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Dear Alumni and Friends, mission and at the same time having a great time doing it! As we look forward to another academic year, it allows me to I hope that this year, you’ll plan to join us at Homecoming take a moment and think about what really matters in the work 2009 – Building Lasting Memories Brick that we do at Grove City College. by Brick, October 2-4, 2009. We’ll dedicate Recently, the staff talked about the purpose and mission of our our alumni center that weekend and we have Alumni Relations Office. We talked about how rewarding it is to a full schedule of events. Check out the web be able to connect or, in some cases, reconnect alumni to their at www.gcc.edu/homecoming for all the alma mater. details. I retold a story of an alum who after 40 years began a new This magazine is another fun one for us. In relationship with the College of visiting the campus, talking with light of our economy and the challenges students, speaking in classes, and giving of time, talent and his facing each of us, we thought that a great feature would be on treasure. He told me that he was having a blast. This to me was a those in retail. I think we’ve found a few of the many who are wonderful illustration of what matters about my work. weathering the storm and weathering it well. Better yet, look for As I meet with more and more alumni, I find such joy in seeing the scissors coupon icon throughout this magazine to find a great what passion they have for their alma mater, the friendships deal for an alumni business online at www.gcc.edu/coupons. they’ve maintained and campus groups to which they still feel a I hope you enjoy reading their stories. So, grab a cup of coffee, connection. So many are helping Grove City College fulfill our sit on your couch and enjoy!

Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod Senior Director of Alumni and College Relations

Dear Alumni and Friends, In fact, as folks have reined in their spending given the last This edition of the GeDUNK Alumni Magazine has as its theme year’s market turmoil, it has been most felt in the retail sector. “retail.” The stories highlight alumni whose life’s work has been And when that sector revives and begins its more recent growth in this area of our nation’s and world’s economy. patterns, it will be a bellwether of economic I recall years ago when our daughter, Jessica, was about 7 recovery. Please enjoy reading about our years old, she operated a lemonade stand. As you might surmise, fellow Grovers who work on the economic I was one of her key customers. One hot day I had not one but front line of retail. two satisfying drinks and then went over to shop at Wal-Mart. I close with a brief but heartfelt thank you, Those were the two retail operations I visited that day and both plus an invitation. First, I want to thank all of seemed to be doing well. Although at the complete opposite end our alumni and friends who donated to this of the retail spectrum as to size, they had a lot in common, i.e., past fiscal year’s annual Full Circle campaign making a product and producing service on demand, with (ended June 30, 2009). Because of your generosity, we had the attention to customer satisfaction. And while our daughter was in second best year of giving in our College’s history. That’s saying the first stages of being an entrepreneur, many years before a something, given recent economic conditions, and it’s a really fellow named Sam Walton had also started small and then grew great, much-needed and appreciated outcome! and grew and grew his Wal-Mart idea. Next an invitation – please come home the weekend of In the stories in this issue, you will read that some of our October 2-4 for a fantastic Homecoming. See all the changes alumni are in small “mom and pop” operations and others much on campus and renew great friendships. I like to say, “If you larger. All enterprises, whether big or small, carry the challenges haven’t been to Homecoming in the past six years, you haven’t of identifying and fulfilling customer needs, but always come with been to Homecoming!” Thousands now come – there is so much the risks of the commercial marketplace. The majority of our to see, do and experience. nation’s economy is small business and much of it is retail. We hope to see you here!

Richard G. Jewell ’67 President

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GROVE CITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE FALL 2009

The GeDUNK Editorial Board COVER STORY 4 Jeffrey D. Prokovich ’89 John Stanton ’55 relishes the challenges and rewards Vice President for Advancement of running a small-town gift shop in Duxbury, Mass. Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod Senior Director of Alumni and College Relations FOCUS ON RETAIL 7 Jeanne (Elliott ‘65) Pisor follows the sea to a shell shop...... 7 Managing Editor Alumni shine through in the jewelry industry ...... 8 Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96 Nancy (Ferguson ‘83) Notaro is at the service of her clients ...... 10 Clingensmith Communications Yvonne English ‘97 goes green with stylish salvage site ...... 11 22 Associate Editors Trendy alums find careers in the world of fashion...... 12 Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman Alumni hit the mark with retail giant Target ...... 14 Communications Project Coordinator Reneé (Wachstetter ’89) Ramfos brightens days with gift baskets ...... 15 Rebecca Miller ’04 Christian Fyke ‘96 builds family of Pittsburgh restaurants ...... 16 Communications Associate David Johnson ‘89 takes pie production to a new level...... 17 Contributing Editors Graduates run businesses close to their alma mater...... 18 Ryan Briggs ’01 Shawn Filby ‘89 rallies alumni for his Chick-fil-A venture ...... 20 Tricia Corey Linda (Crum ‘71) Caldwell realizes retail dream in Turkey ...... 22 Melinda Miller Butler Farm Market offers customers fresh and local flavor ...... 24 Kelsey (Pollock ’06) Rhea ALUMNI NEWS & EVENTS 26 29 Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw PastEvents...... 26 Cover Photo Freshman Sendoff Picnics ...... 30 Jim Judkis, Pittsburgh, Pa. AlumniNews ...... 32 On the Cover... SPORTS 36 John Stanton ’55 relishes the challenges Sports Feature: Father-and-son team pair up in sporting goods game . . . 36 and rewards of running a small-town gift FallPreview...... 38 shop. Read more on page 4. SportsNews...... 41 Design FACULTY 44 40 Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96 Faculty Feature: Konzens spin yarns at knitting shop...... 44 SWP | www.swpagency.com FacultyNews...... 46 Printer Printing Concepts, Inc., Erie, Pa. CAMPUS NEWS 48 Alumni Association Officers 2009-10 CLASS NOTES 51 Douglas E. Knable ’79 President IN MEMORY 62 Allyson (Baird ’88) Sveda Vice President Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod ALUMNI BABIES 65 Executive Secretary 48 Roger K.Towle ’68 Treasurer In this special ‘retail’ issue, Donald L. Balla ’93 Annual Giving Chair Find a coupon Gerald Bullock ’92 Alumni Trustee look for the scissors icon online for... Laura (Ritchey ’87) Havrilla AlumniTrustee throughout the following Andrew J. Kozusko ’96 Alumni Trustee pages and go online for Alumni Retailers Grove City College printable coupons from the 100 Campus Drive featured alumni merchants. www.gcc.edu/coupons Grove City, PA 16127 (724) 458-2300 (888) GCC-GRAD www.gcc.edu [email protected]

The GeDUNK is a magazine published three times a year for alumni and friends of Grove City College and highlights campus news, student features and alumni achievements. Gedunk is a word that resonates with Grove City College alumni and friends. Named after the on-campus gathering place/snack bar for students since the early 1950s, the word Gedunk made its way into the Grove City College vernacular when World War II Navy veterans returned to campus, bringing with them the word that defined the place where snacks could be purchased aboard ships or the snack items themselves, everything from potato chips and candy to ice cream and sodas.The name stuck. For decades, the Grove City College Gedunk has been the place to come together to share news and ideas, and this magazine strives to do the same. 27852_GeDunk.qxp:2-27.qxd 9/15/09 10:10 PM Page 4

coverstory AA LLaabboorr ooff LLoovvee John Stanton ‘55 and wife Marcy enjoy the rewards that come with the risks after 28 years at the helm of a small-town gift shop he risks are apparent 28 they do – and that love would giftware, with merchandise like have 18 part-time employees. years later, but so are the prove to be a key motivator in Mariposa metalware from “Every day is different,” Trewards. the beginning years, when Mexico, Simon Pearce John said. “I get up in the John Stanton ’55 and his they put everything into glassware, Juliska tableware, morning, I have a place to go. wife, Marcy, opened their gift getting the business off the Wedgewood china, Crabtree & It’s home.” shop, The Studio of Duxbury, ground. Evelyn toiletries, Vera Bradley The Studio fits the peaceful in the picturesque town of They had the advantage of handbags and accessories, Byers’ tree-lined, shingled streets of Duxbury, Mass., on Oct. 1, name recognition with The Choice dolls and craftsmen Duxbury, located along the 1981. On the eve of the Studio, and in a small town like jewelry. South Shore between Boston Christmas season, with a Duxbury, that meant a lot. The A portion of their business and Cape Cod. Just off of the limited inventory and 19 store originally opened in the comes from wedding registries; highway, the town has avoided percent credit interest rates – 1930s in the home of a despite competition from Continued on next page it could have been a retailer’s Duxbury photographer. Word retailers like Crate formula for failure. has it that the photographer’s and Barrel and But that’s not the way this wife began to sell ladies’ “ready- Pottery Barn, they story goes. That first Christmas to-wear” clothing to her continue to draw season proved to be profitable, husband’s customers while they dozens of local setting the tone. The store has waited for their photographs to couples. The had an increase in volume of develop. framed list is sales almost every year, which Throw in John and Marcy’s printed on is unusual for a small business. years of experience for good stationery and Perhaps it shouldn’t be a measure. Both had a variety of hangs in the store – surprise. roles in retail prior to opening a personal touch Both Stantons are their store. John had been in that is just one of admittedly passionate about middle management and served many. their store. So passionate, in as a buyer for children’s wear, The Studio is an fact, that they are willing to and Marcy had worked in extension of the forego retirement. Their human resources. Stantons’ approach hobby, they say, is The Studio. Although The Studio had to life: the “People say, ‘John and slipped a bit in its good enjoyment of both Marcy, when are you going to standing before the Stantons the challenges and retire?’” John said. “What are took over, they put everything the payoffs from we going to retire to?” they had into building it into a hard work. They The Stantons love what reputable source for quality work full time and

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ABOVE: John Stanton ’55 and his wife, Marcy, have run their gift shop, The Studio of Duxbury, together for most of the 28 years they have owned the business. OPPOSITE PAGE: Glasses made by Rolf are just some of the merchandise at The Studio. Simon Pearce is another featured brand.

From previous page store, the Stantons expanded Shore, sometimes an influx of tourists, retaining a from 750 square feet to 3,000 traveling from an Find a coupon online for... quaint, small-town New square feet of selling space. hour away. “It’s England atmosphere. Founded Even on a weekday pretty much been in 1637 by Myles Standish, it is morning, customers trickle in, word of mouth,” The Studio of Duxbury home to more than 14,000 browsing the colorful displays, John said. www.gcc.edu/coupons residents. picking up gift-wrapped He rattles off the On a sunny July morning, packages and chatting with names of each of the Grove City with a degree in John steps out of The Studio’s the Stantons about upcoming employees as they bustle back business administration. He’s doorway. The grey-shingled, events around town. and forth serving the not the only one. Cousins white-trimmed building is The Studio operates under customers – each has been Donald ’49 and David ’58 tucked into a plaza that the age-old rule in retailing: with the store for more than Bergreen; sisters Helen features a variety of shops. The The customer comes first. Both 10 years. “We have people (Stanton ’53) Seward and salty tang of the ocean hangs John and Marcy instinctively who have been with us almost Priscilla (Stanton ’46) Waters; on the breeze as seagulls drift pause in the middle of a task to from the beginning.” niece Alice (Seward ’79) overhead. make sure a customer is As much as John loves Campbell and her husband, John is proud of the strides assisted; their employees call out retailing, he didn’t originally Craig Campbell ’78; and they have made with the cheerful greetings every time intend to go into it as a great-nephew Brett LoVellette store. He points out the the door opens. career. ’06 all graduated from the original footprint; just five And it has paid off. Clients An Epsilon Pi fraternity College. John has two sons years after taking over the come from all over the South member, he graduated from See LABOR OF LOVE, page 6

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coverstory Labboorr of LLoovve from page 5 with his former wife, Marilyn (Watt ’53) Stanton, now deceased. A native of Johnstown, Pa., and son of a Presbyterian minister, John spent summers on Cape Cod with his family. After college, John served in the Army for two years before settling in Pittsburgh. With no career in mind, he started at Scott Paper before moving to Kaufmann’s to serve an assistant buyer to one of the best boys’ wear buyers in the country. When the head buyer retired, John took over for him. He had found his calling. “You either love retailing or you hate it,” John said. “I thought retail was John Stanton ’55 stands outside his gift shop, The Studio of Duxbury, which is nestled in the seaside exciting and also challenging. You get a town of Duxbury, Mass. The shop has 3,000 square feet of selling space. / Photo by Jim Judkis great amount of satisfaction in seeing After some networking, the Stantons The recent economic slump has had an what you buy sell.” were approached about buying The impact on The Studio, but not as much as Soon, John decided to make the Studio. They were ready to go into it could have. As early as a year and a half transition north to Massachusetts to be business for themselves, ready to make ago, the Stantons began to see a drop in near his family. He began working for their own decisions. “It never occurred to business. Although they didn’t know the Boston-based Filene’s in middle either of us that we wouldn’t be reason for the decline, they decided to management and then buying. He and successful,” Marcy said. cut back on inventory they purchased for Marcy met while they were working at She left her job at Talbot’s to run the the upcoming 2008 Christmas season. Filene’s; Marcy had a job in human store. John continued to work for Levi That decision saved them a big resources. Strauss. “He was our breadwinner for headache. Retailers saw Christmas sales Then John was recruited to sell boys’ four years,” Marcy said. “Everything was plummet following the stock market wear for Healthtex, a job that took them being put back in the store.” tumble last fall. The Studio, on the other both to Philadelphia. The Stantons were Marcy, who had had most of her hand, didn’t have to move as much there for less than two years before the experience in human resources and inventory, despite a decline in sales. Since company transferred him back to Boston. administration, finally got a chance to then, the Stantons have cut back on work John then took a job with Levi Strauss as jump into merchandising and buying. hours, closed on Mondays and reduced a salesman with a territory covering the Then John decided to leave his job at Levi their overall inventory. South Shore and Boston. Strauss and focus full-time on the store. The Stantons admit they thrive on the After years of transition, the Stantons It took a few years for them to figure inherent unpredictability of retail. There were ready to put down roots. They out their roles, but they discovered that are risks, to be sure, but they don’t regret pulled off the highway and fell in love their individual skills meshed well. John taking them. Every day when they walk with the quiet seaside town. It was an has taken the lead in the store’s marketing through The Studio’s door, they are living ideal location for them to settle down and advertising and the visual their dream. and be near family. arrangement of storeroom displays. Marcy “It was what the town needed and “We took one look at Duxbury and has taken charge of the administrative what we needed,” Marcy said. said, ‘Why wouldn’t we want to live side of the business. They and a number (Rebecca Miller ’04 is the Grove City here?’” Marcy recalled. “We loved the of employees have buying responsibilities College communications associate and a town, and we still do.” as well. GeDUNK associate editor.)

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focusonretail From Land to Sea Love leads alumna to the ocean, then to a seashell shop By Sarah (Fuhrey) Huber ’05 suggested they think about ove brought Jeanne making a living from shells and, (Elliott ’65) Pisor far although nervous, she was Lfrom the stable, rolling determined to trust God and hills of Pennsylvania to the her husband. uncertain ocean, where she Soon, they opened the learned to trust God, raised two Lajolla Cave and Shell Shop, a sons and, with her husband, store that not only sold shells built a successful business selling and shell-inspired crafts, but the treasure of the sea: seashells. also featured an underwater Jeanne and her husband, Don, cave. Jeanne manned the store married a month after her by day, yet was always home to graduation and moved to meet her sons after school. California, Don’s home state, When they grew older, the then to Florida, and back to boys worked in the shop, and California, together navigating on Sunday afternoons, they Don’s career changes as an played hide and seek in the aerospace engineer. warehouse, from which Don In Florida, she got the first ran a wholesale shell business. job she applied for as an Don is now known around elementary school teacher once the world as an expert in she told the principal she was a seashells – an amazing feat Grove City graduate. “He had considering that he and Jeanne gone to Westminster College,” are self-taught in all things Jeanne recalled, “and said he shells. knew Grove City, the quality of San Diego and shells are passions for Jeanne (Elliott ’65) Pisor. / Contributed photo “It’s all been by the grace of the courses. He respected the students.” God,” Jeanne said. While in Florida, the couple spent most Find a coupon For years, the family vacationed to weekends camping at the Keys. “My online for... exotic locations to stock up on shells, husband started picking up shells, ones that and today, one of their sons helps run caught his eye, and we joined a shell Seaport Village Shell Co. their current store, Seaport Village Shell collecting club,” she said. www.gcc.edu/coupons Co., on the waterfront in San Diego. Money was tight, so the collection grew Jeanne has cut back her hours at the slowly. “Once, my husband wanted to buy a shell for $5, but we shop to spend time with her grandchildren, but she said she couldn’t afford it,” Jeanne said. They started swapping shells with loves working when she has the chance. fellow enthusiasts, and a club member taught them the Latin “I gravitate to the children,” she said. “I like to educate names and families of shells. them about the shells, see them learn that a starfish is really a After they returned to California, Don found he could earn a sea star, for example.’” profit from the hobby. He paid a nickel for abalone shells The business has thrived, and today the Pisors market shells discarded by commercial processors, who sold the meat in the to people throughout the world. shells to restaurants, and resold the shells for a dime. “We would “Life takes turns that you’d never expect,” Jeanne said. “I’ve pack them in barrels in our apartment and ship them to been blessed beyond imagination.” Australia, where they were in demand,” Jeanne said. (For more on Pisor’s shell shop, visit www.sandiegoseashells.com.) Meanwhile, Don seemed discontent with his job. Jeanne (Sarah (Fuhrey ’05) Huber ’05 is a freelance writer living in Dallas.)

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focusonretail Five-Star Service Alumni shine through in jewelry industry By Rebecca (Beinlich ’95) Sodergren math major and a political science major from Grove City ACollege now own a jewelry store 30 minutes from Washington, D.C. You’d think they’d say their studies at the College had very little to do with their current career, but not so. Toby Fitzkee ’73 minored in art – he was the political science major – and both he and now-wife Helen (Kim ’73) Fitzkee took Spanish classes. When Toby Fitzkee decided he wanted to get a master of fine arts degree, Professors Cynthia Forrester (Spanish) and Lois Hamilton (art) suggested he go to Mexico. So Toby got his master’s in silversmithing – a fine prelude to his career as a goldsmith – and Helen learned fluent Spanish, which now helps her serve Spanish-speaking customers. John Henne ‘89 is president of his Shadyside family business of Henne Jewelers. / Photo by Ron Dylewski Her math background helps with a high school and college student. bookkeeping, too. Find a coupon It didn’t take long. By 1999, his dad Newly home from Mexico, Helen online for... retired, and John and sister Meg Henne taught math, and her husband worked as Gibson took over the business. a goldsmith for her brother, Daniel Kim Henne Jewelers ’71, a George Mason University www.gcc.edu/coupons Both the Fitzkees and Henne enjoy professor who owned a jewelry store on being their own bosses. the side. “It’s a true privilege to get to run all After three or four years, Toby and neighborhood of Pittsburgh has been in aspects of the business – customers, Helen decided to open their own the family for 122 years. hiring, training and giving back to the jewelry store, Five Star Jewelers in John Henne, however, didn’t feel community,” Henne said. He’s now the Burke, Va. Daniel Kim is now semi- pressured; he can recall only one time president and handles finances, diamond retired. when his father told him he could join buying and sales. His sister handles After 22 years in business for the business if he wanted to. human resources. The Henne parents themselves, the Fitzkees say they profited He wanted to try other things first, so continue to work one to two days per from the roundabout route after college. got his CPA and worked for KPMG week. after college. He figured an accounting At Five Star Jewelers, Toby handles For John Henne ’89, the path to background would serve him well when goldsmithing, appraisals and most of the jewelry store ownership was more direct he did want to return to the jewelry “manual labor,” while Helen works as – Henne Jewelers in the Shadyside store, where he had worked part-time as Continued on next page

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focusonretail From previous page the buyer, seller and accountant. There’s a size difference in the Fitzkees’ and Henne’s stores, however. The Fitzkees have three part-time employees including one of their daughters (they have two other adult children also), while Henne Jewelers employs 22 people. Both businesses have seen some slowdown due to the economy. The Fitzkees saw about a 7 percent drop in sales last Christmas from the prior year. But Helen Fitzkee noted many jewelers are reporting 15 to 30 percent losses, whereas Five Star serves many government employees who haven’t lost their jobs. And Henne said his store planned in January for slowdown by monitoring expenses closely, but sales figures have turned out higher than expected. Above all, both stores stress customer service. Helen Fitzkee refers to Five Star Jewelers as “a little mom and pop store” that people trust, so the store gets many customers through word of mouth. And Henne says his store employs a master watchmaker and three designers who can custom-make jewelry, so the store can handle “every aspect of customer service.” He finds that many referrals come from Grove City College alumni. Henne, married with four children ages 1 to 7, serves on the boards of Imani Christian Academy and the Coalition for Christian Outreach, and his store supports “dozens” of charities throughout the year. The College, Henne says, taught him Helen (Kim ‘73), left, and Toby ‘73 Fitzkee shine in their Washington, D.C., jewelry store. / Contributed photo to integrate his faith into every aspect of their customers. Find a coupon his life. Whether it’s Valentine’s Day, an online for... “We look at what we do as having engagement or wedding, a birthday, value for the kingdom – being a godly Christmas or another special event, employer, doing the right thing in the Henne said, “We’re dealing with people Five Star Jewelers community, and dealing with customers during the happiest times of their lives.” www.gcc.edu/coupons and vendors with complete integrity.” (Visit the Fitzkees’ web site at Besides, both the Fitzkees and Henne www.fivestarjewelers.net or John Henne’s at (Rebecca (Beinlich '95) Sodergren is a says they simply like getting to know www.hennejewelers.com.) freelance writer in Centerville, Ohio.)

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focusonretail All Dressed Up ’83 grad is at the service of clients looking to turn on the charm By Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw hen Nancy (Ferguson ’83) Find a coupon online for... Notaro of Ocean City, N.J., Wpurchased a Christian bookstore 10 years ago, she got more At Your Service than she bargained for – a thriving www.gcc.edu/coupons wedding formal wear business called At Your Service. She has met with some unusual “I’m a certified wedding coordinator, circumstances over the past 10 years. so when I took over the ownership of “I have literally gone down on the Harbor Light Christian Book and Gift beach and collected a tuxedo after a Shop, I brought in this sideline wedding prom rental,” she laughed. formalwear business from the start. Other above-and-beyond memories are “As it turned out,” she continued, “the similar. Last year, Notaro was working tuxedo rentals were the only part of the with a student who was pressed for time overall business that that grew! Customers because he was going to another high could buy books and music on the school’s prom on the same night of his Internet or at big box stores at much less baseball game. To make it work, Notaro cost than I was able to market from a met the student and his mother – with storefront.” Nancy (Ferguson ‘83) Notaro is truly at the flowers in tow – at her own house near Notaro eventually shifted the focus of service of her clients. / Photo by Eric Weeks the baseball field. There, the student the store to a gift shop and changed the flexibility for weekend and evening showered, dressed, collected the flowers name to The Purple Cow. But making appointments without needing to cover a and was able to pick up his date in time. the changeover didn’t help. shop, which has actually increased In addition to formalwear, Notaro also “When my lease was up, I knew that I business. substitute teaches, manages a seaside didn’t have the stomach to make it Being in a resort area, Notaro has rental, works full time at the Ocean City through another winter in a resort town worked many of the destination beach Tabernacle as its financial secretary and that goes from 150,000 people in the weddings for out-of-town wedding handles bookkeeping duties for a local summer to 15,000 year-round residents parties. wedding photographer one evening a who mostly winter in Florida anyways. “They love that I deliver to their hotel week. At that point, I closed the storefront and in Cape May and don’t have to find the “My schedule is full but I love the focused on working a formalwear shop- closest shopping mall some 45 minutes variety,” she said. “I am blessed with at-home service from home.” away.” employers who allow me to be flexible One of the benefits of this is that her Another service is her barbeque or with my hours so that I can keep all the customer service is true convenience. pizza party wedding delivery balls in the air as I juggle everything. “I will actually go to a bride and combination, where the wedding party “I truly am ‘at your service,’” she groom’s home and have them select their dines together at a fun barbeque or pizza added, “but it is so much fun to be tuxedos and get measured,” she said. dinner while Notaro does her work. involved in the special occasions of “Then I deliver and pick-up before and “While everyone is having a good people’s lives.” after the wedding.” time, I quietly wait while each person (Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw is the Grove Another advantage in leaving a tries on their outfit and make any City College assistant director of alumni storefront set up was her newfound adjustments on the spot!” relations and a GeDUNK contributing editor.)

