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Winter  1986-87 


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Lebanon  Valley  College  Magazine 


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Wedding  Memories 


Off  to  See  the  Orient 


From  the  President 


Bugs  Bunnv,  that  popular  cartoon  character 
of  yesteryear  was  famous  for  the  quotation 
"'What's  up  Doc?"'  When  I  answer  that 
querry  lately,  I  am  happy  to  say  that  much  is 
new  at  LVC  this  year:  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
million  dollars  worth  of  new  computers  for 
student  and  administrative  use;  the  addition 
of  more  than  eighty  acres  to  our  campus; 
newly  refurbished  dormitories;  new  faculty 
and  staff;  and  of  course  a  great  new  class  of 
superior  students. 

Equally  important  is  the  new  spirit  of  en- 
thusiasm and  excitement  borne  of  the  pride 
over  past  accomplishments  of  distinguished 
alumni,  the  promise  of  recent  graduates  and 
current  students  and  the  overwhelming  ap- 
proval of  academic  innovations  and  upgraded 
co-curricular  programs,  including  LVC's  in- 
tercollegiate athletics. 

This  new  "esprit  de  corps"  produced  a 
magnificent  setting  for  our  Homecoming 
events  on  October  V,  18  and  19.  Throughout 
the  fun-filled  Saturday  "Campus  Carnival," 
the  hard-fought  afternoon  football  game  and 
the  inspiring  interdenominational  church  ser- 
vice on  Sunday,  LVC  alumni,  students, 
parents,  faculty,  staff  and  friends  joined  their 
hearts  and  voices  in  a  way  that  was 
marvelous  to  behold. 

This  new  "esprit  de  corps,"  so  clearly  pre- 
sent during  Homecoming,  is  but  further 
evidence  that  our  beloved  College  is  moving 
onward  and  upward  in  every  way  to  better 


serve  our  mission  as  an  educational  institu- 
tion and  as  a  community  resource. 

If  you  have  not  yet  reviewed  the  1985-86 
President's  Annual  Report  of  Lebanon  Vallev 
College,  I  hope  that  vou  will  take  a  few 
moments  soon  to  do  so.  This  report  of  the 
1985-86  academic  year  will  arm  you  with  ad- 
ditional, persuasive  data  through  which  you 
can  encourage  promising  students  to 
matriculate  at  our  fine  institution.  Addi- 
tionally, I  hope  the  report  will  strengthen 
vour  resolve  to  continue  to  support  the  Col- 
lege financially  to  the  extent  that  you  are  able. 

Time  passes  so  rapidly.  It  seems  as  if  the 
school  year  has  just  begun  and  already  the 
holidavs  approach.  Connie  and  I  join  the  en- 
tire Lebanon  Vallev7  College  family  in  wishing 
you  a  happv,  healthv  and  prosperous  New 
\ear. 

Sincerely, 

Arthur  L.  Peterson 


™E\4dlev 

Lebanon  Valley  College  Magazine 


Vol.  3,  Number  4 
Winter  1986 


Editor,  Maril  A.  Weister 
Assistant  Editor,  John  B.  Deamer 
Student  Assistant,  Melissa  J.  Huffman  '88 
Photographer,  Glen  O.  Gray  '77 

Director  of  Alumni  Services 
Frank  A.  Tavani  76 

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Table  of  Contents 


4       Wedding  Memories  by  M.  A.  Weister 

the  September  wedding  of  an  LVC  graduate  takes  Glenn  and  Carolyn 
Woods  on  a  "tourists'  delight  trip"  to  Italy 


7       Dreams  Come  True  bv  Scott  Kirk  '87 

the  legacv  of  Marv  McCurdv  Graham  30  helps  two  current  students 


9       Education  and  the  Passion  for  Seeking  Justice 

LVC's  new  dean,  Dr.  William  J.  McGill,  speaks  on  the  ultimate  purpose 
of  higher  education 


11        Of  f  to  See  the  Orient  by  Carl  P.  Ehrhart  and  M .  A .  Weister 
the  "LVC  architect"  says  farewell  to  education 


12       Campus  Update 


15        Faculty  Profile 


16       Alumni  News 


18        Sports 


19        Classnotes 


Master  Series  1986-87 


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Wedding  Memories 

the  September  wedding  of  an  LVC  graduate  takes  Glenn 
and  Carolyn  Woods  on  a  "tourists'  delight"  trip  to  Italy 

by  M.  A.  Weister 

For  most  of  us,  attending  a  wedding  is  a  rather  simple  affair.  We 
get  in  the  car  and  drive  to  it  —  in  minutes  or  a  few  hours. 

Not  so,  for  Glenn  Woods,  associate  professor  of  English.  He 
took  a  plane,  a  train,  a  jet  foil  across  the  English  Channel,  two 
taxi  rides,  a  private  car  and  a  bus  .  .  .  and  finally  arrived,  ten 
days  later,  at  the  wedding  in  Latina,  Italy. 

He  traveled  with  his  wife,  Carolyn,  Carl  and  Mary  Gacono, 
and  Pastor  Earl  Zellers  and  his  wife,  Arlene,  of  Annville,  to  the 
wedding  of  Leon  Van  Keulen  '82,  a  native  of  Holland,  who  mar- 
ried Nadia  Mari,  of  Italy,  on  September  6,  1986. 

Glenn  met  Leon,  a  foreign  languages  major,  through  English 
composition  class  in  1978.  Previously,  Leon  had  been  improving 
his  knowledge  of  English  at  Annville- Cleona  High  School.  It  was 
the  Gaconos,  Leon's  American  host  family,  who  convinced  him 
that  enrolling  at  LVC  might  be  more  beneficial  to  him. 

When  Leon's  parents  from  Holland  came  to  visit,  Glenn  took 
Leon  and  his  parents  on  a  campus  tour  which  included  a  "no  ap- 
pointment" introduction  to  President  Frederick  Sample.  It  was 
then  that  Leon's  parents  gave  their  blessing  for  their  son  to  attend 
Lebanon  Valley. 

"The  trip  was  like  visiting  family, 
because  everywhere  we  visited  we 
saw  memorabilia  of  Lebanon  Valley 
College  that  Leon  had  sent  to  his 
family  and  friends,"  said  Glenn. 


"They  were  quite  pleased  that,  as  people  from  the  outside,  they 
could  meet  the  President  of  the  College,"  said  Glenn. 

Leon  graduated  in  1982  with  a  degree  in  international 
business,  and  flew  home  to  Veldhoven,  Holland.  Piet  Van 
Keulen,  Leon's  brother  also  graduated  from  LVC  in  1982  with  a 
degree  in  business  administration. 

{ llenn  was  delighted  that  he  received  an  invitation  to  the  wed 
ding,  as  did  the  Gaconos  and  Zellers.  After  much  convincing  by 
the  other  invitees,  Glenn  decided  to  make  the  trip  in  spite  of  the 
beginning  of  the  school  year. 

The  group  flew  to  London  on  August  25,  and  traveled  by  jet 
foil  across  the  English  Channel,  then  by  train  to  Brussels.  That 
was  the  start  of  "a  trip  like  I  could  never  imagine"  said  Glenn. 

The  group  was  met  at  the  train  station  in  Brussels  by  Frank 
Grilli,  whom  Glenn  and  his  wife  knew  from  LVC. 

Frank  had  come  to  LVC  in  1980  as  the  bodyguard  of  young 
Giovanni  Ferrero,  whose  family  owns  a  large  European  chocolate 
and  confectionary  firm  that  produces  liquer-filled  chocolate  can- 
dies in  Europe  and  breath  mints  here  in  the  U.S. 

Giovanni  was  visiting  Hershey  Chocolate  Company  for  the 
family  business,  and  staying  in  Wagner  House  on  the  LVC  cam- 
pus. Many  threats  of  kidnapping  at  home  made  it  necessary  for 
Giovanni  to  travel  with  a  bodyguard.  Glenn  tutored  Giovanni  in 
English  while  he  was  here,  and  the  three  became  friends. 

"Frank  had  hired  two  taxis  to  take  us  sightseeing  in  Brussels," 
said  Glenn,  "and  we  visited  lace  and  chocolate  shops,  which 
Belgium  is  known  for." 


Leon  and  Maria  Van  Keulen  strike  an  impromptu  pose  outside  the  Italian  abbey  for 
photographer  Mary  Ann  Gacono  of  Annville,  PA.  The  newly-weds  met  in  a  summer  French 
class  while  Maria  was  studying  to  get  her  Ph.D.  in  languages  from  the  University  of  Rome. 
Currently,  Leon  and  Maria  live  in  Holland,  where  Leon  works  for  Pinta,  a  Dutch  company'  that 
sells  milk  products  in  Holland  and  other  countries. 


"The  day  ended  with  dinner  at  a  small  restaurant.  When  we  arrived,  we 
discovered  that  the  entire  place  had  been  reserved  for  only  us  through 
Frank  by  the  Ferrero  family"  recalls  Glenn.  Leon's  parents  and  four  of  his 
relatives  had  also  been  invited. 

"The  women  were  given  nosegays  of  fresh  flowers  by  Mrs.  Ferrero's 
secretary,  Elizabeth  Jackson,"  said  Glenn. 

Elizabeth,  who  is  British,  had  been  the  family's  correspondent  with  Her- 
shey and  LVC  during  Giovanni's  stay  here.  Mrs.  Ferrero  and  Elizabeth 
became  close  friends  while  Giovanni  attended  LVC,  and  Elizabeth  stayed 
as  Mrs.  Ferrero's  personal  secretary  after  Giovanni  completed  his  six-month 
stay  at  the  College. 


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Glenn  and  Carolvn  visited  the  ruins  of  the  Temple  of  Apollo  in  Pompeii-  The  eruption  of  Mt. 
Vesuvius  in  79  AD.  burned  the  citv. 


St.  Peter's  Cathedral  in  Rome  web  also  on  the  pre-wedding  tour.  Visitors  must  be  properlv 
clothed  for  visits,  says  Glenn.  Men  in  summer  shorts  are  not  allowed  to  enter  the  cathedral- 


Windmills  grace  the  countryside  around 
Veldhoven,  Holland. 


During  dinner,  which  lasted  from  8:00  p.m.  to  1:30  a.m. 
everyone  was  presented  with  gilts  from  the  Ferrero  family. 

"I  can't  figure  out  how  they  did  it,"  said  Glenn,  "because  each 
of  our  gilts  was  some  item  that  we'd  admired  during  the  shop- 
ping trip.  Frank  was  with  us  during  the  trip,  but  nothing  was 
bought  that  we  saw.  My  wife,  who  collects  dolls,  received  a  lovely 
doll  dressed  in  Belgium  lace  that  she  had  admired.  It  felt  to  me 
like  a  "Thank  You'  for  all  that  LVC  had  done  for  the  Ferrero  fami- 

iy" 

After  the  dinner,  the  travelers  were  driven  to  Heeze,  Holland, 
to  stay  with  the  bridegroom's  parents  while  sightseeing  and 
waiting  for  the  wedding  trip  to  Italy  to  begin. 

"We  were  lucky  to  have  visited  Paris  when  we  did  because  it 
was  just  two  days  before  the  September  1  terrorist  bombing  ol 
portions  of  the  city,"  said  Glenn. 

Piet's  in-laws  paid  for  the  six-hour  trip,  during  which  Glenn 
and  the  others  saw  Notre  Dame  and  the  Eiffel  Tower.  The  stay  in 
Paris  lasted  six  hours  and  then  it  was  back  to  Heeze  for  the 
"Brabantse  Dag"  festival. 

Named  for  the  region  of  Holland,  the  one-day  festival  included 
a  local  art  and  craft  show  and  a  three-hour  parade  with  twenty- 
nine  divisions. 

"The  theme  was  holidays  of  the  year,"  remembers  Glenn,  "and 
in  the  parade  was  one  of  the  most  beautiful  working  carousels 
I've  ever  seen." 

Finally,  the  day  arrived  to  leave  for  the  wedding.  The  group  — 
which  now  numbered  twenty-seven  with  Leon's  friends  and 
relatives  included  —  set  out  on  a  two-day  journey  via  chartered 
bus  that  included  an  overnight  stay  in  Austria.  The  group  had 
been  joined  bv  Carl  Gacono,  Jr. ,  who  was  a  psychology  major  at 
LVC,  and  is  now  a  Ph.D.  candidate,  and  his  sister  Mary  Ann. 

On  September  2,  the  group  arrived  in  Latina,  a  small  city 
located  south  of  Rome  on  the  Mediterranean  Sea,  and  home  of 
the  bride's  parents.  The  busload  of  travelers  stayed  at  the  Hotel 
Europa,  visited  with  the  bride's  parents  and  went  sightseeing.  A 
friend  of  Nadia's  who  knew  English  and  Italian  was  their  guide 
and  took  them  to  Pompeii,  the  Italian  Riviera,  and  to  Rome, 
where  they  saw  The  Colosseum  and  St.  Peter's  Basilica. 

On  the  wedding  day,  Nadia's  parents  held  a  morning  reception 
at  their  home  that  included  Italian,  Dutch  and  American  guests. 

The  reception  lasted  until  11  a.m.,  when  the  guests  traveled  to 
a  12th  century  abbey  on  a  mountain  in  Sermonetta,  for  the  wed- 
ding ceremony. 

"The  Italian  ceremony  is  slightly  different  from  ours,"  recalls 
Glenn.  "There  are  no  attendants,  and  the  bride  and  groom  meet 
in  the  back  of  the  church  and  walk  up  the  aisle  together." 

Following  the  full  Mass  ceremony,  the  guests  traveled  to  a  12th 
century  village  atop  a  neighboring  mountain  for  the  reception. 

"The  road  up  the  mountain  was  so  narrow  that  the  bus  had  to 
back  down  to  park  after  dropping  us  off,"  said  Glenn. 

The  12th  century  fortress  now  contains  a  restaurant;  it  was 
there  that  the  wedding  guests  were  treated  to  a  sumptuous  feast 
of  Italian  dishes  including  beef,  ham,  chicken,  lamb,  rabbit  and 
pasta. 

"During  the  reception  there  was  no  band  like  we  traditionally 
have  in  the  U.S.,  but  a  lot  of  spontaneous  singing,"  said  Glenn. 

