Vol. 17 • No. 2 Spring 2005

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Greetings and welcome to another issue of Currents, your Capital College alumni magazine. It always gives me great pleasure to greet you on behalf of the entire College community and to share newsGreetings of your alma mater. from the Provost and Dean… I have wonderful news to share. In this issue of Currents, we display the “Honor Roll of Donors” from our campuses. We are extraordinarily fortunate for the continued interest and support from our alumni and friends. In addition to acknowledging the personal commitment made by alumni and friends, this issue also recognizes the partner corporations and foundations that have supported our curriculum and laboratory development efforts and scholarship programs. We thank them all. The generosity of friends and partners has resulted in two new Trustee Scholarships established at each of our campuses this year. The Roger and Betty Tobias, Elizabeth and Fred Wiest, George Zoffinger, and Lawrence and Julia Hoverter Trustee Scholarships will aid deserving students who have a demonstrated financial need to support their undergraduate educations. The Hoverter Foundation is also providing funds for the construction of a tennis complex on the Penn State Harrisburg campus. We are grateful to the Hoverter Foundation for its generous financial commitment – one of the largest in Penn State Harrisburgʼs history. The tennis complex will be a vital Madlyn L. Hanes, Ph.D. asset to our campus recreation and athletic programs. Provost and Dean Additional gifts from Betty Tobias have placed a beautiful legacy clock that has transformed the Penn State Capital College skyline of our Schuylkill campus and provided for the upkeep and improvements of the tennis courts. A gift from Richard Weiss of United Metal Receptacle Corporation has enabled the Schuylkill campus to upgrade its physics and mechanical engineering labs. Also showcased in this issue of Currents are two of our alumni, Stephen Burkholder, a 1994 gradu- ate with a degree in Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology, and Liz Bligan, who attended the Schuylkill campus from 1978 to 1980 and earned a bachelorʼs in Science at University Park in 1981, both of whom were the recipients of prestigious Alumni Association awards. A recent economic impact study for the campuses is featured as well, affirming the central role our campuses play in the economic vitality of their regions. As part of our ongoing commitment to continuous improvement and quality, we have been revisiting our academic programs, revising our curriculum as necessary to assure relevancy, meet the dynamic needs of the regionʼs employers, and fuel the workforce for capable graduates. Our MBA program, for example, has recently undergone a considerable curriculum revision and now offers increased choices for students to focus their studies in four new academic concentrations including e-business, human resources, financial analysis, and general business. We are promoting greater flexibility in the schedul- ing of our courses. Some two-credit courses are being offered on a seven-week cycle to accommodate working professionals who balance the personal demands of home, work, and education. The revised curriculum was approved by the Board of Trustees at its March meeting. We reached an academic milestone at spring 2005ʼs commencement when Sara E. Cottrell became the first undergraduate student to complete all four years of her baccalaureate program at Penn State Harrisburg. Sara, who began her studies at Penn State Harrisburg as a first-year student, was awarded her bachelorʼs degree. There will be many more to come. The Schuylkill campus continues to enjoy a successful intercollegiate athletic program. The Har- risburg campus will reintroduce sports this fall 2005. Varsity teams in menʼs baseball, basketball, and soccer, womenʼs basketball, softball, and volleyball, and co-ed cross country mark the return of athletics to Harrisburg. You have a standing invitation to cheer your Nittany Lion teams to victory. This is truly an exciting time in the life of your College. We are good stewards of the Penn State name – committed to our students and to the broader communities we serve. Each of you plays a continuing role in the evolution and accomplishments of our College; you are, after all, the truest measure of our success.

Madlyn L. Hanes, Ph.D. Provost and Dean Penn State Capital College Inside Currents... Vol.Currents 17 No. 2 - Spring 2005 PROVOST AND DEAN page Madlyn L. Hanes, Ph.D. SCHUYLKILL CAMPUS INTERIM EXECUTIVE OF FICER Varsity sports Patti Mills, Ph.D. return to Harrisburg campus BOARDS OF AD VIS ERS Harrisburg Campus 4 Kevin M. Harter, chair Paul C. Coppock, treasurer Madlyn L. Hanes, secretary Schuylkill Campus Allen E. Kiefer, president Students research Charles M. Miller, fi rst vice president Jack T. Dolbin, second vice president impact of West Nile Virus Darlene D. Dolzani, treasurer 8 Patti A. Mills, secretary DIRECTOR OF DE VELOP MENT - Harrisburg Marie-Louise Abram DIRECTOR OF DE VELOP MENT - Schuylkill Jane Zintak ASSISTANT DI RECTOR - ALUMNI RELA TIONS Schuylkill Students Laurie Dobrosky adopt a family ALUMNI SOCIETIES 9 Harrisburg Campus Christopher Barett ʼ99g, presi dent Samuel J. Korson ʼ71, vice pres i dent Evon G. Wil l iams ʼ73, sec re tary Richter L. Voight ʼ99g, im me di ate past pres i dent Schuylkill Campus New Director Joel Koch ʼ83, president of the School of Behavioral Barbara T. Kern ʼ66, president-elect Frances Gravish Sonne ʼ73, sec re tary/treasurer Sciences and Education Liz Bligan ʼ81, immediate past president 12 EDITOR Steven D. Hevner ʼ93 Manager, Public Information and Publications GRAPHIC DESIGNER Sharon Siegfried Campus milestones… EDITORIAL BOARD everal milestones were recorded when Marie-Louise Abram Penn State Harrisburg conferred 586 Director of De velop ment, Penn State Harris burg S Jane Zintak undergraduate and graduate degrees during spring Director of Development, Penn State Schuylkill commencement ceremonies May 14 at the Giant Laurie Dobrosky Center in Hershey. Assistant Director, Alumni Relations Hummelstown resident Sara Cottrell became the Rebecca Gardner fi rst student who began her studies on the Harrisburg Director, Marketing Comunications campus as a freshman to earn her baccalaureate de- Patti Mills Interim Executive Offi cer, Penn State Schuylkill gree. Sara, who was among the small group making Steven Hevner up the fi rst freshman class in the history of the campus Manager, Pub lic In for ma tion and Pub li ca tions in 2001, was awarded a degree in Psychology. Sara Cottrell and her father, Harrisburg campus And Kevin Harter, the current chair of the Penn CURRENTS is published by the Penn State Harrisburg Assistant Professor of Engineering David Cottrell. Pub lic In for ma tion Offi ce. News, sto ry ideas, and State Harrisburg Board of Advisers, was presented address chang es should be sent to: his Master of Business Administration degree. Steve Hevner Penn State Harrisburg Harter, Senior Vice President of the Life Sciences Olmsted W-101 • 777 W. Harrisburg Pike Greenhouse of Central Pennsylvania, became the Middletown, PA 17057-4898 fi rst sitting board chair to earn a degree on the [email protected] Harrisburg campus. This publication is available in alternative media on request. Penn State encourages persons with dis abil i ties to par tic i pate in its programs and activities. If you an tic i pate needing any type of Kevin Harter, who received his MBA during accommodation or have ques tions about the physical access pro- vided, please con tact Steve Hevner, 717-948-6029, in ad vance of your commencement ceremonies, was joined by his participation or visit. Penn State is committed to affi rmative ac tion, equal mother, Elizabeth, his wife, Kathy, Provost and op por tu ni ty, and the diversity of its workforce. U.Ed. HB 05-280 Dean Madlyn L. Hanes, and his daughters Allison Visit our Web sites at: and Lauren. www.sl.psu.edu and www.hbg.psu.edu 3 Alumni & Col lege NEWS

Intercollegiate athletics Provost and returning to Harrisburg Dean presented Beginning this fall, students on the Penn State Harrisburg campus will be Athena Award able to cheer their own Nittany Lion sports teams on to victory. Penn State Capital College Provost Provost and Dean Madlyn L. Hanes announced at a campus celebration in and Dean Madlyn L. Hanes has been pre- March that after an absence of more than a decade, intercollegiate athletics will sented the prestigious Athena Award by the return to Penn State Harrisburg beginning in fall 2005. Harrisburg Regional Chamber. The college has 2005-06 schedules in place for seven teams, will be the The Athena Award member of the newly created Penn State University Athletic Conference, and is recognizes individual in the process of hiring coaches. Penn State Harrisburg will fi eld teams in menʼs achievements in the soccer, baseball, and basketball, in womenʼs volleyball, basketball, professional advance- and softball, and in co-ed cross country. Soccer, cross country, vol- ment of women. leyball, and fall baseball kick off the inaugural schedule. Under Dr. Hanesʼ “Weʼre starting from scratch,” says Dr. Donald Holtzman, the leadership since 2000, collegeʼs Senior Director of Student Life and Enrollment Services. Capital College has “Our students who wish to continue their athletic careers after high continued its effort school now have a four-year opportunity here at toward diversification Penn State Harrisburg.” of its workforce. In the Penn State Harrisburg fi elded intercollegiate past several years, the teams at the varsity level until 1993 when budget college has appointed restraints and other factors prompted their elimina- its fi rst female academic tion. school director, its fi rst The decision to return varsity intercollegiate female academic offi- Madlyn L. Hanes, Ph.D. sports to the campus was prompted in part by the cers for both campuses, changing face of Penn State Harrisburg. Previously an upper division and has intensifi ed its efforts in hiring additional college delivering the last two years of baccalaureate education, the female faculty in the traditionally under-represented campus is now a complete four-year institution. engineering and science disciplines. “Extracurricular activities should play an integral and con- The college employs 640 faculty and staff structive role in the lives of our students, enriching their college – nearly one-half who are women. experience. For this reason, Penn State Harrisburgʼs administration Dr. Hanes is a frequent presenter and invited is reintroducing athletics for the benefi t of our entire student popula- speaker at regional, national, and international pro- tion,” Dr. Holtzman adds. fessional meetings on a variety of topics including The initial move to varsity athletics throughout the Penn State system came women and leadership, leadership and change, and in 2003 when athletes at campuses with existing sports programs in menʼs bas- educational reform. In 2002, she was the recipient ketball, womenʼs volleyball, and team tennis were granted four-year eligibility. of the Bette Landman Award for contributions and Previously, the Commonwealth College Athletic Conference offered sports at dedication to the advancement of women in higher the junior college level. An increase in bachelorʼs degree programs at Penn State education presented by the Pennsylvania chapter of campuses throughout the Commonwealth precipitated the change. the American Council on Education Network. The 2005-06 schedules have been fi nalized. Menʼs soccer will play a 13- game slate in September and October followed by semi-fi nals and championships at University Park, cross country has three meets and the conference meet at University Park, volleyball We’re having a party! features 12 matches and mid-season and season-ending playoffs, th baseball offers 13 fall games and an October tournament and The Harrisburg campus will mark its 40 birthday 10 games and a double elimination tournament in the spring, in 2006 and you are invited to join in the celebration. womenʼs basketball sports 13 games and conference playoffs, menʼs basketball will play 17 games followed A formal celebration is being planned for Oct. 27 and 28, 2006. by playoffs, and softball has 18 spring games, a double-elimination tournament, and cham- While the program is in the planning stages, alumni pionship game. are encouraged to lend a hand. If you are interested For the schedules and other intercollegiate in serving on the Penn State Harrisburg Anniversary athletic information, check out the Web at Committee, please contact the Alumni Relations Offi ce http://www.hbg.psu.edu/athletics/index.html. at 717-948-6106 or e-mail [email protected].

