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VOLUME 3 | ISSUE 1 SPRING 09 A Life Well-Lived WILKES MAGAZINE Savors the Arts University President Dr. Tim Gilmour Vice President for Advancement ILKES UNIVERSITY MAINTAINS A STRONG Michael Wood commitment to the arts, which is driven by the Editor Kim Bower-Spence following premises: preparation of all of our Executive Editor undergraduates for a life well and fully lived must Jack Chielli include an appreciation of the arts; interested students Associate Director, Marketing Communications must be given the opportunity to develop their Christine Tondrick ’98 artistic talents; a key element to improving the Wyoming Valley’s quality of life Creative Services W Lisa Reynolds is a vibrant arts community and full calendar of art events. To the extent that Web Services Wilkes can facilitate and contribute to a vibrant arts community, it also Craig Thomas provides a more fulfilling undergraduate Electronic Communications experience for the students and a genuine Christopher Barrows public service for the community that Graduate Assistant Shannon Curtin ’07 redounds to the University’s benefit. Layout/Design Historically, Wilkes has been a regional Quest Fore Inc. leader in the arts and continues, through a Printing vital Department of Visual and Performing Payne Printery Inc. Arts and its wide variety of theatre and EDITORIAL ADVISORY GROUP music programs, the Sordoni Museum, and Anne Batory ’68 the Music Conservatory, to contribute Brandie Meng M’08 Bill Miller ’81 robustly to the arts on campus and in the George Pawlush ’69 M’76 Wyoming Valley. Donna Sedor ’85 In recent years, undergraduate student ALUMNI RELATIONS STAFF interest in the arts has increased. More and Executive Director Sandra Sarno Carroll more students pursue some facet of the arts Director during their studies, and we want to Mirko Widenhorn encourage more participation in the arts in Associate Director More than 200 Wilkes students class and in extracurricular activities. Michelle Diskin ’95 take dance classes each semester. Beginning on page 14, you can read about ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS PHOTO BY CURTIS SALONICK our popular dance classes. President As we look ahead, we see an even more vital role for the arts at Wilkes. George Pawlush ’69 M’76 In the community, we will develop a greater awareness of what we already First Vice President Terrence Casey ’82 do and extend our programs into the downtown to ensure a genuine and Second Vice President sustained renaissance there. On campus, it will involve even greater John Wartella ’84 opportunities for deep immersion for talented students in some facet of Historian the arts and for broader development of arts appreciation as an essential Colleen Gries Gallagher ’81 Secretary element of a life well-lived for all. Bridget Giunta ’05

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FEATURES 8 Sensei Ranked among the world’s top martial artists, Carl Long sustains samurai tradition 14 Pivotal Pirouettes Dance minor rounds out students’ academic studies 14 16 Pitching Preservation Alumnus trades successful sales career to help safeguard Texas shoreline 18 Black Deserts /Welsh Tips 8 Photo essay highlights photographer’s coalfields exploration

DEPARTMENTS 16 2 On Campus 6 Athletics 20 Alumni News 18 22 Class Notes Have a story idea to share? Contact us at [email protected] or Wilkes Magazine, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766.

On the cover: Music education major Carl Long traded trumpet for samurai sword. Now the world-class martial artist travels the world to promote the ancient Correction: practice. Read more, beginning on page 8. A class note in the summer 2007 issue incorrectly

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I have followed very closely the FOREIGN REACTION to (Barack Obama’s) election. It is absolutely STUNNING . People from all over the world are thinking that America has in fact presented a whole new historic figure. People are applauding America for having elected the FIRST BLACK AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

- Madeleine K. Albright, Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright addressed the annual Outstanding Leaders on world reaction to President Forum, sponsored by the Sidhu School of Business and Leadership. Proceeds from the Barack Obama’s election forum build a scholarship endowment for the school’s undergraduate program. PHOTO BY MICHAEL P. TOUEY

Hands-On Learning at Hillside Farms Jennifer Thomas’ adolescent psychology class partnered with students from Lake Lehman High School on a service learning project during the fall 2008 semester. The class partnered with 10 high school students in September and began planning service projects to benefit the nearby Lands at Hillside Farms. During the planning process, psychology students observed the teens’ problem-solving skills and growing awareness of civic and social responsibility. The project culminated on a December Saturday when the student groups built a walking bridge, constructed a compost bin and helped beautify nature

Students in adolescent psychology worked with local high trails. The service learning initiative gave the psychology students a better school students to beautify the Lands at Hillside Farms. understanding of adolescent development by applying the theories and PHOTO BY CURTIS SALONICK concepts learned in class to a real-life situation. 9 0 0 2 g n i r p S | S E K L I W

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And the Band Plays On Calling all Civic Band members — past and present! This is an exciting project that has the Wilkes Band Weekend will be held April 26 and 27. It features former directors Terry Zipay and potential to CONNECT with many of Raymond Nutaitis ’62 and ’64. If you participated the MUSIC SCHOOL and BAND in the Wilkes Civic Band at any time during its glorious 60-year history, come join the fun. ALUMNI as far back as the 1950s. The 57-member ensemble performs a repertoire of outstanding modern concert band – Philip Simon pieces and features a variety of performers. “This is an exciting project that has the potential to connect with many of the music school and band alumni as far back as the 1950s,” says Philip Simon, director of music education and instrumental studies at Wilkes. Any alumni of the band program wishing to receive information about this special weekend can contact Simon at [email protected].

The Civic Band comprises both student and community musicians. PHOTO BY MICHAEL P. TOUEY

Investigative Article on Race Earns National Recognition An investigative article on race and business practices in Wilkes-Barre earned five student writers from Wilkes University’s campus newspaper an honorable mention from the Associated Collegiate Press. The Beacon recently received honorable mention in the Story of the Year competition at the Associated Collegiate Press “Best of Show” awards. Carlton Holmes, Newark, N.J.; Andrew Seaman, Forest City, Pa.; Marissa Phillips, Effort, Pa.; Andee Scarantino, Old Forge, Pa.; and Nicole Frail, Wilkes-Barre, collaborated on the article. The national Associated Collegiate Press competition does not categorize competitors based on size of publication or school in the Story of the Year categories. The Beacon competed in the diversity category, following Duke University, 9 0 0

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5 6 WILKES | Spring 2009 athle tics By TO FIEL SE Cr N R ai O. D A ECO g W SO HOCKEY 18 M S RD er N IN im r CATAPULTS -BREAKING NATION te a n i TEAM th am St r o ic l k le s r s athletics

