Summer 2022 Dickinson Magazine

More than 1,100 alumni traveled to Carlisle to attend Dickinson’s 40th-anniversary Alumni Weekend celebration, June 10-12. Photo by Dan Loh.

HERE & THERE

our view 2 | kudos 4 | in the game 6 | fine print 10 | small-business spotlight 48

DISTINCTIVELY DICKINSON

Giving Their Best 8

Dickinson honors and celebrates the class of 2022.

A Welcome Return 12

Highlights from the 40th Alumni Weekend, which saw 1,100 alumni return to Carlisle.

PAST & PRESENT

our Dickinson 26 | obituaries 46

President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11

Vice President of Marketing & Communications Connie McNamara

Editor Lauren Davidson

Designer Amanda DeLorenzo College Photographer Dan Loh

Contributing Writers

MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

Matt Getty

Tony Moore

Magazine Advisory Board

Alexander Becket ’08

Catherine McDonald Davenport ’87

Jim Gerencser ’93

Gregory Lockard ’03

David O’Connell

Carlo Robustelli

Megan Shelley Dapp ’05

Adrienne Su

Alisa Valudes Whyte ’93

Report on Giving 14

Discover how your gifts and support are changing lives and changing the world.

Limitless Legacy 20

A tribute to the Writing Center’s Norman M. Eberly, class of 1924, and how his lifelong passion has made an unmeasurable impact.

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The Work Ahead

PRESIDENT JOHN E. JONES III

While I am writing this column in the days following both a successful Commencement and tremendous Alumni Weekend, by the time it reaches you we will have closed the books on the 2021-22 school year. By any objective measurements, we realized some notable achievements, and we are energized for the work ahead.

In late April of last year, the board of trustees over which I presided as chairman and had been a member of for 13 years asked me to step into the role of interim president. After considerable thought and not a little soul searching, I decided that this was both a challenge and an opportunity that I could not pass up. This February, the board honored me by removing the interim tag and naming me our college’s 30th president.

While I had great familiarity with the big picture when I took office, it became clear to me in the first months on the job that no one can truly apprehend the myriad issues facing college presidents today unless they hold the office themselves. The Dickinson I found in summer 2021 needed focus, initiative, a morale boost and strong leadership.

We immediately launched our Dickinson Forward initiative, which has been well documented in these pages. This initiative is multifaceted and designed to address the critical needs of the college. This past year, we focused on financial responsibility, scholarships and strategic planning. But let’s be clear—this is but a start, and the really hard work lies ahead. Dickinson Forward will continue. Stay tuned for exciting phases yet to come, including updates to our physical campus and new opportunities for students and alumni.

It has been widely written that higher education is at an inflection point, a perspective with which I totally agree. Our students and their parents are laser-focused on outcomes. Dickinson, like all institutions, must constantly show the value of a liberal-arts education— something that was assumed in my student days but that cannot be taken for granted today. Demographic shifts will continue to be problematic in the years ahead as we experience a shrinking pool of potential students. Inflation has eaten away at our faculty and staff salaries, and that same economic crisis impacts the ability of our students to pay tuition.

Still, in the face of these daunting facts, I am bullish on our college. We have the talent to succeed. Our faculty and staff are world class and have the knowledge and capacity to move us forward. Our alumni network is energized and engaged. With a 35% selectivity rate, our students continue to be the best of the best, and their enthusiasm sustains and drives all of us. And most critically, we have momentum and the will to prevail. I am convinced that our best days lie ahead of us. I love this job and feel passionately about Dickinson College. As I often say, I don’t need to contrive a Dickinson narrative because I am living one.

In just a few weeks I will be formally inaugurated as our 30th president, an unbelievable honor that I never expected. I am humbled by your support and constant words of encouragement. Please know that I live every day dedicated to the success of this college that has meant so much to all of us. Let’s continue to move Dickinson forward—together.

Joe O’Neill

’77, P’11

Spring Issue Sentiments

While catching up on mail accumulated during my trip to Carlisle in June, I opened the latest magazine. As always, it’s beautifully designed, and I enjoy reading about students’ latest research and achievements—even though doing so tends to reinforce the nagging feeling that if I magically re-matriculated tomorrow, I might need a bigger paddle to keep up. One suggestion, though: Could you pump up the size of the page numbers? They’re so small as to be unreadable except in bright light, at least for the many of us <ahem> aging alums who wear reading glasses.

Thank you for including the kind of mental challenge [in the crossword puzzle] that helps us oldsters to keep dementia at bay, and for finding room for that Zoom picture of the electronic reunion that Melissa Feingold Greenberger ’91 put together. It was a pleasure to see at least a couple of former students from a Nisbet seminar of 35 years ago. And I hadn’t heard about the interim president of the college taking on the position permanently—I trust he will serve the college as well as he has served the judiciary.

Common Places Crossword

Thank you to the more than 30 readers who submitted their completed crossword puzzles from the spring issue (and many thanks to Jessica Baverman Ozar ’09 for crafting another good one!). Twenty-five of those submissions were completely correct, and those alumni, students and parents were entered into a random prize drawing to win a $25 Dickinson College Bookstore gift card. Congrats to our winner, Katherine “Coco” Fulton ’23!

Thanks for another excellent magazine. On Father’s Day weekend, that is a nice connection. 

We want to hear from you! Send letters, class notes, story ideas and puzzle submissions via email to dsonmag@ dickinson.edu or mail to: Dickinson Magazine, P.O. Box 1773, Carlisle, PA 17013. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.

And thank you to the readers who shared feedback on the puzzle along with their submissions. Here’s a sampling:

“Thanks for the puzzle! I love doing these when they show up in the magazine!” Megan Mutchler Price ’03

“Really enjoy these!” Jeff Skonier ’02

“I can’t remember the last time I completed a crossword puzzle. This was fun.” Maria Paulina Downey ’92

“While I don’t know a thing about crossword construction, over the pandemic I got quite into crossword solving! This was a delight, especially with the Dickinson-oriented clues. Thank you!” Faye Welts Weidner ’10

GEOFF COE ’74 FORT MYERS, FLA.

