GeDUNK Summer 2014 by Grove City College

GROVE CITY COLLEGE ALUMNI MAGAZINE

Summer 2014

CARETAKERS OF CREATION Grovers at work in the natural world

PAUL MCNULTY ’80 NAMED COLLEGE’S 9TH PRESIDENT

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More than 200 Grove City College Touring Choir alumni returned to campus in April and sang praises – literally – in honor of their longtime director Dr. Douglas Browne, who retired this year. For more information on the reunion, see page 10.

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Dear Alumni and Friends,

ongratulations to our 2014 graduates and welcome to the Alumni Association! You join a group of more than 26,000 who have walked the paths and studied in the halls that you have and are now making their marks in the world. It is my hope that as you take your first steps in life after graduation you will remember your time at Grove City College and what you learned and were given, both in knowledge and in relationships. These are exciting times at the College! Hopefully by now, you’ve heard that our new leader has been named. The ninth President of Grove City College is an alumnus, the Hon. Paul J. McNulty ’80. You can read more about President-elect McNulty on page 8. The thorough selection process was led by Chair of the Board of Trustees David Rathburn ’79. Rathburn selected a solid and committed group of trustees, faculty and administrative staff to make this choice. Search committee member Dr. James Dixon offered this observation about the process: “Kudos to David Rathburn for selecting a committee that represented the faculty, the administration and a wide range of perspectives on the Board. This chairman genuinely sought the input of every member of the committee and was not satisfied until he felt that everyone had spoken his or her mind, with no pressure to conform. Trust me, we spoke freely.” On behalf of the Alumni Association, I’d like to say thank you to each of the committee members for your time and commitment to what was certainly a difficult task. I think they did a great job! And now, I introduce to you this issue of the GēDUNK. Teachers, engineers, businessmen and women, physicians, pastors … with more than 50 degree programs, we graduate students who follow many different paths. This issue focuses on graduates who have taken a path that is, perhaps, less traveled. They use their education, skills and talents to study, protect and preserve the natural world, serving as caretakers of creation. These alumni found their inspiration at Grove City College, often as a result of research they conducted as students here and the professors who mentored them. The caretakers we focused on here all have degrees in the sciences, an area the College has historically been dedicated to and one that remains a top priority, as evidenced by the construction of STEM Hall, our new science building. If you haven’t seen it yet, make plans to do so this fall when you join us for Homecoming 2014 – Oct. 3 to 5. It will be a great chance to see the progress made under the leadership of President Jewell and celebrate the arrival of President McNulty. Now grab your cup of coffee and enjoy this issue of the GēDUNK!

Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod Senior Director of Alumni and College Relations

EDITORIAL BOARD Jeffrey Prokovich ’89 Vice President for Advancement Melissa (Trifaro ’96) MacLeod Senior Director of Alumni and College Relations EDITORIAL STAFF Nick Hildebrand Managing Editor Janice (Zinsner ’87) Inman Associate Editor, Class Notes, In Memory, Babies Brad Isles Associate Editor Ross Wyszomierski Associate Editor, Upfront ALUMNI & COLLEGE RELATIONS OFFICE Charlene (Griffin ’83) Shaw Megan Krimmel ’08 Tricia Corey Jami Darlington SPORTS INFORMATION Ryan Briggs ’01 Robert Audia DESIGN Justin Harbaugh Art Director/Graphic Designer ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Gerald Bullock ’92, President John Mackie ’00, Vice President Cover photograph by Alexander McKnight Additional photography: Sewickley Photography WRITE US, PLEASE Intense use of email has made letter-writing a lost art. Formal letters to the editor that used to be a regular feature of our magazine are rare, now, as most readers are content to send a brief email and we respond directly to that reader and share the comments internally. We’d like to revive our letters section, but we need your help. Your feedback is very important to our editorial staff and we encourage you to register your comments, questions, concerns, complaints and even compliments. Our mailing address is the GeDUNK, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City PA, 16127-2014, but there’s no need to put pen to paper or stamp to envelope, we’ll be happy to hear what you think via email at alumni@ gcc.edu. Please indicate that your letter is intended for publication and include a phone number so we can confirm it’s legitimate.

Grove City College 100 Campus Drive Grove City, PA 16127 724.458.2300 888.GCC.GRAD alumni.gcc.edu alumni@gcc.edu

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’mid the pages CARETAKERS OF CREATION. The natural world is God’s perfect creation and He put us in a position of stewardship over it. Though millennia separate us from Eden, we remain tasked with “tending to the garden.” For some Grove City College alumni, that isn’t a metaphor, but a mission. This issue of the GeDUNK explores their work as caretakers of creation. FEATURES

approach to protecting the environment

Country with some help from students at

inspired Kara Doran ’00 to dive into a

Grove City College.

the nation’s wildlife refuge system.

Sea Change A love of sea and sand combined with a Christian

Source of the Problem Shawn Rummel ’03 is cleaning up a century-old mess in God’s

The Wild Life Mark Musaus ’75 turned a summer job opportunity into a

career protecting, preserving and promoting

new field. DEPARTMENTS 6

| Grove City Matters Get an update on the capital campaign

Conservation on Campus The Bartramian Audubon Society presented

| Upfront News about the College, Alumni, Faculty and Students

Grove City College with the Conservation Award for the Chimney Swift Tower

36 | Class Notes Find out what fellow Grovers are doing

Project. The tower on lower campus near Wolf Creek is intended to be a sanctuary for chimney

42 | In Memory Friends we’ve lost

swifts, small birds that nest in – you guessed it – chimneys. The swifts are losing

46 | Alumni Babies Say hello to future Grovers

their home in the former Grove City Middle School, which the College bought in 2013 and is tearing down to make way for a parking lot for Colonial Hall Apartments

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residents. The College provided space for the tower and the Audubon Society recruited local Boy Scout John Relihan Jr., pictured here with Dr. Fred Brenner, professor of biology, to erect the structure as part of his Eagle Scout project.

The GēDUNK, a magazine published three times a year for alumni and friends of Grove City College, highlights campus news, student features and alumni achievements. Named after the on-campus gathering place / snack bar for students since the early 1950s, the word Gedunk made its way into the Grove City College vernacular when Korean War Navy veterans returned to campus, bringing the term with them. The name stuck. For decades, the Grove City College Gedunk has been the place to come together to share news and ideas, and this magazine strives to do the same.

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C A M PA I G N

R E P O R T FACILITIES $40,000,000 Goal $30,307,455 Raised

Percent of the campaign’s $90 million goal raised so far.

Students who took a class in STEM Hall during the 2013-14 academic year.

522

UNRESTRICTED GIVING $10,000,000 Goal $18,64,832 Raised

1,346

Students who participated in Center for Vision & Values programs such as the Freedom Readers lectures during the 2013-14 academic year.

VISION & VALUES $5,000,000 Goal $2,606,371 Raised ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION $5,000,000 Goal $1,462,467 Raised SCHOLARSHIPS $30,000,000 Goal $22,820,879 Raised

Progress

As of June 20, 2014, Grove City Matters has raised 84 percent of our $90

million goal. That means, because of the generosity of alumni and friends like

Money raised for scholarships between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014.

$3.6M+

you, we are $75,601,001 closer to ensuring the future and continued growth of Grove City College. If you have any questions or would like to know more about the campaign, please visit grovecitymatters.com or contact the College’s development office at 866-FUNDGCC (866-386-3422) or by email at giving@gcc.edu.

Rathburn Hall Wins Design Award

athburn Hall is an award winner. The College’s Christian activities building won its designers, Archer & Buchanan Architecture, Ltd., West Chester, Pa., a 2014 Palladio Award for New Design and Construction. Daniel Russoniello, principal of Archer & Buchanan called winning the esteemed national award “gratifying” and said, “It is a team effort and it always takes a client with high expectations for quality and a long range vision for the institution. Grove City is that kind of client.” The 16,500-square-foot, two-story sandstone and limestone building complements the collegiate gothic style of other campus buildings. Stone for the $7 million structure came from the same quarry that supplied the builders of Harbison Chapel, Crawford Hall, Buhl Library and the Rainbow Bridge. Rathburn Hall was a priority of Grove City Matters: A Campaign to Advance Grove City College. The Board of Trustees voted in 2011 to name the building in honor of David Rathburn ’79, his wife Jayne and their family in recognition of their $3 million contribution to the construction. Rathburn currently serves as the chair of the Board of Trustees for the College.

To contribute to Grove City Matters: A Campaign to Advance Grove City College, see the envelope in this issue of The GeDUNK.

Scholarships

are a great way to remember or honor those who have inspired us, had a significant impact on our lives or exemplify the spirit of Grove City College. They allow the College to remain committed to what matters most – the education and success of students. Affordability is one of the hallmarks of a Grove City College education. While tuition is about half the national average for private colleges, it does not mean that all students who have earned admission – or their families – can afford to attend. One of the costs of being independent is the ongoing necessity of investing in students. The College’s principled decision not to take or rely on direct state or federal aid and its commitment to transparency in costs make it unique. Tuition discounting and larger endowments are commonly being deployed to recruit today’s students at other institutions. That is why scholarships are a key priority of the Grove City Matters campaign and why we celebrate those who have committed to providing a world-class educational experience to bright, promising students who can bring incredible change to the world. A few recently established scholarships honor parents, siblings and valued mentors. Dr. Paul M. and Doris H. Weeks established the Margaret Ruth (Welsh 1913) Weeks Scholarship Endowment in memory of Paul’s mother. Mrs. Weeks, who died at the age of 103, had an adventurous spirit, typified by her learning to drive a car at the age of 58. In her long life she moved from western Pennsylvania to Chicago, Iowa and North Carolina, where she married a country veterinarian and touched many lives. She was a rock to her family and always spoke fondly of Grove City College, which had a significant impact on her life. “She was always available and understanding of any cry for help … Ruth is in heaven celebrating the fact that others are being given the opportunity to fulfill their potential. Her scholarship is helping make this possible. A scholarship which helps others realize their potential can have a logarithmic effect through the years. Ruth was one of three children and the only one chosen to go to college because of the family’s modest means. A scholarship may have provided the opportunity for her brother and sister to follow her to college.” – Dr. Paul M. Weeks Matt ’92 and Kelly (Tsikalas ’92) Knouse established the Dr. Douglas A. and Susan K. Browne Scholarship to honor the Brownes’ service to students, including Mrs. Knouse who was a member of the Touring Choir. Dr. Browne directed the choir for three decades before retiring in May. The scholarship will be awarded to music majors. “So often scholarships are done in the memory of someone after they have left this world in honor of their deeds … Kelly and I just thought it is great to give a gift that can show how much we appreciate the Browne family for all they have done for Grove City College and beyond while we are still on this earth together.” – Matt Knouse ’92 (For more on Browne and the Touring Choir, see page 10.)

Nancy K. and Thomas A. Wandrisco established the Joseph M. Wandrisco ’39 Scholarship Endowment in memory of Tom’s brother, a Grove City College alumnus who graduated with a degree in chemical engineering and worked with U.S. Steel, retiring as the chief research engineer for railroad projects. Joseph Wandrisco invented the “Curvemaster Rail,” was awarded several patents and was responsible for designing a dynamometer for railroad wheels, axles and brakes that was designated a mechanical engineering landmark. He died Jan. 11, 2003. “Joe was the oldest of five children, and I hope to set up scholarships in all of my siblings’ names at their alma maters … I was proud of Joe’s accomplishments. He was a hard worker. He not only used his mind but also his hands to create.” – Thomas A. Wandrisco

The railroad dynamometer shown here was one of several inventions of Joseph M. Wandrisco ’39. If you are interested in establishing a scholarship or supporting an existing one, contact Brian Powell ’03, senior director of development, at bmpowell@gcc.edu.

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News about the College, alumni, students, campus, faculty and sports

Paul J. McNulty ’80 named President

rove City College’s new president comes with an impressive résumé and a tight connection to the College. Paul McNulty ’80 served as second in command at the Justice Department during George W. Bush’s administration after stints as a federal prosecutor and top-level Congressional attorney. He joined the global law firm Baker & McKenzie in 2007 and led their compliance division.

Since 2004, he has served on the College’s Board of Trustees. He’s a past winner of the Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award and holds an honorary degree from Grove City College that he received in 2007 after speaking at that year’s Commencement. McNulty was selected by an 11-member search committee that for the first time included faculty and administration staff

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representation along with members of the Board of Trustees. The Board – with McNulty recusing himself – approved the selection by a unanimous vote. He was one of nearly 80 applicants for the job. “My goal as President is to build on a strong foundation of faith, stewardship and academic excellence by serving and leading an outstanding team of professionals and an extraordinary group of students,” McNulty said. “Grove City College is in an ideal position to face the significant future challenges in higher education. Together, by God’s grace, we will be a clearer voice in the world, and our graduates will continue to be transformational leaders as they faithfully pursue their callings to integrate their faith into every aspect of their lives.” Members of the search committee cited McNulty’s leadership and management experience, his vision for the College and his strong Christian faith in their recommendation. “Paul has the vision and leadership to see that this treasure we call Grove City College is a strong and respected voice for individual liberty, free market principles and faith in Christ. Paul is incredibly accomplished … yet he is humble – eager to listen, learn and serve. His leadership will be both refreshing and inspiring,” Trustee Dawn (Jurewicz ’90) Owens said. David Rathburn ’79, chair of the Board of Trustees and the search committee, said McNulty has been a leader everywhere he has served, including as vice president of the Student Government Association on campus more than 30 years ago. “Since he left, he

“MY GOAL AS PRESIDENT IS TO BUILD ON A STRONG FOUNDATION OF FAITH, STEWARDSHIP AND ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE BY SERVING AND LEADING AN OUTSTANDING TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS AND AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF STUDENTS.” has managed complex organizations and done it well, without ever losing focus on the foundational principles that he solidified here at Grove City,” Rathburn said. Immediate reaction to the selection was overwhelmingly positive, with many Grovers and friends taking to social media to offer up congratulations to their fellow alum and old classmate. He was warmly received on campus during Commencement, where he watched his daughter Corrie ’14 graduate. She’s the fourth member of McNulty’s immediate family to earn a class year addition to her name in these pages. As well as the president-elect and his wife, future First Lady Brenda (Millican ’80), daughter Katy (McNulty ’07) Hittinger is also an alumna. The McNultys have another daughter, Anni Blankenship. Their son Joseph died in 2012 after a two-year battle with cancer. Expect a comprehensive story on the College’s new president and his plans in the next GeDUNK.

