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Nursing students work to improve the health of homeless women. The promise of discovery drives Owls in all they do. In this issue, students create brand-new materials using lasers; researchers look to the human body to cure disease; and a women’s shelter in North Philadelphia provides students with a real-world classroom.

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Students in the College of Science and Temple researchers explore how stem cells The Sport Industry Research Center mea- Technology create small materials with huge can cure degenerative diseases. sures local programs that improve health implications. and well-being.

14 A NEW DAY: Temple celebrates the inauguration of Neil D. Theobald as its 10th president.

ON THE COVER: Through the Nanomaterials by Design project, students are using lasers to make new molecular materials. Illustration by JT Morrow.

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I really enjoy Temple magazine. I am a two- time Temple grad and reading the articles makes me proud to be Temple Made. After WHAT DO YOU THINK? receiving my MBA, I made a career change Readers celebrate the fall issue for its content and design. Temple recog- from Temple employee to chef/entrepre- neur. I particularly enjoyed your recent arti- nizes a piece of university history, and the past and future of two alumni. cle “Daring Do’s (and Don’ts)” and can relate especially to Justin Rosenberg’s story! Melissa Wieczorek, FOX ’93, ’02, Newtown, Pa. FALL FANS to Jared for his strength of character and commitment to serve those with injury and

FALL 2013 UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE in trauma. I just completed my third mara- thon and have seen what talented first Congrats on a wonderful magazine. The fall responders can do in support of injured run- issue was particularly well-done. However, ners. Jared is a credit to Temple University. I was unable to find the credit for the fabu- Gerard Bodalski, SSW ’81, Elm Grove, Wis. lous photo on the cover. My husband (a diver) and I are also very curious whether this image was Photoshopped. Either way, it is outstanding. Diane Mattis, Havertown, Pa.

Editor’s note: The woman in the photograph— taken by Jonathan Knowles—is model Funda

Temple University Libraries Temple Onal. We cannot confirm whether or not this image was Photoshopped.

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I want to echo others in complimenting you on your publication. Being an amateur pho- Temple Stadium, in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neigh- tographer myself, I know what it takes to get borhood, housed the football team from 1928 to 1975. well-composed, compelling shots, and your publication has them in abundance. When I Have you ever thought about doing a story read the articles, I find them to be inspiring, about the history of Temple Stadium, which informative and well-written. was located in the West Oak Lane section of Though I work in information technology, Philadelphia? When I lived in the city, I can I have worked closely with design profes- remember going to many football games sionals and know the importance of good there. The Eagles even used it as a practice design. From the choice of paper to the facility. Next to the stadium was Temple clean layout, your magazine has that as well. Community College, from which I graduated In this day and age—when everything is in 1965. I bet many Temple people don’t Troy Jones, SMC ’00, and Joy Woods-Jones, SMC ’99, going online—it’s refreshing to see a great know that Temple Stadium existed. SSW ’05, sent in this photo of their 13th wedding anniver- sary, which they celebrated in Negril, Jamaica. The couple print publication. Stephen Pickholtz, CLA ’65, EDU ’69, Tabernacle, N.J. met at Temple in 1998. Woods-Jones is director of Ben Thomas, ENG ’97, Downingtown, Pa. Grandma’s Kids, a program in the Intergenerational Editor’s note: Temple Stadium was the home Center at Temple. of Temple football from 1928 to 1975 and then of Temple men’s soccer until 2002. The Great story by Jared Malan, POD ’13, about Philadelphia Eagles did use it as their practice his experience at the 2013 Boston Marathon. facility and played two professional games there. To share your opinions with the Temple staff, Several of my friends were running in that The stadium also hosted an all-star concert on email [email protected] or send a letter marathon. All returned home safe, but with May 16, 1970, which featured Jimi Hendrix, the to Temple Magazine, TASB/1852 N. 10th St., similar feelings of disbelief. Congratulations Grateful Dead and the Steve Miller Band. Training Room 12, Philadelphia, PA 19122.

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VOL. 67 NO. 3 / WINTER 2014 Homecoming 2013 at Temple University was Vice President for Strategic Marketing and Communications an unforgettable weekend. It was the biggest Karen Clarke Homecoming in Temple’s history, with thou- sands of alumni and students celebrating

Assistant Vice President, Strategic Marketing Ryan S. Brandenberg and Communications their common bond as Owls. Betsy Winter Hall, SMC ’01 It also was a big weekend for me as presi- Senior Editor dent. I had the opportunity to lay out a Maria Raha vision for Temple as a part of my inaugura- tion ceremony in the historic Baptist Temple. Associate Editor Renee Cree, SMC ’12 During my address, I made several commit- ments to the university community that Art Director highlight goals we must pursue in order for Jacqueline Spadaro Temple to be recognized as one of the great- Designers est public urban universities in the nation. Trish Brown, Lynda Cloud-Weber, Robert Frawley, Stacey Lee Briefly, here are the commitments I’ve Temple University Creative Services (536-1213) set forth:

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Email • To ensure the world is aware that excel- [email protected] lent teaching is the hallmark of the university Website temple.edu/templemag • To bring Temple’s intellectual resources Commitments are binding. They become to bear on behalf of Philadelphia and the a part of us, like a commitment to a spouse Temple is published by Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education. commonwealth, so that this world-class or a commitment to care for one’s children. © Copyright 2014 by Temple University city and Temple continue in their roles as As Temple’s 10th president, I vow to keep Temple University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all national leaders those commitments as essential parts of our in every aspect of its operations. The university has pledged not to dis- vision for the university. criminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, • To build a diverse and international learn- sexual orientation, marital status or disability. This policy extends to I value your views on where we can take all educational, service and employment programs of the university. ing community Temple using those commitments. Feel free • To conduct research that transforms lives to contact me via email at president@ in Philadelphia and around the world temple.edu. • To be a leader in encouraging entre- We all have a role in securing Temple’s preneurship across all disciplines, so future. Please join me in making this vision students can create their own success, of Temple a reality. regardless of economic conditions Notice that I call those items “commit- KEY TO SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CODES ments.” That language is deliberate. They BYR Boyer College of Music and Dance are not goals or objectives, which can be set Neil D. Theobald CHPSW College of Health Professions and Social Work aside or rewritten too easily. President, Temple University CLA College of Liberal Arts CST College of Science and Technology DEN Kornberg School of Dentistry EDU College of Education ENG College of Engineering Show us how you #CherryOn! FOX Fox School of Business To share photos of you and your family decked out in cherry and white, post them on Facebook HON Honorary Degree and Twitter with the hashtag #CherryOn or send them to [email protected]. Photos LAW Beasley School of Law MED School of Medicine might appear in Temple magazine and Temple’s online communities! PHR School of Pharmacy POD School of Podiatric Medicine SED School of Environmental Design Follow Temple! SMC School of Media and Communication School of Social Work SSW facebook.com/templeu twitter.com/TempleUniv TFM Division of Theater, Film and Media Arts THM School of Tourism and Hospitality Management TYL Tyler School of Art @TempleUniv Temple University Alumni Group

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NEW INVESTIGATOR Ryan S. Brandenberg A new, two-year, $150,000 grant will Wuest says. “We focus on making modified support the research of William Wuest, compounds that mimic the natural shape, assistant professor of chemistry in the but are designed strategically to shut down College of Science and Technology. Wuest biofilm formation. The general idea is to is developing new molecules to function as confuse the bacteria into using our com- therapeutics that could inhibit the processes pounds, short circuit the system and, of bacterial biofilms, which cause bacteria ultimately, kill the bugs.” to become resistant to antibiotics. To do Wuest’s group is working with cyclic di- so, he has been awarded one of the first GMP, a molecule found in the majority of New Investigator Research Grants from the bacteria. The team is one of only a handful Charles E. Kaufman Foundation. of research groups focusing on this molecule Curated Stacks, a new exhibit in Paley Library, showcases Biofilms are especially prevalent in hospi- as a novel way of attacking the biofilms- research materials creatively. tal settings and can lead to chronic microbial infection problem. infections such as MRSA, urinary-tract infec- The Charles E. Kaufman Foundation was tions, catheter infections and heart-valve established in 2006 to support scientific VISUAL infections. research in Pennsylvania’s institutions of “Our group is interested in molecules higher education. PRESTON M. MORETZ, SMC ’82 that are involved in the biofilm process,” BIBLIOGRAPHY A new library project allows patrons to dis- play their research sources and methods in “The general idea is to confuse the bacteria into a creative and nontraditional format. Called Curated Stacks, the exhibit will be using our compounds, short circuit the system and, assembled and installed by library users ultimately, kill the bugs.” who have found materials in Temple Libraries’ collections for research articles, —WILLIAM WUEST, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY, COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY course assignments or multimedia projects. “The Curated Stacks exhibit is a great way to introduce the larger campus to what goes on behind the scenes and how students are using the library beyond checking out books or using the databases,” says Jill Luedke, subject specialist for architecture, visual art and art history at Paley Library on Main Campus. The current display is based on materials assembled by Phoebe Bachman, Class of 2014, a sculpture major in the Tyler School of Art. Using book covers from sources she applied to her research about women’s 1 2 3 activist art in public spaces, Bachman ATTACHMENT GROWTH DETACHMENT included photocopies of articles, a complete bibliography and a description of her research project. BIOFILM LIFE CYCLE Bachman says, “It’s a way for students to The life cycle of a biofilm happens in three stages: see what other students are working on, and perhaps find something that piques their 1. Bacteria attach to a surface and begin to colonize it. interest or inspires them.” 2. The biofilm community grows, often within a few hours. JOSEPH B. SCHAEFER, SMC ’13 3. The biofilms disperse through clumps of cells or by individual cells.

6 TEMPLE NEWS ETHICAL Macall B. Polay/Courtesy of HBO DECISION The Department of Journalism at Temple is now one of the few programs in the nation to have its own code of ethics for student journalists. Though many programs throughout the country refer students to codes used by pro- fessionals, Journalism Department Chair Andrew Mendelson says the faculty felt it should create a code that focuses on the student-journalist experience and reflects today’s media environment. “We wanted to create a unique product using everyday language that addresses the types of ethical decisions and dilemmas students might face during their time at Temple,” says Assistant Professor Lori Tharps, who helped write the code with The HBO series Boardwalk Empire featured Temple in a storyline last season. Professor Emeritus Thomas Eveslage. The code was distributed to students at the start of the semester in many under- graduate and graduate classes. It is presented as a series of do’s and don’ts, such as, “Don’t fabricate”; “Do be independent”; and “Do TEMPLE EMPIRE hear from many voices.” In the fall, the HBO series Boardwalk Empire as he wanted—and, more importantly, as fre- Mendelson says strong journalistic ethics introduced an unexpected addition to its quently as our story required,” says Terence are even more important in the age of digital cast: Temple. Willie Thompson (above, left), Winter, creator and executive producer of media, which brings with it many ways to the nephew of main character Nucky Boardwalk Empire. cross ethical boundaries mistakenly. Thompson, was a sophomore at Temple try- Though many of the show’s characters are He explains, “There are so many new ing to further his education while taking an fictionalized, Winter has said that he has opportunities for doing things that impact interest in the family bootlegging business. tried to make other elements as accurate as your credibility, such as sending out a tweet In the season opener on Sept. 8, Willie possible. That accuracy is thanks in part to that you didn’t verify.” regales his family with the Temple fight alumnus Edward McGinty, FOX ’89, whom Tharps notes, “A student journalist is still song during dinner. In an episode that aired Winter hired as a research consultant for the a journalist and needs to have a clear ethics Sept. 21—titled “Acres of Diamonds”—Willie show. McGinty grew up in Atlantic City, code to follow.” JEFF CRONIN and his friends listen to a recording of where his grandfather worked as head bell- Temple Founder Russell Conwell’s famous man at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and where the speech that reflects Temple’s mission. real-life Nucky lived. The recurring references piqued the curi- As for the Sept. 22 episode that was CODE OF ETHICS osity and interest of students, staff and named after and included snippets of alumni, and prompted an inquiry into why Conwell’s iconic speech, Winter explains, “I the university was featured so prominently. discovered [the speech] last year and was so “Because of Atlantic City’s proximity to taken with it, I decided to feature it and even Philadelphia, I thought it made sense for name an episode after it.” RENEE CREE, SMC ’12 Nucky’s nephew to attend Temple, which > To read “Acres of Diamonds,” visit temple.edu/ PUBLISH would enable him to go home as frequently about/history/acres-diamonds.

