GROVE CITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE Summer 2014 CARETAKERS OF CREATION Grovers at work in the natural world
PAUL MCNULTY ’80 NAMED COLLEGE’S 9TH PRESIDENT
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More than 200 Grove City College Touring Choir alumni returned to campus in April and sang praises – literally – in honor of their longtime director Dr. Douglas Browne, who retired this year. For more information on the reunion, see page 10. MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS EDITORIAL BOARD Jeffrey Prokovich ’89 Vice President for Advancement Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod Senior Director of Alumni and College Relations
EDITORIAL STAFF Dear Alumni and Friends, Nick Hildebrand Managing Editor ongratulations to our 2014 graduates and welcome to the Alumni Association! You join a group of more than 26,000 who have walked the paths and studied Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman Associate Editor, Class Notes, In Memory, Babies Cin the halls that you have and are now making their marks in the world. It is my hope that as you take your first steps in life after graduation you will remember your time Brad Isles at Grove City College and what you learned and were given, both in knowledge and in Associate Editor
relationships. Ross Wyszomierski These are exciting times at the College! Hopefully by now, you’ve heard that our new Associate Editor, Upfront leader has been named. The ninth President of Grove City College is an alumnus, the ALUMNI & COLLEGE RELATIONS OFFICE Hon. Paul J. McNulty ’80. You can read more about President-elect McNulty on page 8. Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw The thorough selection process was led by Chair of the Board of Trustees David Rathburn Megan Krimmel ’08 ’79. Rathburn selected a solid and committed group of trustees, faculty and administrative Tricia Corey staff to make this choice. Jami Darlington
Search committee member Dr. James Dixon offered this observation about the SPORTS INFORMATION process: “Kudos to David Rathburn for selecting a committee that represented the Ryan Briggs ’01 faculty, the administration and a wide range of perspectives on the Board. This chairman Robert Audia
genuinely sought the input of every member of the committee and was not satisfied until DESIGN he felt that everyone had spoken his or her mind, with no pressure to conform. Trust me, Justin Harbaugh we spoke freely.” Art Director/Graphic Designer On behalf of the Alumni Association, I’d like to say thank you to each of the ALUMNI ASSOCIATION committee members for your time and commitment to what was certainly a difficult task. Gerald Bullock ’92, President I think they did a great job! John Mackie ’00, Vice President And now, I introduce to you this issue of the GēDUNK. Teachers, engineers, Cover photograph by Alexander McKnight businessmen and women, physicians, pastors … with more than 50 degree programs, Additional photography: Sewickley Photography we graduate students who follow many different paths. This issue focuses on graduates who have taken a path that is, perhaps, less traveled. They use their education, skills and WRITE US, PLEASE Intense use of email has made letter-writing a lost talents to study, protect and preserve the natural world, serving as caretakers of creation. art. Formal letters to the editor that used to be a These alumni found their inspiration at Grove City College, often as a result of regular feature of our magazine are rare, now, as research they conducted as students here and the professors who mentored them. The most readers are content to send a brief email and we respond directly to that reader and share the caretakers we focused on here all have degrees in the sciences, an area the College has comments internally. We’d like to revive our letters historically been dedicated to and one that remains a top priority, as evidenced by the section, but we need your help. Your feedback construction of STEM Hall, our new science building. is very important to our editorial staff and we If you haven’t seen it yet, make plans to do so this fall when you join us for encourage you to register your comments, questions, concerns, complaints and even compliments. Our Homecoming 2014 – Oct. 3 to 5. It will be a great chance to see the progress made under mailing address is the GeDUNK, 100 Campus Drive, the leadership of President Jewell and celebrate the arrival of President McNulty. Grove City PA, 16127-2014, but there’s no need Now grab your cup of coffee and enjoy this issue of theGēDUNK ! to put pen to paper or stamp to envelope, we’ll be happy to hear what you think via email at alumni@ gcc.edu. Please indicate that your letter is intended for publication and include a phone number so we can confirm it’s legitimate.
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CARETAKERS OF CREATION. The natural world is God’s perfect creation and He put us in a position of stewardship over it. Though millennia separate us from Eden, we remain tasked with “tending to the garden.” For some Grove City College alumni, that isn’t a metaphor, but a mission. This issue of the GeDUNK explores their work as caretakers of creation.
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Sea Change Source of the Problem The Wild Life A love of sea and sand Shawn Rummel ’03 is cleaning Mark Musaus ’75 turned a 26 combined with a Christian 30 up a century-old mess in God’s 32summer job opportunity into a approach to protecting the environment Country with some help from students at career protecting, preserving and promoting inspired Kara Doran ’00 to dive into a Grove City College. the nation’s wildlife refuge system. new field.
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6 | Get an update on the capital campaign Grove City Matters Conservation on Campus The Bartramian Audubon Society presented 8 | Upfront News about the College, Alumni, Faculty and Students Grove City College with the Conservation Award for the Chimney Swift Tower Project. The tower on lower 36 | Class Notes Find out what fellow Grovers are doing campus near Wolf Creek is intended to be a sanctuary for chimney 42 | In Memory Friends we’ve lost swifts, small birds that nest in – you guessed it – chimneys. The swifts are losing their home in the former Grove City Middle 46 | Alumni Babies Say hello to future Grovers School, which the College bought in 2013 and is tearing down to make way for a parking lot for Colonial Hall Apartments residents. The College provided space Get connected with us: for the tower and the Audubon Society recruited local Boy Scout John Relihan Jr., pictured here with Dr. Fred Brenner, Grove City College professor of biology, to erect the structure as part of his Eagle Scout project. 100 Campus Drive
Grove City, PA 16127 The GēDUNK, a magazine published three times a year for alumni and friends of Grove City College, highlights campus news, student features and alumni 724.458.2300 achievements. 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 888.GCC.GRAD College vernacular when Korean War Navy veterans returned to campus, bringing the term with them. 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. alumni.gcc.edu [email protected] 5 | www.gcc.edu the G ¯e D U N K the G ¯e D U N K www.gcc.edu | 5 CAMPAIGN REPORT
FACILITIES $40,000,000 Goal $30,307,455 Raised Percent of the campaign’s $90 million goal 84 raised so far. UNRESTRICTED GIVING $10,000,000 Goal $18,64,832 Raised
Students who took a class in VISION & VALUES STEM Hall during the 2013-14 $5,000,000 Goal $2,606,371 Raised academic year. 1,346 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION $5,000,000 Goal $1,462,467 Raised
SCHOLARSHIPS Students who participated in Center $30,000,000 Goal for Vision & Values programs such as $22,820,879 Raised the Freedom Readers lectures during 522 the 2013-14 academic year. Progress As of June 20, 2014, Grove City Matters has raised 84 percent of our $90 million goal. That means, because of the generosity of alumni and friends like Money raised for you, we are $75,601,001 closer to ensuring the future and continued growth scholarships between of Grove City College. If you have any questions or would like to know more July 1, 2013, and about the campaign, please visit grovecitymatters.com or contact the June 30, 2014. $3.6M+ College’s development office at 866-FUNDGCC (866-386-3422) or by email at [email protected].
Rathburn Hall Wins Design Award athburn Hall is an award winner. The College’s Christian activities building won its designers, Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd., West Chester, Pa., a 2014 Palladio Award for New RDesign and Construction. Daniel Russoniello, principal of Archer & Buchanan called winning the esteemed national award “gratifying” and said, “It is a team effort and it always takes a client with high expectations for quality and a long range vision for the institution. Grove City is that kind of client.” The 16,500-square-foot, two-story sandstone and limestone building complements the collegiate gothic style of other campus buildings. Stone for the $7 million structure came from the same quarry that supplied the builders of Harbison Chapel, Crawford Hall, Buhl Library and the Rainbow Bridge. Rathburn Hall was a priority of Grove City Matters: A Campaign to Advance Grove City College. The Board of Trustees voted in 2011 to name the building in honor of David Rathburn ’79, his wife Jayne and their family in recognition of their $3 million contribution to the construction. Rathburn currently serves as the chair of the Board of Trustees for the College.
To contribute to Grove City Matters: A Campaign to Advance Grove City College, see the envelope in this issue of The GeDUNK. are a great way to remember or honor those who have inspired us, had a Scholarships significant impact on our lives or exemplify the spirit of Grove City College. They allow the College to remain committed to what matters most – the education and success of students. Affordability is one of the hallmarks of a Grove City College education. While tuition is about half the national average for private colleges, it does not mean that all students who have earned admission – or their families – can afford to attend. One of the costs of being independent is the ongoing necessity of investing in students. The College’s principled decision not to take or rely on direct state or federal aid and its commitment to transparency in costs make it unique. Tuition discounting and larger endowments are commonly being deployed to recruit today’s students at other institutions. That is why scholarships are a key priority of the Grove City Matters campaign and why we celebrate those who have committed to providing a world-class educational experience to bright, promising students who can bring incredible change to the world. A few recently established scholarships honor parents, siblings and valued mentors.
Dr. Paul M. and Doris H. Weeks established the Margaret Nancy K. and Thomas A. Wandrisco established the Ruth (Welsh 1913) Weeks Scholarship Endowment in memory Joseph M. Wandrisco ’39 Scholarship Endowment in memory of of Paul’s mother. Mrs. Weeks, who died Tom’s brother, a Grove City College alumnus who graduated with at the age of 103, had an adventurous a degree in chemical engineering and worked with U.S. Steel, spirit, typified by her learning to drive a retiring as the chief research engineer car at the age of 58. In her long life she for railroad projects. Joseph Wandrisco moved from western Pennsylvania to invented the “Curvemaster Rail,” was Chicago, Iowa and North Carolina, where awarded several patents and was she married a country veterinarian and responsible for designing a dynamometer touched many lives. She was a rock to for railroad wheels, axles and brakes her family and always spoke fondly of that was designated a mechanical Grove City College, which had a significant impact on her life. engineering landmark. He died Jan. 11, “She was always available and understanding of any cry 2003. for help … Ruth is in heaven celebrating the fact that others “Joe was the oldest of five children, and I hope to set are being given the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Her up scholarships in all of my siblings’ names at their alma scholarship is helping make this possible. A scholarship which maters … I was proud of Joe’s accomplishments. He was a helps others realize their potential can have a logarithmic hard worker. He not only used his mind but also his hands to effect through the years. Ruth was one of three children create.” – Thomas A. Wandrisco and the only one chosen to go to college because of the family’s modest means. A scholarship may have provided the opportunity for her brother and sister to follow her to college.” – Dr. Paul M. Weeks
Matt ’92 and Kelly (Tsikalas ’92) Knouse established the Dr. Douglas A. and Susan K. Browne Scholarship to honor the Brownes’ service to students, including Mrs. Knouse who was a member of the Touring Choir. Dr. Browne directed the choir for three decades before retiring in May. The scholarship will be awarded to music majors. “So often scholarships are done in the memory of someone after they have left this world in honor of their deeds … Kelly and I just thought it is great to give a gift that can The railroad dynamometer shown here was one show how much we appreciate the Browne family for all they of several inventions of Joseph M. Wandrisco ’39. have done for Grove City College and beyond while we are still on this earth together.” – Matt Knouse ’92 If you are interested in establishing a scholarship or supporting an existing one, contact Brian Powell ’03, senior (For more on Browne and the Touring Choir, see page 10.) director of development, at [email protected].
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Paul J. McNulty ’80 named President rove City College’s new president representation along with members of the comes with an impressive résumé and Board of Trustees. The Board – with McNulty “MY GOAL AS PRESIDENT a tight connection to the College. recusing himself – approved the selection by G IS TO BUILD ON A STRONG Paul McNulty ’80 served as second in a unanimous vote. He was one of nearly 80 command at the Justice Department during applicants for the job. FOUNDATION OF FAITH, George W. Bush’s administration after “My goal as President is to build on STEWARDSHIP AND ACADEMIC stints as a federal prosecutor and top-level a strong foundation of faith, stewardship Congressional attorney. He joined the global and academic excellence by serving and EXCELLENCE BY SERVING AND law firm Baker & McKenzie in 2007 and led leading an outstanding team of professionals LEADING AN OUTSTANDING their compliance division. and an extraordinary group of students,” TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS AND McNulty said. “Grove City College is in an ideal position to face the significant future AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF challenges in higher education. Together, by STUDENTS.” God’s grace, we will be a clearer voice in the world, and our graduates will continue to be transformational leaders as they faithfully has managed complex organizations and pursue their callings to integrate their faith done it well, without ever losing focus on the into every aspect of their lives.” foundational principles that he solidified here Members of the search committee cited at Grove City,” Rathburn said. McNulty’s leadership and management Immediate reaction to the selection was experience, his vision for the College overwhelmingly positive, with many Grovers and his strong Christian faith in their and friends taking to social media to offer up recommendation. congratulations to their fellow alum and old “Paul has the vision and leadership to see classmate. He was warmly received on campus that this treasure we call Grove City College during Commencement, where he watched is a strong and respected voice for individual his daughter Corrie ’14 graduate. liberty, free market principles and faith in She’s the fourth member of McNulty’s Christ. Paul is incredibly accomplished … immediate family to earn a class year addition yet he is humble – eager to listen, learn and to her name in these pages. As well as the Since 2004, he has served on the College’s serve. His leadership will be both refreshing president-elect and his wife, future First Board of Trustees. He’s a past winner of the and inspiring,” Trustee Dawn (Jurewicz ’90) Lady Brenda (Millican ’80), daughter Katy Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Owens said. (McNulty ’07) Hittinger is also an alumna. Award and holds an honorary degree from David Rathburn ’79, chair of the Board The McNultys have another daughter, Anni Grove City College that he received in 2007 of Trustees and the search committee, said Blankenship. Their son Joseph died in 2012 after speaking at that year’s Commencement. McNulty has been a leader everywhere he after a two-year battle with cancer. McNulty was selected by an 11-member has served, including as vice president of the Expect a comprehensive story on the search committee that for the first time Student Government Association on campus College’s new president and his plans in the included faculty and administration staff more than 30 years ago. “Since he left, he next GeDUNK.
