College 
work  for  me  was  the  unshakable  sense  of 
community,"  said  Butz.  "LVC's  small  size  truly 
fostered  the  rich  and  close  relationships  students 
were  able  to  have  with  faculty  members. 

"I  vividly  remember  going  to  Dr.  John 
Kearney's  [professor  of  English]  home  in 
Annville  for  dinner.  There,  we  discussed 
not  only  the  merits  of  British  and  English 
literature,  but  our  personal  lives  as  well.  I  also 


remember  Dr.  Mark  Townsend  [chair  and 
professor  of  mathematical  sciences]  sitting 
most  nights  at  the  student  snack  bar  just  so 
he  could  help  students.  I  remember  having  to 
get  his  help  on  more  than  one  occasion." 

It  is  this  sense  of  community  and  dedication 
that  have  had  a  strong  impact  on  Roberts'  and 
Butz's  careers — and  it  has  influenced  their 
participation  in  North  Penn  School  District's 
Partners  in  Learning  program. 

Partners  in  Mentoring 

The  Partners  in  Learning  program  at  the 
North  Penn  School  District  is  a  professional 
development  program  for  teachers  that 
provides  a  non-evaluative  and  confidential 
environment  for  growth. 

"We  meet  with  all  new  teachers  at  least 
three  times  in  their  first  year,  giving  a  wide 
range  of  support  options,  including  providing 
resources,  classroom  visits  for  observations 
or  data  collection,  lesson  planning,  classroom 
management  tips,  teaching  demonstration 
lessons  or  co-teaching  lessons  planned  together, 
and  reviewing  student  work  to  inform 
instruction,"  said  Roberts. 

North  Penn  is  not  the  only  school  district 
that  recognizes  the  benefits  of  mentoring 
teachers.  "Across  the  country,  school  districts 
from  Boston  to  Los  Angeles  are  integrating  a 
variety  of  models  of  coaching  programs,"  says 
Roberts.  Ours  takes  a  global  look  at  instruction 
with  the  ultimate  goal  of  improving  student 


achievement  in  reading,  writing,  and  math." 

There's  a  good  reason  why  these  types 
of  programs  are  becoming  more  and  more 
commonplace  in  school  districts — teachers 
and  students  alike  have  reaped  the  benefits 
that  professional  development  programs  like 
Partners  in  Learning  provide. 

"As  teachet  instructional  practices  grow 
and  are  implemented,  student  learning  and 
achievement  are  positively  impacted,"  said 
Roberts,  who  coaches  elementary  teachers. 
"Teachers  feel  more  supported  and  less  alone 
in  their  instruction." 

This  program  provides  the  kind  of  support 
that  Roberts  and  Butz  received  while  attending 
Lebanon  Valley  College.  Butz,  who  coaches 
secondary  writing,  says  that  given  the  quality 
of  education  that  LVC  provides,  it's  not 
surprising  that  two  teachers  who  are 
instructional  coaches  in  the  Partners  in 
Learning  program  are  also  LVC  alumnae. 

Furthering  their  connection,  LVC  is  also 
where  both  educators  met  their  future  hus- 
bands— both  named  Steve  and  both  involved 
in  education.  Butz  married  Stephen  ButZ  '90, 
now  an  assistant  principal  at  Bucks  County 
Vocational  Technical  School  in  Fairless  Hills 
and  a  doctoral  candidate.  Roberts  married 
Stephen  Roberts  '65,  an  LVC  trustee  and 
entrepreneur. 

Kenya  McCullum  Is  a  freelance  writer 
based  In  San  Francisco. 


16     The  Valley 


Lois  Brong 
Miller  '61 

"I  want  to  make  it 

possible  for  young 

people  to  do 

what  I  was  able 

to  do  in  college." 

— MiHcr 


Editor's  Note:  This  article  is  a 
reprint  from  the  Lebanon 
Valley  College  President's  Report 
200-^-2005  published  in  March 
2006.  We  had  incorrectly 
spelled  Mrs.  Miller's  name  in 
that  publication. 

In  addition,  Mary  Olanich 
'05  is  a  biology  and  psychobiol- 
ogy  major  and  not  a  chemistry 
major  as  stated  on  p.  5  of  the 
Presidents  Report. 

We  are  sorry  for  any  incon- 
venience these  errors  may  have 
caused. 


The  gift  of  appreciation 


he  memories  that  Lois  Brong 
Miller  '61  carries  of  her  student 
days  at  Lebanon  Valley  College 
revolve  around  music — playing 
three  instruments;  appeasing 
demanding  professors;  performing  with  the 
marching  band,  orchestra,  and  choir;  and 
being  allowed  to  broaden  her  horizons  beyond 
musical  boundaries. 

As  a  music  education  major  attending  the 
College  on  a  scholarship,  she  was  able  to  lead 
the  whirlwind  musician's  life,  but  still  have 
the  opportunity  to  write  for  the  College  news- 
paper and  yearbook.  After  graduating  and 
teaching  music  in  schools,  she  served  for  over 
a  decade  on  the  board  of  the  Allentown 
Symphony  Orchestra,  including  a  period  as 
president,  and  became  deeply  involved  with 
the  much-heralded  reconstruction  of  the 
Allentown  Symphony  Hall. 

Over  the  years,  she  never  forgot  what  that 
scholarship  meant  to  her,  and  because  of  this, 
she  established  a  music  education  scholarship 


fund  at  the  College.  Katie  Meo  '08,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  student-run  theatre  organization. 
The  Wig  and  Buckle  Society,  as  well  as  the 
Concert  Choir  and  Chamber  Choir,  is  one  of 
the  students  benefiting  from  the  scholarship. 

"Lois  Miller  has  been  a  tremendous  help 
with  my  financial  situation,  and  I  just  can't 
tell  you  how  grateful  my  parents  and  I  are  to 
her,"  says  Meo  in  between  studying  for  an 
exam  and  auditioning  for  the  musical 
Cabaret.  "I  absolutely  love  Lebanon  Valley 
College,  and  I  appreciate  the  fact  that  if  it 
were  not  for  Mrs.  Miller  and  her  gift  to  me, 
I  might  not  be  here  right  now." 

Miller,  whose  parents  were  educators,  rec- 
ognizes that  a  scholarship  can  mean  the  dif- 
ference between  a  student  pursuing  his  or  her 
passion,  like  music,  or  having  to  take  on 
extra  work  to  pay  for  college.  "Music  is  a  nec- 
essary part  of  life,"  she  says.  "I  want  to  make 
it  possible  for  young  people  to  do  what  I  was 
able  to  do  in  college." 


Spring  2006     17 


class  news  &  notes 


NOTE:  All  locations  are  in  Pennsylvania 
unless  otherwise  noted. 


'405 


Albert  H.  Morrison  '43  joined  the 
Keystone  Concert  Band  to  play  George 
Gershwin's  classic  Rhapsody  in  Blue  at  the 
Jewish  Community  Center  in  Harrisburg 
on  Aug.  28,  2003.  Albert  began  playing 
piano  at  age  7  and  has  been  a  professional 
musician  since  age  14. 


Verna  Kreider  Schenker  '43  and  her 

husband,  Henry,  celebrated  their  50th 
wedding  anniversary  on  Dec.  1 1,  2005. 

Miriam  Carper  Frey  '44  has  retired  as  the 
organist  at  First  Church  of  the  Brethren 
in  Harrisburg. 

Elizabeth  Light  Hamilton  '44  and  her 

husband,  Millard,  celebrated  their  60th 
wedding  anniversary  on  Aug.  25,  2005. 


Coach  Myers 

Nets  Success 


by  Jeff  Intoccia  '02 


dirt  iViyGrS  may  be  the  most  successful  head 
coach  on  campus,  but  few  people  know  about  him. 
The  director  of  the  Dutchmen  men's  tennis  team 
and  the  man  who  began  the  women's  tennis 
program  at  the  College  in  1994,  Myers  has  a  full-time 
job  in  the  garden  sculpture  business  during  the  day 
and  coaches  at  LVC  during  the  late  afternoon. 

What  Myets  has  accomplished  in  his  time  on 
the  hard  courts  at  LVC  in  the  past  12  years  is 
spectacular. 

Myers  has  won  five  men's  Commonwealth  Conference  championships  and 
fouf  titles  ovet  the  last  six  seasons.  He  also  has  clinched  a  men's  Commonwealth 
playoff  berth  in  seven  of  the  past  nine  years  and  guided  the  women's  team  to  its 
first  Commonwealth  playoff  berth  in  2004.  Since  1996,  Myers  is  51-12  in  men's 
Commonwealth  regular  season  play,  winning  nearly  81  percent  of  his  matches. 

"He's  a  successful  man  in  all  aspects  of  his  life — family,  work,  and  sports,"  says 
Dr.  M.  Joshua  Shellenberger  '99.  a  former  LVC  tennis  team  member.  "So  it  is  no 
surprise  he's  taken  the  Valley  tennis  program  from  good  to  great." 

Myers  has  been  honored  for  his  team's  success,  having  been  named  Commonwealth 
Conference  Coach  of  the  Year  in  2000,  2002,  and  2003,  and  Commonwealth 
Conference  Co-Coach  of  the  Year  in  2004. 

"Cliff  has  been  the  architect  of  our  tennis  program,"  says  Kathleen  Tiemey, 
director  of  athletics  at  LVC.  "Cliff  is  a  great  coach  who  is  highly  respected  by  his 
athletes  and  colleagues  for  his  technical  and  tactical  knowledge  of  tennis." 

Look  for  Myers,  who  entered  his  13th  year  at  LVC  in  2006,  to  continue 
to  sculpt  a  winning  tiadition  this  spring  with  the  return  of  his  top  two  singles 
players — both  juniors. 

"There  is  no  doubt  that  our  tennis  program  is  in  good  hands  under  Cliff's 
leadership,"  says  Tiemey.  "Cliff  has  secured  a  young,  talented  group  of  student- 
athletes.  I  am  confident  that  our  program  will  remain  one  of  the  leaders  in  the 
conference  for  many  years  to  come." 

Jeff  Intoccia  '02  Is  a  former  La  Vie  Collegienne  sports  writer. 


Amos  'W.  Long  '49  and  his  wife,  Lottie, 
celebrated  their  55th  wedding  anniversary 
on  Aug.  19,  2005. 


Kenneth  R.  Keiser  '53  is  enjoying  his 
retirement  in  Las  Vegas,  Nev.,  where  he 
plays  trumpet  and  is  the  booking  agent 
for  the  20-piece  Mellowtones  Big  Band. 
They  have  performed  at  the  Four  Seasons, 
Bally's,  Suncoast,  Liberace's  Mansion,  and 
elsewhere. 

Cyrus  R.  Dietrich  '56  is  the  Georgia 
State  and  Southeast  region  racquetball 
champion  in  his  age  bracket.  He  and  his 
partner  recently  won  second  place  in  their 
age  bracket  at  the  International  Masters 
Racquetball  Association  Tournament. 

Bernerd  A.  Buzgon,  Esq.,  '59  and  his 

partners  at  Buzgon  Davis  Law  Offices 
in  Lebanon  have  been  recognized  in 
Philadelphia  Magazine's  "Pennsylvania  Super 
Lawyers  2005:  The  Ultimate  Guide  to  the 
Best  Attorneys  in  Pennsylvania." 


'60j 


Carolee  G.  Weidner  '60  retired  from  her 
music  teaching  position  in  the  Middleburg 
School  District  in  Florida. 

Carol  M.  Fleisher  '66  retired  as  a 
government  program  and  budget  analyst 
from  the  U.S.  Army  Corps  of  Engineers  in 
Pittsburgh. 

Claudia  Nagle  Hostetter  '66  retired 
from  the  Lancaster-Lebanon  Intermediate 
Unit  13  and  continues  to  keep  busy  by 
babysitting  her  grandchildren. 


TOi 


Ruth  Ann  Peterson  Brandt  '70  is  a  senior 
merchandise  allocator  at  Urban  Brands  Inc., 
in  Secaucus.  N.J. 

For  the  second  time,  JoAnn  Otto  Brewer 

'72  has  been  selected  for  Who's  'Who  Among 
America's  Teachers. 

Lynne  A.  Beriont- Virginia  '74  is  a  middle 
school  language  arts  teacher  for  the  Linden 
Board  of  Education  in  New  Jersey.  Lynne 
has  been  named  the  2005  Union  County 
Teacher  of  the  Year  and  will  compete  for 
New  Jersey  State  Teacher  of  the  Year. 

John  G.  Fenimore  '75  is  a  supervisor  of 
English  at  Colts  Neck  High  School  in 
New  Jersey. 


18     The  Valley 


A  Singular  Ho 


Paul  Fisher  '71  coached  the  Robinson 
Secondary  School  boys'  tennis  team  to 
their  12th  district  title  during  his  13-year 
coaching  tenure.  The  team  also  reached 
the  semi-finals  in  the  Virginia  High  School 
League  State  Team  Tournament.  His  top 
two  doubles  teams  finished  1-2  in  the  State 
Doubles  Tournament,  and  his  girls'  team 
won  their  second  consecutive  district  title. 

For  the  third  consecutive  year,  Dr.  Robert 
E.  Harbaugh  74  has  been  listed  in 
America's  Top  Doctors,  a  health-care 
consumer  guide  that  names  the  nation's 
leading  specialists. 

Julie  Mader  Hostener  '73  is  the  academic 
coordinator  at  United  Theological  Seminary 
in  Dayton,  Ohio. 

Jeffrey  S.  Kern  '75  is  the  voice  department 
head  and  assistant  professor  at  the  University 
of  the  Arts  in  Philadelphia. 

The  Rev.  Philip  D.  Rowland  '73  has  been 
ordained  as  a  pastor  at  Central  Presbyterian 
Church  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Irwin  H.  Siegel  '75  received  the  Master 
Teacher  Award,  the  highest  level  of 
recognition  given  to  a  Pennsylvania 
College  of  Technology  faculty  member. 

Donna  Benko  Koval  '76  is  a  fifth-grade 
teacher  and  K-6  science  facilitator  at 
Shrewsbury  Elementary  School. 

John  J.  Harvey  '77  retired  from  the  U.S. 
Marine  Corps  in  October  2005,  and  is 
now  employed  as  a  pilot  at  CJ  Systems 
Aviation  Group.  He  flies  an  August  109E 
in  support  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania 
Health  System  (PENNSTAR)  and  Reading 
Hospital  Trauma  Center. 

Selene  A.  Wilson-Machuga  '77  is 

coordinator  of  the  community  life  center 
at  Grace  Lutheran  Ministries  in  Bradford. 

Richard  D.  Wong  '77  is  president  and 
chief  executive  officer  at  Gifts  In  Kind 
International  in  Alexandria,  Va. 

Gregg  E.  Jacobs  '78  is  a  senior  quality 
assurance  specialist  in  the  contract 
manufacturing  department  at  The  Hershey 
Company.  He  has  had  two  genealogies 
published.  The  Descendants  of  Peter  Jacobs 
and  The  Descendants  of  Casper  Acker. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  William  S.  Shillady  '78  is 

the  senior  pastor  at  Park  Avenue  United 
Methodist  Church  in  New  York  City. 


by  Marie  Cusick  '07 


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Last  August  in  Ukraine,  Dr.  Barney 
Raffield,  professor  of  business 
administration,  became  the 
first  American  to  accept  an  honorary 
professorship  from  Donetsk  State 
University  of  Management.  Over  1,000 
parents,  students,  and  faculty  from  the 
university  gave  him  a  standing  ovation  in 
Donetsk's  Opera  and  Ballet  Theatre. 

"It  was  the  most  wonderfijl  moment 
of  my  professional  life.  ...  All  the  people 
in  the  audience  stood  up,  and  I  was  thinking, 
'These  are  former  Soviet  people,  and 
they're  standing  up  for  an  American  and 
applauding.'  It  was  just  unbelievable."  As  a 
child  of  the  Cold  War,  Raffield  had  never 
imagined  he  would  visit  Ukraine,  much  less  teach  there. 

The  route  to  this  rare  honor  began  four  years  earlier,  when  Raffield  went  to 
Ukraine  as  a  Fulbright  scholar  to  teach  business.  His  first  classroom  at  the  International 
Management  Institute  in  Kiev  was  in  a  building  formerly  used  by  the  Soviet  government 
to  interrogate  professors  they  thought  might  be  disloyal.  "When  I  first  began  talking  to 
these  young  people,  all  this  hit  me  at  once  .  .  .  and  I  had  to  stop.  I  was  so  overwhelmed, " 
he  recalls. 

