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Inside:• Homecoming & Reunion Weekend• President’s Report Roll Call of Donors

Dear Friends:

I am pleased to report that 2003-04 was the fifth consecutive academic year that Westminster hasexperienced a record number of applications for admission. Needless to say, we are pleased aboutthat, and once again this year we see growth in the number of applications for a seat in the nextentering class. The demand for a Westminster education has never been greater.

Why then, do we repeat the mantra “Get better, not bigger” year after year? The reasons arequalitative in nature, traditional in scope, and practical by design.

Westminster’s goal is to improve in a number of ways each day, in order to better serve our studentsand successfully compete with other quality-minded colleges and universities. Our “growth” mustbe qualitative and accomplished on our own terms. The tradition of teaching and mentoring ofstudents by highly qualified faculty members has evolved here because of our relatively small size.Likewise, our traditionally friendly campus atmosphere is a function of our willingness to limit thesize of our enrollment.

Practically speaking, there is a strong correlation between the list of top national liberal artscolleges and the list of largest endowments on a per student basis. As we move up in the nationalrankings it is critical that those gains be made sustainable by increasing the amount of endowmentper student.

“Get better, not bigger”… Qualitative growth is difficult to achieve and sustain. But, in our view, it isthe best way for Westminster to advance while serving its mission: “…to help men and womendevelop competencies, commitments, and characteristics which have distinguished human beingsat their best.”

Sincerely,

R. Thomas Williamson

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16 “It Changed My Life”PEERS Project provided pivotal experience for participants on bothsides.

17 The Running ManSenior sprinter Ray Bower still thrives on thrill of competition.

20 Romero, Savini Aided Area Native’sQuest for Visual-Effects SuccessA look at the career of motion picture special effects mavenGreg Nicotero ’85.

Front Cover – Jack WolfBack Cover – Dave Breen

Volume 24, Number 2Fall 2004

EditorPatrick S. Broadwater

Senior Director,Advancement AdministrationMark A. Meighen

Editorial AssistantsSandra ChandlerCarol Eberhart ’94, M ’04Joe Onderko M ’00

Design & ProductionDeborah L. ParadyLuke Downer ’05

PrinterLane Press, Burlington, Vt.

Chair, Board of TrusteesGeorge R. Berlin

PresidentR. Thomas Williamson

Vice President for InstitutionalAdvancementGloria C. Cagigas

Vice President for Academic Affairs& Dean of the CollegeJesse T. Mann

Vice President for Finance& Management ServicesKenneth J. Romig ’85

Dean of StudentsNeal A. Edman

Dean of Admissions& Enrollment ManagementDoug Swartz

President of Alumni CouncilRonald E. Hustwit ’64

Westminster Magazine is published quarterly by the Office ofCommunication Services, Westminster College, NewWilmington, Pennsylvania 16172-0001. Inquiries should beaddressed to the Editor. Phone: (724) 946-8761; Fax: (724)946-6159; or e-mail: [email protected].

Westminster College is related to the Presbyterian Church(U.S.A.) through the Synod of the Trinity.

Westminster College does not discriminate, and will nottolerate discrimination, on the basis of race, color, nationalorigin, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, orhandicap or disability as those terms are defined underapplicable law, in the administration of any of its educationalprograms, activities, or with respect to admissions andemployment. In its employment practices, the College mayconsider the individual’s support of the philosophy andpurposes of Westminster as stated in the UndergraduateCatalog. Otherwise, Westminster does not discriminate, andwill not tolerate discrimination, on the basis of religion orcreed. Inquiries may be directed to the Equal OpportunityOfficer, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA 16172-0001, (724) 946-7247.

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IFC Message from the President

2-7 Campus Update

8-9 Sports Update

F E A T U R E S

10-11 Alumni News

23-32 Class Notes

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A couple of Westminster students find aquiet place to relax alongside McClure’sRun.

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G. Alan Sternbergh ’51 and his wifeMargaret Elliott Sternbergh ’54 wererecently recognized by the WestminsterCollege Board of Trustees with theWestminster College Outstanding ServiceAward.

The Sternberghs are well-known for theirlongstanding service to Westminster and theNew Wilmington community. The couplemet at Westminster, married and returned tothe campus in 1968, when Al accepted theposition of director of the career planning andplacement in 1968. He retired from theCollege in 1994.

Over the years, the Sternberghs have beeninvolved in nearly every aspect ofcommunity life. They both served as eldersand deacons at the Neshannock PresbyterianChurch, helped organize the church’s 200thanniversary celebration, served as teachersin Vacation Bible School, and sang in thechoir. Al was a founding member and pastpresident of the New Wilmington KiwanisClub. He also served the Boy Scouts,Lawrence-Mercer Softball League, and LittleLeague. Margaret was a founding memberof the New Wilmington Community Club,and has been an active member of theJameson Junior Guild for 25 years, a memberof the Thursday Club, and currently servesas vice president of the Tuesday Garden Club.

The Sternberghs were both involved in thepublication of the History of NewWilmington. Al also worked closely withEugene Sharkey on When Titans Truly Were,a history of Westminster alumni contributionsto World War II.

Westminster has also benefited from theirpersonal generosity. Both served on their50th reunion committees, and through theirclass gifts established the endowed G. Alan

and Margaret E. Sternbergh ScholarshipFund, which benefits students from the NewWilmington area. They have hosted manyalumni functions at their home, and Al servedas a volunteer fund-raiser and as a memberof the Alumni Council and Westminster FundBoard

In 2003, the Board of Trustees created theWestminster College Outstanding ServiceAward to honor an individual or individuals

Sternberghs Honored for Service to College

Rural Arts Grant Sponsors Classical Concert SeriesElizabeth A. Harrison, College organist

and assistant professor of music, recentlyreceived a grant of $1,851 from thePennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance for partialsupport of Capelle Meisters, a classical organseries being offered by the Department ofMusic through the new WesternPennsylvania Cultural Arts Center.

The first concert, “Organ Versus Brass,”took place October 12, and featured Harrisonand the Faculty Brass Quintet (Andrew Erb,Paul Gerlach, Robert Cole, R. Tad Greig,and Robert Antonucci).

This project is supported in part by thePennsylvania Partners in the Arts, theregional arts funding partnership of thePennsylvania Council on the Arts, a stateagency. State government funding comesthrough an annual appropriation byPennsylvania’s General Assembly and fromthe National Endowment for the Arts, afederal agency. PPA is administered in thisregion by the Pennsylvania Rural ArtsAlliance.

The concert series is open to the public.

who have provided noteworthy,extraordinary service to the College. Theaward is intended to recognize and celebrateexceptional commitment in terms of time,talent, and resources over an extended periodof time. The recipient does not need to be analumna or alumnus of the College.

The first award, which is presentedannually at the October meeting, waspresented to Jane Stonerod Lauterbach ’41.

G. Alan Sternbergh and Margaret Elliott Sternbergh (center) were presented with the secondannual Westminster College Outstanding Service Award in recognition of the many years ofcommitment to the College and the greater New Wilmington community. The Sternberghs,joined by Westminster President R. Thomas Williamson (left) and Board chairman GeorgeR. Berlin (right), were presented with the award during the October Board meeting.

The remaining concerts (both at WallaceMemorial Chapel at 7:30 p.m.) are as follows:

Feb. 4, 2005–Masterworks for the Organ,Dana Robinson, University of Illinois Schoolof Music.

April 1, 2005–Capelle Improvisations byWilliam Porter, professor of organ andharpsichord at the Eastman School of Musicin Rochester, N.Y.

The series also includes outreach activities(such as demonstrations and master classes)for area K-12 schools, Westminster Collegestudents, and community organists.

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Former Interim President Lauterbach Passes Away

Former steel executive Robert Lauterbach, a Westminstergraduate who later served his alma mater in many capacities,including stints as chairman of the Board of Trustees and interimpresident of the College, died Nov. 9, 2004, in Pittsburgh. Hewas 86.

Following his graduation from Westminster in 1939 with adegree in economics, Lauterbach joined the Wheeling-PittsburghSteel Corporation and stayed with the company for 39 years. Heleft briefly during World War II, serving as a master sergeant inthe U.S. Army from 1943-46, but rejoined the company afterbeing discharged and ascended to the rank of president and CEO.He retired in 1977.

His association with Westminster included serving as a visitingfaculty member and a board member of the Alumni Associationin the 1950s and ’60s. He joined the Board of Trustees in 1971and served as vice chairman from 1972-78, and chairman from1978-85. In 1981-82, he served as interim president whilemaintaining his role as Board chairman. He also chaired thesuccessful 125 Fund and Challenge ’80s fund-raising campaigns,which combined to raise over $18 million for the College. Heand his wife of 62 years, Jane Stonerod Lauterbach ’41, laterestablished the endowed Robert E. and Jane S. LauterbachAcademic Scholarship for business and economic students.

In 2000, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in recognitionof his professional accomplishments and service to Westminster.

“Bob cared deeply about Westminster’s future,” saidWestminster President R. Thomas Williamson. “His lifelongservice to Westminster has resulted in a legacy of endowedsupport for academic chairs, scholarships, and the soon-to-be-built Lauterbach Center in Economics and Business. We owehim a debt of gratitude.”

Lauterbach was also active and served in leadership roles formany years in a wide variety of civic, charitable, business, andeducational organizations nationally and in southwestern

Distinguished steel executive had long record of service to Westminster

Right: Robert Lauterbach ’39 was a keyfigure at Westminster in the 1970’s and ’80s,when he served as a trustee (1971-78), Boardchairman (1978-85) and interim president(1981-82). Above: Lauterbach (second fromright) and Thomas V. Mansell (second fromleft) receive a special commendation from theBoard after stepping down as chairman andvice chairman, respectively. At left is then-chairman Jack Hoey; at right is actingpresident Jerry Boone.

A pair of Steinway pianos were dedicated this fall at Westminster.A seven-foot Steinway concert grand piano was purchased by

the Class of 1954 in honor of its 50th reunion celebration and islocated in Wallace Memorial Chapel.

A model “D” concert grand Steinway, nearly nine feet in length,was given by the extended Mansell family in memory of MargaretLouise Young Mansell. Margaret and her husband, Thomas V.Mansell, were both 1929 Westminster College graduates and long-time New Wilmington residents. It is housed in Orr Auditorium.

Nancy DeSalvo, chair of the Department of Music, plays the newSteinway piano in Wallace Memorial Chapel donated by the Classof 1954. A Steinway was also purchased and donated to the Collegeby the Mansell family in memory of Margaret Louise Young Mansell.It is located in Orr Auditorium.

Westminster Welcomes Two New Steinway Pianos

Pennsylvania.Survivors include his wife, Jane; two sons and their spouses; a

daughter; a sister; and six grandchildren. Memorial contributionsmay be made to the Robert E. and Jane S. Lauterbach AcademicScholarship at Westminster.


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Joshua Corrette-Bennett, assistantprofessor of biology, and Bethany Hicok,assistant professor of English, were recentlyselected to participate in the SummerFaculty Institute that explored the ethical,legal, and social issues pertaining to theHuman Genome Project. The event was heldat Dartmouth College Ethics Institute. “TheHuman Genome Project was amultinational, 13-year effort to identify allthree billion letters of the genetic blueprintof life called deoxyribonucleic acid, orDNA, contained within a human cell,”Corrette-Bennett said. “With the completionof the Human Genome Project, the scientificcommunity has refocused its efforts ontrying to determine what the letters code forand how they direct the development andfunction of the human body.” Corrette-Bennett and Hicok attended this institute asa multidisciplinary team and will use theinformation to form a cluster course nextspring that will combine literature andmolecular biology.

Scott Mackenzie, assistant professor oftheatre, recently earned certification inFitzmaurice Voicework, a technique used at

some of the country’sbest actor trainingprograms. “The lasttwo weeks were themost immediatelyvaluable, because I wasable to see so manytalented teacherspresenting the work,”Mackenzie said. “I am

happy that I now have so much more to offerour students. Beginning this semester, I amrestructuring the voice and diction class.”

R. Tad Greig, director of bands atWestminster, spent much of the summerdesigning competitive marching band showsfor area high schools. “The process includesknowledge of the instrumentation, theperformance level of the musicians, and theconcept presented within the chosen music,”Greig said. “I’ve created over 100 pages ofmarching band design for Struthers (Ohio)High School and Seneca Valley HighSchool.” Greig has been a marching banddrill writer for 20 years, and has written formany high schools and some colleges, aswell. “The schools I design for are interestedin creative shapes and movement thatclosely fit the style of the music. Thechallenge in drill design is not in the creation

Faculty Making News

Ed Cohen, an associate professor ofpolitical science at Westminster College,delivered the Henderson Lecture Oct. 6 atWallace Memorial Chapel.

Cohen’s lecture, “Grasping for Control,”investigated the use of law and power in theage of globalization.

“The idea that the use of power could besubjected to the law has ancient roots inWestern philosophical and culturaltraditions,” Cohen said. “Emerging in anumber of forms, it embodies the hope thatpower could be put to use to secure thecommon good of the community, rather thanbeing a tool used arbitrarily by tyrantsaccording to their private and personalwhims. In recent centuries, the ideal of ‘therule of law’ incorporates constitutionalgovernment, the protection of fundamentalrights, and public and impartial legal processhas become the basis of global movementsfor human rights and for democracy.”

Cohen’s research, however, has shownthat this “common good” theory is beginningto erode, and the ability of law to disciplinethe use of power is under threat.

Grasping for ControlPolitical science professor’s Henderson Lecturediscusses law, power in age of globalization

Mackenzie

“Many fear thatsome of the mainfeatures of economicand politicalglobalization, suchas the global influence of privatecorporations, the growth of internationalinstitutions, the increasing speed ofcommunications and social change, and theemergence of unpredictable and violentcriminal and political networks, make itmore difficult to use law to control all formsof social and political power,” Cohen said.“In this lecture, I draw on my research onthe role of law in shaping globalization toargue that these treats are real. It’s a problemwe are just beginning to understand.”

The Henderson Lecture was founded byJoseph R. Henderson and his wife,Elizabeth, to encourage and recognizeoriginal and continuing research andscholarship among Westminster Collegefaculty, and to afford the opportunity forfaculty to share their learning with theacademic community.

Sandra Webster, professor ofpsychology and faculty development officerat Westminster, recently spent two weeksin China continuing her research on theKorean emotion Han to determine if thatemotion also appears in Chinese society.

“I spent the first week on a study tour ofWestern China with an international groupof 45 psychologists,” Webster said.“Western China is the home for many ofChina’s minority groups, and we were ableto witness their cultural landmarks, someof their customs, and a lot of their touristtrade.”

The second week Webster spent at the2004 International Congress of Psychology,which was held in Beijing.

“I chose to attend sessions that wereprimarily Asian because I can easily learnWestern psychology here, but not so easilylearn Eastern,” Webster said. “Two of thekeynote addresses were especially relevantfor my research area. San-Chin Choi is themost prolific author on Korean emotion.The second keynote presentation was givenby Uichol Kim, who presented a veryprovocative report on human potential,

Psychology Professor Continues Research in Chinacreativity and action.”

“My poster, ‘Gender and GenerationalEffects on Perceived Consequences ofHan,’ co-authored with Ko Young Gun,was well received by Chinese and Japanesepsychologists, although none of them knewwhat Han was. Han is considered a Koreannational emotion of reacting touncontrollable negative events with silenceand inner emotion. It is believed to buildcharacter and spiritual strength.” Webstersaid. “I was often asked to explain why thenegative consequences of Han wereperceived as greater for young Koreanwomen. I didn’t witness as muchoppression of women in China as I hadseen in Korea. It may be that communismerased a lot of the inequality between menand women in China.”

Webster is the McCandless Scholar forthe 2004-2005 academic year. This award,designed to honor J. BardarahMcCandless and to encourage scholarlyactivity on Westminster’s campus, is givento one full-time tenure track facultymember each year.

