ALL the RIGHT MOVES Fred Stein, KLN ’72, Masterminds the City’S Biggest Celebrations

SPRING 2018 UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE

ALL THE RIGHT MOVES Fred Stein, KLN ’72, masterminds the city’s biggest celebrations. 6 CAMPUS A Gift Inspired, A Legacy Created

Temple’s new library will be named Charles Library in recognition of a $10 million gift from entrepreneur and university trustee Steve Charles, KLN ’80. Whether making history or studying it, high-flying Owls are leaving their mark. In this issue, would-be scientists hone their skills, a nearby corridor undergoes a renaissance and the future TEMPLE of driving becomes part of the equation.

2 Letters 3 From the President 4 Small Talk 5 News 12 Alumni News 41 Class Notes 52 The Last Word

26 30 36 CITY-CENTRIC REAL WORLD — REAL TIME INNOVATION A Growing Solution Beyond Repair Drive Time

A College of Engineering program in local Temple graduate students immerse The answer to a common roadway schools looks to inspire future scientists. themselves in our region’s maritime past conundrum may be found in mathematics— and attempt to save a Jersey shore relic. and fast-developing technology.

14 THINKING BROADLY: Myriad development initiatives are underway right in Temple’s backyard. 20 HISTORY’S HOST: When a major event is in the works, this Owl is Philadelphia’s go-to guy.

ON THE COVER: Photography by Joseph V. Labolito Independence Hall (3D Warehouse): Koen J; Liberty Bell: hjbiers; Lombardi Trophy: rkevinball_5591; and Ornate Digital designs were downloaded from Thingiverse except Picture Frame: appleiryan where noted. Designs by: Cessna 172 Skyhawk Airplane: KG12; Bus: benberkowitz; Comcast Building: caross; Joseph Labolito V. SPRING 2018 1 LETTERS WHAT DO YOU THINK? Readers share their thoughts, experiences and pride.

KUDOS His grandmother, Mildred Vernick Frank, prior to it being covered over 20-some years KLN ’39, was thrilled when he chose her ago by a metal plate. What lay beneath that alma mater to pursue his studies. plate was “an encasement of stones—a gift from Jessica Frank-Cohan the Class of 1966. These stones come from the Scarsdale, New York farm of Ali Hafed in Pakistan … brought to life through the efforts of the Pakistani government My husband, George Cody, is an alumnus of and University cooperation. … The Brass Plaques Harvard University. Harvard Magazine sends at the base of the Campanile acknowledge the us annual requests for donations, and I gift of the Class of ’66 and relate the historic recently sent them a check. I just finished the significance of the stones. The encasement will most recent issue of Temple magazine. It was stand as a permanent reminder to students, full of interesting, well-written articles that administrators and visitors of the moral of made me feel proud to be a Temple alumna! ‘acres of diamonds’—look in your own backyard My husband and I are Temple donors, but I for the riches you seek.” The quotes are from think Temple magazine deserves special the dedication brochure of the Paley Library attention for its high quality. In my opinion, in 1966. Temple magazine is uniformly excellent. I’m Thomas M. Whitehead enclosing a check as a result. Thanks for Retired head of Special Collections, Paley Library keeping us so well informed about Temple! Hatboro, Pennsylvania Francesca Benson, EDU ’72 Princeton, New Jersey EDITOR’S NOTE I just finished the winter 2018 issue and I feel Although, unfortunately, the encasement happy. What I cannot figure out is the source. did not withstand the test of time as moisture Is it because I’m so impressed by Hazim GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN entered, ruining the display and necessitating Hardeman, Professor Martoff, Ibram Kendi, its removal, Temple Founder Russell Conwell’s Michael Latini, and all the other Owls and “Acres of Diamonds” remains a significant I could not hold back from commenting on their accomplishments? Is it because “Sound reminder as to where life’s true riches can the statement in the winter 2018 issue, page Waves” is a feel-good story about an amazing be found. 16 (“Refreshing Icons”), “... the Bell Tower initiative? Or is it because the magazine was had … a metal grate in its center, which filled with relevant and interesting informa- wasn’t inviting.” Alumni and staff may tion and completing it felt like a good use of remember the base of the Bell Tower as it was CORRECTIONS my limited time? It’s definitely not on you to answer my Due to an editing error, “Road to Recovery” question, but perhaps it is on you to pat (winter 2018), an in-depth story chronicling yourself on the back and thank your the work that Temple physicians, researchers excellent writers, more than once. and alumni are doing around the opioid Dara Lovitz, LAW ’03 epidemic, misused a term to describe people Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania who are battling addiction. In accordance with Associated Press style and the mission I received the current edition of Temple and spirit of the university, Temple strives to magazine today, and it’s brilliant. Our son, use person-first language in its content. David Cohan, who majored in film and is a proud graduate of the Temple Class of 2014, Terrence Malick’s name was misspelled has realized his dream and is working at Sony in “The Making of a Rhodes Scholar” Pictures in Los Angeles. An architect’s rendering of the original Bell Tower base. (winter 2018).

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Temple’s trustees do so much on behalf of the university and its students. Through their efforts, four recent significant gifts that will have a direct and long-lasting impact on Joseph Labolito V. the university and our North Philadelphia neighbors deserve special attention. Earlier this year, the Albert M. Greenfield Foundation gave Temple a $1 million grant to support the Special Collections Research Center Reading Room on the first floor of the new library, currently under construction. The late Albert Greenfield was a successful Philadelphia businessman and a member of the Temple University Board of Trustees from 1927 to 1947. His foundation’s support will advance the use of the library’s Special Collections. Speaking of the library, the latest gift from Steve Charles, KLN ’80, is $10 million for our new facility. It’s truly proper that the Board of Trustees voted in March to name the library for Charles, a trustee whose history of generosity has been transformative for years. Charles has been generously support- restoring Temple’s wrestling program as a Now you can understand why I can’t say ing students and faculty in the Klein College club sport. enough good things about Temple’s trustees. of Media and Communication and the Be Finally, a $512,000 grant, as an initial Our trustees are unpaid volunteers, who Your Own Boss Bowl competition in the Fox installment from the Lenfest Foundation, each give selflessly of their time, expertise School of Business. His enthusiasm for will help us create the North Philadelphia and financial support. Temple is amazing. Workforce Development Initiative. We It is the enthusiastic commitment of At the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, aim to stimulate revitalization in North trustees and their foundations that makes we recently celebrated the investiture of Philadelphia by helping local residents me optimistic about Temple’s future. I know Domenico Praticò, Temple’s top Alzheimer’s to get jobs that pay family-sustaining wages. their ongoing support—like yours—will researcher, as the first holder of the Scott We could not do this without the ongoing propel Temple to new heights. Richards North Star Charitable Foundation support of the Lenfest family, particularly Chair for Alzheimer’s Research. The chair Trustee Gerry Lenfest, who has already done is the result of the generosity of Trustee so much on behalf of Temple, including gen- Richard M. Englert Phil Richards, whose past support included erously funding the East Park Canoe House President, Temple University and our men’s and women’s rowing programs.

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SPRING 2018 3 SMALL TALK OWL EXPERTS ON TRENDING TOPICS Illustrations by Michael Haddad Michael Illustrations by “I WANT TO SEE THE BATHROOMS ON ORDER IN THE COURT THE THIRD FLOOR AND Have a friend considering law school? Better tell them, “Competition’s picking up.” SEE IF THEY ARE AS A recent report from the Law School Admission Council shows that, as of mid-January, the number of law school applications submitted in the 2018–19 admissions cycle CLEAN AS THE ONES was nearly 11 percent higher than it was around the same time during the previous cycle. ON THE FIRST.” “As law school applications tend to be cyclical, I expect — THM graduate student ANDY STURT that we are in the beginning of a longer-term increase in on his research on the Major League applications,” Gregory N. Mandel, dean and professor in Baseball ballpark fan experience TALES FROM the Beasley School of Law, explained to U.S. News & World Report. THE CRYPT ... Not to worry: Experts urge anxious law school applicants OCOIN to remember that they still have much better odds of gaining acceptance than aspiring lawyers did at the start Virtual payment ... digital of the Great Recession, when law school applications asset exchange ... bitcoin. reached an all-time high. These terms combine many of the universe’s most perplexing mysteries: investing, global finance and the interweb. Yet now hundreds of these cryptocurrencies are available for purchase. JOHN OLIVER: THE NEXT Bora Ozkan, assistant professor of finance, talked ANDERSON COOPER? with MSNBC about which Is John Oliver a journalist, despite his protests? “It’s a ones may be best. WHO LET THE DOGS OUT? question you have to answer with another question: What According to Ozkan, the Eagles fans don’t care about their “bad” reputations. is a journalist in this day and age?” said Geoffrey Baym, name of the game is That’s what Thilo Kunkel, assistant professor in the chair of the Department of Media Studies in Klein College security: “If cryptocurrency School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, of Media and Communication. exchanges can figure out told the Boston Globe. Comedians like Oliver sound a lot like us, Baym told an efficient and swift way Philly is a city that has historically chafed at playing Variety. And their casual tones often prove more appealing to operate decentralized second fiddle to New York and Washington, D.C., to modern audiences than that of a TV journalist bound by exchanges—let’s say, like explained Kunkel. “The identity of Eagles fans is to be the medium’s traditions. blockchain—they can a little more rough around the edges.” “We live in a world with infinite sources of media, operate more securely.” “That underdog mentality really plays a big role in how hundreds of TV channels and infinite websites,” said Philadelphians see themselves,” he said. “That plays a Baym. “Those old rules about who’s going to speak and role in how they approach their fandom.” what they had to sound like when they did so—those no longer apply.”

4 TEMPLE NEWS FOOD FOR THOUGHT It’s hard to learn when you’re hungry. As a result of Goldrick-Rab’s research, “We want students to come to Temple, we This is the premise on which 2018 Temple in early 2018 launched Cherry want to retain those students and we want Carnegie Fellow and College of Education Pantry, a food pantry in the Student Center them to graduate,” Vice President for Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab predicated the where anyone with a Temple ID can obtain Student Affairs Theresa Powell said. “It’s New York Times op-ed she wrote in early grocery items for free. As word of the pantry important for us to do all that we can to 2018 about hunger among college students. spread throughout campus, students, faculty help them be successful, and this is a very Her research showed roughly 35 percent of and staff came together to keep it stocked. simple part of helping students to realize Temple’s undergraduates experience food Cherry Pantry joins more than 560 other their dreams.” insecurity, or a lack of reliable access to college and university food pantries nation- Gadi Zimmerman, Class of 2019, led stu- affordable, nutritious food. wide. Food insecurity has become a major dent efforts to raise funds to support Cherry “This isn’t about eating pizza when you issue for college students due to a number Pantry: “The reason I am so passionate want to eat sushi or about eating ramen or of reasons, including soaring tuition, about this is I know it’s affecting my peers.” rice and beans most days,” Goldrick-Rab decreasing financial aid and increasingly MORGAN ZALOT, KLN ’11 explains. “This is about running out of food stringent requirements to qualify for that you need because you don’t have food assistance programs. enough money.” David Bonomo David

SPRING 2018 5 NEWS A GIFT INSPIRED, A LEGACY CREATED STORY BY BRANDON LAUSCH, KLN ’06, ’16, AND MORGAN ZALOT, KLN ’11 Courtesy of Snøhetta AN ENDURING GIFT

A passion for bringing people together inspired Temple Trustee Steve Charles, KLN ’80, to donate $10 million to Temple’s future library. In recognition of his gift—one of the largest individual contributions in Temple history, the library will be named in his honor. The Charles Library will serve as not only the physical heart of Main Campus when it opens in 2019, but also its beating, lively academic core. “The library inspires me because it is the place where intersections between all the students and faculty and other folks who chance to be on this campus can occur,” A rendering depicts how Charles says. the Charles Library will Charles’ historic gift to the library came become the stunning on the heels of a $1 million gift from the centerpiece of Main MEET STEVE Campus when it opens Albert M. Greenfield Foundation to name next year. and provide long-term funding for the Albert M. Greenfield Special Collections Research CHARLES Center Reading Room, which will be located Charles grew up on a farm in Lancaster on the library’s first floor. County, coming to Temple from what he calls “humble beginnings.” He graduated with a degree in advertising and co-founded immixGroup Inc., which helps technology companies do business with the federal government. He sold the Joseph V. Labolito Joseph firm in 2015 but continues to serve as a consultant. Temple Trustee Steve Stemming from experiences as a youth, Charles’ $10 million gift it’s been his passion to bridge the divide will be invested into an endowment to provide between rural and urban areas—and the perpetual funding for people who live in them. Temple libraries. “I believe that happens through knowl- edge and communication,” says Charles.

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A VISIONARY Courtesy of Snøhetta PHILANTHROPIST

In 2011, Charles established the Klein Plans for the new library College of Media and Communication’s go well beyond books Stephen G. Charles Scholarship Fund. and include much more In 2015, Charles joined Klein’s Board of social space with areas for collaboration and Visitors and committed $2 million to sharing ideas. establish the Steve Charles Chair in Media, Cities and Solutions, a position currently held by prominent scholar and social commentator Marc Lamont Hill. It was Klein College’s first academic chair endowed by an individual donor and, at the time, the largest one-time gift in college history. In 2016, Charles joined Temple’s Board of Trustees and played an integral role in the “LOCATED RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF fundraising effort to name Klein College (formerly the School of Media and CAMPUS, THE CHARLES LIBRARY IS Communication) for broadcast pioneer and longtime Temple instructor DESIGNED FOR THE KIND OF Lew Klein. COLLABORATION THAT PEOPLE Starting in 2018, Charles committed funding for various prizes for the next DO TODAY.” three years of the Fox School of Business’ —STEVE CHARLES, KLN ’80, TEMPLE TRUSTEE Be Your Own Boss Bowl, an annual business-plan competition. , CLA ’08

The revolutionary robotic Betsy Manning, KLN ’87 A LOOK INSIDE Automated Storage and Charles Library features will include high- Retrieval System, also known as BookBot, has performance computation to support been delivered and advanced research; BookBot, a space-saving placed into the site of automated book retrieval system that will the new library on Main store most of the library’s volumes; seating Campus. The system will make it possible to use for more than 2,000 people, double the less floor space for book space in Paley Library; five dedicated read- storage, giving way ing rooms; and a fourth-floor terrace with to increased space sweeping views. for learning.

