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7 Brotherly Love 12 Reflections 14 Creature Teachers PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE TOWER LIGHT SOCIETY “I am so grateful for the Takeno Photo by Kanji wide range of experiences that Towson has provided for me. Now, I want to give back so that the next generation of students has the same wonderful opportunities that I did.” — Dr. Frances T. Bond Chair, Tower Light Society Membership in the Tower Light Society is extended to those who include the Towson University Foundation, Inc. as a beneficiary of their will or trust, establish a charitable gift annuity, or designate the Foundation as a beneficiary of a portion of their retirement plan or insurance policy. For more information please contact: Donna Mayer Associate Vice President for Development [email protected] Alice Nida Planned Giving Associate [email protected] Toll free: 1-866-301-3375 www.towson.edu/giftplanning on the cover: Actor John Glover ’66 is at home on a New York City stage (pictured here), in Hollywood or at insidetowson Winter 2009 TU where he returns each year to teach theatre students. features departments BROTHERLY LOVE 7 PRESIDENT ’S LETTER 2 Alpha Omega Lambda brothers never forgot Barry Swain, creating a trust fund for his infant NEWS AND NOTES 3 daughter, a child they never met—until last fall. ALUMNI NEWS 22 ALWAYS ON BOARD 10 Benefits and Services University Club Discount Dining For 35 years, first as a student and now in his final term as a USM regent, David Nevins ’76 Networking from Baltimore to the Eastern Shore to NYC to Texas has provided service and friendship to TU. Homecoming 2008 REFLECTIONS 12 CAMPAIGN UPDATE 30 Former English professor Phineas Wright, Ruth Marder Pledges $1 million who turned 100 last September, remembers the Maryland State Teachers College of the 1950s. Foundation Report Opening Doors CREATURE TEACHERS 14 CLASS NOTES 36 Exotic animals help TU alums deliver entertainment and education. A Bite Out of Malaria Artistic Traditions ROLE PLAYING 18 Calendar Girl John Glover ’66, star of stage and screen, takes part in TU classes. 10 14 to our readers Published three times a year by the Division of University Advancement for Towson University’s alumni, faculty, staff and friends. Please send comments and contributions to Towson, University Relations, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252-0001. Telephone: 410-704-2230. Please send address changes to Alumni Relations, Towson University, very challenge we face in our lives has the 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252-0001. potential to be a great learning opportunity. Robert L. Caret E Towson University is capitalizing on the President current economic downswing to reinforce an Gary N. Rubin important message: financial responsibility. Vice President, University Advancement With budget cuts and furloughs anticipated for Ginny Cook our employees, Towson is working creatively with our Editor resources and doing more with less in every corner of Lori Armstrong campus. With the help of our dedicated faculty and Associate Vice President, Alumni Relations staff, the message is trickling down to students as well. Lori Marchetti The TU Career Center is offering a course to juniors Art Director/Designer and seniors on job search strategies in tough times. Kanji Takeno Realizing that students’ security clearances and future Staff Photographer careers may be contingent upon credit scores, our Assistant Photographer Office of Financial Services is offering credit help and Desirée Stover financial planning support. Designers The TU TU is overcoming fiscal challenges and championing Rick Pallansch, Pat Dideriksen, Eleni Swengler, Chris Komisar, Jay Neighbours Career Center initiatives that uphold our mission to deliver afford- “ Contributors able, accessible, high quality education. With the is offering a Shannon Arehart, Kelly Brady, Daniel Fuchs, course to culmination of our strategic plan TU 2010: Mapping Melissa Kviz, Jan Lucas and Stuart Zang the Future less than a year away, we have accom- Office of Alumni Relations juniors and plished nearly every milestone and will fully complete 410-704-2234 or 800-887-8152 seniors on our plan despite these difficult economic times. Towson University’s policies, programs and activities Our Go Green initiatives to reduce waste and comply with federal and state laws and University System job search of Maryland regulations prohibiting discrimination on conserve resources not only have the environment in the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, strategies in mind, but also offer significant long- and short-term sex, disability and sexual orientation. tough times. savings for the university. As we move into updating www.towson.edu our Campus Master Plan, we are planning more LEED Certified Green buildings, improving campus transpor- tation and exploring alternative power sources to run ECO BOX the campus. There is a silver lining in an economic downturn that Using this combination of papers saves the following: requires us all to live a little leaner and find a more efficient way of