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of shapes, but rather inthe flow and transitionbetween shapes.”

Amy Camardese,assistant professor ofeducation, recentlyattended the Center forI n t e r n a t i o n a lEducation Exchange(CIEE) FacultyDevelopment Seminar held in Brazil. “Theseminar, ‘Societal and EconomicPerspectives,’ began in Sao Paulo andcontinued to Salvador da Bahia and endedin Rio de Janeiro,” Camardese said.

Timothy Cuff ’78, assistant professor ofhistory at Westminster, was recently named

one of four recipientsof a research grantfrom the EconomicHistory Association.This $1,500 ArthurH. Cole grant isawarded annually toscholars at an earlypoint in their careersafter a competitiveapplication process.

Cuff has also contributed to an onlineencyclopedia run by the Economic HistoryAssociation. The article, “HistoricalAnthropometrics” is a shortened, simplifiedversion of a chapter in his dissertation,tailored to a more general audience.

The American Museum of Ceramic Artin Pamona, Calif., recently purchased fiveporcelain cactus jars created by art professorKathy Koop. “It’s the only museum in thecountry devoted solely to the collection,preservation, and display of works in clay,”Koop said. “Of course I’m thrilled to havethem in such an important museum. Myinterest in the cacti motif was inspired byraising cacti for 30 years and many campingtrips to desert regions. These plants arefascinating due to the contradictions presentin their vast varieties of fleshy forms,protective spines, and glorious blooms.”

Bryan Rennie, Vira I. Heinz professor ofreligion at Westminster, recently had hisresearch, “Eliade (Further Considerations),”added to the second edition of the MacmillanEncyclopedia of Religion. “I consider this aparticularly significant achievement sincethe Macmillan encyclopedia is the standardreference work in the field and is almostuniversally consulted,” Rennie said. Renniehas also completed an article“Heterophenomenology and Self-

Knowledge” which will be included in theanthology, Rethinking Religion 101: Praxis,Pedagogy and the Future of ReligiousStudies, which will be published by theCambridge University Press. He alsocompleted the manuscript for an editedvolume titled, The International Eliade,forthcoming from the State University ofNew York Press. In July, he presenteda paper, “Collaborative ResearchCommunities: The Case of ZoroastrianStudies,” to the second InternationalConference on New Directions in theHumanities in Prato, Italy.

Professor of French Carol Bove’s book,The Politics of Julia Kristeva, will bepublished by the State University of NewYork Press. Julia Kristeva is aninternationally known cultural critic,novelist, and psychoanalyst. “In my book, Ianalyze the politics embodied in her French-Bulgarian theory and fiction from 1969-2002, which in various ways tell the storiesof creative individuals and their psychicdilemmas.”

Kristin Park, associate professor ofsociology, recently discussed cluster coursesat the American Sociological Associationannual meeting. “At the meeting, ‘Weavingthe Tapestry: Teaching with OtherDisciplines,’ I discussed my experienceswith Westminster’s inquiry and clusterclasses,” Park said. Park’s journal article,“Stigma Management Among theVoluntarily Childless,” will be reprinted inthe fifth edition of Patricia and Peter Adler’sreader, Constructions of Deviance: SocialPower, Context and Interaction, a widelyadopted textbook in sociology of devianceclasses.

Carolyn KidderCuff ’78, professor ofmathematics atWestminster, recentlyparticipated in thegrading of over 66,000of the College Board’sAdvanced PlacementExaminations. “Duringthe course of one week, approximately390,000 questions were scored by pairs ofhigh school statistics teachers and collegeprofessors,” Cuff said. “In the evening weparticipated in faculty developmentactivities including a lecture onexperimental design and discussions ofclassroom activities.” Cuff also helped toevaluate the mathematics program at TexasA&M University and attended the Joint

Statistical Meetings in Toronto, where sheserved on joint committees of the AmericanStatistical Association and the MathematicalAssociation of America.

Andrea Grove, assistant professor ofpolitical science, recently attended“Creating a Culture of Peace: A PeaceStudies Seminar” at the William Penn Housein Washington D.C. “We heard from a rangeof peacemakers – from those who spendtheir lives working with gang members ininner-city Washington D.C., to those whowork to free slaves around the world,”Grove said.

Professor of English James Perkinsrecently had a short story published in theMiamian, the magazine of his alma mater,Miami University. “The Discovery ofElectricity” is a story about his childhoodexperience surrounding plugging in hisdad’s console radio, and the resulting joltthat sent him “flying backwards across theliving room.” This story is one of manyfrom Perkins’ book Snakes, Butterbeans,and the Discovery of Electricity, publishedin 2003 by the Mercer University Press.

Alan Gittis, professor and chair ofpsychology at Westminster, published aninvited editorial in the Journal ofUndergraduate Neuroscience Education.The editorial, “Developing Graduate-Undergraduate Neuroscience Connections,”discusses the idea of providing a two-yearresidency at liberal arts schools for newPh.D.’s in neuroscience.

Westminster physics professors CraigCaylor and Samuel Lightner recentlypresented papers at the WesternPennsylvania section of the AmericanAssociation of Physics Teachers Conferenceheld at Edinboro University. Lightner’spresentation, “New Materials from theContemporary Physics Education Project(CPEP),” featured the new teaching chart,“The History and Fate of the Universe,” andprovided the participants with informationabout a workshop for high school teachersusing this chart in the classroom. He alsotalked about the CPEP’s chart, “Fusion:Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source,The Standard Model of FundamentalParticles and Interactions, and NuclearScience.” Caylor’s presentation, “TheMultiplicity of a Three-State System,”compared the results obtained in a limitednumber of systems, such as the two-statesystem, with a method that allows studentsto directly calculate the multiplicity of athree-state system.

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Valerie Kokai, a junior chemistry major from Wexford, and Helen Boylan ’95, assistantprofessor of chemistry, recently presented their research at the American Chemical Society nationalmeeting in Philadelphia.

Kokai presented a poster, “Exploring Athermal Effects of Microwaves on Enzymes,” at theundergraduate poster session. She had worked with Boylan during the spring and summer doingresearch on this topic.

Boylan also gave a presentation, “Realizing the Potential of Microwaves in the AcademicLab,” for the Division of Chemical Education. “I presented four possible lab experiments thatcan be done in organic chemistry, typically sophomore-level laboratory,” Boylan said. “The useof microwaves for synthetic chemistry is growing in industry and students should be exposed tothis technique.”

Duo Makes Presentations atNational Chemical Conference

Smiles abounded as Westminster held its annual Family Dayon Sept. 18. This Westminster tradition has gathered thousandsof family members to the College. This year’s event featured amorning coffee with President Williamson in the WitherspoonRooms of the McKelvey Campus Center; a family barbecue atBrittain Lake; a Titan football victory over Hiram College,41-22; and a performance from the comedy troupe, Late NightPlayers, in the Berlin Student Lounge.

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Camille Hawthorne, associatedean of student affairs, and DavidDiDesiderio, a senior publicrelations major from NewWilmington, recently received aspecial merit award from theAmerican Cancer Society inrecognition of their effortsorganizing the Relay for Life atWestminster College.

The Relay for Life atWestminster is sponsored by theAlpha Sigma Phi fraternity, and hasraised about $130,000 for theAmerican Cancer Society over thepast five years. DiDesiderio hasheld a leadership position in thatfund-raising effort for the past fouryears. Hawthorne has volunteeredher time for the event sinceparticipating in the first relay as ateam member.

Dean, SeniorRecognized byCancer Society

Music Education Majors, Choral DirectorParticipate in Pennsylvania ACDA Conference

Four Westminster College music education majors and Robin Lind, assistant professor ofmusic and director of choral activities at Westminster, recently presented at the PennsylvaniaAmerican Choral Directors Association (ACDA) conference held at Bucknell University.

Seniors Ashley Rexrode, Kevin Rush and Amanda Ventrone and sophomore Corinna Neelypresented “How to Start or Revitalize a Student ACDA Chapter.”

“The students presented an excellent session and each one spoke about a different aspect ofthe advantages of belonging to a professional organization such as ACDA while in college,”Lind said.

Lind presented a session on “Choral Intonation: Tuning the Text.”“Ashley Rexrode assisted me at the piano for this presentation,” Lind said. “I discussed how

the pronunciation of vowels and the articulation of consonants affect the intonation of a choralensemble. It is not uncommon to overlook the importance of the pronunciation and phrasing ofthe text in choral music when working on intonation. I presented several ideas and suggestionsthat I have developed and used with my own ensembles at Westminster College.”

Westminster College’s chapter of the Lambda Sigma HonorSociety was recently awarded “Honor Chapter” status by theNational Board.

“This is the highest recognition that our organization gives,” saidJane Price Harmon, national president.

Lambda Sigma is an honor society with the purpose of fosteringleadership, scholarship, fellowship, and the spirit of service amongthe men and women of the sophomore class, and to serve andpromote the interest of the College in every way possible.

“The critical component is that the chapter must be exceptionalin their efforts to serve the College and outside community,” saidNeal Edman, dean of student affairs and co-adviser for the group.“The National Board does not always recognize the merecontinuation of the same programs and projects, despite theirefficacy and effort required. Chapters must show that they’rereaching out in different ways in their service efforts and creativity.The members of Lambda Sigma worked tirelessly and selflesslythis past year to achieve this recognition.

“[Kang-Yup] Na [assistant professor of religion] and I know thatthe men and women of this chapter were most deserving of thisstatus,” said Edman. “We thoroughly enjoy serving as their advisers.They are a terrific group of students.”

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Ruby Bridges, the first African Americanchild to desegregate a New Orleanselementary school, told her story to a crowdat Westminster College’s Orr Auditoriumrecently.

Bridges was a pioneer in school integration in 1960 at the age of sixwhen she was selected to spend her first-grade year in what hadpreviously been an all-white elementary school.

“That first morning I remember mom saying as I got dressed in mynew outfit, ‘Now, I want you to behave yourself today, Ruby, anddon’t be afraid. There might be a lot of people outside this new school,but I’ll be with you.’ That conversation was the full extent of preparingme for what was to come,” Bridges said.

Bridges and her teacher attended the school alone every day for anentire year. Both Bridges’ father and her grandparents lost their jobsbecause of the problems associated with her going to this school.

“It took me a while to realize just how important that sacrifice wasthat my parents made,” said Bridges. “The biggest problem today, Ithink, is that parents are not as involved with their children’s educationas they used to be.”

All proceeds from Bridges’ book, The Education of Ruby Nell, goto the Ruby Bridges Foundation, which provides a unique educationprogram that brings diverse populations together to developrelationship-building skills, strategies to collaborative work for socialchange, and a robust appreciation of differences all carefully alignedwith state standards and classroom curriculum.

The event, free and open to the public, was sponsored by theWestminster College Student Government Association, the DiversitySymposium, the First-Year Program, the Department of Education,and the Office of Diversity Services. A book signing was held afterthe lecture.

The Rev. Michael Nazir-Ali, the 106th Bishop ofRochester, delivered the 18th annual Wayne H. ChristyMemorial Lecture on Sept. 26 in Wallace Memorial Chapeland was awarded an honorary doctor of human lettersdegree by Westminster.

Nazir-Ali, who was born and raised in Pakistan andcurrently holds citizenship in his native country and theUnited Kingdom, spoke on “The Role of Religion in theCurrent International Situation.”

He was the youngest Anglican bishop in the world, andthe first Asian religious leader to sit in the House of Lords.He is the author of a number of books on Christian missionand on inter-faith issues, particularly on Islam. He was thechair of the group which wrote The Search for Faithpublished in 1996, which examined some of the barriers topeople believing in Christ today. He is also a regularcontributor to national, international and local newspapers,the church press, radio and television.

Nazir-Ali’s first ecclesiastical appointment was as anassistant at the Christ Church in Cambridge at the age of21. Other posts include provost of Lahore Cathedral andBishop of Raiwind, both in Pakistan. He was appointed amember of the Archbishop of Canterbury’s staff in 1986,and assisted with the planning preparation of the 1988Lambeth Conference, where he prepared the Report ofPastoral Letters. In 1994, Nazir-Ali was appointed Bishopof Rochester, where he heads 264 Anglican churches withmore than a million members.

The Wayne H. Christy Lecture Series annually honorsWayne H. Christy, who was a longtime faculty memberand chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy atWestminster.

A portrait exhibit by Christine Salo Swann, a 1990 Westminster graduate, wason display in the College’s Art Gallery in Patterson Hall from Sept. 27-Oct. 22.

The exhibit, titled “Face to Face,” featured pastel and watercolor portraits andincluded a gallery talk and public reception.

“I’ve always known I would be an artist,” said Swann, a Gibsonia resident.“My earliest memory is of drawing crooked smiley faces and putting the noseright between the eyes, and my mother telling me to ‘draw what you see.’

“This fascination has taken me on a diverse path, and my obsession now isfaces,” Swann continued. “Subtle nuances that set one child apart from another,or wrinkles of life in a wise face. Although I still rely on that first art lesson, ‘drawwhat you see,’ I now strive to see beyond a likeness into another soul, anotheroutlook on this visual world and try to recreate the entire union of elements andinvite the viewer to stop into see what I have seen from a face to face.”

Swann is an artist and illustrator whose sensitive paintings of children have ledher to concentrate full-time on commissioned portraits. She is an award-winningartist on the regional, national, and international level, and has been featured inthe International Artist Magazine as a Master Portrait Painter. Nominated asEmerging Artist of the Year by the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Swann alsoteaches workshops on portraiture. She is a member of the Pittsburgh Watercolorsociety, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators.

Alumna Displays Artwork in Westminster Gallery

Bishop Nazir-Ali DeliversChristy Memorial Lecture

Desegregation Pioneer,Author Ruby BridgesSpeaks at Westminster

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The eight newest members of the TitanSports Hall of Fame were inducted during aceremony on campus Sept. 18. The Class of2004 includes two-sport standout LaRoyalWilson ’70; a pair of football stars, BrianWilson ’94 and Sean O’Shea ’95; theschool’s first All-American in volleyball,Heidi Jorgensen Begeot ’95; women’sbasketball rebound record-holder ColleenDion Shanafelt ’96; baseball star GregMencini ’84; Jim Dewar ’59, honored forhis meritorious service to the Titan athleticprogram; and Paul Sheaffer ’49, a formersoccer standout who was inductedposthumously.

LaRoyal Wilson was a seven-time varsityletterwinner at Westminster, earning fourletters in track and three in football. A three-time track team MVP, he once broke threeWest Penn Conference track records in oneday. He resides in Mount Pleasant where heis a teacher in the Hempfield Area SchoolDistrict. He and his wife, Bonnie TomlinsonWilson ’68, have two grown daughters:Marcella Wilson Biller and Patricia WilsonHall.

Brian Wilson was a three-year starter andletterwinner at center on the offensive linefor the Titan football team, earning NAIASecond Team All-America honors as a juniorand senior in 1992 and 1993. Wilson wasalso a 1993 First Team GTE Academic All-American. He works as a systems analystfor U.S. Steel. He and his wife, Amy, live inPittsburgh with their daughter, Emily (4).

O’Shea was the starting quarterback forthe 1994 Titan national championshipfootball team, earning Second Team NAIAAll-America honors as a senior. As a junior,he was an honorable mention All-American.He completed 359-of-609 passes (58.9%)for 4,952 yards and 40 touchdowns in hiscareer and ranks second all-time in passingyards and passing touchdowns. O’Shearesides in Avon Lake, Ohio, where he is adistrict sales manager for PfizerPharmaceuticals. He and his wife, Tricia,have two daughters: Shannon and Abby.

