The Valley Magazine: Fall 2021 by Lebanon Valley College

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LVC caught up with some beloved emeriti faculty and learned a little bit about their current counterparts.

THE VALLEY Volume 37 | Number 2 Dr. James M. MacLaren, President Molly O’Brien-Foelsch, Chief Communications Officer

EDITORIAL STAFF Dr. Tom Hanrahan, Editor, Feature Writer Colleen Cordial Michael Freeman Parker Gallagher ’22 Rebecca Hearsey M’21, P’23 Zach Hossler Susan Sarisky Jones ’92 Molly O’Brien-Foelsch, Writer Jaime Rowe M’18 Darby Seymour ’22 Ali Wenger Anita Williams, Class Notes

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CONTENTS

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER VALLEY VIEWS THE FUTURE IS NOW—AND LVC ALUMNI ARE LEADING THE CHARGE HELEN NEIDIG TURNS 100 CL ASS NEWS & NOTES TA X-WISE GIVING FROM YOUR IRA EDWARD AND LYNN BREEN CENTER FOR GRADUATE SUCCESS IN MEMORIAM CAMPUS VIEW GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

ON THE COVER Valley alumni like Ph.D. electrical engineering student Rebecca Campbell ’19 are at the cutting-edge of many fields, transforming the country—and the world.

INSIDE COVER The Classes of 2020 and 2021 attended their in-person Commencement ceremonies from May 21–23, 2021.

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Dear Friends, Lebanon Valley College continues to build on the many recent successes I noted in my spring Valley letter, including, as of this writing, welcoming the largest first-year class this fall in the College’s history. Except for last year, when a few students opted to hold off enrolling during the pandemic, we set record firstyear classes three out of the past four years. This student interest in attending LVC is a testament to our dedicated faculty, loyal alumni, committed staff, and supportive community partners. LVC has also made significant progress in supporting the newly approved bachelor of science in nursing program that will enroll its first class of future nurses in fall 2022. We’ve engaged architects Noelker and Hull Associates Inc. to construct a new academic facility next to the Jeanne and Edward H. Arnold Health Professions Pavilion. The new facility, slated to open in time for the spring 2023 semester, will include simulation and skills laboratory spaces to prepare our graduates to adeptly meet the needs of healthcare providers and patients in our region. Please visit lvc.edu/nursing to see some beautiful artist renderings of the future education center. There is much more exciting news to come. The campus community and Board of Trustees are finalizing the Imagine LVC strategic plan, which includes bold plans to distinguish the College through new programs and student opportunities while preserving LVC’s highly effective personalized learning environment and undergraduate liberal arts core. Along with a refined mission, Imagine LVC lays out a plan within the context of our community’s values, value proposition, and vision for the future. Our focus on well-being and future readiness places students at the center of everything we do. Look for more communications about Imagine LVC later this fall. We will need your support to achieve our goals, and I think you’ll be energized by what we have in store. Gina and I hope to finally meet many of you during Homecoming Weekend October 15–17. Of course, as has become the “norm” in these times, flexibility is needed. We are closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and working with healthcare partners and in accordance with government guidelines to determine event logistics and timing. Our best chances of being together depend on our continued prevention efforts. Our students, faculty, and staff have been terrific role models for the global LVC community to continue masking up indoors where necessary, practicing social distancing, and getting vaccinated. For ourselves, and for each other. Sincerely,

James M. MacLaren, M.A., Ph.D. President of Lebanon Valley College

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Progress Pride Flag Installed The Progress Pride Flag was raised during a ceremony in late June. Members of Freedom Rings, the LGBTQ+ community, and allies attended the event during which President James M. MacLaren, Meredith Sapp ’22, Freedom Rings vice president, and Katelyn Huey ’23, Freedom Rings historian, spoke about the importance the Progress Pride Flag holds to current and prospective students, and alumni and friends.

P.R.I.D.E. Network’s Efforts Improve LVC’s Campus Pride Index Score

The College’s P.R.I.D.E. (Pursuing Respect, Inclusion, and Diversity for Everyone) Network celebrated recent efforts to improve LVC’s Campus Pride Index Score. The group, which began as a social group for LGBTQ+ and allied faculty and staff, worked over the past year to evaluate and improve components of campus related to LGBTQ+ and ally programs. As a result, LVC’s Campus Pride Index Score increased from a 3-star to a 4-star rating. Dr. Laura Eldred, interim provost of undergraduate education; Dr. Barbara Prince, assistant professor of sociology; Dr. Holly M. Wendt, associate professor of English and director of creative writing; and Dr. Tonya Miller, assistant professor of physical therapy, are network members.

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The Sporting Life

Decker to Head Women’s Hoops

MAC Announces Academic Honor Rolls

Diane Decker, who brings NCAA Division I and II experience, was named LVC’s new

The Middle Atlantic Conference named

basketball); Tate Murphy ’23 (women’s

head coach for women’s basketball. Decker

its 2020–21 academic honor rolls in

ice hockey); Alexis Thomas ’21 (wom-

arrives from Villanova University, her alma

June. The academic honor roll com-

en’s track & field); Haley Lepley ’22

mater, where she worked in women’s basket-

prises student-athletes who compete

and Sarah Wolfe ’21, M’22 (women’s

ball operations. Before Nova, Decker was the

in a varsity-level sport and register a

swimming); Bryce Eberly ’22 and

head coach at East Stroudsburg University

GPA of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) or higher

Andrew Miles ’23 (baseball); Nick

(ESU) from 2015–19. She was named Penn-

for the academic year.

Coyne ’22 and Spencer Sattazahn ’23

Twenty-six LVC student-athletes gar-

(men’s lacrosse); Nicholas Simon ’23

sylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Coach of the Year for 2015–16, guided ESU to its best record in a decade (19-9), and coached three players to the All-PSAC First Team. It was the first time in program history that three players earned first-team honors.

nered a 4.0 GPA during the academic year, including Rachel Kagarise ’21,

(men’s tennis); Mandi Armstrong ’24 (softball); and Zoe Birch ’21 and

Sarah Leidich ’24, and Hannah Shirey

Kendall Halsey ’24 (women’s tennis).

’22 (field hockey); Marah Hoffman ’21

Women’s swimming led all LVC teams

and Julia Resele ’21 (women’s cross

with 29 honorees, while 26 football

“I am extremely thrilled and honored to have

country/track & field); Maya Cohen ’21,

players and 24 women’s soccer players

been selected as the next women’s basket-

Maddy Hartman ’21, Amelia Mantione

garnered honors. Volleyball (16 of 17)

ball head coach at Lebanon Valley College,”

’23, and Angela Strock ’22 (women’s

and women’s basketball 9 of 10) had

said Decker. “I am excited about working at

soccer); Jayna Class ’21, Grace Powell

the highest percentage of student-ath-

a first-class institution with the privilege to

’23, and Julia Rill ’23 (women’s volley-

letes earn the recognition, followed by

not only coach but also inspire, educate, and

ball); Jaylen Reichner ’22 (men’s bas-

women’s soccer, which had 24 of 27

empower young women.”

ketball); Daelyn Stabler ’23 (women’s

players receive the distinction.

Kingsbury ’21 Named All-Region Baseball’s Kyle Kingsbury ’21 was named to the 2021 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings NCAA DIII Mid-Atlantic All-Region team, becoming the first Dutchman baseball player to earn All-Region honors since Jordan Higgins ’14 in 2014. Kingsbury, an All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Second Team pick, was LVC’s No. 1 starter in 2021. He finished with a 6-3 record and a 2.63 ERA in 54.2 innings of work while adding two complete games. He also struck out 65 batters while issuing just 15 walks.

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Keegan Corwell ’21

Travis Fischer ’21

Four Footballers Named to National Honor Society Keegan Corwell ’21, Travis Fischer ’21, Kody Kegerise ’21, and Caleb Oestrike ’21 were inducted into the 2021 National Football Foundation’s Hampshire Honor Society. The society comprises players from all divisions who maintain a cumulative

Kody Kegerise ’21

Caleb Oestrike ’21

3.2 GPA or better throughout their college careers.

Byers ’05 Inducted into MAC Hall of Fame In May, J.D. Byers ’05, men’s basketball Chuck Yasinski

Megan Streisel

Zachary Kelly

and golf, was inducted into the 2021 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Athletic

Award Winners and Team MVPs Revealed

Hall of Fame. Byers, one of only five LVC

Dr. James M. MacLaren, LVC president,

Honorable Judge John A. Walter

nition of a student-athlete, combining his

and Rick Beard ’90, M’92 announced the

Outstanding Male Scholar-Athlete—

astounding talent on the court and links

major award winners during the 72nd

Brendan Ward ’20, M’21 (baseball)

with tremendous academic success.