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ommencement day was wet and chilly, but there was little that could dampen the enthusiasm or cool the reactions of the Class of 2014 as they donned their robes and mortar boards to make the transition from student to graduate. The 585-member class, their families, friends and the faculty packed the Arena of the Physical Learning Center for the May 17 ceremony, where they heard inspiring words from the College’s leaders, a fellow graduate and a potential presidential candidate. It was the last Commencement presided over by retiring President Richard Jewell ’67. Jewell said greeting each graduate as they crossed the stage was the “highest honor and privilege” of his 11-year tenure. David Rathburn ’79 discussed the constants of the College – “education, relationships, spiritual growth and commitment to faith and freedom” – and the value of a Grove City College diploma. “Our graduates are among the most successful in the land, by all manner of measurement, be it their leadership in church, service to government, or in the armed forces, or in the workplace or in the community. Grove City College

graduates have a foundation for success that is a direct result of the people you encounter here,” he said. Student speaker Julia Haines, a biochemistry major who was very active in student life, explained that “good enough” wasn’t good enough for her and her classmates after Grove City College. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush gave his one and only commencement speech of the season. Buzz around his possible 2016 presidential campaign drew more media attention than normal to the ceremony but the focus remained on the Class of 2014.

he awarding of honorary degrees to notable figures is a common way to acknowledge the achievement that lands many of them behind the lectern at Commencement. In this, at least, Grove City College is no different from most institutions of higher learning. At this year’s Commencement, speaker Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida, and Baccalaureate speaker Ron Moore, senior pastor at The Bible Chapel, a non-denominational church in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, were given honorary degrees. Bush received a doctor of humane letters degree and Moore a doctor of divinity. After those degrees were awarded, Board of Trustees Chair David Rathburn ’79 surprised the College’s First Lady, Dayl Jewell, with an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. Mrs. Jewell is deserving both for her professional achievements in the banking industry and her service to the College, Rathburn said. “As the first lady, you have ably and honorably served Grove City College; your leadership, devotion and service have impacted and inspired all of us – students, faculty, administration and trustees alike. For your unflagging commitment and for truly embodying the spirit of Grove City College, we are proud to recognize you,” Rathburn said.

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Touring Choir alumni reunite to celebrate Browne’s career

hat word best sums up a lifetime calling? Achievement? Legacy? Talent? Affection? Respect? All of the above were expressed and demonstrated on April 26 when Touring Choir alumni from across the country returned to Pew Fine Arts Center to take part in the celebration honoring Dr. Douglas A. Browne, who served as the group’s director for more than 30 years. After breakfast and the chance to reconnect with old choir friends, Jeffrey Tedford ’00, professor of music, and Browne gathered the troupe for rehearsal in the Little Theater. There, old habits and rehearsal structures fell into place with ease, and the group – some 228 strong – was soon working harmonies, scraping the rust off vocal technique and generally having a ball. Lunch break in MAP West Café was followed by an informal roast of both Browne and his wife, Susan, who one alum described as “mom, manager and nurse among other things” for the choir. Funny tales of different editions of shirts, the individual “call outs” during rehearsal to detect where an errant tone might lie, long hours on bus rides through many spring tours and so much more were offered up. There were stories of inspiration, dedication and hard work over many years on the part of Browne, who taught by example and never settled for less when more was within reach with just a bit more effort. More rehearsal followed and that evening a choir of more than 300 past and present students overflowed the stage in Ketler Auditorium. The capacity audience was treated to incredible music of the spirit – classical, contemporary and wonderful. Browne was called back to the stage three times – reflecting the decades of service he gave to his students and Grove City College. The reunion was sponsored by the Grove City College Office of Alumni and College Relations.

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By Jennifer (Taylor ’98) Johnson

Dr. Browne’s Opus

or four long years, more years ago than I care to count, I attended Grove City College. Three of those four years I was in Touring Choir. As its name suggests, the Touring Choir traveled each spring to a variety of churches around the country sharing the music we’d spent the previous semester-and-a-half perfecting. And I mean perfecting, because our conductor Dr. Browne expected and accepted nothing less than our very best plus a smidge more … I am now ruined for singing in another choir ever because neither the caliber of the conducting, nor the discipline of the members, nor the quality of the sound ever measures up to what we did together on that little snow-bound island of academia. I spent most waking hours with members of the GCC Touring Choir … three hundred miles from home, this crew became my family, my social life, my cheering section, my dating pool and my safe place. Then I graduated, and a few years later I moved to California, then to Nashville, and only made it back to western PA a few times. I missed my college friends, but we had all scattered after graduation. We sent Christmas cards and loving thoughts and the occasional funny email to each other and moved along. Until the reunion, when for the first time since the last millennium I returned to the Pew Fine Arts Center for a Touring Choir reunion and alumni concert in honor of Dr. Browne’s retirement. And suddenly I

was 20 again. And the people … all these folks who were mostly misty watercolor memories were suddenly HERE. All at the same time, in the same place, like it’s 1997 again except we’re heavier and have mortgages. After years of remembering these places and these people and these buildings and this music, after six moves and three states and a marriage and step-kids and more than 5,000 days, not only was I back on campus but I was there with all my friends. It was beyond surreal, and absolutely wonderful. A few weeks ago I lingered over dinner with some family and friends, each of us talking about our alma maters and whether we’d choose them again. I hesitated to say yes at the time, thinking how I could have gone someplace with a writing major, or someplace more prestigious, or someplace that doesn’t have snow seven months of the year. But after this weekend I realized my answer will always be yes because of Touring Choir. I would not want to experience college a second time, but I got to relive the best parts of it all in one day. Turns out you can go home again when home is a rehearsal hall with Dr. B and some of your favorite people. Jennifer Johnson ’98 is a freelance writer, editor and public relations specialist. She lives in Levittown, Pa. This piece originally appeared on her website seejenwrite.com

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2014 Homecoming Weekend

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW October 3-5, 2014 REGISTER ONLINE TODAY alumni.gcc.edu/homecoming BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM Local accommodation listing can be found at alumni.gcc.edu/homecoming SPREAD THE WORD Call, message and email your friends

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friends. g groups, ities, sororities and housin All of the College’s fratern Homecoming s are working on plans for organizations and major vers ’mid the Gro ing urn re and more ret Weekend, which sees mo pines every year. e, the ay parade and football gam Highlights are the Saturd ns, nio reu and g kin ing queen and crowning of the Homecom the dot ts ten as l fee l takes on a festiva large and small. Campus ld. near Thorn Fie Quad and Lower Campus to arrive Homecoming rush, plan the t If you want to bea are filled. lots g kin par s se and campu early before local roads clo breakfasts, ly established academic Start your day at the new professors and and s ate e with old classm where you can touch bas your major. and current students in network with other alums . will be offered Coffee and breakfast treats mni.gcc. and register online at alu now ars Mark your calend edu/homecoming.

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Epsilon Pi

he fraternity will celebrate 95 years of brotherhood this fall. A golf outing, informal get together, complimentary lunch behind the Press Box at Thorn Field and a reunion dinner at Rathburn Hall are being planned. Questions about the reunion can be directed to Ralph Carlson ’62 (724-967-2008 or recarlson@gcc.edu). Contact Bill Hladio ’64 (hladio. bill@gmail.com) or Ron George ’66 (rondoavanti@gmail.com) for details about the golf outing. Visit alumni.gcc.edu/epsilonpi for more anniversary information.

Gamma Chi

he sisters are planning a special 95th anniversary reunion under the leadership of alumni chair Kim (Snow ’80) Gibson and actives Meghan DiSesa ’15 and Ellie Shaw ’16. Marching in the parade, complimentary lunch in Greek village and a Saturday evening reunion at the Four Points by Sheraton, in Cranberry, Pa., are among the plans. Visit alumni.gcc.edu/gammachi to register, book a discounted hotel room and submit photos for the event.

Phi Sigma Chi

he sisters are planning a 90th anniversary reunion under the leadership of alumni chair and sorority adviser Barbra (Bartos ’92) Munnell. The schedule calls for marching in the parade, complimentary lunch in Greek Village and a reception and dinner at Connoquenessing Country Club in Ellwood City, Pa. Visit alumni.gcc.edu/phisigmachi to register, book a discounted hotel room and purchase commemorative zip sweatshirts for the event.

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he sorority marks its 90th anniversary. Actives Brianna Buczkowski ’16 and Emily Dinger ’15 are leading the reunion planning. Sisters will march in the Homecoming Parade, enjoy complimentary lunch in Greek Village and meet for a reunion Saturday evening at the Hilton Garden Inn in Cranberry, Pa. Visit alumni.gcc.edu/gammasigmaphi to register, book a discounted hotel room and submit photos for the event.

Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Awards turns 50

t takes a few decades for a campus event to ripen to the point where it undeniably earns its place as a tradition, something that everyone looks forward to and respects as an integral part of the institutional fabric. That’s the case by now for the Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award, sponsored by the Alumni Association, which marks its 50th anniversary this year. Alumni Association leaders including Walter L. Moser, Class of 1915, Bob Neely ’34, J. Marvin Suter ’50 and Jim Schalles ’42 initiated the program and adopted award guidelines in 1964. The areas of awards began with five fields, and have been expanded during the years to include a variety of categories that mirror the majors and areas of study at the College. The honor was renamed in 1980 after Kennedy, the College’s first alumni secretary and placement officer. He served his alma mater for 32 years before his retirement in 1980 and had an indelible influence on the lives and future careers of hundreds of Grovers. He died in 1987. This year, the Alumni Association is giving awards to Robert W. Wickerham ’66 and Jeffrey L. Gregg ’85 and producing a special commemorative book featuring every winner in the award’s 50-year history. All former winners are invited to attend a dinner and ceremony on Friday night during Homecoming Weekend when the new awardees are honored.

Do you have a classic car or convertable you’d like to see used in the homecoming parade? Contact the alumni office if you’re interested in participating: alumni@gcc.edu.

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Normandy trip provides a taste of history

rove City College alumni and friends embarked on a nine-day excursion in April to Normandy, France, as part of the College’s Alumni Travel Program. The travelers were based in in the historic city of Honfleur, a classic French town nestled against a striking 17th-century harbor. Its narrow streets and picturesque architecture have influenced, and been influenced by, artists, writers and musicians for centuries. The tour featured journeys to Omaha Beach, where the largest contingent of U.S. Troops landed on D-Day – 70 years ago this year – and Claude Monet’s house in Giverny with the gardens that feature so prominently in his paintings, including the famous Water Lily series. Along the way the group, which was anchored by alumni who graduated between 1974 and 1981, learned about the culture and history of the region from experienced tour guides and sampled the cuisine for which France is known. Some couples spent the majority of the trip exploring the city on their own. Lauren (Anderson ’80) Comstock and Steven Comstock ’79 were one of those couples. “The trip was all we could have hoped for,” Lauren Comstock said. “It was extra special to go with some other Grove City College alumni and we enjoyed sharing some of our treasured College experiences.” The trip provided an opportunity to make new connections. Lauren Comstock, Sondra (Smith ’81) McDermott, and Maureen (Fulmer ’75) Wright were all Gamma Sig sorority members, none of them at the same time. The sisters’ shared experience at Grove City let them bond over dinners and sight-seeing. Steve Frank ’74, learned about the trip through the College’s Alumni website (alumni. gcc.edu.) A retired social studies teacher and Army veteran, Frank said it made history come alive. “From experience, I have learned that you can read extensive amounts of factual information, review maps and watch numerous Hollywood movie interpretations of historical events. However, none of these methods lead to a thorough understanding

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that onsite visits can achieve. As a result, this tour not only offered an opportunity to experience French culture, but also to see the Normandy campaign sites, including topography, weather and distance involved,” he said.

“This was a great trip in every respect,” Doug Wright ’75 said. “The chance to see some truly meaningful historical sites, experience some French culture and reminisce about the Grove made this a memorable experience. It just went by too fast.”

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We have some amazing trips lined up for the globetrotter in all of us. They offer something for everyone: education, adventure and fellowship with other Grovers and friends.

THE FLAVORS OF NORTHERN ITALY SEPTEMBER 13-21, 2014 The key ingredient of this signature journey – a nine-day infusion of cuisine, wine and culture in a region where passion and food walk hand-in-hand – is staying at a charming wine estate farmhouse for the duration. From this luxury home base, you’ll travel to Verona, Borghetto, Modena, Lessinia and other stops, experiencing the history and tastes of this ancient land. After each adventure you return back to the estate to relax, share a meal and bask in the glow of Italy’s northern climes.

THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLAND AND BELGIUM APRIL 24 – MAY 2, 2015 There is no better way to experience the Low Countries than by water. Cruise in luxury on the MS Amadeus Silver as you explore Amersterdam, The Hague, Delft and Antwerp. Along the way, you’ll be dazzled by myriad colors in the world-famous tulips that line your route and brighten villages and cities.

NATIONAL PARKS AND LODGES OF THE OLD WEST JUNE 20 – 29, 2015 Trace the legends and natural splendor of the American West as you experience beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, hiking, storytelling and so much more. Starting in the Badlands, you’ll venture forth to Custer State Park, Cody, Wyo., and Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, all the while enjoying the luxury accommodations of great lodges at these incredible locations. Indulge your pioneer spirit – with a resort sensibility.

