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1 Message from the President

College News: 2 ̈ Dr. Pruitt Earns State Nurses Association President’s Award ̈ College and UPS Honored

Invention is published by 3 ̈ College Dean Named to Foundation for Child Development Board Thomas Edison State College ̈ Business Dean Earns 2009 Emerald Award DR. GEORGE A. PRUITT 4 Alumni Profile: President ̈ Col. Dennis Devery: Prepared To Lead JOE GUZZARDO Editor 6 Feature: ̈ Dr. Arthur C. Brooks: Virtuoso CHRIS MILLER Art Director Page 12 10 Foundation: KELLY SACCOMANNO ̈ Honor Roll of Donors 2008 LINDA SOLTIS Contributors Inside Back Cover Applause, Applause : ̈ Alumni News

Cover Story: 6 Dr. Arthur C. Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear Alumni, Students and Friends,

Barbara Bush said, “Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.” This issue of Invention is dedicated to the people and organizations who, through their support of Thomas Edison State College, illustrate what the former first lady is talking about. We are very fortunate to receive the financial support of many individuals, businesses, corporations and employees of the College, especially in today’s challenging economic climate. The annual support we receive helps the College continue to increase enrollment, expand educational programs and maintain our commitment to academic excellence. I am honored to tell you about two extraordinary graduates who embody the spirit of Thomas Edison State College. One is Dr. Arthur Brooks ’94, president of the American Enterprise Institute. This husband and father of three recalls how the College helped him make a profound career change - from a professional orchestra musician to one of the country’s leading social scientists focusing on the relationship between culture, economics and politics. The other is Col. Dennis Devery ’05, who was recently appointed chief of staff of the New Jersey Army National Guard. Col. Devery tells us how the College helped prepare him for positions of greater responsibility at work and sparked his desire to earn a doctoral degree. These graduates’ stories underscore the importance of Thomas Edison State College’s mission and the financial support we receive every year from loyal donors, including the Thomas Edison State College Foundation. On behalf of the entire College family, I would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Foundation for its support of our institution and for its work on behalf of the Annual Fund, our special events and other development initiatives. The Foundation is at the heart of these efforts and we are grateful for its support, just as we are grateful for the generous gifts made by all of our donors.

Sincerely,

Dr. George A. Pruitt President

INVENTION | SPRING 2009 1 COLLEGE NEWS

Dr. Pruitt Earns New Jersey State Nurses Association President’s Award Dr. George A. Pruitt, president of At Thomas Edison State College, Thomas Edison State College, has Dr. Pruitt has provided strong been selected by the New Jersey State support for more than 25 years for Nurses Association to receive the the ongoing development and association’s 2009 President’s Award. expansion of the nursing program. During that time, the program has The award is given each year by the grown to its current enrollment of president of the New Jersey State more than 1,000 RNs from more Nurses Association to an individual than 30 states across the country, who is not a nurse but who has and has expanded from an been a champion for the nursing RN-BSN degree program to an profession. The association elects a RN-BSN/MSN degree program. new president every two years. “Dr. Pruitt has provided the School of “Dr. Pruitt’s unwavering support Nursing with both the consistent and for nursing’s right to determine its solid support needed to accomplish future is very important to us at Dr. Susan O’Brien, dean of the School of its goals,” said Dr. Susan O’Brien, this time,” said Dr. Barbara Nursing, and Dr. George A. Pruitt. dean of the School of Nursing. Chamberlain, current president of Dr. Pruitt received the award at the the New Jersey State Nurses variety of emerging roles for nurses New Jersey State Nurses Association Association. “This is an interesting that are enabling us to break new reception and awards dinner on time for nurses. As we face national boundaries in healthcare. Dr. Pruitt March 25 in Atlantic City, N.J. nurse shortages and national nurse has known that all along and has educator shortages, there are a supported nursing tremendously.”

College and UPS Honored Thomas Edison State College’s partnership with UPS received a Corporate University Xchange Award for Excellence and Innovation in Corporate Learning on Feb. 25 in . The partnership earned the Award for Exemplary Practice in the Corporate/College Partnership category. Pictured at the Corporate University’s gala event are (back row, from left) Anne Schwartz, vice president of Corporate Learning and Development at UPS; Dr. David Grossman, dean of the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, Sylvia Hamilton, vice provost for Strategic Partnerships; and (front row, from left) Pat Myers, corporate compensation manager at UPS; and Executive Vice Provost Dr. Mary Ellen Caro. Corporate University awards recognize corporate and government learning organizations that create programs that demonstrate measurable improvements in employee and business performance.

2 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 COLLEGE NEWS

College Dean Named to Foundation for Child Development Board Dr. Joseph Youngblood II, dean of the Edison State College, has been well-being. The Foundation believes that John S. Watson School of Public Service, appointed to the Board of Directors of families, schools, nonprofit organiza - and director of The John S. Watson the Foundation for Child Development. tions, businesses and government at all Institute for Public Policy, at Thomas “We are pleased to have Dr. Youngblood levels share complementary responsibil - join the board of the Foundation for ities in the critical task of raising new Child Development. His commitment to generations. the education of New Jersey’s children, “I am honored by my selection to the especially during their pre-kindergarten Board of the Foundation of Child through third grade years, will be of Development and excited to serve an great benefit to the children that the organization with its history, mission Foundation seeks to support,” said and values,” said Youngblood. “I am Foundation President Ruby Takanishi. equally excited to work with the The Foundation for Child Development Foundation’s extraordinarily talented is a national, private philanthropy and committed group of leaders and established in 1899 that seeks to board members to promote the understand children, particularly the well-being and positive development disadvantaged, and to promote their of our children.”

Dr. Joseph Youngblood II

Business Dean Earns 2009 Emerald Award

A published paper on organization Every year, Emerald invites each leadership co-authored by Dr. Joseph journal’s editorial team to nominate C. Santora, dean of the School of what they believe has been that title’s Business and Management at outstanding paper and up to three Thomas Edison State College, has highly commended papers from the been selected as an Outstanding previous 12 months. The award- Paper Award winner at the 2009 winning papers are chosen following Emerald Literati Network Awards consultation among the journal’s for Excellence. editorial team, many of whom are eminent academics or managers. Santora wrote the article, “Founders leaders and organizational life “It is an honor to be recognized by cycles: the choice is easy - learn or Emerald and the editorial team fai l! ” with James Sarros, professor of from this prestigious journal,” Management at Monash University Santora said. “There were many in Australia. The paper was published outstanding papers considered, and Dr. Joseph C. Santora in Development and Learning in Or - to be recognized by one’s peers is ganizations: An International Journal. very rewarding.”

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4 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 HOW THOMAS EDISON STATE COLLEGE PREPARED COL. DENNIS DEVERY TO LEAD THE NEW JERSEY ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

ol. Dennis Devery is responsible for thousands of U.S. commander, state public affairs officer, aviation facility soldiers, dozens of military facilities through the state commander, supervisory instructor pilot, cavalry squadron Cand a budget of more than $150 million, but he never executive officer, aviation company commander and thought he would go to college. infantry company commander. Today, Devery ’05, serves as chief of staff of the New Jersey “Earning my MSM degree from Thomas Edison State College Army National Guard and may be the perfect role model for provided me with the knowledge and self-confidence to the men and women in his command. seek positions of greater responsibility at work and the desire to attain a doctoral degree,” explained Devery, who “I am excited about taking on the responsibilities of the earned his master’s degree from the College in 2005. “My chief of staff for the New Jersey Army National Guard,” said desire to pursue my degree at Thomas Edison State College Devery, who was appointed to his new post in November by was based on three factors: a passion for learning leadership Maj. Gen. Glenn K. Rieth, The Adjutant General of New and management practices that the MSM program Jersey. “The New Jersey Army National Guard provides provided; a realization that as a senior officer in the military critical life-saving services to the citizens of New Jersey and I needed the knowledge and credentials that such a degree our nation during periods of crisis, and I am excited about offered; and an awareness that my demanding work leading those efforts.” schedule required participation in a flexible program. Working from the New Jersey National Guard Joint Force Thomas Edison State College met all three of these Headquarters at Fort Dix, N.J., Devery is responsible for the requirements and it was an exceptional experience.” daily operations of the New Jersey Army National Guard, the Devery has also earned a Bachelor of in supervision of all full-time personnel and the management Management degree from Rutgers, The State University of of Army National Guard facilities throughout the state. He New Jersey; a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the said his main goal is to ensure that his units are prepared to Army War College; and is currently a doctoral student at respond to natural or man-made disasters in New Jersey and Rowan University. to ready those same units for deployment overseas. Devery gave kudos to a number of individuals whose encouragement helped him realize his personal and THE MANAGEMENT OF 6,000 SOLDIERS, professional accomplishments. A $153 MILLION ANNUAL BUDGET AND 32 FACILITIES SPREAD ACROSS THE “I owe my academic success to my mother, mentors from the STATE OF NEW JERSEY REQUIRES THE National Guard and a few family friends who pushed me TYPE OF STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP I toward college because they understood the value of higher LEARNED IN THOMAS EDISON STATE education,” he said. “Today, I try to mentor young people in COLLEGE’S MASTER OF SCIENCE IN the military and at high schools around New Jersey to go to MANAGEMENT (MSM) PROGRAM. college. I often advise soldiers that Thomas Edison State College is the way to go based on the College’s reputation for academic excellence and its flexibility for students with Devery, who has 27 years of military service, added that he demanding schedules.” “was inspired to join the armed forces by a great sense of In his spare time, Devery runs, cycles, fishes, kayaks and patriotism and a desire to serve my state and nation.” works out, but his favorite pastime is snow skiing. “My Prior to his assignment as chief of staff, Devery served as the family and I have skied all over the world including the Alps director of Military Support at the New Jersey National in Germany, the Rocky Mountains out west, and the hills of Guard Homeland Security Center in Lawrenceville, N.J. He Vermont and Pennsylvania,” he said. has held numerous command and staff assignments that Devery and his wife Kelly, an attorney at the law firm of have prepared him for the responsibilities of the chief of Capehart and Scatchard, reside in Moorestown, N.J., with staff position. Those assignments include recruiting their two children.

