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Allegheny magazine (ISSN 0279-6724) is published three times a year by Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335 for the alumni, parents and friends of the College. Opinions and comments expressed herein are not necessarily those of the College. Postmaster: Send address changes to Allegheny magazine, Allegheny College, 520 North Main Street, Meadville, PA 16335. © 2013 Allegheny College

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Dear Allegheny Alumni and Friends,

A very short three years ago, I remember reading in this magazine a letter to all of us from incoming

Board of Trustees Chair Eddie Taylor. He thanked Chris Nelson for her fine work as the chair before him and very solemnly wrote about taking on the task of keep-ing the College on the great track it had started on years before. Now Eddie Taylor is wrapping up his wonderful three years as chair, and he performed the role with grace, wit and purpose. His ability to com-municate with everybody, listen, analyze and provide firm guidance is extraordinary and that ability served the College well these last three years.

The Allegheny on the move that Eddie saw three years ago continued on that trajectory during the last three years. During this time, we saw an excellent manage-ment team evolve. In 2012, we were able to renew President Mullen’s contract for another five years. That same year Brian Dalton became vice president of enrollment. Sue Gaylor came on board as executive vice president in July 2013.

The Allegheny College Prize for Civility in Public Life was created in 2011, provid-ing Allegheny an opportunity for national recognition and news coverage. We have hosted national figures at our graduation exercises, and the College has earned numer-ous honors and national rankings. Even more importantly, we are attracting excellent students from across the United States and internationally, and the campus this year is the most diverse it has ever been. In addition, the College is financially sound, the strategic plan initiatives are being implemented, our enrollment is robust, and the campus looks absolutely fabulous. We also have had great discussions and educational sessions on natural gas drilling that ref lect well on the College’s ability to bring dif-ficult issues to light and engage them in a responsible manner.

All this great momentum is leading to the College’s bicentennial in 2015. It will be a time both to reflect and to celebrate—and start the next 200 years.

As a freshman in 1969 I certainly did not think that during our bicentennial year I would be chair of the Board of Trustees. By my sophomore year, the faculty and my classmates would have laughed at the possibility. At that point, graduation was in doubt. To have started my three-year term as board chair in October is truly astonish-ing and a testament to the enormous underlying value of an Allegheny education. Just as Eddie wrote three years ago, it is a “profound honor” to serve the College. To stand on top of the foundation built now for almost 200 years and to be tasked with not only protecting that strong foundation, but also building upon it as so many others have done, is daunting but also incredibly exciting.

Allegheny is special as a result of 200 years of vision, giving and hard work on the part of so many. With 2015 almost upon us, I look forward to working with all of you in celebrating the past 200 years and ensuring the next 200 years.

Sincerely,

Robert L. Smith, Jr. ’73 Ch air o f the Boa r d o f Trustees

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Robert L. Smith, Jr. ’73, ChairEarl W. Adams, Jr., Ph.D.

Christian L. All ison ’83Bishop Thomas J. Bickerton

Alice Sturgeon Bierer ’59Gladys Mullenix Black ’54Edward J. Borkowski ’81

Willow Brost ’74Will iam H. Brown, Jr. ’80

Mark R. Campbell ’82Jennifer R. Daurora ’99

Antonio F. Dias ’86Gary M. Ell iott ’72

Mary H. Feeley ’78, Ph.D.Kimberly Til lotson Fleming

Roger A. Gurner ’63Judith Thomas Horgan ’68

Steven D. Levinsky ’78Richard W. Maine

Isabelle Crabb Moss ’67James H. Mullen, Jr., Ed.D.

Herbert H. Myers ’61Christine Scott Nelson ’73

Jerome V. Nelson ’83James C. New ’67

John H. Niles, Jr. ’59, M.D.Martin Pfinsgraf f ’77

Timothy L. Reeves ’83Rev. Dr. Yvonne Reed Seon ’59, Ph.D.

Dag J. Skattum ’84Thomas N. Slonaker

Will iam P. Stef fee ’57, M.D., Ph.D.Hayes C. Stover ’62, Esq.

John F. Sutphen ’78Eddie Taylor, Jr. ’87

Bruce R. Thompson ’86Lawrence M. Thompson, Jr. ’74

Will iam H. Timbers ’72James O. Wible ’71

Dr. Nancy A. Yovetich ’87Douglas F. Ziegler

TrusTees emeriTiBishop George W. Bashore

Ann Simakas Degenhart ’71J. Tomlinson Fort ’50, Esq.

Thomas T. Frampton ’70, Esq.Samuel Hellman ’55, M.D.

Will iam I. Jack ’57, Esq.The Hon. Jack K. Mandel ’58

Silas R. Mountsier III ’52John C. Phil l ips, Jr. ’56

James F. Pomroy ’56Thomas M. St. Clair ’57Ferd J. Sauereisen ’57

M. Peter Scibetta ’54Henry B. Suhr, Jr. ’55

Arthur Tepper ’58Patricia Bush Tippie ’56

Robert A. Vukovich ’65, Ph.D.John D. Wheeler ’61, Esq.Robert C. Woodworth ’69

ediTorRichard D. Stanley

ConTribuTorsDiana Brautigam ’80

Heather L. GrubbsBernadette Wilson

designJonathan Miller Design

PrinCiPal PhoTograPherBill Owen ’74

PrinTingCommercial Printing, New Castle, PA

on The CoverGraduates of the Geology Department

explored Cora Clark Park near Meadvil le during Homecoming Weekend in

September. Photo by Bil l Owen ’74

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Allegheny Partners with Meadville Medical Center to Create a Health Coaching Program

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f o r A Healthier Communit y

When Allegheny pre-health student Gabby Izzo ’14 first visited 89-year-old military-service veteran Rudolph Bradick, she noticed he was confused about taking his medications, a potentially life-threatening issue.

Bradick, a Meadville resident, knew he was supposed to take 15 pills each day, but he had prescriptions from several

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physicians and was unsure of the correct dosage, which ones to take when and how to obtain refills.

That’s where Gabby, a member of Allegheny’s health coaching program—an innovative partnership among Al-legheny, Meadville Medical Center and the hospital’s Com-munity Care Network—comes into the picture. In her role as a health coach, Gabby regularly meets with Bradick and identified this challenge. She then shared his health status and confusion about his medications with his health care providers from Meadville Medical Center. The health care team verified his prescriptions and worked with Bradick to create a medication schedule he could easily follow.

Problem solved.“That’s an example of what the health coaching pro-

gram is all about,” says Kirsten Peterson, advisor to Al-legheny’s health professions students. “Our student health coaches are often the eyes and ears of the doctors, helping to identify potential barriers to care before the patient needs to be admitted to the hospital. This gives the stu-dents valuable, real-world experience, and it gives patients access to another member of their health care team.”

Focusing on Preventive Medicine – STAT

The concept of bringing health coaching to Allegh-eny came from Barry Bittman, M.D., Meadville Medical Center’s chief innovation officer. Dr. Bittman envisioned a program that would allow Allegheny pre-health stu-dents to regularly meet with patients experiencing chronic conditions and having a history of frequent hospitaliza-tions. The health coaches would serve in a preventive role by helping patients adhere to doctors’ orders.

“When studying this patient population, we realized that they were often leaving the hospital and going back to the same situation that may have led to the hospital admission,” Dr. Bittman explains. “We wanted to develop a program that

would enable us to become responsible for the whole person and take that responsibility beyond the hospital’s four walls.”

Associate Professor of Philosophy Steven Farrelly-Jackson then started to work with Dr. Bittman to enable his ideas for this unique health coaching partnership to become a reality in the Allegheny curriculum. Dr. Bitt-man says Allegheny is the first college in the country to use its students as health coaches. Several other schools, such as St. Lawrence University, Gannon University and the College of Wooster, are developing similar programs.

“ Our student health coaches are often the eyes and ears of the doctors, helping to identify potential barriers to care before the patient needs to be admitted to the hospital. this gives the students valuable, real-world experience, and it gives patients access to another member of their health care team. ”

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“ I believe that health coaching is the most important educational experience that any health professional could ever have. In my 37 years as a physician, the health coaching program is the most successful, transformational project in which I have ever been involved. I’m enormously proud of the students and their commitment. ”

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The Allegheny initiative started two years ago and now involves almost 400 patients.

How much impact has the program had? Dr. Bittman has the data to support its positive results. As an example, dur-ing the first year of the health coaching program, patients from the Community Care Network (a hospital-wide effort comprised of a physician-directed team of nurses, coun-selors, social workers, nutritionists and ancillary support personnel) experienced a 45 percent reduction in hospital admissions and a 25 percent reduction in emergency room visits compared to the previous year. Patient outcomes also improved in multiple areas such as control of diabe-tes. Additionally, and as a direct result, he says, the cost of care for these patients also was reduced substantially.

This is How the System Works

Students are eligible to apply to the health coaching program during their sophomore year. Although most of the students are pre-medical, the class also includes students studying public health, psychology, neurosciences and economics. There were 23 students participating during the fall 2013 semester.

The program begins with a two-credit interactive seminar coordinated by Community Care Network Director Tracy Meure, RN, and Professor Farrelly-Jackson. Faculty members include Dr. Bittman, Randy Zelen, M.D., Professor Farrelly-Jackson and Meure, along with nutritionists, psychologists, social workers and a health care attorney.

“The seminar is designed to lay down the theoretical foundation in some of the key areas of community health, such as nutrition, cardiovascular disease, obesity and mental health issues,” Professor Farrelly-Jackson explains. “In the medical ethics component of the course, we discuss many of the behind-the-scenes challenges of health care, such as the plight of uninsured and underinsured patients.”

During the second part of the semester, students review case studies and are placed into role-play situations where they learn how to interact with patients and how to help them comply with medical instructions. “They also do observations and shadowing experiences in other parts of the hospital, such as dialysis, primary care, radiology and the emergency department,” Peterson says. “The medical professionals have been very generous with their time.”

Health coach and biology major Sean Loose ’14 believes the seminar helped him better grasp how community and national health care systems operate.

“This experience has made me understand how much more there is to working in a health care field than just treating a patient’s symptoms,” he says. “Whether visiting a patient or doing hospital rounds or community health observations, experiencing firsthand what is involved in community health care gave me an understanding that could not be taught solely in the classroom.”

A Healthy Dose of Experience

After the seminar, students then embark on the health coaching itself where, under Meure’s direction, they work as part of a community health care team that includes a physician, nurse, social worker and nutritionist. Each student is then assigned to patients, with the student being respon-sible for scheduling regular meetings. The students attend one of three weekly case review sessions, which are conduct-ed by the core team, to provide an update on their patients.

During the patient visits, students perform tasks such as reminding them of their appointments, making sure they are following their prescribed diet, checking to make sure their environment is clean and safe, and helping them organize their medications.

“As an example, one of my patients, a 57-year-old woman, had been instructed to check her blood sugar daily, but she

… during the first year of the health coaching program, patients from the Community Care

Network … experi-enced a 45 percent

reduction in hospital admissions and a 25

percent reduction in emergency room visits compared to the previous year. Patient outcomes also improved in

multiple areas such as control of diabe-

tes. additionally, and as a direct result,

the cost of care for these patients also was reduced

substantially.


wasn’t complying,” explains health coach Gabby Izzo. “Each week I would show her how, but she just wouldn’t follow through.

“After three months, I decided to take a different ap-proach and drew the steps for her on paper,” she contin-ues. “The next week, she greeted me at the door, hugged me and said she couldn’t wait to show me her blood sugar diary. She had finally taken her reading! That was not only my most rewarding experience as a health coach, it also was the most important experience of my life.”

ome students, like pre-health student and former health coach Andrew Culp ’14, spend a lot of time during their

patient visits simply talking.“I had a 67-year-old patient who had lost his wife and was

very depressed,” Andrew explains. “He was dealing with so much emotionally, so he really just wanted to talk. Now, one year later, his emotional and physical health has drastically improved.”

Says Dr. Bittman: “The students are phenomenally

effective at what they do.” He adds that 87 health coaches now have graduated from the program. “Their effectiveness is not only reflected in their brilliance, but also in their ability to develop meaningful relationships with our patients. By getting to know them, they’re able to change the willingness of a person to go along with a mutually devel-oped plan. They’re able to break through and truly under-stand the patient, which can be rather challenging at times.

