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Spring 2006 ing a Decade of L Celebrat eadership Reunion and Homecoming Weekend 2006 Save the Date! Reunion and Homecoming Weekend 2006 • Oct. 13-15 CONTENTS Decade of Change 2 Board of Trustees Albert G. Albert Preparing for Disaster 3 John Atkins Marilyn Barbe Susan S. Belin Dr. David J. Gray ’50 Medallion 3 William H. Bender Dr. Edward G. Boehm, Jr. Presidential Medallion Awards The Honorable Trish Corbett 4 Thomas W. Davis ’52 Susan Scranton Dawson Inaugural Hall of Fame 7 Janet L. DeAndrea ’69 Mark DeStefano Harry E. Dowling ’69 Alumni Awards 8 Dr. David Elliott Homa Ferdowsi Event Recap & Forecast 10 Joseph X. Garvey, Jr. ’70 George W. Ginader ’56 Dr. C. Richard Hartman Employees Honored 11 Bruce Jennings Dr. Lee Jones President & Mrs. Boehm’s Milestones 12 Robert L. Kagler ’57 Donald Kalina Robert J. Knowles Athletes of the Month 14 Atty. Joseph Lenahan Dorothy DeWitt Mackie ’52 Returning to Keystone 15 Gretchen Zeidler Miller ’51 by Shirley Isherwood Pinto ’55 Dr. Gino Mori ’51 Gabriel J. Noto Gerard T. O’Donnell Classnotes 17 Jane Oppenheim Diane Paparo ’76 Charlotte M. Ravaioli President Spring 2006 William C. Reed Dr. Edward G. Boehm, Jr. Gail Rees ’72 Keystonian Staff Letha Wells Reinheimer The Keystonian is a publication of Keystone College. It is Senior Editor Curtis N. Stevens ’64 published through the Office of Alumni, College, and Community Charlotte M. Ravaioli David L. Tressler Relations. The magazine is provided free to alumni and friends of Editors the College. Articles represent the opinions of the authors and do Dr. Betty J. Turock ’53 Beth C. Miller Dr. David Turock ’77 Marisa A. Thomas not necessarily reflect the policies or positions of the College. Contributing Authors Send correspondence and address changes to: Trustees Emeriti J.R. Rupp Shirley Isherwood Pinto ’55 Sergius Gambal ’47 Office of Alumni, College and Community Relations Designer Mary L. Graham One College Green Condron & Company Charles F. Kennedy La Plume, PA 18440-1099 Photography William A. Lees ’51 Patricia Rokos Henneforth ’05 Bertram N. Linder Kaiser Fine Photography Sarah M. Kubrick ’03 Or you may call 570-945-8164, fax 570-945-8042; James J. McLaughlin Beth C. Miller or e-mail [email protected] Printing Payne Printery SPRING 2006 ◆ KEYSTONIAN 1 A DECADE OF CHANGE TEN YEARS On this tenth anniversary of President and Mrs. Boehm’s TODAY AGO leadership of Keystone College, I am pleased to write to you on behalf of the trustees, faculty, staff, students, alumni, and Ward Hall is completely renovated, housing Ward Hall was friends of our College. This is an opportunity for me to an empty and laboratories as well as faculty deteriorating reflect on the decade of growth and development Keystone and administrative offices. residence hall. has enjoyed on their watch. Patrick Hall is the home of the When the Boehms arrived in La Plume in October 1995, Patrick Hall was College’s ACT 101 program. a partially used they had no inkling of the contribution they were to make The Victorians are bustling, and deteriorating to this small, struggling College. With unflagging optimism, home to faculty and health center. dogged determination, and boundless energy, they began rebuilding Keystone inside administrative offices. The Victorians and out. Moore Hall Gardens, thanks were empty and Their first step was to teach us our own history: how Keystone College was to Don ’50 and Sue Haman, deteriorating. founded by the citizens of Factoryville in 1868 and how these residents formed complement the grandeur Moore Hall was full the bricks that became the foundation of Harris Hall. We all know that story now of historic Harris Hall. of bats and in danger because President Boehm recounted it for us many times, so we would not forget our The College entranceway of crumbling. proud heritage. is safe, picturesque, and The College The second step was a more pragmatic one: stabilizing our enrollment and welcoming. entranceway embarking on a journey toward baccalaureate status. With the support of the Board Keystone College is a certified was narrow of Trustees, President Boehm made the difficult decisions that would enlist the talents Microsoft IT Academy, offering and dangerous. of an enrollment and financial aid consultant, Noel-Levitz, and a seasoned enrollment state-of-the-art technology to Information specialist, Bob Iannuzzo, who joined the President’s Cabinet in 1997. The faculty, led our students, faculty, and staff. technology by division chairs, laid the groundwork for the College to offer four-year programs, Full-time faculty number 62; infrastructure full-time student enrollment was minimal. and in 1998, Keystone received approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for baccalaureate degrees in Criminal Justice and Human Resource exceeds 1200. Full-time faculty Management, the first of the sixteen baccalaureate programs offered today. The final The Koelsch House provides numbered 27. piece of the rebuilding effort was the addition of Joseph X. Garvey, Jr. ’70 to the offices and exhibit space for