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Jan/Feb 2012
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Contents
january/February 2012 / Vol. 99 / No. 3
special coverage
12 The Week That Changed Everything
14 Scandal, Shock, and Sorrow: A Timeline
16 Fallout
18 Collapse How Could This Happen?
Bureaucracy, Loyalty, and Truth By Eric Silver
Fear Factor By Linda Treviño
Anything But Clear-Cut By Bob Ferrell ’79 Lib
A Football Team with a Good University By Russell Frank
24 Darkness Understanding Child Sexual Abuse
Hidden Pain By Anonymous
I Will Not be Silent By Jennifer Storm ’02 Edu
Better Justice By L. Edward Day
How Adults Can Stop Child Sexual Abuse By Kristen Eisenbraun Houser ’93 H&HD
28 Identity Everything We Thought We Knew
On a Mission By Emily Kaplan
We Are Still Penn State By John Black ’62 Lib
Saddened, But Not Let Down By Shawn Hubler ’80 Com
A Direct Hit By Nicholas Pearson ’99, ’03 MA, ’06 PhD Lib
Our Gathering Place By Ryan Jones ’95 Com
34 Legacy What Joe Paterno Leaves Behind
Joe Paterno’s Code By Chris Raymond ’87 Com
The Wrong Villain By Lou Prato ’59 Com
The Joe I Know By Adam Taliaferro ’05 Lib
Behind the Blue-and-White Curtains By Frank Fitzpatrick
40 Responsibility On Pride, and Going Forward
The Blue Thread By John Amaechi ’94 Lib
A Group Effort By Tess Thompson ’97 Lib
Stepping Outside By Jonathan Marks
Reasons to Cheer By John Tecce
A Call to Duty By LaVar Arrington ’00 H&HD
In every issue
5 From the Editor
7 Your Letters
49 Class Notes
55 In Memoriam
67 New Life Members
73 Marketplace
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT
Kathleen Arnold Smarilli ’71 Lib
VICE PRESIDENT
Kay Frantz Salvino ’69 H&HD
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Roger Williams ’73 Lib,
’75 MA Com, ’88 DEd Edu
EDITOR
Tina Hay ’83 Bus
SENIOR EDITORS
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Lori Shontz ’91 Lib
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FROM THE EDITOR //
Covering a Crisis
For all the wrong reasons, this issue is like none we’ve ever done.
THIS IS NOT THE JANUARY/FEBRUARY ISSUE we had originally planned.
many facets of this complicated tragedy. In some
In fact, on Friday afternoon, Nov. 4, I had just finished writing an
cases, we persuaded people to write essays specifientirely different editor’s column for this issue, a happy little piece
cally for us; in others, we interviewed the person
about a Penn State-themed wedding last October. (Maybe you’ll get
and are presenting it in an “as told to” fashion; in
to see that column in March/April.) Two of our three features were
others, we secured permission to excerpt essays
already written and being designed. Our story lists for
that had already appeared elsewhere.
the other sections were shaping up nicely.
Along the way we were trying
We scrambled
And then, 90 minutes after I put my column on the
to absorb and process the rapidly
designer’s desk, a colleague down the hall emailed me
changing developments, fieldto put together
a note. “Guessing you already saw this,” she said, “but
ing a torrent of emails from angry
coverage that
in case not....” Below that was a link to a Harrisburg
alumni, getting on each other’s
would be honest, nerves at times (it was like deadPatriot-News story: “Former Penn State coach Jerry
Sandusky indicted on felony charges of sex crimes
direct, thoughtful, line stress times a thousand), and
against minors.”
stepping back periodically to assess
and reflective—
Like everyone else, we were revulsed by the news,
the magazine material coming in to
and wouldn’t be
horrified by the prospect of young boys harmed physimake sure the tone was right. We
cally and emotionally. And we immediately thought,
also blogged almost daily about the
hopelessly out
We’ll probably need to add something about this to the
crisis; you can continue to follow
of date by the
January/February issue.
the news at pennstatermag.com.
time it reached
By the end of the weekend, as the scandal spread
The result is a magazine that looks
and the national media began parachuting into town,
quite a bit different from our usual.
your mailbox.
we were talking about maybe commissioning a single,
You may notice that some of our regfeature-length essay on the subject to add to the feaular features, like Everyday People
tures we’d previously planned. And by Wednesday night, with Penn
and Association News, are missing; in fact, Class
State in the news non-stop and both Graham Spanier and Joe PaNotes, In Memoriam, and New Life Members are
terno ousted, we came to an obvious realization: Our entire January/
the only pages from the original January/February
February issue was toast.
issue that survived. We anticipate getting back to
So we spent the next five weeks scrambling to put together a packsome semblance of normalcy next issue, though I
age of coverage that would be honest and direct and thoughtful and
expect we’ll continue to cover the issues raised by
reflective—and, given how swiftly the news was breaking, wouldn’t
the scandal for a long time to come.
be hopelessly out of date by the time it arrived in your mailbox.
As always, we welcome your feedback.
(We’re going to press with this issue on Dec. 16, so if something
happens after that and you don’t see it in this issue, that’s why.)
There was never any doubt in our minds that we’d need to report
candidly on the crisis. We’ve always tried not to be the stereotypical rah-rah alumni magazine, printing only the happy news about
Dear Old State. And a scandal like this—one that seemed to have its
Tina Hay ’83 Bus
very roots in silence and secrecy—almost demanded to be given a
Editor, [email protected]
thorough airing in our pages.
Early on, we decided to commission a collection of essays, large and
small, capturing a variety of voices—students, alumni, faculty—on the
T H E P E N N S TAT E R
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YOUR LETTERS //
FOREVER TARNISHED
Since 1983, I have been a proud graduate of The Pennsylvania State University—until now. Sadly, because
of the actions of a group of University employees, we
alumni find ourselves in limbo, not knowing what it is
we are representing. The ideals that were once “Penn
State” are forever tarnished. Penn State and Happy Valley have been reduced to punch lines for comedians. For
the faithful of this hallowed institution to regain belief in
what it means to say, “We are Penn State,” actions must
be swift and severe. Otherwise, the chants will resonate,
“We are … embarrassed.”
Roger Peelor ’83 EMS
Cordova, Ala.
While I am proud of my accomplishments and fond of
my Penn State experiences,
I am glad my daughter
chose to go elsewhere. From
the trustees past and present, to the witnesses who
did nothing to stop the rape
of children, to the idiots
protesting in the streets,
shame on you all. Get rid of
those involved and rebuild
so we can have Penn State
pride instead of the shame
we should all feel now. Keith Raquet ’84 Lib
Reading, Pa.
From the shock and horror
of what one of our own allegedly did, to the disbelief
at the alleged cover-up by
our leaders, to sadness and
pain for our beloved coach,
I find myself feeling disassociated from a university
that I once considered at
the core of who I am. As
the largest alumni association in the world, now is the
time that we stand up as
the only leader of our great
university. No one else will.
My Alumni Association
dues had lapsed; I am now
going to pay them as a small
gesture of support. With
this donation, do me one
favor: Stand up and tell the
world that “success with
honor” is what we stand for.
More than anything else,
be the force for what we
thought we stood for.
Ted Feller ’08 Bus
Winchester, Va.
As a human being, a
Penn State alumnus, and
a police officer, I cannot
begin to express my anger
and revulsion for how the
University handled these
incidents. Thank you to the
school district officials in
Clinton County who did the
right thing by contacting
law enforcement. At least
one institution took their
responsibility to children
(not to mention state law)
seriously. I am thoroughly
ashamed to be associated
with Penn State right now.
James Togyer ’01 Lib
Pittsburgh
The first line in the final
verse of Penn State’s alma
mater reads, “May no act of
ours bring shame.” Sadly, as
many times as the administrators involved in this
alleged cover-up sang this
wonderful song at Penn
State events, they certainly
didn’t heed the message.