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Honorary degrees he awarding of honorary degrees Tto notable figures is a common way to acknowledge the achievement that lands many of them behind the lectern at Commencement. In this, at least, Grove Commencement 2014 City College is no different from most institutions of higher learning. ommencement day was wet and chilly, graduates have a foundation for success that At this year’s Commencement, but there was little that could dampen is a direct result of the people you encounter speaker Jeb Bush, former governor of Cthe enthusiasm or cool the reactions of here,” he said. Florida, and Baccalaureate speaker Ron the Class of 2014 as they donned their robes Student speaker Julia Haines, a Moore, senior pastor at The Bible Chapel, and mortar boards to make the transition from biochemistry major who was very active in a non-denominational church in the student to graduate. student life, explained that “good enough” South Hills of Pittsburgh, were given The 585-member class, their families, wasn’t good enough for her and her classmates honorary degrees. Bush received a doctor friends and the faculty packed the Arena of after Grove City College. of humane letters degree and Moore a the Physical Learning Center for the May 17 Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gave his doctor of divinity. ceremony, where they heard inspiring words one and only commencement speech of After those degrees were awarded, from the College’s leaders, a fellow graduate the season. Buzz around his possible 2016 Board of Trustees Chair David Rathburn and a potential presidential candidate. presidential campaign drew more media ’79 surprised the College’s First Lady, It was the last Commencement presided attention than normal to the ceremony but the Dayl Jewell, with an honorary doctor over by retiring President Richard Jewell ’67. focus remained on the Class of 2014. of humane letters degree. Mrs. Jewell Jewell said greeting each graduate as they is deserving both for her professional crossed the stage was the “highest achievements in the banking industry honor and privilege” of his 11-year and her service to the College, Rathburn tenure. said. David Rathburn ’79 discussed “As the first lady, you have ably and the constants of the College – honorably served Grove City College; “education, relationships, spiritual your leadership, devotion and service growth and commitment to faith have impacted and inspired all of us – and freedom” – and the value of students, faculty, administration and a Grove City College diploma. trustees alike. For your unflagging “Our graduates are among commitment and for truly embodying the most successful in the land, the spirit of Grove City College, we are by all manner of measurement, proud to recognize you,” Rathburn said. be it their leadership in church, service to government, or in the armed forces, or in the workplace or in the community. Grove City College
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Touring Choir alumni reunite to celebrate Browne’s career hat word best sums up a lifetime Wcalling? Achievement? Legacy? Talent? Affection? Respect? All of the above were expressed and demonstrated on April 26 when Touring Choir alumni from across the country returned to Pew Fine Arts Center to take part in the celebration honoring Dr. Douglas A. Browne, who served as the group’s director for more than 30 years. After breakfast and the chance to reconnect with old choir friends, Jeffrey Tedford ’00, professor of music, and Browne gathered the troupe for rehearsal in the Little Theater. There, old habits and rehearsal structures fell into place with ease, and the group – some 228 strong – was soon working harmonies, scraping the rust off vocal technique and generally having a ball. Lunch break in MAP West Café was followed by an informal roast of both Browne and his wife, Susan, who one alum described as “mom, manager and nurse among other things” for the choir. Funny tales of different editions of shirts, the individual “call outs” during rehearsal to detect where an errant tone might lie, long hours on bus rides through many spring tours and so much more were offered up. There were stories of inspiration, dedication and hard work over many years on the part of Browne, who taught by example and never settled for less when more was within reach with just a bit more effort. More rehearsal followed and that evening a choir of more than 300 past and present students overflowed the stage in Ketler Auditorium. The capacity audience was treated to incredible music of the spirit – classical, contemporary and wonderful. Browne was called back to the stage three times – reflecting the decades of service he gave to his students and Grove City College. The reunion was sponsored by the Grove City College Office of Alumni and College Relations.
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By Jennifer (Taylor ’98) Johnson
Dr. Browne’s Opus or four long years, more years ago than I care to count, I attended was 20 again. And the people … all these folks who were mostly misty FGrove City College. Three of those four years I was in Touring watercolor memories were suddenly HERE. All at the same time, in the Choir. same place, like it’s 1997 again except we’re heavier and have mortgages. As its name suggests, the Touring Choir traveled each spring to a After years of remembering these places and these people and these variety of churches around the country sharing the music we’d spent buildings and this music, after six moves and three states and a marriage the previous semester-and-a-half perfecting. And I mean perfecting, and step-kids and more than 5,000 days, not only was I back on because our conductor Dr. Browne expected and accepted nothing less campus but I was there with all my friends. than our very best plus a smidge more … I am now ruined for singing It was beyond surreal, and absolutely wonderful. in another choir ever because neither the caliber of the conducting, A few weeks ago I lingered over dinner with some family and nor the discipline of the members, nor the quality of the sound ever friends, each of us talking about our alma maters and whether we’d measures up to what we did together on that little snow-bound island of choose them again. I hesitated to say yes at the time, thinking how I academia. could have gone someplace with a writing major, or someplace more I spent most waking hours with members of the GCC Touring Choir prestigious, or someplace that doesn’t have snow seven months of the … three hundred miles from home, this crew became my family, my year. But after this weekend I realized my answer will always be yes social life, my cheering section, my dating pool and my safe place. because of Touring Choir. Then I graduated, and a few years later I moved to California, then I would not want to experience college a second time, but I got to to Nashville, and only made it back to western PA a few times. I missed relive the best parts of it all in one day. Turns out you can go home again my college friends, but we had all scattered after graduation. We sent when home is a rehearsal hall with Dr. B and some of your favorite Christmas cards and loving thoughts and the occasional funny email to people. each other and moved along. Until the reunion, when for the first time since the last millennium Jennifer Johnson ’98 is a freelance writer, editor and public relations I returned to the Pew Fine Arts Center for a Touring Choir reunion and specialist. She lives in Levittown, Pa. This piece originally appeared on her alumni concert in honor of Dr. Browne’s retirement. And suddenly I website seejenwrite.com
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Homecoming Weekend 2014 id you graduate in a year ending in a 4 or a 9? If so, Oct. D3 to 5 is the time to celebrate! Your reunion planners have been working to make Homecoming Weekend 2014 the most memorable yet. Come back to the place whereth or any you one made in between. the best memories for your first reunion, your 60 This year we celebrate four big milestone reunionsth anniversary for Greek groups nearing the century mark and also the 50 of the Alumni Achievement Award. That’s in addition to days of fun and fellowship on campus for alumni, students, family and friends. All of the College’s fraternities, sororities and housing groups, organizations and majors are working on plans for Homecoming Weekend, which sees more and more returning Grovers ’mid the pines every year. Highlights are the Saturday parade and football game, the OCTOBER 3-5, 2014 • ALUMNI.GCC.EDU/HOMECOMING crowning of the Homecoming queen and king and reunions, large and small. Campus takes on a festival feel as tents dot the Quad and Lower Campus near Thorn Field. If you want to beat the Homecoming rush, plan to arrive early before local roads close and campus parking lots are filled. Start your day at the newly established academic breakfasts, where you can touch base with old classmates and professors and network with other alums and current students in your major. Coffee and breakfast treats will be offered. Mark your calendars now and register online at alumni.gcc. edu/homecoming.
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12 | www.gcc.edu the G ¯e D U N K Summer 2014 Epsilon Pi he fraternity will celebrate 95 years of brotherhood this fall. A golf Touting, informal get together, complimentary lunch behind the Press Jack Kennedy Memorial Box at Thorn Field and a reunion dinner at Rathburn Hall are being Alumni Achievement planned. Questions about the reunion can be directed to Ralph Carlson Awards turns 50 ’62 (724-967-2008 or [email protected]). Contact Bill Hladio ’64 (hladio. t takes a few decades for a campus [email protected]) or Ron George ’66 ([email protected]) for details Ievent to ripen to the point where it about the golf outing. undeniably earns its place as a tradition, Visit alumni.gcc.edu/epsilonpi for more anniversary information. something that everyone looks forward to and respects as an integral part of the Gamma Chi institutional fabric. he sisters are planning a special 95th anniversary reunion under the That’s the case by now for the Jack Tleadership of alumni chair Kim (Snow ’80) Gibson and actives Meghan Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement DiSesa ’15 and Ellie Shaw ’16. Marching in the parade, complimentary Award, sponsored by the Alumni lunch in Greek village and a Saturday evening reunion at the Four Points by Association, which marks its 50th Sheraton, in Cranberry, Pa., are among the plans. anniversary this year. Visit alumni.gcc.edu/gammachi to register, book a discounted hotel Alumni Association leaders including room and submit photos for the event. Walter L. Moser, Class of 1915, Bob Neely ’34, J. Marvin Suter ’50 and Jim Phi Sigma Chi Schalles ’42 initiated the program and adopted award guidelines in 1964. The he sisters are planning a 90th anniversary reunion under the leadership areas of awards began with five fields, of alumni chair and sorority adviser Barbra (Bartos ’92) Munnell. The T and have been expanded during the years schedule calls for marching in the parade, complimentary lunch in Greek to include a variety of categories that Village and a reception and dinner at Connoquenessing Country Club in mirror the majors and areas of study at Ellwood City, Pa. the College. Visit alumni.gcc.edu/phisigmachi to register, book a discounted hotel The honor was renamed in 1980 room and purchase commemorative zip sweatshirts for the event. after Kennedy, the College’s first alumni Gamma Sigma Phi secretary and placement officer. He served his alma mater for 32 years he sorority marks its 90th anniversary. Actives Brianna Buczkowski ’16 before his retirement in 1980 and had Tand Emily Dinger ’15 are leading the reunion planning. Sisters will an indelible influence on the lives and march in the Homecoming Parade, enjoy complimentary lunch in Greek GAMMA future careers of hundreds of Grovers. He Village and meet for a reunion Saturday evening at the Hilton Garden Inn died in 1987. PHI in Cranberry, Pa. This year, the Alumni Association is SIGMA Visit alumni.gcc.edu/gammasigmaphi to register, book a discounted giving awards to Robert W. Wickerham hotel room and submit photos for the event. ’66 and Jeffrey L. Gregg ’85 and producing a special commemorative book featuring every winner in the award’s 50-year history. All former winners are invited to attend a dinner and ceremony on Friday night during Homecoming Weekend when the new awardees are honored.
Do you have a classic car or convertable you’d like to see used in the homecoming parade? Contact the alumni office if you’re interested in participating: [email protected].
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Normandy trip provides a taste of history rove City College alumni and friends Gembarked on a nine-day excursion in April to Normandy, France, as part of the College’s Alumni Travel Program. The travelers were based in in the historic city of Honfleur, a classic French town nestled against a striking 17th-century harbor. Its narrow streets and picturesque architecture have influenced, and been influenced by, artists, writers and musicians for centuries. The tour featured journeys to Omaha Beach, where the largest contingent of U.S. Troops landed on D-Day – 70 years ago this year – and Claude Monet’s house in Giverny with the gardens that feature so prominently in his paintings, including the famous Water Lily series. Along the way the group, which was anchored by alumni who graduated between 1974 and 1981, learned about the culture and history of the region from experienced tour guides and sampled the cuisine for which France is known. Some couples spent the majority of the trip exploring the city on their own. Lauren (Anderson ’80) Comstock and Steven Comstock ’79 were one of those couples. “The trip was all we could have hoped for,” Lauren Comstock said. “It was extra special to go with some other Grove City College alumni and we enjoyed sharing some of our treasured College experiences.” The trip provided an opportunity to make new connections. Lauren Comstock, Sondra (Smith ’81) McDermott, and Maureen (Fulmer ’75) Wright were all Gamma Sig sorority members, none of them at the same time. The sisters’ shared experience at Grove City let them bond over dinners and sight-seeing. Steve Frank ’74, learned about the trip through the College’s Alumni website (alumni. gcc.edu.) A retired social studies teacher and Army veteran, Frank said it made history come alive. “From experience, I have learned that that onsite visits can achieve. As a result, “This was a great trip in every respect,” you can read extensive amounts of factual this tour not only offered an opportunity to Doug Wright ’75 said. “The chance to see information, review maps and watch experience French culture, but also to see some truly meaningful historical sites, numerous Hollywood movie interpretations the Normandy campaign sites, including experience some French culture and reminisce of historical events. However, none of these topography, weather and distance involved,” about the Grove made this a memorable methods lead to a thorough understanding he said. experience. It just went by too fast.”
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We have some amazing trips lined up for the globetrotter in all of us. They offer something for everyone: education, adventure and fellowship with other Grovers and friends.
THE FLAVORS OF NORTHERN ITALY SEPTEMBER 13-21, 2014 The key ingredient of this signature journey – a nine-day infusion of cuisine, wine and culture in a region where passion and food walk hand-in-hand – is staying at a charming wine estate farmhouse for the duration. From this luxury home base, you’ll travel to Verona, Borghetto, Modena, Lessinia and other stops, experiencing the history and tastes of this ancient land. After each adventure you return back to the estate to relax, share a meal and bask in the glow of Italy’s northern climes.
THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLAND AND BELGIUM APRIL 24 – MAY 2, 2015 There is no better way to experience the Low Countries than by water. Cruise in luxury on the MS Amadeus Silver as you explore Amersterdam, The Hague, Delft and Antwerp. Along the way, you’ll be dazzled by myriad colors in the world-famous tulips that line your route and brighten villages and cities. NATIONAL PARKS AND LODGES OF THE OLD WEST JUNE 20 – 29, 2015 Trace the legends and natural splendor of the American West as you experience beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, hiking, storytelling and so much more. Starting in the Badlands, you’ll venture forth to Custer State Park, Cody, Wyo., and Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, all the while enjoying the luxury accommodations of great lodges at these incredible locations. Indulge your pioneer spirit – with a resort sensibility.