CHOOL RECORDS WERE SQUASHED AS THE 2008 Wilkes hosted Washington & Jefferson field hockey team steamrolled its way through conference play last University in the opening round, where they fall. The Lady Colonels’ 18 season wins set a record, as did their 10 would take a 2-1 win before falling to Kean consecutive wins. And along the way, they climbed to a No. 18 University 4-3 in the ECAC Championship to national ranking. close out the season. It was Aug. 17 when Wilkes field hockey head coach Sara Myers For their efforts, four players were named to the Shad a chance to meet with her team for the first time. Like all coaches, she set All-Freedom Conference First Team, and Myers goals for individuals as well as the team as to what she expected in the was named Coach of the Year. Freshman goal upcoming season. keeper Lindsey Davenport was named the Rookie Kerry Battersby, Alyssa Koncelik, Devon McKay, Kristina Naveira and Diana of the Year after posting eight shutout wins. Wright, the five seniors on the squad, were given the task of mentoring 10 Earning spots on the all-conference first team freshmen, as well as two sophomores and six juniors. With a young team, the were senior attack Alyssa Koncelik, junior seniors shouldered a great deal of responsibility and demanded the best from midfielder Brittany Sines, senior defender Kerry their teammates from day one. Battersby and Davenport. “This year’s senior class was the first class that I started with four years ago,” Myers notes. “Over the years, they have grown and developed into talented Opposite page: Center midfielder Brittney Sines, a junior players and the kind of seniors the team wanted to play for. I have enjoyed captain, proved herself a playmaker and most consistent coaching them, and I am very grateful for all they have given to the field player. PHOTO BY CRAIG MERRIMAN hockey program at Wilkes. They have developed a winning tradition, which Inset: The team celebrates following a goal against Delaware Valley. The women went on to win 4-2. PHOTO BY KATHY DALTON we hope to continue.” Below: Freshman goal keeper Lindsey Davenport posted eight On Aug. 30, the 2008 field hockey team started on the road to accomplishing shut-out wins to earn Rookie of the Year honors. something no other hockey team in school history had. On that day they hosted PHOTO BY KATHY DALTON Moravian in one of their closest and most exciting games of the year. The Lady Colonels eventually won 4-3 in penalty strokes after both teams finished regulation and two overtime periods deadlocked at 3-3. Wilkes would prevail 3-0 in the strokes with the game-winning goal credited to Devon McKay. It would be the first of 10 straight victories, marking the most consecutive wins to start the season. The Lady Colonels finally lost their first contest against No. 13 Elizabethtown by a 3-1 margin, but it didn’t take long for Wilkes to bounce back as it took a 3-1 convincing win over No. 18 Montclair State just a week later. The win would start another streak, this time five straight that would put the Lady Colonels on top of the Freedom Conference standings. Wilkes finished the regular season with a 7-1 record and garnered the top seed in the Freedom Conference Championship. During their journey, the Lady Colonels knocked off two-time defending conference champions and cross-town rival King’s College 4-3 in an overtime thriller in the final regular-season game to clinch the top spot. Earning the No. 1 title gave Wilkes a first-round bye in the playoffs. Three days after they took the Lady Monarchs down, the Lady Colonels would do it again, this time in the semifinal round of the league tournament where Wilkes came out on top 1-0 in a defensive struggle. They would then play for the conference title against Eastern, a team they defeated earlier in the year. 9 0

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9 WILKES | Spring 2009 BASTION OF ANCIENT JAPANESE SAMURAI tradition lies just across the river from Wilkes University in Kingston, Pa. There, in a martial arts school called Sakura Budokan, a globe-trotting Wilkes music education graduate and one of the world’s Aleading practitioners of samurai sword fighting trains not only locals but students from around the world to wield a 3-foot steel blade – or a wooden stick for the less advanced – in the same way samurai warriors did centuries ago. Carl Long ’78 is the senior-most student of grand master Masayuki Shimabukuro and the highest-ranked member of their type of samurai swordsmanship in the world. He holds a fourth- degree black belt in jodo (JOH doh), which uses a short staff; a sixth- degree black belt in iaido (ee EYE doh), or sword fighting; and an eighth-degree black belt in karate. Together Long and Shimabukuro provide martial arts training and workshops to instructors throughout the U.S., Canada, South America and Europe. Long and Shimabukuro are international appointees for iaido by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai International (DNBK), the headquarters for traditional martial arts in Japan under supervision of the grand masters in each art and presided over by a Japanese prince. “Sensei Long is extremely important in the world of martial arts – yet he is very modest and down-to-earth,” explains Dale Bruns, Long’s student and dean of Wilkes’ College of Science and Engineering. From Rural Musician Long began formally studying karate at age 12. A native of rural Huntingdon Mills, Pa., he also learned to play trumpet and majored in music education at Wilkes College. Upon graduating, he married, taught elementary music in the Northwest Area School District and started a martial arts school. He opened Sakura Budokan in 1979 in a small Kingston storefront for which he paid $80 per month. At the time, it was a novelty. As his family grew to include two sons, he took a job managing a manufacturing facility and continued to teach martial arts. Interest in martial arts exploded in the mid-1980s with release of movies like The Karate Kid . “The martial arts school continued to grow and grow and grow, and I had to make a decision which way I was going to go.” In 1989, he devoted himself to martial arts full-time. Long’s organization bought a former wholesale flower warehouse in 1994 and converted it to a dojo (DOH joh) — a place for experiencing one’s self. 9 0 0 2 g n i r p S Sensei Long demonstrates aikido with his student Jeff Kozel. | S E K L I W

