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Departments Editorial Left: A fall aerial photograph of Editor’s Word 4 Uncovering Secrets campus. Photo by Ian Bradshaw. in the Salt Marshes 14 Matters 5 Let’s Kindle Fire 16 Front Cover: (l–r) Christopher Bemis ’14, Around the Quad 6 Siva Reyna ’12, Allison Deutsch ’12 Creators of Frozen Music 22 and Linnea Cole ’12 show off their Up Close 10 smart phones in front of Distler House. Homecoming & Family Photo by Brian Donnelly. Campus Space 12 Weekend 2011 28 Class Action 30 History Lesson 50

ISSUE NO. 67 A QUARTERLY PUBLICATION / EDITOR JILL COLFORD SCHOENIGER ’86 / DESIGNERS ANITA FOCHT AND ART270 INC. / CONSULTING EDITOR JASON K L I N G E R / CONTRIBUTING W R I T E R CHRIS K A R L E S K Y / CONTACTS: E M A I L [email protected] / PHONE 717-291-3981 CHANGE O F A D D R E S S [email protected] / COLLEGE P O L I C Y F&M DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, RELIGION, COLOR, GENDER, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY, OR NATIONAL OR ETHNIC ORIGIN IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS EDUCATIONAL POLICIES, ADMISSIONS P O L I C I E S , SCHOLARSHIP A N D L O A N P R O G R A M S , A T H L E T I C P R O G R A M S , O R O T H E R COLLEGE-ADMINISTERED P R O G R A M S . F&M_Autumn2011_Layout 1 11/8/11 12:35 AM Page 4

Editor’s WORD

Supersizing the Celebration

Some people love a parade. I love a big The energy of the weekend matched weekend. It’s one of the bonuses of working the enormity of it. Participants moved on a college campus. That’s because from lectures and student presentations colleges revel in the big weekend, and to receptions and concerts. Highlighted Franklin & Marshall is no exception. The by a festive Tailgate Extravaganza on F&M calendar typically includes, to name a brilliant Saturday afternoon and an a few, Family Weekend, Homecoming, inspiring Inauguration Ceremony on Spring Arts and Commencement. Sunday morning, the weekend celebrated This fall F&M took the idea of the the vibrancy of the F&M community, the big college weekend and supersized it. strength of the liberal arts and the In addition to combining Family Weekend possibilities of the F&M to come. with Homecoming, the College celebrated In this issue of the magazine, we look the inauguration of its 15th president, to capture that energy through colorful Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D. photographs (we had 5,590 options) and More than 3,000 alumni, parents, inspiring quotes — and also through a new students, faculty members, professional design. Our refreshed look mirrors the staff and friends participated in more than energy of the College as it begins a new 70 events from Sept. 22 to 25. chapter in its 224-year history. In keeping with the spirit of newness, I’d like to throw in one more: a new vehicle to submit your news. On this page is a quick response code, or QRC. When you scan R E

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Jill Colford Schoeniger ’86 [email protected]

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Matters

F&M Forges STEM Partnership with Posse in Miami

Franklin & Marshall has embarked on a new partnership and leadership potential and steer them to institutions with the Posse Foundation to recruit students from Miami. committed to undergraduate success. Colleges and universities Miami is the College’s second Posse city, along with New York, have awarded more than $406 million in leadership where F&M has been successfully educating Posse Scholars scholarships to nearly 3,700 Posse Scholars since 1989. since 2005. F&M is working with the Posse Foundation to pave the way The program in Miami will be F&M’s first Science Posse and for the College’s first Miami cohort. Dean of the College Kent only the third in the United States. Together, the foundation Trachte will bring an F&M team to Miami in December for the and the College will recruit high-performing students from selection process. Several faculty members in the sciences will under-represented groups interested in careers in science, accompany Trachte, as will Daniel Lugo, vice president and technology, engineering and math (STEM). Ten new Franklin dean of admission and financial aid. & Marshall STEM Posse Scholars from Miami will matriculate “One of my first conversations with President Porterfield, in fall 2012, along with 10 students from New York City. even before he took office, was about the importance of our “We became partners with Posse because of the way the relationship with Posse,” Trachte says. “Members of the program attracts remarkable students and aligns with Franklin College’s faculty have long had an interest in finding and & Marshall’s commitment to excellence and equity in higher launching more students from under-represented communities education,” President Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D., explains. into roles of STEM leadership in our country. This is actually a “We’re expanding the partnership now because the renewal of F&M’s great achievement in the sciences beginning outstanding performance of Posse Scholars at F&M is a after World War II. This new partnership brings together Posse’s testament to the fit between this model and liberal arts vision with our longstanding goal of leadership in this vital learning. Recruiting STEM Posse students from Miami will allow national priority.” F&M to respond, in yet another way, to the profound American Posse has sites in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, imperative to recruit and educate the next generation of Miami, New York and Washington, D.C. An eighth site — science and technology leaders upon whom so much of our New Orleans — launches this fall. national competitiveness, security and health will rest.” A group of F&M’s current Posse Scholars, pictured here in Steinman The Posse Foundation partners with 38 colleges and College Center, will be joined by 10 STEM Posse Scholars from Miami universities to identify students with extraordinary academic and 10 Posse Scholars from New York City in fall 2012. FORBERGER ERIC

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Around THE QUAD F&M Reads The Odyssey

On Oct. 4 and 5, members of the Franklin & TGU Students Come to F&M Marshall community participated in a campus- wide reading of The Odyssey , Homer’s epic Tucked into a small booklet, they are words of thanks, appreciation and poem of home, journey and adventure. The hope. “Seeing your message gave us courage. Thank you for your reading moved from one location to another kindness,” one says. for two days. The Department of Classics The notes were written by students from Tohoku Gakuin University sponsored the public reading in conjunction (TGU) in Sendai, Japan — one of the cities hit hardest by the March 11 with Professor Alexis Castor’s first-year earthquake and resulting tsunami. Eight TGU students presented the seminar, The Odyssey of Homer . Ira Grushow booklet to F&M President Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D., during their six-day (pictured), the Alumni Professor of English visit to campus in August as part of TGU’s American Studies program. Belles Lettres and Literature Emeritus, reads It marked the fifth year TGU students have visited

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C I meaning in the wake of the disaster. “The R E outpouring of support from F&M was more notable during this year’s program,” says Candace Roper, director of the summer program and coordinator of International Studies at F&M. “It’s almost impossible for us to imagine what these students and their families have been through. One girl lost her house, and her father TGU student Chiaki lost his business in the tsunami.” A Journey with ‘One Goal’ Kurihara enjoyed the reception and closing During the spring semester, members of the ceremony at the end of F&M community sent more than 1,000 paper Near the entrance to Chris Campbell Memorial Field in the group’s visit. cranes to TGU in a show of support. The Asian Khayelitsha Township, South Africa, more than 100 Cultural Society collected $1,000 during the children wait in anticipation. Some have walked more project and directed the contribution toward the 2011 TGU course at than a mile for a chance to play soccer on the turf field, F&M. In addition, the College made a commitment to host all Japanese which opened in 2009. students registered in the program, regardless of their ability to cover The children visited the field to take part in The ONE the cost. Goal initiative, the latest chapter in F&M’s evolving This year’s program marks the latest chapter in the close relationship presence in Cape Town. The initiative, partially funded between F&M and TGU that goes back more than a century. TGU was by a $10,000 award from Davis Projects for Peace and co-founded by Rev. William E. Hoy, an 1882 graduate of Franklin & $3,000 from the Rouse Scholarship program, used Marshall. David Schneder, an 1880 graduate of the College, succeeded sport-based education to introduce public-health issues Masayoshi Oshikawa as the institution’s president in 1902 and held the to South African youth. post for the next 34 years. Sixteen alumni of F&M have served on the The 12 students and alumni partnered with 12 local TGU faculty. Since 1981, F&M has sent its students to TGU for six weeks “young leaders” between ages 16 and 18 and five of intensive summer study of Japanese language, culture, politics, South African facilitators to organize the three-week literature and history. program. Each week, a new crop of 100 local children At the closing ceremony, each TGU student delivered a brief speech, arrived to participate in the camp, playing soccer while thanking the College for its support. “You’ve given me an opportunity to learning about healthy foods, oral hygiene and other grab my dreams. Thank you for your kindness,” said Chihiro Ogasawara. health issues. Mona Lotfipour ’12 began planning the project after taking Global Public Health , an F&M travel course to R

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F&M Supports Keystone Solar Project

Representatives from Community Energy Inc. visited Franklin & Marshall on Oct. 12 to recognize the College for its support of the first large-scale solar project in Pennsylvania. F&M recently became the first retail customer in Pennsylvania to commit to buying renewable energy credits from the Keystone Solar Project, which Community Energy will build in East Drumore Township, Lancaster County, next year. The 6-megawatt, ground-mounted solar farm will produce 7,500 megawatt hours of electricity annually — the equivalent of powering 950 homes each year. Renewable energy credits, also known as green tags, represent the environmental and economic value of one megawatt hour of electricity produced from renewable energy sources. “This is exciting for F&M because it gives us the ability to invest in green energy locally,” says Maria Cimilluca, associate vice president for facilities management and campus planning. “Franklin & Marshall has been working for many years to support sustainable energy solutions. Because the Keystone Solar Project is a local endeavor, it is a huge opportunity for the community as well as F&M to jump on board now.” The solar project has earned the College a “Green Power: Turn it On” award from Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture). The awards recognize individuals and organizations for promoting clean energy in Pennsylvania. F&M has been purchasing wind-generated renewable energy credits from Community Energy since 2002. The College has undertaken numerous other initiatives relating to sustainability and environmental stewardship over the past decade and has introduced sustainability- themed programming through the Sustainability House, Environmental Action Alliance and the Wohlsen Center for the Sustainable Environment .

Meaghan Mancini ’10, who played soccer at F&M, passes the ball to a young soccer player at Chris Campbell Memorial Field.

to travel to South Africa. Meanwhile, Meaghan Mancini ’10 was spearheading a similar trip by women’s soccer players. “Almost by coincidence, Mona was planning her trip as I was planning mine,” Mancini says. They were welcomed in South Africa by Ryan McGonigle ’08, who has overseen the Soccer Africa Project since 2008, and Amy Cawley ’09, who joined The recognition ceremony took place during the weekly Fair Trade Café lunch in the Wohlsen Center. Pictured are (l –r) Community Energy’s Veronica Harris; Tom Simpson, McGonigle in Khayelitsha in 2009. Various fundraising Millport Conservancy liaison and sustainability coordinator; Robert S. Wohlsen ’50; efforts at F&M and elsewhere provided an additional Maria Cimilluca, associate vice president for facilities management and campus $35,000 to support The ONE Goal initiative. planning; and Community Energy’s Byron Woodman.

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he calm before the storm made sense on two fronts on Friday morning, Aug. 26. Just before 8 a.m., students, faculty members and professional staff lined up in empty parking lots behind the College Houses, awaiting the cars, SUVs and trucks bearing the Class of 2015 and their belongings. TThe sunny skies that greeted F&M’s newest students were a pleasant surprise, as the rest of the East Coast was buying water, milk and eggs in anticipation of Hurricane Irene storming up the coast. Irene dumped three inches of rain on Lancaster and had wind gusts exceeding 40 mph over the weekend. Representing 25 countries and 33 states, the students embarked on a busy five-day schedule designed to introduce them to the academic and extracurricular sides of the College. They learned about life in the College Houses, met with their academic advisers and participated in a variety of College-themed activities to help them get to know more about F&M and each other. “New Student Orientation helps students become mentally and emotionally ready for classes Wednesday morning,” says Rob Sternberg, professor of geosciences and don of Bonchek College House. “It helps students prepare for the academic experience, become comfortable in the place they live and build a social network.” A Franklin & Marshall tradition continued that evening, when all first-year students visited the home of a faculty member for dinner. “I believe we’re the only college in the country where all students eat at a faculty member’s home the first night they’re on campus,” Sternberg says. “It helps the students get to know each other right away.”

Utopian Communities Foundations for Thinking Social dreamers have for centuries imagined and sought to build communities better than those in which they lived. One of the hallmarks of a liberal arts education is the This course explores these utopian communities, both as they broad spectrum of classes that make students think have been imagined by writers, planners and social visionaries, differently about the world around them. F&M students and as they have been constructed by men and women seeking are required to take two Foundations courses, which alternative ways of living. are courses that reach across disciplinary boundaries to address questions of enduring importance and interest. Living Well Here is a small sampling of the Foundations courses This is a course about what makes life go well. The big question available to today’s students. is simple: what is well-being, and how do we achieve it? This

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Clockwise from left: More than 400 students, faculty and professional staff help first-year students move in on Aug. 26; The Ware House flexes its vocal muscles at the Alma Mater Cup, sponsored by the F&M Alumni Association, on Aug. 29 on Hartman Green; L’Oreal Lampley ’15 (left) is all smiles as she helps to clear a trail at Millport Conservancy with fellow first-year PIT volunteer Alanna Wittet ’15; First-year students celebrate Convocation with Ben and John on the steps of Old Main.

Some of the first-year students had already got to know each other. A week before their entire class arrived on campus, 62 first-year students participated in Putting It Together in the Community (PIT), a four-day service program organized annually by the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement. The program, started in 1997, helps students acclimate to life at F&M by introducing them to campus leaders and providing opportunities to volunteer in and around Lancaster. Volunteers worked with first-graders in Lancaster, cleared trails at Millport Conservancy, worked with senior citizens at Lancaster Generations, and painted and restored buildings in downtown Lancaster. After four days of activities, the Class of 2015 was formally welcomed to the F&M community D L U

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course examines these questions by looking at the nature of Natural Resources and Conflict happiness and about how wealth, pleasure, desire and other Blood diamonds. Black gold. Water wars. Why is humankind attractive things can contribute to — or undermine — the so willing to unleash unspeakable acts in the pursuit of natural good life. resources? This course examines what role distance, time, culture, science, religion and education play in this quest. The Nature of Hope What does this pursuit say about human nature, our power to It may be argued that of all human emotions, none is more collaborate, innovate and our desire to dominate? important than hope to human survival and development. This course draws on empirical, philosophical, artistic and literary works to examine hope’s multifaceted nature. It also explores the biological, psychological, social and aesthetic conditions under which hope seems most able to thrive.

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Up Close CAROL J. AUSTER

Carol J. Auster, professor of sociology, received the 2011 Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Her research interest in individuals who make nontraditional choices for their gender has led her to study female engineers and women ice hockey players.

You’ve been at F&M since 1981? This was my first job, and I stayed. F&M seemed to provide the perfect balance of teaching and research for me. I knew F&M would be interested in excellence in teaching, but I was also impressed with the support for faculty research.

Both your parents were college professors. Were you destined to teach? My mother is a retired economics professor who was a real pioneer. My father is a retired sociology professor who was working on a research project on male nurses when I was a teenager. At that time, he was interested in the nontraditional occupational choice that these men were making. I remember helping him with the project and finding it interesting. I don’t think I was destined to study sociology — because I don’t believe it was in my genes. As a good sociologist, I would say it was socialization!

What projects have you been working on with students? Last year I became interested in the ways I could use the Internet for content analysis. This interest led to three projects with students. The first was a study of the gender marketing of Disney toys. The second study involved looking at the marketing of Disney theme parks with regard to gender and race. The third project, which is not yet finished, is a study of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards.

What else have you been researching? I’m doing a project on pet-cemetery memorial plaques. The Lancaster Pet Cemetery is located a few minutes from my house. I took images of all the visible plaques — more than 2,000. I am looking at how pets’ names have changed over time from gender-neutral names to gendered human names. I am also interested in ways in which gender changes in society have had an impact on how owners’ names are listed on the plaques.

Have students changed since you first started teaching? Students are more comfortable with faculty and certainly more interactive in class. What excites me about teaching is not only what I teach others, but also what I learn from students as they discuss their ideas and perspectives.

What did winning the Lindback Award mean to you? I felt so honored to have been chosen by a committee of my peers to join others who have a long legacy of testament to great teaching. But it is the students who help make classes so great. It’s hard to be a great teacher without great students.