THOMAS DRUCKER, FORMER MATH PROFESSOR NORTHFIELD, MINN.

LARRY RAND ’65 CHANDLER, ARIZ.

Featured Faculty

Professor of History and Boyd Lee Spahr Chair in the History of the Americas Marcelo Borges discussed a book he co-edited, Emotional Landscapes, with Iran Daily, an English-language newspaper in Tehran.

Associate Professor of Russian and John B. Parsons Chair in the Liberal Arts & Sciences Alyssa DeBlasio was quoted in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article regarding highlighting Ukrainian films at the 2022 New East Cinema Symposium.

Comments made in 2020 to The New York Times by Professor of Psychology and Glen E. & Mary Line Todd Chair in the Social Sciences Marie Helweg-Larsen were cited by Canada’s National Observer in its recent report on COVID-19 waves. Research by Helweg-Larsen, Laurel Peterson ’06 and Sarah DiMuccio ’15 was also published on bioengineer.org, and Helweg-Larsen was featured on the Masters in Psychology Podcast.

Professor of Economics Ebru Kongar was quoted in an article on feminist economics in El País, one of the most-read Spanish publications.

Commentary by Associate Professor of Art History Elizabeth Lee , “One 19th-century Artist’s Effort to Grapple With Tuberculosis Resonates During COVID-19,” was published in the Good Men Project. It’s a reprint of Lee’s July 2020 article of the same name in The Conversation.

Associate Professor of Economics and Data Analytics Emily Marshall and Associate Professor of Economics Tony Underwood published “Is Economics STEM? Process of (Re)classification, Requirements, and Quantitative Rigor” in The Journal of Economic Education

Professor of Classical Studies Marc Mastrangelo published a new translation of Prudentius’ Psychomachia , one of the most widely read poems in Western Europe from Late Antiquity through the Renaissance, through Routledge. With accompanying notes and introduction, this volume provides a fresh exploration of the work’s themes and influence.

In interviews with CBS Eye on the World/The John Batchelor Show, Visiting Professor of International Security Studies Jeff McCausland discussed the tactics used recently in Ukraine, including armored warfare and anti-aircraft defenses; the killing of civilians and other violations of laws/the rules of warfare; NATO countries supplying additional arms to Ukraine; the training of Ukrainian artillery crews on Western equipment; shake-ups in Russian leadership, artillery strategy and possible next steps in the conflict; Russia’s relationship with China; and the possibility of Finland and Sweden joining NATO. The program airs on select CBS Radio stations nationwide and is available as a podcast. McCausland also appeared on a Newsweek-published Louis Carter YouTube channel to discuss potential leadership advice to the White House and NATO leaders regarding the war in Ukraine.

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Associate Professor of Political Science Sarah Niebler was quoted in the PennLive report on a local school district review of books that are being challenged as unsuitable for kids. Niebler also examined former President Donald Trump’s endorsement of Pennsylvania candidates in a story for WPMT-TV FOX43 She was quoted in a piece by The Globe & Mail, “Pennsylvania’s Nail-biting Primary Leaves Trump’s Influence Hanging in the Balance.”

The Haiti-Dominican Republic Section of the Latin American Studies Association awarded Associate Professor of Spanish & Portuguese Mariana Past honorable mention for the Isis Duarte Book Prize for Stirring the Pot of Haitian History, a translation of Ti Dife Boule, originally written in Haitian Creole by MichelRolph Trouillot. The jurors called her book “an invaluable contribution to the literature that will be taught by faculty worldwide.”

Stories highlighting the House Divided Project’s Teagle Foundation-funded Knowledge for Freedom summer seminar ran in The Sentinel and The York Dispatch. Both quoted Professor of History and Pohanka Chair in American Civil War History

Matthew Pinsker

Professor of History and W. Gibbs McKinney Chair in International Education Karl Qualls ’ op-ed “The Butchers of Bucha Will Never Face Justice. That’s the Lesson of History” was published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star The piece was republished by the Iowa Capital Dispatch. Qualls also was quoted in the Mic. com report “How Russian Athletes Are Aiding Putin’s Propaganda War.” Qualls also discussed why the U.S. should care about Ukraine in an article in the Los Angeles Post-Examiner. He was quoted in the AP story “Once a Powerful Symbol in Russia, McDonald’s Withdraws,” which also appeared in more than 70 news outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, The Independent, The Daily Mail, The Seattle Post-

Intelligencer, The Sacramento Bee and NY1, and he appeared as a guest on The Kelly Cutrara Show on AM 640 Toronto discussing the decision by McDonald’s to leave Russia.

Assistant Professor of French & Francophone and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Mirielle Rebeiz ’s op-ed, “Hey Pennsylvania, It’s Time to Recognize April as Arab American Heritage Month,” was published by PennLive

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Crispin Sartwell ’s essay, “Truth Is Real,” was published in Aeon. It is also available as a podcast.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Sarah St. Angelo was quoted in “Public Perception of Nanotechnology Can Quickly Turn Sour” in Chemistry World

Administrator Accolades

During his trip to London in April, President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11 , discussed international education with The PIE News’ Sophie Hogan. He was quoted in a piece discussing international student trends in the U.S. In May, Jones was the primary source for an article in The Sentinel regarding the potential impact of overturning Roe v. Wade. An op-ed by Jones, “Has Anyone Thought About the Chief?,” was published exclusively by Smerconish.com, and he was a guest on The Michael Smerconish Program on SiriusXM - POTUS Channel 124. Jones also talked politics on This Week In Pennsylvania and WHTM-TV ABC27 and was featured in a Q&A on law.com titled “Bench Report: In Wake of Threat to Kavanaugh, Ex-US Judge Reflects on Judicial Security.”

Our faculty experts were featured in an array of local, national and international outlets this spring, covering everything from Ukraine and COVID-19 to nanotechnology and feminist economics. Kudos

More than 190 news articles mentioned Dickinson hosting the U.S. Senate primary debates (both Republican and Democratic)

• Nationwide coverage from Yahoo! News, C-SPAN & The Hill

• Online & TV coverage in every media market in Pennsylvania

College Archivist Jim Gerencser ’93 was quoted in the Boston Globe article “ ‘We Need To Sit in the Truth for a While’: Report on Federal Indian Boarding School System Reveals Horrors Endured by Native Americans.”

