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Taking Your Own Path
president’smessage
T o r i H a r i n g - S m i th
winter2010 Executive Editor Megan Monaghan Associate Editor Robert Reid
As I travel and meet W&J alumni, I am continually impressed by the leaders this College has produced in fields as diverse as pharmacology, civil rights, financial advising, technology, education, insurance, oncology, retail services, restaurants and the ministry. For a small school, one with only 12,000 living alumni (fewer than the number of graduates the University of Michigan produces in one year alone), W&J has a remarkable record. Not only have we been ranked first in the country (per capita) for educating future attorneys and third for educating future physicians and medical researchers, but we also graduate many individuals whose career paths are less familiar. Many of those individuals create or play a significant role in shaping new fields of endeavor. They are true entrepreneurs.
“Creativity and flexibility are crucial for today’s young graduates, since most will change careers–not jobs, but careers–at least nine times throughout the course of their lives.”
In this edition of the magazine, you will learn the stories of several individuals who have pursued unusual careers. You will meet a philosophy major who became an expert on the chemistry needed to improve the performance of athletic shoes. Then, having helped the industry grow, he has led worldwide efforts to reduce its environmental impact. You also will meet a woman who, after a long and successful career in the army, retired as a major and now does research on dolphins and whales. You will learn the amazing story of a young man who moved from the service counter to the board room at McDonald’s and then founded his own bakery and paper companies to supply the fast food industry. These individuals all have helped establish W&J’s prestigious reputation. They exemplify the flexibility of mind and entrepreneurial spirit that are the hallmarks of an outstanding W&J liberal arts education. Creativity and flexibility are crucial for today’s young graduates, since most will change careers—not jobs, but careers—at least nine times throughout the course of their lives. To prepare students not only for their first career, but also for a lifetime of careers, W&J must combine a strong grounding in a major field with the kind of small classes and intense educational encounters that are needed to help students learn how to write clearly, to speak confidently, to read carefully and thoughtfully, to think critically and to solve problems in creative ways. Students with these skills will have no difficulty navigating a landscape of unfamiliar careers. These individuals will break new ground in medicine, help the law to evolve as our society changes, find new ways to stimulate and educate young minds and discover new markets and businesses to explore. They will be exemplary lifelong learners. W&J’s alumni are its legacy. Their lives confirm whether or not the College fulfills its mission “to graduate young men and women of uncommon integrity, competence and maturity . . . who are prepared to make a significant contribution to the world today.” The College’s strong momentum and its growing reputation for excellence are grounded in the lives of all our alumni. Thank you all for helping to make W&J the exciting and highly respected college that it is today.
Contributors Amanda Bundick ’10, Kerri DiGiovanni ’09, Rebecca Keenan, Scott McGuinness, Georgia Schumacher ’10, Breanna Smith ’11 Design The VisuGroup, Martina Thomas Vanik Design, Jeff Vanik Editorial Assistant Pamela Norris Student Assistant Michele Krasnesky ‘12 Photography Stacy (Derrow) Herrick ’06, Jim McNutt, Robert Reid, Martin Santek Photography, Daniel Shaw, Teanca Shepherd, Sarah Sperry, Gigi Wiltanger
W&J magazine, published twice a year by the Office of Communications, highlights alumni and campus news about and of interest to more than 12,000 living alumni and friends of the College. To receive additional copies or back issues, please call 724-223-6531 or e-mail wjmag@washjeff.edu.
On the Cover
In this original watercolor by Chuck Brodd, the footsteps in the snow represent W&J alumni choosing to forego traditional career paths in favor of defining their own professions.
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Jay Today ........................................................................................................................................................ 4
Sports Talk ............................................................................................................................................. 21
Taking Your Own Path .............................................................................. 14
Alumni Connection .......................................................................................... 26 Class Notes ....................................................................................................................................... 35 Honor Roll of Donors ................................................................................. 47
Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2009
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1939 graduate reflects on years at W&J
Dear Editor:
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We’re honored! The Fall 2008 issue of W&J magazine has been recognized on the bronze level in the magazine category by the College and University Public Relations Association of Pennsylvania (CUPRAP). The award-winning issue is dedicated to W&J’s professors and features Robert Dodge, Ph.D., professor of history at W&J since 1970, on the cover. The magazine will be honored at the annual CUPRAP conference March 11 in Hershey, Pa. CUPRAP is a voluntary organization of communications professionals in the field of higher education. Founded in 1980, CUPRAP has 400 members from 100 institutions in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
notedand quoted “If an applicant feels his or her test score is not an accurate reflection of his or her ability, this is an option. It gives an applicant the opportunity to come to campus and shine.” –Robert Adkins, director of admission at W&J, in an article, “SAT or ACT scores now not problem at W&J,” published in the Sept. 26 edition of the Washington (Pa.) Observer-Reporter after W&J announced a new policy that gives applicants the option of reporting ACT and/or SAT scores as part of the application process.
“It’s really such a positive statement to the entire community that others are stepping up to help. If she [W&J President Tori Haring-Smith] didn’t get involved, others would not have joined in.” – Washington (Pa.) Mayor Sonny Spossey in an Oct. 15 Washington (Pa.) Observer-Reporter article titled, “College president leads fire truck drive,” which highlights W&J taking the lead in a campaign to help raise money for a new city fire truck.
Spotlight: No. 13 Thomas More (Ky.) travels to No. 6 Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) for a battle of unbeatens that probably will determine the Division III Presidents’ Athletic Conference championship. The Saints won last year’s meeting 35-29 for their first victory in four tries against W&J to claim the league crown. But the Presidents have not gone two years without winning at least a share of the PAC title since 1982-83. Running might be tough. Thomas More ranks sixth in Division III in rushing defense, with the Presidents just behind in seventh.” – College Football Weekend Preview feature in the Oct. 30 edition of USA Today.
The Washington, Pa., school’s [W&J] Give It Forward Together (GIFT) program provides grants to students whose families have suffered job loss or, because of credit tightening, no longer receive financial assistance.” – Jeff Wuorio in his Oct. 13 column on CBS MoneyWatch.com titled, “14 Colleges With Tuition Bargains.”
“They [students] are following their passions. They are following their dreams.” – W&J President Tori Haring-Smith in a July 23 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article, “W&J program lets students write their life curriculum.” The story showcases W&J’s Magellan Project, which provides support for students who wish to pursue interesting projects during their college careers.
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first thing I always tell students is
choosing a college begins with self-assessment and reflection.”
– Alton Newell, Vice President for Enrollment at W&J, in an article titled, “Choose the right college, then look at the price,” in the Oct. 13 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
“I think that’s the W&J story. What we give back to the community are young men and women whose lives have been transformed and who have this incredible ripple effect throughout this region.” -W&J President Tori Haring-Smith, when asked to share what W&J means to the community in an interview with The Heinz Endowments for “In the Spotlight,” a special series which featured W&J on its Web site from Nov. 23-Dec. 6.
“This is a wonderful opportunity to exchange valuable information on this worldwide problem. W&J’s project is at the forefront in looking at the care of PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) among Reserve Component troops in rural regions. The American experience with combat-related PTSD is not exclusive and this is a great chance for us to exchange information and be a leader in this field.” – Elizabeth Bennett, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at W&J and co-principal investigator for CSIP, in an article titled, “Researchers with Washington & Jefferson College’s Combat Stress Initiative Presenting at International PTSD Conference,” published on collegenews.org Oct. 20.
“At Petside, we know how much the companionship of a pet can benefit a college student, particularly in the form of stress-relief and as a remedy for homesickness. We are pleased to know that so many of America’s colleges are welcoming responsible students and their pets.” – Joshua Fried, Director, Petside.com, which placed W&J No. 3 in its 2009 ranking of pet-friendly schools. The story ran in a variety of media outlets in late August, including Philadelphia Examiner.com and the San Francisco Chronicle. 3
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By the Numbers: Class of 2013 The arrival of the Class of 2013 was celebrated during Washington & Jefferson College’s traditional Matriculation ceremony. Yet there is nothing traditional about the members of the newest freshman class, who introduce a broad spectrum of backgrounds, interests and passions to the W&J community. In her Matriculation address, President Tori Haring-Smith shared some interesting numbers about W&J’s latest class.
Sixty Six future politicians served on student government
3.34
is the class’s average high school GPA
393
students comprise the Class of 2013
Thirteen % 75 of the class
participated in high school varsity sports
scholars were valedictorians
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LEADERS were elected senior class president
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were crowned Homecoming queen
FIVE wear the Eagle Scout badge of honor
It’s On
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A series of videos showcasing the student experience at Washington & Jefferson College debuted on the College home page in January. A variety of students and faculty members were interviewed for the pieces, which offer a behindthe-scenes look into the academic, career and social opportunities afforded at W&J. Featured topics include internships, the study abroad program, the Magellan Project, entertainment in Pittsburgh, and life after graduation. Another set of videos will roll out later this year. To watch, visit www.washjeff.edu/videos.
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W&J listed by Forbes as one of America’s Best Colleges Washington & Jefferson College is ranked in the top 20 percent (no. 117) among 600 undergraduate institutions in Forbes’ second annual list of America’s Best Colleges. Compiled by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity (CCAP), the list ranks the institutions based on the quality of the education and the experience of the students and how much they achieve. While some college rankings are based partly on school reputation as evaluated by college administrators and on the amount of money spent, Forbes focuses on what directly concerns incoming students: Will my courses be interesting and rewarding? Will I get a good job after I graduate? Is it likely I will graduate in four years? Will I incur a ton of debt getting my degree? To answer these questions, the staff at CCAP gathered data from a variety of sources, including the rankings on student evaluations of courses and instructors, as recorded on RateMyProfessors.com. Also considered is post-graduate success, which is equally determined by enrollmentadjusted entries in Who’s Who in America, and by a new metric, the average salaries of graduates reported by Payscale.com. The last component is based on the number of students or faculty, adjusted for enrollment, who have won nationally competitive awards like Rhodes Scholarships or Nobel Prizes. “It is quite an honor to achieve such a high ranking on the Forbes’ list,” said W&J President Tori Haring-Smith. “It is a list that is largely based on input from students, which makes it extremely relevant. It is vital that we receive feedback from students and can be measured on how successful we are at what we do.” According to Forbes on its Web site, “there are more than 4,000 college campuses in the United States, and the CCAP ranks only the top 15 percent or so of all undergraduate institutions.”
Washington County honors President Haring-Smith as outstanding woman in business Washington & Jefferson College President Tori Haring-Smith received the 2009 Outstanding Woman in Business Award from the Washington County Chamber of Commerce at its Annual Banquet & Business Exposition in November. Chamber President Jeff Kotula said Haring-Smith was honored “in recognition of her dedication to the community for her ongoing business efforts to increase the county’s quality of life through education.” “It is an honor to be recognized by the Washington County Chamber of Commerce,” Haring-Smith said. “I believe in Washington County and all that this community has to offer. It is critical that W&J, the City of Washington, and Washington County continue to work together to build a strong future for the region.” The annual event is the largest gathering of business leaders in Washington County and one of the largest events of its kind in Southwestern Pennsylvania. Haring-Smith became W&J’s 12th president in January 2005. Under her leadership, the College has grown from 1,200 to 1,500 students, while raising the academic profile of its students and increasing geographic, socio-economic, and ethnic diversity. Haring-Smith has encouraged the growth of the College’s global involvement, increasing the
number of study abroad programs from four to 40 and establishing programs for international students at W&J. She also created the nationally acclaimed Magellan Project, which provides the opportunity for all W&J students to take advantage of challenging independent study/travel opportunities, prestigious internships, or advanced research fellowships.
“I believe in Washington County and all that this community has to offer. It is critical that W&J, the City of Washington, and Washington County continue to work together to build a strong future for the region.” – President Tori Haring-Smith
Haring-Smith oversaw the completion of new residence halls and theme houses in 2005 and, in 2010, she is opening the new state-of-the-art John A. Swanson Science Center, clear evidence of the College’s commitment to sustaining its strong tradition of excellence in the sciences. She continues to lead development efforts to increase
W&J President Tori-Haring Smith receives the Washington County Chamber of Commerce’s 2009 Outstanding Woman in Business Award from Chamber President Jeff Kotula.
the College’s endowment, integrate its curricular and co-curricular programs, work collaboratively with the surrounding region, and preserve and expand W&J’s historic campus.
Jeffrey Conn ‘86 recognized by W&J for innovative leadership Jeffrey Conn ‘86, managing partner with Thorp Reed & Armstrong in Pittsburgh, was honored with W&J’s Maurice Cleveland Waltersdorf Award for Innovative Leadership at a November luncheon at the Rivers Club in Pittsburgh. The Maurice Cleveland Waltersdorf Award for Innovative Leadership annually recognizes outstanding alumni of W&J who attain a high level of achievement and exemplify the spirit and leadership qualities manifested by Dr. Maurice C. Waltersdorf, who served as a professor and chairman of the Department of Economics at the College for 32 years. “I am honored to be chosen to receive the Waltersdorf Award,” Conn said. “Throughout my career, I always have placed great value and emphasis on leadership and very much enjoy serving in leadership roles. My experiences at W&J played a significant role in helping me to develop
the leadership skills and work ethic that I have today and I am proud to be an alumnus of W&J.” A 1989 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Conn’s primary areas of practice are commercial and real estate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and real estate law. He regularly represents lenders, borrowers, real estate developers and small, middle-market and large corporations in a variety of transactional matters and matters involving general corporate advice. At W&J, Conn earned the Benjamin Franklin Prize in Economics in 1986 and was a Dean’s List scholar for seven semesters. He was the men’s basketball team captain, a three-year letterman, and was named the team’s most valuable player in 1986. He was an academic All-American nominee the same year.
Jeffrey Conn ’86 (center) receives the Waltersdorf Award for Innovative Leadership at a November luncheon in Pittsburgh. He is congratulated by John Gregor, Ph.D., professor of economics (left) and W&J President Tori Haring-Smith (right).
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“W&J’s project is at the forefront in looking at the care of post-traumatic stress disorder among Reserve Component troops in rural regions.”
-Elizabeth Bennett, Ph.D.
W&J researchers present combat stress initiative in Israel Washington & Jefferson College introduced its Combat Stress Intervention Program (CSIP) to the world in October at a conference in Israel dedicated to preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. The event was hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies and the Israel Science Foundation. Elizabeth Bennett, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at W&J and co-principal investigator for CSIP, and Mary Schafer, M.A., research associate for CSIP and psychology doctoral candidate at West Virginia University, presented “Identifying and Removing Barriers to Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Among Returning Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom National Guard and Reserve Members in Rural Southwestern Pennsylvania.”
“This was a wonderful opportunity to exchange valuable information on this worldwide problem. W&J’s project is at the forefront in looking at the care of PTSD among Reserve Component troops in rural regions,” Bennett said. “The American experience with combat-related PTSD is not exclusive and this was a great opportunity for us to exchange information and be a leader in this field.” CSIP is engaged with mental health care providers, family members, community members, and returning National Guard and Reserve members to develop a more comprehensive understanding of treatment challenges and how they can be overcome. This multi-method research has involved surveys of returning service members, family focus groups, and physician and emergency room assessments. Through the program, data has been collected from 765 previously deployed members of the National Guard and Reserve from Southwestern Pennsylvania. Forty-three percent of the respondents are older than 40 years of age and the average military experience of the respondents is 15.8 years, breaking the stereotype of 19-year-old troops that was prevalent during the Vietnam War, Bennett said.
Mary Schafer (left) and Elizabeth Bennett (right) take in the views of Israel during a conference dedicated to preventing and treating post-traumatic stress disorder. Bennett and Schafer introduced W&J’s Combat Stress Intervention Program at the event.
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Embarrassment, fear of harming their careers, and apprehension of requiring medication for treatment are among the many reasons troops refuse to seek help. More than 60 percent of the survey group also indicated that believing fellow members of the military experienced problems worse than their own would prevent them from seeking help. “Of the respondents, 43 percent acknowledged that they are currently experiencing stress, emotional, alcohol, drug or family problems to various degrees—28 percent mild, 12 percent moderate, and 3 percent severe. Just under half of them, 45 percent, reported that they either have sought help in the last 12 months or are currently interested in seeking help,” Bennett said.
According to Bennett, the belief that “you should handle problems yourself” has emerged as a critical variable in the open-ended responses of reasons for not seeking treatment and in distinguishing personnel who sought treatment from those who did not seek treatment. She said unique interventions are needed to address this mindset. The objective of the family focus group component of the CSIP, which Bennett and Schafer also addressed at the workshop, is to garner perceptions—opinions, beliefs, knowledge, values, self-efficacy, and attitudes—from the family members and significant others of the identified population of rural veterans. The consensus among the families who attended the focus groups was that combat is a life-changing experience that can impose a psychological burden upon returning service members. The family members and significant others representing veterans discussed the emotional challenge this experience can present not only to veterans, but to those close to veterans as well. “Several researchers we talked to from the Veteran’s Administration and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research were excited about the similarities in our findings, which help to provide validation for the emerging picture of the impact of the current conflict on American service members,” Bennett said. “They also were encouraged about our work with rural National Guard and Reserve members, a population about which we have little data, yet who make up a large percentage of the veterans of the current conflicts. Many of the researchers at the conference were focused on treatment, which is not our primary focus. However, we will be able to use our increased knowledge of evidence-based treatment options to enhance the content of our community intervention materials.” –Robert Reid
Yellow Ribbon campaign helps U.S. veterans pay for college Joining forces with colleges and universities across the country, Washington & Jefferson College is providing U.S. veterans with financial assistance and access to an affordable degree through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program. The program allows institutions of higher learning in the U.S. to voluntarily enter into an agreement with Veterans Affairs (VA) to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate, which, in Pennsylvania, belongs to Pennsylvania State University. The institution can contribute up to 50 percent of those expenses and the VA will match that amount. As part of its involvement with the Yellow Ribbon Program, W&J will provide $10,000 per eligible student a year to an unlimited number of students. Robert Adkins, director of admission at W&J, said the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill pays up to the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition. Students’ tuitions and fees may exceed that amount if they are attending a private institution, graduate school, or an out-of-state institution. In this case, the $10,000 from W&J will provide additional assistance to the veteran, generally bridging the “tuition gap.”
All troops who served on active duty after Sept. 11, 2001, may qualify for some or all of the benefits, depending on their length of service. Other troops may be eligible for education benefits such as the Montgomery G.I. Bill and the Reserve Educational Assistance Program. Dependents of qualifying veterans also are eligible for assistance under the Yellow Ribbon Program. “Our veterans are a special population and deserve to have these opportunities. We want these men and women to have access to an education and graduate with as little debt as possible and without student loans,” Adkins said. One unique feature of the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill is the ability of the veterans to transfer all or some of their earned benefits to their children. This could open an opportunity for dependents of local National Guard and Reserve service members who have deployed in the past few years to attend W&J. “W&J is so very proud of our prominent military alumni and we look forward to this opportunity to support the next generation of veterans who walk onto our campus as students,” Adkins said.
G.I. Jobs magazine lists W&J as military-friendly school Washington & Jefferson College is among the schools doing the most to embrace veterans as students according to G.I. Jobs magazine, which names W&J in its 2010 list of Military Friendly Schools. The list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that share a priority to recruit students with military experience. “This list is especially important now because the recently enacted Post-9/11 GI Bill has given veterans virtually unlimited financial means to go to school,” Rich McCormack, G.I. Jobs publisher, said. “Veterans now can enroll in any school, provided they’re academically qualified. So schools are clamoring for them like never before. Veterans need a trusted friend to help them decide where to get educated. The Military Friendly Schools list is that trusted friend.” Schools deemed “military friendly” offer additional benefits to student veterans, such as on-campus veterans programs, credit for service and military spouse programs.
In remembrance LTC Stephen Lockridge ’89 of the U.S. Army gives an address on the steps of Old Main at the Veterans Memorial Service in October. “Today we honor and celebrate our military, especially those from Washington & Jefferson College,” he said. “We thank them for our country, we thank them for our freedom, and we thank them for their sacrifice.” Also pictured are LTC (ret) Susan R. Kepler ‘74, member of the Office of Development, and Amanda Hagenbuch ‘10.
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W&J Young Republicans cover the lawn in front of the Olin Fine Arts and Technology Centers with American flags to remember the lives lost Sept. 11, 2001.
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Theater festival spotlights original W&J play “Love @ 1st Plight,” an original comedy written by Drew Aloe ’09, was selected to be performed at the Region 2 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in January at Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Waller Theatre. Written by Aloe as a senior project at Washington & Jefferson College, “Love @ 1st Plight” premiered at the Olin Fine Arts Center in November, under the direction of T. Scott Frank, associate professor of theatre and communication at W&J. “The Kennedy Center always is looking for new artists, and ‘Love @ 1st Plight’ is the finest undergraduate play I have ever read,” Frank said. “This is the first W&J-student-written production, and the first W&J production of any kind, to be performed at this Festival. It is quite an honor and I could not be prouder of Drew and the cast.”
The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival is a year-round program in eight geographic regions in the United States. In January and February of each year, festivals showcase the finest of each region’s entered productions and offer a variety of activities, including workshops, symposia and regional-level award programs. “W&J has had and continues to have a lot of talented students and a lot of talented playwrights, and Drew is one of those students,” Frank said. “He has a great mind for theater and he is a great actor, too.”
Aloe said he plans on attending graduate school in the near future to study screenwriting. In the meantime, he is excited about the opportunity to showcase “Love @ 1st Plight” to a regional audience. “I was hoping the play was good enough and certainly part of me hoped it would be selected. I am very excited, and was a bit shocked when I found out,” Aloe said. “This is a great opportunity for more people to see the play and will give me some great experience, a great foothold, for the rest of my career.”
Playwright Drew Aloe ’09 (left) poses with the cast and crew of “Love @ 1st Plight,” on the Olin Fine Arts Center stage. The production was selected to be performed at the Region 2 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in January.
Scott praised Aloe’s work, noting that the comedy is “very well-written, very well-structured.” “Love @ 1st Plight” is the first full-length play Aloe has written. He describes it as “a romantic comedy about four college students and what might happen if Shakespearian plot devices were imposed on their lives.”
Student volunteers give back to community in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day The spirit of volunteerism was infectious at Washington & Jefferson College in January as students, faculty and staff paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. in the most fitting of ways – by giving back to those in need. From Jan. 15-18, the W&J community organized and participated in a number of service projects on and off campus in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Teanca Shepherd, assistant dean of student life and director of diversity programs and multicultural affairs, said the W&J community never disappoints when volunteers are in need.
Abrianne Rhoad ’13 paints a middle school hallway in the Washington School District as part of a campus-wide volunteer effort in support of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
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“I could not be happier about our participation in Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities,” she said. “One student in particular who was painting in a local school would not stop until it was perfect. It is that kind of work ethic, as well as that kind of willingness to become involved and help those in need, that makes me so proud.”
W&J students participated in the following initiatives: • Washington Women’s Shelter: sorted, loaded, and cleaned donations at Washington Crown Center • Habitat for Humanity: assisted a demolition crew in Cokeburg, Pa. • Washington School District: painted hallway of middle school • Washington City Mission: painted and decorated bathroom • American Cancer Society: stuffed envelopes on campus According to mlkday.com, Americans of every age and background celebrate Dr. King through service projects that “strengthen communities, empower individuals, and bridge barriers.” “This is a wonderful opportunity to recognize our volunteers and reflect on the inspirational words of Martin Luther King Jr.,” Shepherd said.
Student blogs offer window into campus life Student blogs received regional attention in December when Washington & Jefferson College was featured as an “In the Spotlight” organization on The Heinz Endowments Web site. The site gives organizations that have received grants from The Heinz Endowments an opportunity to share their stories. A question-and-answer session with W&J President Tori Haring-Smith highlights the feature, as do nearly two dozen personal narratives composed by a class of professional-writing students. Blog topics ranged from athletics to the study abroad program to the newly constructed John A. Swanson Science Center. Join in on the conversation at www.heinz.org/grants_spotlight.aspx.
W&J recognized as third pet-friendliest college in U.S. Take a walk on campus at Washington & Jefferson College and as you might expect, you will see more than a handful of students walking with you. But take a closer look, specifically around Monroe Hall behind the Rossin Campus Center, and you might find a dog enjoying the day as well. For five years, W&J has been allowing students who live in the “Pet House” the privilege of bringing their pets to school. Now, Petside.com, an online source for pet owners and pet enthusiasts, has recognized the policy by ranking W&J number three in its list of the Top 10 Pet-Friendly Colleges. W&J is one of only two schools in Pennsylvania to make the list. “The ‘pet house’ on campus has become increasingly popular and it is a policy that has worked very well,” Steven Anderson, associate dean of student life at W&J, said. “Our students appreciate the opportunity to bring their pets to campus and have shown they are more than able to be responsible for their care. The animals also have been a wonderful addition to campus and we thank Petside.com for recognizing this as well.” W&J’s pet policy allows each resident of Monroe Hall to bring a pet that has been in the family for at least one year and is at least one-and-a-half years of age. Anderson said it is the responsibility of the
Students enjoy the company of their pets on the W&J campus.
pet owner to protect the rights of all students as well as the physical beauty of the campus. Pets that are allowed include cats, dogs (under 40 lbs.), small birds, hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs and fish. Pets are permitted only in the designated residential “pet house.” Fish are permitted in all residence halls. A wet aquarium shall not exceed 20 gallons. Dogs and cats are not permitted on campus during the summer.
To determine the ranking, Petside.com editors considered the types of pets permitted in university housing (allowing dogs and cats was preferred), types of housing and number of units included. Points also were awarded based on the size of the school, the number of years the school has allowed pets, and considerations made for any required deposits or weight/breed restrictions. 9
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“I covered President Clinton’s visit to the College in 2008. I had to go to the rally, write the story, put the article in layout, and send the pages in only a half an hour. I truly understand the meaning of working under a deadline now.” - Gina Dominick ’10, Red & Black managing editor
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I will always remember that once a Red ‘n’ Blacker, always a Red ‘n’ Blacker.
Students studying in the Ski Lodge in the lower level of the Commons may notice a strange thing happens each Wednesday. Starting at about 4:30 p.m., students start trickling through, heading toward and then disappearing down a short hallway. This process starts slowly at first, just a few students at a time, but as it gets closer to 5 p.m., the trickle turns into a flood of students all making their way toward the same room. If any of these students were to be curious enough to follow, they would find themselves heading past the offices of the College radio station, and across from the Pandora yearbook office, they would find the magnet drawing this crowd to be the office of the student newspaper, the Red & Black. Each Wednesday at 5 p.m., these students are called to the office for the weekly staff meeting. About 30 students regularly flood the tiny office at these meetings, sitting on desks, sprawling across the floor, and spilling out into the hallway. Christine D’Auria ’10, this year’s editor-in-chief, opens the meetings by thanking everyone for their work on the previous issue, pointing out the highlights. She then hands the meeting over to Gina Dominick ’10, managing editor, and Taylor Pollier ’10, production manager, to provide the staff with tips on a wide variety of subjects ranging from the correct use of “alumnus” to, “If you start a sentence with ‘But,’ I’m going to kick yours.” Once the staff has been briefed on improving their work, the most essential part of the meeting begins – assignments. Each section editor previously has come up with a list of stories and photographs they would like to include in the next issue. They describe each aloud to the room and keep their fingers crossed that someone will volunteer to take the story. Eventually, each editor assigns enough stories, and the meeting wraps up in a flurry of shuffling papers and shouts from across the room about word counts and potential sources. Throughout the rest of the week, writers are busy getting in touch with sources, doing interviews, attending events and taking pictures. The weekend
-Kennan Killeen ‘10, Red & Black copy editor
means it’s time to write, as the deadline for all stories is Sunday at 9 p.m. Luckily, no one needs to run to the office with their typed-up copies; e-mail makes it easy to submit articles. On Monday, the copy editors read through each story, checking it for clarity and grammatical errors. They then copy the story into the appropriate electronic file, depending on which section it will be running in: news, campus, opinions, arts or sports. “As a copy editor, I like being able to read through most of the articles that run the following week,” Kennan Killeen ’10 said. The files are then ready for the editors to read through on Tuesday – layout day. Instead of actually cutting and pasting articles, everything is done on the computer in Adobe InDesign. The editors can see exactly how their pages will look when printed. Stories simply are copied and pasted into the layout from the electronic files, though editors must do a lot of formatting to make the stories look neat and uniform on the page. D’Auria, who met with previous editors at the Red & Black brunch on Homecoming weekend, received interesting and positive feedback. “A lot of the editors remarked about the layout of the paper. They were shocked by how good it looked; they were really impressed by how professional our publication appeared,” she said. “Several of them told me about the literal, not computerized, copying and pasting of articles they had to do each week. It sounded like a very time-consuming and tedious process. InDesign makes everything so efficient and easy for us. Literally, with the click of the mouse, we can move every item on the page – no glue needed!” Photos, too, are easily pasted into the layout after being cropped, lightened and sometimes turned black-and-white in Adobe Photoshop. Despite the fact that an electronic layout makes the process easier, editors may still take anywhere from five to 10 hours completing their sections.
late or M.I.A. articles, laughing at each other’s jokes and stories, and venting about everything under the sun,” D’Auria said. After a long Tuesday night, the editors are back in the office the next day for the staff meeting, looking forward to the next issue. After this meeting, the pages from the just-completed issue are sent electronically to the Washington Observer-Reporter, which prints the 12-page student newspaper and delivers stacks of hundreds to the Rossin Campus Center early Thursday morning. The distribution editor, Katy Rowley ‘11, then packs the stacks into her car and delivers them to bins throughout campus in time for readers to enjoy with their morning coffee. Despite the fact that the process has changed drastically throughout the years, the motivations of those who dedicate their time to the paper remain pretty much the same. D’Auria, Dominick and Killeen all say they were originally drawn to the paper for a chance to write, but stayed for the bonds they made with others on staff. “Many of my closest friends I met through the Red & Black. We’re a huge family,” D’Auria said. And just like the past editors they met at Homecoming, the current crop of staff members will take the memories and lessons of the Red & Black on to their new lives after college. “To be honest, I will miss the paper,” said Killeen. “The group of people who dedicate their time to this paper are very special and have an inner drive that is different from most. It is a job that requires going the extra mile on a weekly basis and being proud of it, even if the recognition does not come. The stressful times have shaped us all into people who can take a difficult situation and tackle it without going ballistic. I will miss being part of a little-known publication, but I will always remember that once a Red ‘n’ Blacker, always a Red ‘n’ Blacker.” - Breanna Smith ‘11, Red & Black news editor
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In 2010, the Red & Black staff submits articles via e-mail to make weekly deadlines and designs each issue using Adobe InDesign software.
In 1962, the Red & Black staff, like W&J, was all male, and composed articles on typewriters before cutting and pasting them into layout.
Early editions report campus history When the first issue of Red & Black was published Thursday, October 28, 1909, the editorial expressed the staff’s hope “that the new publication will make good.” One hundred years later, the newspaper has fulfilled this goal, serving as a valuable source of campus news for students and faculty. With the exception of the years 1917 and 1944, when the paper was combined with other College publications “on account of war conditions necessitating economy,” the Red & Black has been published on a weekly basis. In the fall of 1909, football news appeared on the front page of every edition as the W&J Presidents took on teams from the U.S. Naval Academy, University of Pittsburgh, West Virginia University and Waynesburg College. Among campus news headlines, “Prof. Wells Put the Ban on Tobacco Chewing in Chemistry” stands out. The ongoing debate as to “whether the popular moving picture is detrimental to mankind” was a featured topic at a literary society meeting.
The first Red & Black was issued Oct. 28, 1909. The Oct. 1, 2009, edition of the Red & Black is released at Homecoming, 100 years after its inception.
Many of the early issues showcased advertisements from local businesses catering to students. From free shoe shines to five-cent “moving pictures,” from moderately priced hats starting at $1.50 to chrysanthemums and violets for that special someone, the ads offer an entertaining window into college life a century ago. –Rebecca Keenan
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Exploring Their Potential Magellan Project enables students to follow their dreams Dreams became reality for the second year in a row as the Magellan Project helped students pursue opportunities of a lifetime. The project was initiated in 2008 to provide College-based support for students who wish to engage in extraordinary projects during their college careers. “We established the Magellan Project to provide stipends to ensure that any student at W&J would have the opportunity at least once during their college years to have an internship or an independent travel study project that they design themselves,” President Tori Haring-Smith said. The following stories represent a sampling of the students’ unforgettable experiences. Emily Cerrone ’10 traveled to Romania, hoping to gain a significant understanding of the Saxon-fortified churches found in the region of Transylvania. While fortified churches exist in several countries across Europe, they are only seen in large numbers with such preservation in Transylvania. Fortified churches are a combination of both castle and church. “While serving all the purposes of a church, they often include a wall built around the perimeter in order to allow villagers to take refuge during a time of siege,” she said. During the course of four weeks, Cerrone visited the towns and villages that are home to these fortified churches. Nicholas Tyger ’12 arrived in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with seven other students from the Midwest and East Coast regions of the U.S. A four-hour bus ride to San Juan de la Maguana took him to his destination at the Clínica Cristiana. During his stay, the clinic treated more than 750 sick or injured children and adults. Tyger also had the opportunity to “scrub in” and observe invasive surgeries performed in a typical clinical setting. “This experience was extremely gratifying and at the same time motivational,” he said. “It has given me additional excitement and determination to one day obtain my medical degree and become a practicing physician.” Kaity Ogilvie ’12 completed an internship at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in New York City, where she worked with a team of five financial advisors, including a trustee from W&J. The projects she was involved with at the firm included updating and working with internal software, accounting for discrepancies among particular client accounts, creating a cold-call list of approximately 1,200 Texas-based companies, and performing current and prospective client research.
Gary Flavion ’12 studied the Invasion of Normandy and WWII by visiting museums and battle sites in England and France. During his trip, he had the opportunity to visit The Imperial War Museum, The Royal Naval Museum, The Churchill and Cabinet War Rooms Museum, The Caen Memorial Museum and the D-Day Museum of Portsmouth. Flavion, whose career goal is to be a collegiate military history professor, gained more from his journey than a history lesson. “On top of gaining professional experience by gathering information about these specific sites, I satiated a childhood dream of mine by visiting the actual spot of one the most heroic and daring battles in the history of the world, the Invasion of Normandy,” he said. Marissa Stevens ’10 experienced a two-month stay in Cairo, Egypt, where she studied hieroglyphics at the American University in Cairo with Dr. Miriam Ayad. During her stay in Egypt, she was able to delineate the various parts of Middle Egyptian speech, learn proper hieroglyphic sentence structure, build a basic vocabulary, categorize all uniliteral, biliteral, and triliteral hieroglyphic signs, and differentiate between phonetic glyphs, phonetic complements and determinative signs. “I have more motivation now than ever to become a fluent translator of the ancient language,” she said.
international relations and foreign policy, as well as the opportunity to gain invaluable experience in his future career field. He used his knowledge of the German language and culture to help the State Department succeed in maintaining a productive relationship with the Federal Republic of Germany. Ashleigh Kazmeraski ’10 completed an internship in Washington D.C. with United States Congressman Tim Murphy (PA-18). “The chance to intern on Capitol Hill allowed me to see first-hand the workings of a Congressional office; it truly was a once in a lifetime experience,” she said. Some days would require her to complete simple tasks such as guiding tours of the U.S. Capitol Building or answering constituent calls, while others involved more complex jobs like assisting the Congressman and his staff with projects related to pieces of legislation that were passing through Congress at the time.
- Robert Reid
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Taking Your Own Path “Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where
there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The road to true success is not always a straight one. Often, it is the unexpected twists and turns along the journey that shape one’s career. This is the beauty of a liberal arts education. The breadth of knowledge and diversity of ideas shared in the classrooms at Washington & Jefferson College arm students with the strength of competence and character necessary to take their careers in a number of directions.
In the following pages, you will read the inspiring stories of six individuals who have moved on from W&J to embark upon careers that are non-traditional in nature yet extraordinary in their impact. From footwear to fast food, from wine cellars to sporting arenas, from the top of Capitol Hill to the depths of the ocean, members of the W&J community are discovering their passions in remarkable ways.
Crosbie describes Nike as a “wild place” during its early years. “I went from wearing a tie to work every day to suddenly being able to go to work in torn-up jeans and a sweatshirt or T-shirt,” he said. “It was a young and creative environment – very entrepreneurial at the time.” As the only chemist at Nike with a background in footwear, Crosbie thrived in this environment, addressing and solving the technical and quality problems facing the new company.
emissions into the air, causing damage to the environment and to more than 600,000 factory workers across the globe. This served as motivation for Crosbie, who was not happy with the working conditions at the factories. “I could walk away from the smell in the factories, but the people who worked there could not, and that really bothered me,” he said. Oil prices also were increasing, making the process economically unviable for Nike to continue for the long term.
Features that are common in today’s shoes, such as multi-colored soles, were concepts that Crosbie helped create through experimentation. When he came to Nike, its catalog was a wall poster that offered no more than 15 styles with all-black or all-white outsoles. Under Crosbie’s guidance, the Pegasus was launched as the first shoe with a two-color sole.
In response, Crosbie developed water-based alternatives that reduced the company’s use of inorganic solvents by 90 percent. This translated into an elimination of 1.8 million gallons of oil-based solvents per month and a savings of several million dollars for Nike, plus improved working conditions at the factories.
Three years into his role at Nike, and 14 years into the industry, Crosbie approached a critical crossroads in his career. As an ambitious, hard worker who always aimed for the next step, he felt he had finally “hit a glass ceiling.” He began to re-evaluate his career path and asked himself, “Is this really what I want to do?”
Dick Crosbie, former Chief Chemist at Nike, sports a pair of his favorite brand of shoes on the steps of Old Main during a visit to his alma mater in November.
Paving the way for green footwear Considered the father of the green footwear movement, Dick Crosbie ‘65 is leaving big shoes to fill for future generations striving to advance the environmental efforts of a highly competitive industry built on style, performance and speed. As Chief Chemist at Nike, Crosbie spearheaded a chemical-engineering team charged with setting standards for the quality and design of the company’s athletic shoes. He brought 11 years of footwear experience to the Nike team when he was hired in 1980, just months before the up-and-coming manufacturer went public. Joining the inspirational company of pioneers like Phil Knight, Nike’s founder, Crosbie first reported to Jeff Johnson, the man who conceived the company’s now-household name.
“Suddenly, it dawned on me,” he said. “I loved what I was doing in my job. I enjoyed visiting the factories; I liked working with the people I met and solving problems. So I switched my way of thinking. I decided that I was going to be the best Chief Chemist that Nike ever saw.” As Crosbie’s career at Nike was taking off, so was Nike’s popularity. The signing of NBA rookie Michael Jordan as a spokesperson in 1984, followed by the debut of the Air Revolution shoe in 1985, advertised to the tune of The Beatles’ “Revolution,” skyrocketed Nike to the next level. By 1987, Nike was empowering athletes everywhere with its new slogan, “Just do it.” The slogan, which became synonymous with the Nike brand, also exemplified Crosbie’s approach to his groundbreaking research behind the scenes of the company’s success. Of all his accomplishments, however, what defined his legacy was his tireless work to reduce the environmental impact of the footwear production process. During that time, Nike used petroleum- and oil-based adhesives at its production factories, which were evaporating and releasing harmful
Crosbie ended his 21-year career with Nike in 2001 to return to the basics of what he loved about his job – helping people and solving problems. As president of his own consulting company, Crosbie works with companies like New Balance, Timberland, and Under Armour to improve their production processes and increase their sustainability efforts.
“I decided that I was going to be the best Chief Chemist that Nike ever saw.”
Today, 45 years after graduating from Washington & Jefferson College, Crosbie reflects on an impressive career in the footwear industry that, interestingly, sprouted in his W&J philosophy courses. “Being a philosophy major taught me how to think,” he said. “It taught me to look at problems and question how and why they were solved.” He advises college graduates entering today’s job market “to be open to anything.” He added, “Start somewhere. If it turns out not to be your passion, you always can change your course.” —Megan Monaghan
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“I cannot begin to tell you how W&J really prepared me for my career and my life…”
Robert Beavers’ company, Best Harvest Bakeries, supplies sandwich buns to 675 McDonald’s restaurants in the Midwest. Above: Beavers hits the books his freshman year at W&J.