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Amy Tan Delivers the Hausman Lecture

Best-selling author Amy Tan delivered the Hausman Lecture and a craft talk on Oct. 20. Tan’s novels include The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter and Saving Fish From Drowning. Her works, which also include children’s books and a memoir, have been translated into 35 languages. Tan, pictured here with her dog Bombo in front of the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House, has lectured at universities across the world, been animated in “The Simpsons” and sung beside Stephen King, Dave Barry and Scott Turow in the band “The Rock Bottom Remainders.” Established through an endowment by Richard Hausman ’50 and Edna Hausman, the Hausman Lecture has brought prominent writers — including Maya Angelou, Joyce Carol Oates and Frank McCourt — to campus for D

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Franklin & Marshall people, events and ideas APPLE’S MOUSETRAP regularly make news. Here are some recent Slate (9/20) headlines from national and regional sources. Associate Professor of Psychology Tony Chemero devised For more, log on to a clever experiment to test Heidegger’s concept of thediplomat.fandm.edu/in_the_news. readiness-to-hand. ANCIENT IMAGES OF A MOTHER FLUORESCENT GREEN FELINES GIVING BIRTH FOUND COULD HELP STUDY OF HIV Discovery News (10/19) The Guardian (9/11) An object that could be the earliest representation of Eric Poeschla, M.D., ’80 has produced a genetically childbirth in western art was found at the Poggio Colla modified cat that may aid HIV research. Fieldschool in Florence, Italy. Many F&M students have participated in an archeological dig there. THE NET PRICE CALCULATOR: FINANCIAL AID ‘GAME-CHANGER’? STUDENT CURATORS EXPLORE The New York Times (9/9) THE LIVES BEHIND THE ART Daniel Lugo, vice president and dean of admission and Chronicle of Higher Education (10/19) financial aid, gives some pointers about the net price The work and romance of artists William and Marguerite calculator, which he says is a “game changer” for families Zorach have captivated the imaginations of F&M students. researching colleges. WINTERS’ GRAVE BRINGS ADMIRERS, CONCERN MOST RIGOROUS COLLEGES Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era (10/7) The Daily Beast (8/11) The grave of Maj. Richard D. Winters ’41, commander of the The Daily Beast ranks Franklin & Marshall as the fourth Easy Company made famous by Band of Brothers, has been “Most Rigorous College” in the nation. visited by hundreds of people since his death in January.

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Professor Peter Fields tracks mussels along the East Coast UNCOVERING SECRETS IN THE SALT MARSHES Chris Karlesky ’01

Surrounded by the rocking and rolling waves of the open Pacific Ocean, Peter Fields heard the coast beckoning — and his insides churning. Just weeks into his consulting job with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the 1990s, Fields had ventured onto the high seas with researchers to collect physiological data on sharks and tuna. But for much of the trip, research was the last thing on his mind. “We were out at sea for two weeks, and I got really seasick,” says Fields, associate professor of biology. “I quickly realized that research on the ocean was not what I wanted to do. It steered me toward a career in marine ecology, along the coast.” Fields still performs his research near the sea, but far enough from the whitecaps and swells to avoid the dreaded feeling of seasickness. He spent this past summer traveling along the East Coast of the United States — from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the rocky coast of Maine — conducting research on Geukensia demissa, the salt marsh mussel, an ecologically important member of the intertidal environment. Funded by a $209,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, the project allowed Fields to gain a better understanding of how Geukensia tolerates the environmental stresses of salt marshes, including extreme temperature changes and steep fluctuations in the levels of salt and oxygen. “They can’t run away or hide,” Fields says. “Whatever the mussels do, they have to do it from a physiological standpoint.”

An Ecological Physiologist Fields has always enjoyed biology and the diversity of the marine environment. “It’s where you often find the weirdest and most interesting things,” he says of the coastline. He began to consider a career in marine biology as an undergraduate at Stanford University, when his class traveled to

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“Two things struck me on that trip,” Fields says. “First, the much of their time out of water, ‘holding their breath’ for beauty of the marine environment. And second, the researchers 12 hours at a time. That puts stress on the mussel. They’re seemed to have fun and enjoy what they were doing. I thought, exposed to both seawater and fresh water. So, does Geukensia ‘This is not a bad way to spend your life.’ That just stuck need a separate set of tools to survive each stress? Or does with me.” it have one tool to survive them all?” Fields earned his Ph.D. in marine To answer those questions, Fields biology from Scripps Institution of traveled to nine states this summer to collect

Oceanography at the University of Researchers measure mussels from salt marshes in different California, San Diego, in 1995, and did the internal temperatures climates, from Mississippi to Chincoteague, postdoctoral work from 1995 to 2001 at of the mussels Va., to Jamaica Bay near New York City. in the field. the Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford “It’s unusual to see one organism with University. In 2001 he joined F&M’s such a wide distribution,” Fields says. “These Department of Biology. Along the way, mussels are important to salt marshes, limiting several core questions erosion and helping to increase the production have guided his research of grasses. We want to know whether there are interests. “Why are genetic differences between the northern and organisms living in their southern ones, and whether their distribution particular environment?” will change if the climate changes.” Fields asks. “What kinds of Back in the lab, Fields has enlisted the help of tricks do they have on the F&M students in his research. Biology major Kelly cellular level? How does Cox ’12 is exploring differences in the gill functions something live there? I think of the mussels, while Kelly Karch ’12, a biochemistry of myself as an ecological and molecular biology major, looks at genetic physiologist.” relationships between mussel populations. “The Fields has tackled these students are helping us develop a more complete questions as they relate to picture,” Fields says. “It’s exciting to combine organisms in Antarctica, proteomics, a newer technique that is very Mexico and the Galapagos biochemistry-oriented, with other techniques.” Islands, primarily using The big challenge, Fields says, is that scant traditional techniques he research has been performed on the salt marsh employed during his mussel. So little data exists on Geukensia that postdoctoral research. During Fields is currently building his own Expressed a sabbatical from F&M in 2008, Sequence Tag (EST) library to shed light on he learned a new approach to the organism’s genetic sequencing. He will also rely on research: proteomics, the large-scale study of proteins. bioinformatics to help make sense of the streams of data Proteomics is similar to genomics, the exploration of genes. that will result. “Proteomics allows us to get a more holistic picture,” Fields says the next step will take him back to the field, Fields says. “When I returned to F&M from sabbatical, where he will explore the mussel under actual environmental I wanted to apply proteomics to a basic question: How do changes. “Is what we’re seeing in the lab relatable to how they organisms survive?” survive?” he asks. “What do Maine mussels look like on the The salt marsh mussel is an ideal species to address that hottest day of summer? Are they close to the limits of survival question, Fields says. “Despite its importance to salt marshes, in their own habitats?” it’s understudied. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to For Fields, it will mean going back to the salt marshes — open a new niche in my lab. With the emergence of the environment he loves — to study one of nature’s most bioinformatics and proteomics, there are many synergies. This fascinating organisms. was the right thing at the right time.”

To the Salt Marshes As a member of the intertidal environment — where the water level fluctuates between low and high tide — the salt marsh mussel experiences constant environmental changes and stresses. It does so at many different latitudes, from Mississippi to Canada, demonstrating the organism’s tolerance for a wide range of temperatures. “In Maine, Geukensia freeze and survive. They can also survive hypoxia [lack of oxygen],” Fields says. “They spend

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The Manning Alumni Green in front of Old Main plays host to Convocation. Each year on a late-summer morning, several hundred students become a part of the next chapter of Franklin & Marshall’s history, charged with both upholding F&M traditions and forging their own paths in the world beyond Lancaster.

On Sunday, Sept. 25, the green officially marked another chapter in F&M history. Nearly 1,500 guests gathered on an overcast fall morning to join the College as it inaugurated Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D., as its 15th president. The setting was not lost on Porterfield, who in his inaugural address talked about the purposes and importance of a liberal arts education, reflected on the proud history of this 224-year-old institution of higher learning and expounded on his keen belief in the talent and potential of this generation of F&M students. “This morning we gather in a historic quadrangle for a ritual of renewal in which we honor those enduring commitments that define who we are, who we serve, what we do and how we work,” said Porterfield, who began his presidency at F&M on March 1. “Two of our core purposes stand as tall as Old Main’s bell tower,” he continued. “First, we help students develop themselves for their own long-term enhancement and empowerment. Second, we help society develop itself by growing the thinkers, the leaders, the knowledge, the preserved culture and the respect for reason necessary for a functioning democracy. This is the work for which we were built, and it’s what we will be doing 100 years from now.” Turning to the present, Porterfield painted a picture of the global challenges facing us today: economic uncertainty, widespread poverty and environmental changes. He believes that the “timeless purposes and values” of an F&M education are as important today as they have ever been. “Franklin & Marshall is an institution of great strength, and that’s good right now, because much will be asked of us,” he said.

A Four-Day Celebration Sunday’s ceremony capped a whirlwind four days of inaugural events that celebrated all walks of F&M life. The academic side was on full display at Thursday’s Common Hour. John Carbon, the Richard S. and Ann B. Barshinger Professor of Music, spoke about his inspiration and process for composing music. His descriptions of his wide-ranging inspirations — from the feeling of riding a bike at age 10 down a steep

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ravine toward Lake Michigan to watching classic Disney Participants also took part in a refugee simulation workshop cartoons — were interspersed with live performances of his during which they were assigned a “home country.” They then pieces by members of the F&M community. moved through the various steps of the refugee resettlement One of the continuing educational themes of the weekend process, learning about persecution, life in refugee camps, was the examination of the current state of higher education. resettlement and citizenship. The community received an insider’s take from David Warren, The Saturday night concert, a longstanding F&M tradition, the president of the National Association of Independent featured alternative rock group Cobra Starship. More than Colleges and Universities, 1,400 music fans packed who spoke about “Higher into Mayser Center, where Education in the Midst of they rocked out to the Challenge and Change.” band’s latest top-10 hit On Friday F&M experts “You Make Me Feel…” weighed in on this topic, and other favorites. as a lively panel discussion featuring five professors from The Tradition five different departments — Continues anthropology, art history, On Sunday morning, physics, psychology and the Franklin & Marshall religious studies — talked Students help to raise community built on about “New Currents and awareness of human rights issues during the President’s Saturday night’s energy. Insights in Education for Inauguration Service Project. A colorful procession Franklin & Marshall.” snaked its way from the As part of the inaugural Steinman College Center festivities, the College celebrated its commitment to to College Avenue and through the Marshall Gate onto the community service. On Saturday, the Ware Institute for Civic Manning Alumni Green. Engagement sponsored a community service project at which The inaugural procession included 98 delegates from The Human Rights Initiative, an F&M student group working colleges and universities, members of F&M’s Board of Trustees with Church World Service, spearheaded the assembling of 115 and Alumni Board, 14 delegates representing seven decades welcome kits for newly resettled refugees in the Lancaster area. of F&M alumni, and 25 student flag bearers representing the home countries of the Class of 2015.

6:30 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 9:04 a.m. 9:05 a.m. After reviewing the The setup crew Brian Norcross, Deborah Murray Martin latest weather forecast, places the College F&M instrumental ’72, director of special Inauguration Day College officials make seal in front of the conductor, flips the events and assistant the decision to hold inauguration stage. music stands of the secretary to the Board inauguration outdoors. Symphonic Wind of Trustees, and Ensemble into place. inauguration volunteers place name cards on seats near the stage.

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The ceremony began with an invocation by the Rev. Louis A. Butcher ’65 and remarks by keynote speaker Mary L. Schapiro, Esq., ’77, chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. An anthropology major at F&M, Schapiro described the value of her liberal arts education and how it has shaped her life, and also offered her prediction for this next chapter in F&M’s history. “It is a chapter that I believe will be written in a bold and modern style, informed by tradition, and documenting F&M’s continuing pursuit of greatness in liberal arts education, and the continued intellectual and physical progress of this institution,” Schapiro said. During the ceremony, which included greetings from F&M alumni, faculty and students, and the Lancaster community, Trustee Sue Washburn ’73, chair of the College’s Presidential Search Committee, presented Porterfield to Chair of the Board of Trustees Lawrence I. Bonchek, M.D., P’91, for his investiture. Porterfield succeeds John A. Fry, who became president of Drexel University in August 2010. Trustee John F. Burness ’67 served as interim president from July 2010 to March 2011. Fry,

Burness and the College’s 13th president, A. Richard Kneedler Sydney Bridgett ’51 (l) and William Iannicelli ’43 represent ’65, all were in attendance. their F&M decades at the inauguration ceremony. Porterfield joined the College after serving as senior vice president of strategic development at Georgetown University, In his address, Porterfield remarked that he knows “in his where his responsibilities included oversight mind and his bones” that a “liberal arts education is the single of communications, community relations, finest form of cultivating emerging human talent and character civic engagement and social-impact that this world has ever known.” strategy. A recipient of a Rhodes He also stressed that in a world in which a liberal arts Scholarship and a Mellon Fellowship in education is sometimes undervalued, it is more important than the Humanities, he earned his Ph.D. in ever that Franklin & Marshall continue to educate, influence, English from The Graduate Center of shape and spark the next generation. The City University of New York. He has “Franklin & Marshall is blessed with a name, a place, a two bachelor’s degrees in English, one mission, a history, great people and a tradition of excellence,” from Georgetown and one from Hertford Porterfield said. “Let’s seize the moment now and get after it. College at Oxford University. Let’s go for it. Let’s go for greatness.”

For more stories, photos and videos of the inauguration The platform party includes (l–r) Alumni festivities, go to www.fandm.edu/inauguration Association President Amy Rose Francek ’97, the Rev. Louis A. Butcher ’65, Trustee Sue Washburn ’73, SEC Chair Mary Schapiro ’77, the Rev. Carol Lytch, Board of Trustees Chair Larry Bonchek P’91 and Provost Alternative rock group Cobra Starship Ann Steiner. performs at Mayser Center on Saturday night.

10:20 a.m. 10:47 a.m. 10:54 a.m. Early-arriving guests Trustees leave The Old Main bell take their seats. Steinman College tolls, signaling that After a cloudy start Center to line up inaugural proceedings to the day, the sun for the academic will soon begin. now peeks through procession. the clouds.

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Excerpt from President Porterfield’s Inauguration Address: “Kindle Fire”

As we renew our core purposes and values today, it is imperative that we — and all liberal thought about, and that thinkers think about arts colleges — embrace the idea that we can thought that can be thought about. be high-impact forces for the long-term good . . . in this world. And it means giving students for life the hard-won capacities Why do I believe? First, because I believe in this generation to write prose like poets, to track back ideas to their assumptions, of young people. I’ve taught 1,000 young women and men to support arguments with evidence, and to peel off softness in the past decade. I now have seen in action hundreds of from a thought by contending with counter-argument. students at Franklin & Marshall. I work closely with terrific We hope to cultivate in tomorrow’s doers and dreamers schools of all types and am personally recruiting here a number a restlessness of mind, a yearning for awareness, a radar for of remarkably talented young people I so badly want us to have beauty, a rising reservoir of knowledge, the buoyancy to be the chance to teach. wrong, a negative capability, a taste for gray and nuance, and for To every student and young graduate here today, I speak chipping like a sculptor at an intellectual block of rock until what for all in this audience who have gray in our hair when I say that emerges from within is a creation to call our own. we believe in you. That is why we teach. That is why we invest Admittedly, our focus is not technical knowledge or in our school. That is why we invest in education. job training. We are about empowering and And second, I believe because I earned not one, but two unleashing thinkers. We seek to create minds undergraduate degrees, first at Georgetown with its 450-year- on fire in pursuit of big ideas that love both old Jesuit tradition of liberal education, and then at Oxford, the heat and the chase. which has been at this for about nine centuries. And so I know, in my mind and my bones, To achieve that, then, we make a second commitment that that liberal arts education is the single finest defines a liberal arts education. We privilege the brain-to-brain contact with scholars and mentors that uniquely grows greatness form of cultivating emerging human talent in the minds of the young. and character that this world has ever known. One of Franklin & Marshall’s first faculty members, Frederick I’d like to discuss three core beliefs that sustain liberal arts Rauch, put it brilliantly 174 years ago when he was inaugurated as education, and then three core aspects of the liberal arts president of Marshall College, proclaiming, “Fire can only kindle college itself. These are qualities that we must know and name fire. Mind can only awaken mind. … We must be acted upon.” and grow and use if we’re to achieve our promise in such We recruit and support the finest scholars so that they can turbulent times: “act upon” our gifted students through the format of the First, we have great faith in the power of ideas. seminar, the discussion group, the red-inked term paper, the We understand the thought-making mind to be the class blog or chat room, the cross-campus conversation, the greatest natural force our earth will ever know. rehearsal, the field trip, the laboratory exercise, the College This means challenging students to master hard concepts House dinner, the advising session, the independent study, the that seemingly have zero immediate utility. It means helping co-authored research paper. students dig down to bedrock knowledge and then learn how It is impressive, for example, that we at Franklin & Marshall ideas layer upon ideas. fund some 80 students a year to spend the summer doing It means teaching students — get ready — that thought research directly with faculty. And that we only hire scholars who can be thought about, and that thinking about thought can be want to work that way with 18-, 19-, 20-, and 21-year-olds.