INVENTION | SPRING 2009 5 Thomas Edison State College’s academic model was unique and useful to me, and it was the only effective way I could have earned my bachelor’s degree.

6 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 Virtuoso DR. ARTHUR C. BROOKS GIVES A COMMAND PERFORMANCE, FROM THE BARCELONA ORCHESTRA TO THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE

Arthur C. Brooks can tell you about personal transformation. In just five years, he went from being the associate principal French hornist for the City Orchestra of Barcelona to become a maestro of a different kind, earning his PhD in policy analysis and becoming a widely-published college professor. Brooks would eventually emerge as one of the country’s leading social scientists focusing on the relationship between culture, economics and politics. In 2009, he became the 11th president of the American Enterprise Institute, the independent, conservative think tank founded in 1943. His journey began in 1993, when Brooks left the orchestra to complete his bachelor’s degree at Thomas Edison State College.

INVENTION | SPRING 2009 7 Dr. Arthur C. Brooks at the White House in 2008 attending a state dinner held in honor of the president of Ghana. Pictured with Brooks are: former Ghana First Lady Theresa Kufuor, former First Lady Laura Bush, former President of Ghana John Agyekum Kufuor, former President George W. Bush and Ester Brooks.

“While I was still performing in the orchestra, I began master’s in philosophy and PhD in policy analysis from banking previously earned college credits toward a BA the Frederick S. Pardee RAND Graduate School in degree in economics at Thomas Edison State College,” Santa Monica, Calif. recalled Brooks. “It was the most efficient way I could “My studies at RAND Graduate School further find of pooling my previously earned college credits.” exposed me to think tanks and the role they play in After earning a few more credits via testing, Brooks informing public policy and philanthropy,” he noted. received his BA in economics from the College in 1994. Brooks remains modest about his current post as “Thomas Edison State College’s academic model was president of the American Enterprise Institute, where unique and useful to me, and it was the only effective he orchestrates movements vastly different than those way I could have earned my bachelor’s degree,” said from his Barcelona days. Newt Gingrich, Lynn V. Brooks. “At the time, sitting in a classroom for me was Cheney and Paul Wolfowitz are among the institute’s 90 incompatible with any meaningful existence.” senior fellows and scholars who are Brooks’ colleagues. It was an existence made all the more meaningful by “It’s an 80-hour-a-week undertaking with 200 employ - Brooks’ increasing exposure to economics, research and ees to manage and it can be a very complex place. I public policy. “After I had taken some economics and always intended to get back to working with think tanks; statistics courses, I was hooked,” noted Brooks. “I felt I just didn’t expect to run one,” said Brooks, who is now right at home with the data and analytics behind social piloting the institute through the same fiscal environ - research.” ment that is pushing 100,000 other U.S. nonprofits toward collapse. “Our immediate responsibility is After graduating from Thomas Edison State College, adapting the institute to the current economic climate.” Brooks went on to earn his a master’s degree in economics from Florida Atlantic University and both a Brooks is never one to choose the task of least resistance.

8 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 The opportunity to serve as president of the American Enterprise Institute came in mid-2008 at a time when Brooks was being pulled in many directions. He was already the Louis A. Bantle Professor of Business and Government Policy at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and a visiting scholar for the American Dr. Arthur C. Brooks meeting Pope Benedict XVI Enterprise Institute. Brooks had also already proven his mettle as a successful editor, columnist, author and including Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness social pundit, serving as a frequent contributor to the Matters for America and Who Really Cares: The Wall Street Journal. Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism. He is currently working on his eighth book, In addition, several members of his congressional district The Virtue of of Syracuse, N.Y., were pressing him to run for Congress Vice: Why Bad Things are Good for Us. and, at the same time, he was being offered a deanship. “At the root of this was me following my dream along with a firm push from my wife, Ester,” said Brooks, The American Enterprise Institute proved to be the who considers his wife the most positive influence in most attractive option for Brooks, who assumed its his life. They were musicians in Barcelona when she presidency in January 2009. urged him to complete his undergraduate studies. Brooks brings a healthy confluence of pragmatism and “Everyone should have a career that sings to them, scholarship to the American Enterprise Institute. He though many people never achieve that,” he said. has written nearly 70 magazine articles and columns as “Whether it is through retraining or going back to well as 60 academic articles on subjects ranging from college, the remedy is easier than people realize and the volunteerism, philanthropy and the public value of payoff is a huge, wonderful thing. The answer for me was controversial art; to religion, nonprofit management in my single decision to complete my college degree.” and politics. Brooks and his wife reside in Chevy Chase, Md., with In addition, Brooks has published seven books, their three children.

Everyone should have a career that sings to them… The answer “ for me was in my single decision to complete my college degree. ” MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR Honor Roll of Donors Dear Alumni, Students and Friends,

It is my privilege to present you with this year’s edition of the Thomas Edison State College Foundation Honor Roll of Donors.

On behalf of the Foundation, we extend our sincere thanks to everyone who provided financial support this year. Your contributions play a critical role in strengthening the unique programs that Thomas Edison State College offers to adult learners throughout the world. We are particularly appreciative of your continuing generous support in the midst of the current economic downturn.

Through your support, this year the Foundation committed nearly $125,000 to support a variety of projects at Thomas Edison State College, including the College’s new Mobile Learning Initiative, a new scholarship program to further the College’s partnership with the University of South Africa, and an advocacy program with New Jersey’s senior public colleges and universities to strengthen public support for higher education. Also this year, the Foundation provided vital support for the continued development of the Master of Arts in Educational Leadership.

Thanks to you, both the College and the Foundation remain strong. The College’s mission to serve adult learners does not ebb and flow with the economy, and enrollment at the College continues to grow rapidly. With your support we will come through the recession even better able to serve the College’s students. Together, we are helping to build a stronger future.

Now more than ever, your support secures the future of this outstanding institution and makes the success of Thomas Edison State College possible.

Sincerely,

Brian T. Maloney Chair, Thomas Edison State College Foundation

10 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 Thomas Edison State College Thomas Edison State College James Kilgore LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Board of Trustees President and Publisher Gifts of $50,000 to Foundation The , Inc. $99,999 Marilyn R. Pearson Board of Directors Lawrence H. Krampf Chair Martinson Family Foundation Chief Executive Officer Vice President Brian T. Maloney Robert Wood Johnson Princeton Communications Merrill Lynch (Ret.) Chairman of the Board Foundation Corporate Consultant Group, Inc. Rev. J. Stanley Justice BENEFACTORS’ CIRCLE Dr. James E. Carnes Eric Robert Lear Vice Chair Gifts of $25,000 to Vice Chairman of the Lear & Pannepacker, LLP Pastor $49,999 Mt. Zion AME Church Board Clarence Lockett President and CEO Pastor, First Baptist Church Family Strength Associates, Inc. Fred J. Abbate Sarnoff Corporation (Ret.) of Langhorne (Ret.) The Fund for New Jersey Adjunct Professor Dr. Michael R. Toscani Vice President Corporate The Princeton Area Department of Philosophy Vice Chairman of the Controller, Johnson & Community Foundation Drexel University Board Johnson (Ret.) The Schumann Fund for Richard W. Arndt New Jersey President Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE Executive Trenton City Board of Clinical Solutions, Inc. President and CEO Vice President and CEO Education Ahmed A. Azmy, Ph.D., Capital Health American Cancer Society (Ret.) PARTNERS’ CIRCLE AIA, APA John J. McCann Gifts of $10,000 to Nicholas L. Carnevale President CEO/Chairman $24,999 Vice President Azmy Architects, LLC Bridge Trading, A Reuters Carnevale Consulting Lee J. Bellarmino Company (Ret.) Corporation Eric Robert & Joanna Lear President Gualberto Medina Johnson & Johnson Family George L. Fricke NJM Bank Executive Managing Direc - of Companies Director of Allen G. Braithwaite III tor/Branch Manager The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Corporate Training Cushman & Wakefield of Foundation Bell Atlantic New Jersey (Ret.) Managing Director, Chief Op - New Jersey, Inc. Caroline P. Tompkins erating Officer Ritamarie Giosa, RN Merrill Lynch Bank USA John P. Neary PATRONS’ CIRCLE Student Trustee Executive Vice President Gifts of $1,000 to $9,999 Manager Nicholas L. Carnevale Sun National Bank (Ret.) Parkway Corporation Vice President Richard & Elsa Arndt Carnevale Consulting Corpo - Maurice Perilli Ida B. Hammond Dr. Ahmed A. Azmy ration Chairman of the Board John & Martha Beall New Jersey Department of Roma Federal Savings Bank Education (Ret.) Donald K. Conover Lee J. Bellarmino Vice President, Corporate Dr. George A. Pruitt Big Brothers/Big Sisters E. Harvey Myers Education and Training President Allen G. Braithwaite S. Jervis Britton & Antonia E. Harvey Myers Architects AT &T (Ret.) Thomas Edison State College Marotta-Brinton Barbara A. Hare, PMP A. Bruce Dansbury Marge Smith Dr. James E. Carnes Student Trustee Chief Operating Officer President Nicholas L. Carnevale Professional Services Sun Bancorp, Inc. Marge Smith Associates Children’s Futures Manager CSC Holdings, Inc. NetApp, Inc. Richard J. Gillespie Commerce Bank President Dr. George A. Pruitt George L. Fricke Gillespie, Inc. (Ret.) Dr. Susan O. Friedman President Samuel M. Hamill Jr. Thomas Edison State College Margaret Hoisington Hoisington Engineers George H. Hanford Margaret & Richard Maria Imbalzano, Esq. Hoisington Partner Steven M. Honora Stark & Stark Susan L. Ingram