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Newly revised MBA is all Capital College about choices for students contributes to Penn State Harrisburgʼs newly revised MBA program is all about choices for its state’s economy students. A recently released economic impact study Four new academic tracks within the positions Penn State as the single largest contribu- program and the opportunity for part-time tor to the stateʼs economy – an engine of 24 cam- students to accelerate degree completion of puses generating $6.1 billion annually in direct net the revised curriculum are the focal points economic impact to the Commonwealth. of the program which is offered at the cam- Penn State Harrisburg and Penn State pus in Middletown and at Penn State, The Schuylkill are major cogs in that engine, with a Lancaster Center. combined total impact of $165 million. In addi- “The new MBA represents our efforts tion, both campuses contribute signifi cantly to the Universityʼs total business impact in the region to keep the program relevant, anticipate which is placed at $816 million in surrounding future challenges, and provide our students Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, with more choices and scheduling fl exibil- and York counties and nearly $38 million in sur- ity,” says Dr. Mukund Kulkarni, Director rounding Schuylkill County. of the School of Business Administration. Mukund Kulkarni, Ph.D. Overall, the University also infl uences an ad- “This is a signifi cant change. We have built ditional $6.9 billion indirectly each year through a new, dynamic program. It is truly an important step for the college and represents business services, research commercialization, two years of work.” and the activities of alumni for a total of more Enhancing fl exibility in serving a diverse student population, many of whom are than $14 billion in annual economic impact in employed full-time and take MBA courses in the evening, the program introduces a Pennsylvania. number of two-credit courses to ease scheduling and cut the time needed to complete Government revenue generated by the Har- the degree for some students. risburg campus totaled $5.4 million and $3.7 mil- And to meet career-specifi c needs of students, the MBA now includes “Tracks” in lion at Schuylkill and total employment impact was e-business, human resources, fi nancial analysis, and general business. 1,263 jobs for Harrisburg and 374 at Schuylkill. The program also includes 15 new courses and fi ve signifi cantly revised courses The purpose of the study, conducted by Tripp from the current program. It features expanded use of Penn Stateʼs online course man- Umbach & Associates and commissioned by Penn agement software to deliver Web-enhanced curriculum. State, was to analyze a number of economic factors The 2-credit courses will be offered one evening per week for seven weeks with spurred by the University and gauge the value of the institution in the commonwealth. Among the additional course content delivered online. Students will have the opportunity to take factors considered were government revenue, the two of the 2-credit courses during a seven-week session, or four 2-credit courses during impact of students, employees, and alumni, and a standard 14-week semester, permitting them to complete up to 8 credits per semester, research. rather than the usual 6. Approximately half of the courses in the program remain at 3 You can read the full news release for each credits and will be offered during the traditional 14-week semester. campus on their respective Web pages.

Historic photos displayed for fi rst time Forty-year-old photographs documenting the 1965 civil rights struggle in Alabama were on exhibit to the public for the fi rst time in history this spring in the Penn State Harrisburg library. The State Police photos, documenting the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights march, are part of a larger Alabama Civil Rights Collection donated to the Penn State Libraries by Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy Jack Rabin. The full collection includes a wide range of photographs, slides, fi lms, audiotapes, record albums, books, microforms, paper documents, and correspondence pertaining to the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama and other Deep South states. Dr. Rabin acquired the Selma photos while teaching at Auburn Universityʼs Montgomery campus in the mid-1970s. He learned of their existence in a conversation with a State Police offi cial enrolled in one of his classes and secured permission to copy most of the available photographs. The originals were destroyed in the 1980s by the Department of Public Safety to comply with federal regulations prohibiting police retention of photographs of individuals not under active investigation.

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ALUMNI APPLAUDED Provost and Dean Madlyn L. Hanes Stephen Burkholder led a noontime earns Penn State Alumni rally celebrating Achievement Award the University’s Stephen C. Burkholder, a 1994 Harrisburg campus graduate with a bachelorʼs degree in Structural Design and Construction Engineering Technology, is the fi rst 150th birthday. recipient of Penn Stateʼs new Alumni Achievement Award. Burkholder is the president of S&R Enterprises and S&R Stud Welding in Har- risburg which he founded in 2003. The recently instituted Alumni Achievement Award recognizes Penn State graduates 35 years of age and younger for their extraordinary professional accom- plishments. The young alumni are nomi- Students enjoyed pieces of nated by an academic college and invited by the President of the University to return birthday cake celebrating to campus to share their expertise with stu- dents, faculty, and administrators. Penn State’s sesquicentennial Following graduation from Penn State Harrisburg, Burkholder joined Peterson Beckner, a nationwide steel erector based in Stephen C. Burkholder Houston, Texas where he was part of wide President of S&R Enterprises range of unique projects ranging from a dual Donation funds swing span bridge in Norfolk, Va., to a phar- maceutical facility in Barcelona, Puerto Rico. Projects of interest locally included laptop purchase the Giant Center in Hershey and the Bayer Chemical Plant in Myerstown. Thanks to a generous donation from Bob Weaver Chevrolet in Pottsville, the Ciletti Memorial Library on the Schuylkill campus has been able to purchase Liz Bligan presented 10 new laptop computers to begin development of its Mobile Instruction Lab. Each laptop has a DVD/CD-RW drive, two USB Mitchell Award ports, wireless Internet access, and many popular Former president of the Penn State Schuylkill software programs. When not needed for instruction, Alumni Society, Liz Bligan ʼ81, has earned the cov- the computers become “loaner laptops” available for eted Philip Philip Mitchell Alumni Service Award checkout by Penn State students, faculty, and staff for 2005 presented by the University Alumni As- for use within the library. sociation. Wireless Internet access frees the laptops from The Mitchell Award is presented each year to a fi xed location, allowing the use of the Mobile an alumnus, alumna, or friend who has contributed Instruction Lab in either the library Seminar Room signifi cantly to the area of public service by sharing or Studio. Additionally, wireless access unleashes or volunteering his or her talent, time, and resources users from the classroom altogether, giving classes on behalf of the University. the freedom to meet in areas closer to the collections. Established in 1980 by Elizabeth and Philip P. The laptops per- Mitchell, the award consists of a cash gift designated mit hands-on li- to the program area of the recipientʼs choice, a cer- brary instruction, tifi cate, and inscription of the recipientʼs name on a helping students permanent plaque. Liz Bligan retain what they The last Capital College alumni honored with the Former President, Penn State have learned and Mitchell Award was William C. Forrey in 1999. Schuylkill Alumni Society making instruc- tion relevant.

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Penn State Schuylkill Fred Wiest establishes Trustee Scholarship on Schuylkill campus Fred J. Wiestʼs longstanding commitment to Penn State Schuylkill now includes a Trustee Scholarship. A member of the campus Advisory Board for more than 50 years, Wiest has donated $50,000 in stock to create the Elizabeth S. and Fred J. Wiest Trustee Scholarship. The conversion of Wiestʼs donation also provided $1,460 toward the 10th anniversary celebration of Ciletti Memorial Library on campus. Honored last year for his half-century of service to the campus, Wiest earned degrees in 1937 from Swarthmore College and in 1940 from the Harvard Law School. He is a member of the law fi rm of Williamson, Friedberg and Jones in Pottsville. The Universityʼs Trustee Scholarship Program grew from the recognition that many students need fi nancial help to attend Penn State, and that public funds are insuffi cient to meet this need. Unlike other scholarships, contributions to the Trustee Scholarship Program will be matched by funds from Penn State, adding 5 percent of the original gift to the spendable income from the endowment. Since the average spending from an endowment is 5 percent of its market value over the preceding three years, the matching will, in effect, double the funds available. The University is adding a minimum of $1 million each year though 2006-07, making at least $5 million available. Fred J. Wiest

Lesniak Bob Rudy honored with Jefferson Award Scholarship For his tireless volunteer commitment to Central Pennsylvania, Penn State Harrisburg graduate Bob Rudy has been presented the 2005 Jefferson Award. shy of goal Best known as half of the morning team of “Mad Dog and Rudy” on FM 96.1 based in York, Rudy earned a bachelorʼs degree in Communications from Penn State Harrisburg in 1993 The effort to fully fund and returned to earn a masterʼs in Training and Development from the college in 1995. the Robert Lesniak Scholar- The Jefferson Awards were established in 1972 to encourage and honor individuals for ship in the School of Behav- their achievements and contributions through public and community service. The award is ioral Sciences and Education presented by the American Institute for Public Services, founded by Jacqueline Kennedy has made progress, but is still Onassis, U.S. Sen. Robert Taft Jr., and Sam Beard. At the local level, Jefferson Award re- short of its goal. cipients are “ordinary people who do extraordinary things without expectation of recognition During Dr. Lesniakʼs 31 or reward,” the institute says. years of service to Penn State, Rudy, who spends an estimated 35 to 40 hours each month on his volunteer commitments, he touched the lives of count- has hosted the York County S.P.C.A.ʼs “Meet the Pets” television program for more than 3 less students, faculty, and years, and has hosted the organizationʼs annual cable-a-thon for the past six years. staff members. Following his In addition to his S.P.C.A. commitment, Rudy has amassed an impressive list of vol- untimely death shortly after Robert Lesniak unteer service on behalf of children and child advocacy. Included is his current service as a his retirement, Bobʼs friends member of the board and public relations committee chairman of the York County Childrenʼs established a scholarship fund that would be named in Advocacy Center is assisting the organizationʼs efforts to raise funds for a “safe house” for his honor. That fund, which now totals approximately victims of abuse. He also created and maintains the groupʼs Web site. $15,000, is still $10,000 shy of the required sum to Rudy, who also maintains the Web site for the formally establish an endowed scholarship. S.P.C.A., frequently presents programs and reads to Kimberly Fink, M.Ed., offered this statement in Bob Rudy elementary schoolchildren in the region and says, regard to why she donated to the Lesniak Fund: “Dr. “At every opportunity, I volunteer to read to children Bob Lesniak was a passionate man – passionate about – in the classroom, at the library, malls, everywhere. lots of things, especially his students. He believed in I believe strongly in encouraging children to stay in us and encouraged us to be better. He touched every- school, enjoy the educational process, and reach for one he met. Through the Lesniak Fund, he will live their dreams.” on to touch future generations of students.” If you would like to contribute to the fund, or if you would like more information on starting an “I believe strongly in encouraging children endowment, please contact Marie-Louise Abram in to stay in school, enjoy the educational the collegeʼs Development Offi ce at 717-948-6318 or e-mail [email protected]. process, and reach for their dreams.”

