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The Next Step:Graduation & Beyond

Commencement 2004

Finding the Right Job

Being a Good Alumnus

Dear Westminster Friends:

In this issue you will find an interesting article on the many great ways to help assure thatWestminster will get better and better – every day, every year. Alumni have an important stake in thefuture of the College.

Years ago, as our children were growing up, our family would invite a child from the “Fresh Air”program in New York City to spend two weeks with us each summer. Among other things, we wouldtake them to the Clarkson University alumni reunion each July.

On one such occasion I was seated with our young NYC guest, Manny, as we ate ice cream at thereunion picnic. Suddenly, he pointed to the campus buildings and said, “Mr. Williamson, who ownsthis place?”

“Who owns this place?” I repeated as I stalled for time and thinking space. “Good question.”

“Thanks,” he said. “But who does?”

Feeling trapped by an eight-year-old, I pointed to the picnicking alumni and blurted out, “They do.”

I went on to explain that they were the people who had earned degrees from the institution and hadthe most to gain or lose from its successes or failures. That may have been a little more than Mannywanted to know, but it was the best I could do at the time.

Today at Westminster, upon reflection, I believe it may be the best that I will ever do with Manny’squestion. For it is with a sense of ownership that our alumni help to guide and sustain this marvelousinstitution.

I am grateful to Manny for asking the question and I thank each of you for being a part of the answer.

Sincerely,

R. Thomas Williamson

Front Cover – Deborah ParadyBack Cover – Deborah Parady and Tiffany Wolfe

Volume 23, Number 4Spring 2004

EditorPatrick S. Broadwater

Senior Director,Advancement AdministrationMark A. Meighen

Editorial AssistantsSandra ChandlerCarol Eberhart ’94, M ’04Joe Onderko M ’00Dorothy Pollock ’46

Design & ProductionDeborah L. Parady

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: broadwps@westminster.edu.

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.

D E P A R T M E N T S

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

21-32 Class Notes

12 Grant to Help Library ExtendCommunity Outreach

14 Way(s) to Go!Class of 2004 celebrates Commencement,contemplates an unknowable future.

16 The End of an EraQuick-witted accounting professor RonBergey retires after 42 years at head ofthe class.

18 Alumni 101Numerous opportunities exist forWestminster graduates to support theiralma mater.

20 Some Thoughts onFinding the Right Job

for the Recent(and Not-So-Recent)Graduate

On the Cover...Elizabeth Grepp, a public relations majorfrom Solon, Ohio, descends Senior Terraceafter receiving her B.A. degree during theCollege’s 150th annual Commencementceremony on May 22.

Photo Credits.. .

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Westminster Hires Six NewFull-Time Faculty

Beginning this summer, WestminsterCollege will offer a master’s degree inadventure education.

The new graduate program blendsWestminster College’s faith heritage,leadership training, and outdoor experientialcomponents into an innovative program forclassroom teachers, business leaders, trainers,youth workers, camp staff, outdoorprofessionals, and others who are interestedin learning alternative means of teaching andlearning through adventure programming.

“We believe that education, which modelslife as an adventure, will transform theworld,” said Steven Montgomery, directorof Westminster’s Titan Traverse andemployee of the Coalition for ChristianOutreach. “Courses in adventure educationwill combine academic thought and contentin tangible contexts with practicalapplications. Students will study to learn

A new book covering New Wilmington’slong and rich history is now available.

The History of New Wilmington, 1797-2003: The Story of a Small Town was com-piled by a committee that included formerWestminster College professors and admin-istrators, including Delber McKee, profes-sor of history emeritus; Dewey DeWitt, pro-fessor of chemistry emeritus and curator ofthe College archives; Paul Gamble ’32, as-sociate professor of English emeritus andCollege historian; Alan Sternbergh ’51,former director of the College placement of-fice; and the late Eugene Sharkey, formerprofessor of history.

The 12-chapter book includes over 100photographs and explores the history of theborough, including sections on local govern-ment, civic and community organizations,churches and the Amish, Native Americans,family histories, and, of course, WestminsterCollege.

The cost of the book is $29.95. Orderforms are available from the Westminsteralumni office or in the Westminster Book-store.

Westminster Offers M.Ed.in Adventure Education

Westminster now offers a master’s degree in adventureeducation. The program combines the College’s faithheritage, leadership training and outdoor experientialcomponents for an alternative means of teaching andlearning through adventure programming.

adventure educationfrom the perspective ofthree anchor points:conviction, character, andcommunity.”

Some of the coursesoffered in the adventureeducation curriculuminclude: The Theology ofRecreation and Play,Leadership in AdventureEducation, EffectiveGroup Development,Critical Issues inAdventure Education,Design and Facilitation,and Adventure EducationAdministration.

Students can choose a master’s degreetrack or a non-degree track, according toMontgomery. The M.Ed. track requires the

completion of 30 hours of graduate work, andincludes philosophical, psychological, andresearch foundations of education.

New WilmingtonHistory ChronicleNow Available

It’ll be that easy…Soon Westminster alumni, parents and friends can make a gift using theircredit card and the new secure online giving option available for the first

time this summer on the College’s newly revamped Web site,

www.westminster.edu

Point. Click. Give.

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Amber Brkich, the 2000Westminster graduate who rose toprominence on the reality show“Survivor,” got a second chance atthe game and came away a bigwinner. In more ways than one.Brkich, who finished sixth in theshow’s second season, “Survivor:The Australian Outback,” not onlytook home the $1 million grandprize as winner of “Survivor: All-Stars,” she also accepted thesurprise marriage proposal of fellow contestant Rob Mariano, who got down on oneknee to pop the big question live on national television before an estimated 24.1 millionviewers. Brkich and Mariano, who developed a strategic relationship in the game thatquickly turned romantic, outlasted their peers to become the final two contestants inthe 18-player all-star edition of the popular show. Brkich was narrowly voted the winnerof the show by the seven-member jury, 4-3. The finale aired May 9 on CBS.

Kenneth J. Romig, a1985 Westminstergraduate, has beenappointed the College’snew vice presidentfor finance andmanagement services,replacing Bill Birkhead,who retired on June 30after 17 years of serviceto Westminster.

Romig had beensenior vice president offinance at Sky Bank, a$12 billion bank withoffices in five states andthe largest subsidiary ofSky Financial Group,Inc. He earned his

CPA certification in 1987. Romig previouslyworked as senior auditor for ArthurAnderson & Co. in Pittsburgh, beforebecoming vice president and controller, thenchief financial officer for the First WesternBancorp, Inc.

“My enthusiasm for this position is theresult of the experiences that I had as astudent, my ongoing interactions withWestminster College as an alumnus, and asa member of the New Wilmingtoncommunity,” Romig said. “As a resident ofNew Wilmington for the past 15 years andas a member of the New WilmingtonBorough Council for the past 10 years, I amvery familiar with the vital role thatWestminster College plays in enriching thelives of area residents.”

The vice president for finance andmanagement services also serves as theCollege treasurer, and oversees all areas offinance and business affairs, including thebusiness office, human resources, physicalplant, and auxiliary services.

Birkhead joined the College in 1987 asone of four new vice presidents under newlyhired president Oscar Remick. Hepreviously worked for Gamma Biologicalsand the Exxon Corporation. Birkhead andhis wife, Marlene, have three children andseven grandchildren.

Romig lives in New Wilmington with hiswife, Kimberly Crumbacher Romig ’00,and their two children, Nicole andNathan. He is a member of JamesonMemorial Hospital Board, and a deacon inthe New Wilmington Presbyterian Church.

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell paid a visit toWestminster College on April 19 as part of his whistle-stop campaign for a statewide ballot referendum. He di-vided his hour-long appearance in the Witherspoon Roomsof McKelvey Campus Center between an unscripted speechand a question-and-answer session. Before taking the po-dium, he was presented with a Westminster Collegesweatshirt from President R. Thomas Williamson. Thegovernor’s appearance, ahead of Pennsylvania’s April 27primary election, was in support of the referendum, whichauthorizes the commonwealth to borrow $250 million tofund grants and loans for the construction, expansion orimprovement of water and wastewater infrastructure. Theballot referendum passed comfortably.

Governor’s Whistle-StopTour Hits Westminster

Million-Dollar Smile

Birkhead

Romig

Romig NamedVP for Finance

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The Rev. Douglas Pride, a Presbyterianminister and 1980 Westminster Collegegraduate, delivered the 17th annual WayneH. Christy Memorial Lecture on April 18 inWallace Memorial Chapel.

Pastor of the Clearfield PresbyterianChurch, Pride gave a speech titled “TheForgotten Third: Jesus’ Call to Preach, toTeach, and to Heal.”

Pride earned his master of divinity anddoctor of ministry degrees at PittsburghTheological Seminary and has led manymission trips to the Dominican Republic andstudy tours to Israel and Jordan. Hisdevelopment of the TAGG Team YouthMinistry program has led 18 Clearfield-areastudents to the ministry and mission fields.

The Wayne H. Christy Lecture Seriesannually honors Wayne H. Christy, whowas a longtime faculty member and chairof the Department of Religion andPhilosophy at Westminster. The programseeks out men and women who distinguishthemselves by relating religion to issues ofcontemporary life.

Orr Discusses Environment, PoliticsDavid W. Orr, a 1965 Westminster graduate and son

of former President Will W. Orr, returned to theCollege on May 6 to discuss his latest book The LastRefuge: Patriotism, Politics, and the Environment in anAge of Terror.

His book, a set of 13 essays, pits his views of thecurrent state of American politics against the backdropof mounting ecological and social problems.

Orr, who earned his master’s from Michigan StateUniversity and Ph.D. in international relations from theUniversity of Pennsylvania, is currently the chair of theEnvironmental Studies Program and the Paul Sears

Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies andPolitics at Oberlin College.

Orr has received numerous awards for his work onissues related to environmental education including theLyndhurst Prize, the National ConservationAchievement Award, and most recently, the BioneersAward in 2002. He was instrumental in building the$7.2 million Environmental Studies Center at OberlinCollege, a breakthrough in environmental design,which has been hailed as one of the 30 “milestonebuildings” by the U.S. Department of Energy.

The event, held in Phillips Lecture Hall, was co-sponsored by the Westminster College Department ofBiology and the Sierra Student Coalition.

Patricia Reilly Giff,a Newbery Award-winning children’sauthor, made an ap-pearance in theWitherspoon Roomsof the McKelveyCampus Center onMarch 26. Her pre-sentation, “Writing…The Story of MyLife,” was followedby a book signing.

Giff is well known for two series of booksthat deal with friendship, The Kids of the PolkStreet School and Polka Dot Private Eye. Her1998 book Lily’s Crossing received theNewbery Honor, as well as several otherawards. She was awarded the Newbery Honoragain in 2003 for Pictures of Hollis Woods. Hermost recent book, Maggie’s Door, has also wonseveral awards.

The event was sponsored by the WestminsterCollege Department of Education.

Newbery MedalWinner VisitsWestminster

Robert Thorne, professor of physics atCornell University, delivered the Woods Lec-ture, “Collisions! From Mass Extinctions to theAssassination of JFK,” on May 6 in PhillipsLecture Hall.

Thorne, who received his undergraduatedegree in engineering from the University ofManitoba, earned a Ph.D. in electricalengineering from the University of Illinois,where he worked with Nobel laureate JohnBardeen.

His research includes a broad range ofinterests, including the physics of novel one-and two-dimensional electronic materials,problems related to determining the structuresof protein molecules and other large biologicalmolecules, developing better ways for freezingsperm cells, and attempting to recover the testfrom 2,000-year-old eroded limestone andmarble tablets.

The Woods Memorial Lecture honors RobertM. Woods, professor of physics at Westminsterfrom 1947-1972. It is made possible by a giftfrom the Woods’ family that has beensupplemented over the years by gifts fromfriends and alumni.

Woods LecturerDiscusses ‘Collisions’

The Rev. Kenneth E.Bailey took on the best-selling novel The DaVinci Code in a lecturesponsored by theWestminster College Office of ChurchRelations.

The author of seven books and more than150 articles, Bailey is an expert on theBible. He spent 40 years teaching the NewTestament in the Middle East and founded

the Institute for MiddleEastern New TestamentStudies at the TanturEcumenical Institute forTheological Studies inJerusalem.

His presentation, April21 in Wallace Memorial

Chapel, investigated thefictional murder mystery in The Da

Vinci Code, and its supposed historicaltruths about the origins of the Bible and theChristian faith.

Pride DeliversChristy Lecture

TheologianUnlocksDa Vinci Code

Bailey

Orr

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Stanley Gumberg of Pittsburgh (center) was honored on April 1 for his 16 yearsof service on the Westminster Board of Trustees. Gumberg was presented with aBoard citation naming him a trustee emeritus, and joined by (from left to right:)Robert Patton ’50, Board chairman George Berlin, President R. ThomasWilliamson, Wendell Freeland, and Don Wiley ’50.

Darwin Huey, associate professor of educationat Westminster, discussed historically blackcolleges and universities in his Henderson Lecture,“Lifting the Veil,” on April 14 in Wallace MemorialChapel.

Huey’s lecture explored historically blackcolleges through words of faith, pages of literature,fields of sport, and roads of travel throughout theAmerican South. In preparation for the lecture,Huey spent a year visiting colleges and historicsites, interviewing people involved in blackeducation, and reading various documents relatedto the subject.

“The design of this research is similar to myongoing study of the past many years,” Huey said.“It’s built upon my interest in African-Americanhistory in general and historically black collegesin particular.”

The Henderson Lecture was founded by JosephR. Henderson and his wife, Elizabeth, toencourage and recognize original and continuingresearch and scholarship among WestminsterCollege faculty, and to afford the opportunity forfaculty to share their learning with the academiccommunity. Henderson is a professor emeritus ofeducation at Westminster, and served as chair ofthe Department of Education and director of theGraduate Program.

Sandra Webster, professor of psychology and department chair at Westminster, hasbeen named McCandless Scholar for the 2004-2005 academic year.

The award, designed to honor the memory of J. Bardarah McCandless and toencourage scholarly activity on Westminster’s campus, is given to one full-time tenuretrack faculty member each year. The McCandless Scholar receives eight credit hours ofreassigned time and monetary support for research and scholarship expenses.

Webster will use the time and money provided by the McCandless Award to continueher research on the concept of Korean emotion Han, which is a negative emotional statecaused by something outside the individual’s direct control, as a function of gender andgeneration.

Her project, “Turning Adversity into Character: Further Explorations of the KoreanEmotion Han and its Possible Counterparts in Other Cultures,” will explore if theconcepts of Han can be generalized into other nations or culture groups.

Andrea Grove, assistant professor of political science at Westminster, recentlypresented two papers at the International Studies Association in Montreal.

“Ancient Hatreds or Manipulable Leaders? Shifting Representations in Cases ofConflict Intervention” was co-authored by Grove and Chris Scholl, assistant professorof political science at Wheeling Jesuit University. This paper proposed a research designto probe the plausibility of the claim that United States leaders shift their focus on thecauses of internal unrest around the world as the United States moves closer tointervention.

“Searching for Bellweathers: Examining Representations of Northern Irish,Palestinian, and Israeli Leaders” was co-authored by Grove and Donald Sylvan, professorof political science at Ohio State University. This paper examines the phenomenon ofleaders representing intergroup relationships differently to disparate audiences.

Webster Named McCandless Scholar

Huey Lifts Veil inHenderson Lecture

Political Science Professor’s Papers Featuredat International Studies Conference

Gumberg Honored forBoard Service

Amy Camardese, an assistant professor of edu-cation at Westminster, recently presented her re-search at a pair of national conferences.

She presented “Perspectives of Students,Parents, and Teachers on the Social Implicationsof Inclusion,” to the Council for ExceptionalChildren National Conference in New Orleans.

“My presentation addressed the need to learnmore about students with learning disabilities andtheir demonstration of social skills,” saidCamardese.

She also presented “Using Literature to TeachDemocracy, Freedom, and Patriotism” at the Na-tional Council for the Social Studies National Con-ference in Chicago.

Camardese, who has been with Westminstersince 2001, earned her undergraduate degree fromOhio University, her master’s from the Universityof Pittsburgh, and her Ph.D. from Kent StateUniversity.

Education ProfessorPresents Research atNational Conferences

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Westminster College celebrated the academic excellence of itsstudents at the annual Spring Honors Convocation held April 24in Orr Auditorium.

The event recognizes the academic achievements of hundredsof Westminster students, including Dean’s List scholars andscholar-athletes, as well as those students inducted into local andnational academic honor societies.

Honors medallions were bestowed on 13 seniors whosuccessfully completed the Honors Program (see photo at left),and awards were also presented to the College’s most outstandingfraternity and sorority.