SPRING 2018 7 8 TEMPLE ’11 KLN ZALOT, MORGAN exhibit. the on 2019, worked of who Class Booth, Alex says something,” build and design to get you actually where experience of kind this has that program architecture Pennsylvania. of Federation Club Garden Award the of Achievement aSpecial and Flower Show Medal Society Horticultural Chicago the Medal, Silver Society Horticultural It won aPennsylvania tion: no excep was year’s this and awards, ner instructs the class. also architecture, landscape of fessor pro assistant adjunct an LoFurno, Michael year. each exhibit the build students where atTemple Ambler, class studio design-build junior Art’s of School Tyler the teaches Kuper architecture. landscape of professor Kuper, associate Rob an element,” explains anew or sort some of activity anew ence, - experi anew point, new focal different—a atsomething looking they’re themselves, ent - reori they time every that view, to so them for there something have to we hope make, marsh. freshwater atidal into emerging and region state’s Piedmont the in mine acoal leaving of feeling the recreate to meant It was Pennsylvania. in found plants 50 than more as well as PVC pipes, and metal sheet corrugated rusted steel, planks, cedar scorched asphalt, crushed including materials, of avariety featured River,” Hidden Our of Legacy the Unlocking Pennsylvania. to indigenous terrain mimicked and plants showcased exhibit River, the Schuylkill the to homage Paying for inspiration: far search to have Flower Show didn’t Philadelphia year’s this for Temple’s exhibit built who students The FROM THE GROUND UP NEWS “I don’t know of any other landscape landscape other any of don’t“I know gar often Temple’sexhibits show flower to avisitor we expect that turn “Every Reach: “Within exhibit, year’s This - - -

This page: Joseph V. Labolito and horticulture students grew over 50 plant species indigenous to Pennsylvania to include to indigenous in display. Pennsylvania the to plant species 50 over grew students and horticulture right), landscape at architecture right, (top LoFurno Michael Professor and Assistant Adjunct Rob Kuper Architecture Landscape of Professor Associate of delight indirection Temple’sthe Visitors Under exhibit. award-winningshow flower NEWS CHANGING Joseph Labolito V. MINDS

A new center at Temple’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine is focusing on developing novel treatments for the sixth leading cause of death in the United States: Alzheimer’s disease. The Alzheimer’s Center at Temple (ACT), established with a gift from Temple University Trustee Phil Richards, FOX ’62, and the Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation, integrates research, training, and clinical and educational activities in order to study the pathophysiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Domenico Praticò, a professor of pharma- cology, microbiology and immunology who also serves in the Center of Translational Medicine, will lead the center as the first Assistant Professor Victor Gutierrez-Velez aims to enable policymakers in his native Colombia to make informed Scott Richards North Star Charitable decisions about the country’s rich biodiversity. Foundation Chair for Alzheimer’s Research at Temple, an endowed chair also funded by the gift. “ACT is committed to promoting brain A RETURN TO health and fostering discoveries for a better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias through cutting-edge research, clinical studies and innovative educational programs,” Praticò says. HIS ROOTS “ACT brings together a diverse team of Victor Gutierrez-Velez teaches and conducts understood the implications of their deci- multidisciplinary and talented investigators research in the Geography and Urban sions related to the environment. who devote their entire effort to making a dif- Studies Department at Temple—but his heart “When I left Colombia, it was embedded ference in the fight against these diseases.” is home in Colombia. in a terrible war. Terrible things were hap- MORGAN ZALOT, KLN ’11 Now, with the help of a NASA grant, pening. I witnessed things that I think are Gutierrez-Velez is realizing a longtime dream too sad to say,” says Gutierrez-Velez, an of making a difference in his home country. assistant professor. The $600,000 grant will utilize satellite tech- Now that the war has ended, Gutierrez- nology and data to provide information to Velez says, change can begin to come to make decisions about the country’s rich bio- Colombia, where his parents and extended diversity, with the goal of arming policymak- family still live. ers in Colombia with adequate information “We are in this situation where a lot is to to make important decisions, such as where be done in Colombia, and it’s very exciting to harvest lumber or where to allow fishing. for me to be able to see that I am actually Colombia is home to a number of rare and achieving what I aimed for before leaving,” threatened species of animals and plants. he says. “That’s one of the motivations I But those threats, Gutierrez-Velez argues, have with this work.” could be avoided if the country’s lawmakers MORGAN ZALOT, KLN ’11

SPRING 2018 9 Ryan S. Brandenberg, CLA ’14 10 TEMPLE decrease tissue damage while increasing precision. precision. increasing while damage tissue decrease can that instruments create to hope Sahlabadi and Hutapea mers, poly of ablend from made needles, latest these developing In grant. Defense of aDepartment of support the with 2011 since needles tissue.” the into and skin the through straight smoothly tively rela goes it barbs, stinger’s the to mainly due because, develop, to we’re trying for what attractive very is skin human sting honeybees way “The Hutapea. says amicroscope,” using stingers their inspected needles. surgical printable for 3D concept anew developing are Sahlabadi Mohammad candidate PhD and Hutapea Parsaoran Engineering Mechanical of Professor Associate honeybee, the from inspiration Drawing Temple of engineers. for apair muse unlikely an as serving is Nature BUZZWORTHY printing exhibit. 3D atemporary of Temple display on as apart two engineers by developed surgical the needles examines Franklin the to Institute A visitor NEWS Hutapea has been using 3D printing technology to develop surgical surgical develop to technology 3D printing using been has Hutapea and out took and lab, the into honeybees some “We brought - - KLN ’11 KLN ZALOT, MORGAN Hutapea says. developed. being still are itself technology 3D printing and target.” the you miss curves, needle the if because “It’s critical, says. he setting,” arobotics in Hutapea. explains tissue, acancerous as such target, a to way the on path planned its from deviate and tissue into inserted tissue. to damage minimize further to helping forces, extraction and insertion needles’ the decrease explains, Sahlabadi notches, The needle. the into carved notches, or barbs, small with design “The hope is that in two to three years, we have that technology,” technology,” that we have years, three to two in that is hope “The needles the as practice in usable yet aren’t needles 3D-printed The control to easier it makes limited—it is curve the shape, this “With when curve will needle asurgical design, tip its to due Generally, a devised they stingers, bees’ the on barbs the examining After

Joseph V. Labolito salute NEWS LYNNE EWELL “I recognize how fortunate I was to attend a world-class university that was affordable for my parents.”

s a child, Lynne Ewell, ENG ’86, grew up watching her father, Temple Professor John Tarka, teach in his A biomed lab. Later she became the first student and the first woman accepted into Temple’s bachelor of science in electrical engineering program. As an undergrad, she lived on campus in Johnson and Hardwick Residence Halls, and as a freshman cheerleader, she helped the basketball team usher in a new era when John Chaney began his winning reign as head basketball coach. At Temple, Lynne also met her husband, John Ewell, CLA ’87. In 1991, the pair founded Prism Engineering Inc., a provider of design engineering software. Twenty-six years later, when they sold their Horsham, Pennsylvania– based startup, it had grown to include 50 employees in six regional offices. Today, after entrusting the education of her daughters—Carolyn, Class of 2020, and master’s student Christine—to Temple, Lynne realized that leaning in to a STEM discipline, launching a company and providing for her family wasn’t enough. She wanted to give back. That’s why she volunteers her time as the College of Engineering Board of Visitors Chair, and she and her husband recently established the John and Lynne Ewell Engineering Scholarship Fund. WHERE LYNNE GIVES “I am so grateful for the opportunities Temple gave me and recognize how fortunate I was to attend a world-class university that was affordable for my parents,” Ewell said. With the Ewells’ support, more Temple students can achieve their dreams. That’s something—and someone— OWL CLUB FUND JOHN AND LYNNE THE CINDY THOMPSON SOCIETY OF WOMEN worth saluting. EWELL ENGINEERING SCHOLARSHIP FUND ENGINEERS GIFT SCHOLARSHIP FUND FUND giving.temple.edu

SPRING 2018 11 ALUMNI NEWS FIELD OF DREAMS A lot can happen in 20 years. If anyone knows that best, it’s Steve Maneri, KLN ’10, and John Palumbo, CLA ’10. They’re two of this year’s Young Alumni Diamond Excellence award winners. The pair played Temple football together and are still demonstrating the impact of teamwork. In 2014, Maneri and Palumbo co-founded the Courtesy of Steve Maneri and John Palumbo Kid’s Dream Big Foundation, which motivates students through sports to set goals and achieve them. HOW THEY MET: Maneri and Palumbo grew up about 15 minutes apart in New Jersey. They knew of each other, but had never met—that is, until they roomed together on an official visit to campus to learn more about the football program. Palumbo had already committed to play for Temple and was tasked with getting Maneri on board. He was very persuasive. POST-TEMPLE LIFE: Maneri was drafted by the Houston Texans and played for six different NFL teams over six seasons. Palumbo headed south to the Florida Coastal School of Law. AT DINNER IN CHICAGO: The conversation, naturally, turned to football. Not in the As accomplished athletes, John Palumbo (left), CLA ’10, and Steve Maneri (right), KLN ’10, are using what they learned way you might think, though. Maneri and on the field to motivate and inspire children. Palumbo discussed their positions as role models and how they might use them for good. THEIR MISSION: Kid’s Dream Big Foundation INNOVATORS, ENTREPRENEURS, CHANGEMAKERS: works to apply what you learn in football— WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. hard work, dedication, teamwork, account- ability—to everything in life. They teach An upcoming issue of Temple magazine will be dedicated to showcasing 30 Owls under 30 their students that success is inevitable if who truly embody the Temple mission and spirit. If you’re 30 years old or younger and making you take the on-the-field mindset and put it waves in your career or community, let us know why we should feature you. Or nominate toward what you’re passionate about. someone else. Send a brief paragraph explaining why you (or your nominee) should be considered to [email protected] with the subject line 30 Under 30. Nomination deadline: October 1, 2018

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TOGETHER, WE REACH MAKE PLANS For a complete listing of events for Temple alumni, visit alumni.temple.edu/events. NEW HEIGHTS ... AUG.17: TEMPLE TAKEOVER AT THE PHILLIES … and we make the greatest impact possible. SEPT. 1: TEMPLE FOOTBALL HOME OPENER That’s exactly what our community did during this year’s Global Days of Service and 2018 BY THE Temple Toast, April 23–29—thank you, Owls! The university’s annual weeklong event is NUMBERS SAVE THE DATE! dedicated to giving back by focusing on five Mark your calendars for initiatives—education, environment, health, Homecoming 2018: Oct. 19–21 hunger and support through gifts. $242,575 raised

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BROADLY enter City’s skyline isn’t the only SEA CHANGE “They are often one of the biggest employ- thing that’s rising. North Broad ers, and as a result, they have the potential C Street is, too. Today, crews cleaning up sidewalks or to contribute greatly to the community’s From new and proposed development volunteers filling planters are a common economy and well-being,” she says. to improvements to landscaping and safety, sight along the 4-mile stretch. Thomas’ goal is to make sure that residents there is no debating that the corridor is In addition, a new art installation of light of the neighborhoods along Broad Street can experiencing a revival. poles, standing 55-feet tall, lines the median. capitalize on the area’s development and Traveling north past City Hall, one of Dubbed the North Poles, their design is economic expansion by securing family- the most obvious transformations is the reminiscent of streetlights that dotted the sustaining jobs in the new businesses the Divine Lorraine, now fully restored and center of Broad Street a century ago. revitalization attracts. leasing high-end, modern apartments. Historic restoration is playing a “We want to make sure that North The imposing, dilapidated landmark significant role in prompting North Broad’s Broad is not experiencing development for stood empty for decades, a brutal reminder long-anticipated upswing, but residential development’s sake,” says Thomas. “In that of the losses sustained by the formerly properties like the Divine Lorraine aren’t way we ensure that, whether through prosperous boulevard. Today, with its the only buildings finding new life. A employment or commerce, the community eponymous neon sign lit once more, the refurbished Metropolitan Opera House will benefit.” 10-story tower stands as a beacon of hope and a restored Uptown Theater will bring for the future. concert and entertainment venues back to THE BOTTOM LINE When the Divine Lorraine was originally the boulevard. constructed in 1892, North Broad Street was To support this turnaround, a community Not all of the new development is focused home to wealthy business owners who made group established the nonprofit North on purely financial gain. their fortunes during the Gilded Age. New Broad Renaissance in 2014 and Beech On the northern end of the corridor, money magnates built opulent mansions Companies’ President Kenneth Scott asked the Beury Building—named for Charles and grandiose, four-story townhouses along North Philadelphia native Shalimar Ezra Beury, Temple’s second president, is the street. Thomas, KLN ’08, to take the helm. currently under remediation by Shift In smaller row homes to the east of “Having the opportunity to advocate Capital. The New York City–based firm is Broad Street lived skilled workers who for the neighborhood I was raised in and turning the Beury, a vacant, graffiti-laden were employed in the city’s mills and believe in is amazing,” says Thomas, the building, into mixed-income apartments— factories, where they made hats, glass, former executive director of the African with some units preferentially leased to linoleum and pianos. Educating these American Chamber of Commerce. people with physical disabilities. workers and their families became the In partnership with community Just north of Main Campus, Project HOME mission of Russell Conwell when he stakeholders, Thomas works to promote recently completed construction of the Ruth founded Temple University. revitalization and improve overall quality of Williams House. The new structure carries When North Philadelphia’s population life from City Hall to Germantown Avenue. on the mission of Project HOME co-founder declined following World War II as She and her colleagues serve as brokers Mary Scullion, SSW ’87, to empower adults, industries left cities, many of the luxurious to attract businesses to the area. To achieve children and families to break the cycles of homes that once lined the corridor were this, she works to harness the power of what homelessness and poverty. It provides either sold or demolished. she calls “anchor institutions,” like Temple affordable housing to people who are By the early 21st century, North University and Temple University Hospital. homeless and connects residents with health Broad Street was littered with debris, Anchor institutions are schools, universities, services and job training. empty storefronts and abandoned hospitals, faith-based organizations and The revitalization efforts extend beyond buildings. Decades of disinvestment community-based organizations that have Broad Street. For example, a few blocks had sucked the lifeblood from the deep roots in a community and contribute east, affordable housing will replace the once-vibrant thoroughfare. to the community’s stability and strength. Ryan S. Brandenberg, CLA ’14