10 Sakura Budokan, with classes in karate, aikido (eye KEE doh) Karate to Swords and sword, has had up to 225 students. Currently, about 160 people Long started in karate and then discovered aikido, which means practice there. About 20 percent are under 18 years old. The oldest “way of harmony.” Beyond self-defense, he explains, aikido seeks student is 68. Long estimates that he’s taught hundreds of Wilkes conflict resolution through seeing situations from the opponent’s alumni over the years. perspective. Rather than resist an opponent, an aikido master In the dojo, Long is referred to as sensei (SEN say).The term means moves in the same direction as the attacker. Once you’ve “one who has gone before” and refers to teachers. In 2004, the “blended” with the adversary’s motion, the master can move to Japanese royal family gave Long the title renshi (REN shee) an old immobilize or subdue an attacker. “It had tremendous Japanese nobility title meaning a pure and uncovetous person — a application to everyday life,” Long says, from sales to family rank similar to knighthood. Today the title is a teaching credential. relationships to raising children. As Long delved into aikido, his interest grew in the ancient “empty hand arts” practiced by the samurai warriors more than 200 years ago and then It is not enough just to have good to swords. Karate and aikido, while based on technique. One must also understand samurai arts, are considered modern martial arts. Those who practice and keep alive the ancient the HISTORY and PHILOSOPHY martial arts of the samurai are considered national living treasures in Japan, he says. The master sword of one’s martial art in order to teacher, now 88 years old, is the 20th generation to teach a style of sword fighting that is 475 years old. properly apply it to life. Iaido is performed with a real sword. Individual performances include choreographed movements – Del Lucent ’03 that look like dance; more than 340 routines mimic situations in which a swordsman might find himself. Long also performs two-man sparring drills and target cutting with a live blade. Error can “In the modern approach to martial arts, these titles/ranks are mean a nasty cut, he notes. much more difficult to achieve than the conventional dan (black belt) Repetition leads to mastery, Long asserts. In the martial arts, grades and are not automatically assigned with rank or seniority,” mastery comes only from a lifetime of practicing one’s art. “I explains Bruns. “The holder of these titles must also have made don’t think perfection ever comes.” significant contributions to the martial arts community at large.” The average student attends two times a week, with some Self-Examination and Self-Actualization traveling from NewYork or Maryland to train weekly. In November, Long likens the sword to words, which used as a weapon cut Sakura Budokan hosted a seminar for 35 international instructors. deep and can’t be taken back. Iaido “teaches people to be more Worldwide, Long counts 5,200 to 5,300 students. As an respectful, more empathetic toward other people’s feelings, accredited representative of DNBK, he trains trainers throughout understanding that for every action there will be a cause and the world, so their students are counted as his. effect,” he says. Japan’s imperial family oversees training and licensing of martial Self-examination leads to self-actualization as the practitioner arts. Each spring the DNBK hosts a 10-day festival in Kyoto, Japan, understands the reason he does things. “People need to take in the country’s oldest martial arts hall, which goes back 800 years. more responsibility,” he asserts. Once they take responsibility, A Japanese prince oversees the celebration, which includes four they must take more control of their actions. He adds, “Our days of demonstrations and training. society has lost an awful lot of cultural etiquette, and I think “Representatives of our style have to go there and perform for that’s where we can have one of the greatest effects with the the imperial family to show that we’re carrying on the tradition,” young people we work with.” Long says. In 2008, Long’s team, which included Bruns, took the The philosophical lessons stuck with Del Lucent ’03, who first-place award overall. Long himself was awarded Yushu Sho (yoo started studying karate with Long when he was 5 years old and

shoo SHOH), recognizing overall outstanding performance out of moved on to study samurai arts. A doctoral student in biophysics 9 0 0 2

1,100 participants, from Prince Higashi Fushimi, a member of the at Stanford University, Lucent keeps his swords and staffs near his g n i r

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13 WILKES | Spring 2009 14 WILKES | Spring 2009 B DA y S NCE i r her e MI Flic NOR k ROUNDS OUT STUDEN S’ ACADEMIC STUDIES Opposite page: Wilkes dance students participate in a presentation of The Nutcracker each December. PHOTO BY MARK GOLASZEWSKI

AREN WESOLOWSKI HOUCK ’07 may not be a professional K dancer. But her dance minor shaped her career and life in other ways. “Dance gave me a sense of stress relief, kept me in shape, and helped prepare me for teaching children,” says Houck, who majored in elementary education and now teaches sixth grade near Reading, Pa. Wilkes began offering dance classes in 1991, approaching professional dancers

Kristin Degnan and her late husband Peter A spring dance recital showcases students’ skills. PHOTO BY CURTIS SALONICK to enhance the music and theatre departments by incorporating dance into the curriculum. By 1993, the dance minor Degnan says education, nursing in dance. She also met husband Peter, was a reality. From the start it offered ballet, and psychology majors, among others, who was also a professional dancer. modern, jazz and tap. also see the benefit of learning dance The Degnans were touring throughout Wilkes junior Dan Pascoe, a theatre in their chosen professions. The the U.S. and abroad when a dance school major, agrees. “Taking dance at Wilkes has enrollment of men has risen in the last in Wilkes-Barre came up for sale. In 1983, made me more comfortable with my body,” several years. Dance 100 has grown to a the couple purchased it and opened Ballet he says. “A minor in dance has made me a 60/40 split, with many football players, Northeast, now in its 25th season. better actor and performer.” wrestlers and cross country runners After the untimely death of Degnan’s Students love that they can still perform signing up. husband in January 1999, the University The Nutcracker , Degnan notes. They The program is small and individu - offered her an artist-in-residence position. appreciate that graduating from high school alized. Currently, 30 to 40 students She now holds the title director of dance doesn’t have to mean giving up dance. pursue the 18-credit dance minor, with and has added three adjunct staff to the That’s what appealed to junior English more than 200 students signing up for dance faculty: Sean Harris, Kris Cross and major Caroline Jones. Dance was already a dance courses each semester. Many try Lynne Mariani. In addition, Kimberly lifelong passion, but not to the exclusion of dance for the first time. Hurt leads classes in dance therapy. an academic degree. “I sat in on one of “In those first-timer classes, we have a Degnan educates her students about Kristin’s classes before coming to Wilkes, lot of fun,” says Degnan. Beginners are the traditions and history behind dance and I immediately knew that doing both graded on progress and attitude. to help them develop a foundation of was the right fit for me.” Each spring the dance program offers knowledge. She feels that even if they a mixed repertory program with works don’t become lifelong dancers, they can The arts...help choreographed by both faculty and become lifelong supporters of the arts. students. Each December, they perform “The arts are for everyone,” says SHAPE US as The Nutcracker . Degnan. “They help shape us as human A Wilkes-Barre native, Degnan began beings. They civilize us. Make us human.” human beings. They her training at Wilkes-Barre Ballet Degnan says students often say things Theater at 5 years old. By 16, she had like, “I was nervous about my test when I civilize us. MAKE graduated from high school and was woke up, but after your class I feel focused, 9 0

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Ky.This passion led to a bachelor’s degree when she knows she’s done her job. n i r p – Kristin Degnan S | S E K L I W

15 Editor’s Note: We originally planned to feature Jerry Mohn in the winter 2008 environmental issue, but Hurricane Ike forced his evacuation from Galveston just as arrangements were made. Despite the destruction, protection efforts lessened impact of the storm surge, and Mohn’s efforts to protect the Prese rvat ion island’s beautiful beaches continue.