Individual awards were also given out for outstanding serviceto the College, and over 150 students received scholarships orprizes for academic achievement.

Thirteen seniors successfully completed the Honors Program and were awarded College Honors by department. These graduateswear a special medallion at Commencement. Twelve students were presented with medallions at the annual Spring Honors Convocation:Tacia Despo and Logan Edmiston (Biology), Michael Schnetz (Biochemistry), Jessica Henninger (Education), Mary Kingston, LindsayOnufer and Joshua Storey (English), Rebecca Gonda (Molecular Biology), Devayani Wintrode (Neuroscience), and Laura Nelms, RachelSmith and Nathan Zuzack (Psychology). Not pictured: Eryn Lees (Sociology).

Nineteen members of the Classof 2004 graduated with highesthonor, summa cum laude: LaurenCampbell, Tasha Dodd, LoganEdmiston, Pamela Englert,Heather Ferriero, TiffanyGardiner, Jessica Henninger,Kelly Hope, Mary Kingston,Stefanie Maccaglia, StephanieMoser, Lindsay Onufer, BethanyPalka, Alicia Roberts, RachelSmith, Kristy Stockdill, AnnaThomas, Elizabeth Wallace, andJessica Young. Also pictured isJesse T. Mann, vice president foracademic affairs and dean of theCollege.

With Honors…

Senior NathanZuzack iscongratulated byPresident R.Thomas Williamsonafter receiving anHonors medallionat the SpringHonorsConvocation April24 in OrrAuditorium.

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Two Westminster College seniorchemistry majors, Jacklyn Gates and EmilyStull, recently presented posters at theNational American Chemical SocietyMeeting held in Anaheim, Calif.

The students traveled with Helen Boylan’95, assistant professor of chemistry atWestminster, who was an invited speaker atthe meeting. Boylan presented an oral reportin the Younger Chemists Committee sessionon career and development. Her talk wastitled, “Teaching in the Small CollegeSetting: Opportunities and Challenges inAcademia.”

Westminster College junior history majorsBenjamin Nelson and Ray Walling werehonored for their groundbreaking researchpresented at the Phi Alpha Theta HistoryConference held recently at Washington &Jefferson College.

Their presentation, “The Rulings of JudgeWebster Thayer: A Statistical Analysis ofPrejudice in the Sacco and Vanzetti Case,”is a statistical look at the rulings of JudgeThayer, who presided over this highlypoliticized 1920s case involving twoanarchists, Nicola Sacco and BartolomeoVanzetti, accused of murder and robbery ina small Massachusetts town.

Nearly 1,000 rulings were entered into adatabase to reveal patterns in Judge Thayer’srulings.

“Using this database, we unearthed anobvious, yet never before seen pattern in therulings that suggest the judge wasdeliberately helping the prosecution convictSacco and Vanzetti,” Walling said.

“Generations of scholars have tried tomake a case that the judge was biased, butno one really was able to prove it,” saidRussell Martin, associate professor ofhistory.

“This is truly a big achievement. Theirresearch won the first book award, which isessentially the ‘best paper’ prize for theirsession at the conference. I’m incrediblyproud of them.”

The inscription on its obverse side identifies this gold Arab dinar as havingbeen produced under the authority of the incumbent sultan at Constantinople. It isa statement, often used on Ottoman coinage, which declares the sultan to be “Sultanof the two lands, Sovereign of the two seas, the Sultan, son of the Sultan.”

The inscription’s significance is two-fold: geographic anddynastic. By using the twin affirmations – “Ruler of the twolands, Sovereign of the two seas” – the formula isidentifying the physical location of the government bymeans of geographic allusions. Constantinople is situatedat the meeting point of “the two lands,” i.e., Asia andEurope. It is also situated at the meeting point of “the twoseas.” These are, in our language, the Black Sea and theMediterranean. But it is interesting to note that in Arabic,the primary name of the latter is the White Sea. Thus, to Arabic-speaking people, Constantinople was where the Black and the Whiteseas meet.

The second part of the formula identifies the ruling dynasty. The title “Sultan”(i.e., ruler, exerciser of authority) had come to be recognized as the unique title ofthe supreme wielder of power in Constantinople, capital of the Ottoman Empire.During its long history there were 36 sultans, each one a lineal descendant of thefounding ‘Uthman (1299-1326 A.D.). The last one was Muhammad VI (1918-1922). The formula, in effect, acknowledges the incumbent sultan, inasmuch ashe is “the Sultan, son of the Sultan,” as the legitimate authority validating thiscoin, even if it was not minted in Constantinople.

The reverse provides the coin’s specifics: “Exalted be his dominion” (‘izzanasruh) is an expression often inscribed on Arab coins. Then “Struck in Egypt”(duriba fi misr) and the year 1171 A.H., meaning 1757 A.D. Searching the longlist of governors (often called “Waly” or “Pasha”) appointed by the reigning sultanto exercise Ottoman authority in Egypt, we find that in this case he was MustafaIII, who was at least the titular ruler of Egypt from 1757-1773, a mere 25 yearsbefore Napoleon’s invasion. However, we must remember that the sultan’sappointees were often ineffective, owing largely to the presence of many regionallords, the Mamelukes, who wielded the real power in the land, as both Napoleonand Muhammad Ali discovered.

Be that as it may, governors often exercised the right to issue coinage. This coinshows that Mustafa III did just that. Not only did he have the date of his accessioninscribed at the bottom edge of the reverse side, he also had his name worked intothe “Tughra” emblem, which occupies the upper half of the coin’s reverse.

The “Tughra” was the artistic, very intricate invention of a scribe in the court ofthe 10th Ottoman sultan, Suleiman the Great (“the Magnificent”), 1520-1566 A.D.Skilled in calligraphy, the scribe maneuvered Suleiman’s name into this uniquedesign, which became known as the “Tughra.” Suleiman and his successors (andeven his appointees) developed the habit of using it like a signature or seal ondocuments and coins.

This gold dinar, a fine example of Ottoman coinage, wasdonated to Westminster College’s artifacts collection in

December 2000 by the Rev. and Mrs. James W.Pollock. Their earlier gifts included authenticPharaonic-era scarabs, amulets, and beads, as wellas more gold coins issued by Roman and Byzantineemperors.

-The Rev. Willis A. McGill ’33Westminster College

Committee on Cultural Artifacts

Chemistry MajorsPresent Posters atNational Meeting

WestminsterJuniors EarnHistory Award

A Gold Coin Speaks

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Winter Sports Highlightspointers in a win over Case Western Reserve.

O’Connor led the Titans in rebounding(5.5 rpg) while averaging 13.9 points and2.25 steals per game, ranking him in the PACTop 10 in all three categories. Pagley led thePAC in steals per game (2.5 spg) whileaveraging 15.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.4assists per game.

Hatch averaged 8.3 points, 2.7 reboundsand 2.3 assists per game this season, whileleading the Titans in free throw percentage(84.8%). Joseph averaged 9.7 points and 4.9rebounds per game while adding a team-high25 blocked shots.

Women’s Basketball(15-11, 7-3 PAC)

Westminster earned its first trip to theECAC Division III South RegionTournament, falling at Lebanon Valley, 55-53, in the opening round.

Junior forward Erica Tallo was named tothe All-PAC First Team, while freshmanguard Desiree Sterling was a second-teamhonoree and junior forward Mary Jane Eatonearned honorable mention laurels. Sterlingwas also named PAC Freshman of the Year,while Rosanne Scott shared Coach of theYear laurels with Bethany mentor JinaDeRubbo.

Tallo led the Lady Titans in scoring (14.4ppg), rebounding (10.4 rpg) and blockedshots (28). She also led the PAC inrebounding.

Sterling averaged 12.6 points, 4.3rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.8 steals per game,while leading the Lady Titans with 28 three-pointers. Eaton averaged 7.9 points and

6.4 rebounds pergame.

Men’sSwimming

The Titansfinished secondout of fourteams at thethree-day PACChampionships,held at GroveCity College.

Ryan Trunkwas named PACMen’s Swimmerof the Year. Hewas a three-time

The winter sports season was a strong onefor Titan athletics, with the men’s basketballteam and women’s swimming team eachclaiming Presidents’ Athletic Conference(PAC) championships. In addition, both themen’s and women’s basketball teamsreceived bids to the ECAC Division III SouthRegion Tournament.

Men’s Basketball(15-13, 8-2 PAC)

Under Larry Ondako, their first-yearcoach, the Titans rallied from a 2-8 start tocapture their first league championship sincethe 1997-98 season. Adopting a fast-pacedoffensive attack that allowed them to score100 points or more in half of their final 18games, the Titans earned the top seed for theconference tournament and defeatedBethany, 97-88, in the PAC title game. Theyalso earned the program’s first ECACtournament bid, but dropped a 74-57 decisionto Alvernia in the opening round.

Sophomore guard Mark DeMonaco wasnamed to the All-PAC First Team. JuniorsPat O’Connor and Ed Pagley were bothsecond-team selections, while junior guardChris Hatch and sophomore forward DomJoseph both earned honorable mentionlaurels. Ondako shared the Coach of the Yeartitle with Grove City’s Steve Lamie.

DeMonaco led both the team and theconference in scoring (18.1 ppg) and three-pointers made per game (3.57), while alsoranking in the PAC Top 10 in rebounding (4.9rpg), assists (3.86 apg) and steals (2.2 spg).DeMonaco posted a career-best 47 pointswhile nailing a school-record 11 three-

first-team honoree, capturing the 50 (21.56),100 (46.84) and 200 freestyle (1:43.74)events. Other Westminster winners includedfreshman Pat Smith in the 100 (54.95) and200 backstroke (1:59.59); and sophomoreAndy Hudak in the 100 (1:00.24) and 200breaststroke (2:11.84). Smith was also asecond-team selection in the 400 IM(4:18.60).

Other Titan All-PAC honorees includedsophomore Nate Horrell, second in the 200butterfly (2:04.55) and third in the 100butterfly (54.27) and 500 freestyle (4:51.62);freshman Matt Kerns, second in the 100freestyle (10:23.06) and third in the 1650freestyle (17:27.46); sophomore BuddyThornton, second in the 200 backstroke(1:59.82) and third in the 100 backstroke(55.40); and junior Kevin Gesacion, third inthe 50 freestyle (22.30).

The Titan men swept all five relay eventsat the PAC Championships. Also earning All-PAC recognition in relay events weresophomore B.J. Sieg and freshman ShaunMcNamara.

Women’s SwimmingFive Lady Titans earned first-team laurels

by winning their respective events. FreshmanSara Bonchosky won both the 100 (54.46)and 200 freestyle (1:56.49), while classmateEmily Staniszewski captured the 100(1:09.69) and 200 breaststroke (2:32.65).Other victories included senior BrittanyJardine in the 400 IM (4:42.66); sophomoreMegan Sweithelm in the 200 backstroke(2:12.91); and freshman Megan McLaughlinin the 200 IM (2:15.74).

Other PAC awards for the group includedBonchosky, third in the 500 freestyle(5:15.72); Staniszewski, third in the 200 IM(2:17.63); Jardine, second in the 50 freestyle(24.65) and 200 butterfly (2:09.92);Sweithelm, second in the 100 backstroke(1:01.50); and McLaughlin, second in the200 backstroke (2:13.64) and third in the 200freestyle (2:00.75).

Also earning All-PAC recognition for theLady Titans was senior Katie Alukonis,second in the 500 (5:12.42), 1000 (10:47.47)and 1650 freestyle (18:13.03); and freshmanAmy Wirtz, third in the 100 butterfly(1:01.08).

The Westminster women also touched firstin four of the five relay events (200, 400, and800 freestyle, 400 medley) while touchingsecond in the 200 medley. Senior MeganLytle swam a leg on the winning 200freestyle team. Head coach Rob Klamut wastabbed as PAC Women’s Coach of the Year.

Westminster College’s men’s basketball team celebrates afterwinning the PAC Tournament.

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1950s star quarterbackis fourth Titan selectedfor induction since 1996

In an era of unparalleled success, HaroldDavis ’57 was an unparalleled talent.

During his four-year career at Westminster,the standout quarterback led the Titans to a28-1-1 overall record, including theprogram’s first three undefeated seasons (8-0, 1953; 6-0-1, 1955; 8-0, 1956), and becamethe first – and still only – Titan player to benamed a First Team All-American for threeconsecutive years.

Nearly half a century later, Davis has beenselected for the College Football Hall ofFame. Davis will be one of nine formerplayers and coaches officially inducted intothe Hall’s 2004 divisional class duringenshrinement ceremonies at the Hall of Famein South Bend, Ind., on Aug. 13-14, 2004.

“When I first got the news about theinduction, my thoughts immediately turnedto the guys I played with at Westminster,”said Davis. “I thought about men like BillWhite, Jay DeBolt, Vince Cortese and BillFreshwater – guys I started with as freshmenin 1953. It was wonderful to recall all thegreat times we had together on campus inNew Wilmington, as well as the tremendoussuccess we had as a team for our coach,Harold Burry, on the football field.”

Davis becomes the fourth person fromWestminster to be inducted into the CollegeFootball Hall of Fame in the past nine years.His coach, Burry, who posted a 127-31-5(.794) coaching mark from 1952-71 and ledthe Titans to the inaugural NAIA Division IInational championship in 1970, entered theHall in the inaugural divisional class in 1996.

In 1998, former Titan lineman/linebacker Larry Pugh was tabbedfor induction. Pugh was a two-timeAll-American (1962, ’64) atWestminster and went on to jointhe NFL’s Cleveland Browns.Burry’s successor as head coach,Joseph Fusco, was inducted intothe Hall of Fame in 2001. Fuscocompiled a record of 154-34-3(.814) from 1972-90, leading theTitans to four NAIA Division IInational titles (1976, ’77, ’88, ’89).A total of 61 players and 26coaches have entered the Hall ofFame since the enshrinement ofthe first divisional class in 1996,with 5 percent representingWestminster College.

“Since coming to Westminster,it has been my great honor andpleasure to get to know HaroldDavis,” said Westminster Directorof Athletics Jim Dafler. “TheDepartment of Athletics is veryexcited that Harold has beenselected for induction, and veryproud that he will be joining otherTitan greats in the CollegeFootball Hall of Fame.”

Davis’ athletic exploits were notlimited to the gridiron. He was alsoa four-year letterman for the Titanbasketball team (1953-57) andfinished his career with 1,209points, which ranked third all-timeat Westminster at the end of hisplaying days and still ranks 17th.He was also a standout for theTitan track & field team. He is a member ofthe Titan Sports Hall of Fame as an inducteeon both the All-Time Football and All-TimeBasketball Teams.

“I truly believe that Harold Davis was thegreatest all-around athlete I have witnessedat Westminster College,” said Fusco, whobegan as a student at Westminster in 1956-60, then returned to his alma mater as afootball coach and also served as athleticdirector before retiring in 1999. “I believe ifDr. Burry was alive today, he would say thesame thing. His athletic accomplishmentshave never been equaled, and likely never willbe.”

A native of Youngstown, Ohio, andgraduate of North High School, Davis notesthat he originally signed with NCAADivision I Kent State University coming outof high school. “I was signed and sealed to

Kent, but not delivered. Even after I signedat Kent, Coach Burry kept coming to thehouse trying to get me to come toWestminster. It made my parents very happywhen I finally decided to go to Westminsterbecause of the immense respect they had forDr. Burry.”

Davis retired after a career as an executivewith the Xerox Corporation and is currentlypresident of H&S Consulting. He resides inBloomfield Hills, Mich., with his wife,Shirley. The couple has two sons, H. Wadeand Michael, and several grandchildren.

As he heads into college footballimmortality, Davis has just one regret.

“I truly wish Dr. Burry (who died in 1992)was here to see the induction and be a part ofit, because I know how proud he would be. Iknow he’s looking down on me right nowand smiling,” he said.

College Football Hall of Fame Opens Doors to Davis

Harold Davis, a three-time All-American quarterback(1954-56), who led Westminster to a record of 28-1-1and three undefeated seasons, will be the fourth Titaninducted into the College Football Hall of Fameduring official enshrinement ceremonies in SouthBend, Ind., Aug. 13-14, 2004. Davis, one of nineformer players and coaches chosen for the 2004divisional class, joins Hall members Harold Burry,Joe Fusco and Larry Pugh.

2004 Football Schedule AnnouncedSept. 4 at Ohio Northern 1:30 p.m.

11 ALLEGHENY 1 p.m.18 HIRAM 1 p.m.25 at Thomas More 1:30 p.m.

Oct. 2 Open Date9 at Washington & Jefferson* TBA

16 BETHANY*# 1:30 p.m.23 at Thiel* 1:30 p.m.30 at Frostburg State 1 p.m.

Nov. 6 at Grove City* 1 p.m.13 WAYNESBURG* 1 p.m.

* - Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) contest# - Homecoming 2004

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Show your Westminsterpride with a commonwealthof Pennsylvania WestminsterCollege license plate. Theplates feature the landmarksymbol of Westminster’s OldMain Tower on the left sidewith Westminster College printed across the bottom. They willbe manufactured in the state’s standard colors of white, blue andgold.

The plates are only available for Pennsylvania registeredvehicles. Submit your applications soon – a minimum of 300applications are needed to begin production.

For an application, please contact the alumni office at (724)946-7372, fax (724) 946-7366, e-mail alumni@westminster.edu,or write to the Office of Alumni Relations, Westminster College,New Wilmington, PA 16142.

Printable applications are also available online atwww.westminster.edu.

FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OFEDUCATION – IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUTTEACHER CERTIFICATION

In November 1999, the state legislature passed Act 48which requires all persons holding Pennsylvania professionaleducator certification to complete continuing education re-quirements every five years in order to maintain their Level Iand Level II certificates as active. The law applies to all pub-lic school certificate holders no matter where they are, whatthey are doing or when their certificates were issued. In-active certification will prevent an educator from servingin a professional position in the public schools of the Com-monwealth.

Educators must maintain their certificates as active by earn-ing six collegiate credits or six PDE-approved in-service creditsor 180 continuing education hours or any combination of theabove every five calendar years. The first five-year period be-gan on July 1, 2000, and included the 600,000-plus educatorswhose records are maintained by the Bureau of Teacher Cer-tification and Preparation at the Department of Education.

Educators who are not employed as professional or tem-porary professional employees by public school entities mayelect to request voluntary inactive certification status from theDepartment in order to suspend the requirements of Act 48.

At least 12 months prior to the end of the five-year period,the Department will notify educators regarding their continu-ing education status and the remaining credits/hours, if any,to be completed. The Department will again notify the educa-tor at the end of the five-year period.

Information regarding Act 48 requirements and your con-tinuing education status is available through the Department’sWeb pages at www.pde.state.pa.us.

Attention, Educators:

Westminster License PlatesNow Available

Members of the 1954 Golden Anniversary Committee preparingfor the Golden Anniversary Dinner. Pictured: Connie MabonHalttunen (on piano), Kathleen McBride Schartner, MargaretElliott Sternbergh, Warren Watkins, Rose Anselmo Schnell, GeraldHurd, John Mansell, Sylvia Leach Haney, Dean Haney ’56.

From March 26 through April 4, Westminster alumni andfriends enjoyed a Hawaiian vacation led by Clarence J. Mar-tin. The trip began with three days on Honolulu, including vis-its to Pearl Harbor, the USS Arizona monument and DiamondHead, in addition to many of the attractions that are availableon Oahu. The next leg of the trip was a seven-day NorwegianStar cruise to the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Kauai and Lanai. Ateach port, the group took excursions that included whale watch-ing, scuba diving, helicopter tours, submarine rides, plantationtours and shopping.

Hawaii Trip

Pictured above:Clarence Martin, Margaret Minteer Craft ’47, Harry Craft,Betty Cooper, Al Sternbergh ’51, Margaret Elliott Sternbergh’54, Scott Kirschler ’63, Carolyn Benson Raney ’74, SusanPrice Kirschler ’63, Beverly Bemiss Walz ’58, Marie Miller,Dewey DeWitt, John Shaw, Frances Turnock Pridgen ’44,and Helen Martin.

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Save the Dates!Westminster VolunteerWorkshop Scheduled

All volunteers and those interested in serving asWestminster volunteers are encouraged to participate

in a Westminster volunteer workshop on Saturday,April 16, 2005. The day will include “how-to”

sessions, campus news, time with current students,as well as fellowship time with other alumni. Thiswill be an opportunity to gain more insight to your

role as a Westminster volunteer as well as skillyou can apply to efforts supporting your local

community organizations.

Plans Beginning for Triennial AlumniWeekend 2006

Following the success of the SesquicentennialBirthday Bash Alumni Weekend, Alumni Council hasbeen asked to provide future weekends for alumni to

enjoy on campus. Beginning June 23-25, 2006,Alumni Council will host Alumni Weekend oncampus every three years. This will be a great

weekend for all alumni to reconnect with fellowalumni, take time for educational and recreationalactivities and catch up on current campus news.

Event details and printable reservation formsavailable online,

www.westminster.edu/alumni/Alumni-Calendar.htm

Upcoming events:

July 25 Westminster at ChautauquaInstitute

28 Alumni breakfast inMcKelvey Campus Center

September 11 Pittsburgh-area alumni gatherfor Pirates baseball game

18 Family Day

18 Reunion workshop,McKelvey Campus Center

25 Alumni Council meeting,McKelvey Campus Center

Weekend Highlights

Friday October 151 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Golden Tower Society Hospitality Suite,

Ferguson Lounge3 p.m. Tea with the Books, McGill Library6:30 p.m. Citation Celebration Dinner,

Witherspoon Rooms, McKelvey Campus Center

Saturday, October 169-11 a.m. Alumni Hospitality Tent, Quad by Old Main

Registration, refreshments and sign-in board9 a.m. Piano Recital, Wallace Memorial Chapel -

Nancy DeSalvo, assistant professor of music,playing the new Steinway piano from theClass of 1954

10:30 a.m. Homecoming Parade11:30 a.m. All-Alumni Picnic, Anderson Amphitheater

Reunion Luncheon honoring 1988 and 1989national championship teams, Memorial FieldHouseReunion Celebration Luncheon for classes of1979, 1954-1920

1:30 p.m. Titan Football Kick-off, Titans vs. BethanyBisons, Memorial Field

4 p.m. All-Alumni Open House with PresidentWilliamson, President’s Home, 521 New Castle St.

5 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Bethany, WilmingtonGreyhound Stadium

7 p.m. Men’s Soccer vs. Bethany, WilmingtonGreyhound Stadium

Sunday, October 1710:30 a.m. Worship Service,

New WilmingtonPresbyterian Church

Reunions to be celebrated

6 p.m. Saturday, October 1615th Cluster - classes of 1988, ’89, ’90 – Sharon Country Club25th Reunion - Class of 1979 – New Castle Country Club35th Cluster - classes of 1968, ’69, ’70 – Oak Tree Country Club50th Reunion - Class of 1954 – Radisson

Homecoming & Reunion WeekendOctober 15, 16 & 17, 2004

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Grant to Help LibraryExtend Community Outreach

By Carol Eberhart ’94, M’04

Westminster College plans to increase library public ser-vices with a $100,000 grant presented to the College byU.S. Sen. Rick Santorum on May 26.

“This grant will help Westminster College serve the communityby installing an automated library server system and 25 comput-ers,” said Westminster President R. Thomas Williamson. “Our arearesidents have enjoyed the community bookshelf, children’s col-lection, artifacts, and research capabilities of McGill Library fordecades. Thanks to Senator Santorum’s efforts, Westminster cannow be an even better neighbor and partner for progress.”

“The upgrades to the McGill Library system will not only ben-efit the 1,600 students who attend Westminster College, but theresidents who live in the surrounding communities served by the

library,” Santorum said of the federal appropriation. “Providingfamilies and seniors with reading and learning resources is a qual-ity of life issue that this grant will help to improve.”

McGill Library, built in 1938 with an addition completed in 1966,serves a dual role as a community library for the greater NewWilmington area as well as an academic library for the College.Community services include a community bookshelf, which pro-vides popular reading materials for area residents, and a children’scollection that offers a summer literacy program for children withreading difficulties. Westminster has two additional specialized li-braries: The J.S. Mack Science Library, located in Hoyt ScienceResources Center, which opened in 1974, and the music departmentlibrary, which contains records, CDs, audio and video tapes, and

Grant to Help LibraryExtend Community Outreach

McGill Library, built in 1938 with an addition completed in 1966, is undergoing a long-term $3-4 million renovation to enhanceits community and academic functions. The first stage of the upgrade has been completed, thanks to a $100,000 grant deliveredby U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and a gift donation from the Class of 1953.

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music scores, and is located in Patterson Hall.“New Wilmington never had a public library, so we welcome

town users,” said Molly Spinney ’72, head librarian and associateprofessor at Westminster. “The community bookshelf has increasedfrom two shelves, when it was established by the town in 1976, to30 now. It’s full of bestsellers of popular fiction that many of ourtown residents read.”

“There are over125 town cards inuse, and they haveaccess to everythingwe have,” saidYvonne Ayers, cir-culation assistant atMcGill Library.“The children’s li-brary is used fre-quently bygrandmothers andgrandfathers whobring their grand-children to readthem a story. Weeven have Amishteachers who stopby and use our mate-rial for their work.”

“We have somepeople who stop inevery day just toread the newspa-pers,” Spinney said.“Others come in ev-ery week or two touse Value Line, areference tool forinvestments in thestock market.”

The main Westminster library is also used by the significant re-tirement community in New Wilmington.

“It’s a big selling point for us,” said Betty Jones, director ofmarketing at Shenango-On-The-Green, an independent residentialfacility located right across the street from McGill. “Our residentsare educated active seniors. When we tell them about the beautifullibrary right across the street where they can walk, well, they lovehaving that at their fingertips. We have three or four librarians anda great many educators who live here, and over one-third have col-lege degrees, so it’s an important resource for them.”

The Westminster library also reaches out to local schools in anumber of ways.

“My daughter’s teacher brings her advanced placement Englishclass to McGill on Sundays to review for the exam,” said MaryMcCoy, lecturer of education at Westminster. “My daughter Lind-say, who is a senior at Wilmington High School, practically livedat McGill while working on a research paper on Shakespeare’splays.”

“Wilmington High School and Middle School can search ourcatalog from their schools because they are directly connected,” saidSpinney. “They know before they come where to get what they need.

U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (right) presented a check to President R. Thomas Williamson andGeorge Berlin, chair of the Board of Trustees, in McGill Library on May 26. The $100,000grant for a technology upgrade will allow Westminster to better serve its 1,600 studentsand the greater New Wilmington community.

“Our Preschool has one official visit per year, where I tell thechildren about the rules of the library. They especially like the ruleabout us not wanting them to put their books away,” said Spinney.“Their teacher and I read a story to them, but it doesn’t end there.It’s a place that is always open to children, and I see many parentsbringing them back.”

Shenango and Neshannock schools, as well as Butler CountyCommunity Col-lege, also useWestminster’s re-search facilities, andthe College pro-motes readingthrough communityreading programs,such as the SummerReading Programand Kappa DeltaPi’s Reading is FunProgram.

“We also offer ateacher workshop,”said Spinney. “Weteach how to search,what resources onthe Internet havebeen reviewed by li-brarians and are le-gitimate, and how toevaluate a site to getreliable informa-tion.”

“In the past, wehave had about 20area elementary andmiddle school stu-dents spend twohours each weekday

in the library as part of the month-long Summer Reading Program,”said Charlene Klassen Endrizzi, associate professor of educationand head of the program. “Their parents gathered there each Mon-day morning for a two-hour group workshop.”

Westminster’s archives and extensive cultural artifacts collectionare located within the library, which also played host to a commu-nity art show for the first time during the New Wilmington Arts &Heritage Festival last summer.

“Local artists found our library an excellent place to display theirtalent,” Spinney said. “The library will serve as a display case fortheir exhibitions this summer, too. It’s just one of the many wayswe serve the community.”

Westminster is undergoing a long-term $3-4 million dollar reno-vation of McGill Library that will enhance its community serviceand academic functions. The technology upgrade has been accom-plished with this grant and a gift donation from the Class of 1953that supported the installation of wireless networking technologythroughout the building.

(Eberhart is a communications assistant at Westminster College.)

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Way(s) to Go!Way(s) to Go!Class of 2004 celebrates Commencement,contemplates an unknowable future

Their four-year struggle called college is over. Now, for many ofthe 311 members of the Class of 2004 thoughts turn to career,family and service. But, the 150th graduating class at Westminster

faces an unknowable future armed with the strong liberal arts educa-tion celebrated at its Commencement ceremony on May 22.

They also embark on their journey with the advice of some suc-cessful and influential alumni. Honorary degree recipients AndrewMcKelvey ’57 and Dorothy Pollock ’46 provided wise words forthe graduating seniors in their Commencement remarks, and Rev.Carolyn Jones ’58 gave a similarly thoughtful Baccalaureate ser-mon.

McKelvey, the chairman and CEO of Monster Worldwide, the par-ent company of Monster.com,urged the graduating seniors to beentrepreneurial.

“Whatever you do, you have tohave drive, and you have to haveambition,” said McKelvey, whoalong with Pollock, was awardedan honorary doctorate in publicservice. “As you go through life,it’s really a challenge. Your chal-lenge is to do absolutely the bestyou can possibly do. I can’t tellyou how important that is.”

Pollock, a former research sci-entist and a longtime volunteer ather alma mater, focused on twowords – gratitude and service –that, added to their education from

Top: Ann Murphy, chair of theDepartment of ModernLanguages, flashes thethumbs-up sign to a student asthe processional makes its waythrough the faculty gauntlet.

Above: Members of the Classof 2004 Senior Class GiftCommittee presented a checkto the College for $2,278 atthe Senior Class Luncheon onMay 21.

Right:An overhead view ofCommencement taken from theroof of Old Main Memorial.

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Westminster, will make their lives more meaningful and more excit-ing.

“The challenges and opportunities to serve that come your way,both personally and professionally, often develop into wonderful lifeexperiences,” said Pollock. “The benefits outweigh every sacrifice orinconvenience.”

Jones, a member of the Board of Trustees and interim executivepresbyter of the Beaver-Butler Presbytery, delivered an address titled“Questions and Answers,” which highlighted the growing importanceof finding the correct questions, rather than the correct answers.

“Discovering the right questions is ultimately more significant thanparroting the right answers,” said Jones.

In addition to the undergraduate degrees handed out, 44 studentsearned their master’s degrees.

The ceremony also included opening remarks from George Berlin,chair of the Board of Trustees, and President R. Thomas Williamson.College chaplain Rev. Jim Mohr provided the invocation and DavidSwerdlow, professor of English, served up greetings from the faculty.

John Libert, a speech communication major from McDonald, de-livered the senior class remarks.

The Baccalaureate service featured readings by Rev. Mohr andchaplain’s assistant Keturah Laney, as well as a performance by thesenior choir under the direction of Robin Lind.

Left: Megan Chovan wears a big smile as sheemerges from the morning’s Baccalaureate service.

Top left: Rev. Carolyn Jones ’58, a member of the WestminsterCollege Board of Trustees and interim executive presbyter ofthe Beaver-Butler Presbytery, delivered the Baccalaureatesermon.

Above: Andy McKelvey, chairman and CEO of MonsterWorldwide, and Dorothy Pollock, a former research chemistand frequent Westminster volunteer, were awarded honorarydoctorates in public service.

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By Mark Meighen

Roaming the Old Main hallways will bemuch less entertaining now that account-ing professor Ron Bergey has retired

after 42 years at Westminster College.No one was safe from Bergey’s quick-witted comments. He pref-

aced questions to President Tom Williamson with the title “HeadGenius.” Jesse Mann, vice president for academic affairs and deanof the College, was labeled as “Mr. Liberal Arts.” Other retorts can’tbe shared in a family magazine, but all titles were bestowed withaffection.

Bergey takes his profession, but not himself, seriously. He mod-estly claims he was able to teach for 42 years because “it wasn’tthat demanding of a job.” The nearly 4,000 students he has taughtand over 400 graduates he has personally helped land meaningfuljobs would disagree with Bergey’s humble assessment.

When Bergey was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award dur-ing Commencement this May, for the first time in 42 years he wasat a loss for words. His normally gruff voice cracked. His affectionfor Westminster and dedication to her students couldn’t be hiddenbeneath a crusty exterior.

“If I could have had more than three seconds I could have comeup with some witty retort,” Bergey said looking back on the specialday. “I was shocked that an accountant could win that award at thishaven of the liberal arts. You could say that my son and some ofmy former students wanted to know why it took me 42 years to getit.”

Bergey and his wife, Nancy, both Philadelphia-area natives, didn’tplan on settling down in New Wilmington in 1962. He choseWestminster over an offer from the accounting firm Ernst & Ernst.

“Westminster gave us a nice house on Gateway for 90 bucks amonth with water in the backyard, so we decided to stay a couple

The End of an Era

Ron Bergey shakes hands with Jesse Mann after being named theCollege’s 2004 Distinguished Faculty Award winner at Com-mencement. Bergey, whose sharp humor and dedication to hisstudents were constants in Old Main for over four decades,retired this year after 42 years of teaching accounting.