The Honor Roll of Donors acknowledges gifts received from Jan. 1, 2008, through Dec. 31, 2008. INVENTION | SPRING 2009 11 Honor Roll of Donors Ralph J. Ladd Robert Ferris 1972 CIRCLE James Giambusso & Clarence E. Lockett Susan C. Fischer Gifts of $100 to $249 Leslie Printz Brian & Helen Maloney Edward J. Gavin Charlotte A. Gipson John J. McCann Paul E. Gerecke Dr. Jane Altes Donald Gleason Jr. David A. Miller Jr. Roxanne L. Globis David L. Anderson Marc R. Gonzer Gregory & Eileen Milzcik Mark S. Gordon Ronald G. Andres Ronald M. Graham Patricia Moser Hubert C. Greaves Julie A. Angarone Richard E. Graybill John P. Neary Ricky D. Greene Francis W. Applegate James H. Guenther John F. Aukstikalnes Joseph E. Guld Daniel Negron Jr. Joseph Guzzardo New Jersey Cable Carleen A. Bailey Robert J. Gurry HACBM Telecommunications Michael D. Baker Sylvia G. Hamilton Peter C. Hagan Association William H. Baker Ida B. Hammond Helen E. Huebl New Jersey Manufacturers Mary Ruth Bannon Kenneth A. Hansen Insurance Group Karen E. Hume Rolf Basler Alice F. Harris North Carolina Partnership for Joan C. Hutchinson Walter T. Blakeman William L. Harris Children Insight Center for Community Peggy Bodnar Jo Ann B. Hart Mark A. Platt Economic Development Robert R. Bohn Farouk A. Hassieb Dr. George A. Pruitt Catherine N. Kotecki John P. Bouthillette Michael D. Helme Dr. Joseph C. Santora Gaetano Lanciano Heather Brooks John D. Hemmings Schwab Charitable Fund Lanciano & Associates, LLC Nancy S. Brown Sam E. Henderson Jr. Dr. Ann Marie Senior Rosetta N. Lattimore Elaine B. Buzzell Kathy V. Hight Marge Smith Debra L. Lutz Maureen L. Cappiello David P. Hoftiezer Albert M. Stark, Esq. Cynthia MacMillan Marjorie Carnevale Sandra L. Holden Sun National Bank James & Sharon Maida Emily J. Carone Drew W. Hopkins TD Charitable Foundation Maida Foundation, Inc. Susan L. Cavanaugh Edward Horigan Thomas Edison State College Barbara B. Mann John Cellini Jr. Grace E. Howard AFT Local 4277 Maureen F. Marcus Mary C. Chambers Jerry R. Howard Paula Vaughan Dr. John N. Mellon Sally L. Colatarci Donald G. Hudson The Honorable Brian M. Raymond H. Young Joseph Morini William & Maria Conklin Donald K. Conover Hughes Barbara Murdoch SILVER CIRCLE John B. Conroy Martin B. Idler Gerald M. Myers Jr. Gifts of $250 to $999 David A. Cook Hreljan D. Ilich Dr. Susan M. O'Brien Nancy M. Crabbe Michael D. Illum Esther H. Paist Fred & Rosemary Abbate Allan D. Crate Misty N. Isak Scot D. Pannepacker David C. Anderson Margaret L. Crawford Russell J. Jaeschke Marilyn R. Pearson George Beach Jr. Carroll F. Curry Shirley A. James Marie R. Power-Barnes & Oscar R. Beaman Jr. Patricia R. Danielson Ondina A. Jeffers Kenneth G. Barnes Beverly L. Dash Kenneth A. Jenkins Judith W. Beck Ann G. Prime-Monaghan Paul Decaro III Constance L. Johnson Prof. Linda K. Begley Bess J. Quattrone Marcia B. Deegan Pamela B. Johnson Better Beginnings Daycare Victoria M. Robinson Virginia M. Detweiler Roy A. Jorgensen Center Robert S. Rooney Charles F. DeWitt Dr. Mark S. Kassop Norma E. Blake William J. Seaton Rosann DiIorio Robert J. Keller Keith R. Boros Mindi Shalita John F. Duncan Linda M. Kelly Bradley S. Brezinski Sharon Smith Kurt E. Dustin Prof. Charles L. Kenny Dr. Penelope S. Brouwer Smith Pizzutillo, LLC Janet Eickhoff Christine Keresztury Dr. Mary Ellen Caro Jovita Solomon-Duarte Rodger W. Ellingwood Arthur H. Kern Dr. Harry R. Carter Mona Spera Howard R. Ellis Robert H. Kerrigan Victor M. Castro Robert B. Ennis Jr. Renita King Joann E. Stehr Joseph & Marguerite Costello Michele E. Evanchik Audrey K. Klatzkin Carey T. Sweeny Toni L. Cvetko Carlos M. Facenda Clive Klatzkin Robert H. Taylor Edward L. Davenport Janice L. Feather Robert W. Klingler John P. Thurber Susan C. Davenport, PhD Antonio L. Felicetta Lawrence E. Kokajko Linda M. Vasbinder Thomas Devine Linda D. Felker Edward J. Kopec Robin A. Walton Elisabeth V. Dey Richard E. Ferguson Dr. James J. Krolik Alison D. Wehringer Donald S. Doan Lilyan M. Ferraro James J. Kronnagel Marcia R. Wood Conrad & Amy Drucker Howard William Few Barbara Krupala Dr. Joseph Youngblood II Brendan T. Fitzpatrick Larry L. Lang Gregory H. Dye Dennis Gangi Brenda J. Law Rosa Lee Eickhoff Thomas G. Garvey Charlotte Lear Barbara W. Eklund Rene Gayol Craig & Dorothy Lear Alisha P. Eleazer-Pendleton

12 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 Eileen S. Lehman Ingrid W. Reed Urban Whitaker Warren A. Beck Jr. Bart S. Levine David Reis Dr. Bruce L. Whitbeck Christine D. Beebe Elizabeth G. Lindsay Nancy E. Remer Judyann White Carole A. Behling Dr. & Mrs. Joseph Linskey Louise Riley William E. White Taubyl Bell Virginia M. Loftt Louis Rivera Malcolm E. Willis Robert L. Belloff III Artea I. Lombardi Nancy H. Roche Dr. Leon R. Wilson Jr. Enrico F. Benigno Mr. & Mrs. George A. Gerald L. Rosa Nancy A. Wirtanen Colvin A. Benjamin Lovenguth Susan J. Roth Wanda M. Wohlin Carol A. Benson Margaret J. Luehman Andrew J. Rubbo Jr. Anita L. Wolk Eileen K. Berens John E. MacKay Sr. William D. Salch Jr. Maureen O. Woodruff Michael A. Berk Paul G. Malzahn Ravindiran Sampath Dr. Bohdan Yaworsky Audrey E. Berkowitz-Bida Louis F. Martini Philip Sanders Gordon S. Young Edward Berlly Charlene P. Martucci Barbara Sandstrom Michael W. Zito Gerald E. Bernfeld Stephen J. Mastro Michael & Marcia Scheiring Frances A. Biddlecome Winifred M. McKelvey Lt. Col. Henri R. Schepens CENTURY CIRCLE Michelle C. Bilach John F. McNamara Josephine M. Schreiber Gifts to $99 Ronald G. Bishop Kevin McPartland Sarah M. Schroeder Leah S. Black John J. McTigue Veronica G. Schubert Lois I. Aaronson Rena L. Blakeslee Kenneth R. Meier Randolph S. Schwartz Ted D. Abelson Cecelia M. Blasina Kathleen Melilli Harold G. Sedgwick Sr. Thomas A. Adamo David S. Blevins Alex Meluskey Thomas V. Seessel Vito C. Addotta Gregory G. Bodrucki Meridan Property Services Margaret M. Sharke Jane E. Albers Csaba & Ildiko Boer Kurt R. Mey Prof. Shirish J. Shastri James A. Alessi John W. Bofinger Garrett T. Midgett J. Richard Showalter II Margaret Allan Myong H. Bogan Sheryl Bogardus Margaret S. Monaghan Constance H. Shutt Susan Allard Ruth H. Bogia Jennifer M. Montone Todd Siben Judith C. Almond Madge P. Bolden Calvin A. Moon William J. Sigmund Cecilia R. Alsberg James D. Bolling Archie C. Moore Bettye L. Smith David S. Amantea Linda J. Bonaly Charles E. Moore Joe W. Smith Gloria Anderson Helen R. Bookbinder Raymond C. Mulvaney Richard H. Smith II Scott D. Andolfi Linda J. Bork Glenton S. Murdock James F. Snell Deena Andrusier LuAnn Born Miss Sandra L. Murphy Robert C. Snell Diptiben N. Antala Sophia E. Borrero Susan A. Sodon Jaynie Apgar Mrs. Sandra L. Murphy William R. Bortz Randy B. Murray Linda M. Soltis Peter L. Appignani Patrick J. Applegate Lisa Bouley David F. Needleman Constance O. South Robert A. Boulster Ellen C. Newman Eleanor Spiegel Rodolfo Arango Felice Armenio Leatha A. Boyd Timothy J. Newman Joyce G. Stecher Helen M. Boylan New Jersey Economic Constance Z. Stober Alicia M. Arnold Dr. Patrick J. Arnold Barbara F. Brackin Development Authority Christopher Stringer Jane Bradshaw Judith A. O’Brien Magda M. Szymanski Elizabeth A. Arthur Dianne C. Asay Linda A. Brand Yekeen K. Odewale Richard N. Taborell Clifford Asbury Rose M. Breining Optimum Graphics USA Richard W. Tack Donna L. Ashton Janet M. Brenner Dr. & Mrs. James Otter Terri Tallon-Hammill Debra A. Atkins Arthur S. Bressler Joan A. Panacek Francis Tarantino Joseph D. Ashley Brenda Breza John P. Papalia Dr. John H. TenBrook Betty S. Aude Ronald S. Brezinski David S. Partridge Tollie N. Thompson Jr. Nathan D. Auman Laura C. Brien Eva M. Peters Joseph J. Urban Nhatrang Bacon Florence E. Broadway David C. Phillips Michael Vagianos Robert T. Baer Wade G. Brock Thomas H. Van Arsdale Thomas M. Phillips Shawn C. Bailey Cynthia L. Brooks Rose T. Pinto Paul & Martha Van Cleve Paul R. Baker Gary R. Brooks Alex J. Plinio Dr. P. Henry van Zyl Hilda B. Baldyga Jerri R. Brooks Vivian S. Price Kera Voigtlander Barbara J. Bangeman Christopher D. Brown Juliette M. Punchello Dr. Joseph A. Volker James L. Barber Glen R. Brown Catherine Punchello-Cobos Kenneth J. Vrzal David C. Barnes Joseph W. Brown Thomas E. Purdom Joseph E. Wadlinger Robert V. Barry Kimberly A. Brown Sarah A. Qualman Frank J. Wagner Kathleen F. Barto Sean C. Brown Richard F. Quinn Patricia A. Ward Diana L. Basmajian Maryanne Brown-Mackay Ethel E. Raglin Sean R. Watson David E. Bass Marianne Brukiewa Mark W. Ralston Joanne L. Waxman John J. Batrano Joan Bryan Ravi Ravindranath Kenneth Werner Jasbir S. Bawa Kathleen A. Brydges Arlene S. Rebeck John J. Westenburger Rita D. Beardsley Robert J. Budsock Jr.