Sylvester Kohut ’64, ’71
PhD Edu
Philadelphia
Both President Spanier
and Coach Paterno failed
to provide moral leader-
ship when they passed the
buck. Where was the common sense? Were they not
outraged when they heard
these allegations? We must
demand better.
Joseph Dunleavy ’72 H&HD
Fort Belvoir, Va.
When I first heard about
the allegations against
Jerry Sandusky, I was not
surprised. This is the same
administration that looked
the other way when Rene
Portland was allowed to
carry out her homophobic
program. The administration did nothing to
address it until a courageous young woman filed
a federal lawsuit. Now I
understand how Portland
got away with it: It was the
complicit, insular culture
that President Spanier
condoned. My alma mater
walked away from a child
who was suffering, and in
doing so, allowed more
children to be victimized.
It’s that simple. It’s that
tragic. And I fear it is just
the tip of the iceberg.
Donna Tommelleo ’77 Agr
Hampton, Conn.
At this point, I have only
one request: the truth and
nothing but the whole
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ALL AT PENN STATE NEED TO SAY WHAT THEY
KNEW AND WHEN THEY KNEW IT. AND IF THEY
MESSED UP—ADMIT IT NOW. GET THIS OVER WITH.
AMY JOHNS ’82 COM • MORGANTOWN, W.VA.
I am absolutely appalled by the actions
taken by the Board of Trustees in the firing
of Coach Paterno. He has given so much
to the University. Now for the trustees to
throw him out based on a media frenzy is
unbelievable. For the Glory of Joe.
GALEN REEDER ’86 ENG • RUSSIAVILLE, IND.
BY OUR MANY QUIET GOOD
DEEDS THEY WILL KNOW US…
BARI WINEMILLER SNYDER ’82 EDU •
SHAMOKIN, PA.
Hardly any of the media
reports are worth glancing at. Too few facts, too
much speculation, no
coverage of the real story.
STEVEN MAYHEW ’01 EMS •
HARLEYSVILLE, PA.
A VERY CORRUPT
AND SICK POWER
STRUCTURE ALLOWED
THIS TO HAPPEN. IT
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT PENN
STATE, AND IT NEEDS
TO BE ADDRESSED IN
AMERICA, PERIOD!
AMBER REECE ’97 LIB, ’01
MED EDU • BALTIMORE, MD.
This is so sad. The Board of Trustees knew nothing
of this for the past nine years? They fell to the pressure of the media. Penn State is stronger than that.
Prayers for all who are suffering because of this.
SUZANNE BOYCE ’85 LIB • APOLLO, PA.
Let’s get on with the future of a morally grounded Penn State. Anything
less is an indictment of all alums.
RAYMOND MOSER ’69 LIB • CYPRESS, CALIF.
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Ja n u a r y / Fe b r u a r y 2 0 1 2
truth. No scapegoats
and no whitewashes.
Lawrence E. Olah ’66 Eng
Hellertown, Pa.
JOE PATERNO
To Coach Paterno: Since
I met you at Rec Hall in
1964, you have been someone I respect and admire.
You have helped thousands
of student-athletes perform
well, learn well, and grow
into better human beings.
Your statement that you
“should have done more”
is too harsh. You cannot be
responsible for all of the
evil in this world. Please
realize that millions love
and respect you. You have
made a wonderful mark on
this world.
John Pernin ’68 Bus
Pacific Palisades, Calif.
Joe deserved more. Sandra Ryan ’86 Sci
Kennesaw, Ga.
My heart goes out to the
alleged victims of these
crimes. But my heart also
goes out to Joe Paterno,
and I don’t think that
diminishes my compassion
for the victims. We are a
family. A family supports
one another and offers
forgiveness, even when it’s
difficult. A family doesn’t
desert you after 61 years.
Destroying the legacy of
Paterno may make some
people feel better, but it
doesn’t constitute justice.
Michelle McMurdy Smith
’99 Com
Baltimore, Md.
Joseph V. Paterno has been
a respected member of the
Penn State faculty for six
decades. He exemplifies the
values of hard work and integrity, and has had a hand
in making the University a
stellar institution. He is being crucified by the court of
public opinion. He deserves
better from his “family.”
David Geiger ’83 Eng
Souderton, Pa.
My son is an impressionable 14 year old; he has
been going to Penn State
games since he was a
baby. When I look for an
example of the right way to
behave, I regularly refer to
Joe. It is not uncommon to
hear me say, “What would
Joe Paterno do?”
But have we raised Joe
up too high? He is just a
man—a mere mortal who is
fallible. Our high expectations have crucified him. I
am partly to blame for that,
and I am heartsick about it.
He is human, and he made
a mistake. Penn State, to
save itself, sacrificed one of
the greatest role models in
history, and threw to the
wolves a man who dedicated his life to the University.
Amy McGrath ’88 Com
Doylestown, Pa.
Why are so many saying
Paterno made a mistake? His job was to be a
great coach; others were
supposed to take care of
personnel problems. Unfortunately, those individuals apparently didn’t follow
through. The alleged victims were not members of
Paterno’s teams; they were
younger kids in a program
that Sandusky had created.
People seem to be forgetting these essentials and
are just trying to pin blame
on the best-known name in
YOUR LETTERS //
Penn State football. Completely unfair.
Milford Brown ’61 Agr
El Cerrito, Calif.
THE TRUSTEES
The Board of Trustees said
their actions were done
with the best interest of
Penn State in mind. How
was the best interest of
Penn State served by announcing Joe Paterno’s
termination late at night as
belief. I will make every
effort to vote out every current member of the Board.
Alexander Simeonides
’98 Eng
Kissimmee, Fla.
THE VICTIMS
I am a victim of child
molestation, and what
happened to me is very
similar to what is alleged
in the Sandusky grand jury
report. I was a vulnerable
ing the University because
Graham Spanier and Joe
Paterno didn’t do enough,
but I will stop if the Alumni
Association doesn’t do the
right thing. Penn State is
better than this. We should
not stand by silently. Cheryl Truchan Tosh ’82 Lib
Verona, N.J.
My heart bleeds for the
alleged victims and their
families. Beyond the shock
and the black
clouds of shame
hanging over our
University, there
is one point I
find most painful: I have yet to hear of
anyone in the University’s
administration who immediately wanted to reach
out to the boys’ families
and offer the University’s
help and support. The Penn
State community shall feel
the hurt and shame of these
events for a long time.
At this point, I have only one request:
the truth and nothing but the whole truth.
opposed to the following
morning? There still would
have been an outpouring of
emotion from the students,
but it probably would not
have taken the same course
as it did late that night.
Frank Gaus ’92 Lib
Bellefonte, Pa.
Like all Penn Staters,
I grieve for the victims
and also for the University. I understand that the
Board of Trustees and Rod
Erickson were thrust into
a situation of terrible proportions. I congratulate the
board and Dr. Erickson for
the courage and moral tone
they exhibited when faced
with a situation few could
have imagined.
Joseph Koletar ’66 Lib
Bolivia, N.C.
The Board of Trustees in
many institutions never
has to be called to the forefront as Penn State’s has in
this circumstance. However, the lack of leadership
exhibited by the board has
me embarrassed beyond
child groomed for unforgivable acts that a child
has an impossible time
processing. When you see
something so awful happen, or you are a victim,
you become frozen. Survival instincts activate. Anyone who was not directly
involved on the night that
Mike McQueary witnessed
what he allegedly did is
shortsighted to condemn
him for not calling the police immediately. There are
so many other factors to
consider. The public does
not know all the details, so
no one should place blame
on Joe Paterno or Mike
McQueary.
David Beagin ’88 Lib
Doylestown, Pa.
We should apologize
to these children and
their families on behalf
of Penn State and provide them with lifetime
psychological counseling
through Hershey Medical
Center or the provider of
their choice. I will not stop
contributing to or support-
Vincent Cordisco ’69 Edu
Bristol, Pa.