SPRING 2018 15 16 TEMPLE says. Englert M. Richard President ever,” than available readily more be also will resources those but resources, training job high-quality to access have to continue neighbors our will only not because incarceration. from returning citizens and students, school high underemployed, or unemployed are who adults including groups, various serve that programs development to workforce commitment longstanding Foundation. Lenfest the from grant a$512,000 by supported Workforce Initiative, Philadelphia North the launched has Temple efforts, separately.” issue the approach they if than solution better a you get jobs, find unemployed are who those helping as such issue, same the on focus to groups development workforce and development economic both you get “If Ireland. says hand,” in go hand development Philadelphia. in strategy workforce citywide anew of implementation the overseeing with charged is office Ireland’s Development. ofOffice Workforce ’93 FOX Ireland, Sheila explains centers, urban of redevelopment the with along come that opportunities career the of advantage take to adults working-age prepares development workforce area, the to industry bringing on underway. also are Philadelphia Central in North the workforce bolster to efforts improves, corridor the along economy the As communities. income mixed- sustainable functioning, into poverty extreme in mired neighborhoods transforms Development, Urban and Housing of U.S. Department the by led program, The Initiative. Neighborhoods Choice the of assistance the through Homes Norris former “This initiative is particularly significant significant particularly is initiative “This Temple’s supports initiative The citywide with conjunction in Working workforce and development “Economic focuses development economic Where , executive director of the city’s new new city’s the of director , executive PATHS TO EMPLOYMENT TO PATHS

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used by various opera houses, including including houses, opera various by used Reopening scheduled for December 2018 December Reopening scheduled for Built in 1908, the historic structure was was structure historic the 1908, in Built New York’s Metropolitan Opera House, House, Opera York’sNew Metropolitan soon return the building to its musical musical its to building the return soon the ’50s because of the hall’s superior superior hall’s the of because ’50s the roots, transforming it into a venue for avenue into it transforming roots, during Met the in recorded Orchestra PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN venue and church. The Philadelphia Philadelphia The church. and venue as years the through serving before will effort Arestoration acoustics. sports ballroom, theater, a movie Live Nation-managed concerts. concerts. Nation-managed Live OPERA HOUSE OPERA 858 N. Broad St. 858 N. Broad EB Realty EB 3

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Joseph V. Labolito providing a multifaceted space for events, for events, space amultifaceted providing Temple’s proposed multipurpose facility facility multipurpose Temple’s proposed will create a vibrant, pedestrian-focused pedestrian-focused avibrant, create will athletic center. The venue will bring the the bring center. will venue The athletic TEMPLE MULTIPURPOSE FACILITY TEMPLE university and community together by by together community and university experience that will be more than an an than more be will that experience retail, research and more. more. and research retail, Broad and Norris Streets Streets and Norris Broad Proposed opening 2020 opening Proposed Temple University until it closed in 1999. The redevelopment, redevelopment, The 1999. in closed it until flourishing economy of the Industrial Age. Industrial the of economy flourishing landmark featured luxurious apartments apartments luxurious featured landmark as a hotel and later, under Father Divine, Divine, Father later, under and ahotel as became the first racially integrated hotel hotel integrated racially first the became operating began structure 1890, the In preserve the history and prominence prominence and history the preserve built for wealthy residents during the the during residents for wealthy built which offers 101 apartments, aims to aims 101 apartments, offers which Originally constructed in 1884, this this 1884, in constructed Originally Restoration completed 2017 completed Restoration 5 of the iconic building. building. iconic the of DIVINE LORRAINE DIVINE 699 St. N. Broad EB Realty EB 2

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If the plans Thomas and others have come W ERIE AVE to fruition, the next decade will see North THE UPTOWN THEATER Broad Street re-established as one of 2227 N. Broad St. GERMANTOWN AVE Philadelphia’s most prominent corridors. Remediation began in 2017 Glass facades will line the byway, and new Uptown Entertainment & Development Corp. industry will help sustain generations of North Philadelphia residents. Built in 1927, this art deco structure “We need educational institutions like has been closed since 1978. During the Temple to help create the workforce and ’50s, the Uptown became a major industrial anchors to keep the talent from entertainment venue, drawing blues leaving the city,” says Thomas. W ONTARIO ST and soul acts from around the country, “When we work together in that way, including Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder growth is cyclical: The city wins, the and the Supremes. Civil rights activists community wins and improvement RISING SUN AVE also held shows there. A plan is now continues.” ■ underway to transform the building into a 2,040-seat theater with additional space for other events. W ALLEGHENY AVE

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Temple has a long history of providing quality NORTH educational and job training opportunities for local 8 STATION DISTRICT residents. Here’s a look at some of the more than two dozen programs offered on campus.

• TEMPLE TECH FOR PHILLY, a collaboration W GLENWOOD AVE between the university and Project HOME, prepares people for jobs in the tech industry through a 10-week training program focusing W LEHIGH AVE on computer technology.

• THE COLLEGE BOUND ACADEMY brings youth preparing to transition out of foster care to Temple’s campus for a week during the summer so they can get a taste of college RUTH life and explore career paths. WILLIAMS 7 HOUSE • TEMPLECARES: BRIDGE TO EMPLOYMENT 7 PROGRAM is a collaborative effort between RUTH WILLIAMS HOUSE Temple University Health System and the College YORK STREET 2415 N. Broad St. of Education that will serve students from North Completed in 2018 Philadelphia high schools. In partnership with Project HOME District 1199C, the National Union of Hospital and DAUPHIN ST Health Care Employees, students from six local Ruth Williams House provides 88 units career and technical high schools will be trained THE UPTOWN 6 of affordable housing to the currently in a health sciences curriculum and, if they meet THEATER criteria upon graduation, be hired by Temple and formerly homeless and low-income University Health System or other partners. members of the community. Residents are connected with health and • The annual NEIGHBORHOOD JOB FAIR, behavioral services, such as substance DIAMOND ST held each May, connects job seekers with use and recovery treatment. a wide variety of local employers. Courtesy of Spagnolo Group Architecture

Betsy Manning, KLN ’87, CLA ’08 Phase one will consist of 80 one-bedroom one-bedroom 80 of consist will one Phase

Betsy Manning, KLN ’87, CLA ’08 for repurposed being is skyscraper deco Bank National the by occupied formerly of North Philadelphia. The 14-story, art art 14-story, The Philadelphia. North of both commercial and residential uses. uses. residential and commercial both apartments, 50 of which will meet the the meet will which of 50 apartments, Reopening scheduled for summer 2019 summer Reopening scheduled for requirements for affordable housing. for affordable requirements Built in 1933, the Beury Building was was Building Beury the 1933, in Built

Betsy Manning, KLN ’87, CLA ’08 BEURY BUILDING BEURY 3701 St. N. Broad Shift Capital Shift 9 buildings: one will be a six-story, 105-unit asix-story, 105-unit be will one buildings: will other the while building apartment startup and manufacturing workspace. manufacturing and startup The plans also include transforming a transforming include also plans The known warehouse, industrial vacant space. office ample and apartments as the Ink Factory building, into a into building, Factory Ink the as this development will feature two two feature will development this station, rail regional Philadelphia be a 21-story structure with 128 128 with structure a21-story be NORTH STATION DISTRICT STATION NORTH North Philadelphia LLC North District Located adjacent to the North North the to adjacent Located Breaking ground in 2018 ground Breaking 2900 N. Broad St. 2900 N. Broad 8

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From the papal visit to the Super Bowl parade, if there’s a major event in Philly, Fred Stein, KLN ’72, is likely producing it.

STORY BY BRANDON LAUSCH, KLN ’06, ’16

Strength and Survival, featuring the Philly Pops, at the Kimmel Center is just one of the many large-scale events Fred Stein has produced pro bono for Komen Philadelphia in his passionate support of the fight to end breast cancer.

SPRING 2018 21 he opening of the Liberty Bell Center. They were superstitious. They didn’t want The opening of the Pennsylvania to be jinxed. I could not communicate what I Convention Center. Multiple events for was doing to anyone, which meant I couldn’t Pope Francis’ inaugural visit to North really call people and say, “Hold this, hold America. And most recently, the that, I need 5,000 feet of barricades on Philadelphia Eagles’ first Super Bowl Monday morning.” victory parade. I had to sign a confidentiality agreement— this is the Wednesday before the Super Fred Stein, KLN ’72, executive producer Bowl—that I couldn’t really communicate. of the Creative Group, estimates that his I’m thinking about how I need 14 JumboTrons Philadelphia-based firm has staged nearly for seven days from now if they win. But I’d 3,000 special events and meetings since its have to wait until Monday morning, three founding in 1984. That includes practically days before [the parade], to start looking for every major celebration, anniversary, them? So I was allowed to call some people. groundbreaking or grand opening in I just couldn’t tell them what I was doing. Philadelphia in the past three decades. Stein and one of his sons, Neil, KLN ’04, an So of course they read between the lines. event producer and multimedia coordinator, Exactly. I say, “Look, if I hear that you’ve combine fastidious attention to detail and communicated my request to anywhere, grandiose imaginations to host historic then you’re not going to have the job.” You events where seemingly anything is possible. put the fear of God in them a little bit. Temple magazine sat down with Stein to I am fortunate in my career to have once- discuss the widely lauded Eagles parade— in-a-lifetime events, and this is one of them. an event the city had anticipated for decades No doubt about it. but could only truly plan days in advance— Page 22 and how meaningful the event was for How did you envision this event, or were Left: Many of the hundreds of thousands of attendees of millions of fans. He also outlines how he you given marching orders? the Eagles’ first-ever Super Bowl parade took public trans- approaches events where typical clients are There was a sense that the Eagles, with the portation, making for a crowded—albeit festive—ride on heads of state, celebrities and CEOs. the Market-Frankford Line. few elements they wanted to communicate, wanted the parade to go north from the Right: Philly’s newest catchphrase is seen high in the sky Temple Magazine: Let’s start with the stadium and end at the Art Museum. above the William Penn statue sitting atop City Hall. Super Bowl victory parade. How long did you have to plan? Because they wanted as many people as Page 23 Fred Stein: Specific to this little project, we possible to attend? Left: Football fans embrace the underdog moniker while get a call from the Eagles six days before the Correct, and the city of Philadelphia had celebrating the Eagles’ unlikely championship win. Super Bowl. I’m asked if I’d be interested in encouraged that for handling of crowds and Right: The men and women in blue join in the fun along putting together a parade and a ceremony if public transportation. The Art Museum is an the parade route. and when they win. iconic location. It wasn’t necessarily just the Ryan S. Brandenberg, CLA ’14

22 Joseph Labolito V. Ryan S. Brandenberg, CLA ’14

Rocky steps, but it was the Ben Franklin How long did it take? way up to the Art Museum—I said, “We need Parkway and the facade of the Art Museum. Over two hours. We got the last bus there at content. You tell us what you want.” And to 1:20. And here’s the reason why: 10 minutes the Eagles credit, they said, “We could prob- Basically that was your palette: “We into the parade, we get a call on the radio, ably get the rights to the game.” want to end on the Parkway. Go to it.” “The parade stopped.” We back-timed it to begin at 8 o’clock Exactly. My blank slate was “north.” We The players had started walking, right? that morning, so it would end just before 11 made the decision in the early planning to The players jumped out, and not so much o’clock, because then we were broadcasting suggest to the Eagles that we use the steps as that they were walking as they were going the parade live. I heard it firsthand on the the stage. Traditionally, in the last few years, over to the fans, shaking hands, taking Parkway: The fans were cheering the game any stages for events at the Art Museum are pictures—more selfies than God knows what. as if it was happening for the first time. set up across the street in Eakins Oval so I said, “What do the police say?” The Tell me about the players’ speeches, that the [museum’s] steps are out of bounds. staff said, “They don’t know what to do.” including Jason Kelce, who won the day. But, we didn’t want the stage up top Eventually, the players got back on the What was your reaction in the moment? because that would have been too far away buses, it starts moving up, and then I hear a from the crowd. So we did it on that second mile later, “They got out of the buses again.” Every coach, every player, nothing was level. It ended up working perfectly. Why? I said to the Eagles staff, “Just go with the scripted. It came from the heart. They Because we’re very lucky. flow. That’s all you can do.” marched down the steps. We didn’t want The route had the team leaving from Just to digress from day-of parade, the day anyone else in the picture, just the team, Lincoln Financial Field. We knew it would after the win, the mayor’s office held a press players, coaches and staff. From that point be motorized because it was a long run. We conference. Basically it was the mayor, the on, other than calling a couple of cues—for could not print, apply any decal, or hang police commissioner and Don Smolenski, the fireworks or whatever—we were just basking any banner or sign until Monday morning. Eagles president. When I got there, they in the same exact thing that millions of our So we lined up whatever we could without friends and colleagues were witnessing.