doing business without sacrificing PAPER: 5 TONS ” quality. We have found that silver lining at Towson, TOTAL ENERGY: 24,000,000 BTUs and we are lining every square inch of campus with it. GREENHOUSE GASES: 3,904 LBS CO2 WASTEWATER: 12,796 GALLONS Bob Caret SOLID WASTE: 2,117 POUNDS The Towson text pages are printed on forest-friendly Utopia President, Towson University Dull paper. The cover is printed on Utopia Gloss using Eco-Pride inks. 2 towson WINTER 2009 Environmental impact estimates were made using the Environmental Defense Paper Calculator. news & notes Published three times a year by the Division of University Advancement for Towson University’s alumni, faculty, staff and friends. Please send comments and contributions to Towson, University Relations, Towson University, 8000 Presidential Transitions York Rd., Towson, MD 21252-0001. Telephone: 410-704-2230. Please send address TU POLITICAL SCIENTIST HEADS THE WHITE HOUSE TRANSITION PROJECT changes to Alumni Relations, Towson University, GreenPrint 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252-0001. The orderly transition of power from one Robert L. Caret administration to the next is a distinguishing GreenPrint, an Internet- President feature of the U.S. political system. based mapping system Gary N. Rubin Transitions are a challenging period for developed by TU’s Center for Vice President, University Advancement presidents-elect, and no one knows that GIS, helped state lawmakers Ginny Cook better than Martha Joynt Kumar, TU identify more than 9,200 Editor professor of political science, who heads acres in Cecil, Charles, Lori Armstrong the White House Transition Project. St. Mary’s and Worcester Greenhouse effect Associate Vice President, Alumni Relations Kumar works with two dozen presidency counties which the state will Lori Marchetti Martha Kumar prepares information scholars preparing information on White buy to preserve the tracts Results of a campus Art Director/Designer on the 2009 presidential transition. House operations for people inside from development. greenhouse gas emissions Kanji Takeno and outside of government interested in the 2009 presidential transition. The “GreenPrint” map audit revealed that Towson Staff Photographer The nonpartisan project is providing vital information on past presidential can zoom into lot-by-lot University is outperforming Assistant Photographer transitions through 2001, the organization of 11 key White House some peer institutions Desirée Stover land use while also provid- offices, and the environment of White House operations. ing detailed information with fewer greenhouse Designers gas emissions per student. Rick Pallansch, Pat Dideriksen, Eleni Swengler, As a scholar with a research focus on the White House, about recent state Chris Komisar, Jay Neighbours Kumar is interested in presidential-press relations, purchases, which should TU is finding greener ways to operate the campus, Contributors White House communications operations and presidential help local officials in Shannon Arehart, Kelly Brady, Daniel Fuchs, transitions. Her most recent book, Managing the President’s making growth plans. which includes building Melissa Kviz, Jan Lucas and Stuart Zang Message: The White House Communications Operation, won the “Developing GreenPrint LEED certified buildings, of- Office of Alumni Relations 2008 Richard E. Neustadt Award for the best book on the presidency from took a great deal of plan- fering a 50 percent parking 410-704-2234 or 800-887-8152 the presidency section of the American Political Science Association. ning, brainstorming, techni- discount for hybrid vehicles, Towson University’s policies, programs and activities cal work and enthusiasm.” promoting Trayless Tuesdays comply with federal and state laws and University System in dining halls to reduce of Maryland regulations prohibiting discrimination on said Ardys Russakis, CGIS the basis of race, color, religion, age, national origin, water waste, and provid- sex, disability and sexual orientation. operations officer. “Numer- ing single-stream recycling www.towson.edu New Head Coach Named ous people at CGIS contrib- throughout campus. FORMER TIGER PLAYER AND COACH CHOSEN FOR TOP POST uted their creativity, innova- tive thoughts and tireless TU is also averaging less Rob Ambrose ’93, offensive coordinator and efforts to this endeavor.” waste per student—4.37 ECO BOX associate head football coach at the University The GreenPrint Map is the metric tons of carbon diox- of Connecticut, was named TU’s head football first in a series of maps that ide a year, or the equivalent coach in December. will showcase progress in of sending 1.5 tons of waste In seven seasons at Connecticut, Ambrose conserving and protecting to the landfill compared to has played an integral role in the growth of the the state’s most valuable another school with 10.43 Huskies’ program from an NCAA Division I-AA lands. Today, the focus is metric tons per person Rob Ambrose ’93 team to a nationally ranked program that is an on property with ecologi- annually, or the equivalent annual contender for the Big East Conference championship. cal value.