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WINNING WORK A senior journalism major kicked off her Ryan S. Brandenberg final year at Temple by winning a College/ University Student Production Award for Excellence from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Isabel Garcia emerged from the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards ceremony in September as a winner in the “College/University News” category. Her story about sustainability efforts in London during the 2012 Summer Olympic Games was a part of the Temple @ the London Olympics series on TUTV-Temple University Television. For that series, five Temple students and Bill Mooney, assistant professor of media studies and production, reported from London on how the games affected the city. Garcia interviewed an architect responsi- ble for the design of Olympic venues and how they would be reused after the games had ended. “I became very involved with the story,” Garcia says. “I think it helps if you have a passion and, as Kal Rudman, EDU ’57, Whoopi Goldberg, recipient of the Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award, offers advice to students in the School of Media [founder of Temple’s television production and Communication during a question-and-answer session. center] would say, ‘a fire in your belly.’” JEFF CRONIN “You can look however you want to look; you can > To watch Garcia’s winning report, visit temple. edu/templemag/GarciaEmmy. sound however you want to sound. But you’ve got to know what’s going on in the world and how it pertains to you, so that when something goes down, you know why and how, maybe, you can fix it.” —WHOOPI GOLDBERG, 2013 LEW KLEIN EXCELLENCE IN THE MEDIA AWARDEE, OCT. 17, 2013, MAIN CAMPUS

TEMPLE AND EMMY Temple students and faculty members were nomi- nated by the National Academy of Television Arts & ACCESS GRANTED Sciences’ Mid-Atlantic chapter for four other awards Through the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust scholarship winner and an environmental- in 2013: Scholars Program, 90 Temple students studies major. College/University Newscast were awarded $169,000 collectively in the Grants range from $2,000 to $5,000 per College/University Long-form Fiction 2012–2013 academic year, and another student and are awarded to undergradu- College/University Long-form Nonfiction 75 students will receive $150,000 this year. ates in good academic standing from the “I am forever grateful to the trust for Delaware Valley area whose financial need College/University Sports awarding me and my fellow Temple stu- cannot be met by other aid programs. A total of five Temple students have won College/ dents the privilege of stressing a little less JOSEPH B. SCHAEFER, SMC ’13 University Student Production Awards for Excellence about financing our college educations,” > To support today’s Temple students, visit since the National Academy of Television Arts & says Samantha McNulty, Class of 2015, a giving.temple.edu/scholarships. Sciences launched its student program in 2011.

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“If we have students out borrowing money, that’s when I get very concerned. Right now, our average SKYPE debt is $32,000 per student. Our goal is to get that under 30 in the next two years.” —TEMPLE PRESIDENT NEIL D. THEOBALD, PENNSYLVANIA CABLE NETWORK, “FINANCING HIGHER EDUCATION AND STUDENT LOAN DEBT,” AUG. 27, 2013 ME! When we respond to children in timely and meaningful ways, they learn—even when responses come from a screen. A new study from researchers at Temple, the University of Washington and the University of R2 SINGS, TOO Delaware finds that children are able to Two Temple professors have introduced the Wright wrote most of the production’s learn new words through live video-chat world to robot opera. In September, three music using an open-source computer-music technology, such as Skype. robots joined five singers and a chorus to programming language called Pure Data, “Our findings highlight the importance present Galatea_Reset in Temple’s Conwell which allows the robots to create music and of responsive interactions for language Dance Theater on Main Campus. The robots sounds. Lakaemper, whose research focuses learning,” says Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, Stanley produced all the music and sounds, and por- on rescue robots, wrote a Java program that and Debra Lefkowitz Professor of trayed characters. controls the robots’ movements. Psychology and co-author of the study Galatea_Reset is a collaboration between “With this project, I think we had a “Skype Me! Socially Contingent Interactions Maurice Wright, Laura H. Carnell Professor challenge as difficult on the scientific Help Toddlers Learn Language.” of Music Composition in the Boyer College of and engineering side as it was on the During the study, three dozen 2-year-olds Music and Dance, and Rolf Lakaemper, asso- creative-arts side,” says Lakaemper, who were randomly assigned to learn new verbs ciate professor of computer and information also is a percussionist and pianist, and in one of three ways: training with a live sciences in the College of Science and contributed approximately five minutes person; training through video-chat tech- Technology. It tells the mythological story of of the musical score. nology; or watching a DVD of the same person sculptor Pygmalion, who falls in love with a The robots also donned costumes instructing a different child located offscreen. creation of his that comes to life. Wright and designed by Sandra James, systems support The researchers found that children Lakaemper have spent the past year and a specialist and webmaster in Boyer. learned new words only when either con- half developing the opera. PRESTON M. MORETZ, SMC ’82 versing with a person face-to-face or when interacting via live video chat, both of which involved responsive, back-and-forth social interactions. They were not able to learn the Bill Herbert new words through the prerecorded instruc- tion on DVD. Children who learned in the two environ- ments that involved real-time conversations even used the new words to label the actions when different people performed them. “The research has important implications for language learning,” Hirsh-Pasek says. “Children are less likely to learn from DVDs and televised programming than from live, responsive interactions with caring adults. Young children are not good at learning lan- guage if they’re merely parked in front of screen media.” KIM FISCHER, CLA ’94

John McCarthy, BYR ’10, performs as Pygmalion in Galatea_Reset.

WINTER 2014 9 Joseph V. Labolito OWLS AT LAND GMA Fred Lee 10 game againstHomecoming Army. Running Williams, Zaire back 2017, during Class of the victory to bringOwls helps the > HOFFMANN J. HILLEL rally. for apep studios the on descended Crusade, Cherry the including Templeof students, busloads 12, Sept. on And Square. Times in studios ABC atthe performed Band Marching Diamond the of 10, Sept. members On September. in broadcasts Week” show’s “College morning the of for two America Morning Good ABC’s of set the over took Temple students NEWS

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- - Ryan S. Brandenberg NEWS MEDICAL ADVANCE Diffregen LLC, a Temple startup company, is now able to advance Angiocidin—a university- created therapeutic to treat acute myeloid leukemia (AML)—closer to human clinical trials. The National Cancer Institute awarded Diffregen a one-year, $289,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant. Discovered by Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience George Tuszynski, Angiocidin is a novel tumor-inhibiting protein that has shown effectiveness against AML in early preclinical testing. Acute myeloid leukemia halts the maturation of white blood cells, causes immune- system suppression, and leads to USE, CLEAN, REUSE secondary problems such as infection and A new material for removing contaminants Suri explains that the new adsorbent has a pneumonia. Angiocidin has demonstrated from wastewater that is more effective, cavity-like area that traps the contaminants. the ability to stimulate maturation in the reusable and environmentally friendly The size of the cavity can also be increased affected white blood cells, causing them to than current methods has been developed or reduced. “That means we can potentially behave and function like normal cells. by researchers in Temple’s Water and manipulate this substance to target and The SBIR grant will allow Diffregen to Environmental Technology (WET) Center remove select contaminants—something that begin manufacturing Angiocidin, confirm in the College of Engineering. activated carbon cannot do,” he says. key data in a third-party lab and extend The researchers used cyclodextrins— Though cyclodextrins are water-soluble, studies in models of AML, says Deni Zodda, a family of compounds made up of glucose the researchers have made the new adsor- CEO of Diffregen. molecules—to develop the adsorbent (which bent insoluble and easily attachable to Once data are gathered and compiled, clings to substances rather than being surfaces such as sand, glass, silica and the company will have a basis for which absorbed into them). It could have a positive filter paper. to gain permission from the U.S. Food and impact on the water-treatment, pharma- Thus far, they have found that it has Drug Administration to test Angiocidin ceutical, chemical and manufacturing removed more than 90 percent of tested in humans. industries, says Rominder Suri, professor contaminants, Suri says. The drug will be the university’s second- of civil and environmental engineering “This new material has much less surface most-advanced therapy behind Rigosertib, and director of the WET Center. area than activated carbon, especially if you a cancer therapy licensed by Onconova Suri says that cyclodextrins have a much coat it on sand,” he notes. “But our results Therapeutics that is now in advanced higher affinity for attracting organic com- demonstrate that it has comparable, or even clinical trials. PRESTON M. MORETZ, SMC ’82 pounds than activated carbon, currently the better, capacity than activated carbon. And it material used most commonly by industry has the potential to be even more efficient by to remove wastewater contaminants. coating it on porous, high-surface materials.” “Activated carbon is very porous, and The team has tested several batches of water—whether it be surface water, ground- the material through four different cycles water or wastewater—contains a lot of of using, cleaning and reusing, and it contin- natural organic matter,” Suri says. That ues to work with the same effectiveness. organic matter blocks the pores of the “Activated carbon is one and done,” he activated carbon, which then prevents con- says. “Once it has been used, it will be either taminants also in the waterfrom entering landfilled or reactivated through a very the pores. energy-intensive and expensive process.” PRESTON M. MORETZ, SMC ’82

WINTER 2014 11 Betsy Manning, SMC ’87, CLA ’08 Joseph V. Labolito TUAA NEWS TUAA 12 HOMECOMING 2013 HIGHLIGHTS

TEMPLE the lights of the Cira Centre to the the to Centre Cira the of lights the from Philadelphia, decorated Temple’s “T” iconic North Broad Street. Broad North flags alongflags TUAA wants to hear from you! form communities around the world; and the andpride the promise of Temple; trans Owls Homecoming 2013 celebrates the people, the and Residence Life Residence and Temple atThe News ones new made and oldconnections rekindled Alumni “ I believe thatI believe we have won!” front of more than 25,000 cheering fans. cheering 25,000 than more of front 33–14, Army, Temple defeated in when win first his earned Rhule Matt Coach Football Head as Field Financial Lincoln reunions , Diamond Marching Band Band Marching , Diamond .

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Betsy Manning, THE NUMBERS Designed to unite Temple Owls worldwide in community service, the Temple University Alumni Association held its inaugural Global Day of Service Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. 1 8 day states

More than 3 350 countries Nearly 200 Owls burned off tailgate Forty-two groups hosted tents along volunteers indulgences at the Homecoming Alumni Tailgate Row—up from 17 in Nearly 5K and Family Fun Walk on 2012—and welcomed thousands of

Sunday morning. visitors, making it the largest-ever 27 20 Temple tailgate! volunteer events charities and causes

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Mitchell Leff, THM ’07 > To see photos from Global Day of Service events, visit alumni.temple.edu/dayofservice. Members of the men’s and women’s basketball teams flaunted their off-the- court moves at The Liacouras Center during the Cherry and White Night KEEP US POSTED! Basketball Open House. The Temple University Alumni Association is conducting a survey for all alumni in early > To see photos from Homecoming 2013 2014—and we want to hear from you! and take a survey about the events, visit To participate, confirm that Temple has your alumni.temple.edu/homecoming. current email address by visiting alumni.temple.edu/updateyourinformation. Wanted by the TUAA! The TUAA is accepting nominations for facebook.com/TempleAlumni officers and directors-at-large for the SAVE THE DATE! July 2014–June 2016 term. To learn more ALUMNI WEEKEND 2014 @TempleAlumni about the TUAA and nominate yourself APRIL 25–27 or another alumnus for a position, visit To find out about all upcoming Temple University Alumni Group alumni.temple.edu/TUAAnominations. alumni events, visit Nominations will be accepted through alumni.temple.edu/alumnievents. Feb. 28, 2014. @TempleAlumni

WINTER 2014 13 A NEW DAY TEMPLE CELEBRATES PRESIDENT NEIL D. THEOBALD.

The university marked the formal investiture that showcased the talented students in the of Neil D. Theobald as Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance. 10th president Oct. 18. The celebration It was an exciting opportunity for the included a ceremony in the historic Baptist entire Temple community to celebrate and Temple on Main Campus; daylong academic reflect on the university’s history and tradi- symposia about financing higher education, tions, its presence in Philadelphia and the libraries in the digital age, disparities in world, and its vision for the future. urban healthcare and more; and a concert

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1. Inauguration delegates from Philadelphia and across the U.S. process through Temple’s main gates to enter the Baptist Temple. 2. The Diamond Marching Band plays on Liacouras Walk as delegates enter the Baptist Temple before the ceremony. 3. During the ceremony, Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett calls Temple “one of Pennsylvania’s educational treasures.” 4. Board of Trustees Chair Patrick J. O’Connor presents President Theobald with the chain of office, signifying his official investiture.