He  was  moved  not  only  by  the  experience  but  also  by  the  beauty  of  Kiev  itself 
The  Ukrainians  call  Kiev  a  city  within  a  park.  "Many  Americans  who  have  traveled  to 
London,  Paris,  or  Rome  think  they  have  seen  all  the  beautiful  cities  of  Europe,  never 
realizing  that  Kiev  certainly  ranks  among  them,"  Raffield  points  out. 

After  several  weeks  in  Kiev,  Raffield  traveled  to  the  southeastern  part  of  the  country, 
where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  five-month  stay  teaching  both  undergraduate  and  graduate 
students  in  Donetsk.  He  found  the  ciry  to  be  full  of  beautiful  parks,  tree-lined  streets, 
and  long  boulevards.  The  people  there  were  very  welcoming,  and  he  had  the  help  of  a 
driver  and  a  translator.  According  to  Ukrainian  custom,  the  students  honored  him  by 
rising  every  time  he  entered  or  exited  a  classroom.  "I  was  treated  like  the  royalty  that  I 
was  not,"  he  says. 

He  still  keeps  in  touch  regularly  with  about  12  of  his  former  students.  One  of  them 
invited  Raffield  to  stay  with  his  family  in  Moscow  and  Crimea,  something  Raffield 
appreciated,  because  he  had  a  hard  time  spending  his  Fulbright  travel  money  for  its 
intended  purpose.  Deeply  disturbed  by  the  poverty  he  witnessed  in  Ukraine,  Raffield 
spent  his  travel  budget  on  blankets  and  coats  for  the  poor  he  saw  on  the  streets.  When 
he  left  Ukraine  in  January  2002,  Raffield  recalls  having  a  sense  of  emptiness;  he  knew  he 
had  not  done  all  that  he  wanted  to  do. 

In  January  2005,  he  returned  to  help  establish  a  national  center  for  intellectual 
property  management  and  marketing.  "LVC  sponsored  me  to  go  back  .  .  .  and  my 
second  time  was  even  more  splendid  than  the  Fulbright  had  been  because  I  got  to  help 
in  designing  not  only  a  new  program  but  also  a  national  program,  and  I  got  to  see  it 
accredited." 

Raffield  is  an  American  first  and  foremost,  but  his  love  of  Ukraine  makes  him  feel 
that  it's  his  second  home.  Now  back  on  the  LVC  campus,  Raffield  will  be  splitting  his 
time  between  undergraduate  teaching  and  coordinating  the  M.B.A.  Program. 

Marie  Cusick,  a  junior  at  LVC,  is  a  political  science  and  French  major. 
This  semester,  she  Is  serving  as  an  Intern  at  Common  Cause  In  Harrlsburg. 


Spring  2006     19 


Introducing... 


Dr.  David  Rudd 

Chair  of  the  Department  of  Business  and  Economics 


by  Lauren  McCartney  Cusick 


"I'm  a  marketing  guy," 

is  the  understated  way  Dr.  David  V. 

Rudd  describes  himself.  But  ask  LVC's 
new  chair  of  the  Department  of  Business 
and  Economics  just  what  products  and 
companies  he's  promoted,  and  you  will 
get  an  A-list  of  some  of  the  best  known 
names  in  America.  For  General  Mills,  he 
managed  Total  Cereal,  Gold  Medal  Flour, 
Kix  Cereal  (he  was  responsible  for  the 
research  behind  its  long-lasting  "Kid 
Tested,  Mother  Approved"  slogan), 
Cheerios  (he  helped  to  introduce  the  first 
flavored  variety).  Nature  Valley  Granola 
Bars,  and  even  Hamburger  Helper. 

"I  was  very  proud  to  have  had  a  hand 
in  inventing  Hamburger  Helper,"  he  says. 
"But  I  was  also  involved  in  the  creation  of 
Tuna  Helper,  for  which  I  apologize." 

Later  marketing  jobs  took  him  to 
Eddie  Bauer,  where  he  not  only  exceeded 
sales  objectives  by  nearly  1 0  percent,  but 
also  lowered  costs  by  the  same  margin;  and 
to  The  Sharper  Image,  where  he  directed 
a  S22  million  advertising  budget.  And 
that's  not  all.  He's  had  a  long  career  in 


consulting,  which  he  still  does  on  the  side 
"to  keep  my  marketing  skills  sharp,"  he 
explains.  For  one  project,  he  is  advising  the 
American  partners  of  a  Chinese  company 
that  is  bringing  a  U.S.  fast-food  franchise 
to  China. 

"I  teach  marketing  from  the  perspective 
of  a  longtime  practitioner,"  says  the  full 
professor.  "There  is  nothing  I  teach  that 
I  haven't  experienced  through  my  own 
work  or  my  consulting.  There  are  two  full 
generations  between  me  and  these  kids, 
and  I've  got  to  make  my  experiences 
relevant  to  them." 

In  1990,  he  decided  to  go  back  to  his 
original  plan:  to  teach.  He  had  excelled  at 
math  and  science  in  high  school  and 
originally  planned  to  pursue  a  doctorate 
in  chemical  engineering  after  earning  a 


bachelor's  degree  in  that  field  in  1966 
from  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  "I  had 
the  technical  skills,  but  I  didn't  have 
the  spirit  or  the  soul  of  an  engineer," 
he  explains.  "It's  very  important  that  you 
resonate  with  your  work.  My  other  love 
is  history." 

After  switching  successfully  from 
research  engineering  to  marketing  at 
General  Mills,  he  was  undaunted  by 
the  move  to  academics  later  in  his  career. 
He  embarked  on  a  doctoral  program 
in  marketing  at  The  George  Washington 
University  School  of  Business  and  Public 
Management  in  Washington,  D.C. 

He  began  to  teach  marketing  while  at 
George  Washington.  Two  years  later,  he 
won  the  Outstanding  Teaching  Award  by 
Undergraduates.  Meanwhile,  through  his 
doctoral  research,  he  connected  to  what  he 
calls  his  "passion" — applying  the  principles  of 
direct  marketing  to  social  services.  He 
studied  the  clients  of  a  substance  abuse 
program  as  if  they  were  customers,  trying 
to  understand  how  their  own  strengths 
and  resiliencies  allowed  them  to  gain  from 
the  program.  "Capitalism  with  a 
conscience  works, "  he  points  out. 

Rudd  later  taught  at  Michigan 
Technical  University  for  four  years,  then 
joined  the  McCoU  School  of  Business  at 
Queens  University,  Charlotte,  N.C.,  for 
another  six  years.  Last  winter,  an  online 
business  newsletter  alerted  him  to  what 
he  calls  "a  spectacular  career  opportunity" 
to  become  chair  of  the  Business  and 
Economics  Department  here. 

What  he  found  was  a  department  that 
does  some  things  "extremely  well,"  he  says, 
listing  communications  as  one  of  the  key 
strengths  of  the  department's  290  under- 
graduate majors  and  80  part-time  M.B.A. 


"I  teach  marketing  from  the 
perspective  of  a  longtime  practitioner,' 


The  Valley 


students.  "I've  never  worked  with  as  good 
a  group  of  writers,"  he  says  of  the  students 
here.  "We  have  a  huge  leg  up  in  producing 
students  who  can  write,  who  can  speak, 
and  who  can  think  critically." 

Rudd  cites  those  analytical  skills  as 
the  reason  why  two  LVC  business  teams 
ranked  in  the  Top  20  Global  Performers 
on  GLO-BUS  last  fall,  an  online  business 
simulation.  One  finished  seventh  out  of 
944  teams  from  75  colleges  and  universities. 

Rudd  praises  the  faculty  here  for 
"knowing  and  understanding  each  one  of 
our  students.  They  work  hard  at  coaxing 
the  students  into  knowing  what  they  are 
doing  and  why  they  are  doing  it.  There  is 
no  place  for  students  to  hide  here;  there's 
no  place  for  students  to  get  lost. 

"The  goal  now  is  for  us  to  define  what 
we  want  the  program  to  become  and  to  put 
in  place  the  course  work,  the  structure,  and 
the  quality.  Our  main  goal  is  to  teach  people 
how  to  learn,  and  not  just  from  textbooks, 
but  from  situations,  since  a  goodly  portion 
of  what  students  learn  here  will  be  obsolete 
in  a  few  years,"  he  points  out. 

To  facilitate  that  kind  of  learning, 
Rudd  would  like  to  see  internships  become 
a  formal  part  of  the  business  program. 
Through  the  department's  Business 
Advisory  Council,  established  before  he 
arrived,  he  has  a  strong  link  to  the  local 
business  community.  "One  of  the  topics 
we  are  considering  is  how  to  give  students 
in  central  Pennsylvania  a  meaningful  and 
exciting  exposure  to  international  business, " 
he  says.  "This  is  a  rich  environment  for  us 
to  take  students  beyond  the  classroom." 

Also  on  the  agenda  is  getting  accreditation 
from  the  Association  of  Collegiate  Business 
Schools  and  Programs.  He  points  out  that 
the  department's  business  courses  are  fully 
accredited  now  by  the  Middle  States 
Association  of  Colleges  and  Schools,  along 
with  all  of  the  College's  other  programs. 

Rudd  wants  to  see  the  department 
flourish.  After  all,  it  attracts  one  of  the 
largest  groups  of  majors  on  campus.  "I'm  a 
marketing  guy,"  he  says.  "I  like  to  be  a 
market  leader. " 


Lauren  McCartney  Cusick  is  director 
of  media  relations  at  Lebanon  Valley 
College. 


class  news  &  notes 


Thomas  G.  Myers  '83 


Bonita  Bomgardner  GoUa  '81  is  an 

applications  developer  at  the  Pennsylvania 
Department  of  Environmental  Protection 
in  Harrisburg. 

Elizabeth  Murray  Ayers  '82  is  a  registered 
nurse  at  Children's  Hospital  of  The  King's 
Daughters,  Norfolk,  Va. 

Dr.  Hugh  C.  DeLong  '82  is  program 
manager,  as  a  civilian  GS-15,  for  the  Air 
Force  Office  of  Scientific  Research  in 
Arlington,  Va.  Earlier  he  served  for  27  years 
in  the  chemistry  department  at  the  U.S. 
Naval  Academy. 

Thomas  G.  Myers  '83,  vice  president 
at  Prudential 
Property  and 
Casualty  Insurance 
Company, 
Holmdel,  N.J., 
has  been  elected 
president  of  the 
Casualty  Actuarial 
Society,  the 
highest  honor 
in  the  industry. 

Brian  C.  Trust  '83  is  vice  president  of  asset 
liability  management  at  Scottish  Re  Inc., 
Charlotte,  N.C. 

Gregory  A.  Weaber  '83  is  director  of  human 
resources  at  Cornwall  Manor,  Cornwall. 

The  Rev.  David  M.  Frye  '84  is  vice 
president  of  mission  advancement  at 
Mosaic,  Lincoln,  Neb.,  and  president-elect 
of  the  Lincoln  chapter  of  the  International 
Association  of  Business  Communicators. 

Dr.  Deborah  Detwiler  Nelson  '84  is 

director  of  children's  ministries  and  director 
of  New  Friends  Nursery  at  Indian  Valley 
Mennonite  Church  in  Harleysville. 

Stephen  M.  Nelson  '84  is  vice  president 
of  internal  operations  at  Haines  and 
Kibblehouse  Inc.,  Skippack. 

Jeffrey  W.  Wieboldt  '84  is  a  math  teacher 
at  Livingston  High  School  in  New  Jersey. 

Michael  G.  Cobb  '85  is  a  school  counselor 
at  Vance  High  School  in  Charlotte,  N.C. 

Anthony  A.  Sheffy  '85  is  a  partner  at 
Shefify  Mazzaccaro,  LLP,  in  Southington, 
Conn. 

Rebecca  Wise  Neafcy  '86  is  an  assistant 
store  manager  at  Macy's  at  the  Lehigh  Valley 
Mali,  Whitehall. 

Eve  Lindemuth  Bodeux  '87,  and  her 
husband,  Reynald,  welcomed  a  son.  Axel 
William,  into  their  family  on  Aug.  6,  2005. 


Sandra  Mohler-Kerschner  '87  is  vice 
president  of  Ira  G.  Mohler  &  Son  Inc., 
Shillington.  She  is  a  member  of  the 
National  Association  of  Insurance  and 
Financial  Advisors  and  the  National 
Association  ot  Insurance  Women.  She 
has  been  included  in  the  Heritage  Registry 
of  Who's  Who,  recorded  in  the  Library  of 
Congress  in  Washington,  D.C. 

Dominic  G.  Macrina  '87  is  a  nurse  at 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  Hospital  in 
Philadelphia. 

Jami  Jennings  Verderosa  '87  is  an 

administrator  at  Oconee  County  School 
District  in  Watkinsville,  Ga. 

LeRoy  G.  Whitehead  Jr.  '87  is  a  principal 
in  the  West  Chester  Area  School  District. 

Randall  L.  Sattazahn  '88  is  assistant 
director  of  the  Bureau  of  Information 
Systems  at  the  Pennsylvania  Department 
of  Revenue  in  Harrisburg. 


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The  Rev.  Lisa  Kerlin  Klinger  '90  is 

the  pastor  of  Mt.  Holly  Springs  United 
Methodist  Church. 

Stephen  W.  Trapnell  '90  is  a  corporate 
communications  specialist  at  Susquehanna 
Bancshares  Inc.,  Lititz. 

Brian  A.  Hand  '91  is  vice  president  of 
operations  at  Blockbuster  Inc.  in  Dallas, 
Texas. 

Dr.  April  Homing  Hershey  '91  is  a 

principal  in  the  Cocalico  School  District 
in  Reamstown. 

Heather  Huff-Zehren  '91  and  her 

husband,  Frances,  welcomed  a  daughter. 
Shannon  Janice,  on  April  7,  2005. 

Ralph  Bieber  '92 

had  his  second  novel. 
The  Epicure,  published 
by  Berkley  in  December 
under  his  pen  name, 
H.R.  Howland.  A 
fiction  writer,  Bieber 
has  twice  been 
nominated  for  the 
prestigious  Bram 
Stoker  Award.  He 
resides  in  Palmyra  and  is  affiliated  with  the 
Horror  Writer's  Association,  Mid-Adantic 
Horror  Professionals,  and  the  Central 
Pennsylvania  Writers  Association. 

Kristin  Davis  Hoffier  '92  is  an  elementary 
reading  specialist  in  the  Northern  Lebanon 
School  District. 


Spring  2006     21 


Where  did  he  come  from 
and  where  has  he  gone? 


by  Jasmine  Ammons  Bucher  '97 


He's  the  stranger  with  a  mask  who  lurks 
around  corners  and  hides  in  dark  shad- 
ows. He  runs  faster  than  the  wind  and 
blends  into  the  night  like  a  chameleon. 
His  menacing  tomfoolery  causes  trouble  for  all 
his  victims,  and  he  has  little  or  no  regard  for 
the  tribulation  he  causes. 

Is  he  a  comic  book  villain?  No.  Many  LVC 
alumni  recognize  this  practical  joker  as  the 
infamous  Red  Avenger. 

Dressed  in  a  red  suit  complete  with  a  mask, 
cape,  and  LVC  gym  shorts,  the  Red  Avenger 
made  his  first  appearance  on  the  LVC  campus 
in  the  late  1960s.  He  would  appear  around 
Homecoming  each  year.  Many  have  theorized 
about  the  origins  of  the  masked  marvel,  but  have 
reached  no  definite  conclusion.  A  recent  inqui- 
ry through  the  College's  e-newsletter  provided 
several  conflicting  accounts  of  the  Red  Avenger 
and  his  startling  beginning. 

"In  the  fall  of  1966,  we  were  joking  about 
the  ghost  of  West  Hall  and  having  a  generally 
good  time,"  said  one  anonymous  contributor. 
"One  of  the  residents  retreated  to  his  room 


and  appeared  a  bit  later  in  red  pajamas  and 
blue  gym  trunks  with  a  blue,  hooded  jacket 
worn  like  a  cape,  and  jumped  into  the  center 
of  the  living  room.  'Good  Grief,'  said  one 
of  the  brothers,  'What  are  you,  the  Red 
Avenger?'"  And  so  the  legend  was  born. 