11 a.m. 11:03 a.m. 11:09 a.m. 11:57 a.m. 12:22 p.m. The academic Mona Abdo ’13, The Rev. Louis A. Chair of the Board Porterfield reads procession begins, who played the John Butcher ’65 delivers of Trustees Lawrence I. quotes from Benjamin snaking from Marshall mascot, is the invocation. Bonchek, M.D., P’91, Franklin and John College Avenue caught “headless” officially introduces Marshall printed on to Manning in a corridor of Old Daniel R. Porterfield, the new banners in Alumni Green. Main getting ready Ph.D., as president of front of Old Main. for an appearance. Franklin & Marshall College.

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We want our students to learn not just to to learn how to swing back when the project is done into a answer our questions, but also to ask their more Aristotelian mean between extremes. If you value the whole person, as we do, you want that own, so that someday they can find truths student to have the affective experience of epiphanies, of no one else has even thought to look for. belonging, of play, of friendship and of love. This kind of teaching — the kind that launches You want each student to take pride in coming from a undergraduates into lives of intellectual leadership — can’t particular community, with a distinct history and culture, and to get done unless superb students have access to working have that history and culture be embraced, recognized, valued, scholars who have themselves been trained as field-shakers loved and learned from this inclusive learning community. and boundary breakers. You care about each student’s emerging capacity to Fire kindles fire. Mind awakens mind. experience joy and to cope well with difficulty and hardship. You want them to grow by being a leader among peers, and Point three. Our tradition takes a distinct and expansive view also by having the chance to take an unpopular position and of the student as learner. Again, from President Rauch: “The stand alone. fortune of our lives and our government depends … on our You understand the significance of anxieties, depression character as citizens, and to form this character by cultivating the and high-risk behavior among college students and try to help whole [person] is the aim of education in the proper sense.” individuals and peer groups develop skills and mindsets to keep What does it mean to educate whole persons? each other safe. It means seeing each student as a unique and irreducible You don’t forget that we all make mistakes, and we all can collection of qualities and strengths and experiences and needs, make amends. constantly in formation, with personal, emotional, physical, To see students as whole persons also means to see them spiritual, moral and civic development to be fostered with — as social beings, intrinsically in relationship with others, as and through — formal academic learning. members of families, as citizens in a diverse society, as It means seeing the dignity of each learner, engaging with employers, as custodians of a culture and the planet. students where they start and respecting their freedom to choose where they want to go. It means understanding that we don’t all learn the same way To read the full text or watch the video of the address, or at the same pace. It means helping students develop their go to www.fandm.edu/president/speeches-and-addresses/ inauguration-ceremony passions for the arts, for competition in sport, for social entrepreneurship, for spirituality, for social-justice advocacy. It means holding back sometimes and letting students solve problems for themselves, even when that annoys them. It means helping students learn how to give body and soul to boundary-pushing work, 24–7 for a period of time, and then

Former Franklin & Marshall Presidents Dick Kneedler ’65 (l) and John Fry (r) enjoy a moment with President Porterfield.

12:33 p.m. 12:41 p.m. Porterfield gives Bonchek announces, the crowd a final “We are adjourned.” “Wow!” to finish his Minutes later, guests inaugural address. join President Porterfield and his family for a celebratory reception on Hartman Green.

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Creators of Frozen Music Four alumni architects muse about exploration, education and influences by Libby Sternberg

As children, they played with blocks. They built things. They drew. Eventually they became architects, masters of what Goethe called “frozen music.” Between their first encounters with Erector Sets and their first jobs in architectural firms stretched a field of unknown possibilities, filled with joyful explorations and difficult decisions. For these four architects, their time at F&M was a significant part of the journey.

An Intense Moment of Self-Awareness “I started working for I.M. Pei’s office in New York, a great John Lee, AIA, ’85 loved Lego toys and blocks and “putting experience,” he says. From there, he worked for HLW things together, building things.” But as the son of Korean International. He then worked at his own start-up — a move immigrants — and his father a physician — he had convinced he describes as premature — and other small firms, before himself his interest in the visual world was more avocation heading back to HLW, where he became a partner. than vocation. Then on a beautiful Tuesday morning in September, two He chose F&M because it was small, not far from his home gleaming New York towers, designed by the Japanese- in Lebanon, Pa., and had a pre-med program with a great American architect Minoru Yamasaki, crumbled to the ground, reputation, so he could become a doctor like his father. killing thousands. But in his sophomore year, Lee realized he did not want After 9/11, the tech bubble burst, affecting the financial to follow that path. “It was a very intense moment of self- industry. The developers were not building, and the companies awareness,” says Lee. More intense moments waited as he were not expanding. pondered how to tell his parents. “I was at a fork in the road, and I decided to go it alone Was it difficult? “Very, very much so,” he replies. “At first, again.” It allowed him to get back to fundamentals, work closely I thought I wanted to be a sculptor. I told my parents I wanted with clients and see every project through from start to finish. to be an artist. They said ‘no.’” Today Lee, a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Enter Professor Tyko Kihlstedt, who offered the idea that Design (LEED) accredited professional, is principal and founder architecture might be a suitable compromise. It was, after all, of Workshop for Architecture (WFORA). It is a collaborative the art of building. design and research firm, working on a range of commercial, “I went into architecture without really knowing what it is,” residential and artistic projects. In addition, he has a sister he says. “That was a good way to go into it.” A good way, company, Workshop for Construction, which builds the projects but a scary one. Kihlstedt, now professor emeritus of art and art designed by WFORA. history, helped point him to the Institute for Architecture and “Architecture today is not a monolithic profession with one Urban Studies in New York City, where he spent his junior year. or two paths,” he says. “It’s very diverse, with a lot of people When he returned to F&M, he immersed himself in the doing a lot of things.” Department of Art & Art History, became president of the Art While going against his parents’ career wishes was difficult, Society and worked in the College,’ss museum. He found many Lee is happy with his path. “The irony is that my father’s father people who supported his interests and earned travel grants ran a design construction firm in Korea,” he says. So maybe he to study architecture in Korea and Japan. was following in ancestors’ footsteps after all. With his path now clear, he went on to earn a master’s in architecture at Harvard University.

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“Architecture today is not a monolithic profession with one or two paths. It’s very diverse, with a lot of people doing a lot of things.”

John Lee ’85 sits on the stairs of his recently completed Millerton Residence project in Millerton, N.Y.

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Gehry Partners’ Larry Tighe ’83 worked on the Lewis Library at Princeton University, which was completed in 2008.

Finally Answering the Call His father was an architect. And who, in the springtime of Architecture. After working for a few Los his life, wants to follow in his father’s footsteps? Angeles firms, he began temporary work Laurence Tighe, AIA, ’83 was a rebel of sorts, enjoying for renowned architect Frank Gehry. sampling what life had to offer, particularly if it involved the arts. Temporary turned to permanent. He cannot remember a time when he did not draw. And the Twenty years later, he is a partner at only building projects he remembers from youth did not involve Gehry Partners, L.L.P. “The studio is a great blend of design and blocks — they were practical collaborations with his architect technical knowhow,” he says. They use a wide range of tools — father in Philadelphia. from simple wood models and sketches to 3D digital model But those childhood experiences were not enough to software — in developing their projects. attract him to his father’s field. He majored in art history at “The process is intense, but it allows room for investigations F&M and became involved in the Green Room Theatre. and discoveries,” he says. “I think this is obvious when you look His interest in theater began as a young boy when his mother at our architecture.” took him to “Theatre in the Park” in Fairmount Park. Tighe has had the opportunity to work on “an incredible After F&M, his theatrical interests led him to the acclaimed range of projects that presented unique challenges.” His Oregon Shakespeare Festival, where his “dear friend and favorite project is always “the one I am working on at the time.” mentor,” Edward S. Brubaker ’49, the late F&M drama Currently that is The Foundation Louis Vuitton, located at professor, worked for more than four decades. the Jardin d’Acclimatation, adjacent to the Bois de Boulogne “It was the creativity and the attraction of building a play on the west side of Paris. “It is a contemporary art museum and seeing it realized that fascinated me,” he explains. “I comprising curved glass and caste white panels,” he says. seriously considered pursuing scenic design in Oregon. The “It’s a beautiful and powerful project.” idea that you could design and build something in a month and When he looks back at all those years he resisted the siren see it come to life was very appealing. Architecture takes years song of Goethe’s “frozen music,” he sees it as preparation for to realize a project.” his ultimate field. But Philadelphia beckoned with the chance to apprentice in “A liberal arts education gave me the ability to know what the architectural firm of his brother-in law and sister. He at last tools to get, whether I knew how to do something or not,” he gave in. “Architecture fit me. I understood it,” he says. “It says. “With architecture, particularly my firm, you’re always satisfies my creative urges and technical curiosities. It bridges looking for alternatives and sound opportunities. I came out of the world of arts and sciences. And when architecture is good, F&M with confidence that you could do anything with a sense of it can be a positive force.” play. I’m not saying not taking work seriously, but to find paths, He worked for a few years before heading west again to opportunities, design directions you might not have thought earn his master’s degree at the Southern California Institute of about if your mind was closed.”

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Shape and Purpose to His Play “Building blocks in kindergarten” is a favorite childhood buildings could not provide,” he explains. “Learning at schools memory for Clinton Brown ’75, who also spent “all my founded by Benjamin Franklin, John Marshall and Thomas formative years building power projects in the dirt.” Jefferson was invaluable to understanding the character of These childhood pleasures did not clue him into his heritage places.” ultimate chosen field, however. And when he looked for an His list of achievements includes many contributions to the undergraduate college, he decided on F&M because it shared upstate New York–Niagara and Ontario region. Two years ago attributes with the high school he had attended in Buffalo, N.Y. Brown helped to create legislation so that makes owners of “It was small and a place to explore a broad range of options,” historic buildings eligible for state historic rehabilitation income explains Brown, a recently invested Fellow of the American tax credits. One such building is Pilgrim–St. Luke’s United Institute of Architects (FAIA). Church of Christ in Buffalo, for which his company designed Explore he did. After selecting F&M for its possibilities, he an addition and reconfigured the interior while retaining its chose sociology as a major so he would not be locked into too historic character. many required courses and could richly sample subject after He sees his undergraduate years as something of an idyll subject. This period of discovery served him well, giving combining intellectual and physical play. “I could play hockey, direction to the rest of his life. race sailboats on the sailing team and still get good grades,” “F&M gave shape and purpose to my play,” he says. He he says. He credits his F&M education for enabling him to work also was influenced by Professor Kihlstedt, who exposed him to on projects that require an overall vision before the practical the “structure of human relations” as well as structures work of laying bricks and mortar begins. themselves. Kihlstedt recommended the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies to Brown, and Brown took classes there after graduating from F&M. He worked in an architect’s office in Buffalo before earning a master’s degree in architecture at the University of Virginia. When he graduated in the middle of a recession, one of the only jobs he could find was back in Buffalo. Eventually he worked at a large firm, a small firm, city hall and a real estate development company. When the real estate development company work was drying up, he opened his own firm, Clinton Brown Company Architecture, P.C., where he has become an expert on historic preservation. “When opening a firm in a crowded marketplace, I had to go where no one else was working and use my broad, traditional education for breathing new life into historic buildings that architects educated only in designing new

“Learning at schools founded by Benjamin Franklin, John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson was invaluable to understanding the character of heritage places.”

Clinton Brown ’75 in front of Pilgrim–St. Luke’s United Church of Christ (Photo: Michele Goldfarb)

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Tree Houses, Not Dolls should be or could be, how people live together and relate to Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails were not in the one another, and how we should be responsible stewards to picture for the parents of Wendy Tippetts, AIA, ’77. They had the land and natural resources,” she explains. “This, along with daughters instead of sons. But instead of playing with dolls, my interest in making things — three dimensional art, in Tippetts built things with her dad. particular — solidified my decision to pursue architecture.” “My father would build model airplanes, those balsa wood She took a year off from F&M to attend the institute and ones, together with us,” she explains, “and I built a tree house then returned to finish her degree. “I came back and decided in the backyard and played with Erector Sets.” to really enjoy my liberal arts education. I liked taking Tippetts’ mother was an artist and also played a role in everything. I enjoyed the classics, I loved geology, sparking her creativity. Her mother enrolled Tippetts in an anthropology. I had an incredibly enriching experience.” art-school program in elementary school, and the two went to She earned a master’s degree in architecture from the museums and galleries. “Her artwork, in the form of large white University of Oregon. From there, it was on to New York City, constructions, filled the house, and I had to ‘negotiate’ my way where she worked on a project that was based in Lancaster. around her ‘work in progress’ in the hall leading to my After commuting between the two cities to complete the bedroom,” Tippetts remembers. project, she made the Red Rose City her permanent home. This creativity streak ran so strongly in her family that it She opened Tippetts/Weaver Architects, a full-service firm seemed natural for Tippetts to major in art history and offering architectural design, town and community planning studio arts. and historical preservation. The firm’s work has received awards When she arrived on campus, Tippetts had strong ideas for historic preservation and adaptive reuse. about what she wanted to do, and those ideas eventually Two projects that F&M students and alumni can experience included going to the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, are the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House and the Joseph a program not yet approved as a course of study at F&M. International House, both on College Avenue. “I pursued architecture because I was interested in how “There are so many different subjects an architect must be good architecture and planning could give physical shape or conversant in — math, physics, art, history, even psychology,” form to abstract concepts. The design of buildings and says Tippetts, who is glad her pull toward architecture started communities could speak to an idea about how the world at a college where she received such exposure.

“The design of buildings and communities could speak to an idea about how the world should be or could be, how people live together and relate to one another, and how we should be responsible stewards to the land and Writers House natural resources...”

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Wendy Tippetts ’77 enjoyed reconnecting with her alma mater when her firm designed the Joseph International Center at 701 College Ave. (Photos of building: Lori Stahl; head shot by Toby Richards)

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Homecoming & Family Weekend 2011 More than 3,000 alumni, parents and guests joined the festivities

wide variety of bright colors splashed throughout On Saturday, the highlight was the Tailgate Extravaganza in Lancaster on Friday, Sept. 23. Every color imaginable Willliamson Parking Lot that featured tents from departments, could be seen dotting the F&M campus. Reds, greens, student organizations, sports teams, sororities, fraternities, yellows, oranges, pinks. They could be found on the College Houses and more that drew visitors in for games, umbrellas and the rain boots sported by the alumni, food and conversations. parents and students who braved the lashing rain. F&M’s Alumni Association had a big presence throughout The good news is that the two predominant colors the rest the weekend, finding more ways to engage alumni with of the weekend were blue and white — blue-and-white skies the College community. On Saturday members celebrated were complemented by F&M blue-and-white flags, tents, John Marshall’s 256th birthday by wearing T-shirts bearing banners, T-shirts, cupcakes and uniforms. his likeness and sponsored numerous prize giveaways. Over the course of the weekend that for the first time At halftime of the football game, the Alumni Association included an inauguration, Homecoming festivities and Family honored Richard “Rippy” Philipps ’85 and Thomas W. Sheridan, Weekend, the campus played host to more than 3,000 people. Esq., ’86, with the Alumni Development Volunteer Award. The weekend had something for everyone’s taste. On Philipps and Sheridan, teammates under longtime F&M Friday, parents flocked to the Barshinger Life Sciences & football coach Tom Gilburg, were the driving force behind Philosophy Building to take in the Autumn Student Research the formation of the F&M Football Association. Fair, where students presented posters and gave talks about Also on Saturday, members of Phi Kappa Psi celebrated their research projects. their return to 560 West James Street after more than two On Friday night many took part in the Hall of Fame decades. Marc Persson ’00 led a dedication ceremony Induction Ceremony at which Jess Berline ’97, Victoria Jiranek attended by more than 100 people. One of the speakers was ’94, Louis LeCalsey III ’62, Wes Lively ’76, Deborah Murray Martin ’72, F&M’s director of special events and Clinton D. Lynch ’74, Stephen Michaels ’00, assistant secretary to the Board of Trustees. Her grandfather, Stephen Miller ’00 and the 1987–88 women’s Paul G. Murray ’16, was the original owner of the house. basketball team became the latest Hall of Over the course of the weekend, which started with Fame members. Thursday’s Common Hour presentation by Professor John Carbon and ended with Sunday’s post-inauguration reception, members of the F&M community took part in more than 70 events. “I don’t think there’s anything better than bringing the entire F&M community together as one,” says Amy Rose Francek ’97, president of the Alumni Association. “Parents enjoyed meeting alumni, and alumni loved talking to students. The F&M community is so tightly knit. There’s just nothing better than seeing campus as bustling and as full of people as it was this weekend.”