“When we began the program, I never knew we’d be able to change behavior like we are. The fact is, these students are helping to save lives,” he continues. “I feel our health coaches are the most effective members of our team in helping to change chronic behavior.”

“I believe the health coaching program is one of the most worthwhile and exciting programs in which I’ve been involved,” adds Professor Farrelly-Jackson. “I enjoy seeing how the students develop from the seminar to the internship. They really come into their own through the health coaching experience; it’s immensely valuable for their intellectual and moral growth.”

Patients are voluntarily enrolled in the health coaching program through referrals from the physicians or through hospital screenings. Once a health coach graduates, a new student is assigned to the patient.

In addition to hands-on experience for the students, healthier lifestyles for patients and decreased admission rates for the hospital, Peterson also believes health coaching has contributed to an increase in the quality of students’ personal statements they are required to write when applying to medical schools. “Health coaching allows students to have something tangible to write and speak about, which sets them apart from their peers at other schools,” she says.

Now that Gabby and Andrew have applied to medical schools, how do they think their experience has impacted their futures?

“I always thought I wanted to work with children and expectant moms, but because of this experience, the possibility of working with adults has become more appeal-ing,” Gabby says.

“Before this experience, I never considered becoming a primary care physician or specializing in internal medicine. Now it’s a real possibility,” Andrew adds. “I feel I have a much better understanding of what medicine is about. I will definitely carry the skills I learned through health coaching with me through the rest of my career.”

“Allegheny has been a phenomenal partner in allowing this program to succeed,” Dr. Bittman adds. “It’s truly a win all around. The students are getting the exposure they need before they commit themselves to a graduate career, the patients are getting the care they need from a dedicated group of people who truly want to make a difference, and the community is benefiting because we’re not adding to the cost of health care. I believe this is the future of our health care system.” =

“ I always thought I wanted to work with

children and expectant moms, but because of

this experience, the possibility of working

with adults has become more appealing… ”

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Sept. 28-29, was fun-filled and sun-splashed. Dozens of competitors participated in the Swim and Dive 5-Mile Run/Walk to raise money for the swimming and diving team. The 50th anniversary of WARC Radio also drew a gathering of enthusiastic alumni and students. The large crowd that attended the football game against Wabash soaked in the sun and cheered on the Gators. It was a great weekend to be in Meadville! =


“We drove to this person’s home, and it was a treasure trove. He had thousands of posters—from propa-ganda posters to circus ones,” he says. “He would only sell the French or American World War I posters if he had duplicates, so I purchased a few of those. After that, my collec-tion just kept building.”

For years, the rare posters adorned the walls of the Man-del home. He cites several favorites, including one commem-orating the sinking of the Lusitania and another reminding the Americans that the French gave the United States the Statue of Liberty.

Donating the Collection: ‘the right thing to Do’

In July, Judge Mandel decided it was time for others to enjoythe unique collection, so he generously gave it to Allegheny.

“I’ve been thinking about this for a while; it seemed like the right time,” he says. “With my family’s support, donating them seemed like the right thing to do.”

When asked “Why Allegheny?” the judge simply smiles.“Allegheny made an education financially possible for me,”

he explains. “It gave me the foundation for everything I be-came, and I’ve really had a good life. I feel my education— and the education of my sons who attended the College—is a debt I can never fully repay.”

The collection has found its new home in Arter Hall, where it is displayed for faculty and students to enjoy. Judge Mandel hopes that faculty from many departments will use them as teaching tools for future generations. =

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l e g a c y s t u d e n t sand their families—from the Arcieris to

the Verrecchiasand from the Ker-

schners to the Popeys—were

welcomed for a special breakfast during Orientation

Weekend on Aug. 25 in the Tippie Alumni

Center at Cochran Hall. Legacy students

are those who have parents, grandpar-

ents, aunts, uncles or siblings who have

attended or are at-tending the College.

About 60 students and alumni gathered

for the occasion.

Jack and his wife, Judy

manDel Donates WorlD War i Poster ColleCtion

th e H o n . Jac k K . m a n d e l ’ 5 8 P’90 P’91 says he doesn’t golf. He doesn’t garden, either. So what’s the

hobby that has kept the judge busy for nearly 40 years? The answer may surprise you, since his collection is quite rare.

Since 1974, Judge Mandel has collected World War I pro-paganda posters—with 58 pieces now acquired in all. Accord-ing to the judge, each one has its own story.

“I got into it by accident,” he says of his hobby. “There are very few private collections, and most of the posters only can be found in museums. There’s no way of knowing how many were printed or how many remain today.”

Judge Mandel acquired his first posters at a small shop in Santa Barbara, Calif. “I found a drawer that said WWI, and

when I opened it, many of the posters were tat-tered,” he says. “At the time, I didn’t know much

about World War I, but I still purchased a couple. And each time we traveled through

Santa Barbara, I bought a few more.”When the shop went out of business—

and as he learned more about World War I—he continued his new quest for the posters national-

ly. He purchased some from an individual in New Free-

dom, Pa., but it was during a trip to London where he

found the most impres-sive collection.


with the health system, and the second half is a discus-sion of many vision-related topics. He lives in Boca Raton, Fla.

’56 Dr. Peter Hebert and Maxine Heber t are enjoying the warm weather in Gilbert, Ariz., and are getting ready to return to Taupo, New Zealand. “We sort of follow the sun, northern to southern hemi-sphere, and recommend it to all of our friends.”

Harvey Hefley reports that his wife of 27 years, Claudia, passed away Jan. 26, 2013. He resides in Laguna Woods Village in southern California.

’57 Dr. Art blank continues in full-time practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Chevy Chase, Md. This year he has helped plan and is teaching in a new curriculum at the Washington Center for Psychoanalysis. He also is serving as an expert witness in psychological trauma criminal and civil cases around the United States.

Charles m. seamens was appointed to the board of directors and the executive committee of the Excela Westmoreland/Frick Hospital Foundation. He also is the past president of the Greensburg Community Development Corp.

’59 George riley has helped launch an initiative to force a local public water agency to start eminent domain proceedings against the corporate water monopoly, California American Water, in order to return water management to local control. He also founded Citizens for Public Water in 2005. He lives in Monterey, Calif., and he and his wife, Judy, are artists.

Joan Crittenden seiffert is living in Durham, N.C., and is practicing psychotherapy. Her first husband, Jack Hazlett ’58, passed away in September 2012. She spent her summer at Chautauqua where she grew

up and where she and Jack met.

’60 Ann Jones Gerace, executive director of Conserva-t ion Consultants Inc., was honored in October at the or-ganization’s Legacy Dinner. The honor recognized her 25 years of service. She has a master’s degree in public man-agement from Carnegie Mellon University.

’61 Ann stone Thompson has spent 10 years as director of women’s ministries at Memo-rial Park Church in Pittsburgh, after retiring from Eden Chris-tian Academy as the fine arts director. She and her husband, Ken Thompson ’62, have nine grandchildren.

’62 Ly nne Ca r r i ng ton ritchie reunited with brigitta schlemmer Doblmayr ’62 in

’43 Donald Haack says he plays golf twice a week and reports his wife, vivian Heilig Haack ’45, passed away on their 67th wedding anniversary.

’54 Crawford r. Thoburn P’83 P’85 is the editor of a new series of choral arrangements titled Golden Age Classics For SAB Choir, issued by the Internet publisher St. James Music Press. The series makes literature from the 16th through 18th centuries available to smaller choral groups, while preserving the essential thematic and harmonic material of the original compositions.

’55 Frank Weinstock is in the final stages of publishing a book, I’ve Been Thinking, which is directed to consumers. The first half is how to deal

ClassNOTES

richard Pears reports that in mid-July 2013, 10 Phi Kappa Psi brothers who graduated from Allegheny in 1968 held a reunion on the placid shores of Lake Tahoe. Pictured left to right are blaine myers P’01, richard Haller P’91, richard Pears, rich-ard mcAfee, William Kloeblen, Jack Criss, stanley Harrold, robert Crossland, John schottenheimer and David Carnes. Graduates also in attendance were Alice Gerke mcAfee ’69 and barbara emmel Crossland ’70.

ruth Ann Hawkins Groh ’54, Cordie Parish Newton merritt ’54 and sue stockman Lemka ’54 enjoyed two days at the Lemkas’ camp on Friends Lake in the Adirondacks, where they reviewed events in their lives and reflected on shared memories going back to their student days at Allegheny.

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= Allegheny was recently awarded a $40,000 grant from the Christian A. Johnson endeavor Foundation in support of a two-year project linked to the College’s bicentennial in 2015. The funding will support a cross-disciplinary collabora-tion among students, faculty and student affairs professionals. At the center will be Allegheny Group Studies, interdisciplinary courses that explore ideas addressed in thematic programming linked to the 50th anniversaries of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 during 2013-14 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 during 2014-15. In addition to discussing these programs, the 12 study groups will explore related civic learning, internship, study abroad and career opportunities and produce a record of their collective work through a blog on the College’s website. More than 120 students are participating in the groups, led by faculty and staff representing nine different departments and programs.

= We received a grant of $231,312 from the Na-tional science Foundation’s Astronomy and Astrophysics research program for Associate Professor of Physics Jamie Lombardi’s project, Research in Undergraduate Institutions (RUI): The hydrodynamics and Observational Sig-natures of Binary Mergers. Through his research, which will be conducted collaboratively with Al-legheny students and Josh Faber of the Rochester Institute of Technology, Jamie will use computer simulations to explore what happens when stars merge and what those mergers look like. The results will help explain the observations of numerous types of exotic stars and astronomical events, including so-called mergerbursts. One hundred percent of the cost of the project will be covered by federal funds through the NSF grant.

= We received a grant of $243,237 from the National science Foundation through the Transforming undergraduate education in science program for Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Shaun Murphree’s project, Collabora-tive Research: A Student-centered Organic labo-ratory Curriculum Featuring Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis (MAOS). Shaun will collaborate with colleagues from St. Mary’s College of Mary-land and Queensborough Community College in New York on this project; Allegheny is the lead institution. The project, which provides internship opportunities for Allegheny chemistry students, will explore innovative pedagogies for the organic chemistry laboratory, particularly the inclusion of open-inquiry experiments that encourage formal operational thought and critical thinking, relying on Microwave-assisted Organic Synthesis, a tool for the acceleration of reactions. One hundred percent of the cost of the project will be covered by federal funds through the NSF grant.


Barbara also devoted much of her time to readings for alumni and their children in several cities from her books. At those events I enjoyed introducing Barbara in this way:

“I’d like to share eight things about Barbara, four of which are true. See if you can guess which they are …

• Barbara’s mother was a teacher?

• Her mother was a steelyard crane operator?

• Barbara received an honorary degree?

• She almost got kicked out of Allegheny?

• Barbara has published books in more than one language?

• She scripted a television movie?

• Barbara is a baseball nut?

• She is a fan of ballet?

Well, if you chose these four you were correct:Barbara’s mother was a grade-school

teacher.Barbara did receive an honorary doctor-

ate from Allegheny in 1996.Best Christmas Pageant Ever was published in not just two,

but nine languages.And, she does love ballet.But if you had chosen any of the others, you would also

be right …Barbara’s widowed mother-teacher did one summer oper-

ate an overhead crane in the Lorain steelyards!Barbara so loved drama and theater at Allegheny that

her advisor John Hulburt had to remind her that to grad-uate from a first-rate liberal arts college you had to attend other classes, too!

The book version of Best Christmas Pageant Ever did be-come a movie (and was nominated for an Emmy).

And, Barbara was an avid Boston Red Sox fan long be-fore they won the 2004 World Series.”

Looking back , what I remember most about Barbara was her extraordinary devotion to Allegheny, how engaged she was throughout her life, her generous support of the Col-lege and the Vukovich Center, how much she enjoyed talk-ing with students and seeing Playshop productions, and that she was, to us, forever young. =

Robert Tutt l e works in the Col lege’s Off ice of Development and Alumni Af fa irs.