Jorgensen Begeot earned NAIA All-American honors as a senior in 1994 afterleading the Lady Titan spikers to a 36-7record and the team’s first-ever appearancein the NAIA national championships. Shealso was named Player of the Year and anall-league first-team selection in theKeystone-Empire Collegiate Conference(KECC) that season. She earned first-teamall-conference honors in both 1992 and 1993and garnered second-team laurels and was

named District Freshman of the Year in1991. Jorgensen Begeot is currently thedirector of social services at Hood RiverCare Center and resides in Mosier, Ore.,with her husband, Ronald.

Dion Shanafelt is the all-time leadingrebounder in Lady Titan basketball history,and is one of only two at Westminster tofinish her career with over 1,000 points(1,185) and 1,000 rebounds (1,084). She wasa four-time all-district/conference selection,earning first-team honors as a senior afterbeing named to the second team as asophomore and junior and honorablemention as a freshman. Dion Shanafelt wasalso a two-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete. Sheresides in Hollidaysburg and works as aphysical therapist. She and her husband,Michael Shanafelt ’98, have a son, Ethan(1).

Mencini was a three-time all-districthonoree on the baseball diamond for theTitans in the early 1980s. His top seasoncame in 1982, as he led Westminster to aprogram-best record of 27-8 and a nationalTop 10 ranking while breaking the schoolrecord for hits in a season (65) and leadingthe nation in hitting with a .509 battingaverage. He was named Team MVP as asenior in 1984. Mencini resides in Pittsburgh

where he is owner and president ofPittsburgh Industrial Controls. He and hiswife, Sandy Sickles Mencini ’84, have fourchildren: Emily (18), Megan (15), Amy (13)and Jake (5).

Dewar was a gridiron standout for theTitans in the 1950s, then later continued toserve Titan athletics as one of the foundersand the first president of the Towering TitanOrganization. Dewar was a member of theundefeated 1956 Westminster football teamand also started at tight end and linebackerin 1957-58. Dewar now lives in Indian Lake,with his wife, Patricia Trosch Dewar ’59.The couple has three grown children: Dr.James C. Dewar Jr. ’82, Dorinda DewarClark and Laura Dewar Cregan.

Sheaffer was a member of the originalTitan soccer team in the late 1940s. Theteam, which competed at Westminsterbeginning in 1946, was comprised of ex-G.I.’s who had learned soccer while servingin the armed forces. He was also a memberof Sigma Nu fraternity. A native ofLancaster, and graduate of Hempfield HighSchool, he owned the Paul I. SheafferInsurance Agency in Intercourse. He issurvived by his wife, Carolyn, and fourgrown sons: Paul II (52), John (51), Michael(47) and Jeff (46).

Eight Greats Inducted into Titan Hall of Fame

Eight individuals were inducted to the Titan Sports Hall of Fame on Sept. 18. Front row,left to right: LaRoyal Wilson ’70 (track & field/football), Colleen Dion Shanafelt ’96(basketball), Jim Dewar ’59 (meritorious service), Brian Wilson ’94 (football), HeidiJorgensen Begeot ’95 (volleyball), Sean O’Shea ’95 (football); Back row: Paul SheafferJr., representing his father Paul Sheaffer ’49 (soccer), and Greg Mencini ’84 (baseball).


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TITAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME NOMINATION FORMNominee ______________________________________________ Nominated by _________________________________________

Address _______________________________________________ Address ______________________________________________

City ___________________________ State _________________ City ___________________________ State ________________

Zip _____________________ Phone ______________________ Zip _____________________ Phone _____________________

Class year _____________________________________________ Your class year ________________________________________

Deadline for nominations each year is March 1. Nominees not selected remain on the ballot for one additional year.Please send nominations to Director of Athletics, Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA 16172-0001.

Nominees may include athletes,coaches, or anyone else who has

made outstanding contributions tovarsity athletics at Westminster.Nominations may be made byWestminster alumni and current andformer Titan coaches.

Athletes who are nominated must:1) be a Westminster College graduate;2) have been out of school a minimumof eight years; 3) have earned at leasttwo letters in the same sport; and4) receive nominations from at leasttwo people. Non-athletes must alsobe nominated by at least two people.All nominations should includesupporting documentation.

Justification (attach supporting data if necessary):

❑ Sport(s) – ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

❑ Letters earned – ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

❑ Awards, honors, accomplishments, etc. – _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2004-2005 Women’s Basketball Schedule

Nov. 19-20 at Muskingum Tip-Off Tournament23 MARIETTA 6:30 p.m.29 at Mount Union 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 3-4 at Bethany Tournament6 at Wooster 7:30 p.m.

10 at P. S.-Behrend Tournament 6 & 8 p.m.11 at P. S.-Behrend Tournament 1 & 3 p.m.20 at Allegheny 7 p.m.30 OHIO WESLEYAN 6 p.m.

Jan. 3 at Carnegie Mellon 7:30 p.m.11 LA ROCHE 5:30 p.m.15 at Grove City* 1 p.m.19 THIEL* 6 p.m.22 BETHANY* 6 p.m.26 WASH. & JEFF.* 6 p.m.29 at Waynesburg* 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 5 GROVE CITY* 2 p.m.9 at Thiel* 6 p.m.

12 at Bethany* 2 p.m.14 at Penn State-Altoona 6 p.m.16 at Washington & Jefferson* 6 p.m.19 WAYNESBURG* 2 p.m.

22-25-26 PAC Tournament TBA

Home games in all CAPS*Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) game

2004-2005 Men’s Basketball Schedule

Nov. 19-20 BUZZ RIDL CLASSIC 6 & 8 p.m.23 P.S.-NEW KENSINGTON 8:30 p.m.

26-27 at Carnegie Mellon Invit. 1 & 3 p.m.30 PENN STATE-BEHREND 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 7 ALLEGHENY 7:30 p.m.11 at Elizabethtown 3 p.m.13 at La Roche 7:30 p.m.20 WOOSTER 7:30 p.m.29 at Montclair St. Tournament 5 & 7 p.m.30 at Montclair St. Tournament 1 & 3 p.m.

Jan. 3 at Case Western Reserve 7:30 p.m.8 JUNIATA 7:30 p.m.

15 at Grove City* 3 p.m.19 THIEL* 8 p.m.22 BETHANY* 8 p.m.26 WASH. & JEFF. 8 p.m.29 at Waynesburg* 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 1 at Geneva 7:30 p.m.5 GROVE CITY* 4 p.m.9 at Thiel* 8 p.m.

12 at Bethany* 4 p.m.16 at Washington & Jefferson* 8 p.m.19 WAYNESBURG* 4 p.m.

22-24-26 PAC Tournament TBA

Home games in all CAPS*Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) game


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Three alumni shared their professional experienceswith Westminster students and faculty membersduring the 2004 Homecoming and Reunion Week-end and were honored at the annual DistinguishedAlumni Lecturers Luncheon. The distinguished lec-turers for 2004 were: David Beatty ’85, managerof software engineering science for NorthropGrumman’s California Microwave Systems;Rebecca Rickard ’98, assistant to the artistic di-rector for the Pittsburgh Public Theater; and TomMacDonald ’77, associate vice president for theNASDAQ stock market.

Calling all Westminster volunteers!Save Saturday, April 16, 2005,

to join fellow alumni and Westminstersupporters for a half day on campus.

• Campus news

• Informative session on event planning,fund raising and supporting admissions

• Time with students

DistinguishedAlumni Lecturers

Upcoming events:

January

7-12 Concert Choir Tour

7 Skidaway Island Presbyterian Church, Savannah, GA

8 St. James Catholic Church Cathedral, Orlando, FL

9 First Presbyterian Church, Delray Beach and

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

11 First Presbyterian Church, Vero Beach, FL

12 Church of the Palms, Sarasota, FL

22 Alumni Council Meeting

30 Baltimore-D.C.-area alumni event

Phillips Harborplace, Baltimore, MD

April

16 Westminster Volunteer Workshop

HOMECOMING 2005!Homecoming & Reunion WeekendSeptember 23, 24 & 25, 2005

Class & Cluster Reunions• 10th Cluster ~ 1994, ’95 & ’96

• 25th Reunion ~ 1980

• 30th Cluster ~ 1974, ’75 & ’76

• 45th Cluster ~ 1959, ’60 & ’61

• 50th Reunion ~ 1955

The ties that bind us to WestminsterMemoriesTraditions

Friendships& Fun


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Each year at Homecoming, time is takento recognize alumni who have made signifi-cant professional accomplishments or con-tributions to Westminster or their commu-nity. The 2004 Westminster College AlumniCitation recipients are James P. Epstein ’72,Margaret Edmonds McConnell ’55 and Dr.John L. Mansell ’54. The OutstandingYoung Alumni Award was presented to Ja-son Kissel ’97.

Epstein, the district attorney of MercerCounty, was first appointed to the post in1986 and has been re-elected four times. Hegraduated from the University of PittsburghSchool of Law in 1975 and joined the Mer-cer district attorney’s office the followingyear. He was assistant DA from 1976-79 andfirst assistant from 1979-86.

In the community, he is involved in manyorganizations, including: the Mercer CountyAssociation for the Retarded; the ShenangoValley Community Library; the Prince ofPeace Center; ERASE Anti-SubstanceAbuse Coalition; Sharpsville Borough Anti-Teen Drinking Initiative; Mercer CountyAnti-Discrimination Commission; FraternalOrders of Police in Sharon, Hermitage, andFarrell; Sharpsville Service Club; KedronF&AM 389; and the executive committeeof the Mercer County Democratic Party.

McConnell, known to her friends asPeggy, is a major gifts associate for the Pres-byterian Children’s Village in Philadelphia.A chemistry major at Westminster, sheserved as a medical technologist at Young-stown, Jameson and Shadyside hospitals.She later completed graduatework at the University of Califor-nia–Berkeley and was certified asa counselor by the National Boardof Certified Counselors, whichprovided her with the tools towork in marriage and familycounseling, crisis intervention,and suicide prevention. In the1980s, her work career took an-other turn, as she became associ-ate director of corporation andfoundation development atGettysburg College. She laterwent to work in several differentpositions for the PresbyterianChurch USA Foundation beforeassuming her current title.

Mansell, employed at FamilyMedicine Associates of NewWilmington, has served asWestminster’s physician since

1968. He comes from a long line ofWestminster graduates, including his father,Irving “Bud” Mansell, and his uncle, Tho-mas V. Mansell, both 1929 graduate and hismother, Lucille McConaghy Mansell ’28,and her sister, Helen. Mansell’s sister, JaneMansell Alexander ’57; his late first wifeErla Jane McCartney ’55; his second wife,Ruth Ann McCown ’64; and his son, MarkMansell ’84 are also Westminster grads.

Mansell completed his education at theUniversity of Pennsylvania School of Medi-cine. He has held leadership positions atJameson Hospital, the Lawrence County

Four Alumni Honored for Outstanding Achievement

Medical Society, the Pennsylvania Affiliateof American Heart Association, the Mid-Western Chapter of Pennsylvania Affiliateof American Heart Association, the NewWilmington Borough Council, JamesonHospital Department of Medicine, and theJameson Hospital Credentials Committee.

Kissel, who earned a bachelor of musicdegree in organ performance and churchmusic, is currently enrolled in the doctor ofmusical arts program in organ performanceat Peabody Conservatory of Music at JohnsHopkins University. He plays for weeklyservices and conducts the semi-professional

adult choir at the First andFranklin Street PresbyterianChurch in Baltimore. While incollege, he served as the organ-ist at the New Wilmington Pres-byterian Church, and college or-ganist, playing for all Vesper ser-vices and performances of thecollege choirs. He accompaniedthe choir on its European tour,performing at Westminster Ab-bey and Chartres Cathedral. In1997, Kissel placed first in theRegion III Competition forYoung Organists of the Ameri-can Guild of Organists (AGO),held in Washington, D.C. He hasplayed in England, Wales, Scot-land, Germany and France. Heearned his master’s degree fromDuquesne University.

Citation and AwardNominations RequestedEach year, alumni who have made significant contribu-

tions in their professional field, their community orWestminster are recognized through the presentation ofWestminster College Alumni Citations and Outstanding

Young Alumni Awards during Homecoming and ReunionWeekend. Each May, the Alumni Council selects the

recipients. If you know an alumnus worthy of recogni-tion please submit their nomination. Please include the

nominee’s full name, class year, address and theiraccomplishments to the Office of Alumni Relations,

Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA 16172-0001.Nominations may be submitted electronically at

www.westminster.edu/Alumni/AlumniAwards&Nominations.htm.

Four Westminster alumni were presented with Alumni Citations at Homecoming for theiroutstanding achievements. From left to right: James Epstein ’72, Peggy McConnell ’55, Dr.John Mansell ’54, and Jason Kissell ’97, recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumni Award.


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Homecoming 2004On a blustery fall weekend, Oct. 15-17, 2004,

Westminster College welcomed back friendsand alumni for its annual Homecoming and

Reunion Weekend. The event began Friday afternoonwith the opening of an art show by Dr. Ross Musgrave’42 and closed Sunday morning with a worship servicewith New Wilmington Presbyterian Church. In be-tween, alumni were offered a variety of activities: fromthe College’s Homecoming football game to reuniondinners, soccer games and guided campus tours, the al-ways popular Homecoming parade, and an all-alumniopen house hosted by Tom and Jean Williamson.

Homecoming 2004

Are You Ready for Some(Powder Puff) Football?Among the activities helping to kick-off Friday’sHomecoming festivities was the ninth annual Pow-der Puff football tournament, held on the Quad.Each of the five national sororities and a team ofindependents competed in the tournament. Thechampion, Alpha Gamma Delta, turned to the pass-ing game against Kappa Delta (right). The broth-ers of Theta Chi were honored as best fraternitycheerleaders.

Also Friday, the Student Alumni Association of-fered campus tours, while Tea with the Books, a get-together sponsored by the Friends of the Library,was held in McGill Library (above right). Distin-guished alumni lecturers and alumni citation win-ners were feted at a lunch and dinner, respectively(see Alumni News, pages 10-11).

Putting on a Show

Dr. Ross Musgrave ’42, a renownedsurgeon and professor of plasticsurgery, displayed a trove of hisfabric floral collages in the FacultyCommons on the third floor of theMcKelvey Campus Center. The artshow opened at noon Friday and ranthrough 5 p.m. on Saturday.Musgrave greeted visitors andhosted a reception at the show Sat-urday morning.


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Zeta Tau Alpha’s StrawberryShortcake float (above) captured thetop prize in the Homecoming pa-rade. The Peanuts gang from Phi Mu(bottom left) came in second of 10teams competing in the cartoon-themed parade. Also participating inthe parade was the Westminster Col-lege Marching Band (above left), theWilmington Area High SchoolMarching Band, the Homecomingcourt, New Wilmington MayorWendell Wagner ’55 and his wife,Phyllis Decker Wagner ’55, and

College President R. ThomasWilliamson (left). The Class of1954, which held a piano recitaland a golden anniversary me-morial service earlier in themorning, provided the judgingfor the parade (below).

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President Williamsonshakes hands withWarren Watkins, co-chair of the Class of1954 50th ReunionCommittee afterWatkins signed theGolden Tower Societyroll. The Class of1954 was officially in-ducted in the GoldenTower Society duringthe luncheon Saturdayin the WitherspoonRooms in theMcKelvey CampusCenter. The Class of1954 also held a spe-cial reunion dinner atthe Radisson HotelSharon Saturdaynight. A 25th reuniondinner was held at the New Castle Country Club for the Class of 1979, andcluster reunion dinners were held for the classes of 1988-90 and 1968-70.

Richard Humphrey and Amy Schroder were all smiles after being namedWestminster’s Homecoming King and Queen at halftime of the Titan foot-ball game. Humphrey, a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and a New Castle na-tive, is a junior business administration major; Schroder, a sister of SigmaKappa from Irwin, isa junior elementaryeducation major.Other halftime ac-tivities included aperformance fromthe Titan MarchingBand and recogni-tion of the 1988 and1989 national cham-pionship footballteams. At right:Three of the coachesfrom that nationalpowerhouse – GeneNicholson ’69, JoeFusco ’60, and Dar-win Huey ’74.