THE PARISIAN CHRISTMAS MARKETS NOV. 27 – DEC. 8, 2015

The holidays are never more magical than when you step into scenes that glitter with fairy-tale charm. Beginning in Paris, you cruise the Seine in luxury and enjoy some leisure time in the City of Light. Then off to Luxembourg, where the Place d’Armes transforms into a Christmas village untouched by time. Travel on to Trier and its Roman ruins before moving up the Mosel River in Berkanstel. Continue through Cologne and up the Rhine to Strasbourg.

Don’t miss the chance to explore the world with Grove City College. Sign up today at alumni.gcc.edu

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Grover parents and children gathered for a group photo during the Legacy Brunch on Parents’ Weekend in May.

Active brothers and alumni of the Kappa Alpha Phi fraternity gathered April 27 for their fourth annual Recognition Luncheon.

Pittsburgh radio figure Glen Meakem hosts outgoing College President Dick Jewell at an event held May 17 in Sewickley, Pa.

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Alumni and friends enjoyed a special evening March 25 with the Pittsburgh Chamber Players.

Allison Glick ’09, Ed Breen ’78 and Emily Long ’12 are pictured at the President Jewell Thank You Tour stop hosted by Breen and his wife Lynn (Branstner ’78) Breen at their Philadelphia area home.

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alumni & friends events Upcoming Alumni & Friends Events Sept. 11 Financial Mixer Diamond Run Golf Club Pittsburgh, Pa.

Zeta Zeta Zeta sorority held its first alumni luncheon March at the Carnegie Alumni Center.

Alumni turned out for the Jewell Thank You Tour event March 30 at George Washington’s Mt. Vernon home in Virginia.

Sept. 23 Center for Vision & Values Founder’s Lunch Rivers Club Pittsburgh, Pa. Oct. 11 Night football game vs. Washington & Jefferson College Thorn Field Alumni Band Day Pew Fine Arts Center and Thorn Field Grove City, Pa. Nov. 1 Broadway Series – “Annie” Benedum Center Pittsburgh, Pa.

Jerry Rauso ’60 , right, joins Bob Wickerham ’66 at the Jewell Thank You Tour stop hosted by Bob and his wife Marti in Naples, Fla.

“Guys and Dolls” Alumni and Friends Dinner and Show Pew Memorial Room Grove City, Pa. Student actors ham it up with a future Grover on April 12 at a character breakfast before the College’s annual Children’s Theater production of “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

Nov. 6 Alumni Mixer, 5:30-7:30 PM Franktuary Pittsburgh, Pa. Nov. 20 Showcase Series - Golden Dragon Acrobats Pew Fine Arts Center Ketler Auditorium Grove City, Pa.

Debbie Schaack, Grove City College’s First Lady Dayl Jewell, Donna Greenway and Joann (Tresham ’64) Mehaffey enjoy the Jewell Thank You Tour event hosted by Richard Staley ’62 in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Alumni Council member Lisa (Laurich ’82) Donovan, left, and her sister Lonie (Laurich ’84) Brice are pictured at the Jewell Thank You Tour event hosted by Donovan and her husband Bill ’81 at their New York home.

Nov. 23 Broadway Series - “White Christmas” Benedum Center Pittsburgh, Pa.

Remember to bookmark alumni.gcc.edu/events for more dates and info on registering.

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Caffro ’13 awarded Fulbright grant

ndrew Caffro ’13 is headed to India to improve access to – and the quality of – HIV/AIDS education in rural areas where misconceptions surrounding HIV/AIDS are common and those who have the disease frequently face social stigma. Caffro’s study of HIV education strategies in demographically distinct populations is being supported by a Fulbright grant that he was awarded in April. He’s the fourth graduate of the College in seven years to receive the prestigious grant. His grant-winning research proposal grew from an internship through the College’s Red Box program and he credited Grove City with turning his attention to the wider world and set him on the path of seeking solutions. “When I arrived at Grove City College, I found myself in a globally-oriented, academically-demanding environment and my view of education began to change,” he said. Caffro was a molecular biology major and business minor. He’s currently a research technician studying HIV at the University of Pennsylvania. The Fulbright grant is made possible through funds appropriated annually by the U.S. Congress and by contributions from partner countries and the private sector. Fulbright alumni have become heads of state, judges, ambassadors, cabinet ministers, CEOs, university presidents, journalists, artists, professors and teachers.

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he Shirt, Grove City College’s annual short-sleeved statement of identity, was created to unify current students, alumni and friends, promote the College and raise money for scholarships. The Shirt Project was born in 2012 through the vision and leadership of thenAlumni Council President Allyson (Baird ‘88) Sveda. The idea was to create an official College T-shirt and get as many people as possible to wear it – when they cheer on the Wolverines, attend alumni events or just go out to the store. More than 1,000 Shirts were proudly worn by alumni, friends, and students in the first year. In February 2013, students were asked to vote on their favorite design for the second Shirt. Thirteen hundred votes were cast and a baseball jersey featuring the Grove City varsity “G” and Willie the Wolverine was chosen. This year, students and alumni were encouraged to participate in a design contest for The Shirt. More than 20 submissions were narrowed to three final designs. Alumni and students – 1,876 of them, a number that oddly

mirrors the year the College was officially founded – voted. The winning design was created by electrical engineering major Nate Bergey ’16. The Shirt 2014 is on sale in the College Bookstore and online at bookstore.gcc.edu. All alumni, friends, parents and students are encouraged to get The Shirt, show their Grover pride and support student scholarship at Grove City College.

Pop Quiz!

What U.S. president was awarded an honorary degree from Grove City College in 1968?

Those who respond with the correct answer will have a chance to win a prize! Contact the Marketing and Communications Office at news@gcc.edu or on Twitter @GroveCtyCollege #PopQuiz.

Spring issue Pop Quiz winners!

ongratulations to the winners of last issue’s Pop Quiz: Jim Deitrick ’67, Margie (Heid ’83) Erickson, Chelsea Tarolli ’14, Richard Williams ’55, Brian Weese ’98 and Chuck Wiley. In answer to the question, “Which of the College’s eight presidents also served on the Board of Trustees?”, the answers Richard Jewell ’67 and Weir Ketler ’08 are both correct! Thanks to all who participated.With numerous responses through email and on Twitter, we would like to thank everyone who participated.

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Senior Man and Woman of the Year named

he 2014 Grove City College Senior Man and Woman of the Year awards went to Chris Gibbs ’14 and Libby Carbone ’14. The awards are presented jointly by the leadership honoraries Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa as a service to Grove City College. The selections are made on the basis of scholarship, leadership and service. Candidates are voted upon by students and faculty. Former recipients of this prestigious honor have gone on to become leaders in faith, education, business, law and health care. Gibbs was a molecular biology major who served as vice president of Epsilon Pi fraternity and as president of Inter-Fraternity Council. He was also a four-year letterwinner in varsity football and the first two-time Division III Academic All-American in Grove City College football history. Gibbs was also named 2014 Sportsman of the Year. Gibbs conducted independent research with Dr. Devin Stauff ’05, professor of biology, co-authored a paper and served as a research fellow at the Mayo Clinic. Gibbs was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board and Beta Beta Beta. He also was one of 29 men in the U.S. to receive the NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship Award. Carbone is a physics major and member of Omicron Delta Kappa. She was active in the Society of Physics Students and served as outreach coordinator for the Physics Club as well as vice president of the Sigma Pi Sigma physics honorary. She participated in ICO trips to Chicago and Rhode Island, was active in tutoring and served as a teacher’s assistant at the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. During her time at Grove City College, she also participated in physics education research.

Kintzing ’14 wins NSF fellowship

ames Kintzing ’14 capped his senior year by winning a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, a three-year grant that will cover his graduate studies in bioengineering at Stanford University. The three-year grant provides a $32,000 annual stipend plus $12,000 toward tuition and fees and at a graduate institution. “It’s a blessing,” Kintzing, of Centerville, Va., said. The award provides freedom to pursue any area of research. “After completing my Ph.D., I plan to work in the biotech/pharmaceutical startup industry. He credited Grove City College’s chemistry and biology departments with preparing him to excel during summer research programs at Brooke Army Medical Center, Vanderbilt University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “There is a genuine care for students here that is evident in the willingness of professors to dedicate extensive time to mentoring students,” Kintzing said. Kintzing also benefited from Grove City College’s partnership with the Highmark Business Innovation Team through the VentureLab program under the Department of Entrepreneurship, an experience he said would be useful later in his career when it comes time to commercialize his research. The Graduate Research Fellowship Program has a history of recipients who achieve great success in their academic and professional careers. Past fellows include a number of Nobel Prize winners and such notables as Google co-founder Sergey Brin and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. The National Science Foundation received more than 14,000 applications for the 2014 competition, and made 2,000 fellowship award offers.

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Tradition, pageantry mark Parents’ Weekend

arents’ Weekend – a time-honored Grove City College tradition – is a time to celebrate the academic, service, musical, athletic and social achievements of students throughout the academic year. Participants also honor the parents, family members and friends who provide encouragement and support along the way. Held this year from May 2 to 4, it was packed with activity, from the ceremony of the Recognition Convocation to the pageantry of the Spring Coronation to the fun of AllCollege Sing. Running alongside those 20 | w w w. g c c.e d u t h e G ēD UNK

signature events were a host of performances, competitions and showcases that display the breadth and depth of student achievement, talent and determination. The convocation in Harbison Chapel, held annually since 1957, honors students for their academic achievements and contributions to campus life. The highlights include the naming of the College’s Man and Woman of the Year (see page 19) and Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year (see page 25.) The convocation also recognizes a host of scholarship winners.

The Spring Coronation and Dance Show grew out of the May Day celebrations at Grove City College that became an annual event in 1916. The first ceremony was organized to closely follow the historical coronations of queens during the Elizabethan era and costumes of the court were designed to resemble the dress of that time. The titles and roles of each court member were also indicative of that era. The seasonal celebration eventually became part of Parents’ Weekend and the May Queen became Spring Queen in the 1950s. Later a Spring King was added to the mix.

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The 98th annual coronation, held in the Arena of the Physical Learning Center, saw Elizabeth Carbone ’14 crowned Spring Queen and Nicholas Finelli ’14 Spring King. The court, augmented by flower girls Helen Hatfield and Amelia Jackson and pages Henry and Jesse Pazehoski, featured: Raquel Fereshetian ’17, Kara Mazey ’16, Amy Thomas ’16, Tabitha Walker ’17, Marie Carroll ’15, Esther Durling ’15, Melanie Barber ’17, Amy Rumbaugh ’16, Allie Hull ’15, Tasha Landis ’15, Amy Genders ’14, Hayley Price ’14, Sarah Rybaltowski ’14 and Zoe Simek ’14.

Following tradition, the Spring Dance Company presented 10 dances in honor of the queen and her court. This year’s show – under the direction of Senior Head Choreographer Andrea Rinald, Junior Head Choreographer Lydia Staats, and Adviser Samantha Clarke ’11 – was titled “Seasons of Life.” Greek Sing, established in 1957 and renamed All-College Sing in 1973, capped the weekend’s entertainment. The show offers Greek and independent groups an opportunity to display their musical talents in friendly competition. This year, 23 groups

were judged on musicality, choreography and creative presentation. Song choices ranged from modern hits to Jackson Five classics. Rhythmx, an independent group, won the overall women’s competition with a rendition of the Disney hit “Let it Go.” The independent male housing group Alpha Epsilon Chi took the overall men’s title with “Chim Chim Cheree/Step in Time.” Adelphikos took top honors for fraternities and Gamma Sigma Phi for the sororities.

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Retiring faculty gathered prior to the College’s Retirement Dinner. Seated from left are: Susan Roberts (Athletics), Dr. Fred Jenny (Computer Science), Dr. Ralph Carlson ’62 (Mathematics) and Cynthia Forrester (Spanish). Standing: Dr. James Dupree (Business/Entrepreneurship), Dr. Marvin Folkertsma (Political Science), Dr. Douglas Browne (Music), Dr. Richard Trammell (Philosophy) and Peter Calaboyias (Art).

Three hundred years of experience

ine faculty members with almost 300 years of combined service at Grove City College retired at the end of the 2013-14 academic year. They were feted at a May retirement dinner on campus. Professor of Music Dr. Douglas Browne joined the College in 1981. His highly respected Chapel and Touring choirs performed at Sunday vespers, annual concerts and special campus events. Browne also guest conducted at local and state choral festivals. At that time he joined the Grove City College faculty, he recalled, “I didn’t imagine I would be here for the next 33 years. I have appreciated the time here and the opportunity to interact with so many students.” World-renowned sculptor Peter Calaboyias has been a guest lecturer in art and artist-in-residence at the College since 1995. He guided students’ creativity in sculpture and print making and 22 | w w w. g c c.e d u t h e G ēD UNK

supported the recent addition of an art minor. He leaves satisfied that “students who rarely ventured into art experiences discovered a newfound talent and passion that strengthened their educational experience.” His own work of art, “Pythagorean Pi,” is installed near the new STEM Hall. Dr. Ralph Carlson ’62 retired after two turns at the College. He first served as chairman of the Department of Mathematics from 1973 to 1976, then as the College’s vice president for business affairs until 1979. After relocating to work in California, he returned to Grove City College in 2000. He was named Professor of the Year in 2006. He is married to Kay (Holland ’63) Carlson. Professor of Business and Entrepreneurship Dr. James Dupree is a relative newcomer, joining the College in 1990. In addition to teaching business courses and leading the Communications

Department, he helped to establish and grow the entrepreneurship program started in the early 2000s. He, along with colleagues and students, coordinated the now annual campus-wide business plan competition, as well as several alumni panels. His favorite class to teach, he said, was Managing the Growth Enterprise. It allowed him to watch student teams “start, grow and then harvest a technology company via a quite sophisticated computer simulation.” Dr. Marvin Folkertsma retired as chair of the Department of Political Science and professor of Political Science after 40 years of service. Beginning in 1974, he taught courses including the Social Dimension of Life, public administration, American government and political theory. He also wrote several books, both scholarly and fiction. Reflecting upon his retirement, Folkertsma said, “I want to emphasize

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what an honor and privilege it has been to work at Grove City College over these four decades. I cannot imagine a better place to spend one’s professional career than at this magnificent institution.” Professor of Spanish Señorita Cindy Forrester shared her love of culture and travel with students, faculty and alumni during her years at Grove City. Since joining the faculty in 1967, she has been a much-traveled member of the Department of Modern Languages, community volunteer and campus leader. She also coordinated international studies for many years. She said her favorite class, in addition to Advanced Conversation, has been Phonetics because “proper pronunciation is music to my ears.” She added that every year has been her favorite year, because “it has brought interesting things to teach and fine people who are eager to learn.” Also retiring is Dr. Fred Jenny, professor of Computer Science and Educational Technology, and director of Instructional Technology. Beginning at the College in 1984, he worked in courseware production, academic computing and led the academic Department of Communications. In reflection, he said his favorite class to teach involved his hobby – Digital Photography. He also joked that his favorite year to be at the College was the year that Saturday morning classed ended. Associate Director of Athletics for Women and Associate Professor of Physical Education Susan Roberts remembers her first year, 1985, as a “wonderful first step to the next 29 unforgettable and very special years.” During her time at Grove City College, she coached women’s volleyball, basketball and softball, and led the ladies in charitable work trips and fundraisers. “I feel fulfilled as a teacher and coach that I gave all I had to give,” Roberts said, “and it was a joyous giving that has returned to me tenfold.” Professor of Philosophy Dr. Richard Trammell joined the College in 1971 as an assistant professor. He taught courses in the areas of religion and philosophy and is likely remembered by students for his Symbolic Logic class. He has written a textbook, contributed to scholarly journals and submitted papers to symposia during his Grove City tenure.