INVENTION | SPRING 2009 13 Honor Roll of Donors Wendy B. Burke Eugene Cox Mark E. Dorrler Ronald E. Flick William D. Burke Sr. Jeffrey B. Craig Jessica Dougherty David K. Flood Barbara W. Burlew Dave E. Crawford Paul E. Dowling Gerald T. Fogarty Michael F. Burns Donald Cresitello Margaret G. Doyle Richard J. Fogarty Ezzio A. Bustamante Roger J. Creteau Earle E. Drake Thomas R. Fogg Matthew C. Butner David A. Crochet Dennis A. DuBois Edward R. Forsman Howard E. Butt Elizabeth A. Crocker Patricia K. DuBrul Holly L. Foster-Wilkinson Robert L. Byrd William L. Croft Suzanne H. Duckworth James C. Foster Jeffrey J. Cady Roger M. Cullen William B. Duffy Leona A. Fox Jose A. Cajina Dr. Thomas G. Cullen Julia Dun Florence A. Francis Donalee M. Calabrese James T. Cunningham Jr. Cynthia L. Dunbar Maria B. Frank William A. Calise Elmer L. Curran John W. Dunham Derald A. Franklin Joseph R. Caltagirone Gordon M. Curran Kate G. Dunn Wanda Frantom Mahrukh R. Cama CW5 Albert G. Curving Lisa M. Dunn Christopher J. Franz Joseph J. Camoratto Barry M. Cushman Vera Dyer Durr Rachel C. Franz Thomas J. Cannaliato George E. Cutts Brig. Gen. Robert S. Dutko Sr. Angela W. French Rino G. Canzanella Herbert M. Czeskleba Marcelline M. Eachus David J. Frett Lois W. Carbone Theodora M. Czarnecki Sharon Eastman Robert P. Friedman Christopher B. Carland Caleb D. Dahl Edward P. Eberhardt Sara Friedman Coreen Carr Darlene A. D’Ambrosio Richard G. Eckrote Scott L. Friedman Robert H. Carr Kathleen M. Daniels Michael Economos Lourie J. Fritz Justin J. Carroll Matthew J. Danskin Carl F. Eddy Irene M. Froehlich Donald L. Carter Charles P. D’Apice Ambrose E. Edebe Arnold S. & Betty Fromowitz John C. Casey Marjorie R. Davenport Gilbert H. Edgar Harry Fuerstenberger Lauren N. Castellini Willard S. Davenport Donna L. Edwards Janeice D. Fulce Nicholas L. Castillo William N. Davenport Jr. James R. Edwards Joseph F. Fuller Armand A. Catalusci Alice K. Davidson Mary A. Ehrhardt Judith A. Fuqua Nancy S. Ceci Alexander Davis Margaret A. Eisen Susan M. Furey Joan E. Centifonti Charles E. Davis Jr. Lesley C. Ellerbusch Robert W. Fus Henry T. Chaires Erik K. Davis Mark E. Ellis Joseph L. Fusco Ken Chapnick Kenny F. Davis Michael H. Ellis Arlene Futey Vernon Charles Michael W. Davis Keith J. Endres Deborah A. Gagliardo Shun-Yu W. Cheong Timothy K. Davis Michelle E. Eng Mary C. Gale Kim K. Choma Stephen T. Deats Kenneth L. Engler Joval O. Gapuz Merryl E. Christopher Esther L. DeEugenio Allen D. Enoch Rigoberto F. Garcia Joseph R. Cicatiello William Deguilo Vance H. Eppley III Jeffrey T. Garland Brian M. Clark Sharon Deitelbaum Juliana D. Escorpizo Anne M. Garner Kevin L. Clark Theresa Della Vecchia Howard S. Evans Bernadette E. Garofola Monica J. Clark John J. Deltuvia Jr. Dr. Sonja A. Eveslage Felix S. Gaston Randi M. Clauson Nicholas DeLuna Elizabeth A. Fackina Jeanne L. Gauch Anna M. Coakley Capt. Allen L. DelVento Joan A. Fajgier Maria Gavalo-Brito Jeffrey L. Cohen Frank A. Densevich Sheila A. Farber Maureen Gavin Linda H. Coke Mittie F. DeShields Lena Friedel Feld Silvia Gazzo William T. Conaway Mercedes M. Devarie Tamara T. Feld Kim V. Geis Tammy M. Conley Alfeia B. DeVaughn-Goodwin Barbara N. Fels Charles L. Gellner Paula D. Cook Patricia R. DeVed Daniel P. Felsing Charles A. Gentile Ruth S. Cook Paul M. DeVincentz Roger W. Fenessy Susan L. Gentile Linda K. Cooke Ronald E. Deyton Robert A. Fenske Brian A. Gentry Donald R. Coomer Jeffrey L. Didas Catherine M. Ferdetta William B. George II Michael J. Cooper Elizabeth Diedrichsen Mary L. Ferenchick Karen M. Gerbatsch James F. Corbley Mark S. Diekmann Michael D. Ferm Beverly R. Gerberich Vincent & Charlotte Cordova Thomas N. Dietz Carl J. Ferraro Ted N. Gerhardt Margaret M. Correa André J. DiLouis Alice A. Fiedler Corey D. Gesford Dorothy A. Correnti Robert L. Dimond MaryAnne Z. Figel Ruth M. Giacobbe Daniel Cortes Joanne DiNero Janeen M. Fillari Stephen J. Gibbons Ruth A. Corvari Louann Diprenda Charlene P. Finley Roland T. Gibbs Lynda M. Costantini Cynthia A. Dix Mary C. Fiorillo Jean A. Gibney Damon W. Costello Genevieve A. Doherty Diana M. Fitzmaurice George W. Gibson Helen B. Costopoulos Joseph J. Doherty Caren L. Fitzpatrick Thirston D. Gilbert Polly Cote David C. Dombroski Rev. Senia M. Fix James R. Gilles William H. Covey Thomas R. Donne John P. Flanagan Dean D. Giroux Jr. Charles C. Cox Jr. Carole L. Doran Gwendolyn H. Fleming David G. Glacken