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focusonretail Going Green Grad sells style with a conscience through online retailer Salvagist By Melinda Miller nthusiastic, passionate and thoughtful are all traits that come to mind when you talk with Yvonne English ’97 about her Ework. You could also add risk-taker, social-entrepreneur and networker to that list. English is the creator of Salvagist, an online retailer that sells “stylish products with a wow factor.” Her company’s tagline is fitting – “style with a social conscience.” Salvagist products are manufactured out of materials such as sails, fire hose, bike tire tubes and PVC banners. Looking for a Yvonne English ‘97 sells stylish bags like this one, made of recycled purse? Wallet? Diaper bag? Shower curtain? Dog bed cover? You materials, through her online retail web site Salvagist. / Contributed photo can find them all at the Salvagist web site (www.salvagist.com), the seatbelt purses to where English displays products made from recycled materials see if she could sell Find a coupon and produced by micro-manufacturers. them in the United online for... English, who was a double major in international business and States but never French, doesn’t limit her entrepreneurial endeavors to Salvagist. heard back. After Salvagist She started her first company, a boutique consulting firm researching products www.gcc.edu/coupons specializing in investments and retirement plans, at age 24. She made from recycled has also partnered with Ron Wills ’97 on an alternative energy materials herself, she discovered pockets of mom-and-pop shops project bio-diesel fuel, currently in the research phase. that produce items made out of recycled materials. English Both English and Wills are very interested in bio diesel from developed relationships with these vendors and launched any kind of indigenous crop with the idea to show local Salvagist in early 2008. residents, anywhere in the world, how to grow plants that can She attributes her successful entrepreneurial endeavors to be converted to bio-fuel. Plus, a software product she is involved passion about the task at hand. in is currently in “stealth mode.” “It’s important for the business to be something you’re very By day, she is the national operations director of retirement excited about,” she said. “Entrepreneurship can be a little lonely, resources at RSM McGladrey Inc., an accounting and especially when you’re doing it part time. There’s a lot of consulting firm. English is also a consummate networker who is pressure on people to love what they do. Pick something that connected with many different entrepreneur groups. you love but don’t expect to be tiptoeing through the tulips “You can share ideas and avoid some pitfalls if you talk with every day.” others who have gone through some of the same things you’re A penny of every dollar spent online at Salvagist is donated trying to do,” she said. by English to support entrepreneurs in developing countries Salvagist is a passion project for English who considers herself through Kiva (www.kiva.org), an organization that provides an entrepreneur at heart. She had been kicking around the idea micro-loans to people to alleviate poverty. of retail for a couple of years but hadn’t identified the right “I really believe in giving back,” explained English. “I truly project. Things came together one Christmas, when her believe we can all help make the world a better place – husband gave her a handbag made out of seatbelts. She loved it especially by encouraging and supporting entrepreneurs.” and thought it would be even better if it was made from (Melinda Miller is the Grove City College director of foundation and recycled seatbelts. corporate relations, interim director of communications and a GeDUNK So she contacted the Canadian company that manufactured contributing editor.)

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focusonretail Dressed for Success Alumni stay on top with careers in the world of fashion By Kelsey (Pollock ’06) Rhea makes her comfortable eing ahead of the latest trend can carrying on be nearly impossible. What does it conversations with Btake? Almost as impossible is CEOs to crown landing that perfect job, especially in an princesses. industry known for being cut-throat. With The current more and more people competing for economic climate has fewer jobs, how can you beat out the an effect on even the competition? mega-wealthy shoppers As these three Grove City grads can Ware assists on a daily Christina Ware ‘03 attest, it takes ambition and initiative. basis. She has seen a “return to basics” in Maybe that’s what it takes to be fashion fashion, and while even this dream world forward. can be hit by reality, “fashion is about art From the time she was a little girl, and emotion” and allows people to New York City had a “magical” appeal create a lifestyle they want. for Christina Ware ’03. Well, for this little Madison Avenue is home to another girl, dreams came true. Ware works as a pillar of American design, Brooks sales associate for one of the premiere Brothers, and another Grove City grad American designers at their flagship store making it happen in the Big Apple. on Madison Avenue. And she made the Grant McClelland ’04 is another dream happen for herself. example of what happens when you Grant McClelland ‘04 / Contributed photo Only knowing she wanted to live in have talent and ability backed up by the New York and work drive to succeed. topped the sales team. in retail, she Fashion is about McClelland McClelland knew if he ever wanted to take it to the next level, he would need contacted the art and emotion. began his career in College’s Alumni Pittsburgh in the to know more than how to sell. So he Relations Office for – CHRISTINA WARE ’03 financial industry, “took it upon himself to go above and a list of all Grove but quickly found it beyond in the area of product City College alumni working in retail in was not for him. Like Ware, McClelland knowledge.” the city. knew he wanted to work in the fashion When a Brooks Brothers vice She called everyone she could asking industry, but didn’t have a way to get president visited, McClelland had the for 20 minutes of their time to discuss there. opportunity for an important their careers. A scheduled 20-minute After sending his resume to place after conversation, being “ready to move to conversation with one alum turned into place, McClelland still didn’t have a new New York, but just needed the two hours, which led to the interview job. So, he rolled up his sleeves and “did opportunity.” So impressed was the VP that got her the job. it the old-fashioned way,” taking a job in that he personally gave McClelland’s “Who you know gets you in the door the stock room of Ann Taylor where he resume to human resources. in New York, but you need to be able to rapidly moved from the back room to Within two weeks, McClelland was back it up,” she says. the front of the store. flown to New York to work in a position Ware adds that Grove City helped her Neighboring store Brooks Brothers created especially for him in allocations, “become sure of who she was and what took notice of McClelland’s ability and becoming the only person in the past 30 she wanted.” This confidence is what offered him a sales position, where he Continued on next page

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focusonretail From previous page years to be promoted from the store to corporate. Today, he is in charge of the entire men’s clothing and accessories line for Brooks. “Transferable skills are the best things” he learned at Grove City. “Grove City College does a great job of preparing you for interviews and teaching about professionalism,” he says. “The people you are surrounded with are the most intelligent, well-rounded people, and they bring you to a higher level.” McClelland has also seen a change in the fashion industry, especially since the economy has taken a downturn. Working for the oldest retailer in the U.S., McClelland’s company has a long history to reflect back upon, and a Brooks study showed that “with every economic downturn, Brooks has found a new innovation that has become a classic product.” Not everyone who has a passion for Jocelyn (Moore ‘80) Thompson found a job in fashion she loves through Stein Mart. / Contributed photo fashion and an excellent career in the opportunity to do something again she industry works in New York City. loved as much. Find a coupon Jocelyn (Moore ’80) Thompson has As she settled into life with her family online for... found that you can truly have it all. in western Pennsylvania, she began “to From her days on campus to her first seek the same position she held in Stein Mart career, through years of volunteering and Iowa.” Not only did she obtain her old www.gcc.edu/coupons now to her current position with retailer position in a new area, she began to take Stein Mart, Thompson has always had on more responsibilities and found The change in the economy has the skills to be a leader. herself working with a boutique changed the amount of work she has Her attractive, easygoing personality recruiter who was opening a new store. and has effected how many boutique and warmth draw people to her, and this Instead of sitting back and waiting for staff she manages and hires. She ability to instantly engage and form a similar position to become available, especially sees it in her responsibility of relationships is what makes her a great Thompson “called her boss in Florida planning the openings of new stores. manager of people and a great and expressed interest.” Within a month, And like Ware and McClelland, saleswoman. While serving as president two people in her desired position Thompson sees how, even in tough of her local Junior League in Iowa, resigned, and thanks to her initiative and times, the right outfit can positively Thompson spotted an advertisement to ability, Thompson got the job. impact someone’s life. And finding the become a boutique leader for Stein “I learned how to be a self-starter at right fit – in clothes or career – makes a Mart. Grove City,” she says. Both of big difference, too. Thompson got the job and loved Thompson’s roles as boutique leader and (Kelsey (Pollock ’06) Rhea is the Grove working there, but her husband’s career recruiter at Stein Mart allow her “to do City College assistant director of alumni took them back to Pennsylvania, and she everything she likes in life, but work Relations and a GeDUNK contributing didn’t know if she would have the from home.” editor.)

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focusonretail On Target Alums hit mark for retail giant By Anna (Van Slembrouck ’01) Swartz so that we can keep the price as low as ention the word “Target” to possible for the guest,” Houston says. just about anyone, and the While Houston oversees distribution on Mresponse is likely to be a large scale, another alumnus, Howie something like this: “I love Target!” Riley ’07, tackles the challenge of To find offerings such as trendy, strategically dispersing merchandise inexpensive clothing lines from well- throughout a Pittsburgh store. As an Jodi Craiglow ‘02 enjoys the camaraderie of the known designers, to grocery items, executive team leader in logistics, Riley’s Target family. / Contributed photo electronics and cosmetics, chances are day begins at 4 a.m. managing a team of “You have to be very outgoing,” you’ve been there. And often. In fact, 50 to 60 people who unload products Gadsby says of her role at Target. “I love Target.com boasts that 96 percent of from trailers onto the sales floor and stock working with people; I love the team.” people recognize the bulls-eye logo as room. The first four hours of Riley’s day The task of hiring and retaining quality Target’s mark. are a race against the clock – making sure team members falls into the hands of That’s not surprising, as the retail giant everything is in place before shoppers hit people like Christie (McHugh ’08) boasts 1,699 stores nationwide. the entrance at 8 a.m. Ketterman, who until recently served as With such a massive inventory of Besides coordinating product placement an executive team leader in human products, a great deal of time, effort and throughout the store, Riley focuses on resources at a Pittsburgh store. Besides teamwork goes into every little detail – other leadership aspects of his job – deciding which applicants should be long before customers place an item in maximizing payroll hours or figuring out interviewed and ensuring the effectiveness their shopping cart. A handful of Grove the ideal location for special holiday of training new team members, City College alumni contribute to the displays. Ketterman says that a lot of emphasis is success of this well-known corporation. Aside from ensuring that stores are placed on retention. Team chat sessions – Applying to a packed high with merchandise, Target always with a food theme (such as Ice Monster.com ad led focuses on making sure guests – the Cream Day) – allowed her to get Grove City native Stacy corporation’s preferred name for feedback about potential improvements. Houston ’93 to her customers – are satisfied. Jennifer Gadsby “They really focus on keeping … career at Target. About ’08, an executive team leader at a employees happy,” she says. a year ago, she Cincinnati, Ohio, store, works to ensure Jodi Craiglow ’02 has found a number transferred from a just that. of reasons to be happy with her position position at a Virginia As a leader titled specifically in “Guest as a cash office specialist at a Target in import warehouse to Experience,” Gadsby’s duties range from Monroe, N.C. Besides the camaraderie of Stacy Houston ‘93 her role as a senior responding to guest complaints, a close-knit team (Craiglow’s mother process leader at the overseeing the café, in-store Starbucks and actually works at the same store), she Target headquarters in Minneapolis. guest service counter, as well as managing enjoys the flexibility her role brings, Houston’s group supports four import the whole team (about 40 employees at especially important since she is currently warehouses – two on each coast – and one time). a year away from receiving her master of makes sure that the replenishment of Working at the Target with the second- divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell. product to the 26 regional warehouses highest level of sales in Cincinnati, Gadsby She hopes to go on to receive her Ph.D. across the country goes smoothly. feels that her position has allowed her to and become a religion professor. Efficiency is key. “It’s all about making grow as a leader. She began her career at As part of her current role, Craiglow sure that operationally we’re doing the Target during an internship between her also serves as the store’s competitive right things so that we eliminate rework, junior and senior year at Grove City. Continued on next page

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focusonretail From previous page shopper – she logs six or seven hours a week at Wal-Mart, recording the prices of specific items. “Usually they lower their prices to stay competitive,” Craiglow says. Previously, Craiglow worked in human resources at the same store. Prior to that, she worked at Target during several summers in college. One of the highlights of her time in human resources was coordinating volunteer events, such as “Shop with a Cop,” during which a local sheriff’s department fundraiser allowed underprivileged children to go Christmas shopping at Target. In fact, giving back to the community is a top priority for the corporation. Five percent of the corporation’s income goes into the community. That’s more than $3 million each week. Bettering education, arts, social services, law enforcement and technology in communities are some of the funded areas, says Houston. In addition, Target team members racked up 350,000 Howie Riley ‘07 is strategic about product placement at a Pittsburgh Target volunteer hours last year alone. store. / Contributed photo All these tasks – supplying customers with the right products at retail store. In fact, Riley admits that he hadn’t set foot in a Target the right price to community service efforts – require a well- before starting his career there. “I had no idea what I was missing.” organized company of hard-working individuals. Riley “had no (Anna (Van Slembrouck ’01) Swartz is a freelance writer and idea at all how much work went into the process” of organizing a proofreader in Michigan.) At-home gift basket company is ‘heaven sent’ By Anna (Van Slembrouck ’01) Swartz or Reneé (Wachstetter ’89) Find a coupon online for... Ramfos, her home-based gift Fbasket company is a gift to her, too. Heavenly Gift Baskets Seeking a career that www.gcc.edu/coupons would allow her the flexibility to stay home Ramfos uses her creativity to customize in Harmony, Pa., with orders as well. her two children, As a Mary Kay Cosmetics consultant, Ramfos researched the Ramfos can couple that with her gift possibilities and settled basket company for special events such as on “Heavenly Gift Reneé (Wachstetter A gift basket pays homage to Seneca Valley Mother’s Day. She considers both Baskets.” ’89) Ramfos School District. / Contributed photo businesses as outlets for ministry. Even “God really opened up the doors,” chapter of BNI, or Business Network subtle touches, such as including Proverbs Ramfos said. “It was February or March International, a leading referral and 3:5-6 on her business cards and e-mails when I decided to go ahead with the marketing network. have led to comments from customers. business, and by June, I was ready to take Gift baskets are typically ordered as “God has been leading me the whole orders.” Now, Ramfos – who previously gifts for individuals, but Ramfos’ creations way,” she says. spent more than 11 years with inside sales are utilized for corporate events as well. (For more information on Heavenly Gift and marketing at IBM – has been in Baskets are themed – everything from Baskets, visit Ramfos’ web site at business for three years. “Way to Go Steelers” (complete with a www.heavenly-gift-baskets.com or call (412) As a way to network, Ramfos plunged Terrible Towel) to “A Tea Break” (using a 585-3696.) right into business ownership by joining teapot instead of a basket); holiday and (Anna (Van Slembrouck ’01) Swartz is a the local Chamber of Commerce and a special occasion baskets are also available. freelance writer/proofreader in Michigan.)

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focusonretail Rollin’ on the River Christian Fyke ‘96 builds family of Rivertowne restaurants By Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw ears ago, before his days as a political science major at Grove City College, Christian Fyke ’96 dreamed of Yowning a restaurant. Fast forward 15 years since his graduation. Today he owns not only one, but three successful Rivertowne restaurants in the greater Pittsburgh area. “My dad was in business for himself, so entrepreneurship is in my blood,” Fyke said. “But it was my next-door neighbor who really spurred my interest in restaurants early on. “They owned Tivoli’s in Penn Hills,” he continued, “and I was friends with their kids, and we would ‘play’ restaurant all the time, because that’s what they knew. I loved the whole atmosphere of the place – and especially the great food.” Fyke’s initial foray into the food business presented the proverbial “sow’s ear/silk purse” challenge. “The original building had been a dive for years,” he said, “so when I took it over I was pretty much working from scratch.” The result became known as the Rivertowne Inn, a great local spot that became quickly popular with the area crowd for its tasty comfort foods and specialty beer selections. Five years later, the Rivertowne Pub and Grille in North Huntingdon met with equal success. Then, after bringing in partner and brew master Andrew Maxwell, Fyke decided to branch out into the world of microbrews with the Rivertowne Pour House in Monroeville. Each location is packed with both loyal and pass-through Christian Fyke ’96 has built a successful group of Pittsburgh-area restaurants patrons and consistent good reviews pour in on the food and under the Rivertowne name. / Contributed photo drink. Signature favorites include the Rivertowne fish sandwich “He really taught as well as the famous Reuben creation. The homemade pizzas the common sense Find a coupon also are crowd pleasers at each location. aspects of building a online for... “The Pour House is our newest location, and I have really successful business as enjoyed learning the art of a microbrewery. We have 19 beers on well as how to Rivertowne restaurants tap – with White Lightning being one of the most popular. I manage staff. I use so www.gcc.edu/coupons don’t have a personal favorite because it’s a lot like trying to pick much of what he a favorite among your children – it’s tough to do!” taught in the class in my own employee training programs. Fyke credits his ability to launch three top restaurants while “It just goes to show how what you learn at Grove City can be balancing his family and personal life with the faith he has in his applied in the most unlikely of ways,” Fyke continued. staff of managers and employees. “‘Microbrewer’ and ‘Grove City College’ are definitely an odd “I know I wouldn’t be able to have the ability to step back and pairing. Hey, I also competed in the World Series of Poker, but I oversee multiple restaurants if I didn’t have staff members who I can’t say whether anything I learned at college helped me there could trust and know are handling things well,” he said. or not!” Much of that credit, he added, goes to his former business (For more on the Rivertowne restaurants, go to www.myrivertowne.com.) professor at Grove City College, Dr. William Hinton, who he (Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw is the Grove City College assistant affectionately refers to as “Wild Bill.” director of alumni relations and a GeDUNK contributing editor.)

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focusonretail Sweet Success ‘89 grad takes Lancaster pie business to a new level By Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96 hen David Johnson ’89 was looking for a new business venture, he was hardly leaning toward the Wmini pie industry.It wasn’t pie Johnson was sweet on, but a successful business model with a future.And the Tn’T Bakery in Lancaster, Pa., fit the bill. Johnson had started as an electrical engineering, a degree he finished at the University of Pittsburgh in 1996, but graduated as an international business/German major. He also spent two-and- a-half years in the Air Force ROTC program. His parents, Col. Bruce Johnson ’60 and Shelvey (Pease ’59) Johnson, had moved David and his sisters, Sandra and Jennifer (Johnson ’85) Green, all over the world with Bruce’s military career. So it was natural for David to take a job in Germany after college. After moving around to several companies in his successful career, Johnson knew it was time to have something to call his own. He wasn’t sure what he was looking for, but gravitated toward businesses that had potential and longevity to build on. The unlikely venture he found was Tn’T pies in Amish country,purchased three years ago. It had a solid background and great production history,but sales had slumped from 100,000 per FROM TOP: Pies at T n’ T Bakery are first cooled after baking; then week to just 20,000. Johnson knew that with the right leadership workers load them in to the wrapping machine; and finally they wait for and strategic plan, the company could flourish again. distribution across the state. / Photos by Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96 Named for original owners Tom and Tom, the business began in 1955.Three days a week, a dozen employees work together to business coaching firm that helps business owners realize a bake and deliver 11 varieties – apple, cherry,blueberry,chocolate, “clarity of vision” and set realistic goals and strategic plans. coconut cream, lemon, peach, pineapple, pumpkin, raisin and After working with ActionCOACH, Johnson saw a 62 percent strawberry-apple. Margaret, for example, has been at Tn’T for 13 growth rate – 35 percent in the first year alone. Johnson now has years and still enjoys her job at 81 years old. Tn’T Pies in 225 Turkey Hill stores as well as on the shelves of She watches as the pies, in neat rows on wooden racks, are Sunoco, Hess,Weis, Redners, Boyers and Shady Maple markets cooled after baking then slid onto a belt for wrapping in blue in central Pennsylvania.The snacks are in 10 percent of Sheetz and red wax paper bags.The plant has the capacity to churn out stores, and Johnson is working hard to build that relationship. 3,500 pies per hour. From there, independent drivers deliver the A goal by 2013 is to have regional coverage in mid-Atlantic 5½-ounce pies to area convenience stores and gas stations. states. By 2018, Johnson wants to take Tn’T Pies national. “What stuck in my mind was from Marketing 101,”he said. He was so impressed with what ActionCOACH did for Tn’T, “Little pies are recession proof.” he joined the firm as a consultant.Today,he helps other business That lesson learned at Grove City had family history,too; 23 owners grow their endeavors as well. in Johnson’s family are alumni, including his wife, Jacqueline “So many things are common sense,”Johnson said,“but seeing (Roach ’90). His son, Nevin, will apply for admission next fall. the forest for the trees can be difficult.” “I didn’t expect to be a baker,”Johnson said.“I didn’t buy (Learn more about David Johnson’s endeavors at www.tntbakery.com Tn’T because it was pie but because it was a smart business or www.coachmybiz.com.) move.” (Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96 is the GeDUNK managing editor Johnson began working with ActionCOACH, a global and owns Clingensmith Communications in Lititz, Pa.)