The  reception  lasted  until  6  p.m.  when  everyone  retired  to  the 
Mari's  condominium  to  watch  the  couple  open  gifts.  To  keep 


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Yes,  the  Colosseum  in  Rome  .  .  . 

with  the  tradition  of  giving  something  from  their  region  of  the 
country,  Glenn  and  his  wife  gave  the  newlyweds  a  Pennsylvania 
German  house  blessing  hex  sign  and  a  set  of  Pfaltzgraff 
placemats.  The  Gaconos  presented  them  with  a  print  depicting  a 
Pennsylvania  Dutch  farm  scene  by  Annville  artist  Bruce 
Johnson.  Once  the  gifts  were  opened,  the  guests  went  dancing  in 
an  outdoor  cafe  in  Latina  until  after  midnight. 

"The  following  day  we  held  to  a  leisurely  pace  and  spent  the 
afternoon  in  the  only  Italian  cafe  we  could  find  open,"  said 
Glenn.  "And  after  that  came  more  shopping  and  the  two-day  trip 
back  to  Heeze.  We  took  along  the  gifts  for  the  newlyweds  since 
they  would  be  living  in  Holland  after  their  honeymoon." 

"The  trip  was  like  visiting  family,  because  everywhere  we 
visited  we  saw  memorabilia  of  Lebanon  Valley  College  that  Leon 
had  sent  to  his  family  and  friends." 

All  in  all,  says  Glenn,  it  was  "a  trip  that  could  not  be 
duplicated."  |V/»| 


.  and  the  Eiffel  Tower  were  on  the  tour. 


The  wedding  travelers  strike  a  pose  to  record  their  big  trip.  Left  to  right:  Mary  Ann  Gacono,  V. 
Carl  Gacono,  Mary  Gacono,  Father  Anselmo,  Carolyn  Woods,  Glenn  Woods,  Arlene  Zellers 
and  Pastor  Earl  Zellers. 


Chef  Jean-Pol  Salteur,  Frank  Grilli,  and  Elizabeth  Jackson  made  everyone  welcome 
with  a  "for-you-only"  dinner  at  Le  Ventribus  restaurant. 


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Dreams  Come  True 


the  legacy  of  Mary  McCurdy  Graham  '30 
helps  LVC's  future  biologists 

by  Scott  Kirk  '87 

Sometimes,  parents  aren't  the  only  ones  that  help  students  pay 
for  college.  Alumni,  through  the  contribution  of  scholarships, 
have  made  the  difference  for  many  students  who  otherwise  could 
not  have  fulfilled  their  educational  goals. 

John  Malloy,  of  Sharon  Hill,  PA,  and  Camille  DeClementi,  of 
Tuckerton,  NJ,  are  two  such  freshmen  who  have  come  closer  to 
their  goals,  thanks  to  the  LVC  Graham  Scholarships  in  biology. 
The  $7500  scholarship  that  each  has  received  has  made  their 
studies  at  Lebanon  Valley  College  a  reality. 

After  graduating  from  Academy  Park  High  School  last  year, 
John  knew  that  he  wanted  to  study  in  the  oral  surgery  field.  His 
biology  teacher,  Ed  Lauginiger,  had  introduced  him  to  that  field. 
But  he  hadn't  decided  where  to  further  his  study,  or  how  to 
finance  his  education. 

John's  academic  achievements  helped  provide  the  answers.  He 
had  received  several  awards  in  high  school  for  high  scores  on 
standardized  tests  and  was  a  member  of  the  National  Honor 
Society.  These  achievements,  combined  with  teacher  recommen- 
dations, helped  John  win  his  Graham  scholarship  from  LVC. 

"Lebanon  Valley  was  the  first  college  I  really  talked  to,  and  I 
really  wanted  to  come  here,"  John  said.  "I  liked  the  personal  let- 
ters I  received,  the  professors  I  met,  and  the  equipment  in  the 
biology  department.  The  scholarship  made  it  possible  for  me  to 
come  to  LVC." 

After  completing  his  studies  here,  John  hopes  to  go  to  medical 
school,  either  at  Temple  University  or  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. And  his  career  goal?  "I'm  considering  maxillo  facial 
prosthodontics  now,"  he  said.  "It's  the  use  of  plastics  and  steel  to 
rebuild  jaws  and  mouths."  Malloy  added  that  although  that 
career  ambition  is  tentative,  he's  convinced  he  wants  to  enter  a 
health  care  career. 

The  other  recipient,  Camille  DeClementi,  said  the  scholarship 
brings  her  one  step  closer  to  becoming  a  veterinarian  —  her  life 
ambition. 

"Cami"  admits  that  what  originally  attracted  her  to  LVC  was 
the  small  school  atmosphere.  Now  that  she's  a  freshman,  it's 
become  more  valuable  to  her  education  than  ever. 

"It's  what  I  expected,"  she  said.  "I  have  more  personal  contact 
here  with  the  professors  —  they  care.  You  can  always  get  them  to 
help  you  if  you  need  them." 

As  part  of  her  preparation  for  study  in  veterinary  medicine 
(which  she  hopes  to  continue  at  either  Cornell  or  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania),  Cami  is  currently  taking  courses  in  biology, 
chemistry,  calculus  and  honors  communications.  Although  she 
admits  that  not  all  of  these  areas  interest  her,  she  does  see  merit 
in  studying  them. 

"In  biology,  for  instance,  we're  learning  about  photosynthesis. 
I  don't  hate  plants,  but  I'm  more  interested  in  animals.  I  know 
that  it's  just  something  you  have  to  learn  in  biology.  You  have  to 
have  the  general  before  you  can  get  more  in-depth  for  pre-med. 
education,"  she  said. 


Both  John  and  Cami  share  an  interest  in  professions  that  re- 
quire graduate-level  training.  In  preparing  for  that  training,  each 
has  acknowledged  that  their  biology  scholarship  provides  the 
means  to  an  end.  But  where  did  that  means  come  from? 

The  scholarship  is  named  after  the  late  Mary  E.  McCurdy 
Graham,  an  LVC  alumna  from  the  class  of  1930,  who  was  a 
biology  major.  An  active  participant  in  extra-curricular  activities 
during  her  college  years,  Mary  believed  in  Lebanon  Valley  Col- 


For  Mary  McCurdy  30,  nothing  was 
as  important  as  biology 


lege,  and  returned  to  her  Alma  Mater  frequently. 

Irene  Peter  '30,  her  former  roommate,  noted  that  Mary  was 
very  interested  in  her  studies.  "She  was  always  broadening  her 
horizons,"  Irene  said.  "LVC  meant  everything  to  her." 

Although  Irene,  as  a  former  history  major,  knew  little  of  Mary's 
biology  studies,  she  was  able  to  recount  much  of  Mary's  social  life 
at  LVC.  "She  was  involved  in  anything  [any  extra-curricular  ac- 
tivity] that  came  down  the  pike.  Whatever  there  was  to  do,  she 
was  in  it,"  Irene  said.  Mary's  college  activities  included  women's 
basketball,  the  class  play,  class  officer,  and  advertising  for  the  col- 
lege yearbook . 

"She  had  a  lot  of  friends,"  Irene  continued.  "Mary  had  'per- 
sonality plus.'  She  could  walk  into  a  room,  and  people  would 
notice.  Sine  was  well-informed  —  she  knew  what  was  going  on  in 


At  a  luncheon  to  honor  1986-87  scholarship  recipients,  John  and  Cami  met  and 
talked  with  Mildred  Myers  30,  Mary's  friend.  Front  row,  left  to  right:  Cami 
Declementi,  Graham  Scholarship  recipient;  Maria  DeMario;  Dr.  Paul  Wolf,  biology 
professor,  and  his  wife,  Martha.  Back  row,  left  to  right:  Amy  Paszycowski;  Miss 
Mildred  Myers  '30,  friend  of  Mary  McCurdy  Graham;  Scott  Sturgess;  and  )ohn 
Malloy,  Graham  Scholarship  recipient. 


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The  1930  Quittapahilla  describes  Mary 
as  "popular"  and  "a  real  success  as  Quit- 
tapahilla advertising  manager." 


MARY  EMERSON  McCURDY,  New  York,  N.Y. 
Biology  Clionian 

"Ah,  youth!  forever  dear,  forever  kind.  " 
Mary  is  one  of  the  popular  co-eds  on  our  campus.  Ability 
and  personality  make  her  interesting  and  attractive.  Her  natural 
vivacity  is  just  as  apparent  when  she  is  working  in  "Lab"  as 
having  a  date  with  "Chubby."  Hush!  suppose  her  other  ad- 
mirers were  to  hear!  "Snapper's"  extremely  good  dancing  em- 
phasizes her  gracefulness.  She  delights  in  dancing  and  it  is  just 
one  of  the  many  things  she  does  well.  Her  participation  in 
activities  on  the  campus  have  been  many  and  varied,  and  show 
the  wide  range  of  her  abilities.  Much  credit  is  due  her  on  her 
real  success  as  advertising  manager  of  this  publication.  Not  only 
is  it  an  unusual  position  for  a  girl,  but  she  has  surpassed  the 
records  of  men  of  previous  years  and  set  one  of  her  own.  Mary 
has  moved  from  place  to  place  so  often  that  she  may  claim  she 
knows  somebody  everywhere;  however,  she  always  finds  her  way 
back  to  her  home  city,  New  York,  which  seems  to  have  imbued 
her  with  some  of  its  strength  and  vitality. 

College:  La  Vie  Collegienne  (2). 

Class:  Basketball  (1,  2,  3);  Vice-President  (2):  Class  Play  (3): 
Advertising  Manager  of  "Quittie"  (3). 

Society:  Usher  (2). 


Mary  has  left  a  priceless  legacy  to 
future  biologists  at  LVC. 


the  world,  although  she  was  a  little  more  idealistic  than  what  the 
average  person  was." 

After  Mary  graduated  from  LVC,  she  received  her  master's 
degree  in  biology  from  Temple  University.  According  to  Mary's 
friend  Mildred  Myers  '30,  Mary  continued  to  share  her  en- 
thusiasm for  her  subject  and  for  education  as  a  teacher,  spending 
25  years  in  the  Lower  Merion  School  District  in  Ardmore,  Penn- 
sylvania. For  several  years,  she  also  taught  graduate  courses  in 
biology  at  Temple. 

As  can  be  expected,  Mary  made  a  number  of  friends  in  her  26 
years  of  teaching.  William  White,  a  former  student  of  Mary's  and 
the  co-executor  of  her  estate,  became  her  lifelong  friend.  Bill 
noted  Mary's  intense  interest  in  her  subject. 


"Nothing  else  was  as  important  as  biology,"  Bill  remembers. 
"Mary  kept  you  interested  in  it.  She  was  very  thorough  in  what 
she  did  —  she  had  a  very  structured  classroom.  She  got  the  most 
out  of  you.  She  demanded  a  lot  of  respect  and  she  got  it. 

"But,"  he  continued,  "she  also  had  a  good  rapport  with  her 
students.  It  was  not  unusual  for  Mary's  students  to  keep  return- 
ing to  see  her.  She  was  a  very  caring  person,  and  she  took  an  in- 
terest in  everyone.  She  gave  these  scholarhsips  so  students  in- 
terested in  biology  could  study  at  LVC. 

Mary's  will  provides  for  future  students  to  "enjoy  the  same 
kind  of  education"  she  received.  In  the  form  of  the  Mary  E. 
McCurdy  Graham  Scholarships,  the  former  biology  major  and 
high  school  teacher  continues  to  provide  for  students  like  John 
Malloy  and  Cami  DeClementi.  The  high  standards  reflected  bv 
the  scholarship  are  a  tribute  to  Mary's  own  high  standards  of 
education,  as  testified  by  her  friends  and  former  students. 

"She  has  left  a  priceless  legacy  to  future  biologists  at  LVC  —  to 
aid  them  in  the  study  of  the  science  that  she  loved  so  much," 
Mildred  noted    "She  nevei  forgot  1  ebanon  Valley." IBZiS 


Author's  Note:  Scott  Kirk  '87  is  a  student  assistant  in  the  Com- 
munications Office. 


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Education  and  the  Passion 
for  Seeking  Justice 


Dr.  William  J.  McGill,  the  new  vice  president  and  dean  of  the 
faculty  at  Lebanon  Valley  College,  opened  the  1986  - 1987  school 
year  with  a  provocative  address  at  Convocation  ceremonies  held 
on  campus.  Excerpts  from  his  remarks,  entitled  "Education  and 
the  Passion  for  Seeking  Justice",  appear  below.  The  full  text  of 
Dean  McGill's  remark's  are  available  upon  request  from  the 
Communications  Office. 


"My  object  here  is  not  to  analyze  specific  issues  in  higher 
education,  but  to  emphasize  what  I  regard  as  the  fundamental 
problem,  namely  the  failure  to  grapple  seriously  with  the  ques- 
tion of  purpose. 

What,  then,  is  higher  education  for?  There  are  a  variety  of  pur- 
poses which  colleges  and  universities  ought  to  pursue.  I  will  not 
identify  them  all,  but  I  would  note  that  there  are  three  general 
types  of  purposes  which  institutions  of  higher  education  have 
traditionally  espoused  and  which  remain  as  legitimate  goals— 
and  there  is  a  definite  hierarchy  among  them. 

First,  there  are  a  variety  of  basic  skills  which  they  have  sought 
to  enhance— primarily  communication  and  computation  skills — 
and  with  them  certain  bodies  of  information  they  have  tried  to 
impart.  Second,  there  are  a  number  of  intellectual  skills  which 
they  have  sought  to  develop— the  ability  to  read  critically,  to 
analyze,  to  deal  with  analogy  and  metaphor,  to  make  aesthetic 
judgments,  to  tolerate  ambiguity.  And  finally,  there  is  a  level 
which  involves  the  ability  and  the  readiness  to  make  value 
decisions. 

In  the  statements  of  purpose  which  one  finds  in  most  college 
and  university  catalogs,  institutions  usually  identify  purposes 
from  each  of  these  three  levels.  My  own  observation  and  ex- 
perience over  three  decades  in  higher  education,  however,  leads 
me  to  conclude  that,  at  most  times  in  their  histories,  colleges  and 
universities  have  done  a  competent-to-excellent  job  in  fulfilling 
purposes  of  the  first  level,  a  fair-to-middling  job  in  fulfilling  pur- 
poses of  the  second  level,  but,  for  all  their  rhetoric,  they  have 
avoided  coming  to  grip  with  purposes  of  the  third  level. 

But  it  is  precisely  at  that  level  that  the  most  critical  needs  of  our 
society  must  be  met.  Only  in  confronting  and  dealing  seriously 
with  questions  that  are  ultimately  value  questions,  can  we  ever 
hope  to  respond  to  the  fundamental  problems  of  our  time. 