Cody Nielsen , director of the Center for Spirituality & Social Justice, was quoted in the Inside Higher Ed report “A New Tool for Assessing Campus Climate on Religion.” The Washington Times also quoted Nielsen in a similar story.

Philadelphia Gay News ran an article on the LGBT Center of Central PA History Project receiving the Oral History in the Mid-Atlantic Region’s 2022 Pogue Award. The article mentions Special Collections Librarian Malinda Triller-Doran and the Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections, which houses the project’s collection.

From Court to Field

Usually, when a sports season is over, players take a deep breath, reflect and look ahead to next season—and look forward to taking a break from the action. But when the Dickinson squash season ended in February, EMERSON RAINS ’24 wasn’t quite done and wasn’t quite ready to sit idly by and look ahead to next season. So she showed up as a midseason walk-on with the lacrosse team—and ended up a starting all nine games she played.

“Emerson was a surprise addition to our team that we didn’t know we needed,” says Kim Masimore, head women’s lacrosse coach. “It’s a difficult situation to join a team late, but Emerson’s kindhearted nature, willingness to learn and team-first mentality made it a seamless transition—and now we can’t imagine the team without her.”

Rains grew up playing soccer, but she began learning squash when she was 11 and lacrosse at 12. Not coincidentally, both sports Rains picked up in middle school were the sports of choice of her mom, Jane Dietze, who played both in college. (And the Rains family’s love of athletics doesn’t end on the field. Dietze and spouse Robin Rains just endowed Dickinson’s

Women’s Athletics Endowment, a fund created to ensure that women’s sports continue to thrive at Dickinson.)

Rains never put down the squash racket, but COVID knocked out her senior lacrosse season, and she went from junior year of high school to her sophomore year in college without having picked up a lacrosse stick. At Dickinson, though, it all came back quickly, with the help of her teammates.

“Being surrounded by a great team work ethic with amazing teammates and coaches helped me get into the sport again, allowing me to find my footing quite quickly,” Rains says. “Soon enough, I felt pretty comfortable back on the field!”

Indoors on the squash court, Rains’ sophomore season was highlighted by a five-game victory over her opponent from Hamilton College, followed by big wins over Mount Holyoke, Franklin & Marshall and Georgetown University. She credits the hard work and competition on both the squash and lacrosse teams with providing constant physical and mental challenges, all of which help her thrive.

“Being on a team has also taught me crucial leadership and teamwork skills, which have helped me grow as a person and will be with me the rest of my life,” says the environmental studies major, who sees her passion for environmental issues and media driving her postgraduation career. “My Dickinson experience has been amazing because of my sports teams and the teammates, mentors and coaches I’ve met along the way—not to mention the people I’ve met through my classes and the sorority I joined! I’ve gotten to meet so many new people and open myself up to a whole new group of wonderful friends.” —Tony Moore

The spring headlines were dominated by the Centennial Conference champion men’s lacrosse team, but accolades were earned across all sports.

Lacrosse

The men’s lacrosse team posted a tremendous record of 19-1, including an 8-0 mark in the Centennial Conference (CC). On May 14, the team broke the school record for most consecutive wins at 19 after defeating the Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks 20-6 in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament. Dickinson won the CC tournament title 10-9 in overtime at home over Gettysburg College, before suffering its lone loss to the very same Bullets 17-7 in the NCAA third round. Ten players earned All-CC honors, including Matt Thurston ’25 (Rookie of the Year) and Teddy Macfarlane ’22 (Defender of the Year), and Dave Webster ’88 earned Coach of the Year. Chris Brandau ’23, Will Farrell ’24, Skyler Schluter ’23, Macfarlane and Thurston were named All-Americans by the U.S. Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association.

The women’s lacrosse team posted a 3-11 record, with two victories coming in conference play against Ursinus (20-14) and Bryn Mawr (15-10). The Devils were led by second-team All-CC midfielder Liv Yeagle ’23 (43 points) thanks to a team-high 39 goals. Fellow All-CC member Delaney Herbert ’25 racked up 30 points, while Riley Kuehn ’23 added 32. Caroline Pirone ’24 completed the all-conference selections after leading the team in caused turnovers (22) and ranking second in ground balls (32).

Tennis

Men’s tennis had a solid season under first-year Head Coach Aaron Wilf ’02, going 7-11 overall and 2-6 in the CC. The Red Devils had three 9-0 shutouts, and Romano De Caprio ’24 received honorable mention from the CC after going 9-4 overall.

The women’s tennis team, also under Wilf, recorded four shutouts as part of its 8-10 mark. Martine Fierro ’23 earned All-CC second team with a record of 12-6 (5-4 in conference), playing as the No. 1 for Devils. She had two runs of three wins in a row.

Golf

Men’s golf won three tournaments as a team and found success at the individual level as Collin McMahon-Shea ’25 earned the top spot at the Elizabethtown tournament with a 73.

The women’s golf team won the Muhlenberg College Spring Invitational and saw three Devils land inside the century mark: Himeno Yamane ’22 (86; third place), Jillian Graff ’24 (96) and Charlotte Hancox ’25 (98). At the two-day CC championship at Honeybrook Golf Club, they shot a combined 356 to finish fourth.

Track and Field

The men’s outdoor track and field team had four top-three finishes as a group. Six members landed on the All-CC team, with two earning first-team spots—Nick Balenzano ’24 won the 100 meters at the CC championships, while Christopher Scharf ’22 claimed the top spot in the 3,000-meter steeplechase and the 5,000. Ethan Hart ’24 earned second team with a mark of 15.50 meters in the shot put. The honorable mentions went to Cole Boback ’23 (400), Charlie Miske ’23 (decathlon) and Graeson Ruch ’24 (discus).