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focusonretail Close to Home Alum store owners keep business in their alma mater’s area By Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman increase foot traffic, and it worked. The use. “We know the owners,” said Brenda, elling items from flowers to recent revitalization of downtown Grove “so it’s a lot more personal. It’s more fenders, several Grove City College City helped as well, Brenda reports. The labor intensive, but it provides good Salumni run retail businesses just Nelsons also added a sale station for customer service.” minutes from their alma mater. Pennsylvania lottery tickets. In the future, they hope to do some Nelson’s Flower Shop In addition, they see the need to keep store remodeling and add gift lines. “Keeping it fresh” is good for flowers up with Internet ordering. “Tech is Brenda would like to become involved and it’s what Brenda (Destefani ’90) huge!” says Brenda. Nelson’s now has in event work, as well. Nelson is doing at Nelson’s Flower Shop point-of-sale software tied to its web site. Slovak Folk Crafts in downtown Grove City. She finds The Nelsons noticed a decline in sales Dave ’60 and Anne (Harker ’60) retail challenging because what’s popular due to other Internet-ordering options. Dayton had no experience in retail is constantly changing. In response, they are building their own when they opened a store in Grove City, “Grove City is a smaller market so we network of out-of-town floral shops to even though Anne had deep local ties; have to stay up on the trends,” she says. her father, J. Stanley Harker ’25, was Brenda is the manager and her Find a coupon College president from 1956 to 1971. husband, Scott, is the owner of the online for... “God opened doors we had not even third-generation family business. knocked on,” says Dave, “and this Brenda and Scott have expanded their Nelson’s Flower Shop became possible.” offerings in the past several years. They www.gcc.edu/coupons This opportunity is the Slovak Folk added an ice cream parlor to the store to Crafts mission shop on Route 208. After teaching in Slovakia in 2000, Dave and Anne realized that country’s economy was struggling and decided to start a business to import Slovak folk crafts to the United States. The handcrafted items include hand-cut lead crystal, ceramics, decorated eggs and wood carvings. Their goals are to create jobs for the Slovaks, to reinvest the profit in Slovakia through charitable gifts and to educate Americans about Slovakia. Slovak Folk Crafts has become a popular tourist attraction. “Our store’s guest book has been signed by visitors from all 50 states and all but two of the Canadian provinces,” Dave says. The Daytons are grateful for the store’s growing popularity because, as Dave explains, “a small business like this has very little money for marketing and Brenda (Destafani ’90) Nelson follows current trends to market Nelson’s Flower Shop. / Photo by Janice advertising.” (Zinsner ’87) Inman Continued on next page

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Handiwork is displayed at Grove City’s Slovak Folk Crafts, owned by Dave ’60 and Anne (Harker ’60) Dayton. / Contributed photo Nannie Jean (Kocher ’46) Hay / Photo by Carole Starz From previous page Kocher’s Grove City Floral Co. management in college,” explains his Both Daytons – now retired from their “I love happy flowers,” says Nannie mother. “Thanks to his studies, he does professional careers – put in time working Jean (Kocher ’46) Hay. the work of 10 men and does it well.” at the store. Their favorite part of retail is Working at the family floral She said the store has not changed meeting the customers. Says Dave, “It’s company, she was part of many joyful much in the past five years. Kocher’s like having an open house every day. We occasions. That was her favorite part of does have a gift shop in front and most meet amazing people.” In addition to working in retail. Her least favorite business is called in. Some areas of the talking to people, Anne likes finding new part was preparing arrangements for business have changed over time. products to order. “It’s great fun when funerals. “We used to make a lot of new baby new products arrive at the store.” Nannie Jean and her husband, bouquets for the hospitals, but mothers Therein lies one of the hardest parts Ronald Hay ’46 owned Kocher’s go home so quickly now,” Nannie Jean of retail, says Dave. “Trying to Grove City Floral Company on Liberty says. “We used to do more wedding understand what people want to buy is Street. The company was founded work, too, but now young people are difficult. It is a lot of trial and error.” He more than 100 years ago and was flying to location weddings. also notes the importance of having managed by several member of Nannie “I always wanted to work until I fell consistent, predictable hours. Jean’s family through the years. Nannie over,” she continues. “Well, I did!” As to the future, Dave looks forward Jean personally arranged the flowers Nannie Jean is recovering from a knee to changing the software on the store’s and bouquets for 50 years of Grove replacement, does some bookkeeping web site to allow for the sale of some City College’s May Pageants. at home and is still happy to say that 1,300 pieces of Polish pottery. Starting a At the store, Nannie Jean recalls that she loves flowers. wholesale division also a possibility. the busiest time of the year was See LOCAL, page 25 Mother’s Day, with Easter coming in a Find a coupon close second. They “absolutely kept Find a coupon online for... extra supplies on hand for Valentine’s online for... Day, too,” she laughed. Slovak Folk Crafts Nannie Jean and Ronnie have since Kocher’s Floral Co. retired and Kocher’s is now owned by www.gcc.edu/coupons www.gcc.edu/coupons their son, David. “He studied greenhouse

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focusonretail Fine Flock Alumni converge at central Pennsylvania Chick-fil-A By Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96 hawn Filby ’89 is what Chick-fil-A calls a “Raving Fan.” These are guests of the popular Atlanta-based restaurant Swho love the Chick-fil-A food and service so much they’ll tell pretty much anyone about it. Before his Chick-fil-A days, Filby was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force. After graduation from Grove City’s ROTC program, he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma to study meteorology. Soon after, he decided it wasn’t for him and he tried to find a way to switch gears. He ended up building satellites for the last six-and-a-half years of his military career. Across the street from his office in Alexandria, Va., was a Chick-fil-A that Shawn frequented. Anytime a visitor came to town, Filby took them to Chick-fil-A. Then after 20 years of service in the military when retirement rolled around, Filby’s comrades joked that he would probably Chick-fil-A operator Shawn Filby ‘89, left, hired two Grove City grads as work for Chick-fil-A because he loved the place so much. assistant managers: Joel Pearce ‘06, center, and Kory Kaye ‘09. / Photo by Not a bad idea. Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ‘96 Filby not only loved the food at Chick-fil-A, he loved the pick up. Locations of stores were being explored, and Chick-fil-A philosophy. Chick-fil-A, founded in 1946 by Truett Cathy, has a flew Filby and his wife, Melanie, to Atlanta for a final meeting on mission not only to be the best quick-service restaurant around Feb. 9, their twins’ birthday. On Feb. 10, Filby was officially the but to glorify God in doing so. All 1,430 restaurants are closed operator of the new Chick-fil-A store in Reading, Pa., set to on Sundays to show this commitment to God and to family. And open July 30. Chick-fil-A is invested in its people and community. Despite Filby’s lack of restaurant experience, he had the It was a vision Filby could see for his next step, too. qualities Chick-fil-A was looking for: personality, a “fire in the So he went forward in June 2008 – still a year away from his belly,” know-how to build and lead teams and the ability to official 2009 retirement – to open, own and operate a Chick-fil- handle intense work situations. A store. He started by completing the Expression of Interest Although there wasn’t restaurant experience, per se, Filby did form on the Chick-fil-A web site. Stats online were not have experience in food. In high school and college, he helped encouraging. Chick-fil-A receives 10,000 to 20,000 applications his parents run Filby’s Country Retreat in New Castle, Pa., a each year but opens only 75 to 80 stores. The application process catering business and event locale. So the service gene was was rigorous, 70 percent of operators are chosen from within, inherent. And Filby wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. At the and Filby had no quick-service food experience. family business, he washed dishes and cleaned toilets, and today He completed the 20-page application anyway. at Chick-fil-A, he’s often seen rolling up his sleeves to bread Six weeks went by, then 12, and Filby had heard nothing from chicken, squeeze lemons or wipe tables. Chick-fil-A, so he called to follow up. The next day, he had a In April and May, intensive training began at Chick-fil-A phone interview. Tens of thousands of people express interest on University in Atlanta. There, Filby learned all the aspects of the Chick-fil-A site and the personal follow-up by the applicant running the store, from hiring employees and cooking to is the company’s test to see who’s serious. balancing the books and marketing. By September, Chick-fil-A execs interviewed Filby face-to- He also learned that Chick-fil-A focuses on four key areas: its face in Washington, D.C. Then in November, he interviewed food, people, brand and cow mascot, and community. For Filby, again in Atlanta. In January and February 2009, things began to Continued on next page

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From previous page science degree in January. Enterprise Rent-A-Car since graduation. the investment in people was refreshing. “I want to inspire my employees to Mark had worked for Pricewaterhouse “We’re not here just to sell chicken and become who they want to become,” Filby Coopers and Deloitte as a software make money,” he said, “but to influence said. In Kaye’s case, that may mean helping consultant and trainer, but most recently, the employees and the community.” the young alum eventually work in he has been a stay-at-home dad to the Filby had a bit of history with with the marketing for Chick-fil-A headquarters. girls. “This is also a great opportunity to company. Wife Melanie, a missionary kid, Kaye, though, is enjoying working with get back into the workforce for him,” had worked at a Chick-fil-A while in the many teens at Chick-fil-A, an Karen said. college. The job helped pay her way, and opportunity he may not have had along Neither, like Filby, have any food her boss knew it. One week she was very the marketing route. service experience, but about four years sick, and her boss told her to go home Filby’s second employee, hired in July, ago, Karen attended an Enterprise seminar and get well. She knew she would miss was unit marketing director Amy and heard from Frederick Reichheld, who the money that week, but needed to rest. Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96, who was wrote “Loyalty Rules.” In it, Reicheld When her paycheck came, her regular moving to central talks about the hours were there and accounted for. Pennsylvania in We’re not here just “miracle companies” Melanie always remembered that, and August to be to sell chicken of Enterprise and the fact that her supervisor was invested in married and start Chick-fil-A. her as a person stuck with her. her own business. and make money, “He went on The story impacted Shawn, too. The daily work but to influence the employees about Chick-fil-A “I said to myself, ‘That’s the kind of at Chick-fil-A is and the community. and what an amazing company I want to work for.’” hard, and the hours – SHAWN FILBY ’89 opportunity it was to While Filby is an independent owner/ are sometimes long. be an operator,” operator and therefore does not work But meeting and Karen remembered. Find a coupon directly for Chick-fil-A, his employees do. interacting with the online for... “I was intrigued and One of his main tasks before opening the guests is a fringe went online to find store this summer was to hire nearly 70 benefit, and Filby out more. I was so employees to run the registers, cook, and the other Chick-fil-A Exeter impressed with what hostess, manage and market. Grove City grads www.gcc.edu/coupons I read and with Filby – also father to Graham, Amanda, are following Filby’s everyone that I met Mark and Trey – stared his hiring process business philosophy. from that point on. It took four years to in June with the first employee, Kory “If you’re not having fun while you’re actually get a store, but it gave both me Kaye ’09. Kaye had been interested in a doing it, you’re not doing it right.” and Chick-fil-A plenty of time to know it marketing job at an Ohio Chick-fil-A. Filby, Kaye, Pearce and Mongiovi aren’t was the right decision!” When the opportunity fell through, Kaye the only alumni embarking on the That decision did not come easy. Most talked with Filby about the company and Chick-fil-A journey. franchises require the operator to invest where he could go from there. Filby asked Karen (Dutka ’96) and Mark ’96 anywhere from $250,000 to $1 million, him if he would be interested in Bolumen are preparing to open a Chick- and those figures were daunting. The relocating to Reading to become an fil-A in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 17. investment for Chick-fil-A operators is assistant manager. The draw to become Chick-fil-A much lower at $5,000. The coincidence was surreal. Kaye’s operators was the opportunity to work “We looked at other franchises but the new wife was Brittany Steele ’08, and together. huge investment scared us,” Karen said. Brittany’s sister, Elizabeth (Steele ’05) “We have always thought we would “Chick-fil-A is a great balance that allows Pearce, had recently moved to the work well as a team and loved the idea of you to become an entrepreneur without a Reading area to complete a psychology owning a business together,” Karen said. lot of risk or upfront financial outlay. internship as part of her doctoral studies “Our strengths are completely different, “Add in the fact that it is a company at Regent University. which we feel will be a good balance.” run by Christians and it is almost too When Filby needed a sixth assistant And because the restaurant will be in good to be true!” manager, another Grove City graduate fit Columbus, it allows the Bolumens to be (Visit Shawn Filby’s Chick-fil-A store site the bill: Pearce’s husband, Joel ’06. closer to their extended families in at www.chick-fil-a.com/exeter.) Elizabeth’s internship will most likely last northern Ohio. Until the opening, the (Amy Clingensmith Mongiovi ’96 is the a year, with a possibility for something family, which includes daughters Rachel GeDUNK managing editor and the unit permanent. While Joel likes the retail and Jocelyn, will stay in Philadelphia, marketing director for Chick-fil-A in world, he will start an online library where Karen had been working with Reading, Pa.)

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focusonretail Turkish Delight Linda Caldwell ‘71 realizes retail dream in Istanbul By Meghan (Price ’03) Blosser mong spice-scented breezes and history-heavy streets sprawls AIstanbul’s Grand Bazaar, a vast covered marketplace dating to the 1400s. Every day some 200,000 shoppers lose themselves in the bazaar’s 4,000 shops on 50-plus streets. “People consider the bazaar a maze,” says Linda (Crum ’71) Caldwell, “but it is actually laid out very regular.” Navigating the maze is no problem for Caldwell, as the bazaar is home to her shop, Deli Kizin Yeri, or “The Crazy Lady’s Place.” “My friends have always called me crazy,” Caldwell says. “Always trying to do the unlikely and the impossible.” Linda’s shop and life in Istanbul represent the fulfillment of a dream born when she and husband Gary Caldwell ’69 were stationed in Karamursel, Turkey, between 1973 and 1975. Despite having no Turkish background and barely a concept of where she was on a map, Caldwell was enchanted by Istanbul. “When we first came here, I felt as though I had come home,” she says. “I love it.” Linda (Crum ‘71) Caldwell is known as ‘The Crazy Lady’ in Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. / Contributed photo Over 20 years, Gary’s career in the It took a year of scraping money, shop’s first years didn’t exactly scream Foreign Service took the Caldwells all sewing every day, searching for a location “retirement” for the entrepreneur, who over the world, but they visited Turkey and being encouraged by friends before was working solo. Seven-day workweeks annually. When Gary retired in 1997, the Deli Kizin Yeri opened on June 1, 1998, of 17-hour days were routine. couple moved permanently to Istanbul. in Arnavutkoy, a picturesque Istanbul Ten years later, Deli Kizin Yeri has a Linda, who had previously launched neighborhood of wooden houses and Continued on next page two successful businesses, had a vision for narrow streets. a shop of handcrafted items using Caldwell’s original line was clothing, Find a coupon traditional Turkish materials. “In all our but based on what sold, she shifted to online for... travels, I searched for unique gift shops personal and home accessories, children’s that used local handicrafts in new ways. I items, and one-of-a-kind jackets. True to Deli Kizin Yeri wanted to create the same concept for her concept, the merchandise is unique, www.gcc.edu/coupons Turkey,” says the lifelong sewer. packable, Turkish-inspired and useful. The

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focusonretail From previous page workshop in Arnavutkoy, and the shop has been since 2002 in the Grand Bazaar. Ninety percent of the shop’s products are made by Caldwell and her small staff, and supplemented with Turkey’s famous needle lace, oya, bought from villagers. A typical Deli Kizin Yeri item begins as a thought from Caldwell, followed by a pattern and mock-up shared with the staff. Once kinks are eliminated, they produce several for the shop and wait for reaction. “Sometimes it never sells and we try to reinvent it,” Caldwell says. “Sometimes we have to put it into production immediately.” Small production runs (perhaps 20 of an item) allow the store to change merchandise frequently, keeping fresh. The store has roughly 400 products crammed into every inch of 220 square feet. Caldwell is the first foreign female to open a shop in the bazaar and the only to do so successfully. Passersby were surprised by the sight of “the crazy lady” and two female friends wielding drills, saws and hammers prior to opening, and the shop began to generate buzz. “When I redid the window every two weeks – something no one else does – the neighbors would line up to see and give suggestions,” Caldwell recalls. “A little to the right, a little to the left…” Her prior relationships made this amiable. “I had been in and out of the bazaar for 29 years, so I was not a stranger to most of the vendors.” Deli Kizin Yeri is Linda (Crum ‘71) Caldwell’s shop in Turkey. / Contributed photo To the American mindset, it’s not exactly “business as usual” happen are not skills that most have.” in Istanbul. By Turkish law, an employer pays the employee’s But those skills can, she believes, be learned. Deli Kizin Yeri’s social security, covers transportation to and from work and workshop crackles with music and conversation – points of provides one meal per day. Tax laws are identical for the largest view, culture, religion. and the smallest business. “The only way anything is going to change in this world is if A typical Turkish boss will work above rather than alongside people are educated and exposed to a variety of ideas and employees, and the employee is not encouraged to take people. If I can make a small difference with my small staff, that responsibility or initiative. “(The bosses) also tend to yell a lot,” will multiply as it affects their children and families.” Caldwell says, “as that is basically the only way to get things done. It takes new employees a while to get used to the Caldwell is mainly in the workshop, checking e-mail and camaraderie in our group, and the fact that the boss is doing the updating her web site between cutting, sewing or designing. She same work.” spends at least one day a week in the bazaar, bonding with staff, Caldwell’s customers all pay the same price – even if they’re checking in, redoing displays. local or using cash. “This goes against the guide books and in The financial crisis has also taken its toll on Turkey. Deli Kizin many ways against Turkish culture, but it is easier for my staff Yeri is faring better than most small businesses, but still holding and easier in bookkeeping,” she explains. “It’s also easier for its head just above water. Linda had opened two additional tourists, who do not like to bargain.” locations; both are now closed. She and the staff have been Deli Kizin Yeri’s five employees – two in the shop and three inventively cutting costs and are fairly confident that they will in the workshop – range in age from 22 to 73. Four of the five outlast the circumstances. have only a sixth-grade education. It helps that 80 percent of Deli Kizin Yeri’s clientele is “Growing up they never considered what they wanted to be,” Turkish, lessening dependence on tourism. Linda spends no Caldwell says. “It just wasn’t discussed, and still isn’t at most money on advertising, but generates publicity simply by being economic levels. Having a dream and knowing how to make it See TURKEY, page 25

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By Kristin (Morgan) Chapman ’04 hen it comes to finding fresh, local produce and Harry Shiever ’62, left, and his son, Eric, run the Butler Farm Market in Renfrew, Pa. / Contributed photo Wmeat, people from all over result, he said some of his customers western Pennsylvania have discovered Find a coupon come from as far away as Grove City and just the place to shop: Butler Farm online for... Pittsburgh. Market in Renfrew, Pa. Another big draw is the store’s annual Started by Harry Shiever ’62 in 1983, Butler Farm Market spring and fall festivals. The Spring Thing, the market specializes in fresh meat and www.gcc.edu/coupons which usually takes place around produce, but also offers seafood, Mothers’ Day, features a live band, wagon homemade bakery items, a deli, as well as vegetables line the produce display cases. rides and Amish vendors selling an in-house restaurant. Store shelves are dotted with neat rows of homemade donuts and ice cream. Shiever, 69, says his store is “a little all-natural jarred Amish goods – The Fall Festival – slated Saturday, Oct. different concept than the traditional including pickles, dilly beans, salsas and 10 this year – features similar attractions, supermarket.” Rather than placing faxed pepper relish, as well as Country Lane as well as apple butter-making orders to restock inventory, Shiever and Jams and Jellies prepared by Shiever’s demonstrations and pumpkin-throwing his son and partner, Eric, make weekly wife, Nancy, from local ingredients. contests. During both festivals, customers visits to local suppliers as well as At the 60-foot refrigerated meat case, can also peruse a seasonal assortment of wholesale markets in Pittsburgh. This customers receive full service when bedding plants, hanging baskets and other allows them to personally select the selecting a cut of meat. The store offers décor that is available Easter through produce for the store and make sure it is very little prepackaged meat and instead Halloween. up to their standards. allows customers to pick out just the After more than 25 years in the Shiever said he likes to buy from local right steak, chicken breast or pork chop. business, Shiever says he still enjoys the growers whenever he can. Thus, from While shopping, customers can stop for challenge of finding ways to grow his about April until October, the Shievers a bite to eat at the store’s restaurant, The business: “I have no aspiration to retire. I shop twice a week at a produce auction Kitchen, which opened in October 2008. enjoy what I do.” in New Wilmington, Pa., where the Everything on the menu is homemade, (Butler Farm Market is located at 901 wares come primarily from local Amish including the pizza, which can be made Evans City Road in Renfrew, Pa. For store growers. to order at the store or taken home to be hours or to learn more, visit the web site at Back at the Butler Farm Market, a staff baked later. www.butlerfarmmarket.com or call (724) 486- of about 30 keeps the store’s shelves Shiever said his emphasis on quality 2194.) stocked and organized. Bins brimming and service reflects his desire to present (Kristin (Morgan '04) Chapman is a over with brightly colored fruits and “people with the quality they want.” As a freelance writer living in New Castle, Pa.)

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TURKEY from page 23 LOCAL from page 19 out and about. When not working, she participates in several professional associations and a photography club, and gives business talks both at her shop and at conferences. To aspiring entrepreneurs, Linda’s strongest advice is to network. Beyond that, she says, “Spread the work out as much as you can without diluting quality. Take the mundane off your shoulders and get the right staff around you.” Although she loves what she does, retirement is in the future. Caldwell admits, “I don’t want to work forever.” In an ideal future, she’d build up the shop, sell it and stay connected as a consultant. Regardless, she says, “We’ll be in Istanbul for the rest of our lives.” (Visit Deli Kizin Yeri’s web site, www.delikiz.com, to contact Linda or learn more about the shop.) Brothers Cliff ’88, left, and Curt ’91 Hovis direct Hovis Auto and Truck Supply. / Contributed photo (Meghan (Price ’03) Blosser is a freelance writer and editor living outside Boston, Mass.) Hovis Auto and Truck Supply local car race or similar activity. “I have Retail sales can involve walk-in to know my customer base,” he says. customers or sales to other companies. Hovis personnel stay in contact with Hovis Auto and Truck Supply does both. their customers via sales calls, and also At 13 locations across western maintain the working relationship by Pennsylvania, the company sells to both training the customers themselves. More the individual customer and to installers. than 500 customers received expert Hovis’ product line includes heavy-duty knowledge this year. truck parts and paint, body and The Hovis company web site is for equipment sales, as well as auto parts. informational purposes rather than sales. Brothers Cliff Hovis ’88 (president) “When someone wants an auto part, and Curt Hovis ’91 (vice president) lead they want it today,” explains Cliff. For the growing company. It is currently auto accessories, however, he said the based in Oil City but will soon have its Internet can be a very successful tool. central office in Grove City. Last year, These alumni-run Grove City businesses Hovis Auto and Truck Supply purchased can be visited at the following web sites: a 78,000-square-foot former athletic www.nelsonsflowershop.com complex just outside of Grove City to www.slovakfolkcrafts.com use for warehousing purposes and its www.kochersgrovecityfloral.com new headquarters. www.hovisauto.com Oya, or traditional lace flowers made with a Cliff says of their contact with (Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman is the Grove straight needle, adorn nearly everything in Deli customers that it’s a “person-to-person City College communications project Kizin Yeri. / Contributed photo business.” He may take a customer to a coordinator and GeDUNK associate editor.)

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VALLEY FORGE, PA. LAKE LATONKA, PA. Dr. Joseph Pisano ’94, right, talks shop with friend of the College and Crimson & White student members kick off summer on April 27 with a Lakeview band director Doug May at the April 23 alumni reception at the picnic at the home of Art ’69 and Carol Mitchell at Lake Latonka in Mercer Pennsylvania Music Educators Association conference in Valley Forge, Pa. County.

GROVE CITY, PA. Legacy families gather for the annual Legacy Luncheon during Parents’ Weekend on May 2 on the College campus.