CLA ’08 said, “Fred, you’re going to give the details.” committing—such as 16 double-decker At that point, I’m still putting the details Jason Kelce starts, and his voice was already buses—by basically saying, “Do you have together myself. hoarse. I’m off to the side, and we’re hearing this available? We’ll let you know.” I have not used so many adjectives in one it live. His first four-letter word, we’re think- We wanted the parade to begin at 11 a.m. 10-minute presentation as that day. Dramatic! ing, “OK, we’ll get over that.” But it just kept Betsy Manning, KLN ’87, I’m a stickler for timelines, and I work second Mesmerizing! Astounding! Super! What I going. All I could think of was, “I can’t wait by second. At 10:58, all the buses, the lead didn’t know was that every one of the local to watch this online later,” because it’ll be on police cars, and the hundreds of motorcycles news stations had broken in to broadcast the YouTube in four minutes. That became one and bikes were right at Broad and Pattison. press conference live. of the trademarks of that celebration. We figured they would travel 3.4 miles I think a lot of people who were at the first per hour. It was 3.6 miles from that point— Whose idea was it to show the Super press conference thought that was one of the Pattison Avenue—to City Hall, and we knew Bowl the morning of the parade? surprises I alluded to. Well, it was—it was a it was another eight blocks up to the Art When the Eagles agreed that I should be surprise to me, too. Museum. So we figured about an hour and allowed to put out as many JumboTrons as I 15 minutes for the parade itself. could—and I had them from City Hall all the

SPRING 2018 23 What did it mean to you personally to Then there’s external communication and be part of the first Super Bowl parade for letting the world know what’s been planned the city? and what’s happening.

I was honored to just be a part of history Joseph Labolito V. How do you keep from crumbling under alongside the almost 1.1 million fans on the the pressure, given the significance of street and tens of millions around the coun- these events and the personalities at play? try, around the world and even on airplanes watching this parade and ceremony. The first undergrad event management class As a native Philadelphian, I felt a sense of I ever taught at Temple, I walked into the pride that very few times in my life I have room, I gave my background and I said, “How experienced. But it was pride over the city many of you like to party?” Everyone raises being proud and not necessarily of our work their hands. “How many of you have been to producing the parade. That part was won- an event?” Everyone. “How many of you have derful, but having been a small piece of the produced an event?” A couple of kids. fabric of a “proud Philly” is the best. Now, here’s the big question: “How many of you love stress and pressure?” Maybe you Let’s shift to your guiding principles get a couple. Every class I’ve taught since, when you’re putting on such grand events. and every time I talk about career and expe- Teamwork. You’re talking about not only my rience, it’s if you can’t handle stress and The dedication of Stein and his son Neil (right), along with team, which includes Karen Homer and, of pressure, this probably isn’t [a career] you their team at the Creative Group, is apparent as they course, Neil, but also the city—almost every should be going into. strive to make every occasion unique. single department. Then the other team is the When I see a client under stress, they Eagles and their staff. And then the vendors need to depend upon us [to] keep calm. Yard. And it has to be totally different from a who provided the sound system, who set up I’m always proud of saying that if I see that proposal that I have to write next week for the the stage, the 240 union guys who worked something is wrong and can correct it before opening of a million-and-a-half-square-foot for three days and nights straight and who anyone notices it, then guess what? Nothing manufacturing plant in Ohio for an Italian were fed by a caterer. went wrong. producer of toilet paper. Swear to God. Another element would be communication, I will do “ribbon cuttings,” but I’ll never How do you stay fresh when seemingly where we are internally communicating use three-foot rental scissors—ever. When you’ve done it all? everything that has to get done, and, if there we did the opening of the Museum of the are issues, we’re communicating to the It’s thinking on your feet and not just doing American Revolution, I had a ribbon because proper people and asking them for advice, cookie-cutter operations. I’m going to finish a they wanted one, but I had a re-enactor not telling them what to do. proposal this afternoon for the opening of an using the original sword, from the museum, innovation center that’s down at the Navy that George Washington carried.

How old are you now? This is the best part! The best part of being Class of ’72 is you have the free SEPTA card. People say to me, “You take the subway?” I say, “Yeah, do you know why? Because I went to Temple.” How could you not take the subway?

What’s in the future? Not retiring, ever. I look forward to such things as 2026—the 250th anniversary of the United States. I want to be a part of that. Then I want to look after that at what’s coming next. It could be our 15th Super Bowl championship. ■ Tim Tai, usedTim Tai, with permission of Philadelphia Inquirer Copyright © 2018. All rights reserved. LEARN MORE at news.temple.edu/historys_host. Stein handles countless details when orchestrating grand events like the hugely successful Eagles Super Bowl parade.

24 TEMPLE 2008 The Comcast Center forever changes Philadelphia’s skyline, and Stein hosts the grand Joseph Labolito V. opening (and, before that, the groundbreaking and topping-out ceremony of the 58-story building).

When you’re Fred Stein, KLN ’72, your routine is once-in-a 1972 lifetime 2012 Stein graduates from Temple events. The Barnes Foundation with a bachelor’s degree in relocates from Lower communication and becomes Merion to Benjamin Franklin a reporter with Intercounty Parkway. As he did with many Publishing, a local chain of other major projects (such as community newspapers. the National Constitution Center and National Museum of American Jewish History), Stein hosts the groundbreaking and grand opening. 1981 1997 Stein is appointed Philadelphia’s After hosting major events at assistant managing director to Penn, Drexel, Villanova and plan and implement the city’s other universities, Stein gets a 300th anniversary events. He call from Temple President Peter 2015 J. Liacouras to organize the turns a $25,000 appropriation During Pope Francis’ first visit to opening of “The Apollo of into $3 million in sponsorships North America, Stein produces a Temple.” Three years later, it’s for more than 100 events in a variety of events in Philadelphia, renamed the Liacouras Center. year. The first: a film festival including a cathedral Mass, honoring actress Grace Kelly. a prison visit and speeches. Outside Independence Hall, under Stein’s direction, the pope speaks from 1983 the same lectern Abraham Lincoln used for Only a few months after 1987 the Gettysburg Address. becoming chief of staff for U.S. In celebration of the Rep. Thomas Foglietta, Stein Constitution’s bicentennial, leaves the job to work on behalf Stein helps to organize a July 1 of the national Commission on train trip for approximately 300 the Bicentennial of the U.S. members of Congress to go from Constitution, chaired by Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia 2018 U.S. Supreme Court Chief for an overnight stay. It’s the first The Philadelphia Eagles win their Justice Warren Burger. time Congress leaves Washington first Super Bowl, kicking off a victory en masse. Later that year, the parade along Broad Street and the entire U.S. Supreme Court makes Parkway that Stein coordinates in a similar trip. less than a week with practically every city department, the Eagles 1984 organization and a large variety of Stein establishes the Creative vendors. It’s widely heralded as a Group as a special-events stunning success. production and meeting- planning firm. To date, the company has staged over 2,800 events worldwide.

SPRING 2018 25 A College of Engineering program in local schools is inspiring future agricultural technologists.

STORY BY KYLE BAGENSTOSE, KLN ’11

ILLUSTRATION BY CHIA-LING YANG

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSEPH V. LABOLITO

26 TEMPLE t’s a winter Wednesday morning at after bucket. They haven’t been told yet, but amazing things,” Bracey says. “No one’s ever Kenderton, a K–8 school just west of they’re building an aquaponics system—a told them by high school that this is a path Temple University Hospital in North model of soilless agriculture that relies on they can take.” Philadelphia, and the hallways are abuzz fish to grow herbs and vegetables. Over the past eight years, the college’s as teachers line up students for roll call. “The value of this is not to be under- main vehicle in schools has been its role as IOne by one, a few children who participate stated,” says Jamie Bracey, director of regional host of MESA, a nationwide engi- in the school’s STEM (science, technology, the Center for Inclusive Competitiveness in neering and technology program that pro- engineering and mathematics) team are the College of Engineering, as she watches vides curricula to member schools and plucked from their morning routine and the children work. “We’re talking about organizes annual competitions. As many as led to a quiet second-story classroom. community sustainability: economic, social 50 Philadelphia schools participate each Mansa Brownlee, a bright-eyed seventh- and environmental.” year, with Temple providing classroom grader, is the first to enter the room. Finding Bracey oversees a Temple-led effort to resources and hosting workshops on Main himself in the midst of half a dozen adults he introduce aquaponics to Philadelphia public Campus on Saturday mornings. The strat- doesn’t recognize, he sheepishly crosses the school students, as part of a wider campaign egy is working: So far, about 85 percent of room and peers into a strange, 4-by-4 plastic by the College of Engineering to matriculate MESA students have gone on to college, tub placed atop a rolling cart. It’s lined with more area students into careers in STEM. compared to 67 percent districtwide. a thin layer of pebbles that look like Milk She points out that less than 5 percent of the But with aquaponics, Bracey is thinking Duds and crackle like Rice Krispies. school district’s students have traditionally even bigger. She sees it as a part of the “Cat got your tongue?” asks a man gone into STEM fields. In a region rich with solution to local problems such as food des- nearby, smiling. industries such as biotechnology, she sees erts and a lack of farmland as well as world- “No, sir,” he quietly replies. gigantic amounts of untapped potential to wide crises like freshwater shortages and An hour later, it’s a much different scene. connect Philadelphia students to good-pay- climate change. Five of Brownlee’s friends have arrived, and ing careers in technology. “We want to take the science skills the they’re wildly relaying a cart up and down “These are the kids no colleges are students have already learned and apply the hallway to a sink, running water over recruiting, because they are interested in them to grand challenges the entire world the pebbles to clean them and wheeling only the top 10 percent. But shame on all of is working on,” Bracey says. them back to dump into the tub, bucket us, because here are these kids doing

SPRING 2018 27 Using the sensors, students measure data such as pH, temperature and nutrient levels. They track trends and upload the information to a website, activities that serve as an opportunity for an additional software lesson. At the high school level, Bracey and Johnson developed a pre-apprenticeship program for 30 students working on the aquaponics systems. In addition to hands- on experience building the systems, the students receive a $1,000 stipend and help finding paid internships. The goal is to work with faculty to approve the experience so they can earn college credits if they enroll at Temple. Dema Alhuraibi, a junior at Lincoln, is one of the students in the pre-apprenticeship program. When Johnson visited her school to build the aquaponics system, she at first cow- ered with several friends as he began using a jigsaw to cut holes in the material. One by one, he called the students up to use the tool, many of them for the first time. Alhuraibi executed her piece flawlessly, drawing a smile from Johnson. “It requires a lot of work, a lot of hands- Studying aquaponics exposes high school student Aaliyah Briggs to STEM fields she may not have otherwise considered. on work,” Alhuraibi says of aquaponics, adding that it’s a divergence from her current ambition of traveling the world as a health worker. “But overall it’s pretty inter- FISH INTO WATER nitrates for the plants, and the plants filter esting, because I’m trying something I’ve water for the fish. never done before.” Bracey isn’t working alone. After receiving The system runs on its own, with fish $50,000 from corporate partners Chubb food and electricity for grow lights as the SPRINGING TO LIFE and Waste Management to fund a pilot aqua- only recurrent costs. ponics program this year, she connected Johnson adjusts his curriculum for the In addition to their work in the classroom, with Bertram Johnson, an agriculture aquaponics system depending on the age of Bracey and Johnson are already thinking teacher at W.B. Saul High School in the the students. For younger students, it might about how to grow the aquaponics program Roxborough section of Philadelphia and be as simple as sketching the plants and beyond this year’s pilot effort. They’re co-instructor at Temple University Ambler’s learning how they grow. Aquaponics Laboratory, to help design the “For more advanced kids, we’re doing program. Together they identified six water chemistry, and we’re going to talk Engaging Saturday morning workshops on Main Campus Philadelphia schools in which to build small- about the water cycle and the nitrogen introduce attendees like Mansa Brownlee to a STEM edu- scale aquaponics systems: Saul, Abraham cycle,” Johnson says, adding lessons can be cation at a young age. Lincoln and George Washington Carver high designed for all ages. “The whole idea is, it schools as well as Kenderton, Sharswood becomes a total school kind of curriculum.” and Bethune elementary schools. Aquaponics also enables students to To build a system, Johnson drills holes apply concepts they’ve learned from other through a plastic tub and connects tubes to MESA projects. A student favorite is building a second tub below. The lower tub is filled rovers—small, autonomous robots whose with water and houses fish; the top tub is sensors can be repurposed for aquaponics. used to grow plants. A pump pushes the “Our rover can detect water and soil,” water up to the top tub, where it floods explains Andre Watkins, a sixth-grade a seeded pebble bed before draining back student at Kenderton. “So we’re going to down. The fishes’ excrement provides do water testing.”