Two members of the Westminster faculty with 78 years of ser-vice to the College officially retired and were honored dur-

ing Commencement.Ron Bergey and Jacob Erhardt were recognized by the Board

of Trustees for their distinguished careers; Bergey was namedprofessor of accounting emeritus and Erhardt was named pro-fessor of German emeritus.

Bergey, who earned his undergraduate degree at Juniata Col-lege and his master’s at Indiana University, joined the Collegein 1962 as an instructor in the economics and business depart-ment. He rose to the rank of assistant professor in 1966, associ-ate professor in 1970, and became a full professor in 1982.

Erhardt

Bergey, Erhardt Recognized for Service to WestminsterErhardt joined the faculty of the then-

Department of Foreign Languages in1968 after teaching at both Case WesternReserve University and Bowling GreenState University. He was chair of the de-partment from 1970-1986 and since 1991has held the McCune Endowed Chair inthe Humanities.

Erhardt earned his B.A. from Baldwin-Wallace College, an M.A. from Middlebury College and hisPh.D. from Case Western.

Quick-witted accounting professor Ron Bergeyretires after 42 years at head of the class

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Bergey Classroom Project

A volunteer committee of alumni has initiated a Ron BergeyProject to name an Old Main classroom and establish a schol-arship in his honor. Contributions can be sent to the Devel-opment Office, Westminster College, 319 S. Market St., NewWilmington, PA 16172-0001, or for more information callDiane Ubry at 724-946-7007.

of years. I thought I’d stick around a couple of years and then gointo accounting and find a real job,” he said.

“I got into some accounting in New Castle and just decided I couldteach and do accounting at the same time. My real-world experi-ence helped my teaching,” Bergey said. “It gives me realistic ex-amples of accounting to share.”

Bergey’s examples are as legendary as his persona.A colleague wrote the following in nominating Bergey for

Westminster’s highest faculty honor: “The apocryphal stories thatBergey uses in class are so deliciously funny and irreverent that eventhe most reluctant student finds something of interest in the sub-ject. More than anything, Bergey is genuine and unique – a personof great honesty and wisdom, qualities that colleagues will sorelymiss. When you talk to Ron Bergey, you learn something valuable

and enjoy the experience.”Being an accountant at a liberal

arts college gives Bergey a distinctperspective.

“The curriculum constantlychanges, especially the requiredcourses. Every 10 years or so, we re-vamp it to try to find the meaning oflife. I’m not into that. I’m in account-ing. I’m interested in the meaning ofnet income and understanding a bal-ance sheet,” Bergey said.

“Ever since I’ve been here, we’vebeen trying to find the meaning oflife: What is real? What is truth?What is justice? My comment is ifyou haven’t found it after 42 years,I’d abandon the search!”

“I don’t have anything against theliberal arts, but I’d still say the main

purpose of a kid coming to a college is to get a J-O-B. They’re notcoming to find themselves,” Bergey said. “I understand the liberalarts can’t be taken over by accountants, but I was interested in help-ing lead students down a path to meaningful employment opportu-nities.”

Many of the thousands of Westminster students Bergey helpedlead down career paths also laid their hands on his unique CPA LawReview book. “After I passed the CPA exam, instead of having ameeting or party, my landlord, Wayne Wagner, and I went down tothe city dump and put a bullet hole in the book in private,” Bergeysaid. “I couldn’t hit it, but Wayne did.”

Bergey, who likes to say, “I don’t notice anything, mental orphysical, that improves with age,” knew it was time to leave theplace he had called home since 1962.

“I’m at the point where frequently I hear, ‘You had my dad inclass.’ I wanted to get out before I hear, ‘You had my dad and mygrandfather in class.’ I’m pretty close to that point.”

His goal for semi-retirement (he has an accounting office in NewWilmington) is to drive to Corpus Christi, Texas, and Boston, Mass.,in the same month to see his grandchildren. “I followed my ownnon-accounting advice I pass along to my students … never let yourkids outnumber you.”

In typical Bergey style, he has some unfinished Westminsterbusiness before riding off into the sunset in an Amish buggy.

“One of my last acts will be to scrub a urinal in the Old Mainbathroom,” he said, “because I am one of the all-time leaders inusage.”

Old Main will never be the same.

(Meighen is senior director, advancement administration atWestminster College.)

A fresh-faced RonBergey joined theWestminster faculty in1962 as in instructor inthe economics andbusiness department.

Past recipients of the Distinguished FacultyAward, presented each year to an outstandingmember of the Westminster faculty:

1990 – Eugene G. Sharkey

1991 – Peter W. Macky1992 – L. Jerold Miller1993 – Clarence E. Harms

1994 – Darwin W. Huey1995 – Mary W. Hill1996 – Harry G. Swanhart

1997 – Frederick D. Horn1998 – Warren D. Hickman1999 – Floyd J. Zehr

2000 – Walter E. Scheid andW. Thomas Nichols

2001 – Barbara T. Faires

2002 – Kenneth M. Long2003 – David B. Gray2004 – Ronald P. Bergey

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By Mary Cooley James ’84

Alumni are a reflection of any institution, andWestminster alumni are no exception. An integral partof the Westminster family, alumni provide a wonder-

ful image of our alma mater. Our liberal arts background is evi-denced by their varied accomplishments.

Some examples:• Dianne Dilmaghani Aronian ’62, an ophthalmologist who

has pioneered an eye care program in Belize, which includedtraining of local residents

• Elmer Meider Jr. ’68, president of Highlights for Children• Christian Heilmann ’72, president of the Merrill Lynch Trust

Company• Tim Kaiser ’85, a co-executive producer on the hit show

“Will & Grace,” and former producer of “Seinfeld”• Sean Swarner ’97, the first cancer survivor to scale Mt.

Everest and the founder of the CancerClimber Association.

But, it is the efforts and successes of each alumnus that trulydemonstrate the Westminster spirit.

Alumni can provide tangible support for their alma mater in awide variety of ways. Financial support is often the first area thatcomes to mind. Yes, this is a critical area, and Westminster, likeall colleges, turns to its alumni for support. In recent years, alumni

gifts for capital projects have made possible expansions in athleticfacilities, and construction of new buildings, such as the RemickAdmissions House and the McKelvey Campus Center. Class re-union giving by the 25th and 50th classes has provided funds for fac-ulty development, scholarships and campus projects, such aswireless network connections in the library, conference rooms, andhelped fund major renovations on campus. Plus, the strong annualsupport for the Westminster Fund continues to assist in the day-to-day operations of the College.

But if financial support were the only support asked of alumni,Westminster would be missing out on countless other areas of sup-port.

Who better to share the Westminster experience with prospec-tive students than alumni? Admissions efforts are greatly aided byalumni who encourage students to consider Westminster. For pro-spective students who have been accepted, encouragement fromalumni can be a strong influence in their final decision to attendWestminster. There is even a new admissions program, the JerbMiller Scholarship, through which alumni in the education fieldare able to recommend qualified students for a significant scholar-ship opportunity.

Our extended alumni network is a wonderful career resource.Through its 18,641 alumni, the Westminster College Alumni As-

ALUMNI 101Numerous opportunities exist for Westminster

graduates to support their alma mater

All Westminster graduates are members of the Alumni Association, chartered in 1931. The events and activities of the associa-tion are guided by the leadership of the Alumni Council (pictured above).

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sociation reaches across thecountry and around the world.These networking connectionsare a great benefit for bothalumni new to the workforceand those with more experi-ence. Also, alumni often returnto campus to share their profes-sional experiences, tips for en-tering their career field, or torecruit students for internshipsand employment opportunities.The Alumni Council draws onthe professional and life expe-riences of alumni panel speak-ers who share “real life” advicewith the graduating class dur-ing the For Seniors Only Din-ner each spring.

Just as alumni leave campusto follow many different lifeand career paths, they offer di-verse skills, experiences andperspectives when they serveas Westminster volunteers. Ad-missions and career efforts arejust two volunteer avenues.Alumni are involved in theTowering Titans board, theFriends of the Library, AlumniCouncil, the Board of Trustees,regional committees, reunionplanning and hosting committees,assist with class notes, makeWestminster Fund solicitationcalls, prepare for and host Home-coming festivities, and muchmore.

Volunteer service is rewardingfor both Westminster and alumni.For volunteers, it’s a chance tostay connected and current withthe growth and daily life of theCollege. For young alumni, vol-unteering is a way to learn newskills and meet fellow alumni,building their alumni networkconnections. For more experienced alumni, serving as a volunteeris a chance to reconnect with their alma mater and Westminsterfriends, as well as offering their valuable talents.

As you read this you are also acting as supportive alum. By read-ing Westminster Magazine, Westminster Weekly and other Collegenews, you are staying informed about current campus life. Be sureto share the Westminster story with fellow alumni, friends, neigh-bors and colleagues. Increasing the awareness of the value of aWestminster education increases the value of your diploma! Tokeep your contacts with campus and fellow alumni current, be sureto submit new address information to the alumni office, submit classnotes news for publication in Westminster Magazine, submit youre-mail address so Westminster friends can find you, and if you wish,receive the Westminster Weekly via e-mail.

Through organizations like the Friends of the Library and the Towering Titan Organization, reunioncommittees, and more, many alumni give of their time and experiences as Westminster volunteers.

For more information on volunteering or connecting with otherWestminster alumni, contact the Westminster College Office ofAlumni Relations, 319 S. Market St., New Wilmington, PA 16172-0001; (724) 946-7362; alumni@westminster.edu.

Some easy visual ways toshow your support for youralma mater are to download theWestminster screensaver, senda personalized Westminster e-postcard to friends, and foralumni in Pennsylvania, a state-issued Westminster licenseplate featuring the Old Maintower is now available. All ofthese are available through theWestminster College Web site,www.westminster.edu.

The Class of 2004 bringsover 300 new members to theWestminster College AlumniAssociation. Welcome! Soon

you will be contributing your gifts and talents to your communi-ties, workplaces and, hopefully, to your alma mater. To thosealumni who are already on their way in “life after Westminster,”this is the perfect time to renew your ties with your alma mater andWestminster friends.

(James is the director of alumni relations at WestminsterCollege.)

For prospective students who have beenaccepted, encouragement from alumni

can be a strong influence in their final de-cision to attend Westminster. There iseven a new admissions program, the JerbMiller Scholarship, through which alumniin the education field are able to recom-mend qualified students for a significantscholarship opportunity.

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By Jackie Meade M’86

It’s inevitable! Duringevery graduation cer-emony, someone will

remark that graduation isn’tthe end, but “the commence-ment, the new beginning.”

In a way that isn’t quitetrue. You aren’t really step-ping out there, a brand newperson, unencumbered byanything from your past.Actually, you take that stepcarrying a lot of baggage …most of it good. Off you go,embracing a solid education,a keen social awareness, andmore than a few shared ex-periences, and these are thethings that have made youready for what comes next… a job or graduate school.

And the beauty of this isthat those things don’t fadein the days following gradu-ation. Your “inquiringmind” has been taught tosolve problems, to analyzethe written word and to com-municate clearly, and youprobably know your wayaround a computer programor two. So, if you are a newgraduate, or someone whohas been out of school forsome time, you have what ittakes to find the job that’sright for you, or the programof study in graduate schoolthat will fire your passion.

If you are looking for thatfirst job, or changing ca-reers, here’s the key: recog-nize all that you have to offer, then share it. Share it on your résumé,share it in your job interviews, and share it in volunteer work. Don’thesitate to call an organization to ask about a position, or to checkout the online description to identify the skills an employer is look-ing for. Then ask yourself, “What knowledge or experience couldI bring to this position?” You may be surprised at how well yourliberal arts background will fit.

Don’t be afraid to investigate opportunities with a reputable andrecognized employment agency. They are employers, and theirplacements offer the chance to show your skills in varied venues,

The Career Center, located in McKelvey Campus Center, is abountiful resource available to Westminster alumni of any agelooking to land that perfect job.

Some Thoughts on Finding the Right Jobfor the Recent (and Not-So-Recent) Graduate

which can lead to a perma-nent position. They also letyou try out a job before youtake it!

Make lots of contacts,and don’t forget to includeother alumni. These net-working connections are in-valuable because mostfolks are more than willingto talk about careers in theirfield and to offer informa-tion that is really helpful.Join professional associa-tions in your field to remaincurrent and to meet otherswho share your interests.Stay knowledgeable byreading newspapers andprofessional journals.

Keep in touch with theCareer Center, too. Currentcareer opportunities arelisted in a weekly job bul-letin each Friday through-out the year, and youre-mail or home address isall that is needed to put youon the subscriber’s list. Par-ticipate in career programsoffered on campus, or stopby to discuss your jobsearch. E-mail an attach-ment of your résumé orcover letter to have it re-viewed and critiqued. Haveyour graduate school essayproofed. The resources ofthe career library are cur-rent and offer lots of infor-mation.

I think you’re getting theidea! But remember, whether a recent graduate or long time alum-nus, no matter where on the timeline that you happen to be, the ser-vices of the Career Center are available to you. Our new address inthe McKelvey Campus Center makes us very accessible and easyto find. So, please give us a call to let us know what you are doing,and if there is anything that we can do for you.

We are here to serve you!

(Meade is the director of the Westminster College Career Center.)

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Have you considerednaming Westminster

College as a beneficiaryof your IRA, 401(k), 403(b)

or other retirement plan?

You can gift all or someof these assets and provide

support for the future ofWestminster College.

And you may receive anestate tax deduction.

For more information onincluding Westminster in

your estate planning, contactSue Rudloff, director ofadvancement programs,

at (724) 946-7370.

Your IRA andTax “Savings”

44 Beatrice Zepp Kingsbury hasretired as assistant professor atEast Stroudsburg University. Herhusband, Keith Kingsbury, hasretired as principal at PoconoMountain High School. Thecouple resides in Warminster.

50 John Bennett has retired asa professor at Florida AtlanticUniversity and as a travel agent.His wife, Priscilla Barnes Bennett’52, professor emerita at theUniversity of West Georgia, isserving as adjunct in school mediasupervision.

58 The Rev. William Jacksonrecently released his book MoreThan a Wish: Sermons atShadyside Presbyterian Church, acollection of sermons given duringhis tenure as interim pastor at thechurch from 1999-2003.

Marlana McMaster Pickford hasrelocated to Camp Hill afterretiring as a specialist-casemanagement for the state ofCalifornia.

59 Nancy Beistel Auerparticipated in the 2003 GreatStrides: A Walk to Cure CysticFibrosis walk-a-thon on theCruisin’ for Katie team, named inhonor of her six-year-oldgranddaughter.

Robert Holmes Sr. has retiredfrom Princeton InsuranceCompany.

Sara Jane Portner Treinen hasretired as an editor with theMeredith Corporation. She and herhusband, Michael, make theirhome in Des Moines, Iowa.

60 Charles Balalis has retired asowner of Plum Right PlacementFirm. He and his wife, Fifi, residein San Jose, Calif.

61 The Rev. Jane EdwardsVane Pederson is an interimassociate pastor at FirstPresbyterian Church of Red Bank.She and her husband, Brent, livein New Providence, N.J.

Kay Giffin Dobbs and herhusband, Luther, live in Topeka,Kan., where Kay has retired after29 years of teaching. She isworking with the National ParkService on the 50th anniversarycelebration of schooldesegregation.

Joanne Harbaugh Godon and herhusband, Claude, have retired asowners of CG Transport, atrucking company, and now dividetheir time between homes inPennsylvania and Florida.

Claire Humes Ernsberger hasretired. She and her husband,Roxy, live in Newport, R.I.

William Repack, professor ofmanagement and organization atRobert Morris University, hasbecome vice president,development with Obee’sRestaurants, one of the fastestgrowing restaurant franchises.

The Rev. Richard Warner Jr.retired as rector of St. James theFisherman Episcopal Church. Theauthor or co-author of three booksand over 50 professional articles,he resides in Ocean Isle Beach,N.C., with his wife, Frances.

62 Margaret MacIntosh Junkerhas retired as a math teacher atNovi High School. She and herhusband, David, live in Clarkston,Mich.

Stephen Pekich was appointedpresident of Vista HigherLearning, a college publisherspecializing in introductory,

intermediate and conversationalSpanish. He and his wife, Pamela,are residents of Arlington, Mass.

63 John Lee is president of Self-Strategist, Inc., a consulting firmin Sewickley. He and his wife,Marsha, live in Moon Township.

66 Harriet Allen Dokken isretired as a teacher in theLancaster (N.Y.) School District.She and her husband, David,reside in Destin, Fla.