Crowning Moment

Welcometo theClub!


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Turning up the Heat

Westminster’s defense, speared by seniors Don Waldron (54) and

Tony Ventresco (56) and junior Adam Hadbavny (99), pressured

Bethany quarterback Nazih Bannah all day long (below), helping the

Titans post a 27-21 Presidents’ Athletic Conference victory. Waldron

had four of Westminster’s seven sacks, and Ventresco had a team-

high 14 tackles. The Titans also had three interceptions, giving the

Westminster faithful plenty to cheer about (right). Titan fans of all

ages (left) braved the chilly weather, but came away happy. A post-

game reception, open to all alumni, was held at the home of President

Williamson.

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By Sandra E. Chandler

When Debra Russo became aWestminster student, theinitial transition from home

to college was a fairly smooth one. Shehad grown up in Ellwood City, a smallindustrial town south of NewWilmington, so the adjustment wasminimal. By the time she received herdegree in 1977, she had experienced aworld 180 degrees removed from hers.

Thomas Carver, dean of students in the 1970s,and his assistant, Lorraine Sibbet, were instrumental in developingthe PEERS (Pennsylvania Exchange of Education, Residence, andService) Project, an education program that involved an exchangeof Westminster students with minority high school students frominner-city Philadelphia’s District Five. Beginning in 1971, it wasoffered during January Term, the month-long break betweensemesters at the College. It continued through the late ’70s until alack of funding led to its demise.

Twenty high school sophomores, juniors and seniors fromPhiladelphia were selected based upon their potential for academicsuccess. When they arrived on campus, they lived in residence hallsand participated in one of the College’s J-Term courses, while stillworking on their high school assignments. For most of them, it wastheir first venture outside urban boundaries. Culture shock waswidespread.

At the same time, 20 students and a faculty member from theCollege traveled to District Five to work in the public schools, eachone living with a host family in the City of Brotherly Love. DebbieRusso was one of those who made the journey across the state, intocompletely unknown territory. “It might as well have been aroundthe world, the environment was so foreign to a girl from EllwoodCity and New Wilmington,” she recalls.

The differences were more numerous than the similarities. Duringher stay, she lived with a single mother who was raising fourchildren. “She was a wonderful woman and a good mother, but herchildren were fathered by three different men. That took somegetting used to.”

When Debbie went to school, an escort was required to get hersafely across gang territories. Her assignment for the month was inthe reading support program at an all-male, all-black high school.“Those boys were having trouble with three-letter words,” she said,a realization that drove home a greater appreciation for a skill shehad taken for granted.

One of the requirements of the course involvedkeeping a journal of her experiences. After she hadbeen away about three weeks, Debbie remembersthinking that she couldn’t wait to get back tofamiliar ground. “Not because I was afraid orbecause I disliked it, but I remember writing in myjournal that the people in that area didn’t know whathope was about; they were consumed with justsurviving.”

Flash forward to the spring of 2004: DebbieRusso McElwain was traveling for the Easterholiday with her husband Kevin, their daughter, andan exchange student they were hosting. With timebefore their flight left Atlanta, the group decided

to visit a nearby shopping mall. They entered a shoe store, whereDebbie began looking at a variety of footwear while her husbandstruck up a conversation with the store manager (“He talks toeverybody!” Debbie said.). Before long, Kevin tracked her downin the aisle, saying Debbie had to meet this man.

It hadn’t taken long to discover, through the where-are-you-fromsmall talk, that the manager had heard of their hometown in westernPennsylvania: He was originally from the Philadelphia area, andyears before, had spent a January in New Wilmington as part of ahigh school exchange program called the PEERS Project.

Debbie relates that the man had been, in his teens, a self-described“bad [actor]” in high school. He said that while his home life wasthe exception – he lived with both parents – nobody could tell himanything; he was headed down the wrong road in a hurry.Participating in the project showed him there were options availableto him; he didn’t have to continue down that dead-end route. Bythe time he returned home, he was determined to turn things around.

After high school, he was hired as a janitor at Strawbridge &Clothier, a department store. One day the store manager asked if hewould be willing to try his hand in sales; all the employees in theshoe department had walked out following a dispute. He moved onto selling shoes and never looked back. He told Debbie he has livedall over the country, is married and has a family, and is verysuccessful as the store manager. He gives much of the credit toWestminster and his experience here.

A college coed and a high school student came from oppositesides of the state and from backgrounds that were poles apart, butthey agree that one month in each of their lives made a profoundimpact. They won’t hesitate to tell you, “It changed my life.”

(Chandler is print production manager at Westminster College.)

“It Changed My Life”PEERS Project provided pivotal experience

for participants on both sides

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By Patrick S. Broadwater

Large crowds normally don’t fazeRay Bower. ❖ Over the course ofan officiating career that spanned

five decades, Bower worked some of the most in-tense, heated rivalries in big-time college foot-ball, including an Army-Navy game before astanding-room-only crowd of 105,000 atPhiladelphia’s former Municipal Stadium. At thatlevel, where seemingly every call is disputed bylegions of fans, coaches, parents, players, cheer-leaders and mascots, a referee’s ability to blockout the crowd noise is not only good form, but arequisite job (and survival) skill.

But, at Franklin Field in 2001, the reaction of a compara-tively small audience of 47,000 made Bower’s pulsequicken like never before.

They were cheering…for him!Long retired from officiating, Bower had just competed

in – and won – the 100 meter dash at the Penn Relays, theworld’s oldest and largest track and field carnival. Sand-wiched into the middle of the final day of the three-dayevent, a short time after Marion Jones and just beforeMichael Johnson blazed on the very same track, was the100 for the 75-and-over age group. Bower endeared him-self to a crowd of boisterous track enthusiasts by finishingfirst.

“All of those people are track people,” said Bower, aformer heavy-equipment salesman who has run competi-tively since the mid-1970s. “They jump up and cheer whenthe gun is fired until it’s over. It’s quite a thrill.”

Being on the receiving end of crowd adulation is onething Bower didn’t often endure in 30-plus years of offici-ating football and basketball at the local, high school andcollegiate levels. It’s not the roar of the crowd that keepshim coming back, though. Rather, it’s the rush, the exhila-ration of victory, the joy of competition that keeps him onthe move from one meet to the next.

Senior sprinter Ray Bower still thrives on thrill of competition

Running ManThe

Ray Bower stands on an awards podium with his medal at the North/Cen-tral American and Caribbean WMA Championships held in Puerto Rico thispast August. Bower, a 1946 Westminster graduate, has competed as a mas-ters track athlete for nearly 30 years and is looking ahead to the 2005 worldchampionships in Spain.


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“I’ve been competing all my life. As a salesman I competed ev-ery day,” said Bower, now 81. “I have had some great thrills fromrunning. It has put me in places in the world that I’ve never been. Ithas opened up the world to me. I’ve made friends with people whospeak different languages, who come from different environments.It’s been wonderful.”

Bower, a 1946 Westminster graduate, has competed in worldchampionship meets all over the world, including such locales asFinland, South Africa, England, Australia and Puerto Rico. He hasalso competed in numerous local, regional and national track events,including the USA indoor and outdoor championships.

Masters – track and field athletes over the age of 35 – are eli-gible to participate in hundreds of regional and national meets sanc-tioned by the USATF (USA Track & Field) each year. In one listingof meets in the Northeast alone, masters had over 85 different meetsto choose from in 2004. Some are held indoors, other outdoors. Someinclude field events, others only feature track.

There are an estimated 10,000 master track and field athletes inthe U.S. Men and women are classified in 5-year age groups, suchas 35-39, all the way up to 100-plus. In most cases, events are open.No qualifying is necessary.

**************Athletics has long been a passion of Bower’s. A lifelong Mount

Lebanon native, he arrived at Westminster in 1942 on a footballscholarship. Bower played but one season before the football pro-gram was discontinued because of the war. Demoralized, he left forWest Virginia University the following summer. But during pre-season workouts with the Mountaineers Bower quickly read thewriting on the wall. “I could see I wasn’t going anyplace, so I quitbefore school started.” With football out of the equation, Bowerreturned to Westminster and earned his degree in business.

After embarking on his professional career, Bower found a wayto continue his affinity for sports.

“When I went to school, if you wanted to be a coach, you had tobe a teacher. I didn’t want to be a teacher. The only thing left wasto be an official,” he said. “My desire when I started was work top

college football. That desire never waned. I might have been theonly [college] official that never applied to the NFL.”

Bower started officiating football and basketball in Pennsylva-nia in the 1950s, working local games, inching his way up the lad-der to work high school, then small-college affairs. He retired fromfootball officiating in 1985 and continued to officiate basketball intothe 1990s.

He was able to advance farther in college football because of hiswork schedule. It was much easier for Bower to schedule games anduse occasional vacation days for football then, when almost allgames were played on Saturday afternoon. Basketball games mightbe scheduled for several nights per week.

“It was my hobby,” Bower said. “And I got to work some of thebest teams in the country – Notre Dame, Pitt, Penn State, WestVirginia.

“I worked The Game – Yale-Harvard – I worked Army-Navy,three Pitt-Penn State games, seven or eight Pitt-West Virginiagames, Clemson-South Carolina – that was wonderful – and I hada Notre Dame-Penn State game at Notre Dame.”

Three times Bower was selected to work a college football bowlgame, the pinnacle of success at that level. He refereed the 1979Peach Bowl in Atlanta (Baylor 24, Clemson 18), the 1982 LibertyBowl in Memphis (Alabama 21, Illinois 15), and the 1983 Indepen-dence Bowl in Shreveport (Air Force 9, Mississippi 3). For him andhis crew it was practically a reward for a job well done during theseason, though Bower said the choice of officiating crews also de-pended largely on the success of the teams in the crews’ coveragearea.

“It was like a bonus around the holidays,” said Bower. “Gener-ally every guy would take his wife, have a nice vacation, and worka bowl game. They always treated us real nice.”

The Liberty Bowl appearance was especially memorable forBower because it was also the last game in the career of legendaryCrimson Tide coach Paul “Bear” Bryant.

“It was Bear Bryant’s last game and everybody knew it,” Bowersaid. “All of Alabama was up there, and he died within 30 days ofthat game.”


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Bower also got to see up close a number of star players of theera. From his vantage point in the offensive backfield, he chosePittsburgh tailback Tony Dorsett as the best player he saw in per-son. Dorsett, the 1976 Heisman Trophy winner as best player incollege football, went on to a Hall of Fame pro career with the DallasCowboys and Denver Broncos. Number two, Bower said, would beBoston College quarterback Doug Flutie, who is still active at age42 with the NFL’s San Diego Chargers.

“Both of those players, before they got into the pros, they saidwere too small. They’d get killed,” Bower said. “Well, you saw whathappened to both.”

**************The biggest event for masters is the World Masters Track Cham-

pionships, held every two years. Over 6,000 of the finest mastersathletes from more than 80 countries compete in the event. Bowerwas there for the very first world championship meet in Toronto in1975, though he’d only started running a few years earlier.

Bower said his life changed in March 1968 when he read an ar-ticle in Reader’s Digest by Dr. Ken Cooper, the creator of aerobics.The article stated that Cooper’s idea of minimum conditioning re-quired being able to run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes.

“I thought that sounded easy,” said Bower, who besidesofficiating, kept in shape by playing church league soft-ball. “After practice for softball, I told the guys to comedown, I’m going to take the test. ‘Time me,’ I said. ‘I’llknock that off in less than 12 minutes.’ I was walking bythe second lap out of six. That started it.”

Within a few years, Bower would get serious about run-ning and friends began to ask him to run in 5K road races.

“I said, ‘Why would I want to go to a road race?’ Andthey’d say ‘Wouldn’t you like to know if you can do it?’

“Yes, I did. So I went. And it was pitiful. I think I mighthave been the very last person to finish.”

Bower then joined the Mount Lebanon track club andbegan to attend track meets.

“And I found out that if I had any talent, it was speed.”

The rest is history. An increasing college football officiatingschedule conflicted with a string of world meets in the late ’70s andearly ’80s, but by the late ’80s Bower was back on the world cham-pionship circuit, missing only the 1993 and 1995 meets, in Japanand Buffalo, respectively, because of injury. In 1999, Bower quali-fied for a leg on the U.S. 4x100 relay team, which went on to win agold medal in Gateshead, England.

Five years later, Bower, who runs the 100 and 200 meter dashes,shows no sign of slowing down. He has won a medal in every eventhe has run so far this year. Next year he hopes to compete in theU.S. masters outdoor championships in Hawaii, and the 2005 worldmeet in San Sebastian, Spain. He also has an eye on the 2007 worldmeet in Riccione, Italy.

“I just love to compete,” Bower said. “As long as the Lord givesme a body to keep going, maybe I can be the guy who’s in the 100-year-old class. This is something I can do as long as my body holdsup.”

(Broadwater is editor of Westminster Magazine.)

Left and right:Ray Bowerworked a numberof high profilegames, such asPitt-Penn State,during anofficiating careerthat spanned fivedecades. Bowerrefereed threecollege footballbowl games andcontinued toofficiate basket-ball into the1990s.


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By Ed BlankTribune-Review film critic

[Editor’s Note: This article on Greg Nicotero, who attendedWestminster College from 1981-84, appeared in the August 8 issueof the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.]

Four-hundred movies later, native PittsburgherGreg Nicotero sounds like a kid in the world’sbest playground – the film industry.

Nicotero, 41, is the “N” inKNB EFX Group Inc., acompany he co-founded in 1988with Robert Kurtzman andHoward Berger.

It’s based in Van Nuys, Calif.Kurtzman since has returned tohis native Ohio to open a visualeffects studio.

KNB EFX works on 25 to 40movies and TV series a year,doing special effects, makeupand the sort of costumes you seein sci-fi films.

“We have within ourcompany a fabrication companythat builds costumes, amechanical department thatbuilds radio-controlled devicesand a sculptural makeupdepartment that develops old-age perspectives. We just completed all the fat suits for ‘Fat Albert.’

“Usually we’ll get a phone call saying someone is sending overa script. We’ll read it, and we’ll submit a list of all the things in thepicture we can handle. We’ll make suggestions in terms of visualeffects.”

It was through his uncle, local actor-broadcaster Sam Nicotero,who appeared in George A. Romero’s “The Crazies,” that Greg metRomero under improbable circumstances.

“I was always interested in filmmaking and special effects,” hesays. “In a restaurant in Rome, Italy, I spotted George and introducedmyself as Sam’s nephew. That was around 1977. George was theremeeting with (filmmaker) Dario Argento and doing rewrites on‘Dawn of the Dead.’”

George and his assistant and wife, Chris (Forrest), offered him ajob on “Creepshow” in 1981. Nicotero was going to WestminsterCollege at the time and couldn’t do it. But in the meantime, hebecame great friends with Pittsburgh-based makeup maestro TomSavini.

“Later I got hired on George’s ‘Day of the Dead’ and came backon his ‘Monkey Shines.’ I’ve kept in touch with Tom and withGeorge since.”

So how does a Sewickley Academy alum from McCandlessTownship wind up with his own film services company?

“It wasn’t so much the credentials I had when I arrived as peopleI had met. George had hired a lot of local people on ‘Day of theDead,’ but he also brought in people from L.A., one of whom wasmy future partner, Howard Berger. Another was Everett Burrell,who does visual effects.

“They told me Stan Winston’s studio was doing ‘Aliens’ and‘Invaders from Mars.’ So it was all about knowing a couple of guyswho knew where the work was.”