"Only  in  confronting  and  dealing 
seriously  with  questions  that  are  ultimate- 
ly value  questions,  can  we  ever  hope  to 
respond  to  the  fundamental  problems  of 
our  time." 


For  example,  the  most  significant  questions  of  our  day  in 
medical  science  are  not  technical  problems  or  matters  of  exper- 
tise. They  are  moral  questions.  The  emergence  of  bioethics  in- 
dicates that  we  at  least  faintly  recognize  this  fact,  but  we  are  still 
hesitant  to  wrestle  seriously  with  it.  We  still  delude  ourselves  into 
believing  that  we  can  find  answers  in  technical,  scientific  terms. 


William  J.  McGill, 
Vice  President  and  Dean 
of  the  Faculty 


Thus,  we  behold  the  spectacle  of  a  congressional  committee  try- 
ing to  determine  when  human  life  actually  begins  by  trooping 
before  it  a  series  of  expert  and  not-so-expert  witnesses.  Nor 
would  it  do  to  turn  the  matter  over  to  a  panel  of  biologists— or  to 
defer  the  question  by  saying  that  science  has  not  yet  advanced  far 
enough  to  give  us  an  answer.  The  real  issue  is  the  question  of 
priorities  in  moments  of  difficult  choice— and  that  question  we 
cannot  answer  by  defining  scientifically  the  "moment"  when  life 
begins. 

The  most  significant  questions  of  our  day  in  law  are  not 
technical  problems  or  matters  of  expertise.  They  are  moral  ques- 
tions. To  believe,  as  some  people  do,  that  a  strict  application  and 
enforcement  of  the  law  will  solve  our  societal  problems  in  sheer 
folly.  Alexander  Solzhenitsyn,  in  his  1978  commencement  ad- 
dress at  Harvard— which  many  people  have  complained  about 
but  few  have  read — argued  forcefully  that  a  critical  flaw  of 
modern  Western  society  is  its  belief  that  '"if  one  is  right  from  a 
legal  point  of  view,  nothing  more  is  required.'" 

Solzhenitsyn's  words  bring  to  mind  those  of  an  earlier  and 
greater  prophet  on  the  letter  and  the  spirit  of  the  law.  What  Jesus 
recognized  in  first  century  Palestine  has  ever  been  true:  answers 
to  life's  greatest  questions  and  dilemmas  cannot  be  found  in 
mere  legalism,  in  mechanical  applications  and  manipulations  of 
the  law. 

The  most  significant  questions  of  our  day  in  business  and  in- 
dustry are  not  technical  problems  or  matters  of  expertise.  They 
are  moral  questions.  Managing  a  business  enterprise  cannot  be 
merely  a  matter  of  toting  up  a  balance  sheet.  It  involves  an  array 
of  human  problems  in  which  the  pure  profit  motive  is  a  totally 
inadequate  criterion.  One  need  look  no  further  than  the  problem 
of  industrial  wastes,  and  particularly  those  related  to  nuclear 
power,  to  recognize  that  techniques  of  cost  accounting  alone  can- 
not provide  an  answer.  And  that  is  but  one  of  a  myriad  of  pro- 
blems in  which  business  done  without  ethical  sense  is  simply  in- 
admissible. Corporations  do  have  moral  responsibilities  because 
they  have  obligations  to  the  society  in  which  they  function. 

The  most  important  questions  of  our  day  in  education  are  not 
technical  problems  or  matters  of  expertise.  They  are  moral  ques- 
tions. Every  exercise  in  management  with  new  delivery  systems 
will  fail  if  we  forget  that  the  "why"  includes  more  than  mere 
technique,    mere   acquisition   of  knowledge.   Particularly  in 


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teaching  those  who  themselves  will  teach,  we  must  remember 
that,  above  all,  we  are  preparing  them  to  fulfill  a  moral 
responsibility— to  their  schools,  to  their  students,  to  society: 
'  'That  the  generations  to  come  might  know,  and  the  children  yet 
unborn;  that  they  in  their  turn  might  tell  it  to  their  children 
(Psalms  78:6).'  " 

I  could  go  on,  but  I  trust  that  my  point  is  clear.  Whatever  else  it 
is,  higher  education  is  a  critical  phase  in  the  process  by  which  we 
prepare  young  men  and  women  for  positions  of  leadership  and 
responsibility  in  medicine,  in  law,  in  business,  in  education,  in  all 
sectors  of  our  society.  If  the  "training"  we  provide  does  not  go 
beyond  the  first  and  second  levels  of  purpose  of  which  I  spoke 
earlier,  then  we  fail  them— and  they  will  fail  us.  We  do  not  need 
more  get-rich-quick  doctors;  we  have  enough  of  them.  We  do  not 
need  more  charlatan  lawyers;  we  have  enough  of  them.  We  do 
not  need  more  businessmen  driven  by  the  profit  motive  alone; 
we  have  enough  of  them .  We  do  not  need  more  teachers  learned 
only  in  the  letter  of  their  disciplines;  we  have  enough  of  them. 
What  we  need  above  all  are  young  men  and  women  with  a  pas- 
sion for  seeking  justice,  skillful  people  with  a  sense  of  service 
who  will  use  their  abilities  for  others. 


"We  cannot  teach  morality  in  the  sense 
that  we  can  train  or  require  all  people  to 
live  morally,  but  we  can  and  must  con- 
front our  students  with  a  moral  vision." 


Academicians,  however,  tend  to  view  moral  questions  as  per- 
sonal or  religious  issues  and,  therefore,  as  not  properly  their  con- 
cern. We  are  timid  and  diffident  when  we  speak  of  morality  and 
of  ethical  education.  To  be  sure,  college  and  university  catalogs 
often  proclaim  a  concern  for  values,  but  as  a  friend  of  mine- 
now,  unfortunately,  a  dean— is  fond  of  saying,  such  statements 
are  rhetorical— by  which  he  means  they  have  little  connection 
with  reality.  He  insists  that  we  must  "operationalize  our  objec- 
tives." By  that  I  fear  he  means  that  we  can  make  curricular 
judgments  onlv  in  terms  of  class  sizes,  student-teacher  ratios,  and 
other,  equally  mystical,  numbers. 

The  problem  with  catalog  rhetoric,  however,  is  not  its  lack  of 
specificity.  The  problem  is  our  unwillingness  to  take  such 
statements  seriously  as  criteria  by  which  to  judge  our  programs 
and  policies.  Above  all,  we  are  timid  in  taking  seriously  our 
responsibility  for  moral  education.  By  assuming  too  readily  that 
morality  and  values  are  relative,  that  they  are  private  matters  that 
cannot  and  should  not  be  taught,  colleges  and  universities  have 
in  fact  abdicated  what  is  the  most  critical  task  of  higher  education 
today. 

A  variety  of  groups  which  do  take  value  questions  seriously 
are  active  on  campuses,  but  the  institutions  themselves  must  ac- 
cept responsibility  for  helping  their  students  shape  a  value 
system.  We  cannot  teach  morality  in  the  sense  that  we  can  train 
or  require  all  people  to  live  morally,  but  we  can  and  must  con- 
front our  students  with  a  moral  vision.  And  that  we  do  not  do. 
There  are  colleges  which  actively  strive  to  maintain  morality.  Too 
often,  however,  such  colleges  are  essentially  advocates  of  a  nar- 
row legalism,  not  prophets  of  a  moral  vision.  Moral  vision  is  not 
a  denial  of  the  bad;  it  is  a  celebration  of  the  good. 

Moral  vision  begins  with  the  recognition  that  we  are  not  born 
only  to  be  happy.  If  we  were,  we  would  not  be  born  to  die. 
Solzhenitsyn  asserted, 

'"Since  (man's)  body  is  doomed  to  die,  his  task  on 


earth  evidently  must  be  of  a  more  spiritual  nature. 
It  cannot  be  unrestrained  enjoyment  of  everyday 
life.  It  cannot  be  the  search  for  the  best  ways  to  ob- 
tain material  goods  and  then  cheerfully  to  get  the 
most  out  of  them.  It  has  to  be  the  fulfillment  of  a 
permanent  earnest  duty  so  that  one  may  leave  life  a 
better  human  being  than  one  started  it.'" 
—Harvard  Magazine,  July-August,  1978,  p.  26. 
Moral  vision  is  not  a  set  of  rules  or  laws;  it  is  not  essentially 
prohibitive.  It  is  a  quality  of  living  beyond  the  mere  satisfaction  of 
appetites  and  personal  desires.  It  is  affirmative.  Moral  growth  is 
the  increasing  recognition  that  to  live  humanly— that  is,  to  live  to 
the  highest  capacity  of  the  nature  given  to  us— is  to  live  in 
responsibility  to  and  for  others. 

The  term  which  for  me  best  evokes  the  essence  of  that  respon- 
sibility is  "justice."  I  might  define  the  term  in  a  variety  of  ways, 
citing  images  drawn  from  a  host  of  great  ethical  philosophers 
from  Plato  on,  for  justice  has  ever  been  the  central  concern  of 
such  thinkers.  But  my  own  passion  for  it  arises  from  elsewhere, 
and  to  that  source  I  would  turn. 

In  the  Farewell  Discourses  of  Jesus  to  his  disciples,  which  we 
find  in  the  Gospel  of  John,  Jesus  says, 

"  As  the  Father  has  loved  me,  so  I  have  loved  you. 

Dwell  in  my  love.  If  you  heed  my  commands,  you 

will  dwell  in  my  love,  as  I  have  heeded  my  Father's 

commands  and  dwell  in  His  love.  I  have  spoken 

thus  to  you,  so  that  my  joy  may  be  in  you,  and  your 

joy  may  be  in  you,  and  your  joy  complete.  This  is 

my  commandment:  love  one  another  as  I  have  loved 

you'  "  (15:9-12). 

To  love  one  another  as  Jesus  has  loved  us:  that  is  the  beginning  of 

justice.  In  those  words  we  find  an  unmistakable  call  to  deeds  of 

justice  towards  others. 


"To  live  to  the  highest  capacity  of  the 
nature  given  to  us  -  is  to  live  in  respon- 
sibility to  and  for  others." 


In  The  Brothers  Karamazov,  Doestoevsky  described  a  striking 
scene  in  which  a  number  of  pilgrims  journey  to  a  monastery  to 
seek  aid  from  a  saintly  monk,  Father  Zossima.  One  of  the 
pilgrims,  '"a  sentimental  society  lady  of  genuinely  good  disposi- 
tion,'" asks  him  how  she  can  prove  her  faith.  He  responds, 
'"There's  no  proving  it,  though  you  can  be  convinced  of  it ...  by 
the  experience  of  faith  active  in  love.'" 

Faith  active  in  love  is  the  experience  to  which  we  should  call 
our  students.  Such  experience  will  awaken  a  passion  for  justice, 
and  justice  will  become  the  substance  of  their  moral  vision. 
What,  after  all,  is  higher  education  for?  If  it  is  only  a  passport  to 
privilege  for  the  individual,  then  its  purposes  are  limited  to  im- 
parting skills.  But,  if  it  is  more,  if  it  implies  an  obligation  upon 
those  who  venture  into  it,  then  those  who  are  the  agents  of  that 
education  themselves  have  an  obligation  to  give  substance  to  the 
moral  vision. 

But  I  must  admit  to  a  certain  pessimism  that  colleges  and 
universities  or,  more  specifically,  the  administrators  and  faculty 
who  comprise  them,  can  undertake  such  a  purpose.  I  will  not 
claim  that  Lebanon  Valley  College  is  an  exception.  /  am  here 
because  I  believe  it  can  be.  But  it  will  not  be  easy.  The  very  nature  of 
the  crisis  that  has  produced  the  loss  of  direction  in  higher  educa- 
tion also  results  in  a  sharply  diminished  capacity  to  recognize 
the  solution:  commitment  to  enlivening  students  to  the  passion 
for  seeking  justice."  IVIH 


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Off  to  See 
the  Orient 

by  Carl  P.  Ehrhart  and  M.  A.  Weister 


For  "campus  architect"  Bob  Riley,  it's  time  to  say  farewell  to 
educational  administration  and  hello  to  more  traveling. 

He  arrived  in  Annville  thirty-five  years  ago,  and  his  associa- 
tion with  the  college  has  been  a  long,  unique  one.  "Unique" 
because  he  has  virtually  built  the  present  day  campus. 

The  statistics  behind  Dr.  Riley's  accomplishments  are  im- 
pressive. He  supervised  the  construction  of  eight  major 
buildings:  four  student  residences  including  Funkhouser,  Ham- 
mond, Keister  and  Silver;  two  educational  facilities  including 
Blair  Music  Center  and  Garber  Science  Center;  and  Miller  Chapel 
and  the  Allan  W.  Mund  College  Center. 

The  shaping  of  the  campus  included  the  acquisition  of  a 
noteworthy  fourteen  other  facilities,  some  of  which  have  since 
been  sold  or  torn  down.  The  acquisition  of  the  Fencil  Conference 
Center  adjacent  to  the  campus  allowed  the  College  to  expand  ser- 
vices for  continuing  education  students  and  businesses. 

Dr.  Riley's  most  recent  acquisition  for  the  College  has  expanded 
the  campus  physically.  The  purchase  of  a  neighboring  farm  (near 
Kreiderheim)  has  enlarged  the  campus  to  200  acres,  providing 
many  possibilities  for  future  growth. 

As  of  his  retirement  on  September  1,  Riley  was  also  chairman 
of  the  grants  council,  and  responsible  for  obtaining  much  addi- 
tional funding  for  the  College. 

Dr.  Riley  began  his  teaching  career  at  Gettysburg  College,  and 
came  to  LVC  in  1951  as  associate  professor  and  department  chair- 
man in  economics  and  business  administration;  later  came  the 
switch  to  administration  and  the  vice  presidency  in  which 
capacity  he  served  for  nineteen  years. 


Dr.  Riley  right,  and  President  Arthur  L.  Peterson  chat  during  the  retirement  party 
held  in  Dr.  Riley's  honor.  His  gift  was  a  set  of  luggage  for  his  future  trips  Riley 
ended  his  35  years  of  service  with  the  College  on  September  1,  1986. 


"I  really  am  most  comfortable  on  a  small  campus  and  in  a 
small  community,"  he  said.  "It  has  been  a  good  association  here; 
I've  thoroughly  enjoyed  it." 