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PITTSBURGH, PA. NEW YORK CITY Gathering at the Pittsburgh Dave & Buster’s on May 20 are, from left, JD New York-area alumni and friends, from left, Jim Palmer ‘07, Whitney Ross Baker ‘96, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Kelsey (Pollock ’06) Rhea, ’08, Jonathan Carey, Hannah Martone ’08 and Christian Midland ’07, Kevin Pritts ‘00, Matt Swab ‘07, Lorraine Martin ’05 and Senior Director of gathered at the Public House in New York City for an after-work mixer on Alumni and College Relations Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod. May 28.

HARTFORD, CONN. PITTSBURGH, PA. Angelo’s on Main in West Hartford, Conn., was the spot to be for Grovers on Alumni returned on June 11 in full disco glory to enjoy “8-Track, The Sounds May 30. of the 70s” at Cabaret Theater Square in Pittsburgh.

CLEVELAND, OHIO ERIE, PA. Enjoying the grilled samplings of Melt Bar and Grilled in Lakewood, Ohio, on Grovers had a touch of the blarney at the alumni mixer on June 18 at Molly June 16 are, from left, Emily Snyder, Aaron Snyder ’06 and Adam Snyder ’09. Brannigans Irish Pub in Erie, Pa.

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PITTSBURGH, PA. WEST MIFFLIN, PA. Teeing up at the Pittsburgh-area Alumni Golf Outing at Shannopin Country Club President Dick Jewell ’67 takes a break to pose with Kenny the Kangaroo at were, from left, Jeff Yannuzzi ‘79, Rodney Francis ’79 and Doug Knable ‘79. Grove City College’s First Annual Kennywood Alumni Day on July 31.

BUFFALO, N.Y. PITTSBURGH, PA. Erin Brignone ’09 coordinates both bag and beverage at the alumni mixer at Nearly 100 alumni and friends gathered in picturesque Pittsburgh for a the Buffalo Brewpub in Williamsville, N.Y. on June 25. Pirates game and fireworks spectacular at PNC Park on Aug. 8

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Homecoming 09 September 30~0ctober 4

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 9:30 a.m. | Welcome by President Jewell 11:30 a.m. | All-Alumni Luncheon | Hicks 8 p.m. | Praise and Worship Service Breen Student Union Noon–4 p.m. Future Grovers Fun Zone Crawford Auditorium | Message by Kirk Voller ’92 10 a.m. & 1 p.m. | Campus Tours Main Quad | Face painting, games, moon THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 Meet at Crawford Hall bounce, popcorn, prizes and more! 8 p.m. | Pep Rally | Carnegie Alumni Center 10 a.m.–6 p.m. OPEN: Crimson Connection 1-4 p.m. | Alumni Association Tailgate 231 S. Broad St. | 15% off sale! Carnegie Alumni Center FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2 Join us for complimentary tailgate snacks! 7:30 p.m. | Student Homecoming Dance 11 a.m. | Homecoming Parade Breen Student Union and Courtyard Through campus, down Pine and Broad Streets 1:15 p.m. | Float Awards & Pre-Game Show | Thorn Field SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3 Immediately after the Parade WSAJ broadcasting live all day | Ketler Patio DEDICATION OF THE 2 p.m. | FOOTBALL GAME: Grove City vs. St. Vincent | Thorn Field | Enjoy the sounds 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. OPEN: College Bookstore CARNEGIE ALUMNI CENTER of the Wolverine Marching Band and catch the Breen Student Union crowning of the Queen and King at halftime 9–10 a.m. & Noon–5 p.m. | Shuttle Service 5 p.m. | Warriors for Signs at event locations and parking areas Christ Worship Service | Harbison Chapel 9 a.m. | Student Research Showcase Breen Student Union SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 10:30 a.m. | Homecoming Worship 9 a.m. | Career Services Open House Service | Harbison Chapel | Message by the Physical Learning Center Rev. Harvey Johnson ’59

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PITTSBURGH, PA. LANCASTER, PA. Pittsburgh-area incoming freshmen gathered at the Point Pavilion in North Central Pennsylvania freshmen met at the home of Joshua and Rachel Park on July 8. (Russell ’03) Kiehl in Lancaster, Pa., on July 11.

NEW JERSEY CANFIELD, OHIO Northern New Jersey and New York metro incoming freshmen joined a Alumni hosts Scott ’79 and Jan (Kirkman ’79) Crewson welcomed the picnic hosted by Scott and Cathy Mercer on July 18. Canfield and central Ohio incoming freshmen to their home on July 30.

MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, D.C. DENVER, COLO. Freshmen from Maryland, Washington, D.C., and northern Virginia gathered Alumni, parents and family members gathered in Congress Park on July 31 for a picnic on Aug. 9 at the Grace Community Church pavilion hosted by to celebrate the Denver-area incoming freshmen at a picnic hosted by R.J. Grover parents Jeff and Valerie Wetstone and Stewart and Becky Cooper. ’04 and Marty (Hayes ‘04) Owen.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA. PITTSBURGH, PA. Hosts Jon ‘94 and Leanne (Lomicka ‘96) Stolpe welcomed freshmen and The Pittsburgh Women’s Club served up ice cream treats to Pittsburgh area their parents from the greater Philadelphia area on Aug. 2. freshman women on Aug. 2. alumninews Help bring history home to alumni center Do you have something you would like to share with the College from your college days? Greek pins, uniforms, photos? Would you consider donating them to the College archives? Alumni from around the country can enjoy these in the new renovated Carnegie Alumni Center. Send your items or other memorabilia to: Alumni Relations Office, Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA 16127. Please include your name and any details to describe the item(s). E-mail [email protected] with questions. RICHMOND, VA. Check out archived publications online Virginia incoming freshmen and some alumni friends, too, gathered at the Missed an issue of The GeDUNK? Want to look up a story home of Rebecca (Whyte ’85) and Paul ‘85 Walshak on Aug. 15. in The Collegian? Check out the College’s online publication archive at www2.gcc.edu/archive for past issues of the alumni magazine, annual report, Collegian and Vision & Values. Get Yourself Connected! Pans collecting info for celebration The Alumni eCommunity, alumni events, Facebook, The Pan Sophic fraternity will celebrate its 100th reunion at Greek Corner, Homecoming reunions. There are so Homecoming 2011. many ways for Grove City College alumni around the Pans can help now by updating their information. E-mail world to stay connected, it can be confusing. [email protected] with your updates and mention that you were a Don’t know where to start? Visit the Alumni & Friends homepage first at www.gcc.edu/alumni. Pan. And save the date for Sept. 23-25, 2011! Information on this page changes weekly and Get cooking, be part of alumni cookbook serves as a jumping-off point for the many programs, events and services for alumni and friends of Grove Be a part of the “Grove City College Alumni and Friends City College. Cookbook,” published by the Pittsburgh Women’s Club of Grove City College. Send your recipes to [email protected] or Alumni Relations Office, Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA 16127.

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Office accepting Trio of alumni honored alumni nominations The Grove City College Alumni Relations Office continually accepts at Homecoming for work nominations for the Jack Kennedy ’37 Memorial Alumni Achievement Awards Three Grove City College alumni will appointments to the U.S. Department of and the Alumni Distinguished Service be honored with Jack Kennedy ’37 Commerce and the U.S. Department of Award. Memorial Alumni Achievement Awards State and serves on the Western To nominate an alumnus for the during Homecoming weekend. Pennsylvania District Export Council, Alumni Achievement Award or James Henderson National Council on International Trade Distinguished Service Award, submit a ’65 is the vice Development, Society for International letter stating the reasons for nomination chairman of the Lahey Affairs and the Ohio Foreign Commerce to: Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod, Clinic and chairman of Association Board of Directors. She is an Alumni Relations Office, 100 Campus the Middlesex adjunct faculty member at the A.J. Drive, Grove City,PA 16127 or Community College Palumbo School of Business at Duquesne [email protected]. Foundation. He was University and has authored the textbook the CEO and president “Export Procedures,An Interactive Guide Alumni authors of Anatytical Systems to Export Documentation.”Thornberry asked for books Engineering James was named one of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 The Alumni Relations Office is Corporation in Henderson ’65 Women in Business for 1998. She has a looking to build its library in the new Burlington, Mass., for son, a daughter and three stepchildren, Carnegie Alumni Center. If you are an 25 years, a company that provided and she and her husband, Ed Barth, live alumnus who has authored a book, communications, information technology in Zelienople, Pa. please send a copy. and security installation for the U.S. Raymond Wile ’56 Copies may be sent to:Alumni government and other countries. currently serves as a Relations Office, Grove City College, Henderson remained in his role through trustee with Fork Carnegie Alumni Center, 100 Campus several mergers and was president at Union Military Drive, Grove City,PA 16127. Affiliated Computer Services Defense Academy and was For more information, e-mail until 2001. Henderson served as a captain recognized by that [email protected] or call (866) GCC- in the Air Force and graduated from institution as a GRAD. Harvard Business School in 1972. Board Distinguished positions have included Middlesex Alumnus. Following College serving Community College, Baybank his graduation from Raymond Greeks via web Middlesex,Alpha Industries, North Grove City, he was Wile ’56 Want to stay in touch with your Suburban Chamber of Commerce and employed by Kappa Alpha Phi brothers? What are president of several industrial associations. Armstrong Cork and later the NCH those sisters of Sigma Theta Chi doing He and his wife, Eileen, reside in Company. In 1970, he co-founded the on campus? Massachusetts and have two daughters. Dymon Chemical Company with sales in Find information about all of the Catherine both the domestic and international College’s fraternities and sororities on (Dalecki ’75) markets. He served as president and the “Greek Corner” page of the Thornberry is the obtained several patents that supported a Alumni & Friends section of the web founder of Export line of more than 450 products. He sold site at www.gcc.edu/alumni. Procedures Co., Inc., the company in 1998 and retired to Many of these groups are looking to which provides Williamsburg,Va., where he is active in either form or grow an alumni consulting services for many charitable causes and has served as association. Interested? The Alumni exporting to industrial an elder in the Presbyterian Church.Wile Relations Office wants you to take part and high-tech and his wife, Marty, have been married in the conversation. companies.Thornberry Catherine (Dalecki for 53 years and have five children: three Contact Kelsey (Pollock ’06) Rhea at has federal ’75) Thornberry daughters and two sons. [email protected] for more information.

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See the major motion picture that tells the story of giving like no other. Hear from the movie producer James P. VanEerden ’85 as he shares his remarks. 7 p.m. | November 13, 2009 | North Way Christian Community Church | Wexford, Pa. Event cost is $5, and all proceeds benefit the following Grove City College groups: Red Box Missions | Inner City Outreach | Student Philanthropy Project For tickets, visit www.gcc.edu/alumnievents or call (888) GCC-GRAD. 27852_GeDunk.qxp:2-27.qxd 9/15/09 10:14 PM Page 34

alumniassociation Knable ’79 gives back as Alumni Council president By Kelsey (Pollock ’06) Rhea involvement with the orn within a short walk of Grove Kappa Alpha Phi alumncouncilprofile City College, the path of Doug fraternity, and that manages over a billion dollars. He is also BKnable ’79 led him back to involvement continues. chairman of the Resource Group, an campus to serve on his alma mater’s He recently golfed in organization of Lincoln Financial’s top Alumni Council. the 25th annual KAP 100 most influential financial planners. Even through change, Grove City golf outing, an event he While Knable lives near Pittsburgh, his remains a place grounded in the principles co-founded. Knable heart has always been close to Grove City. of faith, freedom and free market also lettered four years After serving as a member of Alumni Doug Knable ’79 economics, principles that have helped in varsity swimming Council, he’s been elected to serve as right now... Lauren ‘09 is looking shape Knable’s life. and set a school record in the mile swim. president of this advisory body. ahead to her future. The Knable family legacy began with “It’s been said the record lasted less time Knable chooses to volunteer his time at Doug’s father, F.E. “Bud” Knable ’57; than it took him to swim the race!” he his alma mater because of the personal tie Your gifts to Full Circle, the Annual Fund for continued with sister Diane (Knable ’76) joked. he feels to Grove City. Grove City College, helped shape each of “After your church, there are an endless Haid, and has come full circle with In his senior year, Knable knew he Lauren’s four years on campus. And your Doug’s daughter, Christy ’10. would pursue a career in finance, but supply of places to spend your time and The legacy may have been why Knable when confronted with which job to take, money,” he said. “Choosing an generosity makes a di erence in the lives chose Grove City, but he is still as excited he turned to the wise Hans Sennholz. organization with a long history that of our students every day. Why? Because today as he was then for the place that Sennholz took about 45 seconds to give matches up with your beliefs makes sense Full Circle directly impacts all aspects of “galvanized his beliefs.” his advice, saying, “This is an elementary (so I) do whatever I can to support the campus life. Besides the opportunity to solidify question. Four overpay you, and one pays College.” those beliefs, what Knable most you what you are worth … nothing.” As he begins his new term, Knable will appreciates is the “tremendous number of Knable took the lowest salary and the direct his focus to reengage and sustain THANK YOU to each of our alumni and lifelong friendships” he made through the sage advice paid off. The grad embarked alumni connections to the College and to friends who supported Full Circle over the last College. The greatest relationship and on a career path that has led to help tell the story of Grove City College. scal year. Thanks to your generous giving, fondest memory was meeting the love of outstanding success in his field. (Kelsey (Pollock ’06) Rhea is the Grove Full Circle is able to help provide a unique and his life, Marty (Kennedy ’79) Knable. As CEO of FamilyWealthManagement City College assistant director of alumni exciting Grove City experience each and every Other great memories include his Group, Knable, along with his associates, relations.) year. Remember, no matter the size of your gift, SAVE THE DATE | UPCOMING EVENTS it’s your consistent giving from year to year that counts! OCTOBER 7, 2009 NOVEMBER 16, 2009 DECEMBER 10, 2009 Career Fair | Intramural Room Guest Artist Series: The Leahy Family Alumni Pittsburgh Steelers Party OCTOBER 14, 2009 Pew Fine Arts Center Fox and Hound | Pittsburgh, Pa. right now…633 freshman students from Center for Vision & Values Freedom Readers NOVEMBER 19, 2009 MARCH 24, 2010 around the world are the newest members of Mary Anderson Pew Dining Room Speakers Series Luncheon | Barbara McNees, Guest Artist Series: Pittsburgh Symphony the Grove City College family. Your support can Chamb er Orchestra | Pew Fine Arts Center OCTOBER 17, 2009 President, Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce help shape their experiences—the same way Admissions Office Senior Crimson Day Founders Room | Duquesne Club APRIL 10-18, 2010 OCTOBER 27, 2009 DECEMBER 2-16, 2009 April In Paris Alumni Tour you shaped Lauren’s. Pew Lecture: Dr. David McCormick Area Artist Exhibit | Pew Fine Arts Center Gallery APRIL 11, 2010 Sticht Lecture Hall DECEMBER 7-11, 2009 Women’s Club Luncheon OCTOBER 31, 2009 Carnegie Christmas Concert Series Shannopin Country Club | Pittsburgh, Pa. Make an impact right now by Alumni Fondue Party | ‘Godspell’ performance Carnegie Alumni Center JUNE 21, 2010 making your gift today. Thank you! Pew Fine Arts Center DECEMBER 8, 2009 Alumni & Friends Golf Outing NOVEMBER 5, 2009 Center for Vision & Values Founders Luncheon Shannopin Country Club | Pittsburgh, Pa. Use the enclosed envelope, call us at Sticht Lecture: Robert Cindrich | Sticht Lecture Hall The Rivers Club | Pittsburgh, Pa. AUGUST 7, 2010 (866) 386-3422 or give online at ‘Mary Poppins’ matinee | Kennedy Center NOVEMBER 13, 2009 DECEMBER 8, 2009 www.gcc.edu. “The Ultimate Gift” film showing | North Way Guest Artist Series: Turtle Island Quartet for the Performing Arts | Washington, D.C. Christian Community Church | Wexford, Pa. Pew Fine Arts Center campus event Your gift will be applied to the July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2010 scal year. www.gcc.edu

34 Grove City College Alumni Magazine right now... Lauren ‘09 is looking ahead to her future. Your gifts to Full Circle, the Annual Fund for Grove City College, helped shape each of Lauren’s four years on campus. And your generosity makes a difference in the lives of our students every day. Why? Because Full Circle directly impacts all aspects of campus life.

THANK YOU to each of our alumni and friends who supported Full Circle over the last fiscal year. Thanks to your generous giving, Full Circle is able to help provide a unique and exciting Grove City experience each and every year. Remember, no matter the size of your gift, it’s your consistent giving from year to year that counts! right now…633 freshman students from around the world are the newest members of the Grove City College family. Your support can help shape their experiences—the same way you shaped Lauren’s.

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Father-and-son team Todd ’64 and Greg ’91 Alexander carry on tradition of service through Sporting Goods Inc. By Beth Mohr ’06 odd ’64 and Greg ’91 Alexander come from a long line of Grovers. Todd can trace them back at least to 1900, when his grandparents studied religion at Grove City College. But the father-and-son team opted instead for business as a course of study because they liked working with people. And they put that business background to good use through the family business of Sporting Goods Inc. in New Castle, Pa., taking their degrees back to their hometown after their respective years at Grove City. Both played sports, Greg focusing on baseball and Todd playing football and running track. And both met their spouses at Grove City, too: Todd married Suzanne (Wherry ’64) and Greg married Amy (Weston ’92). Sporting Goods opened its doors in 1949, when Todd’s father – Arthur ’34 – saw the need for a sports supply shop in New Castle. Todd followed him, starting as a janitor and working his way up until he took over as president when his father retired. Now that Todd has also retired, Greg runs the business along with his sister, co-owner Amy Turk. ABOVE: The Sporting Goods family includes, from left, Greg Alexander ‘91, Neither Todd nor Greg had planned to enter careers in Todd Alexander ‘64 and Greg’s sister, co-owner Amy Turk. / Contributed photo sporting goods. Todd helped out around the store while in OPPOSITE PAGE: Greg ‘91, standing, and Todd ‘64 Alexander took their school, but was then drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals and business degrees from Grove City and applied them to their family sporting spent a year training in Rockville, S.C. When he returned, a goods business in New Castle, Pa. / Photo by Tiffany Wolfe Shaffer position at Sporting Goods Inc. trumped a less-desirable says they need 50 T-shirts made by the end of the day, we get alternative, and thus 40 years with the company began. Greg’s it done.” story was similar. He spent a year elsewhere before ending up at Fortunately, this can-do attitude has earned Sporting Goods the family business. Inc. the loyalty of about 160 schools and seen it through “It just sort of fell into place,” he remembers. economic times that have been the downfall of others. In an The store originally incorporated both retail sales and direct- industry with a busy season that runs from March to December, to-team subdivisions. This continued until 1994, when chain this is no small feat. Sporting Goods Inc. is up for the challenge. store suppliers ate up the retail market and prompted a decision “We’re here for the duration,” Greg states. “As long as we can to focus on the team equipment demand. The business now do this, we’ll be here.” provides uniforms and other sports supplies to school teams and Perhaps the secret behind the success of the business lies also leagues in the western Pennsylvania area, Grove City College in the fact that the Alexanders are so passionate about sports. included. What Sporting Goods Inc. can’t make using its screen- Greg is a half-marathoner and is up many mornings for 6 printing equipment, it obtains and sells from Holloway, Russell o’clock runs. When Todd is not spending his time on Lake Erie, and other manufacturers. the two golf together. The business is simply an extension of this Service to customers remains the focus of the endeavor. passion that three generations of Alexanders have shared. “It’s what we’re built on,” Todd says. “If someone calls and (Beth Mohr ’06 is a freelance writer living in Grove City, Pa.)

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By Ryan Briggs ’01 fall ll seven of Grove City’s fall sports teams enter the 2009 season with high expectations as numerous standouts Areturn. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Grove City welcomes back nine lettermen, including 2008 NCAA Championships qualifier Garrett Cichowitz. Cichowitz is the defending Presidents’ Athletic Conference Most Valuable Performer and an All-Mideast Region honoree. Also back this year are seniors Andrew Falcone, Frankie Hourigan and Royce Hyland. Hourigan is a three-time All- PAC honoree. The Wolverines are in pursuit of their 19th straight conference title.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY A dozen letterwinners return this fall for Grove City, which is pursuing its 21st consecutive PAC title. All-PAC honoree Rachel Nelson is the team’s lone senior but ABOVE: Junior Garrett Cichowitz qualified for the NCAA Championships in the Wolverines are far from inexperienced. Juniors Brigitte 2008. BELOW: Junior Brigitte Fryan is returning to help the women’s cross Fryan and Emily Pierce are both returning First Team All-PAC country team vie for its 21st consecutive title. / Photos by Dr. Fred Jenny selections. Sophomores Allison Heslop and Mary Rachel Robbins both captured All-Conference recognition as freshmen and are back for their second season.

MEN’S SOCCER Eight starters and several other key contributors are back in the fold for fourth-year head coach Mike Dreves ’97. Grove City returns its top two scorers from last season in junior Jake Kern and junior Chuck Witt. Both scored four goals last year with Kern also racking up a team-high four assists. Senior goalkeeper Sean Osborne recorded a 1.72 goals- against average after taking over as the starter early in 2008. Also back is senior midfielder Joel Metz, who scored a pair of game-winning goals as a junior.

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LEFT: Senior midfielder Joel Metz scored a pair of game-winning goals last season. RIGHT: Senior Elise Bender is a returning starter. / Photos by Dave Miller WOMEN’S SOCCER VOLLEYBALL The 2009 Wolverines will feature plenty of Grove City will field one of its youngest new faces in the lineup as graduation teams in recent memory in 2009 as the claimed eight seniors off last year’s 11-8-2 Wolverines have no seniors and just three squad. juniors on the roster for 24-year head coach However, Grove City returns plenty of Susan Roberts. firepower as four of the team’s top five Junior Inge Rasmussen is a returning All- scorers from last year are back. Senior PAC selection while classmates Jodi Barry Hannah Yang tied for the team lead with and Kim Budd are both two-year starters. nine goals last year while junior Emily Grove City also returns sophomores Annie Ostlund – a two-year starter – scored seven Barry, Liz Jones, Mary Masinup and Anna goals. McCurdy. Also back are seniors Elise Bender, Michelle Peck, Courtney Sicher and Lauren AT LEFT: Junior Inge Rasmussen is a returning All- Woodring. All four are multi-year starters for PAC selection to the women’s volleyball squad. / Grove City. Photo by Dave Miller

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wolverinesports WOMEN’S TENNIS After making its first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships in May, the Grove City women’s tennis team looks to maintain its dominance of the PAC. Seniors Lisa Baldwin and Kristin Taylor are both three-year letterwinners for Grove City and are expected to earn spots in the lineup again this fall. Grove City also returns several other starters, including sophomores Reena Barnett, Megan Bennett, Christina Bedi, Emily Buurma and Stacy Moon. Joe Walters is in his third year as head women’s tennis coach.