Other  accounts  link  the  source  of  the  Red 
Avenger  to  archrival  Albright  College.  "He 
would  come  and  spray  paint  the  campus  red 
right  before  the  Albright  football  game,"  she 
reports.  "This  was  the  game  that  if  we  won,  we 
would  get  an  extra  day  off  over  Thanksgiving." 

Although  there  are  various  accounts  as  to  the 
genesis  of  the  Red  Avenger,  Valley  altmini  do  agree 
that  he  was  a  menacing  prankster.  His  antics 
included  blaring  red  air  horns  in  the  middle  of 
the  quad  and  smashing  pumpkins  during 
Halloween.  Most  notoriously,  the  Red  Avenger 
has  been  credited  with  spray  painting  red  "RAs" 
throughout  the  campus,  specifically  targeting 
the  PHILO  rock.  Yet  another  report  states  that 
the  Red  Avenger  of  the  mid- 1 970s  liberated 
the  dining  hall  cutlery  and  returned  it  by  hiding 
it  in  the  trunk  of  Dean  Carl  Ehrhart's  car. 


Despite  these  colorful  and  somewhat 
destructive  capers,  some  alumni  support  the 
tradition  of  the  Red  Avenger.  A  graduate  from 
the  late  1980s  states  that,  although  his  high 
jinks  caused  grief,  they  also  "made  for  good, 
traditional  college  fun."  She  also  feels  that  "he 
demonstrated  zeal  for  the  alma  mater." 

Perhaps  the  real  mystery  surrounding  the 
Red  Avenger  is  not  who  he  was  or  what  his 
intentions  were,  but  whether  or  not  he  will 
materialize  again  on  campus.  Do  current  stu- 
dents know  the  legend  of  this  masked  marvel? 
Why  has  the  Red  Avenger  not  made  an  appear- 
ance at  the  Valley  since  the  mid-1990s?  Will 
the  Red  Avenger  ever  reappear  as  a  harmless 
campus  trickster,  or  has  he  vanished  into  the 
night  forever? 

For  more  information  about  the  Red 
Avenger  and  other  College  lore,  please  visit 
the  "L-online"  at  www.lvc.edu/alumni. 

Jasmine  Ammons  Bucher  '97  is  the 
College's  director  of  campaign 
communications  and  an  adjunct 
instructor  of  English. 


22     The  Valley 


class  news  &  notes 


Joanna  Wierman  Masters  '92  is  a  teacher 
at  Trinity  School  in  Ellicott  City,  Md. 
Joanna  married  David  Masters  on  July  9, 
2005,  in  Hanover. 

Charles  W.  Bloss  IV  '93  is  vice  president  and 
chief  actuary  at  Capital  District  Physician 
Health  Plan,  Albany,  N.Y. 

Malissa  Noll  Weikel  '93  is  a  loan 
specialist  for  Countrywide  Home  Loans 
in  Wyomissing. 

David  Aulenbach  '94  is  supervisor  of 
music  for  the  Randolph  Township  Board 
of  Education  in  New  Jersey,  where  he  also 
directs  the  high  school  wind  ensemble. 

Randy  J.  Durbin  '94  is  a  math  teacher 
and  wrestling  coach  at  Portet  Ridge  Middle 
School,  Union  County. 

David  B.  Fromholt  '94  is  laboratory 
manager  at  the  University  of  Florida's 
McKnight  Brain  Institute  in  Gainesville. 

Michael  F.  Hain  '94  is  a  supervisor  at  the 
Kellogg  Co.  in  Lancaster. 

Lynn  M.  Sosnoskie  '94  received  a  doctor 
of  philosophy  degree  in  horticulture  and 
crop  science  from  Ohio  State  University. 

Matthew  D.  Dickinson  '95  is  a  choral  and 
general  music  teacher  for  Lower  Dauphin 
Middle  School.  He  received  the  2005 
George  M.  Leader  Excellence  in  Education 
Award  for  the  capital  region. 

Michael  P.  Putnam  '95  and  his  wife, 
Sharyn,  welcomed  a  son,  Wyatt  Michael, 
into  their  family  on  April  4,  2005. 

Thomas  J.  Sposito  M'95  is  president  and 
chief  executive  officer  of  the  Pennsylvania 
State  Bank.  He  has  been  named  to  the 
board  of  directors  for  Sterling  Investment 
Services,  Harrisburg. 

Daniel  K.  Tucci  '95  is  a  fifth-grade  teacher 
for  Montgomery  County  Maryland  public 
schools.  In  May  2005,  he  received  a  master's 
degree  in  administration  and  supervision 
from  Bowie  State  University. 

Melissa  Anderson  "Wilcox  '95  and  her 

husband,  Mike,  welcomed  a  son,  Wesley 
Brian,  into  their  family  on  Aug.  1,  2005. 

Julia  Alandar  Albright  '96  and  her 
husband,  Christopher  E.  Albright  '99, 

welcomed  a  son,  Jackson  Eric,  into  their 
family  on  Aug.  5,  2005. 

Alison  Gayle  Brandt  '96  is  an  execu- 
tive assistant/office  manager  at  Mason  & 
Associates  Inc.,  Escondido,  Calif 

Tatjana  Cuic  '96  and  her  husband,  Keven 
M.  Gerchufcky  '96,  welcomed  a  son, 
Nikola  Gerchufsky,  into  their  family  on 


March  30,  2005.  They  are  both  working  for 
Bayer  Corporation  and  living  in  Dusseldorf 
Germany. 

Linda  S.  Graybill  '96  is  an  accountant  at 
Zerbe  Sisters  Nursing  Center  in  Narvon. 

Lori  Sheetz  Jones  '96  and  her  husband, 
John,  welcomed  a  son.  Jack  Monroe,  into 
their  family  on  April  18,  2005.  Lori  is  a 
patient  advocate  at  Nanticoke  Memorial 
Hospital  in  Seaford,  Del. 

Lynne  Morrell  Klunk  '96  and  her 
husband,  Donald  J.  Klunk  '96,  welcomed 
a  daughter,  Sarah  Elizabeth,  into  their 
family  in  September  2005. 

Elizabeth  Schlundt  Tinsley  '96  and  her 

husband,  Mark,  welcomed  a  son,  Luke 
Andrew,  into  their  family  on  Feb.  16,  2005. 

Susan  D.  Stull  '96  is  a  Petty  Officer 
2nd  Class  in  the  U.S.  Navy  and  has  been 
deployed  to  Iraq  and  Kuwait.  Susan's  unit 
will  work  directly  for  the  Army  in  a  critical 
combat  service  support  mission. 

James  S.  Zerbe  '96  is  a  customer  service 
representative  for  American  Education 
Services  in  Harrisburg. 

Jason  J.  Zitter  '96  is  a  production 
manager  with  Ditech  Home  Loans  in 
Newport  Beach,  Calif 

Jennifer  Calabrese  Danko  '97  and  her 
husband,  Michael  B.  Danko  '96, 

welcomed  a  son,  Nathan  Michael,  into 
their  family  on  Aug.  4,  2005. 

Natalie  Hope  McDonald  '97  is  senior 
editor  at  Philadelphia  Magazine  and  is  also 
a  regular  contributor  to  the  Philadelphia 
Citypaper,  Knight-Ridder,  and  Time,  Inc. 


Bethany  D.  Mummert  '97  married 
Michael  Hopman  on  July  23,  2005. 

Jennifer  M.  Rohrer  '97  is  a  psychology 
intern  at  Florida  State  Hospital. 

Scott  A.  Root  '97  is  the  campus  minister, 
music  department  chair,  and  seventh-  and 
eighth-grade  religion  teacher  at  Lebanon 
Catholic  School. 

Wayne  Sallurday  '97  is  a  sales  executive  at 
Cimbrian  in  Lancaster. 

Brent  Edward  Shoemaker  '97  is  operations 
manager  at  Graham  Packaging  Company 
in  York. 

Christina  J.  Watts  '97  is  a  special 
education  teacher  for  the  Baltimore 
County  Public  Schools  in  Maryland. 

Jennifer  A.  Wentzel,  Esq.,  '97  has  joined 
the  law  office  of  Gerber,  Ferry  and  Tanner 
in  Palmyra. 

Robert  D.  Ford  '98  is  audit  manager  at 
Commerce  Bank  in  Harrisburg. 

Timothy  A.  Frantz  '98  graduated  from  the 
Florida  Coastal  School  of  Law  on  May  14, 
2005.  He  is  continuing  his  studies  and  is 
planning  on  becoming  a  professional 
sports  agent. 

Christine  R.  Fritz  '98  graduated  from  the 
FBI  Academy,  Quantico,  Va.,  in  September 
2005. 

Wendy  Warner  Froio  '98  is  an  occupational 
therapist  for  her  own  business.  Milestones 
Therapy  Services  Inc.,  in  New  Jersey. 

Tara  K.  O'Neil  '98  is  the  head  freshman 
girls'  basketball  coach  at  Bishop  McDevitt 
High  School  in  Harrisburg. 


of  Donors 


in  2005,  the  offices  of  Advancement  and  Information  Technology  Services  created 
LVC's  first  online  version  of  the  Honor  Roll  of  Donors.  Donors  were  surveyed  about 
the  new  format.  A  few  highlights  from  the  survey  include: 

•  4,564  surveys  were  mailed,  and  634  were  returned  (14%  response  rate) 

•  The  percentage  of  respondents  to  the  survey  included  69%  alumni, 
5%  current  parents,  4%  past  parents,  and  4%  friends. 

•  Alumni  who  graduated  during  the  1950s  had  the  highest  response 
rate  (13%). 

•  More  respondents  preferred  to  see  the  Honor  Roll  of  Donors 
published  online  (34%)  rather  than  sent  through  the  mail  (11%). 

The  complete  survey,  an  executive  summary  of  the  results,  and  a  list  of  participant 
comments  can  be  found  by  visiting  www.lvc.edu/alumni. 


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class  news  &  notes 


Audra  M.  Popejoy  '98  is  a  third-grade 
teacher  tor  the  Annville-Cleona  School 
District. 

Rachael  M.  Rascoe  '98  is  a  seventh-grade 
math  teacher  and  union  vice  president  for 
the  Red  Lion  Area  School  District. 

Brian  Rehm  '98  was  featured  in  a  New 
York  Times  article  'A  Web  of  Faith,  Law 
and  Science  in  Evolution  Suit"  for  his  role 
in  a  lawsuit  against  the  Dover  Area  School 
District.  He  was  later  elected  to  the  school 
board  for  the  district. 

Matthew  C.  Schildt  '98  is  an  assistant 
professor  of  music  at  Adams  State  College 
in  Alamosa,  Colo. 


Aaron  Strenkoski  '98  and  his  wife,  Alicia, 
welcomed  a  son.  Alec,  into  their  family  on 
Feb.  5,  2003. 

Michael  G.  Uhler  '98  is  a  category  devel- 
opment manager  at  The  Hershey  Company 
in  Bentonville,  Ark. 

Lance  M.  Westerhoff,  Ph.D.,  '98  is 

general  manager  of  QuantumBio  Inc.  in 
State  College. 

Christopher  E.  Albright  '99  is  a  producer/ 
co-host  of  a  daily  syndicated  sports  talk 
radio  show,  Speaking  of  Sports,  at  Sportsjam 
Radio  Network  in  Camp  Hill. 

Shannan  L.  Bennett  '99  is  a  behavior 
coach  at  Southwest  Behavioral  Health 
Services  in  Phoenix,  Ariz. 


Volunteer  for  Lebanon  Valley  College 


Are  you  interested  in  volunteering  for  Lebanon  Vaiiey  College?  Please  review  the 
committee  descriptions,  complete  the  registration  form,  and  return  it  to  the  Alumni 
Office.  We  will  contact  you  regarding  your  Interest. 


Awards  Committee:  selects  the 
recipients  of  the  Distinguished  Alumni 
Award,  Alumni  Citations,  Young  Alumni 
Award,  and  Creative  Achievement  Award; 
awards  are  presented  during  a  ceremony 
at  Alumni  Weekend;  meets  two  to  three 
times  a  year 
Chair:  Betty  Criswell  Hungerford  '54 

Alumni  Athletic  Committee:  selects  the 
Inductees  for  the  Athletic  Hall  of  Fame; 
induction  Is  held  Oktoberfest  Weekend; 
meets  twice  a  year 
Chair:  Dennis  Tulli  '69 

Alumni  Ambassadors:  assists  with 

admission  recruitment  efforts;  meets 

once  a  year  for  training  and  College 

updates 

Chair:  Judy  Heyser  Taylor  '75 


Recent  Graduates:  attracts  and  encour- 
ages recent  graduate  Involvement  in  the 
life  of  the  College  and  recruits  volunteers 
for  the  five-  and  ten-year  reunions;  meets 
twice  a  year 

Co-cliairs:  Ana  Farr  Rodriguez  '97  and 
Natalie  Taylor  Kratzer  '02 

Scholarship  Committee:  awards  scholar- 
ships to  rising  seniors;  meets  once  a 
year  during  second  semester 
Chair:  Kristen  R.  Angstadt  '74,  Ph.D. 

Career  Connections:  provides  networking 
opportunities  and  assists  students  with  the 
career  search  process;  meets  twice  a  year 
Chair:  Ben  Bamford  '03 

Leadership  Development:  works  on 
retention  and  recruitment  for  committees; 
meets  twice  a  year 
Chair:  David  G.  Thompson  '65 


Volunteer  Registration  Form 

Name 

Class  Year 

Home  Address 

Home  Phone 

Office  Phone 

E-mail  address 

Committee  (1st  choice) 

(2nd  choice) 

Please  return  this  form  to  the  Alumni  Office,  101  North  College  Ave.,  Annville,  PA  17003 
via  mail  or  electronically  by  going  to  www.lvc.edu  and  clicking  on  Alumni  &  Friends. 


Cynthia  Ensminger  Goshom  '99  is 

a  resource  and  referral  specialist  in  the 
ElderCare  division  of  Work  Place  Options 
Inc.,  Raleigh,  N.C. 

John  R.  Greathouse  '99  is  senior  vice 
president  and  loan  manager  at  Fulton 
Financial  Corporation  in  Lancaster. 

Deborah  Katz  '99  married  James  Brady  on 
Aug.  27,  2005.  She  is  a  training  manager 
for  the  emissions  monitoring  software 
division  of  General  Electric  in  Hatfield. 

Dawn  L.  McCabe  '99  married  Christopher 
John  Schober  in  Lancaster  on  Oct.  29,  2005. 

Christopher  T.  Melusky  '99  is  a  room 
division  executive  at  the  Holiday  Inn, 
Harrisburg. 

SSgt.  Lori  M.  Moyer  '99  is  an  executive 
secretary  for  the  Pennsylvania  National 
Guard  in  Annville.  She  sang  the  national 
anthem  at  the  Pennsylvania  500  NASCAR 
Nextel  Cup  race  at  Pocono  Speedway, 
accompanied  by  the  Air  National  Guard 
Band. 

Christopher  Johnne  Pugh  '99  received  a 
doctor  of  osteopathic  medicine  degree  from 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Osteopathic 
Medicine  in  June  2005. 

Stephen  A.  Raab  '99  is  a  senior  business 
insurance  adjuster  for  Gallagher  Bassett 
Services  Inc.,  Mechanicsburg. 

Scott  J.  Sevinsky  '99  is  a  staff  physical  therapist 
at  Physical  Therapy  Specialists  in  Pittsburgh. 

Cory  'W.  Thorton  '99  is  an  editor  at  College 
Sports  Television  Online,  Carlsbad,  Calif 

Christina  Mellick  Wagner  '99  is  an 

elementary  general  music  teacher  for  the 
Henrico  County  Public  Schools  in  Virginia. 

Alicia  J.  Way  '99  married  Ian  H.  Showalter 
on  July  16,2005. 

The  Rev.  James  L.  Zerfing  '99  is  the  senior 
pastor  at  Lake  View  Christian  Fellowship 
in  East  Berlin. 


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Kristen  B.  Arnold  '00  is  a  third-grade 
teacher  at  Hambright  Elementary  School  in 
Lancaster. 

Kimberly  Zang  Brewer  '00  is  a  social 
service  coordinator  at  Capital  Area  Head 
Start  in  Harrisburg. 

Terry  L.  Buda  '00  is  an  assistant  vice 
president  and  marketing  manager  at  Union 
National  Community  Bank  in  Lancaster. 