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mo s t peopl e r em ember Ba r ba r a Robi ns on as the author of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever—the

beloved and irreverent children’s novel which describes how a church play is hijacked by a Scripture-ignorant and all-around troublesome set of six siblings: “The Herdmans were absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world,” the book begins. “They lied and stole and smoked cigars (even the girls) and talked dirty and hit little kids and cussed their teachers and took the name of the Lord in vain and set fire to Fred Shoemak-er’s old broken-down toolhouse.” By story’s end, all are won over by this heartwarming tale, which has become a classic

First published in 1972, the book has sold more than 800,000 copies and has been published in nine languages. Barbara adapted her novel into the screenplay for a 1983 television movie that starred Loretta Swit as the pageant’s director. But the sto-ry found a much larger and more enduring audience in her adaptation of it as a play. Since the early 1980s it has been performed at Christmastime in churches, classrooms and children’s theaters across the country and throughout Europe. Barbara went on to author eight other children’s books, and more than 50 of her short stories have been pub-lished in national journals.

Barbara died on July 9, 2013 at the age of 85 in her Phil-adelphia-area home.

My wife, Karen, a fourth-grade teacher, and I enjoyed Barbara as a writer. But it was our special privilege to know her as a friend. Our lives were intermingled through Al-legheny connections over more than a quarter-century. We cherish the memories: Dining with Barbara and her hus-band, Jack ’47, in many fine places in the early years—the General Warren Inne (circa 1745) in Malvern, Pa., was her favorite, and sharing a weekend with them at their cottage on Cape Cod (where, by her own admission, Barbara always read more than she wrote). (Jack died in 1995.) There was also our trek from Philadelphia to New York City for the opening of (recently deceased) Allegheny classmate Gene Wolsk’s production of Forever Plaid, proudly sharing in her honorary degree recognition at Allegheny, and hosting Bar-bara and her daughters, Margie and Carolyn, in our home. In 2006, Barbara served as grand marshal of the Meadville Halloween Parade followed by dinner with Gladys Black ’54 and Dorothy Miller ’39. With these three “Allegheny wom-en of the theater,” we toasted the marvelous new perform-ing arts venue known as the Bob ’65 and Laura Vukovich Center for Communication Arts.

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Venice, Italy, during a July vacation. Lynne notes that she and Brigitta, who was a student from Austria in 1960-61, were roommates and English majors and have been friends for 53 years! Lynne and her hus-band, Michael, also enjoyed a 10-day visit to Austria to visit Brigitta and her husband, Peter, in 2006.

’64 Carol Fetcko barndollar and Jim mead-owcroft ’64 P’99, co-chairs for their 50th Class Reunion, hope to have the largest turnout ever for their reunion the weekend of May 29, 2014. “Please plan to return to Allegheny for a wonderful fun-filled event. You don’t want to miss it,” they say.

Larry bier and Linda smith bier ’64 have retired from Breeze Software.

Norman Greene says 2013 has been a momentous year for Roberta and him. They celebrated 44 years of marriage and welcomed their fourth grandchild. They also celebrated, in spirit, the founding of WARC-Radio 50 years ago while touring Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia with Dr. Jay rosenberg ’64 and his wife, Rimma.

’67 Gary W. burg completed a series of 24 me-teorology lectures this summer sponsored by UCLA and obtained a degree in atmospheric science. He and his wife, Judy, reside in Medina, Ohio.

Joe Kinego P’91 and Don Jackson ’67 are work-ing together as docents at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center located at Dulles Airport in Chantilly, Va. Both are retired Air

Force pilots. Joe’s wife, beverly Arrowsmith ’66 P’91, and Don’s wife, marilyn mueller ’68, were Theta sorority sisters in the ’60s and have enjoyed reconnecting. Both couples celebrated their 45th wedding anniversaries just days apart.

Kenneth Kolson has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar Grant and will be teaching at the University of Siauliai in Siauliai, Lithuania, during spring semester 2014. His wife, Jane ’69, will be accompanying him to Lithuania and teleworking part time for her job as senior planned giving advisor at George Washington University.

’68 William J. Cooper P’94 is professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He has been appointed program director of environmental engineering at the National Science Foundation. In September, he addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations – Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, Austria.

beth martin Jalli and Carol stone ’68 revisited some sites of their junior year abroad adventures during an October visit to the United Kingdom and Paris. It was especially interesting to spend time in Devonshire, England, they say, where they had spent the 1966-67 academic year at the University of Exeter.

ray odiorne and his wife, bonnie ’71, live in Wa-terbury, Conn., where Ray is a psychotherapist in private practice.

bill raab retired from the health insurance busi-ness, where he held positions in sales, management, marketing and product development. He also served as chairman of the Health Insurance Association of America’s Dental Committee, as legislative chair for the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Health Underwrit-ers and as vice president of his local school board.

’70 Jane Larrick Hepting and her husband are enjoying retirement in Florida. She has been elected treasurer of the Lake County, Fla., Demo-cratic Party.

stuart Walker retired as chief conservator for the Boston Pub-lic Library. He says they joined friends in August for a cruise up Alaska’s scenic inland waterway to Glacier Bay National Park.

’71 Dr. A lex Gondola ’s fifth book, God’s Plumb Line: Preaching from the Not-So-Minor Prophets, has been published by CSS Publishing Company of Lima, Ohio. In 2011, he retired after nearly 40 years of service as an associate pastor, pastor and senior pastor in United Church of Christ congregations.

Janice Holder will step down from her post as Tennessee Su-preme Court justice at the end of August 2014. She is the first woman to serve as chief justice

of Tennessee’s highest court. She attended Allegh-eny and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She received her law degree from the Duquesne University School of Law.

Attorney James Jarvis is the director of the Wash-ington State Department of Financial Institutions, where he focuses on fostering policies that provide a healthy and predictable regulatory environment

David Dibella ’70 completed his sixth Great Chesapeake Bay Swim on June 9, 2013. “Conditions were rated as extreme,” he says, “because Tropical Storm Andrea had dropped two-plus inches of rain on Annapolis over the previous three days. I had a super swim for me and ended up third in the men’s 60 to 64 age group, which was quite a surprise.” He swims for the Chartiers Valley Swim Club in the master’s program in Bridgeville, Pa.

Pat mcDermott Nixon P’99, Jean basehore Thomson, barb Pelander Hanniford and Lynn Detrick, all from the Class of 1969, gathered in Chicago in September 2013 to renew friend-ships begun 48 years ago as freshmen on 2C South at Allegheny.

susan Dowling Gunter reports that she and her classmates from 1969 enjoyed their sixth reunion, this time in Chicago. “We have all benefited from the superb education we received in Meadville, but even more from the lifelong friendships we formed,” she says. Pictured from left to right are Liz “betsy” Thornley, margaret Hodge Peacock, Carol Davis Pencke, Pat Cluss, susan monck Jones, Lynn sandel Anderson and susan Dowling Gunter.

W. Cooper ’68 J. Jarvis ’71


schools all over that country for their potential to serve as future leaders. Living with 48 young women in a dormitory established by an American foundation, she witnessed the dramatic elections and protest marches as the young population voted for change.

Larry Levine attended both days of U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in the gay marriage rights cases. Larry has a writing leave for the spring 2014 semester and plans on spending a couple months in Madrid, Spain.

David J. malone, president and CEO of Gateway Financial, is the 2013 Thieman Awardee from the Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylva-nia. He was honored for his outstanding service and commitment to the youth in the Pittsburgh region.

’77 Dale Florio, managing partner, Princeton Public Affairs Group, was featured on NJ Spotlight. The article says Dale has developed the group he started with a sole partner 26 years ago into the No. 1 lobbying firm on Trenton’s State Street, represent-ing the key industries and interests in New Jersey.

David L. Truesdale has been named senior vice president and loan review director at Fulton Financial. He was senior vice president and loan review manager at Citizens Republic Bancorp. He has an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh.

’78 Jane Anderson was named executive di-rector of the Asheville Independent Restaurant As-sociation, a membership, advocacy and marketing organization. Prior to this, she spent 10 years at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce in North Carolina.

Dr. John Duda had the honor of hooding his son, Dr. Charles Duda, in May. Charles graduated from the University of Pikeville’s Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine. The trip allowed John and his wife, Kathleen Cotterman Duda, rN ’80, the opportunity to visit with their new grandson who was born in August 2012.

Peter Fleming has joined MetLife in New York City as a senior audit communications consultant, creating the written materials that are distributed to MetLife’s Audit Committee six times a year. Peter and his partner, Brian, live in Brooklyn, N.Y., and Asbury Park, N.J.

Kristen Hughes was appointed executive director of the Rutland Regional Planning Commission in January 2013. He is responsible for a staff of eight conducting planning activities for Rutland County, Vt.

Paul marcela has formed a corporate governance consulting firm called Governance Partners Group, after a 32-year career as corporate counsel at Dow Corning and two private equity companies. The firm provides external corporate secretary services. He lives with his wife, Sharon, in Alpharetta, Ga.

martha Kruper straw has returned from four-and-a-half years of teaching English in South Korea. She lives in Bismarck and works at the Bank of North Dakota.

ruth Pyanowski valencia was promoted to

August. Kathy played the lead role, along with a cast of five other actors from the Piedmont Triad.

Loren Lamy Penman was appointed by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to the Genesee State Park Recreation and Historic Preservation Com-mission. She also is active in cultural arts programming for the Silver Lake Institute in Perry, N.Y., and a supporter of independent musicians. In retirement, Loren is a grant writer who has secured $2.5

million for a consortium of rural schools in western New York state.

susan Piper has co-authored two daily devotion-als: God Whispers and Still...God Whispers, which can be found on Amazon and on iBooks, Kindle and Smashwords. She has been retired from her career in the Cleveland schools for five years.

michael Piraino was named one of this year’s Power & Influence Top 50 by the NonProfit Times. He was recognized for helping build a national net-work of more than 77,000 volunteers who advocate for 243,000 abused and neglected children. He is the chief executive officer of the National Court Appointed Special Advocate Association in Seattle.

John W. schanck has been appointed to the Newfield Exploration Co. Board of Directors. He has nearly 40 years of experience in the energy industry. He has a master’s degree in geology from the University of Memphis and a bachelor’s degree in geology from Allegheny.

’75 April Fallon co-edited a book titled Work-ing with Adoptive Parents: Research, Theory and Therapeutic Interventions, published by Wiley and released in June 2013. This book, a compilation of her research on child adoption and adoptive parenting, is her fifth professional book.

Tom sadvary has been named CEO of Scottsdale Lincoln Health Network in Phoenix, Ariz. Tom had been CEO of Scottsdale Healthcare. He lives in Scottsdale with his wife, Mary.

’76 Kathy stefanko Dean received an associ-ate of fine arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, N.M., in May 2013. After majors in math and chemistry for a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree in medical genetics and working in a math-related field, she moved to visual art.

bob Del Greco, lawyer with Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, has been appointed to the state Judicial Conduct Board by Gov. Tom Corbett. He gradu-ated from the Duquesne University Law School and received his bachelor’s degree in English from Al-legheny, where he played basketball.

Gina Dart Fish spent July through September in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, teaching critical thinking and English to a group of young women selected from

and promote economic vitality. He has a bachelor’s degree in history and a degree in law from the University of Puget Sound (now Seattle University) School of Law.

Dale Pysher and his son, Matt, hosted a memorial picnic on Jan. 21, 2013, to honor the memory of Dale’s late wife, suzan marquis Pysher ’72. More than 200 friends and family, including many Allegheny graduates, gathered to celebrate her life. “Thanks to all who came and to those who sent such warm messages of condolence,” Dale says.

’72 sky Cole (known as Donald George Cole until 11 years ago) reports the birth of a granddaughter, Everly Cole Nemura, on May 16, 2013.

Wendy Pierce Haines says she has finally admitted she is 62. She and her husband live in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.

’73 Frederick Giese has been named to a three-year term on the Hilbert College Board of Trustees. He is general manager, NOCO Distribution LLC, a division of NOCO Energy Corp. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics and history and an MBA from Canisius College.

Greg Heath took vows in August 2013 as a novi-tiate lay Zen priest. His ordination is planned for fall 2014. Greg retired from financial management in 2011 to devote his full energy to Zen practice. He has practiced at the Vermont Zen Center since 1999 and lives in Canterbury, N.H., with his wife, ruth mobilia Heath ’72.