Both  he  and  his  vivacious  wife,  Ruth,  are  veteran  travelers,  and 
have  chalked  up  two  tours  of  the  U.S.  during  two  summers. 

"We've  been  in  every  state  except  Idaho  and  Montana,"  notes 
Dr.  Riley. 

Another  excursion  took  them  to  Australia,  New  Zealand  and 
the  Fiji  Islands,  where  they  visited  colleges. 

At  a  recent  retirement  party  given  by  the  College  employees, 
Dr.  Riley  received  a  set  of  luggage,  which  he  says  will  come  in 
handy  for  their  trips  to  Scandinavia,  the  Orient  and  Spain  —  the 
three  plai  es  they'd  like  to  see  next    IVLH 

Author's  Note:  Carl  R  Ehrhart  is  professor  emeritus  of 
philosophy  and  dean  emeritus.  Weister  is  editor  of  The  Valley 
and  the  director  of  communications  at  the  College. 


Dr.  Riley  supervised  the  construction  of  the  Garber  Science  Center,  a  national  award  winner  for  its  energy-saving  qualities.  The  center  was  built  with  fewer  windows  to  reduce  cost  and 
to  increase  wall  space  for  scientific  equipment. 


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Campus  Update 


Education  Commissioner  Visits  LVC 

"Not  since  the  launching  of  Sputnik  has 
education  undergone  such  a  review  and 
evaluation  as  it  has  in  the  past  three  years," 
said  James  Oliver  Hunter,  Commissioner  for 
Higher  Education  in  Pennsylvania,  who 
spoke  at  the  College's  recent  Presidential 
Leadership  Dinner  in  October. 

"There  are  institutions  where  the  curricula 
is  integrated,  where  students  are  involved, 
where  students  are  taught,  and  where  basic 
skills  such  as  critical  thinking,  communica- 
tions and  interpersonal  skills  are  taught 
across  the  curriculum,"  said  Hunter.  "One 
such  institution  is  Lebanon  Valley  College." 

Hunter  also  lauded  the  College's  focus  on 
teaching  leadership  skills  during  the 
undergraduate  years. 

"Programs  such  as  this  suggest  that  all  is 
not  wrong  with  higher  education  in 
America,"  added  Hunter. 

Hunter  is  responsible  for  public  policy 
leadership  for  approximately  150  postsecond- 
arv  institutions  in  Pennsylvania. 


Biology  Doctorates 

A  recent  report  from  Dr.  Paul  Wolf,  chair- 
man of  the  biology  department,  indicates  that 
twenty-six  LVC  graduates  who  majored  in 
biology  since  1976  have  earned  the  Ph.D. 

A  previously  published  report  indicated 
that  only  forty-four  LVC  graduates  in  the 
biological  sciences  earned  the  Ph.D.  during 
the  fifty-six  year  period  of  1920  to  1976. 


LVC  Frosh  Makes  History 
In  Soviet  Church 

A  Lebanon  Vallev  College  freshman  who 
plans  to  be  a  minister  some  day  had  a  chance 
to  test  her  pulpit  capabilities  when  she  con- 
ducted a  church  service  in  the  Soviet  Union 
this  summer. 

A  psychology  and  religion  major,  Michelle 
Grube,  visited  Tallin,  the  capital  city  of 
Estonia  which  is  a  republic  in  the  Soviet 
Union,  on  a  peace  mission. 

She  was  one  of  a  33-member  group  con- 
sisting of  other  students  from  various  states 
and  three  clergy  who  were  sponsored  by  the 
northeast  jurisdictional  council  of  the  United 
Methodist  Church. 

The  highlight  of  their  summer  trip  was  to 
visit  a  United  Methodist  church  in  Tallin,  she 
said.  She  compared  that  church  to  churches 
here  in  America. 

"Over  there,"  she  explained  "they  don't 
allow  any  church  members  to  smoke,  drink 
or  go  dancing."  "If  you  do  —  you  either  have 
to  repent  or  leave  the  church,"  she  said. 

Grube  of  Akron,  Pa.,  was  told  that  she 
made  history  in  the  Soviet  church  during  her 
visit. 

It  all  started  when  she  conducted  a 
children's  worship  service  one  Sunday  morn- 
ing. She  asked  all  the  children  to  gather  at  the 
altar.  "I  couldn't  understand  why  all  the 
parents  began  to  cry  half-way  through  the 
service,"  the  petite  brunette  said. 

She  later  found  out  that  it  was  the  first  time 
a  service  was  held  for  children  and  said  it  was 
very  "moving"  for  the  parents.  "They  were 
very  touched  to  see  their  children  learning 
about  Christ,"  the  peaceseeker  said. 

The  Estonians,  she  says,  "Are  Christians  all 
the  way,  or  not  at  all  —  they  worship  an 
every  day  God." 

Here  in  America,  Grube  said  she  feels 
many  churchgoers  are  strictly  Sunday 
Christians. 

All  church  members  in  the  Soviet  Union 
are  scrutinized  carefully  she  said.  There  are 
no  official  records;  the  Soviet  Union  allows 
no  records,  she  emphasized . 

Despite  the  strict  regulations,  the  Estonians 
have  worship  services  all  day  Sunday  and  eat 
lunch  in  the  church  between  the  morning 
and  afternoon  services. 

She  revealed  at  times  it  was  rather  scarey 
and  related  an  incident  that  happened  one 
morning  while  she  was  sitting  in  church: 
"Their  services  are  extremely  long,  sometimes 
lasting  two  hours,  so  I  began  looking 
around."  I  saw  several  KGB  come  in  carrying 
notebooks  and  they  began  scanning  the  room 
and  writing  down  names." 

She  was  informed  after  the  service  that  the 
KGB  officials  were  recording  names  of  those 
who  had  never  attended  before.  "Sometimes 
vou're  not  sure,  though,  if  there  is  reason  to 


be  scared  or  if  it's  paranoia,"  she  added. 

Since  Grube  has  returned  home,  she  con- 
fessed, that  occasionally  she  feels  someone  is 
watching  her  and  finds  herself  out  of  habit  — 
looking  over  her  shoulder. 

"I  have  really  learned  to  appreciate  what  I 
have  here,  since  I'm  back,"  she  revealed. 

Grube  believes  it  is  easier  to  be  a  Christian 
in  the  Soviet  Union  because  of  the  govern- 
ment situation.  "They  need  that  hope  and 
security  —  we  take  it  all  for  granted,"  she 
professed. 

Their  churches  are  very  different  from 
ours,  she  noted.  She  said  none  of  the  church- 
es display  crosses  and  none  have  steeples. 
From  the  outside,  most  look  like  any  ordinary 
building. 

However,  she  did  notice  the  face  of  Christ 
on  a  wall  in  one  of  the  churches  visited. 
"That  was  the  only  way  you  could  tell  it  was 
a  church,"  she  added. 


Michelle  Grube  reminisces  about  her  peace  mission  to  the 
Soviet  Union  while  relaxing  in  the  student  center  at 
Lebanon  Vallev  College. 

The  Estonians,  who  Grube  says  are  very 
offended  if  referred  to  as  Russians,  are  more 
liberal  and  more  westernized  than  residents 
of  Moscow.  In  Moscow  the  churches  are 
mostly  Russian  Orthodox  and  they  don't  get 
away  with  as  much  as  the  Estonians,  she 
related. 

She  was  surprised  to  find  that  many 
Soviets  are  enthralled  with  the  glamour  and 
glitzy,  night-time  TV  soap  opera,  Dynasty.  'A 
lot  of  them  think  that  Americans  live  like  the 
characters  on  that  show,"  Grube  related.  But 
since  Dynasty  broadcasts  there  are  several 
weeks  behind  the  American  broadcasts, 
many  wanted  to  know  what  was  going  to 
happen.  "If  you  were  not  a  Dynasty  fan,  you 


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were  left  out,"  she  said  with  a  chuckle. 

Grube  said  the  goals  set  by  the  group  were 
to  build  friendships,  gain  understanding 
among  the  people,  dispel  stereotypes  and  ex- 
tend the  peace  of  Christ. 

Although  the  main  purpose  of  the  group's 
peace  mission  was  to  develop  an  understand- 
ing and  build  an  international  relationship 
toward  peace,  Grube  said  Estonian  folks  do 
not  want  to  talk  about  world  peace.  They 
don't  envision  world  peace  the  same  as 
Americans  do,  she  noted. 

"They  don't  believe  they  will  ever  see  world 
peace,  so  they  are  searching  more  for  a 
spiritual  peace,"  the  young,  peace  am- 
bassador said. 

Reprinted  with  permission  from  The  Dailv  News  Satur- 
day, September  20,  1986. 


To  the  Moon  and   Back   .    .    .   Well, 
Almost 

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Dale  Erskine,  assistant  professor  of  biologv  (left),  with 
faculty  assistant  Dr.  Jeannette  Jones  of  Alabama  A&M 
University,  and  Dr.  Larry  Fannin  of  Florida  A&M  Univer- 
sity College  of  Pharmacy  and  Pharmaceutical  Sciences. 
Erskine  and  Jones  were  the  two  instructors  chosen  bv  Fan- 
nin from  a  nation  wide  search. 

"I  had  a  great  group  of  students  who  liked 
to  work  hard  and  also  have  a  good  time," 
said  Dale  Erskine,  assistant  professor  of 
biology,  who  spent  seven  weeks  working  for 
the  National  Aeronautics  and  Space  Ad- 
ministration (NASA)  at  Kennedy  Space 
Center  in  Cape  Canaveral  this  summer. 

Erskine  was  an  instructor  for  the  Space  Life 
Sciences  Training  Program  (SLSTP)  that 
NASA  and  Florida  A&M  offer  each  year  on  a 
competitive  basis  to  30  students  from  around 
the  country.  Dale  himself  was  one  of  only 
two  instructors  chosen  from  a  nationwide 
search . 

Through  various  experiments,  the  group 
studied  the  effects  of  space  flight  on  plant 
growth  and  also  on  the  human  body. 


"The  students  and  I  learned  a  great  deal 
about  life  sciences  in  the  absence  of  gravity," 
notes  Dale.  "You  have  to  remember  when 
there  is  no  'up'  or  'down,'  the  protocol  one 
uses  is  very  different  from  earth-based  ex- 
perimentation." 

Through  several  experiments,  Dale's  group 
studied  the  effects  of  weightlessness  on  the 
cardiovascular  and  muscle  systems,  how  to 
recycle  water  and  grow  food  during  long- 
term  space  flight,  crustacean  metabolism  and 
behavior  in  a  weightless  environment,  and 
soil  and  water  changes  and  recovery  rates 
following  launches. 

"During  the  first  week,  we  learned 
something  about  the  other  groups'  ex- 
periments which  included  motion  sickness, 
feeding  animals  in  space,  and  plant  growth 
and  harvest  in  space."  said  Dale. 

In  the  mornings,  the  group  attended  lec- 
tures given  by  NASA,  or  toured  semi- 
classified  areas.  For  example,  they  saw  where 
space  shuttles  are  processed  upon  return  to 
Earth,  the  Vehicle  Assembly  building  where 
the  shuttles  are  mounted  onto  booster  rockets 
in  preparation  for  launch,  and  the  actual 
launch  pads.  They  also  saw  the  shuttles 
Atlantis  and  Discovery  being  worked  on. 

Through  the  SLSTP,  NASA  hopes  to  attract 
current  college  students  to  the  space  program 
following  graduation.  Dale  hopes  that  an 
LVC  student  joins  the  program  next  summer. 

"The  trip  is  a  valuable  learning  experience," 
adds  Dale,  "and  now  I'm  able  to  incorporate 
some  of  the  concepts  and  techniques  into  the 
courses  I  teach  at  LVC." 

Dale's  trip  wasn't  entirely  made  up  of  ex- 
periments though;  he  did  take  advantage  of 
his  first-ever  trip  to  Florida  to  enjoy  beach 
parties  with  his  group  of  students,  and  to 
visit  Disneyworld  and  EPCOT  Center  with 
his  wife,  Deborah  Bass. 

His  only  regret  is  that  he  didn't  have  time 
to  get  to  Space  Camp  in  Huntsville, 
Alabama.  But  his  monogrammed  flight  suit 
is  being  mailed  to  him  anyway. 


Twenty-six  Make  Who's  Who 

The  1986  edition  of  Who's  Who  in 
American  Colleges  and  Universities  will  in- 
clude 26  students  from  LVC.  They  are: 

Tina  Marie  Bakowski,  Krista  Joy  Bens- 
inger,  Kevin  Lee  Biddle,  David  Marshall 
Campbell,  Maria  Christina  DeMario,  Lor- 
raine Helen  Englert,  Barbara  Ann  Feaster, 
Gregory  James  Hessinger,  Ursula  Ann 
Hoey,  Ross  Charles  Hoffman,  Jr.,  Karen 
Ann  Karapandza,  Kathy  Elizabeth 
Kleponis,  Jeffrey  Adam  Lesher,  Betsy  Ellen 
Martin,  David  Calvert  Miller,  Susan 
Terese  dinger,  Laura  Ellen  Pence,  Joseph 
Cass    Pennington,    III,    Michael    John 


Reihart,  Frank  Scott  Rocco,  Marguerite 
Mei-En  Salm,  Mary  Beth  Seasholtz,  Cyn- 
thia Anne  Smith,  Nicholas  N.  Vlaisavl- 
jevic,  Drew  Richard  Williams,  and  Steven 
Herbert  Witmer. 


National  Merit  Scholars 

LVC  currently  has  seven  National  Merit 
Scholars  attending  the  College.  They  are: 
Leslie  Mario  '88,  an  actuarial  science  major  of 
Pittsburgh,  PA;  Brian  Robinson  '89,  a  music 
education  major  of  Flanders,  NJ;  Lisa  Mazei 
'89,  an  allied  health  sciences  major  of 
Gardenville,  PA;  Stephanie  Butter  '87,  a 
biology  major  of  Lansdowne,  PA;  Susan 
Toland  '88,  a  biology  major  of  Warminster, 
PA;  Eric  Rabenhold  '89,  an  actuarial  science 
major  of  Tampa,  FL;  and  Steven  Witmer  '87, 
a  religion  and  philosophy  major  of  Garden- 
ville, PA. 