28 TEMPLE SOWING SEEDS OF OPPORTUNITY Once or twice per semester, the MESA students traveled to the Ambler Aquaponics Lab, where they received additional instruction in aquatic agriculture and horticulture. Partnering with schools and community groups (Left to right) Kesti Koci, Aaliyah Briggs and Muzakkir Khan (far right), shown with teacher Paula Miller (second to educate the public about soilless farming from right), gain valuable hands-on experience as well as college credits if they enroll at Temple. is a primary mission of the lab, located at Temple’s Ambler Campus. While traditional commercial aquaponics planning an expansion to more schools next generation of food producers; we need to gardens focus on harvesting both plants and year, using Temple engineering students as increase food production without sacrificing fish, the fully accredited Ambler Aquaponics mentors to increase capacity. They’re also our soil and water quality; and we need to Lab is focused entirely on research, exploring brainstorming ways to build working sys- ensure that citizens in our built environ- different types of aquaponics setups and tems that are accessible to communities, ments have access to fresh, healthy foods.” finding the best balance between fish, plants such as in vacant homes or lots, that could Back in Kenderton, it’s up to students and nutrients. provide herbs and vegetables to residents. like Mansa Brownlee to help figure out the Today, the program that began as a grassroots “There are a lot of vacant buildings way forward. After an hour or two of work- effort in 2013 offers both three-credit and around here that could possibly be ing on the aquaponics system, he’s loosened non-credit courses in aquaponics. changed into controlled environment agri- up and is playing with a robot he helped The courses attract everyone from entrepre- culture,” Johnson says. “The food is fresher, program. Turns out, it’s his 13th birthday. neurs, government officials and teachers to it’s a better quality, and you don’t increase “We engineer, we do the coding, we homeowners, foodies and survivalists. the carbon footprint.” do the math,” Brownlee explains. “We Paula Miller, a physics teacher and lead decide which directions we want our “I think more and more people are becoming instructor of the MESA team at Lincoln, rover to go in.” ■ interested in the idea of growing their own adds that fresh soil is a “dying commodity” food in a closed system that they control,” around the world and encourages her stu- Kyle Bagenstose is an environmental reporter says instructor Tom Bilotta. dents to think critically about which plants for the Bucks County Courier Times and a To learn more, visit ambler.temple.edu/ can be grown using aquaponics to deliver freelance journalist. He lives in Philadelphia’s about/aquaponics-ambler. the most nutritional value to consumers. Kensington neighborhood. “Our students will not come across aquaponics in their everyday lives,” Miller says. “But by bringing it into the classroom, they can see this is actually a career.” Kenderton Elementary School students Anntonette Thomas (left) and Jordan Steward (right) collaborate to build their own small-scale aquaponics system. Upon the completion of each year, that’s the endgame for Bracey: That all students who graduate from the aquaponics and MESA programs leverage their education into high- powered jobs or the pursuit of college degrees in the sciences. At a recent meeting in Harrisburg, Bracey says Cheryl Cook, Pennsylvania’s deputy sec- retary of agriculture, overheard her talking about aquaponics. “I’m absolutely thrilled with this project,” says Cook. “With so many of our current farmers looking to retire, we need a new A peek inside the LESLEY shows some of the irreparable damage the sneakbox has incurred over the years.

30 TEMPLE Beyond Repair

Ten history students ynthia Heider bent tentatively over an unpainted pine plank and placed a drill bit at the precise strive to save a Jersey spot she had carefully identified. shore treasure. Applying pressure to the top of the bit brace hand drill with one hand,C she rotated the bit by turning the tool’s U-shaped handle across her torso in a circular motion with the other hand. STORY BY KIM FISCHER, CLA ’92 “The movement was awkward and unfamiliar,” remembers Heider. PHOTOGRAPHY BY RYAN S. BRANDENBERG, CLA ’14 “And it required a considerable amount of strength.” As she continued to rotate the drill, she felt some tension and the wood began to splinter. Heider wasn’t taking a woodshop course. She was one of 10 graduate history students at work in the Independence Seaport Museum’s Workshop on the Water, a boat shop located at Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing. Looking out the window onto the nearby dock, Heider could see the tall masts of the USS Olympia, a Spanish-American War–era cruiser that is a part of the museum’s collection. The sound of a ham- mer and the smell of sawdust permeating the air added to the sensory experience. By using traditional hand tools to make something out of wood, in this case tool boxes, the future historians gained awareness of the kind of labor and amount of time required to build a boat 100 years ago. “When we use an ancient tool such as the bit brace, we feel our bodies working in ancient ways,” says Associate Professor of History Seth Bruggeman. “Your hand or arm becomes something different when it is attached to a tool.”

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Every Wednesday last fall, the students met for three hours at the museum, the mission of which is to bring to life Philadelphia’s con- nection to the Delaware River. Says curator Craig Bruns, TYL ’94, “Here, visitors can connect with the city’s history as a seaport.” Bruns had approached Bruggeman the prior spring with a proposition: Help the museum staff figure out how to save the LESLEY. The LESLEY was a 23-foot racing sneakbox, a vessel indigenous to the Philadelphia region, built during the 1930s by the Perrine Boatyard of New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay. The boat had been a donation to the museum, but because of its poor condition, it had been slated for deaccessioning (formal removal from the museum’s collection) and eventual disposal. For Bruggeman, who is director of Temple’s Center for Public History, the request presented an intriguing opportunity for his Studies in American Material Culture course, and the museum offered the perfect setting. The class is required for those pursuing a master’s degree in public history. “Historians sift through books and docu- ments to answer whatever questions interest them,” explains Bruggeman. “Public historians must answer questions posed by people who live and work in the communities they serve.” The graduate students in Temple’s public history track, who are training for positions as museum curators, historic site managers and digital archivists, boast a job placement rate of 99 percent.

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On the river in rowboats during one class session, the students struggled to orient themselves with their oars in the water. The class had experienced the USS Olympia from the inside during a formal tour, but in the rowboats they were seeing it from the outside, gazing up from the water at its massive metal hull. History students survey the exterior of the LESLEY, “I’m an Early Americanist, so that means I gathering data to be used to create a 3D mostly just dive into books—there’s not any interactive model. physicality to what I’m usually doing,” says graduate student Daniel Pace. “This is a completely different perspective on history.”

32 TEMPLE The graduate students in Temple’s public history track boast a job placement rate of 99 percent.

A rowboat provides a different perspective of the towering USS Olympia—and a chance to test the students’ seamanship.

SPRING 2018 33 A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME AND THE LESLEY Jen Grayburn of Temple’s Digital Scholarship Center, they rendered all of it as a 3D inter- Rowing on the river also gave the students, active model and presented it to the who were otherwise unfamiliar with boat- museum in the spring semester. ing, a sense of what it may have been like to In this way, the museum could maintain ride in a sneakbox. a record of the LESLEY from which the Sneakboxes were originally designed for sneakbox could potentially be reproduced use by working duck hunters in the mid-19th one day. century. Early sneakboxes were roughly 12 “We were responding to a question that feet long, and they were light and maneuver- faces many museums today,” says able to accommodate the Barnegat region’s Bruggeman. “What do we do with objects marshy coastal lands. Rails allowed the we can’t afford to keep?” small crafts to move through ice in the winter as well. ALL ABOARD Around the end of the 19th century, sneakboxes gained popularity among an For Maust, completing the digital rendering emergent leisure class. “At that time, guys of the LESLEY was bittersweet. Near the end from the city would jump on the New Jersey of the semester, the students had discovered Southern Railroad line that opened between that the sneakbox had been someone else’s Philadelphia and Atlantic City in 1860 and restoration project but was abandoned part- rent them to go hunting on weekends with way through. their buddies,” explains Bruggeman. “To know that this person had seen this As a result, the design of the sneakbox value in the boat but had been unable to fol- evolved for use first as a leisure and then as low through on their vision was really kind a racing vessel, eventually reaching 23 feet of depressing, but also profound,” in length. says Maust. “But by the 1960s, the sneakbox had all By partnering with cultural organizations but vanished,” says Bruggeman. “In the around the city, Bruggeman is able to pro- class, we use the story of the sneakbox as a vide his students with unique opportunities portal to the issues of the region’s changing for uncovering the past and understanding economy, landscape and relationship the historical significance of the relation- between Philadelphia and the coast.” ships between people and their things. It’s all part of his belief that STEM (sci- BURIAL AT SEA ence, technology, engineering and mathematics) students aren’t the only ones who When graduate history student Ted Maust need to do fieldwork. “Humanities students met the LESLEY on the first day of class, need hands-on, sensory experiences, too,” finding it set up on a patio with no shelter, he says. he was struck by the deteriorating condition Heider’s hands-on experience building of the once beautifully crafted woodwork. the tool box showed her that sometimes “Engaging with a doomed, constantly materials can control the outcome of a task. changing artifact was pretty moving,” “When my wood split, I gained a new he says. appreciation of how objects exert influence,” Because the LESLEY was physically she says. “So, when we look at an artifact, beyond repair, Bruggeman’s students we need to understand what decisions the decided to use digital methods to preserve craftsperson may have been forced to make the boat for the museum before the vessel because of the materials.” was lost to demolition. And sometimes, adds Maust, the most After spending 10 weeks touching, draw- powerful stories objects tell us come from ing, measuring and photographing the “the missteps and damage that happened to LESLEY and immersing themselves in the them along the way.” maritime history of the Jersey shore, the students gathered all of their data. Using photo- VIDEO EXTRA: Watch the students grammetry, they stitched together hundreds attempt to save the LESLEY at of the photographs. Then, with the help of news.temple.edu/beyond_repair.

34 TEMPLE The Independence Seaport Museum’s Workshop on the Water offers unbeatable views of the vessels on the Delaware River. A mathematician predicts how to solve one of rush hour’s most vexing problems.

STORY BY BRUCE E. BEANS ILLUSTRATION BY ANDREW COLLETTE

36 TEMPLE veryone who has ever driven FUELING EFFICIENCY a car has found themselves stuck in puzzling, stop-and- The team also concluded that eliminating go, phantom traffic jams. stop-and-go traffic waves, or jamitons, “You have to brake, because the person in could reduce total fuel consumption by up front of you brakes and you see no discern- to 40 percent—and reduce polluting emis- ible cause for that,” says traffic flow sions of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides researcher Benjamin Seibold, associate pro- by the same percentage. Watching a video fessor of mathematics in the College of of the Tucson experiment on his laptop, Science and Technology. “It just happens.” Seibold points out that only about a minute But what if a few self-driving cars were after the self-driving car joins a stop-and-go A POSITIVE INFLUENCE inserted into that uneven traffic flow? traffic jam, the flow of traffic smooths out A real-world experiment that Seibold and considerably and far fewer drivers are “Our simulations indicated that it would be collaborators conducted confirms what the tapping their brakes. possible to eliminate phantom traffic jams if applied mathematician’s own traffic models It is expected to take many years before just one in every 20 to 25 vehicles was self- and computer simulations had predicted: such fully autonomous cars make up a driving,” says Seibold. “The instabilities that The presence of only a few properly con- majority of motor vehicles. However, under- human drivers unintentionally introduce by trolled, autonomous vehicles can eliminate standing and predicting the near-term sce- their driving behavior can get canceled by a the stop-and-go traffic jams caused by nario, when a limited number of self-driving single, well-controlled autonomous vehicle.” human drivers—along with the accident cars will share the roadways with mostly Funded by the National Science risks, fuel inefficiencies and increased pollu- human drivers, is even more challenging. Foundation’s Cyber-Physical Systems pro- tion that such driving causes. “The proper design of autonomous gram, the research was published earlier The finding, by an interdisciplinary team vehicles requires a profound understanding this year in Transportation Research that includes Seibold and researchers from of how humans will react to them,” Part C: Emerging Technologies. three other U.S universities, indicates that Seibold says, “and traffic experiments like Seibold’s model predictions were con- self-driving cars and related technology may the one we conducted play a crucial role in firmed on a circular test track in Tucson, revolutionize traffic control even before they understanding this interplay of human and Arizona, where, for the first time, research- represent a significant percentage of vehi- robotic agents. ers demonstrated that only a single self- cles on American roads. driving car can smooth out the traffic flow of 22 other cars driven by humans. The pace of the self-driving car was controlled via algorithms based on models and simulations developed by Seibold’s research group.

SPRING 2018 37 Seibold also wants to study the impact of “The proper self-driving cars amid denser traffic, with more freedom granted to the human driv- design of ers, such as the ability to change lanes and merge into traffic. However, for safety reasons—as underscored by the March death autonomous of a pedestrian struck by a self-driving car in Arizona—Seibold also first wants to use vehicles robots. He and computer science major Hee Won Yang, Class of 2020, are running up to four robotic Lego vehicles on a circular “For research like this to have any chance requires a 20-foot-long, two-lane “highway” delineated of working, we needed to bring together by Magic Markers on ordinary paper. four disciplines that included traffic models In both Dames’ and Seibold’s labs, the profound and computer simulations, control theory, robotic vehicles have been programmed someone with autonomous car expertise with information gleaned from how the 20 and civil engineering experts,” says Seibold. understanding human drivers behaved at the Arizona test Daniel Work, another of the project’s track in order to replicate how human researchers and an assistant professor in drivers actually react. “We need to better of how humans civil and environmental engineering at understand human driving behavior—such Vanderbilt University, agrees: “Vehicles are as how soon different drivers start braking becoming increasingly automated, electri- will react when the vehicle in front of them slows fied and shared (Uber and Lyft), and design- down, and once traffic starts accelerating ing for these transitions or making to them.” again, how rapidly drivers accelerate to predictions about how they will modify catch up,” says Seibold. transportation as we know it can be The issues can be complex. “In a tradi- extremely difficult. It is not a one-person, tional advanced manufacturing plant, you one-perspective job.” —BENJAMIN SEIBOLD, ASSOCIATE don’t have to worry about how robots inter- PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS act with people,” notes Dames. For example, REPLICATING WITH ROBOTS

To pave the way for future real-world experiments, a senior design team of Temple engineering students supervised by Philip Dames, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has begun to replicate it. They built about 20 small-scale robotic vehicles to run on an electrified, 5-foot-long circular metallic track.