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SEAL THE DEAL The chain of office and medallion, created specially The chain is adorned with for President Theobald’s investiture, are symbols symbols representing Temple’s of the office that the president wears on official original schools and colleges. and ceremonial occasions. During the inauguration ceremony, Board of Trustees Chair Patrick J. O’Connor placed the medallion around the president’s neck, recognizing the official investment of authority as the university’s chief executive officer. The back of the medallion The front of the medallion is emblazoned with the features an image of Temple the official seal of the college, which comprises Founder Russell H. Conwell the university’s name and its date of incorporation, and the phrases “Knowledge a Greek temple, and the motto “Perseverantia With Honor” and “Wisdom Vincit” (Perseverance conquers). Through Diligence.”

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1. President Theobald lays out his vision to make Temple more affordable, more entrepre- neurial and more committed to serving the city of Philadelphia, the commonwealth and the nation. 2. President Theobald gathers with dignitaries at a reception celebrating his inauguration. 3. Speakers at academic symposia across Main Campus address pressing issues facing Philadelphia, the nation and the world. 4. President Theobald’s wife, Sheona Mackenzie (second from right), and their family cheer on President Theobald during the inauguration ceremony. 5. The Boyer Mosaic Concert caps off the inauguration festivities.

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TALKING POINTS Temple scholars and scientists discussed issues confronting Temple and the world during Back to Basics: Frontiers in six academic symposia held on Main Campus. Food, Clothing and Shelter Computational Science

The Library in the Digital Age: Health Disparities and Communities, Collections, Opportunities Urban Healthcare

Financing Higher Education Medicine in the 21st Century

16 TEMPLE “Living here on the urban frontier allows Temple to seamlessly embrace its commitment to the power of diversity. Homogeneity is a death sentence in the modern world.” — NEIL D. THEOBALD, PRESIDENT, TEMPLE UNIVERSITY

4 5 Jeff Fusco Ryan S. Brandenberg VISION In his inaugural address, President Theobald shared his vision for Temple’s future, including these six commitments to the university. · To show the world how higher education can be both affordable and accessible · To ensure that the world is aware that excellent teaching is the hallmark of Temple · To bring Temple’s intellectual resources to bear on behalf of Philadelphia and the commonwealth, so that both the city and Temple continue in their roles as national leaders · To build a learning community that is diverse and international · To conduct research that transforms lives in Philadelphia and around the world · To be a leader in encouraging entrepreneurship across all disciplines, so Temple students create their own success regardless of economic conditions

To watch President Theobald’s full address, visit inauguration.temple.edu/watch-presidents-speech. Betsy CLA ’08 Manning, SMC ’87,

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WINTER 2014 19 20 TEMPLE WINTER 2014 21 22 TEMPLE WINTER 2014 23 LIFE SUPPORT Nursing students who change the lives of homeless women and children are transformed in the process.

STORY BY RENEE CREE, SMC ’12 PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN S. BRANDENBERG

Maria Tieng, Class of 2014, talks to two children living at a center for homeless women. “It’s helped me see that there is so much more to nursing,” she says of her experience.

24 TEMPLE WINTER 2014 25 Maria Tieng, Class of 2014, takes a resident’s blood pressure during one of her visits to the shelter.

Richard Glover, SSW ’81, stands in the middle rooms; and to provide the women with a week each semester. They educate the of a brightly painted common room in a financial, legal and educational resources women on all manner of health issues: North Philadelphia facility* for approxi- to help them get out of the shelter and into weight management, healthful eating, mately 185 homeless women and children, their own homes. birth control. The visits, which are part and holds court during a weekly community Glover starts the meetings in the same of the students’ clinical curriculum, are meeting. About 20 women, some with chil- way each week, by addressing each woman designed to help them better understand dren, are seated in a circle in the room, in the circle individually. “Tell me your North Philadelphia’s public-health issues. which also is crammed with tables and name, how you’re feeling and what your Today, they focus on stress management. chairs arranged for breakfast. The walls are goal is for today.” “How many of you feel tired at the end adorned with nutritional posters, and an The women are generally soft-spoken, of the day?” asks Maria Tieng, Class of 2014. illustration of First Lady Michelle Obama and most respond with “I’m okay,” “I’m Several hands go up. “Angry?” More hands. encourages residents to “Eat smart!” fine,” “I could be better.” Some of the “Under pressure?” Even more hands. The women look tired—a combination of women say their goal is to get more sleep. “Those are all results of stress,” Tieng the meeting’s early start time and getting Others have more specific objectives in explains. The students launch a discussion little sleep the night before. mind: “I need to enroll my son in daycare,” about what stress is and how it can affect Glover, the director of this location for or “I need to call Social Security and one’s health and well-being. A debate the past three years, holds weekly meetings get some things straightened out with ensues over the definitions of good and to inform residents of operational issues, my check.” bad stress. such as mealtimes and food allotment; The group of women includes Temple “There’s nothing good about stress!” allow them to voice their concerns, such as nursing students, outfitted in maroon shirts Alice** exclaims. “I don’t like that problems with heating or plumbing in their and khaki pants, who come to the site once

26 TEMPLE terminology. You can’t just say something’s good when it affects you badly.” “I think what the students are saying is The women who live there are not so different from that stress can be either good or bad,” explains Terri Kelly, clinical instructor for the nursing students themselves. community health and liaison between Temple and the center. “It depends on how you let it affect you.” That steers the discussion toward stress- “Having nursing students here is a themselves. Some are college-educated, management techniques, and the students mutually beneficial arrangement,” Glover and many are around the same ages as lead the women in a meditation exercise. says. “The residents love having them the students. Kerri Lewis, Class of 2016, plays relaxing there, they talk about a number of health “I was surprised at how similar I am music while Tieng instructs the residents to issues, and the students have the opportu- to many of the women,” says Lewis, close their eyes and directs them on how nity to learn from the residents.” a sophomore. “I haven’t suffered some of to breathe. For five minutes, the women One thing the students have learned the hardships these women have, but I was look tranquil and at peace. Traces of worry is that the women who live there are not surprised to see that they have opinions, vanish from their faces. so different from the nursing students thoughts and experiences similar to mine.” “So, how do you feel?” Tieng asks the group after the exercise. “That meditation stuff was off the hook,” Alice says. “I don’t usually get to stop after running all over and looking after him”— she looks at her son—“to just take a minute.”

‘WE’RE NOT LAZY’

Temple’s nursing students have been visit- ing this particular facility for three years. In addition to providing the residents with health education, they also conduct blood-pressure screenings, take BMI (body mass index) measurements and assist with childcare. The Department of Nursing requires its students to participate in a clinical compo- nent, through which students regularly visit various sites, such as schools, clinics and shelters. Those visits enable students to acclimate to working in real-life settings long before graduation and apply what they have learned in the classroom in a meaningful way.

*In the interest of the residents’ safety, the name and location of this facility have been withheld. Yanna Savkova, Class of 2016, assists with childcare at the center. That gives residents free time to find housing or jobs, **The names of residents have been changed. or to simply decompress.

WINTER 2014 27 TOTAL HEALTH In addition to having nursing students visit the premises each week, Director Richard Glover, SSW ’81, works with other Temple schools to ensure that his residents are as happy and healthy as possible.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Students involved in the Temple Emergency Action Corps’ homeless outreach initiative provide health literacy to residents. In addition, Temple University Hospital medical residents visit this location four times per year to provide basic medical care, write prescriptions and give educational talks.

KORNBERG SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY Each Wednesday, dental students treat residents of all ages. Students provide free dental checkups and cleanings to five or six residents per week.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK The location hosts graduate interns from the School of Social Work each semester. While there, the interns shadow social workers, are assigned their own clients with which to work, and lead group counseling sessions. Jenna DiFlilppo, Class of 2015, leads a discusssion for residents about sexual health and safety.

One resident, Jane, was enrolled in the According to the Pew Charitable Trusts’ All those factors contribute to a vicious Community College of Philadelphia and 2013 State of the City report, 28 percent cycle of homelessness, Glover adds. By pro- held several jobs before a series of factors, of the population of Philadelphia lives viding health education and treatment, and including health issues, unemployment and below poverty level, ranking the city third financial and legal counseling, “we do our a bad family situation, forced her onto the highest in rates of poverty behind Detroit best to stop that cycle.” street with two small children. and Cleveland. In the neighborhood that “We’re not lazy; we’re not uneducated,” houses Glover’s site, that rate is 53 percent. CIRCLE OF LOVE Jane says. “Homelessness can happen Further, Glover estimates that about 70 to anyone.” percent of his residents are victims of some After the day’s presentation on stress man- “When the public thinks of ‘the home- type of domestic abuse, whether it be physi- agement, the last of the fall semester, the less,’ many picture a bag lady or a drunk cal, verbal, emotional or financial. Those nursing students gather with Kelly in a sepa- lying in the street,” Glover says. “Those numbers echo a national trend: According to rate room, for what she calls “the circle situations are extremely rare.” Instead, he the National Network to End Domestic of love”—a meeting Kelly holds at the end of notes, the women in his shelter are victims Violence, approximately 63 percent of home- each visit so students can express their feel- of myriad circumstances working against less women have experienced some form of ings about the day, and Kelly can provide them, including abject poverty. domestic violence in their adult lives. feedback on the students’ performance.

28 TEMPLE “Students do a variation of this in all their in a clinical setting and implement them in Class of 2014. As a part of their clinical clinical settings,” she explains. “In nursing, the community.” requirements, she and Tieng both had rota- debriefing is an essential part of the commu- For example, if a patient is diagnosed ted through clinics and schools previously, nication process.” with high blood pressure, his or her health- but were unsure what role they would be During today’s discussion, Alice’s care provider can advise the patient to get able to play at a center for homeless women. comments about good and bad stress are more exercise by walking or taking his or “I feel impactful at the shelter,” Tieng a hot topic. her children to the park. But the clinician says. “It’s hard for these women to find out “That was a little rough,” Tieng says. might have no idea whether the patient’s information about their health, but we can “I wasn’t expecting such pushback.” neighborhood is safe or conducive to walk- be resources for that. We talk about stress “Alice is very smart and well-read,” ing. Kelly says that having the students management, healthful eating, relation- Kelly responds. “She likes to challenge work at the shelter can help them become ships, anything. It’s helped me see that and ask questions. I thought you guys did more aware of the needs of the community there is so much more to nursing.” a great job with your teaching, by asking they will serve one day. As the students continue their discussion so many questions.” “Being there changes the idea of a nurse with Kelly, both Alice and Jane also make Kelly has worked with nursing students from someone just doling out medication appearances in the circle of love. Residents at this center for almost two years. and treating patients, to someone who sometimes join in these meetings to talk “Prevention is their focus,” Kelly says. educates them and prevents health prob- and share their feelings—their own form of “The students take the things they learn lems from occurring,” says Megan Nardi, decompression. Alice talks more about her objection to the term “good stress” and discusses her frustrations in being unable to find a job. Tieng suggests having someone review Alice’s résumé. “He or she could tell you what works for employers and what doesn’t,” she notes. Jane talks briefly about starting classes to become a certified nursing assistant and her hope of getting her degree in nursing. Kelly and the students share their excite- ment for her and their encouragement. Bolstered by their words, Jane brightens before saying goodbye to the students as they complete their semester. “Goodbye, my nurses, I’m gonna be there with ya’ll soon,” Jane says with a grin. “R.N.—hello!” ■

Clinical Instructor Terri Kelly has worked with nursing students at this location for almost two years.

WINTER 2014 29 THE BODY’S MAGIC BULLET STEM CELLS MIGHT OFFER THE MIRACLE CURE TEMPLE RESEARCHERS SEEK.

STORY BY RENEE CREE, SMC ’12

The images of stem cells in this story depict adipose stem cells, which are derived from body fat. Here, they are magnified approximately 250 times. Photograph by Riccardo Cassiani-Ingoni/Science Source.