Susan Euart Lynch has moved toCedar Point, N.C., where she isbranch office administrator atEdward Jones Investments.

67 Peter Cake and his wife,Marilyn, live in Kalamazoo,Mich., where Peter is an agentwith New York Life Insurance.

Sharen Eckert has been namedvicepresident foradvocacyand publicpolicydevelopmentat BenjaminRose, a non-profit

organization dedicated toimproving the quality of life forolder people, their families andcaregivers.

Michael O’Hea and his wife,Regina, live in Logan, W.Va.,where Mike is director of humanresources at Logan RegionalMedical Center.

Gerard Palmer and his wife, Beth,reside in Sodus Point, N.Y., whereGerry has retired as president ofPalmer Distributing.

68 William Etheredge Jr. isvice president of Teletronix Inc.Bill and his wife, Susan, live inLake Oswego, Ore.

71 Linda Ford Gallup and herhusband, David Gallup ’70, areresidents of Lewes, Del., whereLinda is a substitute teacher in theCape Henlopen School District.

Donald McKim has publishedPresbyterian Questions,Presbyterian Answers fromGeneva Press. He and his wife,LindaJo, live in Germantown,Tenn.

Tom Vallar and his wife, Cindy,have moved to Keller, Texas,where Tom is a software supportengineer at Lockheed Martin.

72 Robert Bodycombe has beenpromoted to the newly createdposition of director-operationsaccounting and analysis at CenturyAluminum Company in Monterey,Calif.

Donald Grimm is president ofHood Industries, Inc., a lumberand plywood manufacturer. Donand his wife, Sally Meyer Grimm’73, make their home inHattiesburg, Miss.

Luann Moser Rice is assistantprincipal at Dixon ElementarySchool in the Mobile County(Ala.) Public Schools.

73 The Rev. John Hopkins hasbeenappointeddirector ofpastoral careandcandidateministry forWorldWitness, the

missions agency of the AssociateReformed Presbyterian Church.John, his wife Kathy, and theirthree children have moved toGreenville, S.C.

74 The Rev. Ted O’Brien andhis wife, Pamela EdingerO’Brien, live in Mauldin, S.C.,with their daughter. Ted is thepastor at Reedy River PresbyterianChurch in Conestee, S.C.

Robert Robinson and his wife,Debbie, live in Parkersburg,W.Va., where Robert is a teacherfor the Wood County Board ofEducation. He received the 2003National Art EducationAssociation Eastern RegionalSecondary Art Educator Award,was named the 2003 WoodCounty Teacher of the Year, andwas one of five state finalists forTeacher of the Year.

John Allen Shearer Jr. waselected vice chair/chair-elect ofWestminster College’s Friends ofthe Library organization. He isassistant professor, reference-instruction librarian, and instructorof English at Geneva College. Heand his wife, Kathryn, reside inBeaver Falls.

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Robert Sprague is underwritingmanager with Westfield Group, aninsurance firm. Bob and his wife,Rhonda, live in Medina, Ohio,with their two children.

Francine Todd of Jeffersonville,Ind., teaches beginning readingand academic reading and writingat the Sylvan Learning Center inNew Albany, Ind.

75 Edna Berry, an associateprofessor of sociology, has beenappointed assistant departmenthead of sociology, social work andanthropology. She was therecipient of the 2003 Award forExcellence in Instruction from theRural Sociological Society. Ednalives in Providence, Utah, with herhusband, Stan, and the couple’stwo children.

Nancy Morford Watson is amiddle school teacher in the NewHanover County Schools. She andher husband, David Watson ’74,live in Wilmington, N.C., whereDavid is president of his ownaccounting firm.

76 Kevin Hambelton ofHagerstown, Md., is manager,agency operations withUSAirways, Inc., in Arlington,Va.

Stephen Mock and his wife, JoanWoodbury Mock ’75, live inPunta Gorda, Fla., where Stephenis pastor of First PresbyterianChurch, and Joan is administrativeassistant in the office of PeaceRiver Presbytery.

77 The Rev. Douglas Clawsonhas accepted the position ofassociate general secretary for theforeign missions committee of theOrthodox Presbyterian Church. Hewas moderator for the 2002-2003General Assembly of theOrthodox Presbyterian Church,and has served on the boards ofMid-America Reformed Seminaryand Great CommissionPublications. He and his wife,Patricia Stoltz Clawson ’75, maketheir home in Horsham.

78 John Bash received hisdoctor of ministry degree fromFuller Theological Seminary. Heresides in Irvine, Calif., where heowns an executive coachingpractice that specializes inleadership development andstrategic planning.

Mary Jane Cunningham HurshM’83 is a counselor in grades 7and 8 in the Riverside BeaverCounty Schools. She lives in NewCastle with her husband, Blair,and their daughter.

79 Chris Buchanan Ruschak isan eighth-grade language artsteacher at Willingboro MemorialMiddle School. She lives inMedford, N.J., with her husband,Randy, and their two children.

Sheri DeMaris, currently onsabbatical from her position asguidance counselor at ValleyForge Middle School, has createdan alternative health TV talkshow, “Tea with Sheri.” In itssecond season of filming, theprogram is aired on cable inPhiladelphia and in Maine.

Patricia Lilholt Hobbs completedher master’s degree in adolescenceeducation at Utica College. Sheand her husband, Lawrence, andtheir children live in Sherrill,N.Y., where Patricia is a middleschool English teacher in theVernon-Verona-Sherrill CentralSchool District.

80 Cheryl Ache Young teachesK-6 general music and band atYellowstone Park ElementarySchool, and K-6 general music,junior high and high school bandand choir in the Gardiner (Mont.)Public Schools. She lives inYellowstone National Park withher husband, Keith, and thecouple’s two sons.

Paula Baron Rummell is a taxmanager with the Pittsburgh officeof the CPA firm of Malin,Bergquist & Company, LLP. Shewas recently named co-chair ofthe Class of 1980’s 25th ReunionCommittee.

Brian Duda of Sunrise, Fla., is amusic teacher at Silver ShoresElementary School.

Daniel Herchenroether haspublished Selling Air, a novelabout the tech bubble of the1990s. He and his wife, WendyStroebel Herchenroether ’83, andtheir two children make theirhome in Pittsburgh.

Peggy Ryan Aloisio has accepteda position with BiovailPharmaceuticals as manager, sales

communications. She and herhusband, Steve, and their daughterlive in Basking Ridge, N.J.

Donald Snyder and his wife,Nancy, are residents of Beckley,W.Va., where Donald is seniorminister of First Christian Church(Disciples of Christ).

81 Maureen McConnell Smithand her husband, Larry, live inColumbus, Ohio, where Maureenhas started a pet-sitting business,TenderTouch Canine Care.

83 Lamont Boykins of Canton,Mich., was recently inducted intothe Beaver County Sports Hall ofFame. He earned an MBA fromDuke University and works forFord Motor Company.

84 James Hutchinson Jr. istravel manager/VIP agent withExecutive Travel Associates, atravel agency located inWashington, D.C.

Elise Lancaster of DeWitt, Mich.,has joined Dykema Gossett as agovernment relations professional.She previously served as director

of constituent services forMichigan Gov. JenniferGranholm.

Dr. Shawn McCandless is anassistant professor of medicalgenetics at Case Western ReserveUniversity in Cleveland. He andhis wife, Chris NelsonMcCandless, and their childrenlive in Shaker Heights, Ohio.

85 Michael Busak is a softwaresales manager. He lives inLarkspur, Colo., with his wife,Barbara, and two sons.

Thomas Grove is territorymanager with Aladdin Temprite.Tom lives in Irwin with his wife,Christine, and three children.

Deborah Platt Majoras has left herposition in the Antitrust Divisionof the Department of Justice tobecome a partner in the anititrustand competition law practice ofJones Day, a global law firm inWashington, D.C.

86 Bruce Bartoo is executivedirector, central regionfoundations with ProMedica

Our 25th class reunion is THIS YEAR!

Mark your calendar and plan to come!

Saturday, Oct. 16, 2004

Reservation materials will be mailed in the summer.ALSO…there is still time for you to add your gift to theClass of 1979 Westminster College 25th Reunion Fund.

Join your classmates who support of teaching andlearning at Westminster College through their gift to the25th reunion class gift – an endowed fund established in

support of faculty research and development at WC.

You can send your check or pledge today –mark it 25th Reunion Fund – and mail to theWestminster College Development Office.

We look forward to seeing you at our reunioncelebration dinner on October 16!

The Class of 1979 Reunion CommitteeCo-chairs: Scott and Ann Wheeler Magnuson

Cindy Baker, Sue Musgrave Barker, Jane A. Elliott-Coul, MichelleStipanovich Kirsch, Debra George Lannon, Sharon Ellwood

McCullough, Bob Morgenstern, Bruce and Debbie Pierson Thomas,Tom Tupitza, John Weisel, Doug Whitney

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Health System, a healthcareprovider. He and his wife,Lyndsey Price Bartoo ’88, live inMaumee, Ohio, with their twodaughters.

Gregory Chandley has relocatedto Redwood City, Calif., with hiswife, Serena, and two children. Heis manager at Global IS&T, atechnology manufacturer.

88 Scott Christofferson M’95of Ellwood City is a behaviorspecialist consultant with MentalHealth Solutions in Beaver Falls.

89 Vincent Benincasa is a salesrepresentative with BrenntagNortheast, a chemical distributor.Vince and his family live inPittsburgh.

Robert Holmes Jr. is a teacher atBlackwood Elementary School.He and his wife, Alisha, and theirfour children live in Egg HarborTownship, N.J.

Anne Marie Klug Will is abusiness teacher at NorthTonawanda High School. She and

her husband, Scott, are residentsof East Amherst, N.Y.

Tim Rupert is a teacher in thePine-Richland School District. Helives in Seven Fields with hiswife, Jodi, and their two sons.

Julie Toma Taylor received herMBA from the University ofMaryland. She is divisionmanager, common criteria testinglab, at SAIC, an informationsecurity firm. She and her twosons live in Reisterstown, Md.

90 Steven Ray and his wife,Jennifer, live in Sharon, whereSteven is a detective/sergeant withthe Sharon Police Department.

Jennifer Thomson of Camp Hillreceived her degree from theUniversity of Pittsburgh School ofLaw. She is a deputy attorneygeneral in the antitrust section ofthe Pennsylvania Office of theAttorney General.

91 Matt Byrne has relocated toFt. Lauderdale and is a funeraldirector at Star of David inTamarac, Fla.

Becky Lambert of MountEphraim, N.J., is a productionmanager with Blue Visual Effects,a television production companyin Philadelphia.

Camille Locust has moved to LasVegas, where she is an actress/singer.

Beth Steffey Cruz is a studentservices coordinator at PrinceGeorge’s Community College.She and her husband, Eduardo,make their home in Crofton, Md.

92 Michael Cominos ofLeechburg was recently namedprincipal of Kittanning AreaMiddle School.

Rose Ann Fulena, a math teacherin the Union Area School Districtin New Castle, received thePennsylvania Association ofStudent Councils 2003 MiddleLevel Adviser of the Year Award.In addition to her teaching duties,she is a PIAA track and fieldofficial, junior high track coach,chess club adviser, and middleschool yearbook adviser.

Melissa Gable Henderson is ateacher at DeLaura Middle School.She and her husband, Matt, andtheir two daughters make theirhome in Rockledge, Fla.

93 Toni Burnhouse Ewing ofHendersonville, Tenn., has beenpromoted to associate vicepresident, asset administration, atHealthcare Realty Trust, Inc., areal estate investment trust.

Craig Gross is a surgery centerproducts sales representative withCardinal Health. He and his wife,Dominique, reside in Edmond,Okla.

Lisa Leone has moved toDeerfield Beach, Fla. She is aservice technician with AppleComputer.

David Lovett has received hisPennsylvania real estatesalesperson license. He and hiswife, Kathleen McTighe Lovett’95, live in Wexford, where Davidis a sales agent with NorthwoodRealty Services.

Meegan McCarthy Austermanand her son live in NewWilmington, where Meegan is a

veterinarian at North MemorialAnimal Hospital.

Tara Mountz Woodard is a qualityimprovement coordinator withOmni Visions, Inc., a childplacement agency in Raleigh, N.C.She and her husband, Robin, livein Kenly, N.C.

Tonia Trickett Trovinger receivedher master’s from WaldenUniversity and is a reading tutorwith Eastern Lancaster CountySchool District. Her husband, KenTrovinger, is employed atYoder’s Country Market. Thecouple lives in Leola.

94 Tyrone Black received hismaster’s from the University ofNew Haven. He lives in Cheshire,Conn., where he is director ofcollege counseling at CheshireAcademy, a preparatory school.

Sean Cauvel has relocated to ElkGrove, Calif., where he has beenpromoted to director of businessdevelopment for NationwideRetirement Solutions.

William Condron is an Englishteacher and teacher-trainer atYoung Shin Middle School inTaegu, South Korea.

Christine Gloff Kelley is adisability case manager at LibertyMutual. She and her husband, Jeff,live in Goodyear, Ariz.

Michael Marsh is manager, K-12solutions, with The College Board,an educational assessment firm inBala Cynwyd. He and his wife,Kristine, make their home in Kingof Prussia.

Michele Suvak Coates receivedher master’s in school counselingfrom Virginia CommonwealthUniversity. She and her husband,Frank, live in Colonial Beach, Va.,where Michele is an elementaryschool guidance counselor.

Lillian Szoch is a seniorimplementation project consultantat Fiserv, a financial software firmin Pittsburgh.

95 Kelly Adams Yeager is aveterinarian at LakemontVeterinary Clinic in Altoona. Herhusband, John Yeager ’96, is anattorney with McQuaide BlaskoInc. The couple and their twochildren live in Hollidaysburg.

Attention membersof the Westminster Class

of 1980…THANKS…

to those in the Class of 1980 who have already sent theirpledge or gift for our 25th reunion fund. We are well onour way to meeting our goal of $40,000 for our class

reunion gift.

HEADS UP…to the rest of our class. There is still time to participate in

this Class of 1980 gift effort. Join us with your gift –small or large. Any size gift will help.

PENCIL IN THE DATE…The date for our 25th reunion celebration is

Saturday, October 22, 2005

Yes, that is 2005!! But the way calendars fill up, it is nottoo early to make plans.

The Class of 1980 Reunion CommitteeCo-chairs: Lynn Lowry Foltz & Paula Baron Rummell

Gary Devlin, Linda Claybourn Jenkins, Mike Misour, KeithPealstrom, Doug Pellicano, Doug Pride, Joel Redfoot, Cathy Roe

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Robert Apel IV is enrolled in theMBA program at the University ofColorado, and is product groupmanager at MSA. He and his wife,Tisha, live in Littleton, Colo.

Richard Burgess is a commoditytrader and managing partner atFalcon Arbitrage LLC in Chicago.He lives in Winfield, Ill., with hiswife, Dr. Beth Leopold.

John Davis is branch managerwith The Insco/Dico Group, asurety bonds/insurance firm inWexford. He and his wife, Crystal,and their son make their home inCranberry Township.

Kristina Mitchell Little has beenpromoted to network managementadministrator and trainer at VisionService Plan, a vision insurancecarrier. She and her husband,Danny, live in Grove City, Ohio.

Elizabeth Richardson Trupp isemployed in public relations/marketing with the Columbus(Ohio) Association of PerformingArts. She lives in Gahanna, Ohio,with her husband, Rob.

Sarah Wolff has relocated toBoston, where she is globalclassrooms director with theUnited Nations Association ofGreater Boston, a non-profitorganization.

96 Alan Focht of Arlington,Va., received his master’s fromGeorgetown University, and is acivil servant with the Departmentof the Navy.

Karen Kurey of Gibsonia iscontroller at American TextileCompany in Duquesne.

Laura Schuchert Halaszynski is aprogram supervisor with FamilyResources, a social service agencyin Pittsburgh, and is pursuing amaster’s of professionalcounseling at Carlow College. Sheand her husband, Chris, live inMcKeesport.

Clare Morris Chiesa is an activitytherapist at GatewayRehabilitation Center inAliquippa. She lives in Imperialwith her husband, Matt.

Malinda Readshaw Bloombergreceived her master’s from theUniversity of Phoenix, and is a

substitute teacher in the Utica(Mich.) Community Schools.Mindy and her husband, KirkBloomberg, an account managerwith U.S. Steel, reside inMacomb, Mich.

97 Keri Bartok Baugh hasaccepted a position as globalcommunications specialist at WaltDisney World in Orlando, Fla. Sheresides in Celebration, Fla., withher husband, Christopher Baugh’96, founder and president ofNorthern Sky Research, aconsulting firm for the satelliteindustry.