ALUMNUS TRADES SUCCESSFUL HEN IT COMESTO MAN versus Mother Nature, Jerry SALES CAREER TO HELP Mohn ’63 has adopted the strength-in-numbers approach. SAFEGUARD TEXAS SHORELINE For 10 years, the Galveston, Texas, resident has been building coalitions By Helen Kaiser Win the Texas coastal region to promote beachfront preservation. His work as an environmental organizer has helped raise more than $20 million to defend the area he calls “paradise” against the ravages of nature. When Hurricane Ike roared through the region last September, Mohn’s efforts — and resolve — withstood a supreme test. The third- costliest disaster in United States history, Ike was a Category 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 110 miles an hour when it reached the shores of Galveston. The massive storm produced destructive surges throughout the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts — and an estimated $22 billion in damages. Mohn and wife Winkie – Rowena Simms ’63 – had fled inland to celebrate their grandson’s 5th birthday. The couple have two children and five grandsons in Austin. It was two weeks before they were able to return to Galveston. They existed without water or electricity for about two more weeks. Fortunately, damages to their home, built to Federal Emergency Management Agency standards, were only moderate. “We did have about a foot of sand in our yard where the grass used to be,” Mohn said. Elsewhere in the city, there were more devastating reminders of nature’s force: Five deaths had occurred, as well as millions of dollars of damage to residential and business areas flooded by the 14-foot storm surge. 9 0 0 2 g n i

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16 On a slightly positive note, previous preservation efforts we really want to go back?” he recalls.“But we knew that whenever championed by Mohn had an impact. As president of the West we see and hear the gulf, there’s magic there. The sunrises are Galveston Island Property Owners Association, he had helped beautiful, and the sunsets are miraculously outstanding.” establish support for various shore restoration projects, some of Some geologists have warned that Galveston will continue to be which included placement of more than 8,000 linear feet of sand- prone to high rates of coastal erosion. Mohn points to manmade filled, 15-foot-diameter geotextile tubes in the bay to simulate projects that have affected natural sand migration. These include barrier reefs and reduce erosion. the Houston Ship Channel, which benefits the entire region with Ultimately, the tubes — referred to as sand socks or “sausages” millions of dollars in commerce, and a sea wall, built after the Great — reduced the strength of the hurricane’s storm surge where Storm of 1900. It is crucial, he believes, that technology and tax they were used. “Some of them deflated or rolled over, but they dollars continue to support vital needs of the area. achieved their main purpose,” Mohn says. These days, Mohn works on the next task: a massive sand The landowners’ preservation efforts date back to Tropical nourishment project scheduled for October. Along with Storm Frances in 1998. After a lifelong career in chemical sales everyone else on the coast, he also keeps a wary eye on Mother that included forming his own corporation, Mohn was ready for Nature during hurricane season. something different. His wife volunteered him for a dune restoration project, and his environmental mission began. Jerry Mohn, Galveston, Texas Mohn suggested his subdivision’s group join with others to form B.A., Math 1963 the Galveston Beach Erosion Task Force. Eventually, this alliance Career: He and his wife started their own chemical merged with 18 coastal cities to form the Texas Coastal chapter of importing business. Merged with another “mom and pop” the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. operation to form Chem One Ltd., in Houston. “Rather than compete with each other for funding, we felt we could do more as a group,” he says. Efforts involved seeking Notable: Has been a driving force behind more than technical assistance and funding from state and federal regulatory $20 million of beach preservation and marsh restoration agencies, environmental foundations and corporations. along the Texas Gulf Coast. Gina Spagnola, president of the Galveston Chamber of Favorite Wilkes Memory: College sweetheart (and later Commerce, says Mohn has a “phenomenal” gift for getting wife) Winkie as homecoming queen, riding atop a convertible people to work together. “When he’s at the table, results happen.” onto the football field, where he was co-captain of the team. After a lifetime of making sales, Mohn is still pitching; but the product now is preservation. “He has a real passion for Galveston and for its people,” says Spagnola. Like many, Mohn and his wife wondered after the hurricane whether they should stay in the area. When the evacuation order was lifted, “We asked ourselves, do

Rebuilding efforts along the once pristine Texas shoreline (above) are under way following the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike (shown below). 9 0 0 2 g n i r p S | S E K L I W

17 18 WILKES | Spring 2009 AL Exe L ter P HOTO S BY RA Y KLIME H ugh est Sw own o ye r svi le C A L B K l i W nor wast N U O M case ma r of pl an an c O ar in So fi Des i el gh ay t te d d “T u ist ds jor v e t er sr t g ke t ar heast e a h ic f ado rou he ect n be an for t E D o io Wa s s/W who . f ad f m or re t hi us i as n l TN I A b o H ve n er es l nd d Ray o es n y m u l a el w c i t nt a s . ed reg h a en sh ct i as m beca n nt ur P iv n d p ce ensy y w S e e or T i n a Klim t h i sr he t cl ho E S o t i i m up t h es f p ect F O — a he o t a at s u ssr e i ” rl landsc lva se ek ast ed fro g in s o y t p ro c a exp o he wh , nia. a ” l o L B m E m l P n i w ’78, ar c xetr. enn c e l h ne om l ic ge ore AK C ST R my s e g n w pe ub Such h d t he s i r b an n o y s t w ec c jec he i l ch ul na fo re va as a t t m p u h l r At w il ti E nia l C t l B “ hi s e dh he on . o ng as ma l O st ba Tha an f c o a c a or lish si the LA oa nk o nd Hug ny ti a i o te n n d k y c t f l hest o wn study stuf asitn I and i cha W own th betwen h vConser directo Klimek culmina n i to t s e T Klimek len o i l ok h th loca, r t ing of e ba i e en a c r t ge.” r tha ted a ckya profesr yator p credits l y poetr u t P pho of S L E poet r Wila ensy j o merg a re in n as rds,” liber e ra phtog y , d c two with a t a Wila d n ms ed lva poet cou g kin al o e at b say ips tr nia e telin his h ol ld Oh a g ts ar d t s a h m . J g d “As e n an of udson Klimek, be i io scholary to c in Carlos g d a at i v in n i l Univsityer Wales sited him a foun South H u s spira The champion e n n o c l a 2 E abo 0 van d Wilams tion in 0 n th a Wales. in Bostn 2 ow r in i t c a ut s s t 205. terest t . ’7, “So a a o sn o the the n nd b an ur T of B d y arg oed I SP C W M arB goed B laenfon CWM arB goed 1 9 WILKES | Spring 2009 alumni news

Alumni Connect With Students to Offer Career Advice More than 80 alumni and students participated in the second annual Connecting the Dots event on Nov. 13. Students spoke to alumni about potential careers, the current job market, and the transition from Wilkes into the working world. Alumni attendees included Andy Mehalshick ’83, anchor for WBRE-TV; Jeff Moisey ’99, vice president of strategy and client relations at JumpFrog Marketing; and Bill Slavoski ’79, a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service. A complete list of participants can be viewed at Andy Mehalshick ’83 of WBRE-TV discusses his career with students. PHOTO BY MIRKO WIDENHORN http://community.wilkes.edu/CTD2008.