ODK names Nichols top prof

r. Constance (Nelson ’93) Nichols is the 2013 Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Professor of the Year. Nichols, chair of the Department of Education and professor of education, has taught thousands of students (many now teachers) in her 13 years at the College. She’s an integral part of training more than 300 education majors each year, and she also oversees the Hamilton Curriculum Library and the Grove City College Early Education Center preschool, which serves families while providing teaching experience for students. Nichols, an elementary education major and cum laude graduate of the College, earned a master’s degree in reading and the language arts from Duquesne University and a doctorate in instruction and learning from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. “I am so incredibly fortunate to be a part of such a rich network of teachers, professors, policy makers and community leaders,” Nichols said. “I cannot help but feel any recognition I have garnered is only made possible through the collective work of such individuals that use their many gifts to provide greater educational opportunity and thus further the common good. I am also deeply thankful to my students, past, present and future who enter the high calling of teaching and inspire me every day through their ethical hearts and deep sense of service.” Dr. Phyllis Genareo, associate chair of the Department of Education and professor of education, hailed her colleague. “Her vision for the department is always exciting and focused on equipping our students to use their calling in service of all God’s children,” she said. As a student at Grove City College, Nichols was president of Lambda Epsilon Delta, an elementary education honorary, and a member of the Orientation Board, Gamma Chi sorority, Orchesis and other campus groups. The Professor of the Year Award was initiated in 2000 by the Omicron Delta Kappa campus leadership honorary and sponsored by the Grove City College Alumni Association.

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Spring Sports Recap Men’s Golf

he Grove City College men’s golf team posted another strong campaign during the 2013-14 season, finishing third at the split-season Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships with a 72-hole score of 1,247. Junior Brian Giesler tied for third individually at the PAC Spring Championships with a 36-hole score of 153 to earn AllPAC First Team honors. Lone senior Conor Eckhardt finished 18th in his final collegiate competition with a 166.

Water Polo

he Grove City College women’s water polo team wrapped up the season with an 11-11 overall record, an 8-5 conference record and a fifth-place finish at the CWPA Division III Championships in Saint Paul, Minn. Junior Jocelyn Hinkle garnered CWPA DIII First Team honors after leading a young Wolverine squad with 89 goals, just one shy of the school record. Freshman Abby Jank earned Second Team honors. Both players were also named to the All-Tournament Team at the CWPA DIII Championships.

Men’s Track and Field

or the first time since 2009, the Grove City College men’s track and field team returned to the top of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference by winning the team title at the conference championships. The Wolverines captured three individual titles as part of 17 total top-five event finishes at the meet. Senior Mark Talbott

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won the 3,000 steeplechase in 10:00.85 while freshman Nick Betz took the crown in the 110 hurdles in 14.79. Junior Peter Christiansen prevailed in the 5,000 in 15:42.54. Nine members of the squad qualified for the 2014 ECAC Championships.

Baseball

ith a very young squad that featured 22 freshmen and transfers, the Grove City College baseball team showed marked improvement over the previous two seasons. The Wolverines finished 9-25 overall and 7-15 in Presidents’ Athletic Conference play, with 14 of the losses coming by just one or two runs. Senior pitcher Erick Locker posted one of the finest pitching seasons in recent history en route to earning All-PAC Second Team honors while freshman shortstop David Laylock earned Honorable Mention status.

Softball

nder the direction of firstyear head coach Christine Slater, a very young Grove City College softball team posted a 12-21 overall record, including a 6-12 mark in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference. The Wolverines closed their season on a high note, winning six of their final eight games. Junior shortstop Kelsey Shirey earned All-PAC Second Team honors after leading the Wolverines in numerous offensive categories while freshman pitcher/first baseman Erika Aughton received All-PAC Honorable Mention. Shirey’s numbers in 2014 ranked among

the top-three single-seasons in school history in batting average, slugging percentage and on-base percentage.

Women’s Golf

he Grove City College women’s golf team continued its reign at the top of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference by winning its second-straight conference title to earn the conference’s first ever automatic-qualifying berth into the NCAA Division III Golf Championships. The Wolverines recorded a 36-hole score of 748 at the PAC Spring Championships to complete the 72-hole splitseason championships with a score of 1,469, besting Saint Vincent by 31 strokes. Junior Esther Durling was named PAC Player of the Year for the third-straight year and earned medalist honors at her fifth-straight PAC event with a 36-hole score of 165 while senior Kayla Finney joined her on the First Team with a fourth-place 182. Durling, Finney, Freshman Jordan Greenwall, junior Meghan Love and senior Victoria VanBuskirk represented Grove City at the NCAA Division III Golf Championships in Howey-Inthe-Hills, Fla., at El Campeon Golf Course. The Wolverines finished 19th in the 21-team field.

Women’s Track and Field

he Grove City College women’s track and field team returned to the top of the Presidents’ Athletic Conference by winning its first conference crown since 2005.

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The Wolverines cruised to the conference title with 222 points. Sophomore Emily Rabenold earned PAC Women’s Overall Track and Field Most Valuable Performer after winning the 10,000, the 5,000 and the 3,000 steeplechase. Freshman Katelyn Hess captured PAC Field MVP honors after winning the triple jump and finishing third in the high jump and fourth in the long jump. Head coach Todd Gibson earned PAC Coach of the Year. Thirteen athletes went on to represent Grove City at the ECAC Championships at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. Rabenold led the Wolverines with a second-place showing in the steeplechase, breaking her own school record by 12 seconds with a 10:51.03.

Men’s Tennis

he Grove City College men’s tennis team cruised to its 24th-consecutive Presidents’ Athletic Conference title and fourth-straight berth in the NCAA Division III Championships during the 2014 campaign. The Wolverines finished their season 8-5 overall, including a perfect 7-0 record in PAC play. After sweeping the PAC Championships with a perfect score of 54 by going nine-for-nine in flight titles, the Wolverines fell to Kalamazoo in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 9 in Pittsburgh. Junior Peter Riley was named the PAC Player of the Year for the second time in three years after winning the crown at first singles.

Cessar, Gibbs earn Sportswoman, Sportsman of Year

enior football player Chris Gibbs ’14 and senior multi-sport standout Sarah Cessar ’14 were named as Grove City College’s Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year for the 2013-14 academic year. Gibbs started all four seasons in the secondary, having played cornerback, free safety and strong safety for the Wolverines. In 2013, he started all nine games at strong safety and recorded 80 total tackles. He led all Presidents’ Athletic Conference defensive backs in total tackles and led the conference with three forced fumbles. He made 34 career starts. This season, he earned First Team Division III Academic All-America honors from Capital One and the College Sports Information Directors of America. He earned Second Team Academic All-America last year, becoming the first Grove City football player to twice earn Academic All-America. A biology major, Gibbs earned Dean’s List recognition and was named to the conference’s Academic Honor Roll. He earned a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship and spent the summer of 2013 working in genomic research at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Cessar earned eight total letters at Grove City. She lettered in each of her four seasons as a midfielder for the women’s soccer team, earned three as a middle distance runner for the track and field team and one

as a forward for the women’s basketball team during her freshman year. Last fall, Cessar earned NSCAA First Team AllGreat Lakes Region at midfield for the second straight year. She became the first Grove City women’s soccer player to earn First Team All-Region honors in consecutive years. Cessar ranked second on the team in goals, assists and total points this year. She also earned First Team All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference for the second straight year. Cessar concluded her career with 18 goals and 11 assists in 73 career matches. She made 63 starts over her final three seasons. Grove City went 50-28-6 in her career. In track and field, Cessar held Grove City’s record in the 3000 steeplechase (11:27.26) for two years and currently ranks second all-time at the College in that event. A biology/secondary education major, Cessar was a Dean’s List student who has been inducted into the Beta Beta Beta biology honorary. Grove City first awarded its Sportsperson of the Year award in 1948. In 1982, the College split the award into Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year. Gibbs also received the College’s Senior Man of the Year award. Only four others have earned the dual awards: Don Shockey ’63, Curt Siverling ’85, Mike Ritter ’06 and Mike Manahan ’08. Peggy Whitbeck ’04 earned Sportswoman of the Year and Senior Woman of the Year.

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E G N A H C SEA Grove City College may not be well known – yet – for turning out grads who take on the thorny problems facing the natural world but a number of alums are applying their talents to studying those questions and offering up solutions. Kara (Sedwick ’00) Doran is one of them. She found a way to bring her faith, lifelong love of the ocean and her training as physicist together as a caretaker of creation.

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ara (Sedwick ’00) Doran always knew she wanted to live near the beach. She loved the warm glow of the sun’s rays, the cool rush of waves on her ankles and the gentle brush of thousands of grains of sand beneath her feet. Instead, Doran’s path took her hundreds of miles from the ocean to Grove City College for school and then a job teaching physics at the local high school. But the sunshine kept calling her. She couldn’t stay away. With a little inspiration from her college reading list and her love for God’s creation, she found her way to those sandy shores as a physical oceanographer.

“Whether it was in my personal life or professional life, I loved God’s creation and thought it was my responsibility as a Christian to care for creation.” Doran grew up in Columbus, Ohio, and wasn’t sure where she wanted to continue her education after high school. She applied to more than seven schools all over the country and thought she was headed to the Florida sunshine to attend college. However, after a visit to a Grove City College recruiting event in Columbus, Doran’s path began to take a new direction. Grove City College had everything Doran was looking for, not to mention her father fell in love with the College. Her father even made her make a spreadsheet of items that were important to her in a college, and it was no surprise when Grove City College finished at the top. Doran had a general vision of becoming an oceanographer when she came to campus, but she became enamored of physics and the faculty in department and adjusted her plans. She majored in physics and secondary education with a minor in theater. She

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was also active in Orchesis dance, Physics Club, Alpha Phi Omega service group and Orientation Board. “One great thing about Grove City College compared to a large university was that you could still participate in the sports and arts, while still having time to get a quality education,” Doran said. Dr. Stephen Jenkins, chair of the Department of Biology, had a particular impact on Doran. She decided to take an environmental science class that Jenkins was teaching as part of her teaching requirement. The class read Redeeming Creation: The Biblical

Basis for Environmental Stewardship by Fred Van Dyke, David C. Mahan, Joseph K. Sheldon and Raymond H. Brand. It was the first time that Doran considered the idea that Christians should be excited about caring for God’s creations. “I didn’t think that a lot of people felt that way,” Doran said. The faculty at GCC encouraged her to do an internship between her junior and senior year of school and she ended up at the University of Delaware. There, she discovered physical oceanography – sometimes called marine physics – which aims to study and understand patterns of ocean circulation,

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wave motion, temperature, salinity and other properties. It was a field that she didn’t even know existed. After graduation, Doran stayed in Grove City where she taught high school physics for several years. But the sunshine and beach continued to call. Doran eventually decided to go to graduate school at the University of South Florida in Tampa Bay. “Whether it was in my personal life or professional life, I loved God’s creation and thought it was my responsibility as a Christian to care for creation,” Doran said.