Ashley Davis of Washington,D.C., is employed at Blank RomeGovernment Relations LLC.

Kristen Finzel Lewis received herjuris doctorate from William andMary School of Law and is a staffattorney with Southeastern OhioLegal Services. She and herhusband, Mike, make their homein Bolivar, Ohio.

Michael Penwell lives inChambersburg, where he is aprevention specialist at WINVictim Services, a domesticviolence/sexual assault agency.

98 Seth Aikman of San Marcos,Calif., is a sales/marketingrepresentative with Callaway GolfCompany, a manufacturer of golfclubs.

Jason Call received his master’s inschool administration/principalfrom Ashland University and is afifth-grade teacher in the NorthRidgeville City Schools. His wife,Jennifer Bigelow Call ’00,received her master’s incurriculum and instruction forgifted and talented students fromAshland University. She teachesgifted and talented students ingrades 4-6 in the AmherstExempted Village Schools. Jasonand Jennifer make their home inAvon Lake, Ohio.

Katharine Downs Kiss is amarketing analyst with Comcast, atelecommunications firm. Katieand her husband, Michael, areresidents of Silver Spring, Md.

Jamie Gardner Pritchard receivedher master’s from NazarethCollege in Rochester, N.Y., and isa speech pathologist with the ARC

of Orleans County. She lives inMedina, N.Y., with her husband,Brad, and their son.

Gina Groznik of Pittsburgh waspromoted to therapy programmanager at In-Sync RehabilitationServices, a 240-bed nursing homein Butler.

99 Julie Bach Zebrine receivedher master’s in social work fromthe University of Pittsburgh andpassed the state exam to be alicensed social worker. She livesin Gibsonia with her husband,Michael Zebrine ’00.

Werner Gilliam is a buildinginspector II with Kent County(Del.) Levy Court. He and hiswife, Amanda, make their home inClayton, Del.

Dr. Scott Herrle is a resident ininternal medicine at the Universityof Pittsburgh Medical Center. Hegraduated from the University ofPittsburgh School of Medicine inMay 2003 and currently resides inRoss Township.

Emily Klein received her teachercertification from DillardUniversity and is a special

education teacher in the NewOrleans Public Schools.

Edwin Large graduated fromMethodist Theological Schoolwith a master of theologicalstudies in Christian ethics. Avolunteer faith-based organizer forHoward Dean’s presidentialcampaign, he was endorsed by theHamilton County DemocraticParty to run for clerk of courts. Heand his wife, Megan Croy, maketheir home in Cincinnati.

Melanie Mehalic of Monroevillehas accepted a position with SaksFifth Avenue as a personalshopper in the 5th Avenue Club, anexclusive shopping service.

James Mentzer II is a student atthe University of Akron.

Jessica Puzausky of Bayville,N.J., is an occupational therapistat HealthSouth RehabilitationHospital.

00 Leslie Baylor-Newpher is aguidance counselor at Keys GateCharter School. She and herhusband, Tom Newpher, maketheir home in Coral Gables, Fla.

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By Joe Onderko M’00

You didn’t find WestminsterCollege graduates DennyWolfe and Ben Webber as

contestants on the recent ESPN realityshow “Dream Job,” in which the winnerearned a job working full-time at theBristol, Conn.-based 24-hour sportscable network.

They didn’t have to be – they livetheir ESPN “dream jobs” every day.

Wolfe and Webber were among agroup of ESPN employees honoredrecently as staff members of“SportsCenter,” the network’s signaturesports highlights show which airs livemultiple times every day. On April 19,“SportsCenter” earned an Emmy Awardfor Best Daily Studio Show amongsports broadcasts. Both Wolfe (a 1997Westminster graduate) and Webber (a2000 Westminster alumnus) work asassociate producers on “SportsCenter.”

According to Wolfe, it was the firstEmmy earned by ESPN “SportsCenter” since 1996 and wasthe culmination of the efforts of hundreds of individuals atESPN. “Everyone involved with the show is very proud. Thepeople here work so hard to produce a quality program daily.It’s not very often that you get to be a part of something thatgains such national prominence as an Emmy Award.”

A native of Leechburg and graduate of Leechburg HighSchool, Wolfe was active as a radio announcer for Titanfootball games and as host of “Coaches Corner” onWestminster Cable 9 (now Westminster Cable Network)during his days in New Wilmington. He joined ESPN as aproduction assistant shortly after graduation and has workedat several assignments over the past seven years, includingtwo years on “NHL Tonight” (1999-2000, 2001-02), as wellas remotes for the Super Bowl and several college bowl gamesas a member of the “College Gameday” staff.

He was later joined by Webber, an Oil City native and OilCity High School product. Webber was also active as bothan announcer and in television production at the College.According to Wolfe, Webber contacted him about jobpossibilities near the end of his senior year. Wolfe gave himdirection on the application process, but didn’t hear anything.“Then one day I was walking down the hall at ESPN, andthere’s Ben coming the other way. He had just been hired,and I didn’t even know it until he got here.”

Both Wolfe and Webber started as temporary six-monthemployees at ESPN, with no benefits and no guarantee ofemployment beyond the probationary period. Each was kept

Westminster Grads Earn EmmysWhile Living Out ESPN Dreams

on full-time following the six-month period, and both havereceived multiple promotions during their respective tenures atESPN. According to Webber, they often find themselvesworking together on the 6 p.m. (Eastern) edition of“SportsCenter.”

“‘SportsCenter’ is probably the greatest show to work on atESPN, simply because every day is different and it is constantlychanging,” said Webber. “It’s a job where you go to work eachday and wait for something big to happen.”

As he reflected on their successful careers, Wolfe was quickto point out the excellent preparation both he and Webberreceived as broadcast communications majors at Westminster.He specifically noted the work done by associate professor DaveBarner and engineer Chuck Chirozzi with Titan radio andtelevision broadcasts as great preparation for his career at ESPN.“When you look around ESPN, you see a number of verytalented people who have graduated from strong, high-profilecommunications programs,” said Wolfe. “It feels good to havea pair of Westminster College graduates working beside themand having success. Clearly, the preparation we received asstudents at Westminster prepared us for careers at ESPN. It’sjust a matter of putting in the effort while in school and makingthe most of the opportunities that present themselves.”

(Onderko is sports information director at WestminsterCollege.)

Westminster College grads Denny Wolfe ’97 (left) and Ben Webber ’00 hang outon the ESPN “SportsCenter” set. The two are associate producers for ESPN’sflagship show and part of the team that captured an Emmy Award for Best DailyStudio Show. The sports news and highlight show airs live several times daily.

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Amy Brunetto is enrolled in theMBA program at the University ofPittsburgh’s Katz School ofBusiness, and is a researchtechnician in cancer immunologyresearch.

Heather Frost Middlebrook is anaccount executive at Wolf GroupRochester (N.Y.) on the Kodakdigital and applied imagingaccount. She and her husband,Stephen, reside in Fairport, N.Y.

Sal Hanna has relocated fromMichigan to become summercamp director at Ligonier Campand Conference Center.

Jennifer Petrock of Poland, Ohio,is the PR/marketing representativefor the national accounts divisionof Vector Security, Inc. inWarrendale.

Michael Pizon is an inside salesrepresentative at BPI InformationSystems of Ohio, a computer salesand consulting firm. He lives inMiddleburg Heights, Ohio, withhis wife, Laura.

Elizabeth White is a graduatestudent in the Department ofSociology at the University ofVirginia.

01 Mandy Albaugh hasrelocated to Orlando, Fla., whereshe is enrolled in the mental healthcounseling/marriage and familycounseling program at theUniversity of Central Florida.

Jennifer Body Wittmann ofEllwood City is admissionscoordinator at Avalon NursingCenter in New Castle. (See alsoMarriages.)

Keith Dryburgh is a researchassistant at The Ohio StateUniversity School of VeterinaryMedicine.

David Evanoff Jr. is a researchassistant pursuing a Ph.D. inchemistry at Clemson University.

Kallie Fassinger of Pittsburghteaches sixth-grade language artsand social studies at Boyce MiddleSchool in the Upper St. ClairSchool District.

Lisa Gasperi has moved toBoardman, Ohio. She is a

television news producer atWKBN-TV in Youngstown, Ohio.

Alexa Janacone is a teacher atJouett Elementary School inLouisa, Va., and is pursuing amaster’s degree at the Universityof Virginia.

Adam Lucich of Sharpsville is astudent at Lake Erie College ofOsteopathic Medicine.

Kelly Meyers of McMurray is afourth-grade teacher in the CanonMcMillan School District.

Jennifer Ombres received amaster’s in English language andliterature with an emphasis increative writing from Kansas StateUniversity. She is a reading/English specialist at Independence(Kan.) Community College.

Kelli Parise Richardson isenrolled in the master’s ofeducation program at IndianaUniversity of Pennsylvania.

Stanley Rothrock II is a teachingassistant at the University ofMinnesota while pursuing amaster of music degree.

Jennifer Smith received hermaster’s in counseling fromGeneva College and is a programanalyst with the Department ofVeterans Affairs in Washington,D.C.

Kyleigh Squicquero of EllwoodCity is a mental health technicianfor the Seneca Ridge after-schoolprogram of UPMC WesternPsychiatric Institute and Clinic inRochester.

Shay Stewart has moved toPittsburgh and is a fourth-gradeteacher in the Seneca ValleySchool District.

Ryan Vaccaro is an analyst atErnst & Young, a corporatefinance firm in Cleveland.

Amy Young is coordinator ofstudent development/residencedirector at Hesser College inManchester, N.H.

Christina Zahniser is a naturalresource specialist with the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers in CapeCod Canal, Mass.

02 Amy Balderach has movedto Kaufman, Texas, where she is agraduate student at BaylorUniversity.

Kevin Bell received his bachelor’sin bioengineering from theUniversity of Pittsburgh and is arobotics specialist in the spinelaboratory at PresbyterianHospital. He and his wife,Stephanie, live in Pittsburgh.

Zachary Beresh has relocated toPittsburgh, where he is a graphicdesigner in the in-house designdepartment at American Auto-Matrix, an automated buildingsolutions firm.

Megan Chandler Monstwil hasbeen promoted to programspecialist in training at LawrenceCounty ARC in New Castle. Sheand her husband, Walt, make theirhome in Mount Jackson.

Dan DiDesiderio III of Hermitageis an elementary music teacher inthe Greenville schools.

Alan Eargle of Norristown is anaccounting manager at Smurfit-Stone Container in Philadelphia.

Corrine Gaglia Durisko is a labcoordinator at the University ofPittsburgh. She and her husband,Wilson Durisko ’99, make theirhome in New Wilmington, whereWilson is employed indistribution/sales at Durisko Eggs.

Tammy Geiwitz-Rynd is acustomer relationship managementcoordinator at First National Bankof Slippery Rock. She and herhusband, Ryan, make their homein Volant.

Katie Horgan received hermaster’s in education from theUniversity of Pittsburgh. She hasrelocated to Savannah, Ga., whereshe is a teacher in the Savannah-Chatham School District.

Traci Lewis is a computer/studyskills teacher at Franklin MiddleSchool. She and her husband,Ryan Blazosky, live in Knox.

Renee Mele is a milieu therapist atUPMC Western PsychiatricInstitute and Clinic in Pittsburgh.

Kimberly Schroeder is director ofPR/marketing at Royal AnnapolisChina & Glass, Ltd.

Beth Staley is a graduate studentat West Virginia University.

Eugenia Swartz lives in Hubbard,Ohio, where she is a Title Ireading teacher in the HubbardExempted Village School District.

03 Melissa Batulis is an anchor/reporter at Renda Radio, Inc., inIndiana.

Marissa Betters is manager ofrecruitment for Eat ’n ParkHospitality Group in Pittsburgh.

Tammy Bright is a Title I readingteacher at Mercer ElementarySchool. She lives in Grove Citywith her husband, Mike.

Emily Hatala of Aspinwall is asubstitute teacher in the PittsburghPublic Schools.

Theodore Merklin lives in Brea,Calif., where he is contractadministrator at Quality ProjectManagement, LLC.

Diana Moore of Monroeville is aresearch assistant at the Universityof Pittsburgh.

Brad Porinchak is a teacher atSouth Range High School. Helives in Columbiana, Ohio, withhis wife, Cindi.

Megan Roussos of Canfield, Ohio,is a sales representative withAstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals inKent, Ohio.

Natalie Spencer-Scott isemployed at Woodrow WilsonHigh School in Youngstown,Ohio. She and her husband,Francis Scott, reside in Canfield,Ohio.

Vicki Vroble is a zookeeper at theHouston (Texas) Zoo, and worksin the zoo’s Natural WondersDepartment.

Jeff Wolstoncroft of NewWilmington is office manager atSnyder Olds-Pontiac-Cadillac inGrove City.

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Westminster Weekly49 Renwick Jackson and Diane

Hall, Aug.2, 2003, inBrookhavenHamlet,N.Y. Ren isformerpresident ofSt. Mary’sCollege

and author of The Golden Run:The Story of St. Mary’s College ofMaryland, 1968-1982.

87 Jeffrey Sprague and LiaKieren, Oct. 12, 2003. Alumni inthe wedding party were best manJohn Polacok and groomsmanBruce Thalmann ’88. The Rev.Edwin Sprague ’59 and VirginiaBorden Sprague ’58 are parents ofthe groom. Alumni in attendancewere Amy Baker Kindell ’85 andLisa Zatac Lehnerd ’88. Jeff isassistant director of productions atWOKR-TV. The couple resides inRochester, N.Y.

88 Gary Swanson and MaureenHickman,May 24,2003, inWallaceMemorialChapel.MarkSlezak ’87was bestman. Gary

is director of audio-visual servicesat Westminster College and girlsbasketball coach at Hickory HighSchool in Hermitage. Maureen isthe daughter of Westminsterprofessors Warren and CindaHickman. The couple resides inSharpsville.

90 Heather Caldwell and LorenMerrell, April 20, 2002, at HolyTrinity Episcopal Church inMenlo Park, Calif. (See also NewAdditions.)

Kelly Maloney and Gary Lynch,Sept. 28,2003. Kellyis a teacherin theVirginiaBeachPublicSchools.The couple

resides in Chesapeake, Va.

91 Wendi Campoli andWaitcell Avery Jr., Nov. 22, 2003,in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Theyreside in Pittsburgh.

92 Lori Knerler and CharlesMcHugh. The couple lives inColumbus, Ohio.

Lee Marshall and KatherineMahoney,Sept. 20,2003. Thecoupleresides inGibsonia.

93AllisonUrlaub and

Richard DiMarco II, Oct. 4, 2003.Erika Sahmel Sanders ’92 was abridesmaid, and Alicia RoomeHoldridge ’95 was in attendance.The couple lives in Rochester,N.Y.

94 Meredith Vance and SethShafer,Sept. 28,2002, inNewWilmingtonPresbyterianChurch.Participantsin the

wedding were Cindy ChinchiIwig, and Nicole Fulmer Toombs.Nearly 20 alumni were inattendance, including the bride’sparents, William Vance ’59 andDiane Meriam Vance ’62.Meredith is director of training forMAMSI Health Plans inFrederick, Md. The couple residesin Eldersburg, Md.

96 Kerry Fero and DougWatson, June 28, 2003, inHarrison City. Alumni participantsin the wedding were bridesmaidJennifer Badgley Timmins,Dannielle Cieslica Brown, andJody Lamb Kellner. The couplelives in North Huntingdon.

Emily Reilly and William Irvin,July 27,2002. AmyCookLeonardwas matronof honorandKimberlyMcCaskey

’97 was maid of honor. Otherparticipating alumni were KristieHupe Dietz, Mindalore Hamilton,Gwendolyn Myron, JessicaIreland Lapinski, and CariMester Russell ’97. The coupleresides in St. Louis.

97 Kelly Limmer and Dr.Michael Greer, June 16, 2001, inVolant. Many alumni were inattendance, including the groom’smother, Virginia Johnston Greer’67. The couple resides inKannapolis, N.C.

Amy Miller and Brian Dehan,Oct. 4, 2003. Alumni participantswere Angie Yearick Heimel, KoriAnderson, and Elizabeth Horn’95. The couple resides inCincinnati.

Sherri Skowvron and MarkHoupt, June 29, 2002. WendyCook Mattucci ’98 was in thebridal party. (See also NewAdditions.)

Holly Smith and MatthewHeirendt,Aug. 16,2003, atOrchardHill Churchin Wexford.JenniferCampbellLucchino’98 was

matron of honor. Eight otheralumni participated. The coupleresides in Lawrence.