Rosemary LaFratte ’93 MBA ’97, left, “The Alumni Association’s Connecting the Dots event provides a valuable answers questions about her networking opportunity for current Wilkes students,” says Bridget Giunta ’05, work experience and offers tips to currents students. secretary of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and chair of the PHOTO BY MIRKO WIDENHORN Undergraduate Relations Committee – the alumni committee responsible for organizing this event. “In this informal setting, students can comfortably ask questions and receive advice from our talented alumni, who represent a wide variety of professional perspectives and experiences. Both the quality of the conversations on the night of the event and the feedback from participating alumni was outstanding, and we look forward to hosting the next Connecting the Dots event.”

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SETS NEW PRIORITIES

The Alumni Association Board of Directors used its September meeting to Each of the alumni committees of the board conduct a planning exercise to set its activities for the coming year. As a has adopted one or more of these items as result of this planning process, the board focused on four areas that need focus areas, and new events and initiatives to be addressed in the coming years: will be forthcoming. Stay tuned and check the • identifying and establishing a mentoring vehicle for alumni, including latest news and progress on The Colonel alumni-to-alumni and alumni-to-student mentoring; Connection (http://community.wilkes.edu). • fostering identity with Wilkes based on affinity group/department/ major, with a concentration on alumni one to 10 years “out”;

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Alumni Web Site Sports Alumni Scholarship Banquet New Look and Features to Honor Helen Ralston ’52 Have you seen the redesigned alumni online community yet? Its streamlined look highlights features of The Colonel Connection, including the online directory, photo albums and the latest Wilkes news. If you use Facebook, you can use The Colonel Connection to log in. Share the Wilkes events you’re attending, your online class notes and much more with your Facebook friends. The Colonel Connection now also has networks. You’ll see your current networks, as well as suggested networks for you to join. Take advantage of this feature to extend your networks, whether professional, Wilkes-related or just fun. You’ll see your friend’s/classmate’s updates, new photos, and class notes; plus, you’ll be able to post on their white boards. Be part of the new Colonel Connection at community.wilkes.edu ! The makeover is part of a redesign of the entire Wilkes Web site.

Helen Ralston will be honored for her heart of blue and gold.

Save the date Saturday, April 25, to honor Helen Ralston ’52. She is our 2009 Alumni Scholarship honoree. A force in her own right, Ralston still brings the Wilkes family together. Regularly called upon to lead or perform the alma mater and National Anthem at University functions, she rallies the Ralston crew for family and Wilkes gatherings. Mark your calendar now to celebrate her contributions and accomplishments. For details and reservations, go to http://community.wilkes.edu/2009Scholarship. Or call (570) 408-RSVP (7787).

Catching up in Boston Alumni in the Greater Boston area met for the second time this year at the Algonquin Club on Oct. 30. Alumni representing classes from the late 1960s to 2004 enjoyed excellent food and fellowship. They also heard about the latest campus happenings, including Homecoming, the Golden Horde Reunion, as well as the Alumni Association priorities for the coming year.

Gathering in Boston were, front row from left: Gerald Missal ’68, 9

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1959 technical papers and 2004. Kelley earned an Tina (Falcone) Stehle was co-authored one book. She M.B.A. from Rockhurst named senior vice president Stephen Poleskie released a is past chair of the American University. and general manager of new book, The Third Candidate. Chemical Society’s Division Alpharetta, Ga.-based He can be reached at of Analytical Chemistry and 1976 Hospitality Solutions Group of www.StephenPoleskie.com. past president of the Eastern Billy Winter has been the IT solutions company Analytical Symposium. inducted into the New Jersey Agilysys Inc. Stehle, previously 1970 Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Winter HSG senior vice president, Richard Bigelow is presently 1974 played lacrosse at Wilkes joined Agilysys in 2004 working as a contracts manager University for four years and through the acquisition of for Shaw Engineering and Robert (Bob) Dzugan’s led all NCAA Division III Inter-American Data Inc., Construction in Charlotte, company buyCASTINGS.com lacrosse players in scoring in where she served as vice N.C. He is also continuing to Inc. has recently been named 1974 and 1976, and was president of software services. operate a patent law business. the 240th fasting growing U.S. selected the Middle Atlantic privately held small business Conference Player of theYear 1982 Mary A. Kaiser, Ph.D., will by Inc. magazine. Dzugan is in 1976. From 1976 through Chuck Allabaugh Jr. receive the 2009 Delaware president and founder of the 1990, Winter was the all-time celebrated his 20-year Section Award from the value-added engineering leading scorer in the history of anniversary at Zodiac Printing American Chemical Society. services company located in collegiate lacrosse, all divisions. Corp., Mountain Top, Pa. The award, established in Dayton, Ohio. He and his wife Winter is also a member of the Allabaugh is employed as a 1978, recognizes “conspicuous of 25 years, Jacquelyn, reside Wilkes Hall of Fame. For the sales manager for the printing scientific achievement and in Cincinnati, Ohio. past 12 years, he has been a division and acts as a senior contributions in chemistry by coach in the Mountain Lakes, account manager for the a member of the Delaware 1975 N.J., junior program, where he company’s full-service ad Section.” Kaiser is the second John P. Kelley has been helped teach the game to his agency, Mojave Creative. woman to receive the award elected to the board of sons as well as many current and the first spouse of a directors of Acorda Mountain Lakes players. 1983 previous awardee (her Therapeutics Inc. Kelley has Gary Malia MBA’91, husband, Cecil Dybowski, been president and chief 1978 Hanover Township, Pa., has won the 2008 award). A operating officer of The Clark Speicher retired from been hired as administrator of senior research fellow at the Medicines Company, a leading the U.S. Air Force in June the nursing and rehabilitation DuPont Company in developer of acute care 2008 with the rank of colonel center operated by AGE of Wilmington, Del., she has hospital pharmaceutical after 30 years of service in the Pennsylvania LLC. published more than 50 products, since December active-duty Air Force and active-duty Air National 1989 Guard. From 1979 to 1994, he had a variety of Stephen Primatic of Savannah, assignments in the United Ga., is principal percussionist for States and Canada. From Hilton Head Symphony 1995 to 2008, he was assigned Orchestra and was featured to the Northeast Air Defense soloist in a fall 2008 Sector (NEADS) at Griffiss performance of Ney Rosauro’s Business and Technology Concerto for Marimba and String Park, Rome N.Y., before Orchestra. Primatic is an serving as commander of associate professor of music at 9