FOOTBALL With 15 starters and numerous other talented veterans back, the Wolverines look to challenge for the PAC title in 2009. Offensively, record-setting quarterback Andrew DiDonato returns for his fourth season as the starter. DiDonato threw for a school-record 1,923 yards last year and is Grove City’s all- time leader with 5,043 passing yards. Senior tight end Chris Rich and senior guard David Gernhard both enter their third year as starters while senior Justin Macella is the incumbent at center. Defensively, All-South Region tackle Tony Clark is back for his senior season. Also back on defense as starters are senior ABOVE: Senior Lisa Baldwin is a three-year letterwinner for the women’s defensive backs Vance Keirsey and Randy Santina, junior tennis team. BELOW: Four-year starting quarterback Andrew DiDonato is linebacker Kevin Twarek, junior safety Butch Kriger, looking to build on last year’s record-setting season. / Photos by Dave Miller sophomore linebacker Jason Ferguson and sophomore nose tackle Jarred Frawley. (Ryan Briggs ’01 is the Grove City College sports information director.)

Wolverine football sets fall schedule Date Opponent Time/Result SEPT. 5 DICKINSON L 52-47 Sept. 12 Carnegie Mellon L 45-40 Sept. 19 Bethany* 7 p.m. SEPT. 26 W&J* 7 p.m. OCT. 3 ST. VINCENT 2 p.m. Oct. 10 Geneva 4 p.m. Oct. 17 Thomas More* 1:30 p.m. OCT. 31 WAYNESBURG* 1:30 p.m. NOV. 7 WESTMINSTER* 1 p.m. Nov. 14 Thiel* 1 p.m. Home games in BOLD * Presidents’ Athletic Conference games

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wolverinesports Arnesen ’06 excelling in Nationals’ organization Former Grove City College baseball standout Erik Arnesen ’06 is having an outstanding 2009 season in the Washington Nationals’ organization. The 6-foot-3 right-hander is 10-4 with a 2.85 earned run average this season in 20 combined appearances at Class A Potomac and Class AA Harrisburg. He leads the Nationals’ minor league system in wins this season. Arnesen began the season by going 4-1 in six starts at Potomac. The Nationals promoted him to Class AA May 11. In 14 appearances (13 starts) at Harrisburg, Arnesen is 6-3 with a 3.12 ERA. He has allowed just 73 hits in 78 innings at Harrisburg. Eastern League batters are hitting a mere .250 against Arnesen. Overall, Arnesen has allowed 110 hits in 110 1/3 combined innings this year. He has 89 strikeouts and just 25 walks. At Altoona July 18, Arnesen fired seven Erik Arnesen ’06 is excelling in the Washington Nationals’ organization. / Chris Knight, Harrisburg shutout innings. He allowed just four hits Patriot-News and one walk in earning his sixth win at the win in the title-clinching game. over the past two seasons. Class AA. He spent the 2007 season at In his senior season at Grove City, In 2008, Arnesen split time between Hagerstown after making his pro debut Arnesen went 9-0 and helped the Hagerstown (low-A) and Potomac (high- in 2006 with the short-season Class A Wolverines to a school-record 26 A) and finished with a 10-7 overall Vermont Lake Monsters. victories. The Nationals selected Arnesen record. He helped Potomac capture the As of July 21, Arnesen owned a career in the 17th round of the 2006 Major Carolina League title last year and earned record of 28-23, including a 21-13 record League Baseball Draft. Courage, Carter earn Sportsman, Sportswoman titles Swimming star Caleb Courage ’09 and He spent the 2007-08 year training for athlete in College history. cross country/track and field standout the Olympic Trials before returning for During the 2008-09 season, Courage Kristen Carter ’09 were honored as the his senior season last year. helped lead Grove City to a 12-2 record 2008-09 Sportsman and Sportswoman of Courage concluded his career as an 18- and the PAC title. He earned PAC MVP the Year. time NCAA All-American. At this year’s honors for the fourth time in his career. Courage concluded his career as a NCAA Championships, Courage earned Courage owns Grove City records in three-time NCAA Division III champion All-America honors in the 50 and 100 the 50 freestyle, 100 free, 200 free and in the 100 freestyle. Last March, Courage freestyle races as well as the 100 100 backstroke. He also contributed to won the NCAA title with a time of backstroke. He also helped the 200, 400 record-setting efforts in the 200 free relay, 43.62 seconds in the finals. He also owns and 800 free relay teams to All-America 400 free relay, 800 free relay and 400 the Division III record in that event. status. Courage also contributed to Grove medley relay. A Shippensburg, Pa., native, Courage City’s All-America effort in the 400 During his career, Courage helped also won NCAA titles in 2006 and 2007. medley relay. He is the most decorated See TITLES, page 50

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wolverinesports Eight added to Athletic Hall of Fame in January rove City College will induct He also earned All-Eastern following his He captured Penn-Ohio diving titles eight former standouts into its junior season. in 1959, 1960, 1961 and 1963 while also GAthletic Hall of Fame Jan. 30, Buttner scored two goals and earned helping Grove City to a 35-11 dual- 2010, as part of the fourth class of game MVP honors at the North-South meet record. Mays graduated as Grove honorees. All-Star Game in St. Petersburg, Fla. in City’s school record holder in both 1- The College will induct Theresa Berg 1959. The College inducted him into its and 3-meter diving. ’93, Katherine Brandt ’82, Peter Buttner Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001. The College inducted Mays into its ’61, Richard Manley ’67, David Richard Manley ’67 started all four Swimming and Diving Hall of Fame in Marovich ’66, Earl Mays ’63, Thomas years at goalkeeper for the Grove City 1985 as a member of the inaugural class. Shear ’66 and Karen (Watkins ’82) men’s soccer team and helped the Thomas Shear ’66 earned seven Sparks in conjunction with Grove City’s Wolverines to a 30-4-2 overall record varsity letters as a football and track and basketball doubleheader against from 1963 to 1966. field standout at Grove City College Waynesburg University. Manley twice earned All Pennsylvania- during the 1960s. A four-year letterman Below are brief biographical sketches New Jersey-Delaware honors and was in football from 1962 to 1965, The late of the eight inductees: selected as an alternate for the United Shear became the first player in modern Theresa Berg ’93 earned four letters States Pan American Team (1967) and Grove City history to lead the team in in women’s basketball from 1989 to 1993 U.S. Olympic Team (1968). scoring three times. and graduated as the program’s second Manley punctuated his Grove City Shear also showed his versatility in all-time leading scorer with 1,347 points. career by receiving Grove City’s earning three letters for the track and Berg earned First Team All-Presidents’ Omicron Delta Kappa Sportsman of the field team. He won the West Penn Athletic Conference as a junior and a Year for 1966-67. Conference title in the javelin as a senior senior. She is just one of two players in David Marovich ’66 earned seven with a throw of 183 feet, 7 inches. program history to score at least 400 total letters – three in basketball and four As a senior, the Coudersport, Pa., points in two different seasons. in track and field — at Grove City from native co-captained both the football and Katherine Brandt ’82 earned four 1962 to 1965. track teams. Shear capped his career by letters in basketball and three in softball As a sophomore, Marovich scored a earning Grove City’s Omicron Delta during her career at Grove City from school-record 369 points and averaged Kappa Sportsman of the Year award in 1978 to 1982. 18.5 points per game. He eclipsed both 1966. On the hardwood, Brandt helped the marks as a junior by firing in 380 points Karen (Watkins ’82) Sparks started Wolverines earn four Women’s Keystone in 20 games for an average of 19.0 per all four seasons at center for Grove City’s Conference titles and a 67-11 overall game. He graduated in third place on the women’s basketball team from 1978 to record. Grove City qualified for the College’s all-time scoring list with 1,072 1982. EAIAW Championship Tournament points in just three years. A three-year team captain, she helped during her junior season and the Marovich helped the track and field lead the Wolverines to four Women’s inaugural NCAA Championship team to four straight West Penn Keystone Conference titles and a 27-1 Tournament as a senior. Conference titles during his career as a record in conference play. Grove City In softball, she earned All-WKC twice versatile field performer. compiled a 67-11 overall mark during and led the team in runs batted in three He is one of a select few athletes to her career. times. earn Omicron Delta Kappa Sportsman of Watkins earned the team’s MVP award Peter Buttner ’61, a standout center the Year as a junior as he received the three times and graduated as the school’s forward for the men’s soccer team from award for the 1964-65 academic year. all-time leading rebounder with 862. 1957 to 1960, became the first modern Earl Mays ’63 earned four letters as a She is just one of two Grove City Grove City athlete to earn multiple All- standout diver for Grove City’s players to average a “double-double” for America honors. Buttner earned All- swimming and diving team from 1959 to her career as she averaged 11.0 points America status in both 1958 and 1959. 1963. and 11.5 rebounds over 78 career games.

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wolverinesports Soccer Hall of Fame Four honored with Heritage Award adds two in October Four distinguished graduates will ski writer of the year for 1963-64 receive the Grove City College while employed as sports writer and Grove City College will induct two Athletic Heritage Award during the columnist for the Cleveland “Plain former standouts into its Men’s Soccer Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Dealer.” Hall of Fame during Homecoming January 30, 2010. Place took over as the director of Weekend Oct. 3. Dr. Thaddeus “Ted” Penar ’42, information for the Professional W. Glenn Zembower ’48 and Robert Thomas Place ’49, Esther Post ’25 and Golfers’ Association Tour in 1972. He Bishop ’66 comprise the ninth class of Steven Stepanian ’22 comprise the held that position for 20 seasons before inductees. Their inclusion brings the second class of Heritage Award retiring in 1992. In that role, Place total number of inductees to 25. recipients. oversaw media operations at over 700 Zembower earned three letters for Here are brief biographical sketches PGA tournaments across the country. Grove City while playing inside right of this year’s Heritage Award recipients: The College honored Place in 1980 (midfield) from 1945 to 1947. He Dr. Thaddeus Penar ’42’s with the Jack Kennedy Alumni helped Grove City to a 10-7-4 record association with Grove City began in Achievement Award. In 2009, he during his career. As a senior in 1947, he his freshman year of 1938 and received the Jack Nicklaus Memorial captained the team and led Grove City continued for over six decades as he Tournament Lifetime Achievement in scoring. served the College as a student, athlete, Golf Journalism award in recognition Zembower also served as class coach, educator and administrator. of his career. president during his freshman and He earned four letters in football Esther Post ’25, or “Miss Post,” sophomores years as a student-athlete. As and also lettered as a sprinter for the returned to campus soon after her a senior, he became Student Council track team from 1938 to 1942. graduation in 1926 as director of president at the College. After teaching at Kittanning and physical education for women. Bishop started all four seasons as a Butler high schools, Penar returned to During her 40-year career at Grove center forward and wing for Grove City the College in 1953 as a professor of City College, the women’s physical from 1962 to 1965. He led Grove City education and registrar. education and sports programs under in scoring in each of his last three In 1955, he launched the College’s her direction quickly developed into seasons. During those three seasons, cross country program. In doing so, he model curricula for similar institutions. Grove City compiled a 24-1-2 overall established the foundation for what The late Post also oversaw the record. would quickly become one of the implementation of a varied women’s As a freshman in 1962, Bishop helped athletic department’s most successful sports program that included tennis, Grove City earn its first-ever NCAA programs. archery, field hockey, softball and Championship Tournament invitation. The College later promoted Penar several other activities. He helped lead Grove City to a 9-0-0 to vice president for academic affairs, a She coordinated the women’s record in 1964 and an 8-0-1 mark as a position he held until taking over as synchronized swimming show and senior captain in 1965. president of nearby Butler County May Day festivities and helped Bishop earned Second Team All Community College. organize the Grove City College Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Delaware as a Thomas Place ’49, a multi-sport Outing Club in 1938. junior before earning First Team athlete at Grove City College from Steven Stepanian ’22 earned nine recognition as a senior. 1946 to 1949, found even greater total varsity letters at Grove City Grove City established its Men’s success in athletics as a sports writer College in the early 1920s while Soccer Hall of Fame in 2001. The and publicist. launching a career in athletics that honorees will be introduced and Place, a Grove City native, received spanned six decades. recognized before the annual Hall of the United States Ski Association’s Fame Game Oct. 3, which features Harold Hirsch Award as outstanding See HERITAGE, page 50 alumni against current varsity players.

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Music faculty duo opens specialty knitting store in downtown Grove City By Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman erri Konzen appreciates a good yarn. Not the story-telling kind – the cotton, wool, silk and cashmere kind she sells at Wolf Creek Yarns in downtown Grove City. Terri, a Grove City College guest lecturer in music, operates the yarn store with her husband Dr. Richard Konzen, professor of music and college organist.“I always wanted to have a knitting store,”Terri explained, and her dream became a possibility when her favorite yarn store in Harrisburg, Pa., closed due to the owners’ retirement. She and Dick were able to purchase the entire inventory, including shelving and tables, and relocate them to an open storefront at 112 Blair Street in Grove City (behind Saxony House furniture).Their stock items include yarns, books, patterns, needles and accessories for knitting. The Konzens opened the store in July 2007. In addition to product,Wolf Creek Yarns offers classes such as Knitting 101, Crocheting 101 and sessions to make socks, sweaters and lace. It also is a base for the “helmet liner program” to make and send the comfort liners to soldiers. Terri invites an outside teacher to assist with the knitting classes and has two helpers for running the store.Three when you count Dick. “He handles the business side of things,”Terri says,“from the point-of-sale system in the computer to year-end details.” He also knows how to spin and weave yarn and can readily manage the store, she adds.The Konzens’ dog, Justie, is the shop’s unofficial greeter. Terri learned the art knitting from her mother.“She took a class when I was about 10 and she taught me,”Terri recalls. From that time on,Terri’s childhood pet, a schnauzer named Heidi,“had a knitted sweater in every color,” she remembers with a laugh. Wolf Creek Yarns is closed on Mondays, as that is the day Terri teaches piano lessons at the College. She has been part of the faculty since 1993 and also uses her music skills as the ABOVE: Colorful yarn is an eye-catching draw at Grove City’s Wolf Creek organist at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Warren, Ohio. Yarns, a knitting store owned by Guest Lecturer in Music Terri Konzen and (Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman is the Grove City College Professor of Music Dr. Richard Konzen. OPPOSITE PAGE: Terri Konzen adjusts communications project coordinator and a GeDUNK associate editor.) the inventory at Wolf Creek Yarns. / Photos by Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman

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facultynews New faculty add talents to College ranks Grove City College welcomed four Railway Engineering Institute in Harbin, He coached teams in the Junior new faculty members this fall. and spent her first years teaching English Olympics. He continued with the club Dr. Craig in a high school affiliated with the until joining the University’s men’s and Columbus is Ministry of Railway and Engineering. women’s water polo programs as an executive director of Meng came to the United States to assistant coach. the entrepreneurship pursue her graduate education. After one Dr. Shuhui Su, program and chair of year of studying at Great Lakes Christian associate professor of the Entrepreneurship College, she enrolled at Calvin modern languages, was Department. Theological Seminary and finished her born and raised in Columbus has been theological training with a master of arts China, where she involved in the capital degree in Christian education. She started her markets as a global Dr. Craig earned her Ph.D. in intercultural studies undergraduate study in macro strategist and Columbus from Reformed Theological Seminary in English and received fund manager. In this 2005, where she served as a her master of arts in capacity, he has been a popular figure on teaching/researcher assistant. English language and Dr. Shuhui CNBC television, appearing regularly on Meng spent her last three years literature at Fujian Su shows such “Power Lunch,” the teaching at Providence Christian College, Teachers University. She came to the “Morning Call” and “Kudlow and a newly-established Reformed liberal arts United States as a visiting scholar to Company.” He is a frequent commentator college in Ontario, Calif., where she conduct research on Chinese-English on political economy, regulatory and taught eight different subjects, including contrastive studies in language and public policy issues. East Asian history and politics and culture at the University of California at He has experience in new venture Chinese language. Los Angeles, the State University of New creation, acting in capacities including Jonathan Miller, York at Stony Brook and the University founder, early employee and angel assistant professor of of Hawaii at Manoa. She pursued investor, primarily in the new media physical education, doctoral study in Chinese language in the space. He has also engaged in attended California Department of Literatures and Languages, “intrapreneurship,” founding and leading Baptist University in University of Hawaii at Manoa, and a financial information software startup Riverside, graduating earned her Ph.D. degree in 2009. within a large public corporation. He and with a bachelor of Before coming to the States, she taught his wife co-founded Ethos School, a science degree in English and Chinese-English translation non-profit day school in Scottsdale, Ariz., kinesiology with an to English majors in China. In the States, for high-functioning autism spectrum emphasis in exercise Jonathan while engaging in her research and children. science. During that Miller doctoral studies, she started her Chinese A graduate of Loyola University of time, he was a four-year starting language teaching at UCLA and later at Chicago, Columbus holds an MBA from goalkeeper on the men’s water polo the University of Hawaii. From 2005 to Penn State University and a Juris Doctor team. 2009, she was an assistant professor of degree from Indiana During the past year, Miller continued Chinese at the Defense Language University (admitted to his education at California Baptist, Institute in Monterey, Calif. the Pennsylvania bar). completing his master of science degree The College also welcomed two Dr. Lijuan Meng, in kinesiology with an emphasis in sport faculty members this past spring. Dr. assistant professor of management. He served as a general Gina (Miller ’94) Blackburn, assistant modern languages, is a operations intern with USA Water Polo, professor of education, has taught in native from the People’s and was an assistant resident director for Pennsylvania, Indiana, Texas and Republic of China. California Baptist’s Residence Life Tennessee. Kathy Rhoades, assistant She received her Department. professor of music and fine arts, moved bachelor of arts degree Dr. Lijuan Miller started his coaching career with to full time professor after working part in English from Harbin Meng Lancers Age Group Water Polo in 2004. time for the last seven years.

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facultynews Herbener contributes chapter Stenglein recently earned her master’s degree in Environmental Studies at the University of Idaho and has been to book on economist accepted into the Ph.D. program in Wildlife Ecology at the Dr. Jeffrey Herbener, chair of the Department of University of Wisconsin. Economics, has contributed to a book honoring political Brenner was also re-elected co-chairman of the Forestry and economist Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Wildlife Technical Division of the American Society for “Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Mining and Reclamation. Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe” is A faculty member at Grove City since 1969, Brenner earned published by the Ludwig von Mises Institute his bachelor’s degree at Thiel College and his master’s degree in recognition of Hoppe’s 60th birthday. and Ph.D. at Pennsylvania State University. He is a certified Herbener’s contribution, a chapter called senior ecologist and wildlife biologist. “Hoppe in One Lesson, Illustrated in Welfare Economics,” is among 35 chapters Pisano ’94 chosen for music written by Hoppe’s colleagues, collaborators and former students from all over the world. academy, continues music web site Dr. Jeff Herbener The book, which contains personal Dr. Joseph Pisano ’94, Grove City College associate testimonies and essays in Hoppe’s preferred research areas, such professor of music and associate chair of the Department of as political philosophy, democracy and economics, is edited by Music and Fine Arts, was chosen by the Jörg Guido Hülsmann and Stephan Kinsella. National Association for Music Education to “Hans-Hermann Hoppe is one of the most important be part of the Music Technology Education scholars of our time. He has made pioneering contributions to Academy. sociology, economics, philosophy and history,” the back cover The academy was part of the association’s reads. “Hoppe and his writings have inspired scholars around Music Education Week in Washington, D.C., the world to follow in his footsteps and to provide a scientific on June 17-21. The association chose Pisano, foundation for individual freedom and a free society.” along with Stefani Langol, assistant professor Herbener is a senior fellow at the Ludwig Von Mises of music education from the Berklee Institute and coordinator of the economics working group at College of Music in Massachusetts; Brian Dr. Joseph Pisano ’94 The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. The Moore, associate professor of music editor of two books, “The Meaning of Ludwig von Mises” education from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and James and “The Interventionist State,” Herbener has had more than a Frankel, managing director of SoundTree, as authorities on hundred articles published. music education and technology. During the opening panel session of the academy, “Making a Case for Technology,” Pisano helped provide insights into Brenner presents research making the bridge between existing music curricula and paper at national conference future, technology-integrated music curricula. Dr. Fred Brenner, professor of biology, presented a Pisano, who has been at Grove City since 1996, is active research paper at the joint meeting of the American Society with music-related research and his works have been published for Mining and Reclamation and Billings in numerous music related journals and online forums. Land Reclamation Symposium held in He is an active music educator, adjudicator, music advocate, Billings, Mont., from May 30 to June 5. jazz trumpet player, guest conductor and clinician. He earned Brenner was also re-elected co-chairman of his Ph.D. from Kent State University and is the founder and a division of the society. chief editor of the music, education and technology web site: Brenner’s paper, “Evaluating the Potential http://MusTech.Net. Impact of Surface Mining on Water Quality and Macroinvertebrates in a Native Brook (For up-to-date faculty and campus news, visit the News & Media Char Fishery” was published in the portion of the Grove City College web site at www.gcc.edu/news. conference proceedings and was co- Dr. Fred Brenner Visitors can also sign up for RSS feeds, listen to online lectures, check authored by Jennifer Stenglein ’06 and out news releases and look back in time through a publication Matthew Ridge ’10. archive.)

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campusnews Senior class gift allows for new outdoor classroom The 2009 senior class gift at Grove City College was a huge success. The Class of 2009 ended with a participation rate of 62 percent and a record-breaking fundraising total of $20,261.50. Working with the Office of Institutional Advancement, Class of 2009 representatives decided to make the class gift an amphitheater-style outdoor classroom to be built behind the Hall of Arts and Letters. The gift was announced to the class at a special Class of 2009 dinner, and throughout the year the class sponsored different fundraising projects. The construction of this outdoor classroom behind HAL is a gift that will benefit countless future students. This new facility will provide a place where students can learn while enjoying the beauty of nature and will continue Grove City College’s aesthetic tradition on campus. Construction on the classroom should be complete by Homecoming 2009. Construction on an outdoor classroom has begun, as classes started Aug. 31. / Photo by Meg Chochola ’09 Wolf Creek improvement project awarded grants from two groups A plan to improve the area surrounding The Watersheds funding will cover the protected. Wolf Creek on the Grove City College costs of the creek stabilization; the The North Trail project will also campus began with the help of recently Mellon grant will be used for the provide public green space for the awarded grants for $50,000 from the restoration of Wolf Creek, the nature trail College and greater Grove City Richard King Mellon Foundation and and park. In addition, the College has communities. Other plans include: a $19,830 from the Foundation for committed $700,000 to the project. public natural area for fishing, walking, Pennsylvania Watersheds. Wolf Creek, part of the Ohio River biking and picnicking; restoration of The College started construction on Drainage Basin, divides the College’s 1,000 to 1,500 feet of stream and about the Wolf Creek North Trail project this upper and lower campuses and flows into six acres of land; and a planting beneficial summer. The project will stabilize the Slippery Rock Creek. and native plants on a portion of the land creek where it flows through the campus, The College’s section serves as both adjacent to the creek. re-establish and preserve some of the biology class lab space and as a place for The Richard King Mellon Foundation creek banks and establish a nature trail recreation and tradition. Countless is among the largest independent connecting downtown Grove City with weddings have been photographed on foundations in the U.S. It makes grants East Main Street. It will also provide a Rainbow Bridge. Anglers fish on the toward regional economic development small park for students and Grove City College portion throughout the year. and improved quality of life in residents. The project is funded entirely With the removal of two dams in 2004 southwestern Pennsylvania. through private sources. and 2006 respectively, Wolf Creek’s The Foundation for Pennsylvania The project’s first phase will focus on altered current through the College’s Watersheds is a grant-making foundation stabilizing the creek, dressing up property threatens to erode two different that invests in efforts to protect healthy, Rainbow Bridge’s piers and improving points of the shoreline at bends in the natural streams around the state, and to bridge lighting. Construction will creek. By restoring the stream to its clean up pollution and repair damaged continue over the next two summers. natural channel, the banks will be better wildlife habitat.