98 Wendy Cook and LouisMattucci,April 6,2002, atAlleghenyCenterAllianceChurch inPittsburgh.Alumniparticipants

in the wedding were SherriSkowvron Houpt ’97, LeanneOnorato, and Jessica Naples.Also in attendance were MelodyBuhr and professor JoyceHoellein. Wendy is a second-grade teacher for Columbus PublicSchools. The couple lives inColumbus, Ohio.

Shawnee Voelp and RichardOgrodowski,Aug. 9,2003, atWallaceMemorialChapel. Thebride is thedaughter ofJohn Voelp’73 and

Holly Edwards Voelp ’74. Manyother alumni were also membersof the wedding party. Shawnee isa fifth-grade teacher in theRiverview School District. Rich isan attorney at Burns, White andHickton, LLC, in Pittsburgh. Thecouple resides in Oakmont.

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Class Notes. Please send us yournews after it has happened.

Marriages:Because of the great response to Class Notes, we cannotaccommodate photos of your wedding party. Please sendyour information and a photo of the bride and groom only.Include name(s) and class year(s) of any Westminster alumniwho participated in the ceremony.

Deadlines:Class Notes printed in this issue were received prior toMarch 22, 2004. Because Westminster Magazine is a quar-terly publication requiring significant lead time, please allowat least three months before your news is published. ClassNotes received prior to Sept. 17, 2004, will appear in theFall 2004 issue.

99 Jennifer Grundy and LeonYoung,June 14,2003, atWallaceMemorialChapel.AnnaBestwickwas maid ofhonor. Ten

other Westminster alumni were inattendance. Jennifer is a fieldrepresentative for CongresswomanMelissa Hart. The couple residesin Green Tree.

Teresa Hagg and Brad Masters,May 31,2003, at St.Paul Churchin Weirton,W.Va.Alumni inthe weddingparty wereRobinSalisbury

(bridesmaid) and JeremySwartzfager ’98 (soloist). Severalother alumni were in attendance.Teresa teaches third grade in theOlmsted Falls schools. The couplelives in Strongsville, Ohio.

Jenifer Nolan and ChristopherGagne,Aug. 16,2003, atStroudsmoorCountry InninStroudsburg.Alumniparticipantsin the

wedding were maid of honorDanae Brentzel, and bridesmaidsLaura Butchy, Molly Castner’98, and Shannon Walker. Severalother alumni were in attendanceThe couple resides in MiddleIsland, NY.

Shannyn Smith and TimothyVoelp ’01, Sept. 14, 2002. Thecouple resides in Mt. Pleasant,S.C.

01 Jennifer Body and EdwardWittmann,Oct. 5,2002, atSavannahUnitedMethodistChurch.Alumniparticipantsin the

wedding were Amy HoukJeffcoat, Jennifer Rich, HeatherSalada Wojciechowicz, KristianneKalata ’00, and April McCarthy.(See also Class Notes.)

Nora Drake and Ryan Saeler,Oct. 18, 2003. The couple lives inAustin, Texas.

Marisa Guriel and StephenSchooley,June 7,2003, atWallaceMemorialChapel.SaraBresnahanwas maid ofhonor and

Greg Marquis ’02 was best man.Also participating in the weddingwere Elisa Suber ’04, JonathanSmith ’02, Ken Schulz ’02, andMegan Monaco ’03. The couplelives in Butler.

02 Sara Russell and MatthewScholl,Aug. 10,2002.Matthew isa shelterprogramsupervisorfor theSpectrumFamily

Network. Sara is equipmentmanager for the outdoorleadership team of Coalition forChristian Outreach. They live inPittsburgh.

Laura Snyder and MatthewDeegan,Aug. 16,2003, inWallaceMemorialChapel. Theweddingpartyincludedbest man

76 Barbara Barley Stransky andher husband, Joe: a daughter,Galina, born May 8, 2003, inRussia. Galina arrived at thefamily’s home in Stoughton,Wisc., on Nov. 25, 2003. She iswelcomed by Alex, 3.

78 Joe Tracy and his wife,Lorraine: a daughter, Lauren

Nicole, on Dec. 15, 2003. Shejoins Joseph (8) and Daniel (5) athome in Sewell, N.J.

80 Diane Mahlmann Ross andher husband, Gary: a son, GregoryStanislav, born Oct. 15, 1999, inMoscow. Gregory arrived at thefamily’s home on April 29, 2003.He is welcomed by Mariel (8) athome in Kensington, Md.

James Riley and his wife, Heather:a son, Micah James, on Sept. 12,2003. He is welcomed by half-sister Jocelyn, 14, of PlumBorough. The family resides inUniversity Heights, Ohio.

82 Susan Sucin Barnish and herhusband, James: a son, MatthewJohn, on Jan. 5, 2004. The familylives in Chicago.

84 Paul Barrante and his wife,Tracey: a daughter, Magen, onMay 19, 2003. She joins Peter (6)at home in Pittsburgh.

85 Margaret Douds Burggrafand her husband, Mark: a son,Jack, on Sept. 28, 2003. He joinsMegan, 3, at home in St. Charles,Ill.

Katherine Henry Ryan and herhusband, James: a son, Liam

Michael Deegan ’98, ErikRobbins ’01, Laura Mours,Thomas Benjamin ’03, andMichael Cosgrove Jr. ’03. Alsoparticipating in the service wereChristine Eureka Snyder ’73,mother of the bride, and JohnDeegan Jr., former dean of theCollege at Westminster. A numberof Westminster alumni were inattendance. Laura is a child carespecialist at SouthwoodPsychiatric Hospital. Matthew isemployed at Petco. The coupleresides in Pittsburgh.

Angela Steck and MichaelLansberry. The couple resides inDarlington.

Christine Zarack and DamonHorne. The couple resides inPainesville Township, Ohio.

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James, on Nov. 6, 2003. Thefamily resides in Hermitage.

86 J.J. Brennan and his wife,Mary: a daughter, Ellie Marie, onMarch 30, 2003. She joins Taylor,9, at home in Phoenix, Ariz.

87 Sharon Knable Pletz and herhusband, Richard Pletz: a son,Luke Edward, on Oct. 11, 2002.He joins Sam (12), Jacob (11),Daniel (9), and Grace Lee (3) athome in Eighty Four.

88 Allison Cochrane Kyff andher husband, David: a son, JackDavid. He joins Jenna Mary, 2, athome in Wilmington, N.C.

John Bryan Holtzclaw and hiswife, Tiffany: a son, MatthewThomas, on June 6, 2003. He joinsJohn Michael (5) and David (2) athome in Hebron, Ky.

Brian Lasko and his wife, Crystal:a daughter, Adeline Elizabeth, onJuly 12, 2003. The family residesin New Castle.

89 Susan Manley Stewart andher husband, Derek: a son,Christian Hugh, on Sept. 9, 2003.The family resides in Beverly,Mass.

Dixie Prichard Bontz and herhusband, Greg: a daughter,Addison Neva, on Jan. 2, 2004.The family resides inCooperstown.

90 Heather Caldwell Merrelland her husband, Loren: a son,Jack Dean, on July 22, 2003. Thefamily lives in Fremont, Calif.(See also Marriages.)

Patricia Petrini Guido and herhusband, Darren Guido ’91: adaughter, Gianna Rose, on May17, 2003. Darren received a doctorof education degree in January2004 and works at Capital SchoolDistrict. The family resides inDover, Del.

Lara Radjenovic Seifarth and herhusband, Rodd: a son, John Peter,on Nov. 13, 2003. The familyresides in Pittsburgh.

91 Heather Campbell Checkand her husband, Michael: adaughter, Callista Erin, on Dec.29, 2003. She joins Aiden (5),Hayley (3), and Sadie (2), at homein Mesa, Ariz.

Lisa Johnson Graham and herhusband, Tim: a daughter, Lily, onOct. 13, 2003. She joins Davis, 3,at home in Canton, Ohio.

Sean Sleeman and his wife, Amy:a daughter, Darryn Michelle, inMarch 2002. The family lives inPittsburgh.

Suzette Vugrincic Ryan and herhusband, Patrick Ryan ’87: adaughter, Mairin Elizabeth, onSept. 28, 2003. The family lives inWesterville, Ohio.

92 Robyn Barilla Tongel andher husband, Michael: a daughter,Ellie Bryn, on Oct. 9, 2003. Thefamily lives in Plum.

Dr. Leann Goslak Wagner and herhusband, Bryan: a son, Justin, onMay 3, 2002. The family lives inPittsburgh.

Kathleen Kearns Kirschman andher husband, Michael Kirschman:a daughter, Sarah Danielle, onOct. 3, 2003. The family lives inGeneva, Ill.

Shelli King Sommariva and herhusband, Jay: a daughter, ReaganIzabella, on April 19, 2003. Thefamily resides in Butler.

Jacquie McCrory Gentile and herhusband, Michael Gentile: a son,Donato Michael, on Sept. 17,2003. He joins Giaco Carl (3) athome in Indiana.

Amy Sanderbeck Stimmell andher husband, Michael: a son,Wyatt Arthur, on June 7, 2003. Hejoins Colt (4) at home in Fredonia.

Stephen VanSuch and his wife,Dianna: a daughter, SavannaMarie, on Nov. 12, 2003. Shejoins Stephen, 2, at home inPoland, Ohio.

93 Dirk Link and his wife,Lori: a daughter, Ainsley Louise,on July 31, 2003. The family livesin Bridgeville.

Jeanine McCracken Montgomeryand her husband, Robert: a son,Andrew Keith, on July 17, 2003.The family lives in Oswego, N.Y.

Christopher Moore and his wife,Kioko: Mateo, born on May 8,2003. The family lives inWashington, D.C.

Maureen Wargo Whitfield andher husband, Chip: a son,Donovan Maddox, on Nov. 6,2003. The family resides in EightyFour.

Lori Zeller McCauley and herhusband, Michael McCauley: ason, Ryan Michael, on July 15,2003. He joins Daniel (6) andBrennan (4) at home in Pittsburgh.

94 Tammi Bailey Young andher husband, Shawn: a son, JaidenThomas, born on Dec. 12, 2002.The family lives in Elizabethtown.

Jacqueline Beale Blondeaux andher husband, Brian: a son, LeeroyJesse, on Jan. 8, 2004. He joinsKyra (7) and Kacie (5) at home inFreeport.

William Bellas and his wife,Jennifer: a daughter, Greta Noel,on Dec. 4, 2003. The family livesin Ann Arbor, Mich.

Pamela Liontos Bowden and herhusband, Donald Bowden Jr. ’93:a daughter, Laura Danielle, onJune 16, 2003. She joins Joshua(6) and Ryan (3) at home in NewCastle.

Rachel Murphy Tanzilli and herhusband, Marc Tanzilli ’96: a son,Noah Eli, on July 26, 2003. Hejoins Andrew James (4) at home inNorth Ridgeville, Ohio. Rachel isalumni relations manager/webmaster at Lake RidgeAcademy. Marc is financialanalyst for Orius Central OfficeServices.

Courtenay Salvia Garrett and herhusband, Ben: a son, AustinBenjamin, on April 8, 2003. Theyreside in Gibsonia.

95 Lori DiFucci Boos and herhusband, Robert Boos: a daughter,Grace Kathryn, on March 21,2003. She joins big brother Austinat home in Williamsport.

Amanda Gashel Dillon and herhusband, Michael Dillon: adaughter, Alexandra Noelle, onMarch 7, 2003. She joins Tyler, 3,at home in Medina, Ohio.

Kevin Hair and his wife, Sarah: ason, Joshua James, on April 2,2003. He joins Hannah (4) athome in Winston Salem, N.C.Kevin is project manager for MHCConstruction.

Kasey Kovalcik and his wife,Cheryl: a son, Nicholas James, onAug. 6, 2003. The family lives inBoone, N.C.

Anne Kummer Sterba and herhusband, Richard Sterba: a son,Andrew William, on Oct. 13,2003. He joins Elizabeth Anne, 2,at home in Alexandria, Va.

Tanya Mamula Kriley and herhusband, Bradley: a son, RyderTheodore, on July 15, 2003. He iswelcomed by brother TimberBenjamin, 2. The family lives inButler.

Kathleen McTigue Lovett and herhusband, David Lovett ’93: a son,David Liam, on June 6, 2003. Thefamily resides in Wexford.

Heather Nolan Aeppli and herhusband, Todd Aeppli ’93: adaughter, Kate Annslee, on May28, 2003. The family lives inMount Pleasant, S.C.

Lori Sloane Pash and her husband,James: a son, Lucas James, onSept. 23, 2003. They reside inUpper St. Clair.

96 Stephanie Drozd Carmodyand her husband, Rob Carmody’94: a daughter, Mackenzie Lisa,on Oct. 27, 2003. She waswelcomed at home in Mars byRobby, 4, and Michael, 2.

Sandra Lee Gallagher DaRe andher husband, Donald DaRe ’94: ason, Anthony Leo, on Oct. 12,2002. The family lives inValencia.

Kristie Havyer Kopp and herhusband, Ron: a son, NathanHunter, on Sept. 9, 2003. Thefamily lives in York.

Jill Laslo Bauer and her husband,Daniel Bauer ’95: a son, AndrewMichael, on Nov. 7, 2003. Thefamily lives in Gibsonia.

Diane Loucks Finn and herhusband, Wally: a son, DanielPatrick, on Nov. 27, 2003. Dianereceived her elementary teachingcertificate from the University ofPittsburgh at Bradford in April2002. The family lives inTurtlepoint.

Amy Sheliga Samarin and herhusband, Frank Samarin: a

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daughter, Caroline Sara, on June2, 2003. They live in Valdosta,Ga.

97 Lori Buttermore Yecko andher husband, Dale Yecko: adaughter, Shayden Elizabeth, onOct. 22, 2003. They reside inCranberry Township.

Susan Darroch Whitaker and herhusband, Dana: a son, RyanSpencer Christian, on April 24,2003. He joins Kathryn (3) athome in Peterborough, N.H.

Richard Hura and his wife,Alexis: a son, Aaron, in 2004. Hejoins Emily, 3, at home inColumbiana, Ohio.

Sean McConahy and his wife,Ashley: a daughter, Keegan Erin,on Aug. 18, 2003. She joins Sean“Junior” (2) at home in Volant.

Veronica Pechart Byers and herhusband, Sean Byers: a daughter,Morgan Ashley, on Sept. 4, 2002.The family resides in Sellersburg,Ind.

Sherri Skowvron Houpt and herhusband, Mark: a son, JacobTyler, on Nov. 8, 2003. Thefamily lives in Venetia. (See alsoMarriages.)

Megan Stull Riel and her husband,Jeremy: a daughter, JulianaNicole, on Aug. 29, 2003. Thefamily lives in Richmond, Va.

Stephanie Wetsell Buchanan andher husband, Eric Buchanan ’96:a son, Zachary Everett, on Dec. 7,2003. The family resides inReading.

Marla Yonek Chichwak and herhusband, Michael: a daughter,Caitlin Marie, on May 6, 2003.They live in Bellevue.

98 Amy Allen Huber and herhusband, Mark Huber ’97: a son,Jacob William, on Nov. 8, 2003.They reside in Strongsville, Ohio.

Heidi Baumgartner Coffman andher husband, Dan Coffman ’97: ason, Hayden Farrell, on March 31,2003. The family resides in BayVillage, Ohio.

Michael Pitrusu and his wife,Suzanne: a daughter, AinsleyGrace, on Dec. 31, 2003. Theyreside in Aurora, Colo.

In Memory

Word 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.

32 The Rev. William ScottMcMunn of Pittsburgh, Dec. 20,2003. A second-generationPresbyterian minister and agraduate of Pittsburgh TheologicalSeminary, he was also awarded adoctor of divinity degree fromWestminster. He began hisministerial career at Mt. LebanonPresbyterian Church and heldpositions at Presbyterian churchesin Butler, Irwin, Coraopolis,McKeesport and Baldwin beforeretiring in his mid-70s. Survivorsinclude two sons and a daughter,and four grandchildren.

33 Jeannette Albracht Sevin ofGreensboro, N.C., July 27, 2003.

35 Charles Ferney ofWilmerding, Feb. 7, 2004. He wasa retired school teacher withGreater Latrobe High School andWestinghouse Memorial HighSchool.

Frederick McConnell ofEspyville. He was formerly asupervisor for USX Corporation.

Mildred Ralston Stang ofMorehead City, N.C., Nov. 22,2003. She was a retired highschool teacher. Survivors includetwo sons and a daughter.

36 Ruth Clark McClure ofGreensburg, Jan. 23, 2004.Survivors include two sons.

37 Doris Hill Hazlett ofRochester, N.Y., Nov. 13, 2003.Survivors include her husband of63 years, McCrea Hazlett; threechildren; seven grandchildren; andseven great-grandchildren.