THE PARISIAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS NOV. 27 – DEC. 8, 2015 The holidays are never more magical than when you step into scenes that glitter with fairy-tale charm. Beginning in Paris, you cruise the Seine in luxury and enjoy some leisure time in the City of Light. Then off to Luxembourg, where the Place d’Armes transforms into a Christmas village untouched by time. Travel on to Trier and its Roman ruins before moving up the Mosel River in Berkanstel. Continue through Cologne and up the Rhine to Strasbourg.
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Grover parents and children gathered for a group photo during the Legacy Brunch on Parents’ Weekend in May.
Active brothers and alumni of the Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity gathered April 27 for their Alumni and friends enjoyed a special evening March 25 with the Pittsburgh fourth annual Recognition Luncheon. Chamber Players.
Pittsburgh radio figure Glen Meakem hosts outgoing College President Dick Jewell at an event held Allison Glick ’09, Ed Breen ’78 and Emily Long ’12 are pictured at the President May 17 in Sewickley, Pa. Jewell Thank You Tour stop hosted by Breen and his wife Lynn (Branstner ’78) Breen at their Philadelphia area home.
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Upcoming Alumni & Friends Events Sept. 11 Financial Mixer Diamond Run Golf Club Pittsburgh, Pa.
Sept. 23 Center for Vision & Values Founder’s Lunch Rivers Club Zeta Zeta Zeta sorority held its first alumni luncheon March at Alumni turned out for the Jewell Thank You Tour event March Pittsburgh, Pa. the Carnegie Alumni Center. 30 at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon home in Virginia. Oct. 11 Night football game vs. Washington & Jefferson College Thorn Field
Alumni Band Day Pew Fine Arts Center and Thorn Field Grove City, Pa.
Nov. 1 Broadway Series – “Annie” Benedum Center Pittsburgh, Pa. Jerry Rauso ’60 , right, joins Bob Wickerham ’66 at the Jewell Thank You Tour stop hosted by Bob and his wife Marti in Naples, Fla. “Guys and Dolls” Alumni and Friends Dinner and Show Pew Memorial Room Grove City, Pa.
Student actors ham it up with a future Grover Nov. 6 on April 12 at a character breakfast before Alumni Mixer, 5:30-7:30 PM the College’s annual Children’s Theater Franktuary production of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Pittsburgh, Pa.
Nov. 20 Showcase Series - Golden Dragon Acrobats Pew Fine Arts Center Ketler Auditorium Grove City, Pa. Debbie Schaack, Grove City College’s First Lady Dayl Jewell, Donna Greenway and Joann (Tresham ’64) Mehaffey enjoy the Jewell Thank You Tour event Nov. 23 hosted by Richard Staley ’62 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Broadway Series - “White Christmas” Benedum Center Pittsburgh, Pa.
Remember to bookmark Alumni Council member Lisa (Laurich ’82) Donovan, left, alumni.gcc.edu/events for and her sister Lonie (Laurich ’84) Brice are pictured at the more dates and info Jewell Thank You Tour event hosted by Donovan and her husband Bill ’81 at their New York home. on registering.
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The 2014 Shirt he Shirt, Grove City College’s annual mirrors the year the College was officially Tshort-sleeved statement of identity, was founded – voted. The winning design was created to unify current students, alumni and created by electrical engineering major friends, promote the College and raise money Nate Bergey ’16. The Shirt 2014 is on sale for scholarships. in the College Bookstore and online at The Shirt Project was born in 2012 bookstore.gcc.edu. through the vision and leadership of then- All alumni, friends, parents and students Alumni Council President Allyson (Baird are encouraged to get The Shirt, show their ‘88) Sveda. The idea was to create an official Grover pride and support student scholarship College T-shirt and get as many people as at Grove City College. possible to wear it – when they cheer on the Wolverines, attend alumni events or just go out to the store. More than 1,000 Shirts were proudly worn Caffro ’13 awarded Fulbright by alumni, friends, and students in the first grant year. In February 2013, students were asked ndrew Caffro ’13 is headed to India to to vote on their favorite design for the second Aimprove access to – and the quality of Shirt. Thirteen hundred votes were cast and a – HIV/AIDS education in rural areas where baseball jersey featuring the Grove City varsity misconceptions surrounding HIV/AIDS are “G” and Willie the Wolverine was chosen. common and those who have the disease This year, students and alumni were frequently face social stigma. encouraged to participate in a design contest Caffro’s study of HIV education strategies for The Shirt. More than 20 submissions were in demographically distinct populations is narrowed to three final designs. Alumni and being supported by a Fulbright grant that he students – 1,876 of them, a number that oddly was awarded in April. He’s the fourth graduate of the College in seven years to receive the prestigious grant. His grant-winning research proposal grew from an internship through the College’s Red Box program and he credited Grove City with turning his attention to What U.S. president was the wider world and set him on the path of Pop awarded an honorary degree seeking solutions. from Grove City College in 1968? “When I arrived at Grove City College, Quiz! I found myself in a globally-oriented, academically-demanding environment and my Those who respond with the correct answer will have a chance to win a view of education began to change,” he said. prize! Contact the Marketing and Communications Office at [email protected] Caffro was a molecular biology major or on Twitter @GroveCtyCollege #PopQuiz. and business minor. He’s currently a research technician studying HIV at the University of Pennsylvania. The Fulbright grant is made possible Spring issue Pop Quiz winners! through funds appropriated annually by the ongratulations to the winners of last issue’s Pop Quiz: Jim Deitrick U.S. Congress and by contributions from C’67, Margie (Heid ’83) Erickson, Chelsea Tarolli ’14, Richard partner countries and the private sector. Williams ’55, Brian Weese ’98 and Chuck Wiley. Fulbright alumni have become heads of state, In answer to the question, “Which of the College’s eight presidents also judges, ambassadors, cabinet ministers, CEOs, served on the Board of Trustees?”, the answers Richard Jewell ’67 and Weir Ketler ’08 are university presidents, journalists, artists, both correct! Thanks to all who participated.With numerous responses through email and professors and teachers. on Twitter, we would like to thank everyone who participated.
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Kintzing ’14 wins NSF fellowship Senior Man and Woman of the Year named ames Kintzing ’14 capped his senior year by winning a prestigious he 2014 Grove City College Senior Man and Woman of the Year JNational Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, a three-year Tawards went to Chris Gibbs ’14 and Libby Carbone ’14. grant that will cover his graduate studies in bioengineering at Stanford The awards are presented jointly by the leadership honoraries Mortar University. Board and Omicron Delta Kappa as a service to Grove City College. The The three-year grant provides a $32,000 annual stipend plus $12,000 selections are made on the basis of scholarship, leadership and service. toward tuition and fees and at a graduate institution. Candidates are voted upon by students and faculty. Former recipients of “It’s a blessing,” Kintzing, of Centerville, Va., said. The award provides this prestigious honor have gone on to become leaders in faith, education, freedom to pursue any area of research. “After completing my Ph.D., I business, law and health care. plan to work in the biotech/pharmaceutical startup industry. Gibbs was a molecular biology major who served as vice president He credited Grove City College’s chemistry and biology departments of Epsilon Pi fraternity and as president of Inter-Fraternity Council. He with preparing him to excel during summer research programs at Brooke was also a four-year letterwinner in varsity football and the first two-time Army Medical Center, Vanderbilt University and the Massachusetts Division III Academic All-American in Grove City College football history. Institute of Technology. Gibbs was also named 2014 Sportsman of the Year. Gibbs conducted “There is a genuine care for students here that is evident in the independent research with Dr. Devin Stauff ’05, professor of biology, willingness of professors to dedicate extensive time to mentoring co-authored a paper and served as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic. students,” Kintzing said. Gibbs was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board and Beta Kintzing also benefited from Grove City College’s partnership with Beta Beta. He also was one of 29 men in the U.S. to receive the NCAA the Highmark Business Innovation Team through the VentureLab Post-Graduate Scholarship Award. program under the Department of Entrepreneurship, an experience Carbone is a physics major and member of Omicron Delta Kappa. he said would be useful later in his career when it comes time to She was active in the Society of Physics Students and served as outreach commercialize his research. coordinator for the Physics Club as well as vice president of the Sigma The Graduate Research Fellowship Program has a history of recipients Pi Sigma physics honorary. She participated in ICO trips to Chicago and who achieve great success in their academic and professional careers. Past Rhode Island, was active in tutoring and served as a teacher’s assistant at fellows include a number of Nobel Prize winners and such notables as the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. During her time at Grove Google co-founder Sergey Brin and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben City College, she also participated in physics education research. Bernanke. The National Science Foundation received more than 14,000 applications for the 2014 competition, and made 2,000 fellowship award offers.
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Tradition, pageantry mark Parents’ Weekend arents’ Weekend – a time-honored signature events were a host of performances, The Spring Coronation and Dance Show PGrove City College tradition – is a time competitions and showcases that display the grew out of the May Day celebrations at Grove to celebrate the academic, service, musical, breadth and depth of student achievement, City College that became an annual event athletic and social achievements of students talent and determination. in 1916. The first ceremony was organized throughout the academic year. Participants The convocation in Harbison Chapel, held to closely follow the historical coronations also honor the parents, family members and annually since 1957, honors students for their of queens during the Elizabethan era and friends who provide encouragement and academic achievements and contributions costumes of the court were designed to support along the way. to campus life. The highlights include the resemble the dress of that time. The titles and Held this year from May 2 to 4, it was naming of the College’s Man and Woman roles of each court member were also indicative packed with activity, from the ceremony of of the Year (see page 19) and Sportsman of that era. The seasonal celebration eventually the Recognition Convocation to the pageantry and Sportswoman of the Year (see page 25.) became part of Parents’ Weekend and the May of the Spring Coronation to the fun of All- The convocation also recognizes a host of Queen became Spring Queen in the 1950s. College Sing. Running alongside those scholarship winners. Later a Spring King was added to the mix.
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The 98th annual coronation, held in Following tradition, the Spring Dance were judged on musicality, choreography and the Arena of the Physical Learning Center, Company presented 10 dances in honor of the creative presentation. Song choices ranged saw Elizabeth Carbone ’14 crowned Spring queen and her court. This year’s show – under from modern hits to Jackson Five classics. Queen and Nicholas Finelli ’14 Spring King. the direction of Senior Head Choreographer Rhythmx, an independent group, won the The court, augmented by flower girls Helen Andrea Rinald, Junior Head Choreographer overall women’s competition with a rendition Hatfield and Amelia Jackson and pages Lydia Staats, and Adviser Samantha Clarke ’11 of the Disney hit “Let it Go.” The independent Henry and Jesse Pazehoski, featured: Raquel – was titled “Seasons of Life.” male housing group Alpha Epsilon Chi took Fereshetian ’17, Kara Mazey ’16, Amy Thomas Greek Sing, established in 1957 and the overall men’s title with “Chim Chim ’16, Tabitha Walker ’17, Marie Carroll ’15, renamed All-College Sing in 1973, capped Cheree/Step in Time.” Adelphikos took top Esther Durling ’15, Melanie Barber ’17, Amy the weekend’s entertainment. The show honors for fraternities and Gamma Sigma Phi Rumbaugh ’16, Allie Hull ’15, Tasha Landis offers Greek and independent groups an for the sororities. ’15, Amy Genders ’14, Hayley Price ’14, Sarah opportunity to display their musical talents Rybaltowski ’14 and Zoe Simek ’14. in friendly competition. This year, 23 groups
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Retiring faculty gathered prior to the College’s Retirement Dinner. Seated from left are: Susan Roberts (Athletics), Dr. Fred Jenny (Computer Science), Dr. Ralph Carlson ’62 (Mathematics) and Cynthia Forrester (Spanish). Standing: Dr. James Dupree (Business/Entrepreneurship), Dr. Marvin Folkertsma (Political Science), Dr. Douglas Browne (Music), Dr. Richard Trammell (Philosophy) and Peter Calaboyias (Art). Three hundred years of experience ine faculty members with almost 300 years supported the recent addition of an art minor. He Department, he helped to establish and grow the Nof combined service at Grove City College leaves satisfied that “students who rarely ventured entrepreneurship program started in the early retired at the end of the 2013-14 academic year. into art experiences discovered a newfound talent 2000s. He, along with colleagues and students, They were feted at a May retirement dinner on and passion that strengthened their educational coordinated the now annual campus-wide campus. experience.” His own work of art, “Pythagorean business plan competition, as well as several Professor of Music Dr. Douglas Browne joined Pi,” is installed near the new STEM Hall. alumni panels. His favorite class to teach, he said, the College in 1981. His highly respected Chapel Dr. Ralph Carlson ’62 retired after two turns was Managing the Growth Enterprise. It allowed and Touring choirs performed at Sunday vespers, at the College. He first served as chairman of him to watch student teams “start, grow and annual concerts and special campus events. the Department of Mathematics from 1973 to then harvest a technology company via a quite Browne also guest conducted at local and state 1976, then as the College’s vice president for sophisticated computer simulation.” choral festivals. At that time he joined the Grove business affairs until 1979. After relocating to Dr. Marvin Folkertsma retired as chair City College faculty, he recalled, “I didn’t imagine work in California, he returned to Grove City of the Department of Political Science and I would be here for the next 33 years. I have College in 2000. He was named Professor of the professor of Political Science after 40 years of appreciated the time here and the opportunity to Year in 2006. He is married to Kay (Holland ’63) service. Beginning in 1974, he taught courses interact with so many students.” Carlson. including the Social Dimension of Life, public World-renowned sculptor Peter Calaboyias has Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship Dr. administration, American government and been a guest lecturer in art and artist-in-residence James Dupree is a relative newcomer, joining the political theory. He also wrote several books, at the College since 1995. He guided students’ College in 1990. In addition to teaching business both scholarly and fiction. Reflecting upon his creativity in sculpture and print making and courses and leading the Communications retirement, Folkertsma said, “I want to emphasize
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what an honor and privilege it has been to work at Grove City College over these four decades. I cannot imagine a better place to spend one’s professional career than at this magnificent institution.” Professor of Spanish Señorita Cindy Forrester shared her love of culture and travel with students, faculty and alumni during her years at Grove City. Since joining the faculty in 1967, she has been a much-traveled member of the Department of Modern Languages, community volunteer and campus leader. She also coordinated international studies for many years. She said her favorite class, in addition to Advanced Conversation, has been Phonetics because “proper pronunciation is music to my ears.” She added that every year has been her favorite year, because “it has brought interesting things to teach and fine people who are eager to learn.” Also retiring is Dr. Fred Jenny, professor of Computer Science and Educational ODK names Nichols top prof Technology, and director of Instructional r. Constance (Nelson ’93) Nichols is the 2013 Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Professor of Technology. Beginning at the College in 1984, the Year. he worked in courseware production, academic D Nichols, chair of the Department of Education and professor of education, has taught computing and led the academic Department thousands of students (many now teachers) in her 13 years at the College. She’s an integral of Communications. In reflection, he said his part of training more than 300 education majors each year, and she also oversees the Hamilton favorite class to teach involved his hobby – Digital Curriculum Library and the Grove City College Early Education Center preschool, which serves Photography. He also joked that his favorite year families while providing teaching experience for students. to be at the College was the year that Saturday Nichols, an elementary education major and cum laude graduate of the College, earned a morning classed ended. master’s degree in reading and the language arts from Duquesne University and a doctorate in Associate Director of Athletics for Women and instruction and learning from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. Associate Professor of Physical Education Susan “I am so incredibly fortunate to be a part of such a rich network of teachers, professors, policy Roberts remembers her first year, 1985, as a makers and community leaders,” Nichols said. “I cannot help but feel any recognition I have “wonderful first step to the next 29 unforgettable garnered is only made possible through the collective work of such individuals that use their and very special years.” During her time at Grove many gifts to provide greater educational opportunity and thus further the common good. I City College, she coached women’s volleyball, am also deeply thankful to my students, past, present and future who enter the high calling of basketball and softball, and led the ladies in teaching and inspire me every day through their ethical hearts and deep sense of service.” charitable work trips and fundraisers. “I feel Dr. Phyllis Genareo, associate chair of the Department of Education and professor of education, fulfilled as a teacher and coach that I gave all I hailed her colleague. “Her vision for the department is always exciting and focused on equipping had to give,” Roberts said, “and it was a joyous our students to use their calling in service of all God’s children,” she said. giving that has returned to me tenfold.” As a student at Grove City College, Nichols was president of Lambda Epsilon Delta, an Professor of Philosophy Dr. Richard Trammell elementary education honorary, and a member of the Orientation Board, Gamma Chi sorority, joined the College in 1971 as an assistant Orchesis and other campus groups. professor. He taught courses in the areas of The Professor of the Year Award was initiated in 2000 by the Omicron Delta Kappa campus religion and philosophy and is likely remembered leadership honorary and sponsored by the Grove City College Alumni Association. by students for his Symbolic Logic class. He has written a textbook, contributed to scholarly journals and submitted papers to symposia during his Grove City tenure.