STILL PROUD
To current Penn State
students: Please know
alumni are thinking of you,
and we share the heartache
these events have caused
you. I hope you continue to
display your Nittany Lion
pride and hold your heads
high. Remember that these
allegations have nothing
to do with why you were
selected to be a part of one
of the best educational institutions in the world. We
are all behind you as you
redirect your focus toward
your courses of study.
Joe Mazza ’00 Edu
Jenkintown, Pa.
We know that two wrongs
don’t make a right, but
surely a thousand rights
must far outweigh one
wrong. So many good
things have been done by
so many people—including
those involved in the scandal, who have made many
positive contributions and
one grievous mistake. Let
us remember all the right
things as we acknowledge
and deal with the shameful
ones. Let us be Penn State
proud, and raise the song,
raise the song.
Katharine Krell Hutchinson
’46 Com
Salisbury, Md.
As a child, I thought Joe
Paterno was Penn State.
Once I became a student,
I realized Penn State is so
much more than Paterno
and our football team.
They are very visible aspects of our University, but
they are not Penn State. We
are Penn State, and I am
still proud to say that.
Steven Derion ’01 Edu
Manahawkin, N.J.
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special coverage
Even all these weeks later, it’s hard to believe.
What happened. How fast. And who caused it.
Until early November, Jerry Sandusky was one of the
beloved figures in Penn State history. The guy so smart that
his signature defenses shut down Heisman Trophy winners
in both of Penn State’s national title games. The guy so loyal
that he spent 33 years on the Penn State coaching staff. The
guy so devoted to helping underprivileged children that he
turned down a head coaching job because he couldn’t have
continued his charity work.
Yet it was Sandusky ’66, ’71 MEd H&HD who triggered
the biggest scandal in Penn State’s history.
On Nov. 5, he was arrested and charged with sexually
abusing eight boys, all of whom he met through his charity,
The Second Mile, and some of whom he allegedly abused on
Penn State property. Which was awful enough.
And then it got worse. A graphic, horrific grand jury
report. Perjury charges against two senior administrators.
Questions about why no one had reported any suspicions
of abuse to the police—or had tried to help
the young boys.
The biggest questions of all caused a
media frenzy: What did Joe Paterno know?
And why didn’t he do more? Five days after
Sandusky’s arrest, with the national media
swarming the campus and satellite trucks
lining College Avenue, the Board of Trustees fired
Paterno. Just two weeks earlier, he had won his
409th game. President Graham Spanier was forced
out as well.
Students took to the streets of State College, and
footage of some of them knocking over lampposts
and overturning a news van played repeatedly on cable news.
Could it get even worse? It could. The next week, Paterno—just
a month from his 85th birthday—was diagnosed with lung cancer.
It’ll be a while before we fully understand what happened.
Paterno offered only a few unrevealing sentences to students and
media clustered outside his house during that fateful week.
Spanier hasn’t been seen. The trustees haven’t said much.
Sandusky, meanwhile, maintains his innocence.
In the following pages, you’ll find alumni, faculty, and students
beginning to make sense of what happened—and to forge a new
path forward. —LS
The
Week
That
Changed
Everything
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// TIMELINE
Scandal, Shock, and Sorrow
rocked the Penn State community beginning on Nov. 5 moved at a
dizzying pace, and as we went to press on Dec. 16, news continued to break on an almost daily
basis. Here, we’ve compiled some of the key events of those first, unforgettable weeks.
THE EVENTS THAT
SATURDAY, NOV. 5
Jerry Sandusky ’66 H&HD, ’71
MEd Edu is arrested and accused
of making sexual advances or
assaults on eight boys between
1994 and 2009, a total of 40
criminal counts. He is released
on $100,000 unsecured bail. Tim
Curley ’76 H&HD, ’78 MEd Edu
and Gary Schultz ’71, ’75 MS Eng
are charged with perjury, a felony,
and failure to report the possible
child abuse, a summary offense.
MONDAY, NOV. 7
Pennsylvania attorney general Linda Kelly holds a news conference
to address charges against Sandusky, Curley, and Schultz; says
Joe Paterno is not under investigation. Curley and Schultz are
arraigned and released on $75,000 unsecured bail each.
Graham Spanier
releases a statement offering
Curley and Schultz
his “unconditional
support.”
SUNDAY, NOV. 6
After an emergency
meeting with University officials, Curley, the
athletic director, is placed
on administrative leave;
Schultz, interim senior
vice president for finance
and business, goes back
into retirement.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
TUESDAY, NOV. 8
The University cancels
Paterno’s weekly news conference with less than an hour’s
notice. Paterno tells reporters
he wanted to speak. That night,
students and media gather
in front of his home; Paterno
briefly addresses the crowd,
asking that they “pray for
the victims.”
The U.S. Department of Education
announces it
will launch an
investigation into
the scandal.
At about 10:30 a.m., Paterno
announces he will retire at the
end of 2011 season, his statement saying in part: “It is one
of the great sorrows of my life.
With the benefit of hindsight,
I wish I had done more.”
ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER,
Board of Trustees vice chairman
John Surma ’76 Bus announces
that Paterno and University President Graham Spanier have been
removed, effective immediately.
The trustees name executive vice
president and provost Rodney
Erickson as interim president,
and defensive coordinator Tom
Bradley ’78 Bus, ’86 MS H&HD
as interim head football coach.
A riot erupts in downtown State
College; although most students
are just standing around, some
overturn a TV van, tip over two
light poles, and throw rocks.
The Week That Changed Everything
MONDAY, NOV. 14
Bob Costas interviews Sandusky on NBC’s
Rock Center. Sandusky admits to showering with boys, but says he only “horsed
around” with them and is innocent.
THURSDAY, NOV. 10
Penn State announces assistant
coach Mike McQueary ’97
H&HD will not attend final
home game after reports of
threats made against him.
FRIDAY, NOV. 18
Scott Paterno ’97 Lib, ’00 JD
DSL says Joe Paterno has been
diagnosed with a “treatable
form of lung cancer” and is
undergoing treatment.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7
The state attorney general
files 12 new charges against
Sandusky for allegedly
molesting two more boys,
one in 1997 and one between
2004–08. Sandusky spends
a night in jail before posting
$250,000 bail.
SATURDAY, NOV. 12
The Nittany Lions lose to
Nebraska 17–14 in Beaver
Stadium. Fans and players
hold a pre-game moment
of silence to honor victims.
SUNDAY, NOV. 13
Jack Raykovitz ’79 MS,
’85 DEd Edu, president
and CEO of The Second
Mile for 28 years, resigns.
MONDAY, NOV. 21
Kenneth Frazier ’75 Lib, chairman of the Board of Trustees’
special investigations task force,
announces that Louis Freeh,
former director of the FBI, will
investigate Penn State’s role in
the scandal.
TUESDAY, DEC. 13
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16
FRIDAY, NOV. 11
McQueary is placed on
administrative leave.
A student-organized candlelight
vigil in support of sexual abuse
victims draws thousands to the
Old Main lawn.
The Associated Press reports that
McQueary wrote in an email to
a friend that he helped stop the
2002 assault and reported it to
police. McQueary writes, “I did
stop it, not physically, but made
sure it was stopped when I left
that locker room.”
With a packed courtroom awaiting the
start of Sandusky’s
preliminary hearing,
the judge announces
that Sandusky and
attorney Joe Amendola ’70 Lib have
waived the hearing
and requested a
jury trial.
DAVE JOYNER ’72, ’76 MD, ’81r Hershey,
a member of the Board of Trustees, is named
acting athletic director, replacing interim AD
Mark Sherburne ’91 Bus, ’93 MEd Edu.
Joyner suspends his seat on the board.
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// FALLOUT
Unexpected Leader
RODNEY ERICKSON CAME
to Penn State in 1977 to
join the geography faculty
as an assistant professor.
He didn’t expect to stick
around very long, he said
in June 2010, when he
became an honorary Penn
State alumnus.