Climbing to the top of the golden arches Robert Beavers ‘65 began his career at McDonald’s nearly 50 years ago when he landed a job as a part-time crew member. The 17-year-old never could have envisioned then that he would rise to become the highest-ranking African American in the McDonald’s Corporation, holding the title of senior vice president and senior management liaison, and making history as the first African American member of McDonald’s Board of Directors. Looking back to the fall of 1961, as a freshman at Washington & Jefferson College, even Beavers admits it was not his career plan. “I took a full-time job at McDonald’s and then was offered a management position,” he said. “I saw promise in the opportunity, and I am proud of what I have been able to accomplish, although it was not at all what I saw myself doing after college. I spent 22 years on the McDonald’s Board of Directors.”
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Today, he continues his relationship with McDonald’s as principal owner, CEO and chairman of Best Harvest Bakeries in Kansas City, Ks., a soft-roll bakery that supplies both McDonald’s and the U.S. military. Beavers and Edward Honestly Jr. spent a combined 55 years working for McDonald’s prior to forming a partnership with Fresh Start Bakeries. In 1999, Beavers partnered with Fresh Start’s management team and employees to purchase the company’s international bakery organization from Campbell’s Soup. Fresh Start was a premier baked-goods supplier to McDonald’s for more than 30 years when Beavers and Honestly purchased majority ownership in its Kansas City bakery, creating the foundation for Best Harvest. In addition to running the bakery, Beavers is CEO of Beavers Holdings, which oversees a group of companies that serve the fast food industry with a variety of products, such as straws and napkins. It is an interesting path for the Washington, D.C., native who earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University after family circumstances and the cancellation of W&J’s engineering program partnership with Carnegie Mellon University led him to return to his hometown to finish his degree.
But Beavers fondly remembers his education at W&J and serves the College today as an active member of W&J’s Board of Trustees. He said that W&J is more than an education—it is an opportunity for young men and women to learn about people and relationships. “My experience and my interactions at W&J were invaluable to me,” Beavers said. “Being at W&J was very special to me. You come across situations in life that arise from time to time and W&J prepared me to overcome those challenges.” He credits Josephine, his wife of 45 years, for first suggesting that he get a job at McDonald’s. They have four grown children, all of whom are involved in various areas of the family business, which Beavers said brings him great pride. His father was a researcher and a doctor; his mother, a teacher and attorney. His mother once told Beavers that she had three goals she wanted to accomplish before she died: to write a book, to fly a plane and to graduate from law school. She earned a pilot’s license in her late 60s and wrote an autobiography shortly before she passed away. And not only did she graduate from law school, she gave the commencement address. She practiced law into her 80s.
With such strong sources of inspiration in his life, it is not surprising that Beavers has succeeded as an entrepreneur in a variety of careers. Perhaps the liberal arts education he initially pursued at W&J provided him with that critical foundation. “I cannot begin to tell you how W&J really prepared me for my career and my life, and helped me face the challenges that I have faced,” he said. “W&J is an experience I share with friends and colleagues. I have been on the W&J board for three years and have seen the success stories.” Under the “golden arches,” Robert Beavers stands as one of those success stories. —Robert Reid
Opening doors of opportunity in the White House After graduating from Washington & Jefferson College, Louise Bell Devanny ‘80 received the same advice from her father that most college graduates receive—it’s time to get a job. However, neither Devanny nor her father had any idea that this job would be personal assistant to First Lady Nancy Reagan. An economics major who always had sought out leadership positions—she was in student government at W&J and a founding member and officer in Delta Gamma sorority—Devanny embarked on the journey of a lifetime as a young college graduate in the nation’s capital. Like many of her peers who were active in campaigns, Devanny phone-banked and handed out bumper stickers promoting Ronald Reagan to become the 40th President of the United States. After Reagan was elected, Devanny began submitting her resume around Washington, D.C. A short time later, she received a phone call asking if she’d be interested in working for the communications department at the White House. This job, in correspondence, was “the best thing that ever happened to” Devanny. It was here where she truly learned what was going on in the White House and what the President’s stances were on national issues; and it was here where the doorway to Mrs. Reagan’s office was opened.
Louise Devanny (left) introduces her daughter, Boo, to her former boss, Nancy Reagan. Inset: Shortly after graduating from W&J, Devanny landed the job of a lifetime as personal assistant to the First Lady. Photos courtesy of the Reagan Library Foundation and the White House.
From her beginnings sorting mail, Devanny moved to a position working for the President’s personal photographer when she found out about the opening in the East Wing, working for Mrs. Reagan.
thinking about the sea of people lined up on the streets saluting and waving goodbye to the 40th President.
Extremely humble, Devanny said, “I guess I caught their eye, because the next thing I knew, I got the job working for Mrs. Reagan. Luck was on my side, being in the right place at the right time—and to be honest, I worked my rear-end off.”
“I feel like I was very privileged to get to see and do what I did. There’s no other way to describe it—sometimes I would pinch myself.”
For the next five years, Devanny worked closely with Mrs. Reagan—traveling, implementing official protocol, and promoting important issues. An inspiration to hardworking undergrads, Devanny was different from a lot of the political appointees who worked with her in the White House. “I feel like I was very privileged to get to see and do what I did,” she said. “There’s no other way to describe it—sometimes I would pinch myself. I literally was just there at the right place and time.” Throughout the years, Devanny’s ties to the Reagan family have remained strong. When President Reagan passed away in 2004, she played a fundamental part in arranging the funeral services. She says it was quite amazing—all the people who had worked with and for the Reagans came together, unpaid, to make President Reagan’s send-off a momentous occasion. She rode in the motorcade with Mrs. Reagan, and still gets chills
Now, as a business consultant with a specialization in fundraising, Devanny is applying the skills she honed at the White House to plan events and conferences for various organizations. Today, when she travels to D.C., the politics, passion, and energy she experienced working in the White House “gets right back into her bloodstream.” “I will never, ever have an experience like that again—that was a once-in-a-lifetime job,” she said. “I’m glad I did it when I was young, and during that time period.” —Amanda Bundick ’10 17
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“Ten years into the business, and every morning I wake up, I still can’t wait to go to work.”
wine and liquor business established on Madison Avenue into an internationally renowned luxury retailer based in Bridgehampton, N.Y. Building on the long-standing history of the company, which recently celebrated its 75th anniversary, Smydo implemented a business infrastructure designed to take the Sokolin name to the next level. He grew the staff from seven to 50 and helped construct a state-of-the-art storage facility with the technology to manage more than 1 million bottles of wine. As the company increased in size, so did its revenue, which experienced substantial growth under Smydo’s guidance.
David Smydo, CEO of the largest fine wine company in the U.S., selects the perfect bottle of wine for a client dinner.
Uncorking an entrepreneurial spirit Looking for the perfect bottle of chardonnay to celebrate a special occasion, you walk into a local wine store, where you are presented with a variety of options. How do you know which one to choose? Enter David Smydo ‘97, who makes a living pairing wine with people. As CEO of Sokolin, one of the largest fine wine companies in the United States, the 34-year-old entrepreneur is appreciative of a career that allows him to mix business with pleasure. “Ten years into the business, and every morning I wake up, I still can’t wait to go to work,” he said. With a keen business intuition and strong work ethic, Smydo joined the company’s president, David Sokolin, in 2000 to transform the family-owned 18
To deliver these kinds of results, the young CEO, who clocks in seven days a week and 16 hours a day, is not afraid of hard work. “To be entrepreneurial, you need to be willing to roll up your sleeves to get the job done,” he said. “If it was an easy task, anybody would do it. The most rewarding jobs require the most effort.” Yet you will never hear any complaints from Smydo, who admits that working in the wine business has its advantages. “I will tell you that I have one of the greatest jobs in the world,” he added. After all, when you sell the world’s finest, most sought-after wines, it helps to be familiar with your product. Wines for Sokolin’s catalog are determined by a process in which Smydo, along with a panel of 10 experts, tastes several varieties and chooses the wines that are liked unanimously. Smydo is so confident in their selections that his company is the only wine retailer that offers its customers a satisfaction guarantee. What keeps wine enthusiasts coming back to Sokolin is the highly personalized level of what Smydo refers to as “white-glove service.” Each client is assigned a wine consultant who develops a profile based on the client’s entertaining style, hobbies and diet. “This helps us better understand the palate of our clientele,” said Smydo, who attributes his
customers’ loyalty to the valuable relationships formed during these discussions. To further enhance employee-customer relations, Smydo and his team strive to identify with their clients’ affluent lifestyle. “With an average price of $100 per bottle, we primarily deal with the elite,” he said. “To connect on their level, we train our staff to speak fluently on the subjects of private jets and luxury cars. Buying wine is about passion, so that is what we sell.” When the recent recession changed the market demand for fine wine, Smydo diversified Sokolin’s product line by introducing bottles under $100, earning the appreciation of his price-sensitive clients and gaining business from new customers. “We always are looking for ways we can innovate to make us a better, stronger company,” he said. “We look at problems as opportunities to improve.” When asked about his vision for the future of Sokolin, Smydo’s outlook is ambitious. “Our goal is to be the largest fine wine company in the world,” he said. “But it’s not a revenue goal, it’s a quality goal. You get to be the biggest because you’re the best at what you do.” Originally inspired by his entrepreneurial studies course at Washington & Jefferson College, Smydo is driven by the sense of accomplishment that results from defining his own career path. “The most rewarding part of my job is that I was able to grow and build a company and provide an environment in which my staff can thrive,” he said. Yet the Washington, Pa., native who grew up as one of seven children remains modest about his success. “A company is not a one-man show. I am just fortunate enough to be holding the reins.” —Megan Monaghan
Following his (field of) dreams Peter Sullivan ‘79 had a passion for arenas and stadiums that was ignited during his childhood. Growing up in Long Island, N.Y., a short distance from the Nassau County Coliseum, home to the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders in 1972 and the National Basketball Association’s New York Nets, he always dreamed of working behind the arena gates. “I remember that coliseum being fascinating to me,” Sullivan said. “The seed was planted. I remember thinking in ninth or tenth grade that this is what I wanted to do.” Today, Sullivan is living his dream as regional vice president and general manager of the University of Phoenix Stadium. Home to the National Football League’s Arizona Cardinals, the facility sports a retractable roof and the only fully retractable natural-grass playing field in North America. Sullivan laid the foundation for his sports management career as a student at Washington & Jefferson College. During a tour of the campus, Sullivan was asked what he wanted to do. “I remember telling a W&J coach during my tour that I wanted to get into working at an arena or stadium,” he said. “I always had thought it was a really unique career—a very exciting career.”
An economics major at W&J, Sullivan was a member of both the swim and soccer teams. Because sports management was a young industry then, his options for continuing his education after W&J were limited. At the time, only the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Ohio University in Athens offered graduate degrees in sports management. Upon graduating from W&J in 1979, he spent two years as assistant director of admission at the College. Then it was off to Amherst, Mass., where Sullivan enrolled in the sports management program with a focus on facilities management. Following graduation from the University of Massachusetts, Sullivan served in an unpaid internship with SMG, a private facility management company. The internship led to a career at SMG, where he worked for more than a decade, helping to build the company’s management agreements from one to 77. The job opened up opportunities for Sullivan to work at facilities throughout the country and the world, including Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Fla., Italy, England, and Pittsburgh, where he worked at Three Rivers Stadium during Head Coach Chuck Noll’s last season with the Steelers. In 2004, Global Spectrum, which manages more than 70 public assembly venues in the United States and Canada, was given charge of a new stadium planned for Glendale, Ariz., and was in need of a person to manage the facility. Sullivan was offered the job.
“It was a very interesting proposition for me,” Sullivan said of the opportunity. “I had the experience and the interest, and I was given the time to put my management team into place in advance to be prepared and ready for the opening. So I packed up the family, and moved to Arizona. It was a great decision.” The building was “sold” to the public on the premise that it was a multi-use, multi-purpose facility. In its first year alone, it hosted 182 separate events, of which only 12 were football games. Because of the uniqueness of the field, the changeover from one event to another, from trade shows, to consumer shows, to sporting events, to concerts, is relatively easy. In fact, after hosting an NFL game and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl within a 24-hour period in January, Sullivan is preparing to host World Wrestling Entertainment’s WrestleMania XXVI in March. Looking back on his career path, which Sullivan forged with passion and determination during a time when sports management was more of a childhood dream than the full-fledged industry it is today, Sullivan graciously credits W&J with preparing him for success. “W&J taught me how to think critically. It gave me a focus on how to learn and how to question,” Sullivan said. “W&J prepared me. It is the epitome of a liberal arts education.” —Robert Reid
“I remember telling a W&J coach during my tour that I wanted to get into working at an arena or stadium. I always had thought it was a really unique career—a very exciting career.”
The University of Phoenix stadium is the only facility in North America that sports a fully retractable natural-grass playing field. Inset: Peter Sullivan, who dreamed of working behind stadium gates while he was growing up, is general manager of the University of Phoenix stadium, which hosts the NFL’s Arizona Cardinals.
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“I have had the opportunity to swim with and film humpback whales and dolphins in the open ocean. Wow, what a dream come true.”
From the W&J swimming pool, where she competed on the College’s first women’s swim team, to the open ocean, where she has filmed humpback whales and dolphins, Joyce O’Neal always has loved the water. She is pictured here on a kayak with her dog, Kiwi, near her home in Delaware.
Taking the plunge with a new career The decision for Joyce O’Neal ‘74 to attend Washington & Jefferson College might seem expected, with multiple alumni in her family and a mother who grew up on East Beau Street, barely a minute off campus—until noting the extenuating circumstances: before her first year in 1970, no female ever had attended W&J. When O’Neal’s mom heard that the college was becoming co-ed, she immediately completed an application for her daughter, without asking her permission. After O’Neal was accepted, she chose to attend W&J because, after graduating from a large high school, she desired to experience a small, close-knit community. O’Neal did not settle for being one of W&J’s first female students, an honor in itself, but also joined the first women’s swim team. Though the team was small, its members’ enthusiasm and spirit placed the experience among O’Neal’s fondest college memories. Interestingly, her love for the sport was integrated into her eventual military career. When stationed in Germany in 1979, O’Neal competed in the European Championships where she was named the top female swimmer.
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At W&J, O’Neal majored in sociology and psychology simply because she enjoyed the subjects and, like many students, did not know where her degrees would take her after graduation. “I didn’t even think about it,” she said. Her time at school flew by, and she recalls a conversation with her roommate in which it suddenly dawned on both of them that they had no future plans. Her roommate’s dad suggested talking with a military recruiter and exploring what job opportunities existed in that field.
earned no salary but did everything she could to promote its goals.
Because the army offered a salary, a job, and a temporary plan, the opportunity seemed perfect to O’Neal. She did not expect her “temporary plan” to lead to a career in the military that would last 20 years. After retiring as a major, O’Neal’s life took another turn when she discovered the Ocean Mammal Institute, a small non-profit organization dedicated to protecting marine mammals through research, legislation, and public awareness. “It’s founded on the belief that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world,” she said.
As a student at W&J, O’Neal never could have predicted how her life and career would turn out. Yet she accepts that the unexpected twists and turns have shaped who she is today. “Just because something comes to me differently than I expect does not mean that I won’t enjoy it or that it won’t lead me to exactly what I am looking for,” she said.
Intrigued, O’Neal dialed the number on the organization’s brochure and spoke with the President of the Ocean Mammal Institute. “I called thinking I was talking to the organization’s president and founder in an elaborate office setting, only to find out she works from her kitchen table,” she said. When she joined the group in 1998, O’Neal
Now as Chief Operations Manager, O’Neal enjoys working with experts on whale and dolphin research and marine mammal legislation. She admits that the job is just as fun and rewarding as she imagined. “I have had the opportunity to swim with and film humpback whales and dolphins in the open ocean,” she said. “Wow, what a dream come true.”
For O’Neal, her passion for her job makes her work worthwhile. She encourages others to pursue careers they love as well. She explains, “If a career resonates with you, that is what’s important.” —Georgia Schumacher ’10
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Washington & Jefferson wrapped up its 26th consecutive winning season this past fall after posting a 9-2 record. The Presidents earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. W&J joins Mount Union (Ohio) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) as the only schools to appear in the last six NCAA playoffs; however, the Presidents dropped a first-round game at Mount Union. Senior defensive end Jacob Bloomhuff spearheaded a defense which ranked in the top 10 nationally throughout the season. Bloomhuff, an AFCA All-American, had 14.5 sacks, the most by a W&J defender since Stephan Swentkowsky in 1988. Senior wide receiver Craig Besong also finished his career as the third-ranked receiver in school history with 184 receptions. He had 90 catches (second-best, single-season total) for 1,064 yards and nine touchdowns in 2009. Senior Mitch Erdely became the school’s 25th Academic All-American following the season.
W&J successfully defended its Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship after recording road conference tournament victories over Thomas More (2-1, 2 OT) and Grove City (1-0). W&J never had won a PAC Championship prior to last season. The Presidents finished with a 12-7-2 overall record after falling in the NCAA first round at Calvin (Mich.). Senior Spencer Ahrenholtz capped a great career by being named an Academic All-American by ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA. The Second Team All-Region choice compiled 23 goals and 10 assists in 86 career matches. W&J has won 36 matches under third-year Head Coach Pete Curtis. The 36 victories are the most over a three-year span in school history.
The Presidents’ men’s soccer team enjoyed its eighth winning season in the past nine years this fall with a 12-7-1 overall record. W&J advanced to the PAC Championship Match for the third-straight year, but dropped a 1-0 decision to Thomas More. The Presidents, who held a seven-match winning streak during the middle portion of their schedule, were led by senior Dan Hart’s seven goals and eight assists. Junior Mike Pappas had one of the top single-season goal-scoring totals in school history with 10 goals. Juniors Sean Maddock (1st team) and Stephen Bosak (3rd team) were both selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team.
The 2009 PAC Women’s Soccer champions defend their title.
Men’s Water Polo Senior All-America defensive end Jacob Bloomhuff completed 14.5 sacks, the most by a W&J defender.
Volleyball The volleyball program finished its fifth-straight year with a .500 or better record after collecting a 16-16 overall mark. The squad advanced to the PAC Tournament Semifinals before being ousted by host Thomas More. Junior Courtney Sherwin (1st team) and senior Monika Linden (2nd team) were honored by the conference. Sherwin notched 1.48 blocks per set to finish second in the nation. Linden wrapped up her career as a three-time all-conference honoree. She had 873 kills in 106 career matches.
Women’s Tennis Katie Tetzlaw took over as the head women’s tennis coach this fall and helped W&J to a pair of victories. Sophomore Carrie Campbell earned the Presidents’ best individual record with a 7-3 overall mark, including a 4-1 record against Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) competitors.
W&J hosted the Division III Eastern Championships in October and finished as the tournament’s runner-up. Johns Hopkins won its 12th CWPA Division III Eastern title. The Presidents notched a 10-12 record and were led by a pair of seniors. Steve Hilty tied for 32nd nationally with 51 goals, while John Todd ranked 16th among NCAA goaltenders with 219 saves. Todd’s average of 10.95 stops per match was the sixth-best total among all NCAA divisions. Following the season, Head Coach Vaughan Smith announced his resignation. He was replaced by Greg Jones, a 2007 graduate of Ohio University and former head water polo coach at Salem International University.
Senior forward Dan Hart wrapped up his W&J career with 17 goals and 13 assists for 47 points.
Field Hockey The W&J field hockey team, which competes in the New York-based Empire 8 Conference, continued its winning ways in 2009. The Presidents finished with eight victories and advanced to their third consecutive Empire 8 Tournament Championship Match; however, Stevens defeated W&J by a 3-1 margin in New Jersey for the second-straight year. The Ducks earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA playoffs. W&J was led by junior Kolbey Seidel, who became the second player in school history to earn All-Region laurels from the NFHCA. Seidel had one goal and eight assists while making a pair of defensive saves.
Cross Country Freshman Scott Ryan was the story for the W&J cross country teams this fall as he earned fourth place at the Presidents’ Athletic Conference championships with an 8K time of 27:49. Ryan was named the conference runner of the week three times during the regular season. The women’s team was paced by junior Laura Procario, who grabbed 21st place at the league championship meet.
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Going the Distance Athletic Hall of Fame honors W&J’s fastest and brightest
Track-and-field star Jack McElravey ’54 runs toward the finish line. Inset: James Pareso ’66 dominates his opponent in a wrestling match.
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Washington & Jefferson College honored five alumni who have distinguished themselves on and off the playing fields during the Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony in October. The 2009 class of inductees are: Tom Coughlin ’91 (Swimming), Jack McElravey ’54 (Track and Field), James Pareso ’66 (Wrestling), Ryan Silvis ’01 (Football and Track & Field) and Kelley (Wiltz) Williams ’97 (Volleyball) “The W&J Athletic Hall of Fame honors the best and brightest student-athletes and this year’s class is no different,” Director of Athletics Bill Dukett said. “We are proud of what these tremendous W&J alumni did during their time as student-athletes and we are even prouder of their career accomplishments.” In addition, W&J honored four seniors from the previous academic year with the prestigious E. Ronald Salvitti, M.D. Senior Scholar-Athlete and Walter C. Cooper Senior Athlete Awards. Matthew Houy (Football) and Valerie Schultz (Softball) accepted the Salvitti awards, while Bobby Swallow (Football) and Summer (Baumgard) Spencer (Volleyball and Track & Field) were selected as the Cooper award winners. Tom Coughlin ’91 Coughlin remains as one of the top male swimmers in the history of W&J. Coughlin won 11 Presidents’ Athletic Conference individual or relay championships during his career and set 12 W&J school records. Coughlin also set a pair of conference records and was named the 1991 Presidents’ Swimmer of the Year. During his senior year, Coughlin claimed first place in the 100 (47.54) and 200 (1:46.05) freestyle events at the PAC Championships. The 100 freestyle title was his third straight at the conference championships. Coughlin set school records during his hall of fame career in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 freestyle relay, 400 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay. A business administration major, Coughlin ranked among the Top 25 swimmers in NCAA Division III in three events (50, 100 and 200 freestyles) during the 1991 season. He also swam legs on five different relays which posted Top 30 times nationally. Coughlin was a member of Kappa Sigma during his years at W&J.
Jack McElravey ’54 McElravey concluded his career as one of the most decorated track-and-field athletes in school history, setting numerous track-and-field records throughout the East Coast during his four years at W&J. He earned school records in the 100 yards (9.7) and the 220 yards (21.40). His 100-yard time broke the record formerly held by W&J Hall of Famer “Deacon” Dan Towler by two-tenths of a second. Throughout his career, McElravey was defeated in both races only one time. A native of Connellsville, Pa., and a graduate of Shady Side Academy, McElravey was a three-time All-District choice and was awarded the Guy Halferty Memorial Trophy, an award which was given to the best 100-yard sprinter at the Tri-State Championship Meet. The Tri-State Meet was hosted by Carnegie Tech and was considered one of the top tournaments in the nation. McElravey majored in economics at W&J and was senior class president. He also was a member of Phi Gamma Delta, the Lettermen’s Club, the Pandora yearbook, and the Athletic Club. James Pareso ’66 Pareso lettered four years for the W&J wrestling program. He held a career record of 44-7-4 and is one of only 21 wrestlers in school history to win multiple conference championships. Pareso won PAC crowns in both 1964 and 1965. Following the 1965 season, Pareso was selected as the PAC Wrestler of the Year, becoming the first W&J wrestler to earn the prestigious honor. Since Pareso, only 11 other W&J wrestlers have been named the most valuable wrestler at the conference meet. Pareso also helped the Presidents win PAC Team Championships in 1965 and 1966, two of the five titles in school history. As a freshman, Pareso posted a 9-1-2 record at 137 pounds. He captured the 147-pound conference championship as a sophomore and finished the year with a 12-1-2 overall record. Pareso notched his second-straight PAC Championship as a junior after collecting a 12-3 record. He led W&J to back-to-back league championships as a senior with an 11-2 overall record. Before graduation, Pareso became one of W&J’s first NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship award winners. Pareso majored in pre-med at W&J and has served as one of the top doctors in Washington, Pa. He was a member of Phi Kappa Psi and the Lettermen’s Club.
Ryan Silvis ’01 Silvis finished his career as one of the most dynamic wide receivers in W&J football history. He is fifth in school history with 171 receptions and is the all-time leader with 3,155 receiving yards. Silvis graduated with nearly every W&J receiving record. In 2000, he established a single-season record which still stands today with 20 touchdown receptions. During that same season, he set a school record for receiving yards per game (139.5). Silvis finished his senior year with 69 receptions for 1,535 yards, an average of 22.2 yards per catch. A two-time First Team All-PAC wide receiver, Silvis was selected to the 2000 D3football. com All-America Team. The Presidents posted a 29-12 overall record with Silvis as a member of the squad. W&J also claimed three Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships and made two appearances in the NCAA Division III Playoffs. Silvis, an accounting major, also excelled in track and field during the spring season. He was a two-time team captain and a five-time PAC Champion (100 meters, 200 meters (twice), 110-meter high hurdles, 4x100 relay). Kelley (Wiltz) Williams ’97 Williams helped W&J claim its first-ever Presidents’ Athletic Conference Volleyball Championship in 1994. Following that season, she was selected as the PAC Most Valuable Player. A three-time All-PAC choice and a two-time team MVP, Williams guided the Presidents to a pair of conference titles and three ECAC Division III Tournament appearances. After helping W&J notch a 21-11 record in 1993, Williams was named to the PAC Honorable-Mention All-Conference Team. She had a dynamic year as a sophomore, winning the league’s player of the year award and earning First Team All-PAC laurels. W&J won the school’s first PAC title and set the school record for most victories (27). Williams was once again a First Team All-PAC choice in 1995 as W&J reached 27 wins. As a senior, she helped bring back the PAC Championship to W&J and helped the Presidents advance to the ECAC Tournament. During her four years, W&J notched an overall record of 103-39, including a 29-4 mark in conference play. Williams majored in sociology at W&J. —Scott McGuinness
Left: Four 2009 graduates are honored for their athletic and academic excellence during their senior year at W&J. From left to right: Bill Dukett, Bobby Swallow, Summer (Baumgard) Spencer, Valerie Schultz, and Matthew Houy. Right: President Tori Haring-Smith and Director of Athletics Bill Dukett congratulate the 2009 class of Hall of Fame inductees. From left to right: Haring-Smith, Jack Pareso ’66, Jack McElravey ’54, Ryan Silvis ’01, Tom Coughlin ’91, Kelley (Wiltz) Williams ’97 and Dukett. 23
sportstalk W&J celebrates its sixth PAC Championship in College history, and its fourth under Coach Jeff Mountain.
Mountain’s Men Baseball team reaches new heights with Coach Jeff Mountain at helm Washington & Jefferson College first fielded a baseball team in 1890. Nearly 110 years later, the program made a name for itself on the national stage. When Jeff Mountain took over the baseball program seven years ago as the 36th head coach, his goal was to eventually help the Presidents make their first appearance at the NCAA Division III Tournament. Some may have chuckled at that notion, considering the Presidents had won 21 games in four years prior to his arrival. Since then, solid recruiting, a brand-new stadium and some of the region’s top talents have helped W&J baseball reach heights that few ever thought possible. Mountain already has become the baseball program’s all-time win leader (183-114-1). The 2009 Presidents rewrote the record book with a 35-14 overall record and claimed the sixth PAC Baseball Championship in school history. W&J also earned the PAC’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament and was placed in the South Regional at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, Md. 24
“This season was a culmination of everyone who has helped turn this program around the past seven years,” said Mountain. “We have been blessed with many great players who never got to experience what our student-athletes did this past spring at the NCAA Tournament. But, they played a big role in this team’s success. We achieved one of our long-term goals, but we are not satisfied. We will keep working hard.” W&J dropped a 5-3 decision to Christopher Newport (Va.) in the opening round of the double-elimination tournament, but bounced back with its first NCAA Tournament victory a day later, an 8-3 win over Washington and Lee (Va.). Freshman right-handed pitcher David Trushel, who was selected to the regional’s All-Tournament Team, upped his record to 8-0 after limiting the Generals to three hits and one run in eight innings.
The Presidents’ four-member senior class of Sean Boone, Ian Poole, Robert Timo and Dan Vietmeier graduated with the most career victories at 124. Junior pitcher/outfielder Jim Pasquine was selected as PAC Player of the Year and also earned ABCA/ Rawlings First Team All-Region laurels. Pasquine was sixth in the nation in batting average (.481), while adding eight home runs, 58 RBI, 66 runs and 21 stolen bases. Junior catcher Mark Thomchick (11 HR, 41 RBI) also was named to the region’s Gold Glove Team. Mountain, the 2009 ECAC Division III South Coach of the Year, has led the Presidents to four conference titles. He is hoping the 2010 season will be just as memorable, as all eight position starters are returning from last year’s record-breaking unit as well as six of the squad’s top eight pitchers. –Scott McGuinness
W&J eliminated York (Pa.) by a score of 4-1 behind home runs from juniors Mike Kennedy and Neil Pascarella, but the regional run ended later that evening after a 10-2 loss to Johns Hopkins.
“We achieved one of our long-term goals, but we are not satisfied. We will keep working hard.� -W&J Baseball Head Coach Jeff Mountain
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Welcome home Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2009 Red-and-black spirit radiated from the Washington & Jefferson College campus on the first weekend of October 2009. Alumni and students gathered at Cameron Stadium to witness the Presidents’ 31-10 victory over Geneva College and the crowning of Zac Talmadge ’10 and Michelle Jenkins ’10 as Homecoming King and Queen. The celebration that kicked off at the Tailgate Lunch, where alumni and their children enjoyed family-friendly activities, continued into the popular Fifth Quarter event under the tent on the Olin lawn. Old friendships were rekindled at class reunions and ideas were exchanged at panel discussions and lectures. At the annual dinner, President Tori Haring-Smith addressed the alumni in attendance. “Thank you for embodying the remarkable achievements of Washington & Jefferson College,” she said. “And welcome home.”
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Save the Dates! Homecoming & Reunion Weekend 2010: October 8-9
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Alumni honored for service and achievement
Four distinguished individuals were honored by President Tori Haring-Smith during the Alumni Dinner at Homecoming 2009. Pictured from left to right: Andrew Tabler, Sally Keen, Haring-Smith, Bill Keen, Barbara Koach Robinson Dewitt.
Homecoming is more than a time of reflection – it is a time of celebration that honors the remarkable progress occurring at W&J. To acknowledge the alumni and friends of the College who make this kind of progress possible, W&J bestows three important awards each year at Homecoming. The Distinguished Service Award, the Alumni Achievement Award, and the Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognize those who show particular loyalty to the College and those who have achieved notable success in their chosen fields. Distinguished Service Award Bill and Sally Keen
Alumni Achievement Award Barbara Koach Robinson Dewitt ’74
Outstanding Young Alumni Award Andrew Tabler ’94
With a passion for learning, Bill and Sally Keen have given back to W&J in countless ways. Bill, who started his career at the College in 1966, served as a professor in the English department for more than 30 years, while Sally, in her role as a faculty spouse, immersed herself in the W&J community.
A 1974 Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa graduate, Barbara Koach Robinson Dewitt joined Mellon Bank the same year she earned her degree from W&J.
A writer, world traveler, analyst and entrepreneur, Andrew Tabler is a perfect example of a life-long liberal arts student.
As a professor of English, Bill is remembered most for walking into the Chaucer seminar and, with a booming voice, reciting an excerpt from the Canterbury Tales in perfect Middle English. He led the Freshman English program, helped develop Freshman Forum, chaired the curriculum committee, administered a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, and served as a fraternity faculty advisor. A member of the W&J Auxiliary, Sally served on the Auxiliary’s Intersession Scholarship Committee, collected and sold used books for the Auxiliary Fair, and organized a Renaissance Semester Dinner festival. Accompanying Bill on Intersession trips abroad, Sally helped plan the itinerary, advised students in transit, and held the hands of nervous first-time travelers. Bill and Sally continue to host former students in their home for conversation and good company. At Homecoming 2008, Bill and Sally organized and hosted a memorial gathering for friend and emeritus professor, Hugh Taylor. They also created the Edit Keen Poetry Fund at W&J, memorializing Bill’s mother, and are active in fundraising efforts for the College library.
During the past 35 years, she has climbed the ranks of Mellon Bank, now BNY Mellon Corporation, serving as investment analyst, investment officer for charitable trusts, and vice president for administration of charitable trusts. Now, in her role as first vice president and managing director of the endowment and foundation section of BNY Mellon Wealth Management, Dewitt oversees the administration of $3.5 billion in charitable assets. She is a consultant to bank executives, employees, clients and community members on the technical management of private foundations, community foundations, endowments, and planned giving programs. Dewitt has established a national reputation as an expert on the many facets of creating and managing charitable assets. Dewitt believes education is the foundation to success. She is a board member of the Arthur Vining Davis Foundation, which supports educational institutions and initiatives, the Massey Charitable Trust, and a past member of the Heinz Endowment Board of Directors. Fulfilling her ninth year of service on W&J’s Board of Trustees, Dewitt chairs the Enrollment Committee and is a member of the Investment Committee. She has been instrumental in strengthening W&J’s visibility within regional foundations, as well as advising the College on financial matters.
Serving as a Soref Fellow in the program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Tabler focuses on how to engage Syria in a way that best advances U.S. interests. During his 14 years of residence in the Middle East, Tabler worked in Egypt, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Israel, Tunisia, and the Palestinian territories. He ended his time in the Middle East with a two-year fellowship from the Institute of Current World Affairs in 2005-2007 and consultancy with the International Crisis Group in 2008. Tabler has held editorships with the Middle East Times, the Cairo Times, and the Oxford Business Group, where he held roles as senior editor, director of editorial, and partner. He then co-founded and served as editor-in-chief of Syria Today, Syria’s first private-sector English-language magazine. His journalistic merits include interviews with Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad, Israeli President Shimon Peres, the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, the late Lebanese Premier Rafik al-Hariri, and Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. His articles and opinion pieces have run in The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine and Foreign Policy, and he has appeared in interviews with CNN, NBC, PBS and NPR. He is the author of the forthcoming book In the Lion’s Den: Inside America’s Cold War with Assad of Syria.
Representatives from the Class of 1964 display their reunion class cup at the Alumni Dinner during Homecoming 2009. The class had the highest percentage – 50 percent – of classmates donate during the reunion giving period. From left to right: Don Murray, Ken Mason and Bill Stout.
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Coming to a City Near You:
Alumni and Parents Event Calendar
The following alumni and parents events are scheduled for the first half of 2010:
March 20 Charlotte, N.C. A cocktail reception at Bentley’s on 27 25 Philadelphia, Pa. At Penn’s View Hotel’s Ristorante Panorama
april 7 Mountain Lakes, N.J. At the home of John ’81 and MaryAnn ’80 Pendleton 8 New York, N.Y. At the home of Walter ’63 and Judith Flamenbaum 16 Baltimore, Md. At The Red Star Bar & Grill 22 Milford, Conn. At the home David White ’76 and Jackie Jones
May 1 Washington, D.C. At the home of Patrick Correnty ’87 6 Pittsburgh, Pa. At Phipps Conservatory 15 Boston, Mass. At the home of Jerry ’66 and Shirin Angell
June 19 Hershey, Pa. At the Hershey Rose Gardens Erie, Pa. Date and location TBD Look for more information at www.jayconnected.com and in the monthly eNewsletter. Regional events are a great way to meet alumni and parents in your region and hear the latest W&J news. 30
Class of 1959 celebrates 50th reunion The W&J Old Guard gained new inductees when the Class of 1959 marked 50 years of serving as proud alumni of the College. To commemorate this important milestone, 46 classmates and their guests gathered on campus in May 2009 to reminisce about their days at W&J and see firsthand the changes occurring on campus. They were warmly welcomed with a weekend of tours, dinners, receptions and W&J camaraderie.
Upon their official induction into the Old Guard at the commencement ceremony, the class members led the crowd in a hearty “Whichi Coax” cheer. In honor of their reunion, the class members raised $938,690 in gifts and pledges in support of W&J. A portion of these funds established two endowed scholarships in the name of the Class of 1959, leaving a lasting legacy from one of the College’s finest class of alumni.
Then& Now
One is a respected sales leader in the manufacturing and technology industry, and the other is an ambitious student preparing to break into the medical field. While Amy Mercante and Nathan Graf are separated by nearly 20 class years at W&J, they are connected by a passion for the sciences and a deep appreciation for their alma mater.
Major/minor at W&J:
Favorite class at W&J:
Amy: Mathematics and chemistry
Amy: My favorite course had nothing to do with my major; it was the Intersession course I attended in London with Richard Easton studying art and theater. I would strongly encourage students to take advantage of the opportunity to travel and gain insight into another culture.
Nathan: Chemistry and Spanish double major with a business administration minor in the prehealth program.
College activities: Amy: I was a sister of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, participated in the student affiliates chapter of the American Chemical Society, and served on the staff for the Pandora yearbook.
Amy Mercante ’91 When Amy was a senior at W&J, she received a promising job offer from PPG. Now, 20 years later, Amy has grown as a leader within the company, holding a national sales manager position that oversees new residential and multi-family products at PPG.
Nathan: I am involved in the J-Walker college ambassadors, Alpha Phi Omega, student government, the student affiliates chapter of the American Chemical Society, and my fraternity, Delta Tau Delta. In addition, I spent two semesters abroad in Ecuador and the Netherlands, and received funding from W&J’s Magellan Project to bring donated medical equipment to remote communities in Ecuador and work as an interpreter in Guatemala for patients receiving free operations from a group of American surgeons.
Why I attended W&J: Amy: I liked the size of the school, which allowed for a great student/teacher ratio, and was impressed with the reputation of its academic program. It’s great to find such a quality school in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Nathan Graf ’10 With plans to attend medical school after graduating from W&J, Nathan was most inspired by the summer abroad he spent in Ecuador and Guatemala, where he donated medical equipment and served as an interpreter for patients.
Nathan One reason I chose W&J was the great reception I received from the Office of Admission. I remember walking into Rossin Campus Center on my second visit when two admission counselors yelled out my name and asked how I was doing. These counselors see many prospective students, but they remembered who I was after my first visit.
The best thing about W&J: Amy: A top-notch education. Nathan: The faculty, without a doubt. They devote their time to undergraduate students to ensure their success both in and out of the classroom.
Favorite college memory: Amy: Carnival weekends. Nathan: Greek Olympics.
Nathan: Calculus II my freshman year with Dr. Kline.
Most influential professor: Amy: Many professors guided me during my studies at W&J, but Dr. Patricia Brletic stands out. Her commitment to her work and to her students is commendable. She always was willing to spend time with students if they needed additional support. Nathan: Both of my advisors, Dr. Patricia Brletic and Dr. John Mark Scott. Without these professors, I would not be in the position I am today.
How W&J prepared me for my career: Amy: The liberal arts education at W&J prepared me with a foundation of learning principles that can be applied to any field. Also, the broad array of course requirements introduced me to business basics. Nathan: W&J’s superb academics have given me the knowledge necessary to be successful in both medical school and later in life as a practicing physician. My science background will serve as an important foundation to my medical future, while my Spanish studies will allow me to treat the growing Hispanic population.
My advice for the freshman class: Amy: I encourage each and every one of them to develop a plan, focus on their work, accept that change will occur and take risks. Don’t forget to have fun and make memories; these just may be the best years of your life. Nathan: To get involved and do things outside the classroom that will make them stand out from the crowd. Whether the step after W&J is grad school or employment, the person or committee reviewing the student’s application will be looking for creative and motivated individuals who can take initiative. If they set their sights high and work hard, they will be rewarded.
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Regional Chapter News The Pittsburgh regional chapter kicked off the summer with an evening of fun and food at the Hofbräuhaus on the South Side. More than 50 alumni came to enjoy the German cuisine and live entertainment.
5 Ways to Stay in Touch 1. With more than 3,000 registered users, JayConnected allows you to reconnect with classmates, catch up on the latest W&J news, view photos of recent alumni and parent events, and much more! Visit www.jayconnected.com to register.