Redeeming Creation became her inspiration for that responsibility. She graduated from USF in 2009 with a master’s degree in physical oceanography. Doran is a physical scientist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS), one of the partnering organizations during her graduate school at USF. “Many students take jobs with them [USGS] because of the partnership,” Doran said. “I never imagined I would move a couple of blocks down the road and work in a building only 500 yards from the campus of USF.” Doran studies how the coast changes

during extreme storm events such as hurricanes, floods or a nor’easter that could affect the erosion of a beach, cliff or dune. She doesn’t get to do as much field work as she would like, but it’s her favorite part of the job (along with getting to wear flip-flops to work.) On the job, she collects and analyzes data from specialized scanning equipment and photos to predict what will happen in the next storm and advise local authorities, builders and governments about potential shoreline hazards. Her work may actually save lives. She cited the awesome and deadly power of a hurricane. “We can’t do anything to prevent a storm that powerful. When you compare the loss of life from Hurricane Katrina (in 2005) to Hurricane Sandy (2012), it was much less devastating. I just want to get the right information out to the people,” Doran said. Doran was heavily involved with the protection of sea turtles near the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where the launch pads are very close to the beach. Doran did studies on the effect of beach erosion on the railway that is used to move supplies at the launch site. She advised them on what kind of dunes would be necessary to protect the railway and launch pads while preserving the sea turtle habitat. Doran says that the one problem she encounters at the USGS is striking the right balance between the human desire to build homes and hotels on the coast and nature’s needs. “The bottom line is, people are going to live on the beach because they love it,” she says. “These people need to respectful and protect the beach for the things that naturally live on the beach.” Her work can be both trying and rewarding. “Sometimes it’s frustrating when the recommendations you make aren’t taken seriously. But then, I go out and talk to students at schools. I do demonstrations with them where they see the dangers and they tell me, ‘That is stupid, why would people do those things?’ and I feel a lot better when they say that. Educating the young people is where we can make an impact.” Her faith means Doran doesn’t need to look far for inspiration. “Just watching the sunset at the end of a day on God’s great earth always inspires me,” she says. ■

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Source of the Problem By Nick Hildebrand

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hawn Rummel ’03 is working to restore one of Pennsylvania’s great rivers and students at Grove City College are helping him track his progress. As a biologist with Trout Unlimited in Lock Haven, Pa., Rummel’s office encompasses about 300,000 acres of what some call “God’s Country.” The mountains of northcentral Pennsylvania feel like home to Rummel, who grew up hunting, fishing and hiking around Clarion, Pa. Childhood bug collections set him on a path to a biology degree from Grove City College and then graduate school at Penn State. He started out studying birds but ended up earning his Ph.D. in fishery ecology. For the past four years Rummel has been at work on one of Trout Unlimited’s top projects: Restoring the West Branch of the Susquehanna River so future generations can enjoy and profit from it just as previous ones did. Clear-cutting of forests a century ago and unregulated coal mining into the 1970s fouled the streams in the West Branch’s enormous watershed and resulted in a river that was biologically dead by the time it was fully surveyed in 1984. A few decades of work by community groups, the state and private foundations has improved the river’s water quality and aquatic life is coming back, but the West Branch is still on life support, largely because of acid mine drainage into the small tributaries that feed the river. “We’re still trying to clean up a mess from a hundred years ago,” Rummel says. Rummel, who terms the work Trout Unlimited is doing “restoration ecology,” is realistic about the problem of thousands of miles of tainted streams in the region but hopeful.

“We’re not going to clean it all … You look at the places where you can do the most good and even then it’s a monumental task,” he says. “We have plenty of dirty water.” While mining companies, the state and conservation groups deal with the pollution at its sources through passive and active treatment systems, Rummel looks to a living barometer of stream health to measure their success: Pennsylvania’s native brook trout.

“We’re still trying to clean up a mess from a hundred years ago.” Brook trout need the right water chemistry, temperature and food supply to survive and thrive. They can be found in the headwaters of a number of creeks that eventually flow into the West Branch but bands of acid mine drainage effectively pen the fish into the areas where they are spawned. Physically and genetically isolated, the trout are more susceptible to disease and changes in the environment. Each spring and summer, crews from Trout Unlimited – which have included interns from Grove City College – head into the backcountry to survey the streams and collect tissue samples from stunned fish. The samples are sent to Grove City College. In a basement lab at Rockwell Hall, students test the tissue, pulling out details that are used to genetically map the brook trout population before and after cleanup strategies are in place. Their analysis indicates the genetic diversity – or lack thereof – of the trout

population. Student researchers provide Rummel and others with hard data that they use to determine if what they’re doing works or doesn’t. Dr. Fred Brenner, veteran professor of biology, oversees the work. It fits into a pattern of research that he and his colleagues have steered students into in recent years focusing on genetics as they relate to wildlife management. It also lines up with his philosophy as an academic. “I really think that as a professional wildlife biologist/ecologist, my professional responsibility is to assist management agencies,” Brenner says. The lab work gives students the opportunity to apply what they are learning in class to the real world. They interact with professionals in their field and collaborate with partners at other colleges and universities, as well as state, federal, local and private agencies like Trout Unlimited that are focused on wildlife and the environment. Rummel studied under Brenner at Grove City and the two have maintained a close professional relationship. Looking at the trout, Rummel says, is crucial to “studying how streams recover and how communities of organisms come back.” “The question,” he said, “is how long does it take?” Trout Unlimited and its partners have been working up in God’s Country for nearly 20 years and Rummel is optimistic about the future. “I’m hoping to come up here in a few years with a fly rod and be one of the first fishermen in God knows how long to pull out a native trout with a hook and a line,” he says. ■

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ark Musaus ’75 had originally planned to go on to medical school after graduating from Grove City College with a biology degree. There was only one thing holding him back: “I really didn’t like the sight of blood and thought that was a real limiting factor.” Limitations can be guides, though, and his aversion to blood set him on a different academic path, one that synced up with a love of nature that was fostered by his family. Musaus was born in Venezuela where his father was working for Texaco but he grew up in suburban New Jersey. His outdoorsloving parents took the family on regular camping trips. Advice from a park ranger on one of those trips led Musaus to consider a summer job with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The federal agency operates 551 National Wildlife Refuges that encompass 150 million acres where migratory and endangered species, along with the flora and fauna that support them, are protected and sometimes enhanced to make up for lost or changing habitats. Looking for summer work after his sophomore year, Musaus decided to apply for the service’s wildlife manager trainee program. He didn’t get the job and instead spent the summer “potting and repotting plants” at a Florida nursery. Near the end of his junior year he got a call. The agency had kept his application on file and they wanted him to report for duty at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge contains the northernmost remnant of the Florida Everglades and is wedged between the sprawl of coastal Florida and farmlands. Musaus liked the work and the service liked him enough to offer him a full job after he completed his senior year. Joining the service answered the lingering question of what he was going to do after he graduated. It was preferable to other wildlife biology job possibilities like working for a timber company or taking the next step in ROTC, joining up and “managing a deer herd on an Air Force base.”

He spent his senior year free from the anxiety of finding a job. He was able to sing with the Touring Choir and work on research projects like comparing deer populations on farms and reclaimed strip mines. He started full time with the FWS in August 1975 and worked his way to the upper echelons of the agency before retiring in 2012. After a career that took him all over the Southeast, he and his wife Linda (Upton ’74) now live in Buford, Ga. Musaus played a variety of roles in the FWS, from refuge manager and project leader at a number of National Wildlife Refuges in the Southeast to chief of Visitor Services and Communications in the D.C. headquarters and ultimately as deputy regional director of one of the services eight regions. Whether he was in the field or behind a desk, he said he “absolutely” felt he was working as a “caretaker of creation” and remains a big booster of the Fish and Wildlife Services’ “overall vision and mission.” “There’s no other system like this in the world,” he said. “You are tasked with being a

steward of habitat and lands … for the benefit of wildlife species.” He worked on dozens of projects to restore and create habitats for migratory or endangered species. Sometimes that meant building something up. Other times it meant burning something down. In Harris Neck NWR near Savannah, Ga., Musaus and his colleagues faced a challenge creating habitat for the wood stork, which had been driven north from its traditional nesting sites by development. Just-hatched storks depend on freshwater fish to survive until they develop their salt glands and are able to feed on abundant saltwater fish in the nearby tidal marsh. The service’s first attempt to attract the birds with nesting structures on telephone poles hadn’t worked. The project leader for the Savannah Coastal Refuge Complex wanted results. “He told us, ‘boys you got to think like a stork!’ And so we did,” Musaus said. They redesigned the nesting structures, bringing them closer to the water. He also brought his

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wife, who designed silk floral arrangements, in as an informal consultant. “Thinking we needed to mimic the cypress trees and other vegetation that storks nest in, I asked Linda about some kind of silk plant that might hold up to the elements. We ended up lacing the edges of the basket with silk ficus leaves and placed a few sticks in each one. And the birds responded. Almost every one we erected was used and with amazing nesting success, some nests hatched up to four birds” he said. At Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee refuge, renamed from Musaus’ trainee days, he worked as project leader from 1998 to 2007 and striking the right balance between man and nature was key. The refuge is next door to Boynton Beach, Fla., home to a million and half people, many of whom have no idea they live beside the Everglades. Under Musaus leadership, canoe trails and a “mosaic” of the refuge’s features were created for visitors to explore without adversely impacting the area. “We brought the Everglades to them,” he said. “We used to say the refuges were America’s best kept secret. Now the story is being told, but we have to be careful not to overuse them.” Overuse was the big problem at what became the Piedmont NWR. The Georgia refuge, where Musaus was deputy manager 3 4 | w w w. g c c.e d u t h e G ēD UNK

“You are tasked with being a steward of habitat and lands … for the benefit of wildlife species” from 1979 to 1984, was established in 1939 on land that had been ravaged by poor farming practices and insects, Musaus said. “Much of the area looked like a moonscape,” he said. The service acquired 35,000 acres and put “sound land, forest and wildlife management” to the test. Today the area is covered in open, park-like stands of trees that are the perfect habitat for the red cockaded woodpecker. The revival is largely the result of carefully controlled logging and prescribed burning, Musaus said. Large and smaller scale burns are conducted in just about every refuge. When Musaus was there, fires were staged and set “by hand” to clear a couple hundred acres on a regular schedule. What was dangerous and complicated in that refuge

was more so in Loxahatchee, where fires had to be set essentially across the street from wealthy subdivisions and the smoke could make driving impossible on nearby highways if the wind wasn’t blowing in just the right direction. Musaus credits his liberal arts background for equipping him with the knowledge he needed for a long career in wildlife management. Most of his peers were the product of large land-grant universities and steeped in the sciences. “In some ways I felt inferior to all those young managers from big schools, with all the different ‘ologies,’“ he said. The variety of non-scientific classes he took at Grove City, like French, “really helped me prepare for my career.” Along with the real physical work of tending to wildlife and habitats, Musaus’ responsibilities over time included law enforcement, public relations, dealing with complicated and lengthy litigation, negotiating leases for the service’s refuges, which are often patchworks of state and federal land among private parcels, and myriad other managerial duties. “You have to have the bio background, but you also have to deal with people and budgets and management,” he added. “Ducks are a whole lot easier to manage than people.” ■

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Robert Miller was named a trustee emeritus at the Intercollegiate Studies Institute in recognition of his decades of service to the organization. He founded one of the first ISI campus chapters as a student at Grove City College and served on the group’s board of trustees since 1970. He has had a career in business, banking, government and academia, including teaching economics at the College from 1964-67.

published First Semester Success: Study Strategies and Motivation for Your First Semester (or Any Semester) of College. The book is available at wordassociation. com and amazon.com. She also co-authored a two-book vocabulary series through Pearson Education, the third editions of which were also published this year. Dr. William Paquette, professor of history at Tidewater Community College in Portsmouth, Va., spoke at the 12th International Conference on the Humanities in Madrid, Spain, June 1113. Paquette will participate in a Johns Hopkins University study tour of Berlin, Germany, in September. He is a consultant to the United States Institute

1963 Bruce Haedrich published his second novel, The Gettysburg Gold, and the first two books in his Dan Marin Mystery Series, Dead on the Fourth and Trump Card. The books can be reviewed on Amazon/Kindle.

1968 Michael Zeigler was inducted into the West Shore Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He had successful years in football and baseball, and is currently a competitive golfer living in Bangor, Pa.

1969 Steve Eells was published in Air Commando Journal, summer 2013 edition. His article, “Irregular Warfare, Then and Now,” was the result of the chief of operations training, Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command

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(AFSOC), asking him to capture the equipment and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTP) he used in Vietnam as a forward air controller so AFSOC’s current warriors doing similar missions could compare their equipment and TTPs. The article can be found at http://vpub.boyd-printing. com/publication/?i=173797. Eells is the deputy chief of operations training and HQ AFSOC, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and lives with his wife, Vicki, in DeFuniak Springs, where they raise and train German Shorthaired Pointers and Event horses. Dr. Arden (Beswarick) Hamer is a professor in developmental studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She recently

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD | Col. Suellyn Wright Novak ’73, USAF, retired, was a guest at the Defense Health Agency Headquarters in Falls Church, Va., where she received the Armed Services Blood Program Lifetime Achievement Award. She was honored for her leadership and mentorship of the Air Force Blood Program. Novak is the second Air Force retiree and the first woman so honored. Novak is pictured with Col. Richard McBride, director Armed Service Blood Program.

Summer 2014 of Peace and the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C. He was selected for inclusion in the 2014 and 2015 editions of Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World.

1970 Dr. Jim Evans was elected to the board of directors at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary in May. His three-year term (Class of 2017) began in June. He is an elder at the First Presbyterian Church of Bradford (Pa.).

1972 Capt. Jim Colman flew his last B777 flight for United Airlines in January. The 14-hour flight from Beijing, China, to Washington Dulles was routed over Manchuria, Siberia, the North Pole and Northern Canada. In his 40 years of aviation with both the Air Force and United, he accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight time. He lives with his wife, Olive, in Parker, Colo.

1976 The Rev. Douglas Kurtz, president and CEO of United Adult Ministries in Flushing, N.Y., received the “Outstanding Leadership in Queens” Award from The Queens Federation of Churches. He directs daily operations at Flushing House, a not-for-profit independent living retirement community.

1978 Ed and Lynn (Branstner) Breen were awarded the Robert P. Casey Medal for Commitment to Independent Higher Education, during a ceremony hosted by The Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania. They were recognized for “their tireless work and commitment to our cause.” Ed serves on the boards of trustees of Lebanon Valley College and Grove City College and Lynn volunteers for several nonprofits. She is on the board of trustees for the Hun School of Princeton and on the board of Youth for Christ USA.

Bill Jacobsen was honored in March by the American Red Cross and local station WSLS10 as the “Medical Hero” in the “A Celebration of Heroes” annual program in Roanoke, Va. He was recognized for enhancing access to primary care in the region and reducing the cost of overutilizing emergency services. He is vice president of the Carilion Clinic and administrator of Carilion Franklin Medical Hospital. He was also recognized for creating a fitness facility in the hospital, improving employee wellness and fitness.

1979 Dr. Kathryn Jackson was named chief technology officer for RTI International Metals, Inc., based in Pittsburgh. As RTI’s top scientist, her responsibilities include oversight of advanced metallurgical technology, product and process innovation, managing new product technologies and heading overall research and development activities.