38 TEMPLE SPEED RACER

No matter the time of the day or night, “I’m not a car guy, but I love the you can find engineering students freedom to explore and solve who are members of the Temple engineering problems.” Formula Racing group in the College The students annually receive of Engineering building. $45,000 from the College of “Some nights, we work till 4 or 5 Engineering, as well as materials o’clock in the morning and then get and advice from 30 outside sponsors. Seibold wonders what would happen if a up at 6 to keep working on the car and Each winter, they exhibit a car at the self-driving car programmed to follow then go to class,” says team president Philadelphia Auto Show. posted speed limits just drove 65 mph on Aaron Quinn Snyder, Class of 2018. In early May, they also competed the New Jersey Turnpike. At least 10 of the team’s 25 active with this year’s car against 119 other “Everybody would start weaving around members average 40 hours a week SAE Formula Racing teams at the it and thus increase the chances of an acci- designing, building and testing a one- Michigan International Speedway. dent,” he says. “In California, some drivers seat race car capable of going from Last year the judges, including engi- who’ve spotted sensors atop the roofs of 0 to 60 mph in a Porsche-like 3.5 sec- neers from Space X, Tesla and Ford, self-driving cars have bullied the cars, refus- onds. Their purpose: to compete in the deemed their design the 39th best, a ing to let them merge into traffic and cutting annual Formula SAE student design huge advance over a last-place finish competition sponsored by the Society several years ago. dangerously in front of them.” of Automotive Engineers International. Ultimately, Seibold wants to apply what “To spend 18 months building is learned from their robotic experiments “It’s a passion,” adds the senior something we’ve designed and mechanical engineering major. “We turned into a car I’m able to drive to more complex interplays between self- don’t get any academic credit. Some on a competition level is really driving cars and human drivers in real-life people do it because they love cars gratifying,” says electrical engineering driving situations. and applying what they are learning in major Jon Wommer, Class of 2018. “Developers of self-driving cars are focus- engineering to automotive design. “It’s one of the best experiences I’ve ing on how they can be operated safely and had at Temple.” efficiently,” he says. “We’re turning that around and asking, ‘If you program these vehicles correctly, how will they affect the human drivers around them, and how can that be exploited to everyone’s benefit?’”

Bruce E. Beans, a freelance writer and editor from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, has written for Temple University since 2005.

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Greetings, Owls! KEY TO SCHOOL AND COLLEGE CODES BYR Boyer College of Music and Dance LAW Beasley School of Law CLA College of Liberal Arts MED Lewis Katz School of Medicine Among other great Temple CPH College of Public Health PHR School of Pharmacy developments, this issue of CST College of Science and Technology POD School of Podiatric Medicine Temple magazine celebrates DEN Kornberg School of Dentistry SED School of Environmental Design the Charles Library. It reminds EDU College of Education SSW School of Social Work me of the extraordinary impact ENG College of Engineering TFM School of Theater, Film FOX Fox School of Business and Media Arts of individual Temple gifts, as HON Honorary Degree THM School of Sport, Tourism and well as our collective power as KLN Klein College of Media Hospitality Management alumni. and Communication TYL Tyler School of Art That power was more than apparent during this year’s Global Days of Service, April 23–29, when over 600 alumni PATRICIA Q. WALL, CLA ’53 from around the city, country and globe joined together 1950s published Lives of Consequence: to celebrate what it means to be an Owl by volunteering to Blacks in Early Kittery & Berwick improve their communities. ISRAEL CHARNY, CLA ’52 in the Massachusetts Province of Temple Toast, our annual day of online giving, also occurred is a practicing clinical psycholo- Maine, with Portsmouth Marine that week. Roughly 1,730 Owls answered the call by donating gist and family therapist and a Society Press, about Maine’s retired professor of psychology colonial slavery. She has two more than $240,000 to programs they felt most passionate and family therapy at Hebrew children’s historical novels, about. During Temple Toast, TUAA members contributed University of Jerusalem and Child out of Place and its sequel, $22,500 to the Temple Challenge—these challenge funds Tel Aviv University, who has Beyond Freedom, about colonial were used to incentivize Temple schools and units in reaching published numerous articles blacks, enslaved and free, in their own goals for the day. and books. Charny is the execu- northern New England. By working together, we gain momentum. Keep the Temple- tive director of the Institute on mentum going! the Holocaust and Genocide ELWOOD M. CORBIN, EDU ’57, in Jerusalem. CLA ’65, LAW ’82 published The End of PAUL G. CURCILLO II, CST ’84 ARLENE LOVE, TYL ’52, EDU ’53 Yesterday, with First Edition TUAA PRESIDENT talked about her decades of Design Publishing, a book [email protected] experience as a female artist, about two strangers caught up in Winged Woman at the in the Spanish Civil War. They Save the Date: Temple Football Homecoming Game, Painted Bride Art Center in meet and experience déjà vu Oct. 20, 2018; Temple vs. Cincinnati Philadelphia, in March. The and come to believe that they exhibition seeks to view Love’s knew and loved each other in work in a contemporary context an ancient Iberian war against and examine the parallels of the Romans. Keep Temple posted! the political climate of the 1970s and 2018. Email [email protected] to share your recent news and update your information. You also may mail your notes to: Editor, Temple, Bell Building, 3rd Floor, 1101 W. Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19122

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NFL NEWCOMER

Ryan S. Brandenburg, CLA ’14 Ameena Soliman DEGREE: BS, finance and marketing LOCATION: North Philadelphia to Manhattan

WELCOME TO THE LEAGUE: After spending four years as an as scheduled and hosted their on-campus visits. Her integral part of Temple football’s support staff, Ameena experience proved essential in stabilizing the recruit- Soliman, FOX ’17, elevated her game this December ing pipeline after a head coaching change, and she also when the National Football League hired her as a player spent seven months as a football operations and recruit- personnel assistant. GLUE GAL: At the NFL, Soliman is ing graduate assistant before joining the NFL. tasked with everything from tracking daily roster chang- —KYLE BAGENSTOSE, KLN ’11 es, to ensuring teams comply with league regulations, to researching college players’ eligibility for the NFL WORD TO THE WISE Draft. It’s a challenge so far, but an “awesome” experience, Soliman says. WARM UP THE BUS: Soliman still lives “I just knew that I wanted in Philadelphia, commuting up to three hours each way to the NFL’s Manhattan headquarters. KICK OFF: to get involved somehow, Soliman’s time with Temple football included three so I made a phone call to seasons as an undergraduate intern, during which she conducted background research on recruits, as well Temple football.”

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ARTHUR E. HELFAND, POD ’57 DONALD “DOC” CHEEK, CLA ’72 CRAIG J. FIRESTONE, FOX ’75, ’78 Contemporary Times: Unfolding was recently recognized by is an international gold medal has joined the firm of Bassman, the Joy of Al-Islam. He presented Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf for Masters sprinter, at age 87. Laserow, Adelman & Weiss PC, the Lord Robert Runcie over 60 years of outstanding Cheek repeatedly wins in the located in Blue Bell, Convocation Lecture for the service as a doctor of podiatric 85-to-89 division, competing Pennsylvania, as a shareholder Graduate Theological medicine. Helfand is professor in the 50-, 100-, 200- and 400- and director of the firm’s audit Foundation Commencement emeritus at Temple’s School of meter events. In October 2016, practice. Prior to the merger, he activities and was named a Podiatric Medicine and retired he set the record for 100 was the managing member of foundation fellow. chair of the former Department meters at the Huntsman World Firestone & Co. LLC. of Community Health, Aging Senior Games. Cheek resides LYNN LANDES, CLA ’76 and Health Policy. in Clovis, California. BEATRICE O’DONNELL, CLA ’75, founded the Wild Foodies of LAW ’78 Philly, which encourages forag- DEL S. PLACIDES, CLA ’57 ELIZABETH NEWELL ORD, KLN ’72 has become a fellow of the ing as a profession and “wild- received a 2017 CIPA EVVY has been the executive director American College of Trial ing” as a new type of farming. Silver National Award for his of the Southeastern Theatre Lawyers, one of the premier Since 2010, the group has book The Home Front Kid, Conference for the past 19 years. legal associations in North grown to over 3,300 members. centering around factual America. O’Donnell is partner events during World War ll STEVEN H. LUPIN, LAW ’73 at Duane Morris LLP. TERRY AND LINDA JAMISON, TYL ’77 happening in his hometown was selected for inclusion in AND TYL ’79, respectively of Philadelphia. The Best Lawyers in America HENRY I. PASS, LAW ’75 launched their YouTube chan- 2018 in the area of commercial was recently interviewed on nel, the Psychic Twins, two litigation. The publication high- WWDB’s Lifestyles radio pro- years ago, which now has over 1960s lights the top 5 percent of law- gram, during which he dis- 725,000 subscribers. The yers practicing in America. cussed his boutique law twins are the authors of four DEBORAH GROSS-ZUCHMAN, CLA ’69 Lupin is managing partner in practice. Pass is a transactional best-selling books, including illustrated Becky’s Braids, a the law firm of Hamburg, Rubin, and commercial litigation attor- the international best-seller children’s book by Susan Weiss Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin. ney in Bala Cynwyd, Psychic Intelligence. released in December. Gross- Pennsylvania, and serves as a Zuchman is also the author LAURA N. GITLIN, CLA ’74 director of the Private Investors MARILYN FRANK, CLA ’78 and illustrator of the social jus- became dean of the College of Forum and the Entrepreneurs joined the board of Living tice–based Haggadah “Seder Nursing and Health Professions Forum of Greater Philadelphia. Beyond Breast Cancer. Frank is for the 21st Century.” at Drexel University in He is also the founder and man- a private-practice psychothera- February. Prior to this, Gitlin aging director of Patriot pist specializing in perinatal was an applied research sociolo- Venture Capital Group LLC. and postpartum mood disor- 1970s gist and distinguished professor ders. She has also worked in at Johns Hopkins University. GARY L. BORGER, LAW ’76 nonprofit management, includ- PAT AUGUSTUS GILBERT, CLA ’71 participated as a panelist at the ing for the National Office of recently received the Salute to LAWRENCE VENUTI, CLA ’74 New Jersey Association for Big Brothers Big Sisters and Greatness Community was selected by Northwestern Justice’s Meadowlands Seminar Devereux, and has done much Achievement Award for Civic, University Press and the univer- 2017 on matrimonial law. He philanthropic, volunteer and Justice and Public Service by sity’s Global Humanities as the presented on “The Intersection board work. the Trina Antoinette Adams winner of the second annual of Tort and Family Law.” Borger Center for Keeping Children Global Humanities Translation is an attorney with the firm J. PHILIP FRETZ, FOX ’78 First Foundation. Prize. Venuti is currently profes- BorgerMatez in Cherry Hill, published his first book of sor of English at Temple. He has New Jersey, and has been prac- poems, Poems of Life and Love. MYRNA BLOOM, TYL ’72 also taught as a visiting profes- ticing law for 37 years. It is a collection of primarily has opened her Philadelphia sor at the University of free-verse writings in themes apartment to the public as a Pennsylvania, Princeton MUHAMMAD HATIM, EDU ’76 of love, relationships, coming gallery showcasing her paint- University, Columbia University, published Caregiving to out and emotions. Fretz resides ings and sculptures. Hours to University of Trento, University Muslims: A Guide for Chaplains, in southern Delaware and visit her residence at the of Mainz, Barnard College and Counselors, Healthcare and belong to the Rehoboth Beach Watermark at Logan Square Queen’s University Belfast. Social Workers and Qur’anic Writers Guild. to view her artwork, which Comfort and Healing in includes 157 paintings and prints, are by appointment.