Honorable Judge John A. Walter

As a senior, he was named a National

Outstanding Female Scholar-Athlete—

Association of Basketball Coaches ABC

Rachel Kagarise ’21 (field hockey)

First Team All-American and led the

Annual All-Sports Award Presentation in May. These included: Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Team of the Year—LVC’s athletic trainers: Chuck Yasinski, Megan Streisel, and Zachary Kelly. Lou Sorrentino Outstanding Male Athlete— Owen Buhr ’22 (men’s track & field) Outstanding Female Athlete— Lauren Wick ’21, D’23 (women’s cross country and track & field)

Chuck Maston Memorial Award— Braydon Shuck ’21, M’22 (men’s soccer) Women’s Sportsmanship Award— Kaitlyn Welch ’21 (women’s swimming and tennis) LVC Athletic Service Award— Daymond Zweizig ’21 (baseball)

men’s basketball players to have their jersey retired, personified the true defi-

Flying Dutchmen to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. In addition, Byers was pegged as a three-time academic all-American, and in 2005, he won the prestigious Josten’s Trophy, awarded to college basketball’s top student-athlete. Byers, who was inducted into the LVC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015, is an assis-

2020–21 Team MVPs—

tant under fellow MAC and LVC Hall of

Visit GoDutchmen.com

Famer Mike Rhoades ’95.

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Nine Make Academic All-MAC Nine LVC winter and spring

Nicole Honrade ’23

student-athletes were honored by the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) for their

Justin Baker ’20, M’21

athletic and academic accomplishments, and recognized as members of the Academic All-MAC Team. The award, voted on by the conference’s sports infor-

Lauren Wick ’21, D’23

Emily Mealey ’21

mation directors, acknowledges academic and athletic success. Emily Mealey ’21 (women’s basketball), Justin Baker ’20, M’21 and Zach Tucker ’21 (men’s basketball), Olivia Cindrich ’22 (women’s ice hockey), Alex Borowiec

Alex Borowiec ’22

Jacquelyn McBride ’24

’22 (men’s ice hockey), Nicole Honrade ’23 and Jacquelyn McBride ’24 (women’s tennis), Owen Buhr ’22 (men’s track & field), and Lauren Wick ’21, D’23 (women’s track & field) represented The Valley on the All-Academic team.

Zach Tucker ’21

Olivia Cindrich ’22

Owen Buhr ’22

Venezia ’21 Selected Named All-Region Veronica Venezia ’21, women’s lacrosse,

This past season, she ranked third in the

was selected for the Intercollegiate

conference in the regular season with 74

Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association

points and 44 assists. She eclipsed the

All-Metro Region Second Team for the

200-career point mark earlier this cam-

second time after another stellar season.

paign and was second on the squad with

She added yet another accolade to

34 draw controls. She recorded five or

her illustrious career, which includes

more assists in five different games and

All-Middle Atlantic Conference Com-

had eight multi-goal games.

monwealth First Team honors.

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Spring Conference Awards

Academic Achievements

Twenty-seven LVC student-athletes earned All-Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) honors, including a record eight baseball players. In addition, seven track & field performers earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) recognition this spring. Baseball—Tanner Rock ’22 (1st), Chris DeClerico ’20, M’21 (1st), Mike Bulgia ’22 (1st), T.J. Holdredge ’20, M’21 (1st), Kyle Kingsbury ’21 (2nd), Hunter Tipton ’23 (HM), Luke Blair ’22 (HM), and Bryan Towers ’20, M’21 (HM) Softball—Lindsey McCurdy ’24 (1st), Sarah Musselman ’21 (2nd), Jen Kaufman ’21 (HM), and Julia Craig ’24 (HM) Men’s Tennis—Luke Senft ’21 (2nd), Ben Hinkley ’21 (2nd), Brendan Byler ’23

Dr. Joe Murphy and Michael Dueck ’18, D’20

(2nd), and Jeffrey Bauer ’22 (HM) Men’s Lacrosse—Alex Kiviniemi ’23 (HM), Luke Tamberino ’21 (HM), and Nick Serrano ’22 (HM) Women’s Lacrosse—Veronica Venezia ’21 (1st), Brittany Hathaway ’22 (2nd), Jaclyn Little ’21 (2nd), and Morgan Ernst (2nd)

Athletic Training Has Second 100% Pass Rate The second cohort of the Master’s of Athletic Training (MAT) Program continued a tradition started by last year’s inaugural class, achieving a 100% first-time pass rate on the Board of Certification Exam. The five members of LVC’s 2021 MAT graduating class

Women’s Tennis—Nicole Honrade ’23

had an average score 83 points higher than the national average, scoring in the top

(1st), Jacquelyn McBride ’24 (1st),

15% of all test takers.

Meridyth Sanders ’21 (2nd), and Meredith Haas ’24 (2nd)

USTFCCCA Division III Outdoor Track &

100% Pass Rate on University of London Law Modules

Field All-Region Team

All students who took the inaugural

module. Our students also went four-for-

1st = MAC First Team; 2nd = MAC Second Team; HM = MAC Honorable Mention

University of London law modules

four on the Public Law module. Summer

during summer 2020—representing

2021 results will soon be posted.

Men’s Track & Field—Owen Buhr ’21, Logan Grauer ’22, Daniel Sheffield ’23, Kadan Smith ’23, and Alex Sabo ’23; USTFCCCA Division III Outdoor Track & Field All-Region Team Women’s Track & Field—McKenna Loughney ’21 and Lauren Wick ’21, D’23;

business administration, political science, and psychology—passed the remote Legal System and Method 4

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External Acknowledgment Fatima Madondo ’22, a neuroscience major and chemistry minor from Zimbabwe, received the Rising Star (Warrior) Award from the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, recognizing a woman in STEM making great strides in her education. Madondo joined Julianna Koehl ’21, the 2019 recipient, as LVC students to win the award. Madondo, who plans to attend medical school after graduation, was accepted to conduct research at the Harvard Medical School this summer, but instead studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after Harvard canceled its program due to COVID. She is an LVC Almond Tree Scholar, a program established by Dr. JonnaLynn Mandelbaum ’69 to support students of high promise but limited financial means from sub-Saharan Africa.

Dr. Dolan Receives Second Fulbright Dr. Chris Dolan, professor of political science and director of the Center for Political History, received a U.S. Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award from the Institute for International Education/U.S. Department of State. Dolan will spend the spring semester at the South East European University in Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia. There, he will research rule of law, security sector reform, and Euro-Atlantic security through the grant that runs until June 2022. He will work with Dr. Blerim Reka, Macedonian Ambassador and Chief of Mission of North Macedonia to the European Union, on NATO collective security measures and the alignment of defense and foreign policy in Macedonia’s case for E.U. membership. Dolan’s previous Fulbright award was with the University of Pristina in Kosovo (2019–20).

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Dr. Tonya Miller, assistant profes-

Erin Kingham ’19, D’21 was elected as

sor of physical therapy, and Dr.

secretary for the Pennsylvania Physical

Justin Mierzwicki, clinical assis-

Therapy Association (PPTA) Student

tant professor of physical ther-

Special Interest Group (SIG). Kate

apy, received two of 11 awards

Mowrey ’20, D’22 was a Student

from the Pennsylvania Physical

Observer to the American Physical

Therapy Association (PPTA). Dr.

Therapy Association (APTA) House of

Miller received the PPTA Human-

Delegates during the 2020–21 academic

itarian Award, and Dr. Mierzwicki

year. Lindsey Zulkosky ’20, D’22 was

received the Geriatric Award of

elected as Eastern District Represen-

Excellence.

tative for the PPTA SIG for 2020–21.

LVC Named Top Tier for Renewable Energy The PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center named The Valley among “America’s Top Colleges for Renewable Energy 2020: Who’s Leading the Transition to 100% Renewable Energy on Campus?” LVC was recognized in the report for its leadership in supplying 100% of its campus electricity with renewable energy. Bryn Mawr, Carnegie Mellon, and Swarthmore were among those also on the list.

Emilie Shuler

Lebanon Valley College to offset

Dr. Taylor Co-Founds COVID Photography Program

100% of our electric consumption

Dr. Grant Taylor, professor of art & art history, joined Emilie Shuler, an outpatient

via Renewable Energy Credits

recreation therapist at the Lebanon VA Medical Clinic, to design an online art therapy

dedicated to wind power, and b)

program for veterans coping with isolation and depression during COVID-19. The virtual

achieve the lowest rate of energy

Vantage Point: Telehealth Photography Program focuses on COVID-related issues through

use per square foot as compared

personal phone camera photos. Taylor taught two groups of veterans through the Veter-

to our comparison schools,” said

ans Affairs video connect platform to center them on successful coping skills and in-

President James MacLaren, Ph.D.

creased social connection during a period of significant isolation.

“Incorporating sustainability as a priority in the College’s strategic plan and using data has a) enabled

Musical Notes Shaffer ’22 Named Presser Scholar The music faculty announced that Tessa

music faculty guided solely by consider-

Shaffer ’22, a double major in music

ation of excellence and merit. This award

and music education, was named the

is an honor award, and the student, in

2021–22 Presser Scholar. Shaffer, one of

their senior year, is known as a Presser

three students to win the Concerto Aria

Scholar. The award includes a gener-

competition in the spring, earned the

ous stipend to aid in continuing musical

College’s most prestigious music award.

studies.”