the G ¯e D U N K www.gcc.edu | 23 Grove City College sports Spring Sports Recap Men’s Golf won the 3,000 steeplechase in the top-three single-seasons he Grove City College 10:00.85 while freshman Nick in school history in batting Tmen’s golf team posted Betz took the crown in the 110 average, slugging percentage another strong campaign during hurdles in 14.79. Junior Peter and on-base percentage. the 2013-14 season, finishing Christiansen prevailed in the third at the split-season 5,000 in 15:42.54. Women’s Golf Presidents’ Athletic Conference Nine members of the squad he Grove City College Championships with a 72-hole qualified for the 2014 ECAC Twomen’s golf team score of 1,247. Championships. continued its reign at the top Junior Brian Giesler tied for of the Presidents’ Athletic third individually at the PAC Baseball Conference by winning its Spring Championships with a ith a very young second-straight conference title 36-hole score of 153 to earn All- Wsquad that featured to earn the conference’s first PAC First Team honors. Lone 22 freshmen and transfers, ever automatic-qualifying berth senior Conor Eckhardt finished the Grove City College into the NCAA Division III Golf 18th in his final collegiate baseball team showed marked Championships. competition with a 166. improvement over the previous The Wolverines recorded two seasons. The Wolverines a 36-hole score of 748 at the Water Polo finished 9-25 overall and 7-15 in PAC Spring Championships to he Grove City College Presidents’ Athletic Conference complete the 72-hole split- Twomen’s water polo team play, with 14 of the losses season championships with a wrapped up the season with coming by just one or two runs. score of 1,469, besting Saint an 11-11 overall record, an Senior pitcher Erick Locker Vincent by 31 strokes. Junior 8-5 conference record and a posted one of the finest pitching Esther Durling was named fifth-place finish at the CWPA seasons in recent history en PAC Player of the Year for Division III Championships in route to earning All-PAC Second the third-straight year and Saint Paul, Minn. Junior Jocelyn Team honors while freshman earned medalist honors at her Hinkle garnered CWPA DIII shortstop David Laylock earned fifth-straight PAC event with First Team honors after leading Honorable Mention status. a 36-hole score of 165 while a young Wolverine squad with senior Kayla Finney joined 89 goals, just one shy of the Softball her on the First Team with school record. Freshman Abby nder the direction of first- a fourth-place 182. Durling, Jank earned Second Team Uyear head coach Christine Finney, Freshman Jordan honors. Both players were also Slater, a very young Grove City Greenwall, junior Meghan Love named to the All-Tournament College softball team posted a and senior Victoria VanBuskirk Team at the CWPA DIII 12-21 overall record, including represented Grove City at Championships. a 6-12 mark in the Presidents’ the NCAA Division III Golf Athletic Conference. Championships in Howey-In- Men’s Track and Field The Wolverines closed the-Hills, Fla., at El Campeon or the first time since 2009, their season on a high note, Golf Course. Fthe Grove City College winning six of their final eight The Wolverines finished 19th men’s track and field team games. Junior shortstop Kelsey in the 21-team field. returned to the top of the Shirey earned All-PAC Second Presidents’ Athletic Conference Team honors after leading Women’s Track and Field by winning the team title at the Wolverines in numerous he Grove City College the conference championships. offensive categories while Twomen’s track and field The Wolverines captured three freshman pitcher/first baseman team returned to the top individual titles as part of 17 Erika Aughton received All-PAC of the Presidents’ Athletic total top-five event finishes at Honorable Mention. Shirey’s Conference by winning its first the meet. Senior Mark Talbott numbers in 2014 ranked among conference crown since 2005.
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The Wolverines cruised to the conference title with 222 points. Sophomore Emily Rabenold earned PAC Women’s Overall Track and Field Most Valuable Performer after winning the 10,000, the 5,000 and the 3,000 steeplechase. Freshman Katelyn Hess captured PAC Field MVP honors after winning the triple jump and finishing third in the high jump and fourth in the long jump. Head coach Todd Gibson earned PAC Coach of the Year. Thirteen athletes went on to represent Grove City at the ECAC Championships at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Rabenold led the Wolverines with a second-place showing in the steeplechase, breaking her own school record Cessar, Gibbs earn Sportswoman, Sportsman of Year by 12 seconds with a 10:51.03. enior football player Chris Gibbs ’14 and as a forward for the women’s basketball team during senior multi-sport standout Sarah Cessar ’14 her freshman year. Men’s Tennis Swere named as Grove City College’s Sportsman Last fall, Cessar earned NSCAA First Team All- he Grove City College men’s and Sportswoman of the Year for the 2013-14 Great Lakes Region at midfield for the second straight Ttennis team cruised to its academic year. year. She became the first Grove City women’s soccer 24th-consecutive Presidents’ Gibbs started all four seasons in the secondary, player to earn First Team All-Region honors in Athletic Conference title having played cornerback, free safety and strong safety consecutive years. Cessar ranked second on the team and fourth-straight berth for the Wolverines. In 2013, he started all nine games in goals, assists and total points this year. She also in the NCAA Division III at strong safety and recorded 80 total tackles. He led earned First Team All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships during the all Presidents’ Athletic Conference defensive backs in for the second straight year. Cessar concluded her 2014 campaign. The Wolverines total tackles and led the conference with three forced career with 18 goals and 11 assists in 73 career finished their season 8-5 overall, fumbles. He made 34 career starts. matches. She made 63 starts over her final three including a perfect 7-0 record This season, he earned First Team Division III seasons. Grove City went 50-28-6 in her career. in PAC play. After sweeping Academic All-America honors from Capital One and In track and field, Cessar held Grove City’s record the PAC Championships with the College Sports Information Directors of America. in the 3000 steeplechase (11:27.26) for two years and a perfect score of 54 by going He earned Second Team Academic All-America last currently ranks second all-time at the College in that nine-for-nine in flight titles, the year, becoming the first Grove City football player to event. A biology/secondary education major, Cessar Wolverines fell to Kalamazoo twice earn Academic All-America. was a Dean’s List student who has been inducted into in the first round of the NCAA A biology major, Gibbs earned Dean’s List the Beta Beta Beta biology honorary. Grove City first Tournament on May 9 in recognition and was named to the conference’s awarded its Sportsperson of the Year award in 1948. Pittsburgh. Academic Honor Roll. He earned a prestigious NCAA In 1982, the College split the award into Sportsman Junior Peter Riley was named Postgraduate Scholarship and spent the summer of and Sportswoman of the Year. Gibbs also received the PAC Player of the Year for 2013 working in genomic research at the Mayo Clinic the College’s Senior Man of the Year award. Only four the second time in three years in Rochester, Minn. others have earned the dual awards: Don Shockey ’63, after winning the crown at first Cessar earned eight total letters at Grove City. She Curt Siverling ’85, Mike Ritter ’06 and Mike Manahan singles. lettered in each of her four seasons as a midfielder for ’08. Peggy Whitbeck ’04 earned Sportswoman of the the women’s soccer team, earned three as a middle Year and Senior Woman of the Year. distance runner for the track and field team and one
the G ¯e D U N K www.gcc.edu | 25 SEACHANGE Grove City College may not be well known – yet – for turning out grads who take on the thorny problems facing the natural world but a number of alums are applying their talents to studying those questions and offering up solutions. Kara (Sedwick ’00) Doran is one of them. She found a way to bring her faith, lifelong love of the ocean and her training as physicist together as a caretaker of creation.
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ara (Sedwick ’00) Doran always knew she wanted to live near the beach. She Kloved the warm glow of the sun’s rays, the cool rush of waves on her ankles and the gentle brush of thousands of grains of sand beneath her feet. Instead, Doran’s path took her hundreds of miles from the ocean to Grove City College for school and then a job teaching physics at the local high school. But the sunshine kept calling her. She couldn’t stay away. With a little inspiration from her college reading list and her love for God’s creation, she found her way to those sandy shores as a physical oceanographer. “Whether it was in my personal life or professional life, I loved God’s creation and thought it was my responsibility as a Christian to care for creation.”