2. @W&J The monthly eNewsletter features alumni and student news, updates on Greek life, poll questions, class notes, and upcoming events. Update your e-mail address at www.jayconnected.com to begin receiving @W&J. Alexis Odachowski ’09, Matthew Rudzki ’08, Dennis Criner, Molly Sykes ’08, Leah Hanley ’08
3. Jepthah Orstein ’04, Chris Roe ’94, Dan Nero ’94
More than 1,400 fans visit the W&J Facebook® page as a fun way to reminisce and catch up with fellow alumni. Join us in sharing memories of your days at Jay or test your W&J knowledge with our monthly trivia question. Become a fan at www.facebook.com/wjcollege. Kaitlyn Orstein ’08, Emily Allen ’09, Lindsay Shook ’08
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Joe Halfhill ’90 and John Schaefer ’90
Call for volunteers! Regional chapter events offer an opportunity to network with alumni in your area while sharing W&J memories. Volunteers plan events, encourage participation in regional activities, and serve as ambassadors for the College. If you are interested in volunteering or receiving information to start a chapter in your area, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 724-223-6079 or alumni@washjeff.edu.
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The W&J Alumni group allows you to connect and network exclusively with fellow alumni and students. Alumni are encouraged to post job listings, post internship opportunities and start discussions within the groups. Sign up for a profile at www.linkedin.com and search “Washington & Jefferson.”
5. Only have a few minutes before leaving for work? Keep up with W&J news in 140 characters or fewer on Twitter®. W&J tweets multiple times a week on sports, student, and alumni news. Follow W&J at www.twitter.com/wjcollege.
Images of Jay Do you recognize your fellow alumni in these yearbook photos? Extra credit if you can tell us the real story behind the snapshots. Reminisce with us at alumni@washjeff.edu.
In Your Own Words:
Intersession
From “The Poetics and History of Hip Hop” to “The Chemistry and Culture of Perfume,” Intersession 2010 introduced students to intriguing discussions and life-changing travels. Since its inception more than 30 years ago, Intersession has provided W&J students with memorable learning opportunities. To learn about your favorite Intersession experience, W&J magazine conducted a poll on the Washington & Jefferson College Facebook page. Read on to see if you recognize your fellow classmates’ stories.
“Definitely the trip to Russia my senior year with Dr. Dodge and Dr. Scott. Those three weeks were amazing – the history, the culture, the metro, the fun! I still can understand Russian much better than I can speak the language.” -Christie Rapacik Silvestri ’90
“During Intersession 2006, I took ‘The Cultural History of The Beatles’ with
Professor Cameron. It was interesting to learn about the band’s impact on not just music, but our world. Professor Cameron’s enthusiasm for the band made the class a lot of fun, too.” -Michael Reddy ’08
“China 1989. I recall Dr. Dodge, who was an avid runner, being briefly detained by Chinese authorities in Shanghai when his morning jog brought him too close to a government building. I also have memories of Japanese tourists on a cruise and somehow breaking out into the W&J alma mater song.”
“Intersession 1973, ‘Art & Architecture of Greece and Turkey’ with Hugh Taylor. It was an amazing trip and an amazing time to be in both places. You could still actually walk on the Parthenon and touch it. Turkey was still a bit scary, especially for a woman. Although, it was not a whole lot scarier for a woman than the W&J campus at that point.” - Betsey Hurwitz-Schwab ’74, member of the first graduating class of women
“Neurophysiology with Professor Dennis Trelka. I’ve never felt quite the same about cockroaches since.” -Phil Branton ’83
-Jen Dorris ’92
“My sophomore year trip to Cuernavaca, Mexico, with Dr. Belsie. My second favorite course was Paul Quinn’s ‘Infant Perception Lab,’ which got me into the field I’m in now.” -Erin Kennedy ’98
“My senior year trip to Kenya with Dr. Stan Myers. He organized some psych students to study the effects of the environment on people while the rest of us tagged along with Dr. Lawrence and his animal behavior class.” -Justine Gunvalsen ’00 33
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A Message from the Alumni Executive Council Greetings W&J Alumni: Alumni play an integral part in the Washington & Jefferson College community, and for that reason, I am honored to serve as your Alumni Executive Council (AEC) president. I would like to take this opportunity to tell you more about the Council and its priorities. The AEC is essentially the management arm of the W&J Alumni Association, to which all alumni belong. AEC members, who serve four-year terms, are nominated by fellow alumni, by faculty and staff, or by self-nominations. Working with the Office of Alumni Relations, our 22 members advocate alumni interests and implement priorities for alumni communications, programming and services. Through committees, the AEC works to accomplish three primary objectives: connecting alumni to W&J, connecting alumni to one another, and connecting alumni to students. The Programming Committee, under the leadership of Andy McIlvaine ’70, assists the College in establishing additional alumni-student programming opportunities. Of particular interest to the AEC is an alumni-student mentor program, which is now in the pilot stage. The program matches
Your AEC Members Dana Devereux ‘73, President
expand this mentoring program in the near future to include additional alumni and students. Pat Easton ’74 leads the Communications Committee. This group advises the Office of Alumni
Programming Committee Andy McIlvaine ‘70, Chair Rachel Askey ‘99 Jacki Bauer ‘85 Janet Golonka ‘84 Bill Meddings ‘62 Cynthia Ream Phillips ‘77 Clint Watson ‘05 Jimil Wilson ‘00
Relations on the various vehicles used to communicate with alumni and provides a critical eye
Communications Committee Patricia Harrison Easton ‘74, Chair Maureen Connolly ‘04 Kristin Ondecko Ligda ‘03 Deborah Slocum ‘74 John Tate ‘77
The Alumni Executive Council is your voice at W&J. In order to represent you, we need to hear
Governance Committee John McCague ‘76, Chair John Bord ‘73 Drew Chelosky ‘97 Marian Ream ‘71 Julie Rothbardt ‘93 Fred Sharer ‘62 Miles Simon ‘71 Linda Hunt Wagner ‘85
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AEC members and students to form mutually beneficial relationships. The Committee hopes to
to the messages crafted for the alumni community. The Committee’s ideas can be seen in recent alumni magazine pieces, Jay Connected, and the monthly alumni eNewsletter. The Governance Committee, led by John McCague ’76, is responsible for selecting alumni association award recipients, selecting new Council members, and monitoring the alumni association by-laws. The Governance Committee is developing an AEC mission statement, which will serve as a foundation for future AEC initiatives.
from you. Give us your comments, your suggestions, and your thoughts. They are most helpful as we carry out our work. You can reach us at www.jayconnected.com/AEC. We look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Dana G. Devereux ’73 President, Alumni Executive Council
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Warner Schlaupitz writes, “I am a WWII veteran who was an infantry soldier during my tenure in the service of my country. Currently, I have the privilege to address various high school students and enlighten them on the strategic differences of WWII and current wars. I have noticed a great thirst for knowledge about WWII and I am attempting to fill this gap.”
W. Robert “Robby” Robertson writes, “We were at a wonderful alumni meeting in Chicago when I looked around and saw that I was the oldest one there. The good news is—I was there enjoying every minute of it. The span of graduates was from 1955–2007 and what a great time we had exchanging notes about our years at W&J and our lives up to the present time.”
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Reed Day and other members of the class of 1952 met for a mini-reunion in Savannah, Georgia, in October. Pictured from left to right: Arthur “Art” Holder, Roger Rollin, F. Leo Wright Esq., Charles “Chuck” Roazen, Irwin “Cookie” Kabat, Forrest “Woody” Tompkins, Paul Kiell, Day, and Jerome “Jerry” Brown.
Mark J. Goldberg, Esq., a partner in the Pittsburgh firm of Goldberg, Gruener, Gentile, Horoho & Avalli, P.C., will be honored at a special reception for lawyers from across the country who have been on the list of Best Lawyers in America for 25 consecutive years. Every year, Goldberg has been named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer and one of the top 100 lawyers in Pennsylvania. He is a charter member of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers and an elected officer and member of the executive committee.
1964 Peter B. Taylor has closed his Patriot Travel, Inc., offices after 33 years of business. “I’ve taken some incredible trips and cruises,” he writes. These trips
included six safaris, a 55-hour Pan American trip around the world, a balloon ride over the Serengeti wildlife, and heli-hiking in the Canadian Rockies. Taylor’s son graduated from West Point in 1996, flew a Black Hawk helicopter in Iraq, taught at West Point for three years, and, after getting his master’s degree at Stanford University, is now headed to war.
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Dr. Richard Lodish returned from a book tour throughout China this year. For the past 32 years, he has been associate head/lower school principal of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, D.C. Lodish has written a book, A Child in the Principal’s Office, expecting it to be of value to educators and parents in China, just as it has been to teachers and parents in the United States and around the world. This book
Library Auditorium Dedicated to Celebrated University Leader A new auditorium in the renovated and expanded library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale now bears the name of longtime SIUC administrator John C. Guyon, Ph. D. ’53. The chancellor emeritus is praised by colleagues for his leadership and contributions to the University. As chancellor, Guyon led the University through a number of changes and improvements until his retirement in 1996. During his 30-year career at SIUC, he served the University in multiple roles, including first permanent dean of the College of Science, associate vice president for research, dean of the graduate school, and vice president of academic affairs and research. “John Guyon brought knowledge and commitment to his roles on campus as a dean, associate vice president, and as our second-longest-serving chief administrator,” SIUC Chancellor Samuel Goldman said. “It is appropriate that we honor his dedication to SIUC and to this region.” Under Guyon’s leadership, SIUC became the first American university to offer an off-campus program in Japan in 1988. A year later, officials dedicated a $7 million campus in Nakajo, Japan. He also launched a distance-learning initiative allowing students in the healthcare field to attend classes via interactive video with the region’s community colleges. In addition, Guyon set forth a minority recruitment and advancement plan and helped launch the Black Alumni Group, the Black American Studies program, and the University Women’s Professional Advancement organization. 20
Dr. John C. Guyon, chancellor emeritus at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, visits with Brad Cole, mayor of Carbondale, during the dedication ceremony for the John C. Guyon Auditorium at the University’s library.
“John Guyon took some bold steps as chancellor of SIUC,” Benjamin A. Shepherd, former provost and vice president for academic affairs and research, said. “Some of his accomplishments were exemplary and unprecedented.” During Guyon’s tenure, SIUC also experienced capital improvement and expansion, including the funding and construction of the electron microscopy laboratory, the $6 million Small Business Incubator, the Center for Environmental Health and Safety, and the Transportation Center. A chemist, Guyon graduated magna cum laude from W&J and was honored with the Jesse W. Lazear Prize in Chemistry. Today, his passion for science education is carried out through the John C. Guyon Scholarship at SIUC, which provides financial assistance each year to a freshman student pursuing a career in science.
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Surgeon Joins Elite Group of U.S. Physicians with Distinguished Double Honor
Sheldon Weinstein, M.D. ’59, is one of only seven physicians in the United States to be honored with two prestigious awards in the field of gynecology – his most recent honor, the 2009 Vaginal Surgeons Award from the Society of Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeons, and the 2005 Distinguished Surgeon Award from the Society of Gynecological Surgeons. Both awards are reserved for surgeons who specialize in gynecologic surgery and teach nationally and internationally in urogynecology. A member of the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas medical staff for more than 40 years, Weinstein coordinates the OB-GYN residency program and is vice chairman of the Pelvic Surgery Fellowship. One of his greatest accomplishments was originating a surgical procedure referred to as LEEP (loop electrosurgical excision procedure) and inventing the instruments involved in the surgery. “What makes him a truly great surgeon is a mix of experience and open-mindedness to new ideas,” said Dr. Sheila Chhutani, an OB-GYN at Texas Health Dallas and a student of Weinstein’s during her training in the hospital’s fellowship program. “He is always looking to find the next technological advancement or research breakthrough that will benefit his patients.”
demonstrates how humor can be used effectively to teach and promote necessary changes in the serious business of educating children. He said, “My goal in writing this book is to provide insight for parents and educators, whether they live in Washington, D.C., or Beijing, China, into what really makes schools run, while providing comic relief from the stresses of parenting and teaching.” Robert A. Stein of Robert Stein & Associates, PLLC, was elected as the new president of the International Society of Barristers Foundation, the smallest and most elite trial lawyer organization. Andrew G. Zelenka Jr. retired in March 2009 from U.S. Steel, Aviation Division, after 15 years as an international captain.
1969 William F. “Rick” Martson Jr., a litigation partner at Tonkon Torp LLP, has been elected president of the International Society of Barristers, an honor society of outstanding trial lawyers chosen by their peers on the basis of excellence and integrity in advocacy. Martson, who has served on the board for several years, will serve a one-year term as president. He has been recognized as a leader in commercial litigation law by the Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA— America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Charles E. Powell Jr., has been appointed vice president for university relations at Ohio Wesleyan 36
Dr. Sheldon Weinstein performs surgery at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas. In addition to surgical techniques, Weinstein is known for the individualized attention he gives each patient. “Dr. Weinstein’s dedication is an example for all physicians,” Chhutani said. “He carefully researches and reviews the latest scientific literature before jumping on the band wagon blindly. He is very willing to share his knowledge with others. And he loves to teach students, residents, fellows and other physicians.” Weinstein also was named “Teacher of the Year” in 2007 by UT Southwestern Medical School and was listed as one of the “Best Doctors in America” from 2001-2007. In addition to serving at Texas Health Dallas, he continues to teach and operate a private gynecology practice. In addition to his education at W&J, Weinstein holds a medical degree from University of Pittsburgh. He later received an American Cancer Society fellowship at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
University. Since 2007, Powell has been the director of development at Grinnell College in Iowa. He also has worked for the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marietta College, Hollins University, and W&J, where he served as alumni director.
1971 Randall S. Peffer has published two new novels— Old School Bones, a mystery set in a New England preparatory school, and Southern Seahawk, a Civil War thriller. An established maritime and travel writer, his other book titles include Provincetown Follies, Bangkok Blues; Killing Neptune’s Daughter; Logs of the Dead Pirate Society; and Watermen.
1973 Lucille M. Espey-Francis was named the recipient of the Lake County 2009 Pro Bono Award after providing 28 hours of pro bono assistance to the Volunteer Lawyers Project in 2008. Espey-Francis began her pro bono work in 1990, which has included full representation of clients, pro se workshops, and legal advice clinics. She has served on the board of directors for the Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc., and has acted in roles that include member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps for the U.S. Army, assistant public defender, and litigation partner. She also runs a general practice. Espey-Francis says that her pro bono work reminds her why she practices law.
1974 Betsey Hurwitz-Schwab of H&S Development LLC was named to Maryland’s Top 100 Women for 2009 by The Daily Record. The Top 100 Women are recognized for their professional achievement, leadership in their community, and a demonstrated commitment to mentoring. Stephen Kresovich, Ph.D., has been named vice president for research and graduate education at the University of South Carolina. Prior, he was vice provost for life sciences and professor at Cornell University, where he also served as director of Cornell’s Institute for Genomic Diversity and Institute for Biotechnology and Life Science Technologies. He envisions USC cultivating more inter-institutional research partnerships and tailoring its graduate programs to the needs of South Carolina. His research focuses on conservation genetics.
1975 Edward Harris, CPA, of Harris Wealth Management, McMurray, has been selected to Pittsburgh Magazine’s “Five Star: Best in Satisfaction Wealth Manager for 2009.”
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Mark J. Heulitt, M.D., F.C.C.M., F.C.C.P., F.A.A.R.C., has been elected to membership the national honor medical society Alpha Omega Alpha. Heulitt is a pediatrics, physiology, and biophysics professor at the College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. He also is a pediatric intensivist and the medical director of Respiratory Care Services at Arkansas Children’s Hospital and director of Applied Respiratory Physiology Laboratory at Arkansas Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Heulitt is an international expert in respiratory physiology and mechanical ventilation who has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, and reviews. He and his wife Candy (Inglefield) Heulitt ’78 reside in Little Rock.
Cheryl A. Maze was named an associate of TLC Engineering for Architecture in Orlando, Florida. Maze joined TLC in 2008 working in marketing and business development. Maze is active in the Society of Marketing Professional Services and is a founding member of the Pittsburgh chapter. She also is a U.S. Green Building Council LEED Accredited Professional. Maze is an 11-year resident of Florida and has served on boards the Habitat for Humanity in Leon and Wakulla counties.
1979 David Koenig of Beaconsfield Financial Service, Inc., in Southpointe Industrial Park of Canonsburg, has been named “Five Star: Best in Satisfaction Wealth Manager for 2009” by Pittsburgh Magazine. He is a chartered retirement planning counselor and vice president at Beaconsfield.
Harry Miller was promoted to brigadier general in the U.S. Army. He is the director of joint doctrine, training, and force development (J7) at the National Guard Bureau in Arlington, Virginia. Jeffrey J. Norton, Esq., has joined Cozen O’Connor’s Philadelphia office as a member of its business law department. Prior to joining the firm, Norton served for nearly four years as vice president, general counsel, secretary, and chief compliance officer for P.H. Glatfelter Company, a publicly traded global manufacturer. Norton will concentrate his practice on energy, utilities, alternative clean technologies, and climate change matters, as well as corporate regulatory and compliance matters, commercial transactions, and mergers and acquisitions. A member
of the Pennsylvania and New York Bar Associations, Norton is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, and the Appellate Division of the State Court of New York. He has held several leadership positions with the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations, and has been an active member of the American Corporate Counsel Association, the Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI Law Council, the American Bar Association, and Leadership Philadelphia. He was appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve on the Pennsylvania Futures Commission on Justice in the 21st Century.
1981 Lyston Lea II serves as the senior advisor for warning in the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, U.S. Department of State. On rotation from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, he provides coordinated interagency early warning support to the growing number of reconstruction and stabilization missions. Lea credits his time at W&J under the mentorship of Drs. Robert Dodge and John Mark Scott as guiding his interests in international affairs toward a long and interesting career.
U.S. Navy Captain and Historian Hosts President George H.W. Bush on Board Ship Former President George H.W. Bush was in the company of 1972 W&J graduate Capt. Lee Mandel, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.P. ‘72, on board the U.S. Navy ship named after the President. President Bush and his daughter made a one-day visit to the USS George H.W. Bush to celebrate his 85th birthday. Mandel, senior medical officer on the ship, writes, “I believe this was the first time in U.S. Navy history that a ship’s namesake (certainly an aircraft carrier) not only was alive at the time of commissioning, but was healthy enough to come on board when the ship was at sea.” An avid historian, Mandel also has published a historical fiction novel, Moryak: A Novel of the Russian Revolution. The book tells the story of Lieutenant Stephen Morrison, an American sent into Russia to remove the Tsar from power at the turn of the 20th century. One customer reviewer on Amazon.com, “Mandel has the keen ability to keep the action and suspense moving page after page—a rare feat in historical fiction. Historically accurate and fascinating, Mandel’s done his research well to make Moryak a compelling story. If you love the history of the Tsars, Russia, WWI, Teddy Roosevelt and Naval history, this is a must-read.” Mandel is board-certified in internal medicine and aviation medicine. During his naval career, he worked at four Navy hospitals and served twice as a staff internist at the Office of the Attending Physician, U.S. Congress. In addition, he served as a senior medical officer on three U.S. Navy aircraft carriers.
Capt. Mandel sits to the right of former President George H.W. Bush (center) in the Flag Mess on board the USS George H.W. Bush.
His passion for history also led Mandel to serve as the historian on three ships and present lectures at Old Dominion University, Stonybrook Medical Center, and Eastern Virginia Medical School. With a special interest in U.S. Presidential history, he has written and lectured on the health of Franklin D. Roosevelt and has been published in the Annals of Internal Medicine on the health of John F. Kennedy, based on his review of Kennedy’s White House medical records. For more information on Mandel and his novel, visit www.leemandelmd.com. 37
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Radiologist Recognized for Saving Lives in Pittsburgh and South America
Pittsburgh’s television news magazine, OnQ, featured Marcela Böhm-Vélez, M.D. ’75, as a doctor who is changing lives. As President of Weinstein Imaging Associates in Pittsburgh, the radiologist is highly regarded for staying on the cutting edge of technology in early breast cancer detection. Her office is home to the only camera in Western Pennsylvania that uses breast-specific gamma imaging, a tool that detects fast-growing breast cells, which can point to early signs of breast cancer. Böhm-Vélez also supports screen mammography, which she claims “can decrease mortality by 40 percent.” “In the past 20 years, there have been significant changes in breast imaging because of proactive women who have demanded better quality and better diagnosis and treatment,” she said in an interview with OnQ. “We’re now diagnosing cancer much earlier and smarter than before.” Böhm-Vélez also is praised for her steadfast commitment to her patients. According to a colleague interviewed by OnQ, she is “passionate about her work and takes personal interest in everyone she sees. Her patients know they’re in really good hands when she’s treating them.” Her commitment to her work extends to South America, where Böhm-Vélez is educating doctors and patients about mammography and breast cancer. The
Argentina-born doctor visits countries where cancer detection and survival rates are low and demonstrates the best new techniques and practices in her field. “These doctors are working from 7 in the morning to 8 or 9 at night. They are hungry to learn,” she said. “The key is to educate the doctors so they can, in turn, educate their patients on having mammograms, leading to early cancer diagnosis and increased survival rates.” Böhm-Vélez specializes in mammography and gynecological, obstetrical, interventional and vascular ultrasounds. She has been published multiple times, has organized numerous lectures and seminars, and has been involved in several medical panels and boards. She sits on international committees for the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of South America. She also is an assistant professor of radiology at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Albert Bates Jr., a partner in the Pittsburgh office of Duane Morris LLP, has been named a fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. Selection to this elite group of nearly 200 members is by invitation only. According to the College, the selection of Bates as a fellow is a testament to his “talent, professionalism, recognition, and many accomplishments in the field of commercial arbitration.” Bates focuses his practice on construction litigation and domestic and international arbitration matters and is a frequent writer and speaker on these issues. In addition to representing clients in various federal and state courts, he has represented clients in arbitrations under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, JAMS, the International Chamber of Commerce, the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, and in private arbitrations. Bates is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association and chairman of the National Construction Dispute Resolution Committee. He has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America and in Philadelphia Magazine as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer in his fields of expertise.
James Nicholas DeAngelo, D.O., was honored with the Distinguished Citizen Award by the Italian-American Cultural & Heritage Society of Washington County during its annual banquet in May. After studying funeral home management, DeAngelo worked in the family business in Canonsburg. He later received his doctorate in osteopathy from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Board-certified in internal medicine, he also holds a subspecialty certification in allergy and immunology. DeAngelo is director of the subspecialty section in Allergy and Immunology of the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine and is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology; the American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology; and the American College of Osteopathic Internists. He is married to Dr. Jean Gross DeAngelo and has two children, James and Abrielle.
John Snyder, vice president and chief financial officer at Station Capital, Inc., in Washington, has been selected to Pittsburgh Magazine’s “Five Star: Best in Satisfaction Wealth Manager for 2009.”
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From Pittsburgh to South America, Dr. Marcela Böhm-Vélez has dedicated her medical career in radiology to improving the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.
1985 Valentina Petrone Avery was awarded a master’s of education degree with a specialization in instructional technology from Northeastern University, Boston, in May. She graduated with honors and was inducted into the Sigma Epislon Rho Honor
Society. Avery is head of the business and computer technology department at West Boylston Middle/ High School in West Boylston, Massachusetts, where she teaches technology classes and is in charge of all online-learning courses. For the next two years, she will co-chair the committee overseeing the school’s re-accreditation with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Last spring, Avery took students to Ireland and England. “It’s those kinds of opportunities with students that make teaching high school so rewarding,” she writes. “All of us will have memories for a lifetime.” Avery also owns and operates It’s a Dog’s Life, Inc., a dog care and training business, with her husband Luis. Her son Tucker started his first year of college in September. Richard Fleck has been named director of research operations for Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety. Fleck will support the Research Institute’s strategic planning and oversee the administrative, technical, and communications functions. He also will work closely with senior staff to manage the Institute’s overall performance and effectiveness. Fleck brings to the organization 20 years of research administration and accounting experience, most recently serving as director of research administration at Children’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.
1986 R. Shawn Essey, D.M.D., was recently selected by a vote of his peers to be included in the 2009 database of “Top Dentists.” Essey has moved his office to O’Hara
Township after practicing for 14 years in nearby Harmar. He resides in Fox Chapel with his wife Beth and children Katey, Margeaux, and Hanna. Jacque King, Ph.D., assistant professor of business at Westminster College in New Wilmington, won two awards for a paper he presented at the Association of Management/International Association of Management conference in October in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. King’s paper, “Emotional Leadership through Emotional Intelligence: High Achieving Leaders Do It; Low Achieving Leaders Don’t,” received awards for “Best Paper–Leadership Article” and “Platform Skills in Presentation.” Leadership was one of four paper categories at the 81-paper conference.
1987 Beth Ellis accepted a volunteer appointment to Delta Gamma’s Cabinet as a regional collegiate specialist. In this role, she has administrative oversight of Delta Gamma collegiate chapters in Tennessee and Kentucky, including their officers, advisers, administration, and disciplinary boards.
Distribution Region East in New Cumberland. The Harrisburg Recruiting Battalion oversees the recruiting mission of 33 Regular Army Stations and two Army Reserve Commands. He writes, “I am very excited for the opportunity to conduct such an important mission in my home state of Pennsylvania.”
1991 Marybeth Lehman, M.P.T., an area vice president for Keystone Rehabilitation Systems, was selected to join the State Board of Physical Therapy. She joined Keystone as a facility director in 1999 and has been promoted several times. She now works out of the company’s Indiana, Pennsylvania, office. Lehman lives in Indiana with her husband Michael and two children, Kate and Jack.
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1988 Todd Wolynn, M.D., received a certificate of appreciation from the Allegheny County Health Department to recognize his work promoting breastfeeding and support of breastfeeding mothers and their babies. “I still feel there is so much more that needs to be done in this area, including improved support for breastfeeding in private practices, by insurance companies, and in the workplace,” he writes. Wolynn is a board-certified lactation consultant and executive director of the Breastfeeding Center of Pittsburgh. He helped to create the Center in 2006 to promote services, research, education, reform, and advocacy for breastfeeding, and since its creation, the Center has developed a number of successful corporate breastfeeding support programs.
1989 Michael Hrosik was promoted to director of sales for ArcelorMittal–USA. The U.S. headquarters is located in the “Loop” business district in downtown Chicago. ArcelorMittal is the largest steel company in the world with more than 300,000 employees and sales of $124 billion in 2008. Hrosik and his are relocating from Cleveland to the Chicago area. Gabe Lazzaro has been named vice president of human resources for RailAmerica, Inc., located in Jacksonville, Florida. RailAmerica owns leading shortline and regional railroads providing rail service to customers across North America. The company’s 42 affiliated railroads operate in 26 states and three Canadian provinces with more than 8,000 miles of track. He resides with his wife Debbie, and two children, Amanda (14) and Antonio (12), in St. Johns, Florida. LTC Stephen B. Lockridge of the U.S. Army was selected to command the Harrisburg Recruiting Battalion, headquartered at the Defense
Cynthia N. Fulford, Ph.D., completed a doctorate degree in higher education administration at Bowling Green State University. The title of her dissertation topic is, “Preparing Students to Work in a Globally Diverse World: The Relationship of College Students’ Backgrounds and College Experiences to their Orientation toward Diversity.” Her short-term career goals include being a director of a student development, diversity, or leadership program.
1994 Andrew Tabler received the Outstanding Young Alumni Award at W&J’s 2009 Homecoming celebration. He also was the speaker at a symposium titled, “The Obaman Middle East Policy,” during Homecoming Weekend. Tabler is a Soref Fellow in the Program on Arab Politics at the Washington Institute, where he focuses on Syria. Tabler earned a master’s degree in comparative politics at the American University in Cairo, where he is pursuing a career in journalism and research and has been residing full-time for the past 15 years.
1997 Reeg Allen was hired as the director of business development by RE2, Inc., a leading developer of intelligent modular manipulation systems. Allen will lead the company’s new business, strategic partnerships, technology commercialization, transition, and licensing activities. Before joining RE2, Allen was the senior technology consultant for FirstLink: The Department of Defense National Center of Excellence for First Responder Technology Transfer. In this role, he was responsible for facilitating and overseeing activities and agreements between technology companies and U.S. Department of Defense laboratories. Reeg also has a successful background as an entrepreneur with product development and
management experience in several commercial markets.
1998 Marie LaBruyere is a partner of the law office of Rahaim & Saints in Wilmington, Delaware. She clerked for the Family Court of the State of Delaware for one year prior to joining Rahaim & Saints in 2002. LaBruyere concentrates her practice in the area of family law, including divorce, child support, and child custody and visitation. She is a member of the Melson-Arsht Inns of Court and was the recipient of the Pro Bono Service Award.
2000 Stacie M. McKnight, D.O., has joined the medical staff of Ohio Valley General Hospital and the Drs. Sauer and Leibensperger family practice in Kennedy Township. McKnight is board-certified in family practice with a particular interest in women’s health and adolescent health issues. She practices osteopathic manipulative treatment in which the hands are used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness or injury through stretching, gentle pressure, and resistance to help ease pain, promote healing, and increase mobility. McKnight attended medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her family residency at UPMC St. Margaret.
2001 Sam Pazicni began his faculty career at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) as an assistant professor of chemistry and chemistry education in the fall of 2009. Although ten times the size of W&J, UNH reminds Pazicni of his alma mater, and he looks forward to teaching and mentoring his students with the same passion, respect, and encouragement afforded him by the faculty of W&J.
2002 John P. Friedmann, a former staff attorney with Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services, Inc., in Uniontown, is now assistant district attorney in Greene County. Friedmann’s practice consisted of representing victims of domestic violence in protection-from-abuse, custody, divorce, support, consumer, and housing matters, as well as parents in child dependency matters. Prior to joining Legal Services in 2007, he was a staff attorney with McLaughlin & McCaffrey, LLP, in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He received the Federal Bar Association Award in Constitutional Law at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law at Cleveland State University. He lives with his wife, Rachel, in Bentleyville, and continues to feed his radio hobby with on-air and voiceover work.
2004 Damian J. Carrieri, Ph.D., completed his doctorate degree in chemistry at Princeton University. His dissertation was titled, “Physiological control 39
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of photosynthesis and fermentation in the cyanobacterium Arthropsia (Spirulina) maxima CS-328 for biofuel production.” Carrieri will continue researching algae biofuels for renewable energy production at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and was expected to return to the United States for a postdoctoral appointment in January 2010.
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Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh. He has served with Go Time Ministries, which works with local youth and completes mission work to Russia, Honduras, and Nicaragua. He is a member and youth pastor for Nottingham Christian Center, and plans to be a full-time youth pastor.
2008 Laurel Pilch joined LNE Group as an administrative assistant in June 2009. This past year, Pilch completed an internship at Greater Cleveland Community Shares, which she felt was an extraordinary means of showing her appreciation for both her hometown and the practice of volunteering.
Meghan D. Beerbower graduated in May 2009 as valedictorian of her dental class at Temple University. She was awarded the Dr. Benjamin D. Homer Award for scholastic excellence and exemplifying the qualities and ideals of integrity and civility, and the Horace Wells Award for proficiency in dental anesthesiology. Beerbower also was elected by faculty members into the National Dental Honor Society, Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Laurie Lynn Hanne, D.O., was awarded a doctorate degree in osteopathic medicine from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at the College’s 118th commencement. Hanne is continuing her medical training at Case Western Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Darren R. Machak, D.O., was awarded a doctorate degree in osteopathic medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at the College’s 118th commencement. Machak is continuing his medical training in a family medicine residency at Washington Hospital in Washington, Pennsylvania.
Nathan Roberts, D.O., graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) with a doctorate degree in osteopathic medicine in May 2009. While enrolled at WVSOM, he was a member of Sigma Sigma Phi Honors and Service Fraternity and the Christian Medical and Dental Association, and served as treasurer of the Student Government Association and the Internal Medicine Club. Roberts is entering the General Surgery Internship Program at Oklahoma State University Medical Center.
2007 Jonathan Mayak earned his master’s degree in theological studies from the Reformed Presbyterian 40
Diana Brush and Mike Hoke were married May 16, 2009, at Saint Anselm Church in Pittsburgh. W&J alumni who were members of the bridal party included Karah Vise ’01, Steph Ceraso ’04, and Jenn (Joyce) O’Shea ’02. Other alumni in attendance were Theresa (Gray) Bachofsky ’00, Nick Bachofsky ’00, Rachel (Armitage) Brown ’04, Libby Gasior ’04, Jeanine (Samolovitch) Revak ’01, and Mike Revak ’98.
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2009 Kerri DiGiovanni accepted the position of assistant director of alumni relations at W&J. DiGiovanni was previously in W&J’s annual fund office, and before that, she worked in the alumni relations office as a student and intern. In her new role, DiGiovanni will continue to further the interests of the College and its alumni.
Marriages 1967 Dr. Jamie Meehan Roach, the third daughter of S. Curtiss Roach ’67 and Leslie Roach, was married May 5, 2009, to Ian Murray on Martha’s Vineyard. Jamie is a pediatrician in the Darien office of Stamford Pediatrics, and Ian is one of the founders of Vineyard Vines.
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2006 Michael McCarthy was welcomed as a new associate of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC located in Charleston, West Virginia. McCarthy will focus his practice in the area of litigation.
2001
Juliann Fritz and Chris Brigham were married June 26, 2009, at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Park City, Utah. The reception took place at the Red Pine Lodge at the Canyons Resort. Several W&J alumni were in attendance, including Natalie (Costello) Frazier ’93, Jeff Hufnagel ’93, Michele (Abate) Hufnagel ’93, Bill Fritz ’82, and Kristine Fritz ’02.
Rischelle Bayless and Joshua Shaw were married June 21, 2009, at the Lake Shore Country Club in Erie. W&J alumna Kylee Morris Mattern ’03 was a member of the wedding party. Rischelle is a French teacher pursuing her master’s degree in curriculum and instruction at Gannon University, and Joshua is a philosophy professor at Penn State Behrend.
2004 Heather Lyn Amistade and Nicholas James Hovanic ’05 were married November 28, 2008, in Immaculate Conception Church, Washington. The couple honeymooned at the Riviera Maya. Heather is a medical device saleswoman for Roche Diagnostics. Nicholas is an information security analyst at UPMC Corporate Services. They reside in Mars. Joshua C. Andy and Brittany B. Eaves, daughter of Peter and Billie Eaves ’80, were married July 25, 2009. W&J alumni who were members of the wedding party included Gary Conkle ’04, Phil Eaves ’08, and Heather Gasmire ’08. W&J faculty, alumni, and students in attendance were Dr. John Mark Scott ’69; Robert Adkins ’87; Chad Haught ’04; Mike Anderson ’04; Kelly (Dollins) Anderson ’04; Justin Mankey ’04; BJ Day ’03; Zack Bonatesta ’09; Katie Betler ’10; Dr. Robert H. Dodge, Alton Newell, Vicki Staton, and Jack Rea. Joshua is employed at W&J as assistant director of admission and an adjunct professor. Andy Herrick and Stacy Derrow ’06 were married July 18, 2009 in Washington. W&J alumni who were members of the bridal party included Michelle Orndoff ’06, Jessica Landis ’06,
Becky Fletcher ’06, Jessica Skoner ’04, Brian Hutchison ’04, Andrew Gmiter ’05, Anthony Mahramus ’05, and Aaron Kern ’05. Stacy is the graphic designer at W&J, and Andy is a retail sales consultant for AT&T Mobility in Morgantown, West Virginia, with plans to attend law school. The couple resides in Waynesburg.
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birth of their baby boy, Nathan Ross, born October 15, 2008. Ben, a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy, is an E2 pilot aboard the USS Eisenhower. He recently returned home to his family after a five-month deployment in support of ground troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. His wife, Donice, is a physician in Chesapeake, Virginia.
James “Jamie” P. McCune III and his wife Betsy McCune, announce the birth of their daughter, Maeve Barron, August 6, 2009 in St. Louis, Missouri.
1992 Kristin Niehl Dess announces the birth of her son, Darrell Andrew Dess, born March 13, 2009. Amanda Stanonik was married August 1, 2009, to Scott McGuinness at St. Colman Parish in Turtle Creek. Amanda works as an environmental scientist/risk assessor at The Mahfood Group in Bridgeville. Scott is the sports information director at W&J. The couple resides in Canonsburg. Jordana Gracenin ’06, Katie Gress ’06, and W&J athletic trainers Mike and Mark Lesako were members of the wedding party. Adam Louis Witzel and Shelly Lynn Buckels were united in marriage March 21, 2009, in St. Patrick Parish, Canonsburg. Shelly is employed by Quality Furniture in Canonsburg and Adam is employed by Accellent Orthopedics in Houston. The couple resides in Canonsburg.
1993 Rebecca Kuna and her husband Ed Kuna ’94 announce the birth of their third child, Charlene “Charli” Rose, July 31, 2008. Charli joins big brothers Joshua (5) and Ryan (3).
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Births and Adoptions 1991 Rafael Perez-Mendez and Kristen Elder Perez ’93 announce the birth of their first child, Javier Alejandro, April 16, 2009. Javier is the grandson of retired W&J business office cashier, Emily Elder. The Perez family resides in Middletown, New Jersey.
Jamie (Barni) Bomberger and husband, Scott Bomberger, announce the birth of their second son, Samuel Morgan, born July 31, 2008. Sam joins his older brother, Wyatt (2).
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Michael Revak and Jeanine Revak ’01 announce the birth of their son, Ryan Michael Revak, born March 4, 2009. Jeanine writes, “I’m shocked at how fast time is flying. He is amazing.”
1999 Nate Frank and Emily (Bush) Frank ’99 proudly announce the birth of Grace Elinore, born April 4, 2009. She was warmly welcomed by big brother Joshua (3).
2000 Chris Hazlett and his wife, Jennifer, announce the birth of their daughter, Ava Sofia, born March 25, 2009. Chris writes, “She’s been a huge blessing to us and already has a great personality. We are looking forward to introducing her to the W&J family next time we are in town!” Angela (Zagari) Platt and her husband Michael announce the birth of their daughter Sophia Rose, born April 21, 2009.
Ben Libby and Donice (Bietel) Libby announce the
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Sean Toulouse and his wife Sarah announce the birth of their daughter, Sydney Kristin, born March 17, 2009.
is assistant trainer for the W&J department of athletics. “Isabella is precious and we feel very blessed to have her,” writes Mark.
2005 Kellie (Grom) Kaminski ’05, and her husband, John, are excited to announce the birth of their first son, Gavin David. Gavin was born May 2, 2009, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh.
2001
In Memoriam T.J and Angela (Morascyzk) Srsic ’02 proudly announce the birth of their first child, Dante Joseph. He was born June 17, 2009, at Washington Hospital. He is the grandson of Ed Morascyzk ’75 and his wife Elaine, and John and Carole Srsic.
2002 Jamie (Lyons) Guinn and Brad Guinn ’04 are proud to announce the birth of their second son, Braden Thomas, August 9, 2009. He joins his big brother, Gavin, who turned 2 in December.
Maegan (Macri) Joseph and her husband, Christopher, are excited to announce the birth of their first child, Dominic Christopher, born October 23, 2009.