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campusnews Mortar Board chapter earns honors Goncz scholarship The Grove City College Alpha Theta for outstanding achievement in established Mu chapter of Mortar Board has been scholarship, leadership and service. Since To remember former dean Joseph F. honored with a Silver Torch Award for its founding in 1918, the organization Goncz Jr., who served Grove City excellence by the national organization. has grown from the four founding College for 36 years The Grove City chapter was one of chapters to 227 chartered collegiate and died in 2008, a 67 outstanding chapters to receive the chapters with nearly a quarter of a scholarship for award at the 2009 Mortar Board million initiated members across the engineering students National Conference in July. The award nation. The Alpha Theta Mu chapter at has been established was presented to chapters executing Grove City College was chartered in in his name. Goncz timeliness and dedication while 1972 and currently has 49 members. helped prepare exemplifying the ideals of scholarship, Mortar Board provides opportunities generations of leadership and service. Recipients were for continued leadership development, engineering students selected based on a review of national promotes service to colleges and and directed the Joseph F. Goncz Jr. records, requiring that the chapter meet universities and encourages lifelong College’s engineering programs to their all of the national minimum standards contributions to the global community. initial accreditation from ABET, the and deadlines. Some notable Mortar Board members Accreditation Board for Engineering Chapter President Kelsey Drefs, a include former President Jimmy Carter, and Technology, in 1991. senior from Elk Horn, Wis., was present distinguished politician Condoleezza Goncz guided the Albert A. to accept the chapter’s award. Rice and former Supreme Court Justice Hopeman Jr. School of Science, Mortar Board is a national honor Sandra Day O’Connor. Learn more at Engineering and Mathematics as dean society that recognizes college seniors www.mortarboard.org. from 1997 until his retirement in 2005. He also served as chairman of the Class of 2013 welcomes students from 37 states engineering department and special assistant to the president for Grove City College welcomed a new 45 percent were active in missions engineering services and provided 633-member freshman class this fall – 90 percent were involved in some insight for renovations of Rockwell the Class of 2013 – which totaled 323 sort of community service in high Hall and Memorial Dormitory. men and 310 women, part of the largest school Those who knew Goncz admired total enrollment in College history. 17 percent were involved in him for his devotion to the importance Some of their statistics included: marching band he placed on liberal arts in an 63 percent acceptance rate Among freshman students, the most engineering education and his keen eye 37 states represented popular declared major for men is for recruiting faculty. At the age of 69, 54 percent from out-of-state mechanical engineering, followed closely three years after retirement, Goncz 57 valedictorians/26 salutatorians by business management and electrical passed away on Aug. 14, 2008. 21 National Merit finalists engineering. To remember and honor Goncz 9 percent legacy students The most popular majors for females through this scholarship, charitable gifts 53 percent graduated in top 10 are elementary education, English and can be sent to the Grove City College percent of class biology. Development Office, 100 Campus 79 percent graduated in top 20 Many of these students will also Drive, Grove City, PA 16127. Checks percent of class eventually earn teaching certification as should be made payable to “Grove City 14 percent homeschooled part of their courses of study. College,” designated for the “Joseph F. 17 percent graduated from private, Overall, Grove City College Goncz Scholarship in Engineering.” parochial and Christian schools welcomed its largest student population Online gifts may be made through the 5 percent minorities of 2,530 students representing 43 states, College’s web site, www.gcc.edu/giving. 1259 average SAT plus the District of Columbia and six For more scholarship information, 3.80 average GPA foreign countries. contact Director of Donor Services 3 percent were student body or Ninety-three percent of freshmen Roxann Williams at (724) 458-2991 or senior class presidents return for their sophomore year, one of [email protected]. 21 percent were in student council the highest retention rates in the nation.

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campusnews Athletic department expanding coaching staff Grove City College has made several men’s swimming and diving coach, Fritz Williams took over as head coach for changes and additions to its Department has guided the Wolverines to a 65-18 both the men’s and women’s track and of Physical Education and Athletics for dual-meet record and three Presidents’ field programs after coaching the the 2009-10 academic year. Athletic Conference titles. Fritz’ wife, women’s team from 2001 to 2008. The College has hired Jonathan Miller Tammy, also helps to coach diving. Dr. Stan Keehlwetter remains on the as head women’s water polo coach and Fritz coached women’s water polo at track and field staff as an assistant coach assistant men’s and women’s swimming Grove City from 2002 through the 2009 after serving as head men’s track coach and diving coach. Miller, a native of season. He led the Wolverines to seven for five seasons. This move helps Fresno, Calif., comes to Grove City after appearances in the Collegiate III Keehlwetter better meet the needs of his spending the 2008-09 academic year as Championships during his tenure. expanding role on campus as dean of the assistant men’s and women’s water polo Joe Walters is the College’s new head Chapel. coach at California Baptist University. women’s tennis coach after serving as Also, Cathy Jacobs will take over as the Miller is a 2008 graduate of California interim head coach during the 2008-09 department’s facility coordinator. In that Baptist and graduated as CBU’s all-time season. He led Grove City to a 14-6 role, she will oversee the scheduling of leader in goalkeeper saves with 1,025. He overall record and the program’s first-ever activities in the College’s Physical Learning earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology invitation to the NCAA Championship Center. Jacobs will handle all game and recently finished his master of science Tournament last year. management duties for home events degree in kinesiology at California Baptist. Walters completed his 37th season as throughout the academic year. She will Miller’s hiring coincides with several head men’s tennis coach at Grove City also assume increased academic other personnel adjustments in the last spring. He directed the men’s squad responsibilities in the department’s physical athletic department. to its 19th straight conference title in education and exercise science curricula. Head men’s swimming and diving April. Walters will remain men’s tennis Jacobs joined the Grove City staff in coach Dave Fritz ’94 will add the coach as well as associate athletic director. 1988 as head women’s swimming and responsibilities of head women’s Grove City has also consolidated its diving coach. She also coached women’s swimming and diving coach at Grove head track and field coaching positions tennis from 1991 to 2007 and coached City this year. In seven years as head into one position. This spring, Dr. Allison the softball team from 1989 to 1993.

HERITAGE from page 43 TITLES from page 41 The late Stepanian lettered all four years at third base for the Grove City compile a 41-10 overall record in dual meets. He baseball team and also received two monograms in football at graduated with a degree in philosophy. quarterback. Carter excelled in both cross country and track throughout However, Stepanian made his greatest athletic impact at her career. In cross country, the Bellingham, Wash., product Grove City during the winter months. Stepanian started three earned PAC MVP honors three times and qualified for the years for the basketball team and led Grove City in one of its NCAA Division III Championships in 2006, 2007 and 2008. finest eras in history. Carter earned All-America honors in 2007 after finishing As a junior in 1921, Stepanian led Grove City to the Tri-State 26th at the NCAA Championships. She is a three-time All- championship. In 1922, Grove City represented the East Mideast Region honoree and is also a four-time First Team All- Region at the National Intercollegiate Tournament in Conference selection. She helped lead the Wolverines to four Indianapolis. straight conference titles in cross country. He earned All-America laurels in 1922 while also receiving Carter won three PAC titles in the 1500-meter run and owns Tri-State All-Star honors in each of his final two seasons. the school record in that event with a time of 4:47.75. Following graduation, Stepanian became one of the most Carter also won two conference titles in the 5000. In 2006, successful scholastic coaches in Pennsylvania history. He she finished sixth in the 1500 and eighth in the 5000 at the coached football, basketball and track at Charleroi High School ECAC Championships. She earned seven letters total. and guided his teams to five total WPIAL titles. This winter, she became the first Grove City student-athlete One of the most decorated men in Pennsylvania athletic to earn the NCAA Sportsmanship Award. She received the history, Stepanian has been inducted into the Pennsylvania award for her sportsmanlike actions after the 2007 PACs. Sports Hall of Fame, the Western Pennsylvania Sports Hall of A marketing management/communication studies graduate, Fame and the Mon Valley Sports Hall of Fame. Carter is a CoSIDA Academic All-America candidate.

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Some Florida snowbirds enjoyed a day together in Venice, Fla. Row 1: Peggy (Smith ’56) class Foster, Shirley (Sprinkle ’55) Blood and Donna (Oelschlager ’55) Atwood. Row 2: Ruth (Terry ’56) Marks and Sally (Ekin ’65) McCulloch. Not pictured: Sam Miller ’55.

SUE (OSBORNE) STAMM has been elected 1960 president of the Pennsylvania chapter of Delta DR. DAVID DAYTON received the Volunteer Kappa Gamma national education of the Year award at the Pennsylvania organization for 2009. Downtown Center’s annual statewide Townie Awards gala. He was eligible after winning 1967 the Olde Town Grove City Townie award last fall. He has been a leader with Grove City DR. LEON REED recently retired as the Revitalization Inc., from its inception in 2001. superintendent of schools in the Schuylerville (N.Y.) Central School District. He served in the Keep in 1963 district for the past 18 years. Touch! REUNION BRUCE HAEDRICH and his daughter are 1969 YEAR publishing a web site of conservative comics We want to and commentary. The website is JOHN FLEMING completed 40 years of www.EdwinandCarmine.com. accident/incident free flying. He served for 23 keep in touch BONNIE (MORDUSH) ROBBINS was years in the Air Force and is currently flying missing from a photo caption in the Spring for Federal Express in Memphis. While with with you 2009 GeDUNK. The page 55 photo of the ’63 the U.S. Air Force, he flew KC-135 Tankers in Sigma Theta Chi sisters with a Theta Alpha Pi support of operations in Southeast Asia, electronically! friend should have read Row 1, from left: Grenada, Panama and Iraq. He currently flies Olivia (Adair) Brandt, Bonnie (Mordush) the Boeing 757 for Federal Express. If you have an Robbins and Jan (Petrovic) Zipper. Row 2: KAY (OSBORNE) KING retired from Clarion Judy (Hannan) Robinson, Gail Anderson, Kay University of Pennsylvania in May 2009. She e-mail address, (Holland) Carlson, Connie (Rhonemus) Coffrin had been a faculty member in the Office of and Judy (Cathcart) Jaskulski. Counseling Services since January 1992. or have recently 1973 changed your 1965 THOMAS MCWHERTOR accepted a address, please DEBORAH HAMMOND was the position as director of constituency relations commencement speaker for The Gould at Christian Reformed World Relief contact us at Academy in Bethel, Maine. She is an alumna of Committee in Grand Rapids, Mich. The the school and a trustee for 25 years. She was Committee is an international development [email protected] a choral and general music teacher in Portland and disaster response non-governmental and South Portland schools for 21 years and organization. e was director of marketing and development at the Portland Symphony Orchestra. theG–eDUNK | Fall 2009 27852_GeDunk.qxp:2-27.qxd 9/15/09 10:16 PM Page 52

classnotes Across the Miles 1975 RONALD PAINTER is the new chief executive officer of the National Association of Workforce Boards, based in Washington, D.C. He was the founding executive and, most recently, chief executive officer of the Three Rivers Workforce Investment Board in Pittsburgh. 1976 THE REV. RODNEY SMITH, lead pastor for the Chippewa United Methodist Church in Beaver Falls, Pa., was inducted into the Anne (White) Manning’s home in Memphis was a central location for these 1964 classmates from “Cambridge Who’s Who” executive, across the country. From left: Gayle (Patterson) Phillips from Sky Valley, Ga., Carolyn professional and entrepreneurial registry. He (Aeberli) Bell from Houston, Anne (White) Manning, Linda (Beeman) Seelhorst from San was recognized for showing dedication, Diego and Cammie (Waterhouse) Anthony from Boston. leadership and excellence in all aspects of religious services. REUNION RYAN SHAFFER earned his 500th win as a 1974 YEAR head tennis coach in April. He has been coach of the boys and girls teams at North Canton LINDA (FORSYTHE) BYERLY has been (Ohio) High School since 2003. Before that, 1977 named a financial analyst with Veritas he coached at St. Thomas Aquinas High CHRISTINE BLAINE was a finalist for Employer Services, based in Bonita Springs, School from 1988 to 1999 and at Malone Washington County (Pa.)’s Athena Award. The Fla. She will have responsibility for corporate College from 1989 to 1995. He has taught at award recognizes an individual who has cash management and forecasting. Malvern High School for 35 years. achieved a high level of professional excellence, assisted women in developing their full potential and made an impact in Fun Florida Chix Washington County. Blaine is director of marketing and communications for the Washington Wild Things minor league baseball team and is president of the Washington County Tourism Promotion Agency’s board of directors.

REUNION 1979 YEAR LYNN (LHOTA) ABRAMOVIC is owner of proSource Integrated Marketing in Cranberry Township, Pa. She and her husband founded the company, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2009. DR. KATE JACKSON has been appointed senior vice president and chief technology officer for Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh. She will lead the technology team A group of ladies calling themselves the ’66 Chix had a reunion in Naples, Fla., in mid-March at the company, which is a pioneer in nuclear 2009. The women are primarily Sigma Sigma Sigma alumnae plus one, Sherry (Mizer) Hardgrove, a power and a supplier of nuclear plant Theta Alpha Pi sister. The Chix plan to reunite in 2011, the year of their 45th class reunion. Row 1: products. She rejoined Westinghouse in 2008 Pat (Waddell) Mesta, Judy (Schweigert) Swezey, Sherry (Mizer) Hardgrove, Barbara as vice president, strategy for research and (Studley) Burdette and Sandy (McCracken) Gurgovits. Row 2: Pennie (Martin) Clifford, technology, following 17 years at the Pat (Morgan) Neal and Gail (Holmgren) Hunter. Grove City husbands in attendance: Bob Tennessee Valley Authority. Hunter ’63, Bob Clifford ’64 and Lew Mesta ’64.

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classnotes LAURA (OCHSENHIRT) GREEN and her Baltimore Wedding husband, Barry, welcomed son Sebastien Robert on April 18, 2008. e

REUNION 1989 YEAR LYNN (BOBBIE) and BOB ’88 GRIFFIN, owners of The Australian Walkabout Inn Bed and Breakfast, received word that their Inn was named one of 14 “Travelers’ Choice for Romance” award winners. The award is presented by travel web site iLoveInns.com. The Australian Walkabout, located in Lancaster, was the only bed and breakfast in Pennsylvania to be selected. MICHELE (HILLARD) CARLSON received a Master of Science in Adult Education degree from Buffalo State College in May 2009. e DANA KOPF lives in Southwest Colorado where he owns both a rafting company and an internet web development company. e DR. STEPHEN TAAFFE has published a new book on the Civil War Navy called Sisters from the 1971 class of Sigma Theta Chi gathered in Baltimore for the wedding of the son of Andrea (Smith) Fine. Row 1, from left, Susan (Preston) Conrad, Andrea (Smith) Fine and “Commanding Lincoln’s Navy.” It is available Barbara (Toth) Brandt. Row 2: Cathy (Santalucia) Clark and Linda (Byer) Lemmon. Row through local booksellers or amazon.com. This 3: Janice (Troupe) Keifer and Barb (Sherwin) Schmit. is his fourth book on American military history. He is a professor of history at Stephen 1981 1985 F. Austin State University in Texas. ROBERT GONGAWARE was promoted to DR. JONATHAN MCINTYRE has been senior vice president of finance at Indiana appointed senior vice president, PepsiCo R&D 1990 (Pa.) Regional Medical Center. He had served Global Beverages. He will lead the company’s STATIA (PARTINGTON) and DEAN ’91 as interim senior vice president since October research and development beverage OLSON announce the adoption of daughter 2008. transformation agenda worldwide. McIntyre is Anna Grace from Vietnam in June 2008. Anna a scientist with expertise in nutritional Grace is 20 months old and joins sister beverages, sports drinks and other formulas. Allison, 14, at home in Indiana, Pa. Dean is 1983 He is now based at the company’s senior pastor of the Indiana First Church of JEFF FURST was hired as the new chapter headquarters in Purchase, N.Y. God and Stacey is a stay-at-home mom. president of the Eastern North Carolina VALERIE (VOUGA) ZASADNY and her TED RUSSELL has been appointed high Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis husband, Allen, announce the birth of school dean of students for the Wesleyan Society. The chapter is located in Raleigh and daughter Aislin Vouga on Feb. 9, 2009. The School in Norcross, Ga., beginning with the serves as 49-county area. In his community, family lives in Walker, Iowa. 2009-10 school year. Russell joined the school Furst has served as president of the Johnson staff in 2001, serving in roles including County United Way, chairman of the March of 1988 ninth/10th grade boys’ chair, varsity girls’ Dimes Walkathon and vice president of the volleyball head coach, middle school LEIGH (GRANDIZIO) BOYER and her Jaycees. basketball coach and advanced placement husband, Ken, announce the birth of their European history teacher. seventh child, Blaise Kenneth, on Nov. 25, REUNION 2008. He joins Sonny, Cullen, Emma, Callie, 1984 YEAR Briana and Dillon. The family resides in 1991 DAN RANTA was interviewed by Dow Jones O’Hara Township (Pittsburgh) where Ken is an MARK BELL has been installed as the new this spring and the article appeared in “The entrepreneur working toward a Ph.D. and pastor at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Wall Street Journal.” It also was syndicated to Leigh is a homemaker, using her elementary Boardman, Ohio. about 30 other worldwide media sources. e education degree to homeschool.

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Nancy Hayes Bevington ’79 had a chance to meet former President Bill Clinton at a holiday gathering of the Clinton Foundation. Hayes Bevington is vice president, career management services, at Right Management in Burlington, Mass.

JEFFREY BENSON and his wife, Carrie, welcomed son Noah Thomas on March 5, 2009. e DAVID KUREMSKY and his wife, Patricia, announce the birth of son Ryan William on Deb (Templin ’87) Hickly was asked to be the featured speaker at the Highmark Caring March 27, 2009. Foundation’s annual Hoge, Starks, Ward Celebrity Golf Classic for Children. The event took place in JUDY (GARTNER) and MIKE ’88 MATTIVI May at Southpointe in Pittsburgh. It benefited the Caring Place, a grieving center that Deb and her welcomed daughter Marcy Elizabeth on July daughters attended following the loss of husband and father John Hickly ’85. Pictured in front are the Hicklys: Gabrielle, Janelle, Marielle and Deb. In back: Steelers Hines Ward, Merril Hoge and Max Starks. 2, 2008. Marcy joined Nathan, 11, Michaela, 9, and Nicholas, 6, at home in Sarver, Pa. TODD SNITCHLER, state representative in SHAWNA CINDY (BRENNAN) SHAFER was named the Ohio House of Representatives for the GLADHILL and director of development at Light of Life 50th District, was named to “Twenty Under Kyle Sanders Rescue Mission on Pittsburgh’s North Side. 40!” by the “Canton Repository.” Awardees were married She will plan, direct and oversee the were selected based on career acumen, Oct. 25, 2008, organization’s fundraising efforts. community service and trusteeship and in Baltimore, personal and professional achievements. Md. Shawna GIL VANORDER celebrated his 39th birthday produces and 1992 in June by launching a web site aimed at directs film and DR. DANIEL BELL was hired in June as helping people around the world who do not animation superintendent of the Hermitage (Pa.) School have access to clean drinking water. The goal projects for CDM World Agency in New York. District. Most recently, he was superintendent of www.40wells.org is to raise awareness and Kyle is a Navy veteran who is studying 3D of New Castle’s Shenango Area School money in order to build 40 water wells in animation. They reside in the East Village of District. There, he served as assistant high Africa and Asia before VanOrder’s 40th New York City. school principal, junior high principal and birthday. He is working with a non-profit DR. JULIE (CLINEFELTER) MOELLER and assistant superintendent. organization called charity: water. her husband, Valerian, welcomed daughter CRAIG CERRA and his wife, Tamara, Elsea Claire on July 20, 2009. They reside in announce the birth of daughter Dinah Russell Grove City. Moeller is an associate professor on Nov. 21, 2008. Dinah joins siblings 1993 of religion at Grove City College. Madeline, 12, Levi, 9, and Eleanor, 7, at home JENNIFER (URH) BURKE and her husband, SHARI (CLEMENS) TUZ and her husband, in Fairview, W.Va. Craig is the administrative Tom, announce the birth of twin girls, Nora Peter, announce the birth of daughter Elise supervisor at the Grant Town Power Plant in Elizabeth and Lillian Abigail, born April 15, Caroline on May 28, 2009. Elise joins brother Grant Town, W.Va. 2009. e Andrew, 5, at home in Matthews, N.C.

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REUNION ANNE (COOPEY) MCGUIRE and husband, 1994 YEAR Dennis, announce the birth of daughter 1995 Adelaide Elizabeth on June 23, 2008. e KIRSTEN (KERNER) BRUDER and her JASON DRAKE will receive the 2009 JENNIFER (SCOTT) MOORE and her husband, Brian, announce the birth of son Governor’s Environmental Award for husband, Troy, welcomed son Brennan on Christopher James on March 18, 2009. e developing a waste tire reclamation initiative April 1, 2009. e MARC DICKMANN and his wife, Amy, at Maplewood High School in the Penncrest DR. JOSEPH PISANO was chosen by the welcomed daughter Zeyna, born March 24, School District (Guys Mills, Pa.). This is the National Association for Music Education to 2008, and adopted from Ethiopia. The family third award that Drake has received for his be part of the Music Technology Education lives in Matthews, N.C. involvement with his students in a variety of Academy. The academy was part of the MELANIE (LONG) MCGUIRE and her environmental projects. association’s Music Education Week in husband, Joe, welcomed son Jonah Christian, DAVID EURICH and his wife, Sonya, Washington, D.C., in June. Pisano is a Grove born Sept. 5, 2008, and adopted Dec. 10, announce the birth of daughter Karissa Anne City College associate professor of music and 2008. He joins big brothers Jacob and Joseph. on Jan. 28, 2009. e associate chair of the Department of Music KELLI PICCOLO and Seth Hall were married CHRISTY (BROGLEY) and MICHAEL ’95 and Fine Arts. June 21, 2008, in St. Marys, Pa. Kelli is a HOLLAR announce the adoption of daughter JENNIFER WOLFE and Kevin Kennedy were senior paralegal at Morgan Lewis and Seth is Gracelynn Chun, born Dec. 7, 2004, in married April 23, 2008, in Riviera Maya, a senior analyst with Lexis Nexis. They live in Guangzhou, China, and adopted at age 3. e Mexico. They reside in Odenton, Md. e Springfield, Va. e Alumni Choir Members Sing in Perfect ‘Harmony’

The choir members at Grace Church of Harmony, Pa., discovered about 30 Grove City College alumni in their ranks with many more as part of the history and future of the choir. As students, they came from many different areas. The singers now enjoy their weekly multi-class reunion as they worship. One Sunday in December 2008, those available for a photo were, Row 1, from left: Autumn (Sevick ’94) Bupp, Christine (Gerdes ’80) Sweikowski, Lisa (Nickita ’81) Allen, Carol (Beighey ’73) Steinacker, Mary (Garwig ’88) Barnes, Norman Frederick ’54 and Amanda (Nelson ’04) Prugar. Row 2: Christopher Brennan ’10, Daniel Allen ’81, Lois (Morton ’79) Kuttesch and Cheryl (Bupp ’94) Prouty. Row 3: Jonathan Landis ’95, Spencer Everett ’13, John Beighey ’74, Robert Kuttesch ’78, Nicholas Prugar ’04, Stephen Prouty ’94, John Hackworth ’94 and Kristi (Hall ’94) Hackworth. Missing from photo: Steven Cotherman ’72, Colleen (Lorigan ’73) Cotherman and Jack Barnes ’89. Other singers include: Justin Hartzel ’07, David Hartung ’71, Cheryl (Gore ’73) Hartung, Ellyn (Christian ’81) Snyder, Drew Snyder ’09, Sarah Anthony ’04, Gretchen (Gutzwiller ’02) McMichael, Patrick McMichael ’02, Joshua Gutzwiller ’99, Brian Beighey ’07, Clayton Safritt ’06 and Abby (Schoeffel) Elsess ’03.