The Presser Scholar is “Selected by the

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Alumni Accolades noted, “Professor Pittari is a skilled and practiced technician in the art of teaching.” A fellow professor added, “Professor Pittari’s ability to engage students, stimulate thinking, and develop understanding is exemplary.” Dr. Cowart also presented the Rev. Timothy Dewald P’04 with the Nevelyn J. KnisAlison Liu ’21

LVC Celebrates 152nd Commencement Nearly 440 students in the Class of 2021

& data science. Faculty in the nation-

undergraduate and graduate programs

ally recognized department noted that

celebrated their educational and per-

“Allison is one of the most astonishingly

sonal accomplishments during three

capable, involved, and accomplished

Commencement ceremonies in May. The

students we have ever had the pleasure

College held three distinct Commence-

of working with. Her incredible level of

ments—one for physical therapy doctor-

involvement with campus life, diversity

al graduates and two for undergraduate

initiatives, and community service makes

degree recipients—as part of the CDC

her near-perfect academic and pro-

and other COVID-19 protocols.

fessional accomplishments even more

Dr. Michael Fink, PT, DSc, SCS, chair

amazing. She represents the best of LVC

and professor of physical therapy, was

in every way imaginable.”

the Commencement speaker by re-

Liu, who also minored in German and

ceiving the 2020 Thomas Rhys Vickroy

studied in Germany, is one of the Col-

Distinguished Teaching Award (Vickroy

lege’s four Allwein Scholars in the Class

Award) during the 2020 Commence-

of 2021. Allwein Scholars receive LVC’s

ment. He advised the Class to “Surround

most distinguished full scholarship. Liu

yourselves with those who embody

earned three paid internships during

what you want to become… those with

her LVC career, including one with the

a positive outlook on life, who speak

Capital Insurance Group in California. Liu

encouragement into the lives of others,

accepted a position with Capital as an

and who exude confidence, and who

actuarial analyst.

have mastered their craft.”

president of academic affairs, an-

several major annual awards during

nounced Michael Pittari, M.A., pro-

the weekend. Dr. Ken Yarnall, chair and

fessor and director of creative arts,

associate professor of mathematical sci-

as the recipient of this year’s Vickroy

ences, presented the top student award.

Award, the top honor for a full-time

The H. Anthony Neidig Award, to Alison

faculty member. His department chair

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time or adjunct faculty member. Dewald, who has taught classes throughout the curriculum in his nearly three decades at The Valley, is the first-ever two-time winner of the Knisley Award. A nominator noted, “Tim teaches his courses to develop students’ ability to read technical material, work through complex lines of reasoning, and explain technical materials at appropriate levels.” Earlier in the week, Dr. Andrew Milosz, clinical assistant professor of exercise science, received the Educator of the Year Award from Camden Selby ’21, Student Government representative, on behalf of the student body. This honor is bestowed annually on a member of the full-time faculty who embodies the transformative power of the LVC experience, in and out of the classroom.

Dr. Monica Cowart, provost and vice

LVC also recognized the winners of

Liu ’21, actuarial science and computer

ley Award, annually bestowed on a part-

Dr. Michael Fink

Milestones

#1 in PA for Getting a Job for Fourth Consecutive Year Career guidance site Zippia identified Lebanon Valley College as #1 among all colleges and universities in Pennsylvania in its listing of “The Best Colleges in Each State for Getting a Job 2021.” It is the fourth consecutive year (2018—2021) LVC was listed #1 in Pennsylvania.

Another Record First-Year Class The Class of 2025 is the largest first-year class in LVC history. The 487 new students surpassed the 478 new

Zippia used the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

enrollees in 2019. Aside from last years’ COVID-affected

to search “for the college in each state with the highest listed job

enrollment across the country, LVC has welcomed record

placement numbers ten years after graduation.” Zippia noted, “Some

classes of new enrollees in four of the past five years.

colleges are vastly more supportive of their students’ post-graduation concerns than others. Whether it comes from excellent career centers, strong academic offerings, stellar reputations, or networking opportunities, certain colleges just flat-out do a better job of helping students launch their careers than other colleges.”

“This strong demand for an LVC education is a testament to our outstanding faculty, Breen Center career networking team, and admission staff who firmly believe in the College’s mission,” said Edwin Wright, vice president of enrollment and marketing. “Having been listed #1 for the

“This external validation of our career preparation is particularly

fourth consecutive year in Pennsylvania for Zippia’s ‘Best

gratifying,” said Dr. James MacLaren, LVC president. “Our unique ap-

College in Each State for Getting a Job” further reinforces

proach to career readiness starts with students thinking about their

the College’s goal to support students during and long

futures as soon as they arrive on campus. We make an intentional

after their time at The Valley.”

web of connections between a student’s program of study, faculty, on-campus activities, networking with alumni, internships, and career planning. I believe this integrated approach is the reason for this impressive and consistent success.”

The Class of 2025 comes from 15 states and Washington, D.C., ranging from California and Michigan to New Hampshire and Florida. New students represent four international countries: China, Canada, England, and Northern

Students, starting their first weeks on campus, and alumni are en-

Ireland. The group also includes three new John Bowman

couraged to use the many resources offered by the career services

Allwein Scholars. The Allwein Scholarship, established in

staff in the College’s Edward and Lynn Breen Center for Gradu-

2014 through a gift from Dr. John “Jack” Bowman Allwein

ate Success. Breen Center staff and student career mentors help

’56, provides full tuition to LVC, as well as three $2,500

students identify their purpose and articulate to employers how

stipends for such academic purposes as studying abroad,

their academic, co-curricular, and personal experiences make them

experiencing internships, or conducting research.

valuable professionals.

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Then N LVC caught up with some beloved emeriti faculty and learned a little bit about their current counterparts.

Dr. Tom Hanrahan, director of campus communications, recently invited a few distinguished Lebanon Valley College emeriti to share their fondest memories of LVC and tell us what they are doing now. He also talked to their current counterparts, who shared a bit about themselves and discussed how they are engaging today’s students. What’s clear across the decades is the faculty and staff’s unwavering commitment to forging close connections with students and mentoring them to go further and achieve more than they ever thought possible.

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n Now Which LVC mentors would you like to hear about next? Let us know, and we’ll highlight them on social media and in upcoming issues of The Valley.

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Catalyzing Excitement for Science Alumni of the chemistry program have earned patents, national grants, advanced degrees, and other accolades. Catch up with a Chemistry Department legend and a current professor in the field—the first woman to be named a tenured chemistry professor at LVC— both of whom have contributed to The Valley’s enduring formula that sparks success and innovation.

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THEN

Dr. Owen Moe

Professor Emeritus of Chemistry Dr. Moe arrived at The Valley in 1973 after completing a

P’73] started it in the late 1940s—well before most small U.S.

National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell

colleges. It was my favorite type of teaching—collaborative,

University. He taught at LVC for 42 years in three academic

one-on-one, and often involving on-the-fly solving of research

departments and four programs: chemistry, biochemistry &

problems with many students.

molecular biology, mathematics, and American studies.

What are you up to now?

What inspired you to become a professor?

In retirement, I have continued my long-term involvement with

More than anything else, it was the professors at my under-

local community groups. I serve as webmaster for Friends of

graduate alma mater, St. Olaf College. They were interested in

Old Annville and help maintain Quittie Creek Nature Park in

me as a person, spoke about their ideas with excitement, and

Annville. I also have given many public talks on various topics,

were outstanding teachers. I wanted to be just like them.

including those on my research on Annville history and the

What stands out about your LVC experience?

science of climate change, as well as summer book reviews

Our annual summer research program in the Chemistry

at Mt. Gretna.

Department is so powerful. The late Dr. Tony Neidig [’43, H’04,

Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Rasmussen and her students focus on using analytical

What stands out about your LVC experience?

chemistry to solve problems, specifically in the medical field

My favorite non-academic tradition is making the “periodic

and forensics. They develop sensors or analytical methods

table of cupcakes” with the Chemistry Club every October 23

for determining the composition of biological or forensic

for Mole Day. Before COVID, the students came to my home

samples and have worked on identifying biomarkers of

to bake and decorate cupcakes, so I hope we can return to

Parkinson’s disease.

that soon. Everyone would gather in the living to work on their

What inspired you to become a professor?

chemistry homework while waiting for the cupcakes to bake.

I had always considered a teaching career, but graduate school

It was a lot of fun.

confirmed it was the right choice. While working as a graduate

Tell us about your interests.

teaching assistant for an undergraduate analytical chemistry

My students know I love cats. I volunteer for PAWS at the

lab, I helped students study for exams. When they finally un-

Lebanon PetSmart, taking care of the cats and helping them

derstood a concept that they had struggled with, those

find new homes.

NOW

Dr. Michelle Rasmussen

were the moments that cemented my decision.

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Many Voices, in Concert Graduates of LVC’s four music-related majors and graduate programs have taken center stage in their careers, having worked with U2 and Taylor Swift, performed with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, co-founded and directed the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, and ran sound and audio for the best-selling Titanfall video game. Here, we catch up with a veteran teacher of choral studies and meet one of The Valley’s newest teachers, both of whom share a passion for song and educating students.

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THEN

Dr. Mark Mecham

Professor Emeritus of Music Dr. Mecham arrived at LVC in 1990, intending to stay for about

2019 to celebrate the 65th anniversary of this community-

five years. Instead, he stayed for 25 years. He founded the LVC

wide event.

Chamber Choir, which is still going strong.