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Students study West Nile Virus impact on hawks

An ongoing research project involving Penn The blood collected from the first round of test- State Schuylkill undergraduate students is studying ing showed West Nile Virus antibodies in all but one the impact of West Nile Virus on American kestrels. of the 22 adult birds. The oral swabs, which would The project, begun last summer under the direc- show the presence of active infection, were all nega- tion of Assistant Professor of Biology Darcy Medica, tive, showing that the birds were not infected at the initially involved four students from the Schuylkill time that they were sampled. “Viewed in a positive campus. This summer, five students will continue way, you could say the results are a good indicator the research. that the kestrels are developing a resistance to the Last summer Crystal Evans, Wendy Ellwood, disease,” Dr. Medica told Amy Williams, and Rachael Clauser were the students the Pottsville Republican involved. This summer, Jill Koppenhaver, Allison With the assistance of Penn State Schuylkill and Evening Herald. Stock, Sherry Schaeffer, Susan Geist, and Clauser undergraduate student Amy Williams, Hawk “But viewed another way, will undertake the research. Mountain Sanctuary wildlife volunteer Brad the results indicate that During the first round of research last year, the Silfies takes blood from an adult kestrel. the birds weʼre captur- students and volunteers from the Hawk Mountain ing are the survivors, and Sanctuary took blood samples from 22 of the robin- that somewhere there are sized hawks. The blood samples were sent to Cornell bodies of the ones who University for antibody testing. The team also took didnʼt survive,” she adds. mouth swabs from about 40 nestlings to test for Continuing the research is important, Dr. Medica active infection. points out. Although the results arenʼt definitive, “From Canada to the southern United States, they may be an important piece of the puzzle. “The researchers have seen that West Nile is causing bird research does show that we need to increase the at- numbers to decline,” Dr. Medica reports. Since 1999 tention we are giving to West Nile, before species – when first year cases of West Nile were reported become endangered.” in New York – the number of nesting kestrels in “We will be trapping adult birds again this year the Schuylkill County area has been declining. The Penn State Schuylkill undergraduate and also taking blood from the nestlings to test them researchers are attempting to determine if West Nile student Amy Williams, left, takes an oral for antibodies to West Nile. We will also collect is negatively impacting the kestrels. Until about 1999, swab from a nesting kestrel. Assisting mosquitoes near the nest boxes and the state will test kestrels used as many as 100 nesting boxes in the area is Hawk Mountain Sanctuary wildlife these for West Nile,” she adds. each spring. That number plunged to 47 in 2004. volunteer Sue Robertson.

Fund nears Four Penn State Harrisburg its goal students awarded Highmark The initiative to create the first Blue Shield Fellowships Renaissance Scholarship on the Schuylkill In todayʼs economy, scholarship assistance is many times the difference between a campus is nearing its goal. promising student remaining in school or dropping out. Fueled by a $20,000 contribution Highmark Blue Shield, through its endowed fellowship at Penn State Harrisburg, is currently assisting four graduate students majoring in health administration. The students are from the First Federal Charitable Founda- Susan K. Parker of Womelsdorf, Patsy C. Taylor-Moore of Jonestown, Catherine E. Kirkham tion in Hazleton, the scholarship to honor of New Cumberland, and Wallace Pope of Harrisburg. Dr. William R. Davidson, is $3,500 shy of The Highmark Blue Shield Graduate Fellowship in Health Care Policy and Management its $30,000 goal. was established in 1989 with a donation of $50,000 to Penn State Harrisburg. Since then the endowment has grown and is providing several students per year with tuition. Renaissance Scholarships are grant- Parker, a health care consultant in Harrisburg, said, “Before my grandmother passed away, ed to the top students among those who she gave me money and I promised her that one day I would use it for a special purpose in my have the greatest financial need and are life. She would be proud that I am using the money for my education. However, the money designed to follow a student throughout was about one-third short of what I would need to complete my graduate coursework. Now that I have been awarded the Highmark Blue Shield fellowship, I can fill the financial gap.” his or her Penn State career. To contrib- An employee of the Department of Welfare for 24 years, now with the Department of ute to the Davidson Scholarship, contact Community and Economic Development, Taylor-Moore said, “Iʼm honored to be one of the Jane Zintak at 570-385-6260 or e-mail fellowship recipients. I believe this program is another example of Highmark Blue Shieldʼs [email protected]. commitment to the health care community. The fellowship has enabled me to continue my studies in the program.” Taylor-Moore is a single mother of two.

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Penn State Schuylkill students ʻadopt a familyʼ Ever been far away from home and wish your family was closer? Through an innovative new program, Penn State Schuylkill students are finding their own “family” away from home. The campus Adopt-a-Family program is part cultural exchange, part support, and part helping students make the transition from home to college. And it has been an immediate success. The program was conceived in September by DeEdra Lewis-Johnson, assistant director of student support services on campus. It pairs students with families in the Schuylkill campus area and although it is open to any student, it is particularly geared to those from urban areas. The program had 88 participants and a waiting list in its first year. “Students were disconnected and werenʼt interacting with the community,” Lewis-Johnson points out. “The new program has gone a long way toward introducing the com- munity and students to each other. Through the Adopt-a-Family program, they Schuylkill campus Student learn about life in a smaller, rural area and the local family learns about larger Government Association cities through the eyes of the students.” President Greg Humphrey “It gets them to know that just because itʼs a different area and culture, enjoys a moment with people are still people. We all can mesh together real well,” Lewis-Johnson told his “little brother” the Pottsville Republican and Evening Herald. Derek Johnson II.

Student award honors memory Commitment of long-time faculty member enhances lab Students in the School of Business Administration on the Harrisburg campus Doug Neidich has again stepped forward will benefit annually from the recently established Robert J. Brown to assist engineering and technology students on Award for Excellence in Finance. the Harrisburg campus. Dr. Brown, who died in 2003, was a faculty member in The founder of InterCon Systems in Har- the school for 22 years until his retirement as an associate risburg, Neidich previously funded a scholarship professor in 1991. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, for undergraduate students in the School of Sci- he served the college in various academic and adminis- ence, Engineering, and Technology and has just trative positions, including associate dean of faculty. He committed an additional also directed the Master in Administration program from $50,000 to the school. 1973 to 1980. Director of the His family has honored his memory by establishing School of Science, Engi- the award. His wife, Irene, and her sister, Penn State grad neering, and Technology Christine S. Hale, are major sponsors and are requesting Omid Ansary reports the others to contribute to the fund in Dr. Brownʼs honor. latest commitment covers Those interested can contact the Penn State Irene Brown, left and Christine S. Hale five years at $10,000 each Harrisburg development office at 717-948-6316. year “to support upgrading Doug Neidich laboratory equipment in Structural Design and Construction the Mechanical Engineer- Engineering Technology major ing Technology program. This money is used as part of our match for the equipment grant Lamon Harris benefited from we receive from the Pennsylvania Department the H.B. Alexander Foundation of Education.” Engineering Scholarship during “Support from friends like Mr. Neidich the 2004-05 academic year on the and his company is essential to maintaining our Harrisburg campus. Harris, right, equipment at the adequate level to deliver Penn is shown during a meeting with the State-quality education while maintaining our scholarshipʼs benefactor, William accreditation,” he continues. Alexander. Established in 2003 to Since its founding in 1985, InterCon provide recognition and financial Systems has established itself as an indus- assistance to outstanding juniors, the annual scholarship is presented to a student “who has try innovator in high-density, high-speed interconnection systems for the data processing, a demonstrated need for funds to meet college expenses and whose ethnic, cultural, and/or telecommunications, avionics, consumer elec- national background contribute to the diversity of the student body.” tronics, and medical electronics industries.

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William D. Milheim Zoffinger establishes appointed school Trustee Scholarship George Zoffinger has reached the summit of the sports and en- tertainment world. director But he has never forgotten his alma mater. Dr. William D. Milheim, the The President and CEO of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition chief administrator at Penn Stateʼs Authority, Zoffinger has established a Trustee Scholarship at Penn State Great Valley School of Graduate Harrisburg for students enrolled or planning to enroll in its School of Professional Studies, has been Business Administration. appointed Director of the School of Zoffinger, who earned a degree in Business from Penn State Behavioral Sciences and Education Harrisburg in 1970, was honored in 2003 as an Alumni Fellow and at Penn State Harrisburg. previously established the Zoffinger Family Fund Scholarship in the Dr. Milheim, who has served as School of Business Administration. As part of the Alumni Fellow pro- Great Valley Campus Executive Offi- gram, Zoffinger visited with students in business classes on campus cer and Associate Dean of the Gradu- last fall. ate School since 2000, will assume his As President and CEO of the NJSEA since 2002, Zoffinger is duties at Penn State Harrisburg July 1. responsible for the continuing viability of the Meadowlands Sports He succeeds Professor of Education Dr. William D. Milheim Complex, which consists of the Meadowlands Racetrack, Giants and Reading Ernest Dishner, who football stadium, and the Continental Airlines Arena. The NJSEA also served as interim school director for four years. manages Monmouth Racetrack, Atlantic City Convention Center, In announcing Dr. Milheimʼs appointment, Penn State Harrisburg Historic Boardwalk Hall, Wildwood Con- Provost and Dean Madlyn L. Hanes said, “His many accomplishments vention Center, and the New Jersey Sports as an academic leader include shepherding a number of curricular and Hall of Fame. program development initiatives on behalf of his school and in col- Unlike other scholarships, contribu- laboration with other Penn State campuses and colleges.” Dr. Hanes tions to the Trustee Scholarship Program added, “He has developed an impressive number of academic courses will be matched by funds from Penn State, in instructional design and technology and seminars and workshops for adding 5 percent of the original gift to the professional audiences.” spendable income from the endowment. Dr. Milheim holds a B.A. in Psychology from the College of Since the average spending from an en- Wooster in Ohio and an M.Ed. in Community Health Education and dowment is 5 percent of its market value a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Kent State University. In over the preceding three years, the matching 1994, he received the Penn State College of Education Outstanding will, in effect, double the funds available. Faculty Award and in 1996 he earned the Great Valley Award for Teach- George The University is adding a minimum of $1 ing Excellence. The National Society for Performance and Instruction Zoffinger million each year though 2006-07, making honored him with its Young Academics Award in 1990. at least $5 million available.

Gift provides scholarships Want to assist The Capital Area Institute for Mathematics and Science at Penn State Harrisburg has received a gift of $4,500 from the PPG Industries Foundation to provide scholar- your alma ship grants for teachers of mathematics and/or science to participate in professional development activities. mater? Charles H. Hanley, the Carlisle agent for the foundation, made the presentation to the Institute. Interested in lending support to your “Research has shown that for sustained professional development, it is most alma mater? important for teams of teachers to be formed, trained, and then to plan their curriculum Charles H. Hanley Have just a few minutes a month to and delivery as a focused team,” Institute Director Judith Zaenglein poins out. “These connect with fellow alumni? funds from PPG Foundation will be used to provide matching funds for teachers as part of district teams in Cum- berland County to participate in sustained professional development programs. Learning as a team will greatly Then join the Alumni Society Board increase the probability that the instructional techniques and materials will be used to enhance the classrooms at the Harrisburg or Schuylkill in sequential years,” Dr. Zaenglein adds. campus. The Instituteʼs mission is to improve research-based teaching and learning in the areas of mathematics If you’re interested in serving, and science preK-16 with a primary emphasis on long-term, sustained professional development of those simply contact the college Office directly involved in the education of children and youth. This also includes the support of educators, both of Alumni Relations at 717-948- pre-service and in-service, in order to help students attain high levels of mathematic power and scientific 6106 or 570-385-6262 or e-mail literacy. For additional information on the Institute and its professional development offerings, visit the Web [email protected]. at www.mathscience.org.

