M a g a z i n e Volume 14, No. 3 • Spring 2009 Timothy D. Haines D. Timothy Shepherd employees raise $7,302 for United Way campaign Fifty-six Shepherd employees participated in the 2008-09 West Virginia State Employee Combined United Way Campaign. This year’s $7,302 contribution is a record for Shepherd employees, exceeding previous campaign totals of $6,061 in 2007 and $6,972 in 2006. Shepherd University President Suzanne Shipley (above) presented a check for $7,302 to Ken Barton, Eastern Panhandle United Way cam- paign chair, during a campus celebration event February 3. Governor names Dr. Mark Snell an Honorary West Virginian r. Mark Snell, associate pro- Dfessor of history and director of Shepherd’s George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, received an Honorary West Virginian Award from Governor Joe Manchin in a ceremony in the governor’s office on February 12. The award is the highest individ- ual honor given by the governor to a non-West Virginia resident. Dr. Snell received the award in recognition of his recent achieve- ments. In 2008 Dr. Snell was selected for a faculty exchange with Great Britain’s Royal Mili- tary Academy Sandhurst, where he taught as a visiting professor last autumn. Dr. Snell, who is a retired major in the United States Army, taught at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point prior to On hand during the presentation to Dr. Mark Snell were members of the Eastern Panhandle delegation Shepherd. to the legislature (l. to r.) Delegate Jonathan Miller, Delegate John Overington, Senator Herb Snyder Also in 2008 the GTM ’77, Snell, Delegate John Doyle ’66, and Delegate Daryl Cowles. Center released the educational CD-ROM Mountaineers of the Blue the work was done entirely by the Civil War more about the Civil War and West Virginia’s and Gray: The Civil War in West Center staff. Designed for secondary school unique history in that era. It was distributed Virginia. The project took more students, the CD-ROM is an exceptional free of charge to every West Virginia middle than 10 years to complete, and tool to help West Virginia students learn school and high school. • Contents Boards Board of Governors Robert A. McMillan Thomasine Campbell ’09 Diane Shewbridge ’73 Shepherd Today Chair Student Representative Classified Employee From the President: Active learning ......................... 4 Martinsburg Shepherdstown Representative Martinsburg Dresser is Commencement speaker ....................... 4 Mary Clare Eros Doris M. Griffin Admissions wins bronze ....................................... 4 Vice Chair Martinsburg Lacy I. Rice III Shepherdstown Washington, D.C. Student volunteer program wins national award .. 5 Anders Henriksson Gat Caperton Faculty Representative W. Mark Rudolph ’84 New administrators join staff ............................... 6 Secretary Harpers Ferry Winchester, Virginia CATF announces 19th season .............................. 7 Berkeley Springs Andrew D. Michael ’75 Grants and awards ............................................... 7 Lauri Bridgeforth ’87 Hedgesville Winchester, Virginia Alumni Class Notes .......................................................... 8 Foundation Ramon A. Alvarez ’62 Jerry Kerr ’68 Larry Strite ’60 Alumni Notes ..................................................... 10 President Winchester, Virginia Shepherdstown New Arrivals ...................................................... 10 Shepherdstown William E. Knode ’58 David Wing Weddings and Engagements ............................... 11 James M. Davis ’59 Shepherdstown Myersville, Maryland Vice President Lyons ’55 honored by UNC ............................... 12 Shepherdstown Lynn E. Leatherman ’92 Karl L. Wolf ’70 Ryan named major gifts director ........................ 13 Falling Waters Shepherdstown Allen Lueck ’67, Secretary Obituaries .......................................................... 13 Shepherdstown Elizabeth Lowe ’52 Lisa Younis Students call for Annual Fund ............................ 14 Shepherdstown Shepherdstown Monica Lingenfelter Executive Vice President Kenneth F. Lowe, Jr. ’71 HONORARY DIRECTOR Athletics Hagerstown, Maryland Shepherdstown James A. Butcher Steele garners All-American honors .................... 15 Shepherdstown Jason Best Susan Mentzer-Blair ’72 Men’s basketball goes 13-16 .............................. 16 Shepherdstown Knoxville, Maryland Women’s basketball finishes 15-14 ..................... 17 Ken Boone ’76 Andrew D. Michael ’75 Grosselin earns academic honors ........................ 17 Baltimore, Maryland Hedgesville Herbert Clark Annette M. Murphy Development Hagerstown, Maryland Charles Town Your gift makes a difference ............................... 18 Deborah Dhayer ’74 David Newlin ’76 Leave a legacy .................................................... 