Editor’s Note: You can view a CATV 65th anniversary video

What inspired you to become a professor?

on LVC’s YouTube channel. The video features Dr. Mecham,

Mentors—from a third-grade elementary music teacher to

Dr. Kyle Zeuch, current director of choral activities, and two of

graduate choral faculty. I started as a political science major,

the participants at the first CATV, Elma Jean Swope Kreider ’55

but my choral music experiences were so compelling that I

and Patricia Lutz Walter ’57.

switched majors in my junior year. My mom was worried about

What are you up to now?

how I would make a living, but I don’t regret one moment of

I am mentally writing an article about an approach to choral

my career.

music education relating the ideas of the late Pulitzer Prize-

What stands out about your LVC experience? The most distinctive LVC-centric tradition I was involved with was Christmas at The Valley [CATV], which dates to 1954. We commissioned new choral works to premiere at the 50th and 60th anniversaries. Alumni and friends can learn about this wonderful annual celebration in a historical sketch I wrote in

winning poet Stephen Dunn, a frequent Valley guest, to choral score preparation and pedagogy that leads to independently functioning choral musicians. I’m also focusing on a June 2022 reunion of our LVC Chamber Choirs members from when I founded the chamber choir in 1991 until I retired in 2015. The two-day gathering will culminate in a choral performance and the eating of pie!

Artist Teacher of Studio Voice and Musical Theater Before becoming an educator, Professor Walker-Vankuren was

What is your scholarly focus?

a full-time opera singer traveling the U.S. He is in his second

My primary research goal and special interest is to spread the

year at LVC.

work of African American spirituals and promote their inclusion

What inspired you to become a professor? I have always wanted to teach, but my mother was a great inspiration. She was my first “teacher.” She educated my siblings and me about the world around us for as long as I can remember. Secondly, Dr. James Rodriguez, my voice teacher, mentor, and friend has been a significant influence. He is why I left performing to go into academia. I wanted to share the passion for teaching that he shared with me. What stands out about your LVC experience? I love that our faculty make it a point to develop a familial experience with their students. The best part about this is that it is not written down anywhere as a job requirement; it’s clearly instinctual. It’s beautiful to see so many different types of people come together with one common “person” in mind, and that is our students.

in the classical canon. I’ve been fortunate to develop a recital of spirituals, “Songs my mother taught me...,” that celebrates the journey of African Americans while also bringing more people that do not look like us (Black) into our world through song. This

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Professor Jonathan Walker-Vankuren

recital was titled and inspired by the love and lifelong education my white mother gifted me. I had the distinct pleasure of premiering the recital in Fort Worth, Texas, being sponsored by the Fort Worth Opera, an organization that prides itself on bringing all people to the arts. What about personal passions? I have been involved with summer camps since I was 19. I began working at residential sleep-away camps during my summers to take a break from music and recharge. Now, it has become so much more, growing from a camp counselor to camp director at Camp Waldo in West Virginia. Our team works tirelessly to provide a three-week summer camp experience to regional kids at a reasonable price so that they can continue to grow and learn about the beauty that surrounds them.

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Sharing a Global Perspective Though officially faculty in political science, these two treasured professors have taught across the social sciences, including starting a new program in global studies. Together, they, their colleagues, and predecessors have taught alumni who earned Fulbright Awards, the College’s only known Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellow [Patrick Maxwell ’17], and Pennsylvania’s 46th Governor, the Hon. Thomas W. Corbett, Esq., ’71. And they practice what they teach, having studied, taught, lectured, conducted research, or presented in more than 30 countries.

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THEN

Dr. Diane Johnson

Professor Emerita of Political Science Dr. Diane Johnson began her professional career with an inter-

year experience class that was reading Bill Bryson to walk on

est in history before moving into American and comparative

the Appalachian Trail. As far as traditions, my favorite was lining

politics. She also changed her regional emphasis from Europe

up to congratulate our graduates as they filed in and out

to Latin America, which led to field research projects in

of the Commencement ceremonies. It sounds hokey, but I

Argentina and Uruguay.

always get a little choked up when I hear Elgar’s “Pomp and

Who inspired you to become a professor?

Circumstance.”

My dad and Aunt Shirl were professors, and I always thought they had the coolest jobs. I also was incredibly fortunate to have wonderful teachers from kindergarten through graduate school who made me love learning and were great models. I had several jobs before committing to a Ph.D. program and life as a full-time academic. By then, I just thought it was awesome that someone would pay me to read interesting books, spend a lot of time in classrooms, and do fieldwork in Argentina and Uruguay.

What are you up to now? I had to postpone some of my post-LVC plans due to the global pandemic, but I’ve continued as social sciences editor for the Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies and remain active in the Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies. I’ll keep giving a summer book review at LVC’s series at Mt. Gretna as long as they’ll have me, and I’ve participated with Fair Districts PA, a nonpartisan citizens group working to stop gerrymandering and create a more transparent redistricting process

What stands out about your LVC experience?

in the Commonwealth. I love having more time to read, garden,

I have loads of great memories from my 17 years at LVC! If I had

and exercise, and my husband, David, and I are looking forward

to pick some favorites, I’d go with taking students to Washington,

to lots of travel overseas once the pandemic eases. Meanwhile,

D.C., for the European Union Simulation every November, and

we just brought a used RV so we can see more of the U.S.

teaching in Maastricht during the summer of 2017. Oh, and the

and Canada.

time Jill Russell [director of global studies] and I took our first-

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Dr. Chris Dolan

Professor of Political Science and Director of LVC’s Center for Political History Dr. Chris Dolan created the College’s undergraduate Global

relations between Kosovo and Serbia. I began this work during

Studies Program and this summer developed a new master

my first Fulbright to Kosovo during the 2019–20 academic year

of science in intelligence and security studies program, launch-

at the University of Prishtina [UP]. My colleague from UP and I

ing soon.

are also researching NATO expansion in the Western Balkans.

What inspired you to become a professor?

When I start my second Fulbright U.S. Scholar award in North

Neither of my parents went to college and discouraged me from pursuing a college degree. They wanted me to work at the local Ford Motor plant, but I began thinking about college when the plant closed when I was in high school. I made a lot of bad decisions up to that point, but Siena College in New York accepted me on academic probation due to my SAT scores,

Macedonia in January 2022 at South East European University in Tetovo and Skopje, I will research security sector reform, Euro-Atlantic integration, and disinformation operations. Also, I am finishing up two books. The first book is on the future of U.S. foreign policy and NATO and the second is on NATO resilience and credibility in the digital Cold War. These will be my fifth

and certainly not my grades. There, I studied abroad and grad-

and sixth books.

uated summa cum laude with double majors in political science

What stands out about your LVC experience?

and economics and double minors in Russian and statistics.

The flexibility to teach and research different topics in the

Tell us about your current research.

ever-changing and evolving fields of foreign policy and nation-

My research flows from my Kosovo and North Macedonia Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards. I just submitted a co-authored manuscript to an academic journal on the normalization of

al security is appealing. I get to teach students, and research and publish articles and books about complex security-related issues and ideas. For me, that’s cool.

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Advancing STEM Three-quarters of a century and counting: Drs. Wolfe and Goodman have a combined seven-plus decades of teaching at Lebanon Valley College, including 12 overlapping academic years. Together, they have mentored and guided generations of Valley alumni to medical school, prestigious Ph.D. programs, high school teaching careers, and science industry professions. Though their research interests are vastly different, these professors place their students at the forefront of their teaching. Their influence continues a Valley legacy of excellence in the sciences and liberal arts.

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THEN

Dr. Allan Wolfe

Professor Emeritus of Biology Dr. Wolfe taught at LVC for 48 years. He was known across

of this advice occurred during our daily games of squash or

campus as a sharpshooter during the Friday faculty-student

racquetball. And Dr. Paul Wolf, chair of biology for more than

basketball games.

40 years, taught me numerous lessons regarding teaching,

What inspired you to become a professor?

science, and leadership.

I enlisted in the U.S. Army after graduating high school and

What stands out about your LVC experience?

spent two years in Germany. My commanding officer, Captain

Working with students on independent study and research

Larry Ogden, convinced me to attend college after I completed

projects tops my list. I was fortunate to have supervised

my tour. I enrolled at Keystone Junior College intending to be-

more than 100 projects during my tenure. Starting the Science

come a high school biology teacher, but Dr. Harry Miller, pres-

Education Program for elementary school teachers is another

ident of the college, told me to aim higher and get my Ph.D. to

fond memory. We provided lab experiences for teachers from

become a professor. I later learned he was an LVC graduate

most of the school districts in the surrounding counties.

[Class of 1943] and classmate of Dr. Tony Neidig [’43, H’04, P’73].

What are you up to now?

When I arrived at LVC in 1968, I was fortunate to be guided by

I still have a lab in Neidig-Garber where I am continuing my

another group of knowledgeable mentors. Tony, who was chair

research on Artemia (brine shrimp).

of chemistry at that point, Dr. George “Rinso” Marquette ’48, dean of students, and Bob Wonderling, director of development, showed me how to navigate various college teaching situations, student advising, and college committees. Much

I remain active with St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, serving as the Minister of Eucharist and on The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and I volunteer at the Caring Cupboard in Palmyra.

Chair and Professor of Biology Dr. Goodman has taught at LVC for 26 years. She is a co-

Any special interests?

investigator with Dr. Courtney Lappas [professor of biology]

I have served as a mentor for STEM-UP for several years.

on a research project centering on sweet perception in rodents,

We pair junior and senior faculty members throughout

and mentors students throughout the academic year and

Pennsylvania to help advance women in STEM fields.

summer.