The women’s outdoor track and field team won three meets and placed second at the CC Championships. Seven

members earned spots on the All-CC team. Darya Mikusova ’24 earned first-team honors after winning the 400 hurdles and second team with a secondplace finish in the 100 hurdles. Also earning second-team honors were Elaina Clancy ’22 (10,000), Sara Penuela Rodriguez ’24 (200) and Jordan Schucker ’25 (javelin). Sarayne Forbes ’25 (discus) and Mariana Penuela Rodriguez ’24 (100 and 200) earned honorable mention. The relay team of Emerlee Simons ’24, Mikusova and the Penuela sisters finished second in the 4x100 relay and the 4x400 to land on the second team.

Baseball and Softball

The baseball team posted a record of 22-15 (10-8 Centennial), including three win streaks of five games or more, with two six-game runs. Two players earned All-CC second-team honors: Pitcher Beau Dana ’22 went 2-0 with a conference-leading five saves in 19.2 innings with 34 strikeouts and allowing just nine hits, and Andrew Mazzone ’23 had team highs in batting average (.423), on-base percentage (.517) and slugging percentage (.711).

Softball went 12-25 overall and 5-11 in the CC. The team swept two series, winning both games against Elizabethtown (11-5, 8-6) and Franklin & Marshall (4-0, 3-1). Celia Vinacco ’25 earned All-CC first-team honors, hitting .280 with five extra-base hits and nine RBIs. She had a .926 fielding percentage aided by 50 putouts and 26 assists. Pitcher Riley Kuehn ’23 earned second team, going 8-11 with a 3.51 ERA and leading the conference with 107 strikeouts.

Photos by Matthew O’Haren

Dickinson honors and celebrates the class of 2022

Dickinson College honored 508 graduating seniors on Sunday, May 22, as Commencement speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Clarence Page encouraged them to justify his optimism in the future by giving their best to the world.

“I’m encouraged by bright young people like you,” said Page. “You know how to take a challenge and persevere. You continue to have the energy, capacity and aspirations for our own improvement—and a track record that some people still call the last best hope of the world.”

Following a long-held college tradition, the Commencement ceremonies ended with the graduates walking down Old West’s stone steps to complete the journey they began four years ago by walking up those steps to sign in to the college.

AWARD WINNERS

During the ceremony, several faculty members and students were recognized with awards, which are bestowed each year at Commencement.

• Constance and Rose Ganoe Memorial Award for Inspirational Teaching: Amy McKiernan , assistant professor of philosophy and director of Ethics Across Campus & the Curriculum

• Distinguished Teaching Award: Professor of Music

Jennifer Blyth

• James Fowler Rusling Prize: Anna Harvey ’22 (Russian, Italian studies), who will be traveling to Moldova on a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship

• John Patton Memorial Prize for High Scholastic Standing: Hoang Viet Vo ’22 (computer science), who has accepted a position as a software engineer with Google

• Hufstader Senior Prizes (awarded to two graduating seniors who, in the judgment of the college president, have made the greatest contributions to the good of the college): Cristian Tineo ’22 (art & art history) and Shea Player ’22 (chemistry)

HONORARY DEGREES

Pictured opposite page, left to right:

Doctor of Public Affairs honorary degree: Clarence Page, nationally syndicated columnist and editorial board member in the Chicago Tribune ’s Washington Bureau

Doctor of Arts honorary degree: Barbara Jatta, director of the Vatican Museums

Doctor of Military Science honorary degree: Lt. Gen. Laura A. Potter ’89, U.S. Army deputy chief of staff of intelligence

Doctor of Civic Engagement honorary degree: Judy Greenfield Faulkner ’65, CEO and founder of Epic

“As a class you accomplished a great deal,” said President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11 , who presided over his first Commencement as college president.

“You’re each now making your way beyond Dickinson, where I know you will work to improve your own communities … and indeed improve our world.”

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• Young Alumni Trustee: Player, who will be conducting liver-transplant research at the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery, was chosen by the board of trustees from among nominated seniors to represent young alumni on the board and serve a two-year term

• Sam Rose ’58 and Julie Walters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in recognition of its work advancing the understanding of the risks of climate change for people, the environment and economic prosperity as well as offering response options for limiting the risks. Hoesung Lee , chair of the IPCC and Endowed Chair Professor at Korea University, accepted the prize on behalf of the panel

Life Beyond the Limestone

Discover where members of the class of 2022 are headed, including jobs and grad schools, prestigious scholarships and honors they’ve earned at: dson.co/limestone22mag

“As my mother liked to say, ‘Give to the world your best, and the best will come back to you.’ Thank you, class of 2022, and remember: What your mind can conceive, and your heart will believe, your body can achieve. So keep your eyes on the prize and hold on.” —Clarence Page

Pazyryk Culture Up in the Altai

By Katheryn M. Linduff ’63 and Karen S. Rubinson Routledge

Pazyryk Culture Up in the Altai reconsiders the archaeology of the Pazyryk, the horse-riding people of the Altai Mountains who lived in the fourth and third centuries BCE. In light of recent scientific studies and excavations, it shows that this was a powerful, semi-sedentary, interdependent group with contacts in Eurasia to their west and to their east in Mongolia and south in China.

The Cashaway Psalmody: Transatlantic Religion and Music in Colonial Carolina

By Stephen Marini ’68

University of Illinois Press

Singing master Durham Hills created The Cashaway Psalmody to give as a wedding present in 1770. A collection of tenor melody parts for 152 tunes and 63 texts, it is the only surviving tune book from the colonial-era South and one of the oldest sacred music manuscripts from the Carolinas. Marini, a professor at Wellesley College and discoverer of The Cashaway Psalmody, offers the fascinating story of the tune book and its many meanings. This is his fifth book.

A Serpent’s Tooth

By Matty Dalrymple ’85

William Kingsfield Publishers

When a body is found at Lynch and Son Winery, no one suspects foul play. But then a second death occurs, and it seems that Ann Kinnear has stepped into the middle of a family feud turned fatal. Can Ann root out the evil, or will her plan to move into the winery’s guest house bear deadly fruit? This is Dalrymple’s fifth book in the Ann Kinnear suspense series.