New  Memorial  Scholarship  Established 

The  family  and  friends  of  Dorothy  Yeakel 
Horn  '39  have  established  a  scholarship  in  her 
memory.  The  first  scholarship  will  be 
awarded  during  the  1987-88  academic  year  to 
a  junior  for  his/her  junior  and  senior  years.  A 
new  recipient  will  be  selected  every  two 
years.  The  recipient  must  be  a  music  major, 
with  a  good  academic  record,  who 
demonstrates  financial  need. 

Recipients  will  be  chosen  by  the  chairman 
of  the  music  department,  the  dean  of 
students  and  the  director  of  financial  aid.  The 
annual  award  will  range  from  $750-$1000. 
Donations  can  be  sent  to  the  Lebanon  Valley 
College  Development  Office. 


New  Ministry  Scholarships 

Seven  need-based  scholarships  are  now 
available  to  students  who  intend  to  study  for 
the  ministry.  The  endowed  scholarships, 
given  by  the  Department  of  Religion  and 
Philosophy  and  the  Chaplain's  Office,  range 
from  $500  to  $1500  and  are  not  restricted  to 
students  in  the  religion  or  philosophy  majors. 

Though  a  few  scholarships  are  restricted  to 
United  Methodist  pre-ministerial  students, 
candidates  from  other  denominations  are  en- 
couraged to  apply. 

Information  on  the  scholarships  is  available 
from  Dr.  Donald  Byrne,  Jr.,  chairman, 
department  of  religion  and  philosophy,  (717) 
867-6130. 


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Appointments 

Ruth  E.  Anderson  '86  was  recently  named 
admissions  counselor.  Andersen  received  a 
B.S.  from  Lebanon  Valley  College  in  manage- 
ment in  1986. 

Donna  M.  Anderson  was  appointed  assis- 
tant professor  of  economics. 

Anderson  received  a  B.S.  from  Lehigh 
University  in  economics/finance,  and  an 
M.A.  from  the  University  of  Colorado  in 
economics. 

Anderson  was  an  economic  specialist  on 
the  President's  Advisory  Committee  For 
Women  in  1980,  a  financial  manager  in  ac- 
counting for  the  General  Electric  Company 
from  1981  to  1984,  and  was  a  teaching  assis- 
tant at  the  University  of  Colorado  and  a 
visiting  instructor  at  Ripon  College  in  1985. 

Sharon  O.  Arnold  was  appointed  associate 
professor  of  sociology. 

Arnold  received  an  M.A.  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  Akron,  Ohio,  in  sociology  in  1967,  and 
a  B.A.  from  the  University  of  Akron  in 
psychology  in  1964.  She  also  has  studied 
sociology  and  higher  education  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Akron,  and  travel  and  tourism  at 
George  Washington  University. 

William  Brown  Jr.,  '79  was  appointed 
director  of  financial  aid,  in  addition  to  being 
an  associate  dean  of  admissions. 

Brown  received  a  B.A.  degree  from 
Lebanon  Valley  College  in  history  in  1979. 
Since  1980,  Brown  has  served  in  the  admis- 
sions office  as  a  counselor  and  assistant  dean 
of  admissions. 

Barbara  J.  Denison  '79  was  appointed 
assistant  professor  of  sociology  and  director  of 
the  Leadership  Development  Institute. 

Denison  received  a  Ph.D.  degree  from 
Northwestern  University  in  sociology  in  1985, 
an  M.A.  degree  from  the  University  of  York, 
England  in  sociology  in  1981,  and  a  B.A. 
degree  from  Lebanon  Valley  College  in 
sociology/religion  in  1979. 

Denison  was  an  assistant  professor  of 
sociology  at  Gettysburg  College  in  1986,  an 
instructor  in  sociology  at  Indiana  University 
Northwest,  Gary,  Indiana,  and  a  research 
assistant  with  the  Pennsylvania  Legislative 
Children's  Caucus  in  1984-1985.  She  also 
served  as  adjunct  professor  in  sociology  at 
LVC  in  1986.  She  will  begin  as  director  in 
January. 


Eileen  N.  Frankland  was  appointed  direc- 
tor of  student  activitis.  Frankland  received  a 
masters  in  social  work  from  Barry  University 
in  1982,  and  B.A.  degrees  in  religious  studies 
and  social  welfare  from  Penn  State  University 
in  1973.  She  moved  to  Pennsylvania  from 
Florida,  where  she  was  a  counselor  for  alcohol 
and  drug  abuse  in  Broward  County. 

Robert  H.  Hearson  was  appointed  assistant 
professor  of  music  and  director  of  bands. 

Hearson  received  his  M.A.  in  music  from 
the  University  of  Iowa,  and  his  Ed.D.  in 
music  education  from  the  University  of 
Illinois. 

Hearson  was  director  of  bands  at  Frostburg 
State  College,  Frostburg,  Maryland,  from 
1980  to  1986. 

A  low  brass  specialist,  he  has  performed 
extensively  with  symphony  orchestras  in 
Wisconsin,  Illinois,  Oklahoma,  and 
Maryland,  and  with  the  Air  Force  Band  in 
Ohio.  He  is  active  as  a  clinician,  adjudicator 
and  guest  conductor. 

Donna  L.  Hevener  has  been  appointed 
readers'  services  librarian. 

Hevener  received  a  B.S.  degree  in  education 
from  Millersville  University  in  1984,  and  an 
M.L.S.  degree  in  library  science  from  Drexel 
University  in  1986. 

Hevener  is  a  member  of  the  Special 
Libraries  Association  (SLA)  and  is  a  former 
officer  of  Drexel  University's  SLA.  She  was  a 
representative  on  Millersville  University's 
library  science  committee. 

Warren  K.  A.  Thompson,  associate  pro- 
fessor of  philosophy,  is  director  of  the  newly- 
created  Leadership  Studies  Program,  design- 
ed to  enhance  students'  leadership  awareness 
and  skills.  Thompson  has  been  with  LVC 
since  1967. 

Thomas  R.  Vilberg  was  appointed  assis- 
tant professor  of  psychology.  Vilberg  was  an 
assistant  professor  in  psychology  at  the 
University  of  Scranton  from  1978  to  1980,  and 
a  post-doctoral  research  associate  at  the 
University  of  Wisconsin  from  1980  to  1984. 
He  received  his  Ph.D.  in  psychology  from 
North  Dakota  State  University.  WIH 


Concert  Choir  Tour  Set 


The  LVC  Concert  Choir  will  begin  their  51st  season  of 
touring  in  February  1987  The  choir  will  be  conducted  by 
Dr.  Pierce  Getz,  professor  of  music,  who  is  in  his  26th 
year  with  the  College. 


Feb.  22,  1987  - 
Pre  Tour  Concert 
First  United  Methodist  Church 
Church  and  Locust  Streets 
Ephrata,  PA  17522 
Concert  Time: 

March  4,  1987  - 
Sanctuary  United  Methodist  Church 
North  Wales,  PA  19454 
Concert  Time:  7:30  p.m. 

March  5,  1987  - 
St.  Peter's  United  Methodist  Church 
Central  Avenue  &  8th  Street 
Ocean  City,  NJ  08326 
Concert  Time:  8:00  p.m. 

March  6,  1987  - 
Memorial  Baptist  Church 
7th  &  Broadway 
Salem,  NJ  08079 
Concert  Time:  7:30  p.m. 

March  7,  1987  - 
New  Bethel  Baptist  Church 
1739  "S"  Street,  N.W. 
Washington,  DC.  20001 
Concert  Time:  6:00  p.m. 

March  8,  1987  - 
New  Bethel  Baptist  Church 
1739  "S"  Street,  N.W. 
Washington,  DC.  20001 
Concert  Time:  11:00  a.m. 

March  8,  1987  - 
Trinity  United  Methodist  Church 
705  W.  Patrick  Street 
Frederick,  MD  21701 
Concert  Time: 

March  9,  1987  - 
Trinity  United  Methodist 
Routes  11  &  15 
New  Kingstown,  PA  17072 

March  10,  1987  - 
Grandview  Heights  United 
Methodist  Church 
888  Pleasure  Road 
Lancaster,  PA  17602 
Concert  Time:  7:30  p.m. 


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Faculty 
Profile 

Thompson  and  Hanes 
"lead"  the  way 


Carolyn  Hanes  (left),  associate  professor  of  sociology,  and 
Warren  Thompson  (right),  and  chairman  of  the  depart- 
ment of  philosophy,  "lead"  the  way  in  the  classroom,  and 
in  the  Leadership  Development  seminars  for  professionals. 


What  is  leadership?  Why  study  leadership? 
Who  needs  leadership? 

Warren  K.  A.  Thompson,  associate  pro- 
fessor of  philosophy  and  newly  appointed 
director  of  the  Leadership  Studies  Program 
(LSP),  and  Dr.  Carolyn  Hanes,  chairperson 
of  the  sociology/social  service  department 
and  instructor  of  the  first  course  on  leader- 
ship at  LVC,  are  both  answering  these  ques- 
tions right  now. 

"Lebanon  Valley  believes  that  knowing 
about  leadership  is  everybody's  business," 
says  Thompson.  "At  some  time  or  another,  all 
of  us  are  leaders  or  followers  .  .  .  the  LSP  will 
give  our  students  the  ability  to  tell  good 
leadership  from  bad." 

Thompson  hopes  to  have  leadership  intern- 
ships in  place  by  the  1988-89  academic  year. 

"Students  would  write  a  critical  review  of 
their  experience  in  the  public  or  private  sector,  . 
and  recap  their  day-to-day  observations,"  ex- 
plains Thompson. 

The  Leadership  Studies  Program  will 
eventually  include  several  courses  that 
students  may  take  voluntarily.  For  the 
Presidential  Leadership  Scholars  —  students 
on  a  tuition  scholarship  from  LVC  —  several 
courses  are  mandatory.  Through  the  in- 
troductory course,  students  become  aware  of 
basic  theories  and  concepts  relevant  to  leader- 
ship, interpersonal  skills  and  values. 

Entitled  "Theories  and  Applications  of  the 
Leadership  Process,"  the  introductory  course 
is  being  taught  by  Hanes  this  semester. 

"We're  not  expecting  the  students  to  end 
world  hunger  or  bring  about  world  peace," 
Hanes  explains.  "What  they  can  do  is 
something  that  raises  awareness  levels. 

"Awareness  is  what  gets  people  acting," 
Hanes  continued.  "Take  a  look  at  world 
hunger.  It's  not  a  new  issue  —  it's  an  old 
issue.  But  very  little  was  being  done  about  it. 
Once  it  was  brought  to  the  consciousness  of 
our  society,  we  got  all  sorts  of  drives  and 


campaigns  to  deal  with  the  issue."  Hanes 
suggested  that  students  can  raise  awareness 
on  the  local  level  in  a  similar  fashion. 

Two  projects  that  are  attempting  to  do  just 
that  are  "Operation  Santa  Claus,"  an  attempt 
to  raise  money  to  get  new  toys  for  needy 
families  in  the  area,  and  an  alcohol  and  drug 
awareness  program  for  local  high  schools. 
Both  ideas  were  student-conceived,  and  will 
be  student-implemented  over  the  course  of 
the  semester. 

According  to  Hanes,  the  student  projects 
have  already  had  an  impact  on  LVC  students 
that  goes  beyond  the  course. 

"We're  already  getting  students  involved  in 
the  community  in  their  freshman  year. 
Students  are  already  beginning  to  think 
about  how  they  can  do  something  to  help  the 
community  around  them.  I  think  that's  very 
healthy  —  it's  nice  to  see  students  have  social 
awareness  and  involvement." 

Excited  about  the  course,  Hanes  says  there's 
a  lot  of  application  to  everyday  tasks. 

"It  can  awaken  new  directions  to 
anything,"  says  Hanes.  "I  think  that's  very 
exciting."  h'jh 


Richard  B.  Arnold,  assistant  professor  of 
management,  was  recently  appointed  to  the 
PA  Institute  of  CPAs  Graduate  Accounting 
Conference  Committee.  He  was  also  ap- 
pointed to  the  Financial  Institutions  Commit- 
tee and  the  Budget  and  Finance  Committee 
of  the  south-central  chapter  of  the  PICPA . 

Arnold  recently  passed  all  five  parts  of  the 
CMA  (Certificate  in  Management  Account- 
ing) Exam  and  will  receive  the  CMA 
designation  when  the  Institute  for  Manage- 
ment Accounting  completes  the  review  of  his 
professional  management  accounting 
experience. 

Dr.  Voorhis  Cantrell,  professor  of  religion 
and  Greek,  recently  attended  a  workshop  en- 
titled "Tap  the  Power  of  Storytelling,"  at  the 
Parish  Resource  Center,  Lancaster  Theological 
Seminary. 

Erwin  P.  Chandler,  adjunct  assistant  pro- 
fessor of  music,  has  been  commissioned  by 
the  Reading  Symphony  Orchestra  to  com- 
pose a  work  for  their  75th  anniversary 
season.  He  was  also  commissioned  by  the 
music  department  of  Governor  Mifflin  High 
School  in  Shillington,  PA,  to  compose  a  work 
for  chorus,  band  and  orchestra.  Chandler  is 
currently  appearing  as  a  guest  lecturer  on 
Berks  Cable  television  in  a  show  called  "Pro- 
kids,"  discussing  the  values  of  music  educa- 
tion. In  addition,  he  recently  appeared  as 
guest  soloist  with  the  Reading  Pops  Or- 
chestra with  his  Jazz  Trio. 

Dr.  Richard  Cornelius,  chairman  of  the 
chemistry  department,  was  the  co-author  of 
two  presentations  this  summer.  The  first  was 
"The  Computer  as  a  Problem-Solving  Partner 
—  A  Program  Written  in  Prolog,"  which  he 
presented  at  the  Biennial  Conference  on 


Chemical  Education  in  Bozeman,  Montana. 

The  second  presentation  was 
"Multinuclear  NMR  Studies  of  the  Forma- 
tion of  Platinum  (II)  —  Adenine  Nucleotide 
Compleses,"  at  a  meeting  of  the  American 
Society  of  Biological  Chemists  in 
Washington,  DC 

In  early  September,  Cornelius  gave  a 
presentation  entitled  "The  Computer  vs. 
the  Student:  Who  is  in  Control?"  at  the  na- 
tional meeting  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society  in  Anaheim,  California. 

Recently,  Cornelius  led  a  panel  discus- 
sion on  "Computers  in  the  Chemistry 
Laboratory"  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Mid-Atlantic  Association  of  Liberal  Arts 
Chemistry  Teachers,  held  at  Sweet  Briar 
College,  Sweet  Briar,  Virginia. 