Tell us about your research.

What stands out about your LVC experience?

Our project, which includes three student-alumni researchers—

We have a beautiful campus and wonderful facilities, but the

Krysten Ford ’21, Keyri Sierra ’21, and Robbie Moul ’22—aim is

thing I like best about LVC is the people. There is nothing like

to understand the function of adenosine 2B receptors in sweet

getting to know the students and seeing them discover their

perception in rodents. In the project’s first phase, the taster

passions. I was very touched and surprised to receive LVC’s

preference of female C57BL/6 mice was established through

Student Government Teaching Award twice. I distinctly remem-

choice tests utilizing sucrose solutions of varying concentra-

ber hearing the description being made for the awardee and

tions. The next phase will involve the introduction of an ade-

realizing that the person being described was me. To have my

nosine 2B receptor antagonist to examine how this preference

students go out of their way to let me know that I was a positive

may be altered.

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Dr. Stacy Goodman

influence on them was a blessing I will never forget.

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CL ASS NEWS & NOTES

NOTE: All locations are in Pennsylvania and all years are 2021 unless otherwise noted.

’20s

BIRTHS

’00s

Callie Drake

Janna Herbert Drake ’11 and her husband, Jeremy, welcomed a daughter, Callie, on Aug. 10, 2020. (l. to r.) Scott “Scotty” Dickmyer ’20,

WEDDINGS

Sarah Hamonko Dickmyer ’20

welcomed a daughter, Hadley Anne, on

’00s

Sarah Hamonko ’20 and Scott “Scotty”

March 23. Frank Rhodes ’83 and Kay

Breanne Zipko ’09 married Karlos

Hadley Rhodes

Phil Rhodes ’08 and his wife, Lauren,

Koser Rhodes ’83 are proud grandparents.

’10s

Cornielle on May 1. She is LVC’s former associate director of financial aid. She is the director of student financial services at the Pennsylvania College of Health

Dickmyer ’20 married on June 27, 2020, in Hershey. Dr. Adam Domovich ’19, D’21 and Dr. Pearl Weber ’20, D’22 attended.

CLASS NOTES

Sciences in Lancaster.

’50s

(l. to r.) Dr. Kerri Hesko Smith ’19, D’21,

(l. to r.) Bishop Joseph Yeakel ’49,

Zachary Smith

Rev. Wilson Shearer ’51

Dr. Kerri Hesko ’19, D’21 married Zachary

Rev. Wilson Shearer ’51 and Bishop

Smith on Aug. 10, 2019, in Ephrata.

Joseph Yeakel ’49, H’68 shared a

Mariah Sensenig ’19, Dr. Lily McDowell

friendship spanning 74 years that started

Becky Chan ’11 welcomed a daughter,

’19, D’21, and Dr. Deanna McNece ’19,

at LVC in 1947. Over the years, their paths

Emilia Mae, on Aug. 20, 2020.

D’21 attended.

crossed many times during their pastor-

Emilia Chan

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ing at various churches. They recently

and scripts won include Best Sci-Fi

connected on Facebook through the

Screenplay (1st), “Robo Hills Texas;” Fes-

Bishop’s daughter and had a gratifying

tival Director’s Choice Best Veteran Film,

video chat. Unfortunately, Bishop Yeakel

“Heroes Are Forever;” Best Actor Mini

died on July 4 (see note In Memoriam).

Short, “Heroes Are Forever;” and Best Director Mini Short Film, “Not Your Day.”

’60s

Carla M. Giachero ’84 retired from

Carol Bronson Steiner ’61 celebrates

Township Public Schools on March 1.

Tax-wise giving from your IRA

teaching in the New Jersey Hillsborough

60 years since graduating from LVC

If you’re age 70.5 or older and have an IRA, you can make a gift to LVC and save on taxes— even if you don’t itemize.

and marrying Richard, whom she met in fifth grade. They are the proud parents of three children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. She and Richard are happily retired in Vermont

It’s called a Qualified Charitable Distribution (QCD), and it’s fairly simple to do.

and Florida. A co-editor of the book, Handbook of Children and Prejudice (Springer Nature

•

2019), Dr. Hiram Fitzgerald ’62 was sur-

administrator to make a

prised to learn that the book has record-

distribution from the IRA

ed 39,000 downloads. Additionally, from

directly to LVC. We’ll direct

January 1 to September 2020, the book

your gift to whichever College

recorded 18,295 downloads, making it

priority you choose.

one of Springer Nature’s top publications

•

that concerns one of the United Nations’

31, 2020, from 35 years of Spanish ministry in the Unitarian Universalist Association.

’70s In June, Linda Weaver Blair ’77 retired as head of cataloging at the Sibley Library of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. She also was active for many years in the Music Library Association and served on the board of directors.

Gifts of up to $100,000 are eligible.

sustainable development goals. Gretchen Long Woods ’67 retired July

Instruct your IRA

Weston Baim

•

You do not claim it as income for tax purposes since the

Christine Webster Hostetler ’87 and

distribution comes directly to

Donald Hostetler ’88 are the proud

The Valley.

grandparents of Weston Baim, who was born on March 18, 2020.

•

And the Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) returns in

Dr. Christian Hamann ’88 and Dr.

2021. A QCD gift will count

Anthony Kapolka ’87 reunited at the

toward your RMD (if you have

Council on Undergraduate Research

one this year).

(CUR) annual business meeting in June. Dr. Hamann is an associate professor in Albright College’s chemistry & biochemistry department, and Dr. Kapolka is an associate professor in the Wilkes University math and computer science

’80s

department and first-year foundations

George Meyers ’81 attended the

incorporate lessons learned in the

Cowpokes International Film Festival in

Neidig-Garber Science Center in their

Electra, Texas. Some awards his films

student-faculty research.

director. Both elected CUR councilors in their respective divisions, they each

For many donors, a QCD is the most tax-advantaged way to support LVC students because it’s a gift made from pre-tax assets. Please contact Joe Martellaro, director of gift planning, at martella@lvc.edu or 1-866LVC-1866 for additional information on IRA giving.

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CL ASS NEWS & NOTES

Go further, achieve more, and help the next generation of Dutchmen do the same. Thinking about pursuing a new job or changing careers? The Edward and Lynn Breen Center for Graduate Success is here to help.

Chad Saylor ’89

Chad Saylor ’89 was appointed as a Dauphin County Commissioner, where he also will serve as vice chair of the Board of Commissioners. His oversight includes budget and finance, parks and

Breen Center staff are available virtual or in-person appointments to Review your

Provide

Give graduate

cover letter

school

and résumé

analysis

guidance

recreation, information technology, and other areas. Saylor has more than 30 years of experience in government and politics at the state and local levels. He previously served as the county’s chief clerk and chief of staff for 14 years.

Offer career path

Prepare you through interview

’90s

advice and coaching

practice and feedback

Michael G. Dryden, Esq., ’90 was named among the 2021 Pennsylvania Super

Career network through Handshake (formerly JobCenter)— contact breencenter@lvc.edu to register.

Lawyers. He is a partner with the law firm of Willig, Williams & Davidson in Philadelphia. Brian C. Davis ’95 is the quality manager at Morehouse Instrument Company in York.

Pass it on.

Andrew Murphy ’95 is an IT infrastruc-

We invite alumni to create internships for LVC students, volunteer for

ture engineer at Eurofins Lancaster

networking events, conduct mock interviews, share career path advice at

Laboratories.

special virtual events, and more.

Dana Centofanti Triantafillos ’95 is the principal at Veterans Middle School in Brick Township, N.J.

The Edward and Lynn Breen Center for Graduate Success launched in fall 2018 with the support of a $1.5 million gift through the Breen Family Foundation from LVC trustee Edward D. Breen,

Dr. Alexandra Hummer Black ’96, DNP,

executive chairman of DuPont, and his wife, Lynn.

CNM earned her doctorate in nursing practice in June 2020 from Frontier

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Nursing University. She is a midwife at Penn State Health St. Joseph’s Medi-

’00s

ple with funding from a new National Institutes of Health initiative. He is an

cal Center in Reading, where she has

assistant professor at Northwestern

worked since 2015. Her doctoral project

University.

studied how to improve nutritional care

William J. Rice ’06 is a third-year law

and education in an urban obstetrics and

student at the Georgetown University

gynecology practice.

Law Center scheduled to complete his

Emedio Marchozzi ’96 is the quality con-

Juris Doctorate in December.

trol manager at Schott Pharmaceutical

An article written by Tyler Frantz ’07,

Packaging Inc., in Lebanon.

M’20 received the national Pinnacle

N. Tony Nguyen ’96 is the Chief Perfor-

Award for best newspaper story from the

mance Officer at the U.S. Department of

Professional Outdoor Media Association.

Housing & Urban Development in

“The Bittersweet Bear” featured his good

Washington, D.C. Natalie Hope McDonald ’97 recently

friends, a father and son, who unexpectBrock Kerchner ’01

had some of her artwork added to the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Her piece was part of an art initiative addressing the first 100 days of the President Biden/Vice President Harris administration co-curated by the Streets Dept. and Mural Arts Philadelphia.

edly passed away two years ago. Jill DeBiasse Donley ’08 is an elemen-

Brock Kerchner ’01 celebrated 20 years with iHeart Media and was awarded 2019 CEO Club and 2019 and 2020 President’s

tary music teacher in the Livingston School District in New Jersey. This is her 14th year teaching.