Catherine Guba mcAllister left her job of 19 years as program director for a retirement community in the Del Mar area of San Diego. She has two children and is a calligrapher and musician (piano and voice).

robert L. smith, president and owner of Acutec Precision Machining, was the featured speaker at the 45th annual Greater Meadville Area Day – Winslow Award Dinner. He has a bachelor’s degree in politi-cal science and a master’s degree in international management from the Thunderbird School of Inter-national Business of Glendale, Ariz. He is chairman of the Allegheny College Board of Trustees.

’74 bill Cissna and his wife, Kathy Anne Wil-liams Cissna ’78, co-produced Bill’s second full-length play, All About Faith, in Greensboro, N.C, in

Jack Walker ’74, bill Watson ’73, roxanne Zapsic Walker ’74 and Linda Knepper Watson ’73 met at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, over Labor Day weekend.


Diane Zahm serves as program co-chair and under-graduate program coordinator in the Urban Affairs and Planning Program at Virginia Tech. She says she has been honing her baking skills and spends her weekends turning out artisan breads.

’81 Laura Neary Hervey graduated summa cum laude from Buffalo State University of New York with a master’s degree in English education.

Capt. Chris Kelly is vice president, digital media, for the Active Interest Media Marine Group, which owns such properties as Power & Motoryacht magazine, SAIL, Soundings, Yachts International and the Fort Lauderdale boat show. He creates new online video programming.

margaret Walters’ daughter Jackie verrecchia ’17 has joined Allegheny. She says her former roommate and friend Karen smith ’81 also has a son at Al-legheny, Greg singer ’15. Margaret lives in Arlington, Va., and is a senior analyst with the Environmental Protection Agency. Karen is the director of physical plant operations at St Andrew’s-Sewanee School in Tennessee.

’82 robert Filaski has been named vice presi-dent and managing director of the health care practice for ePlus Group inc. He focuses on setting strategy and bringing the company’s solutions to the health care market. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science and finance.

Jeff Gola was scheduled to have a show of his paintings at Fischbach Gallery in the Chelsea district of New York City in November and December. He also has been invited to have two of his paintings included in New Jersey Impressions in Princeton,

N.J., at Drumthwacket, the official residence of the governor, on view until July 31, 2014. Visit www.jef-fgola.com.

’83 Nancy middleton Camp-bell had the first of five short stories she has written published in the South Carolina Review. The story, titled “Tomorrowland,” can be found at www.clemson.edu/cedp/cudp/scr/ar ticles /scr_45-2_middleton.pdf.

Tim reeves has been elected to the Council of the Pennsylvania Society. He also has become partner at Al-len & Gerritsen, where he leads the public relations operation. Tim was chief executive at the Neiman Group in Philadelphia, which merged with Allen & Gerritsen in June.

Dr. michael L. sidor has been cited

manager, biological and cultural resource services, Environmental Compliance and Permitting Division, at Salt River Project, a company that provides water and power to central Arizona. Ruth and her husband, David, live in Scottsdale, Ariz.

’79 Harry Kloman’s reflections on the political writings of Gore Vidal appeared in an issue of the Journal of American Studies in Turkey that com-memorated the author, who passed away in 2012. He operates the Gore Vidal Index, a website of writing and information about Vidal.

’80 Karen sturtevant Flam is board chair of the Pittsburgh International Children’s Theater and member of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Board. She also says she’s an empty nester!

robert marchman has been named chairman of the Northeast Board for Operation HOPE. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Allegheny, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and he received his juris doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He also attended Harvard Business School’s Program for Management Development.

roger Willis is president of Universal Well Services, which was one of five southwest Pennsylvania final-ists for the “Jobs First Award,” part of the Governor’s ImPAct Awards. The award had 10 winners statewide and 36 other finalists statewide.

William m. Yarbenet P’10 has been appointed senior vice president and chief credit officer at United Security Bank. He has more than 25 years of experience in banking and the financial services industry. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from Rutgers University.

D. Williams ’83M. Piraino ’74 D. Malone ’76 K. Hughes ’78 K. Koebley ’84

roy robson ’85 and five Alleghenians traveled through China and Tibet in May. Along for the trip were Karen salyards Peterson ’85, Karen miller ’85, Kim Pawlak robson ’87, bruce rockwell ’85 and bruce “bJ” rockwell ’15.

“Tibet was truly otherworldly during the pilgrim-age festival we witnessed,” Roy recalls. “We very much missed matthew Peterson ’84, who could not join us on the adventure.”

in the “Best Physicians in South Jersey 2013” issue of South Jersey Magazine. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery, and his private practice has offices in Havertown, Pa., and Mount Laurel, N.J.

Dan H. Williams has become associate vice president at Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, in the Gainesville, Va., office. He has a bachelor’s degree in environmental resource man-agement and a master’s degree in land use planning from the University of Virginia.

’84 Tony Chiroldes was featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article for the role he played in the Carrnivale Theatrics production of In the Heights. He is a voiceover artist in New York.

Keith Koebley is the general manager of all north-ern West Virginia operations of Republic Services. His daughter, Anna Koebley ’14, will graduate next May. Keith says, “In the year of our 30th Reunion, I am so proud to have my daughter graduating from Allegheny in the same year.”

Chris shipley received a residential fellowship from the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the Missouri School of Journalism. She will spend the academic year on campus developing simple, effi-cient ways to help citizens determine the credibility of news sources on the Web.

’85 Dr. steven J. Halm, FAAP, has been ap-pointed an associate professor and medical director

Leslie morschhauser Payne says that six classmates from 1983 celebrated 30 years of friendship in Long Lake, Ill., dur-ing the summer. Pictured left to right are sue Talbott Harris, stephanie Pleva Chirigos, Jamie bosso, Leslie morschhaus-er Payne, rayanne englert Coy and Jeanne Cobetto. They spent three sunny days at Rayanne’s lakeside home catching up and remembering their Allegheny experience.


of the Clinical Evaluation Center at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W.Va. He is the medical content expert for all programs the center initiates and is board certified by the Ameri-can Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

’86 Annie Donovan was featured in a Washing-ton Post article titled “Focused on ‘the value I bring to society.’” She is the chief executive of CoopMetrics, a technology company. She has an MBA in finance from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Jennifer matesa was commissioned by Hazelden Publishing to write a book about physical practices to foster healing from addiction. Recovering the Body will explore exercise, nutrition, sleep, pleasure and meditation. The book will be released in fall 2014. Jen is a 2013 fellow at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Visit www.recoveringthebody.com.

Dr. David o’Donnell has joined the Illinois Valley Community Hospital medical staff. He is a family practice physician and U.S. Army veteran with a 27-year military medical career. He has a medical degree from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. sherri Pataki, Westminster College associate professor of psychology, was published in Interper-sona: An International Journal on Personal Rela-tionships. She is coordinator of the Peace Studies Program at Westminster and is a social psycholo-gist who specializes in research methodology and experimental social psychology.

Dr. Timothy Temple gave the commencement speech for the New Brighton High School 2013 graduating class, his alma mater. “I was genuinely honored and humbled by this experience,” he says. He is an endodontist in Orlando and is the senior partner and president of Orlando Endodontic Spe-cialists. He also is the past president of the Florida Association of Endodontists and the Dental Society of Greater Orlando.

’87 Kristy Walter, director of athletics at Lasell College, was named executive of the year by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference. As athletic director, she oversees the 15 varsity sports on the Newton, Mass., campus.

’88 beth Diamond graduated from the Suffolk University Law School in May 2013, receiving a juris doctorate and a certificate in business law and finan-cial services with distinction. She is an investigator with the Employee Benefits Security Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. She is grateful for the assistance of Michaeline Shuman, Allegheny’s director of career services and pre-law advisor, who helped her when she decided to go back to school. She also says she returned to Allegheny in April with

Setting foot on Allegheny’s campus brings back special memories for many alumni, especially Karen Donahower ’89 and Mark Tartaglione ’88.Karen and Mark remember first meeting in meteorology class. They remem-

ber living in an apartment on North Main Street. And Karen fondly recalls Mark—dressed in a gorilla suit—visiting her class to bring her a cake for her 21st birthday. The two say they were madly in love during their college years.

In 1988, however, things changed. Mark graduated, and the two ended up going their separate ways, “with great sadness,” Karen says. Throughout the years, both got married, had children and lived their separate lives.

Fast-forward 25 years, when Mark got up the courage to contact Karen via GatorLocator, Allegheny’s online alumni directory.

“I was available again, so I thought I’d send her a letter to see what she was up to,” says Mark. “I always thought about her. I figured she was probably busy or unavailable, but I thought I would try.”

“When I received Mark’s letter, I didn’t read it for a while. When I finally opened it, I just cried,” says Karen, who was also single again. “I had always thought about him. I was shocked.”

Karen says she wanted to send him a clever text message back, but the only words she could manage to type were, “Hi, it’s me, Karen.”

Mark, who lives in Granger, Ind., and Karen, who lives in Rochester, N.Y., then spoke on the phone and agreed to meet face-to-face. And after 25 years, the two have officially reconnected and are now once again, in their words,

“madly in love.”“When we spoke on the phone, it was like 25 years just melted away,” Kar-

en says. “I never should have let him get away from me.”We caught up with Mark, Karen, Mark’s four children and Karen’s three

children when they returned to the College for Homecoming Weekend, Sept. 27 to 29. The two strolled hand-in-hand from Bentley Hall toward the Rus-tic Bridge. For Karen, it was her first time back to campus in 25 years. “I nev-er went back to Allegheny after graduation; it was too painful,” she says. “Be-ing here now brings back so many memories. Next year is my 25th Reunion. I never thought I’d go, but now I have a date!”

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Kathryn madio bonnett ’87, Kristi radabaugh smith ’89 and Catherine Donaghy ’89 for Alpha Delta Pi’s 30th anniversary on campus.

Amy maczuzak was recognized for her 25th year of working with the Coalition for Christian Outreach (CCO). “I first connected during my years at Allegheny, when I participated in Allegheny Christian Outreach, and after five years as a campus minister, I moved to Pittsburgh to put my English degree to work as part of the CCO’s marketing and communications team,” she says.

brad marino was named president and chief execu-tive officer of Fellowship Hall, a nationally recognized addictions treatment hospital in Greensboro, N.C. He has a master’s degree in public health from the University of Pittsburgh and is board certified in health care administration as a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He and his wife, Michelle, and two daughters, Bethany, 20, and Lauren, 18, reside in Greensboro.

Lee mcFerren became superintendent of the Wilkinsburg School District on July 1, 2013. He has a bachelor’s degree in communications.

Kelly Todd schmidt graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in May with her Ph.D. in applied developmental psychology. She is staying busy with her sons, ages 11 and 8, and

husband in Columbus, Ohio, while editing her dissertation for publication.

’89 eric Delaney became vice presi-dent of First United Trust & Investments. He is a certified financial planner and Finan-cial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 7 registered representative, serves as an investment advisor representative and has a Maryland health and life insurance license.

Jeannine L. French has been named su-perintendent in the Peters Township School District. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology from Duquesne University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology.

mark v. Tranquilli was honored to gain more votes than any other candidate in the May primary election for the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Bench, after spending two decades in the district attorney’s office and supervising the homicide unit.

’90 eric Fedyk has accepted a position in global development strategy with Takeda Pharma-ceuticals International. He, Amy, Quinn, Owen and Emma relocated from Boston to Lake Forest, Ill.

Noel Hustwit was hired as the director of special education for the Pine Richland School District in Gibsonia, Pa. He lives with his wife, elizabeth busch Hustwit ’94, and their two sons, Jack, 8, and Sam, 5, in Ben Avon, Pa.

’91 Anna L. Zacherl Griffith serves as CEO and co-founder of Discovery Machine, which was one of five central Pennsylvania finalists for the “Small Busi-ness ImPAct Award,” part of the Governor’s ImPAct Awards. The award had 10 winners statewide and 42 other finalists statewide.

Christopher m. Thomas, a partner at Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP in Raleigh, N.C., was rec-ognized as a leader in North Carolina intellectual property law in the 2013 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. He also was recognized as a “Rising Star” in intellectual prop-erty by North Carolina Super Lawyers for 2013 and named among Business North Carolina magazine’s

“Legal Elite” in intellectual property in 2012 and 2013.

Noah van Loen and Anne van Loen ’91 returned from their yearlong world trip in August. It was a fantastic trip, he says, and they and their two kids loved it, although they are glad to be home in Wash-ington state.

