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CLASS NOTES
SPRING 2010
Class Notes In order to ensure that your news will appear in a given issue, please submit it according to the schedule below:
Fall 2010 issue: June 1, 2010 Winter 2010-11 issue: September 1, 2010 Please send news to: Alumni Services Office P.O. Box 1002 Millersville, PA 17551-0302 Phone: 800-681-1855 Fax: 717-871-5050 Email: mualumni@millersville.edu Online community: www.villealumni.com
1920s Anna (Snader) Harsh ‘29, New Holland, celebrated her 100th birthday on 11/2/09. She was a school teacher for more than 40 years.
1940s The Class of 1940 (check out the photo on pages 18-19) and Class of 1945 reunions will be held at Homecoming on October 23, 2010. William E. Keim ‘49, Telford, received the 10th annual Perkasie Historical Society Living History Award. He served as an educator, member of many local
boards and organizations, and continues to actively volunteer.
1950s John W. Kambic ‘56, New Cumberland, celebrated his 55th wedding anniversary with his wife, Nancy, on 1/22/10. Judith (Wade) Artz ‘57, Lancaster, celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with husband, Richard, on 11/25/09.
1960s The Class of 1960 & Class of 1965 reunions will be held at Homecoming on October 23, 2010. Richard L. Frerichs ‘64, Millersville, was re-elected to the Penn Manor School Board. David M. Hontz ‘69, Watsonville, was appointed mayor of Watsonville, population 2,600, in May 2008 and was elected in November to continue for a four-year term. He is a retired industrial technology teacher from Warrior Run School District.
1970s The Class of 1970 reunion will be held at Homecoming on October 23, 2010. Hugh Coffman ‘70, Lititz, and wife Patricia Leoniak ‘71 developed ReadMyNews.com, a free website and network that allows anyone to become a reporter and editor. Leoniak is publisher of the Hempfield Suburban News and Coffman works as a public relations executive. C. Frederick Ralston ‘70, Clearfield, retired as the director of the Bureau of Correction Education of the Pa. Department of Corrections.
Lieutenant Colonel Douglas R. Smith ‘74, Hummelstown, is deployed to Iraq with the 316th Sustainment Command (expeditionary). He writes, “We were responsible for moving supply convoys throughout Iraq. I served as an intelligence staff officer from July 2007 through June 2008. I also had the honor of serving in central Iraq with Lt. Elizabeth Kuhl ‘04.”
Bonnie (Garren) Redcay ‘72, Reading, retired from Conrad Weiser School District after 35 years of teaching. Judith Anttonen ‘73, ‘76M, Millersville, received the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees 2008-2009 Volunteer of the Year award from the Lancaster chapter. She retired from Conestoga Valley School District in 2006. Nina Brown ‘75, ‘91M, Lititz, serves as an education consultant with the Warwick School District. R. William Field ‘77, ‘85M, Iowa City, Iowa, serves as part of an international team of scientists, that contributed to a new World Health Organization publication regarding radon in residential settings. He was appointed by President Obama to the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. He is a professor of occupational and environmental health and epidemiology at the University of Iowa College of Public Health. Cheryl D. Holland-Jones ‘78, Lancaster, was elected treasurer for the City of Lancaster. She is
the executive director of Crispus Attucks Community Center.
1980s Cynthia (Kirk) Dohner ‘81, Lawrenceville, Ga., was selected as regional director for the Southeast Region of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Kevin B. Mahoney ‘81, Malvern, was promoted to vice dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He continues his responsibilities as senior vice president and chief administrative officer at the Penn Health System. John Moore ‘82, D.O., Malvern, joined Aetna as a patient management medical director. Previously, he served as a family physician with a large group practice in Wilmington, Del. Glenn Esler ‘84, Portland, Ore., obtained credentials as an ISO 17025 certified auditor and was promoted to staff environmental chemist with AMEC Earth & Environmental. Robert McKenzie ‘84, East Stroudsburg, has authored a college textbook comparing media