Now, 34 years later, he’s
the University president.
Erickson, 65, who had
served 12 years as executive vice president and
provost—Penn State’s second
in command and top academic
officer—was named president
on Nov. 9, after Graham Spanier
resigned in the wake of the Jerry
Sandusky sex-abuse scandal.
“I undertake these duties
with a heavy heart, and I ask
for your support as we move
forward,” Erickson said
Nov. 10 in a statement.
“And move forward, we
must and we will.”
A few fast facts about
Erickson:
IN THE
MIDST OF
SCANDAL,
ERICKSON
TAKES THE
HELM.
MOVING FORWARD
Penn State announced it would give $1.5
million of its Big Ten bowl revenue to form a
partnership with the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and the National Sexual
Violence Center.
Rodney Erickson’s first major initiative is
the Center for the Protection of Children
at Hershey Medical Center. The center will
study child abuse and treat victims.
Penn State’s football team topped the
academic rankings compiled by the New
America Foundation, which uses graduation
rates in relation to other teams and other
students at the school.
Erickson will hold three town hall meetings
with alumni: Jan. 11 in Pittsburgh, Jan. 12 in
Philadelphia, and Jan. 13 in New York. For
more information, go to alumni.psu.edu.
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• He grew up on what he
told Research/Penn State
was a “typical Midwestern diversified farm” in
Grantsburg, Wis., and in
that 1995 story, he showed
off the 35 acres of soybeans
he was growing at his home.
• Throughout his academic
career, Erickson has combined
his interests in geography and
economics, writing about urban
and regional growth issues,
including the economic impact
of Penn State football.
RODNEY ERICKSON’S
I will reinforce to
1 the entire Penn
State community
the moral imperative
of doing the right
thing—the first time,
every time. We will
revisit all standards,
policies, and programs to ensure they
meet not only the law,
but Penn State’s standard. I will appoint an
ethics officer who will
report directly to me.
Never again should
anyone at Penn State
feel scared to do the
right thing. My door
will always be open.
As I lead by
2 example, I will
• He has held a variety of other
leadership positions at Penn
State: head of the geography
department in the College of
Earth and Mineral Sciences,
director of the Center for Regional Business Analysis and
associate director of the Division of Research in the Smeal
College of Business, dean of
the graduate school, and vice
president for research.
• As executive vice president
and provost, he served as the
chair of the Core Council, which
has identified ways to trim $10
million from the University’s
budget, and he co-created
the University Sustainability
Council, which is developing a
strategic plan to promote sustainability. —LS
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PROMISES
expect no less of
others. I will ensure
proper governance
and oversight exists
across the entire
University, including Intercollegiate
Athletics.
Penn State is
3 committed to
transparency to the
fullest extent possible given the ongoing investigations.
I commit to providing
meaningful and timely
updates as frequently
as needed.
I encourage dialogue
with students, faculty,
alumni, and other
members of the Penn
State community.
We will be
4 respectful and
sensitive to the
victims and their
families. We will seek
appropriate ways to
foster healing and
raise broader awareness of the issue of
sexual abuse.
My administra5 tion will provide
whatever resources,
access, and information are needed to
support the special
committee’s investigation. I pledge
to take immediate
action based on its
findings.
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The Spanier Years
WHO’S
WHO
A SIGNIFICANT TENURE ENDS—IN CONTROVERSY.
IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES,
the hasty departure of the University’s president would
be a huge story. In this case, however, Graham Spanier’s resignation after 16 years on
the job became almost a footnote.
But his presidency will rank among
Penn State’s more significant. Only
George Atherton and Ralph Dorn Hetzel
served longer than Spanier, who took
office in 1995.
Much of Spanier’s legacy
centers on Penn State’s expansion; since 1995, the University has added the Dickinson School of Law (and a law
campus at University Park),
the College of Information
Sciences and Technology, the
School of International Studies, and the World Campus.
The University Scholars Program grew into the
Schreyer Honors College, and more
campuses now offer four-year degrees.
Research grants have nearly doubled,
and enrollment has risen to more than
45,000 at University Park, more than
96,000 University-wide.
Spanier also oversaw the Grand
Destiny capital campaign (1996–2003),
which raised $1.4 billion, and more than
half of the current campaign, For the
Future, which had raised $1.38 billion as
of June 30.
On campus, Spanier wasn’t difficult to
find. He famously stayed in a dorm room
during move-in weekend—the better to
get incoming freshmen’s perspective—
and was seen wearing a Nittany Lion suit
at some events, playing his
custom-made washboard
at others.
His salary package, more
than $800,000, made him
the country’s fifth-highest
paid university president,
according to the Chronicle of
Higher Education.
Spanier, known for his
visibility, issued one statement during the crisis,
offering his “unconditional
support” for athletic director Tim Curley
’76 H&HD, ’78 MEd Edu and vice
president Gary Schultz ’71, ’75 MS Eng,
both of whom were charged with perjury,
a felony, and failure to report abuse,
a summary offense. He has declined
interviews since the Board of Trustees
announced his departure on Nov. 9. —LS
CO U RT ESY O F T H E P R ES I D E N T ’S O F F I C E ( 2 )
When the scandal broke
Nov. 5, Jerry Needel ’98
Com was shocked, saddened—and compelled to
act. With his wife, Jaime
Felberbaum ’98 Edu, and
other alumni, he launched
on Nov. 10 ProudToBea
PennStater.com, a fundraising effort with a lofty
goal: to raise $500,000 for
RAINN, the Rape Abuse
Incest National Network,
one of the country’s largest
anti-sexual abuse organizations. The group spread the
word through Twitter and
Facebook. Alumni chapters
mobilized their members,
many of whom immediately
organized local events in
support. Within hours,
donations topped $30,000,
and after one week, donations reached a staggering
$404,000. The campaign
RAINN
RAISING FUNDS, RESTORING PRIDE
RAPE,
ABUSE &
INCEST
NATIONAL
NETWORK
reached its goal Dec. 5. At
press time, it had raised
over $504,000 for RAINN’s
Online Hotline for sexual
abuse victims, which experienced a 54 percent increase
in call volume in the three
weeks after the charges
against Jerry Sandusky
became public. —MM
A guide to the new key
players in the Penn State
administration:
KENNETH FRAZIER ’75 LIB—
Chair of the trustees’ special
investigations task force. A
member of the Board of Trustees
since 2009, Frazier has a law
degree from Harvard and is CEO
and president of Merck.
RONALD TOMALIS—Vice chair
of the special investigations task
force. Tomalis is the Pennsylvania
Education Secretary and therefore an ex-officio member of the
Board of Trustees.
LOUIS FREEH—FBI director from
1993–2001 who investigated
several high-profile cases, including the Oklahoma City bombing
and the Unabomber. Hired by
the Board of Trustees on Nov. 21,
Freeh will lead the task force.
TOM BRADLEY ’78 BUS, ’86 MS
H&HD—Penn State’s defensive
coordinator since 1999, Bradley
was named interim head football
coach after Paterno’s firing on
Nov. 9. At press time, a national
search for Paterno’s successor
was ongoing.
DAVID JOYNER ’72, ’76 MD,
’81 MD HERSHEY—A business
consultant and orthopaedic
surgeon, Joyner was appointed
acting athletic director on Nov.
16. A member of the Board of
Trustees since 2000, Joyner’s
board position is suspended as he
takes on the new role.
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HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?
The national moral outrage is justified, but anger and
disgust don’t provide answers. Many have condemned
the apparent failure of University officials and local
authorities to stop the alleged crimes. There are no
excuses, but there are some explanations.
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Bureaucracy, Loyalty, and Truth
Everyone says they’d report suspected child abuse to the authorities, but most
don’t. A Penn State sociologist dissects the powerful forces that prevent us from
doing so. BY ERIC SILVER
the sociology of deviance, and we were covering the topic of
adult-child sexual contact when this happened. The students had a homework assignment related to it due the night before all this broke. It was an eerie thing.