Owner Shift: How Getting Selfish Got Me Unstuck

By Mike Malatesta ’87 Lioncrest Publishing

Malatesta is an entrepreneur and coach, and in his first book he shares the no-holds-barred story of his own journey through excitement, pain, grit and mistakes. The book offers a path and a plan for entrepreneurs to build confidence, take responsibility and attract new levels of success.

Liebestrasse

By Greg Lockard ’03 Dark Horse Comics

Lockard, a freelance comic book editor, makes his writing debut with artist/co-creator Tim Fish (Cavalcade of Boys). In this historical fiction graphic novel set during the final years of the Weimar Republic, Sam meets Philip in Berlin and they fall in love. Their romance is hit with an unspeakable reality as the Nazis come to power and fascism makes them a target for being queer. Liebestrasse was nominated as an “Outstanding Comic Book” for the 2020 GLAAD Media Awards and listed by the New York Times as one of 10 Comic Books to Celebrate Pride.

Fiction Nonfiction

Cover photo by Rachel Neville

Learn more at dson. co/afcmag, watch for opportunities to contribute and join us for an official groundbreaking ceremony during Homecoming & Family Weekend!

College Announces Creation of Alumni & Family Center

The donor-funded project will transform the college’s Historic President’s House into a new space deepening alumni and family engagement with the college and its students.

Dickinson recently announced the establishment of the new Dickinson College Alumni & Family Center, a project that will provide a welcoming space for alumni and parents while fostering deep connections between students and alumni and enhancing opportunities for the Dickinson alumni network. This fall, the college will break ground to transform the Historic President’s House at the corner of West and High streets in Carlisle into the home of the new Alumni & Family Center.

“By strengthening existing bonds throughout the Dickinson community, the new Alumni & Family Center will provide a vital link between the college’s past and its future,” said President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11. “This makes a bold statement about our lifelong commitment to Dickinson students, alumni and families.”

The new permanent, centralized and forward-looking facility is designed to connect generations of Dickinsonians, augment classroom and lifelong learning, enhance the power of the worldwide Dickinson network and emphasize the college’s lifelong commitment to Dickinson alumni and families. It will provide a welcoming setting where visiting alumni and parents—many of whom are experts in their fields—may interact with students, faculty and administrators, and with fellow alumni and parents. The center will include event spaces, gathering rooms and suites that will bolster the college’s ability to attract VIP visitors, who enrich the college’s academic life in meaningful ways.

When complete, the center will become an integral part of every Dickinsonian’s college journey, beginning with their first campus tour, when they may take part in visiting-family programs and services. As students, they will be invited to network with alumni at the center and to attend events and seminars featuring alumni and parent experts, as well as fireside chats with senior leaders and faculty. And as alumni, they’ll be invited to return, rekindle connections, network, take part in lifelong-learning programs and share what they’ve learned with the next generation of students.

The establishment of the center is the latest step in the ongoing Dickinson Forward initiative, launched by Jones in 2021 to propel the college toward success through challenging times. The idea to transform the Historic President’s House into an alumni center was first broached in a Revolutionary Challenge proposal written by Professor of Political Science Jim Hoefler, with the support of numerous alumni and students. A core group of dedicated alumni donors and leaders—and an enthusiastic response from the college’s alumni and family communities—recently made it possible for the college to move forward with plans for the center.

“I want to thank the donors who’ve already gotten behind this effort and all of you who will join them in the months ahead,” said Jones. “As an alumnus and parent myself, I am extremely excited to launch this effort. By strengthening existing bonds throughout the Dickinson community, the new Alumni & Family Center will provide a vital link between the college’s past and its future, while underscoring our promise that Dickinson belongs to all of us—and that we’re all Dickinsonians for life.”

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WELCOME RETURN:

Highlights From Alumni Weekend

2022

More than 1,100 alumni traveled to Carlisle to attend Dickinson’s 40th-anniversary Alumni Weekend celebration, June 10-12.

The week began with livestreamed discussions and remote gatherings and kicked into full gear on Friday evening with a Welcome Reception hosted by President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11 , who has attended many Alumni Weekends since his own graduation day and marked his first Alumni Weekend as the college’s president.

The Historic President’s House was abuzz with activity during a Saturday-afternoon open house. Visitors toured the residence, built in 1833, and learned about the college’s plans to renovate it into a forward-looking, multipurpose Alumni & Family Center (Read more on Page 11).

Saturday’s class and club gatherings brought Dickinsonians with like interests and experiences together to connect and reminisce, and campus tours, a livestreamed State of the College address and departmental events updated alumni on what’s happening on campus today. Attendees enjoyed the traditional Alumni Awards ceremony and McAndrews Fund for Athletics golf tournament and danced the night away with alumni band Bradley (watch for a 50th-anniversary tribute to Bradley, which is composed of members of the class of ’73, in the summer 2023 issue of Dickinson Magazine).

Many attendees celebrated Dickinson accomplishments—and learned something new—during informal talks, workshops and special events led by alumni experts. And as in the past, the bike ride to and lunch at the College Farm, where several exciting projects are now underway, was a sold-out hit.

The final day of the weekend began with a tree dedication and memorial service, commemorating those we have lost. The event concluded on a festive note, as alumni raised a glass during the well-loved champagne brunch.

Watch highlights of a few special moments from this well-loved campus event. dson.co/aw22video

Distinguished Alumni Awards 2022

Bestowed by the Alumni Council, the Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize outstanding Dickinson alumni who demonstrate exemplary service to the college, accomplishment in their professional and civic lives, and strength of character. This year Dickinson recognized the following alumni for their achievement and service.

• Walter E. Beach Distinguished Alumni Award for Service: Roberta Zmuda Greenspan ’77 (deceased)

• Professional Achievement Awards: Paul Kanev ’75 and Kirsten Nixa Sabia ’92

• Outstanding Young Alumni Awards: Fabiola Cineas ’12 and J.D. Dolan ’07

Volunteer Alumni Awards

Each year, the college presents awards to our distinguished volunteers (alumni and parents) who have demonstrated outstanding service to Dickinson through their consistent and dedicated service.