14 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 Frederick W. Glaeser Richard J. Headley Carol Johnson Carolyn M. Kramarz Michael J. Glenn Theresa E. Healy Dexter D. Johnson Nancy M. Kraynick Harry R. Glesner III Linda S. Hecker Mary D. Johnson Marina R. Krempasky Linda H. Gluck Harry J. Heinold Ollie L. Johnson Thomas G. Kronenberger William Gluck Sr. Raymond A. Hemphill Vonda K. Johnson Nancy M. Krzyzanowski Susan D. Gola Mae Ann Henderson Beverly A. Jones Gwen E. Kuebler Lee H. Goldberg Robin L. Henry Clayton H. Jones Pauline K. Kuebler John H. Golden Liza E. Hernandez Debra D. Jones Curtis H. Kugel Hector I. Gomez Michael B. Hickey Paul & Carol Jones Renee Kuker Shirley M. Gonzalez William J. Hickey Peter M. Jones Douglas D. Kunzle Jeanina E. Goos Cameron B. Hill William E. Jones Rose S. Kurtz Barbara K. Gordon R. Eugene Hill JoAnn S. Joseph Harriet H. Kushins Kathleen A. Goulette Robert B. Hill Jr. Jeffrey J. Jungels Kenneth H. Lafferty Golda M. Graber Tamar Y. Hill-Sweat Robin E. Junk Yuet-Wah Lai Loretta C. Granito William L. Hinkel Homer O. Justice Gerard Lamola Darrell J. Grantham Jr. Eric J. Hinkler Donna L. Kaczor John P. Lampman Linda Grashorn J. Richard Hinman Sue Ann Kaenrath Tobi E. Lanchbury John G. Grasty II Adalyn S. Hixson Anjala Kamalanathan Robert N. Larocca Elizabeth B. Grater Dennis R. Hoaglin William M. Kane Patricia C. La Rosa Peter & Leslye Graulich Bruce R. Hocking Mary K. Kaplan H. Larrimore Saundra E. Graves Kathleen R. Hodges George W. Karacostas Stephanie R. Lauer Alexander K. Gray Cecilia B. Hoffman Sally J. Karasov Laura L. Laustsen Louis S. Greenwald Richard Hogan Kazimir I. Karwowski Patricia A. Lavan Harry C. Gregor James F. Hoggard III Lowell D. Kass James H. Lawson Jr. Philip E. Griffith Margaret A. Hokemeyer Joan P. Kay Geraldine Leach Diane Grillo Keith J. Hollingsworth Elaine R. Keckeissen Jenniene A. Leclercq Jeanne J. Grogan Karen F. Holloway John K. Keith Jongsoo Lee James K. Grooms Kenneth L. Homan Gloria J. Keller Kenneth E. Lee Evon Grossberg Honeywell Josephine C. Kelly Cheryl A. Leftwich Emmanuella Grossman Annmarie V. Horan John T. Kennedy John F. Leger Rev. Guy R. Grube Horace R. Horton June O. Kennedy William D. Lemon Derek G. Gruell James D. Horvath Peter E. Kennedy Norman J. Lenchitz Jaroslaw S. Grzebyk David R. Howard Robert T. Kennedy John C. Lenehan Jr. Robert F. Gunkel Jr. Elizabeth & Ronald Howard Pearline M. Kerr Eva L. Lenehan-Klein Edwina M. Gwynn Mary A. Howat Jan Keser V. Lynn Lenox James O. Hacker III Ronald A. Hoyt Mark T. Kessler Michelle L. Leonard Keith R. Hagarty Anabel Hudgins Kyle D. Kiepke Ronald T. Leven Audrey B. Haig Miles L. Hudson Kathleen C. Kilgore Sarah E. Levy Brian J. Hall Warren R. Huff Frederick D. Kilpatrick Armelee Lewis Morris A. Hall Glenn A. Hughes Krisztina Kincses-Vida Frederick J. Lewis Robert E. Hall Jr. E. Reine Humeny Janis L. Kind Hunter J. Lewis Wilmer O. Hall Timothy F. Humpal Ruth A. King Norma D. Lewis Arthur C. Hambacher Johnny L. Hunt Sr. George Kingston Patricia R. Lillis Terri-Lynn Hamby Patricia M. Hunter Mellarie P. Kirby Richard J. Lindsay Rita A. Hamilton Robert E. Hunter II William J. Kirk Daniel P. Lithgow John W. Hanna Jr. Diane B. Hurley Agnes H. Kirschner Marilyn L. Lizzul Joan Hanosek Wesley Hutchen Kirk D. Klawitter Pauline C. Loker Kevin M. Hanson Karlene A. Hylton William A. Kleiner Jr. Rodney K. Longstratt Frances J. Hardy Peggy A. Ianoale Jeffrey L. Klepacz Chris O. Lopez Joseph H. Hardy Dr. Jerry D. Icenhower Helen B. Klitsch Felix J. Lopez Raymond C. Harker Cathleen A. Ignas Joseph Kmiec Patricia A. Lorentzen Curtis D. Harper Susan M. Imbriale Robert J. Knapp Ling Lu Tina L. Harris Beverly C. Ionadi Wanda O. Knight Albert M. Lujan Althea M. Harrison Diane D. Iozia Elizabeth A. Knox Jeffrey L. Lundenberger Zachary D. Harry Anne D. Irving Daniel M. Kochan Marc J. Lundquist Elaine M. Hartman Gerald I. Isaacson Barbara L. Koechlin Lynne G. Luper Nathaniel L. Haskovec Bruce E. Jackson Vicky Kokin James J. Lynch Dennis F. Haugen Kleber F. Jalon Ronald W. Korza Sr. Robert F. Lynch Noreen K. Haveron Charles M. Jannarone Linda R. Kosene Barbara Lynch-Johnson Frank Z. Hawrylo Riccardo D. Jenkins Jr. Mildred Koslow Edward J. Lyons Carol A. Hawthorne Dennis A. Jensen Helene M. Kovalcik Donald R. MacAlpin Mary Headley Ying Jiang Kurt D. Kraetsch Dorothy L. MacArthur