1982 Robert Schramm was promoted to vice president and risk manager for MWH Constructors in Broomfield, Colo. He has 25 years of design and construction management experience.

1983 Samuel Casolari has relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio, as managing attorney of the new office of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin. Previously, he was managing attorney of the firm’s Cleveland office. He also serves on the College Board of Trustees. Adrienne (Wolfe) Miller joined Ephrata (Pa.) National Bank as assistant compliance

ROUND HILL REPS | Last fall, Kathy (Weis ’86) Yereb, a gifted education specialist at Round Hill Elementary School in Loudon County, Va., and Kathy (Ware ’82) Miller, school counselor, discovered they were both Grove City College graduates and sisters of Alpha Beta Tau. A week later, they found Christy (Brogley ’94) Hollar, special education assistant, Round Hill parent and Sigma Delta Phi alumna. The ladies hung this flag in the school gymnasium along with other flags of the staff alma maters. From left: Miller, Yereb and Hollar. Hollar and Yereb are married to Grove City graduates. officer. She will help with implementing and monitoring procedures to comply with regulations and assist with managing risk. Most recently, she was senior counsel at CNH America LLC. Dr. Stephen Radack is the new president of the Pennsylvania Dental Association. He will serve a one-year term. He owns the Comprehensive Family Dentistry in Erie.

1984 Dr. Alex Chafuen received the prestigious 2014 Walter Judd Freedom Award from The Fund for American Studies. He was recognized for advancing the cause of freedom through his leadership in founding and nurturing think tanks around the world. Chafuen has been president of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation since 1991. He also serves on the College Board of Trustees.

1985 Sherri (Rauso) Nowicki joined The Debbie Reed Team of RE/MAX

Realty Group, Rehoboth Beach, Del. She is a licensed, full-time agent.

1987 The Rev. Ed Davis graduated in May 2013 from Palmer Theological Seminary (Philadelphia) with a Doctor of Ministry degree in Leadership of Missional Church Renewal. He plans to write a book based on his dissertation, which focused on the creation of missional discipleship groups in a local church setting. He pastors Absecon United Methodist Church in New Jersey. He lives in Smithville with his wife, Ann (Rosenberger '86) Davis and children, Ben '17 and Hannah (future Grover!). Mike Shultz recently became senior director of facilities for Thiel College in Greenville Pa. He is responsible for all plant operations and custodial personnel.

1988 Lori (Reeby) Black is a new principal and national health and productivity practice leader for Voluntary Benefits Integrated Services of

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Grove City College Buck Consultants. Philadelphiabased Buck Consultants, a Xerox Company, offers human resource and benefits consulting. Sally (VanBuren) Wallace was named president of Finmeccanica North America and DRS Technologies’ C4ISR business group. Previously, she was vice president of business operations for the DRS Maritime and Combat Support Systems business group.

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WORK MEETING | Melissa Pinard Rossow ’96 and Matthew Fry ’04 met while working at the Williams-Sonoma store in Charlottesville, Va. Fry traveled from the Annapolis store to help open the store in Charlottesville, where Rossow lives and works at Williams-Sonoma part time.

Bruce Hezlep was sworn in for a six-year term as township supervisor in Cranberry Township, Pa., in January. Prior to being elected, he served as president of the Cranberry Township Volunteer Fire Company from 2009 to 2013, and on its board of directors. Hezlep is a PA State Fire Academy local level instructor and is certified as a Firefighter I and Fire Instructor II. He is an information technology manager with L. B. Foster in Pittsburgh.

1991 Michael Sim is the new principal at East Pennsboro (Pa.) Area Middle School. Most recently, he was principal at Upper Dauphin Area Middle School.

1992 Todd Snitchler joined McDonald Hopkins in Columbus, Ohio, as part of its business department. He will offer counsel on issues related to energy policy and strategy, government affairs and regulatory matters. He served for three years as chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and was a state representative in Ohio’s 50th district.

LEGACY GRADS | This extended and growing legacy family celebrated having three Grove City College graduates this year. From left: Christine (Sager ’09) Moon, Brent Moon ’06, Carter David Moon (2036?), Carol (Lex ’87) Troxel, Linda (Lex ’89) Wright, grad Lauren (Troxel ’14) DeJong, grad Cathy (Sager ’14) Shaffer, John Troxel ’16 and grad Jake Shaffer ’14. 38 | w w w. g c c.e d u t h e G ēD UNK

1994 Lynda (Ashbery) Dodd has been promoted to the Violent Crimes Bureau of the Montgomery County (Ohio)

Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. She has been working as their trial team supervisor. Thomas Ellsworth and his wife, Kelli, welcomed their fourth child, daughter Naomi Faith, on March 6, 2014. Dr. Brian Pall was selected as a Notable Alumnus as part of The Ohio State University College of Optometry Centennial Celebration. He is a senior principal research optometrist at Johnson & Johnson Vision Care in Florida. He presents clinical research results and lectures on contact lens-related topics worldwide.

1995 Alexa (Shiels) and Dave ’96 Farrelly welcomed their third daughter, Lane Elizabeth, born Oct. 8, 2013. Lane joins sisters Logan, 13, and Lauren, 10, at home in Greensboro, N.C.

1996 Jenna (Gouker) Miller joined the string faculty of St. Francis Music Center in Little Falls, Minn.

1997 Yvonne (Korloch) English, executive director of The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Grove City College, was selected as adviser for the 2014 Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academic Competition, also known as the “the House App Contest,” by U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (Pa.). The competition is a nationwide event that allows high school students to compete by creating and exhibiting their software application for mobile, tablet or computer devices. Jessica (Zeak) Wessel and her husband, Andy, welcomed daughter Ivy Zeak on Jan. 12, 2014.

1998 Gina (Gabriel) Burke and her husband, David, welcomed babies Daniel and Emily Rose in December 2013.

Summer 2014 Matt Dean and his wife, Jaclyn, announce the birth of daughter Mara Carys on Sept. 10, 2013.

1999 Bob Ayton was chosen as the 2014 Florida Chemistry Teacher of the Year by the American Chemical Society. He teaches advanced placement chemistry and advanced placement physics at Dunnellon High School in Dunnellon, Fla. He built an AP science program that serves many of the school’s low-income rural population; he presents at conferences and maintains a chemistry website for teachers and students at www.mrayton.com. Heather (Ray) Black and Stephen Black (deceased) are the parents of daughter Cora-Joan Stephen, born Nov. 21, 2013. Grady Summers rang the opening bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square on the morning of March 7, 2014. He is vice president of customer success for Mandiant.

2000 Lacey (Williams) and Matthew ’01 Eckert announce the birth of son Noah William on Aug. 11, 2013. He joins siblings Ryan, Julia and Caleb at home. Tyler Fugate and his wife, Angelique, welcomed son Nolan James on March 7, 2013. He joins big sisters Audrey, 7, and Claire, 4. Jennifer (Hammond) Griffith and her husband, Bobby, adopted son Esteban Samuel on March 20, 2014. “Sammy” is 2 and was born June 28, 2011, in Missouri. Jennifer is a realtor with Keller Williams and Bobby is one of the founding pastors of City Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City, Okla. Courtney (Christ) and Jeremy Hasseman welcomed daughter Beatrice Rose on May 28, 2013. Katie (Britton) Koehler and her husband, Mark, are the parents of daughter Amelia Helen, born May 27, 2013.

Jason McCormick and his wife, Jennifer, announce the birth of son Andrew Jason on July 8, 2013.

2001 Hannah (Morris) Brouzakis and her husband, Ryan, welcomed son Andrew John on May 23, 2013. Jennifer (Allen) Check was named the 2014 New York State Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year by the School Administrators Association of New York State. She is assistant principal at Victor (N.Y.) Primary School. Jessalee (Wantz) Detweiler and her husband, Matthew, announce the birth of their daughter Abilene Joan on Oct. 29, 2013. Jennifer (Kier) and Daniel Lyker welcomed son Zachary Daniel on April 4, 2013.

2002 Laura (Roxberry) Euler and her husband, Peter, welcomed son August “Reed” on April 20, 2012. He joined brother Stafford. Casey (Engelbert) Ferry is now the event coordinator for the Warren County (Pa.) Historical Society. Matthew Hall successfully defended his dissertation and graduated with his Ph.D. in American history at the University of Kentucky. He currently serves as VP of academic services at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., where he also teaches classes in church history. Mike Kashurba is now defensive coordinator for the football team at the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.). He spent the last two years as defensive passing game coordinator and safeties coach at Bucknell University. Robert Pinkerton and his wife, Jennifer, are the parents of son Isaac Nathaniel, born Dec. 6, 2013. Jennifer (Rugg) and Jonathan Mark Sallade are the parents of daughter Rachel Elizabeth, born

May 9, 2010, and joining the Sallades through adoption from China on Aug. 29, 2013. Beth (McMorran) Salesky and her husband, Eric, announce the birth of son Noah Stanley on Nov. 30, 2013. Noah joins brother Liam, 3. Elise (Pech) and Andy Shockey welcomed son Jackson Joshua on Sept. 1, 2013.

2003 Christy (Faller) Donaghy and her husband, Richard, welcomed daughter Ashlyn Elise on Jan. 24, 2013. Nathan Fox has been named to the 2014 Pennsylvania Rising Stars list for the area of Land Use/Zoning. He works with Begley, Carlin & Mandio, LLP in Langhorne, Pa. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the state are selected by Super Lawyers to receive this honor. Jill (Burnfield) Murphy and husband, Ken, welcomed daughter Molly Grace on Feb. 6, 2014. Siblings are Keira Joy, 2, and Declan, 4.

Valerie (Sigler) Myers and her husband, Joshua, welcomed daughter Nora Elizabeth on March 4, 2014.

2004 John Coyne and his wife, Renee, announce the birth of son John Thomas on May 23, 2014. Jonathan Fry has been named a partner of Simon Lever LLP based in Manheim Township, Pa. He also leads their management advisory services. Amy (Arblaster) Ghiglieri and her husband, Andrew, welcomed son Preston Robert on Dec. 9, 2013. Jill (Bradley) Janaitis was named Teacher of the Year for the 2013-14 school year by the University School of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City. She is the fifth grade instructor at the laboratory school. Michael Koper and his wife, Alison, are the parents of Malakai Ashton, born Oct. 1, 2013. Timothy Parkhurst and his wife, Jennifer, announce the birth of daughter Lucy Grace on Feb. 12, 2014. Kristen (Radebaugh) and Gary Ribe welcomed son Benjamin Gary on Jan. 9, 2014.

PHYSICS AND FRIENDS | William Dawson ’10 (computer science), Shaun Mills ’10 (physics), Ian Gilbert ’10 (physics) and Brianna Dillon ’10 (physics) reunited at the American Physical Society March Meeting in Denver, Colo. Gilbert was an invited speaker at the meeting and the others presented talks. All four alums are pursuing Ph.D.s at research universities. t h e G ēD UNK w w w. g c c.e d u | 39

Grove City College Daniel Roseum and his wife, Nefatira, are the parents of Jordan Tyler, born Jan. 28, 2014, and Juliana Nicole, 1. Miriam (Clement) Rudolph and her husband, Aaron, welcomed daughter Adeline Elizabeth on March 15, 2012. Noah Tyler and his wife, Gabrielle, welcomed daughter Catherine Immaculeé on Dec. 10, 2013.

2005 Charlie Hildbold was named a finalist for the inaugural class of the Indoor Football League’s Hall of Fame for his work during the past seven years. Sonja (Berglund) and Mark Ingram announce the birth of son Levi James on Jan. 2, 2014. He joins siblings Adelaide, 4, and Asher, 2. Heidi (Seid) Poniatowski and her husband, Kyle, welcomed son Henry Phillip on Oct. 10, 2013. Markus Schafer and his wife, Jeannie, are the parents of son Ferguson Graham, born July 14, 2012.

2006 Julie (Crewson) Anewalt and her husband, David, welcomed daughter Claire Marie on Feb. 1, 2014. This is the first grandchild for Julie’s parents, Janet (Kirkman ’79) and Scott ’79 Crewson. Stefanie (Wiita) Bitto and her husband, Michael, welcomed son Jacob Michael on March 14, 2014. Rachel Bovard was named to The National Journal’s “The 25 Most Influential Washington Women Under 25” last summer. She is the legislative director for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Jeremy Burggraf and his wife, Tiffany, are the parents of son Asher Alan, born Feb. 7, 2014. Stacey (Brubaker) Haught and her husband, Ryan, announce the birth of twin boys, Mason Kenneth and Mitchell David, on Feb. 12, 2014. Their big sister is Madison. Heather (Vinca) and Ryan McKinnis welcomed son Wyatt Joel on March 12, 2014. Brother Owen is 4. Natalie (Dillon) Miller and her husband, Ryan, are the parents of Jordan Rena, born July 4, 2013.

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Anne (Wood) and David ’05 Richardson welcomed son Nathan Patrick on July 31, 2013. Siblings are Benjamin, 5, and Jane, 4. Jessica (Ridgeway) Silver and her husband, Stephen, are the parents of Emilie Rose, born April 5, 2013, and brother Zachary Stephen, 2. Rachel (Holzaepfel) Wang and her husband, Nick, welcomed daughter Elizabeth on April 23, 2014.

2007 Shannon (Gish) and Andrew Baker announce the birth of daughter Cora Abigail on Dec. 11, 2013. David Brearly and his wife, Elspeth, are the parents of son Charles Robert, born March 14, 2014. Kayla (Wilson) MacDonald and her husband, Glenn, welcomed daughter Charlotte Leigh on May 5, 2013. Sister Olivia is 2. Ashley (Metcalfe) and Mark Murchie announce the birth of son Carl Elijah on June 13, 2013. Big sister Anne is 3. Jonny Priano had two more pieces published by Alfred Publishing Co., Inc., including the piece "Sing as One" that was commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2013. Andrea (Langer) and Austin ’08 Schafer announce the birth of daughter Adelaide Corrin on Dec. 28, 2013. Sarah Smith and Chuck Nettles were married July 27, 2013. Sarah is a math teacher in the Upper St. Clair School District. Chuck is an insurance agent for Liberty Insurance. The couple resides in McMurray, Pa. Stephanie (Harbison) and Ryan ’03 Trulick welcomed son Gavin Richard on June 23, 2013.