2003 Kristen (Morascyzk) Lesako and her husband, Mark, announce the birth of their baby girl, Isabella Elena, born August 4, 2009. “She is the newest member of the W&J athletic department family,” writes Mark’s brother, Mike. Kristen is an elementary school Spanish teacher employed at Chartiers Valley School District, where she also is a varsity assistant girls’ basketball coach. Mark
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John T. Logan ’36, North Branford, Connecticut, died March 31, 2009, at the age of 94. He was an airline industry pioneer whose innovations in scheduling and operations played a key role in the growth of Trans World Airlines during the mid-20th century. Mr. Logan’s career at TWA spanned 36 years, from 1940–76. From DC-2s to 747s, he learned the business, literally, from the ground up. After retiring from TWA, he devoted much of his time and business expertise to helping two organizations—War Control Planners and Freedom from Hunger Foundation. Evan M. Rogerson ’37, Moundsville, West Virginia, died September 10, 2009, at the age of 93. He was a retired executive director and board member for the former Citizens Savings & Loan. He served for more than 50 years on the Marshall County Library Board and was a U.S. Army Veteran from WWII. Hugh F. Luddecke, M.D. ’39, Fellowship Village, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, died June 7, 2009, at the age of 91. In May 1944, he was sent to Carlisle Barracks by the U.S. Army for training as a medical combat officer and went overseas in September of that year. While in combat, Dr. Luddecke received the Bronze and Silver Stars and three Combat Stars. After specializing in pathology, he became chief pathologist and director of laboratories at Morristown Memorial Hospital in 1951. His tenure there lasted more than 40 years and resulted in the laboratory being named in his honor. Dr. Luddecke was president of the New Jersey Society of Pathologists, and later, he became the historian for that society. He especially enjoyed music; he played both violin and clarinet. Col. William O. Ash, USAF Ret. ’40, San Antonio, Texas, died March 22, 2009, at the age of 90. Throughout high school, college and preceding WWII, he became an accomplished musician on piano, clarinet, and saxophone, as well as a “big band” leader for Bill Ash & his Orchestra (MCA artist). His early business experience included positions as sales engineer with Remington Rand and IBM, designing, developing, and selling punched card accounting programs—the forerunner of the computer. This career was interrupted by U.S. involvement in WWII and the Korean conflict. As a commissioned officer and command pilot, he commanded fighter and bomber squadrons and tendered a regular commission
following Korea. He made the U.S. Air Force his second career, serving in command and staff positions at the Pentagon and Personnel Programs activities. His final career responsibilities included being invited for two years as the Final Graduation Guest Lecturer at the Officer Training School on his topic, “The USAF Officer—His Status & Future.” His briefing was adopted by Headquarters USAF and briefing teams present it worldwide. Upon his 30-year retirement from the USAF, Col. Ash was involved in real estate investment. The Reverend Kenneth V. Brown ’41, Audubon, died May 19, 2009, at the age of 98. He was an office worker for Philadelphia Electric Company for several years before earning a bachelor’s degree from W&J. Rev. Brown received a master of divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary, and was ordained a Presbyterian minister. During WWII, he was a U.S. Navy chaplain aboard the aircraft carrier USS Sitkoh Bay in the Pacific and served in the Navy Reserve for more than 20 years. After his discharge from active duty, Rev. Brown was assigned to First Presbyterian Church in New Hyde Park, New York, where he was pastor for 32 years. After retirement in 1979, Rev. Brown served as interim pastor at Port Kennedy, Valley Forge, and Jeffersonville Presbyterian Churches in Norristown, and later, was a substitute pastor and preached sermons into his 90s. Robert Castetter, J.D. ’41, La Mesa, California, died August 2, 2009, at the age of 89. He served in the U.S. Army and attended officer-training school after graduation from W&J. Following the war, he went into business and was drawn to the legal and academic world. He received his juris-doctor degree and master’s-in-law degree, and later, in 1971, Castetter was awarded an honorary doctor-of-law degree from W&J. He was a professor and chairman of the finance department at the San Diego State College School of Business before joining California Western School of Law as dean in 1960. Castetter helped to increase enrollment and earn the law school accreditation from California and the American Bar Association. He served as president of the law school and retired in 1985. Joseph James “J.J.” Bonello, D.D.S. ’43, Mt. Lebanon, died March 3, 2009, at the age of 87. He had a long and vibrant practice in Upper St. Clair, and his work and dedication were evident in the smiles and gratitude of his patients. He had a long teaching career, the most recent being his position as a professor at West Virginia University’s School of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, where he continued to pioneer new approaches to orthodontics. He also was a dentist for the U.S. Navy during WWII. John Gibson Murray ’44, Willoughby, Ohio, died May 2, 2009, at the age of 86. After earning a commission in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he was assigned as the engineering officer on a Navy minesweeper, operating first in the Caribbean and then in the Philippines. When the ship returned to its home port in San Francisco, California, he was named the ship’s commanding officer, and was honorably discharged in 1946. Mr. Murray then joined the Lincoln Electric Company as an electrical engineer, where he was employed for 37 years. By the time of his retirement, he was responsible for the design of all of Lincoln Electric’s arc-welding equipment and its line of electric
motors. He was honored as the company’s “Man of the Year” on four different occasions during his career. He continued to serve as a consultant and expert witness on motors and welding equipment matters for an additional decade after his retirement. He was a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the American Welding Society.
building programs all over the United States. He led other congregations in Washington and Nebraska. In 1966, Rev. Smith was named director of the Board of Global Ministries; in 1977, he became the executive director of the Florida Methodist Development Fund and later the Florida Methodist Foundation. He retired in 1989.
Allan Lee Williams ’44, San Diego, California, died April 29, 2009, at the age of 86.
Richard E. Fowkes Sr. ’49, Cincinnati, Ohio, died May 15, 2009, at the age of 83.
Philip W. Marks ’45, Schenectady, New York, died May 3, 2009, at the age of 86.
Albert Karl Knoblich ’49, Wheeling, West Virginia, died August 26, 2008, at the age of 82. Mr. Knoblich was a retired grocery clerk for Kroger Grocery Store.
Wayne D. Frazee ’48, Greensburg, died April 8, 2009, at the age of 82. He was a WWII veteran, having served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He retired from Allegheny Power with more than 41 years of service, starting in 1947 as an apprentice serviceman and retiring in 1989 as director of transmission construction. Milan “Tom” Milich ’48, Bland, Virginia, died July 22, 2009, at the age of 86. While attending W&J, he was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, graduated from the Pan American School of Navigation in 1943, and was commissioned 2nd Lt. Navigator. He served in the European Theatre of Operations with the 452nd Bomb Group (H), 730th Squadron B-17. He completed 34 missions and was awarded the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Through the years, Mr. Milich worked as a billing clerk, terminal manager, and bookkeeper in association with the trucking business that he and his father and brothers operated. He also was a plant manager and sales manager in the coal industry. He semi-retired at 65 and fully retired at 75. The Reverend H. Paul Smith ’48, Lakeland, Florida, died April 20, 2009, at the age of 88. In 1951, Rev. Smith was fresh out of seminary and was appointed to Immanuel Methodist Church in South Bend, Indiana. He remained as pastor at Immanuel until 1954. His building experience at Immanuel helped prepared him for the advising and consulting he did for Methodist
William McKinley Cosey Jr. ’50, Arnold, Maryland, died October 1, 2009, at the age of 81. During his time at W&J, Cosey lettered in baseball and was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. In 1952, he graduated from Officer Candidate School as 2nd Lt. in Armor, and spent 18 months at Fort Hood, Texas. He was employed with NSA until his retirement, having previously worked with Remington Rand as a salesman, Fairchild Aircraft as an analytical clerk, and the Office of Naval Intelligence, PRNC, in Washington, D.C. Mark Joseph Foley, D.O. ’50, Hermitage, died June 14, 2009, at the age of 80. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at W&J. Dr. Foley served with the U.S. Army Medical Corps during the Korean conflict. He then worked for two years at the former Youngstown Sheet and Tube as a water chemist. Dr. Foley was a staff anesthesiologist at Shenango Valley Osteopathic Hospital until retirement in 1992. During his tenure, he served as chief of the department of anesthesia and chief of staff. He also served on the hospital’s board of directors for many years and aided in its merger with the former Greenville Hospital. He was a member of the Shenango Valley Medical Center’s Board of Trustees and served as the chairman of the board for three years. William A. Fowler ’50, McLean, Virginia, died August 8, 2009, at the age of 82. Robert H. Griffith ’50, York, Pennsylvania, died June
29, 2009, at the age of 81. He served on the Board of Trustees at W&J from 1994–1998. He was a partner at the law firm of Markowitz, Kagen & Griffith, served as president of the York County Bar Association, and was a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Walter P. Stuart Jr. ’50, Cleveland Heights, Ohio, died December 18, 2008, at the age of 81. He was a 33rd Degree Mason and a member of the Heights Lionheart Masonic Lodge No. 633. Dr. Harold M. Ward ’50, Clearwater, Florida, died October 9, 2009, at the age of 81. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII and in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Dr. Ward started a medical practice in Largo in 1961 and also was responsible for starting the Indian Rocks State Bank in 1986. He served as the president for the Belleair Bluffs Rotary Club, the Florida Osteopathic Medical Association, and the Osteopathic College of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology, and was a board member for the Florida Patient’s Compensation Fund. Dr. Ward also did missionary work in Ecuador where he treated eye diseases and cataracts. He was a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at W&J. William E. Yeager Jr. ’50, Warren, died October 7, 2009, at the age of 81. After service in the U.S. Navy, he opened the Yeager Insurance Agency, Inc. He later became president and treasurer of the Community Consumer Discount Company. Throughout his life, Yeager had a passion for boating. He raced inboard powerboats for the American Power Boat Association and won two national championships and two National High Point Awards. He was inducted into the Marine Racing Hall of Fame in 1955. Edwin Duda, Ph.D. ’51, Miami, Florida, died May 21, 2009, at the age of 80. He spent two years in the U.S. Army in Japan as a corporal. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, from 1961–2005. He was elected by his peers to serve as departmental chairman for a time during his career. Dr. Duda was dedicated to his specialty in topology, as well as to his students whether at work or at home. As a noted topologist of international
Lawrence R. Boyd, Jr., ’30 (1908-2009): Eldest Living W&J Alumnus Lawrence R. Boyd, Jr., ’30, Washington, passed away March 22, 2009. At the time of his death, he was the eldest living W&J alumnus at 100 years old.
the former Suburban Bus Lines, and for many years, served as secretary of East Washington Borough and the Pennsylvania Chapter of United Commercial Travelers.
A loyal supporter of the College, he made a generous contribution to the Chemistry Building fund in 1940. Since then, Mr. Boyd faithfully attended W&J reunion events. His 100th birthday celebration, held September 2008 at the George Washington Hotel, was attended by more than 200 guests, including W&J President Dr. Tori Haring-Smith.
Mr. Boyd was very involved in the First Baptist Church of Washington. A member for 84 years, he was the church’s longest serving member.
As an accountant, Boyd worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and
Mr. Boyd also was the longest living alumni at Robert Morris University. Among his survivors are his son, James R. Boyd ’60, and grandson, James R. Boyd ’85.
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The Reverend Arthur R. Day, Jr. ’48 (1922-2009): Treasured Minister and Community Volunteer Rev. Arthur R. Day, Jr. ’48, West Newton, passed away November 1, 2009, at the age of 87. Rev. Day was a retired minister from West Newton United Presbyterian Church, where he was honored as pastor emeritus after 25 years of faithful service. He also served at Upper Ten Mile Church in Prosperity and Claysville Presbyterian Church. Following retirement, he held roles at Sutersville Presbyterian Church and the Presbytery of Redstone. Prior to attending W&J, the Trinity High School graduate worked at the Hazel Atlas Glass Company to save the needed funds for tuition. He studied at W&J at the end of World War II, when enrollment at the college was limited. He could recall being the only student in Dr. Porter’s botany class in the basement of McMillan Hall, where the professor lectured as if the entire classroom was full. In his senior year, he was selected as a Phi Beta Kappa Scholar. His other academic honors included Alpha Kappa Alpha, Eta Sigma Phi, and Phi Alpha Theta. He completed his education at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Rev. Day enjoyed writing poetry and had several of his works published. He served West Newton as chaplain of the Volunteer Fire Department, a member of the Rotary Club, and a founding member of the town’s historical society. He also was a 50-year member of the Masonic Lodge of Claysville Lodge F&AM 243. Rev. Day is survived by two family graduates of W&J, brother David Day ’60 and grandson Benjamin A. Markle ’05.
acclaim, Dr. Duda was awarded a multi-year grant by the National Science Foundation from 1965–1971. He was co-author of Dynamic Topology, 1979, and published numerous mathematical articles in professional journals on topology. Dr. Duda was a member of the Polish Mathematical Society, American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America (chairman, Florida section, 1980–81); and the Kosciuszko Foundation (cofounder, Florida chapter). James R. Podboy ’51, Canonsburg, died March 25, 2009, at the age of 80. He taught in Canon-McMillan School District for 38 years, prior to his retirement in 1988. George Walter Hallam Jr., Ph.D. ’52, Dahlonega, Georgia, died July 11, 2009, at the age of 83. A writer and historian well known among the Jacksonville, Florida, community, Dr. Hallam was a popular professor of literature, journalism, writing, and drama at Jacksonville University (JU) for nearly 40 years before he retired in 1994. He founded JU’s journalism program and was honored as “Professor of the Year” in 1964–65 and granted emeritus status in 2000. Dr. Hallam published three books, including Our Place in the Sun. He wrote feature stories and reviews for The Florida Times-Union. He also performed in and reviewed local community theatre, directed and acted in nearly a dozen JU Players performances, earning Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor honors. Dr. Hallam also served in the U.S. Army 797th Field 44
Artillery Battalion during WWII. Alexander Rein, M.D. ’52, St. Pete Beach, Florida, died June 27, 2009, at the age of 81. He had his own practice in Pittsburgh and then left the area in 1978 to continue work as a physician at the Veterans Administration Center at Bay Pines, Florida, until his retirement in 1994. Donald R. Laing, Ph.D. ’53, Olmstead Township, Ohio, died April 2, 2009, at the age of 77. In addition to serving as a professor and chairman of the Classics Department at Case Western Reserve University, he dug up ancient stone tablets, translated their inscriptions, started a university softball team, wrote parody lyrics for talent shows, sang in church choirs, and mastered Sudoku. Dr. Laing loved to teach and joined Western Reserve University in 1962. Among his many titles over the decades, he was associate dean for special undergraduate studies, assistant dean for foreign study, nominating chairman of the faculty senate and, for 19 years, classics department chairman. Throughout his years as student and teacher, Dr. Laing made many trips to Athens and Corinth, Greece, often funded by awards and fellowships. He published articles, encyclopedia entries, book reviews, and more. He led the Cleveland Archaeological Society for nine years and joined many professional and fraternal boards. He ran two summer sessions of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens.
The Reverend Doctor James W. Matz ’53, Washington, died August 1, 2009, at the age of 78. After obtaining his ministry degree, he first served as minister at the Presbyterian Church in Cherry Tree and then served the Presbyterian Church in Mount Union for 12 years. In 1971, he became the minister at Liberty Presbyterian Church in Liberty Borough. Rev. Dr. Matz served in the National Guard and was a member of the Masons. Albert William Schoepf ’54, Salinas, California, died September 13, 2009, at the age of 77. He served in the U.S. Army as a 1st Lt. Medical Service Corps in Germany. He taught at Edgewood High School and also at Hartnell College. Andrew Newell Farley ’56, The Woodlands, Texas, died May 3, 2009, at the age of 74. He served in the U.S. Army and rose to the rank of brigadier general. He practiced law for Reed Smith LLP, served as the counsel to the 1978 Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, receiving a gubernatorial citation for his service, and was involved in multiple Pittsburgh civic affairs, including the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, the Fort Pitt Chapter of the Association of the United States Army, the foundation of California University of Pennsylvania, and the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations. Mr. Farley wrote extensively for legal journals during his career, and for more than 30 years, wrote monthly to the Pittsburgh Legal Journal.
Roger D. Sutton, M.D. ’56, Mount Lebanon, died July 23, 2009, at the age of 75. Dr. Sutton served on the University of Pittsburgh’s faculty for 14 years, was on staff at the Veterans Administration Hospital for 35 years, was chief of cardiology at Magee-Womens Hospital for several years, and had a private practice in the South Hills from 1970–1989. Carl T. Marnatti, M.D. ’57, San Antonio, Texas, died September 15, 2009, at the age of 73. He was a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity at W&J. He was a practicing physician, who served as acting chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at Western Pennsylvania Hospital, president of the Allegheny County Chapter of Family Physicians, and was a member of both the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Texas Academy of Family Physicians. Dr. Marnatti also was a U.S. Air Force veteran. Dwaine H. Welling ’57, Mechanicsburg, died July 22, 2009, at the age of 74. He was employed by the Naval Ships Parts Control Center and the Book of the Month Club. He was a member of the Mechanicsburg Museum Association, the NRA, and the Mechanicsburg Sportsman Club. Mr. Welling served in the U.S. Army. Morton Frank Markley ’61, Fort Collins, Colorado, died March 24, 2009, at the age of 69.
Frederic J. Berman, D.D.S. ’69, West Palm Beach, Florida, died July 19, 2009, at the age of 61. Dr. Berman had a thriving dental practice until he was forced into an early retirement by illness. He was also a teacher and author in the dentistry field. He was an executive board member of the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, chairman of its community planning and allocations committee, and was active at the Armory Art Center creating pottery for family. Thomas M. Heysek ’69, Sacramento, California, died May 26, 2009, at the age of 62. Mark L. Roger ’72, Harmony, died July 11, 2009, at the age of 59. Paul W. Lynn ’73, Shenango Township, died March 29, 2009, at the age of 57. He worked as a truck driver and dispatcher for Frenz Petroleum Corporation from 1980-2002. He was most recently employed as a contractor for the Lawrence County Emergency Management Agency, doing emergency planning and training. Mr. Lynn was a member of the Shenango Township Volunteer Fire Department for more than 35 years, having held every elected office, including fire chief and fire department president.
Maj. Walter C. McClelland, U.S. Air Force Ret. ’62, Panama City, Florida, died May 11, 2009, at the age of 74. He retired from the U.S. Air Force with more than 20 years of active service, including stations in Germany, Vietnam, and several other countries. He was a member of the NRA, AMVETS, the Retired Officers Association, the WWII museum in New Orleans, and most importantly to him, the Clan McClellan.
Marion Elizabeth Hook Mamrack ’75, Atlanta, Georgia, died March 28, 2009, at the age of 89. Prior to her retirement, she was a librarian and a founder of Chartiers-Houston Community Library, which she started in Houston, Pennsylvania, as a PTA project when her daughter was young. Besides being active in the community as a longtime volunteer, she was a factory worker, beautician, and an avid reader and Scrabble player. Mrs. Mamrack loved learning and obtained her bachelor’s degree from W&J at age 55.
Edwin C. “Ted” Evans, Esq. ’64, Newtown, died October 2, 2009, at the age of 67. He was a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at W&J. Mr. Evans was a retired attorney for the state of New Jersey where he was in charge of contract negotiations on behalf of the state colleges.
Thomas R. Damiano, M.D. ’81, Chesterfield, Virginia, died June 1, 2009, at the age of 49. He was veteran of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, serving at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, and continued serving veterans at Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Hospital. Dr. Damiano enjoyed hiking, painting, and astronomy.
Herbert Palkovitz ’64, Fort Collins, Colorado, died April 5, 2008. He practiced law for 39 years.
Dominic R. Papalia Jr. ’82, Bethel Park, died June 26, 2009 at the age of 49. Mr. Papalia worked for Nestle Foods Corporation in New York, Kraft Food/Nabisco, and Coca-Cola.
Richard F. Verunac ’64, Keystone Heights, Florida, died January 11, 2009, at the age of 68.
Robert E. Kingsley ’85, Speers, died July 9, 2009, at the age of 62. Eric Monday ’10, Vienna, Virginia, died July 26, 2009, at the age of 21. Mr. Monday was pursuing a major in history at W&J and, in Fall 2008, studied abroad at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. He had a great passion for sports; he was known to be a tremendous skier, and at W&J, he held the second all-time season win record in wrestling and played on the lacrosse team. He also was a saxophone player.
Friends Ann McGowan Andrew, Washington, and Melbourne, Florida, died October 4, 2009, at the age of 77. She worked as an executive secretary in the development office at W&J for 25 years, until her retirement in 1995. After her retirement, she served as president of the Old Elizabeth Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Chester Marion Barent, Canonsburg, died April 5, 2009, at the age of 91. He attended W&J prior to World War II. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he was a corpsman with the U.S. Marines. Mr. Barent worked in the insurance industry and retired from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. Pearl K. Crothers, Washington, died November 16, 2009, at the age of 81. For 25 years, she worked at W&J, where she was the administrator of the dining room. She also worked at Stack’s Cafeteria and Herd’s Drug Store. Dr. Stephen Aldrich Crouse, Washington, died May 28, 2009, at the age of 95. Dr. Crouse was a teacher and principal of public schools in Iowa until the advent of WWII, when he served with the U.S. Navy amphibious forces in the Pacific. He joined the W&J faculty in 1949, where he served until his retirement in 1981. During that time, he was chairman of the political science department, the Edward Martin professor of political science, chairman of numerous faculty committees, and a member of Danforth Foundation Associates with his wife, Millie. He also sponsored many student activities, including the Citizenship Clearing House and Intercollegiate Conference on Government. After his retirement, he earned the distinction of professor emeritus of political science and was awarded an honorary doctor-of-law degree by the College in 1982.
John W. Walther, Jr., M.D., ’63 (1941-2009): Family Physician and Loyal Alumnus John W. Walther Jr., M.D., ’63, of Newark, Ohio, died November 8, 2009, at the age of 68. Following graduation from W&J, Dr. Walther received his medical degree from Temple University. He proudly served as a major and medical doctor in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, and received the Bronze Star for his service. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1973.
Dr. Walther also served as a professor at Wright State University for nine years. A loyal W&J alumnus, Dr. Walther was involved with the Veterans Memorial Service at Homecoming, speaking in 2003 and chairing the reunion committee in 2008. He was a major donor who helped develop Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium, the College’s multi-sport athletic complex.
Furthering his work as a doctor, Dr. Walther practiced as a family physician at the Licking Memorial Hospital in Ohio. After more than two decades of service, he retired in 2007. 45
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Jerry K. Shannon (1933-2009): Former W&J Choral Director Jerry K. Shannon, beloved teacher and colleague in the W&J music department, died June 3, 2009, in Madison, Wisconsin, at age 75. Having devoted his life to music as a choral director, music educator and professional singer, Mr. Shannon was one of Pittsburgh’s most active musicians. Upon graduation from Westminster College in New Wilmington, he embarked on a distinguished career in secondary education at Pittsburgh-area high schools. Later, he worked as an adjunct professor at Duquesne University. He also served twice as District President of the Pennsylvania Music Educators’ Association and guest-directed choral festivals throughout the U.S. As a baritone soloist, Mr. Shannon sang in a wide array of venues, including churches, a synagogue, Carnegie Music Hall, and Three Rivers Stadium, where he sang the National Anthem before a Pittsburgh Pirates game.
Dr. Susan Woodard, chair of the music department, remembers Mr. Shannon as “a musician who brought life, luster and a beautiful sound quality to the W&J Choir when it was most needed.”
While at W&J, Mr. Shannon directed the Choral Ensemble and Chamber Singers, presenting performances of varied styles and repertory. He inaugurated the College’s student participation in the Collegiate Chorale Pops Concert at Heinz Hall under the musical direction of Robert Page and Marvin Hamlisch, an annual distinction now in its second decade.
The W&J College Choir, under the direction of Dr. Susan Medley, will dedicate its April 9, 2010, performance of the Mozart Requiem to Shannon’s memory. Alumni, colleagues and friends are invited to attend the concert at 7:30 p.m. at Church of the Covenant, located on Beau Street, adjacent to the W&J campus.
Steven Lee Dettinger, Washington, died November 17, 2009. He was the husband of Victoria List, professor of history. Monamae Easton, died September 23, 2009, at the age of 92. She was the mother of professor of English, Richard Easton. Wayne Edward Flanagan, Denton, Maryland, died October 26, 2009, at the age of 71. He attended W&J. Mr. Flanagan had a love for sailing and boating that followed him throughout his life. He was employed by GMAC, John Deere, Stanford Paper Co., and his own National Personnel Service in Silver Spring. Mr. Flanagan also was a well-known, award-winning auctioneer. Richard Neil Furguson, Fort Wayne, Indiana, died April 26, 2009, at the age of 85. He worked in the Wear Ever Division of Alcoa in Pennsylvania and at Lincoln Foodservice in Fort Wayne, retiring in 1988. He attended W&J and then served the U.S. Marine Corp in the South Pacific during WWII. He was a long-time volunteer at East Wayne Street Center, tutoring GED students for 20 years. Dr. Lee Glick, Panama City Beach, Florida, died July 11, 2009, at the age of 81. He taught college-level economics for the majority of his life. He was assistant professor of economics at W&J from 1961–1964 and then taught at Duquesne University for 30 years. With only a classroom chalkboard, Dr. Glick illustrated complex ideas by drawing diagrams and charts. Dr. Glick, an avid Pittsburgh sports fan, would more likely be found in the stands than in the study. Arthur Brackett Hess, Holden, Massachusetts, died May 8, 2009, at the age of 86. He attended the Army Specialized Training Program at W&J. He was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII, serving in the European, African, and Middle Eastern theatres as a member of the Signal Corps. He was a production engineer at Xerox Corp., Rochester, New York. 46
Judith Lynn Hodgson, Monongahela, died July 5, 2009, at the age of 53. She attended W&J. A registered nurse, she was the owner of the former Nightingale Home Health Care in Monongahela. Dudley W. Houtz, M.D., Steilacoom, Washington, died May 30, 2009, at the age of 80. He attended W&J and was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he earned his medical degree and spent many years in family practice. In 1975, he was Tacoma General’s Director of Emergency Services and then became the first director of medical affairs of the hospital. Dr. Houtz retired in 1986. Walter Daniel Neilson Jr., Canonsburg, died October 17, 2009, at the age of 77. He was employed by W&J as a security guard and drove a school bus for several bus companies. Mary Agnes Mackiw, R.N., died March 17, 2009, at the age of 77. She was a graduate of the W&J School of Nursing. Before retirement, she was employed as a registered nurse. For several years, she served on the Lackawanna Trail School Board. A captain in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War, she served in the U.S. and Germany as an air evacuation flight nurse. Frederick P.W. McDowell, Des Moines, Iowa, died March 5, 2009, at the age of 93. He was emeritus professor of English at the University of Iowa. He began his teaching career before WWII at W&J. He served in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps in the U.S. and the Philippine Islands, in ranks from private through major. A graduate of the Command and General Staff College, he was involved in Manila with the logistical planning for the contemplated invasion of Japan. He became lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, retiring in 1961. He went to the University of Iowa in 1949 and taught in the English department until his retirement in 1985. Dr. Merle K. Miller, Brookfield, Vermont, died July 19, 2009, at the age of 86. He taught at three colleges, including W&J, before going to Iran, where he was
director of policies and procedures for the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company. When he returned to the United States, he taught at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was dean of arts and sciences until he retired in 1987 to Brookfield. Dr. Miller was active in Goodwill Industries International, Inc., of Springfield and Hartford, receiving their Good Service Award and Heim Award. In Brookfield, he served as a volunteer town auditor, treasurer of the historical society, and trustee of the First Congregational Church of Brookfield. Marguerite Verrone Palermo, Washington, died May 3, 2009, at the age of 83. She worked at W&J as secretary to the dean of development before working 18 years at McGraw-Edison. Ann Schmidt, Washington, died September 2, 2009, at the age of 42. She was the wife of Patrick Schmidt, associate professor of art, at W&J. Donald Scott, Ph.D., Denville, New Jersey, died August 5, 2009, at the age of 91. He was an assistant professor of chemistry at W&J from 1951-1954. Richard L. Shrake, Troy, Ohio, died June 19, 2009, at the age of 80. He attended W&J and served in Korea in the U.S. Army. Mr. Shrake was a salesman in the steel industry for most of his career. David H. White Jr., Claysville, died May 7, 2009, at the age of 61. He attended W&J. Mr. White was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during the Vietnam War as a Spec 5. Mr. White was employed as an appliance technician at Sprowls City Appliance & TV, Washington. Paul Bernard Wice, Ph.D. died November 15, 2009, at the age of 67. An award-winning teacher and writer, Dr. Wice was an expert in constitutional law, criminal justice, and urban studies. He began his teaching career as an assistant professor at W&J, wrote 11 books, and was professor emeritus in the political science department of Drew University.
2008–2009 Honor Roll of Donors Washington & Jefferson College
Dear W&J Alumni, Parents and Friends:
I believe that Washington & Jefferson College is one of the finest institutions in our nation and our accomplishments in the past year certainly add weight to this claim. It is with the dedication of the individuals, groups and organizations whose contributions large and small help make W&J the incredible College it is today that I present to you the 2008-2009 Honor Roll of Donors.
Our donors
The donors listed herein serve as a lifeline for the school through good times and bad. They
are building a
opportunities that invariably arise throughout the year. Our donors are building a bright future
bright future
to open the doors to the brand-new, donor-funded John A. Swanson Science Center, we can
for the College
of alumni, faculty and friends.
while helping
I hope you share in my celebration of this significant success. Even in the face of economic
us maintain our
reach our organizational goal: $1.5 million in unrestricted dollars and more than $7 million in
proud traditions and heritage.
provide a vital margin of support for the College, helping us meet challenges and unexpected for the College while helping us maintain our proud traditions and heritage. As we prepare recognize it as one more expression of academic excellence reaching back across the generations
turmoil and rising unemployment, our alumni, parents and friends banded together to help us new commitments. An achievement in which we can take great pride! With that, I also would like to welcome Dr. Liese K. Vito ’87, who has joined me as co-chair of the W&J Fund. Dr. Vito is a longtime supporter of the College and brings a unique vision and experience to the position. Her ongoing leadership will continue to enhance the tradition of excellence at W&J. I offer my sincere appreciation for your generosity this past fiscal year. Together, we continue to build and strengthen the solid foundation of the liberal arts education offered at W&J by ensuring life-changing educational opportunities that are available for every generation of students.
Sincerely,
F. Leo Wright, ’52 W&J Fund Co-Chair
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Contents
Donor Recognition Societies
John McMillan Society...................................................................................................... 49
Washington & Jefferson College recognizes the generosity of donors to the
John McMillan Society (Lifetime).................................................................................. 53
College through inclusion in the following donor recognition societies:
Old Main Society.................................................................................................................. 54 Alumni by Class Year.......................................................................................................... 55 Parents...................................................................................................................................... 71 Friends...................................................................................................................................... 75 Faculty, Staff and Retired Employees.......................................................................... 76 Athletics................................................................................................................................... 77 Memorial Gifts...................................................................................................................... 79 Honorary Gifts...................................................................................................................... 80 Gifts from Organizations................................................................................................... 81 Estate Gifts............................................................................................................................. 82 Matching Gifts...................................................................................................................... 82
Founders Associate
$25,000+
Lazear Associate
$10,000-$24,999
LeMoyne Associate
$5,000-$9,999
McGuffey Associate
$3,000-$4,999
1781 Associate
$1,781-$2,999
Presidents Associate
$1,000-$1,700
Jefferson Associate
$500-$999
Washington Associate
$250-499
Statesman
$100-$249
Gifts in Kind........................................................................................................................... 82 Donors who qualify as Founders, Lazear, LeMoyne, McGuffey, 1781 and This report contains the names of all donors who made gifts to Washington &
Presidents Associates also are included in the prestigious John McMillan
Jefferson College during the fiscal year, July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009.
Society.
The lists include all those who made capital and endowment gifts, as well as those who made donations to the W&J Fund. Fiftieth reunion total giving
* Denotes a donor who is deceased.
includes planned gifts.
Board of Trustees 2008-2009 Charles T. Nason Chairman Tori Haring-Smith President James J. Barnes Robert M. Beavers, Jr. Melvin D. Brewer* Edwina W. Cameron James W. Cameron Gary L. Churgin Richard T. Clark Jonathan M. Conrad Walter Cooper Patrick A. Correnty Samuel J. Davis
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Barbara R. DeWitt
Thomas J. Leydig
Anica D. Rawnsley
McClellan A. DuBois
Charles F. Marcy
Diana L. Reed
Lyn M. Dyster
J. Robert Maxwell
David A. Ross
John R. Echement
James J. McCaffrey
Louise K. Ross
James A. Elliott*
Barron P. McCune*
E. Ronald Salvitti
Robert M. Elliott
Kenneth R. Melani
Ronald P. Sandmeyer, Sr.
Lauren M. Farrell
John L.S. Northrop
Dorothy A. Servis
John E. Frazier II
Chong S. Park
Robert B. Shust
James F. Gismondi
H. Thomas Patton
William M. Stout
Gretchen B. Gockley
Ronald V. Pellegrini
John A. Swanson
Richard Y. Haddad
B. John Pendleton, Jr.
Craig A. Varga
Joseph A. Hardy, Sr.
James L. Phillips
Alberto W. Vilar
Melissa A. Hart
William S. Platt
F. Leo Wright
Elizabeth Hurwitz-Schwab
A. Michael Pratt
James H. Knepshield
E. Miles Prentice III
B. John Pendleton, Jr. ’81 and Mary Ann Butera Pendleton ’80 PPG Industries Foundation Thomas M. Priselac ’73 and Jody Priselac John S. Reed ’60 and Cindy Reed
John McMillan Society
David A. Ross ’78
Each member of the John McMillan Society (JMS) contributes $1,000 or more to the College during the fiscal year. JMS members are stewards of excellence and play a critical role in the life of the College. Investing in W&J at this exceptional level makes JMS members a part of the College’s proud tradition of excellence. Members of the JMS recognize that W&J shapes the students of today into leaders of tomorrow.
Rossin Foundation/Rosetree, Inc.
Founders Associates The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Robert M. Beavers, Jr. ’65 and Jo Beavers Violet Bica-Ross Richard T. Clark ’68 and Angela Clark CONSOL Energy, Inc. Patrick A. Correnty ’87 David A. Ross Fund Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, Inc. Eden Hall Foundation Estate of Hugh Taylor George I. Alden Trust Joseph A. Hardy, Sr. H’84 H. King Hartman ’59 and Carol Hartman Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
E. Ronald Salvitti ’59 and Constance Salvitti Paul D. Schurgot Foundation, Inc. John A. Swanson and Janet Swanson Swanson Charitable Gift Fund John M. Swick ’47 Stanford B. Trachtenberg ’60 and Barbara Trachtenberg
Throughout the school year, alumni are invited back to the College to offer guidance to future graduates. David A. Steinberg ‘91 visited the campus in April to address students in a packed Yost Lecture Hall.
Charles J. Queenan, Jr. and Joann H. Queenan
Coca Cola Enterprises Bottling Company
Diana L. Reed
Barbara Robinson DeWitt ’74 and Mark DeWitt
Lazear Associates
Peter J. Ross ’74 and Louise Kirkpatrick Ross ’74
James W. Baird ’64
Stephen M. Ross ’74
Lillian Bassi
Franklin A. Rumore ’63 and Deborah Preston
Estate of Howard Kuder
United States Steel Foundation, Inc.
Ronald W. Frank and Marsha K. Frank
Craig A. Varga ’76 and Noelle Brennan
John E. Frazier II ’62 and Nicole Frazier
Sheldon A. Weinstein ’59 and Joanie I. Weinstein
Spencer M. Free ’45 and Patricia L. Free
James W. Cameron ’80 and Nancy Morgan Cameron ’81 Jonathan M. Conrad ’73 and Mary B. Conrad Doug and Betsey Schwab Family Foundation McClellan A. DuBois ’70 and Lynn DuBois Charles P. Eaton ’64 and Judy Eaton John R. Echement H’98 and Gertrude J. Echement Echement Family Foundation Estate of Richard H. Fitzpatrick Walter Flamenbaum ’63 and Judith S. Flamenbaum
D. Raymond Douglass, Jr. ’45 and Beverly Douglass
Forsythe Foundation
James D. Wilson ’74 and Nancy Wilson
J. Herbert Gaul, Jr. ’66 and Mary Etheridge Gaul
Wilson Pet Supply
Hergenroeder, Rega & Sommer L.L.C. James S. Irvine ’49
LeMoyne Associates Roger T. Abelson ’57 and Camille Abelson
John M. Russell Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation Ivan J. Kamil ’69 and Elaine J. Kamil
Accenture Foundation
James E. Leckie ’75 and Sheryl Leckie
Jon S. Adler ’61 and Carol Adler Atlas Railroad Construction Company
William N. Macartney, III ’64 and Linda Macartney
Tori Haring-Smith and Robert H. Haring-Smith
AYCO Charitable Foundation
Charles F. Marcy ’72 and Cindy Marcy
Samuel D. Isaly
Alvan Balent, Sr. ’53 and Linda Balent
Marcy Family Foundation
John S. & Cynthia Reed Foundation
Howard Heinz Endowment
John F. Bedick ’59 and Nanette Bedick
The Kresge Foundation J. Robert Maxwell ’43
Elizabeth Hurwitz-Schwab ’74 and Douglas Schwab
Geoffrey W. Bennett ’59 and Anne M. Bennett
Paul P. Medvedo, Jr. ’77 and Janet Medvedo
McCune Foundation
Kristin and David Steinberg Foundation
Dennis M. Betz ’67 and Pamela Betz
John R. McCune Charitable Trust
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Harriet Branton
Kenneth R. Melani ’75 and Tracy Melani
Albert S. McGhee ’53 and Elizabeth McGhee
Robert J. Brooks and Susan Brooks
Merck Institute for Science Education
Joseph P. Mock ’59 and Barbara Mock
National City Bank
PNC Bank Charitable Trust
Ronald V. Pellegrini ’59 and Donna Lucas Pellegrini
E. Miles Prentice III ’64 and Katharine Prentice
Brooks Family Foundation Learned T. Bulman ’48 Cindy L. Burchell ’82 Charleroi Federal Savings Bank Gary L. Churgin ’75 and Amy Churgin
Arthur C. Morrissey ’63 and Janet Hayes Albert G. Nickel ’65 and Dana C. Nickel The Nickel Foundation William S. Platt ’87 and Courtney M. Platt Procter & Gamble Company R. G. Johnson Company Anica D. Rawnsley H’03 Raytheon Company 49
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Salvitti Family Foundation
Eric C. Lundgren ’81 and Lauren Pratt Lundgren ’82
Clifton R. Hood, IV ’77 and Michelle M. Parsons
Jeffrey R. Sullivan ’91 and Amanda Sullivan
James J. McCaffrey and Terry A. McCaffrey
Coleman Hughley ’71 and Danna Hughley
Joseph W. Thompson, Sr. ’53 and Patricia Thompson
Mary Jane Miller ’88 and Eric Hollowaty
Charles R. Jack ’57 and Anna Louise Jack
Roslyn Thompson Towler
James F. Slabe ’62 and Elaine Slabe
James L. Phillips ’54 and Barbara Phillips
James P. McArdle Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Thomas H. Sprague ’66 and Merle S. Sprague
Charles Roazen ’52 and Rhea Roazen
Johnson & Johnson
Washington Frontier League
Charles M. Rosenberg ’65 and Gayle Rosenberg
Kaplan Professional & Asia Pacific
Butler H. Waugh ’55 and Joanne M. Waugh
Verizon Foundation
Donald G. Lightfoot ’70 and Joan S. Lightfoot
Kevin L. Welsh ’85
Robert G. Walker ’69
William M. Stout ’64 and Saundra Stout
John W. Walther, Jr.* ’63 and Audrey Walther
Alexander H. Lindsay, Jr. ’68 and Patricia W. Lindsay
Steven P. Woratyla ’87 and Elizabeth Woratyla
Peter F. Stracci ’74 and Sharon Stracci
F. Leo Wright ’52 and Rosemary Wright
Lee R. Marshall ’48 and Dorothy Marshall
A. William Samson ’37 and Helen G. Samson Thomas A. Shoup ’75 and Ellen Barker Robert B. Shust ’59 and Judith Shust John D. Simon ’78 and Anne C. Simon
Stanley & Kathleen Grumbacher Foundation David A. Steinberg ’91 and Kristin Steinberg
Gordon E. Swartz ’68 and Deborah C. Doyle Jeffrey H. Van Hyning ’68 and Mary Van Hyning
Walter B. Massenburg ’70 and Carolyn Flanagan
Enrico P. Veltri and Antonella Veltri
David L. White ’76 and Jackie Jones
Presidents Associates Anonymous Aegon Transamerica Foundation
AT&T
Mastercard International
Alan R. Weill ’59 and Nancy Y. Weill
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation
M. Patrick McCormick ’62 and Judy M. McCormick
WJPA Radio Station
H.M. Bitner Charitable Trust
David M. Mego ’82 and Patricia Mego
Donald Allison ’41
Leonard Wurzel ’39 and Elaine Wurzel
The BNY Mellon Charitable Foundation
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation
David F. Alter ’57 and Barbara Alter
Wylie Wallace Fults Foundation
Charles H. Booth, Jr. ’41 and Gertrude Booth
John I. Moraca ’55 and Betty Moraca
Charles R. Amos ’66 and Sharon L. Amos
Mary H. Branton ’80
John F. Naughton ’63
Russell H. Briggs ’58
Alton E. Newell and Elsie Eagle
McGuffey Associates
Robert E. Bryan ’44
Chong S. Park ’83 and Lisa Park
Anonymous
William Cohen ’52
Robert L. Boord ’50 and Mary Boord
Samuel J. Davis ’72 and Regina Davis
Charles A. Parlato ’70 and Carolyn S. Parlato
Karyn M. Brooks ’95
Elizabeth Duffield
William E. Reisinger ’63
Robert J. Brooks, Jr. ’92 and Shelli Decarlo Brooks ’94
Ernst & Young Foundation
Judith S. Rettger
Ralph G. Fennell ’60 and Star Fennell
Felix Brueck
Edward W. Fox, Sr. ’67 and Frankie Fox
Samuel D. Riccitelli ’81 and Melinda Elish Riccitelli ’81
Marvin L. Diehl ’54 and Millie Diehl
Brett E. Fullem ’97 and Rachel A. Askey ’99
Holly Beall Wallace
George W. Zannos ’64 and Marilyn Serlin
Mark E. Dorogy ’82 and Diane Tangalos Dorogy ’83 James R. Durig ’58 and Marlene Durig Lyn Celenza Dyster ’80 and John G. Dyster
Roger S. Goodell ’81 and Jane Goodell Robert M. Gordon, Jr. ’52 and Shirley Gordon
Charles T. Nason ’68 and Beth Nason
Lawrence D. Romboski ’59 and Joanne Romboski Paul Scoles ’72 and Andres Paternoster Dorothy A. Servis H’94 Miles H. Simon ’71 and Karen Simon
Edward M. Greb and Barbara Greb
Theodore M. Slabey ’45
David L. Garth ’52
Thomas A. Halter ’59 and Mary Halter
Joseph G. Gibson ’86 and Elizabeth Gibson
John O. Hanna, Jr. ’55 and Carol Hanna
Ronald D. Snee ’63 and Marjorie C. Snee
Ellis Hyman ’87
Clifford E. Hellberg ’79 and Kathryn Hellberg
David R. Leonard ’66 and Lisa Leonard
M. Carl Herron ’53 and Elaine Herron
Lodgian Management Corp.