The Koelsch House Cabinet as Vice President of Finance/Administration. The second tier of President Fine Arts faculty and students. was just a house. Boehm’s plan was in place, and, with the strong support of an enthusiastic Board of The Willary Water Resource Willary Water Trustees, poised for success. Center is dedicated to Resource Center As enrollment began to grow, particularly in the emerging baccalaureate programs, providing public education didn’t exist. in water-related issues and Dr. Boehm turned his attention to “deferred maintenance.” While this phrase is fostering public involvement The Urban Forestry usually applied to the physical plant of the College, I use it to refer to the years of in watershed activities. Center wasn’t a part sacrifice by the faculty and staff that would result in the survival of the College. From of Keystone College. The US Forest Service’s 1996 to 1999, members of the Keystone Family received no salary increases. At Mid-Atlantic Center for Urban WKVC, 103.5 FM, President Boehm’s request, faculty members willingly and unanimously assumed Forestry Center supports The Voice of a 25% increase in their workload by teaching two additional courses each year for urban forestry programs, Keystone College three years, all without additional compensation. Since then, the President and his educates the public about the was a dream. role urban forests play in the Cabinet have worked diligently to improve the quality and the quantity of quality of our lives, and The highway compensation for Keystone’s employees. promotes partnerships among directional signs groups interested in natural didn’t exist. Perhaps the most visible changes over the past ten years have been in the physical appearance of the College. The list of improvements is too long to enumerate; suffice resources management and education. There was no it to say that the College constructed its first new residence hall, Keystone Commons, such thing as a WKCV, the Voice of Keystone Keystone pin. in more than 30 years, and the Mellow Family Children’s Campus houses the Oppenheim Family Children’s Center, the first new educational facility on the entire College, is a low power-FM radio station, located at 103.5 campus since the construction of Gambal Athletic Center in 1988. on your dial. We launch this special issue of the Keystonian by highlighting a few key “Trailblazers,” the familiar blue transformations of the past decade, listed in the margins bordering this page, and by PennDot signs, guide students extending our gratitude to President Ned and First Lady Regina Boehm for their and visitors to our campus service to our College. while “Keystone College” signs Charlotte Ravaioli, Dr. Boehm’s first Cabinet appointment, served as Vice President of dot the interstate. Academic Affairs and Dean of the College from 1996 to 2005. She is currently Professor of Keystone pins are a de rigeur Communications Arts and Humanities and Senior Adviser to the President. fashion item. 2 SPRING 2006 ◆ KEYSTONIAN Keystone Bestows Dr. David J. Gray ’50 Medallion The Dr. David J. Gray ’50 Medallion, awarded annually to a member of the community who exemplifies commitment to higher education, was presented to Gabriel J. Noto. Mr. Noto was recognized for his many substantial contributions to the College. As a member of the Board of Trustees, he serves as chair of the physical facilities and grounds committee and on the Board’s executive committee. Committed to higher education, Mr. Noto was instrumental in the Gathering at a luncheon honoring Gabriel J. Noto as the Dr. David J. Gray ’50 Medallion recipient, development of the National Electrical seated from left, are: Christine E. Gray; Arline Gray Evans ’44, previous Medallion recipient; and Contractors Association Ronald E. Gail Rees ’72, previous Medallion recipient and trustee. Standing, from left are: Honorable William Smallwood Scholarship Fund, which Scranton, previous Medallion recipient; Tina Astakhova; Gabriel J. Noto, recipient and trustee; Thomas W. Davis ’52, previous Medallion recipient and trustee; William A. Lees ’51, previous provides college scholarships to the Medallion recipient and trustee emeritus; and Dr. Edward G. Boehm, Jr., Keystone College president. children and grandchildren of non- union employees. the NECA. Previously, he served as philanthropic events sponsored by Mr. Noto serves as President of G.R. Chapter Governor and President of the the American Heart Association, Noto Electrical Construction and was Penn-Del-Jersey NECA Chapter. Northeast Pennsylvania Regional recently inducted as a fellow into the Active in the community, Mr. Noto Cancer Institute, Vietnam War Academy of Electrical Contracting by is a supporter and volunteer for many Memorial, and youth groups. Preparing for a Disaster Nearly 500 emergency responders, the conclusion of the exercise. only center to be recognized with this along with the Keystone College State and federal agencies, including FEMA distinction in more than a Campus Response Team, took over the State Emergency Management seven-county radius in Pennsylvania.