Doran grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and wasn’t sure where she wanted to continue her education after high school. She applied to more than seven schools all over the country and thought she was headed to the Florida sunshine to attend college. However, after a visit to a Grove City College recruiting event in Columbus, Doran’s path began to take a new direction. was also active in Orchesis dance, Physics Basis for Environmental Stewardship by Fred Van Grove City College had everything Doran Club, Alpha Phi Omega service group and Dyke, David C. Mahan, Joseph K. Sheldon was looking for, not to mention her father Orientation Board. and Raymond H. Brand. It was the first time fell in love with the College. Her father even “One great thing about Grove City College that Doran considered the idea that Christians made her make a spreadsheet of items that compared to a large university was that should be excited about caring for God’s were important to her in a college, and it was you could still participate in the sports and creations. “I didn’t think that a lot of people no surprise when Grove City College finished arts, while still having time to get a quality felt that way,” Doran said. at the top. education,” Doran said. The faculty at GCC encouraged her to Doran had a general vision of becoming Dr. Stephen Jenkins, chair of the do an internship between her junior and an oceanographer when she came to campus, Department of Biology, had a particular senior year of school and she ended up at the but she became enamored of physics and impact on Doran. She decided to take an University of Delaware. There, she discovered the faculty in department and adjusted her environmental science class that Jenkins was physical oceanography – sometimes called plans. She majored in physics and secondary teaching as part of her teaching requirement. marine physics – which aims to study and education with a minor in theater. She The class read Redeeming Creation: The Biblical understand patterns of ocean circulation,
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during extreme storm events such as hurricanes, floods or a nor’easter that could affect the erosion of a beach, cliff or dune. She doesn’t get to do as much field work as she would like, but it’s her favorite part of the job (along with getting to wear flip-flops to work.) On the job, she collects and analyzes data from specialized scanning equipment and photos to predict what will happen in the next storm and advise local authorities, builders and governments about potential shoreline hazards. Her work may actually save lives. She cited the awesome and deadly power of a hurricane. “We can’t do anything to prevent a storm that powerful. When you compare the loss of life from Hurricane Katrina (in 2005) to Hurricane Sandy (2012), it was much less devastating. I just want to get the right information out to the people,” Doran said. Doran was heavily involved with the protection of sea turtles near the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where the launch pads are very close to the beach. Doran did studies on the effect of beach erosion on the railway that is used to move supplies at the launch site. She advised them on what kind of dunes would be necessary to protect the railway and launch pads while preserving the sea turtle habitat. Doran says that the one problem she encounters at the USGS is striking the right balance between the human desire to build homes and hotels on the coast and nature’s needs. “The bottom line is, people are going to live on the beach because they love it,” she says. “These people need to respectful and protect the beach for the things that naturally live on the beach.” Her work can be both trying and wave motion, temperature, salinity and other Redeeming Creation became her inspiration for rewarding. “Sometimes it’s frustrating when properties. that responsibility. She graduated from USF the recommendations you make aren’t taken It was a field that she didn’t even know in 2009 with a master’s degree in physical seriously. But then, I go out and talk to existed. oceanography. students at schools. I do demonstrations with After graduation, Doran stayed in Grove Doran is a physical scientist with the them where they see the dangers and they City where she taught high school physics United States Geological Survey (USGS), tell me, ‘That is stupid, why would people do for several years. But the sunshine and beach one of the partnering organizations during those things?’ and I feel a lot better when they continued to call. her graduate school at USF. “Many students say that. Educating the young people is where Doran eventually decided to go to take jobs with them [USGS] because of the we can make an impact.” graduate school at the University of South partnership,” Doran said. “I never imagined I Her faith means Doran doesn’t need to Florida in Tampa Bay. “Whether it was in my would move a couple of blocks down the road look far for inspiration. “Just watching the personal life or professional life, I loved God’s and work in a building only 500 yards from sunset at the end of a day on God’s great earth creation and thought it was my responsibility the campus of USF.” always inspires me,” she says. ■ as a Christian to care for creation,” Doran said. Doran studies how the coast changes
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hawn Rummel ’03 is working to restore “We’re not going to clean it all … You look population. Student researchers provide one of Pennsylvania’s great rivers and at the places where you can do the most good Rummel and others with hard data that they Sstudents at Grove City College are and even then it’s a monumental task,” he use to determine if what they’re doing works helping him track his progress. says. “We have plenty of dirty water.” or doesn’t. As a biologist with Trout Unlimited in While mining companies, the state and Dr. Fred Brenner, veteran professor of Lock Haven, Pa., Rummel’s office encompasses conservation groups deal with the pollution biology, oversees the work. It fits into a about 300,000 acres of what some call “God’s at its sources through passive and active pattern of research that he and his colleagues Country.” treatment systems, Rummel looks to a living have steered students into in recent years The mountains of northcentral barometer of stream health to measure their focusing on genetics as they relate to wildlife Pennsylvania feel like home to Rummel, who success: Pennsylvania’s native brook trout. management. It also lines up with his grew up hunting, fishing and hiking around philosophy as an academic. Clarion, Pa. Childhood bug collections set “We’re still trying to “I really think that as a professional him on a path to a biology degree from Grove wildlife biologist/ecologist, my professional City College and then graduate school at Penn clean up a mess from responsibility is to assist management State. He started out studying birds but ended agencies,” Brenner says. up earning his Ph.D. in fishery ecology. a hundred years ago.” The lab work gives students the For the past four years Rummel has been at opportunity to apply what they are learning work on one of Trout Unlimited’s top projects: Brook trout need the right water in class to the real world. They interact with Restoring the West Branch of the Susquehanna chemistry, temperature and food supply professionals in their field and collaborate River so future generations can enjoy and profit to survive and thrive. They can be found with partners at other colleges and from it just as previous ones did. in the headwaters of a number of creeks universities, as well as state, federal, local and Clear-cutting of forests a century ago and that eventually flow into the West Branch private agencies like Trout Unlimited that are unregulated coal mining into the 1970s fouled but bands of acid mine drainage effectively focused on wildlife and the environment. the streams in the West Branch’s enormous pen the fish into the areas where they are Rummel studied under Brenner at Grove watershed and resulted in a river that was spawned. Physically and genetically isolated, City and the two have maintained a close biologically dead by the time it was fully the trout are more susceptible to disease and professional relationship. surveyed in 1984. changes in the environment. Looking at the trout, Rummel says, is A few decades of work by community Each spring and summer, crews from crucial to “studying how streams recover and groups, the state and private foundations has Trout Unlimited – which have included how communities of organisms come back.” improved the river’s water quality and aquatic interns from Grove City College – head into “The question,” he said, “is how long does life is coming back, but the West Branch is the backcountry to survey the streams and it take?” still on life support, largely because of acid collect tissue samples from stunned fish. Trout Unlimited and its partners have mine drainage into the small tributaries that The samples are sent to Grove City been working up in God’s Country for nearly feed the river. College. In a basement lab at Rockwell Hall, 20 years and Rummel is optimistic about “We’re still trying to clean up a mess from students test the tissue, pulling out details that the future. a hundred years ago,” Rummel says. are used to genetically map the brook trout “I’m hoping to come up here in a few years Rummel, who terms the work Trout population before and after cleanup strategies with a fly rod and be one of the first fishermen Unlimited is doing “restoration ecology,” is are in place. in God knows how long to pull out a native realistic about the problem of thousands of miles Their analysis indicates the genetic trout with a hook and a line,” he says. ■ of tainted streams in the region but hopeful. diversity – or lack thereof – of the trout
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Mark Musaus ’75 turned a summer job into a 38-year career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, preserving, protecting and promoting critical wildlife habitat.
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ark Musaus ’75 had originally planned to go on to medical school Mafter graduating from Grove City College with a biology degree. There was only one thing holding him back: “I really didn’t like the sight of blood and thought that was a real limiting factor.” Limitations can be guides, though, and his aversion to blood set him on a different academic path, one that synced up with a love of nature that was fostered by his family. Musaus was born in Venezuela where his father was working for Texaco but he grew up in suburban New Jersey. His outdoors- loving parents took the family on regular camping trips. Advice from a park ranger on one of those trips led Musaus to consider a summer job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The federal agency operates 551 National Wildlife Refuges that encompass 150 million acres where migratory and endangered species, along with the flora and fauna that support them, are protected and sometimes enhanced to make up for lost or changing He spent his senior year free from the steward of habitat and lands … for the benefit habitats. anxiety of finding a job. He was able to sing of wildlife species.” Looking for summer work after his with the Touring Choir and work on research He worked on dozens of projects to sophomore year, Musaus decided to apply for projects like comparing deer populations on restore and create habitats for migratory or the service’s wildlife manager trainee program. farms and reclaimed strip mines. endangered species. Sometimes that meant He didn’t get the job and instead spent the He started full time with the FWS in building something up. Other times it meant summer “potting and repotting plants” at a August 1975 and worked his way to the upper burning something down. Florida nursery. echelons of the agency before retiring in In Harris Neck NWR near Savannah, Ga., Near the end of his junior year he got a 2012. After a career that took him all over the Musaus and his colleagues faced a challenge call. The agency had kept his application on Southeast, he and his wife Linda (Upton ’74) creating habitat for the wood stork, which had file and they wanted him to report for duty now live in Buford, Ga. been driven north from its traditional nesting at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The Musaus played a variety of roles in the sites by development. Just-hatched storks refuge contains the northernmost remnant of FWS, from refuge manager and project leader depend on freshwater fish to survive until the Florida Everglades and is wedged between at a number of National Wildlife Refuges in they develop their salt glands and are able to the sprawl of coastal Florida and farmlands. the Southeast to chief of Visitor Services and feed on abundant saltwater fish in the nearby Musaus liked the work and the service Communications in the D.C. headquarters tidal marsh. liked him enough to offer him a full job after and ultimately as deputy regional director of The service’s first attempt to attract the he completed his senior year. Joining the one of the services eight regions. Whether birds with nesting structures on telephone service answered the lingering question of he was in the field or behind a desk, he poles hadn’t worked. The project leader for what he was going to do after he graduated. said he “absolutely” felt he was working as the Savannah Coastal Refuge Complex wanted It was preferable to other wildlife biology a “caretaker of creation” and remains a big results. job possibilities like working for a timber booster of the Fish and Wildlife Services’ “He told us, ‘boys you got to think like company or taking the next step in ROTC, “overall vision and mission.” a stork!’ And so we did,” Musaus said. They joining up and “managing a deer herd on an “There’s no other system like this in the redesigned the nesting structures, bringing Air Force base.” world,” he said. “You are tasked with being a them closer to the water. He also brought his
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wife, who designed silk floral arrangements, was more so in Loxahatchee, where fires had in as an informal consultant. “You are tasked to be set essentially across the street from “Thinking we needed to mimic the cypress wealthy subdivisions and the smoke could trees and other vegetation that storks nest in, I with being a make driving impossible on nearby highways asked Linda about some kind of silk plant that if the wind wasn’t blowing in just the right might hold up to the elements. We ended up steward of habitat direction. lacing the edges of the basket with silk ficus Musaus credits his liberal arts background leaves and placed a few sticks in each one. and lands … for for equipping him with the knowledge And the birds responded. Almost every one he needed for a long career in wildlife we erected was used and with amazing nesting the benefit of management. Most of his peers were the success, some nests hatched up to four birds” product of large land-grant universities and he said. wildlife species” steeped in the sciences. At Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee refuge, “In some ways I felt inferior to all those renamed from Musaus’ trainee days, he from 1979 to 1984, was established in 1939 young managers from big schools, with all worked as project leader from 1998 to 2007 on land that had been ravaged by poor the different ‘ologies,’“ he said. The variety of and striking the right balance between man farming practices and insects, Musaus said. non-scientific classes he took at Grove City, and nature was key. “Much of the area looked like a like French, “really helped me prepare for my The refuge is next door to Boynton Beach, moonscape,” he said. The service acquired career.” Fla., home to a million and half people, many 35,000 acres and put “sound land, forest and Along with the real physical work of of whom have no idea they live beside the wildlife management” to the test. Today the tending to wildlife and habitats, Musaus’ Everglades. Under Musaus leadership, canoe area is covered in open, park-like stands of trails and a “mosaic” of the refuge’s features responsibilities over time included law trees that are the perfect habitat for the red were created for visitors to explore without enforcement, public relations, dealing with cockaded woodpecker. adversely impacting the area. complicated and lengthy litigation, negotiating “We brought the Everglades to them,” The revival is largely the result of carefully leases for the service’s refuges, which are often he said. “We used to say the refuges were controlled logging and prescribed burning, patchworks of state and federal land among America’s best kept secret. Now the story is Musaus said. Large and smaller scale burns private parcels, and myriad other managerial being told, but we have to be careful not to are conducted in just about every refuge. duties. overuse them.” When Musaus was there, fires were staged “You have to have the bio background, but Overuse was the big problem at what and set “by hand” to clear a couple hundred you also have to deal with people and budgets became the Piedmont NWR. The Georgia acres on a regular schedule. What was and management,” he added. “Ducks are a refuge, where Musaus was deputy manager dangerous and complicated in that refuge whole lot easier to manage than people.” ■
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1950 (AFSOC), asking him to capture published First Semester Success: Donn and Sally (Meyer ’49) Snyder the equipment and tactics, Study Strategies and Motivation were recognized with an article in techniques and procedures (TTP) for Your First Semester (or Any the Harford’s Heart magazine for he used in Vietnam as a forward Semester) of College. The book their 66 years of marriage. They air controller so AFSOC’s current is available at wordassociation. live in Bel Air, Md. warriors doing similar missions com and amazon.com. She also could compare their equipment co-authored a two-book vocabulary 1961 and TTPs. The article can be series through Pearson Education, found at http://vpub.boyd-printing. the third editions of which were Robert Miller was named a trustee com/publication/?i=173797. Eells also published this year. KEEP IN TOUCH! emeritus at the Intercollegiate is the deputy chief of operations Dr. William Paquette, professor of Studies Institute in recognition We want to keep in touch training and HQ AFSOC, Hurlburt history at Tidewater Community of his decades of service to the with you electronically! If you Field, Fla., and lives with his College in Portsmouth, Va., organization. He founded one of wife, Vicki, in DeFuniak Springs, spoke at the 12th International have an email address, or the first ISI campus chapters as where they raise and train German Conference on the Humanities a student at Grove City College have recently changed your Shorthaired Pointers and Event in Madrid, Spain, June 11- and served on the group’s board address or work information, horses. 13. Paquette will participate of trustees since 1970. He has Dr. Arden (Beswarick) Hamer is in a Johns Hopkins University make changes through had a career in business, banking, a professor in developmental study tour of Berlin, Germany, in government and academia, alumni.gcc.edu/update. studies at Indiana University September. He is a consultant including teaching economics at of Pennsylvania. She recently to the United States Institute the College from 1964-67.
Have exciting news? Submit 1963 a class note for the magazine Bruce Haedrich published his second novel, The Gettysburg and for viewing online at Gold, and the first two books in alumni.gcc.edu/classnote. his Dan Marin Mystery Series, Dead on the Fourth and Trump Card. The books can be reviewed on Amazon/Kindle. Remember to let the alumni 1968 office know that you are having Michael Zeigler was inducted a “Grover Gathering!” We’d love into the West Shore Chapter of to send you some fun “stuff” the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He had successful years for your event. in football and baseball, and is currently a competitive golfer living in Bangor, Pa. ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | Col. Suellyn Wright Novak ’73, 1969 USAF, retired, was a guest at the Defense Health Agency Steve Eells was published in Air Headquarters in Falls Church, Va., where she received Commando Journal, summer 2013 the Armed Services Blood Program Lifetime Achievement edition. His article, “Irregular Award. She was honored for her leadership and mentorship Warfare, Then and Now,” was the of the Air Force Blood Program. Novak is the second Air result of the chief of operations Force retiree and the first woman so honored. Novak is training, Headquarters, Air Force pictured with Col. Richard McBride, director Armed Service Special Operations Command Blood Program.