Ann Barshinger W’43, one of the College’s most generous donors, celebrates her birthday with (l–r) Elana Jaret ’12, Carra Kramer ’12 and Elena Lopez ’12.

For more photos from the weekend’s festivities, go F&M’s photostream on Flickr at www.flickr.com/photos/fandm

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1 The mascots liven up the tailgate and enjoy the celebration of John Marshall’s 256th birthday on Sept. 24.

2 Richard “Rippy” Philipps ’85 (l) and Thomas W. Sheridan, Esq., ’86 receive the College’s Alumni Development Volunteer Award.

3 Amy Rose Francek ’97, president of the Alumni Association, congratulates Brian Rutter ’87, the winner of the F&M chair. 2 3 4 4 Ishmael Buckner ’12 explains his project during Friday’s Autumn Research Fair in the Frey Atrium of the Barshinger Life Sciences & Philosophy Building. 5

5 Trustee Bob Brooks ’66, P’98, (center) welcomes guests to the Brooks College House at the Tailgate Extravaganza on Saturday.

6 Members of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity celebrate their return to 560 West James Street during a ceremony with F&M administrators on Saturday.

7 Alumni enjoy catching up at the Tailgate Extravaganza.

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father, Thomas Rhoads ’20, and his son, 1935 Thomas Rhoads ’78, graduated from 1959 Eli Zebooker, D.D.S., recently gifted F&M. 1959 Class Correspondent more than 50 pieces for the exhibition Jim Hoeschele “Philadelphia Places on Paper: Selections [email protected] From the Eli P. Zebooker Collection.” 1953 Mark Blum, Ph.D., reports that his An Athenaeum shareholder since 1976, Harold Davis writes: “After completing new book, Kafka’s Social Discourse: An he donated maps, prints and books 16 years and 2,500 hours of volunteering Aesthetic Search for Community, was that document the growing colonial, at St Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield, Mo., published by Lehigh University Press. federal and Victorian city. Some of I decided to accept a new challenge. I Philadelphia’s rarest 18th- and 19th- accepted the position of facilitator with Karl Nolph, M.D., F.A.C.P., R.C.P.S., century cartographic, iconographic and Older Adults Senior Information Services and his wife, Georgia, celebrated their bibliographic treasures were on view. (OASIS). I facilitate a group of senior 50th wedding anniversary with their adults to openly discuss various issues of family in July at their summer home 1937 the day in groups of 20 to 30. This gives in Nova Scotia, Canada. They had them the opportunity to share with others a celebratory dinner with 48 family Irwin Smith, M.D., writes from their feelings in a large group rather than and friends at Lane’s Privateer Inn in Northbrook, Ill., that he retired from one-on-one with a friend or neighbor.” Liverpool, Nova Scotia. In August, Karl medical practice in 2001. He served as was declared an honorary member of secretary and treasurer for the Illinois the Division of Nephrology at Dalhousie State Medical Inter-Insurance Exchange 1957 University School of Medicine in Halifax. from 1980 to 2005. He was also a pro- 1957 Class Correspondents He has been invited to be a visiting bono physician in inner-city clinics in J.W. Smith professor and lecturer there for the past Chicago from 2000 to 2008. [email protected] 13 summers.

Art Evans 1950 [email protected] 1960 William Martin, Ph.D., celebrated his Dick LeChard writes: “Who said college 1960 Class Correspondent 50th year as a faculty member in the relationships won’t last forever? Next Phil Blaker Chemistry Department of Lake Forest year will be our 55th Reunion. My wife, [email protected] College, Lake Forest, Ill., in May. Anne, and I spent a most enjoyable Pedro Hernandez writes from San five weeks this summer in Texas with Juan, P.R., that he retired in 2010 and fellow classmate Sam Adams and is enjoying spending time with his four 1952 his wife, Joan, at their lake house in grandchildren. Murray Feingold, M.D., was honored Lake Livingston, Texas. Sam and I met with a 2011 Champions in Health Care on our first day at F&M in Hartman Larry Van Horn, Ph.D., who was lifetime achievement award by the Hall. We became best friends and Phi inducted into Phi Beta Kappa by F&M’s Boston Business Journal. He pioneered Sigma Kappa brothers. We got a great Theta Chapter of Pennsylvania, has the concept of providing coordinated, education and went on to successful been serving as executive director of specialized medical care to children careers. Sam became one of the top the Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Association with birth defects, genetic disorders and periodontists in Houston, and I was a of Colorado, and was recently elected intellectual disabilities. He is the founder manager of contracts and procurement to its governing board as secretary. and physician-in-chief of the Feingold services with Westinghouse Electric This organization meets for luncheon Center for Children, which provides Power Systems. Sam subsequently discussions of previously selected diagnosis and treatment to children became my brother-in-law as a result philosophical topics important to with these conditions. He is also the of my fixing him up with Joan at an everyday life. The association holds an founder of the Genesis Fund, a nonprofit F&M-Wilson College mixer. He, in turn, annual luncheon business meeting, a organization that raises money to introduced me to Joan’s sister, and both dinner banquet and field trips. support the Feingold Center and related marriages strongly endure after all these programs. He is considered a pioneer in years. Nice job, F&M!” the field of genetics and has published nearly 200 medical articles and written 1961 Abe Rosenthal, of Tarrytown, N.Y., got two books. 1961 Class Correspondent together with fellow ZBT classmates Bill Curtis Ed Dobin and Bob Friedenberg at Robert Rhoads writes that he is excited [email protected] Brigantine Beach in July. Ed and Bob live that his two grandchildren, Peter and in the area. Jim Goldiner just finished writing a short Abigail, are interested in F&M. Both his book of poetry, Cracks in the Concrete.

30 Autumn 2011 banker. In 1991, Bill and Janet founded College Scholarship Program for children 1962 a nonprofit corporation, Teachers for living in orphanages in Vietnam. 1962 Class Correspondent Tomorrow, whose mission has been to Russ Volmer teach English language skills to children Al Katz and Russ Vollmer both attended [email protected] in developing countries. Volunteer the Reunion Committee meeting and American teachers travel to foreign President Dan Porterfield’s inauguration Bill Haines and his wife, Janet, of destinations, primarily Romania and India, during F&M’s Homecoming Weekend. Al Souderton, Pa., were honored by Pearl to teach during their summer vacations. represented the 1960s in the inaugural S. Buck International for their years Teachers for Tomorrow has ended its procession. They are moving forward of dedicated service that provided tenure as an independent nonprofit. with their 50th Reunion celebration education programs to young people The work will continue at Pearl S. Buck events, so classmates should look for throughout the world. Bill, formerly of International through the Teachers for communications from them. Doylestown, has retired as a community Tomorrow Vocational Training and/or

Why I John A. Hyman ‘83

Education is importantGive to my wife, Merri, and me. Both of our families placed a high value on learning. We were both fortunate to have access to great educations and feel it is so important to provide that opportunity to others. That’s why we support a number of academic institutions. Merri B. and John A. Hyman ‘83 We give to F&M because of the phenomenal education the school provides. In addition to having wonderful professors — Harry Sieber in statistics, Alan Glazer ’69 in accounting and Grier Stephenson in government — I learned how to work hard, for the first time in my life. I was a business major and then received my M.B.A. at the College of William & Mary. For 25 years, I ran investment advisory practices at large investment banks on Wall Street, and I am now the CEO at Algonquin Advisors, a wealth-management firm based in Connecticut. I can say that learning how to work hard at F&M has been critically important to my success throughout my career. I have positive and lasting memories of F&M. Today I stay connected by working with Career Services. I’ve hired F&M students as full-time employees and interns, and they have been smart, hard-working young people who have excelled in some very competitive environments. Now I am spreading the word by letting fellow alumni know what a great experience I have had. I am also asking these alumni to share their experiences by talking with students and to hire them if they have the opportunity. Merri and I feel that by giving back we are helping to move the ball forward and enabling the College to provide educational opportunities to those who will benefit most. Each year, the Hymans make an outright donation to the College. In addition, they have arranged for F&M to receive a gift from the estate of the second of them to die. To learn how to create your own generous legacy, please contact Stefanie Valar, F&M’s director of planned giving, by phone (717-291-4272) or email ([email protected]).

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Lou LeCalsey writes: “I retired on Sept. background and 19 from my role as president and CEO of family, so I spent Tufco Technologies, in Green Bay, Wis., hours there and in after 15 years. I had originally retired as the genealogical a global vice president from Scott Paper office in Dublin, in 1995 when that great company was poring over old land merged with Kimberly-Clark. The most records and parish pleasant surprise for me recently was registers in church induction into the F&M Athletics Hall Latin. When I got of Fame. That led to email, phone and home, I discovered personal reunions with many classmates that a cousin in New and athletes from the 1961 – 62 era and Hampshire had some from the 1971 – 72 time when I was found most of the assistant coach to Al Hershey, F&M’s information online. head soccer coach. My next phase I was glad I didn’t of business will be a more relaxed know before I went, pace with some consulting and board because it was more In July, four former F&M roommates and Pi Lambda Phi broth- positions — and much more time with my fun feeling like a ers met in the Atlantic City area to continue their annual tradi- family, including eight grandkids.” student researcher tion of playing golf. They played at the Seaview Marriott Bay Course and Blue Heron Pines. Pictured are (l – r) Arnie Minoff once more. ’57 (West Orange, N.J.), Mel Kopilnick ’57 (Baltimore), Mike Although I retired Hettleman ’57 (Baltimore) and Bob Covell ’58 (Floral Park, 1963 from teaching nine N.Y.). 1963 Class Correspondents years ago, I still work Lowrey Heaver online a few days [email protected] per month for ETS, reading and scoring the Insurance Proposals to the Bar the essay portions of the TOEFL exam. I Committee for the Connecticut Bar Bob Hood spend much more of my time on a tennis Association (CBA). Our committee [email protected] court. Even though it doesn’t put money reviews and endorses insurance to the Col. James Leslie III retired to Smith in my pocket, it’s a lot healthier than 8,626 members of the CBA, as well as Mountain Lake, Va., full time last year sitting in front of a computer screen.” the Hartford County Bar Association, following a lengthy military healthcare Bridgeport Bar Association, New The Rev. J. Barry Kramer and consultant career. He is volunteering reports: “I Britain Bar Association and the Fairfield as chairman of the board of the Adult am recovering from open-heart surgery County Bar Association. These insurance (Day) Care Center of the Roanoke (valve replacement and triple bypass). products include malpractice, pension Valley, Va. He is also active with the I will take over as interim priest at St. and health. We also assist the bar Disabled American Veterans and the Thomas Episcopal Church, in Burnsville, members whenever they encounter Smith Mountain Lake Lions Club. Smith N.C., a church I helped to start in 1993. problems with their insurance. I have Mountain Lake is the home of citation The church is near my home in the been the chairman of this committee striped bass, and he is fishing and golfing mountains of western North Carolina.” since 1985.” at will. Timothy Stewart P’95 represented F&M Rabbi Stephen Pinsky and his wife, Lisa, at the inauguration of Stevens Institute of announce the marriage of their son, Seth, 1964 Technology’s new president on Oct. 14. to Angela Sung. The wedding took place at the Angel Orensanz Foundation in John Brendel, Ph.D., reports: “I have New York City. Seth serves as president retired after 37 years of teaching 1965 of the New York Corporation for psychology at Lock Haven University. Bob Croyle Economic Development, and Angela My wife, Betty, and I plan to divide our , who lives in Houston, and Bob Ford ’58 is a senior vice president of the New time between our vacation home in St. his cousin, , who lives in York Realty Board. Rabbi Pinsky has just Augustine, Fla., our home in Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, had a mini-family and F&M completed his 40th year in the rabbinate and our cruising sailboat, ‘Wild Goose,’ reunion when they got together in July and his 15th year as rabbi of Temple on the Chesapeake Bay. I enjoy catching for lunch in Sewickley, Pa. Beth Torah in Wellington, Fla. up on my reading and hope to visit my son and three grandkids in Seal Beach, Calif.” 1966 Robert Brooks P’98 represented F&M 1967 Steven Glogger reports: “I took a long- at the inauguration of Roger Williams John Hauter reports: “I just returned postponed trip to Waterford, Ireland, University’s new president on Oct. 13. from a glorious six-day stint helping my the town from which my great-great sister and brother-in-law ’babysit’ seven grandfather emigrated to America in the Kenneth Laska, Esq., reports: “I of their nine combined grandchildren. 1830s. I wanted to learn more about his have been appointed the chair of We were on Lake Sunapee in New

32 Autumn 2011 Hampshire. As a single man who never and Benjamin — fraternal twins born met in Schnader Hall as freshmen — the had kids, this was quite the experience. November 2010. same wing as Professor Alan Glazer. I wore my F&M Old School T-shirt, as Floyd and I became roommates during well as my Diplomats’ lacrosse shirt and Lewis Myers represented F&M at the freshman year, and we were on the same rowing jacket, despite never having inauguration of Virginia State University’s floor in Dubbs the next two years, while played any sports at F&M. I made sure new president on Sept. 23. Bill was my roommate for the next three the ’little darlings’ knew where I had years and was best man at my wedding. gone to school. Despite being just a few Ray Sanseverino, Esq., a partner at We all keep in touch regularly, although miles from the Vermont border, our only Loeb & Loeb, was listed in the New we don’t see each other as often as we brush with Hurricane Irene was losing York Observer’s “Top Lawyers in New would like.” His original note reads: “I power for seven hours: one hour for each York Commercial Real Estate Right have been asked to serve on the health child!” Now.” Ray says that his practice of 50 advisory panel for the Congressional attorneys stands apart because of its Budget Office. I am one of 20 panelists The Rev. Allan Kramer-Moyer, D.Min., responsiveness. He cited as an example and the only actuary. I am currently recently retired from Phoebe Ministries that earlier in the year Loeb & Loeb the vice president and chief actuary of in Allentown, Pa. He was ordained in negotiated more than 400,000 square Humana Inc.” the United Church of Christ in 1971. feet at 120 Park Avenue for Bloomberg in He joined Phoebe Ministries as director only 12 days. Ray is a member of F&M’s Joel Greene continues to practice of pastoral services in 1996 and was Board of Trustees. energy regulatory law in Washington, promoted to vice president of pastoral D.C., as a member of Jennings Strouss, care services in 1997. a Phoenix-based law firm, and serves as 1969 the firm’s chief diversity retention officer. Roger Shamel reports that he was one of 1969 Class Correspondent He and his wife are celebrating their more than 1,200 people involved in the Bruce Croushore 42nd wedding anniversary next year, and White House sit-in from Aug. 20 to Sept. [email protected] are looking forward to the birth of their 3, protesting President Barack Obama’s third grandchild. He sends a special hello lack of leadership in the fight against the James Castagnera, Ph.D., is publishing to his Phi Kappa Tau brothers and would continuing harmful U.S. addiction to fossil his 18th book. He writes: “This is a real love to hear from them, particularly fuels, a key cause of climate change. In departure from my previous books, those who lived with him at 605 College 2005, he became the founding director almost all of which have been law books. Avenue from 1966 – 69. of GWEN, a nonprofit focused on climate This book is a young-adult novel that change and its adverse impacts. He deals with domestic terrorism, past and lives with his wife, Susan, who was also present — the past is the Molly Maguires. 1970 I’m self-publishing this one on amazon. involved in the sit-in, in Bedford, Mass. Patrick Kurz recently retired after 40 com with supplementary materials. I see They have three daughters and two years as a commodity broker. He is now the market as high school teachers who grandchildren. enjoying coaching high school tennis, may want to teach a class on the topic. and, of course, playing a lot of tennis A free teacher’s guide is available on my as well. He has three grandchildren, website.” 1968 including twins born in December. He Richard Blumenfeld, M.D., reports: lives in Newtown Square, Pa., and would Richard Dym, of Los Gatos, Calif., “After six years as a full-time emergency love to reconnect with old friends. reports: “I’ve put my cloud marketing room doc and 27 years as an invasive consultancy BondiGroup on the cardiologist in Framingham and at Beth Michael Sieber writes: “I retired from back burner and have taken the Israel Medical Center in Boston, as well public work in September. Actually, I’m chief marketing officer position at as teaching at Harvard Medical School still working, but just not getting paid SpotlightTMS, which provides the since 1994, I am turning in my beeper for it. I’m looking forward to spending leading SaaS (software as a service) and hanging up my stethoscope. In more time on my tree farm and working solution for enterprise sports and my retirement, I will have more time on my conservation practices. These entertainment ticket management.” to continue yoga and tai chi and play include developing habitats for bats, tennis — and maybe even relax. My wife, flying squirrels, frogs and toads, and Roy Goldman, Ph.D., writes to correct who is an acupuncturist, will also be migratory birds. Retiring is a big change, his class note. He reports: “You retiring. We have built a beautiful house but I have about 50 years of projects intermingled my note with that of overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Ballena, lined up to occupy my time. If any of William Evers, and my name was not Costa Rica, and will spend winters there my old classmates are in West Virginia, listed. I might add that if my note had to but will keep our house in Cambridge for please look me up near Joetown — I’m be intermingled with another classmate, the spring, summer and fall.” the mayor!” I do not mind its being intermingled with

that of Bill and sandwiched between Eric Kraut, M.D., writes from him and Floyd Skloot. The three of us Worthington, Ohio, that he is the are the very best of friends, having all proud grandparent of Madeline