Dr.  Klement  Hambourg,  associate  pro- 
fessor of  music,  conducted  a  lecture  in  the 
"Know  Your  Symphony"  concert  series  held 
at  Penn  State,  Berks  Campus. 

Dr.  Robert  H.  Hearson,  assistant  professor 
of  music,  served  as  a  music  adjudicator  at  the 
3rd  annual  "Sound  Spectacular"  marching 
band  field  show  competition  in  Red  Lion,  PA, 
in  early  October.  The  competition  featured 
seven  outstanding  high  school  bands  from 
the  York  area . 

Dr.  Allan  G.  Heffner,  chairman  of  the 
management  department,  recently  received  a 
small  honorarium  from  Macmillan 
Publishing  Company  for  his  review  and  criti- 
que of  "Paintco,"  a  marketing  simulation 
game.  A  revised  edition  of  the  game  will  be 
forthcoming. 

Heffner,  recently  attended  a  seminar  on 
"Reinventing  the  Corporation"  and 
"Megatrends,"  conducted  by  the  Institute  of 
Management  at  Franklin  &  Marshall  College. 

Dr.  Arthur  L.  Ford,  chairman  of  the 
English  department,  was  appointed  to  the 
board  of  the  Computers  and  Composition 
Journal.  Ford  will  help  evaluate  articles  sub- 
mitted for  publication  in  CAJC,  a  new 
periodical  published  by  the  Methodist  College 
in  North  Carolina. 

Dr.  John  P.  Kearney,  professor  of  English, 
recently  attended  the  eight-week  National  En- 
dowment for  the  Humanities  summer 
seminar  at  Princeton.  The  seminar,  con- 
ducted by  Victor  Brombert  of  the  department 
of  comparative  literature,  focused  on  the 
symbol  of  the  prison  in  19th  and  20th  cen- 
tury European  novels.  Kearney's  project  was 
on  "Family  and  Marriage  in  the  novels  of 
Charles  Dickens." 

Three  members  of  the  foreign  language 
department  presented  papers  at  the  West 
Virginia  University  Conference  on  Modern 
Literature  and  Film,  held  in  late  September 
on  the  college's  Morgantown  campus.  Dr.  H. 
Dwight  Page,  assistant  professor  of  French 
and  German,  discussed  the  relationship  of 

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content  and  style  in  Emile  Zola's  LAssomoir, 
and  novel  describing  conditions  among  the 
industrial  working  class  in  Paris. 

Dr.  James  W.  Scott,  professor  of  German, 
examined  the  cinematic  means  Lucino 
Visconti  used  to  capture  the  elements  of  myth 
and  cultural  criticism  in  his  film  version  of 
Thomas  Mann's  novelle  Death  in  Venice. 

Julie  Suris,  instructor  in  Spanish  and 
French,  showed  how  the  French  author  Col- 
ette had  adapted  her  mother's  letters  in  the 
writing  of  an  autobiographical  novel,  La 
Naissance  du  jour. 

Dr.  C.  F.  Joseph  Tom,  professor  of 
economics,  recently  attended  the  12th  Annual 
Convention  of  the  Eastern  Economic  Associa- 
tion in  Philadelphia.  Tom  was  also  invited  to 
present  a  paper  entitled  "Basic  Programming 
for  the  Integration  of  Money,  Demand 
Deposits  Creation  and  the  Hicksian- 
Keynesian  Model." 

Dr.  Susan  Verhoek,  professor  of  biology, 
recently  presided  over  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Society  for  Economic  Botany  held  at  the 
New  York  Botanical  Garden  in  New  York 
City.  Verhoek  has  been  president  of  the  Socie- 
ty for  the  past  year.  In  addition  to  leading 
both  the  Council  and  Society  meetings  and 
serving  as  a  host  at  the  banquet,  she 
presented  the  Society's  highest  award  to  Dr. 
Efraim  Hernadez  for  his  work  on  Mexican 
maize  gene  banks.  IVlt 


Mark 
your 

calendar! 

Alumni 
Weekend  1987 
June  5,  6,  7 


Alumni  News 

A  Golden  Anniversary 
Highlights  Alumni 
Weekend  '86 

Thanks  to  the  efforts  of  chairpersons 
Robert  Cassell  '36  and  Nancy  Bowman  Hatz 
'36,  thirty-two  members  of  the  class  of  1936 
returned  in  June  to  celebrate  their  50th  an- 
niversary during  Alumni  Weekend.  A  slide 
presentation,  prepared  by  Bob  highlighted 
the  Saturday  evening  dinner  honoring  the 
class. 

Alumni  Association  Officers  elected  were: 
Wesley  T.  Dellinger  75,  president;  John  W. 
Metka  '60,  president-elect;  and  Betty  Criswell 
Hungerford  '54,  vice  president. 

Senior  Alumni  Association  officers  are: 
Henry  H.  Grimm  '35,  president;  Ethel  H. 
Darkes  '31,  president-elect;  Esther  H. 
Kelchner  '25,  first  vice  president;  Irene  J. 
Schell  '28,  second  vice  president;  and  Adam 
D.  Miller  '22,  third  vice  president. 

These  new  officers  will  serve  until  June  30, 
1988. 


Alumni  Citations  for 
Achievement  and  Service 
Given 

Six  LVC  alumni  were  honored  for  achieve- 
ment and  service  to  the  College  during 
Alumni  Weekend.  They  are: 

Dr.  Martin  Gluntz  '53,  who  currently  is 
vice  president  of  manufacturing  and 
marketing  services  at  Hershey  International 
Ltd.,  and  past  president  of  the  LVC  Alumni 
Association; 

Herbert  Greider  '42,  who  has  played  a  key 
role  in  the  development  of  our  nation's  space 
program,  including  twenty  years  as  the 
senior  project  scientist  for  NASA  at  the 
Johnson  Space  Center  in  Houston; 

Dr.  Allan  Mund,  who  served  as  acting 
president  of  Lebanon  Valley  College  from 
1967  to  1968,  and  as  president  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  from  1962  to  1972; 

Rev.  Frederick  Mund  '32,  who  served  for 
forty  years  as  the  pastor  at  Dorguth  Memorial 
United  Methodist  Church,  and  on  LVCs 
Board  of  Trustees  from  1959  - 1968; 

Edwin  White,  who  is  a  well-known 
authority  in  the  fields  of  taxation,  estate  plan- 
ning and  business  insurance,  and  the  author 
of  Business  Insurance,  the  definitive  text  in 
the  field; 


E.  D.  Williams,  Jr.,  who  has  been  on  the 
Board  of  Trustees  since  1960  and  secretary  to 
the  board  since  1962,  and  was  named  an 
Honorary  Alumnus  in  1977  because  of  his 
generous  contributions  to  the  College. 


Lacrosse  Alumni  Play  It 
Again 

The  Spring  Arts  Festival  in  April  1986  pro- 
vided a  lively  background  for  a  friendly  game 
of  lacrosse  between  alumni.  According  to 
Chase  Howse  '75,  a  chain  of  telephone  calls 
resulted  in  twenty-four  alumni  on  the  play- 
ing field  for  the  Saturday  afternoon  match. 

"We'd  like  to  make  this  an  annual  event," 
said  Frank  Tavani,  director  of  alumni  ser- 
vices, who  hopes  to  help  return  lacrosse  to  an 
intercollegiate  sport  at  LVC. 

Alumni  who  participated  were: 
Ken  Gilberg  '72,  Jeff  Rowe  '72,  Jim  Kiernan 
'74,  Doug  Franz  '75,  Dale  Oehler  '75,  Frank 
Kushler  75,  Tom  Scheaffer  75,  Chase  Howse 
75,  Ed  Muldoon  76,  Ed  Vinarski  76,  Pete 
Johnson  77,  Bill  Weinshenk  77,  Ray 
Modugno  77,  Steve  Bordley  77,  Dave 
Schleder  77,  Pat  Cullinan  '79,  Paul  Keyes  '80, 
George  Loder  '80,  Tim  Flatley  '81,  Rob 
McCallion  '84,  Paul  Rusen  '85,  Mike  Rusen 
'86,  Bob  Carson  '86,  Scott  Cousin  '86 

Anyone  who  would  like  to  join  in  next 
year's  game  to  be  held  during  Alumni 
Weekend  in  May  should  call  Frank  Tavani  at 
(717)  867-6221. 


All  American  Influence 

Galen  Walmer  73  and  Robert  Mains  '71 
have  something  else  in  common  besides  be- 
ing graduates  of  LVC.  Both  are  teachers  of 
high  school  seniors  recently  named  to 
McDonald's  All  American  High  School  Band. 

The  two  students,  Tracy  Day  of  Honesdale 
High  School,  and  Sara  Lindenberg  of  Nor- 
thern Lebanon  High  School,  are  two  of  104 
talented  young  musicians  in  this  year's  20th 
edition  of  the  All  American  Band. 

"We're  very  proud  of  the  achievement 
Sara  has  made  in  being  selected,"  commented 
Walmer. 

Lindenberg  was  selected  for  her  ac- 
complishments on  the  french  horn,  and  Day 
for  the  trombone. 

"We  were  ecstatic  when  we  heard  the 
news,"  said  Mains.  "Tracy  is  a  fine  musician 
who  has  proven  her  talents  over  the  years." 

Walmer  and  Mains  graduated  from  LVC 
with  B.S.  degrees  in  music  education. 


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Members  of  Tau  Kappa  Epsilon  (TKE),  in  their  first  year  as  a  fraternity  at  LVC,  welcome  alumni  during  LVC's 
Homecoming  Carnival. 


Smiles  abound  as  Kim  Hunter,  a  senior  chemistry  mapr  from 
Shippensburg,  PA,  is  honored  as  LVC's  1986  Homecoming 
Queen. 


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Here  they  are  .  .  .  the  1961  MAC  Conference  Championship  football  team  that  gave  LVC  some  great  memories.  The 
team  was  honored  during  a  Homecoming  Dinner  on  Saturday  night  of  Homecoming  Weekend.  Front  Row:  Rowland 
Barnes  '62,  Hiram  Fitzgerald  '62,  Larrv  Godshall  '63,  John  Yajko  '63.  Second  Row:  Terry  Herr  '65,  Ellis  McCracken 
'63,  Roger  Ward  '63,  Wes  MacMillan  '64,  Vance  Stouffer  '63.  Third  Row:  Brooks  Slatcher  '62,  Bob  Stone  '65,  Jerry 
Bowman  '63,  Bill  McHenry,  Greg  Stanson  '63,  Bob  Stull  '6*2,  Fred  Porrino  '63. 


CompusuM 
Carnival 


Homecoming  Saturday:  A  day  for  watching  football  and  clowning  around. 


Four  of  LVC's  great  athletes  are  now,  and  forever,  in  the  College's  Athletic  Hall  of  Fame.  Pic- 
tured are,  back  row,  Harry  Matala  '46  (left)  and  Chris  Walk  40,  and,  front  row,  Richard 
Shover  '57  (left)  and  Raul  Billett  '37  Kathryn  "Kit"  Henderson  could  not  attend  the  picture- 
taking.  Bernard  Thrush  was  honored  posthumously. 


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LVC  Sports 

Football  Team  Snaps  Losing  Streak 

First  year  head  coach  Jim  Monos  chalked 
up  his  first  win  with  a  tight  14-13  victory  over 
Upsala  College.  More  importantly,  LVC's  los- 
ing streak  was  snapped  at  20  games.  LVC 
continued  with  a  10-6  win  over  FDU- 
Madison.  LVC  then  fell  to  a  tough  Albright 
team,  26-10,  and  a  fierce  Susquehanna,  61-6. 
Following  the  contest  with  Susquehanna, 
LVC  returned  home  and  lost  to  Delaware 
Valley  33-3.  The  Flying  Dutchmen  finished 
the  season  with  a  loss  to  a  tough  Lycoming 
team  on  Saturday,  November  15. 

Field  Hockey  Team  Ranked  12th 

Big  wins  over  Gettysburg  and  Franklin  & 
Marshall  helped  propel  the  LVC  women  to 
Number  12  in  the  country  in  Division  III  field 
hockey.  The  team  ended  the  season  with  a 
7-6-1  record,  and  advanced  to  the  ECAL 
playoffs.  They  lost  4-1  in  the  semifinal  round 
to  Oneonta  College,  of  New  York. 

Off  and  Running 

The  men's  cross-country  team  won  its  first 
two  dual  meets  of  the  season  against 
Muhlenberg,  15-50  and  Alvernia  21-37.  Senior 
John  Hibshman  led  the  way  against 
Muhlenberg  with  a  time  of  26:48,  followed  by 
freshman  Ed  Smith  and  John  Galvin. 
Against  Alvernia,  John  Galvin  took  honors 
for  the  Valley,  while  senior  Ed  Slagle  finished 
second. 

The  women's  cross-country  team  won  its 
only  scheduled  meet  by  a  forfeit  against 
Alvernia.  The  women  took  eighth  place  in  the 
Dickinson  Invitational  with  sophomore  Cin- 
dy Sladek  finishing  first  for  the  Valley  and 
fifth  overall  in  a  time  of  19:07.  Sophomore 
Sue  Yingst  took  40th  in  21:05  and  freshman 
Kristie  Painter  finished  48th  in  21:36. 

Behney  Sees  Improvement 

Though  the  season  score  stands  at  0-16, 
coach  Randy  Behney  sees  improvement  and 
promise  in  the  young  team,  which  includes 
seven  freshman  and  nine  sophomores.  The 
season  ended  with  an  11-1  match  against 
Moravian. 

LVC  Baseball  Team  Going  South 

The  1987  Flying  Dutchmen  baseball  team 
will  take  their  annual  trip  to  Florida  during 
Spring  break  from  February  27  to  March  8. 

Coach  Ed  Spittle  will  get  the  chance  to 
watch  his  team  against  some  formidable  com- 
petition from  around  the  country  who  are 
also  attending  Wes  Rinkers  Baseball  School  in 
Sanford,  Florida. 

"The  trip  sharpens  their  skills  early  in  the 
season,"  said  Spittle,  who  will  be  evaluating 
strengths,  particularly  pitching. 

The  team  will  play  about  eight  games  dur- 
ing the  week.  Last  year's  teams  came  from 


Freshman  Rick  Beard  forces  a  fumble  with  a  quarterback  sack  at  the  end  of  the  first  half  against  Fairleigh  Dickinson  on 
Saturday,  October  11  —  Photo  courtesy  of  The  Quad. 