Club awards. He and his daughter,

Corey Lamoureux, Esq., ’08 was named

Gabby, were featured in a Sports Emmy

among the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers

nominated ESPN E:60 short feature

2021 Rising Stars. He is a partner in the

called Teddy Bear Toss. Although they

Lebanon law firm of Reilly Wolfson.

didn’t win; they were thrilled to be

Aaron Lucas ’08 was named runner-up

nominated.

for Lebanon County’s Teacher of the

Jonathan Grow ’02 is the principal of

Year Award by Lebanon Federal Credit

Lockerman Middle School in Denton, Md.

Union. Aaron is a seventh-grade teacher

Andrew Bender, Esq., ’04, Perry County’s

at the Lebanon Middle School.

district attorney, won the May primary on the Republican ticket for Court of Common Pleas Judge. He is chair of the Perry County Prison Board, and Perry County’s Criminal Justice Advisory Board. He also heads the county’s drug task force. Dr. Christine Lightcap Berardi ’04 is a senior consultant at SciLucent Inc., in their clinical development and regulatory affairs practice area. She has more Melissa Hess ’98 (second from l.)

than 10 years of experience supporting

Melissa Hess ’98 was named Lebanon

small and large molecules, including

County’s Teacher of the Year by the

cell and gene therapies.

Lebanon Federal Credit Union. She has taught kindergarten at South Lebanon Elementary School for more than 21 years.

integrated product development of

Dr. Gregory Phillips II ’05 researches COVID-19 testing and prevention behaviors among racial/ethnic minority and sexual and gender minority young peo-

Joe Stolarick ’08

Joe Stolarick ’08 is the digital archivist for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Foundation. Gregory Boccuti ’09 is a band director at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, N.J. He joins friends and fellow LVC alumni Kathleen Meo

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CL ASS NEWS & NOTES Cudworth ’08 and Charles “Charlie”

Andrew Suprock ’13 is a software veri-

Cooper Gerus ’17 received his Juris Doc-

Hopta ’08 on the school’s music faculty.

fication and test engineer at Thales De-

torate from the University of Baltimore

Todd A. Miller ’09 is the finance manager

fense & Security Inc., in Clarksburg, Md.

School of Law in May.

at For Soccer Ventures, a soccer-specific

Noelle Brossman ’14 received her

Dr. Megan Kimmel ’17 received her doc-

consulting and media/marketing com-

master of science in education in

tor of podiatric medicine (DPM) degree

pany focusing on growing soccer in

school business leadership from Wilkes

from the New York College of Podiatric

the U.S.

University. She is the director of human

Medicine.

resources for the Warwick School

Ryan D. Kingshill ’17 received his Juris

’10s

District. Roberto “Tito” Valdes, Esq., ’14 is

University Dickinson School of Law

Dr. Chris DeLorenzo ’10 received his Ph.D.

an assistant district attorney in the

in May.

in history from Georgetown University

Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office.

in May. He stated, “I would never have

Capt. Vidya Lala, M.D., ’17 gradu-

Dr. Benjamin Carpenter ’15 received his

ated from the Medical School of the

Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the

Uniformed Services University. She is

University of North Carolina.

a medical doctor and Captain in the

arrived at this point without the rigorous training and individualized support of my professors in LVC’s Department of History and Political Science.”

Doctorate from the Pennsylvania State

Dr. Bradley Krisantis ’15 received his

U.S. Army.

Ph.D. in pathology and laboratory

Samuel “Trey” Manning III, Esq., ’17 is

medicine from the Medical University

an assistant public defender with the

of South Carolina. He has accepted a

Allegheny County Public Defender’s

research science position at Visikol Inc.,

Office.

Dr. Amanda Musser ’11 received her

a biotech company in Hampton, N.J.

doctorate in social work from Millersville

Brennan Thompson ’17 is the head

Cody Kelly ’16 had his presentation,

coach of the Hershey Cubs Hockey Club.

“Teacher Observations from Using an

Hannah Brough ’18 is a teacher at

Danielle Gemmill Lee ’10 is an upper school directed studies teacher at Lancaster Country Christian School.

University in May. Kristin Witzel Rosenberg ’11 is senior

Informal Learning Framework in an

project director at TRC, a market re-

Elementary Popular Music Ensemble,”

search company in Fort Washington.

accepted for the NAfME (National

Dr. Drue Bahajak ’12 is an officer on the board of the Central Pennsylvania

Association for Music Education) All-Eastern Division Conference.

Optometric Society. The organization

Clarissa Shoffler ’16 is a research

recognized her as Young Optometrist

specialist C with the University of

of the Year.

Pennsylvania Cardiovascular Institute’s

Deanna N. Berish Crawford ’12 received

Metabolomics Core Lab in Philadelphia.

her Juris Doctorate from the Santa Clara

Dr. Erin Angelini

University School of Law in May.

’17, D’19 graduated

Dr. Colleen Delaney-Lewis ’12 earned her registered dietitian nutritionist degree from Rutgers University.

ordinator at The DREAM Program Inc., in South Burlington, VT. Cassidy M. Decosmo ’18 received her Juris Doctorate from the Duquesne University School of Law in May. Caitlyn Dryden ’18 received her Juris Doctorate from the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law in May.

from the University

Adam A. Filbert ’18 received his Juris

of Pittsburgh

Doctorate from the Drexel University

Medical Center

Thomas R. Kline School of Law in May.

Services Physical

coach in the Lower Dauphin School

Therapy Sports

District.

Residency.

Dr. Allison Gerber ’13 received her

Kristen Doverspike

doctorate in biochemistry & molecular

’17 is the inbound

biology from the University of Maryland,

Dr. Erin Angelini ’17,

Baltimore.

D’19

marketing manager with Finalsite in Glastonbury, Conn.

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Michael Butcher ’18 is a volunteer co-

Centers for Rehab

Josh Borreli ’13 is the head football

Innovative Arts Academy in Catasauqua.

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Brett Gilbert ’18 is the director of re-

Annette Appiah ’21 is enrolled as a first-

Anna Weaver ’21 is pursuing her Ph.D.

cruiting and player development at the

year student at the Penn State College

in analytical chemistry at the University

University of North Carolina Greensboro.

of Medicine.

of Delaware.

Mike Gilger ’18 is the sports editor for

Daniel Behler ’21 is a middle school

Kaitlyn Welch ’21 is attending medical

the News Item, a local newspaper serv-

music teacher in the Cocalico School

school at the Philadelphia College of

ing Shamokin and surrounding commu-

District.

Osteopathic Medicine.

Evan Danielewicz ’21 is a raw mater-

Mary Bateman M’22 won the Republican

Dakota Keefer ’18 is an account manager

ials associate scientist with Eurofins

bid for Dauphin County controller in the

with Forrester Research out of Boston,

Lancaster Laboratories.

May primary. She is the business manag-

Josh Houck ’21 is a chemistry teacher in

er for the Upper Dauphin School District.

nities.

Mass. Andrew M. Luch ’18 received his Juris

the Harford County Public Schools in Bel

Doctorate from the Widener University

Air, Md.

Commonwealth Law School in May. Maria Scacchitti ’18 is a technical proposal writer for ManTech International in Herndon, Va. Jennifer Summy ’18 is the camp administrator at Camp Mardela, a Church of the Brethren camp in Denton, Md. Camp Mardela offers retreat facilities and week-long summer camps.

’20s Noah Baxter ’20 is an actuarial analyst

Julianna Koehl ’21 is pursuing her Ph.D. in chemistry at Cornell University. Christian Lantz ’21 is in the National Institutes of Health-Oxford Cambridge Ph.D. program. Joshua Miller ’21 is pursuing his Ph.D. in physics at Temple University. Alexandra Robey ’21 is a chemistry teacher at Havre de Grace High School in the Harford County Public Schools in Maryland.

(l. to r.) Christiana Wagner ’23, Marian Melenchick Rhoads ’76

Christiana Wagner ’23 recently met Marian Melenchick Rhoads ’76 during a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Penn

with Mercer Health & Benefits in Richmond, Va. Carolyn Enigk ’20 is a client experience manager at Forge3 Ltd., in Bethlehem. Claire Fitzgibbons ’20 is a law student at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. Nicole Flohr ’20 is a graduate assistant

We Want Your Recommendations! Alumni Referral Award and Children of Alumni Scholarship

with Binghamton University’s office of student transition and success. She

Students who are referred by alumni then admitted and

works with their first-year experience

enroll at LVC are eligible to receive $1,000 annually for up

courses and emerging leaders program. Dawn Raiger ’20 is an autistic support teacher in the Central Dauphin School

to four years of undergraduate enrollment. Parents who are graduates of LVC are not eligible to refer their child(ren) but

District.

can receive an LVC Alumni Scholarship worth up to $10,000

Adam Salazar ’20 is a tax associate with

over four years to attend The Valley. Visit www.lvc.edu/alumni

RKL LLP in Lancaster.

to refer a student(s) or to learn more about the LVC Alumni Scholarship (Family Tuition Credit).