19 Berkeley Springs Winchester, Virginia McMurran Society reception set for May ........... 19 Scott Bradford Doleman ’95 Cinda Scales ’81 Foundation new named funds announced .......... 20 Inwood Martinsburg From the Foundation ......................................... 21 Kenneth Harbaugh Suzanne Shipley Thanks expressed by scholarship students .......... 22 Williamsport, Maryland Shepherdstown Foundation board member remembered ............. 22 Robert Holmes ’64 Michael Smith ’89 Retired prof’s portrait to be placed in library ..... 22 Atlanta, Georgia Winchester, Virginia Jane Ikenberry-Dorrier ’65 Daniel C. Starliper ’69 Scottsville, Virginia Martinsburg The Shepherd University Magazine is published by the Office of External Affairs, the Shepherd University Foundation, and the Office of Advancement for the Shepherd University Alumni Association community—alumni, donors, students, parents, prospec- Scott Bradford Doleman ’95 Ted Gillette ’76 Eric Stenger ’94 President Ashland, Virginia Martinsburg tive students, staff, faculty, and friends of the University. A Inwood portion of the production cost is underwritten by the Shep- Gina Groh ’86 Larry Strite ’60 herd University Foundation and the Shepherd University Tripp Lowe ’95 and ’97 Charles Town Shepherdstown Vice President Alumni Association. Shepherdstown Bill Harper ’94 Lou Tiano ’72 Martinsburg Shepherdstown Editor and Art Director Brian Jackson ’87, Treasurer Valerie Owens ’76 and ’86 Toluca Lake, California Lynn Leatherman ’92 Nelson Vazquez ’86 Falling Waters Hooksett, New Hampshire Veronique Walker ’95, Secretary Managing Editors Martinsburg Eric Lewis ’95 Keith Worrell ’03 Monica Lingenfelter, Diane Melby Shepherdstown Martinsburg Elizabeth Greenfield Adams ’98 Contributors this issue: Martinsburg Rich Pell ’99 Paul Hillyard ’58 Charles Town Director Emeritus Sharon Henderson, Chip Ransom ’86 Jim Auxer ’69 Winchester, Virginia Timothy D. Haines ’95, Katie Young Shepherdstown Barbara Pichot ’71 and ’81 Kristen Alexander, Alexis Palladino Reed ’06, Kearneysville Charles VanMetre ’56 Denny Barron ’73 Director Emeritus Gary Kable, Julie Siler, Cathy Nevy, Robert Shaw Shepherdstown Shepherdstown Rebekah Jaswa, William Ransom Nancy Smeltzer ’88 and ’97 Karin Hammann Dunn ’93 Gerrardstown Robert Wantz ’55 Cover Photo by Timothy D. Haines: Knutti Hall, built in Martinsburg Director Emeritus Sandy Sponaugle ’95 Hagerstown, Maryland 1904 at a cost of $60,000, is named in honor of John G. Ben Ellis ’66 Shepherdstown Knutti, Shepherd’s eighth principal. Bunker Hill Chris Wooten ’87 Director Emeritus Back Cover Photo: Turner Hall (left of the bridge) as James R. Fleenor ’74 Fallston, Maryland viewed from the Maryland side of the Potomac River. Martinsburg Spring 2009 3 Shepherd Today Playwright Richard Dresser to From the President be Commencement speaker Active learning at Shepherd laywright Richard Dresser, a perennial Con- hepherd University Ptemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) has multiple forms of favorite, will be this year’s speaker at Shep- Sengaging students out- herd’s 136th Commencement on Saturday, May side of the classroom—cam- 16. Dresser also will be awarded an honorary pus organizations, athletics, doctorate. study abroad programs, ser- Over the past 20 years, Dresser’s plays have vice learning, and volunteer been widely produced on and off Broadway and activities. As Shepherd com- in the nation’s leading regional theaters, including pletes its strategic planning Shepherd’s CATF. process, we have identified He recently completed a trilogy of plays about as our number one prior- happiness in America, with each play set in a dif- ity inspiring student learn- ferent social class: Augusta (working class), The ing and development. We Pursuit of Happiness (middle class), and A View hope to focus new energy on of the Harbor (upper class). All of these plays preparing our students for received critical early productions by CATF and their professional and per- Gary Kable are now being produced at other regional theaters sonal lives. Dr. Suzanne Shipley and in Europe. In this issue, our student H i s 1 7 community services program is profiled. Shepherd was just named to published plays the national President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor include Round- Roll, one of 635 colleges and universities nationwide receiving this ing Third, which honor. We are pleased to be included on this list. deals with com- Our student volunteer program is headed by Holly Morgan Frye, p e t i t i o n i n whose hard work and superb organizational skills piloted Shep- American soci- herd to a place on this year’s Honor Roll. She pairs nonprofit agen- ety through the cies in need of volunteers with our enthusiastic students, resulting