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the centerpiece of its fall lineup is Night From Oxford, Miss., Robert Mongue 1971 Falls, a collaboration with playwright Julie writes: “The Empowered Paralegal 1971 Class Correspondent Hebert. In March 2011, she was invited Professionalism Anthology, which I Vickie Ball to the Shanghai Literary Festival to teach edited, was published by Carolina [email protected] developing character in collaboration Academic Press in August. It is my third with writer Nancy Conyers. She also has book. The fourth, The Empowered Victoria Ball has spent the last 15 years a commission from the San Francisco Paralegal Cause of Action Handbook, will as an ADD career coach and ADD Museum of Modern Art to create a work be published in the first quarter of 2012.” productivity partner coach in Providence, in response to sound artist Bill Fontana’s R.I., working with teens, college students Sonic Shadows. She is married to Michael Jim Reschovsky, Ph.D., reports: “I was and adults worldwide regarding college/ Berger, a retired judge. named a senior fellow at the Center career/work/relationships/life success. for Studying Health System Change in She is one of 40 Amen Clinic Professional Washington, D.C., a nonpartisan health Affiliates in the United States (39 policy research organization where I ADHD doctors and her!) and serves 1972 have done research and published on on the global ADHD Awareness Week Douglas Evans and Jere Strittmater Medicare payment, private insurance Committee of ACO. She’s a contributor traveled to Quantico Marine Base and healthcare delivery issues for the to a new book, 365 Ways to be in Virginia to attend the promotion past 15 years. My wife of 29 years, Fran Successful with ADHD, and was quoted ceremony on July 26 of Richard P. Mills Thompson, is an epidemiologist at the in the fall issue of ADDitude magazine. to lieutenant general. They also attended National Cancer Institute. We live in The September issue of Working Mother Rich’s change of command ceremony, at Rockville, Md., and have two adult kids. magazine highlighted her career- which he became deputy commandant Our son, Ben (26), recently got married. counseling advice. Victoria also answers for Combat Development and Integration He is a doctoral student in physics at the the hotline and facilitates the meetings and commanding general, Marine Corps University of Maryland. Our daughter, for RI ADDult Support Group, which is Combat Development Command. Sarah (23), recently graduated from the second oldest in the country. Some the College of William and Mary and of her 60th-birthday year was spent Anthony Katz moved from Westchester, was accepted into Teach for America. snorkeling and exploring Tahiti, Belize, N.Y., to Naples, Fla., half time at She started teaching 8th-grade math in Guatemala, Mexico and Key West, Fla. the beginning of 2011. He has been going there every eight weeks for Colorado Springs, Colo.” Ron Jarashow and his wife, Nan, the last decade. His business, Harbor Sue Smith Strong, of Morristown, N.J., attended the 40th Reunion in June. He Group Communications, which writes: “I celebrated turning 60 this reports: “I returned to law practice in handles reputation management for year with a wonderful trip to Hawaii. 2011 after serving as a trial judge in businesses and brands, continues to be My husband treated me to two weeks 2010 in Annapolis, Md. It was a very headquartered in New York City. On in Oahu and Maui. We then traveled to rewarding experience. Our three boys July 3, he married his significant other Longboat Key, Fla., to celebrate with are grown (two married) and on their way of the last 12 years. They were married Richard Perlman, who turned 60 in to successful careers. In my spare time, at Naples’ Ritz Carlton Golf Resort at August.” I enjoy running and am involved with Tiburon, where they now reside while in several civic activities in our community.” Florida.

Peter Reinhart, Esq., a longtime Lawrence Wallack, Dr.P.H., started his 1974 member of the Kislak Real Estate Institute eighth year as dean of the College of Barry Kornhauser was honored with Advisory Council and faculty member Urban and Public Affairs at Portland State the 2011 Youth Theatre Director of the in the Leon Hess Business School, was University. In June he gave the closing Year Award of the American Alliance for named the new director of the Kislak Real address to the mid-year meeting of the Theatre & Education for his work with the Estate Institute at Monmouth University. American Public Health Association on Fulton Theatre’s program for at-risk teens The appointment follows his retirement Social Values and Health Care Reform and teens with disabilities. His nonverbal as senior vice president and general and opening remarks at the annual play for very young children, Balloonacy, counsel for Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. meeting of the University Network for was commissioned and produced by Collaborative Governance. In September, the Children’s Theatre Company in Deborah Slater has been performing, he gave the keynote address, “From Minneapolis, where it played for Hmong choreographing and directing in the Bay Science to Policy to Health,” to the and Somali refugee children and Ojibwe Area for more than 25 years. She is the 7th International Congress on the Indian preschoolers. It was recently recipient of nine NEA Fellowships and Developmental Origins of Health and invited to the international Quest Fest many prestigious grants. Her work has Disease. of visual theatre, to be held this spring. most recently presented at Joyce SoHo The Alliance Theatre of Atlanta mounted Theater in New York (The Desire Line) and remounted Barry’s adaptation of A and Theater Artaud in San Francisco 1973 Child’s Garden of Verses. He is currently (Men Think They Are Better Than Grass). Trey Bohn, of Durham, N.C., married working on a new co-commission by Next to be presented by ODC Theater as Jean Brown on Sept. 17. the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego and Childsplay of Tempe, Ariz.

34 Autumn 2011 Alumni Profile David ANSELLM.D., M.P.H., ’74 If you think there are problems with today’s healthcare, David Ansell ’74 would agree with you. But he would also tell you that the issues are longstanding. That, in part, is why he wrote County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital. It offers a dramatic account of his 17 years at Cook County Hospital, Chicago’s public medical facility. It chronicles the indignities, delays and inferior care endured by many of the city’s uninsured. A biology major, Ansell had long planned to become a physician. But while pursuing his medical degree at SUNY Upstate Medical University, he became aware of a shortcoming in medical training. Underlying social conditions, which exacerbate many diseases, were often overlooked. In response, he took his career to Cook County. Built in 1914, the facility was dilapidated, overcrowded and poorly administered. Ansell’s SUNY professors warned him that working there would be “career suicide.” But Ansell went anyway. He discovered that inequality of care was systemic to America’s healthcare. One problem then was “patient dumping,” in which private hospitals shipped uninsured patients to public facilities. Ansell and his colleagues wrote a paper on the phenomenon for the New England Journal of Medicine. Their work led to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act of 1987, which requires that all hospitals admit emergency patients. After 17 years at Cook County and 10 years at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, Ansell is now chief medical officer at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center. He and his wife, Paula M. Grabler, M.D., ’74, a radiologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, have two children. Ansell couldn’t speak more highly of his F&M experience. “A liberal arts education was the greatest preparation I could have had,” he says. “Medicine is a science, but it’s a social science as much as a biological science. Exploring history and literature and the arts is how we come to understand the human condition.” Rebuilt in 2002, Cook County today is a modern medical center, where Ansell sits on the board. Even though inequalities still exist in healthcare, Ansell remains hopeful. “We still have 51 million uninsured,” he says. “Our healthcare is still twice as expensive as the next most expensive system, while we have worse outcomes. But I have optimism. Single-Payer Healthcare, Medicare for All. We won’t get there right away, but change is coming.” Franklin & Marshall Magazine 35 Class Action

Mark Miller reports: “I started a new job as communications director for AppliancePartsPros.com. I’m into my third year as a comedy blogger for The Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost. com/mark-c-miller) and also performing at various spoken-word venues in the Los Angeles area. My son is pursuing a master’s degree in information technology while he works full time. My daughter is a college junior majoring in occupational therapy and just got into a sorority. Happy fall to my fellow F&Mers.”

Thomas Zucca writes from Vineland, N.J., that he was inducted into the National Confectionery Sales Association’s “Candy Hall of Fame” at its annual meeting in October 2010 in Tampa, Fla.

1975 Mike DeCola writes that he met Jim Graham ’77 and Sue Wilson Graham “Mates” from the Class of 1976 spent a day on Lake Canandaigua in upstate New ’77 in St. Andrews, Scotland. The two York fishing, eating and catching up. Pictured are (l – r) Rich Bidgood ’76, Dan Weber parties were on separate golf trips. They ’76, Dave McKiernan ’76 and Phil Louie ’76. “The idea was hatched during our 35th stopped to pose on the famous Swilcan Reunion this past June and carried out despite hurricanes, tropical storms, floods, busy lives and rough seas,” Bidgood writes. “Note that all images of fish have been Bridge that runs across the 18th fairway intentionally omitted to preserve veracity.” at The Old Course at St. Andrews.

1976 opened Aug. 16, in the Roosevelt Row art district near downtown Phoenix. I 1978 1976 Class Correspondent will continue representing individuals Jay Boylan, regional sales manager with Laura Kelson with Social Security disability (adults Bond International Software L.L.C., is co- [email protected] and children), retirement, survivors, chair of F&M’s Atlanta Regional Chapter. Col. Greg Canney retired from the Air and dependents; Arizona workers’ He looks forward to seeing Georgia Force in September after 26 years. He compensation; ERISA long-term alums at future HotLanta events. and his family will stay in Clearwater, disability; and Medicare set-aside Fla., and he welcomes contact from F&M claims.” classmates. He plans on substantially 1979 more golf and visits to Lancaster in the Gary Kushner writes: “Earlier this year Aaron Bleznak, M.D., F.A.C.S., and his near future. I was awarded the prestigious Connie family have relocated to Virginia Beach, Murdoch Award by the Small Business Va. He left his clinical and administrative Leonard Malamud, D.O., writes: “I Council of America. It was presented position at Lehigh Valley Health Network have been practicing family medicine by Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in the to assume the role of vice president since 1981 in Levittown, Pa. This past Capitol. My firm, Kushner & Company, is and senior medical director for specialty year I was recognized by Vitals.com for celebrating its 30th year. We’re a national services with Sentara Medical Group/ the Patients Choice Award and Com- HR strategy and employee benefits firm Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Va. He passionate Physician Award for 2010. In headquartered in Portage, Mich., with will maintain a limited clinical practice in August, I was appointed director of the clients in 36 states and six countries. And surgical oncology. Aaron is also pursuing Family Practice Department for the Aria even better, I became a grandfather for his M.B.A. through the University of Health system. I’d really love for some the first time last year.” Massachusetts. He, his wife, Brenda, old friends to reach out and say ’hi.’” and their two youngest children, Emma Thomas Paccioretti represented F&M at (16) and Hanna (15), will be living on the the inauguration of the University of La beach. Their two college graduates, Josh 1977 Verne’s new president on Oct. 21. (25) and Rebecca (23), live in Anchorage Joel Friedman, Esq., reports: “The and Richmond, Va., respectively. new office of Joel F. Friedman, P.L.L.C.,

36 Autumn 2011 nesters now that both kids are at the Peter Lascheid was recently elected to 1981 University of Florida.” the West Virginia University School of Maggie Keenan continues to work Dentistry board of governors. He will as communications director at the Peter Gibaud represented F&M at the serve a four-year term. Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide. inauguration of Wilson College’s new She is also pursuing teaching and served president on Oct. 1. Lawrence Link represented F&M at the as an adjunct professor at the University inauguration of Gordon College’s new of Oregon’s College of Arts and The Rev. William Hutchison earned an president on Sept. 16 in Wenham, Mass. Sciences. She teaches “Cross-Cultural M. Arch. degree at Illinois Institute of Communication” in the Department of Technology in 2010. He is completing Elizabeth Stone, Esq., is running for International Studies. the required 5,600 hours of paid Judge and is one of three remaining internships before sitting for the licensing candidates vying for one of two Maria Zulick Nucci, Esq., reports from exams. He continues ministry as half- positions on the Court of Common Sparks, Nev., that she had the honor time interim pastor at Pilgrim Lutheran Pleas, Cumberland County, Pa. She to be co-author with Dr. Joanne Irene Church and School on the north side of has been surprised how much it costs Gabrynowicz of “The Issue Is: What Is A Chicago. He aspires to combine these to have a winning campaign in local Spaceport?” in the Air & Space Lawyer two passions as a consultant to houses of elections and realized she needed to [Vol. 24, No. 1, 2011], published by the worship going green. Bill’s wife, Cristina hire a professional campaign manager. American Bar Association’s Forum on L. H. Traina, was recently promoted to Facebook has been a wonderful resource Air and Space Law. She also authored full professor at Northwestern University for her class to reconnect on the F&M “Airport Law 101: Keeping the Dedicated This past June, they celebrated their general site and the Class of 1982 site. Airport Law Practitioner Engaged” in the 28th anniversary. Their daughter, Kate Those on the 1982 Alumni site all seem winter 2010 issue of TransLaw, published (23), is enjoying a gap year (or two!) after very excited for the upcoming 30th by the Federal Bar Association’s graduation from Northwestern before Reunion. Elizabeth recently opened her Transportation and Transportation returning to grad school for sports own solo law practice in Camp Hill, Pa., Security Law Section. In March, she medicine. Maggie (21) graduates from after four years as a public defender and served as a brief-grader, and an oral- Macalester in May and has a job lined 16 years in her family’s law firm. She lives argument judge for the Seattle round, up. David (17) is a junior at Evanston with her husband, Chris, and 11-year-old for the National Appellate Advocacy Township High School. son, Christopher, in New Cumberland. Competition, conducted by the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division. She is also working on returning to Pennsylvania as soon as she can.

Jonathan S. Ziss, a partner in the Philadelphia office of law firm Goldberg Segalla L.L.P., has been invited to join the prestigious Council on Litigation Management, a nonpartisan alliance comprising thousands of insurance companies, corporations, corporate counsel, litigation and risk managers, claims professionals and attorneys. He has extensive trial and appellate experience in the state and federal courts, as well as before administrative tribunals. He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, aviation litigation and professional liability. He is a frequent writer and lecturer on a wide range of topics related to his practice.

1982 Marc Dobin writes: “I was recently inducted into the Craig S. Barnard Inn of Court as a master of the bench. My law practice continues in the areas of Four friends since their first year at F&M gathered at the beach this fall to celebrate securities litigation and arbitration and their 50th birthday. They are (l – r) Carla DiLullo Zajac ’83, Maura Condon Umble ’83, commercial litigation. We are empty- Elisa Zinberg ’83 and Vanessa Christman ’83.