24     The  'Valley 


The  Rev.  Dr.  Paul 

College  Chaplain 

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The  Rev.  Dr.  Paul  Fullmer  knew 
he  had  a  hard  act  to  follow  as  the 
new  chaplain  at  LVC.  The  retiring 
chaplain,  the  Rev.  Dr.  D.  Darrell  Woomer, 

was  known  affectionately  to  students  as 
"Chappie."  So  it  was  no  doubt  a  good  sign 
when  Fullmer  almost  immediately  became 
known  to  students  as  "Chaps,"  a  reference 
not  only  to  his  pastoral  role,  but  also  to  his 
penchant  for  wearing  Ralph  Lauren  shirts. 

During  an  interview  in  his  Miller  Chapel 
office,  Fullmer  described  his  role  as  that  of  an 
adjunct  professor  of  biblical  literature.  "I  want 
to  offer  students  something  they  won't  find 
in  church,  a  different  perspective.  I  aim  to 
provide  a  dynamic  place  for  students  to  ask 
questions  about  the  key  issues  of  life  and 
death,"  and,  in  class,  to  "help  people  realize 
the  rich  metaphorical  nature  of  the  New 
Testament." 

He  was  raised  in  a  conservative,  evangelical 
household  in  Menlo  Park,  Calif,  and  went  to 
the  University  of  Southern  California, 
earning  a  bachelor's  degree  in  1990  before 
receiving  his  master's  degree  four  years  later 
at  Fuller  Theological  Seminary.  It  wasn't 
until  he  was  earning  his  doctorate  in  biblical 
studies  at  the  Graduate  Theological  Union  in 
Berkeley,  Calif,  that  Fullmer  was  able  to  find 
answers  to  some  of  his  own  questions. 

Now,  he  has  a  convert's  zeal  for  sharing 
what  he  has  learned.  "How  much  richer  my 
faith  is  now!"  he  marvels.  He  takes  a  biblical 
scholar's  delight  in  showing  students  how 


"the  Gospels  relate  to  each  other  and  to  the 
Old  Testament  and  to  the  Greco-Roman 
world."  The  New  Testament  miracle  of  the 
loaves  and  the  fishes,  he  suggests,  might  not 
have  literally  happened,  but  in  fact  might 
have  been  inspired  by  2  Kings  2:42-44  of 
the  Old  Testament.  Fullmer  raises  difficult 
questions:  Do  the  ethics  of  the  ancient 
Hebrews  have  any  bearing  on  modern 
society?  Are  the  Gospels  eyewitness  accounts 
of  Jesus'  life,  or  mythological  interpretations 
of  who  Jesus  was?  Fullmer  describes  himself 
as  a  "progressive  Christian,"  and  he  reports 
"for  every  one  student  who  says,  'You  have 
very  different  ideas,'  there  are  three  other 
students  who  want  to  know  more." 

As  he  finished  his  doctoral  degree  last  year, 
Fullmer  knew  he  would  have  to  come  to  the 
East  Coast  to  realize  his  dream  of  working  as 
a  liberal  arts  college  chaplain.  West  Coast 
colleges  and  universities  just  don't  tend  to 
have  chaplains,  he  says.  But  he  didn't  come  to 
unknown  territory.  Although  FuUmer's  family 
has  lived  in  California  for  five  generations, 
his  mother,  Ruth  Mason  Fullmer,  is  a  1961 
LVC  graduate.  She  earned  a  bachelor  of  science 
degree  here  while  her  husband  served  as  a 
dentist  at  the  U.S.  Army  War  Collie  in  Carlisle. 

Years  ago,  Lebanon  Valley  College  was 
known  among  clergy  on  the  West  Coast  as 
"the  angel  factory"  Fullmer  explains, 
"because  the  College  produced  so  many 
ministers."  The  College's  historic  ties  to  the 
Methodist  Church  were  stronger  45  years 


ULLMER 


by  Lauren  McCartney  Cusick 


ago,  yet  Fullmer  was  still  pleasantly  surprised 
that,  as  an  ordained  Presbyterian  minister,  he 
was  hired  here.  But  his  denomination  is 
unimportant,  he  believes,  because  he  is  not  here 
to  push  a  particular  branch  of  Protestantism. 

In  fact,  he  feels  so  strongly  about  providing 
interfaith  experiences  that  last  fall,  in 
conjunction  with  LVC's  yearlong  colloquium 
on  food,  Fullmer  launched  a  series  of  five 
dinners  in  the  West  Dining  Room  featuring 
feast  days  of  the  world's  major  religions.  He 
is  pleased  with  the  enthusiastic  response  to 
the  events,  which  touched  on  the  food, 
dance,  martial  arts,  music,  art,  and  religious 
perspectives  of  various  cultures.  "They  took 
it  seriously,"  he  says  of  the  students.  "There 
was  a  sense  of  awe  and  respect  for  the 
spirituality  of  it." 

And  even  as  he  continues  the  tradition  of 
reaching  out  to  the  local  community  with  an 
interfaith  community  worship  service  every 
few  weeks,  reaching  out  to  the  larger 
interfaith  community  of  Jews,  Muslims, 
Buddhists,  and  Hindus  is  one  of  his 
priorities.  More  and  more,  the  world  is 
becoming  a  global  community,  he  points 
out.  "The  liberal  arts  education  here  is  very 
effective  in  helping  people  consider  the  value 
of  other  religious  traditions." 

At  least  some  of  those  debates  over  life, 
death,  and  spirituality  will  take  place  at 
FuUmer's  home,  a  few  blocks  east  of  the 
College  on  Main  Street.  It's  somehow  fitting 
that  the  stately  home  will  once  again  have  a 
link  to  LVC's  student  life.  The  three-story 
brick  house  was  built  in  1906  by  Bishop  J. 
S.  Mills  and  his  wife,  Mary  Keister  Mills, 
sister  of  Dr.  Lawrence  Keister,  president  of 
LVC  from  1907  to  1912.  His  business  acumen 
and  personal  generosity  helped  to  save  the 
College  from  its  "darkest  days,"  Fullmer 
found  after  doing  some  research,  and  Keister 
Residence  Hall  is  named  for  him.  The  house 
was  inherited  by  the  Mills'  daughter-in-law, 
Edith  Mills,  who  taught  piano  at  the  College 
and  shared  the  home  with  LVC  students  for 
many  years.  Now  the  Main  Street  house  has 
new  life  as  the  home  of  Fullmer,  his  wife, 
Becky,  and  their  infant  daughter,  Juliana.  & 


Spring  2006     25 


Introducing... 

Dr.  Ron  Toll 

Vice  President  for  Academic  Affairs  and  Dean  of  the  Faculty 

by  Lauren  McCartney  Cusick 


Imagine  a  wireless  cloud  enveloping 
all  of  Lebanon  County,  providing 
low-cost  of  free  access  to  the  Internet. 
Could  Lebanon  Valley  College  play 
a  role  in  leading  that  effort?  That's  just  one 
idea  that  Dr.  Ronald  B.  Toll  has  on  his 
mind.  In  August,  he  became  LVC  s  new  vice 
president  for  academic  affairs  and  dean  of  the 
faculty.  Given  his  record  at  the  University 
of  Central  Arkansas,  where  in  2004  he  part- 
nered with  the  corporate  world  to  establish 
one  of  the  most  innovative  wireless  networks 
in  the  country,  his  dream  of  a  wireless  cloud 
here  is  not  far-fetched. 

Toll  may  have  spent  his  first  semester 
on  campus  quiedy  absorbing  the  Valley's 
culture  in  meetings  with  faculty  over  lunches 
and  coffee,  but  just  wait.  This  soft-spoken 
man  has  been  at  the  forefront  of  change 
wherever  he  has  worked. 

He's  very  serious  about  his  passions,  and 
one  of  them  is  higher  education.  "I'm 
passionate  about  providing  excellence,  about 
enhanced  teaching  and  learning  outcomes. 
When  you're  trying  to  get  people  on  board, 
having  that  passion  helps."  The  shipboard 
metaphor  comes  naturally  to  this  oceanog- 
rapher,  who  also  happens  to  have  been  on 
board  himself  for  the  discovery  of  one  of  the 
most  lucrative  sunken  treasures  ever  found. 


"Fm  passionate  about 
providing  excellence, 
about  enhanced  teaching 
and  learning  outcomes. " 


Toll,  who  grew  up  in  Springfield,  N.J., 
is  a  first-generation  college  graduate  from 
Rutgers,  The  State  University  of  New 
Jersey.  In  1982,  after  earning  a  doctorate  in 
biological  oceanography  at  the  University 
of  Miami's  Rosenstiel  School  of  Marine 
Science,  Toll  submerged  himself  for  1 0  years 
in  the  beautifiil  but  rarefied  atmosphere 


of  the  University  of  the  South  in  Sewanee, 
Tenn.,  earning  tenure  and  moving  from 
assistant  to  associate  professor. 

While  professors  at  Sewanee  still  dressed 
in  traditional  academic  robes  over  the 
regulation  jacket  and  tie  for  men  and  skin 
or  dress  for  women.  Toll  preferred  T-shirts, 
and  for  good  reason.  "When  I  took  off  my 
robe  and  bent  over  my  aquarium  to  check 
on  my  octopuses,  my  ties  fell  in.  I  had  a 
series  of  ties  with  high-tide  marks  from  the 
salt."  He  started  wearing  blue  jeans,  too, 
and  other  junior  faculty  members  soon 
followed  suit. 

In  the  late  1980s,  Toll,  a  specialist  in 
invertebrate  zoology,  joined  a  team  of 
scientists  to  study  deep  ocean  life  in 
and  around  the  wreck  of  the  U.S.  Mail 
Steamship  S.S.  Central  America,  America's 
worst  peacetime  sea  disaster.  The  ship  had 
gone  down  in  an  1857  hurricane  off  the 
coast  of  the  Carolinas,  losing  425  people 
and  a  cargo  of  2 1  tons  of  California  gold. 
Toll,  who  worked  with  the  group  for  10 
years,  was  associate  director  of  the  adjunct 
science  program,  whose  members  got  an 
unparalleled  glimpse  of  the  sea  world  8,000 
feet  down  with  state-of-the-art  technology. 
They  discovered  a  dozen  sea  creatures  that 
had  been  previously  unknown. 

On  the  flyleaf  of  a  pictorial  history  of 
the  project  called  America's  Lost  Treasure 
(Adantic  Monthly  Press,  1998),  the  project's 
founder,  Tommy  Thompson,  wrote,  "Ron, 
Your  contribution  to  opening  up  the  deep 
ocean  ftontier  has  been  enormous."  But  the 
reason  Toll  did  not  make  a  career  of  such 
glamorous — albeit  dangerous — work  is 
hinted  at  in  another  note  on  the  flyleaf:  "To 
Ron  Toll,  Whose  achievement  in  advancing 
deep  ocean  discovery  has  been  equally 
valuable  both  on  and  off  the  witness  stand." 

The  recovery  group  found  so  much 
treasure  that  it  attracted  droves  of  insur- 
ance companies  looking  for  a  cut,  and  Toll 
was  a  frequent  courtroom  witness  for  the 
discovery  team,  a  process  he  found  stressfixl. 
Eventually,  the  case  was  setded  in  favor 


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of  Thompson  and  his  team  of  engineers 
and  scientists,  who  set  new  standards  of 
excellence  in  recovering  and  preserving  the 
gold  and  artifarts.  The  courts  praised  them 
for  a  "monimiental"  effort  as  well  as  for 
"initiative,  ingenuity,  and  determination." 
Toll  has  been  part  of  the  award-winning 
documentaries  on  the  topic  that  air  on  the 
Discovery  and  History  channels,  and  he  has 
given  hundreds  of  talks  about  the  shipwreck. 
In  1993,  Toll  accepted  the  chairmanship 
of  the  Department  of  Biology  at  Wesleyan 
College  in  Georgia.  Here  was  a  new 
challenge:  to  provide  leadership  for  the 
science  program,  which,  unlike  LVC,  lacked 
a  strong  tradition  of  student-faculty  research 
and  had  virtually  no  modern  equipment. 
Within  five  years,  the  school  had  won  a 
half  dozen  National  Science  Foundation 
grants,  and  the  all-female  college  seized  the 
opportunity  to  market  itself  as  a  "great  place 
for  women  in  science."  Toll  was  named  the 
chair  of  the  Division  of  National  Sciences 
and  Mathematics  after  only  two  years  there, 
and  was  also  the  Mimroe  Professor  of  Life 
Science,  an  endowed  chair. 


26     The  Valley 


In  1999,  Toll  moved  on  to  the 
University  of  Central  Arkansas  (UCA). 
As  the  Dean  of  the  College  of  Natural 
Sciences  and  Mathematics  for  six  years, 
he  worked  with  the  faculty  to  "demystify 
the  tenure  and  promotion  process."  In 
addition  to  his  duties  as  a  dean,  Toll 
was  a  special  assistant  to  the  president 
for  technology  and  corporate  relations. 
He  launched  "think  tank"  partnerships 
with  businesses  such  as  IBM,  Stratum 
Broadband,  Acxiom,  and  Daktronics  that 
were  the  first  of  their  kind. 

"We  got  together  to  discuss  each 
others  goals  and  strengths  .  .  .  they  saw 
new  ways  to  interaa  with  higher  education 
and,  in  the  end,  that  brought  cost  savings 
and  revenue-generating  opportunities  to 
the  university."  In  addition  to  creating  a 
completely  wireless  campus,  the  most 
visible  sign  of  this  partnership  was 
Technology  Plaza,  the  first  fiilly  digitally 
supported  outdoor  classroom  on  any 
college  campus  in  the  United  States,  a 
2 1  st-century  facility  that  could  also 
function  as  a  co-curricular  bulletin  board. 
To  defray  the  cost,  UCA  partnered  with 
Daktronics  to  sell  advertising  on  the 
screen,  targeted  to  the  academic  audience 
of  some  10,000  students  and  1,200  fac- 
ulty and  staff. 

Although  he  welcomes  the  benefits 
of  technology.  Toll  believes  good  teaching 
is  "what  a  skilled,  dedicated  faculty 
member  brings  to  the  classroom  and 
brings  to  the  students."  What  is  at  the 
heart  of  the  educational  experience,  he 
says,  is  "wresding  with  ambiguities, 
wresding  with  complexities  that  challenge 
the  established  dogma  or  something  that 
we  previously  learned." 

At  Lebanon  Valley  College,  Toll  is  also 
pleased  to  find  "an  amazingly  coUegial 
envirorunent.  People  are  incredibly  dedicated 
to  this  institudon  and  for  the  right  reasons. 
The  faculty  are  committed  teachers  and 
scholars,  and  I'm  very  impressed  with  their 
desire  to  continue  to  improve.  There's 
not  a  sense  in  my  mind  that  they're 
saying,  'OK,  let's  rest  on  our  laurels.' 
To  me,  that's  very  exciting,"  he  adds. 
And,  given  his  ovm  record,  it  seems  likely 
that  something  very  exciting  is  in  store 
for  LVC  as  well.   ^ 


class  news  dr  notes 


Jennifer  L.  Gottlieb  '00  married  Samuel  L. 
Dixon  on  July  30,  2005.  She  is  an  informa- 
tion systems  specialist  in  the  office  of  the 
recorder  of  deeds  for  Lancaster  County. 

Kristina  M.  Haines  '00  is  a  scientist  at 
Johnson  &  Johnson  in  Titusville,  N.J. 

Carrie  E.  Fettennan  '00  and  Gregory  J. 
Kutchma  '02  were  married  on  May  29, 
2005. 

Lisa  Cmkovich  Minney  '00  and  her 

husband.  Matt,  welcomed  a  daughter, 
Madison  Elizabeth,  into  their  family  on 
July  29,  2005. 

Selena  L.  Rodgers  '00  married  Mathew 
Mallios  on  July  3,  2005. 

Erin  J.  Stewart  '00,  '02  is  a  middle  school 
music  teacher  at  Hempfield  School  District 
in  Landisville. 

Kristinia  Marie  Windish  '00  is  a  labora- 
tory services  specialist  at  Lancaster  General 
Hospital. 

Beth  A.  Light  '01  and  John  A.  Brennan 

'01  were  married  in  LVC's  Miller  Chapel  on 
July  23,  2005. 

Debra  M.  Feldman  '01  is  an  English 
teacher  for  the  Washington  Township  Board 
of  Education  in  Sewell,  N.J. 

Melinda  S.  Gordon  '01  is  an  accountant/ 
financial  analyst  at  Carlisle  SynTec. 