INVENTION | SPRING 2009 15 Honor Roll of Donors Glen F. MacArthur Ernest A. Mercer John O’Brien Jennifer D. Pollits Frank G. Maccia Eunice R. Mercier Judith A. O’Connell Beatrice Polsky Sheri A. MacLeod Samuel M. Merion Margot C. O’Connell Valerie J. Pomaro James J. Macor June R. Merrifield Kathleen O’Connor Alexandra Popescu Anthony S. Maddonna Robert S. Merwin Lt. Col. Thomas F. O’Connor Geraldine C. Popkin Debra L. Madensky Constance E. Mester David A. O’Ferrell Julia M. Popovitch Gordon S. Madison Robert M. Metrick Kathleen A. O’Gorman William J. Posner Gregory T. Maher George C. Meyer Jerald P. O’Hara Monica L. Post Robert J. Malinowski Joanne Meyer Georgette Oliver Ann M. Pott Rev. Matthew G. Malnar Julia A. Meyers Diane L. Olson Rev. Shelley K. Michael M. Maloney John A. Michaels Marion R. Onishchuk Potter-Abraham Nathan Maloney Glenn C. Miller Jr. Sonya Oppenheimer Rosalie C. Prano Patrick J. Maloney Rosemary A. Miller Anthony C. Orr Hernando J. Prater Fariba A. Mamaghani Marilyn J. Milnes Virginia F. Osewalt Devon B. Price Richard D. Manney Juanita L. Milon Lillian A. O’Shea Cynthia Prisco Leonard J. Marcel Maurice A. Mimms Sr. Hennie K. Ostrower Emily A. Puskas John K. Mari Elaine M. Minkler Antoinette M. Osvai Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Quasté Sr. Thomas S. Marinucci Jr. Chana Minkowitz Andrew J. Ott Sumandeep K. Randhawa Ezra Markovic Lisa M. Misiakowski Kathleen M. Ott Lea B. Rapp Jeffrey A. Marks Barbara D. Mitchell Sandra M. Ottenberg John T. Rasmussen II Anton J. Massopust III Kathleen Moeller-Peiffer Tammie L. Otukwu A. Graham Ray Melissa A. Maszczak Diane M. Mohlenhoff Ilse G. Overman Brett L. Rayner Jr. Robert Matahen David G. Moore Jr. Barbara J. Owen James M. Reed Edwin N. Matlack Pahl Moore James Owens Glenn A. Reeves Guido J. Mattozzi Carlos R. Morales Abiola O. Oyetunde Margaret K. Regan George N. May James E. Morgan Elizabeth B. Pajauis John F. Reger Helen L. Mazurkiewicz Philip W. Morgan Gregory Palaski Stephen D. Rehberg Christine E. Mazza Schaefer Valerie A. Morgan Gail A. Palatine Berkley Reid Jr. Marjorie P. McAvoy Phyllis L. Morris Emily A. Pangborn Suzanna K. Reiff Melody A. McBeth Todd Morris John S. Panzenhagen Jack W. Renander Stephen G. McBrearty Lissa Morrow-Christian Barbara A. Pappas Susan J. Renelt James M. McCarty Jane S. Mose Robert J. Parran Sharon K. Renz Excemcia G. McCasland Denise A. Moser Carol Paszamant Gail A. Repko Bryan K. McCauley Adrienne Mosley Edward R. Patches Jeremy J. Reynolds Cynthia L. McClain William F. Moul Carol A. Patterson Dean G. Rhodes William McClean Clayton S. Moury Michael A. Patti Nicholas J. Ricchini Kevin P. McCloskey Waltraut L. Muldrow Vincent J. Pavone Betty J. Rich Lauren I. McCord Dr. Edward J. Mulligan Gary R. Paxton Paul T. Richard Jr. Lynne E. McCormick Gideon A. Munoz Richard A. Pelletier Marcia V. Richards Susan S. McCormick Charles Murphy Pamela J. Pelliccio Barbara A. Richardson Joseph A. McDonnell Edward G. Murphy Leo A. Pellini Darnelle L. Richardson Timothy McDonough Stephen P. Murphy Danielle A. Peloquin Sharon M. Riley Doris K. McFarlane Christopher B. Murray Diana Pena Vira Riley Jane E. McGann Mary F. Murray Teresa A. Pence David L. Rist D. Louise McGarva Richard Mushock Elizabeth A. Pentola H. Joel Ritter Dennis E. McGowan Barbara J. Mussell Patricia A. Perkins Ivan Rivera Greg McGurr Frank C. Muzzi Theresa G. Perkins Joanne Rivera Mary M. McIlvain Robert B. Myers Audrey S. Perrine Carmen Rivera-Ozoria Shawn M. McInerney Linda K. Napier Jean M. Perrotti Louis D. Rizzo Dennis J. McKevitt Floyd D. Naples Patricia M. Perry David H. Robbins Susan L. McLaughlin Kathryn L. Nelson Michael W. Petrowski Jeffrey A. Roberts Timothy McLean Gerard A. Nesser John E. Pfanne Angela K. Robertson Timothy J. McManus Maj. Norman B. Newbon Christopher P. Phares Dustin T. Robertson James F. McMenamin Justina A. Newman Steven W. Phillips Marianne G. Robinson John W. McNamee Lavance E. Nicholson M. Nathan Pinkney Carla H. Rockliff Linda F. McPartlin Esther L. Niedweske Lewis H. Pinsker Patricia M. Roden Thelma C. Mears Bobby J. Nielsen Salvatore Pisano Michael A. Rodrigues Glenn E. Meeder Antoinette Niemiec-Moon Deborah L. Piserchia Jose A. Rodriguez Michael E. Meeh Paula A. Nilsson Lucinda T. Pitcher Shoko Rodriguez Ronald J. Mehlhorn Sr. Dr. Amundsen A. Noice Sheila Pittman Carol A. Rohrer Patricia M. Meko John V. Novak Dayna Pitts Ibis M. Roman Lois J. Meli Frank J. Noviello Craig J. Podgurski Sr. William L. Roman Deborah Mercer Chiloi Obrien Shannon L. Polk Maria C. Rosa 16 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 Daniella Rosen Helene R. Siegel Margaret M. Sweeney Ralph E. Wagner III Harry A. Rosengard Raymond S. Sierminski Clay G. Sweet Mark D. Walker Roberta L. Roser Edward A. Sierra Mark A. Sykes Barbara M. Wallace Timothy J. Ross Rohan A. Simmons Frank R. Szynal Stephen Walrabenstein Timothy R. Ross Willie R. Sinclair Robert V. Taino Weimin Wang Elizabeth M. Rotchford James F. Small Thomas J. Talbot Elease Warner Caroline Roth Colleen D. Smith Kellie A. Tallentire Rev. Lanxton L. Washington B. Robert Rothenhoefer Glen P. Smith Gregory J. Tate Billie H. Wassmann Robin N. Rothman Major A. Smith Cedric J. Taylor Barbara A. Watson Frank J. Roubo Michele M. Smith Joann Taylor Eli J. Weaver Robert C. Rudkin Patrick S. Smith Marilyn A. Taylor David N. Weber Douglas Rudy Rev. Dr. Judith M. Smith-Valley Myron E. Taylor Linda Weber-Smith Angela Ruiz Philip N. Snyder Peter C. Taylor Sheron Weeks Brenda Ruth Larry W. Sobotta John J. Tedesco Richard Weidner Christopher J. Ryan Joanne M. Solarek Lorraine C. Tedesco Bruce E. Weigel Catharine K. Ryerson Wendy E. Soltis Vera P. Tehayel Alice Weinstein Kelly A. Saccomanno Kathleen J. Somers Michael D. Terzano Justine C. Weiss Moneer I. Salman Emil A. Somersall Barbara W. Theis Douglas J. Weite Paul C. Samalonis Donna Somma R. Ghyll Theurer Maurice N. Wells Gary D. Sandes Sr. Barbara J. Sonnenschein Doris A. Thomas Rachel A. West James A. Sandor Carmen Southward Mary Lou Thomas Sigmund Westerman Donna A. Santaniello Grace L. Spadea James D Thompson Richard P. Whalen Arnold R. Santos Thomas L. Spangler Warren J. Thorpe William R. Wharmby Mary Jane Sarsony-Stake Richard A. Spearance Mary E. Thorstensen Paul D. Wheaton Coleen K. Sassaman Timothy M. Speight Denise K. Thwing Eugene T. White III Barbara L. Savidge Flor D. Sprinitis Patricia A. Tiernan Velma M. White Farzana Scafuri Emmett E. Spurlock Tina Tinch Pamela Whitted Cynthia W. Schaechter Deborah J. Stabile-Wisniewski Joyce A. Tompkins Patricia M. Whyte Gilbert A. Scheetz Darrin L. Stalling Kelly N. Toohey Philip W. Wick Charlene B. Schiel Mary Stamoulis Theresa Tosti Kirk D. Wilcox II James W. Schmidt Mindy L. Stapperfenne Gerard P. Totaro Peggy A. Wilds Joan F. Schmidt Edwin A. Staunch Piero P. Toto Stephanie C. Wilkinson Hugh R. Schneider Judith M. Staunch Anthony Tracchio Dayle M. Williams Christopher W. Schober Sandra V. Steacy John P. Tracy Joan S. Williams Stephanie Schuette David C. Steckling Alan M. Traettino Joanbrenda D. Williams Joanne S. Schulze Jennifer J. Steenblock Janet L. Tranter Nita B. Williams Mary E. Schuver Jeffrey L. Steffin Timothy A. Tribbett Joseph W. Wilson Janice L. Schwartz Catherine Steffler Donna L. Trowell Gary C. Winant Lila Schwartz Robert E. Steinfort Frederick Trust Edward J. Wisniewski Darren G. Schwedes Gregory T. Stephan Basil Tsolakis Carole J. Wisser Robert J. Scire Paul F. Stephens Frank J. Tulli Taj Withall Beverly A. Scollay Jon E. Stepleton Judith E. Tunkle Gerhard W. Wittkamp Derek P. Scully Marilyn D. Stern William H. Turbett III Raymond A. Wood Lynette S. Seader Freida L. Steward-Torres Muriel A. Turtora Robert J. Wood Nancy G. Searels Anne W. Stewart Kyle B. Ulassin Carol L. Wright Alan C. Sedar Victoria J. Stewart Betty A. Urbanik Gillian B. Wyckoff Brian T. Sedlock Julie E. Stiffler Victor P. Vagnozzi Celestine J. Wynn Phyllis L. Seeman Linda A. Stio Lilia V. Valera Linda B. Yannick Kathleen G. Selbst Jane I. Stiu Robert Van Der Werf Elizabeth E. Yon Douglas R. Sell Joanne M. Stives Barbara A. Vanderkelen Elizabeth D. Young Paul J. Serwinek Marie D. Stoddart Patricia R. Van Gelder Lawrence E. Young Carolyn G. Shamy Danielle M. Stolz Arlene Vastano Marie V. Zach Thomas J. Shanahan Charlene K. Storey Marsela L. Velasco Lynn-Ann Zakrzewski Dr. Randal K. Sharp Marianne Striedl JoAnne Venice Charlotte C. Zanidakis Debra Shaw Mary L. Stroffolino Jodee E. Verbow Brian P. Zavatchan John F. Sheard Peter J. Strumolo Andre L. Verin Lynda C. Zeitlin Richard A. Sheeran Lawrence F. Struss Catherine Vieira Charles J. Zerafa James J. Shepherd Sylvia Stutts Lenore C. Villavecchia Doris J. Ziefle Michael Sherman Lalitha Subramanian Mary S. Virtue Richard R. Zientek Lyle J. Shier Linda B. Sudi Kamman A. Viterito G. David Zorb Denise S. Shockley Margaret Sullivan Carol P. Voell Michael J. Zsilavetz Gary C. Shunk Dare F. Summers Ruth E. Vogel Mendorha G. Sider Jennifer M. Swayze Shirley E. Von Ronne INVENTION | SPRING 2009 17 Honor Roll of Donors ENDOWMENT FUNDS The Fred C. Rummel North Carolina Partnership for MEMORIAL GIFTS Foundation Endowed Children “In Memory of…” The Azmy Endowment Fund Scholarship Fund Optimum Graphics USA The Lee Bellarmino The Research Princeton Area Community Richard E. Ingram Endowment Fund Center Endowment Fund Foundation Susan L. Ingram The Allen G. Braithwaite III The Edith & Oscar Smilack Robert Wood Johnson Endowment Fund Memorial Scholarship Foundation Maurice Loker The Michael & Margaret Endowment Fund The Sam Schmidt Paralysis Pauline C. Loker Brewster Endowment Fund The Edith M. Stapperfenne Foundation The Natale S. & Christine Memorial Scholarship Fund The Schumann Fund for New Reverend Springer Caliendo Endowment Fund The Albert Stark Leadership Jersey Bess J. Quattrone The Capital Health System Trenton Endowed Fund Schwab Charitable Fund Nursing Education The Thomas C. Streckewald Smith Pizzutillo, LLC Shelley Stanley Scholarship Endowment Endowment Fund Sun National Bank Bess J. Quattrone Fund The Thomas Edison State TD Charitable Foundation The Nicholas & Marjorie College Alumni Association Thomas Edison State College Carnevale Endowment Fund Endowment Fund AFT Local 4277 HERITAGE CIRCLE in Support of Innovation & The Thomas Edison State Planned Gifts Excellence College Endowment Fund The Harry & Shirley Chadwick The Caroline P. Tompkins MATCHING GIFT B. Scott Burkett Endowment Fund Endowment Scholarship CORPORATIONS AND Michele A. Frank The James Colaizzo Memorial The Toscani Scholarship FOUNDATIONS Owen O. Freeman Jr. Endowment Fund Endowment Fund Dr. Susan O. Friedman The Thomas M. Eklund The John S. Watson Institute Bank of America Peter Graulich Endowment Fund for Public Policy Endowment The Bechtel Foundation Alice Harris The Susan O. Friedman Fund BP Foundation, Inc. H. R. Larrimore Scholarship Endowment The Christian C. Yegen Bristol-Myers Squibb Eric R. Lear Fund Endowment Fund Foundation, Inc. Virginia M. Lofft The Donna & Richard Gillespie The Caterpillar Foundation Barbara B. Mann Endowed Scholarship Fund Chevron Rita Novitt The Gary & Diane Heavin CORPORATE, The Duke Energy Foundation Mark A. Platt Endowed Fund FOUNDATION, AND ExxonMobil Foundation Dr. George A. Pruitt The Norma L. Horton Endowed COMMUNITY GIFTS IBM International Foundation The Estate of S. John Scholarship Fund AND GRANTS Johnson & Johnson Family of Quattrone The Eric Robert Lear & Joanna Companies Lear Endowed Fund Better Beginnings Daycare Joyce & Robert Stecher Lockheed Martin Christian C. Yegen The Lockett Family Center The Merck Company Endowment Fund Big Brothers/Big Sisters Foundation The Dr. Al Maghazehe Children’s Futures Merrill Lynch & Company Endowment Fund City of Trenton Board of THE EDISON SOCIETY Foundation, Inc. Endowment Benefactors The Brian & Helen Maloney Education MetLife Foundation Endowment Fund Commerce Bank National City Bank The Larraine R. Matusak CSC Holdings, Inc. Dr. Ahmed A. Azmy The New York Times Company Endowed Scholarship Fund Family Strength Associates, Inc. Lee Bellarmino Foundation The John J. & Valerie L. The Fund for New Jersey Allen G. Braithwaite PepsiCo Foundation McCann Endowment Fund HACBM Michael & Margaret Brewster Pfizer Foundation The Jack & Irene Neary and Honeywell Capital Health System The Prudential Foundation Family Endowed Fund Insight Center for Community Jim & Nancy Carnes Public Service Electric & Gas The Julia Cadiz Negron Economic Development Nicholas & Marjorie Carnevale Company Endowment Fund Johnson & Johnson Family of Harry & Shirley Chadwick Robert Wood Johnson The Timothy O’Brien Companies Dr. Susan O. Friedman Endowment Fund Lanciano & Associates, LLC Foundation Richard & Donna Gillespie The Maurice T. Perilli Family Maida Foundation, Inc. Shell Oil Company Foundation Gary & Diane Heavin Endowment Fund Martinson Family Foundation Southern Nuclear Operating Lennert & Deborah Josefson The Dr. George A. Pruitt Meridian Property Services, Inc. Company Raymond A. Koski, Esq. Endowed Fund New Jersey Cable Verizon Foundation Eric Robert & Joanna Lear The Dr. George A. Pruitt Telecommunications Wachovia Foundation Clarence Lockett Presidential Endowed Association Washington Group Dr. Al Maghazehe Scholarship Fund New Jersey Economic Foundation, Inc. Brian & Helen Maloney The S. John Quattrone Development Authority John J. & Valerie L. McCann Endowment Fund New Jersey Manufacturers Jack & Irene Neary Insurance Group Daniel Negron Jr.