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STEVEN I. PRESENT, DEN ’78 RENEE COSHIN, CLA ’83 New York. Termini also served ANDREW MCMASTERS, TFM ’88 was named a fellow of the celebrated the first anniversary as sole presenter at FDAnews on recently retired after 25 years College of Physicians of of her business, RCC Weddings “The U.S. Opioid Crisis—What as artistic director from the Philadelphia, the oldest private & Events LLC—a wedding and Every Regulatory Professional nonprofit theater he created. medical society in the U.S. event planning service. Coshin is Absolutely, Positively Needs to McMasters is currently CEO Present is a clinical associate based in Baltimore but still con- Know,” and she spoke on of ImprovMindset, a new cor professor at Temple’s Kornberg siders Philadelphia her home. “Whistleblower Actions— porate education company that School of Dentistry and was a Challenges, Risks, Rewards, uses theater to improve busi- clinical instructor at Manor RICK GRIMALDI, CLA ’83 Protections for the ness processes, located in College’s Expanded Duties is one of two attorneys heading Pennsylvania Bar Institute.” Seattle, Washington. Dental Assistant Program for FP Advocacy LLC, a wholly 27 years. owned subsidiary of Fisher KARL PRIOR, KLN ’86 STEVEN P. O’DAY, LAW ’88 Phillips. Grimaldi is the co- has been elected a fellow in the was appointed by the Austin MURRAY SAYLOR, LAW ’78 chair of the Fisher Phillips American College of Trust and College Board of Trustees as the has been named one of Georgia Government Relations Practice Estate Counsel (ACTEC). ACTEC 16th president of Austin College, Trend’s Legal Elite in the taxes, Group, former deputy general is a nonprofit association of law- in October, following a compre- estates & trusts category. Saylor counsel to Pennsylvania Gov. yers and law professors skilled hensive national search. is a founding partner of Saylor Tom Ridge, and former chief and experienced in the prepa- Law Firm LLP and past chair counsel of the Pennsylvania ration of wills and trusts, KEVIN J. MCNAMARA, KLN ’89, and current member-at-large of Department of Labor and estate planning, and probate CLA ’95 the Atlanta Bar Association’s tax Industry. His national law prac- procedure and administration was invited by the U.S. embas- law section. tice spans all aspects of labor of trusts and estates. Prior is sies in Prague and Bratislava to and employment law. co-founder and partner of conduct a speaking tour in both KEVIN WASHINGTON, CLA ’78 Mannion Prior LLP. countries in May 2018, in con- is president and CEO of the JUNE EDMONDS, TYL ’84 junction with the celebrations YMCA of the USA, the 14th per- is the recipient of a 2018 City of LAURIE ZIERER, CLA ’86 of the 100th anniversary of son and first African American Los Angeles Individual Artist is executive director of the both the founding of the former to lead the Y in the U.S. Fellowship. Awarded by the Pennsylvania Humanities Czechoslovakia and of U.S. dip- Washington served as president Department of Cultural Affairs, Council (PHC). She joined PHC lomatic relations with the and CEO of the YMCA of the fellowships support the cre- in 1995 as a program officer and Czechs and Slovaks. Greater Boston from 2010 to ation of new works by a selec- was named executive director 2014, where he expanded tion of the city’s most in 2012. Zierer has led PHC to membership and access and exemplary midcareer artists. focus on civic engagement and 1990s implemented a childhood- The grant culminates with an education through programs education quality initiative exhibition at the Los Angeles such as Humanities Live with LYNN FERRARI, CLA ’91 that benefits thousands of chil- Municipal Art Gallery from May WHYY and statewide initiatives was named chief talent strate- dren and families. to June. such as Our Stories, Our Future. gist at Vettd, bringing her strengths in business leader- JEFF RYAN, EDU ’85 LARRY HANOVER, KLN ’88 ship and human resources to 1980s has been promoted to chief recently co-authored his first Vettd’s revenue generation operating officer of Cancer book, Rebuilt from Broken Glass: organization JOE BERTOTTO, CLA ’81 Treatment Centers of America A German Jewish Life Remade in is scheduled to publish Pick and will also continue his role America, published with Purdue UNA MANNION, CLA ’91 Up the Gum Wrapper–How to as senior vice president of University Press. It is the mem- has won a National Hennessy Increase Performance While finance. Ryan has held various oir of Fred Behrend, whose fam- Literary 2017 Award in Improving Lives in July. The book positions within the organiza- ily, in 1939, fled Nazi Germany Emerging Poetry for “Crouched explains a method that leaders tion since joining in 2012. to Cuba and ultimately the U.S., Burial.” The poem also won can follow to create an incredi- and was featured in the Yeats’ Society’s Seamus Heaney ble workplace. It is based on ROSEANN B. TERMINI, LAW ’85 Philadelphia Inquirer. Hanover, Memorial Poetry Prize 2015. Bertotto’s 30-plus years of recently spoke on the Sunscreen a former longtime Trenton Mannion teaches performing research and practice in the field Innovation Act at the 71st Times reporter, has been an arts in the School of of organizational leadership. annual conference of the adjunct journalism professor Engineering and Design at the Society of Cosmetic Chemists in at Temple since 2007.

44 TEMPLE ADVOCATE FOR AFRICA

Juliet Lemon Photography Kim Reuter DEGREE: PhD, biology LOCATION: London, England

GUIDING PRINCIPLE: Humans and nature share the same more investigation and intervention, she says, “they road. That realization transformed Kim Reuter, CST ’15, could be extinct before my daughter gets to high school.” from a budding biologist into an environmental sus- CURRENT GIG: Senior technical director, Gaborone tainability consultant. FURRY FOCUS: Most people know Declaration for Sustainability in Africa at Conservation lemurs: Their adorable appearance and the distinctive International, one of the world’s foremost environmental black-and-white appendage of the ringed-tailed lemur organizations. —KYLE BAGENSTOSE, KLN ’11 make them audience favorites in movies like Madagascar, the namesake of the island nation to which lemurs are QUOTABLE endemic. Motivated after studying a species that had only a few thousand left in the wild, Reuter helped launch “The longer I work in this field, the Lemur Conservation Network, to connect those working to safeguard the world’s oldest living primates. the more I realize we need INCONVENIENT TRUTH: Reuter’s research has focused on two to protect nature for human key dangers pushing lemurs closer to extinction: illegal pet ownership and consumption as bushmeat. Without well-being.”

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CREATIVE MUSCLE

Richard Freeda Stan Stanski DEGREE: BFA, graphic design LOCATION: Stamford, Connecticut

HIS ARENA: Stan Stanski, TYL ’90, is senior vice president which put wrestler-celebrity-powerhouses Dwayne “The of creative services for World Wrestling Entertainment, Rock” Johnson and John Cena in the ring together. FAMILY better known as WWE, where he oversees a global CORNER: What keeps Stanski going, he says, is the family brand experience. Think: promotional materials, action experience of the WWE and seeing his team’s work have figures, superstar names and identities.TRUE LOVE’S FIRST a magical effect in real time. ANGELO FICHERA, KLN ’13 KISS: In elementary school, Stanski discovered the Kiss album “Destroyer” and found himself mesmerized by QUOTABLE the art. “It was the perfect merger of comic book, over- the-top characters and this music that was awesome,” “At WWE, it’s more than wins he says. GLOBAL STAGE: The northeastern Pennsylvania native spent a year studying at Temple Rome, and his and losses. It’s about the current work continues to offer him a view of the world. moment. It’s the excitement. He rattles off events in Texas, Saudi Arabia and Austra- lia, to name a few. MEMORABLE MATCH: He’s partial to the It’s the roar of the crowd.” 28th WrestleMania—WWE’s answer to the Super Bowl—

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Institute of Technology Sligo in architect. He brings nearly Science. She also founded and ANDREA PIPPINS, TYL ’02, ’09 Ireland. She is also the program 20 years of architectural runs the nonprofit Association of is an illustrator, designer and chair of the institute’s new BA design and project management Women in Forensic Science and author who has been featured in writing and literature. to the position. Clayton’s previ- Club Philly Forensics, a series of in O: The Oprah Magazine, ous experience has been heavily hands-on workshops for kids. Family Circle and more. Pippins PHIL CHARRON, CLA ’92, EDU ’94 focused on research laboratories is the author of I Love My Hair, has just been named the execu- and office spaces for chemical SANDRA C. KETNER, LAW ’00 a coloring book featuring her tive vice president of and pharmaceutical companies. has been recognized by the Best illustrations celebrating various Philadelphia-based experience Lawyers in America as lawyer of hairstyles and textures, and design firm Think Company, JOHN M. BACON, LAW ’98 the year within her practice in Becoming Me, for young women headquartered in the Greater was named head of the legacy Reno. Ketner is counsel with to color, doodle and brainstorm Philadelphia region. Founded in giving program at the Littler, the world’s largest labor their way to a creative life. Her 2007, the company conducts Metropolitan Museum of Art in and employment law practice new book, Young, Gifted and research that informs business September. He looks forward to representing management. She Black, is set to be released in strategy, and designs and creates discovering Tyler alumni who regularly presents seminars on spring 2018. software, business applications, have work in the collection and employment-related topics and responsive websites and more. which other Owls work there. conducts training for clients on CHRISTINE ANNE ROYCE, EDU ’02 He formerly served 14 years as employment issues. began her one-year term as LYNN MARIE MIERZEJEWSKI, FOX ’92 director of planned giving at the president-elect of the National earned her master’s degree in New York Public Library. VICTORIA VELAZQUEZ, EDU ’00, ’02 Science Teachers Association special education in July 2016 received her EdD from Seton in June 2017. She assumes the from National University, San DEREK GREEN, LAW ’98 Hall University in K–2 adminis- office of president on June 1, Diego. She holds a California was recognized by the Made tration in May 2017. She also 2018. Royce is a professor in Commission on Teacher Man, an initiative designed to published an article in the May the teacher education depart- Credentialing preliminary cre- honor the extraordinary 2017 edition of Pennsylvania ment and co-director for the dential to teach students with achievements of notable African Administrator, titled Master of Arts in Teaching moderate to severe disabilities American male influencers “Improving Schools Through STEM Education program at and is working on a preliminary while building a bridge for the Community Partnerships.” It is Shippensburg University credential to teach students honorees to provide empower- an examination of the commu- in Pennsylvania. with mild to moderate disabili- ment tools for underserved nity partnership between the ties. Mierzejewski is a teacher male youth and adults students. Bensalem Township Police CAROL WATSON, THM ’02 at Harmony Elementary, a Green is a member of the City Department and the Bensalem was named to Billy Penn’s part of Los Angeles Unified Council of Philadelphia. Township School District result- “Who’s Next Tourism: 14 School District. ing in more-effective schools. young ambassadors helping build Philly hype.” Watson is EMEL ERSAN, LAW ’93 2000s MARCUS ALLEN, CLA ’01 general manager at Hotel has been named to 2017’s 10 is CEO of Big Brothers Big Palomar Philadelphia. Best Immigration Attorneys for CHENORA BURKETT, FOX ’00 Sisters Independence Region. Florida by the American has been named vice president Prior to this, Allen was CEO of DARA LOVITZ, LAW ’03 Institute of Legal Counsel. of finance at United Way of ACHIEVEability, a Philadelphia- has published her third book, Ersan was also named Best of Greater Philadelphia and based nonprofit that works to Twinsight: A Guide to Raising Tampa Bay for 2017. Southern New Jersey. She break the generational cycle of Emotionally Healthy Twins with brings a strong mix of experi- poverty for low-income, single- Advice from the Experts JAMES BUTLER, CPH ’94 ence from the civic, corporate parent and homeless families. (Academics) and the REAL was promoted to associate and nonprofit sectors to help Experts (Twins), with Familius, professor with tenure at the drive the organization’s singu- NICK PYTEL, THM ’01 which explores the complex University of Maryland School lar cause of ending intergenera- was named to Billy Penn’s social, emotional and relation- of Public Health, College tional poverty. “Who’s Next Tourism: 14 young ship challenges that arise in Park, Maryland. ambassadors helping build families with twins. Her other ANTOINETTE CAMPBELL, CST ’00 Philly hype.” Pytel is associate books include a children’s book MATTHEW CLAYTON, TYL ’95 is a chemist with the director of business develop- and a nonfiction exposé. has recently joined Entech Philadelphia Police ment at the Pennsylvania Engineering Inc. as a project Department’s Office of Forensic Horticultural Society.

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JOSH BLACKWAY, KLN ’06 Education and Bilingual present during the Civil War BRIAN HART, KLN ’12 currently plays guitar for CJ Education,” was published in and how Grant addressed them won two national awards in Ramone, who was the bass Teachers College Record. during his presidency. 2017: Irish America Magazine’s player for the Ramones from Business 100 and PR News’ 1989 to 1996. They’ve toured KARA OWENS, FOX ’08 Rising PR Stars 30 & Under. extensively, playing throughout has been named managing 2010s Hart is founder and president the U.S. and in Canada, Europe, director, global cyber executive of national public relations and Japan, South America and the at Markel Corp. in New York. BRENNAN LODGE, FOX ’10 digital marketing agency U.K. in 2017. Blackway resides Owens is responsible for leading was named data scientist vice Flackable in Philadelphia and in Ocean Pines, Maryland. the company’s cyberstrategy president in the Technology a weekly online columnist for and working with underwriting Risk Department at Goldman Inc. magazine. MENA M. HANNA, BYR ’06 teams to develop best practices Sachs in New York City. Lodge was presented with the inaugu- for cyber products. was formerly at Bloomberg LLC BRITTANY LEWIS, KLN ’12 ral Honors Distinguished as a team lead of the threat won the crown in the 49th Alumni Award by the Temple MIKE ADAMS, EDU ’09, ’17 analysis team. annual Miss Black America University Honors Program in was named director of educa- Pageant held at Philadelphia’s April. Hanna is a summa cum tion at the National Constitution ANGELA MCQUILLAN, TYL ’11 Venice Island Performing Arts laude graduate and Marshall Center in Philadelphia. is the curator at the Esther Center, in August, representing Scholar, and now the founding Klein Gallery in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. Lewis com- dean and professor of musicol- LAUREN E. CASPER, KLN ’09 which is part of the University peted as Miss Delaware in the ogy and compositions at the was named to Billy Penn’s City Science Center, a nonprofit 2014 Miss America Pageant. Barenboim-Said Akademie in “Who’s Next Politics: 13 Philly that helps entrepreneurs and Berlin. He also serves on several millennials shaping policy for scientists commercialize their CHRIS PETRUCCI, THM ’12 boards and is a trustee for the the future.” Casper served as technologies. The gallery’s was named to Billy Penn’s Gingko Library. finance director for the mission is to bridge the gap “Who’s Next Tourism: 14 young Philadelphia GOP last year between art and science and ambassadors helping build JANET MARIE DOHERTY, LAW ’08 and also won the election as technology to provide a Philly hype.” Petrucci is busi- joined the board of Living a delegate for the 13th resource for the community. ness development manager at Beyond Breast Cancer. Doherty Congressional District. She cur- the Philadelphia Convention is an associate at Dechert LLP, rently works with a variety of JASON TUCKER, LAW ’11 & Visitors Bureau. There he where she manages debt and clients in government affairs at was selected by the Committee works to bring in groups to restructuring cases. She is a J. Egan & Associates. of Seventy as one of five inaugu- the city from throughout the member of the Pennsylvania and ral Buchholz Fellows, promising northeastern U.S. New York State Bar Associations SARAH FILIPPI DOOLEY, CLA ’09 young Philadelphians who will and the U.S. District Court for was admitted to the Bar of the spend a year as board members. JAMIE SHANKER, LAW ’12 the Eastern District of United States Supreme Court. Tucker is vice president of was named to Billy Penn’s Pennsylvania. In 2016, she Admission is only granted if an acquisitions and development “Who’s Next Tourism: 14 young founded Preserving the Love, attorney is sponsored by two at the Goldenberg Group. He ambassadors helping build dedicated to helping cancer current members of the co-founded Philadelphia’s Philly hype.” Shanker offers patients preserve their fertility. Supreme Court Bar and has Leaders of Tomorrow and also guided tours of Philadelphia’s been an attorney in good stand- PhilaSoup, a nonprofit organiza- Chinatown through her busi- SARA KANGAS, CLA ’08 ing for at least three years. tion that strives to promote ness, Philly Food Adventures. was recently selected as the Dooley joined Duffy + Partners innovation in education. 2018 recipient of the in 2012. RONEISHA SMITH-DAVIS, EDU ’12 International Research JAMIE COOPERSTEIN, THM ’12 is owner of Bella Ballerina Foundation for English PAUL KAHAN, CLA ’09 was named to Billy Penn’s Dance Academy in North Language Education’s James E. is publishing his sixth book, “Who’s Next Tourism: 14 young Philadelphia. Smith-Davis Alatis Prize for research on lan- The Presidency of Ulysses S. ambassadors helping build earned her bachelor’s degree in guage planning and policy in Grant: Preserving the Civil War’s Philly hype.” Cooperstein is CEO early childhood education with educational contexts. Her win- Legacy, with Westholme of J. Cooperstein Hospitality a minor in dance and was a part ning article,“‘That’s Where the Publishing. In the book, Kahan Consulting LLC. She provides of the Temple Diamond Gems Rubber Meets the Road’: The focuses on the unique political, training for employees in how to dance team. Intersection of Special economic and cultural forces give great customer service.