I felt like I needed to say something in class—to put the crisis in a sociological
context. Two ideas came to me—one is bureaucracy, and the second is loyalty.
Everything in our world is organized by bureaucracies. You go to the grocery
store, and your food’s always there, it’s on the shelves—that’s a very
complex task, and it’s organized by a bureaucracy. Bureaucracies
are very good at complex tasks, because they break up those tasks
into small pieces that individuals can be responsible for. We’re all
familiar with that in our own work lives: If we run into trouble, we
tell so-and-so, and that’s it. It’s off our plate, and we continue to do
what we’re supposed to do.
In this case, I don’t know the facts any more than anybody else
does, but it seems as though there was reporting upward, which most
of the time you’re encouraged to do. The big question is: Why didn’t
people follow up after they reported upward? In some ways, it’s not a
fair question. Our job descriptions aren’t to police our bosses.
I realize that everybody likes to think they would be the whistleblower. They are the ones who would risk their job, their livelihood,
their future, their letters of recommendation. This belief fuels our
I TEACH A CLASS IN
Everybody
likes to think
they would be
the whistleblower. What
I told my class
was this:
Statistically,
you’re full
of crap.
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be prone to temper. The person who intervenes gets angry immediately when he sees someone hitting a child, because he’s got low
self-control and he’s impulsive. So he’s the first one to step in. Yet
this is the exact same person who will knock your head off in a bar.
And here’s the other thing: If allegations of child sexual abuse
and rape happened 100 times a day, as bureaucracies, we’d be really
good at handling them. We’d be efficient.
righteous indignation at those
We’d have procedures. The trouble is that
Loyalty may be one of the
involved. What I told my class
complex organizations—not just Penn
most
subtle
undermining
was this: Statistically, you’re full
State—are not conceived to handle rare
sources of morality there is.
of crap. For every 1,000 people,
things, so people revert to how they normalLoyalty
predisposes
people
you’re lucky if there are two or
ly do their jobs. The fact that responsibility
to collusion.
three whistleblowers.
is divided, it dampens our moral judgment.
It’s risky to be a whistleblower
We don’t see it as our job to be policing and
because it’s deviant. It’s a person who’s breakjudging the entire enterprise; we believe someone else is doing that.
ing ranks. Some of the studies show that if you
The real problem, I told the students, is that we don’t see ourlook at the characteristics of people who will
selves as moral agents in the workplace. We see ourselves there
intervene to help someone else—good Samarito do our bureaucratically defined jobs. The lesson this brings to
tans—they have a lot in common with criminals.
light is that there’s a huge distinction between doing what’s legally
They tend to be physically larger, they tend to
right and what’s morally right. I told them, “Look, you’re all getting your degrees from Penn State, which is a
bureaucracy, and 95 percent of you are going
to work at a bureaucracy. So which person are
Prosecutors have a long
you? Are you going to be the person who’s going
way to go before they unravel
to do your job to the letter and do everything
“
the sexual abuse scandals that
have engulfed the athletic
departments at Pennsylvania
State University and Syracuse
University. What is clear from
both cases is that college
administrators need to contact
off-campus law enforcement
authorities immediately when
they receive allegations of criminal conduct. It should not take
prolonged inquiries or complex
new standards for universities
to take this common-sense
step. —New York Times editorial,
Nov. 28
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FEAR FACTOR
A business ethics expert is distressed—
but not surprised—that no one went to the
authorities. BY LINDA TREVIÑO
WE KNOW FROM
research that
most misconduct
in organizations
does not get
reported. It is
what keeps ethics
and compliance
officers up at
night. It is why
they have anonymous hotlines and
helplines. There
are two reasons
it doesn’t get
reported: fear,
and the belief that
nothing’s going to
happen anyway.
In this case I
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legally right? Or are you going to be the person answering to a
higher moral authority?” That’s a distinction that this incident has
brought into clear relief.
The second part is loyalty. You like to think of loyalty as a good
thing. Is it? In other words, if you think of a force in the world
that’s going to create goodness, uphold moral principles, report
wrongdoing, make the world a better, safer place, is loyalty the
thing you put first? Loyalty may be one of the most subtle undermining sources of morality there is.
I can’t think about the “how can this happen” question without
thinking about loyalty, especially when you’re talking about a place
that has such a strong, loyal spirit as Penn State. I would say the
same if this were a military organization or the Catholic church.
Loyalty predisposes people to collusion. When a family member
is in trouble, what’s our first reaction? To contact the authorities?
Usually not. We all know family is about protecting its own, damage control, and collusion. They lawyer up, hide the bodies, and
destroy evidence. That’s what they do.
If you don’t understand that, you can’t understand anything
that’s happened. Including the riot that got the media attention.
The riot was like what a family does when it feels one of its own has
been unfairly treated. That’s how I interpret the riot—coming to
suspect it was fear,
although I’m not
sure exactly sure
fear of what. It
disturbs me greatly
that the janitor, and
the peers the janitor
allegedly told, and
the supervisor he
told, all decided not
to report anything.
To anybody. That’s
a problem that we
need to look into.
It’s very difficult
to get people to
report. That fear
is very difficult to
overcome. It feels
the defense of a beloved family member.
Because we’re a big bureaucracy, our solutions
will tend to be bureaucratic in nature. I don’t
know if you can address the problems of bureaucracies bureaucratically. It seems to me that
the solution is almost spiritual in this sense:
Can we teach the members of a bureaucracy or
society that they’re not just here to fit in and be
productive within it and gain credentials from
it, but that they have to monitor it for its morality? Take responsibility for critiquing it, checking it? Can we see that there is a big difference
between saying “We are ERIC SILVER IS A PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY
Penn State” and saying
CRIME, LAW, AND
“Penn State is us”? If we AND
JUSTICE AND RECIPIENT
don’t change our way of OF THE 2005 OUTSTANDING TEACHING AWARD
being, I don’t see how
IN THE COLLEGE OF THE
anything can change. n LIBERAL ARTS.
a paper about fear
in organizations
and the tendency
It’s very difficult to get people to
report. It feels much safer—
and it is safer, most of the time—
to simply remain silent.
much safer—and it
is safer, most
of the time—to
remain silent.
Some colleagues
and I recently wrote
/ The Week That Changed Everything
toward silence that
it produces. In it, we
argue that silence
is the default in organizations in even
more routine types
of behavior. When
the behavior is
unethical behavior,
the stakes are even
higher. Obedience
to authority is a
very powerful influence on behavior.
Reporting outside
the chain is even
harder.
LINDA TREVIÑO IS DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
OF ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR AND ETHICS IN
THE SMEAL COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS.
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ANYTHING BUT CLEAR-CUT
A longtime D.A. explains the challenges in reporting and
prosecuting sex crimes against children. BY BOB FERRELL ’79 LIB
no law that reabuse and
A change in the
quires people
doesn’t report it
law is probably
to report
inevitable. But hasty might make some
crimes. There
people even less
actions can
may be a moral
have unintended likely to report.
obligation, but
Based on what
consequences.
there’s no legal
we know of the
obligation.
facts, you can
Because of the public
argue that Mike McQueary
outcry, I think a change in
would’ve been better off
the law is probably inif he’d never said anything
evitable. Elected officials
to anybody. He’s a whistlewill feel the need to do
blower, but his career has
something. But hasty acbeen destroyed. By detions can have unintended
monizing people in these
consequences: A law that
situations, you can have the
imposes criminal sanctions
opposite effect.
on anyone who suspects
From a law enforcement
perspective, once a crime
is reported, you want to
see if there’s any corWe’ve often in recent years seen the male, groupthink
roboration. Because of the
momentum that builds and isolates, and, sadly, keeps some
nature of the crime, usually
believing they’re above the rules. I have to believe that if there
you don’t have witnesses
had been some women in that group this may have been dealt
other than the victims
themselves, so investiwith much sooner. Out of the question? Please reference the
gators try to find other
Catholic priest scandal and its cover-up. —Liz Kahn ’85 Com,
victims who are willing to
writing in The Buffalo (N.Y.) News
come forward. Ideally you
can establish a pattern of
behavior, of different victims on different dates—
that’s the reason the grand
jury needed a couple of
years. And, of course, the
cumulative effect is that
that deals
with institutions like
schools and hospitals basically requires people who
witness crimes to report
them to their supervisors; it doesn’t require the
individual who witnessed
the crime to report it to
police. I think the concern
when these laws were
written was to be sure that
people high in the organizations were aware of what
went on. They didn’t want
people lower in the hierarchy making those decisions. But generally, there’s
THE STATE LAW
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A Football Team With a Good University
Penn State’s reputation as a football and party school has long overshadowed the
University’s academic strength. Could this scandal have happened at a place that had
its priorities more in order? BY RUSSELL FRANK
/ The Week That Changed Everything
“
The reaction has
just been such disappointment in the
Penn State leadership. Everybody. It’s
the saddest story in
Penn State history.