30 TEMPLE A lizard can regrow its own tail after it is lost due to injury. So can a starfish with its limb and a spider with its leg. Certain types of fish can regenerate whole fins. Even a planarian, or flatworm, can grow into another worm entirely if it is cut. Humans are capable of regeneration, too—the liver can regrow to its original size (though not its original shape) after injury or disease. And skin is regenerating itself continuously throughout our lives. But the human body also has an often- misunderstood weapon for regeneration in the bones, blood and brain: stem cells. Those cells can divide and self-replicate over long periods of time, and give rise to new cells in affected areas. They have long been used to combat blood cancers, such as multiple myeloma. According to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, more than 17,000 blood-cancer patients had had successful stem-cell transplants in the U.S. by 2010. Now researchers— particularly at Temple—are investigating how to steer stem cells toward other diseases that continue to stymie the medical community. When a heart attack, or diseases such as Parkinson’s or Alzheimer’s, cause cells to die off, tissue becomes incapable of repairing itself. “Degenerative diseases are the result of cells dying in whatever tissue is being affected,” says Steven Houser,MED ’78, chair of physiology in the School of Medicine. “How do you stop the death and replace those cells? It’s very hard to replace them once they die.” Houser, who directs the Cardiovascular Research Center at Temple, likens cell death to a dead patch of grass. If it is not repopulated with new seeds, only weeds will crop up. In the body, scar tissue is the weed. Houser and other researchers at Temple seek to capitalize on the body’s ability to repair itself, to see if supplementing cells in damaged areas can help foster new cell and tissue growth.

WINTER 2014 31 BRAIN MATTER

Ausim Azizi, chair of neurology in the School of Medicine, has been studying cell death in the brains of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s patients for more than 20 years. Current therapies simply treat the symptoms of those diseases, but Azizi is trying to find more effective treatments and, hopefully, a cure. THE VERY, VERY BAD GUYS He believes stem cells from a patient’s own “They’re kind of like construction work- Though we usually view stem cells as bone marrow might be the key. ers,” Azizi says of bone-marrow stem cells. effective therapeutics, some are deadly. Though both embryonic and adult stem “They’re recruited from far away and come Tomasz Skorski, professor of microbiology cells can be used for stem-cell therapies and in to help out.” and immunology, studies how to stop one par- research, adult cells can vary in their levels ticularly insidious group of leukemia stem cells. of malleability. Bone-marrow stem cells HEART HEALING “This is a subpopulation of leukemia cells that can’t are a bit more flexible, or pluripotent— be eradicated with any known drugs,” says Skorski, they can be manipulated to take on Houser also studies stem cells taken from also an associate professor in the Fels Institute for the characteristics of other types bones, to determine their effectiveness Cancer Research and Molecular Biology at Temple. “They of cells more easily. in healing cardiac tissue damaged by heart are the very, very bad guys.” Azizi’s research has shown attacks. Those cells, called cortical bone- that when bone-marrow stem derived stem cells (CBSCs), are even more Existing drugs can treat the majority of leukemia cells, but the cells are implanted in the primitive than bone-marrow cells—meaning disease’s stem cells have a genetic instability that contributes brain, some will adapt they might have the ability to make multiple to their resistance. That subpopulation can cause genetic aber- to the environment types of cardiac tissue. rations that can become immune to treatments. They then continue In preclinical trials, Houser and his team to mutate and reproduce. The body can harbor several million ultra- around them and take resistant leukemic stem cells that then deploy throughout the body and on the properties of found some promising initial results. When take over quickly. neural cells. It was the CBSCs were injected into damaged car- recently discovered diac tissue, they effectively grew new blood Skorski and his team focus on the mutations. A clue could lie in the that those cells release vessels and new cardiac muscle cells, and cells’ levels of reactive oxygen species, which cause tiny tears in reparative and pro-growth improved the overall function of the heart. our DNA. (Leukemia stem cells accumulate a lot of them.) chemicals. “Those chemicals Time is a big factor when it comes to Whether leukemic or healthy, DNA tears have to be repaired in can make the damaged tissue repairing the heart after an attack. all cells. However, a mechanism not present in normal cells grow and repair wounds a bit Unfortunately, extracting cells, growing enables leukemia stem cells to repair faster and more faster,” he explains. them and injecting them back into a patient efficiently than healthy cells. Skorski aims to target Bone-marrow cells were shown can take too much time, Houser says. To those repair mechanisms, so the breaks will accumulate to be effective in wound care and that end, he and his team are testing the and cause the cells to die off. healing more than 150 years ago, CBSCs as allogeneic cells—meaning they “We propose that we don’t have to use any toxic but the area was largely unexplored can be injected from one host into another. drugs [for treatment],” Skorski says. “If you until the 1980s. “[The cell] will die eventually,” Houser says, target the pathways, then the leukemia cells “People looked back and said, ‘This is a “but while it’s in [the body], it does good can’t repair. At the same time, normal cells really good source of repair material,’” Azizi things,” such as promoting cell growth. use different pathways, so they’ll be fine.” says. “So now, they’re used largely in bone In another experiment in the and cartilage repair—knee injuries, rotator- Cardiovascular Research Center, Adjunct cuff injuries.” He adds that chemicals from Assistant Professor Jon George is involved in those cells also have been shown to decrease a clinical trial examining the effectiveness of inflammation in the brain after strokes. So bone-marrow cells on patients with ischemic Azizi and his team are working with a stem- heart disease—also known as coronary artery cell therapy company and researchers at the disease—for whom traditional therapies, such University of Pittsburgh to see whether infus- as stenting or bypass surgery, will not work. ing those cells directly into stroke-damaged “The idea is that those people don’t have areas of the brain will improve its function. enough blood flow to the heart to allow it to work right,” Houser says of George’s research.

32 TEMPLE “So they would take bone marrow, isolate the cells of interest and inject them back into the heart.” Houser operates under the theory that when cardiac cells die after a heart attack, the remaining ones must work much harder to keep the heart beating, impeding their regrowth. In order to reduce the chance of another heart attack, Houser says cell therapies can help reduce the workload. of research guidelines was put in place by “Data show that if you put a patient in NIH, and the ability to use embryonic stem end-stage heart failure on a medical-assist cells varies from state to state. device so that a machine is pumping blood Jones says that adult-derived stem cells instead of the heart, the heart-muscle cells bypass this controversy completely. “If a get better on their own,” Houser says. cell can be taken from you and manipulated “You don’t have to do anything to them. All to do some sort of therapeutic intervention, you have to do is reduce their workload for then you’re not destroying anything.” a period of time, and they remodel them- Even so, Jones adds, new concerns are selves almost to the way they were before being raised in bioethical literature, regard- they had to work so hard.” ing what she refers to as the “social-justice issue.” For example, if a patient from the REGENERATE DEBATE largely African-American community surrounding Temple donates bone marrow— Though stem-cell therapeutics show much from which researchers can obtain stem promise for challenging and degenerative cells—will that community benefit from the illnesses, they also are controversial. At the results of that contribution? center of that debate are embryonic stem The newest way to harvest stem cells cells. Azizi says those are drawn from cells might put such debates to rest. Azizi high- that have divided for eight days after eggs lights the importance of induced pluripotent have been fertilized. cells. “You can take any cell that’s dividing— In 1995, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment like a piece of a skin cell—grow them in a prohibited federal funding of research that culture dish and genetically modify them to resulted in the destruction of an embryo. become stem cells,” Azizi says. “During the And in 2001, the Bush administration placed division, those genes turn the cells into a further restrictions on that kind of research, stem cell.” But the induced cells come with limiting the number of embryonic stem-cell a host of problems similar to other trans- lines that could be studied. plants, including whether or not a patient’s “It was an ideological position, stemming immune system will accept the foreign cells from the basis that life begins at conception,” or kill them off. says Nora Jones, CLA ’01, ’02, director of bio- Still, as research using stem cells continues ethics education at the center for Bioethics, to evolve, Jones notes that an ongoing dia- Urban Health, and Policy in the School of logue is needed between scientists and the Medicine. “The controversy was that it was rest of society to address those ethical issues. equated to murder; you couldn’t do any “There’s a lot of research happening out research that could destroy a human life.” there, and it’s happening quickly,” she says. Additionally, according to the National “As science develops, people need to have Institutes of Health (NIH), some critics posit an understanding of where it’s going. If we that the donation or distribution of embry- can think about what we need societally, onic stem cells might be conducted for profit. and how it can be regulated effectively, some Despite the overturning of the Bush of those concerns might be alleviated.” ■ administration’s policy in 2009, restrictions on embryonic stem-cell lines remain. A set

WINTER 2014 33 The Sport Industry Research Center (SIRC) in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management measures STUDENTS RUN PHILLY STYLE and enhances the economic, social and environmental “It is important viability of sporting events such as the Philadelphia Launched in 2004, Students Run Philly Marathon, the Broad Street Run and the PGA Tour. Style matches students ages 12 to 18 with that I make But SIRC also focuses on the underdogs. It helps mentors who help the students train to nonprot organizations harness the power of sports run a marathon or a half marathon. The my community for communities, enabling groups such as Students organization aims to reduce rates of obesity GOOD in Philadelphia, decrease juvenile arrests Run Philly Style and Black Girls RUN! to measure their a better place impact. Providing these data can lead to greater access and improve academic performances. to nancial resources for the group and, in turn, better to live.” outcomes for their participants. 93% have not been Numerous recent, national studies positively correlate suspended this year. levels of physical activity with academic performance, mood and cognition. Those ndings are particularly SPORTS signicant in Philadelphia, where childhood obesity is 84% high and graduation rates are low. Organizations such as INCIDENTS OF STUDENT ABSENCE 5% The Sport Industry Research Students Run Philly Style and Black Girls RUN! aim to OR LATENESS have been AGREE OR STRONGLY Center gives local tness bolster the city’s overall health by o‡ering participants suspended once. AGREE WITH THIS more exercise, stronger communities and better attitudes. 60% STATEMENT. Are they having an e‡ect? The data say yes. Š organizations a boost. 50% 40% 30% SENSE OF COMPETENCE 20% BY SCORE AND PARTICIPATION 10% 4TH YEAR 2ND YEAR 3RD YEAR 1ST YEAR BLACK GIRLS RUN! FREQUENCY 0 1 2–3 4–5 6 5.9 5.6 5.6 Black Girls Run! (BGR!) has been fostering 5.5 tness among African-American women 51% since 2009. The organization—which has 60 did not consider running groups nationwide, including one in themselves runners Philadelphia—aims to ght obesity by promo- 61% before joining BGR! ting healthful lifestyles and running events. participated in their first races in the past 68% two years. do since joining. LATE ABSENT IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS

often use their REASONS FOR JOINING 47% own behaviors to encourage their children to be active. NUMBER OF DETENTIONS IN 2012–2013 think BGR! has “All in all, I am positively affected 70% 68% their children’s glad I’m me.” physical activity. 50% use physical activity 49% as a form of family 30% recreation. 92% have confronted 64% 65% 67% 74% 84% 10% health issues because for motivation to run with others to connect to help with for fitness advice AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE 47% of the support they with other weight loss and support FREQUENCY 0 1 2 3 receive from BGR! women runners WITH THIS STATEMENT.

34 TEMPLE The Sport Industry Research Center (SIRC) in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management measures STUDENTS RUN PHILLY STYLE and enhances the economic, social and environmental “It is important viability of sporting events such as the Philadelphia Launched in 2004, Students Run Philly Marathon, the Broad Street Run and the PGA Tour. Style matches students ages 12 to 18 with that I make But SIRC also focuses on the underdogs. It helps mentors who help the students train to nonprot organizations harness the power of sports run a marathon or a half marathon. The my community for communities, enabling groups such as Students organization aims to reduce rates of obesity GOOD in Philadelphia, decrease juvenile arrests Run Philly Style and Black Girls RUN! to measure their a better place impact. Providing these data can lead to greater access and improve academic performances. to nancial resources for the group and, in turn, better to live.” outcomes for their participants. 93% have not been Numerous recent, national studies positively correlate suspended this year. levels of physical activity with academic performance, mood and cognition. Those ndings are particularly SPORTS signicant in Philadelphia, where childhood obesity is 84% high and graduation rates are low. Organizations such as INCIDENTS OF STUDENT ABSENCE 5% The Sport Industry Research Students Run Philly Style and Black Girls RUN! aim to OR LATENESS have been AGREE OR STRONGLY Center gives local tness bolster the city’s overall health by o‡ering participants suspended once. AGREE WITH THIS more exercise, stronger communities and better attitudes. 60% STATEMENT. Are they having an e‡ect? The data say yes. Š organizations a boost. 50% 40% 30% SENSE OF COMPETENCE 20% BY SCORE AND PARTICIPATION 10% 4TH YEAR 2ND YEAR 3RD YEAR 1ST YEAR BLACK GIRLS RUN! FREQUENCY 0 1 2–3 4–5 6 5.9 5.6 5.6 Black Girls Run! (BGR!) has been fostering 5.5 tness among African-American women 51% since 2009. The organization—which has 60 did not consider running groups nationwide, including one in themselves runners Philadelphia—aims to ght obesity by promo- 61% before joining BGR! ting healthful lifestyles and running events. participated in their first races in the past 68% two years. do since joining. LATE ABSENT IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS often use their REASONS FOR JOINING 47% own behaviors to encourage their children to be active. NUMBER OF DETENTIONS IN 2012–2013 think BGR! has “All in all, I am positively affected 70% 68% their children’s glad I’m me.” physical activity. 50% use physical activity 49% as a form of family 30% recreation. 92% have confronted 64% 65% 67% 74% 84% 10% health issues because for motivation to run with others to connect to help with for fitness advice AGREE OR STRONGLY AGREE 47% of the support they with other weight loss and support FREQUENCY 0 1 2 3 receive from BGR! women runners WITH THIS STATEMENT.