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1781 Associates
Robert P. Krass ’59 and Patricia Krass
Thomas J. Tredici ’49 and Margaret D. Tredici
Arthur A. Sohn ’55 and Barbara Sohn Sprague Energy Corporation Bernard W. Stanek, Jr. ’88 and Susan Stanek Robert H. Stevenson ’64
Aetna Foundation Alcoa Foundation
Thomas P. Anderson, Jr. ’69 and Pamela Anderson AON Corporation Apple Leaf Abstracting Company Barbara and Barry Hemphill Charitable Fund James J. Barnes and Elizabeth Barnes Mitchell B. Bassi ’85 and Florence Bassi Jacqueline M. Bauer ’85 Ira E. Baumgartel ’73 and Michele Baumgartel Bea Herbeck Belnap Joseph P. Bishop ’39 Michael V. Bittenbender ’67 and Sharon L. Bittenbender Stanley L. Bonis ’70 and Cindy Bonis Frank C. Botta ’81 Lawrence R. Boyd, Jr. ’30* James S. Broadhurst and Suzy Broadhurst Kenneth V. Brown ’41*
Assistant W&J football coaches Justen Stickley (left) and Matt Caponi (right)
The Parents’ Council, pictured at Family Weekend, promotes the importance
spend time with Violet Bica-Ross during her visit to the College.
of giving to the College through the Parents Fund, which supports important projects like the Career Resources Network.
Howard J. Burnett H’98 and Maryann DePalma Burnett
Tina Anania Eckhardt ’88 and Aric J. Eckhardt
Michael P. Grzesiak and Karen E. Grzesiak
Thomas R. Jordan ’49 and Emma Jordan
Herbert E. Cable ’54 and Shirley Cable
Peter J. Gulden, Jr. ’61
William F. Judt ’54 and Sue Judt
Robert B. Campbell ’58
Leonard I. Eisenfeld ’67 and Vicki Eisenfeld
Thomas R. Carter ’50 and Jean Carter
H.J. Connors Account of Fidelity Charitable
Evan A. Klein ’77
James A. Elliott ’68* and Linda R. Elliott
Nicholas J. Cavoti and Teresa Cavoti
Jonathan S. Emley ’72 and Linda Emley
Robert M. Cherry ’68 and Judith Cherry
Erie Community Foundation
Richard Y. Haddad H’00 and Susan Haddad
C. Richard Coen ’52
Ernst & Young
Lathe T. Haynes ’72
Robert H. Krupkin ’71
Susan A. Cohen ’84
John D. Evans
Charles J. Labelle ’62 and Janice Labelle
Marjory Condit
Richard J. Federman ’73 and Elizabeth Prosser Federman
J. Barry Hemphill ’64 and Barbara Hemphill
Helen Connors ConocoPhillips Walter Cooper ’50 Richard B. Crosbie ’65 and Sandra Crosbie Friedrich R. Crupe ’59 and Christiane Crupe Jan Czechowski and Leslie Czechowski Dwight C. Dachnowicz ’94 Charles T. D’Alessio ’59 and Dale Lewis D’Alessio Michael W. Datch ’62 and Gladys Datch Thomas M. D’Auria ’41 and Delma J. D’Auria Donald S. Dazen ’79 and Karolyn N. Dazen William R. Dennison, Jr. ’39 Claire O. Dillie William T. Dymond, Jr. ’82 and Jennifer D. Dymond Jean F. Eberly
John R. Ferraro ’70 and Bonnie Ferraro Norman L. Fine ’65 and Cheryl Fine Richard G. Fosburg ’52 and Catherine Fosburg John Frank, III and Joelen Frank
Fred N. Herskowitz ’67 and Anne Herskowitz Scott A. Herz ’72 and Marjorie Herz Mark A. Hollis ’71 and Mickey Shanah Hollis Paul C. Holtz ’59 and Alice Holtz
Anthony J. Franty, Jr. ’59
Robert B. Hoppe ’72 and Marilouise Hoppe
J. Robert Franz ’57 and Irene Auther Franz
E. Patrick Howard, Jr. ’55 and
Chauncey E. Frazier, II ’56 and Magdaline Frazier William S. Gartner, Jr. ’59 William L. Gaunt ’68 and Wendy Gaunt H. Kenneth Gehr ’42 Henry Gelband ’58 Joseph H. Gigler ’77 and Carol S. Gigler James M. Gockley ’77 and Gretchen Blaugher Gockley ’77 Arthur A. Griffin ’53 and Patricia Griffin
James H. Knepshield ’59 and Barbara Knepshield Mark R. Koch ’71 and Cynthia Koch
James D. Lebedda ’68 and Emily Lebedda Joseph B. Leckie ’50 and Betty Leckie Charles H. Lee ’57 and Janet S. Lee Thomas J. Leydig ’80 and Cheryl Medich Leydig ’81 Robert A. Love, Sr. ’74 and Janice M. Love John G. Lovelace ’68
Linda Howard
Jennifer Thuransky Magee ’90 and Milton E. Magee, Jr.
Frederick M. Hyser ’71 and Trixie L. Hyser
Richard W. Mains, Jr. ’64 and Brenda Mains
Anthony C. Iantosca ’63 and Theresa M. Iantosca
John A. Malcolm, Jr. ’55 and Ann Malcolm
George M. Inglis ’59 and Sarah Jane Inglis
Edward L. Martin ’71
C. Michael Irvin ’78 and Paula Irvin Jason D. Isaly ’96 and Kimberly A. Isaly Joseph Jackovic and Dorothy Jackovic Edward A. Jaeger ’53 and Sandra Jaeger Conway A. Jeffress, Jr. ’65 and Louise Jeffress
Fred Martin and Kathleen Martin Stephen V. Martin ’81 and Kathleen Martin Kenneth M. Mason, Jr. ’64 and Marilyn Roberts Anthony S. Mastrian ’55 and Nancy Mastrian
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Ground is broken for the John A. Swanson Science Center in September 2008. Ceremony guests of honor, starting from the left, are: E. Ronald Salvitti, M.D., ’59; President Tori Haring-Smith; John A. Swanson, Ph.D.; Sonny Spossey, Mayor, City of Washington; and Dennis Trelka, Ph.D, retired chair of the biology department. Michael E. Mateja ’59 and Nancy Mateja Wilfred J. McAloon, Jr. ’57 and Dorothy McAloon Lee H. McCormick ’55 and Barbara McCormick
Michael Vincent Novinski ’78 and Naomi Novinski
Schering-Plough Foundation, Inc.
Lawrence J. O’Brien, Jr. ’66 and Ellen P. O’Brien John A. Olsen ’60 and Kaylee Beal
Andrew G. McIlvaine ’70 and Julie McIlvaine
James R. McNabb, Jr. ’57 and Marjorie McNabb Thomas E. McNabb ’62 and Ann McNabb Willis A. McVay ’84 and Erna McVay
Jeffrey Schrader and Stephanie Schrader Beverly Werme Schulman ’75 and Ira J. Schulman ’74
Stephen B. Tily, III ’60 and Janet Waltz Tily Andres Uribe ’55 Liese Kasparek Vito ’87 and Kenneth Vito Wabtec Corporation
Arthur B. Scott ’59
W&J Admissions Office
John Mark Scott, Jr. ’69 and Judith Scott
Peter F. Wagner ’79
John S. Parker ’52 and Dorris Parker Alan K. Patrono
Mark A. Shaw ’90
John T. Webster ’70 and Kristi Webster
Steven J. Pinelli ’75 and Marianne Pinelli
Joel W. Shelkrot ’59 and Bonnie Shelkrot
Wellpoint Foundation
PNC Bank Foundation
Howard F. Shivers, Jr. ’55 and Jean Shivers
Richard H. Pocock, Jr. ’72 and Gail Pocock Lee Poole and Lathie Poole
Robert A. Simonin ’55 and Nellie Simonin
Brian M. Popko ’93 and Stacey L. Popko
Ronald Smith and Kathie Smith
William L. Proudfit ’64 and
Donald J. Snyder, Jr. ’72 and Karen Foster Snyder
Jean L. Proudfit
David B. McWilliams ’65 and Nancy McWilliams
Albert L. Rabenstein ’52
Susan Medley
Philip Raskin ’62 and Sandy Raskin
Merck Partnership for Giving
Victor J. Raskin ’66 and Carol Raskin
Robert W. Meyers ’57 and Margaret Meyers
Katherine B. Rinehart
Milton and Jennifer Magee Charitable Fund
W. Robert Robertson ’55 and Mary Jane Robertson
Sharon Ransom Mirarchi ’96 and Adam Mirarchi
Jason E. Robison
Russell G. Mobley ’56 and Nancy Mobley
Seth Rosenberg and Janet Rosenberg
Moon Township Honda-Hyundai
William Rosenthal ’55 and Francine Rosenthal
Donald M. Morgan ’78 and Jody Morgan
Carl R. Rotz and Martha Rotz
S. Curtiss Roach ’67 and Leslie Roach
K. Wayne Robison and Luann Robison
Ruth A. Rowley 52
the science center is Trustee E. Ronald Salvitti, M.D., ’59.
Walter S. Sanderlin* H’86
Vincent O. Palladino ’51 and Marie Palladino
James H. McMaster ’60 and Judith McMaster
of the John A. Swanson Science Center. Signing a beam to be placed in
James H. Norris ’75 and Ann Annase
Norman E. McHolme ’73 and Lucinda McHolme
Dennis E. McMaster and Chris McMaster
Milestones of progress have been celebrated throughout the construction
Charles L. Sonneborn, III ’54 and Sandy Sonneborn Adrian T. Spevak ’97 and Kirsten Spevak Judson W. Starr ’68 Frank J. Suatoni, Jr. ’60 and Elizabeth Suatoni Nicholas Tapyrik ’71 Job Taylor, III ’64 and Sally Taylor Ted and Karen Martin Family Fund Thomas J. and Cheryl D. Leydig Fund James J. Thornton ’60 and Elizabeth Thornton Dennis P. Tihansky ’65
Alfred F. Wales ’60 and Jean Wales
Jeff Werthan and Susan Miller Werthan John W. Whelan ’77 and Darlene Whelan David J. White ’77 D. Lawrence Wickerham ’72 and Mary Louise Wickerham Michelle Sharik Wilkinson ’90 and John Wilkinson Philip D. Williams, Jr. ’52 and Nancy Williams Peter F. Wilson ’74 and Judy Wilson John S. Wollam ’50 Victor Wood, Jr. ’55 Jeffrey A. Yunkun ’79
The Black Student Union holds a reception each year during Homecoming to give students the opportunity to network with alumni. Here, Trustee James Phillips, M.D., ’54, talks with Erikka Loper ’13.
John McMillan Society Lifetime Members Benefactors who have given $100,000 or more throughout their lives are inducted as lifetime, permanent members of the John McMillan Society. The generous group of supporters is vital to W&J’s mission of educating tomorrow’s leaders.
Anonymous Louise Allen Lillian Bassi Robert M. Beavers, Jr. ’65 and Jo Beavers Sanford F. Beyer, II ’74 and Dorene M. Beyer Violet Bica-Ross Karyn M. Brooks ’95 Robert J. Brooks and Susan Brooks Robert J. Brooks, Jr. ’92 and Shelli Decarlo Brooks ’94 Learned T. Bulman ’48 Howard J. Burnett H’98 and Maryann DePalma Burnett Katherine C. Butters Donald R. Cameron and Sally Cameron James W. Cameron ’80 and Nancy Morgan Cameron ’81 Lynn Cameron ’87 Richard Cameron and Edwina W. Cameron H’00 Richard T. Clark ’68 and Angela Clark Marjory Condit
The Class of 2009 dedicates its Senior Gift, a patio area behind The Hub, to the College during Commencement. Class representatives are joined by Charles T. Nason ’68 (far left), Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and President Tori Haring-Smith.
Patrick A. Correnty ’87
David C. Leslie ’65 and Nan S. Leslie
Scott D. Davenport ’85 and Dianne Davenport
Margaret Hardy Magerko and Peter Magerko
Samuel J. Davis ’72 and Regina Davis
Virginia R. Marino
Timothy P. Schieffelin ’77 and Susan Schieffelin
Louis V. DiBello ’63 and Marie DiBello
Marguerite Marshall
Thomas A. Shoup ’75 and Ellen Barker
D. Raymond Douglass, Jr. ’45 and Beverly Douglass
J. Robert Maxwell ’43
Ray G. Simms, Jr. ’58 and Karel Simms
Albert S. McGhee ’53 and Elizabeth McGhee
James F. Slabe ’62 and Elaine Slabe
James D. Douglass and Nancy Douglass McClellan A. DuBois ’70 and Lynn DuBois Charles P. Eaton ’64 and Judy Eaton Jean F. Eberly John R. Echement H’98 and Gertrude J. Echement Robert M. Elliott ’49 and Eileen Cummins Elliott Walter Flamenbaum ’63 and Judith S. Flamenbaum
Ronald P. Sandmeyer, Sr. ’57 and Elaine H. Sandmeyer
Joseph P. Mock ’59 and Barbara Mock
Russell F. Stein, III ’52 and Marcia L. Stein
Charles T. Nason ’68 and Beth Nason
Peter N. Stephans and Joan Stephans
Ronald V. Pellegrini ’59 and Donna Lucas Pellegrini
Robert H. Stevenson ’64
B. John Pendleton, Jr. ’81 and Mary Ann Butera Pendleton ’80 E. Miles Prentice III ’64 and Katharine Prentice Thomas M. Priselac ’73 and Jody Priselac
J. Barry Stout ’64 and Lenore Thompson Stout Thomas Philip Stout H’03 and Diann R. Stout William M. Stout ’64 and Saundra Stout John A. Swanson and Janet Swanson
John E. Frazier II ’62 and Nicole Frazier
Charles J. Queenan, Jr. and Joann H. Queenan
Spencer M. Free ’45 and Patricia L. Free
Victor J. Raskin ’66 and Carol Raskin
Jeffrey H. Van Hyning ’68 and Mary Van Hyning
Edith Sten Gillmor
Anica D. Rawnsley H’03
Craig A. Varga ’76 and Noelle Brennan
James F. Gismondi, Jr. ’72 and Elizabeth Gismondi
John S. Reed ’60 and Cindy Reed
Alberto W. Vilar ’62
Stephen I. Richman and Audrey G. Richman
John W. Walther, Jr.* ’63 and Audrey Walther
Elizabeth Hurwitz-Schwab ’74 and Douglas Schwab
Richard J. Riotto ’87
Alan R. Weill ’59 and Nancy Y. Weill
David A. Ross ’78
Samuel D. Isaly
Mrs. Peter C. Rossin
D. Lawrence Wickerham ’72 and Mary Louise Wickerham
John S. Kern ’64 and Marie Kern
E. Ronald Salvitti ’59 and Constance Salvitti
F. Leo Wright ’52 and Rosemary Wright
A. William Samson ’37 and Helen G. Samson
George W. Zannos ’64 and Marilyn Serlin
Joseph A. Hardy, Sr. H’84
James H. Knepshield ’59 and Barbara Knepshield Johnson R. Lau ’42* and Jennie Lau
John M. Swick ’47
Prudence Yost
Joon Yong Lee
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Old Main Society
McClellan A. DuBois ’70
Gabriel Marino ’39*
Anica D. Rawnsley H’03
Established in 1996, the Old Main Society was created to honor W&J’s rich history and ensure that the College continues to thrive in the future. It is a membership of generous donors who understand the importance of preserving the College’s rich history while forging its strong future. They provide for W&J in their wills, IRAs, or retirement plans, use life insurance as a gift, or establish charitable trusts or gift annuities that provide them with income.
James R. Durig ’58
Norman S. Mass ’61
Ann Reed and Stanley Reed, Jr.
Jean F. Eberly
J. Robert Maxwell ’43
George W. Roark, Jr. ’46
Robert M. Elliott ’49
Cheryl A. Maze ’80
W. Robert Robertson ’55
Dava Esman ’74
J. Scott McBride
Charles M. Rosenberg ’65
Terry L. Evans ’70
James Scott McBride, Jr.
Mrs. Peter C. Rossin
Joel L. Falik ’61
Neal F. McBride ’46
Rita M. Finley
John J. McDonough ’92
Franklin A. Rumore and Deborah Preston
Walter Flamenbaum ’63 and Judith Flamenbaum
Paul G. McKelvey, Jr. ’48 and Helen McKelvey
William F. Saalbach H’85
Charles L. Flynn, Jr.
Ronald D. McKenzie ’55 and Jane McKenzie
A. William Samson ’37
Demas L. McVay, Jr. ’55 and Joan McVay
Robert B. Shust ’59
Anonymous Roger T. Abelson ’57 Eileen Addis Jon S. Adler ’61 and Carol Adler Michelle DeFrancesco Aloe ’76 and Andrew Aloe ’76
Joseph G.C. Francis ’62 Elliott D. Fredland ’60 Spencer M. Free ’45 H. Kenneth Gehr ’42 Edith J. Gilmore W. Robert Goldman, Jr. ’67 Brett Rosenberg Harris ’88
David B. Miller ’58 Douglas R. Miller ’73 Russell G. Mobley ’56 and Nancy Mobley
Geri L. Bacu ’86
Lynne J. Haubelt ’77
Violet Bica-Ross
James F. Hitchman ’70
George J. Black, III ’44 and Arlene Foreman
George Hollingshead ’58
Lois Boulis
J. Gaven Hurley ’65 and Kathleen Hurley
Donald G. Myers ’68
George M. Inglis ’59 and Sarah Jane Inglis
John F. Naughton ’63
John F. Brady ’70 Learned T. Bulman ’48 Howard J. Burnett H’98 and Maryann DePalma Burnett
Tom E. Horner ’43
Joseph P. Mock ’59 and Barbara Mock William D. Moore ’52 John F. Munnell ’52 Alexander Murdoch, Jr. ’57
Charles T. Nason ’68
Robert H. Shoop, Jr. ’60
Richard A. Siegrist ’68 Ray G. Simms, Jr. ’58 and Karel Simms Ronald D. Snee ’63 Edgar H. Soifer ’53 Russell F. Stein, III ’52 and Marcia L. Stein Peter N. Stephans Robert H. Stevenson ’64 H. Donald Stone, Jr. ’52 William M. Stout ’64 Martha G. Sweet Mark D. Swift Dennis P. Tihansky ’65
James S. Irvine ’49
Clifford L. Nelson ’58
Stephen F. Calderon ’78
James F. Israel, Esq. ’67
Albert G. Nickel ’65
John A. Campbell and Barbara Campbell
F. Nelson Keeney ’63
E. Lee North ’46
Lynn Arko Kelley ’77
John L. S. Northrop H’99
Edith Cannon
Charles L. Kendi ’89
Philip D. O’Connell, III ’74
Ralph A. Capone ’74 and Andrea Capone
John S. Kern ’64
Stephen D. Oliphant ’55
John C. Van Aken, II ’61 and Jane Riggle Van Aken
Evan A. Klein ’77
Margaret D. Oliver
Jeffrey H. Van Hyning ’68
William D. Klimek and Jacquelyn Klimek
Brian G. Orr ’74
Joseph K. Vargo ’89
Alexander Osterneck ’88
Jonathan R. Walburn ’73
Vincent O. Palladino ’51
Robert G. Walker ’69
Sandra C. Cooper ’77
James H. Knepshield ’59 and Barbara Knepshield
John S. Parker ’52
Carl W. Konvolinka, Jr. ’56
T. Urling Walker ’49
Harry M. Corbett ’44
Ronald V. Pellegrini ’59
John G. Kramer ’52
Butler H. Waugh ’55
Friedrich R. Crupe ’59
Harold W. Perkins ’41
Johnson R. Lau ‘42* and Jennie Lau
Alan R. Weill ’59 and Nancy Y. Weill
Thomas M. D’Auria ’41
Andrew Pesky ’59
Jack F. Lembke ’40
D. Lawrence Wickerham ’72
Frank H. Davis, Jr. ’38*
James L. Phillips ’54
Donald G. Lightfoot ’70
Victor Wood, Jr. ’55
Samuel J. Davis ’72
Joseph W. Placer ’59
Julius Little ’41
F. Leo Wright ’52
Louis V. DiBello ’63
E. Miles Prentice III ’64
Thomas B. Lloyd ’43
York F. Yochum ’64
William H. Diehl, Jr. ’58
Thomas M. Priselac ’73
D. Raymond Douglass, Jr. ’45
J. Barry Loughridge ’50
Andrew Procko ’48
Joseph Caruso ’51 Joseph H. Cheshure ’46 James Hawley Chester ’66
Glenn W. MacTaggart ’73 54
John C. Meloy ’46
E. Ronald Salvitti ’59
Michael A. Timko ’88 Raymond S. Tomassene ’49 Leanne Trachok ’87 Allen F. Turcke ’49
Percent Participation by Class Year Class of 1930................................................50% Class of 1935................................................50% Class of 1936................................................33% Class of 1937................................................50% Class of 1938................................................38% Class of 1939................................................46% Class of 1940................................................50% Class of 1941................................................32% Class of 1942................................................45% Class of 1943................................................54% Class of 1944................................................52% Class of 1945................................................33% Class of 1946................................................58% Class of 1947................................................54% Class of 1948................................................42% Class of 1949................................................36% Class of 1950................................................47% Class of 1951................................................ 41% Class of 1952................................................42% Class of 1953................................................43% Class of 1954................................................53% Class of 1955................................................46% Class of 1956................................................49% Class of 1957................................................37% Class of 1958................................................42% Class of 1959................................................62% Class of 1960................................................39% Class of 1961................................................40% Class of 1962................................................32% Class of 1963................................................43% Class of 1964................................................40% Class of 1965................................................40% Class of 1966................................................34% Class of 1967................................................30% Class of 1968................................................36% Class of 1969................................................34% Class of 1970................................................27% Class of 1971................................................30% Class of 1972................................................25% Class of 1973................................................27% Class of 1974................................................26% Class of 1975................................................26% Class of 1976................................................ 21% Class of 1977................................................28% Class of 1978................................................24% Class of 1979................................................19% Class of 1980................................................ 21% Class of 1981................................................20% Class of 1982................................................18% Class of 1983................................................24% Class of 1984................................................17% Class of 1985................................................20% Class of 1986................................................16% Class of 1987................................................17% Class of 1988................................................18% Class of 1989................................................14% Class of 1990................................................17% Class of 1991................................................12% Class of 1992................................................12% Class of 1993................................................14% Class of 1994................................................16% Class of 1995...................................................8% Class of 1996................................................16% Class of 1997................................................14% Class of 1998................................................16% Class of 1999................................................ 10% Class of 2000................................................12% Class of 2001...................................................8% Class of 2002................................................14% Class of 2003................................................17% Class of 2004.................................................11% Class of 2005.................................................11% Class of 2006................................................15% Class of 2007................................................ 10% Class of 2008................................................12% Class of 2009................................................32%
Alumni by Class Year Washington & Jefferson College Alumni know that to provide the finest liberal arts experience possible while strengthening and preserving W&J traditions, the College relies on their generous support. These benefactors are listed by class year and giving society.
Presidents Associates
Statesmen
Joseph P. Bishop William R. Dennison, Jr.
Joseph H. Dunlap, Jr. Kenneth B. McCandless Albert W. Reece Warren S. Sellers Robert C. Stewart
Statesmen Arch J. Albanese Norman Allison
Donors Donor Clarence D. Randolph
David C. Grana Gilbert M. Watt
Class of 1940
Class of 1943
Jefferson Associate
Founders Associate
Wallace G. McCune
J. Robert Maxwell
Class of 1935
Washington Associate
Jefferson Associate
Eugene W. Atkins
William K. Headley
Jefferson Associates
Statesmen
Washington Associates
William O. Ash* J. Stuart Dickson R. Alan Fawcett
William G. Atkinson Thomas B. Lloyd Warren K. Martin Gordon I. Norton, Jr.
Class of 1930 Presidents Associate Lawrence R. Boyd, Jr.*
Calvin D. Crawford William L. Proudfit
Class of 1936
Donors
Statesman John T. Logan*
J. Murray Freund Jack F. Lembke John I. Miller
Class of 1937
Class of 1941
LeMoyne Associate
1781 Associate
A. William Samson
Charles H. Booth, Jr.
Jefferson Associate
Presidents Associates
Warren L. Barr
Donald Allison Kenneth V. Brown* Thomas M. D’Auria
Donor Donald E. Wonsettler
Class of 1938 Statesmen Robert M. Kiskaddon Arch H. Logan, Jr. Hugh M. Miller
Class of 1939 LeMoyne Associate Leonard Wurzel
Statesman Somers H. Smith, Jr.
Statesmen James H. Bradenburg John P. Duthie James W. Hepplewhite, III Eugene A. Hildreth Ralph B. Huston Thomas A. Mapes Robert W. Mather Craig M. Moore Robert C. Waltz Paul H. Weinstein
Donors Timothy D. Calvin E. Eugene Fisher Tom E. Horner Gerald R. Marshall Harvey D. McClure
Donor Harold W. Perkins
Class of 1942
Class of 1944 1781 Associate Robert E. Bryan
Presidents Associate H. Kenneth Gehr
Washington Associate David H. Donaldson, Jr.
Jefferson Associates George J. Black, III Harry M. Corbett Paul P. Marinak
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Washington Associates
Donors
Joseph F. Coury Nicholas B. Horsky
Ross M. Evans J. Raymond Gera Edward E. Long, Jr.* Neal F. McBride E. Lee North
Statesmen Richard J. Crosbie William W. Hague, Jr. Richard D. Jones Robert E. Keegan K. Duane Reed Walter D. Reese Robert B. Scott
Donors William M. Kaylor James W. Stewart
Class of 1945
Class of 1947 Founders Associate John M. Swick
1781 Associate
Donor
Theodore M. Slabey
Jerry J. Appelbaum
Harry E. Butson John K. Johnson Russell A. MacCachran
Class of 1946 Jefferson Associate
Carmel J. Passalacqua
Class of 1948 LeMoyne Associate Learned T. Bulman
1781 Associate Lee R. Marshall
Jefferson Associates Charles D. Brown, Sr. John A. MacPhail Thomas V. McKee
James H. Coleman
Washington Associate Michael Margolies
Washington Associates Paul E. Coury Joseph H. Field Gordon V. Thompson
Statesmen James H. Hammett Howard G. Lee Jack M. Nelan Luther M. Rhine George W. Roark, Jr. John J. Sprowls
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Thomas J. Tredici
Presidents Associate Jefferson Associates
Statesman
Donors
1781 Associate
Edgar O. Edwards James P. Geiger Bernard A. Staskiewicz
D. Raymond Douglass, Jr. Spencer M. Free
Statesmen William R. Couchenour Dean W. Elson William H. Keeler, III Robert C. McCarthy David M. Sutherland
Jefferson Associates
James S. Irvine
Thomas R. Jordan
Washington Associate
Joseph B. Leckie John S. Wollam
Louis R. Colussy John R. Patterson Richard F. Ruben William F. Span
Jefferson Associates
Frank V. Petrone
Mark H. Caldwell Jack L. Paradise
Class of 1949 LeMoyne Associate
LeMoyne Associates
Statesmen
Robert Wayne* Preston N. Williams
Nicholas Maropis Allen F. Turcke T. Urling Walker
Washington Associates John P. Chupinsky Francis A. Locke Malcolm K. Rosenbaum
Statesmen Oswald H. Coury Robert M. Elliott Winfield S. Gibbs Bruce J. Gould D. Andrew Grimes E. Paul Hoop, Jr. John E. Marlow Charles W. Mason, Jr. Robert R. Reeves Alfred F. Smith Raymond S. Tomassene
Donors Oliver Wellington Brown, Jr. William D. Dykstra William R. Hanshumaker Thomas J. Koval Leon D. Raff Robert E. Sostheim John H. Stitely Robert E. Wilson
Class of 1950
Donors
McGuffey Associate
Gordon J. Adelson Arthur R. Day, Jr.* Andrew M. Linn Keith A. Lydick James F. Sutherland
Robert L. Boord
Presidents Associates Thomas R. Carter Walter Cooper
Henry C. Chalfant William E. Colligan, Jr. Mark J. Foley* J. Barry Loughridge J. Robert Manson John D. McGrew Paul H. Patton Milton S. Rinzler Lawrence S. Roazen Thomas K. Ward Edward J. White Eugene H. Wilson Donald A. Youngdahl
Statesmen Thomas A. Dickinson John K. Henderson Samuel R. Jampetro, Jr. John M. Kyle Elliott B. McGrew, Jr. Philip A. McMahon William H. Meanor Daniel Mudrick J. Leroy Myers George M. Pyle Philip L. Reinhard, Jr. William J. Rice Robert E. Rihs John R. Thomas John E. Unger, Jr. William D. Watson Ernest G. Weating Jay W. White Jay A. Zeffiro
Donors E. Earl Autenreith, Jr. Charles E. Azen Robert W. Baird John H. Belgrade Harold L. Brock Leonard Gilman Steve T. Grammen Ronald J. Griffith John P. Hodgson James Hook Charles W. Hoover David R. Knoche
Richard A. Krinzman H. Thomas Patton, Jr. Ross D. Resciniti* Warner H. Schlaupitz L. Jerome Schwaed Bruce L. Shakely Alexander B. Stavovy Robert C. Trexler Stanley H. Wolfson
Class of 1951
Class of 1952 McGuffey Associates David L. Garth Charles Roazen F. Leo Wright
1781 Associates William Cohen Robert M. Gordon, Jr.
Presidents Associates
Jefferson Associates
C. Richard Coen Richard G. Fosburg John S. Parker Albert L. Rabenstein Philip D. Williams, Jr.
Joseph Caruso David H. Trushel
Jefferson Associates
Presidents Associate Vincent O. Palladino
Washington Associates Charles R. Justice Leonard Kreis Anton J. Mestrovic
Statesmen Anonymous Philip L. Bachman* Roger F. Bartoli Burton S. Benovitz Dewees H. Brown Richard E. Cunningham Norman Hamer Kenneth Headley Warren M. Henshaw William T. Holland Clyde L. Koontz Joseph Kurash Donald I. Levin James S. Linderman James R. McGregor, Sr. Earl H. McKinney Sheldon N. Myers Mario D. Ottaviani Arthur C. Smock
Donors Arthur Cheronis Joseph Ellovich Robert W. Kellermeyer Marion M. Martin Merle K. Saler Robert M. Stefanon Kurt H. Teil Robert R. Teuteberg Barrett C. Walker Norman L. White
William R. Carr Reed B. Day Arthur J. Holder Irwin Kabat William S. Morrison Alexander Rein* William Tokar
Washington Associates Donald W. Butts Paul J. Kiell Jerome P. Lewis Wallace T. Miller Roger B. Rollin Richard C. Stephens
Statesmen Edward D. Frohlich Stuart C. McCombs, Jr. George K. Smith Forrest G. Tompkins Calvin R. Wigton
Donors Theodore A. Beadle Jerome Brown Charles C. Crompton David B. Crowe John E. Dewalt John F. Emerson William D. Moore Richard O. Tedeschi Charles A. Vogel
LeMoyne Associate
Presidents Associates
Alvan Balent, Sr.
1781 Associates
Herbert E. Cable William F. Judt Charles L. Sonneborn, III
M. Carl Herron Joseph W. Thompson, Sr.
Jefferson Associates
Presidents Associates Arthur A. Griffin Edward A. Jaeger
Frank S. Forsythe Leonard A. Goddy Philip N. Smith
Washington Associates Jefferson Associates Louis Alvarez Laurence P. Parmer
James W. Corbett John N. McElravey Jack W. Shipp
Washington Associates
Statesmen
Kenneth C. Carson, Jr. Jim Flaherty Martin S. Handelman William K. Krisher Robert A. Lefkowith Melvin H. Sher Vincent R. Staffileno Donald R. Swanson
Angelo P. Dipiazza Harry L. Farmer, Jr. Harry D. Ferguson Walter J. Pankiewicz T. Lew Pitchford John W. Rinehart W. Peter Rommel Joseph I. Steele
Statesmen
Donors
Joseph Boodin J. Walter Dauber, Jr. Richard E. Easler William D. Inglis, III Arthur P. Massaro James A. Mounts, Jr. Murray Sachs Norman F. Sirianni
Malcolm L. Cowen Kenneth W. Mateer Edwin A. McGlumphy Malcolm W. Reed, Jr.
Donors William E. Allen Dean Behrend John H. Decker John E. Frank Willard A. Harvey, Jr. Robert W. Irwin George H. Mondik Gordon N. Peay Norman Ames Posner Donald F. Puglisi Carmen J. Romeo Nelson J. Wilson
Class of 1954
Class of 1955 1781 Associates John O. Hanna, Jr. John I. Moraca Arthur A. Sohn Butler H. Waugh
Presidents Associates John P. Brown E. Patrick Howard, Jr. John A. Malcolm, Jr. Anthony S. Mastrian Lee H. McCormick W. Robert Robertson William Rosenthal Howard F. Shivers, Jr. Robert A. Simonin Andres Uribe Victor Wood, Jr.
McGuffey Associates
Class of 1953 Lazear Associate
Marvin L. Diehl James L. Phillips
Jefferson Associates Ronald D. McKenzie Paul C. Smilow
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Washington Associates Charles C. MacKey Demas L. McVay, Jr. Richard B. Rabenstein
Statesmen Kenneth E. Cramer Jack O. Greenberg Camille J. Maravalli Charles E. McMillan Charles A. Muetzel, Jr. R. Walter Powell Howard E. Reidbord Roger C. Townsend
Class of 1957 LeMoyne Associate
Charles W. Tanner, Jr. George T. Walker Jack G. Wassam Dwaine H. Welling*
McGuffey Associate James R. Durig
H. King Hartman Ronald V. Pellegrini E. Ronald Salvitti
1781 Associate
Lazear Associates
Russell H. Briggs
Joseph P. Mock Sheldon A. Weinstein
Roger T. Abelson
Presidents Associates
Duane H. Dull, Sr. Gerald A. Harshman, Jr. Robert F. Hunt Thomas W. Platt Ralph D. Rush
Charles R. Jack
Robert B. Campbell Henry Gelband
Presidents Associates
Jefferson Associates
David F. Alter J. Robert Franz Charles H. Lee Wilfred J. McAloon, Jr. James R. McNabb, Jr. Robert W. Meyers
George V. Frank Harry W. Fuchs, III John Kladakis David B. Miller David W. Moore Clifford L. Nelson Arthur J. Nowak
Chauncey E. Frazier, II Russell G. Mobley
Jefferson Associates Charles B. Stunkard
Washington Associates Richard J. Carter J. Rogers Kossler
Statesmen Dale R. Bowne Richard L. Carson Henry W. Fulton, Jr. Norman C. Hunt John M. MacKey George E. McVehil, Jr. Dennis Patrick Must Blynn L. Shideler Robert W. Sommer Leonard W. Strobel
Donors Stephen Banko Charles J. Burstin Charles G. Chrow James W. Condrin Lawrence J. Curran Joseph M. Defalco Roger A. Evans Don L. Fuhr H. Glenn Hostetter
Class of 1959 Founders Associates
1781 Associate
Presidents Associates
W. Fred H. Winey William H. Woods
Class of 1958
Donors
Class of 1956
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Michael A. Miscio Bertrand C. Pitchford James F. Rittenhouse John F. Rugh, Sr. William R. Smith James T. Snoke Philemon J. Tedeschi William H. Williamson, Sr.