Romero, Savini Aided Area Native’sQuest for Visual-Effects Success

Greg Nicotero (left), co-owner ofKNB EFX Group Inc., hasestablished himself as one of thetop makeup and special effectsartists in Hollywood. He hasworked on hundreds of movies inthe last 20 years, including

“Dances With Wolves,” which won Best Picture and BestDirector for Kevin Costner at the 1990 Oscars. KNBcreated the mechanical buffaloes used in the film.

“One of the best complimentswas (director) Rob Reiner came upto me after a screening of ‘Misery.’He said that as Kathy Bates raisedthe sledgehammer,and you start to seeher swing, ‘I never feltthe oxygen suckedout of a room so fast.’”


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Partial filmography for Greg Nicotero:

Make-Up Department1. Land of the Dead (2005) (filming)2. Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)3. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)4. Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)5. Identity (2003)6. Rules of Attraction, The (2002)7. Vampires: Los Muertos (2002)8. Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)9. Minority Report (2002) (uncredited)10. Time Machine, The (2002)11. Vanilla Sky (2001)12. Thir13en Ghosts (2001)13. Ghosts of Mars (2001)14. Mulholland Dr. (2001)15. Animal, The (2001)16. Spy Kids (2001)17. Unbreakable (2000)18. Picking Up the Pieces (2000)19. From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s

Daughter (2000)20. Green Mile, The (1999)21. House on Haunted Hill (1999)22. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood

Money (1999)23. Faculty, The (1998)24. Vampires (1998)25. Phantoms (1998)26. Scream 2 (1997)27. Night Flier (1997)28. Wishmaster (1997)29. Boogie Nights (1997)30. Spawn (1997)31. DNA (1997/I)32. Scream (1996)33. From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)34. Galaxis (1995)35. Never Talk to Strangers (1995)36. Lord of Illusions (1995)37. Walking Dead, The (1995)38. In the Mouth of Madness (1995)39. Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)40. Pulp Fiction (1994) (uncredited)41. New Nightmare (1994)42. Ed and His Dead Mother (1993)43. Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence (1993)44. Doppelganger (1993)45. Army of Darkness (1993)46. Nutt House, The (1992)47. People Under the Stairs, The (1991)48. Sibling Rivalry (1990)49. Bride of Re-Animator (1990)50. Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)51. Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

(1990)52. Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream

Child, A (1989)53. Intruder (1988)54. Monkey Shines (1988)55. Phantasm II (1988)56. Evil Dead II (1987)

Special Effects1. Land of the Dead (2005) (filming)2. Sin City (2005) (filming)3. Comedy Hell (2005) (post-production)4. Cursed (2004) (completed)5. Riding the Bullet (2004)6. Incident at Loch Ness (2004)7. Blind (2004/I)8. Ginger Snaps: Unleashed (2004)9. Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The (2003)11. Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)12. Hulk (2003)13. Cabin Fever (2002)14. Murder by Numbers (2002)15. Soulkeeper (2001)16. “Dune” (2000) (mini) TV Series17. Little Nicky (2000)18. Crocodile (2000/I)19. Spiders (2000)20. Bats (1999/I)21. Eraser (1996)22. Pumpkinhead II: Blood Wings (1994)23. Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

(1993)24. Body Bags (1993) (TV)25. Army of Darkness (1993)26. Dr. Giggles (1992)27. Night Angel (1990)28. Dances With Wolves (1990)29. Nightwish (1989)30. Halloween 5 (1989)31. Nightmare On Elm Street: The Dream

Child, A (1989)32. Horror Show, The (1989)33. DeepStar Six (1989)34. Phantasm II (1988)35. Predator (1987)36. Creepshow 2 (1987)37. Evil Dead II (1987) (uncredited)

Miscellaneous Crew1. Dead Will Walk, The (2004) (V)2. Good, the Bad & the Bloody: Inside KNB

EFX, The (2004)3. Beast Within: The Making of ‘Alien’, The

(2003)4. Time Machine, The (2002)5. Ghosts of Mars (2001)6. Making of ‘Evil Dead II’ or The Gore the

Merrier, The (2000)7. Bats (1999/I)8. Haunting, The (1999)9. Faculty, The (1998)10. Jingle All the Way (1996)11. Black Sheep (1996)12. Hercules and the Amazon Women

(1994) (TV)13. City Slickers (1991)14. From Beyond (1986)15. Day of the Dead (1985)

Filmography

Source: Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).

Yup, networking.“You can create as many credentials as

you want. It’s really about getting the dooropen so you can expand your workinghorizons.”

Would he dissuade anyone from arriving“cold”?

“I think it’s always good to have an insomewhere. Tom Savini has a makeupschool in Monessen. He has recommendedpeople to me.

“There’s only probably 12 to 15prosthetic makeup studios out here. If that’swhat you’re interested in, you send resumesto those studios.

“It’s always good to have visual product.If you’re a person who does creature effects,as I do, you can show up with a portfolio ofsculpture and makeup you’ve done in yourbasement that illustrate what your talentsare. If you want to be a writer or director,you need to come out with a reel or withscripts that you can hand around.

Of the 70 employees he has, he says,probably 10 to 15 are from Pittsburgh.

“If they have talent and if there is a placefor them here, it means something to me thatthey’re from Pittsburgh.”

The key is to establish oneself withoutbeing pigeonholed too narrowly.

“I’ve never wanted to limit our exposure.The first two years we were in business, wedid a lot of low-budget horror movies. Thenwe got ‘Gross Anatomy,’ which was aDisney film about kids in medical school.”

It helps here to know that Greg is the sonof Connie and Jim Nicotero.

“My dad is a retired physician. He ran thedialysis center at St. Francis Hospital. Icould always call him with medicalquestions about how something would be.

“I went in and said to Debra Hill, producerof ‘Gross Anatomy,’ that I had studied pre-med prior to changing career direction andhad provided some medical suggestions on‘Day of the Dead,’ and we got her film onthat basis. We created cadavers as realisticprops. From that job, we met with KevinCostner, (who) had us make fake buffalo for‘Dances With Wolves.’ Then we did fakelegs for James Caan in ‘Misery,’ which ledto ‘City Slickers,’ and it kept building fromthere. We kept doing horror films, but wewere able to segue into a broaderperspective. My fear subconsciously wasthat when we got recognition from ‘DancesWith Wolves’ and ‘Misery,’ we might peaktoo early and have our biggest films back inthe beginning.”


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But what a resume, from “Unbreakable” and “The Green Mile”to “Troy,” “Catwoman” and TV shows such as “Deadwood,”“Without a Trace” and “CSI.”

“It’s all about repeat business. Right now we’re doing fivedifferent projects. We just wrapped with Robert Rodriguez on ‘SinCity.’”

He also has a crew in Australia working on the “House of Wax”remake, and one in New Zealand working on “The Lion, the Witchand the Wardrobe,” which is the first installment of “The Chroniclesof Narnia,” which is being directed by Andrew Adamson, who didthe “Shrek” movies.

Forthcoming: Romero’s “Land of the Dead,” plus Wes Craven’s“Cursed,” “Riding the Bullet,” “Desperation” and a remake of “TheAmityville Horror.”

Favorite examples of his work?“One of the films I’m proudest of is ‘Kill Bill,’ especially the

scene in the House of Blue Leaves where Uma (Thurman) takes out80 guys with her samurai sword. It’s so cartoony and over the top.

“And I’ll never forget, on ‘Dances With Wolves’ when wedemo’d one of the mechanical buffaloes, seeing Kevin Costner’seyes light up.”

Nicotero, who won an Emmy for the visual effects in theminiseries “Dune,” says, “One of the best compliments was(director) Rob Reiner came up to me after a screening of ‘Misery.’He said that as Kathy Bates raised the sledgehammer, and you startto see her swing, ‘I never felt the oxygen sucked out of a room sofast.’”

The movies that influenced Nicotero most?“‘Jaws’ is my favorite film. That and ‘Dawn of the Dead’ changed

my perspective of film and special effects.”Nicotero, who says he visits his family here about twice a year,

lives in Tarzana, Calif., with his wife, Shari, who is an assistantdirector, and their son Deven, 2, “who loves running around the shopand playing with all the monsters.”

They have in their home a replica of The Time Machine.“It’s true,” he said. “I’ve been able to re-create the things I used

to love as a kid.”

(Ed Blank is the Tribune-Review’s film and Broadway critic. Hecan be reached at (412) 854-5555 or [email protected].)

[Reprinted with permission from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.]

Nicotero’s work can be seen in the upcoming film “Fat Albert” (above). He has helped to produce special effects for some high-profile motion pictures, including “City Slickers,” “Kill Bill,” “Spy Kids,” “The Green Mile,” “Predator,” “Hulk,” and the made-for-TV movie “Dune,” which won Nicotero an Emmy.


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47 Edward Aiken and his wife,Nancy Horn Aiken ’49, havemoved to Laurel Lake RetirementCommunity Center in Hudson,Ohio, and have just become great-grandparents.

52 Sue Horton Larsen and herhusband, Tom, live in the historicdowntown Columbus, Ohio,community of German Village,where they are active in social andcivic groups. Sue is involved withthe Columbus Museum of Art as amember of Beaux Arts, presentingfor the past eight years in the Artin Bloom exhibition.

64 Roger Richards, a civilianU.S. Navyscientistassigned tothe NavalUnderseaWarfareCenter inNewport,R.I.,completed a

research project aboard the MSOdyssey on Lake Ladoga innorthwestern Russia. The researchwas conducted under a scientificexchange accord with the RussianAcademy of Science’s Institute ofApplied Physics. Roger and hiswife, Mary, live in Mystic, Conn.

65 Barbara Cook Jewell, aretired public school teacher, hasbeen pursuing her long-timeinterest in art. She has been juriedinto the Pittsburgh WatercolorSociety, has won several judge’sawards in local shows and has hadtwo paintings accepted intonational exhibitions. She and herhusband, Donald Green, haverecently moved to Murrysville.

67 Anne Filer Schenz and herhusband, Timothy Schenz ’68,have retired from Ross ProductsDivision of Abbott Labs. Annewas a section head, Tim was aresearch fellow. Anne and Timmake their home in Powell, Ohio.

Robert Williams is director ofinformation technology withBosch Security Systems. His wife,Jennifer Miller Williams ’68, is aspecial education teacher assistantat Martin Meylin Middle School.Bob and Jennifer live in Lancaster.

68 Barbara Allen Roseman hasbeen promoted to associateprofessor of speech pathology anddirector, Center forCommunicative Disorders atAugustana College. She and herhusband, James, reside in Moline,Ill.

Virginia Mayo lives in Pittsburgh,where she is chaplain at HospicePreferred Choice.

Ronald Norton has retired asEnglish department chairman inthe Kiski Area School District. Heand his wife, Cathy, are residentsof Apollo.

Keith Patterson has retired asintermediate school principal inthe North Allegheny SchoolDistrict.

Bonnie Tomlinson Wilson is afitness technician at Curves, awomen’s workout center. Herhusband, LaRoyal Wilson ’70, is ateacher in the Hempfield AreaSchool District. The Wilsons areresidents of Mount Pleasant.

69 Lynnette BeigbederLancaster and her husband,Richard Lancaster ’66, are retiredand live in Plymouth, Mass.

Mabel Kocher and Elizabeth Masur Michaels (right),roommates from the Class of 1932 and longtime travelcompanions, reunited in Murrysville in July to celebrateElizabeth’s 95th birthday. In addition, Elizabeth’s twochildren, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren were on hand to mark the occasion.

Catch of the Day

Denise Ferrara Uram ’85 poses with Brian Gates ’60 andsome of their catch. Denise and her husband, James,stationed at the Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, recentlytook a sockeye salmon fishing trip on the Russian Riverwhere they ran into Brian, a Florida native traveling thecountry with his wife, Cindy. They spent the day together,catching salmon and trout and visiting about Westminster.


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John Blackman has retired aschairman, New York MarineOffice, Inc. His wife, KathleenCross Blackman ’70, is officemanager at the United Way inDarien, Conn.

Doris Nikhazy of Waterbury,Conn., is a teacher at KinderCareInc.

Robert Rice is self-employed as aconsultant to pharmaceuticalcompanies. His wife, SuzanneTesh Rice, is a piano teacher.They live in Rockville, Md.

The Rev. Robert Smith Jr. hasaccepted a position as instructor inthe departments of religion andphilosophy at Wright StateUniversity. Bob and his wife,Nancy, live in Fairborn, Ohio.

Richard Space and his wife,Jeannine, live in Oakmont, whereRich is president of SpaceFinancial Services.

Robert Stanhope is a teacher atThe Melrose School, a privateschool in Brewster, N.Y. He andhis wife, Susan, are residents ofPatterson, N.Y.

Linda Wiggins Martin isexecutive assistant to the chairmanof PMA Capital Corp., aninsurance firm in Philadelphia.She and her husband, Mike, live inBroomall.

72 Chris Heilmann, chairmanand chief executive of MerrillLynch Trust Company, receivedthe New York Anti-DefamationLeague’s Humanitarian Award asPrivate Banker of the Year. Theaward honors business leaders forstrong leadership in the industry’strust business and forextraordinary community service.

74 Bruce Miller has accepted aposition as Pubnet/Pubeasy salesexecutive with RR Bowker withresponsibility to manage thegrowth of e-commerce solutions toretailers and publishers withhigher education and tradepublishing. Bruce makes his homein Red Bank, N.J.

78 Peter Lefferts has beennamed director of planned givingat Florida Gulf Coast University.He recently completed a double

Ironman Triathlon. He and hiswife, Jodie, are residents ofNaples, Fla.

The Rev. Kimberly Murman ofTempe, Ariz., is director ofspiritual care at Banner DesertMedical Center.

79 Barbara Davis Burig and herhusband, William Burig ’80, areresidents of Durham, N.C. Bothare employed at Duke University,Barb as development projectscoordinator in the arts and sciencedevelopment office, and Bill asuniversity associate registrar.

Deb DeMeester, associateexecutive presbyter for leadershipdevelopment with the Presbyteryof the Twin Cities Area, receivedher Ed.D. from the University ofSt. Thomas. Her dissertationfocused on how leadership needsto change in the church as itmoves into the 21st century. Sheand her husband, PaulSchalekamp, live in Bloomington,Minn.

Robert Sheehan Jr. of CollegePark, Md., is executive educationsenior fellow at the Robert H.Smith School of Business at theUniversity of Maryland.

Douglas Whitney is president ofJ. Douglas Whitney Inc., aconsulting and financial planningfirm in Murrysville. He and hiswife, Cheryl, and their two sonsmake their home in New Stanton.

81 Susan Sullivan Conboygraduated with highest distinctionfrom Carnegie MellonUniversity’s H. John Heinz Schoolwith a master’s of publicmanagement, concentration inhuman resources. She is specialassistant to the president ofDevelopment DimensionsInternational in Bridgeville. Sheand her husband, Scott, make theirhome in Pittsburgh.

82 Christine Boos Barnes hasreceived her master of divinitydegree from McCormick

Theological Seminary in Chicagoand has accepted the position ofassociate pastor of Brooklyn(Mich.) Presbyterian Church. Sheand her husband, Brett, and theirthree children live in Saline, Mich.Her daughter, Melissa Barnes ’08,is a Young Presbyterian Scholar atWestminster.

The Rev. Charles Monts is pastorat the First Presbyterian Church inHollidaysburg. Chuck lives inDuncansville with his wife, Debra,and their two children.

Jason Whitehair has accepted theposition of vice president, humanresources and administration, forConsolidated Communications,provider of telecommunicationsand Internet services in Texas andIllinois. He and his wife, Brenda,and their two children live inPlano, Texas.

84 Martha Frendberg hasretired as a first-grade teacher atNorthwestern Primary School inthe Blackhawk School District.She and her husband, J. Edwin,live in Beaver Falls.

Robert McKim is vice president,retail power, at Amerex Group ofCompanies in Houston. His wife,Leslie McHugh McKim ’85, is ahomemaker and skating mom. Roband Leslie and their two childrenlive in The Woodlands, Texas.