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1940s of Curriculum, Instruction and occlusion. He also was honored MICHAEL J. SATZ, FOX ’65 Technology in Education in the with the 2013 “Distinguished SEYMOUR SHUBIN, SMC ’43 was elected to his 10th term College of Education at Temple. Clinician” award at the 11th as state attorney of Broward published Why Me?, a collection Symposium in Periodontics & County in Florida. He is a of poetry, with Murder Slim FRANCES STEINER, BYR ’56 Restorative Dentistry, held in founder of the Broward County Press. He also is the author of Boston in June. Weisgold is an is music director of the Sexual Assault Treatment 15 other books and has received adjunct professor of periodon- Chamber Orchestra of the Center and assisted in the crea- numerous awards and acco- tics at Penn Dental Medicine South Bay on the Palos Verdes tion of the Broward County lades for his work. in Philadelphia. Peninsula in California. The Drug, Mental Health, Habitual orchestra resides in the Norris Offender, Domestic Violence EVE R. MEYER, BYR ’49, ’56 JOHN P. DUNPHY, BYR ’62 Center for the Performing Arts. and Veterans courts. is professor emerita in the Boyer soon will celebrate the release College of Music and Dance. LAWRENCE J. ANASTASI, FOX ’57 of a second volume of the JOAQUIN BOWMAN, TFM ’66 She now serves as editor-in- recording Singing Adventures: was inducted into the U.S. published Suscipiat Dominus, chief of the Journal of the IAWM Imaginative Songs and Activities Fencing Hall of Fame in July. He the second book in his memoir (International Alliance for for Young Children. Along with is a two-time U.S. Olympian and series, with CreateSpace. His Women in Music). She also is a its first volume, that album will was on Temple’s fencing team first book,Tadville: A Brother’s member of the advisory board be available online. Barbara from 1956 to 1957. Story of Living With Asperger’s, and program annotator for the Di Toro, BYR ’92, ’94, EDU ’10, was published in 2010. Symphonia of Boca Raton in associate director of Temple Florida. 1960s Music Prep in the Boyer College STEPHEN J. SANSWEET, SMC ’66 of Music and Dance, and Monica WALLACE K. KULIGOWSKI, DEN ’61 Liggins, BYR ’79, music director is president and CEO of Rancho 1950s published Our Most Treasured of Church of Our Savior in Obi-Wan, a museum housing an JEROME I. LEVENTHAL, FOX ’55, Tails: Sixty Years of Pet Rescue. A Jenkintown, Pa., also worked impressive stockpile of Star EDU ’60 collaboration with his wife, Kate, on the album. Additionally, Wars collectibles. It was named the book is a collection of essays Dunphy serves as director of the “Largest Collection of Star was inducted into the Norristown that advocate for animal-cruelty music activities at Villanova Wars Memorabilia” in Guinness High School Hall of Fame in awareness and prevention. University in Pennsylvania. World Records 2014. Pennsylvania in 2012. During his career, he has worked at ARNOLD S. WEISGOLD, DEN ’61 public schools in Philadelphia; Deptford, N.J.; Buffalo, N.Y.; and received a leadership award Port Washington, N.Y.; and in the from the Kornberg School of community college system of Dentistry at Temple in May. It Connecticut. He also is profes- recognized his influence in the VISIT ALUMNI.TEMPLE.EDU TO SHARE YOUR RECENT NEWS AND TO sor emeritus in the Department areas of periodontal prosthesis, UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION. restorative dentistry, esthetics, implant prosthodontics and ONLINE CLASS NOTES ARE RUN IN TEMPLE AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

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JUDITH E. GLASER, CLA ’67 1970s Year” in the area of “Philadelphia families raising children with Litigation & Controversy—Tax Tourette’s syndrome. published her seventh book, ARTHUR S. GOLDSTEIN, CLA ’70 and Tax Law” by Best Lawyers. Conversational Intelligence, with was listed in the 2013 edition In addition, he is chair of the JAMES W. JOHNSON, CLA ’73 Bibliomotion. That book refer- of Chambers USA: America’s state and local tax practice in ences the work of Fox School of was selected to participate in Leading Lawyers for Business the law firm of Chamberlain, Business Associate Professor the Airborne Astronomer in the area of litigation. He is Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Angelika Dimoka and focuses Ambassadors program in 2012– a partner in the law firm of Aughtry in Philadelphia. on conversational rituals, 2013. In that program, he Wolff & Samson PC in West practices and frameworks that partnered with professional Orange, N.J. ERIC GOLDMAN, CLA ’72 elevate trust and help people astronomers to conduct scien- navigate together successfully. published The American Jewish tific observations aboard NASA’s GERHART “JERRY” KLEIN, SMC ’70, Story Through Cinema with Stratospheric Observatory for LAW ’80 MICHAEL H. REED, CLA ’69 University of Texas Press in Infrared Astronomy. won a silver medal in the 2013 2013. An updated and expanded was appointed to a one-year Snoopy’s Senior World Ice version of another of his books, HELENA KOZAK, CLA ’73 term as chair of the American Hockey Tournament in Santa Visions, Images and Dreams: Bar Association Standing was honored by the Art of Rosa, Calif. He goaltended in Yiddish Film Past and Present, Committee on Federal Judicial Ukrainian Choreography the “age 60-plus” division; it was published by Holmes and Improvements. He is a partner History Museum in Kirovohrad, was Klein’s third year partici- Meier in 2011. He also teaches at in the law firm of Pepper Ukraine, with a plaque and pho- pating in that competition. both Yeshiva University and the Hamilton in Philadelphia. tograph displayed permanently He lives in Medford, N.J., with Jewish Theological Seminary in in that institution. She was rec- Anne, his wife of 37 years. New York City; writes for The SANDY EISENBERG SASSO, CLA ’69, ’72 ognized for her choreography Jewish Standard in New Jersey; and promotion of Ukrainian was appointed to the Indiana RONALD J. BECKMAN, FOX ’71, and is president of Ergo Media, dance in the U.S. Humanities Board of Directors. LAW ’81 a distributor of Jewish films. She also became rabbi emerita was elected to the board of trust- MARC P. WEINGARTEN, CLA ’73 of Congregation Beth-El Zedeck JUDITH L. NEWMAN, CLA ’72, ’74, ’78 ees for the Magee Rehabilitation in Indianapolis in June. Now she was named a “Pennsylvania Hospital Foundation. He is of co-authored Against Their Will: directs the Religion, Arts and Super Lawyer” in the area of counsel in the tax consulting The Secret History of Medical Spirituality Initiative of Butler plaintiffs’ product litigation for firm of Drucker & Scaccetti and Experimentation on Children in University, also in Indianapolis. the ninth consecutive year in a partner in the law firm of Cold War America, published by 2013. In addition, he presented Drucker Beckman Sobel LLP, Palgrave Macmillan in 2013. An ROBERT L. STERN, CLA ’69 a paper titled “Arbitrating a both in Philadelphia. associate professor of human Foreign Claim With an Asbestos owns Robert L. Stern Financial development and family stud- Bankruptcy Trust—A Procedural Services in Amherst, Mass. His STEWART M. WEINTRAUB, LAW ’71 ies, she has taught psychology Morass” during the annual con- son Nicholas Stern, FOX ’09, at Penn State Abington since was elected council director of vention of the American also is employed there. 1977. Newman also researches the American Bar Association Association for Justice in July. children’s concepts of illnesses Tax Section for 2013–2014. He Weingarten is a partner in and runs support groups for also was named “Lawyer of the Locks Law Firm in Philadelphia.

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BARBARA E. SIDOTE, CLA ’74 CARL W. HITTINGER, CLA ’76, LAW ’79 ROBERT D. BUNNELL, CHPSW ’78 recognized William Dexter, TYL ’79, and included a lecture retired from her position as was appointed co-chair of the was named interim dean of the about their work. Dexter coordinating supervisor of U.S. Antitrust and Trade Division of Continuing Adult and Trinkley own Taylor language arts and reading Regulation Group in the law and Professional Studies at Backes, a glass-art gallery in in the Parsippany-Troy Hills firm of DLA Piper. He works Neumann University in Aston, Pa. Boyertown, Pa. School District in New Jersey. in the firm’s Philadelphia and During her 35-year career in Washington, D.C., offices and is WILLIAM T. DEXTER, TYL ’79 education, she was a teacher, head of the Philadelphia litiga- 1980s was honored for his contribu- an assistant principal, a tion practice. tions to glass art at a dinner PAUL E. LUBIENECKI, CLA ’80 middle-school principal and hosted by the National Liberty a district-level supervisor. She B. CHRISTOPHER LEE, LAW ’76 earned a PhD in history from Museum in Philadelphia in resides in Ridgewood, N.J., Case Western Reserve was included in the 2014 edi- September. The event also rec- with her daughter Joanne. University in Cleveland. His dis- tion of Best Lawyers in America. ognized Karla Trinkley, TYL ’79, sertation is titled The American He is litigation chair in the and included a lecture about MARTIN BANNER, BYR ’75 Catholic Diocesan Labor Schools: law firm of Jacoby Donner PC their work. Dexter and Trinkley An Examination of Their Influence wrote an arrangement of in Philadelphia. own Taylor Backes, a glass-art on Organized Labor in Buffalo Johann Michael Haydn’s Dixit for gallery in Boyertown, Pa. and Cleveland. women’s choir. It was performed MARILYN S. MAY, CLA ’76, LAW ’79 by the Louisiana All-State MONICA H. LIGGINS, BYR ’79 is litigation counsel in the law NINA D. WEISS-KANE, TYL ’80 Women’s Choir in October. firm of Arnold & Porter LLP in soon will celebrate the release supplied her painting Washington, D.C. She focuses on of a second volume of the PATRICIA M. LEE, SSW ’75, ’76 “Bannockburn Creek” to the healthcare-, pharmaceutical- recording Singing Adventures: television series Chicago Fire. retired after 35 years as a and medical-device-industry Imaginative Songs and Activities She also participated in the pediatric social worker for defense work. Prior to joining for Young Children. Along with National Park Service’s Artist-in- the Children’s Hospital of that firm, she served as head of its first volume, that album will Residence program at Acadia Philadelphia. healthcare fraud enforcement in be available online. Barbara National Park in Maine. During the U.S. attorney’s office in the Di Toro, BYR ’92, ’94, EDU ’10, her residency, she painted NEIL A. MORRIS, CLA ’75, LAW ’79 Eastern District of Pennsylvania. associate director of Temple “Little Moose Island II,” which Music Prep in the Boyer College was appointed special labor can be viewed online. EDWARD P. CAINE, FOX ’77 of Music and Dance, and John counsel for the Pocono Dunphy, BYR ’62, director of Mountain Regional Police was named one of the “Top ROBERT J. FAHEY JR., SMC ’81, FOX ’10 music activities at Villanova Department in Monroe County, 100 Most Influential People University in Pennsylvania, was appointed vice chair of the Pa. He also is a partner in the in Accounting” by Accounting also worked on the album. board of trustees of Cristo Rey law firm of Archer & Greiner PC Today. He is president of the Additionally, Liggins serves as Philadelphia High School. He in Philadelphia. National Conference of CPA music director of Church of Our also serves on the Fox School of Practitioners and managing Savior in Jenkintown, Pa. Business Dean’s Council. WILLIAM E. ROBERTS, CLA ’75, ’79 partner of Edward P. Caine & Associates CPA LLC in was named president and chief JORDON N. ROSEN, FOX ’79 JANE A. CANTWELL, CHPSW ’82 Bryn Mawr, Pa. operating officer of GEICO in July. was named a 2013 “Five Star competed in the 2013 Masters AKIKO L. KOTANI, TYL ’77 Wealth Manager” in the August Diving Pan-American CAROLYN M. SMAGALSKI, TYL ’75 issue of Delaware Today maga- Championship in Largo, Fla. She was named “Artist of the Year” served as an expert for Saison de zine. He is an accountant in received two gold medals: one by the Pittsburgh Center for the Rose, a pink seasonal beer the firm of Belfint, Lyons & for the women’s 3-meter spring- Arts, which featured an exhibi- brewed by Free Will Brewing Co. Shuman PA. board event and another for the tion of her work in fall 2013. in Perkasie, Pa., to commemo- women’s 3-meter springboard rate Breast Cancer Awareness KARLA L. TRINKLEY, TYL ’79 synchronized diving event. In MATTHEW F. LAROSE, TYL ’77 Month in October. She is a writer the latter event, Cantwell and was honored for her contribu- who covers beer, a certified was named associate professor her partner set a world record tions to glass art at a dinner international beer judge and a of art, and chair of the art and in the 50–54 age group. She also hosted by the National Liberty Cicerone-Certified Beer Server. theater programs, at Park won a bronze medal in the Museum in Philadelphia in University in Kansas City, Mo. women’s platform event. September. The event also