New    York,     Tennessee, 
Pennsylvania. 


Indiana    and 


Wrestling  Tournament  Nearly  Set 

Teams  from  Lycoming,  Kings,  Washington 
and  Lee,  Muhlenberg  and  Baptist  Bible  col- 
leges will  compete  with  LVC  in  a  team  tour- 
nament to  be  held  February  14,  1987.  Two  ad- 
ditional teams  are  to  be  named . 

Jordan  Appointed 

Thomas  Jordan  was  appointed  assistant 
football  coach  in  charge  of  the  defensive  line. 

Jordan  earned  a  B.S.  degree  in  education 
from  Millersville  University  in  1976.  He  has 
been  a  special  education  teacher  at  Lebanon 
High  School  since  graduation  and  has  coach- 
ed football,  baseball  and  wrestling. 


"pl^otf  VukAmot 


LVC  Cagers  Open  1986-87 
Season 

The  Lebanon  Valley  College  Flying  Dutch- 
men opened  their  1986-87  basketball  season 
with  a  heartbreaking  game,  as  they  out- 
played Alvernia  only  to  come  up  short,  70-68, 
on  a  three  point  shot  from  25  feet  out  by 
sophomore  Kevin  Hartman  at  the  buzzer. 

Don  Hostetler  finished  with  20  points  and 
eight  rebounds  to  lead  the  Valley.  Freshman 
Scott  Sturgess  also  placed  in  double  figures 
in  netting  13  points. 

*  *  * 

Ann  Cessna  scored  a  game-high  18  points 
to  lead  the  Lebanon  Valley  College  women's 
basketball  team  to  a  season  opening  68-48 
romp  over  Haverford. 

Joining  Cessna  in  double  figures  for  the 
victors  were  Penny  Hamilton  with  15  points, 
Steph  Smith  with  10  points  and  Jackie 
DeShong,  who  also  scored  10  points. 

A  complete  winter  athletic  schedule  is 
available  by  calling  Tim  Ebersole,  sport  infor- 
mation director,  at  (717)  867-6226. 


Back  on  campus  for  Homecoming  1986  were  these  members  of  the  1933  football  team:  (back  row)  Grant  Q.  Feeser  '36,  (left) 
Leonard  Volkin  '34  (Captain  '33  football  team),  and  (front  row)  Albert  J.  Sincavage  '35,  (left)  and  J.  Henry  Ricker  '35. 


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Classnotes 


Best  wishes  from  LVC  to  Susie  Reiter  Wallis  '04  who  celebrated  her  101st 
birthday  on  September  24,  1986,  and  is  the  College's  second  oldest  alumna. 
Valerie  Heilman  Kohr  '03,  is  our  oldest. 

Church,  Fredericksburg,  Pennsylvania,  and 
as  a  distributor  for  Hershey  Chocolate  fund- 
raising  products. 

/  [™  f\   Dr.  George  Bartels,  Jr.  retired  after 
C/Vr  32  years  with  DuPont  in  various 
locations.  He  is  now  a  volunteer  at  the  A.  I. 
DuPont  Children's  Hospital. 

Rev.  Howard  Smith  retired  after  37  years  as  a 
minister  of  the  United  Methodist  Church. 

'  C  ^   Albert  Moser  retired  after  31  years 
^J   of    teaching    at    Scotia-GIenville 
Schools  in  Scotia,  New  York. 

/  C  /l    William  D.  Gorgone  is  president  of 


t 

Marian  Dorsheimer  Campbell  '28 


'35! 


Prof.  Bruce  Metzger,  of  Princeton 
'Theological  Seminary,  was  elected  to 
membership  in  the  American  Philosophical 
Society,  the  oldest  learned  society  in 
America. 


/^Q    Hermon  H.  Ellenberger  is  retired 
JOand  active  in  a  variety  of  volunteer 
activities,  mainly  church-related. 

f/t  "t     Lucile  Esbenshade  is  retired  and  is  a 
TT _L    volunteer  staff  member  at  the  Lucille 
Rains  Residence,  a  support  community  for 
recovering  drug  addicts. 

Rev.  Richard  Rodes,  was  selected  as  one  of 
200  American  delegates  to  the  Soviet- 
American,  Cultural-Political  weeklong  forum 
in  Riga,  Latvia  USSR.  The  Riga-Forum  is  one 
of  the  ten  exchanges  agreed  upon  at  the 
Reagan-Gorbachev  Geneva  summit. 

f/t  /%  Dorothy  Landis  Gray  recently  left 
TTTT  her  position  as  professor  of  Music  at 
Arkansas  College  in  Batesville,  Arkansas  to 
begin  a  doctoral  program  at  the  Catholic 
University  of  America. 


'46 


Phyllis   E.    Boyer   retired   after 
teaching    French,    Latin,    and 

English,  in  the  same  school  district  for  31 

years. 


'49 


Harlan  Daubert  retired  after  37 
years  as  band  director  of  Northern 
Lebanon  High  School.  He  is  currently  work- 
ing as  church  organist  at  Salem  Lutheran 


the   Saddle   Brook   Chamber   of 


Commerce. 


/PrT     Lori    Wanner    Starsinic   teaches 
\J  I     music   at   Rumsan   County   Day 
School,  Rumsan,  New  Jersey. 

'CQ  Dr.  Thomas  Carmany  has  been 
C/O  given  the  Meritorious  Service 
Award  of  the  New  Mexico  Hospital  Associa- 
tion. He  received  the  award  for  his  work 
among  American  Indians  and  Hispanics  in 
alcoholism  treatment  and  prevention.  Car- 
many  is  president  of  Rehoboth  McKinley 
Christian  Health  Care  Services,  Inc. 

/  PQ  Dr.  Karl  E.  Moyer  played  concerts 
\j7s  at  Long  wood  Gardens,  St.  Thomas 
Church  (NYC),  Berwick,  Pennsylvania  and 
Bach-year  recitals  in  New  Holland  and  in 
Lancaster. 


Learning  Resource  Center  Added  in  Blair 


Dr.  Robert  C.  Lau,  chairman  of  the  depart- 
ment of  music,  demonstrates  how  to  compose 
music  with  a  synthesizer  and  computer  at  the 
recent  dedication  of  the  new  Learning 
Resource  Center  in  the  Blair  Music  Center. 

Watching  are  Kathy  and  Norman  Camp- 
bell, granddaughter  and  husband  of  the  late 
Marian  Dorsheimer  Campbell  '28,  whose  be- 
quest made  the  new  center  possible. 

According  to  Dr.  Lau,  the  center  is  "a  total 
learning  environment  with  computers,  audio 


and  visual  equipment." 

The  center  features  three  Apple  lie  com- 
puters for  computerized  instruction  in  music 
theory  courses  like  sight  singing,  ear  train- 
ing, written  harmony  and  composition. 

The  funding  also  purchased  phonographs, 
cassette  decks,  compact  disc  players  and 
video  taping  equipment. 

Classmates  of  Marian's  who  also  attended 
were  Deborah  Orth  Orbock,  Edward  J.  Or- 
bock,  and  Gladys  Happel  Flowers. 


The  Valley  19 


I C^\    Col.  Rosalyn  Knapp  serves  as  the 

O  JL  deputy  commander,  31st  Combat 
Support  Group  at  Homestead  Air  Force  Base, 
Florida. 

Capt.  Alfred  J.  Kreiser  assumed  command 
of  the  Naval  Reserve  Region  Five  in  June 
1986. 

//2^    Stanley  M.  Daniels  is  an  account- 

Kj^m  ant  with  the  Pennsylvania  Depart- 
ment of  Transportation. 

/  S~  O    Nannette  (Rettig)  Koerner  is  coor- 
Ok?    dinator  of  the  Spina  Bifida  Pro- 
gram of  the  Pennsylvania  Department  of 
Health  and  Welfare. 

Dennis  C.  Phillippy  works  as  a  teacher  and 
planetarium  director  for  the  Central  Dauphin 
School  District. 

//2 /2    Dr.  Ammon  Balaster  is  vice  presi- 

Dv  dent  for  RELA  Computing,  Inc.  in 
Boulder,  Colorado. 

f  C^7  John  Shuey  recently  opened  a  new 
\J/  restaurant/bar,  "Sargeant  Pepper's 
Cafe  and  Grille,"  in  Lancaster.  Shuey  is  chair- 
man and  chief  executive  officer  of  Great 
American  Concepts,  Inc,  in  Ellicott  City, 
Maryland. 

/f  It  \    David  Hostetler  was  promoted  to 

/  *m  senior  vice  president  of  branch  ad- 
ministration at  Fulton  Bank,  Lancaster,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  is  also  development  chairman  of 
the  American  Heart  Association. 

Cheryl  Kirk  Noll  recently  illustrated  a 
30-page  full-color  book  entitled  "Kerry's 
Christmas"  (by  Eileen  M.  Van  Den  Hogen) 
for  Weekly  Reader  Books.  She  has  also  com- 
pleted elementary  textbook  illustrations  for 
DC  Health  and  Laidlaw.  In  1987,  two 
Christmas  cards  that  Noll  illustrated  will  be 
published  by  Red  Farm  Studios  &  Marcel 
Schurman,  Inc. 

/^O     Galen  Walmer  is  the  new  band 

/  J  director  for  Northern  Lebanon  High 
School. 

t^/\     Ann   Algeo  Jones  received  the 

/  TI  1986  Clayton  award  for  outstanding 
teaching  assistant.  She  teaches  at  Lehigh 
University. 

Ronald  Minnich  was  installed  as  the  pastor 
of  Mt.  Paran  Presbyterian  Church. 

Teresa  Jo  Martin-Minnich  is  the  associate 
pastor  of  Roland  Park  Presbyterian  Church. 

Benjamin  Neideigh,  Jr.  is  vice  president  and 
creative  director  at  White,  Good  &  Co.  in  Mt. 
Gretna,  Pennsylvania. 

Bill  Phifer,  a  systems  engineer  manager  at 
the  Lionville,  Pennsylvania  Development  Of- 


fice of  Electronic  Data  Systems,  is  president- 
elect of  the  Philadelphia  Science  Council. 

Christine  Walborn  was  promoted  to  regional 
marketing  manager,  Latin  America/Carib- 
bean, Hershey  International  Limited. 


'75 


Daniel  Kramlich  is  the  National 
Chairman  of  MTNA  Composition 
Commissioning  Program  and  Competition. 


Sue  Phifer  is  a  second  grade  teacher  at  Fern 
Hill  Elementary  School,  West  Chester  Area 
School  District. 

f^^    John  Baker  recently  received  the 

/  /  Navy  Achievement  Medal  for  his 
professional  performance  while  serving  as 
Officer-in-Charge  in  the  Disbursing  Office  of 
Marine  Corps  Recruit  Depot  in  San  Diego. 
Baker  is  currently  stationed  at  the  Marine 
Corps  Base  in  Okinawa,  Japan. 

S.  Douglas  DeMuth  was  promoted  to  senior 
engineer,  Hershey  International  Limited. 

f^Q  Rev.  S.  Ronald  Parks  is  working 
/O  toward  a  Ph.D.  in  Church  and 
Society  at  Drew  University  in  Madison,  New 
Jersey,  while  serving  the  Gouldsboro- 
Thornhurst  charge  in  the  Wyoming  Con- 
ference of  the  United  Methodist  Church. 

John  Stephen  Snoke  graduated  from  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Osteopathic  Medicine 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Osteopathy. 

William  Kelly  recently  accepted  a  position  as 
a  computer  programmer  at  Olsen  and 
Associates,  Zurich,  Switzerland. 

/r"WT|  Donald  Nielson  Jones  and  Gail 
/  37  Boyer  Jones  '80  live  in  Sykesville, 
Maryland  and  are  employed  by  the  Howard 
County  Public  School  System.  Donald  recent- 
ly completed  his  M.Ed,  in  music  at  Towson 
State  University,  Baltimore. 


Dorothy  Boyle  Meyer  is  a  social  worker  with 
St.  Joseph's  Hospital  in  Lancaster. 

/Q-1     Sharon  Love  is  currently  teaching 

OX  vocal  and  choral  music  for  grades 
K-5  in  the  Wyomissing  Area  School  District, 
Wyomissing,  Pennsylvania,  in  addition  to 
serving  as  Minister  of  Music  at  Bausman 
Memorial  United  Church  of  Christ, 
Wyomissing.  Love  is  also  a  member  of  the 
LVC  Alumni  Chorale. 

/Q^     Sara   Moran  Aker   received  her 
O—    master   of  divinity   degree  from 
Moravian  Theological  Seminary.  She  is  now 
pastor  of  Canadensis  Moravian  Church. 

Scott  Berger  is  currently  working  for 
Rockwell  International  of  Houston,  Texas  on 
NASA  Space  Shuttle  Operations  as  a  com- 
puter programmer. 

Kristina  Groff  Danz  works  as  an  EMG 
technician  in  Lancaster,  Pennsylvania. 

Carol  Rose  Fleischman  received  an  M.D. 
from  the  Hahnemann  University  School  of 
Medicine,  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Michael  H.  Goodman  is  a  pediatric  resi- 
dent at  Overland  Hospital,  Sumpter,  New 
Jersey. 

Robert  Hogan  graduated  from  the  Universi- 
ty of  Medicine  and  Dentistry  of  New  Jersey, 
School  of  Osteopathy. 

David  Light  recently  tried  out  for  the  Harlem 
Globetrotters  and  made  first  cut.  He  was 
recommended  for  the  Generals,  but  was 
turned  down  because  of  a  lack  of  openings 
on  the  Generals'  team.  Light  is  currently  a 
teacher/coach /drama  director  at  Down- 
ingtown  High  School  in  Downingtown, 
Pennsylvania . 

Maureen  Mills  co-authored  a  paper  which 
was  presented  at  the  1986  meeting  of  the 
Botanical  Society  of  America  at  the  University 
of  Massachusetts,  Amherst. 


More  than  100  scholarship  recipients  were  honored  during  opening  convocation  and  a  special 
scholars  luncheon  held  on  September  2. 

'The  luncheon  was  a  lovely  way  for  the  students  to  meet  and  thank  their  sponsors  who  are 
our  alumni  and  friends,"  noted  Karen  McHenry  Gluntz,  executive  director  of  development 
and  coordinator  of  the  luncheon. 


J  Qf\    Michael  Kohler  recently  won  an 

Ovf  audition  to  sing  with  the  Sarasota 
Opera  Company  in  Florida  early  in  1987.  He 
is  currently  teaching  vocal  music  in  the  Le- 
moyne  Middle  School,  Lemoyne, 
Pennsylvania. 