85 Craig Domeracki and hiswife, Susan, have relocated toBellaire, Texas. Craig waspromoted to regional vicepresident of Cigna Healthcare inHouston.

86 Laura Turner Herrera is theelementary mathematicscurriculum supervisor for VolusiaCounty Schools. She and herhusband, Hector, make their homein Ormond Beach, Fla.

87 Vicki Callihan completedher master’s in education,curriculum development, at LesleyUniversity in Cambridge, Mass.She and her husband, Brian, andtheir son live in Goose Creek,S.C., where Vicki is a musicteacher in the Berkeley CountySchool District.

88 Jacob Blank and his wife,Nancy Anderson Blank ’89 M’96,

The G.E.W.S. (Galbreath East Wing Residents of 1958)held their third reunion at the home of Kay Wilson-Hayes ’62 in Olney, Va., in May. Other members of theClass of 1962 in attendance were (back row, left toright): Sueanne Beveridge, Sue McDonell Graham, andClaudia Sefton Phillips; (front row, left to right): JaniceFosler Clark, G.E.W. mascot Spice Girl, Debbie BoyerSteele, and Kay Wilson-Hayes.

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90 Robert Bishop is adistributor for Mancini’s Bakeryin Pittsburgh. He and his wife,Michelle, live in Hermitage.

Verda Byler of Poland, Ohio, isemployed by Elmtree Catering andis a childcare provider.

Thomas Donati of Pittsburgh is ateacher in the Seneca ValleySchool District.

Betsy Grantier is senior programspecialist at Piedmont VirginiaCommunity College inCharlottesville, Va. She receivedthe 2004 Laurence BruntonService Award for her work as aguest relations staff member with

FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION – IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUTTEACHER CERTIFICATION

In November 1999, the state legislature passed Act 48which requires all persons holding Pennsylvaniaprofessional educator certification to complete continuingeducation requirements every five years in order to maintaintheir Level I and Level II certificates as active. The lawapplies to all public school certificate holders no matterwhere they are, what they are doing or when theircertificates were issued. Inactive certification willprevent an educator from serving in a professionalposition in the public schools of the Commonwealth.

Educators must maintain their certificates as active byearning six collegiate credits or six PDE-approved in-service credits or 180 continuing education hours or anycombination of the above every five calendar years. The firstfive-year period began on July 1, 2000, and included the600,000-plus educators whose records are maintained by theBureau of Teacher Certification and Preparation at theDepartment of Education.

Educators who are not employed as professional ortemporary professional employees by public school entitiesmay elect to request voluntary inactive certification statusfrom the Department in order to suspend the requirementsof Act 48.

At least 12 months prior to the end of the five-yearperiod, the Department will notify educators regarding theircontinuing education status and the remaining credits/hours,if any, to be completed. The Department will again notifythe educator at the end of the five-year period.

Information regarding Act 48 requirements and yourcontinuing education status is available through theDepartment’s Web pages at www.pde.state.pa.us.

Attention, Educators:and their four children live in NewCastle, where Jake is self-employed as a specialtycontractor.

Gregory Dillon is associatedirector of institutional research atDePauw University. Greg and hiswife, Susan, are residents ofEllettsville, Ind.

Kimberly Drumheller Fortney isvice president of the HeritageCenter of Lancaster County, anonprofit museum. Kim and herhusband, Jim, and their son live inMarietta.

Jennifer Gross Holland is enrolledin the master of education(reading) program at EdinboroUniversity. She and her husband,Greg, and their two children livein Erie.

Gregory Illig is national accountsmanager with Huttig BuildingProducts, a lumber wholesaler inGreensburg. Greg and his wife,Becky, and their three childrenlive in Eighty Four.

Jacquelyn Kleberg Witmer is aparaprofessional in specialeducation in the MonongaliaCounty School District. Jackie, herhusband, Brian, and their son livein Morgantown, W.Va.

Jill Piper Robinson is a salesaccount representative withSarstedt Inc., a medical plasticmanufacturer. She and her

husband, Jeffrey, and theirdaughter make their home inGranite Falls, N.C.

Daniel Smith is a claims adjustorfor Progressive Insurance. Helives in Meadville with his wife,Shelly.

David Stover and his wife, Jana,live in Hermitage, where David ispresident of DES Construction, acustom building and generalcontracting firm.

Lori Walker VanNest is a casemanager at Passavant MemorialHomes in Pittsburgh. Herhusband, Russell VanNest ’87, isassociate pastor at Faith CountryChapel, E.M.C. Lori and Russ andtheir two children live in NewCastle.

89 Jill Cona Littrell is ateacher’s assistant at WarrenCounty (N.Y.) Head Start, Inc.She and her husband, Shawn, andtheir two children are residents ofQueensbury, N.Y.

Lisanna Hancox-Totin is anemployment counselor withMature Services, a social servicesagency in Hermitage. Lisa and herhusband, Ron, and their three sonsreside in New Castle.

Mary Joyce McAndrew is a mathteacher in the Frederick CountySchool District. She and herhusband, Bill, and their twochildren live in Winchester, Va.

Christina Moldenhauer Gullo isan adjunct instructor inmathematics at Finger LakesCommunity College. She and herhusband, Todd, and their threechildren live in Macedon, N.Y.(See also New Additions.)

Michele Pander Burnstein and herhusband, David, live in Gibsonia,where Michele is a stay-at-homemom to the couple’s two children.

Helen Segatto Castle and herhusband, Christopher Castle ’90,and their daughter live inJamestown, N.Y. Helen is anadjunct professor for JamestownCommunity College and EmpireState College. Chris is president ofAnderson Precision. (See also NewAdditions.)

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the University of Virginia athleticdepartment. The first woman toreceive the award, Betsy waschosen from more than 200 staffmembers for her support of gamemanagement operations and forher character, service, dedicationand leadership to the Departmentof Athletics.

Kristin Kelly Wroblewski and herhusband, Bob, live in Pittsburghwith their daughter. Kris is a stay-at-home mom.

Mark Minier is head swim coachat Swim Atlanta, a competitiveswimming center. He and his wife,Jessica, make their home inTucker, Ga.

91 Kristan Accles Morrisonearned her Ph.D. in culturalfoundations of education at theUniversity of North Carolina–Greensboro and is an assistantprofessor at La Salle University in

Philadelphia. She lives inLafayette Hill with her husband,Barry.

92 Tracey May Schultz wasrecently hired to teach third gradein the Sharpsville School District.(See also New Additions.)

Brian Slezak has been promotedto senior technical associate in theproduct safety department atColgate-Palmolive. He leads thegroup responsible for the safety ofall oral care products producedglobally by the company. Brianhas also recently become boardcertified in general toxicology bythe American Board ofToxicology. (See also NewAdditions.)

93 Gavin Baumgardner hasstarted his own internal medicinepractice. He is board certified ininternal medicine. (See also NewAdditions.)

Christina Jones Baker is a teacherin the Monterey Peninsula SchoolDistrict. Her husband, JeffreyBaker, is a lieutenant in the U.S.Navy. Jeffrey, Chris and their twochildren live in Monterey, Calif.

Alicia Polacok of Portland, Ore.,is a program coordinator at theCity of Portland Office ofSustainable Development,working on energy efficiency andrecycling projects. She will beleading her third volunteer Habitatfor Humanity International GlobalVillage work camp to NewZealand next year.

95 Jane Baker Andruscik is afirst-grade teacher in the ChartiersValley School District. Herhusband, Brian Andruscik ’96, isa sales representative withMcKesson APS. The couple livesin Carnegie with their son. (Seealso New Additions.)

Audra Eberhart is specialeducation teacher for Farrell HighSchool. She and her daughtermake their home in Clark.

Brian Fisher has become partnerand executive vice president ofBlue Vase Capital Management,an intellectual capital companyspecializing in asset management.He and his wife, Jessica HeadrickFisher ’93, and their two sonsmake their home in Canonsburg.

Stephanie Stoltzfus of Laurel,Md., is an attorney with the U.S.Department of HomelandSecurity. She was admitted topractice law before the U.S.Supreme Court, a ceremony forwhich all nine Justices werepresent.

96 Laura Kelanic lives inArlington, Va., and teaches ninth-grade math at Wakefield HighSchool. She received her master’sin education/teaching from RegentUniversity and won an award forleadership and influential impactin teaching. She is active in churchministry, including short-terminternational mission trips duringthe summer.

Susan Mondok Imposimato ofWoodbury, Minn., recentlygraduated from the University ofMinnesota School of Dentistrywith a B.S. in dental hygiene. (Seealso New Additions.)

97 Val Brkich is head writer forthe Heritage Valley Health Systemat The Medical Center in Beaver.He operates his own freelancewriting company, Brkich WritingServices.

Mark Meury is the co-founder andvice president of technologydevelopment with JRMATechnologies, an informationtechnology solutions companybased in the Phoenix, Ariz., area.

Matthew Roberts has been namedpastor at the First PresbyterianChurch in Carthage, Mo. Matthewand his wife, Tonya GriffithRoberts, and their son, havemoved to Carthage.

98 Phillip Park of Arlington,Va., is a sales and marketingrepresentative with NVR.

Rebecca Zeitler is a manager ofbusiness development at On theScene Productions, Inc., a videonews production company in NewYork City. The company recentlyproduced a satellite media tourfeaturing Amber Brkich ’00 andher fiancé from Survivor.

99 Christopher Buckley waspromoted to the rank of captainafter successful completion of theradar navigator upgrade course,where he was named theDistinguished Graduate. Hereceived the Air Medal (first oakleaf cluster), the AerialAchievement Medal and the AirForce Achievement Medal forheroic actions in aerial combat asa B-52 navigator during OperationIraqi Freedom. He is stationedwith the 23rd Bomb Squadron inMinot, N.D.

Carrie Geubtner McNally ofHarmony recently received hermaster’s degree in math andscience from Slippery RockUniversity and is now a fifth-grade teacher in the Butler AreaSchool District. (See also NewAdditions.)

Ted Haynes of Pittsburgh is asenior account executive withFedEx Services.

Michael Lawrence has receivedhis doctorate in counselingpsychology from the University of

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In June 2004, Westminster Chi Omegas from the classes of1968-1970 celebrated life and friendship in Corolla, N.C.,at their 5th annual Oohblahdee-Outer Banks beach weekgathering. Pictured above (from left to right): Front row –Carolyn Roberts Luce, Sue Pilger Kingston; Middle row –Linda Hershberger Neel, JoAnn Stone Morrissey, PattiDeLair Cook, Kathy Shaler Peindl; Back row – Betsy RidlBaun, Kat Gray Clemens, Deb Smith McCallister, Biz EllisHines, Kathy Cooper Boyle, Linda Westerman Boyle,Cathy Willis Burling, Betsy Rodnok. Also present for theweek, but not pictured: Terri Shoup Van Keuren, BetsyWilcox de Moerschel, Margie Starrett Tompkins.


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Oklahoma. He is a post-doctorateneuropsychology fellow. He andhis wife, Paula Johns Lawrence,live in Danville.

00 Robert Fertelmes is a borderpatrol agent in Douglas, Ariz.

Andria Jones of Greensburg wasawarded thedoctor ofosteopathicmedicinedegree fromPhiladelphiaCollege ofOsteopathicMedicine.She is doing

an internship at LankenauHospital.

Jamie Openbrier Bittner and herhusband, James, have moved toAugusta, Ga., where Jamie hasaccepted a position as aninvestment consultant withSunTrust Securities.

The Rev. Adam Rodgers receivedhis master of divinity degree fromthe Pittsburgh TheologicalSeminary and serves as pastor atthe Stoneboro PresbyterianChurch. Adam lives in Stoneborowith his wife, Lindsay, and theirson. (See also New Additions.)

01 John Hauser received hisJ.D. from the Duquesne UniversityLaw School. He is an attorneywith the Reeves and Ross LawOffice in Latrobe.

Mamiko Nakata received hermaster’s in education from theUniversity of Maryland. She is aseventh-grade English teacher atBuck Lodge Middle School. Shemakes her home in Hyattsville,Md.

Jennifer Ombres lives inFayetteville, Ark., where she ispursuing a master of fine artsdegree in poetry at the Universityof Arkansas.

Alyssa Snyder earned a master ofarts in community counselingfrom Slippery Rock University,specializing in child andadolescent counseling. She is abehavior specialist forSouthwestern Human Services inPittsburgh. She lives in McKeesRocks, where she teaches the first

and second grade Sunday schoolclass at her home church.

02 Amy Balderach of Waco,Texas, was granted anassistantship at the Oral HistoryInstitute, Baylor University. Shewill have an encyclopedia entrypublished in Women and War.

Julie Dull received a master’s inphysician assistant studies fromArcadia University in Glenside,and has accepted a position inpediatric cardiology with PennState Children’s Hospital atHershey Medical Center.

William Jester III is an air qualityspecialist with the PennsylvaniaDepartment of EnvironmentalProtection at the SouthwestRegional Office in Pittsburgh.

Jessica Torick of Gibsonia hasbeen promoted to case manager atThe Bradley Center, a residentialtreatment facility for children withemotional and behavioral

difficulties. She is pursuing amaster of science degree incounseling psychology at ChathamCollege.

Molly Weaver of NorthHuntingdon earned a master’s inpopular culture studies fromBowling Green (Ohio) University.

03 Jennifer Heinsler lives inAshland, Va., where she is ateacher in the Caroline CountySchools.

Nicole McDorman of River Oaks,Texas, is a third-grade teacher atCastleberry Independent SchoolDistrict.

04 Michelle Chovan teachesthird grade at North MadisonElementary School in MadisonTownship, Ohio. In addition, sheis the head coach of the varsitygirls soccer team.

Molly Dyke Anderson is a highschool science teacher at Gowanda

High School. She lives inWestfield, N.Y., with herhusband, Christopher.

Sara Ialongo has joined the staffof Blattner Brunner, Inc., amarketing services firm inPittsburgh. She is an accountcoordinator in the public relationsdepartment.

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88 John McKenzie and VickyEstrada, March 22, 2003. Thecouple resides in Washington,where John is a pharmaceuticalspecialist with AstraZeneca LP.

Petra Obley and Michael Brown,July 3, 2004.

91 Jennifer Morlock andMichael Barber, June 12, 2004.The couple lives in Helena, Ala.

94 Raychel Miller and GabrielCarey, March 8, 2003, in MoonTownship. Alumni in the weddingparty included maid of honorJillann Hounsell and bridesmaidsSusan Surala Rameas andJennifer Call D’Amico. Otheralumni attended. The coupleresides in Barkhamsted, Conn.(See also New Additions.)

95 Jennifer Riznick andChristopherHayward’93, May 8,2004, atSewickleyPresbyterianChurch.Alumni inthe weddingpartyincluded

Valerie McCowan Blatt, JenniferJohnson Axtell, Chris Osborne’92, John Donoghue ’93 and EricDocherty ’94. The Rev. WilliamJackson ’57 officiated. Nearly adozen other alumni were inattendance. The couple lives inPittsburgh.

97 Lori Bryant and CharlesDempsey, Oct. 4, 2003, at thePatrick Haley Mansion in Joliet,Ill. Alumni in the wedding partyincluded matron of honor ShannonBell Hoenig, and bridesmaidsDeanna Drisko, Tracy Repep, andJanet Moeslein Young. Thecouple resides in Carol Stream, Ill.

Jared Tomko and Leslie Dearmin,July 24, 2004. The couple lives inHuntersville, N.C.

98 Cynthia Shaffer andGregory Allen, June 5, 2004.Jackie See Fawley was matron ofhonor and Trevor Fawley ’97 wasbest man. Amy Allen Huber alsoparticipated in the wedding.Several other alumni attended.The couple resides in Berea, Ohio.

00 Elizabeth Metzler andMarcus Gallo, July 12, 2003. Thecouple and their son live in Davis,Calif. (See also New Additions.)