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Alumni Gatherings 2005 Speakers A group of Philadelphia-area alumni gath- Penn State Schuylkill ered at the Manayunk Brewery for an evening Jeffrey J. Vrabel of socializing and reminiscing about their years ʼ81 and William at Penn State. The evening was so enjoyable for F. Christ ʼ73g those attending that they are planning another delivered get-together April 6, 2006 at the same location. the keynote Another event saw an estimated 70 Schuylkill addresses at Penn and Harrisburg alumni gather for dinner and a State Capital Hershey Bears hockey game. Collegeʼs May 2005 commence- ment ceremonies. Vrabel, a partner in the Audit U PCOMING Jeffrey J. Vrabel and Accounting Services Group Alumni Event Penn State Harrisburg of Beard Miller Company, spoke Join your fellow alumni to network and to the Schuylkill have fun at this upcoming event campus gradu- Harrisburg Senators ates, and Christ, Baseball Game and Dinner retired Executive Nearly 40 Harrisburg and Schuylkill alumni and Vice President Friday, August 26, 2005 Schuylkill Chapter Alumni Association members took and Chief Opera- a bus trip to a Lady Lion basketball game Feb. 20 City Island, Harrisburg tions Officer with in the Bryce Jordan Center on the University Park Cost: Adults $13, Children 3 – 12 $5 Hershey Foods campus. The group was treated to a behind-the-scenes – represents a $5 savings on each ticket Corporation, was tour of the Jordan Center by former Lady Lion bas- Limited Number of Tickets – Register Early! the Harrisburg ketball player Marissa Graby-Hoover. They got to To register for this events go to either campus campus speaker. meet with head coach Rene Portland and had brunch alumni Web site or call 717-948-6106. at the Penn Stater Hotel. William F. Christ

You can make a difference Harrisburg campus plays in a studentʼs life active role in KIZ Remember when you were a Penn State student planning a career and Penn State Harrisburg and Penn Stateʼs Hershey Medical Center and Col- really needed someone with experience to help you plot your course? The rejuvenated Penn State Harrisburg Mentor and Career Develop- lege of Medicine are playing active roles in one of five Keystone Innovation ment Program is a great opportunity for you to share those life experiences Zone (KIZ) projects announced by Department of Community and Economic and make a difference in a studentʼs life. Development Secretary Dennis Yablonsky. The program offers alumni the chance to return to campus to pass The KIZ initiative is designed to fuel economic growth and promote those real-world experiences along to students in a variety of settings. As collaboration between colleges, universities, local economic developers, local a mentor, you can assist Penn State Harrisburg students in a number of government, and businesses within a region. ways on a broad range of issues, such as: selecting a major, The Ben Franklin Technology Development Authority approved opera- career planning, steps to success, how to use that degree, tional funds for five new KIZs, focused on offering graduates an incentive to stay networking opportunities, professional ethics, and the in Pennsylvania by creating an environment where opportunities are abundant, benefits of volunteering. help is accessible, and innovation is supported and rewarded. Alumni volunteers in the Mentor and Career In addition to Penn State Harrisburg, the Medical Center and College of Development Program will work with interested Medicine, Messiah College, Central Pennsylvania College, Harrisburg Univer- students – either one-on-one or in groups – to of- sity, Harrisburg Area Community College, Dickinson College, and Shippensburg fer their advice. Interested alumni should contact University are involved in the initiative. Laurie Dobrosky in the Alumni Relations As part of its contribution to the KIZ, Penn State Harrisburg is providing Office, 717-948-6715 or e-mail space in three of its existing buildings to provide: business development and [email protected]. You can also technical assistance programs; business incubators; and education, training, register by way of the alumni and research programs. Web site at www.hbg.psu.edu/ Penn State Harrisburgʼs initiative will focus on three industry clusters alumni/mentor_program.html. – advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and business technology solutions.

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Betty Tobias’ longstanding Tobias Trustee support of the Schuylkill campus Scholarship established now includes a legacy clock Deserving students on the Schuylkill campus will now benefit from a second and additional landscaping and Trustee Scholarship. improvements to the tennis courts. The Roger and Betty Tobias Trustee Scholarship has been funded by Mrs. Mrs. Tobias has donated $50,000 Tobias, who is a member of the campus Advisory Board. Her late husband also served on the board. to erect the clock, shown here, a The Universityʼs Trustee Scholarship Program grew from the recognition new backboard and enhancements that many students need financial help to attend Penn State, and that public funds around the tennis courts. She has are insufficient to meet this need. Unlike other scholarships, contributions to the Trustee Scholarship Program also committed additional monies will be matched by funds from Penn State, adding 5 percent of the original gift from her estate to continuing to the spendable income from the endowment. Since the average spending from upkeep of the courts. Previously, the Orwigsburg resident provided an endowment is 5 percent of its market value over the preceding three years, the matching will, in effect, double the funds available. The University is adding newly surfaced courts, nets and dividers, ball curtains separating a minimum of $1 million each year though 2006-07, making at least $5 million the courts, benches, a gazebo, and landscaping. available.

Donation improves Gift creates scholarship, lab facilities provides tennis complex Additional upgrades to labs and facilities on the Schuylkill campus are being funded this summer through a One of the largest gifts pre- $15,000 donation from Richard Weiss, owner of United Metal sented to Penn State Harrisburg in its Receptacle Corp. in Pottsville. nearly 40-year history will create a The donation, coupled with a grant from the University Trustee Scholarship and fund a new Committee on Instructional Facilities, is funding improvements tennis complex on campus. to the physics and mechanical engineering laboratories on The Lawrence L. and Julia Z. campus. The work includes new technology, lighting, the Hoverter Foundation provided the creation of an instrumentation lab and new cabinetry. financial gift to the college through Also being constructed is a student project room adja- the efforts of two of its board mem- cent to the mechanical engineering lab. bers, Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Cecere. Mrs. Cecere is a grand-niece of Julia Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Cecere Zeiders Hoverter and Dr. Cecere is a long-time member of the Penn State Harrisburg faculty and chair of the Structural Landscaping fund created Design and Construction Engineering Technology program. The family of the late The Ceceres recognized the need for expanded athletic facilities as the college William Omlor has established became a complete, four-year institution in 2004.They wanted the college to once a memorial landscaping fund again offer an intercollegiate tennis program as well as provide this lifetime physical education sport. on the Schuylkill campus in his Mrs. Cecere is a professional tennis instructor who played numerous summers with memory. her aunt. Her aunt and uncle understood that young and old can enjoy playing tennis and Mr. Omlor, who died in they were very supportive of education, having both started their careers as teachers in February, owned and operated a one-room schools. Dr. Cecere remembers Penn State Harrisburg tennis teams playing tree farm adjacent to campus. in several NAIA championships when he started at the college. The memorial fund has Craig and Judith Omlor The second portion of the Hoverter gift will create the Lawrence L. and Julia Z. already supplied three trees Gerber, who initiated Hoverter Trustee Scholarship to assist undergraduate students enrolled or planning to which were planted around Ci- the landscaping fund in enroll at Penn State Harrisburg who have a demonstrated need for funds to meet their letti Memorial Library as part of memory of her father, necessary college expenses. its 10th anniversary celebration. William Omlor, are shown with Patti Mills, The purpose of the Trustee Scholarship Program is to encourage establishment To contribute to the landscaping of endowments to provide essential support for need-based scholarships. Unlike other fund, contact Jane Zintak in the right, Schuylkill campus Interim Executive Officer scholarships, contributions to the Trustee Scholarship Program will be matched by Schuylkill campus development and Assistant Dean for funds from Penn State, adding 5 percent of the original gift to the spendable income office at 570-385-6260. Academic Affairs. from the endowment.

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Faculty member Simon Bronner earns another academic first for college Penn State Harrisburgʼs Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Folklore Simon J. Bronner has registered another academic “first” for the college. The first faculty member in the School of Humanities to earn a Fulbright Fellowship, the first to teach a distance education class, and the first recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, Dr. Bronner has just been Students, staff awarded the collegeʼs initial Fulbright Chair – a rare honor for the entire University. Recognized nationally and internation- design Web site ally for his teaching, research, and writings The work of Harrisburg campus students on aspects of American studies and American and staff is now assisting Pennsylvanians iden- culture, Dr. Bronnerʼs latest academic honor is tify the level of legally mandated accessibility the Fulbright Programʼs Walt Whitman Chair of a building or commercial property by way of in American Culture for a four-month teach- a Web site. Simon J. Bronner ing assignment at the University of Leiden The Pennsylvania Human Relations Com- in the Netherlands in fall 2005. He will be missionʼs new Internet Accessibility/Disability responsible for teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in American studies theory Laws Web site, which was designed and created and method, popular and consumer culture, and folklife. in the collegeʼs Institute of State and Regional A member of the Penn State Harrisburg faculty since 1981, Dr. Bronner was awarded Affairs, was formally unveiled during ceremo- a Fulbright Fellowship to teach at Osaka University in Japan in 1996 and 1997 and was nies April 1. a visiting professor in folklore and American civilization at Harvard University in 1997 Mike Behney, the instituteʼs director, said and 1998. the project “fits perfectly with Penn Stateʼs com- mitment to partner with agencies to improve the quality of life for residents of the Common- wealth.” He adds, “The project demonstrates State grant establishes how Penn State Harrisburg faculty, staff, and students interact to not only provide valuable Recycling Markets Center services to the community, but learn and gain valuable experience as well.” at Penn State Harrisburg Dave Horan, a student in the Penn State Har- A state-funded initiative to encourage the risburg undergraduate program in Information continued growth and economic health of the Sciences and Technology, worked on the project Commonwealthʼs recycling and reuse industry along with Sudeep Agrawal, who has since earned has a home at Penn State Harrisburg. his masterʼs in Information Systems. Erik Li, Di- Environmental Protection Secretary Kath- rector of the Instituteʼs Information Technology leen A. McGinty awarded an $863,429 grant Center, Brady Stroh, Director of its Geographic to Penn State which creates the Pennsylvania Information Services Center, and Sue Copella, Recycling Markets Center on the Harrisburg Director of the State Data Center at Penn State campus. As part of the announcement, Sec- retary McGinty indicated the $863,429 grant Harrisburg, served on the design team. covers the first year of an anticipated $5 mil- The Web site is designed for use by archi- lion, five-year DEP commitment. Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen tects, builders, real estate industry personnel, Penn State Capital College Provost and A. McGinty announces the creation of the building owners, developers and the general Dean Madlyn L. Hanes said “This partnership Recycling Markets Center on campus. public in order to ensure voluntary compliance. with the Department of Environmental Protec- “As the state agency mandated to enforce tion moves the University forward in fulfilling not only its mission of integrated teaching, the Commonwealthʼs anti-discrimination laws, research, and service for the citizens of the Commonwealth, but also the mission of the this site will take the guesswork out of knowing recently created Environmental Consortium, which encourages cooperation across disci- what accessibility laws apply to any commercial plines with the participation of local, state, federal, and international stakeholders.” building or property in just one stop,” said PHRC The mission of the Recycling Markets Center, or RMC, which is headquartered in Chairperson Stephen A. Glassman. To access the Church Hall on campus, is to expand and develop more secure and robust markets for Web site, go to either www.accessdoctors.com or recovered secondary materials, stimulate demand for products with recycled content, and www.accessibilitypa.com. research and maintain up-to-date market trend data.

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Penn State Capital College is extraordinarily grateful for the generous fi nancial support it receives from alumni, friends, corporations, foundations, faculty, and staff. A gift to Penn State Har- risburg or Penn State Schuylkill is returned to communities in many ways through scholarships for students, graduates who work in diverse fi elds, practical applications of faculty and research, public service, and outreach programs. We are pleased to recognize on the following pages those individuals, corporations, foundations, and organizations that have helped strengthen the College and its service to the community through their philanthropic support.