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Lewis Kaplan, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.C.C.M., a member of the board of directors 1983 F.C.C.P., writes: “I am now the tactical for the Connecticut Mortgage Bankers Vanessa Christman reports: “The medical director for the North Haven/ Association. I still live in Glastonbury, Christman/Newman family is juggling North Branford Connecticut SWAT Conn., with my wife, Amanda, and my commitments to three colleges these team, and Connecticut’s only surgeon to children — Hannah (16), David (14) and days: our daughter, Becca, just started deploy with a SWAT team in to the inner Aleia (11).” her freshman year at Goucher College, perimeter to provide emergency medical and David Newman ’85 remains and surgical care to wounded officers, devoted to F&M. In addition to my suspects or bystanders.” 1988 service on F&M’s Alumni Association Cindy Riker, of Maple Glen, Pa., has Board, I am acting director of intercultural Tony DeMarco has been named the accepted a sales position with Boehringer affairs at Bryn Mawr College. We’re senior director of marketing for the Ingelheim in their newly formed Diabetes hoping our son, Charlie, will attend F&M, Lancaster Barnstormers, a member of the Division. not only because it’s such a great school, Atlantic League of Professional Baseball but also it’ll make our lives a little less that plays its home games in Clipper Michele Shermak, M.D., F.A.C.S., writes: complicated!” Magazine Stadium. Tony previously “I am now a plastic surgeon in Baltimore. worked in F&M’s Office of Advancement I wrote a surgical atlas that came out Peggy Engle, Esq., of Dallas, Pa., for more than four years. in 2010 and was published by McGraw writes: “I am still a managing attorney Hill, called Body Contouring. This is a at North Penn Legal Services. I recently Kendra Feldman McGuire, Esq., book that teaches surgical techniques was elected president of the board represented F&M at the inauguration of in breast and body contouring. I left my of directors of the Domestic Violence Elizabethtown College’s new president academic position in plastic surgery at Service Center.” on Oct. 1. Johns Hopkins to pursue private practice in Lutherville, Md.” Lance Leopold writes: “I have left Ascenta Therapeutics as chief medical 1985 officer after the successful partnering of Stephanie Norce Clark and David Clark 1989 two drug-development programs and would like to share that their oldest joined Incyte Corp. as vice president of David Johnson writes: “I recently daughter, Kathryn, is a member of the research and development.” changed jobs and am now working for Class of 2015 at F&M. Nutricia, a global leader in the field of Stephen Staman writes: “In March, medical nutrition. As head of marketing Kathleen O’Neill is working at the Library I participated in the USTA’s Trilevel for Specialized Elderly Care, I enjoy of Congress as an archives specialist in National Tournament, where a team of making a difference in people’s lives by the Manuscript Division. 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 mens doubles teams improving their health and longevity. This compete with other teams at their level summer I completed the Vermont 100- to win a national championship. We 1986 Mile Endurance Run. I was supported by represented the Middle State region and my wife, daughter and mother-in-law, won the regional tournament to advance Oneida DeLuca, F.A.C.H.E., partner who provided encouragement and food to nationals. George Veronis and I and co-owner of Birchwood Consulting throughout the day and night.” competed at the 4.5 level and finished Group, L.L.C., and a Vistage chair, has third in the country. George coaches achieved Fellow status in the American Tom Kramer and his wife continue to Lancaster Catholic’s girls tennis team College of Healthcare Executives expand their charity, Racing To Register, with my doubles partner from F&M, Mike (ACHE). Fellow status represents her by launching an affiliate site in Canada Davis ’86. Mike and I will be playing for commitment to continued achievement under the website www.racingtoregister. Lancaster Country Club’s team and will in meeting high standards of professional ca. They have started a new program team together this year in hopes of going development, excellence and leadership called “The Wish Register,” which makes back to Indian Wells in March 2012.” as a healthcare executive. ACHE is an the wishes of families recovering from international professional society of more marrow/stem-cell transplants come true. than 30,000 healthcare executives. 1984 1990 Karla Campanella, M.D., of Lancaster, 1987 recently graduated from a psychiatry Victoria Nessen Kohlasch writes from residency at the University of Larry Garfinkel writes: “In June, I started Boston: “This summer, my marketing Pennsylvania and is working at Lancaster a new position as the managing partner consulting firm, www.nessenkohlasch. General Hospital as a staff psychiatrist. for Connecticut for Marinosci Law Group com, celebrated its 10th anniversary. P.C. and vice president of REO for Liberty Who knew when I started it that we’d Emily Goldstein is happy to report that Title and Escrow Co. I have opened actually fulfill our goal to help small her Baltimore-based graphic design a new branch office in Wethersfield, to mid-sized companies grow their firm, M Design, will celebrate its 10th Conn. It is an exciting and challenging businesses and in turn build our econ- anniversary this year. new venture. I was also recently made omy? We have a great time working

38 Autumn 2011 In the Regions

Saturday, Jan. 14 • PHILADELPHIA Dine with the Dinosaurs at the Academy of Natural Sciences The Metro Philadelphia and Delaware Regional Chapters invite you to a family-friendly evening of learning and entertainment at one of downtown Philadelphia’s most-beloved museums. The evening will include dinner, a program and time to explore the exhibits after hours.

Thursday, Jan. 19 • WASHINGTON, D.C. The Metro D.C. Regional Chapter hosted an outing prior to a Washington A Toast to the Class of 2012 Nationals’ game. Pictured are Adrienne Bauer ’93 (l) and Brian Rutter ’87. F&M Alumni Association board member Larry Graham ’65 will host the Metro Washington, D.C., Chapter’s annual “Toast” program at the headquarters of the National Con- fectioners’ Association. Alumni, parents and friends are invited to join us in welcoming F&M’s newest alumni to the region.

Friday, Jan. 20 • ATLANTA An Evening at the High Museum Join the Metro Atlanta Regional Chapter for an exciting evening at the High Museum. F&M friends will enjoy a The Metro New York Regional Chapter hosted “Apple Harvest private reception and tours of the Picasso to Warhol, a Day at Masker Orchards” on Oct. 1. Attendees included (l – r) Linda stunning exhibit featuring 14 20th-century artists on loan Laucirica Holtzer ’89 (with daughter Shelby), Nicole DeAugustine from the Museum of Modern Art in New York. ’09, Molly Briere ’09, Katie Rouff ’99, Chris Horn, Jean Mary Bon- giorno ’97, Annalai Wheat Rivers ’03 and Ricardo Rivers ’93.

For information about these and other 2012 events, visit us regularly at www.fandm.edu/alumni, or call the Office of Alumni Relations at 866-925-5500. Want to receive the latest regional event announcements and exclusive chapter news? Alumni, parents and friends of F&M in the regions receive regular updates by email, and you can, too. Send your current email address to [email protected] to tap into the best of F&M on the road.

with classic New England businesses Wright Building Conservancy, a national and keeping them (and us) thriving. nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to 1992 Despite the bad economic environment, the preservation of Wright’s built works. Bede Benjamin Bidlack earned a Ph.D. it is wonderful to work with determined He has also been appointed co-chair from Boston College, not a Th.D., as was entrepreneurs to buck the trends and of the conservancy’s 2011 conference, incorrectly reported in the summer issue grow in these times. Here’s hoping “Frank Lloyd Wright and the East Coast,” of the magazine. the next 10 years will be on the same which will be held in Philadelphia. The trajectory!” conference will run for five days and Chris Finch has been named an assistant include a series of architectural tours coach with the NBA’s Houston Rockets. Allan Rubin writes: “I was recently visiting all four local Wright buildings, The former head coach of the Rio Grande promoted to vice president, marketing, including Christian’s own Suntop Home, Valley Vipers in the NBA Development for immixGroup, Inc. I’m living in northern as well as designs by other noted League, Chris will coach the British Virginia (a.k.a. ‘Earthquake Central’) with modern architects such as Kahn, Neutra, National team at the 2012 Summer my wife and two kids (8 and 11).” Howe & Lescaze, Bishop & Beidler, Olympics to be held in London. Raymond and Dow. Erik Sjogren reports: “My wife, Carrie, 1991 and I welcomed a daughter, Sarah Majlis, born in March. She joins an enamored Christian Busch has been named to the big brother Will (2 1/2). I’m looking board of directors of the Frank Lloyd

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forward to catching up with old friends next year!” New Alumni Board Members Named Erica Steinhaus-Kaplan, D.D.S., and her husband, Scott, joyfully announce Four new members were named to F&M’s the birth of their second son, Nathan Alumni Association Board in July. In ad- Michael, on Aug. 16. He joins big brother dition, the 2011-2012 executive commit- Julian (4). tee was announced: They are Amy Rose Francek, M.A, C.C.C.-S.L.P., ’97, president; 1993 David Taylor ’81, vice president; and Anthony Della Pelle, Esq., ’84, treasurer. Amy Brustolon writes: “I am working The new members on the board are: for the Agricultural Research Service • Bryan C. Hart ’01 is a senior financial analyst at New York Presbyterian Hos- sector of the USDA. For the past year I pital. He recently served as the chair of F&M’s Metro New York Regional have also been a coach for Girls On the Chapter and has been a Reunion volunteer and a Career Services partner. Run, an afterschool enrichment program for girls in 3rd through 8th grade that • Lee Anne Morris, Esq., ’82 is a project attorney at Jones Day in Dallas, Texas. combines life-skill lessons with training She has hosted several events for alumni and parents in the Dallas area, as for a 5K event. The program provides well as supporting admission efforts in the area. the necessary tools for girls to manage • Lois Lucente Narr, D.O., ’86 is a family practice physician on the Eastern the tough times of adolescence so they shore of Maryland. She is a member of the Diplomat Athletic Club and a are better prepared to live full lives as Reunion volunteer. the wonderful adult women they will become. In June, I ran my first half- • John Brame Witmer ’67 is retired as director of development for the Salt Lake marathon to raise the registration fee Arts Center. He has led an effort to engage our far-flung alumni in the state needed for my fall team.” of Utah by hosting numerous dinners.

John Martin writes: “On Sept. 2, I participated in a four-mile swimming Board Seeks New Members fundraiser for Colin’s Hope, a group Would you like to be more involved centered around raising awareness for drowning prevention. We raised $58,339 in the success and growth of your alma mater? among 42 swimmers and had a great F&M’s Alumni Association board of directors, the governing body of the Franklin event. Local Austinite and Olympian Brendan Hansen participated as well, & Marshall Alumni Association, is seeking to build a large pool of candidates who but I didn’t quite keep up with him. I was are interested in serving on the board. The board will see a significant number of sponsored by 55 families and friends, vacancies beginning in 2013 and continuing through 2016. including Greg Schramm ’93, Chris The Alumni Board comprises people who believe that F&M made a profound dif- Manson Susannin ’92 Matt Stretanski , ference in their lives and who are eager to see that others receive the same benefit. ’94, Angelo Campano ’93 and Josh The Alumni Association’s mission is, in brief, to engage alumni with (1) fellow Weiner ’94. Thanks, everyone. It was indeed a great day!” alumni, (2) its alma mater and (3) current students and parents. Its members work with many members of the F&M community, including Presi- Brian Priestley married Joanna Davidson dent Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D., the Board of Trustees, senior administrators, on July 14 during a private ceremony students and faculty, and alumni everywhere on strategic initiatives and specific at the Sandals Grande St. Lucia Resort. projects. The board is excited about President Porterfield’s ambitious plans and Attending a post-wedding party in the sense of energy and excitement that pervade the campus. Maryland were Phi Kappa Tau brothers Michael McCall and Mark Fleming. The Alumni currently on the board span graduation years from 1953 to 2004, work in couple lives in Ellicott City, Md. diverse industries and hail from a variety of geographic locations. Their common bond is a willingness to give their time, energy and expertise to their alma mater. 1994 There are many ways to help F&M now, including volunteering for regional ’94 Class Correspondents chapters, affinity groups, Reunion and Homecoming or supporting Admission Thompson Bellingrath and Career Services. A record of leadership is an excellent stepping stone to future [email protected] service on the Alumni Board.

Jillian Franciscovich If you are interested, contact Cathy Cross Roman ’77, director of alumni relations, [email protected] at [email protected] or 717-291-4197, or Paul Carberry ’81, Membership Committee chair, at [email protected]. Visit www.fandm.edu/alumni for more information about the Alumni Association.

40 Autumn 2011 Susan Anthony is happy in San Francisco second son, Cole Anthony Enfield, in for use by students to enhance their with her husband and two little girls. She July. Cole was a petite 10 lbs. at birth, in-class curriculum. The garden was produces events for InStyle magazine, and his big brother, Jack (3), is thrilled to financed with all private grants and nonprofits and corporations. She sends a have a playmate.” donations, including a $10,000 grant hello to all! from Home Depot. It will include Greg Grasso is teaching and coaching vegetable and herb growing areas and Thompson Bellingrath reports: “We football and lacrosse in Rockland County. native plant gardens. This is the second just hit the one-year mark of living in school garden that Bonnie has managed. San Francisco. We’re loving it so far Camille Habacker reports: “I was just in (though we already miss the seasons). a play, P.S. It’s Poison, at the Red Room Marc Meyers’ film Harvest did well at Marisa is the principal at an independent Theater in the East Village. Beautiful the many film festivals it was invited to. girls school, our boys (Guy and Albie) Veronica is in 4th grade, and Lincoln is It was just released to home video in are settled into their schools, and I’m raising hell in kindergarten. I continue September. working with a few startups doing to launch new technology projects at product development and raising money. Guardian Life, while my husband and I Brooke Williams writes: “I’m happily If anyone wants an excuse to come out gear up for the relaunch of our theater, living in Columbus, Ohio, and busy as a and visit, the America’s Cup is here next The Slipper Room, on New York’s Lower stay-at-home mom for my two daughters, September!” East Side. ages 5 and 3. I’d love to hear from old friends — especially Bessie Smith-ers!” Mark Enfield writes from Los Angeles: Bonnie Martin designed and led the “My wife, Amy, and I welcomed our funding and development of a new school garden at River Place Elementary 1995 Vasudha Bhavaraju, M.D., and her husband, Anuj, welcomed a baby boy, Jahnav Kamal, on July 24. He joins big Nominees Needed for the brother Kishan (5) and big sister Kalyani Society of Distinguished Alumni (3). Vasu is a pediatrician in Phoenix. William Boyle reports: “The Boyles are Each year, F&M’s Alumni Association Board recognizes alumni for extra- doing great in Chicago. Meagan recently ordinary service to their alma mater or for outstanding professional and personal completed her doctorate in education accomplishments. The awards are presented annually during Reunion Weekend. and is now working for the University of The board asks for your help in identifying worthy recipients of these awards. Chicago’s Hyde Park Day School. Our sons, Will (4) and Quinn (2), are keeping The Alumni Medal recognizes alumni who have rendered sustained, life interesting by alternating between distinguished service to the College. Through their volunteer leadership and adorable kids and rampaging monkeys.” accomplishments, past award winners have made significant contributions to the life of the College and its extended communities. The 2011 recipients were Margo Green Dewsnap writes: “Things Trustees Bob Brooks ’66, P’98, and Tony Kreisel ’66. are great for Pete and me. Charlotte is 5 years old and Jack is 3 — it’s an awesome The Alumni Development Volunteer Award recognizes alumni who have stage. I also have a new work position as demonstrated leadership in development activities. This award does not recognize brand manager for Amazing Grass here personal philanthropy, but rather significant assistance to the College in securing in Canada. Rick Rick Rickaw!” philanthropic support for important projects. This year’s recipients were Richard “Rippy” Philipps ’85 and Thomas Sheridan, Esq., ’86. Melissa Raspa Kick writes: “My husband, Mahan, and I are happy to announce The Alumni Citation, which recognizes alumni who have distinguished the birth of our second daughter, Hana themselves professionally, provided leadership and service to the community, Elise Kick (born Sept. 4, 2010). She or established an exemplary record of accomplishments in a specific field of joins big sister Maddie, who will be 3 in endeavor, was awarded this year to Mike Dee ’85, Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills ’72 January. To accommodate our growing and Leroy Pernell ’71. family, we bought an older house in our neighborhood in Raleigh, N.C., and my To learn more about past winners of these awards, please visit our website: husband (an architect) has designed a new second-floor addition. We hope to www.fandm.edu/alumni/discover/society-of-distinguished-alumni be in by the holidays!” Nominations may be sent to Aimee Achorn, associate director of alumni relations, at [email protected], or by mail to Alumni Relations, Franklin John Parapatt and Katja Seim are living & Marshall College, P. O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604. Please describe your in Flourtown, Pa. John writes: “Our two children, Lukas (5) and Mira (3), keep candidate’s qualifications in your letter of nomination. Nominations will be us busy. In the last year, I moved within accepted until Jan. 6, 2012.

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Merck to join the marketing team for July. Charles is chief actuary for China’s atherosclerosis. I’m working closely with second largest insurer. Shanghai is a 1998 clinical and manufacturing to bring a new booming city going through incredible Lori Boyer writes: “I graduated from product to market. I wouldn’t have seen growth, and we are having a blast!” Drexel University’s ACE program myself in marketing while at F&M, but (accelerated one-year nursing program) I’m really enjoying it now! I also keep my Jeff Shafto writes: “I recently opened the with my B.S.N. I am working as a nurse brief, earlier law career relevant through Law Office of Jeffrey Shafto in Portland, at the Hospital of the University of some pro-bono work with an organization Maine, while my son, Charlie, mastered Pennsylvania on the transplant and called Philadelphia VIP.” swimming and riding a two-wheel bike bariatric post-surgical floor. Nursing is this summer.” enjoyable and interesting and more than a little challenging. I love it!” 1996 Carole Koza Varghese and her husband, Philip Dinterman writes: “My wife, Amy, Josh Eisenberg reports: “On Aug. 25, George, welcomed their first child, and I welcomed our second child, Alden, my wife, Audrey, and I adopted our son, Evelyn, on June 22. They currently live in in August. He joins his older brother, Jamari Elston Eisenberg. Jamari has Washington, D.C. Emmett (2). We reside in Morgantown, been with us since December 2008. We W.Va., where I am a geologist with the currently have Andrew, a first-grader; West Virginia Geological and Economic Jamari; and two seven-month-old girls 1997 Survey.” whom we care for as foster parents. I’m Amy Rose Francek writes: “I am honored still an at-home-dad, a Chicago tour to be serving as president of the Franklin Marc Friess, of Roslyn, N.Y., writes: “My guide on the side, and run the website & Marshall Alumni Association, especially wife, Roni, and I are proud to announce www.obitoftheday.com (featured in during my 15th Reunion year! We are the birth of our son, Harris Ari Friess, on Tumblr.com’s history spotlight).” hoping for a great turnout from the Class Aug. 8. Big brother Asher (4 1/2) is super of 1997. You can follow the work of the excited.” Charles Jin writes: “We are happy Alumni Association and get updates to report that the Jin family — Kathy on Reunion and events in your area on Rachel Davis Germain, D.V.M., writes: Ke ’95, Tyler and Terri — relocated to Twitter at @amyrfrancek. Looking forward “My husband, John, and I are thrilled Shanghai, China, from Short Hills, N.J., in to seeing friends old and new in June!” to announce the arrival of our first child, John Edward, on Sept. 12.”