Shawna Severin and ShawnNewcomer,May 29,2004, atHamptonPresbyterianChurch inGibsonia.Alumni inthe weddingparty

included maid of honor TaraSeverin ’02, best man TomNewcomer ’97, and groomsmenBrad Russo and Shawn McGoran’01 Jessica Furman, Jeff Karnsand John Picciano ’01 were alsoin attendance. The couple residesin Altoona.

Rebecca Snyder and Andy Upton,June 26, 2004. The couple lives inBethany, W.Va., where Rebecca ishead women’s basketball coach,head women’s tennis coach andassistant professor of physicaleducation at Bethany College.

01 Tina Proudfoot and JoshuaStidd, April17, 2004.Westminsteralumni whoparticipatedas assistantswere SheriSnyder andWendyHamilton.

The couple lives in Canton, Ohio.

Heather Salada and JasonWojciechowicz, Oct. 19, 2002, atSt. Barbara’s Church in HarrisonCity. Alumni in the wedding partyincluded Jennifer Body Wittmannand Angela Hawley Turner ’00.Heather is assistant marketing

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daughter, Jessica Lynn, on April1, 2004. She is welcomed bybrother Joshua, 5. Kim is a senioraccount manager with WrightLine LLC, a technical furnituremanufacturer, and Scott has beenpromoted to team manager,personal claims, with LibertyMutual Insurance. The familyresides in Cranberry Township.

Dr. Keith Winkleblech and hiswife, Tamatha: a son, Austyn Jay,on July 14, 2004. The family livesin Lawrence.

90 Saran Ball Warne and herhusband, Tom: a son, EliHerapath, on Feb. 9, 2004. He iswelcomed by brothers William, 7,and David, 5, at home inHuntingdon.

Roxanne Bogo Zeisloft and herhusband, Eric: a daughter, RachelCarmelina, in 2004. She joinsbrothers Benjamin (5) and Joshua(3) at the family home inWashington.

Amy DiFucci Hruby and herhusband, John: a son, ConnerJames, on March 1, 2003. Thefamily lives in Los Angeles.

Dr. Michael Evankovich and hiswife, Kristine: a daughter,Adrianna, in 2003. She joinssisters Victoria (9), Bethany (7)and Olivia (4) at home inWaterford.

Lorna Hughes Kestner and herhusband, Ken: a son, Kevin, onAug. 26, 2004. Lorna is a fifthgrade teacher in the Bethel ParkSchool District. The family livesin Lawrence.

Amy Little Pizzuti and herhusband, Tom: a son, Zane, onNov. 21, 2002. He is welcomedby sister Trinity, 4, at home inMarietta, Ga.

91 Kelly Cocolin Warters andher husband, Thomas Warters’89: a son, Jackson Thomas, onDec. 24, 2003. He joinsBenjamin, 5. The family residesin Milford, Conn.

Kelly Hanlin Smith and herhusband, Eric: a daughter,Camryn Grace, on July 8, 2004.She joins big sister Kasey, 2, athome in Bridgeville.

Greg Wirth and his wife, Linnea:a son, Gage Allen, on April 24,2004. He is welcomed byMackenzie, 10, Hunter, 8, andPaityn, 4, at home inThompsontown.

92 Kris Karas Holland and herhusband, John: a son, Jack Karas,on July 31, 2004. The family livesin Powder Springs, Ga., whereKris is project manager/seniorinstructional systems designerwith Pearson PerformanceSolutions.

Tracey May Schultz and herhusband, Brian Schultz ’01: adaughter, Phoebe Cecilia, on Feb.27, 2004. The family lives inTransfer. (See also Class Notes.)

Nicolette Nicola Macdonald andher husband, David: a daughter,Elena Caroline Nicola, on May 9,2004. She joins Ian, 2, at home inRed Bank, N.J.

93 Courtney Davis Moore andher husband, Aaron: a daughter,Laila Simone, on May 13, 2004.The family lives in Felton, Del.

Nicole Spinelli Levis and herhusband, Rich Levis: a daughter,Anna Caroline, on Feb. 14, 2004.The family resides in Pittsburgh.

94 Raychel Miller Carey andher husband, Gabriel: a son,Griffin John, on June 11, 2004.(See also Marriages.)

Kimberly Vucic Ratkiewicz andher husband, Tony: a son,Anthony Joseph IV, on April 30,2004. The family lives inWashington.

95 Jane Baker Andruscik andher husband, Brian Andruscik’96: a son, Luke Marco, on May28, 2004. (See also Class Notes.)

Lori Balderach Pino and herhusband, David: a son, JacobAlexander, on May 12, 2004. Thefamily lives in West Pittsburg.

Amy Byrd Kuntz and herhusband, Michael: a son, NathanThomas, on July 3, 2004. He iswelcomed by Logan Michael, 2.The family lives in Pittsburgh.

Sarah Denny Slezak and her

Mercer County Head Start inFarrell. The family lives in NewWilmington.

87 Jennifer Neuman March andher husband, Charlie: a daughter,Alden, on June 16, 2004. She joinsbrother Woody, 2. The familyresides in Pittsburgh.

88 Carla Maravich KosanovichM’94 and her husband, Nick: ason, Luka, on April 28, 2003. Hejoins big brothers Nicholas (6) andElijah (4). The family lives inAliquippa, where Carla is a first-grade teacher/reading specialist atAliquippa Elementary School.

Linda Messner Aloi and herhusband, Joe: a daughter, KaitlynnMargaret, on July 7, 2004. Shejoins Madison (3) and lives inWebster, N.Y.

Gary Swanson and his wife,Maureen: a son, BenjaminWarren, on Sept. 17, 2004. Thefamily lives in Sharpsville.

89 Joy Benson and herhusband, Fernando Galindo: adaughter, Maya Valentine, on Feb.16, 2004. The family lives inCochabamba, Bolivia.

Beth Danias Eberth and herhusband, John: a son, KevinJames, on Jan. 27, 2004. Beth isan editor and special projectswriter in the Office ofCommunications at St.Bonaventure University . Thefamily resides in Portville, N.Y.

Connie Daub Wonder and herhusband, Tim Wonder: a son,Matthew, adopted from Korea onMarch 9, 2004. Matt was born onSept. 10, 2003. He joins Rachel, 4,at the family’s home inMechanicsburg.

Christina Moldenhauer Gullo andher husband, Todd: a son, Daniel,on May 20, 2004. He joinssiblings Eric (11) and Athena (5).(See also Class Notes.)

Helen Segatto Castle and herhusband, Christopher Castle ’90:a daughter, Sophia Jean, on Oct.21, 2002. (See also Class Notes.)

Kim Solanik Veon and herhusband, Scott Veon ’90: a

81 Randy Staggers and hiswife, Diane: a son, Luke James,on Jan. 15, 2004. The family livesin Hudson, Ohio.

83 Katherine Webster McKeeand her husband, David: TobiasWebster, in 2004. Tobias iswelcomed by three older siblings.The family lives in CranberryTownship.

85 Marcia English Pratt and herhusband, Tom Pratt ’82: adaughter, Isabella Jeannette, byadoption, born on April 1, 2004.She is welcomed home in Mt.Lebanon by sisters Grace (11),Margaret (8) and Caroline (4).

Rebecca Meharey Alcantara andher husband, Rome: a daughter,Mara Isabel, on Aug. 20, 2004.The family lives in Pittsburgh.

86 Brenda Rodgers Briggs andher husband, Brian: a daughter,Kathryn Grace, on March 12,2004. Brenda is a teacher at

director for the Monroeville Mall.The couple resides in HarrisonCity.

02 Eleanor Campbell andMichaelMilarski,May 29,2004, atWest ViewUnitedMethodistChurch.Alumni inthe wedding

party included bridesmaids MollyWeaver and Lani Nuss. Thecouple resides in Pittsburgh.

Laura Stanley and Patrick Fly,July 2, 2004. Andrea Majot andCarrie Nehez Vining ’03 werebridesmaids. Laura is an 8th-gradeEnglish and reading teacher inBroadway, Va. The couple lives inWoodstock, Va.

03 Kelly Schmidt and JuddCampbell, May 2004. Severalalumni were in the wedding party.The couple lives in Lexington, Ky.


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husband, Brian Slezak ’92: adaughter, Maya Margaret, on May3, 2004. She joins sister Avery, 4,at the family’s home in FranklinPark, N.J. (See also Class Notes.)

Julie Gardner Bader and herhusband, Scott: a son, CarsonScott, on Jan. 5, 2004. He iswelcomed by big brother Dylan, 6,and sister Hailey, 4. The familylives in Albion, N.Y.

Becky Reed Smaldone and herhusband, Edward: a son, TaytonEdward, on Sept. 1, 2004. Thefamily lives in Reidsville, N.C.

96 Kerry Fero Watson and herhusband, Doug: a daughter, EmilieMargaret, on April 1, 2004. Thefamily resides in NorthHuntingdon.

Kathy Fetsko Kwiat and herhusband, Josh: a daughter, HannahEleanor, on Jan. 26, 2004. Thefamily resides in New Castle.

Kristin Hollerich Sofran and herhusband, Matthew Sofran ’94: adaughter, Addison Ava, on March13, 2004. She joins Noah James,2, at the family home inPittsburgh.

Laura Jenkins Greyshock and herhusband, Shawn: a daughter, SadieJane, on June 27, 2004. She joinsJesse Thomas, 3, at home inTarentum.

Karey Kustron Gabrielli and herhusband, John: a son, LukeVincent, on July 22, 2004. Hejoins Jack, 1, at home inMenomonee Falls, Wis.

Susan Mondok Imposimato andher husband, Tony: a daughter,Ava Nicole, on July 7, 2004. Sheis welcomed by brother Alexander.(See also Class Notes.)

Fatema Saheli Baumgardner andher husband, Gavin Baumgardner’93: a daughter, Lauren Ali, onMarch 16, 2004. The family livesin Dublin, Ohio. (See also ClassNotes.)

Jennifer Solanik Gates and herhusband, Tim Gates ’95: adaughter, Alexa Grace, on June 11,2004. The family makes its homein Cranberry Township.

97 Katie Cross Cromer and herhusband, Bob: a daughter, SaraElizabeth, on Feb. 6, 2004. She iswelcomed by Janie, 3, at home inDayton, Ohio.

Janet Moeslein Young and herhusband, Michael: a daughter,Lexie, on Sept. 7, 2003. Thefamily resides in Vancouver,where Janet works as a castingdirector.

98 Aaron Lego and his wife,Renee: a daughter, RachelHannah, on May 26, 2004. She iswelcomed by big sister Gabrielle.

Jamie Slack Lentz and herhusband, Patrick: a daughter,Delaney Josephine, on Feb. 15,2004. She joins Xander, 2, athome in Trafford.

Christina Williams and herhusband, Stephen: a son, StephenVaughn, on May 25, 2004.Christina is a case manager withMercer County Behavioral HealthCommission.

99 Carrie Geubtner McNallyand her husband, John: adaughter, Shaylyn Ann, on May18, 2004. (See also Class Notes.)

Rachel Jones Maize and herhusband, Ian: a daughter, AudreyOlivia, on July 23, 2004. Thefamily resides in Norfolk, Va.

Jackie West Grissett and herhusband, Ryan Grissett ’00: adaughter, Elise Kathryn, on April24, 2004. The family lives inCanfield, Ohio.

00 Jennifer Drane Merli andher husband, Daniel: a son,Jonathan Daniel, on April 17,2004. The family resides inFreeport.

Mary Lucchino Tola and herhusband, Eric: a daughter,Brianna Terese, on Aug. 25,2003. The family resides inSaxonburg.

Elizabeth Metzler Gallo and herhusband, Marcus: a son, FrankGerrit, on June 15, 2004. (Seealso Marriages.)

In MemoryWord has reached us of thepassing of the following alumniand friends of WestminsterCollege.

To submit information for theIn Memory section, pleaseprovide a complete obituarynotice (if available) to the Officeof Alumni Relations. Please besure to include the names andclass years of any survivingWestminster alumni relatives.

30 Janet W. McClure ofMaryville, Tenn., Aug. 14, 2004.She earned a master’s degree fromDuquesne University and served aslibrarian in the Blairsville SchoolDistrict and at the BlairsvillePublic Library before retiring in1971. She moved to Maryville in1977. She was a member of theNew Providence PresbyterianChurch. She is survived by 13nieces and nephews and theirspouses, including Lyda McClureByers ’61 and her husband, theRev. Andrew Byers ’61.

31 Alice Grimes Jacobsen ofErie, Sept. 12, 2004. She was aGirard School District substituteand full-time elementary andjunior high school teacher for morethan 20 years. She was also adirector at Camp Caledon for theErie County Sunday SchoolAssociation. She was co-ownerand dog breeder of goldenretrievers at Lakeview Kennels inGirard and had raised several AKCchampions. She was a member ofGirard Alliance Church. Survivorsinclude a daughter, Jan Jacobsen-Shaver ’71 and her husband; twosons, including Jared Jacobsen’71; and a grandson.

35 Charlotte Kuerner Pearsallof Cranberry Township, July 18,2004. She was a member of theLawrence County Garden Club,Jameson Guild, and was active atthe former Almira Home, whereshe was past president of the boardof trustees. She taught privatepiano lessons for more than 60years and was a member ofNorthminster Presbyterian Church.Survivors include her husband of68 years, Otto Pearsall ’34; twosons; and five grandchildren.

36 Edwin Austen of AllisonPark, July 28, 2004. He wasinducted in 1987 into the TitanSports Hall of Fame as a memberof the all-time Titan football team.A World War II Navy veteran, heowned Austen Real EstateInsurance Agency in Etna, was amember of the board of directorsof Laurel Savings Bank, as well asthe Etna Shaler Rotary, and wasalso a member of HamptonPresbyterian Church. Survivorsinclude his wife, Margaret; threechildren, including Carol AustenGill ’61 and her husband, Donald

24 Margaret McClureCummings of Maryville, Tenn.,June 24, 2004. Born in Blairsville,she was married to John W.Cummings, who taught at TrinityUniversity and Maryville College.After his death in 1936, she earneda degree from Biblical (New YorkTheological) Seminary and taughtBible and Christian education atMaryville from 1940-69. Uponretirement she continued to beinvolved at New ProvidencePresbyterian Church, serving aselder, Sunday school teacher andcircle leader. Survivors includethree children and their spouses;nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

The Rev. Adam Rodgers and hiswife, Lindsay: a son, OwenJoseph, on July 28, 2004. (Seealso Class Notes.)

Mary Wishart Hill and herhusband: daughters MakenzieGrace, on Sept. 26, 2002, andMichaela Lynne, on Dec. 9, 2003.The family resides in Waukesha,Wis.

01 Kimberly Chmura Mills andher husband, Steve: a daughter,Mackenzie Nicole, on June 1,2004. The family lives in SevenFields.

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Gill ’60; five grandchildren; andtwo great-grandchildren.

Ruth Clark McClure ofGreensburg, Jan. 23, 2004. Shewas a member of CovenantPresbyterian Church in Ligonierand served as a Tuesday volunteerin the Thrift Shop at theGreensburg YWCA for manyyears. The former Blairsvilleresident was an active member ofthe Blairsville United PresbyterianChurch, Fortnightly Club and wasa former employee of theBlairsville Public Library. She issurvived by two sons and theirspouses; eight grandchildren; eightgreat-grandchildren; and manynieces and nephews.

37 Esther DinsmoreMcCammon of Chambersburg.She was formerly an elementaryschool teacher in the NewKensington-Arnold SchoolDistrict. Survivors include threechildren.