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41 LS NOTES CLASS 42 CLASS OF 1971 OF CLASS Antonino Barbagallo the evaluation of the drug’s effectiveness in clinical trials. clinical in effectiveness drug’s the of evaluation the supervised Madore component, each developed chemists While species. seven the of each target that vaccines different of posed U.S. the in infants in deaths disease invasive- pneumococcal-related of percent for 80 responsible bacteria) the of (species serotypes seven the target to designed moniae against vaccine pediatric world’sthe first Prevnar, developed that N.Y., team Rochester, the of apart was she in Biologics atPraxis ascientist As decline. that in role major 2. age than younger children in 78 percent than more dropped U.S. had the in bacterium that by caused illnesses the of cases 2001, by But infections. ear acute and monia pneu bacteremia, meningitis, childhood of cause aleading was it U.S., the year. In each worldwide children young 800,000 than pneumoniae Streptococcus bacterium the 2000, Before DEGREE: MADORE VICEPS DACE LOCATION: OCCUPATION:

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JORDAN M. BASEMAN, TYL ’83 executive with Pfizer and Wyeth STEVEN R. MENTO, BYR ’87 and its surrounding areas. He is Pharmaceuticals. a partner in the law firm of was appointed head of sculpture was included in “Who’s Who Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young in the School of Fine Art at the at the Jersey Shore” by The MICHAEL G. CALLAHAN, SMC ’85 LLP in Philadelphia. Royal College of Art in London. Boardwalk Journal in June. is executive editor at Philadelphia He also launched his own sta- MICHAEL S. MARAVICH, SMC ’89, JUANITA R. COCHRAN, SSW ’83 magazine. He will publish his tion on Pandora, an Internet LAW ’92 first novel,Searching for Grace radio service. retired from Magee Kelly, with Houghton Mifflin joined the healthcare and Rehabilitation Hospital in Harcourt in spring 2015. That MELISSA C. MORRIS, CLA ’87, LAW ’91 long-term-care group in the Philadelphia after 29 years of book is about three young law firm of Burns White LLC service as a social worker and joined the healthcare and long- women living in the Barbizon in Philadelphia. He represents case manager. She now resides term-care group in the law firm Hotel in New York City in 1955. physicians, nurses and in Evans, Ga., and plans to of Burns White LLC in healthcare institutions in begin a new career in hotel Philadelphia. She primarily rep- RANDOLPH L. BROWN, FOX ’86 medical-malpractice litigation. management and hospitality. resents long-term care providers was named “Hospice Director in medical-malpractice claims. MARK A. TARASIEWICZ, SMC ’89 VIRGINIA ROBINSON JORDEN, LAW ’83 of the Year” at the New Jersey Hospice and Palliative Care NANCY SOARES, SMC ’87 was appointed executive earned a master of arts degree Organization’s annual Spirit director of the Philadelphia in teaching from National Louis is founder and owner of of Hospice Awards Dinner in Bar Association in September. University in Chicago in 2004. Macungie Animal Hospital in June. Brown is chief operating She has taught in both Chicago Pennsylvania. That practice was officer of Caring Hospice and Cheyenne, Wyo. She cur- named the 2013 “Accredited 1990s Services, a regional provider rently resides in Santa Fe, N.M., Practice of the Year” by the with services available in BERLINDA GARNETT, SMC ’91 with her husband, Victor, and American Animal Hospital Connecticut, New York, New teaches at a charter school for Association in July. was promoted to producer of Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio. students in kindergarten investigations and special through sixth grade. JAMES J. LEFLAR JR., CLA ’88, ’90 projects at FOX 29-TV in RONALD S. BRENDEL, BYR ’87, ’01 Philadelphia. She also was published Organizational KEVIN P. PURCELL, SMC ’83 participated in the Benjamin awarded a 2013 Mid-Atlantic Resilience: Managing the Risks Britten on Stage and Screen Emmy Award in the category published his memoir Philly War of Disruptive Events—A centenary conference at the of “Public/Current/Community Zone: Growing Up in a Racial Practitioner’s Guide with CRC University of Nottingham in Affairs Program/Special” for a Battleground in 2012. That work Press. That book explains orga- England in July, and performed half-hour program she wrote and was highlighted in a May 19, nizational resilience and how Britten recitals at colleges and produced called Black on Black: 2013, article in The Philadelphia to manage risk using the ANSI/ universities in Tennessee, South The Conversation Continues. Inquirer. He also is founder, ASIS SPC.1-2009 Organizational Carolina and Arizona in fall president and creative director Resilience Standard. 2012. With his wife, Cheryl, BARBARA S. DI TORO, BYR ’92, ’94, of Purcell Direct Inc., a direct- BYR ’99, Brendel co-directs the EDU ’10 response advertising company GEOFFREY SISK, FOX ’88 Schumann Liederfest—an annual in West Chester, Pa. soon will celebrate the release educational program for classi- competed in the first two of a second volume of the cal singers of which he is the rounds of the 2013 U.S. Open MARC S. RASPANTI, LAW ’84 recording Singing Adventures: founder—in Zwickau, Germany. golf tournament in Merion, Pa., Imaginative Songs and Activities was included in the 2014 edition in June. The event marked his for Young Children. Like its first of The Best Lawyers in America LISA YEADON DAHM, SMC ’87 seventh appearance in a U.S. volume, that album will be for healthcare law. He is a part- Open and his 40th appearance received a master of arts degree available online. John Dunphy, ner in the law firm of Pietragallo in a Professional Golf in organizational communica- BYR ’62, director of music activi- Gordon Alfano Bosick & Association event. tion from DePaul University in ties at Villanova University in Raspanti LLP in Philadelphia. Chicago. Her areas of research Pennsylvania, and Monica VALENTINO F. DIGIORGIO III, FOX ’89 included change management, Liggins, BYR ’79, music director LEWIS L. BARRETT III, FOX ’85 conflict on cross-functional was elected to the board of of Church of Our Savior in was appointed senior vice presi- teams, strategic internal com- directors for the Chester County Jenkintown, Pa., also worked on dent for commercial strategy at munication and gendered Economic Development Council, the album. Synthetic Biologics in Rockville, communication in organiza- which provides services to com- Md. He formerly was an tional contexts. panies in Chester County, Pa.,

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GILLIAN JOHNS, CLA ’92, ’00 KENNETH E. LAWRENCE JR., CLA ’95 JAMES B. URIE, CLA ’97 Campus in August. That event was sponsored by the College of is associate professor of English was appointed to Pennsylvania was included in the 2013 list of Education. Boys Write Now at Oberlin College in Ohio. She Gov. Tom Corbett’s Judicial “Pennsylvania Rising Stars” teaches self-expression through also was interim director of Conduct Board. That group is list in the area of tax law. He is a comics, lyrics, poetry and more. the Oberlin College Research responsible for investigating partner in the firm of MacElree Fellowship Program for the allegations of misconduct Harvey Ltd. in West Chester, Pa. 2012–2013 academic year. among the judiciary. He also is 2000s senior vice president for govern- CAROLYN KITCH, SMC ’98 MONIQUE CLARK, CLA ’01 TIMOTHY E. OGLINE, TYL ’92 ment, community and public published an article titled affairs at Temple. earned a master of arts degree published Ben Franklin for “Changing Theoretical in professional and business Beginners with Random Perspectives on Women’s Media HEIDI E. BOGHOSIAN, LAW ’96 communication from La Salle House. He is an illustrator Images: The Emergence of University in Philadelphia. whose work has appeared in published Spying on Democracy: Patterns in a New Area of publications including The Government Surveillance, Historical Scholarship” in RAYMOND D. DESTEPHANIS III, Philadelphia Inquirer and Corporate Power, and Public the September 1997 issue SMC ’01 The Wall Street Journal. Resistance with City Lights of Journalism & Mass Books. She also is executive Communication Quarterly. was honored by the JACKIE N. SIKOWITZ, SMC ’93 director of the National It was named one of the top Southeastern Pennsylvania Lawyers Guild. 50 classic articles to appear Soccer Hall of Fame with the was promoted to head of medi- in that publication during the 2013 Chick Fallon Award for cal product and consumerism SHAWN A. CHRISTIAN, CLA ’97 Association for Education Service to Soccer in July. He is marketing at Aetna Inc., where in Journalism and Mass head varsity soccer coach at she celebrated her 10-year is associate professor of English, Communication centennial Roman Catholic High School in anniversary recently. Sikowitz African-American and celebration in July. Philadelphia and tournament also was recognized by the American studies at Wheaton director of the annual International Academy for the College in Norton, Mass. He also DONNA T. WEISS, EDU ’98 Philadelphia Flyers Alumni Golf Visual Arts with a Communicator directs that college’s Summer Invitational. He also is intramu- Award of Distinction for a series Institute for Literary and published The Interprofessional rals coordinator for Campus of online videos for which she Cultural Studies. Health Care Team: Leadership Recreation at Temple. served as creative director. and Development with Jones & CANDACE DEPEW, TYL ’97 Bartlett Learning in 2013. ADAM M. PINE, CLA ’02 LAWRENCE M. FARNESE, LAW ’94 had an exhibition at the RONALD C. BURKHARDT, CLA ’99 is assistant professor of geogra- joined Zarwin Baum DeVito Philadelphia Museum of Art phy and director of the Urban Kaplan Schaer Toddy PC in titled CandyCoated Wonderland was appointed coordinator of and Regional Studies Program Philadelphia as of counsel. He in the fall. It featured children’s the Salem Center and Special at the University of Minnesota also is a Pennsylvania state costumes from the museum’s Projects at Salem Community Duluth. senator who represents the 1st own collection presented as College in Carneys Point, N.J. Senatorial District. a storybook narrative. She SHUAIYB NEWTON, THM ’03 makes art under the name BRIAN J. MCAULAY, FOX ’99 CHRISTOPHER J. MENNA, ENG ’94 “Candy Coated.” is an associate in the law firm of was inaugurated as president Martin LLC in Philadelphia. He was elected director of Region 2 of Parker University in Dallas. LAWRENCE R. SERNOVITZ, EDU ’97 practices in the areas of Social for the American Society of Civil Instead of holding a traditional Security and long-term disability. Engineers. He is structural was honored with the 2013 investiture ceremony, he imple- assistant manager of the city Trailblazer Award by the mented a day of volunteerism CHRISTOPHER G. BECK, BYR ’04 of Philadelphia. Montgomery County Advisory that drew more than 800 par- Council to the Pennsylvania ticipants. He also is past chair of performed percussion with GARY D. FOSTER, CLA ’95 Human Relations Commission, the Atlanta chapter of the Temple the Oliver Lake Big Band at of which he is vice chair. He is a University Alumni Association. Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola during was named co-chief scientific rabbi at Temple Emanuel in the Generations of Jazz Festival officer of Weight Watchers Cherry Hill, N.J. SAMUEL A. REED III, EDU ’99 in New York City in September. International Inc. Previously, He also performed with the he directed the Center for hosted Boys Write Now, a work- Evolution Jam Session at Zinc Obesity Research and Education shop for males in grades 7 Bar, also in New York. Beck was at Temple. through 12, on Temple’s Main