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DeAngelis, Shoval Named Trustee Susan Shoval, left, receives her award Distinguished Daughters from Pennsylvania First Lady Marjorie Rendell, of Pennsylvania center, and Susan Catherwood, 2008-09 Two members of the Wilkes family joined the ranks of president of the Distinguished Daughters. Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania in October. Alumna Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., ’65 and Trustee Susan Weiss Shoval were honored by Gov. Edward G. and First Lady Judge Marjorie O. Rendell variety of titles before receiving the rank of full professor during a luncheon at the Governor’s Residence. in 1984, making her the 12th woman named full professor DeAngelis, of Chicago, Ill., majored in biology and in the institution’s 94-year history. chemistry at Wilkes. She was the first woman to serve DeAngelis has been recognized by the National Library of as editor of the Journal of the American Medical Medicine as a woman who has changed the face of medicine. Association, where she currently serves as editor in DeAngelis says her biggest career success is ensuring the chief, and is one of the leading figures in calling provision of the “best care” no matter if she’s functioning as attention to conflicts of interest in medicine. a “clinician providing direct care for sick children and young After building what she touts as a “great foundation” adults, as a clinical researcher providing new information on at Wilkes, DeAngelis went on to graduate from the how to better care for them, as an educator of clinicians teaching them how to provide good care, or as a high-profile medical journal editor in chief publishing cutting edge papers of high integrity to promote best practice care.” Shoval, of Kingston, Pa., has received significant and varied public recognition that has emphasized both her success in business and with her community. She co-founded GUARD Insurance Group, a regional insurance company sold to a public company in 2007. Under Shoval’s leadership, GUARD has encouraged its staff toward philanthropy and civic involvement. Pennsylvania has honored influential women of Pennsylvania for their leadership, distinguished Catherine DeAngelis, M.D. ’65 service, and contributions to the state through their University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. She became professional and volunteer service since 1949. To be a nationally recognized leader in pediatrics and women’s selected as a Distinguished Daughter, women must be health and advancement, having published 11 books and nominated by organizations for achievements of 200 articles, eventually earning a master’s of public statewide or national importance. health degree from Harvard University. DeAngelis later – By Shannon Curtin ’06 worked at John Hopkins University, where she held a

Miami and a doctor of musical the Darius Rucker (of Hootie 1990 1993 arts from the University of and the Blowfish) Big Band. Tracy Goryeb Zarola is a Ronald Miller and his family Georgia. He performs with jazz, realtor with Lewith and announce the birth of a son, 9 0 theater and classical groups in Robert Wachowski and wife Freeman Real Estate in Corey Donovan, born 0 2 g n the Savannah and Hilton Head Meghan announce the birth of Shavertown, Pa. She resides in June 9, 2008. This is the third i r p areas, and is the drummer for son William Thomas Wachowski, Shavertown with her husband, boy for the Miller family. S | S

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Glunk Presides Over Pa. Medical Society

Daniel J. Glunk, M.D., ’84 was sworn in as the 159th president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society in October 2008. It marks the first time in more than 100 years that a Lycoming County physician has held the position. Glunk attended Wilkes as a Hahnemann scholar. After completing internships and residencies at the University of Pittsburgh and a chief residency at Shadyside Hospital in Pittsburgh, Glunk started his general internal medicine practice in Williamsport in 1989. Daniel J. Glunk, M.D., ’84 receives applause upon becoming president of the Pennsylvania Medical Society. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA MEDICAL SOCIETY Glunk is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners and the American Board of Internal As for the society, Glunk intends to develop a mentoring Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of program between Pennsylvania Medical Society physicians Physicians and has served on several committees at and high school and college students interested in the Susquehanna Health in Williamsport, where he has been health care field. “Pennsylvania has difficulty recruiting and chief quality officer since January 2007. retaining physicians. We know from our studies that if Glunk’s position in the Pennsylvania Medical Society someone is a resident of Pennsylvania and goes to a followed a 20-year membership in the society, where he Pennsylvania medical school and completes their residency served in various positions, including chairman of the in Pennsylvania, then they are much more likely to stay in board of trustees from 2003-06, chairman of the Pennsylvania to practice. We feel it is important to society’s executive, finance and patient safety encourage Pennsylvanians to go into health care if that’s committees and vice president of the society in 2006. something that truly interests them.” “I received a great education from Wilkes,” says Glunk resides in Williamsport with his wife, Margrit Glunk. “The rigors of the program required discipline, Shoemaker, M.D., and their two children, Brigitta and Andrew. and that served me well in medical school.” – By Shannon Curtin ’06

1995 Program. She practices as a Disaster Nursing: A Handbook brother Alex Luca, born at Christina Ortiz Juguilon part-time psychotherapist at an for Practice, which was released 8:49 p.m. Dec. 1, 2005, 7 lbs. married J. Noel Juguilon in outpatient group practice in in October 2008 by Jones & 3 oz., 19.5 inches. April 2008. Kerry (O’Neil) New Jersey. She also received Bartlett Publishers. Miscavage ’95 was a board-certified diplomate status Valerie (Love) Badowski, bridesmaid. Juguilon works at in July 2008 from the 1997 MBA ’98 and husband the Department ofVeterans American Board of Examiners Meghan (LaVigna) Suhocki Peter welcomed their first Affairs New Jersey Health in Clinical Social Work. MS’01 and her husband, child, Jacob Peter, on Nov. 8, 9 0

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1999 united in marriage on June 28, Lisa Marconi married Mark Timothy I. Millard is a 2008. The bride is employed Ceaser on Oct. 11, 2008. She is producer for Central Florida Robert Pace Jr. MS’02 and by Street Delivery as a administrative manager for the News 13, a cable news station, Lauren Elizabeth Boccardo photographer. The groom is U.S. Department of Labor in Orlando, Fla. were united in marriage on employed by U.S. Investigative Occupational Safety and Health Oct. 3, 2008. He is employed Services as a special investigator. Administration office in Wilkes- 2004 by Pace Transportation. The They reside in Dallas, Pa. Barre, Pa. The couple reside in couple reside in Exeter. Dorrance, Pa. Brian P. Moore is currently Matthew Kuntz and wife residing in Modesto, Calif, and 2000 Erika Strawn-Kuntz 2003 working with the Colorado Megan Sara Daniels and welcomed twins, Cohen and Kelly DelGuercio married Rockies farm team. Jason Lee Kauwell were Mackenzie, on Sept. 12, 2008. Andrew Cordell on Sept. 27, 2008. They reside in Lehighton, Pa.