—Sportswriter Neil Rudel
State College in the 1990s, all
university rather than the other
’78 Com of the Altoona
I knew about Penn State was that Joe Paterno
way around.
Mirror, on Minnesota
was the football coach and the team was called
We are paying dearly for
Public Radio
the Nittany Lions, a species of big cat that was
that image now. But I think
unfamiliar to me. I assumed that the place was
being a drinking town with a
a football factory, which is to say, a
football problem has been hurting us for a long time.
not-very-serious institution as far as
Too many of our students come here for the fun and
I think being
academics are concerned. When I
games. Eavesdrop on their conversations as they shuttle
a drinking
got here, I was surprised to learn that
between classes. You’ll hear a lot about drinking plans
town with a
Penn State does, in fact, employ worldor drinking exploits and very little about the content of
football prob- their courses.
class scholars who are doing groundlem has been
breaking research in their fields.
Cross College Avenue and look for a downtown bookhurting us for store. You won’t find one. In a college town with 45,000
The paradox of Joe Paterno is that
a long time.
he both contributed to the stature of
students! This is not, in short, a very intellectual place.
Too many of
the University as a research instituWhich is a very odd thing to say about a community
our students
tion through the money and atteninhabited by so many intellectuals. But they’re barely
come
here
tion he attracted, and he obscured it.
visible. The University’s own website doesn’t even boast
for the fun
A football coach became the face of
of its faculty’s achievements. A page devoted to “Penn
and games.
the University, not just to the outside
State Firsts” hasn’t been updated since 2007.
world, but to many Penn Staters as
Note that we have a Penn State All-Sports Museum
well. If State College was “a drinking town with
that celebrates “the athletic history and heritage of one of the
a football problem,” as the bumper sticker put
greatest universities in the nation,” but no Penn State All-Acait, Penn State was a football team with a good
demics Museum that honors the university’s scholarly history
and heritage.
The reputation of the university is damaged
the defense is less likely to
charges have been filed,
by the Sandusky scandal only if we behave in
be able to attack the credthey think, “People will
ways that confirm the outside view that Penn
ibility of a single witness.
believe me now.” Beyond
State is football and Joe Paterno, and Joe PaUsually, a high-profile
that, of course, victims are
terno and football are Penn State. The way to
case like this will alert
often reluctant to come forcounter that view is to put the emphasis back
potential victims to come
ward. There’s guilt, shame,
where it belongs: on teaching and learning.
forward. An individual
embarrassment. They also
All of us have a RUSSELL FRANK IS AN ASSOCIATE
PROFESSOR IN THE COLLEGE OF
victim might think, “Nowonder, “What happens if I
role to play. n
BEFORE I CAME TO
”
body’s going to believe me,”
particularly if the alleged
perpetrator is someone of
prominence. When they
find out that additional
testify? My identity is going
to be revealed.”
BOB FERRELL SPENT MORE
THAN 20 YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
IN LYCOMING COUNTY, PA.
COMMUNICATIONS AND A COLUMNIST FOR STATECOLLEGE.COM,
WHERE A VERSION OF THIS ESSAY
FIRST APPEARED.
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UNDERSTANDING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
Much of Penn State’s collective response to this tragic
situation has been focused on the young victims of
horrific crimes. Essential to that effort is a broader
understanding of how child predators lure their victims,
and how they can be reported and stopped. It’s also
vital to understand just how hard a road survivors must
travel as part of their lifelong recovery.
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s
Hidden Pain
One abuse survivor recalls the desperation of no one believing her.
until shortly before my 16th birthday, I was abused from within
my own household. I went to school like a normal kid, was on a sports team like
a normal kid, and got good grades like a normal kid. I tried to keep my home life
separate from my school life. I never had friends over, and never went over to anyone else’s house. Yet no one noticed how withdrawn I was. No one knew anything
else was going on. I started thinking about suicide because I could not stand what
was going on in my house. However, I could not do it because I
could not leave my mom to have to clean out my locker at school
and to clean out my room.
Then came high school. I was being sexually abused two to three
times a week—sometimes more, but never less. My school got a
resource officer, whose job was to be the police of our school. I
decided I needed to talk to someone, and one day I went to this
officer and told him everything. I opened up for the first time in
three years—and when I finished talking, I was laughed out of his
office. I had just opened up and told a police officer my entire life
story, and he laughed at me and told me not to tell lies.
That night, I did not sleep and could not stop thinking about what
it would be like to just not exist anymore. I thought about hanging
myself out my window, about slitting my own throat and watching
the pool of blood grow slowly. The last straw was telling a police officer, whose job is to believe me, and having him laugh in my face.
I suffered another year—to put that into perspective, it is being
sexually abused more than 150 times. Then I met a person who
realized, after three days of knowing me, that there was something wrong. He finally got me to open up. I told him everything I
had told the officer the year before, except this time, I was finally
believed. Less than 24 hours later, the school had called child protective services, an assistant district attorney, and five lawyers. Talk about
crazy—all because one person finally believed me.
It was finally over. Almost four years after it began, I was going to be
safe at home. I would not have to always keep an eye over my shoulder.
I would not have to beg to go anywhere with my family so that I was not
home alone with him.
As we hold this vigil, look around you and realize that not everyone
is who they look to be. I am currently standing among you—but would
you know it if you saw me? Or do you look around you, but not really
THIS ANONYMOUS LETTER
see what’s in front of your face? I ask one thing of you: Every day that
BY A PENN STATE STUDENT
WAS READ AT THE NOV. 11
you live, look around you and see what is there. You never know whose
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life you could save. n
THE OLD MAIN LAWN.
FROM THE AGE OF 12
I went to
the resource
officer at my
high school
and opened
up for the
first time—
and when
I finished
talking, I
was laughed
out of his
office.
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I WILL NOT BE SILENT
For one survivor, healing begins with helping
others speak out. BY JENNIFER STORM ’02 EDU
LIKE SO MANY VICTIMS of sexual abuse, I blamed
I know you lost
a football coach. But
the people that really
matter in all of this
are at risk of losing
their core identities.
—Penn State student
and abuse survivor Matt
Bodenschatz, writing in
the Centre Daily Times
cannot. To them I say, You are
so welcome and I will never stop
talking in the hope that maybe, just maybe,
my words allow others to find it within themselves to come forward and report, or speak
up and heal.
I hear from adults who ask why I cannot just
shut up and forget it. Why can’t I just get over it
and move on? To them I say, Because I am not
over it. I will never be over being raped. I will never be over speaking out to protect children. I will
never be over helping people heal. I am, however,
over the world’s discomfort with the truth about
rape in our society. I am over having to read
about the offenders and listening to an outpouring of sympathy for grown educated adults who
could have and should have done more.
I am over victims being blamed
acts of violence against them.