36 | www.gcc.edu the G ¯e D U N K Summer 2014 of Peace and the National Bill Jacobsen was Endowment for the Humanities honored in March in Washington, D.C. He was by the American selected for inclusion in the Red Cross and 2014 and 2015 editions of local station Who's Who in America and Who's WSLS10 as the Who in the World. “Medical Hero” in the “A Celebration of Heroes” 1970 annual program in Roanoke, Va. Dr. Jim Evans was elected to the He was recognized for enhancing board of directors at Pittsburgh access to primary care in the Theological Seminary in May. His region and reducing the cost of three-year term (Class of 2017) overutilizing emergency services. began in June. He is an elder at He is vice president of the Carilion the First Presbyterian Church of Clinic and administrator of Bradford (Pa.). Carilion Franklin Medical Hospital. He was also recognized for ROUND HILL REPS | Last fall, Kathy (Weis ’86) Yereb, a 1972 creating a fitness facility in the gifted education specialist at Round Hill Elementary School Capt. Jim Colman flew his last hospital, improving employee in Loudon County, Va., and Kathy (Ware ’82) Miller, school wellness and fitness. B777 flight for United Airlines in counselor, discovered they were both Grove City College January. The 14-hour flight from graduates and sisters of Alpha Beta Tau. A week later, Beijing, China, to Washington 1979 Dr. Kathryn Jackson was named they found Christy (Brogley ’94) Hollar, special education Dulles was routed over Manchuria, assistant, Round Hill parent and Sigma Delta Phi alumna. Siberia, the North Pole and chief technology officer for The ladies hung this flag in the school gymnasium along Northern Canada. In his 40 years RTI International Metals, Inc., of aviation with both the Air Force based in Pittsburgh. As RTI’s with other flags of the staff alma maters. From left: Miller, and United, he accumulated more top scientist, her responsibilities Yereb and Hollar. Hollar and Yereb are married to Grove than 20,000 hours of flight time. include oversight of advanced City graduates. He lives with his wife, Olive, in metallurgical technology, product and process innovation, managing Parker, Colo. officer. She will help with Realty Group, Rehoboth Beach, new product technologies and implementing and monitoring Del. She is a licensed, full-time heading overall research and 1976 procedures to comply with agent. development activities. The Rev. Douglas Kurtz, president regulations and assist with and CEO of United Adult 1982 managing risk. Most recently, she 1987 Ministries in Flushing, N.Y., was senior counsel at CNH The Rev. Ed Davis graduated in May Robert Schramm was promoted received the “Outstanding America LLC. 2013 from Palmer Theological to vice president and risk Leadership in Queens” Award Dr. Stephen Radack is the new Seminary (Philadelphia) with manager for MWH Constructors from The Queens Federation president of the Pennsylvania a Doctor of Ministry degree in in Broomfield, Colo. He has 25 of Churches. He directs daily Dental Association. He will serve Leadership of Missional Church years of design and construction operations at Flushing House, a a one-year term. He owns the Renewal. He plans to write a management experience. not-for-profit independent living Comprehensive Family Dentistry book based on his dissertation, retirement community. in Erie. 1983 which focused on the creation of missional discipleship groups Samuel Casolari 1978 1984 in a local church setting. He has relocated to Ed and Lynn (Branstner) Breen Dr. Alex Chafuen received the pastors Absecon United Methodist Cincinnati, Ohio, were awarded the Robert P. prestigious 2014 Walter Judd Church in New Jersey. He lives as managing Casey Medal for Commitment to Freedom Award from The Fund in Smithville with his wife, Ann attorney of the Independent Higher Education, for American Studies. He was (Rosenberger '86) Davis and new office of during a ceremony hosted by recognized for advancing the children, Ben '17 and Hannah Marshall The Association of Independent cause of freedom through his (future Grover!). Dennehey Warner Coleman & Colleges and Universities leadership in founding and Mike Shultz recently became senior Goggin. Previously, he was of Pennsylvania. They were nurturing think tanks around the director of facilities for Thiel managing attorney of the firm’s recognized for “their tireless work world. Chafuen has been president College in Greenville Pa. He is Cleveland office. He also serves on and commitment to our cause.” Ed of the Atlas Economic Research responsible for all plant operations the College Board of Trustees. serves on the boards of trustees of Foundation since 1991. He also and custodial personnel. Adrienne (Wolfe) Lebanon Valley College and Grove serves on the College Board of Miller joined City College and Lynn volunteers Trustees. Ephrata (Pa.) 1988 is a new principal for several nonprofits. She is on National Bank as Lori (Reeby) Black and national health and productivity the board of trustees for the Hun assistant 1985 joined The practice leader for Voluntary School of Princeton and on the compliance Sherri (Rauso) Nowicki board of Youth for Christ USA. Debbie Reed Team of RE/MAX Benefits Integrated Services of
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Buck Consultants. Philadelphia- Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. based Buck Consultants, a Xerox She has been working as their Company, offers human resource trial team supervisor. and benefits consulting. Thomas Ellsworth and his wife, Sally (VanBuren) Wallace was Kelli, welcomed their fourth named president of Finmeccanica child, daughter Naomi Faith, on North America and DRS March 6, 2014. Technologies’ C4ISR business Dr. Brian Pall was selected as group. Previously, she was vice a Notable Alumnus as part president of business operations of The Ohio State University for the DRS Maritime and Combat College of Optometry Centennial Support Systems business group. Celebration. He is a senior principal research optometrist at 1989 Johnson & Johnson Vision Care Bruce Hezlep was in Florida. He presents clinical sworn in for a research results and lectures six-year term as on contact lens-related topics township worldwide. supervisor in Cranberry 1995 Township, Pa., in Alexa (Shiels) and Dave ’96 January. Prior to being elected, he Farrelly welcomed their third served as president of the daughter, Lane Elizabeth, born Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Oct. 8, 2013. Lane joins sisters Company from 2009 to 2013, and Logan, 13, and Lauren, 10, at on its board of directors. Hezlep is home in Greensboro, N.C. a PA State Fire Academy local level instructor and is certified as 1996 a Firefighter I and Fire Instructor WORK MEETING | Melissa Pinard Rossow ’96 and Jenna (Gouker) Miller joined the II. He is an information technology Matthew Fry ’04 met while working at the Williams-Sonoma string faculty of St. Francis manager with L. B. Foster in store in Charlottesville, Va. Fry traveled from the Annapolis Music Center in Little Falls, Pittsburgh. store to help open the store in Charlottesville, where Minn. Rossow lives and works at Williams-Sonoma part time. 1991 1997 Michael Sim is the new principal at Yvonne (Korloch) English, East Pennsboro (Pa.) Area Middle executive director of The School. Most recently, he was Center for Entrepreneurship principal at Upper Dauphin Area & Innovation at Grove City Middle School. College, was selected as adviser for the 2014 Congressional 1992 Science, Technology, Engineering Todd Snitchler joined McDonald and Math (STEM) Academic Hopkins in Columbus, Ohio, as Competition, also known as part of its business department. He the “the House App Contest,” will offer counsel on issues related by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.). to energy policy and strategy, The competition is a nationwide government affairs and regulatory event that allows high school matters. He served for three years students to compete by creating as chairman of the Public Utilities and exhibiting their software Commission of Ohio and was a application for mobile, tablet or state representative in Ohio’s 50th computer devices. district. Jessica (Zeak) Wessel and her husband, Andy, welcomed LEGACY GRADS | This extended and growing legacy family 1994 daughter Ivy Zeak on Jan. 12, celebrated having three Grove City College graduates this Lynda (Ashbery) 2014. year. From left: Christine (Sager ’09) Moon, Brent Moon Dodd has been ’06, Carter David Moon (2036?), Carol (Lex ’87) Troxel, promoted to the 1998 Linda (Lex ’89) Wright, grad Lauren (Troxel ’14) DeJong, Violent Crimes Gina (Gabriel) Burke and her Bureau of the husband, David, welcomed grad Cathy (Sager ’14) Shaffer, John Troxel ’16 and grad Montgomery babies Daniel and Emily Rose in Jake Shaffer ’14. County (Ohio) December 2013.
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Matt Dean and his wife, Jaclyn, Jason McCormick and his wife, May 9, 2010, and joining the Valerie (Sigler) Myers and her announce the birth of daughter Jennifer, announce the birth of Sallades through adoption from husband, Joshua, welcomed Mara Carys on Sept. 10, 2013. son Andrew Jason on July 8, China on Aug. 29, 2013. daughter Nora Elizabeth on March 2013. Beth (McMorran) Salesky and her 4, 2014. 1999 husband, Eric, announce the birth Bob Ayton was 2001 of son Noah Stanley on Nov. 30, 2004 chosen as the Hannah (Morris) Brouzakis and her 2013. Noah joins brother Liam, 3. John Coyne and his wife, Renee, 2014 Florida husband, Ryan, welcomed son Elise (Pech) and Andy Shockey announce the birth of son John Chemistry Andrew John on May 23, 2013. welcomed son Jackson Joshua on Thomas on May 23, 2014. Teacher of the Jennifer (Allen) Check was named Sept. 1, 2013. Jonathan Fry has been named a Year by the the 2014 New York State partner of Simon Lever LLP based American Elementary Assistant Principal 2003 in Manheim Township, Pa. He also Chemical Society. He teaches of the Year by the School Christy (Faller) Donaghy and her leads their management advisory advanced placement chemistry Administrators Association of husband, Richard, welcomed services. and advanced placement physics New York State. She is assistant daughter Ashlyn Elise on Jan. 24, Amy (Arblaster) Ghiglieri and her at Dunnellon High School in principal at Victor (N.Y.) Primary 2013. husband, Andrew, welcomed son Dunnellon, Fla. He built an AP School. Nathan Fox has Preston Robert on Dec. 9, 2013. science program that serves many Jessalee (Wantz) Detweiler and her been named to Jill (Bradley) Janaitis was named of the school’s low-income rural husband, Matthew, announce the the 2014 Teacher of the Year for the 2013-14 school year by the University School population; he presents at birth of their daughter Abilene Pennsylvania Rising Stars list of East Tennessee State University in conferences and maintains a Joan on Oct. 29, 2013. for the area of Johnson City. She is the fifth grade chemistry website for teachers and Jennifer (Kier) and Daniel Lyker Land Use/Zoning. instructor at the laboratory school. students at www.mrayton.com. welcomed son Zachary Daniel on He works with Begley, Carlin & Michael Koper and his wife, Alison, Heather (Ray) Black and Stephen April 4, 2013. Mandio, LLP in Langhorne, Pa. are the parents of Malakai Ashton, Black (deceased) are the parents Each year, no more than 2.5 born Oct. 1, 2013. of daughter Cora-Joan Stephen, 2002 percent of the lawyers in the state Timothy Parkhurst and his wife, born Nov. 21, 2013. Laura (Roxberry) Euler and her are selected by Super Lawyers to Jennifer, announce the birth of Grady Summers rang the opening husband, Peter, welcomed son receive this honor. daughter Lucy Grace on Feb. 12, bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in August “Reed” on April 20, 2012. Jill (Burnfield) Murphy and husband, 2014. New York City's Times Square on He joined brother Stafford. Ken, welcomed daughter Molly Kristen (Radebaugh) and Gary Ribe the morning of March 7, 2014. Casey (Engelbert) Ferry is now the Grace on Feb. 6, 2014. Siblings welcomed son Benjamin Gary on He is vice president of customer event coordinator for the Warren are Keira Joy, 2, and Declan, 4. Jan. 9, 2014. success for Mandiant. County (Pa.) Historical Society. Matthew Hall 2000 successfully Lacey (Williams) and Matthew ’01 defended his Eckert announce the birth of son dissertation and Noah William on Aug. 11, 2013. graduated with He joins siblings Ryan, Julia and his Ph.D. in Caleb at home. American history Tyler Fugate and his wife, at the University of Kentucky. He Angelique, welcomed son Nolan currently serves as VP of academic James on March 7, 2013. He joins services at The Southern Baptist big sisters Audrey, 7, and Claire, 4. Theological Seminary in Louisville, Jennifer (Hammond) Griffith and Ky., where he also teaches classes her husband, Bobby, adopted in church history. son Esteban Samuel on March Mike Kashurba is now defensive 20, 2014. “Sammy” is 2 and coordinator for the football team was born June 28, 2011, in at the College of the Holy Cross Missouri. Jennifer is a realtor with (Worcester, Mass.). He spent the Keller Williams and Bobby is one last two years as defensive passing of the founding pastors of City game coordinator and safeties Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma coach at Bucknell University. City, Okla. PHYSICS AND FRIENDS | William Dawson ’10 (computer Robert Pinkerton and his wife, Courtney (Christ) and Jeremy science), Shaun Mills ’10 (physics), Ian Gilbert ’10 (physics) Jennifer, are the parents of son Hasseman welcomed daughter and Brianna Dillon ’10 (physics) reunited at the American Isaac Nathaniel, born Dec. 6, Beatrice Rose on May 28, 2013. Physical Society March Meeting in Denver, Colo. Gilbert Katie (Britton) Koehler and her 2013. Jennifer (Rugg) and Jonathan was an invited speaker at the meeting and the others husband, Mark, are the parents of presented talks. All four alums are pursuing Ph.D.s at daughter Amelia Helen, born May Mark Sallade are the parents of research universities. 27, 2013. daughter Rachel Elizabeth, born