Miles J. Gibbons Jr. and Carole L. Forker Gibbons /ʼ79 CAP Paul D. Ottens and Peggy Berliner Ottens /ʼ75 CAP D. E. Brandenburg and Frances A. Garman /ʼ76 CAP Eugene Borza and Kathleen A. Pavelko /ʼ75 LIB Paula K. Hess ʼ75 EDU Vincent J. Pinizzotto and Andra D. Pinizzotto ʼ71 CAP Jobe Jackson and Bonnie Bradley Jackson ʼ79 CAP Lawrence C. Posavec ʼ97 CAP Robert F. and Joan H. Klein ʼ80 CAP John D. and Clara L. Purdy ʼ79 CAP Carlton A. and Helen C. Klinger ʼ81 CAP/ʼ82 CAP Louis D. Reilly ʼ69 CAP Richard W. Kravetsky ʼ96 CAP Darren V. Rissmiller ʼ94 CAP Kathleen Robinson Marley ʼ89 CAP Edwin W. Ruch and Shirley H. Ruch /ʼ89 HHD Daniel F. and Mary K. Martin ʼ76 CAP James M. Ruiz Scott A. Mason and Melanie Rose Mason ʼ75 CAP Florence A. Salinger Emmett and Gloria Paige ʼ74 CAP Teresa L. Samec ʼ79 CAP Gerald J. and Eleanor Parsons ʼ74 CAP Thomas F. Schumacher ʼ74 CAP Ivan K. Sears and Christine Sporik Sears ʼ82 CAP/ʼ77 CAP Peter S. Seibert and Cathie Seibert ʼ87 CAP Penn State Harrisburg James J. Shabelski ʼ72 CAP Michael S. Showalter ʼ98 CAP Harry A. Wolf ʼ70 CAP Florence Steigerwalt July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004 Larry D. Stoner ʼ72 CAP $250 - $499 Thomas J. Stovcsik ʼ69 CAP Marie-Louise Abram Brady M. Stroh and Rosaclara Solines Stroh ʼ80 CAP/ʼ79 CAP President’s Club $2,500+ Harold F. Anstine ʼ73 CAP David Lee Hutchinson and Panutda Suwannanonda /ʼ69 CAP William H. and Marion C. Alexander Dennis W. Auker and Marian R. Farabaugh-Auker ʼ74 AGR Charles T. Townley Melvin Blumberg ʼ77 BUS John R. Baskwill ʼ79 BUS Boyer L. and Mary V. Veitch /ʼ91 CAP David A. and Lynn P. Brinjac ʼ79 ENG Anthony P. and Irene Bihl ʼ78 CAP/ʼ87 HHD Joseph M. and Linda L. Voytilla ʼ73 CAP Irene S. Brown Scott L. Broughton and Karen Larsen Broughton ʼ74 CAP Gregg J. Wybranski ʼ96 CAP Gerald N. Hall and Robie Lauman Hall ʼ54 BUS Ray F. and Susan H. Campbell ʼ71 CAP Madlyn L. Hanes and Michael L. Hanes Fred W. Christensen ʼ89 CAP Honor Roll $100 - $249 Gerald K. Morrison and Mary Fae Morrison ʼ65 BUS Jane D. Coleman Rodney Abrams ʼ88 CAP Irwin and M. Susan Richman Dennis F. and JoAnn T. Coleman ʼ82 CAP Jawaad I. Ahmad ʼ01 CAP Denny C. Rowe David J. Cordier ʼ92 CAP Gholam R. Ahmadi and Diana Dougherty Ahmadi ʼ82 CAP Hasu P. and Hersha H. Shah ʼ75 CAP Marilynn A. Cowgill ʼ93 CAP William A. Albright and Joyce Painter Albright ʼ77 CAP R. Barry and Kathy Uber ʼ69 CAP James L. and Nancy Coyne ʼ79 CAP Kimberly Jones Allan /ʼ94 CAP Harry I. Yaverbaum and Gayle Jacobs Yaverbaum ʼ57 BUS/ʼ73 CAP James C. Dearden ʼ69 CAP Adam T. Aloisi ʼ94 LIB George R. and Judith A. Zoffi nger ʼ70 CAP Jacob and Martha C. De Rooy Carol A. Anderson and Ronald C. Anderson Elizabeth M. Dinnin ʼ79 CAP Travis C. and Jodi L. Arentz ʼ89 CAP Presidential Associates $1,000 - $2,499 Ronald L. and Theresa M. Drescher ʼ75 CAP David W. and Carol M. Arnold ʼ73 CAP Richard M. and Patricia L. Barger ʼ71 CAP Edward A. Erk and Marie Taraborrelli Erk ʼ78 CAP/ʼ78 CAP Brian L. Bachman ʼ85 CAP Richard E. Bentz and Barbara Strand Bentz ʼ69 BUS/ʼ70 LIB Richard P. Goss ʼ81 CAP Albert T. Bain and Mary S. Bain /ʼ92 CAP Ronald H. Bittner ʼ85 CAP Joseph A. and Joyce A. Grosso ʼ71 CAP Frank D. Balon ʼ82 CAP David A. Brown and Andrea Heusner Brown ʼ71 CAP Irving Hand Martin L. Barrett and Ellen Rubinstein Barrett ʼ75 SCI/ʼ76 AGR Ernest K. Dishner and Paula R. Boothby Ronald W. Hawes ʼ95 CAP Angela M. Bartoli ʼ73 CAP Ralph Engle and Linda L. Engle ʼ84 CAP Steven D. Hevner and Ricki Krebs Hevner ʼ93 CAP/ʼ66 EDU Gene and Laura C. Basara ʼ93 CAP Ruth Wierman Evinger ʼ35 LIB John K. Hulsberg and Beatrice A. Hulsberg /ʼ77 CAP Donald and Carol Ann Bashore /ʼ98 HHD Rodger T. Faill and Carol Pitcher Faill ʼ78 CAP Cletus A. Hunt ʼ85 CAP Richard L. and Connie M. Bashore ʼ74 CAP Jeffrey A. Jacobson and Diane Kraatz-Jacobson ʼ87 CAP/ʼ87 CAP Jack J. and Janeal L. Jaroh /ʼ98 CAP Scott E. Becker ʼ84 CAP Dallas L. Krapf and Diane Wood Krapf ʼ99 H Karen S. Karnes ʼ93 CAP Michael T. Behney and Nancy Larson Behney ʼ85 CAP Frank Kraus and Leslie Scott Kraus /ʼ81 CAP Michael and Vicki C. Kearns /ʼ87 CAP Brent E. Bell ʼ96 CAP Steven A. Peterson and Bettina Franzese David P. Kitlan and Susan Stokes Kitlan ʼ79 ENG Mark H. Bergstrom and Amy Keller Bergstrom ʼ95 CAP/ʼ85 HHD Michael K. and Mary Lynne Kniley ʼ75 ENG/ʼ93 CAP Thomas D. and B. J. Berquist ʼ71 CAP Penn State Partners $500 - $999 Mukund Kulkarni Karen Diener Best ʼ99 CAP Omid Ansary Robert J. and Lynn A. Lopez ʼ72 CAP Theodore A. and Anne Marie Betoni ʼ73 CAP Michael Barton Raffy R. Luquis ʼ88 SCI Harold E. and Carol A. Bohn ʼ75 HHD/ʼ87 CAP James C. and Diane D. Byerly Margaret E. MacCall ʼ71 CAP Kenneth L. Bolig and Susan Walling Bolig ʼ75 CAP Joseph J. and Rebecca S. Cecere Thomas H. and Elizabeth W. Malin ʼ61 SCI Shanon L. Bonawitz and Cara Savage-Bonawitz ʼ92 CAP/ʼ95 MED Charles A. and Wanda K. Cole ʼ61 ENG Steven J. Masterson and Patricia McGee Masterson ʼ78 CAP/ʼ79 BUS David R. and Marsha B. Bowen /ʼ03 CAP James J. Dezagottis ʼ84 CAP Cecile McAree Ronald E. and Linda Lou Bowen ʼ77 CAP M.A. DuPont-Morales Robert M. and Denise G. Meister /ʼ97 EDU Jerry L. Bowman and Marta Baker Bowman ʼ72 CAP Salvatore and Karen A. Fazzolari ʼ77 CAP Donald C. and Lynn M. Miller ʼ75 CAP Martin J. Boylan and Rene Thomas Boylan /ʼ74 LIB Michael A. and Luzetta Ferrazzano ʼ72 CAP David and Lee Morand James R. Brandt and Karen Wolfe Brandt ʼ75 CAP/ʼ87 CAP