One in three girls is sexually abused in her lifetime. for
I am over watching brave chilOne in six boys is sexually abused in his lifetime.
dren come forward against their
They are the worst statistics going.
abusers only to see adults not
believe them. I am over hearing
they are not alone, and there is help and healbrave testimony by a victim only to hear a jury
ing to be had out there.
read a not-guilty verdict.
We need more people talking.
I am over the silence that we as a society alOne in three girls is sexually abused in her
low to exist when it comes to sexual violence.
lifetime. One in six boys is sexually abused in
So I will continue to use my voice and my
his lifetime. They are the worst statistics going.
experience to shed light on the horror of sexual
We need our children to speak up and out
violence. It is my obligation to every victim out
against anyone who harms them. We need
there. I will speak when they cannot. I will eduadults to believe them and act out against
cate in the hope that I may
any violation of a child they may see.
save one child from having
JENNIFER STORM IS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF
I hear from survivors who thank me for
to experience the hell I lived
THE NON-PROFIT VICTIM/
speaking up, for sharing the victim’s perthrough.
WITNESS ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM IN HARRISspective with the world at a time when they
Secrecy and silence are
BURG, PA., AND THE AUwhat
predators rely upon
THOR OF THREE BOOKS:
BLACKOUT GIRL, LEAVE
for the continuation of their
THE LIGHT ON, AND
violation. I will not be silent.
PICKING UP THE PIECES
I hope you won’t either.
WITHOUT PICKING UP.
myself. I must have done something to bring
upon this horror in my life. I hated myself.
Like so many, I attempted to take my own
life. But like so many, I didn’t really want to
die—I just wanted to stop living with the pain.
After 10 years of living in addiction and running from my feelings, one morning I woke up
in a hospital bed with doctors telling me it was
a miracle I survived. For the first time since I
had been raped, I felt like I might have hope.
I talked to a therapist, I went to support
groups, I spoke and grieved and shared all my
guilt, fear, pain, and shame. I healed.
And since then, I haven’t stopped talking,
writing, and sharing my experience, strength,
and hope with others so they know that I get it,
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Better Justice
How to change the conversation. BY L. EDWARD DAY
with offenders in this country. It doesn’t matter
what the crime is. The justice system is completely offender-centered.
We spend our time, and our money, on
the bad guys, arguing over what we
should do to them, how we should
How Adults Can Stop Child Sexual Abuse
do it, and for how long. We don’t give
BY KRISTEN EISENBRAUN HOUSER ’93 H&HD
jack to the victims, except a slight
downward glance and
It’s not up to the kids.
they can gain access to the
We spend our
a prayer. The victims
I tell parents to have agechild victim. Think outside
time arguing
aren’t a part of our disappropriate conversations
the “stranger danger” menover what we
cussions, they’re not the
with their children about
tality—90 percent of child
recipients of our funds.
should do to
“good” and “bad” touch, but
sexual abuse is perpetrated
We want to hate, hit, and
the bad guys.
preventing abuse should
by someone the family knows
hurt those who have hurt
We don’t give
never be a child’s responsibiland trusts.
others.
We
don’t
even
ity.
It’s
our
job,
as
adults,
to
jack to the
keep all kids safe.
There’s no black and white.
victims, except know how to talk about
People are multifaceted.
those who have been
a slight downStart the conversation.
Offenders can go to church,
hurt.
ward glance
Gather
friends
and
family
be good neighbors, pay their
It’s time we changed
and a prayer.
and
talk
about
it.
Find
a
local
bills, and sexually abuse kids.
our priorities. True jusexpert to explain the warnWe have to be willing to
tice can’t be focused solely on retribuing signs, and make reporting
recognize that there may
tion for the offender. True justice has to
suspicious behavior the norm
be people like this in our
focus on the harm they caused.
in your social sphere.
lives.
If you really feel bad for the victims,
put your money where your mouth is.
Perpetrators don’t
Trust your gut.
Pull out your checkbook and fire one
groom victims—they
Be aware of lingering hugs,
off to a group that provides services to
groom families.
back-patting, clingy behavior.
victims of child sexual abuse, organizaOffenders are very skilled
If you sense something isn’t
at earning parents’ trust so
right, it probably isn’t.
tions like Childhelp or the National
Children’s Alliance. Better yet, find a
KRISTEN EISENBRAUN HOUSER IS VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
local group if you can. Your donation
DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA COALITION AGAINST RAPE. LEARN MORE
doesn’t have to be large, but if everyone
ABOUT PREVENTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AT PCAR’S HEROPROJECT.ORG.
who spent that first week screaming
for someone to be fired
sent a small donation
L. EDWARD DAY IS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND
to one of these groups,
SOCIOLOGY AT PENN STATE ALTOONA.
victims would get the
THIS IS EXCERPTED FROM AN ESSAY
AT GOODMENPROJECT.COM.
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EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE KNEW
The emotional impact on alumni, students, University
employees, and the broader Penn State community
has been complex and cruel. Our sorrow and confusion
pale when compared to that of the victims, but the
feelings are no less real. The challenge lies in making
sense of it, and finding ways to move on.
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s
On a Mission
Outsiders have tried to decide what it means to be a
Penn Stater. It’s up to us to set them straight. BY EMILY KAPLAN
I tried to
paint the
big picture,
but most
already
had their
opinion
on why
Penn State
is a wreck.
as a favor to a friend of my father’s,
I spent a morning speaking to a class at Montclair State University. I had to relive the scandal and give a front-row perspective to peers who were following it from afar. I tried to convey
that we’re dejected and confused as to how and why this could
happen—and for so long. That turned a couple of heads. I think
most assumed we’re all news-truck-tipping, tantrum-throwing,
pigskin-obsessed Penn State apologists.
I tried to paint the big picture, but most students already had
their opinion on why Penn State is a wreck. So began seven days
where I was a human car accident and everyone wanted to rubberneck. When I wore my Penn State shirt to the grocery store, I
got more than one strange look. When I went to my high school’s football game, people
treated me as if there had been a death in the family. I quickly learned that there’s no
way to avoid this scandal. It’s bigger than all of us.
Like it or not, we’ve been thrust into the roles of ambassadors for Penn
State. That doesn’t mean we always have to defend the University. Instead,
EMILY KAPLAN IS A
JUNIOR JOURNALISM
we must prove that this scandal and these men aren’t what Penn State is all
MAJOR WHO HAS BEEN
about. We are so much more than that. THON is what Penn State’s all about.
HELPING TO COVER THE
SCANDAL FOR THE ASBeing named the No. 1 school for job recruiters by the Wall Street Journal is
SOCIATED PRESS. THIS
what we’re about, too. These are the things this place has been working
PIECE WAS EXCERPTED
FROM THE DAILY
toward since 1855.
COLLEGIAN, WHERE
We are in a new place. But what should be unchanged is our pride. n
SHE’S A COLUMNIST.
DURING THANKSGIVING BREAK,
29
We Are Still Penn State
its athletics program with
integrity. Just as the lives of
victims may never be fully
restored, I told my son that
DISBELIEF, DENIAL, DISTRESS, dismay, disgust,
the reputation of Penn State
Just as the lives
depression. That was the progression of my reacwill not be fully regained in
of victims may
tions after the release of the grand jury presentmy lifetime. I only hope it
never be fully
ment. I haven’t gotten over the last one yet.
is in his.
restored, I told
The mere idea that a man so respected might
The damage done to Penn
my son that the
have committed such unspeakable acts was unState’s reputation, painstakreputation of
thinkable; the charge that others knew and did
ingly built up over 156 years
Penn State will
not take action to stop it, even more so. Children
but torn down in an instant,
not be fully
may have been indelibly scarred, people who have
will certainly cause probregained
in
my
done immeasurable good for Penn State and its
lems in recruitment of top
lifetime. I only
community have been ruined, and a great universtudents, retention of top
hope it is in his.
sity has been badly tarnished. And all of this was
faculty, maintenance of loyal
tied inexorably to the game of football, a relished
donors, and restoration of
pastime in this previously happy valley.
state funding and public confidence.