18 INVENTION | SPRING 2009 Timothy O’Brien Burlington County College Steve Hofstetter New Jersey Manufacturers Maurice T. Perilli Camden Riversharks Richard & Margaret Insurance Group Dr. George A. Pruitt Can Do Fitness Hoisington New Jersey State Library The Estate of S. John C.A. Niece, Inc. Hoisington Engineers New Jersey State Theater, New Quattrone Capital Health System J.S. Hovnanian & Sons, LLC Brunswick The Fred C. Rummel Capitol Copy Service Hyatt Regency Princeton New York Giants Foundation Nicholas & Marjorie Carnevale Maria Imbalzano, Esq. Merle Norman Sarnoff Corporation Mary Ellen Caro Injeanous Rita Novitt Michael J. Smilack & Family Casa Casale Peter A. Inverso Susan & Raymond O’Brien The Estate of Edith M. Cerebral Palsy of New Jersey, Inc. Misty Isak Olde York Country Club Stapperfenne The Cheesecake Factory Isles, Inc. Orion Jewelers Albert Stark Christine’s Restaurant Janssen, L.P. Mayor Douglas H. Palmer Caroline P. Tompkins Chuckles Pizza & Pasta Jersey Central Power & Light Mayor Palmer’s Trenton First Dr. Michael R. Toscani Restaurant KatManDu Initiative Christian C. Yegen Church Capital Management KC Prime Panera Bread Clarke Caton Hintz James B. Kilgore Passage Theatre Company Julia Bowers Coale & Joseph Gerald & Bernice Kopelman Paws Pet Grooming & ANNUAL GALA Stonaker Evelyn Kovacs Supplies CONTRIBUTORS, The College of New Jersey KPMG, LLP Peasant’s PARTICIPANTS, Commerce Bank Kramer Portraits Pennington-Ewing Athletic SPONSORS AND Wendy & Eric Connuck Lamberti Restaurants Club VOLUNTEERS Donald & Patti Conover Lanciano & Associates, LLC Pentad, Inc. Conte’s Lassus Wherley PepsiCo Advance Realty Group Marguerite Costello Craig & Dorothy Lear Maurice T. Perilli A Friend Council of New Jersey Eric Robert & Joanna Lear Thomas S. Perrino Align Organizing Grantmakers Lear & Pannepacker, LLC Bonnie Pfleiderer Allies, Inc. Rafael Cuellar Nate Leonard Philadelphia Eagles All in One Basket Cushman & Wakefield Levin Limousine, LLC Philadelphia Phillies Amber Spa of NJ, Inc. Loews Portofino Bay Hotel Phil Pratico Jewelers American Cancer Society Lisa & Alan Davidowski Ma Cherie Boutique Phoebe’s Expertly Dressed AmericanPlace Movies, Inc. DeRose & Associates David J. MacKinnon Pine Creek Miniature Golf Amper, Politziner & Elisabeth V. Dey Macy’s Planet Havana Mattia, LLP Drew University Brian & Helen Maloney Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Antonio’s Cleaners Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP McCarter Theatre Center Union #9 Applebee’s - Hamilton Eastman Kodak Company Medieval Times Dinner & PNC Financial Services Group Applebee’s - Newtown Harold & Rosa Lee Eickhoff Tournament Roland & Annie Pott Arbonne International Elizabeth b. Design Gualberto Medina Alex Pottinger Arden Theatre Company Feigus Office Furniture Melsheimer Imports Marie R. Power-Barnes Richard & Elsa Arndt The Ferry House Corporation Denise Powers AT &T First Choice Bank The Melting Pot Princeton Intellectual Gourmet Ahmed & Nadia Azmy Madison Folmer The Mercadien Group Society (PIGS) Bank of America Fox Rothschild, LLP Mercer County Community The Princeton Packet, Inc. Senator Bill Baroni Friends of the College College Princeton Partners, Inc. Rhonda Beckett Friends of Dan Benson Mercer County Executive Brian Princeton Record Exchange Bed, Bath & Beyond Friends of John Cimino M. Hughes NJ, LLC Elysa Bergenfeld Garden State Discovery Mercer County Park Cynthia L. Prisco Norma & Andrew Blake Museum Commission Progressive Solutions Bluest Sky, LLC/Gene Mary Garrison Merrill Lynch Community Public Service Electric & Gas Underwood Richard & Donna Gillespie Development Company Company Mary Boyer Gilmore’s Café Metro Grill Quail Ridge Golf Course John & Linda Brabazon James & Ritamarie Giosa Mid Atlantic Resource Bess J. Quattrone Bradford Renaissance Portraits Roxanne L. Globis Group, LLC Rebecca Quattrone Bredenbeck’s Bakery & Ice The Good Life Gift Boutique David & Margery Miller Realogy Corporation Cream Parlor Mark & Susan Gordon Dosiree I. Mims Richardson Commercial Charlie Breining Earl Grell John & Dawn Monsport Realtors, LLC Rose M. Breining Joseph A. Guzzardo Jennifer M. Montone Rider University Broadway Ballroom Dance HACBM Patricia Moser Louise Riley Studio The Harris Organization Riverside Symphonia Broadway Home Staging, LLC Hart’s Cyclery & Fitness John P. Neary Robert Michael Bucks County Dent Repair Hazen Plastic Surgery, PA New Jersey Chamber of Communications, Inc. Bunker Hill Consultation HEAD, USA Commerce Robert Wood Johnson Center Hera Nail & Spa New Jersey Devils University Hospital Hamilton INVENTION | SPRING 2009 19 Honor Roll of Donors Roma Bank Community Williams-Sonoma Margaret & Richard Jennifer Stark Foundation WithumSmith + Brown Hoisington Stark & Stark RomAsia Bank Wollman Rink Hoisington Engineers, LLC St. Francis Medical Center Dr. Robert J. Rosenbaum Yardley Country Club Hooters Catherine J. Streckewald Amy Rouze The Yardley Inn Maria Imbalzano, Esq. Daniel Streckewald Ruth’s Chris Raymond & Laura Young Janssen, L.P. F.L. & Joan Streckewald Kelly Saccomanno Z.B. Sports John W. Jordan Kevin Streckewald Dr. Joseph C. Santora Diane M. Koye Sun National Bank Sesame Place THE THOMAS C. KPMG LLP Emma Swearinger Settimo Cielo Restorante STRECKEWALD GOLF Mike Lanzetta Adam Szczepaniak Jr. Italiano CLASSIC PARTICIPANTS, Lawrence Lexus Copley Szostak Shear Hair Dezigns, Inc. SPONSORS AND Eric Robert Lear Target – Bensalem ShopRite VOLUNTEERS Lear & Pannepacker, LLP TGI Friday’s – Princeton Sobel & Co., LLC Michael Lettiere Thomas Edison State College Linda Soltis Align Organizing, LLC Judy Lucas Thomas Edison State College Sovereign Bank Arena Allianz Global Investors Luxury Travel AFT Local 4277 Barbara Spiegel Applebee’s - Lawrenceville David J. MacKinnon Dr. Michael Toscani Ricky Spiegel Applebee’s - Philadelphia Spiezle Group, Inc. Melissa Maszczak Trenton Country Club Azmy Architects, LLC The Mercadien Group Trenton Devils Stark & Stark Debbie Baker St. Francis Medical Center Merrill Lynch Bank Group Trenton Thunder Jill Baker St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Christopher Miller Frank Tulli Bank of America Center David A. Miller Jr. Wachovia Securities Marshall E. Birkins Diane Stratton Dosiree I. Mims John K. Walsh Bredenbeck’s Bakery & Ice Sun National Bank Jennifer Montone Assemblywoman Bonnie Cream Parlor Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP MTAACC Watson Coleman Copley Szostak Broadway Home Staging, LLC New Jersey 101.5 WBEB 101-FM – B*101 Terri Tallon-Hammill Bucks County Dent Repair New Jersey Devils Bruce M. Weinstein TGI Friday’s C.A. Niece, Inc. New Jersey Nets WMMR 93.3 Thomas Edison State College Capital Health System NK Architects Yardley Country Club Thomas Edison State College Capitol Copy Service Olde York Country Club Foundation Board of Floyd J. Carl Andrew O’Rahilly Directors Champion Fitness Center Panera Bread Thomas Edison State College Jim Chianese Pennington-Ewing Athletic Foundation Gala Committee Chimney Hill Estate Inn Club John P. Thurber & Connie Church Capital Management Pennington Quality Market Cloonan CMX Community Foundation Bonnie Pfleiderer Dr. Michael Toscani Colonial Cadillac-Hyundai, Inc. Philadelphia 76ers Trenton Country Club Commerce Bank Philadelphia Eagles Trenton Devils Wendy Connuck Philadelphia Phillies Trenton Marriott at Lafayette Cookies By Design - Pine Creek Miniature Golf Yard Englewood The Present Company Trenton Thunder Mary C. Crain The Princeton Packet, Inc. Trenton World Class Harley Elisabeth V. Dey Cynthia L. Prisco Davidson Dick’s Sporting Goods Public Service Electric & Gas Jocelyn Tucker Sandy Durst Company Udo’s Bagels Janet Eickhoff Urban World, LLC Rider University Athletics Feigus Office Furniture River Horse Brewing Company US Green Building Council - Steven S. Forleiter New Jersey Chapter Robert Wood Johnson Frank J. Fresca US Nails University Hospital Hamilton Friends of the College Verizon Roma Bank Community The Gift Connection Troy Vincent Foundation, Inc. Harlem Globetrotters Wachovia Corporation Linda Rosner Roxanne L. Globis Bill & Donna Watson Rutgers University Athletics WBEB 101-FM – B*101 Mark S. Gordon Kelly Saccomanno Wegman’s Food Markets Joseph A. Guzzardo Michael & Marcia Scheiring White Eagle Group, Inc. Mary Hack S.J. Marketing, Inc. Who Wants to be a John Harmon Linda Soltis Millionaire? David Hoftiezer Spiezle Architectural Wildflowers Inn Group, Inc.