Melissa Rexach writes: “My husband and I are elated to announce the birth of our son, José Ignacio. He was born on May 13. I am fortunate enough to be able to work from home as a freelance E.R. court reporter. My husband is the vice president of sales, Latin America, for Zyloware Corp.”

Alex Dilzer Thompson and her husband, Greg, welcomed their third child, Jillian Claire, on July 28. Jillian joins big brother Charlie and big sister Maisie (both 4). The family lives in Exton, Pa.

1999 1999 Class Correspondents Rebecca Deering O’Hara [email protected] Lauren Brown [email protected]

Adrian Bilger reports: “My wife and I, along with our two daughters, Heidi (4 1/2) and Brianna (2 1/2), recently concluded an extensive undertaking with the sale of our home in Albany, N.Y., and CLASS YEARS ENDING IN 2 AND 7 subsequent purchase of our new home in Latham, N.Y. We moved over Labor

42 Autumn 2011 Weddings

Kaitlin Borror ’04 Samantha Bentley ’08

Bess Marks ’03 Jennifer White ’08 – Benjamin Olsen ’11

Bess Marks ’03 married James Mitchell Samantha Bentley ’08 married James teacher. Attendees included (front row, on June 25. They live in Arlington, Hawthorne on Sept. 10 in Andalusia, l – r) Jessica Migliore ’07, Mariah Bliss ’07, Va., and work for the Department of Pa. Attendees included (front row, l – r) Jennifer Jin ’09, Jacqueline Koch ’08, Homeland Security. F&M classmates in Cyrus Adams ’07, Hawthorne and Miles Elizabeth Benner ’11, Chris Gulbrandsen attendance included Jaime Lessa ’03, Lang-Kennedy ’08; (back row) Chelsea ’08, White, Olsen, Hayes Dunlap ’11, Anne Abrams ’03, Kristen Kowalski ’03 Atkinson, Erin Hillmar ’10, Robert Goman Emily Livingstone ’11, Jacqueline Sager and Rose Hartmann ’03. ’08, Lindsay Solar ’08, Anne Christensen ’13, Bradford Barnet ’08 and Alaina ’08, Jenna Ishkanian ’08, Lauren Wasp DeGeorgio ’08; (back row) Neel Iyer ’11, Kaitlin Borror ’04 married Manuel ’08, Bentley, Matt Demczko ’08, Millicent Rob Burnett ’12, Adric Quackenbush Florenciano Meseguer on July 22 in Scott ’08, Brittany Carson Kirk ’08, Tracie ’11, David Cho ’11, Matthew Tomlinson Mamaroneck, N.Y. In attendance were Hiatt ’08, Erin O’Hara ’08, Gregory ’11, Rhett Jones ’13, Justin Webster ’11, (l – r) Amy Reale ’03, Marko Stanojevic Johnson ’08 and Allison Barthold ’08. Keturah Hetrick ’12, Matthew Shannon ’04, Meseguer, Borror, Lilia Londar ’11, Asawin Suebsaeng ’11, Alex ’04, Erin Colgan Beattie ’03 and Nicole Jennifer White ’08 married Benjamin Nalbandian ’11, Samuel Ruchlewicz ’11, Koppenheffer ’03. The couple lives Olsen ’11 on Aug. 5 in Rochester, N.Y. Megan Tomlinson ’10, Kristy Kingan ’12 in Forest Hills, N.Y., where Kaitlin The couple lives in Storrs, Conn., where and Matthew Naiman ’12. teaches fourth grade and Manuel is a Ben attends graduate school at the project controller for an international University of Connecticut for ecology and construction company. evolutionary biology, and Jen is a music

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Day weekend and are still trying to find Joseph Teel, M.D., writes: “Our first year tongue,” “potent humor” and “ample everything we packed. It’s amazing how back in Philadelphia has been a great torso.” He sings next in Fargo, N.D., much ’stuff’ one accumulates in only six transition. We love living in West Philly before heading overseas. More details years at one residence!” and have been trying to take advantage can be found on his website at www. of everything the city has to offer. Marni StephanosT.com. Andrea Weeden Burton and her and I are awaiting the arrival of our husband, Matthew, welcomed their daughter, Meskerem, from Ethiopia, first child, Michael Eli, on July 27, 2010. while our son, Elijah, continues to grow 2000 Andrea is director of sales for HBO, and enjoy his new hometown. Marni is Erin Bushnell has been promoted and Matt is director of social media continuing her freelance writing, while to director of human resources at for American Express. They reside in also taking care of Elijah. I am finishing Pennoni Associates, an award-winning Hoboken, N.J. my first year at UPenn and was lucky consulting engineering and design firm enough to receive the Family Medicine headquartered in Philadelphia. She Michele Mandell reports from Baltimore: and Community Health Faculty Teaching previously served as human resources “Just in time for the East Coast earth- Award for the past academic year.” manager and has been with the firm for quake and Hurricane Irene, my husband, almost 10 years. She is responsible for Michael, and I welcomed our first child, Stephanos Tsirakoglou returned from the HR functions throughout the firm’s 28 Donivan Francesco, on Aug 17.” shows in Logan, Utah, where he was offices. variously praised for his “quicksilver

Call for Submissions The College is pleased to announce its first F&M Alumni Arts Review, a printed publication that presents literary and visual works by Franklin & Marshall alumni. All alumni of the College are invited to send in their work. The categories include stories, poetry, essays and artwork. In the spirit of the ideals and teachings of a liberal arts education, alumni from all disciplines — not just English and the arts — are encouraged to submit to the Review. Edited by Sands Hall, an adjunct assistant professor of creative writing in the College’s Department of English, the inaugural issue will focus on “Turning Points” — a concept that can be broadly applied.

Submissions will be accepted until midnight, Dec. 10, 2011. For complete submission details, visit the F&M Alumni Arts Review website at www.fandm.edu/alumni-arts-review. Submission guidelines are also available by mail by writing: Editor, F&M Alumni Arts Review, Franklin & Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604.

44 Autumn 2011 Amy Noone Frederick, president of the Faye Del Pezzo and Andy Lee ’98 2010. They live in Beltsville, Md., where 60 Plus Association, whose 7.1 million welcomed a daughter, Greta, on Aug. John, after completing a fellowship national supporters have made it the 12. Their son, Hunter (3), loves being a in pediatric neurology at Children’s largest conservative seniors advocacy big brother. National Medical Center, is now a fellow group in the nation, received the in Epilepsy and Neurophysiology at the Buckley Award in September. The award Colin Klein writes: “I was promoted National Institutes of Health. Christina recognizes individuals between the ages to associate professor with tenure in practices outpatient family medicine of 21 and 40 who have made a significant the Department of Philosophy at the in Northeast Washington, D.C., and contribution to the conservative University of Illinois at Chicago.” teaches medical students and residents movement. In March, she and her at Georgetown University. husband, Jeff, welcomed their third child, Kerrey Moran writes: “On May 6, Dan J. Michael Frederick. Little sisters Grace Olden Jr. and I celebrated our marriage Vanessa Wilkie, N.D., graduated from (5) and Isabel (2) are loving their new little in Simsbury, Conn. Alumni in attendance medical school with a naturopathic brother. included Gina Calzaferri, Rebecca doctor degree from Bastyr University Oster Ciecka ’02, Brian Cohen, Leslie in Kenmore, Wash. She writes: “I’ve Michael Quartey, Esq., writes: “The McGregor Cohen, Brooke Gillespie ’02, also been selected to do my first-year sports agency I own, East Preps L.L.C., Abby Lisman, Chris Loftus ’96, Chris residency at Holistic Health Clinic in just signed two local players to NFL Politan, Emily King Peter, and Amanda Tacoma. I belong to a nationally known teams. It is the first contract I have Bollacker Schmidt ’99. hand-bell choir, Bells of the Sound, negotiated. I played football under based out of West Seattle. It allows me to F&M’s legendary Thomas Gilburg and Christina Ungaro Schreiber and John still use the music degree that I received have been mentored by his son-in law, Schreiber welcomed their daughter, from F&M, and I met my husband of 2 Todd Rucci, who also played seven years Grace Olivia, one year ago, on Sept. 11, 1/2 years through the group, as well.” for the New England Patriots and resides in Lancaster.”

Sarah Reigle, Esq., joined Pittsburgh- based law firm Meyer, Unkovic & Scott in its real estate and commercial group. “SUBMIT A CLASS NOTE” CONTEST She comes from K&L Gates, where she provided legal counsel to clients The Alumni Association is sponsoring a contest engaged in commercial real estate and to help increase the number of class notes that are general corporate matters, including submitted to Franklin & Marshall Magazine. real estate acquisition and disposition, land use and development, leasing and Submit a class note by Dec. 31, 2011, to be entered secured financing. She resides in Franklin to win a Franklin & Marshall sweatshirt. Notes Park. can be submitted by mailing the coupon below to Franklin & Marshall Magazine, Franklin & Devon Frankel Silberstein and her Marshall College, P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA husband welcomed their second daughter, Drew Avery Silberstein, on 17604-3003; by email to [email protected]; by online submission at the April 22. The family lives in Rye, N.Y. magazine’s website at magazine.fandm.edu; or by scanning the QRC above.

Katie Manthorne-Skrzat writes: “In April, Name: ______Class Year: ______we welcomed our first child, a little girl named Evelyn. We are all doing very well, and she appears to be growing to Address: ______the height of her mother.” Email Address:______

2001 News:______2001 Class Correspondent Annie Lyon [email protected] ______Kisha Bazelais, Ph.D., received her Ph.D. in counseling psychology from Boston College in August. She started a ______postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Geriatric Psychiatry at Cornell Medical ______College in September.

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Randy Wilkins reports: “I completed at the Pentagon, I am now the head my latest short film, Homage to Bela, A varsity volleyball coach at Wakefield High Prelude, which has been accepted into School in Arlington, Va.” the HBO NY Latino International and Urbanworld film festivals. I am currently Manav Patnaik and his wife, Kiran Abid working on two feature scripts. One is ’02, welcomed their second child, a girl based off my short film Osvaldo that is born on July 7. They live in New York now playing on HBO. I am also in pre- City. production for my next short film Docket 32357.” Laura Stroup, Ph.D., has been named assistant professor of environmental studies at Saint Michael’s College. She is 2002 the first professor in the college’s newly 2002 Class Correspondent developed, cross-disciplinary major in Deanna Popowicz environmental studies. She has extensive [email protected] experience in exploring the changing impact of the human environment on Jonathan Altman recently assumed the water resources. She and her husband, role of manager, copyright licensing and Joseph Baird, live in Winooski. Her royalties at Concord Music Group Inc. husband teaches at Mansfield Academy. The promotion prompted Jon and his They have a small dog named Napoleon wife, Rachel Ellenport, a senior associate and a big cat named Sidney. with the national executive search firm Isaacson, Miller, to relocate from Boston to Los Angeles. 2003 2003 Class Correspondent Amanda Kibler Burton and her husband, Anita Fleisher Zook In April, Laura Piersol ’06 graduated Jeff, welcomed their second child, Jacob from the United States Air Force’s Of- [email protected] Reid, on Aug. 12. He joins big sister ficer Training School at the Maxwell Air Madysen (3). Will Bartz married Emily Swartz on Force Base in Alabama. She is pictured Sept. 24 in Severna Park, Md. Both are (at left) with her sister Jessica Piersol Waldheim ’02, an Air Force veteran of Meghan McManus Campfield, D.M.D. , teachers at Indian Creek Upper School the Iraq War. writes: “My husband, Brian, and I are in Crownsville, Md., where they run a excited to announce the birth of our summer program for underprivileged daughter, Quinn Marie, born Aug. 11. children. They are also both head Sarah Steward, of Ewing, N.J., reports: She joins big brother Owen (3).” coaches at the school. Will coaches the “In April, I started as district director for boys basketball team, and Emily coaches Congressman Rush Holt (NJ-12). Before Steve Emkey writes: “My wife, Bethany the girls field hockey team. Many alumni becoming Holt’s district director, I was Webb Emkey, and I welcomed our were in attendance, along with F&M campaign manager for his successful second son, Trevor Harrison Emkey, on coaches Glenn Robinson and Lauren 2010 race and have served in various Aug. 25. We moved from Reading, Pa., Paul. other roles in his New Jersey and to Scotch Plains, N.J. I took a promotion Washington, D.C., offices over the last with Bausch + Lomb, where I have been Esen Celik, Ph.D., writes: “I finished seven years.” working for the past four years. I went my Ph.D. in political science and began

from being a sales rep to managing sales working as an assistant professor of operations at their global headquarters in political science at a liberal arts college. Madison, N.J.” This has been my dream since attending 2005 F&M!” Esen also published a book, 2005 Class Correspondent Justin Kim was inducted in the CUTCO/ Being a Muslim: Finding Inner Peace via Kate Oppenheimer Vector Hall of Fame in February. Vector Submission. In this book, she expounds [email protected] Marketing Corp. is a direct-sales firm on the literal meaning of being a muslim. Daniel Eggertsson won the 36th Annual that markets Cutco Cutlery, a line of Palm Beach Kennel Club County Amateur kitchen cutlery, accessories and sporting Golf Tournament on July 31. knives. The Hall of Fame is reserved for 2004 representatives who excel and must have Craig Holman and his wife, Lee Anne, sales in excess of $1 million. He lives in welcomed their second son, Jackson Jackie Farside Mikkelson is a 5th-grade Bronxville, N.Y. Robert Holman, on July 28. He joins big teacher in the Mantua Township School brother EJ (2). The family lives in Atlanta, District in Gloucester County, N.J. She is Kim Lundberg writes: “In addition to where Craig is pursuing his M.B.A. at the teaching language arts, math and social my work as a defense contractor for University of Georgia. studies. the Office of the Secretary of Defense