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Daniel Roseum and his wife, Anne (Wood) and David ’05 Nefatira, are the parents of Richardson welcomed son Nathan Jordan Tyler, born Jan. 28, Patrick on July 31, 2013. Siblings 2014, and Juliana Nicole, 1. are Benjamin, 5, and Jane, 4. Miriam (Clement) Rudolph and Jessica (Ridgeway) Silver and her husband, Aaron, welcomed her husband, Stephen, are the daughter Adeline Elizabeth on parents of Emilie Rose, born April March 15, 2012. 5, 2013, and brother Zachary Noah Tyler and his wife, Gabrielle, Stephen, 2. welcomed daughter Catherine Rachel (Holzaepfel) Wang and her Immaculeé on Dec. 10, 2013. husband, Nick, welcomed daughter Elizabeth on April 23, 2014. 2005 Charlie Hildbold was named a 2007 finalist for the inaugural class of Shannon (Gish) and Andrew Baker the Indoor Football League’s Hall announce the birth of daughter of Fame for his work during the Cora Abigail on Dec. 11, 2013. TEACHBEYOND | A number of Grovers serve with the past seven years. David Brearly and his wife, Sonja (Berglund) and Mark Ingram Elspeth, are the parents of son TeachBeyond mission organization at a school in Germany. announce the birth of son Levi Charles Robert, born March 14, These grads work in various capacities (teaching, James on Jan. 2, 2014. He joins 2014. mobilization, residence life) in several different locations. siblings Adelaide, 4, and Asher, 2. Kayla (Wilson) MacDonald and From left are Amanda Rumbaugh ’12, Daniel Porterfield Heidi (Seid) Poniatowski and her her husband, Glenn, welcomed ’12, Michael Koerber ’01, Heather Brown ’10, Rachel husband, Kyle, welcomed son daughter Charlotte Leigh on May Nicholson ’12 and Hannah Cliff ’13 at the global conference Henry Phillip on Oct. 10, 2013. 5, 2013. Sister Olivia is 2. in Antalya, Turkey, this spring. Markus Schafer and his wife, Ashley (Metcalfe) and Mark Jeannie, are the parents of son Murchie announce the birth of son Ferguson Graham, born July 14, Carl Elijah on June 13, 2013. Big Yosemite on March 7, 2014. professor at Washington and Lee 2012. sister Anne is 3. Rachael (Smith) and Andy ’07 University in Lexington, Va. Jonny Priano had two more Leuenberger welcomed son James 2006 pieces published by Alfred Douglas on Oct. 17, 2013. 2009 Julie (Crewson) Anewalt and Publishing Co., Inc., including Naomi (Cousino) Neuman and her Rachel (Krause) and Michael Gallo her husband, David, welcomed the piece "Sing as One" that was husband, Jeremy, are the parents welcomed son Benjamin Mark on daughter Claire Marie on Feb. 1, commissioned by the Pittsburgh of twin girls, Abigail Marie and July 28, 2013. 2014. This is the first grandchild Symphony Orchestra in 2013. Lydia Violet, born Feb. 17, 2013. John Lambert and his wife, Julia, for Julie’s parents, Janet (Kirkman Andrea (Langer) and Austin ’08 Megan (Betteridge) Soja and her are the parents of daughter Sophia husband, Steve, announce the ’79) and Scott ’79 Crewson. Schafer announce the birth of Catherine, born Feb. 18, 2012. birth of daughter Natalie Jane on Stefanie (Wiita) Bitto and her daughter Adelaide Corrin on Dec. Brittany (Griffin) Parks and her Dec. 7, 2013. husband, Michael, welcomed son 28, 2013. husband, Nathan, welcomed Elizabeth (Bryan) and Joshua daughter Leona Matteson on Nov. Jacob Michael on March 14, 2014. Sarah Smith and Chuck Nettles ’07 Stelle welcomed daughter 23, 2013. Rachel Bovard was named to The were married July Nehemiah Joy on Feb. 9, 2013. Heidi (Bartel) Ring and her National Journal’s “The 25 Most 27, 2013. Sarah Jonathan Turner and his wife, husband, Seth, welcomed son Influential Washington Women is a math teacher Courtney, welcomed son James Isaac Jonathan on Sept. 21, Under 25” last summer. She is in the Upper St. Edward on Feb. 18, 2014. 2013. the legislative director for Sen. Clair School Ashlee (Keeports) and Dale Weaver Callie (Martin) and Daniel Rand Paul (R-Ky.) District. Chuck is an insurance welcomed daughter Allison Spaulding announce the birth of Jeremy Burggraf and his wife, agent for Liberty Insurance. The Christine on Feb. 9, 2014. daughter Laura Eleanor “Ellie” Tiffany, are the parents of son couple resides in McMurray, Pa. Caitlin Williams on Jan. 16, 2014. Brother Robert Asher Alan, born Feb. 7, 2014. Stephanie (Harbison) and Ryan received her is 2. Stacey (Brubaker) Haught and her ’03 Trulick welcomed son Gavin Ph.D. in physics Abigail (Morrison) and Jonathan husband, Ryan, announce the Richard on June 23, 2013. in December Stewart announce the birth of birth of twin boys, Mason Kenneth 2013 from the daughter Claire Rebecca on Sept. and Mitchell David, on Feb. 12, 2008 University of 6, 2013. 2014. Their big sister is Madison. Bethany (Peck) Goodman received Maryland, College Aaron Yaeger and his wife, Diana, Heather (Vinca) and Ryan McKinnis a Young Leaders Award from the Park. She defended her welcomed son Simon Peter on welcomed son Wyatt Joel on March Susan B. Anthony List for her dissertation, “Optoelectronic April 18, 2014. 12, 2014. Brother Owen is 4. innovative work for the March Experiments on Random Bit Katie (Terrana) Washington and her Natalie (Dillon) Miller and her for Life. Generators and Coupled husband, Gavin, announce the husband, Ryan, are the parents of Suzanne (Nichols) and Greg Kroleski Dynamical Systems” in August. birth of son Stafford Don on Jan. Jordan Rena, born July 4, 2013. announce the birth of son Hunter She currently is a visiting assistant 11, 2014.
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2010 Megan (Kneisley) and Aaron the Valley View School District in as an engineer. They live in Evan Addams was Biller welcomed daughter Lydia Romeoville. Cranberry Township, Pa. named one of Charlotte on May 7, 2013. Hannah Hoover Pittsburgh’s “13 Leigh Frens and 2011 and Philip Kinney Under 30” in the Alex Valencia Betsy (Dennis) Graham and her were married February 2014 were married husband, Geoff, are the parents Dec. 14, 2013, Whirl Magazine. Jan. 4, 2014, in of daughter Lucy Ann, born Oct. in Lancaster, Pa. The nominees are Orange, Calif., 3, 2013. They now live in young professionals with where they both Amanda (Deer) Harmon graduated Toledo, Ohio. entrepreneurial spirit Addams is live. Leigh works from Gordon-Conwell Theological Philip works as a financial adviser director of accounts for start-up in human resources at Western Seminary in spring 2014 with for Merrill Lynch, and Hannah is NoWait, the anti-reservation Digital and Alex is the worship a M.A. in counseling. She is a diploma consultant/ waitlist app for casual dining pastor at Grace Church of Orange. currently using her degree to administrative assistant for restaurants. Outside of work, he Rebekah (Atkinson) and David minister to victims of human Veritas Press Scholars Academy. helps entrepreneurs in third-world Gernhard welcomed daughter trafficking in the Pacific Erin (Kauffman) and Bryan Joseph countries through TingaTinga Charlotte Ann on Dec. 17, 2013. Northwest. announce the birth of daughter Capital. Brittany (Shaffer) Mayak and Elia Rose on March 17, 2014. Charlotte (Nichols) and Adam ’09 her husband, Ben, welcomed 2012 Aljets are the parents of son Elias daughter Kennedy Adella on Feb. Christene Peter, born Nov. 30, 2013. 6, 2014. Buonpane and Kimberly (Stone) and Andrew Lara (Stewart) and Brian ’09 Ben Holder were Berglund welcomed daughter Sandell welcomed daughter Blair married Sept. Elaine Elizabeth on March 12, Elizabeth on March 1, 2014. 28, 2013, in 2014. Frederick Wennlund is the Aurora, Ohio. Jessica (Garver) and Tyler Berkey new head coach for the Cress Ben is working at announce the birth of daughter Creek Commons swim team in BNZ Materials as a plant engineer Elizabeth Marilyn on Oct. 29, Naperville, Ill. He is a middle and Christene is working at 2013. school enhancement teacher with Westinghouse Electric Company
NU LAMBS TEE UP | These Nu Lambda Phi fraternity brothers, all from the Class of 1979, celebrated their 35th reunion recently at the Glenmore Country Club in TEXAS CELEBRATION | Grover students and alumni Charlottesville, Va. From left: Jeff Thompson, Bob Beckett, gathered at the SMU Chapel in Dallas, Texas, to celebrate Bill Nussear, Eric Johnson, Steve Keefer, John Yanak, Dave the wedding of David Durfee ’13 and Katelyn Renke ’13. Rathburn, Bob Woodward, Lew Wright, Chris Hogan and Row 1, from left: Peter Durfee ’80, Susan (Peshek ’81) Ralph Kulusich. Durfee, Phil Kramer ’13, Dave Thomas ’13, Sam Sites ’14, Jonathan Durfee ’10, Tommy Sites ’14 and Bruce Goddard ’80. Row 2: Annie Wells ’14, Tracy Haskins ’13, Faith Marquardt ’14, newlyweds David and Katelyn, Sharon Koss ’14, Kariah Church ’14, Anne (Durfee ’77) Drybala, Vince Drybala ’76, Rebecca (Kraft ’10) Durfee and Debra (Michael ’79) Goddard.
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Bess (Cochran) Anderson ’33 Betty L. Ealy ’40 died Oct. 4, Westgate for 23 years, then taught died April 3, 2014. She had 2013. in the Berea School District for been a secretary for the North 27 years. After retirement, he The Grove City College Alumni Braddock School District and Dorothy (Ackerman) Nelson ’40 substituted in Strongsville and the Pennsylvania Railroad. She died April 3, 2014. She taught Cleveland. Surviving are four Association places a book in was living in North Huntingdon, English and later served as public children, 12 grandchildren and Henry Buhl Library in memory Pa., and was a member of the relations coordinator for Fleming/ nine great-grandchildren. of each alumnus for whom the Daughters of America Colonists. Revell Publications. She lived Alumni Office receives written in New Jersey, then Auburn, Betz (Whitacre) Greenewald ’48 notification of death, including Howard C. Passmore ’38 died N.Y., where she was active in the died Feb. 21, 2014. A retired a copy of the obituary. This March 8, 2014. An engineer, he community. She wrote the column science teacher, she taught at worked with Sun Oil Co. for 32 “Gray Power Matters” in the the McKeesport (Pa.) Technical pays tribute to the lives years and helped develop early Auburn Citizen and wrote several High School and in the Elizabeth of deceased alumni while computer applications. After small books. Surviving are two Forward science department. benefitting current and moving to Corvallis, Ore., he children, five grandchildren and Living in Elizabeth, Pa., she was future students. enjoyed church events, dancing, several great-grandchildren. in the College Club and YWCA. gardening and pottery. Survivors Survivors include her husband, To notify the Alumni include two sons, grandchildren Mary (Collins) Seefelt ’41 died Edward, two children and Office of the passing and great-grandchildren. Sept. 16, 2013. She taught in the grandchildren. of a loved one, please Killingly (Conn.) School System Priscilla (Young) McClintock ’39 for 20 years. She belonged to Martha (Chamberlain) Shaffer send an obituary to died May 3, 2014. She lived in Eastern Star, loved traveling and ’48 died Jan. 20, 2014. She [email protected]. Centennial, Colo., enjoyed her her animal friends. Survivors lived in Vero Beach, Fla., and family, faith and sports. She include a son. was an established artist and had been an avid golfer, serving accomplished golfer. Survivors on the U.S. Golf Association Eleanor “Ann” (Allen) Miller ’43 include three daughters and women’s committee. Survivors died Feb. 5, 2014. She started grandchildren. include four children, nine her career teaching high school grandchildren and eight great- Spanish and French. She retired Craig A. Williamson ’48 died Feb. grandchildren. from General Electric where she 9, 2014. After Navy active duty, earned awards for inside sales. he remained in the Reserve for Helen (Craig) Donner ’40 died She lived in Overland Park, two decades. He spent 43 years April 21, 2014. She worked for Kan., where she enjoyed music serving the public in emergency 18 years as a Latin and English and theater. Surviving are two management and lived in Camp teacher for Hickory High School children, grandchildren and great- Hill, Pa. Surviving are three in Hermitage, Pa. She loved grandchildren. children, grandchildren and great- genealogy and was involved with grandchildren. Eastern Star and the Children’s Dana B. Thomas Sr. ’47 died Aid Society in Mercer. Survivors Sept. 9, 2013. He lived in Armand J. “Jim” DeBellis ’49 include grandchildren, great- Cleveland, Ohio, and was a World died Feb. 26, 2014. A World War grandchildren and great-great- War II veteran. He managed II veteran, he worked in public grandchildren. Halle’s Department store in relations and later, economic