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John F. Brantner ʼ01 CAP Andrew E. Friedrich and Donna Smith Friedrich ʼ65 ENG/ʼ66 EDU Ronald K. and Gladys L. Laubenstine ʼ76 CAP Barbara A. Bremer Dale A. and Sarah S. Fritz ʼ74 CAP Gale H. Laughner and Karen Beatty Laughner ʼ71 CAP/ʼ71 CAP Steven E. Brown and Mary Nichols Brown ʼ77 CAP Gary R. and Joann L. Fritz ʼ70 CAP Dennis M. and Rayanne D. Lehman ʼ96 IDF Scott H. and Renee L. Brubaker ʼ79 CAP Joanne M. Gadd ʼ87 CAP James M. Leighton and Lynn Gurski Leighton ʼ76 CAP /ʼ80 HHD Robert R. and Tammy S. Brumbaugh ʼ71 CAP Theodore J. Galuschik and Donna Eck Galuschik ʼ78 CAP/ʼ79 CAP Wendell R. and Carla A. Leppo ʼ73 CAP Paul J. and Mary Beth Brzozowski ʼ80 CAP Madan Ganti Robert L. and Rebecca C. Link ʼ89 CAP Dennis R. and Linda Burd ʼ74 CAP Rebecca L. Gardner Theodore O. and Michele Litke ʼ74 CAP Stephen C. and Lisa M. Burkholder ʼ94 CAP Samuel D. Garloff and Joanne M. Garloff ʼ91 SCI Margaret C. Lohman John H. Burrie ʼ75 CAP Jeffrey L. Garrett and Sheri Breese Garrett ʼ79 CAP Valerie C. Lorenz ʼ75 CAP Harold M. Burton and Julie A. Burton /ʼ81 CAP Daniel J. Gay ʼ79 CAP Joseph C. Loscalzo and Celestial Boston Loscalzo ʼ75 CAP /ʼ75 CAP Charles E. Bussard and Paula A. Bussard ʼ79 CAP Barry Eugene Gipe and Mary E. Gipe /ʼ77 CAP Jesse E. and Suzanne C. Love ʼ69 CAP Barbara J. Butterfield /ʼ82 CAP Michael H. Givler ʼ76 CAP Edward D. and Peggy M. Lucas ʼ75 CAP Thomas E. Buttross and Nancy Nguyen Buttross Francis J. Golembeski and Kathleen Kofira Golembeski ʼ75 CAP William J. Mahar and Constance Q. Mahar Andrew B. and Kathy L. Calhoun ʼ75 CAP Joseph J. Grohal ʼ97 CAP Mark J. and Linda J. Maloney ʼ97 CAP Joseph M. Capita ʼ76 CAP Donald C. and Sheila M. Guldner ʼ85 CAP Randy M. Manning ʼ73 CAP Daniel F. Capozzelli and Sally Buzby Capozzelli ʼ76 CAP Martin J. and Megan L. Hackett ʼ83 BUS Cynthia Zeliff Mara Patricia A. Carthey ʼ84 CAP John E. Rooks Jr. and Robin L. Hain /ʼ83 CAP Jon W. Marker and Cynthia S. Marker /ʼ84 CAP Dean L. Cashman and Pauline Freeman Cashman ʼ75 CAP Christine Haldeman ʼ98 CAP Nancy Dering Martin Joanne B. Chernow ʼ88 CAP David J. Hamaty and Dawn L. Hamaty Joseph W. Matter and Betty Rettinger Matter ʼ74 CAP /ʼ70 CAP Anthony D. and Sheryl A. Chivinski ʼ76 CAP Charles E. and Betty Hartman ʼ70 CAP Russell W. Matthews ʼ72 CAP M. Courtland Clayton ʼ86 CAP John D. Haxall and Leticia Scott Haxall /ʼ74 CAP Dennis and Maryann Mawhinney /ʼ89 HHD Robert W. Coffman Robert E. Hayward and Anne Boyd Hayward ʼ83 CAP Diane B. Mc Elwain ʼ96 CAP Dale R. Colledge ʼ75 CAP Timothy J. and Cheri D. Heeter ʼ79 CAP Samuel A. McClintock and Mary Alice Greene McClintock /ʼ91 CAP Barry D. and Linda S. Collins ʼ72 CAP Edwin M. Hein and Grace Glowka ʼ88 CAP Marilyn W. McHenry ʼ75 CAP Linda S. Conrad Brian E. Heisey and Rita Macri Heisey ʼ85 CAP/ʼ81 CAP Brian S. McLaughlin ʼ69 CAP Ann L. Cooper ʼ98 CAP Dorothy Creasy Henderson ʼ73 CAP Steven A. Melnick Russell J. Cope and Sherry Starling Cope ʼ81 CAP Steven R. and Donna Henning ʼ73 CAP Lisa M. Metash ʼ02 CAP Thomas W. Coyne ʼ81 CAP Theresa A. Martini /ʼ85 CAP Kevin J. and Barbara J. Michael ʼ71 CAP Gregory A. and Merle M. Crawford Mark T. and Donna Herman ʼ90 CAP Jeffrey L. Milakovic and Debra K. Milakovic /ʼ81 CAP George and Sharlene Crist /ʼ95 CAP Kirk L. Himmelberger ʼ75 CAP Kevin R. Miller and Diane Romanoski Miller ʼ82 CAP/ʼ82 CAP John D. and Joan M. Cromer ʼ00 CAP Robert C. Hindermyer and Patricia A. Hindermyer /ʼ80 CAP Stephen S. Miller ʼ94 CAP Patrick J. and Deborah C. Cusatis ʼ88 BUS/ʼ90 SCI Albert F. Hoffler ʼ79 CAP Randal C. Minto ʼ85 CAP Richard T. and Laura M. Cusick ʼ79 CAP Louise E. Hoffman Daniel M. and Christine Mock ʼ97 CAP Joseph E. Dandois ʼ60 ENG Rowland D. Hoke and Silvia Cunha Hoke ʼ74 CAP Christopher L. Mohler ʼ89 CAP Richard H. and Sandra Daniels /ʼ99 CAP Frank Holzel ʼ95 CAP Dennis F. Moshgat ʼ85 CAP Edward P. and Monica B. Dankanich ʼ76 ENG/ʼ79 EDU Roger K. Hoover ʼ97 ENG Patricia A. Murphy ʼ97 HHD Philip J. and Judith A. Deivernois ʼ85 CAP Diane L. Hopstetter ʼ00 CAP Carl H. and Jean Myers ʼ86 CAP Christopher J. Dell ʼ84 CAP Daniel G. and Cynthia Kay Hornberger ʼ74 CAP Carol Nechemias Eric B. and Beth S. Dermota ʼ92 CAP Robert E. Horst and Sandra Wagner Horst ʼ78 CAP William H. Nehring and Catherine A. Nehring ʼ75 CAP Freda M. Derr ʼ80 CAP David G. Huegel and A. Jane Huegel /ʼ90 CAP Theodore R. Nesbitt and Judy Sheaffer Nesbitt ʼ80 CAP/ʼ81 CAP Gerald M. and Linda M. Donlan ʼ92 CAP/ʼ97 CAP Peter L. Hunsberger and Barbara B. Hunsberger /ʼ82 CAP Ly L. and Thusen Nguyen ʼ81 CAP John T. Donlevy ʼ80 CAP Todd M. Irwin and Barbara A. Irwin ʼ93 CAP Mark A. Nissley ʼ91 CAP Christopher M. Doran and Ann V. Burnett ʼ79 CAP/ʼ79 CAP Meghan K. Jasani ʼ99 CAP Samuel W. and Lynn C. Null ʼ80 CAP Karl W. Dostmann ʼ94 CAP John L. Jerbi ʼ97 CAP Michael D. Nye ʼ99 CAP Valerie Duhig Dennis C. Dougherty and Patricia E. Johnson James G. OʼDonnell and Margaret A. OʼDonnell ʼ73 CAP Glenn F. and Windy Dunlap ʼ91 CAP Vincent A. Johnson ʼ77 CAP Roland J. Obey Jr. and Nancy J. Obey /ʼ88 CAP Robert E. and Deborah Dunn ʼ73 CAP Richard R. Jones ʼ78 CAP Ben D. Oreskovich ʼ93 CAP Guy S. Edmiston and Barbara Glad Edmiston ʼ79 CAP Martin S. and Laurie S. Jordan ʼ89 CAP Ronald J. Orlosky ʼ80 CAP Ray R. and Jane L. Eichelberger ʼ71 CAP Brian K. and Deborah Jury ʼ75 CAP John S. and Fiona M. Patterson Donald E. Enders ʼ74 CAP Robert Kantor and Joyce L. Kantor /ʼ81 CAP Judy K. Perdew ʼ77 CAP Gregory W. and Kelley M. Engle /ʼ02 CAP Theodore Kauffman ʼ70 CAP James J. Petrak ʼ70 CAP Wayne D. Evans ʼ73 CAP Susan Mogel ʼ81 CAP Stephen R. Phy ʼ80 CAP John H. Everitt ʼ79 CAP Gerald Kelley ʼ92 CAP David R. Pletcher and Deborah Weber Pletcher ʼ73 CAP Charles E. Eyler and Patricia Bomberger Eyler ʼ89 EDU/ʼ72 CAP Paul T. Yoder and Sara J. Kennedy-Yoder ʼ96 HHD/ʼ97 COM Donald N. and Jane Plourde ʼ76 CAP Mark A. Feeg ʼ98 ENG Catherine M. Kimmel ʼ79 CAP David P. and Francine Polovick ʼ75 CAP Donald and Mary Fenderson ʼ77 CAP Sandra Kingan David E. and Amita Poole ʼ84 CAP/ʼ84 CAP Mack E. Fennell and Bonnie Wishinski Fennell/ʼ77 CAP Susan Kingman ʼ80 CAP Michael H. Prestosh ʼ74 CAP Richard D. and Donna Lou L. Fennema ʼ77 CAP Wayne W. and Sheila B. Kishbaugh ʼ70 CAP David G. Quidort and Deborah Fry Quidort ʼ83 CAP Daniel J. and Cathleen A. Fichtner ʼ74 CAP Sally S. Klein John H. Ream ʼ70 CAP Marlene C. Finizio ʼ83 CAP Stanley G. and Janine Kobylanski ʼ72 CAP Lewis J. and Jean Reich ʼ74 CAP Ronald E. and Jodi A. Fink ʼ91 CAP Richard N. and Toni J. Koch ʼ72 IDF Norman E. Reifsnyder and Sandra Stuccio Reifsnyder ʼ73 CAP /ʼ74 Lawrence J. and Carol A. Finnegan ʼ70 CAP Andrew G. Kolba and Pamela Depuy Kolba /ʼ81 CAP LIB Thomas J. Fiorito and Nancy Reck Fiorito ʼ70 CAP Brenda K. Konevitch ʼ71 CAP Jacob A. Reisinger and Carol Pike Reisingerʼ70 CAP John M. Fischetti and Alice Lynch Fischetti ʼ77 CAP Denise A. Koons ʼ83 CAP Donna J. Rentzel /ʼ00 BUS John P. Flanagan ʼ79 CAP Samuel J. and Kathleen E. Korson ʼ71 CAP Max A. and Holly Rishel ʼ92 BUS Harry J. Floyd and Jeanne M. Floyd /ʼ93 CAP David H. Kotsch ʼ77 CAP Ismael and Myrna L. Rivera ʼ78 CAP Shawn L. and Gaylynn Forry ʼ95 CAP Mark S. Krampitz ʼ76 CAP George H. and Sandra K. Robbins ʼ87 CAP Betty C. Fortner Carl L. and Lorinda A. Krause /ʼ93 CAP Scott A. and Gaye Louise Romberger ʼ83 CAP Thomas L. and Kathleen Fosbenner ʼ83 CAP Marvin Krone ʼ89 CAP Jeffrey L. Roof and Brenda Tomec Roof ʼ77 CAP /ʼ75 CAP Terry L. and Brenda J. Foster ʼ79 CAP/ʼ82 CAP Joseph F. Kubiak ʼ73 CAP Steven S. and Michelle Rosenzweig ʼ72 CAP William L. and Linda J. Foulds ʼ65 BUS Bernard M. and Elaine M. Kuchera ʼ79 CAP Richard S. Rosera and Erika Rodig Rosera ʼ81 CAP Samuel T. Fox and Helen Lydon Fox /ʼ78 CAP Edward F. and Virginia Ames LaFond /ʼ64 A&A Linda M. Ross ʼ82 CAP Robert M. and Holly D. Francis ʼ72 CAP William E. and Sylvia A. Larson ʼ01 CAP Charles H. 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Kristi J. Ryland ʼ01 CAP John C. and Lynne B. Watson ʼ71 CAP Phoenix Contact, Inc. R. Russell Sadler and Patricia Elero Sadler /ʼ70 CAP Donald C. Watts ʼ75 CAP PPL Electric Utilities Corporation Frank J. and Linda A. Saich ʼ96 CAP Ross M. and Stephanie A. Watts ʼ92 CAP Presser Foundation Joseph P. and Maureen R. Salvo ʼ75 CAP Thomas C. and Kristine K. Way ʼ77 CAP Providence Engineering Corp. Michael A. Sand and Diane Zubrow Sand ʼ75 CAP Robert F. Weakley and Penny Jones Weakley ʼ72 CAP/ʼ68 EDU Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Lisa A. Sanford ʼ98 CAP Doreen Bailor Weidman ʼ75 CAP Reynolds Construction Management, Inc. Jeffrey D. and G. Yvonne Sarson ʼ94 CAP Harold W. and Melissa Weik ʼ97 CAP Ritter Foundation Linda Fischel Sassen /ʼ71 CAP David A. Welsh ʼ03 ENG Mary T. Sachs Trust Edwin M. and Linda H. Savacool ʼ97 CAP Michael S. Welsh ʼ76 CAP Shree Associates Roger W. Schiller Daniel E. Wertman ʼ78 CAP Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania Dennis J. Schmidt and Rebecca Hammond Schmidt /ʼ73 CAP Duane P. Wetick ʼ70 ENG Turner Construction Company Mark F. Schumacher ʼ78 CAP Joseph R. White ʼ84 CAP Tyco Electronics Foundation Thomas R. Selle and B. Ann Shank Selle /ʼ72 CAP Robert C. and Diane Whitmore ʼ72 HHD UGI Utilities, Inc. Edward Sessamen and Daria D. Sessamen Mark P. Widoff and Janet Beck Widoff /ʼ88 CAP United Concordia Companies, Inc. Stephan M. Shaak and Sarah Mitchell Shaak ʼ80 CAP Douglas A. Wiest ʼ73 CAP UPS David S. Shanko ʼ75 CAP Norbert P. Fry and M. Jane Wigand /ʼ70 CAP Viola Networks, Inc. Clair E. Shatto and Ellen Latherow Shatto ʼ62 ENG/ʼ79 CAP Stanley L. Wilke and Roxanne Guthrie Wilkeʼ77 CAP Wachovia Bank Steven B. Shearer ʼ03 CAP Dan Holt and Colleen Willard-Holt Washington Group Foundation, Inc. Lesla J. Sheeder ʼ01 CAP Helen L. Williams ʼ86 CAP Whitaker Foundation George S. Shelling ʼ71 CAP Stephen H. and Linda L. Williamson ʼ80 CAP Whiting Turner Contracting Co. Harold B. Shill William K. and Lynne A. Wilson ʼ81 CAP World Reach, Inc. Robin K. and Carol Shindler ʼ72 CAP Judith Thompson Witmer ʼ59 LIB Cynthia Decker Shingler ʼ91 HHD Barbara J. Wolf ʼ87 CAP Jeffrey D. Shipe and Andrea Gombeda Shipe ʼ84 CAP/ʼ82 CAP Dr. M. Christian Wolf, Jr. ʼ75 CAP James E. and Tere A. Shoenberger ʼ75 CAP Melvin H. and Joan S. Wolf Larry R. and Barbara A. Shorb /ʼ84 CAP Chris J. Yablonski ʼ95 CAP Chester A. and Virginia K. Shorts ʼ96 CAP Susan L. Yeich ʼ94 CAP Timothy J. and Debra Ann Shrom ʼ82 CAP Charles S. and Kathleen Yordy ʼ77 CAP Kathryn E. Siburt ʼ78 CAP William R. and Kimberly A. York ʼ84 LIB/ʼ85 CAP Leigh R. and Ruth Sifford ʼ77 CAP Ian S. and Eileen Zagon Bruce K. Darkes and Sheryl M. Simmons /ʼ80 CAP Ranny L. and Andrea L. Singiser ʼ89 EDU Corporations, Foundations James E. and Phyllis Skok ʼ58 LIB Dennis J. Smaglinski ʼ77 CAP & Associations James A. Smail ʼ69 CAP Air Products Foundation Earl F. Smith ʼ75 CAP H. B. Alexander Foundation, Inc. Jeffrey F. Smith and Sheila Herman Smith ʼ87 CAP Analog Devices, Inc. Wayne W. Smith and Lisa Cannon Smith ʼ76 CAP ARRO Consulting, Inc. Richard A. and Helen Snead ʼ72 CAP Ayco Charitable Foundation A Family Carolyn J. Snyder ʼ94 CAP Burnham Hydronics Morton and Alyce Spector Cameron Foundation Wayne G. Spitzner and Cynthia Stevens Spitzner ʼ78 CAP/ʼ78 CAP Capital Blue Cross Graduation Rodney G. and Faye R. Stauffer ʼ69 CAP Caterpillar Foundation Nadine A. Steinmetz ʼ82 CAP Citizens Bank Judith L. Stephens Community Foundation of New Jersey Brian P. and Carey A. Stewart ʼ96 ENG Cooper Industries Foundation William D. and Roberta L. Stock ʼ97 CAP Cordier Antiques & Fine Art Walter and Cynthia Stausbaugh ʼ89 CAP Corning Incorporated Foundation Thomas I. and Nancy Streveler Ernst & Young Foundation Thomas E. Stultz and Joyce Shiffer Stultz /ʼ89 CAP Financial CAD Corporation Michael A. and Susan J. Suchanick ʼ95 CAP FirstEnergy Foundation Michael J. Sullivan ʼ80 CAP Foster Consulting, Inc. Robert W. Surridge and Nancy Karlik Surridge ʼ80 CAP/ʼ89 CAP GE Fund Rebecca A. Swab-Hudson ʼ02 CAP Gilbert Memorial Trust John A. and Margie Sweeney ʼ73 CAP Glace Associates, Inc. David W. Thomas and Jan Daugherty Thomas ʼ72 CAP/ʼ85 CAP GlaxoSmithKline Foundation Scott K. Thomas and Carrie Wissler Thomas ʼ99 CAP Greater Harrisburg Foundation Leroy W. Toddes ʼ57 ENG Hall Foundation Angelo Torre and Elaine Hintze Torre /ʼ83 CAP Harsco Corporation Fund Gary A. Toth ʼ82 CAP Hershey Foods Corporation Fund John A. Traupman ʼ89 CAP Hewlett-Packard Company Decemberʼs Penn State Richard C. and Brenda K. Troutman ʼ70 CAP Highmark Inc. Harrisburg commencement Frank A. Jr. and Meredith E. Tulli /ʼ97 CAP Kay L. Greenawalt Insurance Agency, Inc. ceremonies were a family Stephen D. and Linda Turner ʼ90 ENG Learned Society of Whispering Pines Lynda L. Tymchak /ʼ84 CAP Lancaster Mennonite High School affair for Joi and Lewis Webster Walter F. and Martha Ulmer ʼ73 IDF Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation, Inc. of Harrisburg. Daughter Joi William M. Vaughan ʼ98 CAP Michael Baker Corporation Barry G. and Ann T. Vitovsky ʼ77 CAP Michael Baker Jr., Inc. graduated with a bachelorʼs degree Robert P. Vogel and Jean Jackes Vogel /ʼ68 CAP J. P. Morgan Charitable Trust in Criminal Justice and father Valerie E. Vogel ʼ03 CAP Nationwide Foundation Lewis was awarded his Master Premal P. Vora and Bela P. Vora ʼ91 BUS OneBeacon Insurance Group James T. Wallace and Sheila Burton Wallace ʼ74 CAP/ʼ73 CAP Penn National Insurance of Arts in American Studies. Brett A. Warren ʼ91 CAP Penn State Bookstore