44 TEMPLE CLASS OF 1948 OF CLASS Ryan S. Brandenberg Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. He began writing for writing He began Kooning. de Willem and Pollock Jackson as such painters, Expressionist Abstract iconic know to came he involvement, that Through it. managing was soon and Club about.” all was me moved so that art the what know to wanted “I says. he studios,” their to invited was “I artists. mid-20th-century for many haunt a downtown York New to City. Europe world from art the of focus the shift helped movement That counterparts. formal more their than psyche the of expression apurer, spontaneous more practiced which of creators ’50s—the and 1940s the of movement Expressionist U.S. Abstract the of historians and critics prominent most the of one become has Sandler then, before.” Since art in interested never was “I recalls. art. around revolve would life his that understood Sandler lines, deliberate dark, its observed he “Chief.” As Kline’s up atFranz looked he abench, on York New in City. Sitting (MoMA) Art Modern of Museum the visited he life—until his with do would ’48 CLA Sandler, Irving 1950s, early the In LOCATION: OCCUPATION: DEGREE: SANDLER IRVING Sandler began attending meetings of the Abstract Expressionist Expressionist Abstract the of meetings attending began Sandler Tavern— Cedar visited Sandler MoMA, to trip his after Shortly deeply,” very me moved it but he was, it what know didn’t “I

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joined by pianist Yoichi Uzeki, ANTHONY TROVARELLO, SMC ’05 JUSTIN GAINES, SMC ’07 ZHENG XIANG, FOX ’08 BYR ’05, at the former event and co-directed and co-produced was interviewed by Melanie was appointed assistant profes- by pianist Luke O’Reilly, BYR ’04, his debut feature film,Alpha Martin, SMC ’10, for EBONY.com, sor in the Pamplin College of at the latter. Girls, with John Zito, TFM ’04. an African-American lifestyle Business Department of They also published three website. Gaines is known as Hospitality and Tourism LUKE C. O’REILLY, BYR ’04 graphic novels in 2013: Moon DJ Omega, a hip-hop DJ who Management at Virginia Tech led the Evolution Jam Session Girl with Red 5 Comics, DOGS of collaborates with the artist in Blacksburg. at Zinc Bar in New York City Mars with Image Comics and Wale and manages several in September. A pianist, he LaMorte Sisters with DC Comics. musical artists. DAVID A. CACCIA, CST ’09 was joined by Christopher earned a doctor of osteopathic Beck, BYR ’04, on drums and YOICHI UZEKI, BYR ’05 ANDREW D. WATSON, TFM ’07 medicine degree from the by other musicians. performed piano with the released a new short documen- Philadelphia College of Oliver Lake Big Band at Dizzy’s tary, The Most Quoted Man in the Osteopathic Medicine in 2013. DOUGLAS W. PAULSON, TYL ’04 Club Coca-Cola during the News, in collaboration with The co-hosted a series of workshops Generations of Jazz Festival in New Yorker magazine. The work MEGAN WELSH ÇAKALLI, BYR ’09 that explored similarities and New York City in September. He is available for viewing online was selected for the final rounds differences during the We was joined by Christopher Beck, and focuses on Greg Packer, of the 32nd annual Hans Gabor Conference in Jerusalem in BYR ’04, and other musicians. who gives “man-on-the-street” Belvedere Singing Competition. August. He also is a member of interviews compulsively. In July, she performed in Parfyme, an art collective that MATTHEW FARANDA-DIEDRICH, Amsterdam with 156 other performed at the Ut Am Havn LAW ’06 CHRISTOPHER M. ADDO, ENG ’08 finalists from 55 cities around Festival in Hamburg, Germany, was elected a partner in the law is a power engineer at PJM the world. in August and September. Also firm of Dilworth Paxson LLP Interconnection. He earned an in September, Paulson partici- in Philadelphia. He represents international master of business NOAH DREW, TFM ’09 pated in Untitled (As of Yet), an companies and individuals administration degree from exhibit at Flux Factory in Long starred in Everything Went in banking, financial services, Arcadia University in Glenside, Island City, N.Y. Down, a musical film written insurance coverage, class Pa., and seeks to build proper- and directed by former Temple actions, bankruptcy, the ties and solar-power initiatives JOHN P. ZITO, TFM ’04 faculty member Dustin Morrow. Employee Retirement Income in Ghana, his home country. co-directed and co-produced Security Act, the automotive KATE E. PATSCH, TYL ’09 his debut feature film,Alpha industry, construction and AMY B. CRAVATH, DEN ’08 Girls, with Anthony Trovarello, land development. earned a master of education was elected president of the SMC ’05. They also published degree in special education Scranton District Dental Society three graphic novels in 2013: GINA M. CAPUTO, CST ’07 from Marymount University in in Pennsylvania in August. Moon Girl with Red 5 Comics, Arlington, Va. She teaches art at earned a doctor of osteopathic DOGS of Mars with Image Fort Hunt Elementary School medicine degree from the THERESA M. GEORGE, CST ’08 Comics and LaMorte Sisters in Alexandria, Va., and has Philadelphia College of with DC Comics. earned a doctor of osteopathic exhibited her photography in Osteopathic Medicine in 2013. medicine degree from the galleries across the country. AMY T. BROOKS, LAW ’05 Philadelphia College of MALLORY FIX-LOPEZ, EDU ’07, ’11 Osteopathic Medicine in 2013. CARRIE A. REILLY, EDU ’09 has been elected to a three- is head of the English for year term on the board of is an education volunteer Restaurant Workers program, JEFFREY W. PALMER JR., PHR ’08, ’10 managers of Haverford College with the Peace Corps. She is which focuses on improving in Pennsylvania. That board is a quality assurance associate stationed in South Africa. language skills of restaurant selects the president of the at General Econopak Inc. in workers in Philadelphia. That college and establishes its Philadelphia. NICHOLAS E. STERN, FOX ’09 program was launched in academic, administrative and January 2013 through the joined Robert L. Stern Financial financial policies. She also is ELIZABETH L. SILVER, LAW ’08 Garces Family Foundation, of Services in Amherst, Mass., as a an associate in the law firm which Beatriz Garces, DEN ’02, published The Execution of wealth-management advisor. of Wisler Pearlstine LLP in is co-founder and board chair. Noa P. Singleton with Crown That firm is owned by his father, Blue Bell, Pa. Publishing Group in June. Robert Stern, CLA ’69.

46 TEMPLE CLASS OF 2008 OF CLASS Joseph V. Labolito those skills to finish the mantle without leaving any unsightly unsightly any leaving without mantle the finish to skills those marks. or scratches any leaving without so do mantle—and fireplace bronze a5-foot, complete to volunteered she when weeks, afew only after changed That abilities. her of wary were workers co- male her of many that thought she production, in working woman first-ever company’s the As projects. for complicated more plates. and trays ornaments, giftware, ing includ projects, of avariety on process the Temple, used she from graduating after shortly company the at hired first was Hendrie When impression. an create to die steel ahand-carved of top on image. the capture to comic a newspaper onto clay colored brightly the pressing to similar atechnique uses Forge, she August Wendell metalcrafter prestigious for the pieces ’08 TYL Hendrie, Emily Ask common? in have jewelry handcrafted and Putty Silly do What LOCATION: OCCUPATION: DEGREE: EMILY HENDRIE Hendrie had some experience polishing metals and drew on on drew and metals polishing experience some had Hendrie over passed was Hendrie employment, her of days early the In repoussé as Known

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CLASS OF 1984 CARLTON JOHNSON Joseph Labolito V. DEGREE: JD, law, Beasley School of Law, 1984 OCCUPATION: Civil crusader LOCATION: Philadelphia

In one of the first civil suits for which Carlton Johnson, LAW ’84, represented the city of Philadelphia, he saw something he hoped he would never see again. While in a holding cell, a teenage boy who had been arrested was so emotionally overcome, he attempted suicide. The boy’s failed attempt left him a quadriplegic in a permanent vegetative state. “I promised his mother I would do everything I could to make sure another mother didn’t have to go through that same sce- nario,” Johnson says. “It was awful.” He kept his promise. “When we were building additional lockup facilities, we made them suicide-proof, and retrofitted our existing facilities so that they, too, were suicide-proof,” he recalls. “We also gave our officers additional training in terms of monitoring poten- tially suicidal inmates.” That case was only one in a tidal wave of civil suits Johnson was tasked with stemming when he joined the city solicitor’s office after graduating from the Beasley School of Law in 1984. He also founded the Civil Rights Unit in the solicitor’s office that same year. It aimed to both fight for the rights of Philadelphia’s citizens and represent the interests of the city. “As suits would come in, I’d study their patterns and try to come up with solutions to prevent further litigation,” he explains. For example, Johnson examined lawsuits that resulted from high-speed police chases. He discovered that many officers had never driven prior to joining the force and were offered very little driver training after they joined. He worked with the police depart- ment to add driving to the police-academy curriculum. Johnson also implemented policies in the Philadelphia Prison System that improved physical and mental healthcare for prisoners. “One of the things about Temple’s Law School that sets it apart from others is that you come away with a sense of mission—to do good things and to be on what I like to say is the right side of the equation, helping people and entities like nonprofits,” Johnson says. “So my Temple education fit perfectly with my worldview of wanting to help people and become a public servant.” In 2006, he joined the law firm of Archer & Greiner, and now co-chairs its civil-rights and government-relations practice. The firm offers Temple law students scholarships and opportunities to work as summer associates. —Jon Caroulis, SMC ’81

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2010s SARAH ROSEBERRY, CLA ’11 BRET M. MOLLON, CHPSW ’12 GWEN M. PFEIFER, SSW ’13

MICHAEL D. CESAL, CLA ’10 co-authored “Skype Me! Socially was named goalkeeping coach won third prize in the Contingent Interactions Help of the soccer programs at Pennsylvania Society of was appointed instructor of Toddlers Learn Language” with Coastal Carolina University in Clinical Social Work Awards philosophy and political science Temple Professor of Psychology Conway, S.C. for Clinical Excellence competi- at Northwood University in Kathy Hirsh-Pasek. Their tion. Those awards are given Midland, Mich. research was featured in a JONATHAN J. RISS, BYR ’12 annually to graduating master’s- Sept. 24, 2013, article on CNN. level students of social work. JASMINE J. JOHNSON, TFM ’10 earned the highest score on com and in the journal Child Pfeifer’s paper is titled “Adoption the 2013 American Guild of was selected as a finalist in Development. (Also see “Skype Planning: Using Feminist Organists Choir Master exam Canon’s Project Imaginat10n Me!” page 11.) Relational Theory to Support a and won the guild’s ChM Prize contest for her short film titled Birthmother’s Process.” that year. He also teaches in Sugar. Led by Academy Award- HEATHER A. RUSSELL, BYR ’11 Hastings-on-Hudson Schools in winning director Ron Howard, JOSE GUILLERMO ORTEGA TANUS, was named assistant professor New York and serves as director Project Imaginat10n is designed BYR ’13 of music education at Cleveland of music at St. John’s Lutheran to inspire amateur filmmakers. State University in Ohio. Church in Melrose Park, Pa. was one of two dancers chosen for the PHL/Budapest Bilateral MELANIE Y. MARTIN, SMC ’10 KEN SIBANDA, LAW ’11 LAUREN E. ANGELINI, SMC ’13 Artists Exchange. The program is an editorial assistant at provides dancers from published Hannibal the Great: was hired as assistant commu- EBONY.com, a property of Philadelphia with three weeks Hannibal Born with Proteus nications planner for MayoSeitz Ebony magazine. She recently of study in Budapest. Books. It is the first of a Media, a marketing and adver- interviewed Justin Gaines, three-part graphic novel that tising agency in Blue Bell, Pa. SMC ’07, a hip-hop DJ also KRISTIN J. TURNER, SMC ’13 complements a film by the same known as DJ Omega. name. Sibanda also will co- THOMAS D. FEISTER, FOX ’13 is employed at Grey New York, direct that movie. an advertising and public rela- DAVID C. PATTEN, TFM ’10 is staff accountant at tions firm in Manhattan. ParenteBeard LLC, an account- appeared in Delivery Man, a MAURICE “MAURY” KANE, CLA ’12 ing and business advisory firm. comedy starring Vince Vaughn. SHAWNNA L. WILLIAMS, TYL ’13 received the Association of College and University Printers’ KERRY B. FILSINGER, BYR ’13 was named “Artist of the DEBORAH WAXMAN, CLA ’10 2013 Hall of Fame Impression Month” in October 2013 by the was named assistant professor was named president elect award in August. He is retired Manifestationz Art Gallery in of music education at University of the Reconstructionist from his position as director Cary, N.C. at Buffalo, the State University Rabbinical College and the of Digital Document Services of New York. Jewish Reconstructionist at Temple. CORRECTION Communities in October 2013. RAKESH C. GUDURU, PHR ’13 In the fall 2013 issue, the class She is believed to be the first JASON E. KASHER, FOX ’12 note for Robert A. Levine, woman rabbi to lead a seminary began a one-year pharmacy began a 1,000-mile run in DEN ’81, incorrectly listed his and to head a denominational residency at the University of September to raise funds that wife as Sharon; her name is movement in Judaism. Toledo Medical Center in Ohio will go to various charities, Sheryl Radin, CST ’78, DEN ’82. in July. His career interests assist in paying off his student- In addition, Levine’s daughter, JENNIFER A. MCPHERSON, CLA ’11 include infectious diseases and loan debt and fund the launch Bari, is a second-year student in pharmacy administration. earned a master of science of his startup company. the Kornberg School of Dentistry. degree in counseling and clini- cal health psychology from the JOSHUA J. MARTIN, CLA ’12 Philadelphia College of released an album, Me Moan, Osteopathic Medicine in 2013. Post your class notes online! with Sub Pop Records in July Visit alumni.temple.edu/classnotes to share your recent news and update under the name Daughn RYAN V. RITCHEY, TYL ’11 your information. Online class notes are run in Temple and other publications. Gibson. He also performed at is a store artist for Whole Foods Johnny Brenda’s in Philadelphia You also may mail your notes to: in North Wales, Pa. in August. Editor, Temple TASB/1852 N. 10th Street Philadelphia, PA 19122

WINTER 2014 49 This list includes those in the Temple community who have passed away since IN MEMORIAM the last issue of Temple.