’92 Teresa o’Keeffe is doing microbiological research for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Albany, just across the bay from San Francisco. Her daughter, Gia, 14, just began high school. “I look

forward to taking a trip to Meadville to show her my alma mater,” she says.

’93 Crista Coles Arangala, associate professor of mathematics at Elon University, N.C., was chosen for a Fulbright Teaching Award to teach in Sri Lanka in spring 2014.

Alex schulman Isaly is the new lead trainer for the global fitness program KettleWorX. He brings more than 15 years of industry experience and will be the face of KettleWorX’s revitalized home-exercise program, while also supporting its group-exercise platform for commercial fitness facilities. Visit www.alexisaly.com.

Jody moore o’Grady was promoted to vice president of sales operations and support at Taylor Technolo-gies Inc., in Sparks, Md. Her responsibilities include the oversight of complete customer satisfaction.

samira manto omer is sales director at a brokerage firm and resides in Karachi, Pakistan. She married Omer Masood in 1999 and has a son, Zaid, 12, and daughter, Zara, 2.

Dr. Andre Perry has been named the founding dean for the College of Urban Education at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Mich. This summer, he contributed as an analyst on the CNN special Race and Justice in America: Hidden Bias and provided commentary on CNN’s AC360. This fall, he served as a panelist on NBC’s Education Nation National Summit in New York City.

maureen Pritchard ungarean was appointed acting superintendent of the Moon Area School District in June 2013. She was expected to serve in that capacity while the district searched for its next superintendent. She studied at Allegheny, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.

’94 Dr. Patrick recio has been named program director of the Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship

Darrell Park’s ’91 startup company became one of the first public benefit corporations registered in Delaware at a ceremony hosted by Delaware’s governor and sec-retary of state. Darrell reports, “We are so honored and look forward to empowering even more consumers with the newest version of our free app, called PowerfulME. Thanks also to the many Alleghenians who helped to make all of this possible.”

Laura mcGarry Novak ’88 climbed the Via Ferrata in Circleville, W.Va., this summer. As she walked to the initial climb, she learned that one of her group’s guides, eric Winter

’10, was a fellow Alleghenian. “Despite more than 20 years between our graduation dates, we had a lot to share about our college experi-ences!” she says.

A. Perry ’93A. Maczuzak ’88 C. Thomas ’91 A. Isaly ’93


at Saint Vincent Health Center in Erie, Pa. He also serves as section chief of colon and rectal surgery. He resides in Fairview, Pa., with his wife, Dr. Melissa Jorden, and their two sons, Chase, 3, and newborn Penn.

’95 Alan betus is back in Chattanooga after two years away. In April, he became an in-house leasing attorney for CBL & Associates Properties Inc.

Joseph Gaeta was enshrined into the 2013 Metro-politan Erie Chapter of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He played baseball at Allegheny and was an all-conference player.

’96 Tim brennan published his second Kindle chess book on Amazon.com. Tactics Time 2 contains 1,001 chess puzzles taken from real games. As of September, Tim’s first book was the No. 1-selling Kindle chess book on Amazon.

’97 Greg mitts has been named athletic director at Caldwell High School in Ohio.

’98 ellisa Keith Heckathorne received her MBA from Gannon University in August 2013. She lives in Franklin, Pa., with her husband and two children and is the manager of material control at the Franklin facility of Joy Global.

Jeff schaefer has been named director of integrated services for SKM Group, a full-service marketing communications agency. He oversees the agency’s media, interactive and public relations departments. He has a bachelor’s degree in environmental science.

Jeff Webb was musical director/principal vocalist for a successful run of the musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ in Johnstown, Pa. He also will conduct Handel’s Messiah with chorus and orchestra in Bedford, Pa., in December 2013.

’99 Paula Kovacs ross, director of development and marketing at the Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, has been selected for the Class of 2014 of Leadership

Montgomery, which brings together leaders and offers them a unique op-portunity to increase their understand-ing of the complex social and economic issues of Montgomery County and that region of Maryland.

’00 becky smullin Dawson and matt betush ’06 joined the Allegheny faculty in August 2013. Becky is a member of the Biology Department and Global Health Studies Program, and Matt is part of the Chemistry Depart-ment. Matt and Becky are excited to be back at Allegheny and are proud to have offices in the Doane Hall of Chemistry.

michelle Hoke Kearns has received an elementary art position, teaching art to kindergarten through sixth grade at two schools in the Crawford Central School District.

’01 michele Conti was elected to the board of directors for the Women’s Business Network and will serve as vice president. She completed her studies at Allegheny and St. Anne’s College Oxford and received her juris doctorate from Duquesne University. She is an estate attorney at Meyer, Unkovic and Scott in Pittsburgh.

sean Donaldson made his international debut at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, on May 4. He and his wife, Kathryn Copeland Donaldson, were invited to be two out of four vocal soloists for Prom Praise 2013, an annual event held by the All Souls Orchestra.

Nathan smith won the deciding point in the 2013 Walker Cup, an international match competition considered to be the pinnacle of amateur golf. This was the third time he competed in the Walker Cup, which was contested Sept. 7-8 at the National Golf Links in Southampton, N.Y. The U.S. defeated Britain and Ireland.

’02 bradley burroughs received joint appoint-ments on the faculties of Pacific Lutheran Theologi-cal Seminary and the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Calif. He will serve as assistant professor of ethics. He has a Ph.D. from Emory University and an M.Div. from the Duke University Divinity School, where he had worked and taught.

scott Cooper was named head men’s basketball coach at Indiana University South Bend. He was a three-year starter as a player at Allegheny.

Kendra stanton Lee says her spiritual memoir, FamiLee, is under literary representation with the D.C. Jacobson Agency. “Aside from shopping for a publisher, I teach, I parent and I update my blog at www.kendraspondence.com,” she says.

’03 Nick Catanzarite, a partner in the real estate practice group of Walter | Haverfield, has been recognized for his community involvement as the recipient of the Cleveland Public Theatre’s 2013 PAN Award. He has a law degree from the Capital University Law School.

Lisa Weed Phifer earned her doctorate of education in school psychology from Indiana University of Penn-sylvania in May 2013. She resides in Alexandria, Va., with her husband, Jeffrey, and daughter, Genevieve.

Tamara Pavasovic Trost says her husband, Rok Trost, lost his battle with cancer in January 2013 at age 34. He leaves behind a 2-year-old daughter, Sofia. Tamara has set up several projects in his memory: www.roksjourney.com.

’04 marco Arment was featured in an article titled “NY Startup Guy Marco Arment Has Had 3 Companies Sell in the Past 5 Weeks” on Business Insider. Founder of Instapaper and The Magazine, Marco, a New York-based coder, designer, blogger and entrepreneur, also was Tumblr’s first employee. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer science.

Andrea mcmillen accepted an offer in September to work at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County as the STEM program coordinator.

Camron Terwilliger has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Canada in cre-ative writing. He is one of more than 1,700 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2013-14 academic year through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.

’05 Dominic randazzo and his wife, Crystal, moved to Kigali, Rwanda, in July, where Dominic is the chief of the consular section at the U.S. Embassy. He has been a member of the foreign service of the United States since 2007. He has served in Haiti, Zambia and Washington, D.C.

’07 Gilliane Lawlor mcshane was accepted into the Peace Corps and departed for Ethiopia in July to train as an education volunteer. She is living and working in a community to teach English as a second language to secondary school students and their instructors. She continues her education through the Peace Corps’ Master’s International Pro-gram at the University of Pittsburgh, where she is a 2016 candidate for a master’s degree in international development.

Jessica Pryor was a finalist for the 2013 Nashville Emerging Leaders Awards. She is project manager at Tennessee State University. She received her bachelor’s degree in international studies and a master’s degree in public policy and management from Carnegie Mellon University.

Cody switzer is Web editor for the Chronicle of Phi-

sarah Hardner magilson , Alicia Koger Logue , Ann Jaworowicz Linn and Amanda Zarecky stokes, all from the Class of 1999, enjoyed a great weekend together in D.C. with their families in August 2013.

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lanthropy, and wrote the article “Young Donors Are Turned Off by Out-of-Date, Uninformative Web Sites.”

’08 erinn J. Alonso-Hohmann is a student at Southern College of Optometry. She graduated with a master’s of public health from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010. Her husband, Joseph Tolomei

’08, graduated with a master’s degree from Duquesne University in 2010. He is an instructor at Southwest Community College in Memphis, Tenn.

rachel Dingman received the 2013 James McKeever Promising Professional Award from the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling. She is assistant director of admissions and Hillel director for Allegheny.

steven Frese finished his graduate studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he earned a Ph.D. in food science and technology. He has moved on to a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, Davis.

Karen Anne Giovannitti graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine with a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree. She was a member of Sigma Sigma Phi and Psi Sigma Alpha and received a TOUCH volunteer gold award, as well as a Community Outreach and Relief Effort award. She has a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and plans to enter a family medicine program at Eglin Hospital at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

Ashley Hughes has become head women’s lacrosse coach for Allegheny. A four-year member of the Al-legheny women’s lacrosse and soccer programs during her time as a student-athlete, she returns to Meadville after a three-year stint as head coach at Saint Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt.

James Jones was a semifinalist in the Total Cereal Guy contest in Men’s Health. He is a primary care physician, an intern at Forbes Regional Hospital and an assistant to the team physician at Allegheny. He also is in the early stages of starting a cancer research charity that will connect Allegheny alumni affected by the disease.

sarah Winter and Jacob Robinson announce their engagement. They will hold their wedding in Roch-ester, N.Y., where they reside, in June 2014.

’09 marco s. Attisano received the J. Evans Rose, Jr. Prize for Public Service from the University of Pittsburgh’s Dick Thornburg Forum for Law and Public Policy. He is a legal assistant in the homicide unit at the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh.

elaine boron received her doctor of osteopathic medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in June. She will continue her medical training in family medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-St. Margaret. She has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry.

melissa Danielson is a designer within research and development at Tempur Sealy International. She was responsible for designing a prototype at a facility in Mexico. As the design lead on the Tempur Choice mat-tress, she demonstrated how her degree in studio art can bolster smart product development and design. Melissa designs accessories, textiles and branding elements for TempurPedic while pursuing painting.

Kristin Devine became a realtor with Howard Hanna in the greater Pittsburgh area.

Xun Li graduated from the Temple University School of Medicine on May 17, 2013. In June, he started his residency training in neurological surgery at the University of Vermont.

emily ricotta accepted a position as a senior re-

search assistant with the NetWorks malaria project at the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs - Global Program on Malaria.

Courtney Walker graduated from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine on May 25, 2013. In June, she started her psychiatry residency at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh.

’10 Kaitlan biondi is the head coach for the Swedish lacrosse women’s national team. She coached the team to its first-ever World Cup appear-ance this summer in Oshawa, Canada.

sarah J. Kropp graduated from the Capital Univer-sity Law School, where she earned her juris doctorate, on May 19. She was president of the Women’s Law Association, teacher’s assistant to the Legal Writing Program and a staff member of the Capital University Law Review. Her article, “Solving the Penn State Problem: Holding the Institution Accountable for its Conspiracy of Silence,” will be published in the Law Review in 2014.

erica Lombardo graduated from the Duquesne University School of Law, where she earned her juris doctorate, on June 2. She was one of the top members of the school’s national trial team.

Kara martin graduated in May 2013 from Rosemont College in Philadelphia with an MBA and a certificate in health care administration. In July, she became as-sistant director of financial aid at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.

Christopher seeley was sworn in as one of Crawford County’s three elected auditors on April 15, 2013.

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Colin Gundling ’09 finished his first Ironman in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in June with a time of 10 :02 :26. He finished fourth in his age group and 78th overall, which qualified him to compete in the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii, in October. Also finishing the race in their first attempts were Colin’s wife, stephanie Wolf Gundling ’09, and his brother Ryan. “The best part of the entire process was being able to share a passion of mine with my wife,” Colin says. “When she finished the race, I was even happier than when I had finished. The day was made even more special by the successful finish of my brother and the presence of our close fam-ily and friends, including matt Feldhaus ’09.”

Afua osei ’08 won the title of Miss Ghana USA 2013 in June. Cheering her on were Jimmie morris ’09, Lorianne Taylor ’08 and suzanne bent ’10. Afua also won Miss Congeniality from her fellow contestants who voted her as the most congenial, charismatic and inspirational participant. Afua is an MBA and master of public policy graduate of the University of Chicago. She started her career in politics working for EMILY’s List and also served as a Fulbright Scholar in Malaysia and White House intern in the Office of First Lady Michelle Obama.