2008 Bethany (Peck) Goodman received a Young Leaders Award from the Susan B. Anthony List for her innovative work for the March for Life. Suzanne (Nichols) and Greg Kroleski announce the birth of son Hunter

TEACHBEYOND | A number of Grovers serve with the TeachBeyond mission organization at a school in Germany. These grads work in various capacities (teaching, mobilization, residence life) in several different locations. From left are Amanda Rumbaugh ’12, Daniel Porterfield ’12, Michael Koerber ’01, Heather Brown ’10, Rachel Nicholson ’12 and Hannah Cliff ’13 at the global conference in Antalya, Turkey, this spring. Yosemite on March 7, 2014. Rachael (Smith) and Andy ’07 Leuenberger welcomed son James Douglas on Oct. 17, 2013. Naomi (Cousino) Neuman and her husband, Jeremy, are the parents of twin girls, Abigail Marie and Lydia Violet, born Feb. 17, 2013. Megan (Betteridge) Soja and her husband, Steve, announce the birth of daughter Natalie Jane on Dec. 7, 2013. Elizabeth (Bryan) and Joshua ’07 Stelle welcomed daughter Nehemiah Joy on Feb. 9, 2013. Jonathan Turner and his wife, Courtney, welcomed son James Edward on Feb. 18, 2014. Ashlee (Keeports) and Dale Weaver welcomed daughter Allison Christine on Feb. 9, 2014. Caitlin Williams received her Ph.D. in physics in December 2013 from the University of Maryland, College Park. She defended her dissertation, “Optoelectronic Experiments on Random Bit Generators and Coupled Dynamical Systems” in August. She currently is a visiting assistant

professor at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va.

2009 Rachel (Krause) and Michael Gallo welcomed son Benjamin Mark on July 28, 2013. John Lambert and his wife, Julia, are the parents of daughter Sophia Catherine, born Feb. 18, 2012. Brittany (Griffin) Parks and her husband, Nathan, welcomed daughter Leona Matteson on Nov. 23, 2013. Heidi (Bartel) Ring and her husband, Seth, welcomed son Isaac Jonathan on Sept. 21, 2013. Callie (Martin) and Daniel Spaulding announce the birth of daughter Laura Eleanor “Ellie” on Jan. 16, 2014. Brother Robert is 2. Abigail (Morrison) and Jonathan Stewart announce the birth of daughter Claire Rebecca on Sept. 6, 2013. Aaron Yaeger and his wife, Diana, welcomed son Simon Peter on April 18, 2014. Katie (Terrana) Washington and her husband, Gavin, announce the birth of son Stafford Don on Jan. 11, 2014.

Summer 2014 2010 Evan Addams was named one of Pittsburgh’s “13 Under 30” in the February 2014 Whirl Magazine. The nominees are young professionals with entrepreneurial spirit Addams is director of accounts for start-up NoWait, the anti-reservation waitlist app for casual dining restaurants. Outside of work, he helps entrepreneurs in third-world countries through TingaTinga Capital. Charlotte (Nichols) and Adam ’09 Aljets are the parents of son Elias Peter, born Nov. 30, 2013. Kimberly (Stone) and Andrew Berglund welcomed daughter Elaine Elizabeth on March 12, 2014. Jessica (Garver) and Tyler Berkey announce the birth of daughter Elizabeth Marilyn on Oct. 29, 2013.

Megan (Kneisley) and Aaron Biller welcomed daughter Lydia Charlotte on May 7, 2013. Leigh Frens and Alex Valencia were married Jan. 4, 2014, in Orange, Calif., where they both live. Leigh works in human resources at Western Digital and Alex is the worship pastor at Grace Church of Orange. Rebekah (Atkinson) and David Gernhard welcomed daughter Charlotte Ann on Dec. 17, 2013. Brittany (Shaffer) Mayak and her husband, Ben, welcomed daughter Kennedy Adella on Feb. 6, 2014. Lara (Stewart) and Brian ’09 Sandell welcomed daughter Blair Elizabeth on March 1, 2014. Frederick Wennlund is the new head coach for the Cress Creek Commons swim team in Naperville, Ill. He is a middle school enhancement teacher with

TEXAS CELEBRATION | Grover students and alumni gathered at the SMU Chapel in Dallas, Texas, to celebrate the wedding of David Durfee ’13 and Katelyn Renke ’13. Row 1, from left: Peter Durfee ’80, Susan (Peshek ’81) Durfee, Phil Kramer ’13, Dave Thomas ’13, Sam Sites ’14, Jonathan Durfee ’10, Tommy Sites ’14 and Bruce Goddard ’80. Row 2: Annie Wells ’14, Tracy Haskins ’13, Faith Marquardt ’14, newlyweds David and Katelyn, Sharon Koss ’14, Kariah Church ’14, Anne (Durfee ’77) Drybala, Vince Drybala ’76, Rebecca (Kraft ’10) Durfee and Debra (Michael ’79) Goddard.

the Valley View School District in Romeoville.

2011 Betsy (Dennis) Graham and her husband, Geoff, are the parents of daughter Lucy Ann, born Oct. 3, 2013. Amanda (Deer) Harmon graduated from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in spring 2014 with a M.A. in counseling. She is currently using her degree to minister to victims of human trafficking in the Pacific Northwest.

as an engineer. They live in Cranberry Township, Pa. Hannah Hoover and Philip Kinney were married Dec. 14, 2013, in Lancaster, Pa. They now live in Toledo, Ohio. Philip works as a financial adviser for Merrill Lynch, and Hannah is a diploma consultant/ administrative assistant for Veritas Press Scholars Academy. Erin (Kauffman) and Bryan Joseph announce the birth of daughter Elia Rose on March 17, 2014.

2012 Christene Buonpane and Ben Holder were married Sept. 28, 2013, in Aurora, Ohio. Ben is working at BNZ Materials as a plant engineer and Christene is working at Westinghouse Electric Company

NU LAMBS TEE UP | These Nu Lambda Phi fraternity brothers, all from the Class of 1979, celebrated their 35th reunion recently at the Glenmore Country Club in Charlottesville, Va. From left: Jeff Thompson, Bob Beckett, Bill Nussear, Eric Johnson, Steve Keefer, John Yanak, Dave Rathburn, Bob Woodward, Lew Wright, Chris Hogan and Ralph Kulusich.

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in memory Bess (Cochran) Anderson ’33

Betty L. Ealy ’40 died Oct. 4,

Westgate for 23 years, then taught

died April 3, 2014. She had

2013.

in the Berea School District for

been a secretary for the North

The Grove City College Alumni Association places a book in Henry Buhl Library in memory of each alumnus for whom the

27 years. After retirement, he

Braddock School District and

Dorothy (Ackerman) Nelson ’40

substituted in Strongsville and

the Pennsylvania Railroad. She

died April 3, 2014. She taught

Cleveland. Surviving are four

was living in North Huntingdon,

English and later served as public

children, 12 grandchildren and

Pa., and was a member of the

relations coordinator for Fleming/

nine great-grandchildren.

Daughters of America Colonists.

Revell Publications. She lived

Alumni Office receives written

in New Jersey, then Auburn,

Betz (Whitacre) Greenewald ’48

notification of death, including

Howard C. Passmore ’38 died

N.Y., where she was active in the

died Feb. 21, 2014. A retired

a copy of the obituary. This

March 8, 2014. An engineer, he

community. She wrote the column

science teacher, she taught at

worked with Sun Oil Co. for 32

“Gray Power Matters” in the

the McKeesport (Pa.) Technical

years and helped develop early

Auburn Citizen and wrote several

High School and in the Elizabeth

computer applications. After

small books. Surviving are two

Forward science department.

moving to Corvallis, Ore., he

children, five grandchildren and

Living in Elizabeth, Pa., she was

enjoyed church events, dancing,

several great-grandchildren.

in the College Club and YWCA.

pays tribute to the lives of deceased alumni while benefitting current and future students.

To notify the Alumni Office of the passing of a loved one, please send an obituary to alumni@gcc.edu.

gardening and pottery. Survivors

Survivors include her husband,

include two sons, grandchildren

Mary (Collins) Seefelt ’41 died

Edward, two children and

and great-grandchildren.

Sept. 16, 2013. She taught in the

grandchildren.

Killingly (Conn.) School System Priscilla (Young) McClintock ’39

for 20 years. She belonged to

Martha (Chamberlain) Shaffer

died May 3, 2014. She lived in

Eastern Star, loved traveling and

’48 died Jan. 20, 2014. She

Centennial, Colo., enjoyed her

her animal friends. Survivors

lived in Vero Beach, Fla., and

family, faith and sports. She

include a son.

was an established artist and

had been an avid golfer, serving

accomplished golfer. Survivors

on the U.S. Golf Association

Eleanor “Ann” (Allen) Miller ’43

include three daughters and

women’s committee. Survivors

died Feb. 5, 2014. She started

grandchildren.

include four children, nine

her career teaching high school

grandchildren and eight great-

Spanish and French. She retired

Craig A. Williamson ’48 died Feb.

grandchildren.

from General Electric where she

9, 2014. After Navy active duty,

earned awards for inside sales.

he remained in the Reserve for

Helen (Craig) Donner ’40 died

She lived in Overland Park,

two decades. He spent 43 years

April 21, 2014. She worked for

Kan., where she enjoyed music

serving the public in emergency

18 years as a Latin and English

and theater. Surviving are two

management and lived in Camp

teacher for Hickory High School

children, grandchildren and great-

Hill, Pa. Surviving are three

in Hermitage, Pa. She loved

grandchildren.

children, grandchildren and great-

genealogy and was involved with

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grandchildren.

Eastern Star and the Children’s

Dana B. Thomas Sr. ’47 died

Aid Society in Mercer. Survivors

Sept. 9, 2013. He lived in

Armand J. “Jim” DeBellis ’49

include grandchildren, great-

Cleveland, Ohio, and was a World

died Feb. 26, 2014. A World War

grandchildren and great-great-

War II veteran. He managed

II veteran, he worked in public

grandchildren.

Halle’s Department store in

relations and later, economic

Summer 2014

development, with Allegheny

are his wife, Loisann (Stout

Robert S. Gallagher ’51 died

Ernest O. Ruder ’51 died June

Power System and the City of

’50) Bricker, a daughter and a

March 12, 2014. An Army

20, 2012. He was an Army

Virginia Beach. He was very

grandson.

veteran, he worked for 35 years

veteran and an artist at American

as a loan officer with Commercial

Greetings for 40 years. He lived in Cleveland, Ohio.

active in peer organizations and community groups, winning

Dorothy E. Cousins ’50 died

Credit. He lived in Delmont, Pa.,

the prestigious Cardinal Award.

Feb. 23, 2014. She had worked

was an active church member,

Surviving are two daughters, two

in Pittsburgh as a stenographer

Gideon and Lion, and managed

Col. John F. Cary ’52 died May

grandsons and a sister.

for the FBI and as an executive

several youth baseball teams.

5, 2014. He served in the Air

secretary at Westinghouse. She

He was a volunteer firefighter.

Force for 30 years, including the

James E. Gill ’49 died April 5,

enjoyed reading and traveling.

Survivors include two children,

Korean War and Vietnam. He was

2014. He was a self-employed

Surviving are two sisters, nieces

and grandchildren.

first a fighter pilot then served

manufacturing representative, after

and nephews.

working with Wickes Lumber, Talon

at NORAD and Peterson Field Richard D. Gagen ’51 died Feb.

in Colorado Springs, Colo. He

Inc., Westinghouse and Heatrix

John W. Kuhn ’50 died Feb. 1,

28, 2014. He was in the Marine

earned many awards. Survivors

Inc. He lived in Meadville, Pa.,

2014. He lived in Martinsville,

Corps and worked for the Sun Oil

include his wife, Mary Ann, and

where he belonged to the VFW,

Va., and was retired from

Co. He is survived by his wife,

two children.

Elks and American Legion. He was

Babcock and Wilcox in Beaver

Joan; three children, including

a Navy veteran of World War II and

Falls, Pa. He was a Kiwanian

Mark Gagen ’80; and five

John R. Dick ’52 died April 23,

the Korean War. Survivors include

and an Army veteran. Surviving

grandchildren.

2014. An Army veteran, he worked

three sisters and a brother.

are his wife, Vera Jane (Metz

The Rev. George W. Hall Jr. ’49

as an administrator at the Reynolds

’51) Kuhn, a daughter and two

Frank E. Ramsey Jr. ’51 died Feb.

Metal Co. for 28 years. He sang in

grandchildren.

9, 2014. He was a Navy veteran

the church choir, delivered Meals

living in Bothell, Wash. He was

on Wheels and helped Habitat for

died Aug. 21, 2012. He lived in Jacksonville, Fla. Surviving

John B. Rossman ’50 died Feb.

an engineer at Boeing, finishing

Humanity of Butler County (Pa.).

are his wife, Alison, children,

21, 2014. He was a retired

his career as a soils engineer for

Survivors include three nephews

grandchildren, great-grandchildren

sales manager with Prudential

Snohomish County. His passions

and a niece.

and a sister.

Insurance. Most recently, he

were family and faith. Survivors

lived in Virginia Beach, Va.

include seven children, a sister,

Howard R. Moyer ’52 died May

Ruby (Kreinbrook) Hayes ’49

Survivors include his wife, Jane

26 grandchildren and 44 great-

14, 2014. He was employed

died April 14, 2014. She spent

(McGoun ’51) Rossman, four

grandchildren.

by Sun Oil Co. as a chemical

her career teaching and loved

children, two siblings and four

adventure. Surviving are two

grandchildren.

engineer for 39 years. He lived John E. Rote Jr. ’51 died March

in Wallingford, then Media, Pa.,

1, 2014. A mechanical engineer,

taught Sunday school and was

Sally (McKinley) DeBellis ’51

he worked with U.S. Steel,

on the board of Granite Farms

died Jan. 31, 2014. She was

Republic Steel and Arthur G.