Jayanne  Hogate  Hayward  '01  is  the 

assistant  director  of  alumni  programs  at 
Lebanon  Valley  College. 


Amanda  L.  Holmes  '01  is  a  therapeutic 
mentor  for  Providence  Service  Corporation 
in  Portland,  Maine. 

Lisa  Godlewski  Lanceliotti  '01  is  a 

cardiovascular  specialty  representative  at 
Pfizer  Pharmaceuticals  in  Elizabeth,  N.J. 

Anna  M.  Malocu  '01  is  a  special  education 
teacher  at  Loudoun  City  Public  School  in 
Virginia. 

Gretchen  A.  Mall  '01  is  a  kindergarten 
teacher  at  St.  John  Vianney  Parish  School  in 
Kailua,  Hawaii. 

Kimberly  Umbenhaur  '01  is  a  staff 
accountant/auditor  for  the  Blue  Mountain 
School  District  in  Orwigsburg. 

Brandie  May  Warren  '01  and  her  husband. 
Ash,  welcomed  a  daughter,  Arabelle  May, 
into  their  family  on  May  26,  2005. 

Amy  L.  Wasserleben  '01  married  John 
Butler  on  Sept.  10,  2005.  Amy  is  a  training 
specialist  in  the  Pennsylvania  Office  of  the 
Inspector  General  in  Harrisburg. 

Jessica  A.  Mitchell  '01  is  a  chemist/ 
quality  assurance  coordinator  at  ESIS 
Environmental  Health  Laboratory  in 
Cromwell,  Conn. 

Gerard  M.  Reilly  '01  is  a  volunteer  in  the 
Peace  Corps  serving  in  Niger,  West  Africa. 

Michael  A.  Rose  '01  is  a  legislative  assistant 
to  Pa.  Rep.  Kerry  Benninghoflf  in  the  171st 
district. 


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Mark  your  c^lendaii 

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BQunaanes 

Pandemic: 

,  The  Race  to  Understand  Viruses 


September  29  and  30,  2006 

'atch  for  more  information 
later  this  summer  and  visit 
www.lvc.edu/science  for  details 
on  speakers  and  events. 


Please  call  the  Office  of  Alumni  Programs  at  717-867-6320  with  questions, 
or  visit  the  symposium  web  site  at  www.lvc.edu/science. 


Spring  2006     27 


class  news  &  notes 


Leah  S.  Semoffsky  '01  is  an  ofEce 
manager  at  Fox  Machinery  Associates  Inc. 
in  Bridgeport. 

Ma^e  L.  Simonton  '01  received  a 
master's  degree  in  educational  develop- 
ment and  strategies  from  Wilkes  University. 
She  is  a  kindergarten  teacher  at  Newport 
Elementary  School. 

Amy  Rovers  Stack  '01  is  direaor  of  human 
resources  at  Manor  Health  Care  in  Lebanon. 

Stacey  A.  Stinson  '01  and  Parrish  J. 
Fessler  '01  were  married  on  Sept.  3,  2005. 
Stacey  is  project  leader  for  Datatel  Scholars 
Foundation  in  Fairfax,  Va. 

In  September  2005,  Kelly  Cooney  Watts 

'01  passed  the  CPA  exam  and  is  an  accoun- 
tant at  Harsco  Corporation  in  Camp  Hill. 

Timothy  John  Belloff  '02  is  a  social 
studies  teacher  at  Penn  Wood  West  junior 
High  School  in  Darby. 

Derek  S.  Eiiston  '02  is  the  owner,  producer, 
and  engineer  at  the  Green  Room  Studio  in 
Harrisburg. 

Adam  L.  Feltes  '02  is  a  senior  business 
analyst  at  Guardian  Life  Insurance  in 
Bethlehem. 

Kerri  L.  Gasser  '02  and  Thomas 
Schaaf '99  were  married  on  Sept.  3, 
2005,  in  Harrisburg.  Kerri  is  a  case- 
worker at  Lebanon  Mental  Health/Mental 
Retardation. 

John  R.  Gross  '02  joined  Eichelbergers 
Inc.  in  York  Haven.  He  is  responsible  for 
domestic  sales,  advertising  support,  and 
water  testing  and  analysis  related  to  domestic 
and  public  water  supply  systems. 

Nathan  E.  Himes  '02  is  a  forensic 
scientist  in  the  forensic  biology  section 
at  the  Virginia  Department  of  Forensic 
Science  in  Fairfax,  Va. 


Danielle  M.  McMaster  '02  is  a  staff 
chemist  at  Merck  &  Co.  Inc.  in  West  Point. 

Crystal  M.  Miller  '02  and  Bryan  J. 
Dettrey  '02  were  married  on  July  23,  2005. 
Crystal  is  a  third-grade  teacher  at  Oxford 
University  School  in  Mississippi,  and 
Bryan  is  enrolled  in  a  doctoral  program  at 
the  University  of  Mississippi. 

Andrea  M.  Howard  '02  and  John  M. 

Dormer  IV  '02  were  married  on  Aug.  6, 
2005,  in  LVC's  Miller  Chapel.  Andrea  is  a 
chemistry  teacher  for  the  West  Shore  School 
District  in  Lewisberry,  and  John  is  a  middle 
school  science  teacher  at  Commonwealth 
Connections  Academy  in  Mechanicsburg. 

Nicole  L.  Oder  '02  received  a  master's 
degree  in  museum  studies  from  Syracuse 
University,  and  is  now  coordinator  of 
student  and  educator  programs  at  the 
San  Diego  Museum  of  Art. 

Brandy  Klunk  Putman  '02  is  an 

assistant  group  supervisor  at  U-Gro 
Learning  Centers  Inc.  in  Harrisburg. 

Lauren  Baptista  Smith  '02  is  a  teacher 
in  the  Harrisburg  School  District. 

Michael  J.  Smith  '02  is  a  teacher  in  the 
Northern  Lebanon  School  District. 

Jason  B.  Widney  '02  graduated  from  the 
Peabody  Conservatory,  Baltimore,  with  a 
master  of  music  degree  in  voice. 

Jessica  M.  'Wieand  '02  is  a  consultant  at 
Sona  MedSpa  in  Philadelphia. 

Daniel  P.  Zdarko  '02  is  a  marketing 
consultant  at  Cutting  Edge  Media  in 
Elizabethtown. 

Timothy  J.  Bozarth  '03  and  Marisa  L. 
Sassaman  '03  were  married  June  12, 
2004,  in  Hazelton.  Marisa  is  a  museum 
coordinator  at  Burlington  County  Prison 
Museum  in  Mount  Holly,  N.J.,  and  Tim 
is  operations  supervisor  at  All  American 
Fasteners  in  Cinnaminson,  N.J. 


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Tyrone  C.  Broxton  '03  is  the  sports 
information  director  at  the  U.S.  Merchant 
Marine  Academy  in  Kings  Point,  N.Y. 
Tyrone  was  named  Sports  Information 
Director  of  the  Year  by  Black 
College  Baseball. 

Kristin  A.  Camilli  '03  is  a  school 
psychologist  at  Deptford  School  District 
in  New  Jersey. 

Lori  B.  Counterman  '03  and  William 
H.  Pitcock  Jr.  '03  were  married  in  LVC's 
Miller  Chapel  on  July  16,  2005.  They  live 
in  Bloomington,  Ind. 

Tracie  Miller  Dissinger  '03  is  a  branch 
load  operations  manager  at  Fulton  Financial 
Corporation  in  Lancaster. 

Jason  M.  Dugan  '03  is  an  assistant  branch 
manager  at  M&T  Bank  in  Sunbury. 

Amanda  K.  Fogle  '03  is  a  physical 
therapist  at  Washington  County  Hospital 
in  Hagerstown,  Md. 

Colby  B.  Hilker  '03  is  a  high  school  music 
teacher  at  Westhill  Institute  in  Mexico  City, 
Mexico. 

Erin  Hudey  '03  married  Steve  Yokum 
on  July  23,  2005,  in  Bedford.  Erin  is  an 
area  coordinator  for  student  housing  at 
Allegheny  College  of  Maryland. 

Karen  Jagielski  '03  and  Michael 
Worthington  '03  were  married  on 
June  18,2005. 

Mary  Rebecca  Kishbangh  '03  is  an  account 
coordinator  at  Pavone  in  Harrisburg. 

Sarah  A.  Onufer  '03  is  a  logistics 
management  specialist  for  the  U.S. 
Department  of  Defense  in  Chambersburg. 

Jonathan  S.  Pitt  '03  has  earned  a  master  of 
science  degree  in  engineering  mechanics  at 
Penn  State  University. 

Jessica  Purcell  Rogers  '03  is  a  special 
education  teacher  for  the  Blue  Mountain 
School  District  in  Orwigsburg. 

Anne  L.  Small  '03  is  a  marketing  coordinator 
at  GTS  Technologies  in  Harrisburg. 

Amanda  L.  Stevenson  '03  is  a  patient  care 
assistant  at  Lancaster  General  Hospital. 

Sarah  R,  Thrush  '03  is  an  assistant  professor 
of  music  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin  in 
Oshkosh. 

Kristine  Daiber  Warner  '03  has  been 
appointed  to  the  Palmyra  Borough  Council. 
Warner  is  a  government  relations  associate 
with  the  Association  of  Independent 
Colleges  and  Universities  of  Pennsylvania  in 
Harrisburg. 


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Kevin  T.  Wood  '03  is  currently  serving  in 
Northern  Iraq  with  the  U.S.  Army's  4th 
Squadron,  l4th  Calvary  Regiment,  172nd 
Stryker  Brigade  Combat  Team  from  Fort 
Wainwright,  Alaska. 

Sara  Yanchis  '03  and  Christian  Boysen 
Koch  '04  were  married  in  North  Carolina 
on  April  9,  2005. 

David  L.  Yinger  '03  is  an  elementary  band 
director  at  West  Shore  School  District  in 
New  Cumberland. 

Holly  L.  2^niniennan  '03  is  a  learning 
support  teacher  in  the  Shikellamy  School 
District  in  Sunbury. 

Mary  Anne  Brennan  '04  and  Ronald  L. 
Stump  '04  were  married  on  June  4,  2005, 
in  Shamokin. 

Adam  T.  Brunner  '04  is  a  sales  associate  at 
Cleveland  Brothers  Equipment  Company  in 
Lancaster. 

Jennifer  E.  Buckley  '04  is  a  special 
education  teacher  at  Smallwood  Middle 
School  in  Indianhead,  Md. 

Stephen  G.  Buzinski  '04  has  joined  the 
New  York  Nationals,  the  basketball  team 
that  plays  against  the  Harlem  Globetrotters. 

Jamie  L.  Cronin  '04  and  William  T. 
Bainbridge  '03  were  married  May  28, 
2005,  at  St.  Teresa  of  Avila  Roman  Catholic 
Church  in  Norristown. 

Todd  Fischer  '04  is  a  collection  manager  at 
Town  &  Country  Leasing  in  Lancaster. 

Rebecca  J.  Grudzina  '04  is  serving  in 
Bulgaria  as  a  Peace  Corps  volunteer. 

Stacy  A.  Jacoby  '04  is  an  environmental 
program  specialist  at  the  Oklahoma 
Department  of  Environmental  Quality 
in  Oklahoma  City. 

MoUie  G.  Kedney  '04  is  serving  in  the 
U.S.  Army  Chemical  Corps  in  Iraq. 

Jennifer  E.  Keller  '04  is  a  first-grade  teacher 
at  Pine  Street  Elementary  school  in 
Palmyra. 

Lauren  Sutherly  Mclntyre  '04  is  an  associate 
auditor  at  Fulton  Financial  Corporation  in 
Lancaster. 

Karen  E.  Penberth  '04  is  teaching 
ninth-grade  literature,  lOth-grade 
communications,  and  1 1th-  and 
12th-grade  mythology  at  Middletown 
High  School. 

Andrew  James  Piatt  '04  and  Kristi  Nicole 

Riley  '03  were  married  on  Aug.  20,  2005, 
at  Mt.  Zion  Lutheran  Church  in  York. 

Tara  L.  Seefeldt  '04  is  a  sales  manager  at 
Borders  Books  and  Music  in  Reading. 


Lindsay  A.  Maus  04  married  Douglas  R.  Psulkowski  on  Sept.  1 7,  2005,  at  Spring  Mill  Manor  in 
Ivyland.  V/C  graduates  who  attended  her  wedding  included:  (left  to  right)  back  row:  Aaron  Kier 
'03,  Rachele  Bamickel  '03,  Jessica  Kraut  Kier  '03,  Robyn  Sotak  '03,  Jennifer  Brown  '03,  Jacklyn 
Ebert  '03,  Lisa  Meranti  '04,  Constance  O'Brien  '04  (maid  of  honor),  Julia  Falkner  '04,  Jenelle 
Zeigler  '03,  Dennis  Ross  03.  Front  row:  Eric  Kratz  '04,  Lindsay  Maus  Psulkowski  '04,  Jeffrey 
Grieger  '04.  Lindsay  is  a  credit  analyst  at  Harleysnille  National  Bank. 


Annalouise  Venturella  '04  is  a  compliance 
officer  at  Democracy  for  America  in  South 
Burlington,  Vt. 

Amy  L.  Wagner  '04  is  a  laboratory  animal 
technician  at  the  Science  Application 
International  Corporation  for  the  National 
Cancer  Insritute  at  Fort  Detrick,  Md. 

Christopher  R.  Whiteley  '04  is  a  substitute 
teacher  tor  the  Central  Dauphin  School 
Distfict  in  Harrisburg. 

Jon-David  "J.D."  Byers  '05  is  a  graduate 
assistant  for  Fairleigh  Dickinson  University- 
Florham  men's  basketball  team. 

Rachael  E.  Darr  '05  is  a  business  develop- 
ment associate  for  Reynolds  Construction 
Management  in  Harrisburg. 

Jaime  L.  Greenfield  '05  is  a  finance  LDP 
associate  at  Lockheed  Martin  Corporation 
in  King  of  Prussia. 

Jennifer  A.  Griekspoor  '05  is  a  third-grade 
teacher  at  Rockingham  County  Schools  in 
North  Carolina. 

Matthew  D.  Hauk  '05  is  a  web  developer 
at  Gate  1  Travel  in  Glenside. 

Diane  M.  Huskinson  '05  is  an  editorial 
assistant  at  Idea  Group  Inc.,  Hershey. 

Ryan  Kitko  '05  is  in  his  first  year  as  a 
graduate  student  at  Evergreen  State  College 
in  Olympia,  Wash.,  where  he  is  studying  for 
his  master's  degree  in  environmental  studies. 
He  credits  the  science  faculty,  particularly 
Dr.  Allan  Wolfe's  Ecology  I  class,  for  being 
able  to  meet  the  challenges  of  graduate 
school. 


Ashley  D.  Kreider  '05  has  been  elected  as 
the  national  marketing  director  for  Gamma 
Sigma  Sigma. 

Lynn  Marie  Leidig  '05  is  a  project  assistant 
at  Pharmaceutical  Product  Development  in 
Blue  Bell. 

Scott  E.  Montgomery  '05  is  a  fifth-grade 
teacher  at  Northwest  Elementary  School  in 
Lebanon. 

Jason  Lamar  Pulaski  '05  married  Danielle 
Mary  Blodnikar  on  Aug.  6,  2005,  at  the 
First  United  Methodist  Church  of  Palmyra. 
Jason  is  a  systems  analyst  at  Penn  State 
Milton  S.  Hershey  Medical  Center. 

Chad  M.  Schreier  '05  is  interim  director  of 
the  College  store  at  Lebanon  Valley  College. 

Kristin  L.  Showalter  '05  is  director  of 
bands  at  Northwestern  Lehigh  High  School 
in  New  Tripoli. 


Friends  of  the  College 

The  Rev.  Paul  M.  Fullmer,  College  chaplain, 
and  his  wife,  Becky,  welcomed  a  daughter, 
Juliana  Louise,  into  theit  family  on 
Oct.  12,  2005. 

Dr.  Klement  M.  Hambourg,  professor 
emeritus  of  music,  and  Leonie  Lang- 
Hambourg,  former  assistant  adjunct 
professor  of  German,  became  the  proud 
grandparents  of  their  first  grandson,  Gavin 
John  Visscher,  born  on  March  20,  2005,  in 
Calgary,  Alberta.  Also,  Klement  established 
the  Celebration  of  Chamber  Music  concert 
series  in  Victoria,  B.C.,  which  is  now  in  its 
fourth  season. 