Jefferson Associates David J. Burkey Chester S. Handelman Jay L. Jenkins Ronald P. Sandmeyer, Sr. Joseph M. Warsaw
Washington Associates Ronald G. Dolasky Robert S. Fleming Vincent S. Franz, Jr. Robert J. Suwak
Statesmen Daniel T. Blackburn Edward C. Dalglish James R. Duncan, Sr. Marcus A. Gottlieb John E. Gysegem F. Jay Keefer Charles W. Lemmon George G. Moffat John R. Mollenauer Frederick A. Schrader W. Homer Snodgrass Metropolitan Theodosius
Donors John H. Elder Robert E. Holden Frank S. Kazmierczak Benson J. Schultz
LeMoyne Associates John F. Bedick Geoffrey W. Bennett Robert B. Shust Alan R. Weill
1781 Associates Thomas A. Halter Robert P. Krass Lawrence D. Romboski
Presidents Associates Washington Associates E. Thomas Deutsch, Jr. George Hollingshead Merton W. Hutton Ralph L. London Herbert O. Nichols Martin L. Strassman
Statesmen Robert M. Glad Herbert W. Neu, Jr. Andrew P. Puglise Richard T. Rosenburgh Ronald M. Roth Alva Gayman Shrontz Edward A. Stevens, Jr. James A. Wheeler
Donors Gary S. Alter Norman L. Cimino Robert C. Evans Hance H. Huston Daniel J. Maloney Robert M. McConnel George B. Millar Paul V. Pesavento Stuart A. Rosenthal Richard L. Ross Charles A. Rowe William I. Shaw
Friedrich R. Crupe Charles T. D’Alessio Anthony J. Franty, Jr. William S. Gartner, Jr. Paul C. Holtz George M. Inglis James H. Knepshield Michael E. Mateja Arthur B. Scott Joel W. Shelkrot
Jefferson Associates Norman L. Berkman W. Gordon Fediaczko Robert O. Hays Yun-Kuk Kim James A. Lynn M. David Odle Joseph W. Placer Robert R. Shepherd Donald W. Soyka Edwin B. Spragg
Washington Associates Robert T. Brinton Howard G. Flock, Jr. R. Talbott Miller Michael H. Montlack David H. Radack
Mayer W. Selekman Michael R. Zimmerman
Statesmen Bernard H. Belle, Jr. Matthew N. Boulis Patterson R. Cowder Ronald A. D’Altorio Jack H. Dym Michael H. Geller Robert M. Gordon Dale G. Johnston Ronald F. Miller Dennis H. Nason Lee M. Neiman John S. Perry Byron W. Scott Robert A. Sphar Sidney R. Steiner William L. Sturm Walter J. Terpin Stephen D. Vuksanovich Benjamin Weinberger
Washington Associates
Jefferson Associates
Alan A. Allen W. Roger Davidson R. Royal King Theodore M. Madzy Stephen J. Mihalek Barry O. Smith
Ronald C. Agresta James A. Garrettson, Jr. George W. Knight Jonathan D. Rosenthal Bernard R. Smedley
Washington Associates Statesmen Robert W. Bowser Raymond O. Brancolini George E. Chorba, III Anthony M. Harrison Roy J. Krochmal Robert F. Livingston Bertram Harold Lubin Kenneth M. Malgay Sanford T. Marcus Richard A. Meyer Willis J. Pierre David L. Quinn Joel Safier Sherwin J. Siff
Donors
Donors
Joseph F. Andrews Bartholomew B. Barisa William C. Boesman Mitchell J. Einzig Donald R. Fullem Leonard Marshall Nelson E. Miles Joseph T. Pounds Lawrence H. Wanetick
Alfred J. Alexander Anthony F. Babicka, Jr. Lee W. Borden James R. Boyd Frank R. Braden, III William H. Collar H. Nicholas Collins, Jr. Thomas H. Cunningham Charles E. Davis Dennis C. Eklund Joseph W. Greco, Jr. Robert H. Jones James W. Karaman Norman Arnold Lasky James E. Lombard Warren F. Mazek Michael R. Morelli Clifford A. Morton Nicholas A. Pascuzzi Richard E. Schwirian William J. Sharp David C. Tenney Johnson L. Thistle Robert P. Wallace
Class of 1960 Founders Associates John S. Reed Stanford B. Trachtenberg
1781 Associate Ralph G. Fennell
Presidents Associates James H. McMaster John A. Olsen Frank J. Suatoni, Jr. James J. Thornton Stephen B. Tily, III Alfred F. Wales
Class of 1961
Joseph M. Brenner Murray J. Levith Norman S. Mass Arthur L. Nudelman Stanley E. Rockman
Statesmen William C. Abraham Raymond L. Anderson Stuart Berkowitz David P. Day Robert E. Greene Edward C. Kaleugher Joseph W. Kormuth, Jr. Joseph M. Levin Calvin M. McIntyre Stephen L. Schwartzbach Edward T. Sennott Richard G. Seymann Eric J. Spirer David W. Steinbach John C. Van Aken, II
Donors Salvi T. Altomare William J. Bryan Richard E. Charles Roger A. Deal William M. Fogel James C. Gradert Robert H. Ream Howard A. Scalzi V. Anthony Spallone Robert M. Steiner John F. Workmeister, Jr.
Class of 1962 LeMoyne Associates John E. Frazier II James F. Slabe
1781 Associate
Thomas E. McNabb Philip Raskin
Jefferson Associates James W. Clarke Ronald M. Dagar Walter C. McClelland* Melvin E. Mounts, Jr. Paul C. Pennock
Washington Associates Robert A. Anderson Duncan M. Brown Robert E. Daniel Joseph G.C. Francis J. Thomas McCandless William J. Morgan Richard Rifkin Larry W. Sumney
Statesmen John M. Allardice John T. Carson Charles H. Eaton William Fedorochko, Jr. Thomas B. Heflin Henry H. Hood, Jr. James D. Maloney Lawrence J. McElroy William A. Meddings Stanton I. Moldovan Gavin A. Scotti Adrian R. Van Strien
Donors Timothy E. Annin Richard D. Barnhill E. Eugene Best Roy A. Blair, II Robert E. Hamilton Walter Y. Malcolm David E. Manes Patrick D. Moore J. Byron Singer Thomas J. Torchia Norman J. Weinberger
Class of 1963 Lazear Associates
M. Patrick McCormick
Walter Flamenbaum Franklin A. Rumore
Jon S. Adler
Presidents Associates
LeMoyne Associate Arthur C. Morrissey
Presidents Associate
Michael W. Datch Charles J. Labelle
Jefferson Associates
LeMoyne Associate
John J. Montgomery Michael D. Moore* J. Frederick Sharer Athas H. Tsigas
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McGuffey Associate John W. Walther, Jr.*
1781 Associates John F. Naughton William E. Reisinger Ronald D. Snee
Presidents Associate Anthony C. Iantosca
Jefferson Associates Peter M. Bonadio Jerry A. Dorsch Samuel Sokol, III W. Karl Vannewkirk Thomas C. Wettach
Washington Associates J. Paul Clarke Paul S. Drohan Stephen Todd Fisher Mark J. Goldberg Robert A. Hall, Jr. William G. Hayes, III Wade Hotsenpiller Stephen B. Levine William P. McCorkle, IV R. Martin Reiley George L. Spillers Roland P. Wilder, Jr. John A. Yauch
Statesmen Stephen S. Bennett Richard P. Bollinger Dennis J. Delprato Louis V. DiBello John G. Dziak James T. Herron, Jr. James S. Leib Louis L. Marines James F. Moore John L. Musmanno Arthur K. Nakashima Harvey M. Rubin Walter A. Schade, Jr. Ronald J. Selva Daniel M. Sprague Sanford F. Tolchin Thomas F. Upson Thomas R. Wilks
Donors Karl G. Benzio Edwin W. Billmire Alex W. Jerome Norman A. Lockshin 60
Larry J. Lutz Harry A. Mink Wesley H. Peterson John P. Proudfit Arthur L. Rietz Allan B. Schachter William M. Schmidt David R. Schucker Gary B. Shaw Richard J. Weinberg
Class of 1964 Lazear Associates James W. Baird Charles P. Eaton E. Miles Prentice III
LeMoyne Associates William N. Macartney, III William M. Stout George W. Zannos
1781 Associate Robert H. Stevenson
Presidents Associates J. Barry Hemphill Richard W. Mains, Jr. Kenneth M. Mason, Jr. William L. Proudfit Job Taylor, III
Jefferson Associates Charles L. Foss, Jr. Thomas G. Frazier Roger J. Gaydos Frank D. Hamlin, Jr.
Nelson Bunin Hugh W. Calderwood Gary E. Campbell T. Bruce Carpenter, Jr. Donald E. Cermak Philip R. Delmer Joseph C. Eckert Michael R. Elliott Peter L. Fenninger Corbet Hankey Robert E. Howes Allan E. Mallinger Donald N. Merz Donald C. Murray, Jr. John G. Shoop Paul A. Skrabut James S. Snow, Jr. Peter B. Taylor William Parke Tranter, Jr. John G. Turnbull Frank J. Vandall
Donors Peter B. Eaton Fred T. Erskine, III Thomas B. Higerd Allan N. Levine Allen R. Lewis John Y. Mace, Jr. Wayne P. Orr William H. Scalia Howard Semins Guyon W. Turner
Class of 1965 Founders Associate Robert M. Beavers, Jr.
Washington Associates
LeMoyne Associate
Irwin L. Browarsky James W. Clark Arnold W. Cushner Roger S. Golomb John S. Kern G. Donald Markle Ronald N. McElhaney Robert W. Sonnhalter, Jr. Michael R. Wilson York F. Yochum
Albert G. Nickel
McGuffey Associate Charles M. Rosenberg
Presidents Associates Richard B. Crosbie Norman L. Fine Conway A. Jeffress, Jr. David B. McWilliams Dennis P. Tihansky
Statesmen Raymond H. Baer Charles K. Bens Gabriel J. Bober Fred K. Briard
Jefferson Associates Allan B. Goodrich Stephen M. Greenberg Michael K. Legg
John M. Noah Leonard B. Zadecky
Washington Associates Geoffrey A. Gwynn J. Gaven Hurley Robert J. Jenison Larry R. Klevans Edward E. Smock Edwin J. Tomko R. Douglas Yajko
Statesmen Ronald F. Bargiband William J. Belcastro John O. Cole, Jr. Lawrence F. Del Pizzo Walter H. Dimling Ronald C. Freiwald Doneld R. Howell Floyd R. Hyatt Charles L. Inglefield Barry H. Kart David A. Levin Jan W. Maratta John L. Mason Alan J. Montgomery Horatio J. Petrocelly, Jr. Joseph Prestia Richard P. Rush Terry A. Scott James O. Scott August Anthony Tranquill David H. Trask William H. Wasson
Donors Wayne A. Allridge Jack D. Baer Lawrence W. Bray Arthur S. Brooks Bruce H. Campbell Edward J. Dagnal, III David P. Depp James H. Duff Charles McClain Hoak, II James B. Hobson, Jr. John M. Junkin, Jr. Howard F. Kamler Richard W. Kirsch, Jr. Franklin D. Kuzy Bert M. Moldovan Burt Joel Nydes James J. Vangundy Richard P. Zaharoff
Class of 1966 LeMoyne Associates J. Herbert Gaul, Jr. Thomas H. Sprague
Richard W. Ralph Carl M. Rock, Jr. Jeffrey M. Siger
Class of 1967
McGuffey Associate David R. Leonard
Presidents Associates Charles R. Amos Lawrence J. O’Brien Victor J. Raskin
Jefferson Associates Jerrell L. Angell Kenneth W. Getty, Jr. Robert S. Luttrell James D. Pareso William C. Ruha M. Gerald Schwartzbach
Washington Associates Thomas Scott Boyd, Jr. Neal R. Pellis Charles M. Robbins Richard Joel Ulevitch
Statesmen Peter B. Bidzila Charles W. Bruton, Jr. Edward J. Dobkin Michael A. Donadee Arnold E. Fingeret Frank M. Hall, Jr. Paul W. Huckans Robert A. Johnson Stephen D. Marriner, Jr. Louis A. Pagano Marc Pollock Robert E. Reader, II Samuel K. Rock, Jr. David W. Seitz David C. Sperling David M. Warrington Clyde P. Yates
Donors Alexander Blain, IV John W. Ceraso Bosworth L. Farson, Jr. Robert S. Frankel Terry J. Hancock Alex J. Haralam William A. Jackson Frederick L. Kopff, III Steven J. Kothe James W. Maloy
Donors David E. Gadd Robert J. Holzheimer Alfred P. Ilch Clifford B. Lewis Thomas W. Martindale Leslie H. Passarelli
LeMoyne Associate Dennis M. Betz
Class of 1968
1781 Associate Edward W. Fox, Sr.
Presidents Associates Michael V. Bittenbender Leonard I. Eisenfeld Fred N. Herskowitz S. Curtiss Roach Carl M. Sandler
Jefferson Associates George M. Fatula, Sr. Victor Lazzaro, Jr. Jay A. Leipzig Telford W. Thomas
Washington Associates Donald C. Beatty, III John T. Carey Norman A. Fair Eugene C. Fletcher, Jr. Stuart B. Katz Michael A. Levy Gerald M. Prado David L. Ream Jack O. Williams
Statesmen David B. Agostoni Frank B. Bertovich Robert M. Entwisle, III Clifford C. Evans Larry W. Fifer William R. Henrick Richard William Hopkins Gordon F. Keeler, Jr. Paul P. Konyha, Jr. Donald A. MacGregor Thomas R. Marshall Audra D. Robinson Craig M. Rothman Karl W. D. Seifert Jonathan Solomon David G. Trainer Thomas E. Weyer
Founders Associate Richard T. Clark
LeMoyne Associates Gordon E. Swartz Jeffrey H. Van Hyning
1781 Associates Alexander H. Lindsay, Jr. Charles T. Nason
Presidents Associates Robert M. Cherry James A. Elliott* William L. Gaunt James D. Lebedda John G. Lovelace Judson W. Starr
Jefferson Associates Jay I. Reznik Allen C. Snyder
Bert R. Maggio Charles C. Mason, Jr. Grant Monsarrat Richard E. Orwig, Jr. Robinson T. Rhodes William R. Rowse, Jr. Lawrence C. Shackleton, Jr. C. Malcolm Stone Charles Voinovich, Jr. Daniel J. Wehner Williamson White Anthony Zettlemoyer
Donors Jay D. Allen Stephen D. Berman Ronald D. Doemland Robert B. Ill Henry B. Kretchmar, Jr. James R. Long George M. Mellis William E. Milligan Dean C. Morrow Donald G. Myers Kehn K. Ogden Eric W. Oyer Robert E. Petrie, Jr. Lawrence E. Petrillo Gary D. Plummer Jay K. Sadlon Donald P. Watson William T. Wydro Harold L. Yankelevitz Gregory D. Zeigler
Washington Associates Leonard E. Evans Jeffrey A. Hilb J. Michael Lacey Edward J. Petrick, Jr. Victor M. Rudkin Robert A. Stein Thomas W. Trimm Andrew G. Zelenka, Jr.
Class of 1969 LeMoyne Associate Ivan J. Kamil
McGuffey Associate Robert G. Walker
Statesmen
Presidents Associates
Kenneth L. Baker Thomas H. Blakely, Jr. Kenneth J. Bondra John H. Claflin Michael A. D’Amico Curt P. Ellenberg Lawrence J. Friedman Allen M. Goorin Philip E. Hamill Ralph D. Hirsch J. Thomas Lane Lane L. Liston, Jr. John D. MacMillan
Thomas P. Anderson, Jr. John Mark Scott, Jr.
Jefferson Associates Thomas W. Armstrong Robert E. Arnold Charles W. Johnston Thomas L. McKnight Robert C. McQueen Blaine C. Prinkey Lawrence W. Weber
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Washington Associates
1781 Associates
David G. Bashour Brian D. Knapp Paul G. Lucas Thomas A. Musi James K. Nicely Robert F. Schultz J. William Smith Robert B. Sommer James H. Taylor George R. Whitmer
Donald G. Lightfoot Walter B. Massenburg Charles A. Parlato
Presidents Associates Stanley L. Bonis John R. Ferraro Andrew G. McIlvaine John T. Webster
Jefferson Associates Statesmen A. Paul Aversano Jon A. Barkman Donald W. Bushyager Stuart R. Christie Alan S. Drohan George D. Kennedy George U. Love, II William H. Markle Richard K. Mason Frank A. McClure Robert J. Mizwa Harry S. Oakley, Jr. Charles E. Powell, Jr. William Skillcorn, III John C. Succop, Jr. William A. Titelman Charles P. Wasovich* Paul M. Zabetakis
Donors Ralph L. Amos C. Randall Board Thomas W. Carr David J. Cohen Alfred F. Endler, Jr. Peter M. Falion Gary W. Geis Charles R. Gillett Daniel O. Hensell Scott P. Kenney Charles K. Leja Edward Malachosky, II William Frederick Martson, Jr. Mephie-Mbuya Ngoi Francis A. Ronco Jeffrey P. Schmoyer Robert A. White Edmund J. Wise, Jr.
Class of 1970
William A. Coch Dominic A. Colaizzo Philip D. Helm Charles W. Zubritsky, III
Washington Associates Jeffrey J. Costantino Gary S. Haas Eric J. Held Michael P. Lynch Morton L. Weinstein Bruce M. Wolf John M. Zoscak, Jr.
Statesmen David W. Balch John F. Brady Richard A. Cooper Terry L. Evans David L. Garber Philip J. Jackson Bruce R. Johnson Webster B. Kinnaird Kenneth E. Kirby Philip F Mamolito William I. Miller Gordon C. Miller Mark A. Summers
Donors Howard M. Freedlander C. Steven Heft C. Barton Jones Michael I. Mallinger Jonathan G. Pomeroy Ray E. Quickel
Class of 1971
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Jefferson Associates Gerald W. Cowden Charles T. Drevna William R. Horbatt Charles Edward Weingartner
Washington Associates T. Andrew Candor Jeffrey S. Lyons John L. Mitchell Alexander G. Paterson Kenneth D. Viemeister
Statesmen Jess M. Alonso William J. Bentz A. Parker Burroughs, III Gordon M. Core T. Scott Frank John S. Hastings Gary E. Kolb Robert L. Lindsay David C. O’Leary Randall S. Peffer John H. Perry Marian N. Ream Thomas R. Ross, II William S. Sheers Kenneth K. Steinweg David L. Weinbaum Ching-Quo Wong John B. Yoedt
Donors James A. Blaine, Jr. Lawrence M. Coco Mark E. Davis Thomas J. Durney Roger H. Howells Glenn C. Hurley, Jr. Michael J. Medden L. Douglas Pepper William F. Pore Barry H. Roth Thomas Alfred Thielet Robert P. Vivian
1781 Associates Coleman Hughley Miles H. Simon
Class of 1972
Presidents Associates
LeMoyne Associate
Mark A. Hollis
Charles F. Marcy
Lazear Associate McClellan A. DuBois
Frederick M. Hyser Mark R. Koch Robert H. Krupkin Edward L. Martin Nicholas Tapyrik
1781 Associates Samuel J. Davis Paul Scoles
Presidents Associates Jonathan S. Emley Lathe T. Haynes Scott A. Herz Robert B. Hoppe Richard H. Pocock, Jr. Donald J. Snyder, Jr. D. Lawrence Wickerham
Jefferson Associates James F. Gismondi, Jr. Vincent S. Graziano Robert H. Savarese
Washington Associates Alexander M. Miller, IV George C. Ruschak, Jr. Gary J. Singer James P. Villotti, Jr.
Statesmen E. Daniel Ayers, Jr. Thomas W. D. Baird Bruce E. Barton Peter D. Cahoon Edward P. Carr, Jr. Edwin C. Culbertson Damon J. Faldowski Violet Robertson Forrest Kenneth M. Heffron W. Roger Johnson Richard H. MacSherry Lee R. Mandel Jim McCandless Robert A. McLuckey Alan C. Patterson Robert A. Relick Donald R. Rodgers, Jr. William A. Slotter Robert M. Surdam, Jr. Alfred D. Young, Jr.
Donors Gerald P. Diludovico Walter M. Hertenstein Gail H. Reese James C. Smith, Jr. Lynn McClain Urffer Glenn W. Vogel
Class of 1973 Founders Associate Thomas M. Priselac
Lazear Associate Jonathan M. Conrad
Presidents Associates Ira E. Baumgartel Richard J. Federman Norman E. McHolme
Jefferson Associates John L. Bord Dana Graham Devereux Michael S. Siegel Susan Simon Weiner Bruce B. Weiner
Washington Associates Daniel R. Casper Charles J. Castoro Stephen D. Hoyt Mark R. Katlic Timothy A. Kulp Clifford W. Martin R. Burke McLemore Robyn Ruttenberg John V. Trachok
Statesmen Paul E. Bernstein Ronald N. Bindas William S. Blakemore, Jr. L. William Cashdollar Wilma Shaffer Caton David E. Junker Helen Carroll Kirk William L. Lane, Jr. Brian Milosh Jonathan G. Moll William M. Seneca Thomas W. Smith Mark L. Tabor Gary D. Thompson Ronald O. Valdiserri Jonathan R. Walburn Edwin C. Williams, Jr.
Donors Paul L. Bickerton Dorothy Standiford Brownlee David S. Dempsey Richard Alan Diehl Jeffrey John Ganter Robert D. Kearney Dennis A. Kovalsky
David R. MacHak Mark R. Mathews, Sr. Susan Frank McClure Nancy Volk McNeal Douglas R. Miller Evelyn Young Ruschel Peter G. Scotti Peter S. Shek Hugh A. Shields Michael G. White Richard A. Williams
Class of 1974 Lazear Associates Elizabeth Hurwitz-Schwab Stephen M. Ross Peter J. Ross Louise Kirkpatrick Ross James D. Wilson
LeMoyne Associates Barbara Robinson DeWitt Peter F. Stracci
Presidents Associates Robert A. Love, Sr. Ira J. Schulman Peter F. Wilson
Paul A. D’Orazio J. Gregory Drummond Clark A. Eustis Robert G. Langley Joseph L. Lenkey James H. MacBride H. S. David Mock II Brian G. Orr Dorothy Martin Powers David K. Scarborough, Jr. James M. Schmitt John A. Yankura
Donors Judith Allen Debra Williams Aromatorio Linda Diludovico Bacha Sanford F. Beyer, II Curtis R. Bucher, Jr. Gary R. Burman John R. Hillman, Jr. Susan Rush Kepler R. Daniel Knox W. Craig Leach John E. Luginski Tim J. Mains Kathryn E. Podvia Frank T. Roberts Carolyn Nelson Sabroske David L. Veres Nancy Tomlinson Waters
Anthony B. Cocciolone Philip B. Friedman Elaine Kathryn Geris John D. Houston, III Cary D. Jones Mary Fletcher Laplante Thomas J. Lester Patricia A. Metz Mark J. Powers
Statesmen George E. Alter, III Debra Mayconich Baron David A. Belvedere Martin J. Edwards Joseph M. Hanson Stephanie Yevins Hughes Max D. Humbert Rachel McCarrell McCune R. K. Norvell Matthew J. Petrilla David W. Powers Patricia M. Relosky Anthony N. Solomita Dan E. Vogt Sharlene F. Williams
Donors
Presidents Associates
David W. Beyer R. Keith Bragonier Alan J. Evelyn James M. Faber Leo J. Garneau, III Howard D. Hoffman Ronald A. Ignotz George B. Kaknes, Jr. Joseph H. Liput, Jr. James H. Oberfeitinger Steven P. Orbin Dru Hanna Schoenborn Paul A. Vaczy Judith Hajel Veres Joseph A. Veres Bonnie Ciaffoni Watts
James H. Norris Steven J. Pinelli Beverly Werme Schulman
Class of 1976
Statesmen
Jefferson Associates
Lazear Associate
Phyllis Ann Glover Abdul Timothy A. Barry George A. Bashour Leonard P. Blass James D. Brodell Chris L. Bromfield Kevin K. Cutrell Samuel Paul Davis
Susan Webreck Alman Wayne N. Campbell Robin McGinn Graziano Michael D. Nettleton
Craig A. Varga
Jefferson Associates Charles F. Houghton, Jr. Stephen Kresovich Joanne Burnley Ladley Philip D. O’Connell David N. Rutt
Class of 1975 Founders Associate Kenneth R. Melani
Washington Associates
LeMoyne Associates
Robert H. Bickerton Peter D. Browne Ralph A. Capone Dava Esman Richard S. Finkel Michael R. Girard R. Blair Summersgill Gail Staskiewicz Warner
Gary L. Churgin James E. Leckie Thomas A. Shoup
1781 Associate David L. White
Washington Associates
Jefferson Associates
Patricia A. Brletic Janet Zbalishen Casper
Andrew Aloe Michelle DeFrancesco Aloe
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Martin Scott Levine A. Scott Patti Thomas J. Shula Constance L. Trelka
Washington Associates D. Elgart Aster James J. Castle Christine A. Huselton Dale W. Pcsolyar Kenneth Thomas
Statesmen Christine Parsons Belvedere David W. Bolton Marc A. Freed Joyce Webb Gelles James A. Goldwater Scott H. Leaf Mary L. Mandarino Francis Michael McCaffrey John J. McCague, III David F. Morrisey Richard D. Newman Steven D. Preda Jack N. Soodik Wallace N. Tobin Andrew B. Walker
Donors Stephen J. Barone Mario Dipietrantonio Andrew J. Glaid, IV Martin J. Griglak Christopher N. Hyser Robert S. Korneke Jennifer Jones Lucas Leslie S. Marks Charles S. Palmer, Jr. Grant A. Ross Marnie Abraham Russell Gerald J. Schoenborn Michael J. Turkaly Jeffrey H. Welsh John C. Witsberger
Class of 1977 LeMoyne Associate Paul P. Medvedo, Jr.
1781 Associate Clifton R. Hood, IV
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Presidents Associates Joseph H. Gigler James M. Gockley Gretchen Blaugher Gockley Evan A. Klein John W. Whelan David J. White
Jay M. Sluss Susan F. Smith Robert J. Somplatsky Mark J. Vavrek
Class of 1978
Jefferson Associates William W. Cruikshank Georgine Bartiromo Demarino Richard William Farmer Jeffrey A. Nunes John E. Tate Robert A. Urso Ray Verlinich Michael J. Zorch
Founders Associate
Washington Associates
Presidents Associates
William B. Connors Wendy Moskat Hamilton Rodney M. Kosanovich Louis M. Marmon Wayne A. Martin Harry O. Mateer, Jr. Timothy P. Schieffelin Robert D. Sutherland Stephen D. Tiley
John W. Fleming, Jr. C. Michael Irvin Donald M. Morgan Michael Vincent Novinski
Statesmen Anonymous Deborah R. Cowden Russell A. Drozdiak Jane F. Gaertner Paul S. Gelles James B. Geshay P. Keith Jones Karen Laine Lazar Donna Levinsky Milewski Christopher L. Montgomery Ernest B. Ricci David A. Roberts Richard J. Venturi Joseph A. Wineman
Donors Douglas S. Bateman Thomas M. Biksey Louise Caruso Cox Thomas E. Drakeley Mary E. Ducato-Coley Brooke Elias Linda Nelan Irey Cynthia J. Lennox Barbara Senich Miller J. C. Morrow Thomas G. Necastro Nancy J. Norris William J. Potscavage
David A. Ross
LeMoyne Associate John D. Simon
McGuffey Associate Anonymous
F. Noel Parent, III Diane Ritter Petrilla Vance T. Richmond Nancy A. Sukys Susan Jordan Walker Martin L. Ware Susan Andrews Wiles Cheryl Voskamp Wineman
Donors James E. Bable James Gizzie Barbara Green Hillebrandt Bradley H. Noll Debora L. Solomon Paula Cohn Sorensen William G. Tressler
Class of 1979 1781 Associate Clifford E. Hellberg
Jefferson Associates Paul W. Braunegg Stephen F. Calderon Lene H. Carpenter Timothy W. Morris Robert Pierattini Jeffrey T. Recker Barbara Burson Rutt Mark C. Shaw Thomas J. Sniscak George D. Utley, III Thomas John Weir, Jr.
Washington Associates Paul F. English James M. Fernberger Kathy Lew Grise Richard J. Pinelli, Sr. Michael P. Sabolsky Robert A. Shor John G. Van Cleve Keith A. Waddle
Statesmen John R. Bucholtz Vinh T. Bui William A. Cole Edward T. Cuneo, Jr. Charles B. Dehainaut Kris L. Ellis Susan Kormanik Geiger Brian K. Kerr Ronald O. Lewis Regina C. Morrisey Peggy Sten Northrop
Presidents Associates Donald S. Dazen Peter F. Wagner Jeffrey A. Yunkun
Jefferson Associate Harold T. Carpenter
Washington Associates Dale A. Balkovec William A. Irvin, III Harry A. Lehman, III Barry P. Markovitz Gordon B. Miller, Jr. Thomas W. Oates, Jr. Peter C. Sullivan
Statesmen Pamela Haywood Bilich David Dusenbery Kerin L. Fresa-Dillon Sergio D. Lamas Carole A. Medvesky Ricci A. Minella Jeffrey M. Rajotte David L. Sclarsky James G. Spencer Barbara Sprock Spencer Martin J. Yoskovich
Donors Douglas A. Bloom William E. Cenk, Jr. Diana Mark Engelmeyer
Leslie Cowieson Godwin Charles A. Harry Gary W. Jensen Mary O’Lear Keperling David F. Koenig Lawrence E. Loper Samuel A. Murgie Marjorie Green Opp Chris Sonson Deborah Thompson Stout Thomas G. Wiedt
Class of 1980 Founders Associate
Lee H. Spangler Kim Schroeder Theleen Anthony J. Zinobile
Donors Linda Andrews-Winiarski Robert R. Beyer Deborah Jarosz Brower Derek R. Brown Steven M. Cafrelli Laura Smith Cain Daniel Thomas Koshute Daniel Michael Todorowski Mark E. Vogel
Elizabeth A. Griffin Michael D. Lingenfelter Bernadette M. Luketich-Sikaras Susan Jonnatti Maxwell Timothy L. McErlean Sybil Horne McKeegan Mark M. Saniga Ronald M. Unice Sharon Swieconek Volosky Robert L. Volosky Bradley A. Weber
Donors Randy Berenfield Judith Defilippis Eaton Ann P. Fallon James M. Goodwin Leonard E. Schuster
Michael R. Miller Mark A. Reese Raymond D. Tedesco Jeffrey L. Weaver Michael H. Winiarski Carl B. Zacharia
Donors Florence Haggerty Celento Paul D. Crain Sarana Becker Donaldson Michael J. Fediaczko Richard O. Gette Donald E. Morgan, Jr. Ronald J. Ogrodowski Michael C. Patrick Lisa Thayer Welch Royce W. Wilhelm Joyce Zubritsky Witowski
Mary Ann Butera Pendleton
Class of 1981
Lazear Associate
Founders Associate
James W. Cameron
B. John Pendleton, Jr.
McGuffey Associate
Lazear Associate
Lyn Celenza Dyster
Nancy Morgan Cameron
1781 Associate
McGuffey Associate
Mary H. Branton
Eric C. Lundgren
McGuffey Associates
1781 Associates
Mark E. Dorogy Lauren Pratt Lundgren
1781 Associate
Presidents Associate Thomas J. Leydig
Roger S. Goodell Samuel D. Riccitelli Melinda Elish Riccitelli
1781 Associate
Jefferson Associates
David M. Mego
Presidents Associates
Presidents Associate
Frank C. Botta Cheryl Medich Leydig Stephen V. Martin
William T. Dymond, Jr.
Deborah Mendel McGlumphy Alan G. Micco Terrence M. Monteverde Richard D. Schultz
Jefferson Associates
Washington Associates
Francis X. O’Rourke Robert C. Verona, Jr. Scott A. Yetter
Daniel P. Colligan Karen Maletta Lang Alexandria Dankovich Miller Sharon Cmar Murtha James L. Newhouse Norman T. Roule Lorie Masturzo Roule Beth A. White
Class of 1982 LeMoyne Associate Cindy L. Burchell
Jefferson Associates Brock K. Bakewell Lisa Burgunder Morris David B. Myers Thomas B. Staskiewicz
Washington Associates Thomas J. Klein Timothy Walter Lucas
Statesmen Lisa A. Balash J. David Caruthers Douglas F. Christy Louise Bell Devanny Margaret Brown Ellis Julius Farkas Kevin M. Gmiter Donna Haley Grier James Jaegers Joseph M. Labuda, II Cheryl A. Maze Michelle Bartus Nelson James B. Platt Richard B. Pumilia Andrew Christian Rojas Joann Grcich Russak Rosemary O’Leary Rutland
Jefferson Associates Richard J. Burnheimer Lynne Brodell Hansell Edwin A. McGlumphy, Jr. A. Michael Pratt Alma Long Staskiewicz
Washington Associates Mary Conway Balkovec Thomas R. Damiano* Melissa Hoffman Damiano William H. Davis Marcia South Klein Keith S. Somers Rhonda J. Sudina Franklin H. Yoho
Statesmen Lynn Iams Barger Robbin Richard Clouser Richard M. Collins
Class of 1983 McGuffey Associate Diane Tangalos Dorogy
Washington Associates William T. Fritz James R. Grygiel Carla Lehr Grygiel Jeffrey L. Jendrejeski G. Mark Jodon Kevin A. Ohlson George V. Thieroff, Jr.
Statesmen Susan McKown Beard Patricia Slosky Briggs Ernest P. Deleon Dianne McClelland Faldowski Clayton T. Hardon Elizabeth A. Hays Rebecca Ellenberger Lahniche David F. Landis
Chong S. Park
Statesmen Steven K. Aronoff Jacquelyn Carrozza John T. Columbus Thomas James Condosta Jacqueline Semzock Conn David L. Conn Gina M. D’Alfonso Jan Killmeyer Tudor Demartini Paula Kostolansky Ferrato Lisa C. Hamilton Joseph C. Jordan David S. Kushner 65
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Michael P. Ladisic David J. Leggett Cynthia Amodio Levi Rebecca L. Madvay Cynthia Leposki Martin John D. Noel Robert K. Wicker, III Karen Scarborough Wicker Miroslava Zeleznik-Landis
Donors Gregory T. Baumann Katherine Duncan Borner Randy D. Cain Richard D. Dachille John C. David Lauren Schwerha Farrell Carolyn M. Gatty Brenda C. Gundersen Andrew J. Harris Douglas E. Johnston Walter J. Kopko Thomas P. Krahe Debra Davia Krahe Robert D. Lucatorto Janet Mazurek Masline David J. Masline Paul N. McCarthy Robert A. Puntel Robert S. Sensky Samuel L. Speciale, Jr. Anthony R. Taccone Diane Jeffries Turosik Lynn Waltenbaugh Bradford E. Warden Brian A. Weston
Class of 1984 Presidents Associates Susan A. Cohen Willis A. McVay
Jefferson Associates Kent W. Davis Lisa A. Rehak Mary Kostolansky Wagner
Washington Associates Melissa A. Hart Gregory E. Lane Susan C. Lombardozzi-Lane Susan Losko Sollenberger Joseph H. Sproul, III Lesa Moser Thieroff
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Statesmen Anne Palmieri Ansa Albert J. Apicella, Jr. Jill M. Carson Jeffrey F. Ciaramella Paige Fairbaugh Joseph P. Herbst Virginia Bolton Jaeger Elizabeth W. Mahaney Marjorie Jordan Ostrowski Joseph E. Savoca Russell W. Savory David E. Shaffer Weslene Tanner Tallmadge Judson D. Tice, III Mark D. Tustin Frank Vallelunga Denise Keefer Von Herrmann Joseph J. Wagner, Jr. Kathleen Thomas Werner
Donors Bernadette L. Chasler-Sullivan Veronica A. Constantine Donald C. Edwards J. Douglas Farrell Clay C. Kilgore Patrice Holtz Lee Katherine Spurrier Steratore Melanie L. Stevens Beth Brinsky Villotti Kerry O’Leary Zombeck
Janice J. Durham-Worthington George E. Fleming, Jr. Mark H. Hofbauer Stephen M. Lichtman Patrick C. Marcanio Lisa DeFrancesco Miller Kathleen Wolf Osten Patrick N. Patchen Heidi Horst Wachter Donald A. Walters James J. Wano Thomas B. Young
Donors Michael K. Ahwesh Valentina Petrone Avery Karen Kotyk Beisner Lisa Elias Belt Donald J. Camerson, II John E. Cole Carolyn Kratz Hetrick Amy Midouhas Keating Curtis J. Killar Diane DePalma Lange Timothy J. Pifer Bartley T. Quillin Kevin M. Rozsa Linda W. Shilatz Shawn J. Snarey Sally Scherder Taccone John M. Varlotto Linda Hunt Wagner
Donors Lisa Garchar Amoroso Geri L. Bacu Todd D. Casteel Ruth Pecyk Clemens Suzette Hanley Colvin Anne Gillman Deuchar Alan D. Goodkin John G. Hollis Randall G. Klimchock Jill Stipanovich McLinden Kathleen Tomko Molinaro Michael Potkul Debra Yaworski Rozsa Anne Danza Saxon Harry A. Stiffler, Jr. Annette Tangalos Tsimouris Dianne S. Wainwright Jeffrey L. Wineland
Class of 1987 Founders Associate Patrick A. Correnty
LeMoyne Associate William S. Platt
McGuffey Associate Ellis Hyman
1781 Associate Steven P. Woratyla
Class of 1985
Class of 1986
1781 Associate
McGuffey Associate
Kevin L. Welsh
Joseph G. Gibson
Presidents Associates
Jefferson Associates
Mitchell B. Bassi Jacqueline M. Bauer
Daniel M. Rooney, Jr. Antonio C. Torchia
Jefferson Associates
Washington Associates
Brian E. Chorba Jason P. Devey
Elizabeth Rose Jacobs Andrew I. Miller Karen Thieroff Sproul
Kevin B. Cook Elizabeth McCarrell Crumrine Wendy Anderson Howard Robert M. Howard Rebecca K. Longsworth Robert M. Smith Philomena Divizio Thomas Daniel G. Zavadak
Statesmen
Washington Associates
Lynda Reiser Arai Troy Donald Boone Gregory J. Conte R. Shawn Essey Christine L. Fleming Edward A. Jaeger, Jr. James W. Lane, Jr. Adam G. Lougee Robert J. Walters
Robert A. Adkins Thomas G. Lapcevic Julie Page Lapcevic Judy A. Sorbara
Washington Associates Mitchell G. Azar Desiree E. Doncals Edmund D. Graff Beth Johnson-Harris Ralph J. Reda
Statesmen Christopher T. Bart Marsha L. Chaffins-Zingas Scott D. Davenport
Presidents Associate Liese Kasparek Vito
Jefferson Associates
Statesmen Lynn Cameron Mark D. Casaday Page W. Delaney, II
Beth MacManus Ellis Stephen A. Kesicki Francis P. King Loretta D. McMahon Ronald R. Sanders
Kirk M. Lago Michael J. Mortimer Catherine Scanga Ribaudo Tammy Brown Richardson Paula Clutter Sanders Michael A. Timko
Donors Cynthia A. Belski Diana L. Berry Kimberly Knoche Bittner Emily Smith Heim G. Marc Iddings Douglas J. McGlumphy Joseph Webb McKellar Samuel K. Miller Brian P. Molinaro Steven S. Ramey Jack R. Rea G. Flynt Tuller Valerie D. Weber Karen Kochanowski Wild
Class of 1988
Donors Eric R. Armstrong Carol Logsdon Bichler Melissa A. Boes Kathleen L. Cigana I. Lynn Wallace Dodd Neil S. Freedman Marijo Curran Freedman Marna McCormick Hicks Gary A. Kissinger Pammella Betlyn Laszlo Richard M. Mazza Bonnie McWilliams Nagayama Louis S. Otto Karl D. Schultz, Jr. Virginia Zirngibl Somplatsky Peter O. Thomson Liz Penman Thomson
McGuffey Associate Mary Jane Miller
Class of 1989
1781 Associate Bernard W. Stanek, Jr.
Jefferson Associate
Presidents Associate
Tracey Turner Corso Thomas W. Kendo, Jr.
Washington Associates
Statesmen
Craig A. Cahill Lori Mascetta Galley Richard R. Kolpa April Novelli Langford Christina Butto Midcap Scott F. Parratto Edith Slafka Willcox
Patrick G. Aigner Lynn A. Colaiacovo Patricia A. David Michael J. Hrosik Grant M. Lucas Kerry L. McBride Frank C. Patek, II Susan Timko Tracey M. Vogel G. Richard Zimmerman II
Statesmen Dominick N. Biangone Jean Crumrine Bingle Jay B. Clayton Vasiliki Pappan Clemenza John W. Clemenza Joseph A. Dewoskin Dan Halulko, III Andrew C. Heublein Cynthia Sherensky King
Donors Eric A. Brandenburg John M. Cicchini Mary-Margaret W. Conjelko Vidya Nayak Craig Louis P. Craig Brian T. Doherty
Brian W. Keeley Trina Jupina Klasnic David E. Pacy Robert G. Perry Tracy M. Reed Paul J. Sant-Eufemia Christie Rapacik Silvestri Allison Bruce Snyder Matthew S. Toth Todd A. Ulery Pamela Fink Vidmar Elizabeth Birmingham Williams
Class of 1991 LeMoyne Associate
Presidents Associates
David A. Steinberg
Jennifer Thuransky Magee Mark A. Shaw Michelle Sharik Wilkinson
1781 Associate
Jefferson Associates
Jefferson Associates
Michael J. Abriatis Brian R. Hamlin, Sr. Michael R. Rooney Diane Sims Thompson
Beth Cohen Abriatis Jeffrey S. Dulik
Karen Kronson Gerstner Daniel A. Rosenthal Matthew K. Sohn
Washington Associates Thomas E. Dinnin Ross J. Langford Michael J. Lucas Michael E. McClain
Jefferson Associates
Class of 1990
Washington Associates Joshua Mulholland
Tina Anania Eckhardt
Thomas B. Foster Michael P. Hanley Margaret L. Johnston Charles L. Kendi M. Carolyn Foust Kinskey Amy Keisling Kissinger Gabriel S. Lazzaro Mary Bonkoski Leah Lucie A. Lenz Cynthia Rothblum Oviatt Jon J. Sasala Michael D. Siktar Diane Polito Wolf
Statesmen Kristy S. Cassedy Lisa Lorenzo Donina Kenneth E. Jones Mary Frances Ciesla McManimon Brenda Gelder Ribar Gabrielle A. Scarpaci Ellis Wongsearaya Damon W. Zeigler
Jeffrey R. Sullivan
Washington Associates Tracy Norris Hobbs Patrick J. Hobbs Jean Henry Mullen
Statesmen Noelle Hoeffner Barr Christopher A. Butler Pamela Hunt Capaldi Edward J. Cirra John F. Graff, IV Seth A. Litman Daniel E. Luko, Jr. Craig S. Markovitz Amy Guerrieri Mercante Joseph M. Morelli Kristine L. Zottola
Donors Michele Sanders Altieri Cameron C. Altmar Teresa Eckberg Babyak Marc S. Brodsky Benjamin T. Buttriss Teri Willochell Eckels Val W. Finnell Edward A. Foster Jonathan B. Freeman David A. Grabowski Michele Lago Hanley David K. Hirshberg Christine McVay Keeley
Donors Sharon Read Austin J. Marc Buskirk Tammy Hughes Durham Denise Urso Galloway James P. McCune III Edward A. Moore Matthew J. Pete Joy Wilhelm Rowland Laura Pawk Santora Laura Minech Starling Kari Decarlo Strathern Bartholomew J. Verbanic
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Class of 1992 McGuffey Associate Robert J. Brooks, Jr.