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’82 Gary beyer married Elisabeth Rosenberg on April 6, 2013, at the Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan.

’99 Lauren Carothers married Christopher Jelle on May 25, 2013, in Manitou Springs, Colo., at Cave of the Winds.

Lawrence Piskorowski married Laura Wax on Dec. 12, 2012, at the Occidental Grand Hotel, Aruba. Larry has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and works in customer support at Vaspian. The couple reside in Buffalo, N.Y.

’00 Dana marie brown married Aaron michael DeHaven ’99 on April 27, 2013, in Pittsburgh. Dana has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Allegheny and a master’s degree from Rutgers University. She is a doctoral candidate in political science at Rutgers and serves as executive director of the Pennsylvania Center for Women and Politics at Chatham University. Aaron attended Allegheny and has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Robert Morris University. He is director of loss-

sensitive accounting at AIG Property and Casualty.

’01 K.C. Hartwig married Kevin Little on Aug. 31, 2013, at the Butler Country Club outside of Pitts-burgh. Other Gators who participated in the day were Lynne mcCaul miller ’01, sharon Polese ’01 and meghan bredahl ’00.

’02 Jason Abbott married Jessica Collado on Aug. 31, 2013. They reside in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Dr. Julie Fink married Matthew Keane on Aug. 10, 2013, at the historic Cavalier Hotel in Virginia Beach, Va. Julie is a licensed clinical psychologist and is working for the Virginia Department of Corrections as a senior clinical psychologist.

’03 Pamela b. Zulick married John Byrne on May 19, 2013, on the porch of Shawnee Inn at Shawnee-on-Delaware. Her father, the Hon. Arthur L. Zulick ’76, officiated. She also is the daughter of Paula Heeschen ’78. Pam, of Stroudsburg, Pa., is employed as a visa and immigration consultant with Ernst & Young in Birmingham, England.

’04 emily reichgott married Michael Tarr on Aug. 31, 2013. Officiating at the wedding was the rev. June W. begany ’68.

’05 vicki Hritz married Bart Phillips on May 25, 2013, in Pittsburgh. Gators in attendance included Kathryn Hritz ’11, Arlee Fafalios Dulak ’05, renee Kezmarsky ’05, Leah Karpa Devlin ’05, Casey Devlin ’05, Andrea Carhuaslla stamerra ’05, Jill Gray Porter ’05, Ashley Kittridge ’05 and Anthony blaszczyk ’12.

suzanne Young married Travis Walls on May 4, 2013, at the Museum of Appalachia, Clinton, Tenn. Suzanne is enrolled at the University of Tennessee and is employed at Arcadis in Knoxville, Tenn. The couple reside in Oliver Springs, Tenn.

’06 matt betush married Ria Swanekamp in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 4, 2013. They were joined by many Gators, including mark Fisher ’08, Charles Yeomans ’08, Andrew shaw ’07, steve Hazen ’07, sara marburger Hazen ’08, Ian mcmeans ’08, Zach boboth ’08, martha enos ’07, rJ Polacek

’05, silica Weary mcmeans ’08, Patrick Feitt ’08 and CJ brown ’08. Missing from the photo were ben swanekamp ’08, elise swanekamp ’12, Chris Plano ’12, Zachary best ’09 and matthew Grashoff

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victoria bushmire married Justin Deardorff on Aug. 17, 2013. The ceremony and reception were held at the Pittsburgh Opera. Gators in attendance included Kate Lenaway undercoffer ’07, Ashley Lypson ’06, mario Tarquinio ’07, sandie Garcia

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During his time at Allegheny, he served as mayor of Linesville, Pa., and was elected as a borough audi-tor. He also has been a member of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee since 2010. His oath of office was administered by President Judge Anthony J. vardaro ’76.

’11 Anthony Angotti received his master’s degree in cellular and molecular biology from the Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.

Laura Hilger opened an art studio, Dots and Doodles, in Wexford, Pa. The studio offers classes, workshops, birthday par ties and more for tots, teens and adults. Visit www.dotsanddoodlesart.com.

Yun Amy Zhan is a teacher at Rochester Prep Charter El-

ementary in Rochester, N.Y. She was surprised when she discovered that her principal, Jaimie Gooch bril-lante ’00, is an alumna. They are part of a network called Uncommon Schools, dedicated to providing high-quality education and college preparation for all students, regardless of their background or ZIP code.

’12 mary ellen Costello works at Carver Col-legiate Academy teaching reading intervention in New Orleans. She also has an advisory group of 12 girls named after Allegheny. “Every one of them dreams of Allegheny and hopes to go to college, and I get to spend each day helping them achieve their dreams,” she says.

Amy Frake received her master’s degree in interna-tional relations from the University of Chicago. Her thesis compared processes of leadership succession in the USSR and China.

vyasar Ganesan is enrolled in the MFA program at the Columbia University School of the Arts and will graduate in 2014. His thesis, a creative-nonfiction examination of Indian food in America, is in progress and scheduled to be completed next year.

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’13 eric engelhardt and Heidi stroh ’14 be-came engaged on Aug. 14, 2013.

Anna Good has been cast as the leading role of Mara in the play Convergence by Se th Mu l l e r, to be performed Oct. 18-20 at the Dor is Harper-White C o m m u n i t y P l ay h o u s e Theatre in Flagstaff, Ariz.

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brennan Hamilton is the new Upper School Spanish teacher at Kenston Forest School in Blackstone, Va. He will teach introductory through fourth-year Span-ish. He also will help coach the cross-country teams. At Allegheny, he was a double major in Spanish and history and was captain of the cross-country and track teams during his junior year.

Allegheny College Trustee Kim Tillotson Flem-ing, P’11 P’15, Hefren-Tillotson CEO and member of the Allegheny College Board of Trustees, has been named chair of the United Way of Allegheny County’s 2013 annual campaign.

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Kathleen Petronka Hutton ’83 and Chris Petronka ’90. The manager at the Pittsburgh Opera, sean Holsing ’05, also helped with planning the wedding!

Adam Duncan married Daphne saavedra ’08 at the Now Sapphire Resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico, on July 21, 2013. They were ecstatic to share in those memories with their close Gator alumni friends and family: Zoey Nemeth ’08, Lindsey mackney ’08 and Tiffany saavedra DeAntonio ’04.

Alicia Haley married mike Kozak ’06 on Aug. 10, 2013. The couple met while attending Allegheny and share many fond memories of the time they had there!

Katie Lazar married Alx Coach on Dec. 29, 2012, in Cleveland. Gators in attendance included Katie mcCue stack ’06. Katie graduated with a master’s in organizational leadership and ethics from St. Edward’s University on Aug. 19, 2013. She and her husband reside in Austin, Texas.

Arwen rose-stockwell married Bryan Gardner on Aug. 23, 2013, in the Napa Valley, Calif. Gators in attendance included Nora soule ’06, matt Lang

’06 and Julie Hersh Dawson ’03. Former Allegheny professor Judith Rose was mother of the bride, and Tobias rose-stockwell ’04 officiated the ceremony.

’07 sarah Anthony married Curtis Weimer on Aug. 10, 2013, at the First Presbyterian Church of Girard, Pa. The reception was held at the Masonic Temple in Erie, Pa. The wedding party included friends Courtney Hall ’07, maid of honor, and Jennifer Holtzman simpson ’07, bridesmaid. The couple honeymooned in Niagara Falls, Canada.

ryan Kelly married Nicole Trerotola ’09 on July 6, 2013, in Pittsburgh. There were many Gators in attendance!

Lauren Wadowsky married spyros Pantelei-monitis ’06 on June 7, 2013. Gators attending were spyros mavrantonis ’86, Christopher Bakken (Al-legheny associate professor of English), Anthony borres ’05, Joseph Knupp ’05, robert utter ’06, mary Zoller utter ’06, Laura Johnson miller ’07 and Andrew miller ’05.

’08 Jenna balogh married Kyle Linhart on June 22, 2013, in Richfield, Ohio. Gators celebrat-ing with the bride and groom included matron of honor Anne balogh ’98, bridesmaids Natalie Nagy bell ’08 and Lana Cannon ’08, and Josh Dracup

’07, erin Foster ’09, Katie Damico ’08, Danielle Parsons bromelia ’06, Phil Gibson ’08, Kate Walsh ’09, Ian Coyle ’08, Tim mcClung ’08, Jes-sica Humphrey Fullman ’08, Kirsten Youngren

’98, melinda repko ’98, Caitlin Nay reynolds ’08 and megan Henderson ’97. Jenna and Kyle reside in Frostburg, Md.

Jonathan buggey married Hope marijan ’08 at Ford Chapel on Allegheny’s campus during Memorial Day weekend. They enjoyed celebrating with their fellow Gators and tying the knot in the same place where they fell in love – Allegheny!

sarah Goetz married robert Abood ’08 on May 26, 2013, at the Succop Conservancy in Butler, Pa. They were united in matrimony by Allegheny Chaplain Jane Ellen Nickell. Allegheny Gators in attendance included Jon Klabnik ’08, Jenna Ladie ’08, Crystal Ptacek ’08, David rockey ’08, Jadyn owens ulrich

’04 and Jessica Abinosa Whalen ’08.

sarah Young married Chris Carrier ’06 on Aug. 31, 2013, at First Covenant Church in Jamestown, N.Y. Sarah is an academic advisor for international students at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Chris works as a middle school Spanish teacher and coach. They reside in Richmond, Va.

’09 sarah e. Culver married Luke E. Roode on May 25, 2013, at First Presbyterian Church in James-town, N.Y. Sarah is pursuing a dual degree DVM/Ph.D. at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C. The couple reside in Morrisville, N.C.

Laura erbelding married Matthew Bechtler on June 1, 2013, in Stone Harbor, N.J., on the beach. Allegheny classmates in attendance were Danielle Calaway ’09, bahar Noorbakhsh mihalcin ’09, brittany Pierce ’09, Alicia revitsky ’09 and Ali Perryman ’09.

stephanie Lasinski married michael vanHeyst ’09 on April 20, 2013, in Butler, Pa. Allegheny alumni in attendance were Jessica morelli ’09, minja Gosto

’10, stephanie Gundling ’09, Colin Gundling ’09, maggie mucha ’09, elizabeth burr ’09, Christina sutphen ’09, erin buckley vangura ’09, Jeff vangura ’09, Ann macketta ’07, Zack oblak ’06 and eric scocchera ’07.

Courtney rademacher married matthew Daly ’09 on Aug. 3, 2013, at the Riverside Inn in Cambridge Springs, Pa. Gators in attendance included Garrett rademacher ’06, mike mcKay ’08, Jim merritt

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’92 rich Dudley and Kathy Dudley ’94 wel-comed Matthew James Dudley on Aug. 8, 2013. Matthew joins older sister Anna Claire.

’95 mike Ivanusic and his wife, Amy, welcomed their third child, Michael, on April 8, 2013. He joins his big sisters, Madeleine and Marielle. The family also moved to O’Hara Township, where Mike is a fifth-grade teacher in the Fox Chapel Area School District.

’97 missy rau Hill and her husband, Andrew, welcomed their son Lincoln Andrew on Aug. 19, 2013. Lincoln joins siblings Henry, 6, Wesley, 6, and Phoebe, 2. The family resides in Williamsburg, Va.

’99 Faith myden Campbell and Timothy Camp-bell welcomed baby boy Gavin Bruno Campbell on May 6, 2013.

michael Keglovits, Andrea santa maria Keglovits ’99 and big sister Violet Keglovits welcomed Cooper Alder on Dec. 7, 2012.

Amy overman and her husband, Joseph Stephens, welcomed their third child, Solomon Conrad Ste-phens, in August 2013. He joins big sister Indigo, 6, and big brother Declan, 3. The Overman-Stephens family resides in Greensboro, N.C.