• Career Champion of the Year: Roe Falcone ’95

• Class Correspondent of the Year: Rebecca Anstine Smith ’77

• Reunion Volunteer of the Year: Stewart P. Glenn ’67

• Reunion Volunteer of the Year: Ben Compaine ’67

• Reunion Committee of the Year: The Class of 1992 30th-Reunion Committee

DONORS: 6,423

ALUMNI PARTICIPATION: 23% PARENT PARTICIPATION: 35%

2021-22 REPORT ON GIVING

TOTAL GIFTS AND COMMITMENTS:

$38.9 million

DICKINSON’S LARGEST SINGLE-YEAR FUNDRAISING TOTAL IN MORE THAN A DECADE! THANK YOU!

DICKINSON FUND ANNUAL GIVING TOTAL: $5.1M

“Thanks to your record-breaking generosity this year, Dickinson is educating students who will change the world.”

—John E. Jones III ’77, P’11

BECAUSE OF YOU, our graduates are ready for success!

The achievements of the 508 members of the class of 2022 are quite impressive (learn more about them on pages 8-9 in this issue), but equally impressive are the ways your gifts fueled their success, changed their lives and will help them change the world.

CLASS OF 2022—BY THE GIFTS

THANKS TO YOUR GIFTS TO:

SCHOLARSHIP + STUDENT LIFE + INTERNSHIP = Job conducting liver-transplant research at the Johns Hopkins Department of Surgery

“I’m deeply grateful for the support that has allowed me to study and flourish at Dickinson.”

—DAISHEAU “SHEA” PLAYER ’22, chemistry major, scholarship recipient and Student Senate president, who completed several internships

THANKS TO YOUR GIFTS TO: ACADEMIC PROGRAMMING + SUSTAINABILITY = Admission into the master’s program at the Columbia Climate School

“These experiences helped me get to my next step, studying for my master’s in climate policy at Columbia University.”

—SAMUEL LAVINE ’22, a history major and Baird Sustainability Fellow at Dickinson who conducted research to create a climate vulnerability assessment for Cumberland County and climate action plans for Dickinson, Carlisle and Cumberland County.

Learn more about the many 2022 graduates whose lives were impacted by your gifts at dickinson.edu/yourgiftsatwork.

’22, a biochemistry & molecular biology major and tennis player, who credits her student-athlete experience, mentoring relationships with her professors, and student-faculty research project on genetics with setting her up for success.

THANKS TO YOUR GIFTS TO: MCANDREWS FUND + FACULTY SUPPORT GIFTS = Job as a consultant at LabWare Global Services

“My professors have always been willing to take the time to help.”

—RACHEL FLAME

BECAUSE OF YOU, lives are transformed through scholarships!

The Campaign for Scholarships: Change a Life—Change the World

Dickinson’s Campaign for Scholarships ensures that every student who needs a scholarship gets a scholarship.

1,651 total donors to scholarships and financial aid

1,800+

students supported by grants and scholarships this year

26 NEW PERMANENTLY ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS THIS YEAR

“Thanks to scholarship support from Dickinson, my family is relieved from some of the burden of paying for me to attend the college, and I can continue with my amazing, well-rounded liberal-arts education. I know that I am making my family proud.”

—Jenn Eser ’25, a DJ with Dickinson’s WDCV and a member of the Pre-Health Society, Martial Arts Club, women’s club basketball team, the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society and the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority

“Dickinson has given me a world-class education, an amazing network and a sense of confidence. Paying that forward is an easy decision. … The college needs our support, and future generations need our support, just as past generations have supported us.”

—Darrell Pacheco ’12, member of the Mermaid Society and John Dickinson Society

$23.1M

DONORS MADE GIFTS OF $23.1 MILLION TO SUPPORT SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR, bringing the campaign total to $46.6 million, 62% toward its goal.

—Chris Althouse ’24, an Italian studies major whose Dickinson scholarship has enabled him to forge close mentoring relationships with professors and intern at an Italian-American newspaper.

15% of graduates in the class of 2022 were first-generation students

92% of students completed an internship, externship or research, service learning or field experience course

“My scholarship has made it possible for me to attend my dream school. I am grateful for the strong international programs that Dickinson offers to study all over the world. … Your generosity and support provided many opportunities at Dickinson to excel inside and outside the classroom.”

—Rediet Patterson ’22, an international business & management major, whose Dickinson scholarship enabled her to deepen her global understanding by participating twice in the Department of State’s Critical Language Studies Program and earn a job as a financial analyst after graduation.

“ The faculty here have allowed me to meet my fullest potential linguistically and have been nothing but helpful when it comes to assignments.”

You broke records this year! Thank you!

I want my gift to light a spark and encourage others. This place helps you live the life you’ve imagined!”

—Ross Kleinberg ’92, a member of the Mermaid Society and the class of 1992 Reunion Committee.

$8,412,156 RAISED BY CLASSES CELEBRATING A REUNION

1 NEW CLASS SCHOLARSHIP FUND CREATED BY THE CLASS OF 1987 TO CELEBRATE THEIR REUNION

59% THE CLASS OF 1992 BROKE THE RECORD FOR 30TH REUNION CLASS GIFT PARTICIPATION WITH A RECORD 59% PARTICIPATION AND MORE THAN $600,000

We hope our gift will support the programs students love, programs that enrich their lives. We also hope that they will one day give back to the college.”

—Tim ’09 and Anna Marks Crouch ’09, members of the Mermaid Society

$35.1M

in gifts from 6,201 members of the loyal MERMAID SOCIETY, which is made up of donors who make automatic recurring gifts or have made an annual gift for at least three consecutive years.

DISTINCTIVELY DICKINSON / report on giving

283

MERMAID SOCIETY MEMBERS CELEBRATED 20 YEARS OF GIVING TO DICKINSON DURING THE 2021-22 FISCAL YEAR.