Jefferson Associates Jill Switalski Hamlin Allison Evanoff Rooney
Washington Associate Juliann W. Fritz-Brigham
Statesmen Jeffrey A. Barczak Arnold R. Brock, Jr. Tracey Foglia Burkholder Judy Ann Gehrlein Bush Doug J. Chernovetz Kristin Niehl Dess Jennifer Lynn Van Horn Dorris Lisa Bagay Hawrot John Rowley, Jr.
Donors Marc D. Ansley Frederick E. Barton Bethany Sage Curtis Michael J. Deriso Tiffany Hons Frederick Kevin M. Fullard Renee M. Miller Michael J. Myers Natalie Rega Nichols Michael B. O’Connor Tracey Doyle Powell Louise A. Skiviat Michael P. Szuba Darin P. Trelka Marshall A. Trigona, Jr. Kacey C. Wiedt Jennifer M. Yocca
Stacy Dukett Hawkins Michele Abate Hufnagel Jeffrey P. Hufnagel Mary Kuster Litman Julie Grebenz Rothbardt Jennifer Timpson Russell Rumiko Sakai-Haddon Doug S. Yarabinetz
Donors Heather J. Bennett Jason W. Debnar Patricia Papadimitriou Dunlevy Cynthia N. Fulford Richetrina Louise Sellers Fullard Elizabeth Cober Gillette Beth Ann Hennen Gorby Jonathan E. Handen Donna L. Henderson Laura Rinaldo Holzscheiter Jacob E. Holzscheiter Nicholas J. Kubik, III David D. Kuhn Dave Lamb Lesly Mituzas McAfee Daniel R. Miller Bonnie D. Murphy Darla MacHinak Mylan Alexandra Oppenheimer Michelle Pasquino S. Ramani Pillai Jill Tilton Miriam Mavrich Trelka R. Clint Zollinger
Class of 1994 McGuffey Associate Shelli DeCarlo Brooks
Presidents Associate
Scott M. Markovitz Lisa Pasierb Lynn Zwierzchowski Proden Chris J. Roe D. Craig Russell, III Andrew J. Veyliotti
Donors Merrilee Werner Anderson Kenyon R. Bonner Heather Zinzella Cox Kathryn A. Franz Constantine M. Hnaras Jonathan Q. Kenney John E. Kosar, III Susan Gillette Meer Traci Danch Miller Jonathan R. Nietert Tamra Linn Lovy Rosa Evan D. Rosenfeld Rebecca Webb Ross Andrew J. Tabler Elisa Violi Taffe Christina Tuminella Christopher P. Vaglia
Presidents Associate Brian M. Popko
Washington Associates Suzanne Caccamese John F. Caccamese, Jr. Paul A. Vesco, Sr.
Statesmen Diane Hoak Burton Samuel R. Gottlieb Lisa A. Hall 68
Jennifer Goldstein Branstetter Claudia B. Sweger
Washington Associates Daniel T. Lader Andrew J. Travers
Statesmen Diane L. Carlisle George M. Fatula, Jr. Nancy A. Istenes Jonathan A. Levkulich
Jason D. Isaly Sharon Ransom Mirarchi
Jefferson Associates Susan Hetrick Rihn Christopher T. Rihn
Washington Associates Tricia Lander Antonis Michael Sean Antonis Jason E. Baer Kevin R. Greene Todd M. Luckasevic
Statesmen
Karyn M. Brooks
Washington Associates
Donors
Class of 1995 McGuffey Associate
Patti J. Lacock Alison B. Vesco
Statesmen Dana Dellapiazza Kelli Wasserstrom Gellis Jamie Josey Medved Brant Tyson Miller Michele Streppa Niklaus
Donors Jefferson Associates
Presidents Associates
Steven F. Colosimo Rebecca T. Colosimo Samuel B. Ickes Erin Boksan Kirkland Michelle L. Leavy Jennifer L. Lojek Robert M. Oelschlager Jeffrey S. Proden Richard Thomas Saginaw Jennifer F. Shugars James A. Sitter Anna Maratos Spence Bradley J. Stoudt
Dwight C. Dachnowicz
Class of 1993
Class of 1996
Nancy Killen Bryant Scott J. Davidson Ryan L. George John A. Haines Stephanie Steiner Kubik Thomas G. McLellan, III Suzanne Heaton Musselman Bryan M. Sejvar
Jamie L. Barni-Bomberger Harold J. Cypher, Sr. Antonio Digiandomenico Adam D. Dunlap Brenda Bain Filer Jason M. Furer Tracey Hnaras Cam V. Ngo Stacey L. Rathgeb-Haught Steven E. Richards Julie Whipkey Richards Jacki Greenewald Ruskay Lane M. Turturice Janine Walters Turturice Rebecca Foley Wolf
Class of 1997 1781 Associate Brett E. Fullem
Presidents Associate Jefferson Associates
Dayna M. Graham Alexander M. Keddie, V Misty L. Murin Bernadette Rosario Sitter
A. Noelle Carpenter Gasparovich Jason E. Luckasevic
Donors
Adrian T. Spevak
Washington Associates Christopher P. Baran Philip A. Steigner
Statesmen Daniel P. Brower John T. Andrew Chelosky Stephanie Hull German Stacey Hannan Liulias Christopher M. Merlo Sharon Bodnar Saginaw
Donors Angela M. Andronas Heidi Raupp Beahm Katherine Miller Campbell Harold John Cypher, Jr. Kim Digiandomenico Patti Z. Erdely Lynn Leviere Erdos Michael D. Hetcko Louis D. Kitsko Lisa Baxter Leach Elizabeth A. Mehok Wendy Lowry Melda Stephen R. Miller Keith A. Miller Cheryl Miklic Rockovich Molly Martin Russell John Andrew Scott Amanda Callipare Vaglia
Eric J. Ardinger Begene Baker Bahl Angela M. Bukovinsky Christine E. Buono Heather Zackal Etner Lisa M. Folino Nicole M. Folle-Chambers Donna Elaine Jacobe Hobbs Bryon B. Hobbs Shelley Ruffner Johnson Jeffrey D. Johnson Scott J. Kallenborn Jennifer Stanoszek Kallenborn Lynn Hoak Keller Erin A. Kennedy Frank Kosir, Jr. Andrew C. Miller Christopher S. Musuneggi Nilesh Patel Brian P. Plichta Heather Miller Purcell Christina M. Simms Jody Bovard Stuckert Adam J. Veltri Gregory W. Williams Nikki A. Wilson Michael A. Wright
Class of 1999 1781 Associate Rachel A. Askey
Class of 1998
Statesmen
Janel F. Foster Amy Seman Hartman Mark V. Rollinson
Tera Zaremba Clutter John R. Kustra Licia Beaver Lentz Nilesh N. Patel Jon P. Tabacjar
Washington Associates
Donors
Sean M. McCandless Gretchen N. McCandless
Emily A. Bush Victoria L. Crile P. Nathan Frank, III Jason M. Kelecic Kelly J. Kozon Wendy Meyer-Kincak Kramer Andrew J. Lepisto Patrick J. McMahon Justin D. Parkin Paula Ream Powell
Jefferson Associates
Statesmen Stacey Rhodes Brower Francisco F. Bryant F. Anthony Clutter Megan L. Dankovich-Argentieri Steven G. Fischer Jennifer Frank Goodman
Timothy R. Purcell Kelly L. Ronk Sarah Ebner Scott George D. Smith
Class of 2000 Jefferson Associate Kelly Gablick Luckasevic
Washington Associate Nathan R. Luderer
Statesmen Vito C. Beneccio Mary T. Cholock David A. Csikos Scott D. Hamilton Patty R. Moore Charles E. Rea Jimil B. Wilson Julie Folger Woolley
Donors James G. Bittner IV Mary Alice Carpenter Kara Berry Clark Joshua M. Clark Jennifer L. Colpo Bridgette A. Duley Diana Wallace Demedici Greg R. Dunn, Jr. Amanda Niebauer Dunn Todd W. Feathers Autum L. Foster Clement P. Gigliotti, Jr. Kathy M. Heffernan Michael J. Juskowich Lindsay J. Ledwich James R. Maloy Samuel J. Shames Cynthia M. Wilkie
Class of 2001 Washington Associate Matthew D. Henry
Statesmen Brandon P. Cooper Samuel R. Pazicni J. Paul Pepper Elaine Justine Wizzard
Donors Jennifer L. Badger David T. Braun Tera Gump Brickner Christopher G. Delehanty Lindsey H. Detrick Spring Seeman McCann Melissa A. Miseyka Justin R. Moccaldi David P. Muchoney Christopher P. Pushic Courtney Bastio Ramous Damon R. Rause Robert P. Swart Evan L. Uselton
Class of 2002 Jefferson Associates Marygrace Jackovic Joshua N. Jeffries
Washington Associates Wesley A. Koteski Rose Marie Fedor Kraeer
Statesmen Rebecca S. Fong Kristine L. Fritz Billy C. Josay Jerrah M. Kucharski Stephanie S. Monroe Betty H. Rainier Gregory J. Simatic
Donors Thomas P. Agrafiotis Michelle L. Anderson Jennifer M. Barozie Matthew H. Brandstetter Erin S. Brown Donald M. Brunker James B. Carolus Lois A. Casper Beth S. Gills Christopher A. Gisler Jennifer Dennis Gross Keith A. Gruber Gwen A. Harcar Kristen Cochran Ickes Jennifer A. Molin Michelle L. Monnier Raelynn Regula Jarod P. Stragand Barbara Work Vanlehn Amanda Yasczak Jonathan D. Zahler 69
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Class of 2003 Washington Associate Emily J. Peters
Statesmen Audrey T. Bores Jody A. Campbell Robert R. Dunn
Donors Erica Whistler Adamire Brian A. Beck Jarod Thomas Bett Cortney Digiovanni Capo Sarah L. Chernitsky Daniel J. Corkum Mark D. Hazen Tanya Clark Hodge Nathanuel E. Hoyman Bruce E. Kolder Lindsey Winter Kulbacki Kisa M. Lape Jennifer A. Long Rebecca G. Lukach Lynn Bialowas McGoey Kevin McGoey Joyce McCauley Muchoney Kimberly A. Navarra Shahin Nemazee Jason M. Pergola Angela Bonato Phillips Amber Perkins Phillips Christina Bruno Pushic Brent A. Rockwell Kevin V. Rogers, Jr. Mary E. Rosendale Derek C. Sebeck Matthew J. Silvis Brian W. Swartzlander, Jr. Jessica M. Sweitzer Brianne C. Waples Kerry Weichey Warofka Mike Williams Christian T. Wolfe Roger W. Wortman, Jr. Nicholas A. Zane Matthew J. Zane
Class of 2004 Statesmen Gary E. Conkle Sheryl C. Kustra Emory L. Redd
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Donors Joshua C. Andy Paola E. Boyle Rachel A. Brown Damian J. Carrieri Stephanie L. Ceraso Kara S. Eaton Randall J. Hall Gregory M. Kobulnicky Adriana Love Marshall Alan M. Mattes Tamara L. Miseyka Kimberly E. Mishkin Kevin V. Mulcahy Karalee A. Noga Jepthah M. Orstein David M. Prushnok Lacey A. Roddick Abbey C. Ross Alanna M. Santee Jonathan R. Stehle, Jr. Daniel J. Suchko Michelle Goldsboro Thomas Domenic A. Turco Antonio L. Valone Samuel E. Young
Class of 2005 Statesmen Brianne N. Bilsky Ryan J. Rupert
Donors Meghan D. Beerbower Adam M. Bergamasco Angela M. Bertugli Matthew S. Bettinazzi Jon Buck Edward H. Caldwell Eric R. Field Jamie L. Harper Heath C. High Jeffrey D. Hodor Erin D. Johnson Matthew S. Kazar Darren R. MacHak Anthony D. Mahramus Nicole Chorba McCandless Amanda K. Miller Paul N. Onofrio Matthew R. Phillips Sarah C. Shabla Andrew D. Simpson Mindy S. Snyder Rita M. Vacca
Todd M. Vaccaro Clint E. Watson Melissa M. Witzberger Denis A. Yevstifeyev Ian D. Zampatti
Class of 2006 Statesmen Justin Y. Cameron Andrew M. Snyder
Donors Julie Ann Arbore Peter C. Argentine Susanna Hart Babko Matthew J. Babko Emily R. Bloom Ryan A. Booth Nicole L. Carolla Thomas C. Charley Kimberly J. Cieslik Scott L. Damich Sarah J. Denny Anthony C. Dinardo Rebecca A. Fletcher Ethan A. Goble Katie M. Groznik Lorenzo S. Inglese Aaron J. Krepps Jason M. Loughman Samantha L. Malone Hollis Zemany McLachlan Aimee Festa Mitchell Journey E. Myers Nicole A. Pruss Michael A. Ridenour, Jr. Andrew J. Rinefierd Sarah A. Scharding Stephen D. Schlauch Edward N. Simon Amy M. Smith-Dille Rachel Murphy Sweeney Brian J. Sweeney Gary K. Tan Megan P. Thornburg Jennifer G. Vicinie Jarred T. Volek Abby L. Weaver Crystal L. Young
Class of 2007 Statesmen Alexander H. Fogle Timothy M. Wagner
Donors John P. Astfalk, III Rebecca S. Barrett Steven N. Berk Lindsey A. Biddle Kevin E. Bringman Adrienne C. Cannella Justin T. Carr Corey D. DiGiovanni William J. English John G. Gilkes Rachel N. Johnston Melissa A. Keefe Stephen W. Kiefer Samuel G. Mann Micala N. Priola Teresa A. Reese Stacia S. Ryder Ryan J. Schrift Danielle Witucki Skowronski Hillary A. Smith Patrick R. Stewart Warren A. Stowe Lisa S. Teitelbaum Cory T. Walsh Paul L. Weygandt, III Kelly E. Wilson Megan N. Zigarovich
Class of 2008 Statesmen Yianni G. Barakos Brice P. Dunlap Gifford S. Piper Jeffrey C. Steiner
Donors Cheryl A. Angus Joshua D. Backus Melissa M. Camerota Ashley D. Carbaugh Hannah L. Colamartino Rose A. Cunningham Eric M. Davis Christina M. Dicarlo Joan P. Downing Dana L. Drexler Lauren E. Fenicle Adam J. Fiejdasz
Charvonne N. Holliday Trudie E. Homonai Cody L. Hoop Sarah E. Hunt Brett S. Kirschner Ruby I. Klashman Joseph M. Kuzmanko Crystalyn N. Lee Nicholas A. Matty Lisa G. McLaughlin Colin P. McNamara Matthew J. Miller Tanesha M. Minney Elizabeth G. Monzi Christine R. Muha Kaitlyn E. Orstein Lauren T. Parcells Michael J. Reddy Natalie E. Schuler Hannah R. Schulz Derrick L. Spooner Ally M. Stasik Andrew V. Terranova Alisa D. Tizio Christiaan K. Vogel Leslie A. Vornbrock Christopher A. Walker Jessica K. Wightman Stephanie S. Yeager
Class of 2009 Washington Associate Daniel J. Clingerman
Donors Emily R. Allen Andrew W. Aloe Bradley L. Begonia Mark T. Bender Brittany L. Bertoli Travis R. Bui-Klimke Alan J. Cannella, Jr. Matthew Chapman Marissa A. Cocciolone Sara B. Commander John M. Crowley Whitney A. Davis Kerri A. DiGiovanni Logan L. Dillinger Katherine O. Donnelly Megan L. DuBois John Fahey Stephanie L. Ferimer Marc R. Fillari William S. Flynn
Nichole L. Foust Michael J. Frank Alana M. Galvin Kimberly K. Gassert Alyson N. Grubbs Pierce W. Hance, Jr. Kelli M. Hartman David C. Hay Joshua D. Hays Laura P. Herbeck Jonathan D. Herpy Karlee K. Hoffman Matthew R. Houy Rachel J. Hyland Lindsey N. Hyre Suzanne G. Jolly Amy N. Kerin Christopher W. Kessler Brionna C. Kifer Erin Kisak Jonathan L. Konsugar Frank S. Koszak Scott A. Krysiak Staci Kubiak Veronica M. Kust Margaret E. Lapp Justin Lemmo Lindsay M. Leone David Lewandowski Melanie A. Lock Daniel C. Mancuso Mandy E. McManamon Dorothy A. Milovac Kalie M. Minick Benjamin T. Munley Brigitte M. Myers Michael A. Nemeth Amanda R. Nicastro Michael J. Niggel Devin M. O’Malley Valarie L. Orzechowski Jared D. Pavlecic Corey C. Peck Laura B. Peery Shannon E. Plance Ian M. Poole Gregory A. Ratti Robert J. Regan Carley R. Riggin Matthew G. Rohanna Andrew M. Rose Daniel Rothstein Ryan P. Sayers Dominique M. Sciullo Elaina R. Sendro Jarel T. Settles Susanne L. Seward Amanda N. Sheehan
Sharon Shi Justine M. Shimko Ciara L. Shive Sara E. Slampak Jeffrey D. Smith Samantha L. Sosko Joshua S. Spaid Matthew Starmack Matthew P. Stripp Lucas K. Sulek Janelle B. Sunderland Robert J. Timo Colleen E. Torsney Brett J. Tunno Matthew A. Varacallo Zachary C. Wandrisco Tyler K. Wilson Patrick D. Wilson Sarah B. Wilt Molly E. Wolfe Zachary R. Zebrasky
Gordon E. Swartz ’68 and Deborah C. Doyle
McGuffey Associates Felix Brueck Joseph G. Gibson ’86 and Elizabeth Gibson
1781 Associates Clifton R. Hood, IV ’77 and Michelle M. Parsons Judith S. Rettger Enrico P. Veltri and Antonella Veltri David L. White ’76 and Jackie Jones
Presidents Associates Bea Herbeck Belnap Howard J. Burnett H’98 and Maryann DePalma Burnett
Parents
Nicholas J. Cavoti and Teresa Cavoti
Parents and grandparents of current and former students see first-hand the value of the W&J education through the experiences of their sons, daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters. The College is grateful for their generous contributions to support current operations.
Donald S. Dazen ’79 and Karolyn N. Dazen
Founders Associates Samuel D. Isaly David A. Ross ’78
John Frank, III and Joelen Frank C. Michael Irvin ’78 and Paula Irvin Joseph Jackovic and Dorothy Jackovic Joseph B. Leckie ’50 and Betty Leckie Fred Martin and Kathleen Martin Stephen V. Martin ’81 and Kathleen Martin Kenneth M. Mason, Jr. ’64 and Marilyn Roberts Andrew G. McIlvaine ’70 and Julie McIlvaine
Lazear Associates
James H. Norris ’75 and Ann Annase
James W. Cameron ’80 and Nancy Morgan Cameron ’81
Katherine B. Rinehart
McClellan A. DuBois ’70 and Lynn DuBois John R. Echement H’98 and Gertrude J. Echement Peter J. Ross ’74 and Louise Kirkpatrick Ross ’74
LeMoyne Associates Harriet Branton Robert J. Brooks and Susan Brooks Ronald W. Frank and Marsha K. Frank John E. Frazier II ’62 and Nicole Frazier
Jeffrey Schrader and Stephanie Schrader John Mark Scott, Jr. ’69 and Judith Scott Ronald Smith and Kathie Smith Donald J. Snyder, Jr. ’72 and Karen Foster Snyder John W. Whelan ’77 and Darlene Whelan
Jefferson Associates Susan Webreck Alman ’75 and Robert J. Alman
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Andrew Aloe ’76 and Michelle DeFrancesco Aloe ’76
Michael O’Malley and Ellen O’Malley
Dominic A. Colaizzo ’70 and Rachael Colaizzo
Frank H. Patterson, III
Georgine Bartiromo Demarino ’77 and David Demarino George M. Fatula, Sr. ’67 and Renetta D. Fatula
Michael H. Orstein and Heather Orstein
Arthur J. Rooney, Jr. Howard Rosenberg and Kathleen Rosenberg
William J. McMahon and Nora McMahon
Violet Robertson Forrest ’72 and Robert G. Forrest H’96
Michele U. McMonagle
Margaret Gezzer
Stephen C. Minana
Frederick A. Green and Eva L. Green
Ricci A. Minella ’79 and Carmelita Minella
Mark Milchak and Maureen Milchak
Victor M. Rudkin ’68 and Barbara G. Rudkin
John M. Green and Nancy L. Green
George V. Thieroff, Jr. ’82 and Lesa Moser Thieroff ’84
James Halferty and Donnaelaine Halferty
Allan Zytnick and Ruth Rosen Zytnick
Pierce W. Hance, Sr. and Carol W. Hance
Glenn Nunnamaker
Statesmen
Beverly Heimann
Kenneth Ogilvie and Dawn Ogilvie
Ronald Altman and Barbara Altman
David W. Herpy and Pauline E. Herpy
Robert P. Argentine and Priscilla K. Argentine
William Hilarides and Beverly Hilarides
F. Noel Parent, III ’78 and Kathleen K. Parent
Steve Hipley and Sharon Hipley
Anne Pendergast
John A. Balacko and Glenda J. Balacko
Stevan R. Holmberg
Frederick Piper and Rebecca Piper
William R. Balash H’94 and Theola Balash
Stephen Homcha and Margaret Homcha
Neil Plotkin and Lori Plotkin
Luke Sossi and Jessica Sossi
Edward J. Balzarini, Jr. and Sara W. Balzarini
John Hood and Janet Hood
Jeffrey M. Rajotte ’79 and Patricia Rajotte
Claudia B. Sweger ’94 and Craig R. Sweger
George A. Bashour ’74 and Charlyne M. Bashour
Michael Houy and Linda Houy
Ray Ravida and Lynn Ravida
Robert C. Howard and Cathy J. Howard
Jack A. Rea, Jr. and Dorris Rea
Constance L. Trelka ’76 and Dennis G. Trelka
Duane Beam and Sally Beam
Roger P. Howard and Robin S. Howard Max D. Humbert ’75 and Barb Humbert
Marian N. Ream ’71 and Charles R. Ream H’98
Ray Verlinich ’77 and Martha L. Verlinich
Paul R. Callaway and Mary Allison Callaway
James Kell and Christine Kell
Robert A. Reed and Nancy E. Reed
Beth Whittam
Lori Callen
Robert Kirkpatrick, Jr. and Lori Kirkpatrick
Robert J. Rinefierd, Jr. and Barbara A. Rinefierd
Joseph W. Kormuth, Jr. ’61 and Zorica Jarnjevic
Gregory Ringeling and Joan Ringeling
Rosemary Kosiorek
Philip Rohlfing
Doug Krause and Christine Muller Krause
Mark J. Ross and Cindy C. Ross
Robert L. Krepps and Linda L. Krepps
Ann M. Ruddy
Sandra Lamas
Thomas Rudolph and Evelyn Rudolph
Sergio D. Lamas ’79
James Rupert
William Cox and Sylvia Morris-Cox
Robert G. Langley ’74 and Ellen L. Langley
Roy Schrock and Lee Schrock
Walter Coury and Daina Coury
Kevin Cummins and Carolyn Cummins
Ian C. Lavery and Karen W. Lavery
William W. Dukett and Shirley Dukett
Robert B. Daggett and Sharon E. Daggett
Gregory G. Schwab and Bonnie L. Schwab
Chandler Lee and Harriet Lee
Patrick J. Shea and Susan P. Shea
Thomas S. Devilbiss and Kathleen M. Devilbiss
Gerald Marks and Krista Marks
Steve Silvestri and Jane Silvestri
Rayne Martz and Tammy Martz
Jeffrey Smith and Cindy A. Smith
John J. McDermott
Joy Soeder
Ann McElfresh Sally McIlhinney
Howard Somerton and Mary M. Somerton
Loretta D. McMahon ’87 and Robert McMahon
James G. Spencer ’79 and Barbara Sprock Spencer ’79
Daniel Faulk and Cynthia H. Faulk W. Gordon Fediaczko ’59 and Nancy Fediaczko Lynne Brodell Hansell ’81 and Howard Hansell E. W. Jeffreys and Beverly Jeffreys William P. Keen and Sarah Keen Matthew J. Landfried and Kerry Landfried Louise Lippincott Yvonne Leffler Rathgeb Daniel Rooney and Patricia Rooney
John Blake, Jr. and Cheryl Blake
Robert Caveney and Claire Caveney
Washington Associates David Bodie and Consuelo Bodie
Ray T. Charley and Catherine H. Charley
David Breen and Mary Jo Breen
Laura Cleveland
Richard Cameron and Edwina W. Cameron H’00
Douglas J. Corkum and Betty F. Flora
Ralph A. Capone ’74 and Andrea Capone Anthony B. Cocciolone ’75 and Carol A. Cocciolone
Vincent S. Franz, Jr. ’57 and Patricia Franz William T. Fritz ’82 and Mary Fritz Elaine Kathryn Geris ’75 and Richard Allen Falk
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Howard N. Ferimer and Michelle Ferimer
Carl Correia and Karen Correia James T. Couch and Anne L. Couch Louis J. Couture
Tom Doyle and Carol Doyle Nicholas Dubina and Barbara E. Dubina
Paul Jasionowski and Gail Jasionowski
Robert Erdely and Michele Erdely
Paul G. Lucas ’69 and Barbara Bartley Lucas
Danny L. Falleroni and Carolyn M. Falleroni
David Grubb and Sharon G. Grubb
H. S. David Mock II ’74 and Debra A. Mock Wayne Myers and Juanita L. Myers
Debra Ann Oake
Michael Ritts
Daniel Rowley and Judith Rowley
Ronald Stoyanoff and Deborah Stoyanoff Frederick Stueber, IV and Elizabeth Stueber Roger Sullenberger and Debbie Sullenberger
Sande Borrello and Susan Borrello Frank Bovina, III and Diane L. Bovina Richard Boyd and Sharon Boyd Carol Braithwaite and James Braithwaite, Jr.
Charles C. Cressley and Debra K. Cressley
Mark A. Gruber and Miriam A. Gruber
Dennis Crookshanks and Rebecca Crookshanks
Charles R. Guthrie and Sandra Guthrie
Jeff M. Danison and Caralee T. Danison
Michael E. Guenin and Claire E. Guenin
Tim Guy and Lisa Guy
John C. David ’83 and Joyce L. David
Lee Sullivan and Cecilly Sullivan
Joseph Breckons Jr. and Robin Breckons
Robert Haberstroh and Joyce Haberstroh
Michael Delmar and Rebecca Delmar
David Sweeney and Pamela Sweeney
Robert Haflett and Linda Haflett
Denny Brock and Jacqueline Brock
Steven Delmaster and Debra Delmaster
Thomas Szejko and Kelly Szejko
James Hall and Cynthia Hall
Robert A. Broggi and Roseann Broggi
Donald Demor and Donna Demor
John Van Schaik and Maureen Costigan
David Brown and Shirley Brown
Lou Detrick and Ruth Detrick
James Hanrahan and Monica Hanrahan
Ellsworth Browning
Thomas Dollins, III
Craig Wallick and Patricia Wallick
Kenneth C. Brunermer and Lisa R. Brunermer
Paul Doman and Kathleen Doman
Robert Harmotto and Connie Harmotto
Eric Dombeck and Leah Dombeck
James Harpur
Jeffrey Walsh and Wendy Walsh
John Buffalini and Barb Buffalini
Craig Donnan and Diane Donnan
James Hart and Terry Hart
Thomas Weis and Linda Weis
Edward E. Burkett and Vanessa K. Burkett
Dennis Dowler and Darlene Dowler
Richard W. Hartman and Barbara E. Hartman
Scott A. Walker and Marsha K. Walker
John H. White and Martha M. White Michael H. Winiarski ’82 and Sherry L. Winiarski
Priscilla C. Burt
Thomas E. Drakeley ’77 and Susan Drakeley
Robert Cabonor and Sharon Cabonor
R. W. Ziegler
Dennis Dutkovich and Linda Dutkovich
George E. Campbell and Roxanne S. Campbell
Richard Elias and Carol Elias
Anonymous
James O. Campbell and Donna K. Campbell
Thomas English and Margaret English
Robert Adamson and Sharon Portser
Joel W. Cannon and Clair F. Cannon
Mark Alviani and Pamela Alviani Stacie Amatangelo-Warneke
William Cappelletti and Kelly Cappelletti
Linda Andrews-Winiarski ’80
Brian Carey and Lori Carey
James W. Ashbaugh
Derwyn L. Carpenter and Regina L. Carpenter
Donors
George Ellis and Marguerite Ellis
James Fahrenhold, Sr. and Victoria Fahrenhold James Falvo and Donna S. Falvo J. Douglas Farrell ’84 and Lauren Schwerha Farrell ’83
Joseph G. Hartwick and Denise M. Hartwick John Hatfield and Kendra Hatfield Thomas Hathaway and Ann Hathaway Paul Henderson Daniel O. Hensell ’69 and Nancy Hensell Shannon Hinkle and Kim Hinkle Gregory P. Hirsh and Mary Anne Hirsh Frederic M. Hlusko and Sharon Hlusko
Susan Fedorovich
Dent Holden, III and Carla Holden
William F. Felker and Angela M. Felker
Carolyne Holupka and Brian Holupka
Angelo Ferraro and Patricia Ferraro
Gary W. Hopkins and Joy E. Hopkins
Nancy A. Carroll
George Fischer and Michelle Fischer
Linda E. Howarth
Joseph Caruso, Jr. and Sandra Caruso
Gary Flannery and Rose Mary Flannery
James Catevenis and Gloria Catevenis
Randall Fleck and Eliana Fleck
Ronald G. Johnson and Linda A. Johnson
Ernest R. Cerini and Debra Cerini
Edward J. Flynn and Suzanne Flynn
Kim Chambers and Debra Chambers
Clarence Ford, Sr. and Renee Ford
Linda Chaney
Brian Fuller and Deborah Fuller
William Charles and Christine Charles
Dennis Furmanek and Carol Furmanek
Charles Bendick and Grace Bendick
John Chedrick and Lisa Chedrick
Bill Gaber and Cindy Gaber
Ester Berreth
Alan Colonna and Kathryn Colonna
Samuel F. Garcea and Judith E. Garcea
Richard Berteotti and Kathleen Berteotti
Dennis Colyer and Christine Colyer
John J. Gilmore
Robert D. Kearney ’73 and Susan Kearney
Robert Besong and Bonnie Besong
James J. Combine and Susan L. Combine
Martin F. Gladish and Arlene M. Gladish
Raymond O. Kelchner and Kathryn A. Kelchner
Jill M. Bevilacqua
Edward Conkle
Judith Kelley
Carol Bichsel
Eric Cottle and Kimberly Cottle
David A. Grabowski ’90 and Reci Grabowski
J. M. Blankenship and Gloria Blankenship
Paul D. Crain ’82 and Kathleen D. Crain
John P. Astfalk, II and Mary Jo Astfalk Kellie H. Baird and Russ J. Baird Jeffrey Baker and Christine Tichansky Richard Balogh and Rita Balogh Stephen J. Barone ’76 and Rosemary B. Barone Rick Barron and Tina Barron Kenneth Barry and Lisa Barry William Baughman and Rebecca Baughman
Penny Blom
Stephen G. Carpenter and Rosalie T. Carpenter
Richard A. Creehan and Beth A. Creehan
Scott Grahn and Angelique Grahn John J. Gregor and Melissa W. Gregor Danny Grodotzke and Cathy Grodotzke
Richard G. Johnston and Elizabeth G. Johnston John Jolly and Eloise C. Jolly Gary Jones and Janet Jones Richard Jurik and Janet Jurik Eric Kaufman and Dorthy Kaufman
Michael Kennedy and Mary Kennedy Susan Rush Kepler ’74 Mark Kirschner and Donna Kirschner Sandra Kiser and Kirby Kiser 73
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Richard Knapek and Alice Knapek
Michael McDonough
William Polovich and Joyce Polovich
Douglas Shook
Megan A. Koenig
Matthew McGregor and Kristina McGregor
Bert Popovich and Nadine Popovich
William Shoup and Kimberly Shoup
Douglas Pringle and Susan Pringle
Gregory McLaughlin and Janice McLaughlin
Samuel R. Puckett and Teresa A. Puckett
William Shumaker and Kimberley Shumaker
Richard McNally, Jr. and Katherine McNally
Randy Pugh and Theresa Pugh
Kermit E. Singley and Sandra Singley
Jeffrey Putt and Nicole Putt
David Slifka and Yvonne Slifka
Robert Pyatt and Catherine D. Pyatt
Kevin Smith and Lori Smith
Jeffrey A. Ragazzini
Scott Smith and Georgene Smith
John Rainey, Jr. and Suzanne Rainey
Leland H. Soltz and Winifred Soltz
Edward J. Regula and Toni Regula Timothy Rehak and Joanne Rehak
Robert J. Somplatsky ’77 and Virginia Zirngibl Somplatsky ’88
Donald Rellick
Fred Spec and Donna Spec
Kevin Resnik and Kristine Resnik
Armand L. Spooner and Agnes Spooner
Michael A. Ridenour, Sr. and Sandra J. Ridenour
Gregory Springer and Janet M. Springer
James Rigney and Mary Rigney
Michelle M. Sprowls
Walter Ritenour and Teressa Ritenour
Nicholas Srnec and Linda Srnec
Michael Roesch and Kathleen Roesch
John Stanley and Lori Stanley
Thomas Rose and Victoria Rose
Ronald D. Stauffer and Marcia F. Stauffer
Frederick Kohler and Lisa Kohler Daniel Thomas Koshute ’80 Robert J. Kowalewski and Elizabeth H. Kowalewski John W. Kozon and Patricia Kozon John G. Krah and Nancy E. Krah William A. Krasnesky Kathryn Krause Charles Kress, Jr. and Pamela Kress Leonard Kubiak and Denise L. Kubiak Ann Kuebler Timothy R. Kuntz and Heather L. Kuntz Lawrence Lamonde and Kimberly Lamonde Craig Landis Frederick C. Lapp and Vivianne Lapp Jay Larkin and Kelly Larkin Albert G. Lebedda and Georgia Lebedda Sean W. Leehan and Suzanne Leehan David M. Lewandowski and Beverly A. Lewandowski David Lewis and Martha Lewis Robert Lewis and Barbara Lewis James V. Ley and Linda A. Ley Merico Lignelli, Jr. and Jodi Lignelli Lucy Lott and John Lott Kenneth Lowry and Darlene Lowry Dolly Lyon David R. MacHak ’73 and Ardeth Machak Gary Maddock and Michele Maddock Nicholas Mahramus and Margaret F. Mahramus Daniel J. Mancuso and Deborah A. Mancuso Stephen Mandarino and Dana Mandarino John C. Markey and Janice L. Markey
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Elias Memari and Mayada Memari Michael A. Mihalchik and Bonnie M. Mihalchik Wayne Miles and Inge Miles Karen Miller R. Scott Miller and Norma Miller Stuart J. Miller and Joann Miller Thomas D. Miller Deborah Milliron Bruce A. Minick and Barbara A. Minick George H. Mondik ’53 and Donna T. Mondik Peter Moniodes and Donna Moniodes Douglas Moore and Kelly Moore Elaine Moore Jackeline Morris
Raymond Rosenbaum and Wendy Rosenbaum
George C. Simon, II and Yvonne Simon
Thomas Steffen
Keith Roshon and Theresa Roshon
Robert L. Stevens and Helyn R. Stevens
Karl Mueller and Michelle Mueller
Lonnie W. Rudnisky and Mary Ann Rudnisky
Brian J. Stewart and Michelle A. Stewart
Donna Murgel and John Murgel
Jeffrey S. Ryder and Judy Ryder
John Stobert and Connie Stobert
Alisa Murphy Robert Musial and Susan Musial
Timothy Sakovich and Deborah S. Sakovich
Deborah Thompson Stout ’79 and Ed Stout
Gary L. Myers and Mary W. Myers
Robert Salvati and Kimberly Salvati
Richard Stripp and Maureen Stripp
Mark Nagy and Cathy Nagy
Joseph Sauers and Lorraine Sauers
Gary Suess and Dorothy Suess
Robert A. Nedzesky and Kathleen M. Nedzesky
Brett W. Schafer and Christine A. Schafer
Gary Syrylo and Connie Syrylo
Charles Neilson and Deborah Neilson
J. J. Scharding and Paula M. Scharding
Christine Logan Tator
Bernard A. Niebauer and Rosemary Niebauer
Martin F. Schlauch and Jane F. Schlauch
James Craig Taylor and Renae Taylor
Gary E. O’Brien and Brenda J. O’Brien
Mark B. Schumaker
William Testa and Lori Testa
Robert Olsen
James Sciulli
Harold Teter
Paul Ondecko and Julianna Ondecko
Raymond Sefzik, Jr. and Sunny A. Sefzik
Jeffrey Thellman and Helen Thellman
Judy K. Moschetta
Michael C. Patrick ’82 and Susan Patrick
Rox Serrao and Lisa A. Serrao
James Szyslowski and Linda Szyslowski
Kim Taylor
Micheal E. Thomas and Lorie A. Thomas Warren K. Thomas and Elizabeth L. Powell
Howard Markle, Jr. and Roxanne Markle
Yvonne Paul
George Shabla
L. Douglas Pepper ’71
Thomas Shamitko and Dawn Shamitko
Lisa Marquez
Jeanne B. Perry
David Shannon and Elizabeth Shannon
Thomas Thompson and Kathleen Thompson
Jerry Marron and Lynn Marron
Paul A. Pfeuffer and Sue M. Pfeuffer
James Sheehan and Diane Sheehan
Philip Tizio
Mark R. Mathews, Sr. ’73
Alan Phillippi and Elizabeth Phillippi
Peter S. Shek ’73 and Debra A. Shek
Mark V. Toldero and Kim T. Toldero
James Maxwell and Kathleen Maxwell
Arumugham S. Pillai and Janice R. Pillai
Jeffrey Sherwin and Terri Sherwin
Douglas Tunno and Sherry Tunno
Angelo Turco and Angela Turco
Friends
Alan K. Patrono
Helen Eves
Leonard Uselton and Cathy A. Uselton
The support of W&J’s friends affirms our belief that the College extends well beyond the boundaries of campus. The College continues to receive accolades for its efforts to build and strengthen the College’s relationship with its host city. The support of the College’s friends connects the College community to its neighbors and the rest of the world.