’00 megan malloy (left) and Carissa Huebner Krauss ’00 (right) collaborated on a very special project. Megan and her husband, Brian Blackmon, were in a car accident shortly after their wedding in 2008 that left her with incomplete paralysis below the neck. After a lengthy hospital stay and intensive therapy, Megan was able to walk again. When she was sufficiently recovered, she and her husband decided to use a gestational carrier (sometimes referred to as a surrogate) to have a child, and Carissa volunteered to do the job. They found out in late 2012 that Ca-rissa was pregnant with identical twin girls! The girls, Emma and Amelia, were born May 28, 2013, and are at home with Megan and Brian, “keeping them up all hours of the night and making them very happy,” Carissa says.

’01 Pam Teets Clark and bernie Clark ’01 welcomed their third child, Eleanor Diane Clark, on May 13, 2013. Nora joins big sister Grace, 5, and big brother Robbie, 3.

Kim Trohaugh Fecich and Darren Fecich wel-comed their first son, Noah Richard, on Jan. 30, 2013.

marissa mayer voytek and her husband, Nathan, welcomed their second chi ld, Jonathan David, on May 11, 2013. Big sister Katelyn is 3.

Ilda oropeza Zepeda and her husband, Juan Luis Zepeda, are proud to announce the birth of their first child, Noah Gaél Zepeda, on July 5, 2013. He weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 21 inches long. The family resides in Santa Ana, Calif.

’02 Heather Green Wiechert and her husband, Matt, welcomed their first child, Brenner Gray Wiechert, on Aug. 12, 2013. The family lives in Sierra Vista, Ariz. Heather is an artist, teacher and gallery owner at Heather Green Studios in Bisbee, Ariz.

’03 Will buchanan and Amy Buchanan are pleased to an-nounce the birth of their daughter, Claire Anna Buchanan, on July 15, 2012.

Katie Howlett Jenkins and her husband, Dan Jenkins, welcomed Oliver Michael Jenkins on Feb. 4, 2013.

’04 emily schmidt Pitorak and bryan Pitorak ’01 welcomed their second child, baby girl Grace Ellen, on Dec. 28, 2012. Their daughter Lillian Iria died at birth on Aug. 3, 2011.

’07 Colleen Zink Tran and her husband, Duy, welcomed their first child, Lillian, on July 14, 2013. She received her first Allegheny sweatshirt from Annie Ginty ’09.

’08 Ian mcmeans and si l ica Weary mcmeans ’08 welcomed their second child, Éamon Francis, on May 17. “Older brother Alisdair Russell is (mostly) excited about this new addition!” they say. The McMeans reside in Mount Lebanon, Pa.

michael roth and Krystal baldwin roth ’08 welcomed their first child, Lilliauna Aislinn Roth, on Feb. 11, 2013, at 10:08 p.m. at the Penn State Milton Hershey Medical Center.

Ashley DiLulio Zaso and Joseph Zaso ’08 wel-comed their first child and future Gator, Henry Joseph Zaso, on April 23, 2013.

’09 Leah stano Hengelbrok and her husband, Kevin, welcomed their first child, Thaddeus Noah, on May 27, 2013.

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where Greg is a buyer and contract administrator with GE Transportation. Dana is a genetic counselor looking for an opportunity in or near Erie. She worked at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

’10 erin Joseph married Jonathan Hartland on May 25, 2013, at Irwin First United Methodist Church in Irwin, Pa. Gators in attendance included Nicole buckle ’10, meg Grossman ’10, Caitlin solan

’10, monica schaffer ’10, Jessica boyle ’11, Alex Gordon ’12, Justin Nappe ’03, erin Nappe bel-lavia ’96 and rachel DuChateau ’16. The couple reside in Pittsburgh.

Joel suen married brittney Pagone’10 on May 6 at Emmanuel United Church of Christ in Meadville by the rev. Tim solomon ’79. Gators pictured: billy Wisniewski ’09, Justin Weimer ’10, Chris-tian Goetz ’10, Nick Dispenza ’10, Greg merz

’10, ben Hurtuk ’10, Tim Lowe ’10, Amelia Hecht ’11, Phil Talarico ’10, Kim versaw ’10, Josh suen ’08, matt Hess ’10, Kevin Day ’10, Hallie Powell ’11, Lily smith ’11, Amy Dolnack Lowe ’10, sarah Novak ’13, Jaime Thayer ’12, molly Carter ’10, Abbe machi ’10 and Yvonne Longstreth.

’11 Patrick Furey married Amanda Jo Diana ’11 on Aug. 3, 2013, in Cranberry Township, Pa. They met at Allegheny and have been together since their freshman year. They reside in Chicago, where, in addition to working, they are both continuing their studies at DePaul University. Patrick is pursuing a Ph.D. in I/O psychology, and Amanda is completing a master’s in writing and publishing.

’13 sara schombert married Cory rectenwald ’13 on Sept. 28 in Ellwood City, Pa. Cory is a client relations analyst at Management Science Associates, and Sara works for the Environmental Health and Safety Department at PPG Industries. They live in Pittsburgh.

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’39 Dorothy brennen miller on July 24, 2013. She received her master’s degree in theater arts from the University of Iowa. While at Allegheny, she participated in the Civil Pilot Training Program and received her pilot’s license in 1940. She taught at Meadville Area Senior High School and served as chair of the English Department. Survivors include her children, Dr. Lohring Miller and Danica Miller Eskind; her sister, Caroline Brennen Ameden; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

’40 ret. Col. Dr. Harry Ward mcCurdy on May 21, 2013. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and completed his resi-dency at Geisinger Memorial Hospital. In the Army, he served in the Philippines, the Far East, the Korean War, Germany and Fort Benning, Ga. After years in private practice, he became chief of otolaryngology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He also spent three years at the U.S. Embassy in London as assis-tant military attaché. He then became chief executive officer of the American Council of Otolaryngology. Survivors include his children, Bridget and Peter.

Clyde m. miller on May 29, 2013. He was a World War II veteran, serving with the U.S. Army in the South Pacific. He worked at Steere Dairy and then as a Pru-dential insurance agent. Survivors include two sons, Theodore and Terrence Miller; seven grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and eight step-great-grandchildren.

’41 Cleo ella swanson barnes on June 23, 2013. She graduated from Allegheny with a fine arts degree and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Delta Epsilon. She was the secretary, Department of Oriental Languages, at the University of Colorado. Survivors include her children, Andrea Greenaker and Gina, Robert and James Barnes; three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

’43 Willard N. Albert on Sept. 14, 2013. He at-tended the University of Miami and graduated from Allegheny. He volunteered in the Army Air Force and then attended the University of Tennessee Law School, where he received a juris doctorate. He was an attorney in the Fountain City area and practiced law in Knoxville. Survivors include his wife, Brenda Moore Albert; his children, Willard Albert, II and Betty Lou Watson; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

elizabeth Jean bailey on Aug. 27, 2013. She had a bachelor’s degree in English and was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta. She was an elementary teacher at First District School in Meadville and then a full-time homemaker. Survivors include her children, Jill Jorden, Sara Babcock, Robin Bailey and John Bailey, III ; a sister, Dorothy Ralston; 12 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

’46 Gordon James Cole on Aug. 2, 2012. While in the U.S. Navy, he served on the USS Malloy and was part of the contingency at Normandy, France, on D-Day. He graduated from Erie Business College and worked at Aetna Machine Co. Survivors include

his children, Linda Hathaway Hunt and Dennis Cole; one brother, Lawrence Cole; two granddaughters; five great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; three step-granddaughters and two step-great-grandsons.

barney r. radov on Aug. 8, 2013. He attended Washington and Lee University and graduated from Allegheny, where he was on the basketball team. He served in the Intelligence Unit of the Army Air Force during World War II. He was president of Independent Iron and Metal Corp. Survivors include his children, Lesley, Stephanie, Barbara and Jay Radov; his sisters, Clare Levin and Mitzi Kerness, and five grandchildren.

’47 maxine DeWoody Taylor Hamilton on July 23, 2013. She had a master’s degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, an M.Ed. from the University of Southern California and a Ph.D. in British history from the University of Leicester, United Kingdom. She taught in the United States and abroad and became a tax consultant, operating her own business. Survivors include her husband, William Hamilton; her children, Ellen O’Donnell, Allison Hamilton-Rohe and Graham, Jean and Carol Hamilton, and four grandchildren.

margaret mcKay Hileman on May 18, 2013. She graduated from Allegheny with honors and was a teacher and social worker for the Philadelphia School District. She was active in Kappa Alpha Theta. Survi-vors include her husband, Charles Hileman, III ’47; her children, Jane Hileman ’72, susan malone ’74 and Peter Hileman ’76; her brother, David mcKay

’61; nine grandchildren and one great-grandson.

’48 Clarence Donald bare on June 12, 2013. He served in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II. He began a career in accounting, working for the U.S. Government Accounting Office, the Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Department of Interior. Survivors include his wife, Jeane marie shilling bare ’48; his children, Gretchen Bretsch, Karen Salo, Carol Nikov and Donald and Christopher Bare; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Dr. Theodore Wiseman beiler on June 28, 2013. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude from Allegheny with honors in chemistry. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and received his doctorate from Harvard University. He was an assistant in chemistry and mathemat-ics at Allegheny and joined the faculty at Stetson University. Survivors include his son, Ted, and his siblings, David and Dorothy.

eltie G. smith Kiser on June 12, 2013. She had a bachelor’s degree in biology from Allegheny. She worked on a master’s degree of library science and was employed as a librarian at the public library in the Southborough, Mass. school system and at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa. Sur-vivors include her children, Martha Boardman and Nancy, John, Beverly, James and Barbara Kiser; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Harry blair Purinton on May 24, 2013. He joined the U.S. Naval Reserve, serving as a naval aviator during World War II. He worked at the Purinton Pottery, for ABC Mobile Home Co. and then opened a franchise

with Century Custom Recording. Survivors include his children, Gary Bernard, Ann Elizabeth Patterson and Jean Louise Hulse; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Joan seigley smith on July 9, 2013. She received her bachelor’s degree in education, Spanish and social studies from Allegheny, was a member of Kappa Delta Epsilon and Alpha Chi Omega and was a cheerleader. She did post-graduate language training at Middlebury College and completed her training at the Pennsylvania State University. She taught grades K-12 in Pennsylvania and Ohio and worked in the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Inter-American Af-fairs. Survivors include her husband, Chelten Smith, Jr.; her son, Chelten Smith, and two grandchildren.

eugene Wolsk on May 2, 2013. He was a veteran theatrical producer on and off Broadway and was nominated for two Tony Awards. He attended Al-legheny and the Yale School of Drama. Surviving is his wife, Laura Stein.

’49 martha Lou Dengler on July 29, 2013. She graduated from Yale Divinity School and worked for the Butler YWCA.

Jean risher mcCay on Jan. 3, 2013. She was a chemist for Westinghouse and was part of the development of the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear-powered submarine. Survivors include her husband, Willis McCay; her children, Mary Ann Burdelski and Joseph and Daniel McCay, and six grandchildren.

’50 Laura mae Dunn on June 26, 2013. She worked as a secretary at St. Andrew’s United Pres-byterian Church, a doctor’s office and as a loan of-ficer at the Central Penn Bank in Paoli, Pa. Survivors include her siblings, Paul and Robert Dunn, Jr. and Patricia McCall.

raymond A. Lysowski on Sept. 11, 2013. He had a degree in mathematics from Allegheny and lettered in football. He worked as an industrial engineer at General Electric. During World War II, he served with the Army Air Corps. Survivors include his children, Raylene Dill, Joni Sansone and John Lysowski; four grandchildren and his sister, Virginia Zimmerman.

’51 Dr. James L. Fawcett on June 23, 2013. He was a graduate of Allegheny and the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and was a major in the U.S. Army. Survivors include his wife, Lois Wilson Fawcett; his children, Valerie McCormack, Suzanne Herbert and Peggi and James Fawcett, Jr.; 10 grandchildren; his stepchildren, Steven and Jim Dunn, and four step-grandchildren.