1,217

DONORS TO THE MCANDREWS FUND FOR ATHLETICS GAVE $764K

Funds provided everything from team uniforms to the upgrade to Dickinson Park, providing year-round state-of-the-art locker rooms for men’s and women’s soccer, baseball and softball.

3,587

DAY OF GIVING DONORS GAVE A COLLEGE RECORD $1.46 MILLION IN A SINGLE DAY.

3 NEW MEMBERS INDUCTED INTO THE FOUNDERS’ SOCIETY HONORING DONORS WITH $1 MILLION+ IN LIFETIME GIVING

$37.7M

in gifts from 946 members of the JOHN DICKINSON SOCIETY, which brings together donors who provide $2,500 or more in annual support.

$26.6M

IN TOTAL GIFTS AND COMMITMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE OLD WEST SOCIETY

a member of the John Dickinson Society and the Mermaid Society who established a scholarship in honor of her late husband, Mike Huber ’77

“I hope that all students who benefit from our scholarship will pursue their interests, stay curious about new possibilities and, eventually, pay it forward.”

— Deb Young Huber ’77,

“Your scholarship gifts open as many doors as possible for students to get the kind of engaging and vibrant college education they deserve and which we provide here at Dickinson.”

—Sheela Jane Menon, assistant professor of English

Limitless Legacy

A Tribute to the Writing Center’s Norman M. Eberly, class of 1924

By MaryAlice Bitts-Jackson

If you know Dickinson, you’re likely well aware of the college’s award-winning Norman M. Eberly Multilingual Writing Center, which offers targeted writing assistance in English and 10 other languages from trained student-tutors. But do you know about the self-made 1924 alumnus who inspired it, and why this distinctively Dickinson resource bears his name?

Norman Eberly ’s story begins in rural Pennsylvania, where his father was a tenant farmer in Perry County. The third of four children, Eberly attended a small country school and became the first in his family to pursue education beyond the usual endpoint of eighth grade.

Eberly continued his education by enrolling at the Cumberland Valley State Normal School, now Shippensburg University, with a dream of becoming a teacher, $50 in his pocket and a modest loan from his older brother. He worked as a janitor and waiter to earn the remaining funds, but it wasn’t quite enough. So he paused his education and found jobs at a steel mill and munitions plant. Just as World War I was ending, he was drafted into the Army and sent to boot camp. He then returned to the Normal School, graduated with a teacher’s certificate and began teaching at an elementary school in Mount Union, Pa.

An Educational Journey

It wasn’t long before Eberly realized that a bachelor’s degree would help him advance his career. As a member of Dickinson’s class of 1924, he joined the Theta Chi fraternity, played on the football team, majored in English and wrote for The Dickinsonian . During senior year he was named editor, while also working as a correspondent for local and regional newspapers. But finances remained challenging, and Eberly nearly withdrew from the college because of it. Eberly explained his situation to Dickinson’s then-president, James Henry Morgan, and Morgan waived his remaining tuition obligations, allowing the English major to graduate on time.

As a young grad working at the Carlisle Sentinel , Eberly was usually the sole news writer on staff. Later in life, he recalled a tip that led to an exclusive, inperson interview with industrialist Henry Ford, who’d come to Carlisle by personal train car to visit friends at the U.S. Army War College barracks.

Eberly married a Wilson College graduate, Mary Keeny, in 1934, and they bought a house close to Dickinson’s campus. He was elected president of the Carlisle Rotary Club. In 1944, he accepted a faculty job at Penn State, editing research reports developed by the college’s Agricultural Extension Service. In this role, he drove to farm shows and harvest festivals across the state, meeting farmers who benefited from the university’s research. After his retirement, Eberly was appointed director of public relations

for the Department of Agriculture of Pennsylvania, a role that led him to relocate to Harrisburg. This allowed him to continue to write about agricultural affairs for more than a decade. Eberly was inducted into the Mermaid Society in 1994. He died in 1996, at age 99.

Honoring A Lifelong Passion

Eberly’s lifelong passions for learning and writing were infectious, say his son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Shirley Eberly, who pursue academic lives at the University of Rochester—Joe as Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and founder of the Rochester Theory Center and Shirley as a research statistician analyzing data from medical clinical trials. In 2005, they supported what would become the Norman M. Eberly Writing Center, inspired by the generosity of the late President Morgan and by Dickinson’s continuing commitment to its students’ well-being and success.

The Norman M. Eberly Writing Center provides a collaborative space where both English-speaking and world-languagespeaking students meet to strengthen their written-communication and analytical skills. Joe notes that it is a fitting tribute to his father, “who used the skills learned at Dickinson throughout his professional and civic life.” Student-tutors at the center often work with multilingual officers from the nearby U.S. Army War College.

Ongoing and Unmeasurable Support

Joe and Shirley have continued to support the Writing Center and its programs in the years since its founding. Their 2016 gift provided for the center’s redesign and expansion and provided funding for the Writing Center’s work in partnership with Dickinson’s new Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Center.

“My father was interested in mathematical issues, and he regretted that writers are often math-averse. He would have strongly approved of that collaborative work,” Joe noted.

In 2018 the Eberlys made a gift in support of the Faculty Learning Community in Writing, and a 2021 endowment allows this work to continue in the years to come. Noreen Lape, who directs the Writing Center and the college’s writing program, says the Eberly family’s influence is deeply felt and appreciated.

“The Eberlys’ generosity, which goes back almost two decades now, has made an unmeasurable positive impact on thousands of Dickinson writers and tutors who have come together in the Norman M. Eberly Writing Center to listen deeply, converse openly and challenge each other intellectually as they learned to shape and refine their thinking through writing,” says Lape, noting that a tutor-in-training recently articulated the ways in which this learning experience has transformed his relationship to writing. “That is the legacy of Norman M. Eberly that I am honored to steward.”

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Launching Point

By Alumni Council President BERNADETTE MCFADDEN STOUT ’07

Each year, members of the Alumni Council review nominations for the Distinguished Alumni Awards and choose the recipients. The selection process is a humbling affair that pulls into focus the incredible and wide-ranging accomplishments of our fellow alumni.