Lee Poole and Lathie Poole
Ben P. Fisher, Jr. and Hannah Fisher
Seth Rosenberg and Janet Rosenberg
Mary E. Freil
Ruth A. Rowley
Kathleen Fulton
Jeff Werthan and Susan Miller Werthan
Barbara Gibbs
Beryl Wood
Bill Gilbreath and Patricia Gilbreath
Michael Vagratian, Jr. and Florence M. Vagratian Maria Verardi David L. Veres ’74 and Judith Hajel Veres ’75 Arthur E. Vogel and Deborah C. Vogel Edward Vukela and Martha Vukela Susan Vukson
Catherine Greb
Jefferson Associates Norma Jean Coleman*
Louis Wagner, Jr. and Paula Wagner
Founders Associates
James Hawkins and Lisa Hawkins
Charles Walburn and Susan Walburn
Violet Bica-Ross
Janet C. Hawkins
Michael F. Walsh and Jean Walsh
Joseph A. Hardy, Sr. H’84
Erik Kocher
Clement J. Wandrisco and Maria Wandrisco
John A. Swanson and Janet Swanson
Nancy McClelland
Felix Warner and Marilisa Warner
Lazear Associates
Phyllis P. Sargent
Michael H. Weatherbee and Barbara J. Weatherbee
Lillian Bassi
Nancy Seidel
Roger Weaver and Michelle Weaver
Charles J. Queenan, Jr. and Joann H. Queenan
John Soper
Robert Weibley and Linda Weibley
Diana L. Reed
Virginia Rein
Richard S. Wellins and Ellen L. Wellins Barbara Welter and Joseph Welter
LeMoyne Associates
Mark Wescott and Shirley Wescott
Anica D. Rawnsley H’03
Christopher White and Patricia White
Holly Beall Wallace
Cynthia M. Wilkie ’00 Carl T. Williams and Norma J. Williams
McGuffey Associates
Ronald Williams and Denise Williams
James J. McCaffrey and Terry A. McCaffrey
Thomas K. Williams and Cynthia Williams Timothy Williams and Mary Williams Richard N. Williams and Vanessa Williams Randy J. Williamson and Renee D. Williamson Dennis Wilson and Sharon Wilson Rozanne Winfield William L. Witham, Jr. and Donna S. Witham William Yorkshire and Diane Yorkshire Thomas Young, Jr. and Barbara Young David Zampatti and Karen Zampatti Gerald Zivoder and Judith Zivoder
E. B. Gibson
Lillian Wessinger
Washington Associates William Braund Bernard Burton and Lael Burton Maryleona Clapsaddle F. A. Debusk Aileen Deutsch Helen Freyermuth Peter J. Jannetta H’89
Phyllis L. Hartman Herman Hellberg Margaret Ianni Joan D. Jones Eugene W. Klaber and Tanya Klaber Daniel P. Kohrs Joy N. Kraus Richard A. Leydig and Sheila Leydig Darlene L. Luppino J. L. MacMichael Paul W. Magnuson and Doris Magnuson Hugh McCabe and Patricia McCabe Arlene McDonough Margie McGregor Jeanne M. Meskus Maurice Nernberg and Nancy Nernberg Virginia Patchen Barbara Powell Margaret W. Redding
1781 Associates
Albert Kossler
Elizabeth Duffield
Alan Marthinsen
Dorothy A. Servis H’94
Frank Mazurek, Jr.
Stephen I. Richman and Audrey G. Richman
Roslyn Thompson Towler
Shawn Murtha
James Ritter Louise Rohrer
Presidents Associates
John L. S. Northrop H’99 and Rose Northrop
Anonymous
Margaret D. Oliver
James J. Barnes and Elizabeth Barnes
Joseph Spence and Carol Spence
James S. Broadhurst and Suzy Broadhurst
Statesmen
Marjory Condit
Thomas H. Anderson
Helen Connors
Albert A. Andy
Claire O. Dillie
Marcia Ash
Jean F. Eberly
Katherine A. Bradenburg*
Linda R. Elliott
Craig Colvin and Janet Cable
John D. Evans
Madeline Corwin
Richard Y. Haddad H’00 and Susan Haddad
Helen Cowder* Robert F. Dickson
Laura Resciniti
Maryanne Roode Charlotte E. Rosenberry Marion A. Seltzer Daniel A. Stinson Bert Stromberg and Joann Stromberg Patricia P. Taylor Sara Thompson Dick Thornburgh H’76 Nancy Tsupros Marjorie Vaira Nancy S. Waite-Kahn and Sherman E. Kahn
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Terry L. Wasovich
Erick Korvin
Michael Smith and Beth T. Smith
Paul E. Weber and Ann Weber
Donald Kossler and Helen Kossler
Patricia Sochacki
Susan Medley
Carl Wessinger
Linda Kovalsky
Albert L. Rabenstein ’52
Joanne Wilder
Andrea Lapihuska
Teresa Sochacki and Alexander Sochacki
Frank Larosa
John Stephenson
K. Wayne Robison and Luann Robison
Joanne Mannarelli
Paul Joseph Sullivan
Carl R. Rotz and Martha Rotz
Andrew Markus
Thomas Sypula
Walter S. Sanderlin* H’86 John Mark Scott, Jr. ’69 and Judith Scott
Rene Wilson
Donors Margaret Allison
Jason E. Robison
Cheryl Massack
James Tanis
Louise Baird*
Latwyla E. Mathias
Andrea Thorsen
Ayano Ban
Barron P. McCune, Jr. and Ann McCune
John Turcik
Evan Bloch and Lauren Bloch
C. R. McIntyre
Daniel M. Veltri
Jefferson Associates
Tina Bonner
Chris McKnight and Joyce McKnight
Frances Welling
Karen B. Crenshaw
W. D. Bossick
J. S. McLaughlin and Suzanne McLaughlin
Kathryn F. Wholey and Mark G. Wholey
Daniel Faulk and Cynthia H. Faulk
R. H. Williams and Janet Williams Ruth Woodward
Timothy Bull and Laura Bull
Laverne McLennen and Bernie McClennen
Frederick J. Frank H’86 and Frances J. Frank
Constance Levy Ceisler
Edward Merryman
Thomas Zurick and Rose M. Zurick
Kay A. Cober
Helen B. Miller
Bryan J. Colligan
Susan Moreau and Christopher Moreau
Faculty, Staff and Retired Employees
Kathryn E. Morgan
Faculty and staff at W&J are dedicated and loyal employees who give much of themselves every day. Their financial contributions are another indication of their support of the future of the College.
Colin J. Bradley Margaret V. Brownlee
Bobby Collins and Lisa Collins Ethel M. Cooper John Davis and Mary Davis Anna Dawson Anthony Donikowski and Karen Donikowski
John Muller and Kathleen Muller Diane Niermeyer Melvin Oake Martina Okulski and John Okulski
Arthur Fidel and Edythe Fidel
Bev Orzechowski
Andrea Franks
Thomas Penhale and Rosemany Penhale
Herbert Friedman George Furman and Marlene Furman R. D. Garrone and Mary Garrone John C. Gedman and Robin Gedman Mary Ellen Gerecter Donald Germano Betty Jane Godfrey David R. Gold Keith Hansen and Marcia Hansen John C. Heater and Trudy Heater Daniel Hogan and Carol Hogan Scott Horne Joseph Jimenez Jennifer L. Johns Larry Kaplan Marsha A. Kitch Suzanne Knellinger Robert Koman
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Chris McMaster
Tom Petrick and Mary J. Petrick Susan Priest
Doris Wrenshall
Lazear Associates Tori Haring-Smith and Robert H. Haring-Smith
Amanda Holland-Minkley Mary Kaczorowski and Ted Kaczorowski William P. Keen and Sarah Keen Lane F. Merrill H’96 Bernard A. Staskiewicz ’47 and Phyllis Staskiewicz Claudia B. Sweger ’94 and Craig R. Sweger Constance L. Trelka ’76 and Dennis G. Trelka
Washington Associates Robert A. Adkins ’87 Patricia A. Brletic ’75 Michael Camden
1781 Associates
Roberta Cross and John Nesbit
Edward M. Greb and Barbara Greb
William W. Dukett and Shirley Dukett
Alton E. Newell and Elsie Eagle
Lori Mascetta Galley ’88 and John Galley
Florence Raymond
Presidents Associates
James Malezi
Jeanne S. Rhodes
Howard J. Burnett H’98 and Maryann Depalma Burnett
Adlai E. Michaels H’84
Richard Ricciardi and Tracy Ricciardi Jeffrey L. Ringler
Nicholas J. Cavoti and Teresa Cavoti
Michael H. Orstein and Heather Orstein
Joseph Rogers and Ruth Rogers
Jan Czechowski and Leslie Czechowski
Roland H. Schriver and Nancy Schriver
Peter Romaine
Michael P. Grzesiak and Karen E. Grzesiak
Vicki L. Staton
Shirley Freund Radman Patricia Radwanski Jean Rainey
Jeffrey Ross
Debra L. Morris
Joseph B. Leckie ’50 and Betty Leckie
Gerald E. Stebbins and Karen L. Stebbins
Cheryl Medich Leydig ’81 and Thomas J. Leydig ’80
Richard C. Stephens ’52
Shellis Shockley and Jo Shockley
Kenneth M. Mason, Jr. ’64 and Marilyn Roberts
Statesmen
Victoria Siegrist
Dennis E. McMaster and
Fred Roth and Barbara Roth Judith Runger Herbert Schrock
James Azzaro Jane E. Caldwell and Timothy S. Klitz
Michael Crabtree and Mary Pillow
Joshua C. Andy ’04
Michelle M. Sprowls
Joseph DiSarro and Judy Moses
Matthew J. Babko ’06 and Susanna Hart Babko ’06
Frank J. Tragone and Darlene K. Tragone
Kellie H. Baird and Russ J. Baird
Cathy A. Uselton and Leonard Uselton
Robert Caveney and Claire Caveney
Paul L. Bickerton ’73 and Darcy Bickerton
Michelle Vettorel
Ernest R. Cerini and Debra Cerini
Michelle R. Wybranowski
Charleroi Federal Savings Bank
Annette Drew-Bear Luther and Ross Luther Barbara E. Dubina and Nicholas Dubina Robert R. Dunn ’03 Anthony Fleury Violet Robertson Forrest ’72 and Robert G. Forrest H’96 T. Scott Frank ’71 and Sarah Frank Lisa C. Hamilton ’83
Nancy Killen Bryant ’95 and Richard W. Bryant Joel W. Cannon and Clair F. Cannon Rosalie T. Carpenter and Stephen G. Carpenter
Mark F. Harris and Nancie T. Harris
Joshua M. Clark ’00 and Kara Berry Clark ’00
Gerald J. Headley and Charlotte A. Headley
Edward E. Cochran and Debra Cochran
Michele Abate Hufnagel ’93 and Jeffrey P. Hufnagel ’93 Jeanene R. Jones Patricia D. Maloney Byron P. McCrae Loretta D. McMahon ’87 and Robert McMahon
Kerri A. DiGiovanni ’09 John Dowling Donna S. Falvo and James Falvo Terese Fiedler
Kenneth C. Carson, Jr. ’53
Laura Cleveland
Athletics W&J alumni and friends understand the importance of a strong body, as well as a strong mind, and donate to the College’s men’s and women’s athletic programs to benefit current and future generations of student-athletes.
Thomas Contreras Richard A. Creehan and Beth A. Creehan
Wayne N. Campbell ’75 and Sharon Campbell
Patrick G. Aigner ’89 Ronald Altman and Barbara Altman Cameron C. Altmar ’90 and Heather Altmar Robert E. Arnold ’69 and Lisa L. Arnold D. Elgart Aster ’76
Cliff Quicksell Associates Coca Cola Enterprises Bottling Company COMDOC Kevin Cummins and Carolyn Cummins Edward C. Dalglish ’57 and Sally A. Dalglish Thomas M. D’Auria ’41 and Delma J. D’Auria Thomas S. Devilbiss and Kathleen M. Devilbiss Thomas A. Dickinson ’50 Anthony Donikowski and Karen Donikowski
Juanita L. Myers and Wayne Myers
Zheya Gai and Manabu Sato Gai
Susan Oglinsky
Sam P. Gidas and Jackie Gidas
Kimberly S. Paletta and Larry Sibert
John J. Gregor and Melissa W. Gregor
Charles E. Rea ’00 and Barbara G. Rea
Donna J. Gruhalla and Thomas Gruhalla
Bellmore Board of Education
J. Gregory Drummond ’74 and Cecelia Drummond
Charles T. Hannon and Uma R. Satyavolu
Robert Besong and Bonnie Besong
Elizabeth Duffield
Dennis M. Betz ’67 and Pamela Betz
William W. Dukett and Shirley Dukett
William S. Blakemore, Jr. ’73 and Maureen Blakemore
Greg R. Dunn, Jr. ’00 and Amanda Niebauer Dunn ’00
David Bodie and Consuelo Bodie
Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, Inc.
Audrey T. Bores ’03 and Scott R. Bores
Eckert, Seamans, Cherin, Mellott, LLC
W. D. Bossick
Robert Erdely and Michele Erdely
Lindsay M. Leone ’09
Frank C. Botta ’81
James M. Fernberger ’78
Sarah J. Sperry
Nicholas Mahramus and Margaret F. Mahramus
Robert W. Bowser ’60 and Marlene Bowser
John R. Ferraro ’70 and Bonnie Ferraro
Richard J. Stevens, Jr. and Kathy J. Stevens
James G. March
William Braund David Breen and Mary Jo Breen
Thomas Szejko and Kelly Szejko
Douglas J. McGlumphy ’87 and Jennifer McGlumphy
Michael A. Timko ’88 and Susan Timko ’89
Stuart J. Miller and Joann Miller
Karyn M. Brooks ’95
George H. Mondik ’53 and Donna T. Mondik
Robert J. Brooks and Susan Brooks
Jack A. Rea, Jr. and Dorris Rea Marian N. Ream ’71 and Charles R. Ream H’98 G. Andrew Rembert and Elizabeth Rembert
Linda E. Howarth Susan Rush Kepler ’74
Cindy C. Ross and Mark J. Ross
David J. Kolski and Mary Kolski
Janice Shaughnessy
Carolyn R. Kyler and Jocelyn A. Sheppard
William S. Sheers ’71 Cindy A. Smith and Jeffrey Smith
Edwin C. Williams, Jr. ’73 and Mary M. Williams Michael L. Woltermann Mei Yu Yang
Donors Ann McGowan Andrew*
Jason E. Baer ’96 and Valerie Baer Yianni G. Barakos ’08 Warren L. Barr ’37
Harold L. Brock ’50
Dean C. Morrow ’68 and Patty Morrow
Robert J. Brooks, Jr. ’92 and Shelli DeCarlo Brooks ’94
Judy K. Moschetta
Brooks Family Foundation
Pamela V. Norris and Richard L. Norris
James W. Cameron ’80 and Nancy Morgan Cameron ’81
Jason M. Pergola ’03 Robert Reid and Nicole Reid
Richard Cameron and Edwina W. Cameron H’00
Lisa Lorenzo Donina ’90 and Pete Donina Tom Doyle and Carol Doyle
John E. Frank ’53 and Jeannette Frank John Frank, III and Joelen Frank Herbert Friedman William T. Fritz ’82 and Mary Fritz Donald Germano John J. Gregor and Melissa W. Gregor David Grubb and Sharon G. Grubb Thomas A. Halter ’59 and Mary Halter Robert Harmotto and Connie Harmotto Herman Hellberg David W. Herpy and Pauline E. Herpy 77
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Scott A. Herz ’72 and Marjorie Herz
Lodgian Management Corp.
Melvin Oake
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Timothy Walter Lucas ’80
Michael O’Malley and Ellen O’Malley
William Hilarides and Beverly Hilarides
Nathan R. Luderer ’00
Steve Hipley and Sharon Hipley
M & A Advisory Services
Francis X. O’Rourke ’82 and Susan O’Rourke
Gregory P. Hirsh and Mary Anne Hirsh
Mail N More
Michael H. Orstein and Heather Orstein
Teresa Sochacki and Alexander Sochacki
Robert C. Howard and Cathy J. Howard
Joanne Mannarelli
Bev Orzechowski
Jack N. Soodik ’76 and Sharon Soodik
IHR Advisors, Inc.
Gerald Marks and Krista Marks
Southwestern Pennsylvania Eye Center
Innocon, Inc.
Jerry Marron and Lynn Marron
Lawrence E. Petrillo ’68 and Linda Dantela Petrillo
James P. McArdle Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Marsula Electric, Inc.
Richard J. Pinelli, Sr. ’78 and Tara D. Pinelli
Philip A. Steigner ’97
Paul Jasionowski and Gail Jasionowski
Neil Plotkin and Lori Plotkin
Marthinsen & Salvitti Insurance Group
John Stephenson
Joshua N. Jeffries ’02 and Golda Jeffries
Lee Poole and Lathie Poole
Arthur P. Massaro ’53 and Marcella Massaro
Peter F. Stracci ’74 and Sharon Stracci
Donald F. Puglisi ’53 and Carol Puglisi
Gary Suess and Dorothy Suess
Walter B. Massenburg ’70 and Carolyn Flanagan
Patricia Radwanski
Lee Sullivan and Cecilly Sullivan
Jean Rainey
David Sweeney and Pamela Sweeney
Frank Mazurek, Jr.
John Rainey, Jr. and Suzanne Rainey
Thomas J. and Cheryl D. Leydig Fund Thorp, Reed and Armstrong, LLC
Joseph Jimenez G. Mark Jodon ’82 and Kristyn Jodon John E. Kelly & Sons Electrical Construction
Patricia Sochacki
Vicki L. Staton
Jeffrey C. Steiner ’08
Robert C. McCarthy ’48
Real Time Services, Inc.
Billy C. Josay ’02 and Michelle D. Waggy
Stuart C. McCombs, Jr. ’52 and Joan McCombs
Marian N. Ream ’71 and Charles R. Ream H’98
Andrea Thorsen
Michael J. Juskowich ’00 and Jennifer M. Juskowich
Barron P. McCune, Jr. and Ann McCune
Jeffrey T. Recker ’78 and Deborah Recker
Dennis P. Tihansky ’65
K Specialsproshop USA Alexander M. Keddie, V ’98 Michael Kennedy and Mary Kennedy Paul J. Kiell ’52 and Benita Kiell Suzanne Knellinger Daniel P. Kohrs Erick Korvin Wesley A. Koteski ’02 Ann Kuebler Joseph Kurash ’51 Daniel T. Lader ’94 and Tracy Lader Matthew J. Landfried and Kerry Landfried Thomas G. Lapcevic ’87 and Julie Page Lapcevic ’87 Andrea Lapihuska Frank Larosa Ian C. Lavery and Karen W. Lavery Licia Beaver Lentz ’99 and Dan Lentz David M. Lewandowski and Beverly A. Lewandowski
Rachel McCarrell McCune ’75 and James H. McCune John N. McElravey ’54 and Mary Elizabeth McElravey
Robert R. Reeves ’49 and Mildred Reeves
Judson D. Tice, III ’84 and Lisa Tice
Mark V. Toldero and Kim T. Toldero Forrest G. Tompkins ’52
R. Martin Reiley ’63
William G. Tressler ’78
Albert S. McGhee ’53 and Elizabeth McGhee
Richard Ricciardi and Tracy Ricciardi
John Turcik
Gregory Ringeling and Joan Ringeling
James R. McGregor, Sr. ’51 and Ruth McGregor
James Ritter
John Van Schaik and Maureen Costigan
Sally McIlhinney
Philip Rohlfing
McKees Rocks Industrial Enterprises
Howard Rosenberg and Kathleen Rosenberg
Demas L. McVay, Jr. ’55 and Joan McVay
Jason E. Robison
David A. Ross ’78
Craig Wallick and Patricia Wallick John W. Walther, Jr.* ’63 and Audrey Walther Washington Frontier League Washington Victory Express Soccer Jeffrey H. Welsh ’76 and Debra Welsh
MedExpress Urgent Care
Jeffrey Ross
Edward Merryman Metro Fence Company, Inc.
Peter J. Ross ’74 and Louise Kirkpatrick Ross ’74
Brant Tyson Miller ’95 and Christine Miller
William C. Ruha ’66 and Fennai N. Ruha
Moon Township Honda-Hyundai
Rycon Construction, Inc.
Yardley Mail & Parcel
J. C. Morrow ’77
Jeffrey Schrader and Stephanie Schrader
George W. Zannos ’64 and Marilyn Serlin
Herbert Schrock
Kristine L. Zottola ’91
James A. Mounts, Jr. ’53 and Marjorie A. Mounts Donald C. Murray, Jr. ’64 and Arlene Murray
James Sciulli
Cheryl Medich Leydig ’81 and Thomas J. Leydig ’80
Newtown Answering Service
Alexander H. Lindsay, Jr. ’68 and Patricia W. Lindsay
E. Lee North ’46 and Florence H. North
Norman F. Sirianni ’53 and Catherine Sirianni
Glenn Nunnamaker
S.J. Mulholland, Inc.
Debra Ann Oake
Ronald Smith and Kathie Smith
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Alan Marthinsen
Ronald D. Snee ’63 and Marjorie C. Snee
Steve Silvestri and Jane Silvestri
David J. White ’77 D. Lawrence Wickerham ’72 and Mary Louise Wickerham Timothy Williams and Mary Williams
Memorial Gifts Many choose to make memorial gifts to remember or celebrate loved ones or friends. These meaningful gifts support the College in many ways.
In memory of James H. Alexandre, IV ’64 Robert A. Hall, Jr. ’63 and Arlene R. Hall
In memory of James W. Broscious ’67 Dennis M. Betz ’67 and Pamela Betz
Gregory G. Schwab and Bonnie L. Schwab
In memory of Robert Beallo ’66 David C. Sperling ’66 and Marcia Sperling
In memory of Kenneth V. Brown ’41 Daniel Hogan and Carol Hogan Li & Fung Trading J. L. MacMichael
Laverne McClennen John Muller and Kathleen Muller Martina Okulski and John Okulski Thomas Penhale and Rosemary Penhale
Fred Roth and Barbara Roth
In memory of C. Niles Beeson ’54
Victoria Siegrist
William F. Judt ’54 and Sue Judt
James Tanis Carl Wessinger
In memory of Philip S. Haring
B. John Pendleton, Jr. ’81 and Mary Ann Butera Pendleton ’80
Associates in Dentistry
Tom Petrick and Mary J. Petrick Bert Stromberg and Joann Stromberg Jeffrey H. Van Hyning ’68 and Mary Van Hyning Sheldon A. Weinstein ’59 and Joanie I. Weinstein
Association of the U.S. Army Evan Bloch and Lauren Bloch Timothy Bull and Laura Bull John Davis and Mary Davis
In memory of Lawrence R. Boyd, Jr. ’30
In memory of Stephen A. Crouse
David R. Gold
Michael L. Woltermann
Andrew Markus
In memory of P. James Doak, Jr. ’45
J. S. McLaughlin and Suzanne McLaughlin
C. R. McIntyre
Kathryn E. Morgan
Bernard Burton and Lael Burton Gordon M. Core ’71 and Lois Core
Jonathan M. Conrad ’73 and Mary B. Conrad Patrick A. Correnty ’87
McClellan A. DuBois ’70 and Lynn DuBois
R. H. Williams and Janet Williams
In memory of Melvin D. Brewer ’37
James W. Cameron ’80 and Nancy Morgan Cameron ’81
In memory of Andrew N. Farley ’56
William R. Balash H’94 and Theola Balash
Joy N. Kraus
Robert M. Beavers, Jr. ’65 and Jo Beavers
Barbara Robinson DeWitt ’74 and Mark DeWitt
Lillian Wessinger
Leonard Wurzel ’39 and Elaine Wurzel
Jon S. Adler ’61 and Carol Adler
Rene Wilson
In memory of Margaret Bournique
In memory of Clarence L. Branton
Thomas B. Staskiewicz ’80 and Alma Long Staskiewicz ’81
John L. S. Northrop H’99 and Rose Northrop
Joseph Rogers and Ruth Rogers
Shellis Shockley and Jo Shockley
Cary D. Jones ’75 and Kristen Jones
In memory of Debra J. Graham ’81
Charles F. Marcy ’72 and Cindy Marcy
Hugh McCabe and Patricia McCabe
In memory of Melvin B. Bassi ’49
Barbara Knepshield Cheryl Medich Leydig ’81 and Thomas J. Leydig ’80
F. A. Debusk Ben P. Fisher, Jr. and Hannah Fisher Henry W. Fulton, Jr. ’56 and Janie Fulton
Maurice Nernberg and Nancy Nernberg
Lyn Celenza Dyster ’80 and John G. Dyster John Douglas Farrell ’84 and Lauren Schwerha Farrell ’83 James F. Gismondi, Jr. ’72 and Elizabeth Gismondi James H. Knepshield ’59 and Barbara Knepshield Cheryl Medich Leydig ’81 and Thomas J. Leydig ’80 Kenneth R. Melani ’75 and Tracy Melani Charles T. Nason ’68 and Beth Nason H. Thomas Patton, Jr. ’50
In memory of James B. Donnelly
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, Lp
William S. Platt ’87 and Courtney M. Platt
Eugene W. Klaber and Tanya Klaber
Ronald P. Sandmeyer, Sr. ’57 and Elaine H. Sandmeyer
Peter J. Ross ’74 and Louise Kirkpatrick Ross ’74
Dick Thornburgh H’76
E. Ronald Salvitti ’59 and Constance Salvitti
Norman T. Roule ’83 and Lorie Masturzo Roule ’83
Madeline Corwin
Joanne Wilder
Ronald P. Sandmeyer, Sr. ’57 and Elaine H. Sandmeyer
E. B. Gibson
In memory of James A. Elliott ’68
Hamilton Brothers
Jess M. Alonso ’71 and Judy G. Alonso
In memory of Edward A. Fatula ’48
Joseph B. Leckie ’50 and Betty Leckie
Howard J. Burnett H’98 and Maryann DePalma Burnett
Theodore M. Slabey ’45
Bill Gilbreath and Patricia Gilbreath
In memory of Richard E. Fowkes ’49
Diane Niermeyer
Philip E. Hamill ’68 and Pamela Hamill
Scott Horne
John L. S. Northrop H’99 and Rose Northrop
Keith Hansen and Marcia Hansen
In memory of James G. Hawkins ’46
In memory of Richard A. Gerecter ’68
Ethel M. Cooper
Mary Ellen Gerecter
Charles J. Queenan, Jr. and Joann H. Queenan
Paul W. Magnuson and Doris Magnuson
Jeanne S. Rhodes
John C. Heater and Trudy Heater Joseph P. Herbst ’84 and Catherine Herbst James H. Knepshield ’59 and
William M. Stout ’64 and Saundra Stout Craig A. Varga ’76 and Noelle Brennan
Janet C. Hawkins
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In memory of Lee P. Johns, Jr. ’76
In memory of Frank C. Perry
Bobby Collins and Lisa Collins
Eugene W. Klaber and Tanya Klaber
In memory of Lester Lacock
In memory of John R. Plummer ’50
Charlotte E. Rosenberry
John Soper
In memory of John W. Rohrer, III ’56
In memory of Ralph H. Wisniewski ’64
Louise Rohrer
Donald C. Murray, Jr. ’64 and Arlene Murray
In memory of Jane S. Rupert James Rupert
In memory of Khalifa Lahniche Rebecca Ellenberger Lahniche ’82
In memory of Walter K. Levy ’52 Anonymous
In memory of John Lichvar ’38 Kay A. Cober
In memory of Raymond Clair Provost, Jr. ’42
Ryan J. Rupert ’05
Robert E. Keegan ’44 and Jess L. Keegan
In memory of Michael G. Ruschak
James R. Durig ’58 and Marlene Durig
In honor of Daniel J. Clingerman ’09
In memory of Lowrie B. Sargent, Jr. ’40
Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh
Phyllis P. Sargent
In honor of Charles P. Eaton ’64
Stacey L. Rathgeb-Haught ’96 and Thomas M. Haught
In memory of Paul L. Reardon J. Robert Franz ’57 and Irene Auther Franz
Darlene L. Luppino
Mary E. Freil George Furman and Marlene Furman
In memory of Barron P. McCune ’35
R. D. Garrone and Mary Garrone
Richard Cameron and Edwina W. Cameron H’00
M. Carl Herron ’53 and Elaine Herron
Susan Rush Kepler ’74 J. Robert Maxwell ’43 James P. McCune III ’91 and Elizabeth McCune
Albert Kossler Donald Kossler and Helen Kossler J. Rogers Kossler ’56 and Joan Kossler Cheryl Massack Stuart C. McCombs, Jr. ’52 and Joan McCombs William J. McMahon and Nora McMahon Morascyzk, Stopperich & Associates
In memory of John G. Meskus ’55 Jeanne M. Meskus
Stephen I. Richman and Audrey G. Richman
Seth Rosenberg and Janet Rosenberg
In memory of Henry E. Seidel ’52 Nancy Seidel
Jeff Werthan and Susan Miller Werthan
Michael L. Woltermann
In memory of Ross D. Resciniti ’50 Laura Resciniti
In memory of Williams M. Mitchell Allan B. Goodrich ’65 and Teresa Goodrich
In memory of Michael P. Rettger ’01 Ernst & Young Judith S. Rettger
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In honor of John D. Evans Patrick A. Correnty ’87
In memory of W. Edward Sell ’45 Robert H. Stevenson ’64
In honor of Arthur Fidel Constance Levy Ceisler
In memory of Clayton M. Smith ’71 Robert H. Krupkin ’71
In honor of Elizabeth Cober Gillette ’93
In memory of Hugh H. Taylor
Kay A. Cober
Gina M. D’Alfonso ’83
In honor of Michael P. Grzesiak In memory of Lee A. Trachtenberg ’67
William H. Davis ’81
Stanford B. Trachtenberg ’60 and Barbara Trachtenberg
In honor of Tori Haring-Smith
Thomas Sypula
In memory of J. Wade Miller, Jr. ’41
Honorary gifts celebrate loved ones or friends. These meaningful gifts support the College in many ways.
In memory of Adam Sanders ’29
In memory of Vincent J. Luppino ’57
Cary D. Jones ’75 and Kristen Jones
Honorary Gifts
Yvonne Leffler Rathgeb
Claire O. Dillie
Reed B. Day ’52 and Christine Pigford Day
Eugene W. Klaber and Tanya Klaber
In memory of Paul E. Rathgeb, Jr. ’55
In memory of George B. Logan ’30 John T. Logan ’36*
George C. Ruschak, Jr. ’72 and Janice Ruschak
In memory of Michael G. Zabetakis ’45
In memory of Edwin V. Valdiserri ’73 Oxford University Press
Jan Czechowski and Leslie Czechowski Michael P. Grzesiak and Karen E. Grzesiak Byron P. McCrae Dennis E. McMaster and Chris McMaster
In memory of James A. Waite
Alton E. Newell and Elsie Eagle
Nancy S. Waite-Kahn and Sherman E. Kahn
G. Andrew Rembert and Elizabeth Rembert
In honor of James Hawkins and Lisa Hawkins
Sally Lysinger Evans
Associates in Dentistry
Electrical Construction
George M. Fatula, Jr. ’94 and Amy L. Fatula
Association of the United States Army Atlas Railroad Construction Company
John M. Russell Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Janel F. Foster ’98
AYCO Charitable Foundation
John S. & Cynthia Reed Foundation
In honor of Amanda Holland-Minkley
Kerin L. Fresa-Dillon ’79 and M. Patrick Dillon, III
Barbara and Barry Hemphill Charitable Fund
K Specialsproshop USA
Beth Whittam
Lynne Brodell Hansell ’81 and Howard Hansell
Belfiore Vending
The Kresge Foundation
Amy Seman Hartman ’98 and Matthew Hartman
Bellmore Board of Education
Kristin and David Steinberg Foundation
In honor of Larry Kaplan
H.M. Bitner Charitable Trust
Li & Fung Trading
Brooks Family Foundation
Lodgian Management Corp.
Charleroi Federal Savings Bank
M & A Advisory Services
James H. Knepshield ’59 and Barbara Knepshield
Chazan Leipzig Family Fund
Mail N More
Cliff Quicksell Associates
Marcy Family Foundation
Barry P. Markovitz ’79 and Martha Markovitz
Coca Cola Enterprises Bottling Company
The Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Louis M. Marmon ’77 and Andrea Marmon
COMDOC
Marthinsen & Salvitti Insurance Group
David M. Mego ’82 and Patricia Mego
Community Foundation for S. Central New York
McCune Foundation
Sharon Ransom Mirarchi ’96 and Adam Mirarchi
CONSOL Energy Inc.
Janet C. Hawkins
Constance Levy Ceisler
In honor of Thomas J. Leydig ’80 and Cheryl D. Leydig ’81 Richard A. Leydig and Sheila Leydig
In honor of Alton E. Newell Tori Haring-Smith and Robert H. Haring-Smith
In honor of Ronald V. Pellegrini ’59 Eden Hall Foundation
In honor of L. Douglas Pepper ’71 Gordon M. Core ’71 and Lois Core
H. King Hartman ’59 and Carol Hartman
Dale W. Pcsolyar ’76 and Nancy Pcsolyar J. Paul Pepper ’01 Vance T. Richmond ’78 and Kimberly Richmond
Kolb Family Fund
Marsula Electric, Inc.
John R. McCune Charitable Trust
David A. Ross Fund
McKees Rocks Industrial Enterprises, Inc.
Doug and Betsey Schwab Family Foundation
MedExpress Urgent Care
Drs. Todd and Diane Thompson Fund Eat’n Park Hospitality Group, Inc. Echement Family Foundation
Merck Institute for Science Education Metro Fence Company, Inc. The Michael & Teryl Nettleton Charitable Fund of the Dallas Foundation
In honor of Jason E. Robison
William M. Stout ’64 and Saundra Stout
Dennis M. Betz ’67 and Pamela Betz
Peter F. Stracci ’74 and Sharon Stracci
Eden Hall Foundation
Constance L. Trelka ’76
The Eileen & Warren Martin Fund
Milton and Jennifer Magee Charitable Fund
In honor of Dennis G. Trelka
Nancy Tsupros
Erie Community Foundation
Moon Township Honda-Hyundai
Anonymous
Anthony J. Zinobile ’80
Ernst & Young
Morascyzk, Stopperich & Associates
FMC Corporation
National City Bank
Michelle L. Anderson ’02
Eckert, Seamans, Cherin, Mellott, LLC
Jason E. Baer ’96 and Valerie Baer
In honor of John A. Swanson
Forsythe Foundation
The New York Community Trust
Christopher P. Baran ’97 and Emily J. Baran
Swanson Family Fund
The Forsythe Fund
Newtown Answering Service
George I. Alden Trust
The Nickel Foundation
H.J. Connors Account of Fidelity Charitable
Nova Aurora Corporation
Hamilton Brothers
Oxford University Press
Gifts from Organizations
Howard Heinz Endowment
Paco’s Paradise
Hergenroeder Rega & Sommer L.L.C
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
Gifts from organizations provide vital support for College operations.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
PNC Bank Charitable Trust
IHR Advisors, Inc.
PPG Industries Foundation
Industrial Packaging Supplies
R. G. Johnson Company
Innocon, Inc.
Rabbi Sanford and Ruth Marcus Fund
James P. McArdle Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
Real Time Services, Inc.
John E. Kelly & Sons
John Bayard Rodgers Trust
Rebecca S. Barrett ’07 Steven N. Berk ’07 Wayne N. Campbell ’75 and Sharon Campbell Patrick A. Correnty ’87 William W. Cruikshank ’77 and Susan Cruikshank Ronald A. D’Altorio, Sr. ’59 and Jodi D’Altorio Lyn Celenza Dyster ’80 and John G. Dyster R. Shawn Essey ’86 and Beth Essey Terry L. Evans ’70 and
In honor of Marjorie Vaira John G. Shoop ’64 and Thea Shoop
Accenture Foundation Apple Leaf Abstracting Company The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations
Nowak Family Fund
Robert A. Simonin Agency, Inc.
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Rossin Foundation/Rosetree, Inc.
Matching Gifts
Lubrizol Foundation
Jack L. Paradise ’45 and Mary Paradise
Rycon Construction, Inc.
Corporate matching gift programs enable W&J’s alumni, parents, and friends to multiply their giving to the College.
Mastercard International
Anica D. Rawnsley H’03
Merck Partnership for Giving
RMC Rental Enterprises, Inc.
Merrill Lynch & Co. Foundation
Claudia B. Sweger ’94 and Craig R. Sweger
Salvitti Family Foundation Samuel, Fannie and Irwin A.Solow Endowment Fund Paul D. Schurgot Foundation, Inc. S.J. Mulholland, Inc. Southwestern Pennsylvania Eye Center Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh Sprague Energy Corporation Stanley & Kathleen Grumbacher Foundation
Microsoft Corporation 3M Company Abbott Laboratories Accenture Foundation Aegon Transamerica Foundation Aetna Foundation Alcoa Foundation
Swanson Charitable Gift Fund
American Electric Power Company
Swanson Family Fund
Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.
T-Bones, Inc.
AON Corporation
Ted and Karen Martin Family Fund
AT&T
Thomas J. and Cheryl D. Leydig Fund
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation
Thorp, Reed and Armstrong, LLC
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance PepsiCo, Inc. Pfizer, Inc. Piedmont Natural Gas PNC Bank Foundation PPG Industries, Inc. Procter & Gamble Company Prudential Foundation Raytheon Company Saint-Gobain Containers Sandmeyer Steel Company
Bank of America
Sanofi Aventis Pharmacuetical
BASF Corporation
Schering-Plough Foundation, Inc.
Bechtel Power Corporation
Shell Oil Co.
Black & Decker Corporation
Sherwin-Williams Foundation
The BNY Mellon Charitable Foundation
Sprint Foundation
Caterpillar Foundation
Tektronix
Washington Victory Express Soccer
Chevron Texaco
U.B.S. Investment Bank
The Weber Family Charitable Fund
CIGNA Corporation
U.S. Bancorp Foundation
Weiner Family Foundation
CNA Insurance Companies
Verizon Foundation
Wilson Pet Supply
Colfax
Wabtec Corporation
WJPA Radio Station
ConocoPhillips
Wachovia Bank of North Carolina
Wylie Wallace Fults Foundation
Dell Direct Giving
Wellpoint Foundation
Yardley Mail & Parcel
Dominion Foundation
United States Steel Foundation, Inc. W&J Admissions Office Washington Frontier League
Washington Seminary Alumnae Association
Eaton Corporation
Estate Gifts Many choose to remember W&J as part of their wills and estates. These generous gifts from W&J supporters who have passed away support the College’s mission in various ways.
Ecolab Foundation Ernst & Young Foundation Freddie Mac Foundation
Gifts In Kind Alumni and friends support the College through their non-monetary gifts of tangible property or personal assets.
General Electric Corporation GlaxoSmithKline H.J. Heinz Company
Estate of Richard H. Fitzpatrick
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Estate of Howard Kuder
The Home Depot
Estate of Hugh Taylor
IBM Corporation Johnson & Johnson Kaplan Professional & Asia Pacific KPMG Lockheed Martin Corporation
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National City Bank
John Curtis Burns ’80 and Pamela L. Burns James M. Cappelli ’88 and Suzanne D’Onofrio Cappelli ’92 Cappelli’s David F. Crumrine ’53 Kenneth Haver and Judith Haver Michigan State University John R. Mollenauer ’57 and Karen Mollenauer
Exceptional care was taken to ensure the accuracy and completeness of these reports. If, despite our best intentions, you notice an error of omission, please contact the Office of Development at 724-223-6078 so that we may correct our records. 7 7
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“I felt so fortunate to have the experiences I had during my time at W&J…I hope that, with every donation I make, I am continuing that tradition for others.” -Dr. Liese Vito ’87, W&J Fund Co-Chair
Washington & Jefferson college has many rich traditions—but none is more important than the ongoing and generous support of our alumni and friends. after more than 225 years, the liberal arts education offered at W&J maintains its mission to graduate men and women of uncommon integrity who are effective lifelong learners and responsible citizens prepared to contribute substantially to the world in which they live. Become a link from our impressive past to our bright future by supporting the W&J fund. Your support provides the vital resources for some of our most important programs, including financial aid, student activities, and athletics. Make your gift today at www.washjeff.edu/give.
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Winter wonderland
PHOTO BY JIM MCNUTT
The campus transforms into a snowy playground for students during the winter months at W&J.