Jay e. Hardenburg on Aug. 3, 2013. He attended Cornell University and graduated from Allegheny with a chemistry degree. He worked for General Electric and then G.E. Plastics as an analytical chemist. He was a World War II Navy veteran. Survivors include his children, James, Barbara Hinchliffe and Ann Bianco; his sister, Veralee McClain; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

’52 Dolores Ann Cunningham Hoke on Sept. 3, 2013. She graduated from Allegheny with a de-gree in elementary education and was a member of

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Kappa Alpha Theta, serving as president. She also received a master’s of social work degree from the College of Social Work at Ohio State University. She was a first-grade teacher at Lawrence Park Primary School. Survivors include her husband, Fred Taylor; her children, William Hoke and Lizbeth Hoke, Ph.D.; five grandchildren; her stepdaughters, Susanne Taylor and Cynthia T. De Muth, M.D., and five step-grandchildren.

betty H. richmond on Aug. 23, 2013. She earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Allegheny and was a member of the Chapel Choir, the Allegheny Singers, Alpha Gamma Delta and Kappa Delta Epsilon. She also had a master’s degree in elementary education from Edinboro University. She taught in the Vernon Township schools. Survivors include her children, Kent, Mark, Ruth and Kathy Richmond, and two grandchildren.

’53 Albert vaccaro on Aug. 1, 2013. He joined the U.S. Navy and served during World War II. He worked for the State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research as a specialist in Middle Eastern affairs. He pursued his master’s degree at Harvard University. He is survived by his sister, Philomena Murray.

’54 Alexander r. o’Connell on May 1, 2013. He was a member of the Allegheny football team and Phi Delta Theta and graduated with a physics degree. He served as a Russian translator and as leader of a reconnaissance field team in the U.S. Army in Korea and taught at Seoul University and the U.S. Armed Forces Institute. He also was an aerospace engineer and manager. Survivors include his children, Scott and David O’Connell and Kim Canfield.

’56 Andrew P. Goldstein on Sept. 4, 2013. He is a graduate of Allegheny and the Boston University Law School. He served at the Interstate Commerce Commission before going into private practice and later joined McCarthy, Sweeney, and Harkaway. Survivors include his wife, Susan Sklar Goldstein; his children, Julie Campbell and Edward and Tony Zaslav, and two grandchildren.

’57 James regis meehan on July 27, 2013. He graduated from Allegheny with a political science de-gree and was employed with AT&T. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Ann; his children, Mary Beth Carnill and Gregory, James, Daniel and Kevin Meehan; two sisters, Mary Ellen Berdine and Kathleen Lewis; 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

’58 robert b. brooks, Jr. on July 29, 2013. After serving in the U.S. Army, he became a development director for various institutions of higher education. He also was ordained a deacon in the Episcopal Church. Survivors include his children, Amy Brooks, Pam Clarkson, Ken Young, Kim Smith and Katrina Emerick, and 10 grandchildren.

’59 Gerald John szoszorek (aka Jerry Szorek) on Aug. 25, 2013. After serving in Korea, he graduated from Allegheny with degrees in economics and psy-chology. He worked with a CBS-TV affiliate, GTE and the Times Publishing Co. and formed a media research firm, Inland Research Corp. Survivors include his wife, Linda Wagner Szoszorek; his children, Tammy Polan-ski and Sherry, Scott and Brian Szoszorek; one grand-

son; one great-granddaughter and his brother, John.

richard G. vorce on Aug. 1, 2013. After serving in the Navy, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Allegheny. He also earned an engineering degree from Columbia University. He was an electrical engineer with EMR. Survivors include his children, Michael and Brendan Vorce and Katy Hager and Mary Ann Rosenberg; his sister, June McLaren, and one granddaughter.

’60 Dr. Jerry edmund enis in August, 2013. He graduated from the Temple University School of Medicine. His residency was broken by military service, with the first part at Presbyterian Hospital, followed by an orthopedics program at Jackson Memorial Hospital Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Miami School of Medi-cine. He was chief of orthopedic surgery at Cedars Medical Center and of the Spinal Cord Injury Unit at Jackson Memorial Hospital. Survivors include his wife, Colleen; his children, Heather, Carl and Edward, and three grandchildren.

’62 Dr. Harold J. samay on Aug. 26, 2013. He was an oral maxillofacial surgeon in Lower Burrell, Pa. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Uni-versity of Pittsburgh and his DDS from West Virginia University. He also completed graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh, aesthesia, and did his internship and residency at Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y. Survivors include his children, Jennifer Lynn Bodnar and Deborah, Rebecca and Christina Samay; 11 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and his brother, Kenneth Samay.

’65 Dr. stephen m. ross on Aug. 21, 2013. He was an internationally recognized scholar, author of three books on William Faulkner and director of the Office of Challenge Grants at the National Endowment for the Humanities. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Allegheny, he earned a Ph.D. in English from Stanford University and a juris doctorate from the University of Maryland Law School. He taught English at Purdue University and the U.S. Naval Academy. He was the son of the late Dr. Julian ross ’23, dean of the faculty at Allegheny, and the late Carol ross

’28. Survivors include his wife, Dr. Carol Kolmerten; his children, Derica Ross Waller and Aidan Ross; one stepdaughter and four grandchildren.

James Pointer Weaver on Aug. 13, 2013. Following graduation, he joined the Air Force. After his tour in the Vietnam War, he began his career with Eastern Airlines, then with the Maryland Air National Guard, the Air Force Reserve and World Airways. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Kay Evans Weaver; his children, David Weaver and Nancie David; a stepson, Richard Johnson; seven grandchildren and a brother, R. Taft Weaver.

’67 Paul r. Tompkins P’82 on Aug. 12, 2013. He was a former Methodist minister, entrepreneur, man-agement consultant and nationally regarded health care industry executive. He had a master’s degree in theological students from the Harvard Divinity School and a graduate degree from the Harvard Business School. Survivors include his first wife, Judith Ward Pire, and his second wife, Andra Arceneaux; five children, P. Kelly and Paul Tompkins, Tracey Davis, Jill Perla and Heidi Campbell; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and two stepsons.

’73 David J. seceniquia on June 26, 2013. He attended Allegheny and graduated from Jamestown Community College with an associate degree in nursing. He worked for Warren State Hospital as a registered nurse. Survivors include two step-grandchildren and one sister, Mary Egidio.

’74 vicki martof Wilt on June 27, 2013. She was a writer and editor of educational resources for language arts and social studies. She also founded Tucker Seven Editorial Associates with her husband. Survivors include her husband, Alan Mike Wilt; her son, Samuel Wilt; her parents, Edwin and Rose Mar-tof, and her siblings, Gene and Rick Martof, Janet Mitcheltree, Rita Gilliland, Rosemary Frazier and Nancy Clayton.

’75 Tim boyer on Aug. 15, 2013. He was a martial artist and achieved the rank of First Dan (black belt). He turned a lifelong love of movies into Take 2 Video.

’76 Patricia susan Logg Castner on June 19, 2013. She was a devoted artist and served on the school boards of Jenkintown and Eastern Center for Arts and Technology and as director of the Women’s Board of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Survivors include her husband, Joseph Castner ’77; her children, Thomas, Cassandra, Joanne and David, and her parents, Charles Logg and Janice Logg.

’77 Dr. emilia Luisa Intrieri Powell on April 8, 2013. She had a bachelor’s degree in history and a mas-ter’s degree in education from Allegheny. She earned her M.D. from Case Western University and was a psychiatrist in the Cleveland area. She viewed life as a tapestry of rich, mean-ingful events. She effortlessly shared her love with family, friends and everyone she met. Survivors include her husband, Allen Powell ’77; two children, Katie and Alex Powell; her mother, Gemma Intrieri, and her sister, Janet Intrieri.

’90 sherrye A. everett on July 22, 2013. She owned and operated Kristos Hamburger Haven in Erie, Pa. Survivors include her partner, Chas Baumbach, and her siblings, Debbie, Vickie and Robert.

’04 Ian Andrew Fisher on July 31, 2013. He worked for C.H. Robinson in Chicago, Ill., and Columbus, Ohio. Survivors include his wife, Sarah Anastasi-Fisher; his parents, Judith Mazur Fisher and Stephen Fisher, and his brother, Matthew Fisher.

JoAnn Troglione Cory on July 21, 2013. She was an Allegheny employee.

John D. Hyland on Aug. 6, 2013. He was an assistant football coach at Allegheny.

marilyn A. stephenson on July 6, 2013. She was the “honorary house mother” of Delta Delta Delta at Allegheny.

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The LAST WORDb y e D D I e T A Y L o r , J r . ’ 8 7

I f someone had told me in the fall of 1983, as a freshman at Allegheny College, that I would

someday have the privilege of serving on its Board of Trustees—and chairing that board for three years

—I would have been understandably skeptical. Back then, trustees seemed like distant figures, individu-als who made decisions that affected the College but who seemed to stand apart, mysteriously working behind the scenes.

Nothing could be further from the truth, back then and certainly not now. Serving on the board brings home a simple truth—that the women and men who serve as trustees are just like other members of the College community: They are driven by a love of this place.

And although we are privi-leged to have a role in decision-making for the College, it is a role shared with capable admin-istrators, dedicated faculty and students who engage the issues. I f t r u stees sometimes have the final say in this system of shared governance, we miss our duty if we come to those decisions without listening to the many informed voices that bring both passion and good judgment to the process.

As I step down as chair of the board, I would like to acknowledge how impressed I have been with what each member of our community brings to the table. Nowhere is that more evident than in the progress we have made on implementing the College’s strategic plan, Combinations 2020. It takes an entire college campus to keep an institution vibrant and moving forward, and that is what we have seen since the plan was first formulated.

Our momentum will increase even more in the coming months as the College approaches its bicen-tennial in 2015. That the College has chosen to tie its bicentennial celebrations to issues of social justice

through the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act in 2014 and the 50th anni-versary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act in 2015 speaks volumes about who we are and who we aspire to be.

Our momentum will continue to increase after we are successful in our goal of securing Allegheny’s future through a vigorous campaign to grow the Col-

lege’s endowment. As a College, we make the best use of the resources we have—but until our endowment can begin to approach those of many other colleges that students consider when they also are looking at Allegheny, we will be at a meaningful disadvantage. You can expect to hear a lot more about the endowment in the coming months, and, yes, we will ask you to help us make it grow. It is a critical need that requires all of our attention.

I look forward to continu-ing to work with Rob Smith ’73 a s he becomes our new board chair. Not only does Rob bring common sense and strong entrepreneurial skills to his work for Allegheny, he also

lives in Meadville, founded his company, Acutec, in Crawford County, and is an integral part of the busi-ness community. We could not ask for a better board chair for the College’s bicentennial, which is also an opportunity to build on the College’s long-standing partnership with Meadville.

John Richie Schultz, president of the College from 1942 to 1947, said in his inaugural address, “Allegheny is, among other things, every student who has ever walked these paths.” Each of those students—and the alumni they become after four years of one of the most rigorous educational experiences in the country

—adds to the strong foundation that is Allegheny. I am so proud to be an alumnus of this extraordinary institution, and I thank you for the privilege of serv-ing as the chair of its board. =

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Former Gator atHletes Honored For acHievements

In September, the Allegheny community celebrated the induction of four former record-setting athletes into the College’s Hall of Fame and honored the accomplishments of the 1968 football team, which won

the Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championship that year. Pictured in the photo at the top are members of the 1968 team who made the trip for the reunion on Sept. 21: Row one, left to right : bud Palmer ’70, Jay Lewis ’70 P’98, Jim stover ’69, George simonton ’69, John boughton ’69, steve boaz ’70, mike Keister ’71. Row two : bob Karl ’70, Porter sherman ’71, mike van Yahres ’72, Dick Greenbaum ’71, mike Creenan ’71, Jim scott ’71, Jim swinkola ’70, Jim emigh ’71. Row three : mike Ganey ’70, Joe Harding ’70, Tim scruggs ’71, Don Alvarez ’72, Pat bobo ’72, Dale Hahn ’72. Row four : Assistant Coach bernie sabol ’69, bob morelli ’72, Assistant Coach George mitchell ’70, Dave Wilson ’72, Colin smith

’71. Pictured in the second photo are the latest members of the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame who were inducted during this year’s Homecoming celebration: ( left to right) Jeremy scott ’03 (track and field), Patrick stewart ’89 (swimming and diving), President James H. Mullen, Jr., Director of Athletics and Recreation Portia Hoeg, David masciola ’96 (basketball ) and Amy schuckert seago ’99 (cross country and track) . For full profiles of the Hall of Fame inductees, please go to Alleghenygators.com, click on

“Traditions” and then select “Hall of Fame.” Allegheny takes great pride in honoring all of these athletes.

Documents

Allegheny Magazine-Winter 2013