MBA Graduate Named One of 25 Binder credits her MBA as a “real differentiator” in Most Powerful Women in Banking both her career and her own development. The finance course taken during her MBA education helped Binder Lisa (Zazworskey) Binder MBA ’86 got her start in develop an in-depth understanding about micro and banking when she took a summer job as a teller after macro economics, financial markets, managerial graduating from high school. Last accounting and finance. fall, U.S. Banker magazine named “The course helped me put the her one of the 25 most powerful business I was doing into a women in the industry. broader context,” Binder says. In January 2007, Binder became “I could understand how my job president and chief operating function contributed to the larger officer of Associated Banc-Corp, a scope of the company. It was a diversified bank holding company real core course that I go back to that holds total assets of $22 frequently because it helped me billion and has about 300 banking think differently.” offices and 5,200 employees With the economy in an official serving more than 180 state of recession, the banking communities in Wisconsin, industry faces a number of Minnesota and Illinois. She challenges. “The state of the oversees the company’s retail, financial market is the most commercial and corporate banking; critical crisis the industry has corporate real estate, wealth faced,” she says. “Communicating management, and insurance and educating the public about services; and information Lisa Zazworskey Binder MBA ’86 the distinction between technology systems, marketing and investment banks, multi-money communications functions and operations. management banks, and their respective functions, Previously, she served as group executive vice clearly is the most challenging aspect of my president and director of retail and business banking for current position.” 9 0

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Erick Arden Bourassa In Memoriam Department of the Treasury. 50 years, Mary Lou; sons James completed his doctorate in Macaravage was a devoted Jr., Marietta, Ga., Mark, pharmaceutical sciences/ 1937 fan of Wilkes University Allenhurst, N.J., and Stephen, pharmacology in August 2008. Joseph V. Gallagher, 91, sporting events, attending Howell, N.J.; and four He is an assistant professor in formerly of Arlington, Va., hundreds of games for different grandchildren. the Department of Biological died Nov. 5, 2008. He received sports. He and his wife, the Sciences at Northwest his law degree from the former Josephine M. Snarski, 1969 Missouri State University in University of Pennsylvania. celebrated their 50th wedding Kerry Balchun, 61, of East Maryville, Mo. After receiving his law degree, anniversary June 28, 2008. Hampton, N.Y., died Aug. 16, he joined the U.S. Navy and Other survivors include son 2008. Balchun owned Balchun 2005 served during World War II Mark R., Randolph, N.J., and Real Estate in East Hampton Cynthia Clarke and John in the South Pacific. sister Germaine Gemzik, until his retirement. Surviving Matosky Jr. were united in He practiced law in Wilkes- Fayetteville, Pa. are brothers George J. Balchun marriage on July 5, 2008. She Barre prior to moving to the Jr. and Barry D. Balchun. is an events planner for Washington, D.C., area, where The Rev. Charles R. Beyond the Wall, Stroudsburg. he retired from the antitrust Steinhauer, 74, of Langhorne, 1970 They reside in Flanders, N.J. division of the Department Pa., died Nov. 15. He received Reba Heidel Yarnal, 60, of Justice. his master of divinity degree of Shavertown, Pa., died Aug. from Lutheran Theological 24, 2008. Graduate Degrees 1950 Seminary, Philadelphia, and Yarnal was a graduate of 2001 Edgar C. Plummer, 82, of served as a pastor. After Wilkes College with a Linda Lee Zulkoski, MS, and Binghamton, N.Y., died Oct. retirement, he was employed by bachelor’s degree in Ryan Michael Cywinski were 27, 2008. He was a veteran of the New Jersey Department of psychology and was formerly united in marriage Aug. 8, World War II, serving in the Community Affairs. employed by Catholic Social 2008. She is a fifth-grade Air Force in Burma and He is survived by wife Services as a social worker. teacher for the Hanover Area Thailand. He moved to Estelle, to whom he was Surviving are her mother, School District. Binghamton, N.Y., in 1952 married for 50 years, and Marie Ontko Heidel; daughter and became auditor of the daughter Donna Kennedy, Jennifer, Edwardsville, Pa.; sons 2005 Arlington Hotel, and then Turnersville, N.J. Adam, Cherry Hill, N.J., and Kristina Mullay, Pharm.D., auditor and comptroller of Jesse, Pittsburgh; and three married John Wakeley on Broome County for 24 years. 1961 grandchildren. Sept. 29, 2007. They reside in He is survived by his wife of James S. Skesavage, of Wall Quakertown, Pa. 55 years, Jean; daughters Karen Township, N.J., died Nov. 14, 1980 Sawyer, Wallingford, Pa., and 2008. Skesavage served as a John J. Simons, 52, of 2007 Barbara Springer, Lockport, sergeant in the U.S. Marine Killingworth, Conn., passed Michelle Brooks, MS, married N.Y.; three grandchildren; and Corps at the El Toro Base in away Nov. 7, 2008. Simons Philip Rogers Jr. on Oct. 13, a brother and sister. Santa Ana, Calif. began his career at 2007. She is employed by the He began a career in Commonwealth Telephone Crestwood School District as a 1958 accounting with Haskin and Company. He later moved to kindergarten teacher. The Joseph C. Macaravage, 76, Sells in NewYork City. He Connecticut to Times Fiber couple resides in Wilkes-Barre. of Jenkins Township, Pa., died later worked for American Communications. He was Nov. 20, 2008. He served in Cyanamid and CYRO currently employed by 2008 the U.S. Army in its Army Industries in Wayne, N.J. He Motorola as an account Kathleen Ann Evarts, MS, Security Agency in owned his own accounting director. and David Thomas Wychock Jr. Baumholder, Germany. He firm, and in 1981, he started his John is survived by his wife, 9 0

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Devadoss Studies HIV/AIDS in India as Fogarty Scholar