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IN MEMORIAM State Health St. Joseph Hospital in

In 1963, Yeakel was elected assistant

Alaska, and elsewhere for 16 years. He

Reading. They met when Christiana

general secretary of the Board of

spoke Spanish, German, Russian, French,

transported her grandmother and great

Evangelism, and in 1965 became general

and Turkish, among others. After his

aunt to the hospital to receive their first

secretary of the board. In 1968, at the

service, Vogel was a mail carrier for the

vaccinations.

church union, he became the general

California State University of Sacramento

secretary of the Board of Evangelism of

for 25 years.

The United Methodist Church.

Jeanne Hutchinson Shonosky ’52 died

IN MEMORIAM

June 27 in Norwich, N.Y. While at LVC,

’40s

’50s

Glenn L. Hall ’49, P’86 died March 21 in

Donald J. Arnold Sr. ’51 died April 24

spot. In 1982, she was the first woman

in Lebanon. He was a World War II U.S.

athlete inducted into LVC’s Athletic Hall

Navy veteran. He retired as a patent

of Fame. Shonosky volunteered for the

examiner for the government after 30

Chenango Council of the Arts, Chenango

years in Washington, D.C. Arnold was a

Memorial Hospital, and American Cancer

member of St. Cecilia’s Church, Rescue

Society. She was an avid golfer, tennis

Fire Company, and NARFE. He enjoyed

player, and skier.

named dean of academic affairs. He

traveling, gardening, and jogging.

Thomas H. Israel ’53 died Feb. 22 in

spent his professional career at BCCC.

Richard V. Hawk ’51 died Feb. 23 in

Lebanon. He taught music for 40 years in

In 1976, he was among the first group of

Colorado. He was a World War II veteran

the Lebanon School District, 37 of which

educators to visit China since the 1949

who served before graduating from

were as a sixth-grade teacher at South-

communist takeover. Hall thought good

LVC. He was a band director in the

west Elementary School. He completed

writing is so essential that he taught ba-

Mechanicsburg Area School District for

his teaching career at Lebanon Middle

sic writing at BCCC after retiring as dean.

37 years, and performed as a bassoonist

School, retiring in 1993. He was well-

In 2008, he received LVC’s Hot Dog Frank

with the Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra

known as a church organist for 72 years,

Athletic Service Award for his extensive

for 30 years. Hawk was an active member

most recently serving at Hill Lutheran

work researching Dutchmen football

of St. John’s Lutheran Church in

Church in Lebanon. Israel was a member

history. His daughter, Leslie Hall Webb

Shiremanstown.

of the Lancaster chapter of the American

Greensboro, N.C. He was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran who served on the USS Granville in the Pacific. In 1965, he was the first faculty member hired at Bucks County Community College (BCCC) in Newtown, and in 1971, was

’86, survives Hall.

Richard L. Kline ’51 died May 17 in

she played on the Mid-East field hockey team, vying for a U.S. field hockey team

Guild of Organists and Lebanon County Educational Honor Society.

Bishop Joseph H. Yeakel ’49, H’68 died

Lititz. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran

July 4 in Wooster, Ohio. Yeakel, who

who served as a music teacher, choral

Lawrence E. Jones Sr. ’56 died Feb.

received an honorary doctorate from

director, and music department chair at

5. He worked for Glidden Paints and

LVC in 1968, was a former president of

Hempfield High School from 1957–1987.

later independently at Bulk Chemicals,

the Council of Bishops of the United

Kline was a member of Grace Lutheran

where he developed patents for paint

Methodist Church. He was elected to the

Church. He directed more than 80 mu-

coatings. Georgianne Funk Jones ’57, his

episcopacy in 1972, served as resident

sical shows, including at Sheppard Air

wife of 63 years, and other family mem-

Bishop of the New York area (1972–1984)

Force Base, Mt. Gretna Playhouse, and

bers survive Jones.

and Washington, D.C. area (1984–1996).

Dutch Apple Dinner Theater. He was the

Joanne Young Opalenick ’57 died April

Yeakel’s LVC education was interrupted

recipient of LVC’s Distinguished Alumnus

30 in Voorhees, N.J. She began her

Award. Barbara Metzger Kline ’51, his

teaching career in Lancaster. During her

wife of 67 years, and a granddaughter,

professional career, Opalenick played

of divinity degree from the United

Jessica Liberati ’07, survive him.

the violin in various local orchestras,

Theological Seminary in Dayton,

John Vogel ’51 died March 9 in Prescott

directed the summer children’s program

Ohio. He pastored churches in Ohio,

Valley, Ariz. He was a U.S. Army/Air Force

at the LBI Foundation of Arts & Sciences,

Pennsylvania, and Maryland.

World War II veteran. After college, he

and taught music at Moorestown Friends

re-enlisted as an interpreter in the Air

School for 25 years.

by a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy Seabees. He then earned his master

Force, then was stationed in Turkey,

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Rosemary D. Ruhl ’58 died May 31 in

of LVC’s Symphony Orchestra and String

from 1963–1965. He was in the insur-

Camp Hill. She taught history for 40

Quartet. She was a longtime violinist and

ance business with Gingrich Insurance,

years, initially at Edison Junior High

violin teacher in Lancaster’s Dallastown

Hershey & Gibbel, and Horst Insurance.

School in Harrisburg and later at

Area and Penn Manor school districts.

He admired many U.S. military generals

Susquehanna Township Junior High

She also taught beginning cello in the

and read extensively about the American

School, from which she retired in 2000.

Suzuki method in her home studio. For

Civil War and World War II. Bell enjoyed

She was an active and faithful member

32 years, she delivered Lancaster Meals

hunting, golfing, and Penn State football.

of Hope United Presbyterian Church in

on Wheels, and in later years, taught

Dauphin. Ruhl was a member of the

English as a Second Language at the

Anna Suznovich Cico ’61 died Dec. 1,

Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma

Lebanon-Lancaster Literacy Council.

Sorority and enjoyed scrapbooking, knit-

Moyer was an active member of Grace

ting, and reading.

Lutheran Church in Lancaster. Her hus-

Scott F. Dimon ’59 died May 30 in

band, Karl Moyer ’59, survives her.

Harrisburg. He was a retired corporate

2020, in Buffalo, N.Y. She was a retired flight attendant for American Airlines. Lester S. Holstein II ’61 died Jan. 16 in San Clemente, Calif. He worked at the Milton Hershey School before attending

Holland Rotary Club and he enjoyed

’60s

seminary school in Illinois and Calif. He

helping his wife work in their garden.

Ronald B. Bell ’61 died Feb. 14 in Browns-

Licensed Vocational Nurse degree to do

Carolyn Schairer Moyer ’59 died March

town. He served in the U.S. Army as a

home health nursing. He was an accom-

Russian translator and then as a “boots

plished athlete at LVC and was inducted

executive. He was a member of the New

3 in Lancaster. She was the first violinist

taught and coached in Christian and public schools. In mid-life, he obtained his

on the ground” translator in West Berlin

Lois Brong Miller ’61

“Our faculty and students were saddened

Lois Brong Miller ’61 died April 21. She was

distinguished music education alumna,” said

a dedicated and passionate educator of music and literature and daughter of educators, who was an accomplished musician and performer. She was instrumental in the reconstruction of the Allentown Symphony Hall, which she helped save in the mid1980s, and served on the board of directors

to learn about the passing of one of our Professor Jeff Snyder, chair and professor of music and director of music business. “She has supported our students through her Lois Brong Miller Music Education Scholarship for almost two decades. Her name will be fondly remembered whenever we refer to Miller Chapel, which she was so instrumental

for many years (1985–1997), including sever-

in revitalizing.”

al years as president (1990–1995).

Miller was an active volunteer beyond her

Miller was a proud music education gradu-

musical passions. She was president of the

ate who supported her alma mater throughout her life. She established the Lois Brong Miller ’61 Music Education Scholarship in 2003 and was the lead philanthropist for the revitalization of Frederic K. Miller Chapel in 2016. The College named the Lois Brong Miller ’61 Sanctuary in recognition of her

Allentown Chapter of the Needlework Guild of America, a board member for Planned Parenthood, and served the United Fund of Lehigh County and local art museums. Miller was a lifelong member of the Fortnightly Club, The Huguenot Society of America, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.

generosity, and she was a member of LVC’s prestigious Lifetime Vickroy Society.

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IN MEMORIAM into the College Athletic Hall of Fame in

his sales career with Steris Isomedix and

Stewart in Secaucus. A woman of deep

1984. Holstein loved art and music.

Dale Carnegie. Martalus coached base-

faith, she was active in her local church

Judith Tanno Schairbaum ’64 died June 1

ball for many years. He was passionate

and conference, eventually working for

about the Philadelphia Phillies and an

The Upper Room in Nashville, Tenn. Her

avid follower of high school and college

husband, Robert B. Brandt ’71, sister,

Philadelphia School of Occupational

sports.

Lois Peterson Henckler ’74, and brother-

Therapy. She had a passion for travel

Margaret Alta Black ’68 died April 9 in

which took her to Japan, Guam, Australia,

Peach Bottom. She graduated from St.

Europe, and Africa. She became a travel

Joseph’s School of Medical Technology

Mary Jane Breininger Hindman ’71 died

agent and owned and operated a travel

then worked at the Poly Clinic Medical

Feb. 16 in Pine Grove. She was a regis-

agency in Ann Arbor, Jet-away Travel.