48 TEMPLE VISIONARY VICAR

Joseph V. Labolito Renee McKenzie DEGREE: MA and PhD, religion LOCATION: Diamond Street, North Philadelphia

JUST A TYPICAL WEEK: As vicar at the 120-year-old Church tion, McKenzie answered the call. She led supporters in of the Advocate, Renee McKenzie, CLA ’98, ’05, presides a prayer vigil and offered asylum to the woman and her over everything from jazz concerts to community family behind the walls of the church. —JAZMYN BURTON meetings and, of course, Sunday service. MORE THAN A CHURCH: This fall a new wellness center will open at the QUOTABLE Advocate. A centerpiece: a grand piano donated from the Boyer College of Music and Dance. A FRONT DOOR “The Advocate is more than TO NORTH PHILADELPHIA: As the episcopal chaplain to Temple’s Campus Ministry, McKenzie makes sure that a church; we’re a social students know they are always welcome. The ministry services organization with is well known as a center for community building, and students often visit to take part in everything from faith at the heart of what social, spiritual and cultural conversations to tours of the building. KEYNOTE: When a local undocumented we do.” mother of four needed help to prevent forced deporta-

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Virgil L. Evans, TYL ’53, EDU ’60 Marian P. Brown, EDU ’59 Edwyn M. Smith, DEN ’63 1940s Jack Goushian, LAW ’53 Martin Gelman, EDU ’59, ’77 William R. Fisher, EDU ’64 Matthew E. Johnson, CST ’41 Herbert B. Hartman, EDU ’53 Joseph J. Kollmer III, MED ’59 John L. Kraft, EDU ’64 Ruth D. McHenry, EDU ’42 Benjamin B. Jons, MED ’53 Thomas Papoutsis, DEN ’59 Fred S. Paul, CST ’64 Sidney Z. Beshunsky, FOX ’43 Robert A. Krum, PHR ’53 James E. Pennington Sr., DEN ’59 Donald J. Raman, ENG ’64 Richard A. Hobday, FOX ’43 Carl Nachesty, CLA ’53 Donald A. Wittbrodt Sr., CLA ’59 Donald J. Rudisill, CLA ’64 Abraham A. Perkins, PHR ’43 Albert J. Schreder, DEN ’53 Elizabeth H. Way, TYL ’64 Alfred P. Schipsi Jr., PHR ’43 Dorothy A. Brown, BYR ’54, EDU ’58 1960s Joseph J. Barros, EDU ’65 Richard E. Gernrt, Joseph P. Gilbert, Patricia M.K. Gibney, MED ’44 CPH ’54 Joan T. Baxt, FOX ’60 EDU ’65 Harris Meisel, Walter G. Heileman, Elsie Starr Gross, FOX ’44 TYL ’54 James H. Craig Jr., DEN ’60 ENG ’65 Elizabeth L. Starr, William D. Mackay, Antoinette Lappin, POD ’45 CPH ’54 Charles W. Dimaria, ENG ’60 ENG ’65, ’66 Harriet W. Stein, Donald A. MacMurray Jr., Virginia L. Yonan, CST ’46, EDU ’61 EDU ’54 Dorothy S. Gucker, CPH ’60 CPH ’65 Clinton F. Banks, John J. Mishko, John Hagopian, EDU ’47, ’49 CLA ’56 Edward C. Shore, DEN ’60 EDU ’65 Adele Pack Boyd, Janette L. Packer, Dorothy P. Perry, CPH ’47 EDU ’56 Bruce F. Sorensen, MED ’60 EDU ’65, ’72 Jacob E. Dailey, Jacqueline Waldman Patterson, Milton L. Rock, CLA ’47, ’48, HON ’98 EDU ’56, ’68 David J. Torpey Jr., MED ’60 Phyllis K. Kimmel, CST ’65 Sheldon C. Cook, MED ’48 CPH ’56 Henry J. William Caretti, MED ’61 Robert C. Prettyman, Samuel D. Moore, EDU ’65 James J. Minns, FOX ’48 DEN ’56 Edward J. Chermol Sr., DEN ’61 Mary M. Coulson, Donald M. Swanson, EDU ’66 William M. Baer, FOX ’49 POD ’56 Peter A. Economos, EDU ’61 Amos E. Dombach, Galen J. Weidman, EDU ’66 Henry Linker, FOX ’49 EDU ’56 George E. Friebis, FOX ’61, EDU ’65 Daniel T. Fitzgerald, Maryann W. Keiser, FOX ’66, SSW ’73 Robert P. MacIntosh, FOX ’49 EDU ’57 William C. Gutman Jr., CLA ’61 Anita A. Geiger, Kenneth I. Phelps, EDU ’66 John C. O’Brien, FOX ’49 EDU ’57 Ronald H. Lebby, DEN ’61 Bertram W. Gross Jr., Gerson Serody, CLA ’66, ’76 PHR ’57 John H. MacDonald, FOX ’61, EDU ’66 Morey S. Rosenbloom, FOX ’66, Robert Schroll II, PHR ’57 1950s Walter W. Price, BYR ’61 LAW ’69 Lawrence C. Shulman, CLA ’57 Walter A. Brower, EDU ’50, ’65 Richard J. Radel, EDU ’61, ‘75 Michael Bachem, CLA ’67, ’68 Harold Yaffa, CST ’57, ’59 Mary Fabrizio McCarthy, PHR ’50 Russell L. Wilhour, ENG ’61 Lee D. Basore, EDU ’67 Stephen A. Distell, FOX ’58 Peter Hagis Jr., EDU ’50, CST ’52 Geneva Norwood Bost, BYR ’62 James H. Murray Jr., MED ’67 Francis J. Hoban, EDU ’58 Roberta Marie Stauffenberg, CPH ’50 Darlene I. Ford, EDU ’62 Paul S. Redelheim, CLA ’67, EDU ’70 Samuel J. Mackall, MED ’58 Elizabeth R. Tumas, CPH ’50, EDU ’59 Laurie C. Gedansky, CLA ’62 John C. Adolph, FOX ’68 Francis J. Maslar, EDU ’58 Robert J. Verna, FOX ’50 Helene M. Halpern, EDU ’62 Arlene D. Baggaley, CLA ’68 Francis Michels, CLA ’58 Georgia J. Besecker, TYL ’51 Robert C. Sharp, MED ’62 Neil C. Curry, EDU ’68, ’78 Irene Mazur Perna, TYL ’58 Ralph H. Imschweiler Jr., FOX ’51 Stanford R. Zukin, PHR ’62 Karen H. Good, EDU ’68 Glenn R. Pratt, CLA ’58 Shirley Leuschner, CPH ’51 Anthony Ammirata, DEN ’63 Anita H. Ricks, EDU ’68 Anthony P. Sindoni, POD ’58 Bernard L. Shapiro, LAW ’51 Lois K. Badgley, BYR ’63 Alan E. Singer, POD ’68 Paula Colton Winokur, EDU ’58, Robert J. Beyer, CLA ’52 Marilyn Weiss Gordon, CST ’63, Kathy Perry, CPH ’69, EDU ’71 TYL ’58 EDU ’64 Marie Potts-Deakin, Harry M. Langan Jr., ENG ’52 John J. Zaccaria, CLA ’69 EDU ’58 John J. Klekotka Jr., MED ’63 John T. Schunk, Daniel R. White, FOX ’52 James J.P. Boyle Jr., EDU ’69 FOX ’59 Thomas A. McElrone, CLA ’63 William Susnosky, EDU ’69

50 TEMPLE IN MEMORIAM

William E. Leitzel, EDU ’76 1970s Carl J. Mattiola, EDU ’76 1990s Joseph J. Burge, PHR ’70 Neil E. Pollock, CLA ’76 Joseph J. McKernan, TFM ’90 Justin J. Corvacchioli, ENG ’70, ’74 Diane R. Waxman, EDU ’76 John J. Cobb, FOX ’91 JOHN H. MACDONALD Robert Hoffman, TYL ’70 Mary I. Bradley, FOX ’77, ’82, ’89 Brunhilde P. Gaughan, KLN ’93 Albert A. Innaurato, KLN ’70 Kenneth G. Fulmer, FOX ’77 Timothy O. Morgan, FOX ’93 John H. MacDonald, FOX ’61, Walter W. Mathews, EDU ’70 Stephen J. Reid Jr., LAW ’77 Melanie J. Leinweber, FOX ’96 EDU ’66, former assistant vice Thurman Sanders, ENG ’77 president of Alumni Relations, Elaine Y. Seiler, EDU ’70, ’73 passed away Feb. 27, 2018. Mary E. Stavoy, CPH ’70 Janet M. Solomon, EDU ’77 2010s Bertha S. Waters, SSW ’77 MacDonald came to John R. Vannoni, EDU ’70 Sarah E. Lyter, CST ’14 Philadelphia in 1959 to attend James P. Wright, FOX ’70 Thelma T. Applegate, EDU ’78 Temple University, and after Judith B. Kohler, EDU ’71 William V. Detora, CLA ’78, ’82, ’94 a brief teaching career in the Constance G. Matthews, CPH ’71 Margaret Erdmann, EDU ’78 To submit a name for this list, Philadelphia school system, David A. Nause, EDU ’71 Joseph J. Murphy, ENG ’78 email [email protected] he returned to Temple in 1966. or call 215-204-7479. Jonathan M. Steere, Anthony J. Pastore, FOX ’78 He became assistant director CLA ’71 You also may mail your notes to: Michael G. Reuter, and then director of the Alan L. Broude, FOX ’72 FOX ’78 Editor, Temple Temple University Alumni Stephen C. Leichner, EDU ’72 Lawrence A. Elwell, FOX ’79 Bell Building, 3rd Floor 1101 W. Montgomery Ave. Association before moving to Gary N. Laden, George A. Matus, ENG ’72 POD ’79 Philadelphia, PA 19122 his role in Alumni Relations, Vincent P. Seaman II, ENG ’79 serving under five university Ann Elizabeth Rountree, EDU ’72 presidents and alongside 21 William J. Buonato Sr., FOX ’73 Martin Weston, KLN ’79 TUAA presidents. Thomas L. Disque III, CLA ’73 As a regular Temple suppor Martin J. Dubin, FOX ’73, PHR ’75 1980s ter, MacDonald was a member James H. Forster, CLA ’73 Allan P. Mensky, EDU ’80 of the Wachman Society, Rhoda Wio Lavinsky, TYL ’73 which recognizes the univer Michelle A. Patterson, CPH ’80, ’82 sity’s most loyal alumni and Robert J. Porte, CST ’73, MED ’78 Susanne Blough Abbott, EDU ’82 friends who have donated for Kay K. Reed, SSW ’73 Sarah A. Gray, DEN ’82, ’04 25 or more consecutive years. Alice W. Adams, EDU ’74 Craig D. Hansen, LAW ’82 He received the Lew Klein Karl D. Geiger, Alumni in the Media Honor DEN ’74 Georgette A. Sims-Chambers, MED ’82 Award in 2004. Randee B. Lipsman, EDU ’74 Jack Stover, KLN ’82

The John H. MacDonald Gary J. Makuch, EDU ’74 Audrey C. Aarhus, SSW ’85 Endowed Scholarship was Douglas I. Guy, FOX ’75 David W. Kuhns, MED ’85 established in 2004 to honor James J. Koegel, LAW ’75 Susan Warner, LAW ’86 MacDonald’s 40 years of David H. Michener, EDU ’75, ’78 Lucy J. Weidner, service to Temple. It provides CLA ’86 funds to students from Patrick H. O’Neill, FOX ’75 Gaile M. Pohlhaus, CLA ’87 Massachusetts attending the Ronald H. Skubecz, LAW ’75 Lorraine Hamel, DEN ’88 Klein College of Media and Patricia F. Guntle, CLA ’76 Nina Kaleska, CLA ’88 Communication. Daniel E. Kramer, LAW ’76 Jean S. Jones, EDU ’89

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