Rajitha Devadoss ’05 was on a train to Chennai, India, when a tsunami hit the shores of South Asia in 2004, leaving massive devastation and killing more than 200,000 people. The event sparked her desire to make a difference in the world by “providing equitable, quality health care beyond the comfortable borders of my home and community in the U.S.,” she says. Devadoss, right, attends inpatient rounds and outpatient clinic as part of her experience. And as Devadoss works through her time as a 2008 U.S. collaborating with a not-for-profit eye hospital, and National Institutes of Health Fogarty International Clinical developing a health literacy questionnaire designed to Research Scholar, she is on her way to doing just that. improve treatment adherence and outcomes for the Ninety-six scholars and fellows were selected and South Indian HIV/AIDS population. underwent orientation and training at the National Institutes As a second-generation American who frequently of Health before departing to 25 sites in 18 countries. travels to Chennai, Devadoss says, she had an easier Devadoss took a year off from State University of New time adjusting to the cultural differences than some York Upstate Medical University to participate in the companions. Her knowledge of a few native languages prestigious research program. Devadoss works at the YR allows her to experience more of India, taking classes in Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education in yoga, advanced language, traditional Indian painting and Chennai in partnership with The Miriam Hospital, Brown dancing and spending time with extended family. “One University. Her primary work is a retrospective study of of the highlights of my year has been the chance to Type 2 diabetes patients diagnosed with HIV. spend time with my extended relatives in celebrating “Basically, I am trying to look for any differences holidays, birthdays and religious events.” in adverse events, hospitalizations and outcomes Devadoss has had to navigate challenges. “It’s been a between the diabetic and non-diabetic HIV patients,” huge learning curve trying to learn all the basics to the Devadoss says. She is also working on review projects, latest HIV research,” she says. She had not done specific research in HIV/AIDS. But she credits Wilkes University for providing her with a “research background in a variety of fields (that) set the foundation for critical, systematic reasoning and problem solving.” Her most rewarding experience is simply spending time with her patients. “Each morning, I attend inpatient rounds and outpatient clinic with the HIV physicians at YRG CARE. The patients here are definitely the reason why I go to work. The clinical experience has been phenomenal.” 9 0 0 2

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his wife, Maryann, Florida; and 2007 His early teaching career In 1980, she moved to Florida sisters Susan Simons-Williams, Arthur George Redmond, included positions at Temple and worked at Embry Riddle Forty Fort, Pa., and Gail 24, died Nov. 17, 2008. He University’s Technical University. Wyberski, Dallas, Pa. was recently employed by Institute and High School, She was preceded in death Thomas’ Market, Shavertown, Temple University, and by her husband, Royal Albert 1994 Pa., while awaiting Millikin University, in Illinois. Breakstone. Surviving are James J. Stadulis, 65, died deployment to the Peace He came to Wilkes in 1964, daughters Charlotte Mason Nov. 4, 2008. Stadulis earned Corps in summer 2009. He retiring in 2002. and Debbie Breakstone, both a bachelor’s degree in was a son of Lois and Brian While at Wilkes University, of Orlando, Fla.; son Michael psychology from Wilkes, a Redmond, professor of in addition to teaching ancient Breakstone, Hanover master’s degree in public environmental engineering and medieval history, Berg Township, Pa.; four administration from and earth science. designed and built the Wilkes grandchildren; and five great- Marywood University, and Surviving, in addition to his FM radio station. He also grandchildren. degrees in criminal justice and parents, are sisters Maggie, provided audiovisual services general studies from Luzerne Franklin, Tenn., and Abbey, for the university. His love of County Community College. Wilkes-Barre; brother Peter, radio led him to start a home Friends of Wilkes Stadulis had a 32-year Tamaqua, Pa.; and business, Berg Audio. Irene M. Stawicki, 92, of military career. He served with grandmother Gladys Berg leaves behind his wife Nanticoke, Pa., died Nov. 15, the Army Expeditionary Forces Redmond of Kingston, Pa. of 38 years, Frances Jacobs 2008. Stavicki was employed in the Dominican Republic Berg, Mountain Top; daughter by RCA, Harrison, N.J., in and was a veteran of the Persian Faculty/Staff Sigrid E. Berg, M.D., Bangor, the Engineering Development Gulf War. He served as special James P. Berg, of Mountain Maine; daughter Birgit A. Department. agent criminal investigator in Top, Pa., professor emeritus of Berg, Ph.D., Washington, D.C.; She and husband Stanley Washington, D.C., where he history, died Nov. 17, 2008. a granddaughter; and a brother E. Stawicki established the provided protective security for Berg attended Harvard and sister. Stanley F. and Helen Stawicki the secretary of defense and College on a Pepsi Cola Memorial Scholarship in chairman of the Joint Chiefs. scholarship, then pursued Vesta Jane (Robinson) memory of his parents. She In addition, he worked as a graduate work in theology Breakstone, 79, of Port was preceded in death by criminologist and as a licensed and Byzantine history at Orange, Fla., formerly of Stanley in 2006. private investigator and owner the Lutheran Theological Trucksville, Pa., passed away of Magnum Investigations Seminary at Philadelphia Nov. 13, 2008. She had been Detective Agency in Plains and the University of employed in the Alumni Township, Pa. Stadulis was last Pennsylvania. Office of Wilkes University. employed as a mobile therapist by Children’s Service Center, Wilkes-Barre, and former senior residential adviser by Management and Training Submitting Class Notes Corp. at Red Rock Job Share personal or career news in any of three ways: Corps, Lopez, Pa. • E-mail it to [email protected] . Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Ann Petrick; son • Post it at The Colonel Connection Web site at Michael,Wilkes-Barre; community.wilkes.edu. daughters Trish Iannone, Moscow, Pa., and Shauna, • Or mail it to: Class Notes 9

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Spring brings graduation, with all its pomp and circumstance. Recognize any Wilkes scholars here?

Share names or reminisce at The Colonel Connection message boards, found at community.wilkes.edu. Or send responses to Wilkes magazine, 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18766. You can also e-mail [email protected]. PHOTO FROM WILKES ARCHIVES

Here, newly minted Wilkes alumni relish the moment during 2008’s graduation ceremony at Wachovia Arena.

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events

March 14 Football Reunion at the home of Gary Popovich ’65, Ormond Beach, Fla., with guests of honor Coach and Marge Schmidt Through 15 “Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the Michener Art Museum Collection,” Sordoni Art Gallery 22 Wilkes Chamber Singers Concert with the Robert Dale Chorale, St. Matthew’s Church, Scranton, part of the Bach Festival’s St. John Passion 29 “Jean-Michel Basquiat: An Intimate Portrait,” Sordoni Art Gallery through May 16

April 2, 3, 4, 5 Theatre production, Pride and Prejudice, Darte Center Main Stage 19 Wilkes Chorus and Chamber Singers Concert, “Folk Songs From Around the World,” St. Stephen’s Church, Wilkes-Barre 25 ASME Car Show, Henry Student Center Parking Lot 25 Dance Concert, Darte Center Main Stage 25 Alumni Scholarship Dinner honoring Helen Bitler Ralston ’52 25-26 Wilkes Band Weekend 28 Jazz Orchestra,

Darte Center Main Stage PHOTO FROM WILKES ARCHIVES May For details on times and locations, check www.wilkes.edu 16 Spring Commencement and The Colonel Connection! Or phone (800) WILKES-U.