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development, with Allegheny are his wife, Loisann (Stout Robert S. Gallagher ’51 died Ernest O. Ruder ’51 died June Power System and the City of ’50) Bricker, a daughter and a March 12, 2014. An Army 20, 2012. He was an Army Virginia Beach. He was very grandson. veteran, he worked for 35 years veteran and an artist at American active in peer organizations and as a loan officer with Commercial Greetings for 40 years. He lived in community groups, winning Dorothy E. Cousins ’50 died Credit. He lived in Delmont, Pa., Cleveland, Ohio. the prestigious Cardinal Award. Feb. 23, 2014. She had worked was an active church member, Surviving are two daughters, two in Pittsburgh as a stenographer Gideon and Lion, and managed Col. John F. Cary ’52 died May grandsons and a sister. for the FBI and as an executive several youth baseball teams. 5, 2014. He served in the Air secretary at Westinghouse. She He was a volunteer firefighter. Force for 30 years, including the James E. Gill ’49 died April 5, enjoyed reading and traveling. Survivors include two children, Korean War and Vietnam. He was 2014. He was a self-employed Surviving are two sisters, nieces and grandchildren. first a fighter pilot then served manufacturing representative, after and nephews. at NORAD and Peterson Field working with Wickes Lumber, Talon Richard D. Gagen ’51 died Feb. in Colorado Springs, Colo. He Inc., Westinghouse and Heatrix John W. Kuhn ’50 died Feb. 1, 28, 2014. He was in the Marine earned many awards. Survivors Inc. He lived in Meadville, Pa., 2014. He lived in Martinsville, Corps and worked for the Sun Oil include his wife, Mary Ann, and where he belonged to the VFW, Va., and was retired from Co. He is survived by his wife, two children. Elks and American Legion. He was Babcock and Wilcox in Beaver Joan; three children, including a Navy veteran of World War II and Falls, Pa. He was a Kiwanian Mark Gagen ’80; and five John R. Dick ’52 died April 23, the Korean War. Survivors include and an Army veteran. Surviving grandchildren. 2014. An Army veteran, he worked three sisters and a brother. are his wife, Vera Jane (Metz as an administrator at the Reynolds ’51) Kuhn, a daughter and two Frank E. Ramsey Jr. ’51 died Feb. Metal Co. for 28 years. He sang in The Rev. George W. Hall Jr. ’49 grandchildren. 9, 2014. He was a Navy veteran the church choir, delivered Meals died Aug. 21, 2012. He lived living in Bothell, Wash. He was on Wheels and helped Habitat for in Jacksonville, Fla. Surviving John B. Rossman ’50 died Feb. an engineer at Boeing, finishing Humanity of Butler County (Pa.). are his wife, Alison, children, 21, 2014. He was a retired his career as a soils engineer for Survivors include three nephews grandchildren, great-grandchildren sales manager with Prudential Snohomish County. His passions and a niece. and a sister. Insurance. Most recently, he were family and faith. Survivors lived in Virginia Beach, Va. include seven children, a sister, Howard R. Moyer ’52 died May Ruby (Kreinbrook) Hayes ’49 Survivors include his wife, Jane 26 grandchildren and 44 great- 14, 2014. He was employed died April 14, 2014. She spent (McGoun ’51) Rossman, four grandchildren. by Sun Oil Co. as a chemical her career teaching and loved children, two siblings and four engineer for 39 years. He lived adventure. Surviving are two grandchildren. John E. Rote Jr. ’51 died March in Wallingford, then Media, Pa., children, grandchildren and great- 1, 2014. A mechanical engineer, taught Sunday school and was grandchildren. Sally (McKinley) DeBellis ’51 he worked with U.S. Steel, on the board of Granite Farms died Jan. 31, 2014. She was Republic Steel and Arthur G. Estates. Surviving are his wife, Neil J. Bricker ’50 died May 1, an accomplished actress, later McKee & Co. After retiring, he Frances, seven children, 14 2014. A Marine Corps veteran, he graduating from the Pittsburgh worked on the family farm. He grandchildren and four great- was a sales executive for Armco Playhouse of Dramatic Arts. lived in Chicora, Pa., was an grandchildren. Chemicals Corp from 1967 to She was also a poet, artist and avid sportsman and an Army 1986. He lived in Naperville, homemaker. She lived in Virginia Air Force veteran. Surviving are Betty (Mallery) Shank ’52 died Ill., loved to hunt and fish, and Beach, Va. Surviving are two two children, grandchildren and April 26, 2014. She lived in supported scouting. Surviving daughters and two grandsons. great-grandchildren. Greencastle, Pa., where she raised
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her family, was a church elder Col. Glenn “Lynn” Myers ’54 died daughters, including Kristin Covina, Calif., and taught history and a Lioness member. She was Jan. 6, 2014. He served in the (Black ’87) Ciaramella, and three and civics at Glen A. Wilson High fond of raising dogs. Survivors U.S. Army for 32 years, 30 of grandchildren. School for 30 years. He also include two sons, grandchildren, those as a chaplain. He traveled coached the school’s baseball, great-grandchildren and a sister. the world, serving in such places Donald R. Beer ’57 died April 14, football and basketball teams and as Germany, Italy, South Korea, 2014. He worked in sales with served as the athletic director. He Rita (Berchtold) Conaway ’53 Vietnam, the United States and Bell of Pennsylvania, Roach-Reid also coached Little League and died Jan. 24, 2014. She had at the U.S. Army War College. He and Medical Records Corporation. girls’ softball. Surviving are three studied ballet in New York pastored in Derry, Pa., Farmington, He retired to Port Charlotte, children and two grandchildren. City, and later worked as a N.M., Hobbs, N.M., and St. Fla., and was an avid golfer. floral designer for 40 years in Petersburg, Fla. Survivors include Surviving are his wife, Linda, five Harriet Wettick-Kudlo ’61 died Erie, Pa. She enjoyed baking his wife, Diana, and two sons. children, grandchildren and great- May 24, 2014. Combining a love and knitting. Surviving are her grandchildren. of children and creativity, she husband, Gary Conaway ’54, Dr. Joseph J. Pollock ’54 died worked for several years at Head two children, a grandson and a April 28, 2014. He practiced John H. Kerr ’57 died Feb. 13, Start, earned a master’s degree sister. pulmonary medicine while in 2013. He served in the Army in education and began a 25-year military service with the Air Force. during the Korean conflict. He had teaching career in Red Hook, Ethel (Matson) Campbell ’54 He retired as a Colonel after 24 lived and worked in the Butler, N.Y. She helped organize Sunday died July 26, 2012. years of service, then practiced in Pa., area for many years. He was school curriculum and lived in State College, Pa., and Hickory, a past master of the Masons and Kingston. Survivors include four Barbara (Rose) Dunn ’54 passed N.C. He enjoyed nature. Surviving a Syria Shrine member. Surviving children and two siblings. away May 11, 2012. are his wife, Nancy (Freeland are his wife, Joyce, a daughter, ’54) Pollock, a daughter and two four grandchildren and three C. Gail (Rankin) Huston ’63 died David L. Morrison ’54 died grandsons. great-grandchildren. May 6, 2014. For 15 years, she Nov. 14, 2013, in Cary, N.C., worked with the Central Pension where he had lived since retiring Loyal A. Purvis ’54 died March F.E. “Bud” Knable ’57 died March Fund, International Union of in 1997. He served three 14, 2014. An Army veteran, he 9, 2014. He lived in Bethel Operating Engineers. She lived years as an officer in the U.S. worked for Gulf Oil his entire Park, Pa. Before his retirement, in Germantown, Md., and sang Air Force. Following military career. He lived in Wexford, Pa. which was full of family, sailing in the church choir for 25 years. service, he attended Carnegie Survivors include his wife, Trudy, and Florida, he worked for 32 Survivors include her husband, Institute of Technology, where and two siblings. years with Gulf Oil, ending as David, children, grandchildren, he earned a master’s degree manager of tax and compliance. great-grandchildren and a sister. in chemistry and a Ph.D. in George G. Werbizky ’54 died June He is survived by three children, nuclear chemistry. He worked 10, 2012. including Diane (Knable ’76) Earl R. Mays ’63 died April as a scientist and scientific Haid and Douglas Knable ’79; 11 21, 2014. After Air Force research administrator. Surviving Wilfred W. Black ’55 died May grandchildren, including Christine service in Vietnam and with the are his wife, Carole (White ’54) 1, 2014. An Air Force veteran, Knable ’10; and a sister. Memorial National Guard, he worked with Morrison, a son and daughter, he worked as pharmaceutical gifts may be made to Grove City Westinghouse Corp. and Northrup and two granddaughters. He was salesman for 30 years. He College. Grumman. He retired to Glen predeceased by brother Charles lived in Youngstown, Ohio, was Rock, Pa. Formerly a diver, he Robert Morrison ’51 and a son- involved in his church, and an Walter J. Martin ’61 died March was inducted in to the Butler Area in-law. avid golfer. Surviving are two 10, 2014. He lived in West and Grove City College Sports
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Halls of Fame. Surviving are his In Hudson, Ohio, where they lived Amy (Brunko) Harnack ’82 died friends wife, Brigitte, three children, for 21 years, she helped at-risk Feb, 5, 2014. She lived in Bethel grandchildren and a sister. youth and supported parents and Park, Pa., was active in her Joseph Kopnisky, teachers. She loved to travel. church and with the Boy Scouts. retired professor Joyce (LaZaro) Lewis ’64 died Surviving are her husband, Michael She enjoyed friends, flowers and of physical Dec. 11, 2013. She lived in Kaluza ’67, three daughters, six collecting Santa Claus items. education and Lafayette, Ohio. grandchildren and sister Beverly Survivors include her husband, former coach, (Cameron ’64) Clayton. Fred, two children and two died June 19, Robert S. Rial ’64 died Aug. 12, siblings. 2014. He became the College’s 2013. He lived in California for Douglas C. Chitester ’69 died head wrestling coach in 1965, many years, then moved to central March 31, 2014. He worked James J. McElhaney ’86 died May later leading the football team Florida in 1998. Survivors include as a chemical engineer for 28, 2014. He lived in Butler, Pa., from 1973-1984. He also his wife, the Department of Energy for and was a purchasing agent at Susan (Staplin ’66) assisted with football and track. Marmon/Keystone. He served the Rial, two daughters, a sister and more than 25 years. He lived in Survivors include his wife, Joan; YMCA and coached swimming, grandchildren. Pittsburgh and loved science and two children, Jack Kopnisky ’78 midget football and high school music. Survivors include three and Jill (Kopnisky ’81) Clark; girls track & field. He was James F. Rutherford ’64 died May children, grandchildren and a stepchildren, grandchildren, great- inducted in the Butler County and 8, 2014. He lived in Washington, brother. grandchildren and two brothers. Grove City College Sports Halls D.C., and spent his entire career of Fame. Surviving are his wife, as a U.S. attorney for the Justice Diane (Zimmerman) Trithart Rosalie Vouga died June 17, Jacqueline, two daughters, his Department. He was a longtime ’69 died May 4, 2012. She 2014. She was secretary to brother and his mother. member of the St. Andrews ran a bed and breakfast near former College President Dr. Society. Survivors include brother Custer, S.D. Earlier, she rose Charles MacKenzie (1971-1991). The Rev. Joseph W. Javorsky ’97 David Rutherford ’71, a sister, to be CEO with Consumer Survivors include her husband, died April 1, 2014. He had been nieces and nephews. Credit Counseling Service. John, who was Dean of Men for a an active minister for 10 years in Surviving are a son and two time, and children Victor Vouga Nebraska before moving to Lake R. Douglas Pinkney ’67 died grandchildren. ’80, Eric Vouga ’84, John Mark Placid, Fla., three years ago. Feb. 6, 2014. He worked in data Vouga ’84 and Valerie (Vouga ’85) Surviving are two sons, his mother processing at Cleveland State John R. Schweinsberg Jr. ’72 died Zasadny. University, then moved to Mansfield Nov. 17, 2013. He worked with and two sisters. University where he directed ARC Brevard in Florida helping institutional research. He was those with disabilities. He recently active in church, choirs and was retired and moved to Longwood, an assistant scoutmaster. He also Fla. He rescued a greyhound and enjoyed his farm. Surviving are his was an avid reader. Survivors wife, Janice (Brown ’71) Pinkney, include a daughter, a sister and three children and two brothers. nephews.
Janice (Cameron) Kaluza ’68 died Henry L. Millen ’76 died March Sept. 7, 2013. She taught English 16, 2014. He made his home in in both Spain and Thailand while Coffeyville, Kan. husband was in the U.S. Air Force.
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CONGRATULATIONS Henry Garland Allin Joshua Neal Barnes Elizabeth Marilyn Berkey NEW PARENTS! Born 1-11-13 Born 9-30-13 Born 10-29-13 Alison (Likins ’01) and Ryan Melissa (Hinnebusch ’04) and Jessica (Garver ’10) and Tyler Allin Doug ’02 Barnes ’10 Berkey 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 your child’s name and date of birth. Shirts are available only in infant size.
Due to the popularity of the Alumni Babies feature, photos will be limited to babies under the age of 3 in Grove City College shirts only. Conrad Victor Bowen Blaise J. Cackovic Elizabeth Josephine Cancilla Digital photos must be high resolution, 300 Born 5-31-13 Born 1-8-13 Born 1-5-13 dpi. Please do not embed photos in the body of Brittany (Thomas ’08) and Nicole (Strahler ’05) and Cristen and Matthew ’06 Blake Bowen Blaise Cackovic Cancilla an email message, but rather attach a high- resolution image. Submit photos at alumni.gcc. edu/babyshirt or email to [email protected]. You can also mail pictures to: Alumni Relations Office, Alumni Babies, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, Pa., 16127.
Robert “Beto” Coyne Noah William Eckert August “Reed” Euler Born 8-14-13 Born 8-11-13 Born 4-20-12 Jennifer (Plyler ’08) and Lacey (Williams ’00) and Matt Laura (Roxberry ’02) and Jonathan ’08 Coyne ’01 Eckert Peter Euler
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Norah Grace Gardner Henry Francis Hazi Emmerson Jones Amelia Helen Koehler Eliana Langley Born 4-15-12 Born 12-3-13 Born 7-10-12 Born 5-27-13 Born 9-3-13 Julie (Milinovich ’03) and Seth Hannah (Priester ’03) and Matt Pat ’90 and Megan Jones Katie (Britton ’00) and Mark Carol Joy (Woolley ’99) and ’01 Gardner Hazi Koehler Christopher Langley
Harper Faida Long Liam John McKenzie Jacqueline Jones Mitchell Abigail Elizabeth Molnar Amana Rose Morley Born 8-27-12 Born 3-2-13 Born 9-1-12 Born 5-9-12 Born 6-13-13 Heather (Webb ’04) and Brad Kate (DiMarco ’05) and Jason Amber (Jones ’03) and Ryan ’03 Jessica (Manning ’04) and Tim Beth (Snyder ’10) and Chad Long ’05 McKenzie Mitchell Molnar ’07 Morley
Clara Mae Niehenke Elaina Lynnel Nilsen Cecilia Rosa Schiavone June Eleanor and Hazel Betty Norah Avalon and Charlotte Born 4-4-13 Born 4-15-13 Born 9-26-13 Schwab Snyder Smith Erin (Barton ’08) and Jared ’08 Laryssa (Joseph ’09) and Josiah Liesl (VanHaute ’10) and Born 3-6-13 Born 7-27-12 and 11-21-13 Niehenke ’08 Nilsen Matthew ’09 Schiavone Mindy (Diehl ’05) and Jeff ’03 Beth (Kilmer ’04) and Jared Schwab Smith
Laura Eleanor “Ellie” and Nora Kathleen and Audrey Judson Turner Trojak Seth and Ryan Weiland Elliott James Wimer Robert Miles Spaulding Elise Swift Born 9-5-12 Born 3-26-13 and 3-27-13 Born 7-23-12 Born 1-16-14 and 3-7-12 Born 11-6-12 Debra and Joshua ’08 Trojak Kristen and Jason ’99 Weiland Rachel and Andrew ’03 Wimer Callie (Martin ’09) and Daniel Lindsey (Inman ’06) and Peter ’09 Spaulding ’07 Swift
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GROVE CITY COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WELCOMES 585 NEW MEMBERS! Graduates of the Grove City College Class of 2014 toss their mortarboards in celebration outside STEM Hall after Commencement.