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Susan R. Atlas BA ’03 Joe Doherty MSM ’04 Susan R. Atlas study acupuncture at the Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Joe Doherty retired from the New Jersey Department of Labor as a labor Md., where she graduated in 2007 with a master’s of acupuncture relations administrator following a 36-year career “that was rewarding.” degree. She noted that Thomas Edison State College’s evaluation Doherty is currently serving as the hearing officer for Burlington County, process made it possible for her to use credits earned at several other N.J., on a part-time basis. accredited colleges to earn her bachelor’s degree without retaking courses. Glen M. Ewing BSN ’06 Glen M. Ewing, RN, recently graduated with a Master’s in Nurse C.J. Batterson BSHS ’93 Anesthesia from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. C.J. Batterson is a counselor and the executive director of The Refuge Ewing is currently employed at the New Jersey State Trauma Center in of Southwestern Michigan. A Christian counseling service, The Refuge Newark, N.J. received not-for-profit status in June 2008, and recently started a mentoring ministry for men, women and children. Judith I. Forney AA ’89 BA ’93 Judith I. Forney received an MA in anthropology from New Mexico Morgan L. Chappell BA ’08 State University in December 2008. Morgan L. Chappell was recently promoted to gang detective at the Watsonville Police Jonathan M. Lausell Sr. BSHS ’06 Department, in Watsonville, Calif. On Sept. 22, 2008, Chappell celebrated another Jonathan M. Lausell Sr. recently graduated from the Columbia milestone when he married his wife, Vanessa. University School of Social Work with a Master of Science in Social Work degree. Lausell, who overcame a trouble youth, gives much of the credit for this recent achievement to Thomas Edison State College. He noted, “Your program and the way in which one can obtain their degree through online and Guided Study was the only way that this William A. Cole MSM ’05 would have been possible.” Lausell hopes that his story of success will inspire others and make them realize that with determination it is William A. Cole recently retired from the military as a command possible to achieve anything in life. sergeant major after a 25 year career. During his service, Cole was assigned to the Directorate of Plans, Training, Mobilization & Security (DPTMS), which was responsible for providing operational support for Amie (Strang) McCarthy BSBA ’05 all U.S. Army installations in the southern half of South Korea. Cole Amie (Strang) McCarthy recently left her position as a vice president noted that his senior civilian supervisor “had the greatest job in the at Bank of America, based in Charlotte, N.C. She is now the director of world. It became my dream job and was the primary goal of my second Alternative Markets at Freddie Mac, and resides in Washington, D.C. career.” Cole, who had already received a bachelor’s degree from the After graduation from Thomas Edison State College, McCarthy earned College, decided to pursue a master’s to realize that goal. “I knew that her MBA in finance from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. the education provided through the College would be beneficial. I thought that it would take seven to 10 years, but thanks largely to the Dr. Barbara Mitchell education I receive through Thomas Edison State College and my prior AA ’79 BA ’82 military experience, I was hired as a GS-14 DPTMS in Daegu, Korea, last Barbara Mitchell, DCH, just published her first book, When You Need year. Thank you Thomas Edison State College for helping to prepare a Timeout , about managing stress on a daily basis for a healthier, me for my dream by providing outstanding degree programs balanced life. Mitchell is a stress management consultant and Doctor and exceptionally helpful mentors.” of Clinical Hypnotherapy addressing issues related to anxiety, phobias, smoking and weight. Theodora Czarnecki BA ’02 Theodora Czarnecki, who received a doctorate Gerald Myers BA ’04 degree in health administration from Kennedy Gerald Myers has been accepted into the master’s of social work Western University and a teaching certificate program at Syracuse University. Myers goal is to provide clinical from Temple University, is a medical exams services to veterans and their families, focusing on post traumatic instructor at Penn Foster College in Scranton, stress disorder and substance abuse. Pa. Czarnecki was listed in the 2008 Cambridge Who’s Who honors edition of (Continued on back cover) empowering executives, professionals and entrepreneurs from around the globe. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE

Connie Nichols BA ’05 ̈ New Job ̈ Promotion Prof. Connie Nichols was recently hired by the Palm Beach Community College faculty in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., as an adjunct in English. Please tell us ̈ Award Nichols noted that in this era of tremendous job losses, she is especially ̈ Marriage grateful to Thomas Edison State College for helping her consolidate her about your… ̈ Baby educational credits and offering excellent online classes to wrap up her ̈ Career Switch undergraduate degree. She added, “There was no way I could have finished the degree I started years ago without Thomas Edison State If it ’s to you, it ’s to us! College and, without my BA, I would not have been an applicant for the news news MFA Creative Writing Program at the University of New Orleans. Now We invite you as a member of our family o f Thomas my MFA has led to an actual entry level position into a university Edison State College alumni to tell us about the exciting profession. Thanks Thomas Edison State College!” things happening in your life. Let us know what’s new with you since you graduated from the College or how your Charles H. Parker BA ’01 experience at the College changed your life, and we may include your updates in a future issue of Invention . Charles H. Parker is a major account executive at Sharp Electronics Corporation. In 2007, he earned his graduate certificate in Foundations To contact us, please fill out the form below and of Human Resource Management from University of Maryland mail it to: Thomas Edison State College, Invention Editor, University College. Recently, Parker completed the graduation 101 W. State St., Trenton, NJ 08608-1176; fax it to requirements for a Master of Science in Human Resource (609) 777-1894; or e-mail your good news to Management at Thomas Edison State College. He plans to begin his [email protected] . You may include photos to accompany PhD studies in fall 2009. your news. Items will be published as space permits.

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Andy Rossiter graduated with a Master of Business Administration Former/Maiden Name ______degree from the University of Phoenix. He and his wife of 11 years, Susie, reside in Brunswick, Ohio. Employer ______Position ______Kevin Tanis BA ’01 Home Address ______Kevin Tanis was promoted to director of Research & Development City, State, Zip ______from engineering manager at Smith and Nephew Inc. in Memphis, I Check here if this is a new address. Tenn., in 2008. Preferred Phone: ( ) ______

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