46 Autumn 2011 Michael Sheridan III reports from Christine Nicpon writes: “I am gearing protein acetylation and its role in Philadelphia: “We celebrated the birth of up for my second year at the University epigenetic and metabolic regulation. On our son, Michael A. Sheridan IV, on Dec. of Chicago, where I am pursuing my Wisconsin, and, as always, go Dips!” 28, 2010, during the blizzard.” master’s at the School of Social Service Administration. I will be starting my Alyssa Mowitz writes from Des Moines, second internship with the Research Iowa, that she has joined the staff of 2006 Department at Illinois Action for Congressman Leonard Boswell (Iowa) in 2006 Class Correspondent Children, which focuses on head-start his Washington, D.C., office. Meghan Godorov programming. I was promoted to [email protected] case manager 2 and am working with Elizabeth Parks represented F&M at pregnant and parenting wards of the the inauguration of King’s College’s new Spencer Bollacker and Erin Golden are state. I was appointed to the Latino president on Oct. 7. pleased to announce their engagement. Advisory Committee, a joint committee Spencer is pursuing his master’s in urban with private agencies and with DCFS Elisabeth Thompson writes: “I’ve planning at the University of Colorado, that submits policy and program recently begun working with the Turtle Denver. Erin continues to work on a recommendations to the director of Bay Music School in Manhattan as their Ph.D. in neuroscience at The Johns the Department of Children and Family new program assistant. I get to help Hopkins University School of Medicine. A Services.” young children and adults explore music September 2013 wedding is planned. and discover their passions. I couldn’t be Daniel Vose reports from Washington, happier!” Ellen Verdibello writes: “After moving to D.C., that he visited Kandahar, Brooklyn two years ago to start graduate Afghanistan, on a work assignment Rebecca Weast writes: “I’ve just started school, I recently earned my M.F.A. for his current employer, Chemonics my first semester of work toward my in performing arts management from International, a contractor for USAID. eventual Ph.D. in cognitive psychology Brooklyn College. I am thrilled to be at the University of Virginia, working with starting a new job as major gifts assistant Dr. Dennis Proffitt on issues of human in the Development Department at New 2009 spatial perception and action (among York City Ballet.” Melissa Brotschul reports: “In May, I was several other things) and loving it!” promoted to the role of supervisor for the Clinical Support Team of an expanding Ashley Wycoff writes from Philadelphia: 2008 physician-advising company called “Michael Clark ’08, a football player Luis Clavijo has concluded his first-year Executive Health Resources that is based and member of Sigma Pi, proposed to assignment with GE Corporate Audit in Newtown Square, Pa.” me, a member of the lacrosse team, Staff. After providing full-time consulting on Dec. 23, 2010. A wedding date has services to various GE business in Carolyn Devens writes: “I completed been set for April 21, 2012, at the Union Norwalk, Conn.; Paris; Bogota, Colombia; my yearlong conservation biology League in Philadelphia. Both bridal and Buenos Aires, Luis has decided to master’s program at the Durrell Institute parties will have plenty of F&M spirit. stay with the program for one more year. of Conservation and Ecology, University The bridesmaids include Erica Wood He lives in Los Angeles. of Kent, in Canterbury, England. Before ’09, Betsy Griffin Petrelli ’08 and Sara returning home, I will be backpacking Nyman ’09. Groomsmen include Joe Meaghan Eyler, of Thurmont, Md., around Europe with a good friend Manard ’08, Nick Petrelli ’08 and graduated from the University of from my junior year semester abroad Andrew Sparks ’08.” Baltimore School of Law and is currently in Tanzania. My master’s program has in the hiring process with the FBI to been an incredibly memorable year, and become an agent. In the meantime, she I have made lifelong friends from around 2010 is working as a law clerk at The Stern the world.” In January, she is moving Molly Austin writes: “I moved to Group in Frederick. She will be marrying to South Africa’s Western Cape to work New York City to begin my master’s her high-school sweetheart in June 2012 for a nonprofit organization, Landmark in developmental psychology at in the Outer Banks, N.C. Foundation. She will be research assistant the Teacher’s College at Columbia doing leopard research and monitoring University. I will also be volunteering at Christopher Hudock, Esq., graduated and be involved in community education the Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy from American University’s Washington and outreach, predator advocacy, and Department at Mount Sinai Hospital.” College of Law in the spring. He has predator rescue and rehabilitation. accepted a position as an assistant state Robert Morici writes: “I have been attorney with the State Attorney’s Office Jessica Feldman writes: “I am in my third working as a risk-management consultant for Palm Beach County, Fla. year of graduate school at the University at Morgan Stanley for a year now. I of Wisconsin-Madison, pursuing a Ph.D. moved into an apartment on the Upper Drew Martin reports: “In August, I was in biochemistry. I recently received a East Side of Manhattan in June.” promoted to full-time Spanish interpreter predoctoral fellowship from the American at the Chester County Hospital in West Heart Association for studying reversible Chester, Pa. I finally have benefits!”

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Utilities. A member of Phi Kappa Psi, he the South Pacific during World War II 2011 is survived by a son, three grandchildren, and an intelligence officer during the Weston Fillman reports: “I had the four great-grandchildren; and a sister. Korean War. He received 11 awards, opportunity to spend a final summer (my including the Distinguished Flying Cross, fourth) working at F&M in the Admission Frederick D. Maza ’40, of Clearwater, and retired as a lieutenant commander. Office and in the Office of the President. Fla., died June 3. He was 94. He joined the federal government and After Lancaster in August, I relocated worked in various administrations. He to Boston to pursue an Ed.M. in higher Robert O. Butler Sr., Esq., ’41, of is survived by his wife, Jayne; three education administration at the Harvard Parkesburg, Pa., died June 16. He was daughters; a son; seven grandchildren; University Graduate School of Education 92. An Army veteran of World War II, two great-grandchildren; and a brother. and hope to start a career in admissions he was a member and trustee at Upper at a small liberal arts college.” Octorara Presbyterian Church. A retired Thomas J. Melcher ’44, died July 19. attorney, he was considered one of the He was 88. A decorated Marine Corps Ian Jones is teaching ethics and a section last country lawyers in Chester County. World War II and Korean War veteran, he of history to 8th-graders at my alma A member of Phi Kappa Psi, he is retired as lieutenant colonel. He retired mater, Saint Andrew’s School in Boca survived by a daughter; a son; and six as business operations manager with Raton, Fla. grandchildren. Martin Marietta. He is survived by his wife, Marie; two daughters; four sons; Robert Herder ’41, of Bryn Athyn, Pa., seven grandchildren; and two great- OBITUARIES died Jan. 2. He was 92. He worked at grandchildren. William Witmer ’38, of Lancaster, died Asplundh Tree Experts, retiring as a July 23. He was 96. A decorated veteran vice president. He was a member of Phi John Donovan ’46, of New Fairfield, of World War II, he served with the Signal Sigma Kappa at F&M. Conn., died Sept. 30. He was 85. A Corps of the Army’s Third Division in Navy veteran, he graduated from F&M Africa and Europe. He worked for 40 Jack Britwar ’42, of Marietta, Ga., died and the University of Maine. He worked years at the Armstrong Closure/Kerr May 28. He was a designer who worked at Sperry Rand Corp. and Unisys Corp. Glass Plant in Lancaster. He was a 25- in the motion picture business. as a mechanical engineer. A member year volunteer with the North Museum. of Lambda Chi Alpha, he is survived A member of Delta Sigma Phi, he is John A. Cunningham ’42, of West Islip, by his wife, Joyce; two daughters; a survived by his wife, Mary; a daughter; a N.Y., died Aug. 24. He is survived by two son; a stepdaughter; a stepson; four son; and grandson. daughters, a son and four grandchildren. grandchildren; and a sister.

Jack Anderson ’39, of Lansdale, Pa., William C. Hamilton, Ph.D., ’42, of Gordon R. Field ’47, of Naples, Fla., died Oct. 7 two days after his wife, Ponca City, Okla., died Oct. 7. He was died June 21. He was 87. He was a Helen, died. He was 95. An Army veteran 81. An Army veteran of World War II, member of Phi Sigma Kappa at F&M. of World War II, he served for three years he also served in the Army Reserve, and was awarded two Purple Hearts. He retiring in 1960 as a lieutenant colonel. Robert W. Stormfeltz ’47, of Manheim, was a regional salesman for Scott Paper After receiving his Ph.D. from Louisiana Pa., died Oct. 8. He was 87. He served in Co. and later as an account executive for State University, he worked as a research the Navy during World War II. He worked the Scranton Times Newspaper and its chemist for Ethyl Corp. He then worked as a chemist at the former Raymark radio stations. A member of Lambda Chi for 30 years with the research and Industries. A member of the F&M Blue Alpha, he is survived by a daughter, a development team at Conoco. He is and White Singers, he was a volunteer for son and a granddaughter. survived by his wife, Claudia; three the Manheim and Warwick Ambulance sons; nine grandchildren; two great- Associations. A member of Chi Phi, he Charles H. “Kit” Shaffer ’39, of grandchildren; and a sister. is survived by a daughter, a son, four Lynchburg, Va., died Sept. 16. He was grandchildren, a great-grandson and a 94. He earned a master’s degree from George B. Marrow ’42, of Oak Ridge, sister. Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was Tenn., died Sept. 16. He was 92. During widely known as “Mr. Wild Turkey” World War II, he worked for Atlas Nicholas S. Celia ’50, of Lancaster, died during his 33 years as biologist supervisor Powder Co. and Tennessee Eastman Sept. 16. He was 84. A Navy veteran and field coordinator for the Virginia Co. In 1947 he joined the Union Carbide of World War II, he was stationed in Department of Game & Inland Fisheries Nuclear Division, where he worked the South Pacific and Midway Islands. (DGIF). He was a founder of the National in various research and development Employed for 25 years at Buchart Wild Turkey Federation, which now has or managerial positions for nearly 40 Associates of York, he was in charge 250,000 members. He is survived by two years. He is survived by his wife, Cleva; of the interior-design division for daughters and a son. two daughters; two sons; and six commercial buildings. He later started grandchildren. his own company, Celia Design. He is Walter R. Boyce ’40, of Greensburg, survived by his wife, Josephine; three Pa., died Sept. 27. He was 92. An Army Leo C. McNamee Jr. ’43, of Downers daughters; a son; eight grandchildren; veteran of World War II, he was the Grove, Ill., died Sept. 6. He was 90. A and a great-grandchild. director of the Accounting Center at UGI Navy veteran, he was a carrier pilot in

48 Autumn 2011 Charles “Bill” Hench ’50, Mullica Hill, the Distinguished Service Award from the Craig M. Stauffer ’69, of Sunnyvale, N.J., died July 27. He was 86. He served Lancaster Junior Chamber of Commerce. Calif., died July 12. He was 63. He in the Army during World War II. A A member of Kappa Sigma, he is enjoyed a long career in high technology, member of Kappa Sigma, he is survived survived by his wife, Phyllis; two sons; and which included his founding Genesis by his wife, Jacqueline; a daughter; two four grandchildren. Development and co-founding Solar sons; and four grandchildren. Junction. A member of Phi Kappa Sigma, Harlan T. Olson ’52, of Lancaster, he is survived by his wife, Lourdes; a The Rev. George R. Kahlbaugh ’50, of died Aug. 29. He was 84. He served daughter; a son; and three grandchildren. Albany, N.Y., died Oct. 7. He was 84. his country with the Navy Reserve. He An Army veteran of World War II, he worked at LTV Steel for 23 years. He Frederick W. Brill ’66, of Lancaster, earned a master’s degree in theology is survived by wife, Patricia; a son; two died Aug. 1. He was 83. A graduate of from Philadelphia Divinity School and stepdaughters; and three grandchildren. Western Maryland College, he earned a was ordained as an Episcopal priest in master’s degree from F&M. He worked 1953. He served parishes in Philadelphia John R. Potts ’52, of Newton, N.J., died at RCA, where he wrote two technical and upstate New York and was director Sept. 28. He was 82. An Army veteran of articles and obtained two U.S. patents. of Christian education for the Diocese of World War II, he worked at the Caterpillar He became a registered professional Albany for 15 years. He was an honorary Corp. for many years. He is survived engineer and later started his own canon of The Cathedral of All Saints in by his wife, Nancy; three daughters; chemical engineering consulting firm. He Albany. A member of Phi Kappa Tau, a son; 11 grandchildren; three great- is survived by two daughters, a son and he is survived by his wife, Louise; four grandchildren; and a brother. nine grandchildren. children; eight grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. James R. Regan, M.D., ’52, of Jere L. Moser ’73, of Hershey, Pa., died Bethlehem, Pa., died July 20. He was 80. Sept. 10. He was 68. A Navy veteran of Robert B. Long ’50, of Lancaster, died An Air Force veteran, he graduated from the Vietnam War, he earned master’s Aug. 29. He was 87. An Army Air Corps Jefferson Medical College. He was a degrees from F&M and the University veteran, he was employed by RCA for physician and internist in private practice of Western Maryland. He was a teacher 35 years as a materials administrator. until his retirement. He was also retired and assistant principal at Lower Dauphin He was active in his community, serving from the staff of St. Luke’s Hospital. High School for 30 years. He is survived on numerous committees, including the He was a member of the Pennsylvania by his wife, Dorothy; two sons; and four East Petersburg Lions Club and the Boy Medical Society and a fellow of the grandchildren. Scouts. He is survived by a daughter, a American College of Physicians. A son, two grandchildren and three great- member of Chi Phi, he is survived Andrew Ramsperger ’74, of Wyckoff, grandchildren. by a daughter; two sons, including N.J., died Aug. 24. He was 59. An active David Michael Regan ’77; and six member of the Faith Reformed Church in Jerry L. Thomas ’50, of Rocky River, grandchildren. Midland Park, N.J., he was a tournament Ohio, died July 5, 2010. He was 84. An bridge player. A member of Lambda Chi Army veteran of World War II, he served The Rev. Ernest Schwehm III ’54, of Alpha, he is survived by two daughters, in the 89th Infantry Division and received Newark, Ohio, died June 14. He was their mother, Rita, and two brothers. two Bronze Service Stars. He was the 78. A veteran of the Navy, he served founder and chairman of J.L. Thomas during the Korean War. A graduate of Harold Lehman Jr. ’76, of Philadelphia, and Co. Life Insurance Brokerage, New Brunswick Theological Seminary, died Sept. 27. He was 71. He earned which he started in 1979. He is survived he became an ordained minister in the his M.B.A. from Drexel University. He by a daughter, three sons and nine Reformed Church of America in 1971 was an award-winning sales manager grandchildren. and served at four churches throughout for Roche Biomedical Laboratories and his career. A member of Chi Phi, he is then a marketing research consultant. Robert C. Ochs ’51, of Bradenton, survived by his wife, Beverly; two sons; He is survived by his partner, Bonnie Fla., died Aug. 22. He was 85. He was two daughters; and five grandchildren. Eisenfeld; a stepdaughter; a sister; and also a resident of South Bend, Ind., four brothers. for 30 years. A member of Phi Kappa Edward J. Fischer Jr. ’56, of Lancaster Tau, he is survived by four daughters, died Aug. 20. He was 81. He served Christopher J. Leahy Sr. ’80, of Ocean 12 grandchildren and six great- in the Naval Reserve and enlisted in City, N.J., died Oct. 4. He was 53. He grandchildren. the Marine Corps during the Korean earned a physician assistant degree War. He worked as an industrial from Arcadia University. He owned and Charles “Red” Blumenstock ’52, of engineer, management analyst and operated a computer company servicing Lancaster, died Aug. 22. He was 81. force deployment officer with the Air real estate agencies in Cape May County. An Army veteran, he was a real estate Force, Army Strategic Communications A member of Sigma Pi, he is survived by appraiser, appraisal instructor and a Command and Army International two daughters, a son, and a sister. He member of the National Standards Logistics Center. He is survived by his is also survived by his soulmate, Gale Committee for the Appraisal Institute. An wife, Elsie; a daughter; two sons; 10 Eachus, and her two sons. active community member, he helped grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; to save The Fulton Theater and received a sister; and a brother.

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Professor Edmund Whiting of the Art Department is pictured discussing a scale model of campus with several students in spring 1970. The interchangeable model was a tangible prod- uct of student-faculty collaboration and served as a tool for evaluating proposed changes to the campus master plan. Shown with Whiting are (l to r) Frank Thomas ’70, Fred Marshall ’70, William Sabatini ’71, Akira Mori ’72 and Joseph Versage ’70.

— Christopher Raab, Archives & Special Collections Librarian

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THE RIGHT THING TO DO

William H. Curtis ’61 is the sort of guy who figures out the right thing to do and then does it. It’s why he has been a volunteer for most of his life. And it’s why he offers his time, energy and resources to his alma mater. That ethic was present when Curtis started at F&M, which he attended on a work scholarship. Throughout his college career he worked 80 hours per semester at Fackenthal Library’s Reserve Desk. The Phi Sigma Kappa president majored in business, “though I took many liberal arts classes,” he recalls. That foundation prepared him for careers at Bell Telephone in Pittsburgh and Reliance Insurance Co. in Philadelphia. He is now an information technology recruiter. It was at Bell that Curtis fully embraced doing the right thing. He began volunteering for the American Red Cross, Rotary, United Way and Boy Scouts of America. In fact, Curtis has served on Boy Scout executive boards for 34 years. He was not the first Curtis to attend F&M, having followed his father, William D. Curtis ’29, and grandfather, William F. Curtis 1898. To honor this legacy he recently donated the three Curtis diplomas to the College Archives. Today Curtis serves F&M in many roles, including Alumni Association board member, class captain and class correspondent. He also volunteers for Admission and Career Services. “I like being on campus and being around the students,” Curtis explains. “I get a lot of satisfaction from what I do with the College.” This last year, Curtis was chair of his 50th Reunion. His class was recognized for achieving 63 percent participation in their class gift and raised $1.4 million. When it comes to giving to F&M, Curtis leads by example. He’s a member of the Benjamin Franklin Society and the William A. Schnader Society. “I convinced several classmates to join the Franklin and Schnader societies,” Bill says. “I encourage everyone to give back to F&M. It’s the right thing

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