Rebecca  Ferner  Lundgren  received  the  1986 
Pennsylvania  Nurses  Association  District  II 
Nursing  Practice  Award. 

Marsha  Van  Dine  Poust  recently  earned  her 
MBA  from  Widener  University. 


Daniel  Reppert  was  elected  assistant  actuary 
of  USF&G  Insurance  of  Baltimore,  Maryland. 

Timothy  Wolf  is  currently  finishing  his 
Master  of  Pastoral  Counseling  degree  at  the 
Assemblies  of  God  Theological  Seminary  in 
Soringfield,  Missouri. 

John  Zimmerman  began  first-year  studies  at 
Dickinson  School  of  Law. 


'83 

Actuaries. 


David    Kerr    was    named    as 
Associate    of    the    Society    of 


6148 


The  Valley  20 


Joseph  Krolczyk  graduated  from  the 
Carnegie-Mellon  University's  Graduate 
School  of  Industrial  Administration  last  May. 
He  is  currently  working  in  diversified  finan- 
cing at  Ford  Motor  Credit  Company  in  Dear- 
born, Michigan. 

Deborah  Marie  Lucas  received  an  M.Ed,  in 
counseling  from  Indiana  University  of 
Pennsylvania . 

Thomas  Myers  is  organist  and  choir  director 
at  Faith  Reformed  Church,  Hazlett,  New 
Jersey. 

Bonnie  Davenport  Orlowski  is  an  alcohol 
and  drug  rehabilitation  counselor  for  the  ar- 
my in  Darmstadt,  West  Germany.  She  is  also 
enrolled  in  Boston  University's  Studies 
Abroad  Program,  pursuing  an  Ed.M.  in 
counseling  degree. 

Marilyn  Parker  was  promoted  to  marketing 
research  analyst  at  Hershey  Foods  Co. 

Keith  Sweger  was  a  featured  soloist  while  on 
tour  this  summer  with  the  Pittsburgh-based 
American  Wind  Symphony  Orchestra.  He 
has  a  teaching  assistantship  at  the  University 
of  Wisconsin-Madison,  where  he  is  working 
toward  his  Doctor  of  Musical  Arts  degree. 

Steven  Wasserman  is  assistant  manager  at 
Gee  Bees  Department  Store  in  Selinsgrove, 
Pennsylvania. 

fQA     PFC  James  R.   Conzelman  is  a 

OtI  medical  technician  for  the  U.S.  Ar- 
my at  Walter  Reed  Hospital,  Washington, 
D.C. 

John  Dayton  is  a  platoon  leader  with  Alpha 
Company  1st  and  16th  Infantry  Regiment  in 
Boeblingen,  West  Germany. 

Michelle  Smith  Dayton  is  a  social  services 
assistant  and  a  family  advocate  for  the 
Greater  Stuttgart  Military  Community, 
Robinson  Barracks,  Stuttgart,  West  Germany. 

Brenda  Norcross  is  teaching  three-year-old 
children  at  Kinder  Care  in  Hershey, 
Pennsylvania. 


'85 


Allan  Dutton  teaches  elementary 
music  in  the  Penn  Manor  School 
District  in  Millersville. 


Jane  Rupert  Dutton,  a  social  worker  for 
Community  Services  Inc.  in  Mountville, 
Pennsylvania  supervises  a  group  home  for 
retarded /deaf  adults. 

Carol  Eshleman  Light  received  a  permanent 
teaching  position  in  the  Octorara  School 
District,  Atglen,  Pennsylvania,  teaching 
grade  two. 

Douglas  Rauch  began  first-year  studies  at 
Dickinson  School  of  Law. 


Tony  Shefry  recently  received  two  honors 
from  the  Western  New  England  School  of 
Law,  where  he  is  currently  pursuing  his  J.D. 
degree.  He  was  given  the  American 
Jurisprudence  Award  for  high  grade  point 
average  in  criminal  law,  and  was  also  elected 
to  the  Western  New  England  Law  Review 
based  on  academic  performance. 

/ 'Q/2    Debbie  Dressier  is  now  an  eighth 
OO    grade  environmental  science  tea- 
cher with  the  Pennsbury  School  District,  and 
lives  in  Warminster,  PA . 

Erik  Enters  joined  the  admissions  staff  of 
Elizabethtown  College  as  a  counselor. 

James  Foster  is  now  studying  for  his  doc- 
torate in  anatomy  and  cell  biology  at  the 
University  of  Virginia  Medical  School  in 
Charlottesville,  VA. 

Lois  Hagerman  is  currently  teaching  third 
grade  at  Lickdale  Elementary  School. 

Antoinette  Kazmierczak  is  a  resident  assis- 
tant with  Allied  Services  for  the  Handicap- 
ped in  Scranton,  PA. 

David  Kurjiaka  is  a  graduate  student  in 
zoology  at  the  University  of  Oklahoma. 


Kudos  to  the  class  of  1936,  who  recently 
donated  $700  to  the  Alumni  Scholarship 
Fund.  Mr.  Robert  U.  Cassel  and  Mr.  Paul  W. 
Hershey  were  instrumental  in  this  project. 


Robert  Lasky  was  named  Associate 
Marketing  Research  Analyst  in  the  Corporate 
Marketing  Research  Department  of  Hershey 
Foods. 

Donald  Palumbo  is  a  chemist  with  U.S. 
Testing  in  Hoboken,  NJ. 

Kimberly  Pearl  accepted  a  full-time  position 
teaching  Kindergarten  at  the  Rainbow  Child 
Care  Center  in  Folcroft,  Pennsylvania. 

John  Woods  is  currently  teaching  fifth  grade 
in  the  Palmyra  Area  School  District,  Palmyra, 
Pennsylvania. 


She's  a  Modern  Media 
Woman 

Lynne  Warfel  '77  recently  wrote  to  let  her 
friends  know  where  she's  been  since  her  days 
in  Annville. 

Currently  a  resident  of  San  Gabriel, 
California,  Lynne  became  the  first  woman 
announcer  on  the  staff  of  KFAC  AM-FM  in 
Los  Angeles  in  December  of  1984.  KFAC,  a 
classical  music  station  for  Southern  Califor- 
nia, airs  "The  Lynne  Warfel  Show"  on  Satur- 
day mornings. 

She  appears  on  major  airlines  doing 
classical  music  shows  for  the  in-flight  enter- 
tainment channels.  Through  the  fall,  her 
show  "TWA's  Star  Studio,"  will  air  and 
feature  her  interview  done  in  London  with 
The  King's  Singers.  Lynne  wrote,  pro- 
grammed and  edited  the  show. 

"I'm  still  acting,"  says  Lynne,  who  has  ap- 
peared in  television  and  film  including 
"Maverick,"  "Rich  and  Famous,"  and 
"Chicago  Story." 

Lynne  received  a  B.S.  in  theatre  from 
Northwestern  in  1978,  and  a  Master  of 
Theology  from  Fuller  Theological  Seminary 
in  Pasadena,  California,  in  1984.  While 
attending  Fuller,  she  founded  a  drama  group 
called  "LASER." 


The  Valley  21 


Marriages 


1973 

Bonnie  Seidel  to  Joel  Rogol  on  May  31,  1986. 
Arthur  Tanberg  to  Jo-Ann  Sheetz  on  June  21, 
1986. 
1979 

Jan  Margut  to  Randy  Habecker  on  May  31, 
1986. 
1980 

Dorothy    Boyle    to    Douglass    Meyer    on 
September  13,  1986. 

Judith  M.  Risser  to  Gary  M.  Brasvic  on  May 
31,  1986. 
1982 

Scott  Berger  to  Sally  Anne  Fbose  '83  on  Oc- 
tober 11,  1986. 

David  Buffington  to  Heather  Walter  '85  on 
August  2,  1986. 

Dr.  Michael  H.  Goodman  to  Dr.  Michele 
Berlinerblau  on  June  22,  1986. 
Kirsten  Benson-Sellers  to  Reed  Sellers  on 
October  5,  1985. 
1983 

Colleen   Marie   Cassidy   to  John  Edward 
Schleicher  on  May  24,  1986. 
Joseph  Krolczyk  to  Elizabeth  Reid  Emanuel 
on  June  21,  1986. 
1984 

Rhonda  L.  Beekman  to  Kevin  J.  Ochs  on 
April  12,  1986. 
1985 

Gregory  Paul  Buck  to  Cynthia  Irene  Eckert 
on  April  19,  1986. 

Barbara  Ann  Nace  to  Mark  Richard  Witmer 
on  August  2,  1986. 
1986 
Valerie  R.  Hoover  to  Patrick  N.  McElhenney. 


Births 


1968 

To  John  H.  Heffner  and  Diane  M.  Iglesias,  a 
son,  Andrew  Robert  Louis  on  July  11,  1986. 
1972 

To   Dr.    Elizabeth    Robinson    Unger   and 
Robert  L.  Unger  '69,  a  daughter,   Evelyn 
Elizabeth  on  June  26,  1986. 
1973 

To  Marcia  Keefer  Martin  and  Kevin  Martin, 
daughters,  Kathleen  Meghan  on  June  9,  1984 
and  Kristen  Anne  on  October  19,  1985. 
1974 

To  Djis  Anne  Moore  Autenrieth  and 
Stephen  Mark  Autenrieth  '74,  a  son,  Drew 
Nathaniel  Autenrieth  on  August  13,  1986. 
Mary  DeLoache  Jennings  and  John  A.  Jenn- 
ings adopted  Anna  Hyang  Jennings.  Anna 
was  born  in  Seoul,  Korea  on  August  1,  1985. 
1976 

To  Marlene  Windham  Riela  and  Anthony 
Riela,  a  son,  Andrew  Joseph  on  May  18,  1986. 
To  Deborah  Hoffman  Risser  and  John 
Risser,  a  son,  Todd  Benjamin  on  June  4,  1986. 
1977 

To  Christina  DeAngelo  and  Paul  DeAngelo, 
a  daughter,  Rita  Marie  on  March  6,  1985. 
1978 

To  Rev.  S.  Ronald  Parks  and  Jean  Graham 
Parks  '77,  a  son,  Ian  Graham  on  September 
21,  1984. 
1979 

To  Robert  Longenecker  and  Karen 
Longenecker,  a  son,  Eric  Robert  on  January 
16,  1986. 

To   Beth   Sumerfield   Nevill   and   Francis 
Nevill,  a  son,  Francis  David  on  January  5, 
1985  and  a  daughter,  Megan  Elizabeth  on 
May  6,  1986. 
1980 

To  Liz  Horbal  and  Warren  Horbal  '79,  a  son, 
Kristofer  Jaymes  Horbal  on  August  21,  1986. 
To  Gail  Boyer  Jones  and  Donald  Nielson 
Jones  '79,  a  daughter,  Meredith  Katherine  on 
March  26,  1985. 
1981 

To   Leo    Hearn   Jr.    and   Anita   Hearn,    a 
daughter,  Sarah  Marie  on  May  25,  1986. 
1983 

To  Sharon  M.  Reeves-Hazard  and  Jeff 
Hazard,  a  son,  Kristopher  Michael  on  June 
12,  1986. 


In  Memoriam 

1919 

Mrs.  Frankie  Kline  Cullen,  in  Downington, 
Pennsylvania. 
1923 

Kathryn  Hopple  Shank,  on  May  11,  1986. 
1927 

Luella  Lehman  Beam,  on  June  1,  1986,  in 
Palmvra,  Pennsylvania. 
193l' 

Norman  Shirk  Greiner,  on  September  21, 
1986,  in  Cornwall,  Pennsylvania. 
1933 

Russell  Henne,  in  Berwick,  Pennsylvania. 
1934 

Lester  Reed,  1985,  in  Lebanon,  Pennsylvania. 
1936 

Mildred  P.  Bernard,  on  July  18,  1986,  in 
Lebanon,  Pennsylvania. 
John  G.  Loos,  on  March  20,  1986,  in  Shill- 
ington,  Pennsylvania. 
Dale  Wampler  DDS,  on  March  14,  1986. 
1938 

Walter    M.    Ehrhart,     in    Dallastown, 
Pennsylvania. 

D.  Eugene  Shenk,  Jr.,  September  1,  1986,  in 
Palmvra,  Pennsylvania. 
1939 

Dorothy  A.  Horn,  on  August  12,  1986. 
1942 

Rev.    Roger    D.    Morey,    in    Bradford, 
Pennsylvania. 
1943 

Helen  Morrison  Davis,  on  May  3,  1986. 
1947 

Mary     Myers     Aungst,     in     Lebanon, 
Pennsylvania. 
1948 

Dr.  James  C.  West,  on  May  11,  1986. 
1949 

Russell  Getz,  on  May  9,  1986. 
1950 

Dr.  John  H.  Eisenhauer,  on  October  5,  1986, 
in  Lebanon,  Pennsylvania. 
Russell  Keltering,  on  July  11,  1986. 
John  W.  Kennedy,  on  September  26,  1986,  in 
Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania. 
1956 
Rev.  Richard  C.  Yoder,  on  May  15,  1986. 


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Time  is  running  out! 


Six  months  remain  in  the  1986-87  Annual  Giving  Cam- 
paign, which  ends  June  30,  1987.  To  date,  we  have  ac- 
complished 45  percent  of  our  goal. 

Why  not  consider  a  gift  to  Lebanon  Valley  College  this 
month? 

Q.  How  can  you  give  to  LVC? 

A.  Cash,  securities  (stocks,  bonds,  mutual  funds),  life 
insurance,  real  estate,  memorial  gifts,  individual 
retirement  accounts  (LVC  can  be  named  the 
beneficiary  of  your  IRA)  or  gifts-in-kind  (jewelry, 
works  of  art,  coin  collections,  etc.) 

For  more  information,  call: 

Karen  McHenry  Gluntz 
Executive  Director  of  Development 
Lebanon  Valley  College 
Annville,  PA  17003 

(717)  867-6224 


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When  LVC  sophomore  Michelle  Grube  visited  the  Soviet  Union 
this  past  summer,  she  had  the  chance  to  practice  her  pulpit 
capabilities  in  preparation  tor  her  career  as  a  minister. 

Grube  made  history  in  a  United  Methodist  church  in  Tallin 
when  she  conducted  a  worship  service  for  children.  It  was  the 
first  time  that  a  children's  service  was  held.  See  page  12. 


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