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Schuylkill Otolaryngology Associates Carl H. and Mary L. Zimmerman ʼ70 ENG/ʼ03 HHD St. Markʼs United Church of Christ Key Foundation Jodi Staller ʼ04 IST William H. and Nancy Beyer Bachman ʼ62 SCI/ʼ64 EDU Harold W. Aurand ʼ86 LIB Arthur C. and Sheila M. Breitfeld ʼ70 BUS Thomas H. and Kelli J. Eberlein /ʼ89 A&A Joann M. Buyarski ʼ76 SCI Air Products Foundation James P. and Peggy Clarkʼ95 COM Michael J. and Catherine Fiorillo ʼ88 DSL William S. and Nada Laguna Connolly/ʼ91 HHD Charles A. Hauser ʼ89 ENG Richard G. and Karen Lyn Cups ʼ75 CAP Stephen A. and Jan Zimmerman Olinick ʼ71 ENG/ʼ78 A&A Gabriel J. and Colleen Dilazzaro ʼ71 BUS Carolyn Ciletti Schmidt ʼ76 SCI Paul W. and Cecilia C. Ely /ʼ86 SCI Donald Recchio and Marie I. Weber /ʼ81 AGR Larry M. and Arlene Brady Espenshade /ʼ70 HHD Harlan R. and Susan Lauck West ʼ73 EDU Robert D. Evans Harleysville Insurance Company Quentin R. and Barbara N. Fehr ʼ41 COM Student Government Association Schuylkill Robert M. Fisher ʼ63 EDU Penn State Schuylkill James M. and Toni Yourshaw ʼ74 SCI Donald J. Hoffman ʼ77 ENG July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2004 John J. Jones ʼ88 LIB Joseph A. and Lisa Kohan ʼ69 EDU Michael J. and Barbara Spitale Cardamone ʼ69 SCI/ʼ82 LIB Sylvester and Jeraldine Marasco Kohut ʼ64 EDU Peter D. Kopcha ʼ88 SCI Foundations $500+ Honor Roll $100-$249 Dennis L. Kraft ʼ74 LIB Keith R. Forry ʼ81 SCI Daniel P. and Janet R. Lavis ʼ67 ENG John E. Morgan Charitable Foundation Stuart J. Freidlin and Rona S. Kaplan ʼ68 ENG/ʼ68 EDU John A. Lengel and Patricia A. Will ʼ88 ENG/ʼ88 BUS First Federal Bank - Hazleton, Pa. Michael J. Klitsch and Jean Rodie ʼ77 LIB Solomon C. Luo Alcoa, Inc. William I. Mower ʼ76 SCI Emery A. and Audrey G. Marsteller ʼ74 BUS Wachovia Foundation Eli M. and Petrina Zuber Zaraszczak ʼ94 SCI/ʼ94 ENG Joseph F. and Joanne C. McCloskey Romeo Family Foundation Wachovia Bank Judith Meyers ʼ70 EDU Herman Yudacufski Charitable Foundation David E. Holden Philip D. and Priscilla Bolton Olmes ʼ75 HHD OMNOVA Solutions Foundation John J. and Darlene Stiles /ʼ88 BUS Joseph R. Salla ʼ83 SCI

Corporations $1,000+ Tredegar Industries, Inc. Carl D. and Cynthia Herb Shankweiler ʼ67 LIB/ʼ68 EDU James Crenner and Elena D. Ciletti /ʼ70 A&A Paul J. and Doris A. Shollenberger ʼ87 ENG/ʼ87 SCI Penn State Bookstore Ray and Pamela M. Clements /ʼ73 HHD David R. and Joan E. Shuman ʼ65 LIB Radiological Imaging Services, Inc. Jeffrey J. and Francine Hinkle Eames ʼ90 LIB/ʼ80 LIB Rajendra Singh Boscovʼs Department Stores, Inc. Leo J. and Nancy Halkovich ʼ44 ENG Albert M. and Mary Sterner Sleeva ʼ74 LIB/ʼ74 EDU Phillips-Van Heusen Company Joseph J. and Suzanne H. Matunis ʼ53 SCI Edward J. Snopek ʼ76 ENG Community Banks, NA Mahendra M. Pujara Kent E. Steinmetz ʼ87 ENG First National Bank-Minersville, Pa. William E. and Loren B. Reichert /ʼ90 LIB William G. and Carol A. Sutzko ʼ64 EDU First Federal Ins./Prudential Pinebrook Higgins Realty Richard L. and Marianne Seiler Roy D. Tillman and Ruth Yost Tillman /ʼ81 CAP Stoudts Ferry Preparation Co. Phyllis Ann Snyder Richard Weiss Hidden Valley Golf Course Glenn H. and Linda Stahl ʼ68 SCI Alcoa Foundation

Associations $500+ David G. Billig ʼ79 SCI Union Bank and Trust Company Robert A. and Renee S. Warfi eld Coleman ʼ69 ENG SEI Giving Fund Jack L. Evans ʼ94 CAP Benevolent Association of Pottsville Anthony R. Facini ʼ96 LIB * Deceased Advisory Board Schuylkill Kenneth L. Frie ʼ75 EDU Lions Club of Pottsville Keith E. and Janine E. Hammer ʼ95 SCI Emerson Charitable Trust George W. and Susan M. Heffner Council of Churches of Schuylkill Haven and Vicinity Richard J. and Eileen Luckenbill ʼ69 EDU