38 Lawrence Byers ofMemphis, Aug. 10, 2004. TheUniversity of Tennessee HealthScience Center researcher andteacher wrote more than 130papers and owned at least threepatents. He earned a master’sdegree in science from OberlinCollege and was studyingchemistry at Michigan StateUniversity when World War IIbroke out. Faced with anationwide shortage of chemists,the draft board assigned him towork on a military project at DowChemical Co. After the war heenrolled at the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign,where he received his Ph.D. inbiochemistry. He didschizophrenia research at TulaneUniversity for 10 years beforemoving to Memphis, where he didresearch at Baptist MemorialHospital and taught at theUniversity of Tennessee. Heretired in 1994. Survivors includehis wife of 38 years, Mary; twochildren; two grandchildren; asister-in-law; a niece; and anephew.

Martha Yolton Stahl of Latrobe,Sept. 17, 2004.

39 Jane Patterson Stewart ofCranberry Township, Jan. 21,2003. She was a retired school

teacher from the North AlleghenySchool District. Survivors includea son, David Ogborne ’70; adaughter; three step-children; sixgrandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

40 Harvey Mercer of Mt.Lebanon, Sept. 4, 2004. He wasformerly employed by Mutual ofNew York. Survivors include fourchildren and their spouses; abrother; five grandchildren; andone great-grandchild.

42 Anne C. Thompson Snyderof Newville, March 29, 2004. Shewas a member of First UnitedPresbyterian Church, taughtSunday school, sang in the choirand belonged to and was pastpresident of Presbyterian Women.She was also a member of theNewville Historical Society, theGreen Ridge Village Auxiliaryand the Big Spring Senior Center.Survivors include two daughters; asister, Margaret Thompson ’43; abrother; four grandchildren; andseveral nieces and nephews.

43 Marjorie Jean BensonBeddow of Allison Park, June 21,2004. Survivors include twochildren and their spouses; fourgrandchildren; and one great-grandson.

44 Nancy Feick of Pittsburgh,July 30, 2004. She was formerlyexecutive secretary for WPXI-TVin Pittsburgh. She enjoyed golfingand was a member at ShannopinCountry Club. Survivors include abrother and several nieces andnephews.

46 Dr. Harry Walberg ofPittsburgh, Jan. 28, 1999.

47 Wilfred Gibson of StonyBrook, N.Y., June 3, 2004. Hetaught at the University of Illinoisand the University of NorthCarolina. He also worked for theDepartment of the Army inWashington, D.C., before joiningthe faculty at Queens College inNew York, where he taughtpsychology for 28 years. He was aveteran of World War II, servingin the 333rd Infantry Regiment,84th Division. A member of theUnited Methodist Church in StonyBrook, he earned his Ph.D. fromthe University of Chicago.Survivors include his wife of 58

years, Louise Gayle Gibson ’44;four children and their spouses; asister; and eight grandchildren.

48 Dr. Earl McMunn of NewCastle, Aug. 5, 2004. He was aretired dentist, who earned therank of second lieutenant in theArmy Air Force as a navigator inWorld War II. He attendedWestminster, Geneva and KentState University before enrollingin the University of PittsburghDental School. While stillattending dental school, heenlisted in the Medical ServiceCorps and attained the rank ofcaptain. He opened a dentalpractice in New Castle in 1952and retired in 1990. He was a 50-year member of HighlandPresbyterian Church and a 50-yearmember of the Dental Society ofWestern Pennsylvania. Survivorsinclude his wife of 13 years,Elenora; two children; a sister,Jane McMunn Rosenberger ’41;six grandchildren; and threestepchildren.

Frederick V. Paine Jr. of Ligonierand Jupiter, Fla., Oct. 26, 2004.He was a trustee emeritus, servingon the Board of Trustees from1973-85. A World War II veteranof the U.S. Navy Air Corp, heattended Westminster on abasketball scholarship andreceived his B.S. in chemistry. Heplayed professional basketball fortwo seasons before embarking ona successful career in industry. In1955 he joined Nalco ChemicalCompany as a salesman, and in1988 retired from the Illinois firmas executive vice president. Hewas a staunch supporter of Titanathletics, and an avid golfer untileye problems ended his play.Survivors include his wife,Barbara Johnson Paine ’48, andtheir three sons, Frederick,Timothy, and Scott.

49 John Cook of Hubbard,Ohio, Feb. 7, 2004. He was retiredfrom Gennaro Pavers, where hewas office manager. Survivorsinclude his wife, Eva; and twochildren.

Edwina Edwards Falconer ofHamden, Conn., Aug. 9, 2004.

50 William Saul of MountJuliet, Tenn., March 8, 2004. Hewas retired as director of the State

Technical Institute. Survivorsinclude his wife, Mary; and twochildren.

Gerhard Schlumberger of NewCastle, July 2, 2004. Born inOberschefflenz, Germany, hetaught German in the New CastleArea School District for 30 years,retiring in 1984. He served in theArmy Corps of Engineers andtaught German to Air Forcepersonnel. He was a member ofthe Pennsylvania Association ofSchool Employees and a memberof Christ Lutheran Church, wherehe was Sunday schoolsuperintendent, treasurer andfinancial secretary. Survivorsinclude his wife of 25 years,Nancy Magill Schlumberger ’64M’67; a daughter and her husband;a son; a brother; a sister; and fourgrandchildren.

51 June Sabolia MacDonald ofAurora, Ohio, Jan. 15, 2004. Shetaught school briefly and workedin real estate in the Clevelandarea. She was a member of theAmerican Association ofUniversity Women. Survivorsinclude her husband, George; twosons and their spouses; threegrandchildren; and a sister.

52 Ann Ashbaugh Price of BayVillage, Ohio, Dec. 13, 2003. Shewas retired after over 40 yearswith the Glidden Paint Companyin Cleveland. She was on theexecutive board and head of theColor Studios. Survivors includeher husband, Bob.

53 Lawrence Pitzer ofHighland Beach, Fla., Sept. 10,2004. He was treasurer of the BelLido Property Owners Associationand a member of the town ofHighland Beach Public SafetyCommittee. An Army veteran, hebegan his professional career withNorwich Eaton Pharmaceuticals,which became a division ofProcter and Gamble. He retired in1990 after 35 years of service.Survivors include his wife of 50years, Phyllis George Pitzer ’54; ason and his wife; a daughter andher husband; and fourgrandchildren.

59 Michael Stetts Jr. ofGlendale, Ariz., July 4, 2004.


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61 Marjorie Mowry Koenig ofHoffman Estates, Ill., July 19,2004. She worked in the CareerCenter at Lake Park High Schoolfor over 20 years before retiring in2000. She was a Sunday schoolteacher and an active member ofChurch of the Cross. Survivorsinclude her husband, Theodore; ason; a daughter and her husband;four grandchildren; and twobrothers.

64 John Davis of Greensburg,Jan. 28, 2003. He was a retired taxsupervisor for West Penn PowerCompany. Survivors include hiswife, Cynthia Moore Davis ’63and two children.

65 Patricia Bash Estermyer ofHamburg, May 2004. She was aspeech and hearing therapist forEaster Seals.

67 Joseph Penner ofBradenton, Fla.

69 Elizabeth “Betty” HolmesMcConahy of New Wilmington,Sept. 8, 2004. She earned a

bachelor’s degree from Randolph-Macon Women’s College inLynchburg, Va., and her master’sin education from Westminster.She served with the American RedCross as a hospital social worker,and taught as a substitute teacherin the New Castle and Neshannockschool systems. She and herhusband, John McConahy ’40,spent 22 years speaking nationallyto youth about the dangers ofmanipulation by destructive cults.They were instrumental in thefounding of the nationalorganization formerly known asthe Cult Awareness Network, aswell as the Cult InformationService in Pittsburgh. She waspresented with the National CultAwareness Network Hall of FameAward in 1985. A member of theCascade Park Restoration Board,she was named a Woman ofDistinction by the Girl Scouts ofBeaver and Lawrence Counties.Survivors include her husband,Jack; four children and theirspouses; nine grandchildren; andone great-grandchild.

Lauren Olson French M’72 ofNewport News, Va., Jan. 20, 2004.She was a teacher in NewportNews. Survivors include herhusband, Jack, and a daughter.

71 Jane Inghram of San Carlos,Calif., June 23, 2004.

73 Walter E. Hoffman ofGreenville. He was director of theThiel Productive Retirement Ct.He earned his undergraduatedegree at Ohio State University.Survivors include his wife, Patsy;and a son, Walter G. Hoffman’83.

78 Charles Front ofReisterstown, Md., June 30, 2004.He was owner of Front MaterialHandling in Baltimore and earnedhis MBA from the University ofVirginia. Survivors include hiswife, Barbara, and a daughter.

91 Peter Solis of Brandon, Fla.,Aug. 26, 2004. He was afirefighter in Hillsborough Countyand volunteered as a youth hockeycoach with the Tampa Bay JuniorLightning. Survivors include hismother.

Willard “Bud” Sarver ofNew Wilmington, Sept. 30,2004. A longtime friend andsupporter of WestminsterCollege, he and his wife,Harriet Jackson Sarver ’36,entertained generations ofWestminster students in theirNew Wilmington home. Mr.Sarver was employed atWestinghouse Electric inSharon for 41 years. He was aschool board member in theWilmington Area SchoolDistrict and a deacon, elderand trustee in the NewWilmington PresbyterianChurch. A U.S. Armyveteran, he was a technicalsergeant in the 8th ArmoredDivision, serving in theEuropean theater duringWorld War II. Survivorsinclude Harriet, his wife of 63years; two sons, includingDavid Sarver ’73 and hiswife, Kathleen JacksonSarver ’73; and fourgrandchildren.

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Honor RollHonor RollAkio and Delores L. Aburano ’50 -Susan Welty Baker ’84Alice Bell Barrett ’31Mr. Willis H. Bates ’49*Mrs. Karen Bausman ’75Elizabeth Janet Benson ’29*Mr. & Mrs. George R. BerlinDr.* & Mrs. George A. BleasbyMr. George F. Bolinger ’27*Mr. Frank M. Brettholle ’39*Dr. Virginia A. Bridges ’48Dr. & Mrs. J. Duff Brown ’50 ’50Rev. Joseph T. Brownlee ’35*Gloria C. & Donald CagigasC. Rudolph & Evelyn S. Carlin*The Rev. Dr. & Mrs Fred W. Cassell ’51 -James* & Virginia* Chambers ’30 ’31Miss Gertrude Chapin ’26*Rev.* & Mrs. Wilbur C. Christy ’34 ’36Mr. & Mrs. Chester P. Claire ’49 ’49David Cochran & Sharyn Cochran ’66 M’82Charles E.* & Harriette R. Cochran ’33 ’33Jane R. Coleman ’49Clifford* & Lula Collins ’30 -Miss Marilyn J. Conrad ’41Mrs. William E. Crowell ’31*Mr. Kirkwood B. Cunningham ’40*Mr.* & Mrs. Frederick F. Curtze ’50 -Dr. Charles E. & Marcia M. Davis ’48 ’52Dr.* & Mrs. Spencer H. Davis Jr. ’37 -Irma Sutton de Carpentier ’26*William E. Dembaugh &

Jean Whitaker Dembaugh ’51 ’53Mrs. Margaret W. Dewar ’49*Ms. Daryl J. Downey ’49Dr. Edward A. Dunlap ’32*Miss Clara L. Eckerson ’39*Elizabeth B. FanelliLisa Jo Fanelli, Esq. ’86Mr. Charles W. Ferney ’35*Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Fishback ’78 ’78Mr. & Mrs. William R. Foster ’74 ’74Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Fox ’44 ’44Mr.* & Mrs.* Nathan K. Frey - ’26Clarissa Anne Fuller ’56Rev. & Mrs. John H. Galbreath ’41 ’45Paul & Anna Mary Gamble ’32 -

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin J. Garvey ’77 -Mr.* & Mrs. John M. Gehr ’37 -Mr. Blair E. Gensamer Jr. ’62Mr. & Mrs. Roy R. Gibson Jr. ’38 -Nancy Herman Gordon ’68Barbara Braden Guffey ’70Atty. Thomas P. Gysegem ’81Mr. & Mrs. Donald C. Haight ’46 -Ann Hope Haldeman ’48Patricia L. Hays ’50*Mr. D. Harry Headley ’37*James R. Heinrich ’76Mr. & Mrs. George H. Herchenroether ’37 ’41Mr. & Mrs. Henry C. Herchenroether ’42 ’43Dr. John H. Hodges ’52Dr.* & Mrs. William L. Hoon ’37 -Mr. & Mrs. Donald R. Hopper ’56 ’58Dr. & Mrs. Graham F. Johnstone ’66 ’67Carolyn J. Jones ’58Rev. & Mrs. Franklin T. Jones ’50 ’52Frank L.* & Orpha R.* Jones ’25 ’23John (Jack) W. Jones ’50Colonel Donald Thomas Kellett ’35*Dr. Thomas R. & Patricia G. Kepple Jr. ’70 -George R. Kerr* &

Charmaine Hazen Kerr ’49 ’50Jean Leighty Kistler &

Robert K. Kistler ’48 -Paul Krakowski ’45*Ms. Mary E. Lambie ’36*Eugene P. Lombardi ’48Mr. William C. Lortz*Mr. Rolland E. Louden ’33Mr. & Mrs. Joseph N. MackJane E. Macrum ’30A. David & Eva L. Marsico ’58 ’58Jean Lawton Martin ’46Will R. Maurer ’53Dr. William L. McClelland ’48Willis A. McGill ’33Pearl G. McNall, M.D. ’43Dr. William M. McNaugher ’20*Mr. William P. Moorhead*Mr. Silas R. Mountsier IIIDr. Ross H. Musgrave ’42Doris Piccino Overboe ’56Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Patton ’50 ’52

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Walter R.* &Christine Masterson Peterson - ’48

Mrs. Genevieve Phelps ’46Miss Dorothy J. Pollock ’46Dr. & Mrs.* Michael Radock ’42 ’43Barbara M. Rankin ’57William W. Rankin ’60Miss Mary I. Reed ’28Jean Van Vranken Reichmann ’42*Mr. & Mrs. Thomas I. Ritchey ’73 -Dorothy M. Robins ’39Elizabeth Stewart Robertson ’37*Dr. Paul S. Robinson ’29Dr. Richard T. Robinson ’63 M’66Dr.* & Mrs.* J. Calvin Rose ’33 -Mr. Robert G. RossThomas R. Sarver Sr.*Mr. Alan J. Schaeffer ’69Rev. & Mrs. Albert L. Schartner ’53 ’54Sanford G. & Marjory Meyer Scheller ’53 ’53Mr. C. Bryson &

Mrs. Jean H. Schreiner - ’38Milton E. & Dorothy A. Shearer ’38Miss Margaret F. Sloan ’38Joyce Carney Smith ’68 and

Martin F. Smith Ph.D.James D. South ’35*Mildred J. Southern ’53*Mr. & Mrs. G. Alan Sternbergh ’51 ’54Ms. Mary Jane Stevenson ’37Mrs. Natalie Stewart ’36Margaret Sands Sutton ’37Mrs. Irmajean Tooke ’44Wendell B. & Phyllis D. Wagner ’55 ’55Dr. George* and Ruth Randall Watto ’53 ’51John T. & JoAnn C. Weisel ’79 ’79Donald R. Weisenstein ’47Miss Eleanor M. Whitehill ’49*Raymond G. & Martha Vance Wile - ’57S. Donald &

Josephine Hartman Wiley ’50 ’49R. Thomas & Jean S. WilliamsonDr. Arthur R. Wilson ’26*Catherine Elder Wise ’30*Dr. John S. Witherspoon ’31*Miss Carolyn R. Wood ’67Mr. & Mrs. Chalmers E. Zech ’47 ’47

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Gathering LeavesA pile of autumn leaves on the lawn outside of the McKelvey Campus Center proved to be an irresistible Homecoming playground for Mark Williams ’92 and son Benjamin (left), and Adam Slade ’93 and his sons, Tyler and Carson (right).

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