Estates. Surviving are his wife,

Neil J. Bricker ’50 died May 1,

an accomplished actress, later

McKee & Co. After retiring, he

Frances, seven children, 14

2014. A Marine Corps veteran, he

graduating from the Pittsburgh

worked on the family farm. He

grandchildren and four great-

was a sales executive for Armco

Playhouse of Dramatic Arts.

lived in Chicora, Pa., was an

grandchildren.

Chemicals Corp from 1967 to

She was also a poet, artist and

avid sportsman and an Army

1986. He lived in Naperville,

homemaker. She lived in Virginia

Air Force veteran. Surviving are

Betty (Mallery) Shank ’52 died

Ill., loved to hunt and fish, and

Beach, Va. Surviving are two

two children, grandchildren and

April 26, 2014. She lived in

supported scouting. Surviving

daughters and two grandsons.

great-grandchildren.

Greencastle, Pa., where she raised

children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

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her family, was a church elder

Col. Glenn “Lynn” Myers ’54 died

daughters, including Kristin

Covina, Calif., and taught history

and a Lioness member. She was

Jan. 6, 2014. He served in the

(Black ’87) Ciaramella, and three

and civics at Glen A. Wilson High

fond of raising dogs. Survivors

U.S. Army for 32 years, 30 of

grandchildren.

School for 30 years. He also

include two sons, grandchildren,

those as a chaplain. He traveled

great-grandchildren and a sister.

the world, serving in such places

Donald R. Beer ’57 died April 14,

football and basketball teams and

as Germany, Italy, South Korea,

2014. He worked in sales with

served as the athletic director. He

Rita (Berchtold) Conaway ’53

Vietnam, the United States and

Bell of Pennsylvania, Roach-Reid

also coached Little League and

died Jan. 24, 2014. She had

at the U.S. Army War College. He

and Medical Records Corporation.

girls’ softball. Surviving are three

studied ballet in New York

pastored in Derry, Pa., Farmington,

He retired to Port Charlotte,

children and two grandchildren.

City, and later worked as a

N.M., Hobbs, N.M., and St.

Fla., and was an avid golfer.

floral designer for 40 years in

Petersburg, Fla. Survivors include

Surviving are his wife, Linda, five

Harriet Wettick-Kudlo ’61 died

Erie, Pa. She enjoyed baking

his wife, Diana, and two sons.

children, grandchildren and great-

May 24, 2014. Combining a love

grandchildren.

of children and creativity, she

and knitting. Surviving are her

coached the school’s baseball,

husband, Gary Conaway ’54,

Dr. Joseph J. Pollock ’54 died

two children, a grandson and a

April 28, 2014. He practiced

John H. Kerr ’57 died Feb. 13,

Start, earned a master’s degree

sister.

pulmonary medicine while in

2013. He served in the Army

in education and began a 25-year

military service with the Air Force.

during the Korean conflict. He had

teaching career in Red Hook,

Ethel (Matson) Campbell ’54

He retired as a Colonel after 24

lived and worked in the Butler,

N.Y. She helped organize Sunday

died July 26, 2012.

years of service, then practiced in

Pa., area for many years. He was

school curriculum and lived in

State College, Pa., and Hickory,

a past master of the Masons and

Kingston. Survivors include four

Barbara (Rose) Dunn ’54 passed

N.C. He enjoyed nature. Surviving

a Syria Shrine member. Surviving

children and two siblings.

away May 11, 2012.

are his wife, Nancy (Freeland

are his wife, Joyce, a daughter,

’54) Pollock, a daughter and two

four grandchildren and three

C. Gail (Rankin) Huston ’63 died

grandsons.

great-grandchildren.

May 6, 2014. For 15 years, she

where he had lived since retiring

Loyal A. Purvis ’54 died March

F.E. “Bud” Knable ’57 died March

Fund, International Union of

in 1997. He served three

14, 2014. An Army veteran, he

9, 2014. He lived in Bethel

Operating Engineers. She lived

years as an officer in the U.S.

worked for Gulf Oil his entire

Park, Pa. Before his retirement,

in Germantown, Md., and sang

Air Force. Following military

career. He lived in Wexford, Pa.

which was full of family, sailing

in the church choir for 25 years.

service, he attended Carnegie

Survivors include his wife, Trudy,

and Florida, he worked for 32

Survivors include her husband,

Institute of Technology, where

and two siblings.

years with Gulf Oil, ending as

David, children, grandchildren,

manager of tax and compliance.

great-grandchildren and a sister.

David L. Morrison ’54 died

worked for several years at Head

worked with the Central Pension

Nov. 14, 2013, in Cary, N.C.,

he earned a master’s degree in chemistry and a Ph.D. in

George G. Werbizky ’54 died June

He is survived by three children,

nuclear chemistry. He worked

10, 2012.

including Diane (Knable ’76)

Earl R. Mays ’63 died April

Haid and Douglas Knable ’79; 11

21, 2014. After Air Force

as a scientist and scientific research administrator. Surviving

Wilfred W. Black ’55 died May

grandchildren, including Christine

service in Vietnam and with the

are his wife, Carole (White ’54)

1, 2014. An Air Force veteran,

Knable ’10; and a sister. Memorial

National Guard, he worked with

Morrison, a son and daughter,

he worked as pharmaceutical

gifts may be made to Grove City

Westinghouse Corp. and Northrup

and two granddaughters. He was

salesman for 30 years. He

College.

Grumman. He retired to Glen

predeceased by brother Charles

lived in Youngstown, Ohio, was

Robert Morrison ’51 and a son-

involved in his church, and an

Walter J. Martin ’61 died March

was inducted in to the Butler Area

in-law.

avid golfer. Surviving are two

10, 2014. He lived in West

and Grove City College Sports

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Rock, Pa. Formerly a diver, he

Summer 2014

Halls of Fame. Surviving are his

In Hudson, Ohio, where they lived

wife, Brigitte, three children,

for 21 years, she helped at-risk

grandchildren and a sister.

youth and supported parents and teachers. She loved to travel.

Joyce (LaZaro) Lewis ’64 died

Surviving are her husband, Michael

Dec. 11, 2013. She lived in

Kaluza ’67, three daughters, six

Lafayette, Ohio.

grandchildren and sister Beverly (Cameron ’64) Clayton.

Robert S. Rial ’64 died Aug. 12, 2013. He lived in California for

Douglas C. Chitester ’69 died

many years, then moved to central

March 31, 2014. He worked

Florida in 1998. Survivors include

as a chemical engineer for

his wife, Susan (Staplin ’66)

the Department of Energy for

Rial, two daughters, a sister and

more than 25 years. He lived in

grandchildren.

Pittsburgh and loved science and music. Survivors include three

James F. Rutherford ’64 died May

children, grandchildren and a

8, 2014. He lived in Washington,

brother.

D.C., and spent his entire career as a U.S. attorney for the Justice

Diane (Zimmerman) Trithart

Department. He was a longtime

’69 died May 4, 2012. She

member of the St. Andrews

ran a bed and breakfast near

Society. Survivors include brother

Custer, S.D. Earlier, she rose

David Rutherford ’71, a sister,

to be CEO with Consumer

nieces and nephews.

Credit Counseling Service. Surviving are a son and two

R. Douglas Pinkney ’67 died

grandchildren.

Feb. 6, 2014. He worked in data processing at Cleveland State

John R. Schweinsberg Jr. ’72 died

University, then moved to Mansfield

Nov. 17, 2013. He worked with

University where he directed

ARC Brevard in Florida helping

institutional research. He was

those with disabilities. He recently

active in church, choirs and was

retired and moved to Longwood,

an assistant scoutmaster. He also

Fla. He rescued a greyhound and

enjoyed his farm. Surviving are his

was an avid reader. Survivors

wife, Janice (Brown ’71) Pinkney,

include a daughter, a sister and

three children and two brothers.

nephews.

Janice (Cameron) Kaluza ’68 died

Henry L. Millen ’76 died March

Sept. 7, 2013. She taught English

16, 2014. He made his home in

in both Spain and Thailand while

Coffeyville, Kan.

Amy (Brunko) Harnack ’82 died Feb, 5, 2014. She lived in Bethel Park, Pa., was active in her church and with the Boy Scouts. She enjoyed friends, flowers and collecting Santa Claus items. Survivors include her husband, Fred, two children and two siblings. James J. McElhaney ’86 died May 28, 2014. He lived in Butler, Pa., and was a purchasing agent at Marmon/Keystone. He served the YMCA and coached swimming, midget football and high school girls track & field. He was inducted in the Butler County and Grove City College Sports Halls of Fame. Surviving are his wife, Jacqueline, two daughters, his brother and his mother. The Rev. Joseph W. Javorsky ’97 died April 1, 2014. He had been an active minister for 10 years in Nebraska before moving to Lake Placid, Fla., three years ago. Surviving are two sons, his mother and two sisters.

friends Joseph Kopnisky, retired professor of physical education and former coach, died June 19, 2014. He became the College’s head wrestling coach in 1965, later leading the football team from 1973-1984. He also assisted with football and track. Survivors include his wife, Joan; two children, Jack Kopnisky ’78 and Jill (Kopnisky ’81) Clark; stepchildren, grandchildren, greatgrandchildren and two brothers. Rosalie Vouga died June 17, 2014. She was secretary to former College President Dr. Charles MacKenzie (1971-1991). Survivors include her husband, John, who was Dean of Men for a time, and children Victor Vouga ’80, Eric Vouga ’84, John Mark Vouga ’84 and Valerie (Vouga ’85) Zasadny.

husband was in the U.S. Air Force.

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alumni babies CONGRATULATIONS NEW PARENTS! Grove City College welcomes your new bundle

Henry Garland Allin Born 1-11-13 Alison (Likins ’01) and Ryan Allin

Joshua Neal Barnes Born 9-30-13 Melissa (Hinnebusch ’04) and Doug ’02 Barnes

Elizabeth Marilyn Berkey Born 10-29-13 Jessica (Garver ’10) and Tyler ’10 Berkey

Conrad Victor Bowen Born 5-31-13 Brittany (Thomas ’08) and Blake Bowen

Blaise J. Cackovic Born 1-8-13 Nicole (Strahler ’05) and Blaise Cackovic

Elizabeth Josephine Cancilla Born 1-5-13 Cristen and Matthew ’06 Cancilla

Robert “Beto” Coyne Born 8-14-13 Jennifer (Plyler ’08) and Jonathan ’08 Coyne

Noah William Eckert Born 8-11-13 Lacey (Williams ’00) and Matt ’01 Eckert

August “Reed” Euler Born 4-20-12 Laura (Roxberry ’02) and Peter Euler

of joy. We want to send your newborn a Grove City College T-shirt. So between the feedings and late-night lullabies, be sure to send the Alumni Relations Office your child’s name and date of birth. Shirts are available only in infant size. Due to the popularity of the Alumni Babies feature, photos will be limited to babies under the age of 3 in Grove City College shirts only. Digital photos must be high resolution, 300 dpi. Please do not embed photos in the body of an email message, but rather attach a highresolution image. Submit photos at alumni.gcc. edu/babyshirt or email to alumni@gcc.edu. You can also mail pictures to: Alumni Relations Office, Alumni Babies, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, Pa., 16127.

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Summer 2014

Norah Grace Gardner Born 4-15-12 Julie (Milinovich ’03) and Seth ’01 Gardner

Henry Francis Hazi Born 12-3-13 Hannah (Priester ’03) and Matt Hazi

Emmerson Jones Born 7-10-12 Pat ’90 and Megan Jones

Amelia Helen Koehler Born 5-27-13 Katie (Britton ’00) and Mark Koehler

Eliana Langley Born 9-3-13 Carol Joy (Woolley ’99) and Christopher Langley

Harper Faida Long Born 8-27-12 Heather (Webb ’04) and Brad Long

Liam John McKenzie Born 3-2-13 Kate (DiMarco ’05) and Jason ’05 McKenzie

Jacqueline Jones Mitchell Born 9-1-12 Amber (Jones ’03) and Ryan ’03 Mitchell

Abigail Elizabeth Molnar Born 5-9-12 Jessica (Manning ’04) and Tim Molnar

Amana Rose Morley Born 6-13-13 Beth (Snyder ’10) and Chad ’07 Morley

Clara Mae Niehenke Born 4-4-13 Erin (Barton ’08) and Jared ’08 Niehenke

Elaina Lynnel Nilsen Born 4-15-13 Laryssa (Joseph ’09) and Josiah ’08 Nilsen

Cecilia Rosa Schiavone Born 9-26-13 Liesl (VanHaute ’10) and Matthew ’09 Schiavone

June Eleanor and Hazel Betty Schwab Born 3-6-13 Mindy (Diehl ’05) and Jeff ’03 Schwab

Norah Avalon and Charlotte Snyder Smith Born 7-27-12 and 11-21-13 Beth (Kilmer ’04) and Jared Smith

Laura Eleanor “Ellie” and Robert Miles Spaulding Born 1-16-14 and 3-7-12 Callie (Martin ’09) and Daniel ’09 Spaulding

Nora Kathleen and Audrey Elise Swift Born 11-6-12 Lindsey (Inman ’06) and Peter ’07 Swift

Judson Turner Trojak Born 9-5-12 Debra and Joshua ’08 Trojak

Seth and Ryan Weiland Born 3-26-13 and 3-27-13 Kristen and Jason ’99 Weiland

Elliott James Wimer Born 7-23-12 Rachel and Andrew ’03 Wimer

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GROVE CITY COLLEGE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WELCOMES 585 NEW MEMBERS! Graduates of the Grove City College Class of 2014 toss their mortarboards in celebration outside STEM Hall after Commencement.