Center in Harrisburg. While at Poly Clinic,

tered nurse for the Good Samaritan

Schairbaum enjoyed animals of all kinds,

she enrolled at LVC, receiving her de-

Hospital in Pottsville, and in the early

art, volunteerism, and gardening.

gree in medical technology. Black

1970s was a school nurse for the Pine

Helene Springborn Eisenhauer ’66

retired from Poly Clinic in 1987, after 42

Grove Area School District until she re-

years of service. She was active in her

tired in 1994. She was a 50-year mem-

community and a member of Little

ber of the Order of Eastern Star, having

Britain Presbyterian Church since 1935.

belonged to the Mary E. Moore, Cressona,

Veteran’s Administration Hospital until

She enjoyed gardening and traveling.

and Orwigsburg chapters. Hindman

she retired. She traveled throughout the

Alan Hague ’68 died April 26 in Prescott,

U.S., visiting each state. Eisenhauer vol-

Ariz. He was a partner with Arthur

unteered with the National Council

Andersen & Co. until his retirement.

Rebecca Reber Cavanaugh ’73 died

of Catholic Women, Red Cross, and

At LVC, he ran cross country, was vice

April 25 in Leola. She worked nine years

Lebanon Senior Center. She enjoyed

president of Student Government, and a

as a high school teacher and then in

gardening and hiking.

member of Kappa Lambda Sigma and L

sales for Lebanon’s WIOV radio. She

MaryAnn Halladay ’67 died March 18 in

Club. Barbara Wert Hague ’71, his wife of

enjoyed woodworking, reading, painting,

Pennsauken, N.J. She began her career

53 years, survives him.

gardening, and watching old movies.

as a science teacher at Pyne Point Jr.

Eleanor “Ellie” Smith Bair ’69 died June

High School in N.J. In 1984, she joined

21 in Hershey. She worked at Geisinger

the Ciell, Roncce & Sumerson ENT Group

Medical Center, the Lebanon Veteran’s

Craig E. Suda ’73 died March 22 in

in Haddonfield, N.J., as an audiometric

Administration Medical Center, and

Willow Grove. He was the co-owner of

technician. Halladay facilitated South

retired from Hershey Medical Center,

the GEM Furniture Store in Nanticoke. He

Jersey’s Tinnitus Support Group for 21

where she was involved in research and

loved the tales of J.R.R. Tolkien, learn-

years. She was an active member at

development of the artificial heart. She

ing about the Civil War, hunting, fishing,

Martin Luther Chapel and traveled in

was a longtime member and Sunday

reading, and playing chess. Susan Puglisi

Malaysia, Thailand, Europe, Israel, and

school teacher at Palmyra Grace Church

Kennedy ’73, his former wife, and son,

Ecuador. Her brother, John “Jack”

and later at Bible Fellowship Church of

Jason Suda ’02, survive him.

Halladay ’67, predeceased her.

Lebanon. Bair volunteered at Jubilee

James F. Feeman Jr. ’75 died March 19

Linda Pierce Irwin ’67 died Aug. 28,

Ministries after retiring.

in Ann Arbor, Mich. After LVC, she attended the University of Pennsylvania

died Feb. 7 in Lebanon. She served in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II. She was a nurse at the Lebanon

2020. Richard Irwin ’65, her husband of 53 years, survives her. Robert “Bob” Martalus ’67 died June 27 in Tewksbury, N.J. He was a standout member of the football team invited for a try-out by the Miami Dolphins. He began a career with Johnson & Johnson in 1967, retiring in 1996. He continued

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’70s

in-law, Henry “Hank” Henckler ’73 survive her.

loved watching college basketball and was an avid Philadelphia Eagles fan.

Her father, Dr. Howard Reber ’37, predeceased her.

in Newington, Conn. He was employed for 39 years as a premium auditor for CNA Insurance, retiring in 2020. An avid sports fan of the Philadelphia Eagles

Ruth Peterson Brandt ’70 died May

and Phillies, he also enjoyed golf and

9 in Hawthorne, N.J. A former spe-

darts. Joan Feeman Zeiter ’77, his sister,

cial needs teacher, she taught herself

survives him.

computer skills and recently worked in

Daniel A. Hoffman ’79 died May 1 in Bath.

retail clothing as an allocator for Ashley

He played in the Jazz Band while at LVC.

He was a music teacher in the 1980s

Canada, Great Britain, and the Wheeling,

was interested in news and politics and

before becoming a draftsman at Lee As-

W.Va., Jamboree.

volunteered at the election polls. She

sociates in Clinton, N.J. Hoffman enjoyed

John G. Funk ’99 died Aug. 18, 2020, in

and her late husband, Frederick D. Koons

playing many instruments, including bass guitar, keyboard, and saxophone. He enjoyed playing country music and gospel music for various churches.

’80s Lori Jayne Kremser ’80 died April 23 in San Luis Obispo, Calif. She had a 30-year career as a real estate agent and broker in the company she founded, and was recognized as the 1997 Affiliate of the Year for the Pismo Coast Association of Realtors. Kremser regularly performed clarinet with the San Luis Obispo (SLO) Chamber Orchestra, SLO Wind Orchestra, Coast Union High School Pit Orchestra, Central Coast Gilbert & Sullivan Company, and her wind quintet.

’90s Christopher M. Kline ’92 died March 11 in Camden, N.J. After LVC, he worked for

Lancaster. He worked in the IT department for Armstrong Industries from 1973

’48, created the Frederick D. and Louise K. Koons Scholarship at LVC to support a

until his retirement in 2010.

graduating Lebanon High School senior

’00s

education. Her son-in-law, James A.

David J. Dunkle ’03 died March 22 in Lancaster. He worked at Ephrata National Bank, and was a devout Philadelphia Phillies, Eagles, and Orlando Magic fan. Dunkle loved camping and hiking with his family.

FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE Phyllis Pastore Basehore died May 22 in Palmyra. She worked for The Hershey

accepted to LVC who plans to major in Erdman II H’19, retired LVC adjunct instructor of music, survives her. Pauline T. Kreider died June 4 in Cleona. She worked as a registered nurse for the Lebanon Veteran’s Administration Hospital and LVC. She also was a nursing administrator for Twin Oaks Nursing Home in Palmyra. Kreider was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Annville. She enjoyed shopping, cooking, baking bread, and going to the beach.

Company for 14 years. She also worked

Dr. James N. Spencer died March 20 in

at LVC from 1994 to 2004, first as a sec-

Willow Street. He served on the facul-

retary for two years, then as assistant

ty at LVC for 13 years before going to

to the president from 1996 to 2004. She

Franklin & Marshall College. Spencer

was a volunteer for the Children’s Mira-

was one of the few chemists to receive

cle Network.

more than one national award from the

Lauren Herb Dow died April 9 in Lower

American Chemical Society (ACS).

Saucon Township. She was the direc-

Edward “Ed” Spittle died April 17 in

tor of major gifts at Lafayette College,

Lebanon. He was a legendary local

and began her career as LVC’s assistant

softball and baseball coach inducted

director of annual giving. In 2019, she

into several hall of fames, including the

nominated a co-worker for ABC News

Central Chapter of the PA Sports Hall of

correspondent Robin Roberts’ series

Fame. Spittle coached baseball at LVC

“Thriver Thursday.” Her wish to honor

(1985–90) and softball (2005–2011). The

him came to fruition in November 2019,

Jonestown Junior Legion Baseball Field

where Roberts also had Dow share her

was named Ed Spittle Field in 2004 in his

Curtis H. Clark ’95 died June 24 in Dan-

own thriver story.

honor. “Ed touched the lives of numer-

ville. He was an elementary teacher for

James Haley, Vernon and Doris Bishop

Transworld Entertainment (“The Wall” music stores) as a store manager. In 2000, he began a career as a risk analyst, working at Minotola National Bank (later, Susquehanna Bank). He was a big NFL fan and loved the New Orleans Saints, and enjoyed watching the New Jersey Devils and Baltimore Orioles.

21 years, most recently teaching second grade in the East Juniata School District. He enjoyed hunting, working as a DJ at weddings, and sprint car racing.

Library technician, died June 18. He had joyfully served LVC students in Bishop during evenings and weekends for the past 12 years. He was dedicated to sup-

ous athletes and coaches at LVC, on and off the softball and baseball fields,” said Stacy Hollinger, LVC associate director of athletics and senior women’s administrator. “He was one of the most genuine and kind-hearted individuals I ever met.

Mary Ann Thomas Deatrick ’97 died Jan.

porting his students

28 in Lancaster. She worked at Franklin

Louise Koons died Jan. 29 in Lebanon.

around him better, as players and people

She was a 50+ year active member of 4th

—what an amazing gift.

& Marshall College for 29 years. She loved sports and played five musical instruments. She traveled with her parents, singing and entertaining people in

He had the innate ability to make those

Street Presbyterian Church/St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Lebanon. She

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The Valley Magazine: Fall 2021

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President's Message

Graduate & Professional Studies

In Memoriam

Breen Center for Graduate Success

Tax-wise Giving from Your IRA

Class News & Notes

Feature: Then and Now

Valley Views