1940s Samuel Kaplan, DEN ’45 Samuel Kuna, CST ’51 John Kurkis, EDU ’45 Howard G. Lee, MED ’51 Jules J. Eck Jr., DEN ’41 Carlo A. Masiello, POD ’45 Jerome Rosoff, FOX ’51 Lillian Lubin Krelove, SED ’41 Leonard Meinwald, DEN ’45 Carl Seligman, FOX ’51 Elmer C. Stockberger Jr., DEN ’41 Stanley Scheindlin, PHR ’45 Libraries University Temple Charles R. Wolf, FOX ’51 Nicholas J. Chantiles, DEN ’42 Judith Ploener Schwartz, CHPSW ’45 Rudolph J. Di Massa, LAW ’52 Leonard E. Ciancarelli, DEN ’42 Solomon L. Shore, DEN ’45 Arnold D. Foley, FOX ’52 Lewis Epstein, DEN ’42 Stanley Stutman, DEN ’45 Edward Resnick, EDU ’52, ’56 William L. Goldman, FOX ’42, LAW ’51 Alfred O. Davies, MED ’46 Royce L. Brittan, FOX ’53 Benjamin Grossman, DEN ’42 Natalie Followell, TFM ’46 Warren Freedman, FOX ’53 Benjamin M. Quigg Jr., CLA ’42 C. WILLIAM Bruce Jacobs, EDU ’46, ’51 Louis A. Mitchell, PHR ’53 Albert Soifer, DEN ’42 MILLER Max Janoff, FOX ’46 Sheldon H. Swengle, ENG ’53 Peter A. Cichon, DEN ’43 William M. Strunk, MED ’46 C. William Miller, professor William N. Andrus, FOX ’54 Bernard J. Entine, DEN ’43 emeritus of English litera- Eleanor A. Suda, CHPSW ’46 Roberta Bertelsen, PHR ’54 Sidney Gerstenhaber, DEN ’43 ture, passed away in April. Marcia Fishner Rothblum, TYL ’48 He spent 35 years teaching John E. Fuir, FOX ’54 John J. Giordano, DEN ’43 Gloria S. Carroll, PHR ’49 as a Shakespearean and Dean L. Johnson, DEN ’54 Samuel Haskins, DEN ’43 Robert W. Eltringham, FOX ’49 Elizabethan Renaissance Robert W. Kitting, POD ’54 A. Bruce Lampert, DEN ’43 scholar at Temple. John M. Shwed, ENG ’49 Duane L. Redles, CHPSW ’54 Jack R. Pomerantz, DEN ’43 He earned an undergraduate Lewis H. Wilkinson, EDU ’49 Mary E. Venable, EDU ’54 Robert Ruder, DEN ’43 degree from Gettysburg Robert V. Williams, DEN ’49 College in Pennsylvania in Paul V. Buday, PHR ’55 Earl L. Stover, DEN ’43 1936 and a doctorate from James M. Coate, LAW ’55 George Szypula, EDU ’43, ’47 the University of Virginia in 1950s David G. Gregor, MED ’55 Anthony Butchko, DEN ’44 Charlottesville in 1940. Melvin B. Herrin, FOX ’55 Herbert Cohen, DEN ’44 Leona S. Baksi, CHPSW ’50 During his tenure at Temple— F. Frederick Perone, LAW ’55 George B. Crossmire, DEN ’44 Adolph Bushell, DEN ’50 which began in 1947—Miller conducted a 20-year study Donald C. Trapp, MED ’55 Edward P. Kruszewski, DEN ’44 Lawrence Cilestio, SMC ’50 of the history of Benjamin Henry T. Aleski, ENG ’56 Myer Lebow, DEN ’44 Willis S. Greene, FOX ’50 Franklin’s printing career. In Rocco Granese, ENG ’56 Jeanne M. Lescoe, DEN ’44 Ann V. Rasmussen, CHPSW ’50 1976, he became the first U.S. recipient of the International John P. McDade, MED ’56 Doris B. Malarkey, TYL, EDU ’44 Marvin Rothstein, ENG ’50 League of Antiquarian Herbert N. Oliver Jr., DEN ’56 Irving Price, DEN ’44 Naomi W. Zaslow, CLA ’50 Booksellers prize for the bib- Mary Fox Grant, EDU ’57 Walter Schlam, DEN ’44 Maxine Snyder Boodis, EDU ’51 liography Benjamin Franklin’s Edward D. Greaves, Philadelphia Printing, 1728 MED ’57 Frederick J. Steier, DEN ’44 Arthur B. Brodsky, CST ’51, DEN ’55 to 1766. Leonard H. Juros, DEN ’57 Florence Taub, DEN ’44 Dennis D. Doody, ENG ’51 He is survived by two sons, John P. Kessler, FOX ’57 Carl J. Eberl, BYR ’45 Hugh F. Gallagher, FOX ’51 two grandchildren and two Shirley W. Klein, CHPSW ’57 Theodore Eiges, DEN ’45 Patrick C. Gentile, FOX ’51 great-grandchildren. Richard E. Malone, FOX ’57

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Arthur H. Sherman, FOX ’57 Hagop Tcherkezian, DEN ’65 1980s Thomas G. Taylor, FOX ’57 E. Lawrence Harasym, MED ’66, ’71 Kevin A. Chavarria, MED ’83 Nathaniel Washington, EDU ’57, ’64 Arthur C. Jacoby III, FOX ’66, ’70

Samuel L. Ferrante, EDU ’83 The Sutman family Janis Rossman Brown, CHPSW ’58 Harrison H. Stump, CHPSW ’66 Happy Craven Fernandez, EDU ’84 John L. Dotson Jr., SMC ’58, HON ’81 George C. Roatche, ENG ’67 Dennis G. Ebright, SSW ’85 Marshall G. Flamm, CLA ’58 Mark W. Bailey, CLA ’68 Richard A. Keen, LAW ’85 Norman L. Henderson, PHR ’58, David W. Danker, EDU ’68 CLA ’62 Scott A. Atiyeh, TYL ’86 Edward G. de Paschalis, FOX ’68 Richard E. Hess, ENG ’58 Dorothy F. Binns, CLA ’86 Thomas I. Haigh, CST ’68 John P. Murphy, PHR ’58 Tarn N. Slater, SMC ’86 Lionel C. Neilans, DEN ’68 Paul M. Seideman, DEN ’58 John D. Owen, EDU ’87 Ronald R. Shuey, EDU ’68 G. Donald Siemer, SMC ’58 Rosemary Quinn, CHPSW ’87, ’92 Barry S. Wilderman, CST ’68, Jesse C. Thomson, ENG ’58 MED ’72, ’76 Janet L. Viola, FOX ’88 FRANCIS X. Russell M. Weimar, EDU ’58 Hugh L. Cosline Jr., EDU ’69 Arthur W. Cipriany, PHR ’59 Richard J. Scuderi, FOX ’69 1990s SUTMAN

Joan Spence Davis, EDU ’59, FOX ’74 Madeline B. Weldon, EDU ’69 Francis Sutman, former pro- Albert J. Marcellino, LAW ’90 George H. Frueh, ENG ’59 fessor in the College of Gerald J. Schneider, FOX ’90 Education, passed away George E. Mitchell Jr., ENG ’59 1970s Estella Munson Elesh, EDU ’93 in August. He taught at Inter- Charles E. Trafford, EDU ’59 American University in Wilmer H. Glaser, TYL ’70 Robert D. Getzoff, LAW ’93 Puerto Rico and the State Walter B. Kahn, SMC ’70 E. Keith Stellabott, TYL ’93 1960s University of New York at John W. Morton Jr., ENG ’70 Jane B. Kearney, SSW ’94 Buffalo before joining Dale T. Bowen, MED ’60 Joseph A. Pelizzoni III, FOX ’70 Ulf F. Balack, CLA ’98 Temple in 1962. He taught science education there for William C. Ebell, ENG ’60 Cynthia R. Plotkin, EDU ’70, ’75 20 years. Patoma A. Grice, EDU ’60 Chipp D. Wells, TYL ’70 2000s He received the New Jersey Christine J. Hackman, CHPSW ’60 Rose Epstein, CLA ’71, EDU ’74 Governor’s Award for Paulinus Akhimien, PHR ’03 Helen M. McHugh, EDU ’60 James J. Jakubchak, MED ’71 Education in 1987. From Anthony Pellegrino, LAW ’04 1989 to 1993, he served as William M. Stutzel, DEN ’60 Thomas J. Jefferys, CLA ’72 Michael E. Sholtis, EDU ’05 program director of the Paul J. McCracken, ENG ’61 James C. Rupert, EDU ’72 National Science Foundation. John K. Jones, EDU ’63 Janet L. Bouvier, EDU ’73, ’88 He also assisted with curricu- John Plank, EDU ’63 Michael W. Kabo, CLA ’73 2010s lum development at both Rowan University in Carl W. Slemmer Jr., LAW ’63 Joseph J. Kelly, CLA ’73, ’80 Ali Atif, ENG ’11 Glassboro, N.J., and the John C. Baker Jr., ENG ’64 Michael Worthington, CLA ’73 Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in Galloway. Jerry E. Enis, MED ’64 Fraser S. Foster, SED ’74 To submit a name for this list, Sheldon H. Feingold, DEN ’64 Richard H. Schietrumpf, DEN ’75 email [email protected] Sutman authored several or call 215-926-2562. John W. Polhemus, ENG ’64, ’65 Donald E. Spiller, FOX ’75 books about science You also may mail your notes to: education. He also was Nancy K. Valego, Scott L. Stanton, CLA ’64 FOX ’75 a fellow of the American Editor, Temple Ronald Harpster, DEN ’65 Nadene R. Wegner, TYL ’75 TASB/1852 N. 10th Street Association for the Frank Massino, FOX ’65 Carsarraine Blackwell, EDU ’76 Philadelphia, PA 19122 Advancement of Science, a member of the American Albert E. Miller, FOX ’65 Harry B. Forman, FOX ’77 Chemical Society and former Mark S. Refowich, LAW ’65 Margaret M. Walsh, EDU ’77 president of the National Lorraine F. Smedley, CHPSW ’65 Nancy J. Foltz, FOX ’78 Association for Research in Science Teaching. Joe L. Stauffer, EDU ’65 Kenneth Hamberg, POD ’78

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If you’re the kind of parent [that] “raises your [child] with the ‘Do it because I said so’ approach, you’re raising a child who’s going to be more susceptible to others saying, ‘Do this.’” LAURENCE STEINBERG, LAURA H. CARNELL PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY AND DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, discussing peer pressure in The Wall Street Journal online, June 17, 2013

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52 TEMPLE SAVE THE DATE: MARCH 1 CALLING ALL GRADUATES FROM THE CLASSES OF 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Celebrate your time at Temple and reconnect at your reunion on Saturday, March 1!

Temple swings with the Monkees when they play a postgame football party in 1987.

As the seventh president of Temple University, Peter J. Liacouras brings out the best of the Temple community. In 1988, Temple Men’s Basketball takes the city, and the NCAA, by storm when it goes undefeated and wins the Atlantic 10 Championship. The basketball team went to the Elite Eight in ’88 and ’91.

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