I had the honor of presenting these awards to five distinguished alumni at Alumni Weekend. The recipients spoke about how Dickinson was a launching point for their professional successes and how the community of Dickinsonians has continued to provide them with a sense of meaning and belonging throughout their careers.

Outstanding Young Alumni

After leaving Dickinson to serve in Teach for America, Fabiola Cineas ’12 transitioned to her career as a journalist and now works as a reporter at Vox.com. She covers race and policy, exploring systemic injustice in America. Her path is not surprising to those who know her. As Professor of English Wendy Moffat shared with me, “As a student, Fabiola went straight for the hard stuff, writing a thesis on how structures of duality make ‘the real’ ambiguous. She’s still confronting the hard questions and the most vexing cultural evidence, still writing to deadline, listening to many voices and still honing precisely what she means to convey.”

As a student, J.D. Dolan ’07 served as ROTC battalion commander, graduated magna cum laude and earned top honors as a National Distinguished Military Graduate

and top 2% officer in the nation. Since then, he has served four combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the last three as a member of the nation’s heralded Joint Special Operations Command. He has earned a Bronze Star for valor, and his unit earned both the Presidential Unit Citation and the Valorous Unit Award. Since transitioning back to civilian life, J.D. has continued dedicating himself to service. Last year he led a major ground-support operation during the collapse of Afghanistan in 2021, and in recent months he has facilitated crossborder humanitarian support during the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Professional Achievement Awards

Paul Kanev ’75 is one of only two pediatric neurosurgeons tandem-trained in pediatrics. Through this cross-training he is better equipped to serve his patients and their families. He has worked at hospitals across the country, led research projects, addressed national conferences and published dozens of book chapters and journal articles. He has mentored and trained generations of surgeons. He is an amazing doctor, surgeon and scientist, but is foremost a good person who takes time to comfort families and children during some of their hardest days.

Kirsten Nixa Sabia ’92 is the vice president of integrated communications at the PGA TOUR, where she oversees the tour’s

storytelling content machine. She is an advocate and model for all Dickinsonians, especially her fellow Delta Nus. Kirsten shows up ready to work–for her job, for her loved ones and for all of the members of her community. According to Barb Bailey ’73 , “Kirsten is the perfect ambassador for Delta Nu values: friendship, diversity, inclusion, justice, personal integrity, fairness and the courage to stand up for what is right.” She shares those values widely outside of the workplace, serving on the Donna Foundation board to advance breast cancer research, on the Delta Nu Advisory Board and as a Dickinson volunteer for 30 years.

Walter E. Beach Distinguished Alumni Award for Service

Roberta Zmuda Greenspan ’77 served Dickinson with her whole heart before passing away last year. Roberta spent more than 40 years volunteering for Dickinson, including as a class agent, reunion chair, Alumni Council member, member of the Dickinson Fund Advisory Council and chair of the Washington, D.C., Regional Council. Dickinson is a better college because of Roberta.

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The Trout Gallery, Dickinson’s art museum inside the Weiss Center for the Arts.

Photo by Dan Loh.

Small-Business Spotlight

Dickinson launched its Small-Business Directory in 2020 as a way to celebrate, share and support alumni-owned enterprises. Businesses are submitted by alumni and organized by category. Here are a few from the environment, farming and sustainability category

• Greatfull Goods (Faith Sams ’04; Harrisonburg, Va.) A sustainable lifestyle shop that offers zero-waste substitutes and refills of products for home and body. shopgreatfull.com

• J.H. Appleseed (Haley Salmon ’21; Phillipsburg, N.J.) An online marketplace providing a wide variety of low-cost yet reliable and truly eco-friendly goods to encourage minimum-waste lifestyles and leave a positive mark on the planet. jhappleseed.com

• Lost & Found Farm (Lauren Bruns ’13; Gray, Maine) Organic wild blueberry and cut-flower farm. lostandfoundfarm.me

• Sand Hill Berries (Susan Miller-Lynn ’71; Mount Pleasant, Pa.) A family-owned small fruit farm that includes a farm store and outdoor café. sandhillberries.com

• Shelterwood Forest Farm (Max Paschall ’11; Pa.) A plant nursery and farm providing plants, seeds and resources to help gardeners, farmers and foresters increase climate resiliency in the Northeast. shelterwoodforestfarm.com

• Whaleback Nursery (Max Rubinstein ’16; Limington, Maine) A small permaculture nursery offering native trees, shrubs and wildflowers with a focus on edible species. whalebacknursery.com

for the inauguration of John E. Jones III ’77, P’11, as Dickinson’s 30th president.

Part of a Special Homecoming & Family Weekend

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donor • parent

We are excited to welcome you back to campus for the inauguration of John E. Jones III ’77, P’11, during Homecoming & Family Weekend 2022!

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Make plans to join us Sept. 23–25 for a vibrant in-person celebration featuring the groundbreaking for the new Alumni & Family Center, Red Devil athletics contests and tailgates, cultural events, live performances and more.

Inauguration Details: dson.co/in22info

Homecoming & Family Weekend Details: dson.co/hcfw22info

TARYN ABBASSIAN ’12 on why she gives to Dickinson. Read more in the 2021-22 Report on Giving, Pages 14-19.

KAZI JAVED ’81 on the experience of returning to campus for Alumni Weekend. See more on Page 12, and watch the video at dson.co/aw22video.

As my mother liked to say, ‘Give to the world your best, and the best will come back to you.’

Commencement speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist CLARENCE PAGE in his address to the class of 2022. See more on Page 8.

JOHN BANEY ’22 , a digital campaign specialist for NBCUniversal, on how Dickinson prepared him for life after graduation. Discover more class of 2022 outcomes and reflections at dson.co/limestone22mag.

Going into an industry that is very young and quickly evolving, I think a liberal-arts education helped me become well rounded enough to feel comfortable in an ever-changing environment.

The bonds and connections you make in a place like Carlisle—and as part of such a small student population—are incredible, and I hope that this special place will continue to bring in students from all walks of life for centuries to come.

Dickinson made me what I am. It just brings back amazing memories.