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classnotes SONYA (WOOD) VERRILLO and her JODI (GRECO) and JOHN ’94 CARVER CINDY (BRENNAN) SHAFER recently was husband, Maurice, announce the birth of son welcomed Lila Jean on June 25, 2009. e named director of development at Light of Christopher Vincent on Nov. 13, 2008. e LEANNA (FLUHART) and DAVE ’94 Life Rescue Mission on the North Side of JOHNSON welcomed son Seth Matthew, born Pittsburgh. She will plan, direct and oversee Nov. 26, 2007, and adopted March 17, 2009. the organization’s fundraising efforts. 1996 LESLIE (STINSON) MILCIC and her ROBIN (JUESCHKE) SMITH and her AMY CLINGENSMITH and Dave Mongiovi husband, David, welcomed daughter Peyton husband, Nathan, are the parents of son were married Maelle on Nov. 7, 2008. Brother Dawson is 6. Aaron Nathan, born April 5, 2009. They live Aug. 8, 2009, in The Milcics live in Ellwood City, Pa., where in Wilmington, N.C. the Harbison Leslie teaches third grade in the Ellwood City ADAM WYSE Chapel Garden. Area School District. and Jennifer Amy worked JJ (WOLFE) RHINEHART and her husband, Powell were for nine years Tim, announce the birth of daughter married March at the College, Genevieve Lara on March 30, 2009. She joins 28, 2009, in most recently sisters Juliana, 9, and Katrina, 4, in Columbus, as senior Williamsport, Pa. Ohio. Adam director of AMY SCOTT teaches at communications. She now runs her own and David Worthington business, Clingensmith Communications, and Campbell were Christian Middle School and Jen is a as an independent contractor continues to married June pediatrician. The couple met in Israel on manage The GeDUNK magazine. She is also 21, 2008. Amy their pastor’s tour. the unit marketing director for Chick-fil-A in is a physical Reading, Pa., under operator Shawn Filby therapist in an ’89 (see page 20). Dave is a system operator outpatient 1997 for Met-Ed, a First Energy company. He orthopedics attended Loyola and Millersville colleges and and sports LAURA (NOVOTNY) and RONALD ’99 served eight years as a nuclear operator in the medicine clinic in Fairfax, Va. David also JONES are the parents of son Jacob U.S. Navy. Amy becomes stepmom to Kayla, 5, works in Fairfax as an electrical engineer. They Christian, born March 10, 2009. and Tyler, 7. The couple lives in Lititz, Pa. reside in Chantilly, Va. CHRISTINE (BITTLER) and CHAD ’96 KEENER announce the birth of daughter Sophia Elizabeth on April 3, 2009. e Family Fun LAURA (SHUTE) and JEFF ’98 ROBERTS welcomed daughter Victoria Margaret on May 30, 2008. e CHRISTINE (ROHRER) STARNES and her husband, Mark, welcomed son Eli Wagner on March 11, 2009. He joins sister Ellie, 2. DAN VON HANDORF was named principal of Fairmont High School in Kettering, Ohio. 1998 GINA (GABRIEL) BURKE has been published recently for her work with the emergency department at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, N.C. She has lead Lean Six Sigma efforts to improve the department’s operational abilities and staff culture in handling a growing population. Her work was published in the American The Rich family, with five alumni members, recently gathered at Walt Disney World and did a little Society for Quality’s “Quality Progress” advertising for the College at the same time. Adults, from left: Robert Rich ’67, Janice (Carter ’67) magazine, “Building Quality in Health Care” Rich, Kristine (Rich ’94) Rush, Chad Rush ’94, Debbie (Rich) Higgs and Jeffrey Higgs ’95. Children, from left: Daniel Rush, Emilie Rush, Ryan Higgs, Andrew Higgs, Matthew Higgs and Jacob Higgs. journal and www.sixisgmaiq.com.

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classnotes KELLY HARKCOM Weekend Visit and Chris Litcher were married Oct. 18, 2008, in Chicago, where they currently live. Kelly is a workforce effectiveness consultant at Towers Perrin. Chris is a senior performance consultant for Advocate Health Care. JENNIFER (MATTERN) and SAM JOHNSON announce the birth of daughter Carmondy Amanda on May 27, 2008. Brother Landon is 2. They reside outside of Knox, Pa. AMANDA (DICOLA) and JON ’97 PATRICK welcomed daughter Aubrey Marie on Nov. 11, 2008. JOHN SCHWAB joined Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti LLP in Pittsburgh as These classmates and friends met for a weekend in Clearfield, Pa. Row 1, from left: Karen an associate in the commercial litigation (Whaley ’99) Grube, Megan (Koerber ’99) de Montaigne, Heidi (Brown ’99) Lee and practice. Shannon (Hanna ’99) Milinovich. Row 2: Kate (Dinsmore ’00) Britton, Cindy (Graeser CORI (FORNEY) and GRADY ’99 ’99) Sears, Kerri (Linto ’99) Smith, and Erin (Bachman ’00) Waclawski with son Caleb. SUMMERS welcomed son Grayden on ERIN (SMITH) JOHNSON joined PBE Inc., CARISA (YOUNGMAN) TAKAC and her March 31, 2009. e as the new Gelok Division technical sales and husband, Jason, are the parents of daughter GRETA (KESSLER) TYLKA and her service representative. e Allison Grace, born Jan. 5, 2009. husband, Matt, welcomed son Bryson ALISON (NAGY) KILMARTIN accepted a Matthew on Oct. 13, 2008. He joins sister position as an associate at the law firm Jones Elena, now 3. Day in Pittsburgh. She graduated from law 2000 school at Penn State in May 2009. e REUNION KAREN (HUNSBERGER) KLING and her KATE (DINSMORE) and PAUL ’99 YEAR 1999 husband, Mike, announce the birth of son BRITTON announce the birth of daughter ARIANNE (DROTOS) BEVINS and her Gavin Michael on April 29, 2009. He joins Lilian Jean on April 29, 2009. e husband, Bruce, welcomed son Harrison Bruce brother Brett, 4, in Telford, Pa. SHEILA (MATTES) and CHRIS CARLBERG on Feb. 27, 2009. The family lives in MEGAN (KRAUS) and JASON ’96 welcomed son Lincoln Edward on Feb. 11, Matthews, N.C. OLDENSKI welcomed son Keegan Michael 2009. The Carlbergs live in Concord, N.C. AUBREE (RANKIN) BOWLING and family on May 20, 2009. Keegan joins Landon, 2, at RACHEL (GODFREY) CHIPLEY and her relocated to Kansas in March. She works home in Mars, Pa. husband, Phil, announce the birth of son remotely for the Parents Television Council. e KIMBERLY (LUFSEY) PARKIN earned a Ethan Michael on Nov. 25, 2008. ROBERT BUSH and his wife, Kathryn, master’s degree in counseling psychology and SCOTT DOOLEY received a Master of announce the birth of son Gavin Helm on manages Michigan Theological Seminary’s Business Administration degree from the June 25, 2009. e counseling clinic. She and husband Brian University of Chicago in March 2009. e ROB CASSIDY and his wife, Rachel, have a son, William, 2. e LACEY (WILLIAMS) and MATTHEW ’01 announce the birth of daughter Anna Grace KATHERINE (HALL) PARRISH and her ECKERT welcomed daughter Julia Grace on on Dec. 1, 2008. e husband, Matt, announce the birth of son June 18, 2009. e JONATHAN CETTI and his wife, Kristi, Maxwell Edward on Feb. 23, 2009. e MEGHAN (KELLOGG) and BOB announce the birth of son Garrett Anthony on SARAH (ABBOTT) PIERCE and her MCMICHAEL announce the birth of April 27, 2009. Sister Julia is 2. The Cettis live husband, Paul, announce the birth of daughter Grace Evelyn on Jan. 15, 2009. e in Mason, Ohio. daughter Zoe Elizabeth on Jan. 14, 2009. e JAYME (HOFFMAN) RAPP and her KATRINA (TOWNLEY) GAVIE and her TARA (MCCASLIN) and MATTHEW ’00 husband, Brett, welcomed son Aedan husband, Benjamin, welcomed daughter SMOUSE welcomed son Nathaniel on Feb. 4, Matthew on Feb. 3, 2009. The Rapps live in Noora on Feb. 8, 2008. e 2009. e Bridgeville, Pa.

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classnotes JEFFREY TEDFORD was appointed music director and conductor of the Williamsport Groups of Grover Cousins Gather (Pa.) Chamber Choir and Orchestra, beginning with the 2009-10 season. 2001 LISA (GILLILAND) DYE and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of daughter Ella Nicole on March 3, 2009. e KURT HERDMAN and his wife, Jeanine, welcomed daughter Claire Eliza on Feb. 14, 2009. e BRIANNE HESS, Esq., was recently promoted to vice president at the Bank of New York Mellon located in Pittsburgh. e ERIN (SANDIFER) JOHNSON and her husband, Dean, announce the birth of son Trevor on March 19, 2009. e ABOVE: Grover cousins played together in April in North Carolina while dad Gareth Hughes ’04 is deployed as a Marine helicopter pilot to Iraq and Afghanistan. From left: Abigail Joyner, Simeon NATHAN KAUFFMAN and his wife, Kristy, Joyner, Lydia Joyner, Calvin Hughes and Philip Joyner. Parents are Kevin and Catrin (Hughes ’95) announce the birth of daughter Alaina Claire Joyner and Gareth and Emily (Russell ’05) Hughes, who are stationed in Hawaii. on Jan. 16, 2009. e BELOW: Brady Ewing, center, age 3, sits with cousin Caleb Benjamin Garman (born 11-21-08), at MICHAEL KOERBER graduated from left, and brother Ryan Christopher Ewing (born 4-28-08). Parents are Jared ’94 and Kimberly Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in May Ewing; Adam and Jennifer (Ewing ’03) Garman. 2008 with a Master of Divinity degree. He, wife Sharon and son Caleb have relocated to Stone Mountain, Ga., where Michael is serving as the mobilization coordinator for TeachBeyond – a North American non- denominational mission agency that mobilizes, equips and sends educators to overseas ministry opportunities. JENNIFER (MENSING) MILLER and her husband, C.J., welcomed son Ryan Jay on July 19, 2008. SARAH MORGAN and Brian Smith were married May 17, 2009, in Morristown, N.J. Brian teaches political philosophy at Montclair State University and Sarah works as a historical researcher. e KORIE (SELL) COUNTS and her husband, NARI (BERARDUCCI) BETHANY (PERAGALLO) PAQUIN and her Danny, announce the birth of twin sons, Eli JETER graduated in May husband, Jed, announce the birth of son Silas William and Benjamin David, on May 27, with a Ph.D. in marriage Elliot on Aug. 7, 2008. e 2009. e and family therapy from PETER DRAKE and his wife, Kelly, welcomed Florida State University. daughter Sarah Noelle on Nov. 21, 2008. She She accepted an adjunct 2002 joins twins sisters Abby and Julia, 3, in professor position with JILL (PAPARIELLO) CAMPBELL received a Mansfield, Ohio. Peter joined Ashland the University for this Master of Science in Human Resource University in January as webmaster. fall, and also will be Management degree from La Roche College LESLIE EBERLIN and Derek Smith were doing clinical therapy in May 2008. married Oct. 11, 2008, in Erie. Leslie teaches with children and families at a local mental LAURA (LEEMHUIS) COOPER and her English and reading at Meadville Area Middle health agency. She resides in Tallahassee, Fla., husband, Greg, welcomed son Nathaniel School and Derek is a water pollution with her husband and two children. Isaac on April 2, 2009. The family lives in Erie, biologist with the Pennsylvania Department LAURA LEVAKE and Joe Palke were married Pa. Laura is an engineer at GE Transportation. of Environmental Protection. e June 19, 2009.

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classnotes MARNE (KACZMAREK) and GREG ’00 REUNION MILLER announce the birth of son James 2004 YEAR 2005 SARAH ANTHONY, Gary on April 3, 2009. e JENNIFER (SEESE) and JASON ALLEN human resource KRISTEN (FRANUS) POLOMOSCANIK announce the birth of son Andrew Joel on coordinator for Heinz and her husband, Brandon, announce the May 1, 2009. e North America, was birth of daughter Kassia Grace on March 29, AMY (GOOD) CALKINS and her husband, chosen as the national 2009. e Mark, welcomed son Evan Josiah on Dec. 21, Heinz North America EMILY (GUTHRIE) and JEFF RILEY 2008. Sister Abigail is 2. They live in Jefferson Award winner welcomed son Deacon Thomas on March 13, Rochester, N.Y. for 2009. She received 2009. The Riley family lives in Abingdon, Md. ERIN CLAXTON recently published a book the honor in June at MARK SALLADE is the pastor of Calvary titled “Driving by Faith: Reflections from a ceremony in Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Glenside, Cross-Country Traveler.” In the book, Claxton Washington, D.C. The awards recognize Pa. tells of her three-month cross-country road volunteerism, public service and making a SHANNON (FARLEY) SCHULTZ and her trip and daily spiritual reflections. It is husband, Adam, announce the birth of positive impact on the community. Anthony published by 25:5 Books. daughter Sadie Hanna on Sept. 12, 2008. e serves as president of the Young Leadership AMBER Board of Girls Hope near Pittsburgh and GILSON and serves as a mentor for the young girls who DANIEL 2003 live there. SOLOMON AMBER (LANGLEY) and DEREK BOSTICK SARAH (GIBSON) and RYAN BOYD are ’04 were welcomed son Jaxson Lee on Jan. 22, 2009. the parents of daughter Julia Mae, born married May The family resides in Shippensburg, Pa. Dec. 24, 2008. 17, 2008, in MARK CONGDON and his wife, Katie, ALYSSA (WILLIAMS) KOVACH and her Pittsburgh. The welcomed son Judah in December of 2008. husband, Brad, each earned their Master of couple AMANDA (MAY) and ANDREW ’01 Arts in Teaching degree from the University currently COSTELLO are the parents of daughter of Memphis. Alyssa teaches high school resides in Princeton, N.J., where they both Elizabeth May, born May 8, 2009. The family Spanish and Brad teaches high school work in sales for Pfizer. lives in Mt. Laurel, N.J. sciences. ALEX NATHAN FOX and his wife, Lori, welcomed HEATHER (WEBB) LONG and her INTIHAR and daughter Eva Grace on April 1, 2009. e husband, Brad, announce the birth of Erica AMBER daughter Madeline Claire on Feb. 16, 2009. McCullough JONES and e were married RYAN CELESTE MCMICHAEL and STEPHEN June 13, 2009, MITCHELL LIVENGOOD ’05 were married Sept. 27, in Pittsburgh. were married 2008. They now live March 7, MISTY (WADOWSKY) MCCONNELL and in Seven Hills, 2009, in her husband, Jim, welcomed son Nolan on Ohio. Alex is Troutdale, Ore. March 6, 2009. e the owner of Intihar International and Erica The couple LAURA (MYERS) MURRAY and her is a teacher in Lakewood. now resides in husband, Andy, welcomed son Brendan LAUREN Lodi, Calif. Amber works as a senior William on Nov. 6, 2008. e KUPILLAS accountant and CPA at Propp, Christensen, KRISTEN RADEBAUGH and GARY RIBE and Gabriel Caniglia LLP in Sacramento. Ryan works as a were married May 30, 2008, in Parsippany, Kummant territory marketing manager for Worthington N.J. They moved to Charlottesville, Va., to were married Industries in Stockton. both attend the Darden School of Business April 18, 2009, JORDAN (CLYDE) and MICHAEL ’04 MBA program at the University of Virginia. in New Hyde LOVE welcomed daughter Addison Claire on e Park, N.Y. They April 27, 2009. The family lives in DuBois, Pa. MIRIAM (CLEMENT) RUDOLPH and her live on Long DEREK STAUFF and Mariel Johnson were husband, Aaron, announce the birth of son Island, where married May 16, 2009, in Windom, Minn. Silas Alexander on May 11, 2009. e Gabriel works as an engineer and Lauren is They reside in Bloomington, Ind. Derek is a STEPHANIE HARTLE is the new editor of doing her internal medicine internship. doctoral student in musicology at Indiana Grove City’s “Allied News.” She has worked DAVID LEWIS and his wife, Tiffany, University and Mariel is the librarian for the with Allied since 2003, becoming full-time announce the birth of son Noah Aaron on university orchestras and choirs. e in 2004. April 4, 2009. e

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classnotes DAVID LINDEMANN ABBY (DUNLAP) and DONALD LAWSON SUSAN (ALLGAIER) and IAN ’08 HARRIS graduated from the announce the birth of son Connor Lee on are the parents of son William Xavier, born University of Kentucky Jan. 2, 2009. They live in Venetia, Pa. Aug. 11, 2009. College of Medicine with CAROLYN JENNIFER HOWELL and ROBBIE an M.D. degree in May LOLLA and SCHMIDTBERGER ’08 were married May 3, 2009. He has started a Joseph Paletta 2008, in Grove residency in physical were married City and medicine and July 11, 2009, currently reside rehabilitation at Walter in Bellevue, in Murrysville, Reed Army Medical Pa. Carolyn is Pa. Jennifer Center in Washington, D.C. David and his wife, beginning her works as an Jennifer (Gifford ’06) Lindemann, first year of instructor for welcomed son Simeon Luther on Jan. 21, 2009. law school at Westinghouse ABBY Duquesne University and Joseph is a Electric MADER and criminal defense attorney in Pittsburgh. They Company and Dan Shaffer reside in Bellevue. is pursuing her master’s degree in online were married LEAH SPRYN graduated from Slippery teaching and learning through California Oct. 4, 2008, in Rock University in May 2009 with a State University. Robbie is a high school Bible Windber, Pa., doctorate in physical therapy. She has and history teacher at Trinity Christian School. where they accepted a job offer as a physical therapist DEREK LARSON and his wife, Sarah, reside. Abby is in Webster, N.Y. announce the birth of son Gideon Derek on the children NICK TARASOVITCH was named a March 4, 2009. The family resides in and youth supervisor at Sisterson & Co. LLP in Missouri City, Texas. Pittsburgh. He joined the firm in 2006. ministries coordinator for their district of the ERIN LUKASIEWICZ and Eric Bancroft Church of the Brethren and Dan is the were married Dec. 20, 2008, in Raleigh, N.C. program director at the district’s camp, 2007 They both are working toward a Ph.D. in Camp Harmony. TAYLOR mathematics at North Carolina State LYNN (CYGAN) MILLER and her husband, BROWN and University. e Timothy, welcomed son Isaac George, born RICHARD JENNIFER MCFARLAND graduated with a Jan. 13, 2009. The family resides in Renfrew, KIMBALL ’08 master’s degree in education in school Pa., where Lynn teaches Spanish at Seneca were married counseling from The College of William & Valley Intermediate High School. Aug. 1, 2008, in Mary in Williamsburg, Va. She was named DUSTIN NIEHENKE and his wife, Michelle, Canandaigua, the Virginia School Counselor Association’s welcomed daughter Kira Hope on Feb. 8, N.Y. Richard 2009 School Counseling Graduate Student of 2009. They reside in Jefferson Hills, Pa. works as an engineer at Parsons the Year. She works as a counselor for New LISA (QUINN) and HANS ROBINSON Transportation Group in New York City. Kent High School in New Kent, Va. announce the birth of son Isaac Anders on Taylor is pursuing her master’s degree while TED NASHLAND will be serving as a April 6, 2009. e working as a nanny. They reside in volunteer for 27 months at the orphanage JOSIAH TINDOR and his wife, Aleen, wel- Verplanck, N.Y. Farm of the Child in Trujillo, Honduras. e comed son Samuel Murphy on Dec. 26, 2008. He joins brother Caleb, 2, in Frederick, Md. KRISTEN (HAYES) YOHN and her Disney Day husband, Joshua, announce the birth of son Ryley Thomas on April 5, 2009. e 2006 REBECCA (SILLICK) JONES was named the “Rising Star” at the annual PRism awards held by the Rochester, N.Y. chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Jones is a public relations associate with the University of Rochester Medical Center.