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Misty  Barr  '06,  Michael  Mekailek  '07,  Marie 
Cusick  '07,  Megan  Kilcoyne  '07;  middle  row:  Ryan 
Graffius  '06,  Amy  Meininger  '06,  Jennifer  Line 
'07,  Denise  Correll  '07,  Katie  Markey  '07,  Nikki 
Wynn  '07,  Monique  Anglade  '07;  front  row:  James 
Buckson  '06 

WRITE  ON! 

Dr.  Barbara  Anderman's  "Felibien  and  the 
Circle  of  Colbert"  is  a  chapter  in  Ordering 
the  World  in  the  Eighteenth  Century,  to  be 
published  this  fall  by  Palgrave/Macmillan. 
She  is  chair  and  assistant  professor  of  art 
history. 

Dr.  Eric  Bain-Selbo, 

chair  and  associate 
professor  of  religion 
and  philosophy, 
wrote  a  book 
published  in 
February,  x\t\eA  Judge 
and  Be  Judged:  Moral 
Reflection  in  an  Age 
of  Relativism  and  Fundamentalism.  The 
220-page  volume,  published  by  Lexington 
Books,  offers  insights  into  both  these 
concepts. 

Dr.  Gary  Grieve-Carlson's  book  review, 
"Meet  the  Parents:  Is  the  Radical  Left  the 
Child  of  the  Radical  Right?"  a  review  of 
Richard  Wolin's  The  Seduction  of  Unreason: 
The  Intellectual  Romance  with  Fascism  from 
Nietzsche  to  Postmodernism,  which  was 
published  in  the  December  2004  Journal  for 
Cultural  and  Religious  Theory,  was  published 
in  January  2006  in  an  expanded,  revised 
version  in  The  International  Journal  for 
Baudrillard  Studies.  Grieve-Carlson  is  the 
director  of  general  education  and  a 
professor  of  English. 


Dr.  Louis  Manza,  chair  and  associate 
professor  of  psychology,  recently  completed 
the  "Instructor's  Manual  &  Test  Bank"  for 
the  third  edition  of  W.S.  Terry's  Learning 
and  Memory:  Basic  Principles,  Processes,  and 
Procedures,  published  by  Allyn  &  Bacon. 

Dr.  Rosa  Tezanos-Pinto,  associate 
professor  of  Spanish,  had  two  articles 
published:  "Lenguaje  visual  en  la  cuentistica 
femenina  de  finales  de  Siglo  Veinte"  in 
Selected  Proceedings  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Foreign  Language  Conference  (2004),  and 
"Metamorfosis  del  'yo  poetico'  en  la  obra  de 
Ester  de  Izaguirre"  in  La  Mujer  en  el  Mundo 
Hispano  VI  (Westminster:  Institute  Literario 
y  Cultural  Hispanica,  2005).  She  also  wrote 
a  foreword,  "De  soUdades  y  otras  cosar.  estrat- 
agema  de  rebeidi'a  y  aquiescencia,"  published 
in  De  soledades  y  otras  cosas  (Asuncion, 
Paraguay:  Arandura  Editorial,  2005). 

Dr.  Scott  N.  Walck,  associate  professor 
of  physics,  and  three  students  had  a  paper 
accepted  for  publication  in  the  journal 
Physical  Review  A,  "Topology  of  the  three- 
qubit  space  of  entanglement  types."  The 
students  are:  James  Glasbrenner  '06, 
Matthew  Lochman  '06,  and  former  student 
Shawn  Hilbert  '04,  now  a  graduate  student 
in  physics  at  the  University  of  Nebraska. 
All  three  students  worked  with  Walck  over 
summer  breaks  from  2003  to  2005.  The 
paper  is  online  at  www.arxiv.org  imder  the 
number  quant-ph/0507208  (2005). 


AND  PRESENTING  .  .  . 

Dr.  Dolores  Buttry, 

assistant  professor  of 
French  and  German, 
delivered  a  paper  in 
the  section  on 
modern  German 
literature  at  the  South 
Atlantic  Modem 
Language  Association 
in  Atlanta  in  November.  Her  paper  was 
tided  "'Meine  Gedanken  zereissen  die 
Schranken':  Prison  Survival  Strategies 
in  Stefan  Zweig's  'Schachnovelle'  and  in 
Albrecht  Haushofer's  'Moabiter  Sonette.'" 
The  section  took  place  in  the  Goethe 
Institute  of  Adanta  and  was  attended  by 
members  of  the  German  Cultural  Center, 
as  well  as  by  conference  participants  and 
attendees. 

At  the  national 
conference  of  the 
National  Association 
for  Multicultural 
Education  in  Adanta 
in  November,  Tchet 
Dorman,  director  of 
multicultural  affairs; 
Eugene  Kelly  '01, 
assistant  director  of 
student  activities  and  student  development; 
and  three  students,  Rachel  Hadrick  '06, 
Todd  Snovel  '06,  and  Deborah  Tookes  '07, 


Tchet  Dorman 


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presented  "Responding  to  Campus  Hate 
through  the  Creation  of  a  Bias  Response 
Team."  The  program  focused  on  LVC's 
work  to  create  a  team  of  individuals  specially 
trained  to  respond  to  acts  of  bias  and 
discrimination. 

At  the  Women's  Consortium  Annual 
Statewide  Conference  of  the  Pennsylvania 
State  System  of  Higher  Education  in  October, 
a  proposal,  titled  "Men  Working  to 
Eradicate  Sexism:  A  Roundtable  Discussion" 
by  Dorman,  Kelly,  Dr.  Jeffrey  Robbins, 
assistant  professor  of  religion  and 
philosophy,  and  Brian  Johnson,  an  LVC 
adjunct  faculty  member  and  director  of 
multicultural  affairs  at  Susquehanna 
University,  was  accepted  for  presentation. 

Kelly,  along  with  colleagues  from 
Lehigh  University,  presented  in  April  2004 
at  the  81st  Annual  Convention  of  the 
American  College  Personnel  Association 
(ACPA).  The  program,  titled  "Campus 
Climate  Closes  Doors  to  Learning: 
Reducing  Heterosexism  and  Homophobia," 
featured  strategies  for  making  lesbian,  gay, 
bisexual,  transgender,  and  queer  students 
feel  welcome  on  college  campuses. 
Information  was  gathered  from  LVC  and 
York  College  as  well  as  from  West  Chester, 
Lehigh,  Shippensburg,  and  James  Madison 
universities.  This  same  presentation  was 
accepted  for  the  Mid-Atlantic  College  and 
University  Housing  Officers  Conference  in 
Lake  Harmony. 

The  Pennsylvania  Association  of  College 
Admissions  Counselors  (PACAC)  invited 
Kelly  to  facilitate  a  session  called  "Visibility 
Matters:  Dealing  with  the  Invisible  Check 
Box"  during  its  professional  development 
workshops.  Attendees  learned  ways  to 
recruit  and  retain  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual, 
transgender,  and  queer  students. 

Dr.  Cheryl  George,  associate  professor  of 
education,  and  five  of  her  students,  presented 
a  paper  in  November  at  the  Annual 
Convention  of  the  Pennsylvania  Council  for 
Exceptional  Children.  Their  topic  was 
"Instructional  Strategies  and  Accommodations 
for  Social  Studies."  The  students  are  all  majoring 
in  elementary  education  and  pursuing 
special  education  certification.  They  are: 
sophomores  Crystal  Cascarino,  Sarah 
Thompson,  Stacey  Sheffier,  and  Renee 
Bell;  and  senior  Alisha  Arnold. 

Dr.  Diane  M.  Iglesias,  professor  of 
Spanish,  presented  "Empowering  the 
Learning  Disabled"  in  April  at  the  Northeast 
Conference  on  the  Teaching  of  Foreign 


Languages  in  New  York  City.  She  was 
notified  that  her  presentation  was  one  of  the 
finalists  for  the  "Best  of  Northeast"  award. 
In  June,  Iglesias  presented  a  paper  on 
"Spanish  Golden  Age  Theater"  at  an 
international  literary  conference  in 
Valladolid,  Spain.  Her  presentation, 
"La  enfermedad  como  motivo  comico  en 
los  entremeses  de  Quinones  de  Benavente, ' 
explained  how  sickness  is  used  as  a  comic 
motif  in  Spanish  theater  of  the  Golden  Age. 

Dr.  Jeffrey 
Robbins  was 

invited  to  speak 
in  September  at 
Drew  University's 
Graduate  Colloquium 
in  Theology  on  "The 
Irony  of  Radical 
Theology."  He  also 
presented  a  paper  in  November,  "Beyond 
the  Politics  of  Theological  Despair,"  at  a 
conference  on  Secularity  and  Globalization: 
What  Comes  After  Modernity?  The  confer- 
ence was  sponsored  by  the  Lilly  Fellows 
Program  in  Humanities  and  the  Arts  at 
Calvin  College  in  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
He  also  presented  a  paper  in  November, 
"Secularization  and  the  Multitude:  An 
Alternative  Theology  of  Empire,"  at  the 
American  Academy  of  Religion's  Annual 
Meeting  in  Philadelphia. 

Dale  Summers,  professor  of  education,  and 
sophomore  music  education  students  Kyle 
Bourdon,  Josh  Duma,  and  Jason  Roach, 

presented  a  paper  in  October  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Association  of  Colleges  and 
Teacher  Education  Conference.  They 
discussed  "Concept  Mapping  as  an 
Instructional  Strategy  in  your  Education 
Classes." 

Summers  and  Linda  Summers,  an 
assistant  professor  of  education,  presented  a 
paper  in  October,  "Concept  Mapping  as  an 
Instructional  Strategy  in  Your  Social  Studies 
Classroom,"  at  The  Pennsylvania  Council  for 
the  Social  Studies  Conference  in  Lancaster. 

In  April,  Dr.  Rosa  Tezanos-Pinto,  associate 
professor  of  Spanish,  gave  a  talk,  "La  petseverante 
exclusidn  del  amor  en  la  obra  po^tica  de 
Ester  de  Izaguirre,"  at  the  Middle  Atlantic 
Council  of  Latin  American  Studies  Conference 
at  Virginia  Commonwealth  University.  In 
August,  Tezanos-Pinto  attended  the  XXVI 
Simposio  Intemacional  de  Literatura  sponsored 
by  Universidad  de  Los  Lagos,  Puerto  Montt, 
Chile,  where  she  chaired  and  helped  to 


organize  a  panel,  "Utopias  nacionales  en  la 
creacidn  literaria  Latinoamericana."  In  this 
session,  she  presented  a  paper,  "Nacion  y 
narracidn  en  la  narrativa  femenina  posmod- 
erna."  In  addition,  she  read  a  paper,  ''Plumas 
de  Aftodita  de  Roland  Forgues:  complicidad 
textual  con  las  fascinantes  e  insubordinadas 
poetas  peruanas  del  siglo  veinte,"  at  a  panel 
honoring  French  critic  Roland  Forgues,  a 
specialist  in  Hispanic-American  literature. 
Tezanos-Pinto's  presentations  in  Chile  were 
supported  by  an  LVC  professional  grant. 

HONORS 

Three  LVC  students  ranked  among  the  Top 
20  Global  Performers  on  GLO-BUS,  an 
online  business  simulation  involving  some 
900  teams  from  75  colleges.  Dr.  Leon 
Markowicz,  professor  of  business  adminis- 
tration, teaches  the  international  business 
course  that  utilizes  the  GLO-BUS  simulator. 
The  students,  all  business  administration 
majors,  are:  Robert  Dubble  '06  of 
Myerstown,  Alex  Garrett  '06  of  Lititz,  and 
Justin  Klunk  '06  of  Hanover.  They  took  part 
in  the  simulation  to  manage  a  digital  camera 
market  that  paralleled  the  real-word  market. 
The  students  formed  B  Company,  which 
ranked  20th  in  the  overall  category  of 
GLO-BUS'  recent  poll.  B  Company 
scored  a  101,  only  eight  points  from  the 
first-place  team  in  the  Top  20.  Close  to  600 
instructors  at  various  institutions  are  using 
the  program. 

Lebanon  Valley  College  students  won  four 
first-place  and  two  second-place  awards  in 
October  at  the  8th  Annual  Undergraduate 
Research  Symposium  in  the  Chemical  and 
Biological  Sciences  at  the  University  of 
Maryland,  Baltimore  County.  Eleven  LVC 
students  presented  or  co-presented  nine 
posters  during  the  symposium,  which  was 
attended  by  undergraduates  from  47  colleges 
and  universities  in  14  states.  Dr.  Anderson 
Marsh  and  Dr.  Timothy  Peelen,  both 
members  of  the  Chemistry  Department  at 
LVC,  were  among  the  400  attendees  who 
took  part  in  the  171  poster  presentations. 
The  meeting  was  co-sponsored  by  Proctor 
&  Gamble  and  the  National  Institutes  of 
Health.  The  four  first-place  winners  in  their 
divisions  were:  Jeremy  Umbenhauer  '06 
(chemistry)  for  his  work  with  assistant 
professor  Dr.  Marc  Harris,  "Synthesis  of 
bipyridine  containing  aza-crown-ether 
macrocycles  using  the  template  effect 
provided  by  bulky  sulfonamide  protecting 
groups";  Daniel  J.  Smith  '07  (chemistry) 
for  his  work  with  assistant  professor  Peelen, 


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"Mechanistic  studies  in  otganocatalysis: 
additions  to  aldeliydes  catalyzed  by 
2-substituted  pyrrolidines";  Derek  M. 
Hinds  '06  (biochemistry)  for  his  work 
with  assistant  professor  Dr.  Walter  Patton 
(chemistry),  "Assessment  of  domain 
interactions  in  E.  coli  GMP  synthetase"; 
and  Thomas  R.  Gordon  '08  (chemistry) 
for  his  work  with  assistant  professor  Marsh, 
"Temperature  dependence  of  the  aqueous 
phase  oxidation  of  2-chlorophenol  by 
goethite." 

Three  second-place  winners  in  their 
divisions  were:  Jason  K.  Navin  '08 
(chemistry)  for  his  work  with  Marsh, 
"Determination  of  the  size  of  polymer- 
coated  metallic  nanoparticles  by 
MALDI-MS";  and  Cheryl  L.  Brophy  '07 
(chemistry)  and  Alison  E.  Hartman  '07 
(chemistry)  for  their  work  with  Peelen, 
"Development  of  novel  C-C  bond  forming 
reactions  for  the  efficient  synthesis  of 
Fmoc-protected  amines." 

Also  attending  were:  Johanna  M. 
Scarino  '06  (chemistry),  who  presented 
her  work  with  Harris,  "Synthesis  of 
metallomacrocycle  nano-devices  through 
the  coordination  of  platinum  (II),  rhodium 
(I),  or  copper  (I)  metal  centers  to  ethoxy- 
bridged  bipyridine  oligomers";  Eric 
Nkurunziza  '08  (chemistry),  who  presented 
his  work  with  Peelen,  "A  colorimetric  assay 
tor  monitoring  the  kinetics  of  proline- 
catalyzed  additions  of  azodicarboxylates 
to  aldehydes";  AuBrei  J.  Weigand  '07 
(chemistry)  and  Angela  E.  Petiak  '06 
(biochemistry),  who  presented  their  work 
with  chemistry  professor  Dr.  Owen  A. 
Moe,  "Interdomain  communication  in 
GMP  synthetase." 


Sharon  Arnold,  chair 
and  associate  professor  of 
sociology,  and  her  senior 
seminar  capstone  class 
traveled  to  Philadelphia 
to  do  an  ethnographic 
field  study  on  the  topic 
of  inequality  in 
Kensington,  the  poorest  area  in  the  city. 
The  area  has  one  of  the  highest  violent  crime 
rates  in  the  nation.  They  were  joined  by  the 
executive  director  of  the  Kensington  Welfare 
Rights  Union,  who  guided  the  group 
through  the  neighborhood. 

As  preparation  for  this  experience,  the 
senior  seminar  students  read  Myth  of  the 
Welfare  Qiieen  by  David  Zucchino,  a 
Pulitzer  prize-winning  journalist.  During 
the  day,  students  met  and  interacted  with 
characters  profiled  in  the  book.  For  this 
experience,  Lebanon  Valley  students  joined 
with  students  from  the  Philadelphia  Center, 
one  of  LVCS  off-campus  study  sites.  Four 
students  from  LVC  completed  internships 
with  the  Philadelphia  Center  during  the  fall 
semester;  they  are:  Stephanie  Brown  '05, 
economics;  Sara  Fuhrman  '07,  education; 
Brian  HinchclifFe  '06,  psychology;  and 
Rebekah  Shearn  '06,  economics. 