Martha Ihsen Stranahan ofRedmond, Ore.

Russell Leiby of Fowler, Ohio,December 2003.

Lois McGill Sturgeon ofEvanston, Ill., Dec. 3, 2003. Adaughter of Ralph Gibson McGill’02 and Mary Flora Kerr, she wasborn in Egypt and, aftergraduating from Westminster,returned to the country to teachmusic. She also spent a summer atJulliard and studied piano in Parisprior to World War II. Uponreturning to the U.S., she servedchurches in Massachusetts,Minnesota and Pennsylvania asorganist and sometimes choirdirector. She also gave piano andorgan lessons and served as anelementary school music teacher.She was president of the NortheastPennsylvania Chapter of theAmerican Guild of Organists andwas an enthusiastic performer andaccompanist. Survivors includeher brother, the Rev. WillisMcGill ’33; two daughters; andthree grandchildren.

38 Mary Reid of NewWilmington, Dec. 15, 2003. Shewas dean of students at EllisSchool for Girls in Philadelphiafor 21 years and was a guidancecounselor for 20 years at UpperDarby High School. She belongedto the American Association ofUniversity Women, Delta KappaGamma, Jameson Hospital Guild,Thursday Club and the GardeningClub of New Wilmington. Shewas also a member of the NewWilmington Presbyterian Church,where she was a church elder.Survivors include three cousins.

39 Dr. Hugh Allen of Erie, Jan.18, 2004. He had a private practicein Erie from 1944-1966, then wasnamed emergency room directorfor Hamot Medical Center. Heretired in 1980. He was a memberof the American MedicalAssociation, the Erie County and

Pennsylvania medical societiesand the American Society ofInternal Medicine. He was also acharter member of the AmericanCollege of Emergency Physicians.He graduated from the Universityof Pennsylvania Medical School in1943 and served in the U.S. Army.A 1984 Westminster AlumniCitation recipient, he was amember of First PresbyterianChurch of the Covenant, theScottish Rite Bodies Valley ofErie and the Zem Zem TempleShrine. Survivors include his wife,Sarah Beitler Allen; a son, JosephAllen ’68 and his wife SarahWilliams Allen ’64; twodaughters; eight grandchildren;and seven great-grandchildren.

41 Dr. Jane Blythe of Charleroi,Sept. 12, 2003. She received hermedical degree from theUniversity of Pittsburgh School ofMedicine and was a staff memberemerita of Mon Valley Hospital.She also had a private practice inCharleroi from 1950-1991.

42 Elise Chrisner Tacke of SanFrancisco.

Sally Sturgeon Findlay ofChagrin Falls, Ohio, Jan. 7, 2004.She was retired as director ofalumni at University School.

43 Catherine “Kay” StanleyDrew of Hudson, Ohio, Aug. 27,2003. She was an accountant forDrew & Company CPA andpreviously worked as a realtor andsubstitute teacher. She was pastpresident of the Hudson League ofWomen’s Voters and active in herchurch and the community. She issurvived by three children and fivegrandchildren.

John Thompson of Adamstown,Md., Oct. 27, 2003. A U.S. Armyveteran of World War II and theKorean War, he earned a degree inlibrary science from WesternReserve University. He wasemployed as a librarian at IndianaUniversity from 1947-1956 and asan information specialist at theNational Security Agency from1956-1979. He was a member ofthe Frederick Presbyterian Churchand several other civicassociations. Survivors include hiswife of 59 years, Helen CousinsThompson ’42; a son; fourgrandchildren; and a sister.

00 Ashley Law Davies and herhusband, Jonathan: a daughter,Lillya Grace, on Oct. 6, 2003. Thefamily lives in Cranston, R.I.

Matthew Saxton and his wife,Danielle: a daughter, SophieMarie, on April 4, 2003. Thefamily lives in Lancaster, whereMatthew is business copy editorfor the Lancaster New Era.

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46 Philip Myers of Ipswich,Mass., Dec. 6, 2003. He was aWorld War II veteran, serving as aB-29 pilot in the Army Air Corps.He later worked for over 30 yearsfor Polaroid, serving as vicepresident of marketing for nationalwholesale and drug chains. Amember of Our Savior LutheranChurch, he was also a member ofthe Ipswich Bay Yacht Club forover 20 years. Survivors includehis wife of 57 years, Alice LaneyMyers; three children, includingSusan Myers Kenney-Downer’71, and their spouses; a sister andbrother-in-law; sevengrandchildren; and several niecesand nephews.

47 William Fox of New Castle,Dec. 2, 2003. He retired as chiefinspector for the Mesta MachineCo. Survivors include his wife,Berryl; four daughters; and oneson.

48 Walter Brinkley ofBrookville, Nov. 27, 2003. Adecorated veteran of World WarII, he served with the 81st

Bombardment Squadron, 12th

Bombing Group of the U.S. ArmyAir Corps. He retired in 1991 fromClarion University, where he wasassistant personnel director. Hepreviously worked at Airco-SpeerElectronics, TRW Inc., andMcNeil Laboratories. He was amember of the First UnitedMethodist Church for 75 years andbelonged to many community andveterans groups. Survivors includehis wife of 48 years, Winifred; adaughter and her husband; agrandson; and two sisters.

49 Maurice McLure of Akron,Ohio, Jan. 21, 2004. He wasemployed by B.F. Goodrich andFirestone Tire.

Lucille “Stevie” Stevenson Moyerof Edgeworth, Feb. 23, 2004. Shewas active in the community as avolunteer. She was involved withnumerous gardening clubs,including the Presbyterian FlowerClub, and designed costumes usedin many borough celebrations andSewickley Academy productions.Survivors include her husband, Dr.Jack Moyer; a daughter and herhusband; a son and his wife; andthree grandchildren.

50 Edna McCuen Yenney ofRocky Mount, N.C., Nov. 29,

2003. After graduating fromWestminster, she taughtelementary school in Carnegie andreceived a master of educationdegree from the University ofPittsburgh in 1953. She and herfamily relocated to Rocky Mountin 1961. She was a member andthe first woman elder ordained atFirst Presbyterian Church, and shewas also involved in many civicactivities, including a stint aspresident of the YWCA Board ofDirectors and chair of the NashCounty Republican WomenOrganization. Survivors includesix children and their spouses, and10 grandchildren.

John Wilson of Doylestown, Oct.24, 2003. He was a retiredmanager at Hughes Aircraft Co.

Dr. Matthew Yenney of RockyMount, N.C., Nov. 6, 2003. Hegraduated from Jefferson MedicalCollege in Philadelphia in 1954and joined the U.S. Navy, wherehe pursued a residency inradiology. Upon moving to RockyMount, he served a number oflocal hospitals before retiring in1996. He was a member of FirstPresbyterian Church, the NashCounty Medical Society and theCivitan Club. Survivors includesix children and their spouses, and10 grandchildren.

52 John “Bob” Johnson ofHouston, Texas, Feb. 24, 2004. Heserved in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II and spent manyyears as a sales executive in theeducational textbook industry. Hewas the past commander of theGulf Coast Chapter of Ex-Prisoners of War, and a member ofMission Bend United MethodistChurch. Survivors include twochildren and their spouses, andfour grandchildren.

54 Nancy Arnold Perkinson ofNyack, N.Y., Oct. 11, 2003. Shewas retired from LederleLaboratories, where she was aresearch chemist for many years.Survivors include her husband,George.

James Bradley of Newfoundland,N.J., Dec. 20, 2003. He was acertified real estate appraiser formany years. He was president ofthe Northwest New Jersey Chapterof the National Association ofIndependent Free Appraisers(NAIFA) and later served as

deputy state director of theassociation. Survivors include hiswife, Gail; a son; three daughters;and three grandchildren.

55 Betty Carlson Valk of CedarGrove, N.J., Dec. 15, 2002.

Morris Dworkin of Indialantic,Fla.

Harold McCort of North FortMyers, Fla.

56 Donna Hull Evans ofCharleston, W.Va., Nov. 13, 2003.She earned a master’s degree incommunity health education fromWest Virginia University and wasa health educator at West VirginiaHealth Right. She was a memberof Southridge Church, where shewas active in her Sunday schoolclass. Survivors include twodaughters; a brother; and twograndchildren.

Elizabeth McLaughlin Beech ofBradenton, Fla., Feb. 7, 2004. Shereceived a master’s degree insocial work from the University ofIowa and did casework in Denverand Philadelphia before teachingsocial work at the West VirginiaCollege of Graduate Studies andMarshall University. Survivorsinclude her husband, ThomasBeech, and four children.

57 Darl Hollen of Lakeland,Fla., July 2002.

60 A.L. “Jim” Hanford III ofHershey, March 13, 2004. He waspresident of Ladd-Hanford DodgeChrysler Jeep Mazda in Lebanon,which he owned and operated forthe past 20 years. Between 1960and 1984, he founded andoperated various textilecompanies. He was an activemember of the Cornwall UnitedMethodist Church and served onthe Board of Trustees at LebanonValley College. He was activewith many other communitygroups, including the YMCA,which, in 1998, renamed itsbuilding the A.L. Hanford Centerin honor of the family’s enduringsupport. Survivors include hiswife, Ursa; four children and theirspouses; a brother; a stepson andtwo stepdaughters; and 11grandchildren.

61 Carol Seidle Addicott ofMercer.

65 Daniel Brown of Gahanna,Ohio. He was a retiredhomeschool coordinator for theAshtabula County Board ofEducation.

66 Eva Marie Hartland ofFaribault, Minn.

67 Eugene Bruce Boron of BigCanoe, Ga., June 12, 2003. He wasa retired teacher. Survivorsinclude his wife, Sue; two sons; adaughter; and two grandchildren.

Nick Facaris of Aliquippa. Hewas a vocational guidancecounselor.

68 Benjamin Calderone ofEdinboro, May 9, 2002. He was aprincipal in the Corry SchoolDistrict.

Margo Poole Oakes of Hermitage,Jan. 2, 2004. She taught for 36years in the West Middlesex AreaSchool District and was a memberof West Middlesex PresbyterianChurch. Survivors include herhusband, Charles Oakes ’69; adaughter and son-in-law; a sisterand brother-in-law; a brother-in-law and his wife; and twonephews.

71 Dr. David Burr of HollandPatent, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2003. Hegraduated from the PennsylvaniaCollege of Optometry in 1975 andbegan his practice in Utica, N.Y.He settled in Holland Patent andlocated his practice of almost 30years in Boonville. He was alifetime Presbyterian and was amember of the First PresbyterianChurch in Holland Patent, wherehe was an elder. He was also amember and past president ofKiwanis International and theLions Club. Survivors include hismother, Grace Boal Burr ’44; hiswife, Carol; a brother, Bruce Burr’73; and two sons.

Robert “Robbie” Oscar Matthewsof York, Dec. 28, 2003. He wasfirst-team NAIA All-Americanfootball player at Westminster andplayed on the 1970 nationalchampionship team. Followinggraduation, he was a childtherapist for 23 years for theVictim Assist Center of York.Survivors include two brothersand several aunts, uncles, nieces,nephews and cousins.

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Friends73 Susan Snyder Shifler of NorthEast, Feb. 1, 2004. She earned amaster’s degree in education fromGannon University and worked forthe Millcreek School District from1974-1976. She was a part-timeEnglish instructor at Gannon from1981-1988. She was a member ofthe First Presbyterian Church of theCovenant, where she was a Sundayschool teacher. Survivors include herhusband, John Shifler ’72; adaughter, Jennifer Shifler Gross ’99,and her husband, Bradford Gross’99; and a brother and his wife.

74 Barbara Bolinger Miller ofKinsman, Ohio. She was a teacherin the Joseph Badger Schools.

78 Wayne Eakin of Franklin,Aug. 19, 2003. He graduated fromSlippery Rock University and earnedmaster’s degrees at Slippery Rockand Westminster. He coached andtaught at Franklin High School for36 years, retiring as vice principalin 1986. A former athletic director,he was backfield coach of theundefeated 1959 football team andhead coach of the track team thatwon the District 10 title in 1960.

John Edwards Jr. of Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 28,2004. He was a professor and dean of men atWestminster College from 1952-1960. He waspreviously an educator and principal in publicschools in Ohio and Pennsylvania. He served inthe 58th Armored Field Artillery Battalion inWorld War II and was awarded the Bronze Star,Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart, Good ConductMedal, and five Bronze Service Stars. He laterworked as dean of students at Slippery RockUniversity and in 1969 accepted the presidencyof Cochise College in Douglas, Ariz. Heremained there until 1977 when he becameassistant to the executive vice president at theUniversity of Arizona. He retired in 1983.

Earl C. Lammel of Pleasant Hills, Jan. 11, 2004.He was professor of theatreemeritus at Westminster.He joined the Westminsterstaff in 1967 and retired in1996. He earned hisundergraduate degree fromHeidelberg College, hismaster’s at the Universityof Rochester, and a Ph.D.

from Ohio State University. Survivors include a

son, Bruce Lammel ’78; two daughters,Cynthia Lammel ’77 and Julia LammelFennell ’87; a brother; nine grandchildren; andfour great-grandchildren.

Martin Ridge of San Gabriel, Calif., Sept. 22,2003. He taught history atWestminster from 1951-1955. He graduated fromChicago Teachers Collegein 1944 and earned hismaster’s and doctorate atNorthwestern University.He served on the faculty atSan Diego State

University and Indiana University beforejoining the California Institute of Technologyin 1980. He retired from the faculty in 1995 andwas director emeritus of Huntington Library.An authority on American history andWestward expansion, he was the author ofseveral books, the former editor of the Journalof American History, and former president ofthe Western History Association and the PacificCoast Branch of the American HistoricalAssociation. Survivors include his wife, Sally,and two sons.

For our Future

Joseph “Doc” Solomon ’49 loved his family, teach-ing chemistry, and Westminster College.

Born in 1925 to immigrant parents from Syria and Lebanon, theNew Kensington native was first introduced to chemistry as ayoungster working in the family ice cream factory (one of the firstin Western Pennsylvania) in Vandergrift. He graduated from highschool at age 16 in 1942 and enrolled in Westminster College.Like many others, his studies were cut short by World War II.After serving as a pharmacist’s mate in the U.S. Navy, he returnedto Westminster after the war and completed his B.S. in chemis-try in 1949.

The love of chemistry ran strong in the Solomon family.An older sister, Irene, and younger brother, Richard, alsoearned chemistry degrees from Westminster. After hisgraduation, Joseph Solomon worked as an industrialchemist for a number of years at several prominent Pitts-burgh companies. He longed to teach, however, and en-rolled at the Carnegie Institute of Technology (nowCarnegie Mellon University), where in 1957 and 1959he earned his master’s and doctorate, respectively, inchemistry.

“Teaching was Dad’s true calling,” recalled his daughter,Susan Marie Chin. “He loved everything about it, and wasvery good at it.”

Known to his students as “Doc Solomon,” he served for five yearsat St. Joseph’s College in Emmitsburg, Md., and for 21 years asa faculty member at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy andSciences. After his retirement, he continued teaching part-timeat the prestigious Haverford School.

He also never wavered in his commitment to Westminster.

“One of my earliest memories was of Dad teaching me to sing“Tell Me Why” in harmony with him,” said Chin. “He alwaysended the song with the line, ‘God made Westminster, that’s why

For more information on bequests and other planned gifts, contactGloria C. Cagigas, vice president for institutional advancement, at(724) 946-7368 or cagigagc@westminster.edu, or Sue Rudloff,director of advancement programs, at (724) 946-7673 orrudlofse@westminster.edu.

Westminster College recently received a $100,000 bequestfrom the late Joseph A. Solomon ’49 of Media, Pa. To honorDr. Solomon’s lifelong career in teaching, an educationclassroom will be renovated and named in his honor as partof the 75th anniversary, $3-million renovation of Old MainMemorial. We are grateful to Mrs. Susan Marie Chin forsharing the details of her father’s life.

we love you.’ Singing that song together was always one of ourfavorite father-daughter activities. He felt strongly thatWestminster was the foundation for his career, a career he lovedand enjoyed totally. When he became successful, he made it clearthat he wanted to leave a legacy to the institution that had givenhim his start.”

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Scenes fromCommencement…May 22, 2004

At right: Old Main Memorial looms majesticallyoverhead as professor of English David Swerdlowaddresses the graduating Class of 2004. Below:Piper Larry Herrick leads the Grand March fromBeeghly Theater past the McKelvey Campus Center.Below right: A ground-floor window from Old Mainframes Daniela DiRupo as she makes her way backto her seat.