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classnotes KRISTEN ORTENDAHL received a Master of Arts in Higher Education degree from Fireworks and Friends Geneva College in May 2009. e 2008 EMILY GARVER and JAMES DUDT ’07 were married Jan. 3, 2009, at Harbison Chapel. They currently reside in Lakewood, Ohio. James is working as a mechanical engineer for Karpinski Engineering in Cleveland. Emily is teaching fourth grade at Westside Christian Academy in Westlake. ROCHELLE RITCHEY and Micah Kennedy were married June 5, 2009, in Murfreesboro, Tenn. They are both on staff at World Outreach Church. e KRISTEN SIEMINSKI and JOHN TIERNAN An apartment rooftop in Washington, D.C., sufficed as a spot for current students and alumni from ’07 were married April 5, 2009, at the across the Eastern seaboard to watch July 4 fireworks. Row 1, from left, Holly (Fleischman ’07) University of Virginia Chapel in Morgan, Bethany Peck ’08, Matthew Wilson ’07 and Jason Johansen ’10. Row 2: VV Charlottesville. They reside in Erie, Pa., where Thiagarajan ’06 and Andrew Berglund ’10. Row 3: Justin Kabonic ’10, Mike Morgan John is a high school math teacher and ’07, Jacob Michalson ’10, Jeff Thompson ’06, Betsy Christian ’06, Brian Bosak ’06, Kristen works for a non-profit. e Kristine Michalson ’08, Pete Tooley ’09 and Evan Feinberg ’06. REBECCA YORK and KENNETH SHICK MARSHALL BIRKEY has been awarded a DAN SPAULDING, MATT SOL and BOB were married Aug. 30, 2008, in Bowie, Md. 2010-2011 Rotary Foundation TERHUNE all completed the Dick’s Sporting They reside in Marysville, Ohio. e Ambassadorial Scholarship to pursue Goods Pittsburgh Half Marathon on May 3, graduate studies abroad. He plans to enroll 2009. Spaulding earned the extra honor of in a Spanish language master’s program coming in third overall in a race of more 2009 focusing on economic development. For the than 4,000 runners. ASHLEY upcoming year, Birkey will work with the BAZO and Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation in transcripts STEPHEN Washington, D.C. ALBERT ’08 ALYSE BRANNON and CHRISTOPHER For official transcripts, send a letter to: were married TRINCH were married in June 2009. They Registrar, Grove City College June 20, 2009, now live in Lovettsville, Va. Chris began a 100 Campus Drive Grove City, PA 16127-2104 in York, Maine. job in June as a mechanical engineer at Please include: NAME (maiden if female); Stephen began Carter Control Systems, Inc., in Frederick, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER; DATE of graduation Officer Training Md. or attendance; NUMBER of transcripts needed; School in July BENJAMIN HOLLAND was appointed to PHONE to reach you during business hours; at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, serve as a national committeeman for the ADDRESS where transcripts should be sent; FEE of Ala. After completing school late this fall, Young Republicans National Federation in $3 per copy (checks payable to Grove City College). the couple will be moving to Texas, where Washington, D.C. He also is a member of the Information in a transcript may not be released Stephen will attend Intel training for executive board for the Pennsylvania to third parties without written consent of the student. Requests submitted by e-mail approximately seven months. Federation of Young Republicans. or fax cannot be honored.

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City, Iowa school in a library in Latin working and later N.Y., Rochester, French in taught she career, her in Early ’41 FILER (RINK) EVALYN two and great-grandchildren. grandchildren four daughters, Surviving teacher. two substitute are a as briefly and worked ALCOA and for homemaker a was Pa., Monroeville, she in where lived She 2009. 19, March ’40 PERKINS (BRYAN) MARGARET son. and daughter a Anna, are wife, Surviving his Masons. and Club Rotary board, YMCA boards, school Scouts, Boy included activities community (Pa.) many County His commissioner. Butler two-term a was Auto he Patterson Parts, in partner a Formerly 2009. ’40 PATTERSON M. RICHARD great-grandchildren. eight 11 daughter, and a grandchildren sons, three are Surviving May Queen. first College’s the was Heckathorne, edrhprlsi e hrhadmn civic many mother, Anderson’s and groups. church her held in she roles where leadership years, many for Pa., Beaver, lived in She Club. Women’s Pittsburgh Alumni and College’s Council City Grove on Queen served May formerly 1940 The 2009. 26, July died ’40 ANDERSON (HECKATHORNE) HELEN survive. great-grandchildren four and grand- children four daughters, Two N.Y. Penfield, in lived ’37 FUNK C. ROBERT Pittsburgh. in home his made He 2009. ’37 BAUMGARTEN J. WILLIAM survive. great-grandchildren three and children grand- four daughters, Two golf. enjoyed and Center Medical choirs, Crozer-Chester in at sang volunteered She Pa. Middletown, in 2009, 2, ’30 PERRINE (STEWART) ELEANOR idDc ,20.He 2008. 1, Dec. died ua(ae ’16) (Caven Lula idJn 9 2009. 29, June died idArl23, April died idJn 27, June died idJn 25, Jan. died idMay died died idMay died died evshrhsad ila,tosn n a daughter. and sons two William, husband, her she leaves Md., Friendship, of resident A 2009. 7, Feb. ’49 GINGRAS (CARR) “DOLLY” OLIVE survive. stepgranddaughter and stepdaughter sister, a Jay, Husband retirement. 1988 her before School High Salem Greensburg at teacher a was she resident, Pa., Greensburg, A 2008. ’49 CARTER (BARNES) JOANN B. ’73 ’47 Thorne husband, her N.J. include Marlton, Survivors in home her made She 2009. ’48 THORNE (YOUNG) JOAN grandchildren. seven and brother four a leaves children, and Pittsburgh in lived She 2008. ’48 NEELER (KLEMMER) NORMA daughters. two survivors include and Fla., Petersburg, St. in lived She ’48 KAUFMAN L. RUTH brother. a and grandson a children, husband, are her Surviving Shrine. White and Star involved Eastern was with and Gettysburg in home her made She campus. Harrisburg Colleges, of Consortium the and systems school (Pa.) Fairfield and Harrisburg Pittsburgh, the with taught She 2009. ’47 MCHENRY (COX) BARBARA great-grandchildren survive. two and brother Butler ’44) (McClymonds Wife Md. Chestertown, in lived He pilot. plane small and deacon veteran, church singer, barbershop Corp Air Army an I. was E. He Co. the duPont with years 35 for sales chemical and design refinery in worked engineer, he chemical ’47 BUTLER C. ROBERT sister. a and grandchildren four sons, two include Survivors Tucson. in lived she recently, Most Grove City. IV, Unit Intermediate at worked High and (Pa.) School Grove Plain at briefly taught She ’46 MECHLER (RAY) HELEN great-grandson. a and grandchildren five daughters, two include Survivors golfer. avid an was She then Pa. Doylestown, Florida, to moving later years, Behrend State many Penn for at librarian a was She 2009. ’44 BABCOCK (CLARK) EDNA survive. brother a and great-grandchildren three grandchildren, four children, Three trips. business East Middle on and husband travel her enjoyed accompanied She years. 40 the for in choir sang church and family area, her Seattle raised the she in where lived She 2008. 8, March died ’43 WILLIAMSON (MCCONKEY) MIRIAM n grandson. a and , oadBte ’49 Butler Donald w os including sons, two ; aulMHny’47 McHenry Samuel idJn ,20.A 2009. 3, June died idMrh1 2009. 1, March died orgrandchildren four ; w daughters; two ; idArl3 2009. 3, April died .Kendall D. idJn 14, June died idJl 9, July died ai Thorne David idJl 15, July died idJn 3, June died idJn 3, June died three , Anna died 27852_GeDunk.qxp:2-27.qxd 9/15/09 10:17 PM Page 63

inmemory PAULINE (TITZEL) WHEELER ’49 died July 17, RICHARD B. JEFFREY ’51 died July 4, 2008. A ROBERT O. WOODARD ’53 died May 23, 2009. She was a home health and operating World War II Army Air Corps veteran, he worked 2009. A Falconer, N.Y., resident, he worked at room nurse. She lived in Westmont, Pa., where in banking and financial planning. He lived in Frewsburg Central School as a math and science she was in the church chancel and bell choirs. Marlborough, Mass., and completed his career teacher, later as high school principal. He was Husband Nelson Wheeler ’49, four daughters, with State Mutual Life Assurance Co. Two sons, active in school associations, rod and gun clubs four grandchildren, a sister and brother survive. a daughter and four grandchildren survive. and the Jamestown Audubon Society. He was an Army veteran. Surviving are his wife, Agnes, two THE REV. FRANCIS M. BLAIR ’50 died May JAMES T. OESTERLING ’51 died June 7, 2009. daughters, a son and five grandchildren. 15, 2009. He was a retired Presbyterian minister A chemical engineer, he resided in Hilton Head in Middletown, Ohio; and Thomas, Charleroi and Island, S.C. He served in the U.S. Merchant MARGARET L. SWARTZ ’54 died April 22, Finleyville, Pa. Most recently, he resided in Marine and Army during World War II. He was a 2009. She was a flight attendant and secretary Bradenton, Fla. He was a World War II Navy Mason, Shriner and member of the Scottish Rite. for United Airlines for more than 30 years and a veteran. His wife, Louise, a son, two daughters, Surviving are his wife, Marilyn (Heck ’52) secretary for 10 years at George Mason two sisters and four grandchildren survive. Oesterling; two daughters, including Tina University. She loved to travel and most recently (Oesterling ’82) Webb-Browning; a brother lived in New Wilmington, Pa. Survivors include a DR. JOHN E. BROWN ’50 died March 29, and three grandchildren. brother, nieces and nephews. 2009. He made his home in Tidioute, Pa. G. DOUGLAS ROBINSON ’51 died June 2, CONRAD B. ZIMMERMAN ’54 died June 8, JAMES A. ENGLISH ’50 died April 24, 2009. He 2009. He lived in Bethel Park, Pa. Survivors are 2009. He lived in Frostburg, Md. lived in Washington, D.C., and was an accomplish- his wife, Virginia (Nichols ’53) Robinson; a ed musician. Wife Roberta, two sons, three daughter; two sons, including David Robinson ROBERT W. CRANFORD ’57 died April 2, 2009. grandchildren and a great-grandson survive. ’75; six grandchildren and a brother. He worked in sales for Sawhill Tubular Products in Sharon, Pa., retiring in 1999. Living in Hermitage, WILLIAM A. MCNEISH ’50 died April 23, BEVERLY (WALTER) KELLEY ’52 died June he was active in his church and YMCA, and 2009. He lived in Monroe, N.C., and worked for 10, 2009. She was a dedicated and enjoyed golf, hunting and fishing. Surviving are Teledyne Allvac for 23 years. He was an Army accomplished special education teacher who his wife, Gayle, two daughters and two veteran and loved to golf. His wife, Mildred, a received the New Jersey Governor’s Albert grandchildren. Gifts in his memory can be made daughter, two sons, five grandchildren and sister Einstein Excellence in Education award in 1990 to Grove City College. Roberta (McNeish ’47) Weaver survive. and the Grove City College Alumni Achievement RONALD L. FOGEL ’59 died May 23, 2009. He HUGH J. MOSER ’50 died May 30, 2009. A Award in 1991. She lived in Southold, N.J., started several businesses, including Fogel and World War II veteran, he retired in 1990 as art where she enjoyed crosswords and games. Associates engineering consulting company, and director of the international advertising division Surviving are daughter Jill (Kelley ’77) the Calcium Silicate Corp. After living in of The Upjohn Company. He lived in Parchment, Minnich, two sons and eight grandchildren. Columbia, Tenn., for 39 years, he retired to Santa Mich. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Rosa Beach, Fla. His wife, Sue, four children, a (Merwin ’50) Moser; three children, including RICHARD D. SCHUEMACHER ’52 died Oct. 1, sister and seven grandchildren survive. Barbara (Moser ’75) Oldroyd; two 2008. He resided in New York, N.Y. grandchildren and brothers John Moser ’53, THE REV. GORDON N. ODMARK ’59 died Walter Moser ’56 and Frank Moser ’63. ROBERT W. THOMPSON ’52 died May 2, 2009. An Army veteran, he lived in Saegertown, Aug. 6, 2007. He served Lutheran parishes in LAURA (WRIGHT) PIEVAC ’50 died Jan. 12, Pa. He was a registered professional engineer in Williamsport, Pa., and Haddonfield, Florham Park 2009. Originally a business teacher, she and her Pennsylvania, specializing in environmental and Wayne, N.J. He also assisted the bishop of husband started The Sam Pievac Company in control and foundry practices. He worked for the New Jersey synod and lived in Barnegat, N.J. Santa Fe Springs, Calif., which has prospered for Orwell Supply Division of U.S. Steel, Talon Inc., He was an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War. 49 years. She enjoyed charitable pursuits and Abex Corp., and Dayton Malleable. He was a Surviving are his wife, Marilynn, two daughters, a was a lifelong sports fan. Surviving are two sons Mason and VFW member. A brother survives. son, a sister and grandchildren. and five grandchildren. MAJ. JAMES N. OMDAHL ’53 died May 3, CHARLES D. BELL ’60 died March 20, 2009. He ANTHONY J. GREGORY ’51 died Jan. 1, 2009. 2009. He served in the Marine Corps and lived in Columbus, Ohio, and retired from He worked with Goodyear Aerospace in the Marine Corps Active Reserves. Living in Worthington Industries after 35 of service. He Subroc missile program and the Fleet Readiness Bethlehem, Pa., he worked in the purchasing coached youth sports, helped Junior Achievement program. He later joined Babcock & Wilcox department at Bethlehem Steel for 36 years, and his church, and was a 32nd degree Mason. Company’s research division. He served with the retiring as manager of raw materials and Surviving are his wife, Diane, a son, two U.S. Army in North Korea. A Grove City resident, supplies. Community activities included church daughters, five grandchildren and brother he belonged to the Knights of Columbus and leadership and military organizations. Survivors R. Hays Bell ’64. VFW. Surviving are four sisters, including are his wife, Mary (Carson ’54) Omdahl; Elizabeth (Gregory ’42) O’Neil and Julia three sons, including James Omdahl ’77 and JOSEPH A. CRISSMAN ’60 died Dec. 21, 2008. (Gregory ’44) Urey, and brother Thomas Mark Omdahl ’85; a daughter; seven grand- He lived in Punxsutawney, Pa. Survivors include a Gregory ’56. children and twin brother John Omdahl ’53. sister, nieces and nephews.

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inmemory WILLIAM C. BRENNEISEN JR. ’63 died KAREN (GLEESON) WICKERHAM ’68 died May 4, 2009. A former resident of Coraopolis July 29, 2009. She taught junior high school early and Hermitage, Pa., he most recently made in her career in Indiana, Pa., and later helped his home in The Villages, Fla. Surviving are his build Allegheny Steel Distributors with her wife, Claudia, two daughters, a son and five husband. They lived in Fox Chapel. Surviving are DR. M. BARBARA AKIN grandchildren. her husband, Robert Wickerham ’66, a son, died Aug. 14, 2009, in two daughters, three grandchildren and a sister. Grove City. She taught at CAROL (REIBER) SCHONROCK ’64 died Gifts to a scholarship in her memory can be Grove City College from March 16, 2009. She lived in Fairfax Station, made to Grove City College. 1970 to 1999 and chaired Va., and is survived by her husband, Tracy, the history department three daughters, a son and four JAMES B. BROWER ’71 died March 26, 2009. during that time. She was grandchildren. He lived in Caldwell, N.J., and co-owned head resident in MAP Techniplast Inc. in Little Falls for many years. He West from 1971 to 1974. EDWARD H. MENGES JR. ’67 died May 12, loved to sail and was active in the rescuing of Akin also served as vicar 2009. An Army veteran of the Vietnam era, he Basset hounds. Brower served with the U.S. Air of the Church of the Epiphany Episcopal in earned medals including a Silver Star and four Force during the Vietnam era. Surviving are his Grove City. Conducting her funeral service was Bronze Stars. He was director of personnel for wife, Terri, in-laws and friends. Bishop Sean Rowe ’97. the city of Lakewood Colo., in the 1970s, then moved to Fort Collins where he owned a REBECCA (REICHERT) DUKE ’73 died May 7, VIRGINIA M. FEHRS died May 17, 2009, in distributorship and managed Michael Ricker 2009. She lived in Pittsburgh and worked for 23 Chesapeake, Va. She was head resident in Pewter. He served as president of the years with Westinghouse and 12 years with Harker Hall, and later Mary Ethel Pew Hall, from chamber of commerce and taught business at Koppers. She co-chaired “Hot Pink Pittsburgh” for 1971 to 1987. Survivors include three children, Colorado State University. Survivors include a two years. Surviving are her husband, Richard; four sisters, five grandchildren and six great- son, two daughters, two grandchildren and her mother; sister Cathy (Reichert ’68) grandchildren. his mother. Bishop; and two stepchildren.

Is It Your Will—Or Someone Else’s? All your life you’ve made the decisions about how your assets will be used—about how you’ll provide for yourself, your family and the organizations you believe in. But will you be able to retain that same control over your legacy—over the things you will leave behind? You can, if you have an up-to-date, well-planned last will and testament.

With a will, you can: · Provide for each of your loved ones as you judge their needs · Choose caring, responsible guardians for your minor children · Make special arrangements, such as a trust, for a loved one who will need extra care · Choose the people who will administer your estate · Make gifts to the charitable organizations that have meant the most to you during your life Without a valid will, you put every one of these decisions in the hands of others.

Want to avoid making costly mistakes or incorrect assumptions when preparing your will? Get the details from Marcus J. Fish ’97, director of planned giving, at (724) 458-2154 or [email protected]. He will send you the free special report “8 Pitfalls in Writing your Will” or plan a personal visit with you.

64 Grove City College Alumni Magazine 27852_GeDunk.qxp:2-27.qxd 9/15/09 10:17 PM Page 65 babies Will Daniel Ason Margaret Winnifred Cecily Rebecca Bell Lucy Booth Born 1-3-09 Bandstra, Born 6-3-08 Born 2-20-08 Born 9-4-07 Pamela (Lindner ’01) and Emily (Bolek ’05) and Joel Carrie (Hilzinger ’02) and Ed Alan ’99 and Jennifer Booth Richard Ason Bandstra Bell alumni Blaise Kenneth Boyer Lydia Noelle Broms Liam Seth Bucklen Aaron Thomas Calzada Born 11-25-08 Born 6-17-07 Born 11-23-08 Born 4-5-08 Leigh (Grandizio ’88) and Ken Tim ’07 and Ruth Broms Keith ’02 and Kelly Bucklen Susan (Sems ’98) and JC Boyer Calzada Congratulations New Parents! Grove City College welcomes your new bundle of joy. We want to send your newborn a Grove City College T-shirt. So between the feedings and late-night lullabies, be sure to send the Alumni Relations Office Ariana Marie Campbell Lincoln Edward Carlberg Elsa Katherine Daly Caroline Suzanne your child’s name and date Born 11-13-07 Born 2-11-09 Born 4-4-06 DeWorken, Born 9-23-08 of birth. Shirts are available Laurie (Kessler ’97) and Brian Chris ’04 and Sheila (Mattes Andy ’98 and Erin (Wert ’98) Chris ’89 and Suzanne only in infant size. Due to Campbell ’04) Carlberg Daly DeWorken the popularity of the Alumni Babies feature, photos will be limited to babies under the age of 3 in Grove City College shirts only. Digital photos must be high resolution, 300 dpi. Please do not imbed photos in the body of an e-mail message, but rather attach a high- resolution image. Send to Alumni Relations Office, John William Duda Andrew Ewing Micaiah James Fitch Rock Daniel Fix Born 5-31-06 Born 5-8-06 Born 8-7-06 Born 9-18-07 Alumni Babies, 100 Campus Michael ’95 and Paula Duda Patrick ’92 and Becky Deborah (Osborne ’91) and Stephen ’02 and Rachel Fix Drive, Grove City, Pa. 16127 (Benzinger ’96) Ewing Todd Fitch or [email protected].

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Emeri Jane Gausman Lydia Evangeline Gramm Lily Joy Grosh Katelyn Jane Hoye Nolan Edward Hutchison Born 9-15-08 Born 8-30-08 Born 6-13-08 Born 5-21-08 Born 7-1-08 Matthew ’00 and LeAnn Christopher ’91 and Diane Thomas ’96 and Theresa Matthew ’97 and Lesley Lynn (Kress ’95) and Eric (Neuman ’02) Gausman (Yohe ’91) Gramm (Ginder ’96) Grosh (Spencer ’98) Hoye Hutchison

Landon and Carmondy Johnson Seth Matthew Johnson Jacob Christian Jones Caleb William Koerber Born 9-20-06 and 5-27-08 Born 11-26-07, Adopted 3- Born 3-10-09 Born 1-3-08 Sam ’98 and Jennifer (Mattern ’98) Johnson 17-09, Dave ’94 and Leanna Laura (Novotny ’97) and Ron Michael ’01 and Sharon (Fluhart ’96) Johnson ’99 Jones Koerber

Isaac Martin Lewis Sophie Grace Litwak Kara Grace McCann Karla Jayne McCormick Benjamin Vincent Born 9-4-07 Born 5-11-08 Born 7-16-08 Born 11-10-06, Adopted 11- McGraw, Born 3-3-07 Martin ’00 and Teri Lewis Jesse ’98 and Amy (Russell Steve ’99 and Kelly (Bubar 5-08, Jason ’00 and Jennifer Jennifer (Smilek ’02) and Eric ’97) Litwak ’99) McCann McCormick McGraw

Jonah Christian McGuire Peyton Maelle Milcic Jacob Michael Moser Andrew Charles Newlon Courtney Noel Newtz Born 9-5-08, Adopted 12-10-08 Born 11-7-08 Born 4-12-08 Born 12-14-07 Born 11-6-07 Melanie (Long ’95) and Joe Leslie (Stinson ’96) and David Michael ’93 and Laura Moser Jason ’97 and Amy Brian ’02 and Lindsie McGuire Milcic (Cheeseman ’96) Newlon (Nofsinger ’03) Newtz

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Quinn Marie Owen Alan Christopher Propfe Aiden Robert Rapoza Victoria Larraine Rhea Born 3-4-08 Born 12-25-06 Born 8-17-08 Born 11-23-08 Marty (Hayes ’04) and RJ ’04 Jennifer (Hait ’99) and Chris Darcy (Galvin ’94) and Kelsey (Pollock ’06) and Owen Propfe Mathew Rapoza Nathan Rhea

Elise Olivia and Maxwell Paige Margaret Roberts Anna Kate Sallade Benjamen Paul Schanz Charlotte Irene Schuerer Edward Parrish, Born 2- Born 1-30-09 Born 11-14-08 Born 6-18-08 Born 1-8-08 21-07 and 2-23-09, Katie Becky (Nelson ’98) and Scott Mark ’02 and Jenn (Rugg Paul ’01 and Karen (Pryor David ’87 and Kendra (Hall ’99) and Matt Parrish Roberts ’02) Sallade ’01) Schanz Schuerer

Matthew David Sherman Josiah Judah Smith Willard Gregory Joshua Evan Tustin Bryson Matthew Tylka Born 5-26-08 Born 10-2-06 Spalding, Born 3-7-08 Born 11-8-06 Born 10-13-08 Jeremy ’99 and Alison Lisa (Potts ’01) and Eric Gregory ’80 and Lilia Ruiz Heidi (McGowan ’96) and Greta (Kessler ’98) and Matt Sherman Smith Spalding Thomas Tustin Tylka Future Roommates Cousins

Hayley Winder, Born 6-9-08 Owen William Wheeler, left, and Colin Jerome Hannah McCall Nye, left, and Emily Reagan Hoffer, Richard Winder ’89 and Lisa born 6-30-08 and 4-17-08 to Corrie (Lindey ’00) and Kevin Janson, born 8-13-08 and 10-27-07 to Heather (Oates ’00) Seibold-Winder ’88 and Steven Wheeler; Laura (Lemire ’00) and Jim Janson Nye; Michael ’95 and Connie Hoffer

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SHEDDING NEW LIGHT ON HARBISON CHAPEL

Harbison Chapel received some much needed TLC this summer. After several months of detailed restoration work, the teaching window at the Quad side of the Chapel was reinstalled and is now beautifully lit at night. New lighting was also installed inside the Chapel without taking away from the character of the structure. Nearly identical to the originals, new lighting fixtures now allow for more light, better angles and brighter bulbs. Photo Anna by Wood '10