Dr.  Dolores  Buttry,  assistant  professor 
of  French  and  German,  was  chosen  to 
participate  during  July  and  August  in  a 
National  Endowment  for  the  Humanities 
Institute  on  German  and  European  Studies 
in  the  U.S.:  Changing  World,  Shifting 
Narratives. 

In  April  2005,  Tchet  Dorman,  director 
of  multicultural  affairs,  was  named  vice 
president/president-elect  of  the  Pennsylvania 


Chapter  of  the  National  Association  for 
Multicultural  Education.  Dorman  has 
served  as  the  conference  committee  chair 
of  PA-NAME  since  fall  2003. 

Dr.  Shelly  Moorman- 
Stahlman,  associate 
professor  of  music,  was 
selected  to  perform  and 
teach  at  the  Pipe  Organ 
Encounter 
sponsored  by  the 
National  American 
Guild  of  Organists  in  Baltimore  last 
summer.  She  was  also  the  featured  recitalist 
at  University  of  Arizona-Tucson  and  at  the 
Kansas  City  RLDS  Temple  last  spring. 

Dr.  Edward  Sullivan, 

associate  professor  of 
business  administration 
and  economics,  is  the 
faculty  coordinator 
of"  the  newly  formed 
Student  Advisory 
Board  for  the 
Department  of  Business  and  Economics. 
The  group  met  for  the  first  time  in 
September.  Among  its  objectives  are  to 
provide  feedback  and  advice  to  the 
department  on  curriculum,  course 
development,  and  operations;  to  assist  in 
the  recruitment  and  retention  of  majors; 
and  to  support  student  groups  associated 
with  the  department.  Members  of  the 
board  include  Melissa  Carvajal  '08,  Bailey 
Claeys  '07,  Aubrie  Ensinger  '06,  Christa 
Kolp  '06,  Karen  Nee  '06,  Megan  Pierce 
'08,  Alex  Reber  '06,  Jennifer  Wert  '08, 
and  Michael  Yannick  '06. 

Dr.  Rosa  Tezanos-Pinto,  associate  professor 
of  Spanish,  has  been  included  in  the  2005 
edition  of  Who's  Who  of  American  Women. 


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Members  of  the  sociology  senior  seminar  capstone 
class,  Amanda  Lubold  06  (left)  and  Lyndsy  Holton 
06,  conduct  an  ethnographic  field  study  in 
Kensington,  one  of  the  poorest  areas  in  Philadelphia. 


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J2     The  Valley 


IN  MEMORIAM 


Judge  John  Alden  Walter  '53,  H'06 

Judge  John  Alden  Walter  '53 

The  Honorable  John  Alden  Walter  '53,  H'06 

whom  the  Lebanon  Daily  News  hailed  as 
"one  of  the  best-loved  and  most  respected 
jurists  in  the  history  of  Lebanon  County" 
died  Dec.  18,  2005,  after  a  long  illness.  He 
was  74.  His  wife  of  48  years,  Patricia  Lutz 
Walter  '57,  was  by  his  side  at  Good 
Samaritan  Hospital,  Lebanon.  Walter 
was  also  one  of  Lebanon  Valley  College's 
warmest  friends  and  benefactors. 

When  he  was  a  student  at  the  Valley  in 
the  early  1950s,  he  was  named  "Mr.  LVC," 
and  it  was  a  role  he  never  relinquished. 
For  57  years,  Walter  served  LVC  with 
unparalleled  enthusiasm,  most  notably  as  a 
21 -year  member  of  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
where  he  served  on  the  advancement  and 
facilities  committees;  as  a  28-year  member 
and  past  president  of  the  Alumni  Council; 
as  a  major  benefactor;  and  as  an  avid 
Dutchmen  sports  fan. 

In  a  message  to  the  College  community. 
President  Stephen  MacDonald  wrote,  "John 
was  a  great  friend  and  tireless  advocate  of 
this  College,  which  he  served  selflessly.  The 
faculty  had  just  voted  to  award  John  the 
honorary  degree  of  doctor  of  humane 
letters,  which  we  were  all  looking  forward 
to  conferring  on  him  on  Founders  Day  in 
February.  We  will  miss  John  very  much." 
Pat  Walter  accepted  the  honor  posthumously 
for  her  husband  on  Founders  Day. 

The  retired  President  Judge  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Lebanon 
County  received  many  honors  from  the 
College.  In  2004,  LVC  created  The  Judge 
John  and  Pat  Walter  Society  to  recognize 


the  couple's  exemplary  generosity.  Society 
members  are  alumni  and  friends  who  have 
given  to  the  College  for  at  least  five  consec- 
utive years.  In  1990,  Walter  received  LVC's 
Distinguished  Alumnus  Award  for  out- 
standing service  to  his  college,  community, 
and  profession.  In  1996,  he  received  what 
he  called  one  of  his  "greatest  honors,"  the 
"Hot  Dog"  Frank  Athletic  Service  Award, 
named  after  his  friend,  Frank  Aftosmes. 

Walter's  passion  for  athletics  led  him  to 
serve  as  the  student  manager  of  the  great 
1952-53  basketball  team  that  made  it  to 
the  National  Collegiate  Athletic  Association 
round  of  16,  and  30  years  later  to  pick  up 
the  microphone  for  a  15-year  career  as  the 
colorful  play-by-play  public  address 
announcer  for  Dutchmen  home  basketball 
games.  "There's  a  lot  of  ham  in  me,"  Walter 
told  a  reporter  in  1992  who  wrote  about  his 
avocation  for  the  Lebanon  Daily  News. 
Walter's  booming  baritone  intoned  in 
January  1996,  "Dan  is  dandy  from  trip- 
stown,"  as  freshman  Dan  Strobeck  sunk  a 
three-pointer  early  in  the  game.  It  was 
Walter's  first  time  back  as  "the  voice  of  LVC 
basketball"  after  suffijring  the  stroke  in 
1995  that  had  led  to  his  retirement  from 
the  judicial  bench  a  few  weeks  before,  but 
his  love  of  words — just  one  of  his  many 
enthusiasms — and  his  positive  energy  were 
back  in  fijll  force. 

When  asked  how  he  was,  he  typically 
replied,  "Like  a  bearcat!" — hence  his  nick- 
name, "The  Bearcat."  The  scoreboard  in  the 
new  LVC  gymnasium  was  donated  by  the 
Walters,  and  is  just  one  small  part  of  their 
contributions  to  LVC.  The  Walters 
are  Lifetime  Vickroy  Society  Associates  in 
recognition  of  their  leadership  generosity. 

A  native  of  Lebanon,  Walter  was  born 
in  1931  to  a  family  with  deep  ties  to  LVC. 
His  parents,  the  late  Daniel  E.  and  Edith  V. 
Stager  Walter,  were  both  LVC  graduates. 
His  father  was  a  member  of  the  Class  of 
1918,  and  his  mother  graduated  three  years 
later  after  being  crowned  as  the  campus  May 
Queen.  Thirty-six  years  later,  his  mother 
was  on  hand  to  crown  her  son's  future  wife, 
Patricia  Lutz  of  Lititz,  as  the  1957  LVC 
May  Queen.  The  couple — he  was  Mr.  LVC 
and  she  was  Miss  Quittie — married  later 
that  year.  Walter  had  first  spotted  Pat,  a 
music  education  major,  at  a  basketball  game 
in  Lynch  Memorial  Hall  during  her  freshman 
year.  Two  years  later  on  the  same  spot,  Walter 
asked  her  to  be  his  wife.  When  Lynch  was 
remodeled  recently,  the  Walters  were  given  a 
piece  of  that  same  basketball  court  floor  to 


commemorate  their  devotion  to  one 
another  and  to  the  College. 

The  couple  moved  last  year  to  Cornwall 
Manor  after  being  longtime  residents  of  Mt. 
Gretna  and,  earlier,  Lebanon.  Two  of  their 
four  children  graduated  from  LVC,  Heather 
in  1985,  now  the  wife  of  David  BufFington; 
Heidi  in  1991,  now  the  wife  of  Kenneth 
Lockridge.  Walter  also  leaves  a  son,  John 
Daniel  "J.D.";  another  daughter,  Hope, 
wife  of  Robert  Bassett;  seven  grandchildren; 
and  his  sister,  Nellie  Walter  Eaton  '48.  Not 
only  was  his  sister  a  graduate  of  LVC, 
Walter  also  had  a  number  of  relatives  who 
attended  the  Valley,  including  two  uncles, 
two  aunts,  and  two  cousins. 

In  1949,  Walter  graduated  from 
Lebanon  High  School  and  earned  a  bachelor's 
degree  in  chemistry  at  LVC  four  years  later. 
In  addition  to  his  roles  as  "Mr.  LVC"  and 
basketball  manager,  he  was  a  class  officer. 
"He  was  involved  and  interested  in  every- 
thing in  college,"  said  his  friend  Betty 
Criswell  Hungerford  '54,  who  also  worked 
with  him  for  years  after  graduation  as  a 
leading  volunteer  at  the  College.  "That  same 
spirit  and  love  for  LVC  was  as  strong  then 
as  it  was  later.  LVC  was  his  heart  and  his 
home  .  .  .  next  to  his  Maker,  his  beloved 
Pat,  and  his  children,  he  loved  LVC  best." 

Walter's  leadership  roles  continued 
throughout  a  lifetime  of  community  service, 
but  he  switched  his  career  sights  from  sci- 
ence to  law  after  college.  After  serving  for 
three  years  in  the  U.S.  Navy,  he  entered  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  earned 
a  law  degree  in  1960.  Back  in  Lebanon,  he 
was  a  successfijl  partner  in  the  law  firm  of 
Egli,  Walter,  Reilly  and  Wolfson  for  nearly 
1 5  years  and  was  active  in  Democratic 
politics. 

Although  he  was  unsuccessful  in  his 
minority-party  bids  in  the  early  1960s  to 
become  director  of  Lebanon  City  Schools 
or  a  Lebanon  City  councilman  or  a  U.S. 
Congressman,  he  responded  to  the  losses 
with  characteristic  optimism.  "Each 
occasion  provided  me  with  tremendous 
experience,  which  money  otherwise  cannot 
buy,"  he  wrote. 

In  1975,  both  parties  supported  his 
appointment  to  an  unexpired  term  in  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  Lebanon 
County,  and  he  later  won  re-election  to 
retain  the  position.  From  1990  until  his 
retirement  in  1995,  he  served  as  president 
judge  of  the  court. 

A  memorial  service  was  held  Dec.  22  in 
Miller  Chapel  at  Lebanon  Valley  College. 


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IN  MEMORIAM 


Dr.  D.  Clark  Carmean  H'85  and  his 
wife,  Edna 

Dr.  Clark  Carmean  H'85 

Dr.  D.  Clark  Carmean  H'85,  who  with  his 

late  wife,  Edna,  enthusiastically  dedicated 
himself  to  generations  of  Lebanon  Valley 
College  students  and  was  deeply  loved  in 
return,  died  peacefully  in  his  sleep  on  Sept. 
14,  2005,  at  United  Christian  Church  Home 
in  North  AnnviUe.  The  dean  of  admission 
emeritus  and  former  music  professor  was 
101.  He  was  highly  regarded  on  campus  for 
his  generosity,  wisdom,  and  kindness. 

Carmean  was  born  May  22,  1904,  in 
Marysville,  Ohio.  His  long  association  with 
the  College  began  in  1933,  when  he  became 
an  instructor  of  music  education  and  string 
instruments.  He  went  on  to  serve  as  dean  of 
men  from  1935  to  1940  and  as  director  of 
admission  from  1949  to  1973.  Carmean,  an 
Ohio  Wesleyan  graduate,  received  his  master's 
degree  in  music  education  in  1932  from 
Columbia  Teachers  College  in  New  York  City. 

Long  after  he  retired  from  the  College  in 
the  early  1970s,  Carmean  was  still  sought 
after  for  his  advice.  Gregory  G.  Stanson  '63, 
LVC's  vice  president  for  enrollment  and 
student  affairs  and  a  member  of  the  class  of 
1963,  called  Carmean  his  mentor.  "He  was 
a  very  wise  person.  Clark  personified  all  the 
values  I  grew  up  with  at  home.  He  was  a 
great  role  model  for  generations  of  students." 

"The  College  was  really  his  life,"  said 
Robert  E.  Harnish,  retired  manager  of  the 
LVC  bookstore.  Harnish  remembers  that, 
even  after  they  retired,  Carmean  and  his 
wife,  Edna,  who  died  in  200 1 ,  would 
volunteer  in  the  College's  admission  office, 
handwriting  notes  to  encourage  students  to 
come  to  LVC.  Even  in  his  extreme  old  age, 
Harnish  said,  caregivers  at  United  Christian 


Church  Home  encouraged  their  staff  and 
visitors  to  speak  about  the  College  to 
Carmean  because  it  made  his  eyes  light  up. 

The  Carmeans  were  well  known  for 
opening  their  home  to  students,  both  as 
house  parents  in  the  1930s  in  a  men's 
dormitory  and  later  at  their  South  Annville 
home,  where  they  spent  50  years  and  avidly 
cultivated  extensive  gardens.  Their  home 
was  a  haven  for  many  students,  where 
they  ofi^ered  a  warm  fire  and  a  cup  of  hot 
chocolate  in  the  winter,  and  long  conversa- 
tions on  the  porch  in  the  warmer  months. 
Many  nights  the  students  gathered  around 
the  Carmean's  grand  piano  to  sing,  and 
social  gatherings  often  turned  into 
impromptu  concerts. 

In  an  article  in  the  Summer  1 992  issue 
of  The  Valley  magazine,  Edna  recalled, 
"Clark  was  teaching  in  the  Music 
Department  and  sometimes  he  would  bring 
a  whole  class  out.  We  usually  had  the  same 
menu — ham  and  string  beans  and  potatoes, 
cooked  in  the  fireplace  in  a  big  iron  kettle." 
Most  of  the  time,  everybody  would  end  up 
in  the  den,  a  converted  summerhouse  with 
a  huge  fireplace  that  took  six-foot  logs. 
Clark  remembered  in  the  same  article,  "We 
had  a  big  copper  coffeepot  made.  A  huge 
coffeepot,  held  55  cups.  We  put  that  on  a 
crane  in  the  fireplace.  It  would  swing  out, 
and  the  kids  would  pour  themselves  a  cup, 
and  then  swing  it  back  over  the  fire  again. 
They  loved  it  because  they  could  help 
themselves." 

To  provide  for  the  College  community 
to  which  they  were  devoted,  the  couple, 
who  had  no  children  of  their  own,  became 
members  of  the  College's  Laureate  Society, 
which  includes  those  who  have  given  in 
excess  of  $  1  million  to  the  College.  The 
Carmeans  also  donated  Cuewe-Pehelle,  the 
larger-than-life  bronze  statue  of  an 
Algonquin  Indian  woman  in  front  of 
Garber  Science  Center.  New  York  sculptor 
Audrey  Flack  created  the  statue  with  out- 
stretched arms  to  represent  the  welcoming 
spirit  of  the  Lebanon  Valley.  The  plaza  that 
surrounds  the  sculpture  was  named  in  the 
couple's  honor. 

As  honorary  co-chairs  of  Lebanon 
Valley  College's  TOWARD  2001  campaign, 
the  Carmeans  assisted  in  a  major  fimd-raising 
venture,  which  exceeded  its  goal  and  raised 
over  $23.9  million.  In  1977,  the  couple's 
love  of  music  led  them  to  endow  the 
Carmean  Distinguished  Chair  in  Music, 
and  in  1982,  to  establish  the  Carmean 
String  Ensemble  Scholarship. 


Carmean  served  12  years  on  the 
Annville  school  board  in  the  1950s  and 
1960s,  and  oversaw  the  building  of 
Annville-Cleona  High  School.  He  also 
taught  Sunday  school  at  Annville  United 
Methodist  Church  and,  along  with  his  wife, 
volunteered  at  Good  Samaritan  Hospital  in 
Lebanon.  Carmean  received  an  honorary 
doctorate  of  humane  letters  from  the 
College  in  1985.  His  wife  was  a  long-time 
staff  assistant  in  various  departments, 
including  music,  admission,  public 
relations,  and  the  president's  office.  She 
also  served  as  a  writer/editor  for  the 
Alumni  Review,  as  executive  secretary  for 
the  College's  centennial  celebration,  and 
was  the  College  historian. 