President’s Club $2,500+ Joseph T. Marconis ʼ77 SCI David J. and Kathy Augustine Pomian ʼ70 ENG Steven and Marjorie M. Cotler Susan M. Thraen ʼ86 ENG Ronald G. and Ethel Wanchick Davis ʼ55 ENG Polyfl o, Inc. Betty Ann Tobias PPL Corporation Presidental Associates Seitzinger Group William I. and Beatrice Horn $1,000-$2,499 Craig G. Klahr Sam and May Weiss William R. and Cheryl J. Fleagle ʼ70 AGR Mary Feeney Bonawitz Albert W. and Janet Marshall Puches ʼ69 BUS Kevin C. and Martha Moore Bligan ʼ85 ENG/ʼ81 SCI Michael Semanchik ʼ94 CAP Helen N. Ciletti Elaine M. Shandor ʼ64 LIB Patti A. Mills Daniel E. Wertman ʼ78 CAP Jeffrey C. Slocum and Helene D. Zuber Slocum /ʼ85 ENG Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Kimberly A. Bruen ʼ00 HHD Penn State Partners $500-$999 Michael R. and Lucille Kennedy Gallis ʼ90 SCI/ʼ86 BUS Robert E. and Betty Ann Bugden ʼ68 EDU John C. and Kathleen B. Hahn/ʼ89 SCI Andrew and Michele M. Tellep ʼ74 EDU/ʼ74 EDU Cheryl A. Holland Paul R. and Marjorie Hepler Kaster ʼ74 ENG John A. Sinisi William F. and Elizabeth Miller ʼ65 BUS Jane Zintak Eugene Schupak *Erik S. and Danette Albert Ernst ʼ91 ENG James D. and Susan M. Fritz ʼ74 EMS Penn State Partners $250-$499 Paul D. and Jane L. Helsel ʼ62 ENG Fred J. Wiest Mark A. and Theresa Kerestes ʼ77 CAP Mohammad M. and Shaista Akbar John Tomko ʼ68 EDU John L. and Theresa Brady ʼ81 ENG

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Alumni & College NEWS Alumni News and Notes Donald M. Brill, ʼ78 Bus, Bath. N.Y., is a 911 a Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania. Schuylkill Campus dispatcher with the Steuben County Enhanced 911 E-mail: [email protected] Center. E-mail: [email protected] Adrienne B. Timilty Vigilante, ʼ94 Sci, who at- Kenneth L. Kauffman, ʼ94 SDCET, has been Eugene V. Bonanno, ʼ79 MET, Canfield, Ohio, is tended the Schuylkill campus from 1988 to 1990, named vice president of Moore Engineering in President – Internet Consultant of The Bonanno recently graduated from Harvard University with a Lancaster. He has been employed with the firm for Group, LLC, a franchise of WSI. He and his wife masterʼs degree in English90’ American Literatures and 19 years, serving as a project engineer. His new of 22 years are the parents of Elizabeth, a pre-law Language. She and her husband, Dennis, a firefighter responsibilities include assisting in management student at Mount Union College, and Justin, a in Cambridge, Mass., are the proud parents of their and general business operations. He is licensed as high school student. Gene worked for IBM Global first child, son Timothy James born in April 2004. a Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania and Mary- Services for 21 years as an IT consultant and left E-mail: [email protected]. land. E-mail: [email protected] the firm in 2003 to start his own firm. E-mail: [email protected] Debra Papciak Carney, ʼ94 ElEd, Durango, Harrisburg Campus Mark W. Clauser, ʼ84 Hum, Allentown, operates Colo., is a kindergarten teacher in Aztec, N.M. and Clauser Photographic Studio in Allentown. is married to Olympic cyclist James Carney. E-mail: Robert J. Gunoskey, ʼ67 SecEd, Hamilton, N.J., re- [email protected] cently retired as Director of Guidance at Nottingham Kaye L. Fessler Schwenk80’, ʼ84 SecEd, Schuylkills High School in Hamilton, but came out of retirement Haven, is a teacher in the Schuylkill Haven Area John Raho, ʼ94 ENVET, Tower City, Pa., is an one month later to serve 60’as a substitute counselor.s School District, teaching academic biology to grades environmental engineer with Tyco Electronics 9 and 10, advanced biology to grades 11 and 12, and Jim A. Boyce, ʼ69 SocSci/ʼ71 M.Ed., Birdsboro, Pa., Corporation, Jonestown. E-mail: jfraho@tycoelec Advanced Placement biology to grade 12. E-mail: tronics.com a sixth grade teacher, social studies coordinator, and [email protected]. president of the teachersʼ association at Pottsgrove Middle School, will retire in June after 36 years in Tony DʼArcangelo, ʻ86 Mrkt, Harrisburg, has been Douglas M. Hoeffner, ʼ96 SDCET, Gettysburg, is education. He plans to work at Hopewell Furnace promoted to Director of the Technical Services Group a project manager with The Donohoe Companies, National Park as a Historical Interpreter Park Ranger. for Foot Locker, Inc., Camp Hill, Pa. His responsi- Inc. His most recently completed project is Bethany E-mail: [email protected] bilities include overseeing global client services for Village West in Mechanicsburg. Doug is married to all corporate offices and technical integration for the Elizabeth Caralyus Hoeffner, ʼ95 CrimJ. They are Renee F. Frank, ʼ70 ElEd, Metuchen, N.J., is a Information Systems Division. His specific duties the parents of three. practicing attorney in New York and passed the include providing strategic direction, operations Steven W. Todd, ʼ96 ENVET, Hummelstown, is a New Jersey Bar Exam in July 2004. Frank was oversight, project management, and capital and admitted to the New York Bar in 1982. E-mail:s senior engineer with Buchart-Horn/Basco Associates, 70’ expense planning. Tony has been employed with Hershey. E-mail: [email protected] [email protected] Foot Locker, Inc. since 2001. E-mail: tdarcangel Ron S. Soloff, ʼ70 ElEd, Philadelphia, recently re- [email protected] Tanya Clark Reinhard, ʼ96 ENVET, Kingston, N.Y., is employed by the Dutchess County Health tired after 34 years as a teacher in Philadelphia. Ron Lynn A. Shrader Donnini, ʼ90 Mgmt, Peckville, Pa., Department, Poughkeepsie. She and her husband, notes he was “very well prepared at Penn State” and was recently promoted to Commercial Lending Spe- Edward, celebrated the birth of son Bradley in that he visits Harrisburg as a legislative representa- cialist IV at NBT Bancorp-Pennstar Financial Center, August 2004. tive for the Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers. He Scranton. E-mail: [email protected]’s adds that three of his children are Penn State grads. Julie G. DiSalvio, ʼ97 B.S., E-mail: [email protected] Christopher J. Darabant, ʼ91 Acct/Mrkt, completed has joined the Philadelphia an MBA at Eastern University with a grade-point law firm of Stradley Ronon Thomas S. Musso, ʼ70 B.Tech., Moscow, Pa., is an average of 3.97. He is commodity manager with Stevens & Young. DiSalvio electrical engineer at the Tobyhanna Army Depot. Unisys. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] is a graduate of Penn Stateʼs Dwight E. Collins, ʼ92 CrimJ, Huntington Beach, Dickinson School of Law. Rosemary T. Scanlon Fadden, ʼ71 B.Hum., Phila- Calif., took command of the U.S. Coast Guard delphia, is a professor at Peirce College in Philadel- Maritime Safety and Security Team 91130 in June Julie G. DiSalvio phia and married Richard Fadden in 2003. E-mail: 2004 and was promoted to Lieutenant Commander [email protected] in July 2004. He and his wife, Catherine, celebrated Todd C. Hough, ʼ99 PubPol/ʼ02 J.D., Carlisle, has their 10th wedding anniversary in June 2004. E-mail: Beatrice Hulsberg, ʼ77 Hum/ʼ93 AmStudies, has joined the law firm of Maria P. Cognetti and Associ- [email protected] been named Acting Senior Curator of Community ates in Camp Hill. and Domestic Life for the State Museum of Pennsyl- Christopher F. Messner, ʼ93 SDCET, Etters, is a Roderick L. Lee, ʼ00 Infsy/Mkt, ʼ01g/ʼ02g, Harris- vania in Harrisburg. E-mail: [email protected] senior civil engineer with Benatec Associates, New burg, has been selected as one of the 40 individuals Cumberland. E-mail: [email protected] David L. Lutz, ʼ78 MPA, Harrisburg, is a trial attor- chosen as an Outstanding Harrisburg Area Commu- th ney with the firm of Angino and Rovner, Harrisburg. Barry G. Treece, ʼ93 ENVET, Everett, Pa., is a nity College Alumnus in honor of the collegeʼss 40 E-mail: [email protected] 00’ civil engineer with the Baltimore District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Duncansville, Pa. and is continued on next page

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continued from page 18 Luann M. Lawrence, ʼ01g, is the vice president for A longtime mem- university advancement at Oregon State University. ber of The University anniversary celebration. Lee She was formerly the executive director of public of Southern Mississippi is an instructor in Information affairs and marketing at the University of Maine. faculty and a 1975 Penn Sciences and Technology at State Harrisburg graduate Penn State Harrisburg and is Jennifer A. Mackauer Emmick, ʼ03 Acct, Leesport, has been chosen for one completing doctoral studies Pa., is employed by Beard Miller Company, LLP in of the universityʼs most with the University. E-mail Reading. She married Brandon Emmick on July 3, prestigious awards. [email protected]. 2004. E-mail: [email protected] English professor Dr. Maureen Ryan, who came to Southern Roderick L. Lee Erin L. Fisher, ʼ04 Mrkt, Lebanon, has been named an assistant account executive at PPO&S, Miss in 1983, is the recipient of the Charles W. a Harrisburg-based advertising agency. She was Moorman Distinguished Alumni Professor in the Cynthia A. Keough, ʼ00 MBA, Lancaster, has Humanities award. The endowment provides as been elected president of the National Association formerly a senior account manager with Quality Builders Warranty. much as $30,000 over two years for research of Purchasing Managers, Central Pennsylvania for projects to selected professors. the 2004-05 program year.00’ She was also recentlys Eva (Natalie) M. Goodrich, ʼ04 EPC, LaVerkin, Ryan, who earned a bachelorʼs degree in promoted to Senior Manager, Strategic Sourcing Utah, is employed by the National Park Service and Humanities from Penn State Harrisburg, will at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Wilmington, Del. recently completed an assignment as a member of the use some of the funding to complete work on a E-mail: [email protected] botany crew at Shenandoah National Park. She also book of cultural criticism of the Vietnam War era celebrated the birth of twin sons on Dec. 20, 2004. titled Bringing the War Home: The Home Front and the Aftermath in American Narratives of the Vietnam War.

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CURRENTS • penn state capital college alumni magazine CURRENTS • penn state cap i tal college alumni magazine Growing Our Pride In fall 2006, Penn State Harrisburg will celebrate its 40th anniversary. To help commemorate this historic milestone, a $25,000 fundraising campaign has been initiated to build a Nittany Lion outdoor shrine. This shrine will be located in the center of campus Nittany and will help complement the magnifi cent transfor- Lion Statue mation of your alma mater.

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