Although  Carmean  specified  before 
his  death  that  he  did  not  want  a  memorial 
service,  he  was  remembered  during  the  fall 
symphony  orchestra  concert. 


Dr.  Robert  S.  Davidon 

Dr.  Robert  S.  Davidon 

Dr.  Robert  S.  Davidon,  a  retired  chair  of 
the  Psychology  Department  at  Lebanon 
Valley  College,  died  Nov.  29,  2005,  in 
Cornwall  Manor.  He  was  86.  Highly 
respected  for  his  rigorous  intellectual 
standards,  Davidon  was  very  supponive  of 
students  and  an  "internationalist"  who  was 
deeply  interested  in  the  wider  world. 

"He  never  restricted  himself  in  any 
sense,"  recalls  Dr.  Arthur  Ford  '59,  an  LVC 
professor  emeritus  of  English,  "whether  it 
was  new  ideas  or  travel."  Ford  remembers 
Davidon  as  someone  who  "raised  the 
students  to  a  higher  level." 

Davidon  taught  at  LVC  from  1970  to 
1984,  and  was  given  emeritus  status  on  his 
retirement.  He  was  a  longtime  Mt.  Gretna 


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resident  before  moving  to  Cornwall  Manor 
with  his  wife  of  63  years,  Miriam  Boonin 
Davidon. 

Kristen  R.  Angstadt  74,  Ph.D.,  who  is 
now  a  trustee  at  LVC  and  supervisor  of 
pupil  services  for  Capital  Area  Intermediate 
Unit  #15,  also  deeply  appreciated  the  kind 
attentions  of  Davidon  and  the  good  prepa- 
ration she  received  in  her  discipline. 

"When  I  went  on  to  graduate  school  at 
the  University  of  Maryland,  I  was  so  well 
prepared.  The  other  students  would  ask, 
'Where  did  you  learn  how  to  do  that?'" 

Kathy  Kaylor  '80,  of  Annville,  was 
already  in  her  40s  when  she  was  studying 
for  her  psychology  degree.  "I  could  not 
have  asked  for  a  better  advisor.  Thanks  to 
him,  my  research  paper  was  published,  and 
I  felt  lucky  to  have  been  his  student." 

Dr.  Jean  O.  Love,  a  professor  emerita 
of  psychology,  remembers  that  Davidon, 
in  addition  to  his  work  teaching  and 
administering  the  Psychology  Department, 
was  a  social  leader  on  campus,  along  with 
his  wife.  "They  were  very  cosmopolitan," 
Love  said.  "He  and  Miriam  traveled  a  great 
deal  and  other  faculty  members  traveled 
with  them."  She  recalls  that  the  Davidons 
went  to  Egypt  and  also  to  China.  They  were 
also  active  in  the  French  Club,  and  enjoyed 
getting  to  know  people  from  other  countries, 
she  said.  Davidon  and  his  wife  spent  a  year 
in  Aix-en-Provence,  France,  in  the  early 
1970s,  and  he  studied  French  all  his  life. 

During  Davidon's  last  illness,  he 
received  a  letter  from  a  former  student  at 
Bryn  Mawr  College,  where  he  taught  for  17 
years  before  coming  to  LVC  in  1970.  "I'm 
sure  that  professors  rarely  know  whether  or 
not  their  teaching  made  a  difference.  I  just 
wanted  you  to  know  that  it  did.  A  lot." 

Born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  on  March  26, 
1919,  Davidon  was  a  U.S.  Army  veteran  of 
World  War  II  and  retired  as  a  lieutenant 
colonel  with  the  U.S.  Army  Reserves. 

He  was  a  graduate  of  the  University 
of  Illinois  and  received  his  master's  and 
doctoral  degrees  in  psychology  from  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania. 

Davidon  was  a  member  of  the  American 
Psychological  Association,  the  Mental 
Health  Association  of  Pennsylvania,  and 
Amnesty  International. 

Surviving  in  addition  to  his  wife  are 
two  sons,  Richard  B.  Davidon  and  Stephen 
J.  Davidon.  He  also  leaves  a  brother, 
William  C.  Davidon.  He  was  preceded  in 
death  by  another  brother,  Horace  N. 
Davidon. 


Richard  Alan  Joyce  Sr. 

Richard  Alan  Joyce  Sr. 

Richard  Alan  Joyce  Sr.,  a  professor  of 

European  history  at  LVC  for  32  years,  died 
peacefully  at  home  on  Dec.  30,  2005.  He 
was  75.  Joyce,  who  was  passionate  about 
French  history,  books,  and  ideas,  was  the 
quintessential  professor.  He  looked  the  part, 
with  his  beret,  his  ever-present  pipe,  which 
he  would  draw  on  while  reflecting,  and  his 
quizzically  raised  eyebrow,  directed  at  either 
students  or  colleagues  who  were  making 
what  he  considered  to  be  specious  arguments. 

"He  had  a  very  distinctive  personal  style," 
remembers  his  former  student.  Dr.  Kevin 
B.  Pry  '76,  now  an  assistant  English  professor 
at  LVC.  "He  had  a  twinkle  in  his  eye,  and 
he  looked  at  you  over  the  top  of  his  glasses. 
He  was  funny —  very  witty — and  he  was 
always  looking  for  students  who  wanted  to 
study  seriously.  He  loved  literature,  he 
loved  history,  and  that  enthusiasm  was  fun 
to  be  exposed  to.  He  always  expected  the 
history  majors  in  the  class  to  be  better  at 
the  game  than  anyone  else."  Pry  credits 
Joyce,  along  with  a  handful  of  other 
professors,  with  inspiring  him  to  go  on 
to  graduate  school  and  with  influencing 
his  own  personal  style  as  a  professor. 

"To  me,  Dick  was  a  pure  scholar," 
Dr.  John  D.  Norton  said  at  Joyce's  memorial 
service.  Norton,  an  LVC  political  science 
professor  who  once  shared  an  office  with 
Joyce,  continued:  "He  cared  far  more  for 
the  stuff  of  history  than  for  the  hurdles 
of  academia.  As  a  pure  scholar,  it  was  his 
subject  that  was  intrinsically  engrossing. 
History  was  not  a  vehicle  to  a  career;  it 
was  an  intricate  puzzle  we  wrestle  with  to 
understand  how  it  speaks  to  us.  More  than 
anything,  Dick  was  a  man  of  passions  and 
of  reason  and  of  the  struggle  between  them." 


What  triggered  those  passions  were 
words  or  phrases:  Richard  Nixon,  laissez- 
faire  capitalism,  conservative  Republicans, 
or  power  and  greed,  Norton  said. 

Joyce  was  granted  the  emeritus  status 
when  he  retired  in  1998.  A  devoted  family 
man,  he  is  survived  by  his  wife  of  46  years, 
Joan  Hogan  Joyce;  his  son,  Richard  A. 
Joyce  Jr.,  Esq.;  two  daughters,  Alberta  M. 
Joyce  Bell,  wife  of  Michael  L.  Bell,  and 
Cecily  D.  Joyce;  his  grandchildren,  Alarice 
R.D.  Joyce,  Pierson  A.S.  Bell,  Ariella  E.M. 
Bell,  and  Nicholas  M.A.  Bell;  a  brother, 
Walter  E.  Joyce;  and  a  sister,  Mary  R.  Joyce. 

Joyce  graduated  from  Lowell  High 
School  in  San  Francisco  and  from  Yale 
University  with  a  bachelor's  degree  in 
history.  He  earned  a  master's  degree  in 
history  from  San  Francisco  State  and 
completed  doctoral  courses  at  New  York 
University.  He  was  active  in  the  Democratic 
Party  and  taught  religious  education  classes 
at  the  former  St.  Gregory  the  Great 
Catholic  Church  in  Lebanon. 


Dr  TedD.  Keller  '48 

Dr.  Theodore  "Ted" 
Keller  '48 

Ted  D.  Keller  '48,  a  professor  emeritus  of 
English  who  taught  at  Lebanon  Valley 
College  for  15  years,  died  Oct.  11,  2005. 
He  was  79.  Keller  served  the  College  in 
many  ways;  along  with  being  an  assistant 
professor  of  English,  he  was  also  the  dean 
of  men  and  assisted  with  the  Wig  and 
Buckle  Dramatic  Society's  performances. 
After  graduating  from  Lebanon  High 
School  in  1944,  Keller  joined  the  U.S. 
Army  and  served  in  World  War  II.  A 
member  of  the  1st  Division  Infantry 


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during  the  Central  Europe  and  Rhineland 
campaign,  Keller  was  wounded  and  shipped 
home  to  California,  where  he  finished  the 
remainder  of  his  time  in  the  service. 

Following  his  graduation  from  LVC, 
Keller  studied  at  Columbia  University, 
receiving  his  master's  degree  in  English. 
In  1949,  he  returned  to  LVC  as  a  professor. 
Keller  went  on  to  become  acting  dean  of 
men  in  1953,  a  position  that  would  later 
become  his  until  1957.  It  was  during  the 
1957-58  school  year  that  Keller  became 
the  first  professor  to  take  a  leave  under  the 
College's  new  sabbatical  program.  Keller 
used  the  year  to  continue  his  post-graduate 
studies  at  Columbia  University. 

In  1955,  one  of  his  former  students 
wrote: 

As  a  man  who  has  influenced,  directed, 
and  inspired  countless  students  outside  as  well 
as  inside  his  classes,  and  as  one  who  has 
understood  and  helped  us  regardless  of  his 
time  and  energies  which  he  gave  abundantly 
to  all,  and,  as  far  as  I  know  continues  to  do 
so,  I  would  like  to  nominate  Ted  Keller  as  one 
ofLVC's  outstanding  individuals  and  one  of 
their  truly  great  men. 

Keller  remrned  to  LVC  after  his  sabbatical 
and  continued  to  teach  here  until  1965,  when 
he  moved  to  East  Stroudsburg  State  College 
(now  ESU),  where  he  finished  his  teaching 
career  in  1988.  He  remained  involved  with 
the  LVC  community  and  donated  generously 
to  the  College  over  the  last  10  years.  In 
honor  of  Keller,  his  lifelong  companion, 
Arthur  E.  Arnold  II,  donated  $40,000  to 
establish  the  Ted  Keller  Theater  Fund  to 
help  Wig  and  Buckle  with  its  productions. 


Marion  Hess  Kolb  '26  died  Aug.  13, 
2005,  in  San  Francisco,  Calif  Marion 
served  as  head  registrar  at  LVC.  After  her 
retirement,  she  moved  to  San  Francisco, 
where  she  was  active  in  various  women's 
clubs  and  served  as  an  usherette  at  Giants 
games  at  Candlestick  Park. 

Marian  Heaps  Cote  '30  died  Nov.  9, 
2005,  in  York.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
Delta  Kappa  Gamma  Honorary  Teacher's 
Organization  and  received  a  Fulbright  grant 
to  study  German  at  the  Goethe  Institute  of 
Munich,  Germany.  Marian  was  a  retired 
teacher  for  the  Penns  Grove  High  School  in 
New  Jersey,  where  she  taught  German  and 
biology. 

Gerald  B.  Russell  '35  died  Nov.  26, 
2005,  in  Annapolis,  Md.  He  was  an  army 
officer  during  World  War  II  and  retired  as  a 
reserve  colonel.  He  received  many  awards, 
including  the  U.S.  Army  Legion  of  Merit, 
Department  of  Defense  Distinguished 
Civilian  Service  Award,  Department  of 
Army  Decoration  for  Exceptional  Civilian 
Service,  Lebanon  Valley  College  Alumni 
Award,  Order  of  the  British  Empire, 
Philippine  Legion  of  Honor,  Republic  of 
China  Order  of  the  Cloud  and  Banner,  and 
Pennsylvania  Distinguished  Service  Medal. 

WiUiam  H.  Zierdt  Jr.  '37  died  Sept.  1, 
2005,  in  Lancaster,  at  the  age  of  91.  He 
served  in  World  War  II  and  in  North  Africa 
and  Italy  with  the  National  Guard.  William 
managed  the  Fifth  Army  printing  plant  at 
Fon  Knox,  Ky.  Following  retirement  from 
the  military,  he  became  editor  oi Army 
Reserve  Magazine  and  chief  of  information 
for  the  U.S.  Army  Reserve  at  the  Pentagon. 

Merie  S.  "Muzz"  Bacastow  '39,  M.D., 
died  Sept.  2,  2005,  in  Scarborough,  Maine, 
at  the  age  of  87.  He  served  as  a  captain  in 
the  U.S.  Army  Medical  Corps.  He  was 
director  of  medical  education  at  Methodist 
Hospital,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  and  director  of 
medical  education  at  the  Maine  Medical 
Center  in  Portland.  He  is  survived  by  a 
brother,  Richard  I.  Bacastow  '47  of  Hershey. 

Margaret  Boyd  Fauber  '41  died  Oct. 
5,  2005,  in  Manheim,  at  the  age  of  85.  She 
served  on  the  Meals  on  Wheels  board  for 
the  Manheim  area,  and  won  many  awards 
for  her  knitting  in  Pennsylvania  state 
competitions.  She  is  survived  by  her 
husband,  Joseph  W.  Fauber  '41,  and  a 
daughter,  Stephanie  J.  Fauber  '69. 


Dr.  William  H.  Schindel  '45  died 
May  2,  2005,  in  Dallas,  Texas,  at  the  age  of 
81.  He  established  his  own  medical  practice 
in  rheumatology  in  Dallas  in  1967. 

Nancy  Saurman  Withers  '47  died 
Nov.  23,  2005,  in  Miami,  Fla.  She  was  an 
avid  bridge  player  and  a  member  of  several 
book  clubs.  Nancy  is  survived  by  her 
husband,  Edward  Withers  '44. 

Robert  K.  Bowman  Sr.  '50  died 
Aug.  9,  2005,  in  Lebanon,  at  the  age  of  76. 
During  his  39-year  career  with  the  Lebanon 
School  Distria,  he  served  as  a  football  coach, 
guidance  counselor,  and  director  of  pupil, 
personnel,  and  staff  services.  Robert  also 
served  as  the  announcer  at  the  Lebanon 
Cedars'  home  football  games,  as  well  as 
writer  of  the  column  "Cedar  Sidelights," 
which  appeared  in  the  Lebanon  Daily  News. 

Clifford  J.  Light  '50  died  Nov  21, 
2005,  in  Lebanon,  at  the  age  of  81.  He  was 
a  U.S.  Army  veteran  of  World  War  II  and 
retired  controller  of  the  former  Lebanon 
Chemical  Company. 

Edward  H.  Walton  '53  died  Nov.  14, 
2005,  in  Fairfield,  Conn.  He  served  in  the 
U.S.  Army  Finance  Corps  during  the  Korean 
War.  Edward's  true  passion  was  for  baseball 
and  the  Boston  Red  Sox.  He  coached  little 
league  and  was  a  baseball  historian.  He  was 
the  only  person  to  reverse  a  standing  record 
in  the  Baseball  Hall  of  Fame  when  he 
discovered  that  Tris  Speaker  had  actually  hit 
one  more  home  run  than  was  officially 
credited  to  him.  In  addition  to  being  a 
member  of  the  selection  committee  for  the 
Boston  Red  Sox  Hall  of  Fame,  he  authored 
three  books  on  the  Boston  Red  Sox:  This 
Date  in  Boston  Red  Sox  History,  Red  Sox 
Triumphs  and  Tragedies,  and  The  Rookies. 

The  Rev.  Richard  "Dick"  Leonard  '56 

died  Nov  11,  2005,  in  Reynoldsburg, 
Ohio.  He  was  a  retired  United  Methodist 
minister  with  A6  years  of  service  to  churches 
in  the  Central  Pennsylvania  Conference. 
He  was  a  member  of  Rotary  International, 
American  Guild  of  Organists,  and  The  Boy 
Scouts  of  America. 

Robert  E  Koch  Jr.  '64  died  Aug.  11, 
2005,  in  York,  at  the  age  of  62.  He  was  a 
U.S.  Army  veteran  of  the  Vietnam  War, 
had  been  employed  as  a  school  counselor 
at  the  York  County  Vocational-Technical 
School,  and  was  a  member  of  the  York 
Chorus  for  more  than  20  years. 


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