I am a lifelong lover of football and an ardent Penn State fan.
But our society, with all its faults, is
But the entire Penn State athletic program is not worth the
not Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union. Inscarred life of even one child.
The charges are yet to be proven
against those who claim innocence,
but the repercussions already have
SADDENED, BUT NOT LET DOWN
rent asunder families, communiFor some Penn Staters, innocence was lost long before this
ties, and the University. The hysscandal erupted. BY SHAWN HUBLER ’80 COM
teria whipped up by sensationalist
media has already convicted them
I GREW UP IN CENautumn sunshine.
why people were
in the court of public opinion. With
tral
Pennsylvania,
Often,
my
mother
so hung up on
little knowledge of the facts, millions
steeped in the
would bring along
some game played
around the globe have have been immyth of Penn State her rosary beads. I by “no-neck blockpregnated with the opinion that Penn
football. Every Sat- went to Penn State heads.” I tried
State is a horrible place, unworthy of
its standing as an excellent educationurday that there
when I graduated
to explain about
al institution that also tried to conduct
was a home game, from high school.
Paterno and class
Through the shock and sadness, an attempt at
perspective. BY JOHN BLACK ’62 LIB
we’d drive an hour
from our tiny town
“over the mountain,” as my father
called it, and sit
high in the stands,
in rain, snow, or
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My parents were
overjoyed.
The year I turned
20, I started asking
questions. One
night, my roommate asked me
and character in
sports. She just
rolled her eyes. I
tried to shake off
the conversation,
but her words
vexed me. If you
IDENTITY / The Week That Changed Everything
dividuals who have done so much for
so long do not suddenly become nonpersons, as though they never existed.
The University, which has given so
much to its alumni and students—as
well as to the Commonwealth and
nation—has not evaporated from the
face of the Earth.
Penn State athletes can continue
to emphasize the “scholar” in scholar-athlete. There are hundreds of
other student activities, charitable
organizations, and extracurricular
interests that supplement the training received every day by students at
Penn State’s 24 campuses. There are
“
dedicated scholars continuing to do
the research necessary to create new
knowledge. There are a half million
alumni working every day to better
the lives of their families, communities, and country.
The entire Penn State family must
refocus on restoring the integrity of
this venerable center of higher learning, and on strengthening its ability
to make scientific, humanitarian,
and artistic contributions to society.
Because we are—still—Penn State. n
JOHN BLACK, FORMER EDITOR
OF THE PENN STATER, HAS
WRITTEN AND EDITED THE
FOOTBALL LETTER SINCE 1976.
It feels like a death in the family. —Erin Strout ’97 Com, writing at ESPN.com
could question the
rightness of this
one excellent thing
we had all believed
in forever, what
else might you
question? Where
else might true
colors shade to
gray?
But the seed had
been planted. It
dawned on me that
Penn State had
whole other facets,
that maybe I had
been missing out
on what it really
meant to be part of
a university. One
day, a new friend
casually questioned the community’s reverence for
sports, and something snapped
something about
no longer believing
in “the cult of football.” I remember
feeling, as I spoke
up, that this was
an act of betrayal,
years afterward, I
couldn’t hear the
voice of a sports
announcer without
feeling that I had
rejected something I could never
”
If you could question the rightness of this one
excellent thing we had all believed in forever, what
else might you question?
in me. I told my
parents I wouldn’t
be needing my
season tickets. We
got into a blistering argument,
and I think I said
not to football,
exactly, but to a
worldview that
was dear to people
who had lifted me
up to a possibility
of a finer life. For
get back, that I
had gone over
the mountain and
returned, classless, to despise my
loved ones’ ideals.
I live in California
now. I have tried
to explain to
friends here how
good people could
be so blinded by
loyalty that unspeakable acts
might transpire
right before them
and they’d still feel
unable to ask the
obvious questions.
Yes, I have told
them, Paterno
really was a great
coach. Yes, he
really did change
the lives of his
players. And yes,
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A Direct Hit
A social psychologist and Penn State alumnus
analyzes why he—and his students—feel so ‘lousy.’
BY NICHOLAS PEARSON ’99, ’03 MA, ’06 PHD LIB
my identity is Penn State.
My parents graduated from Penn State—
and met here at Penn State. I met my wife
here at Penn State. I went to undergraduate and graduate school here. And now I
teach here.
I was angry and confused and I just
felt lousy. And as a social psychologist, I
started thinking about why I felt lousy. I
felt lousy because a big part of who I am
is Penn State, and Penn State is now not
the same Penn State it used to be. So a big
part of me is under threat. And I think
that’s exactly what the students are going
through, as well.
It’s a normal process for anybody to connect with groups. Penn State’s always been
this positive thing that people want to attach to and want to feel connected to, and
A MAJOR PART OF
as the decades
passed, the belief
in the essential
superiority of
the man and his
program really did
grow to the point
that it ceased to
be a good thing,
to the point that
maybe even he
was afraid to
wonder about it,
lest the gray areas
take on a life of
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their own.
Back home, my
friends and relatives are heartsick.
How could this
have happened?
Did they not know
good guys from
bad guys? What
became of that
excellent thing we
had all believed in
forever? So many
questions. It’s
hard to ask ques-
when suddenly that gets flipped
on its head … that’s what I saw
I was angry
in my classroom, students who
and confused
looked absolutely devastated.
and I just felt
Their whole world has been
lousy. I felt
threatened, and suddenly “We
lousy because
Are Penn State” is a bad thing.
a big part of
If you look at the statistics
who I am is
about the frequency at which
Penn State,
children are abused, it’s alarmand Penn State ing. Not to excuse what hapis now not the pened, but considering any large
same Penn
population, there are dozens
State it used
to hundreds of perpetrators of
to be.
those acts in any community.
In this situation, because it was
so closely linked to the football
team and because Penn State
and football are so closely linked, it
became much more than a case of
tions. But that’s
pedophilia. It became a direct attack
what happens
on the University. n
when something
forces you to see
clearly. You open
your eyes, and
there you are—
over the mountain,
where nothing
will ever look
the same.
SHAWN HUBLER IS A
FORMER STAFF WRITER AT
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES,
WHERE A VERSION OF THIS
ESSAY FIRST APPEARED.
NICHOLAS PEARSON IS A
LECTURER IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. HE TEACHES PSYCH 421:
SELF AND SOCIAL JUDGMENT.
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OUR GATHERING PLACE
Feeling guilty about embracing Penn State football isn’t a viable
option for most of us. Nor should it be. BY RYAN JONES ’95 COM
and emails
I received in the days and
weeks after everything broke,
one—from a Michigan grad—
stands out. My friend Joey
wrote about his memories
of the 2003 Ohio StateMichigan game, which until
this year was the last time his
Wolverines had knocked off
their rivals.
“I remember turning to
one of my best friends, my
freshman-year neighbor, and
thinking how special it was to
be sharing that moment,” he
wrote. “We were swallowed
up in this sea of humanity,
united by nothing more than
our love for an institution. We
all had our own reasons, but
AMONG THE TEXTS
“
I would like to
say this proudly and
without equivocation, even in the
face of a torrent of
disheartening and
outrageous news.
Some things are
irrevocable. I am
Penn State.
—Justin Catanoso ’82 Com,
director of the journalism
program at Wake Forest,
writing on Facebook
”
it did not matter, because we
all loved Michigan. I enjoyed
recognizing that; I felt validated in my faith. I feel that
way, to varying degrees, on a
daily basis, because Michigan
enabled my adult life. It provided me with the resources
and opportunities to be who
I wanted. It taught me some
of the most important and
we rally around a football
team is not among them.
There are great arguments
to be made about prioritizing college athletics, but calls
to suspend the Penn State
football program—overreactions at best, disingenuous
moralizing at worst—miss
the point for many reasons.
Chief among them is that
football does matter. It matters because its success has
been inseparable from the
growth of the University. It
matters because it provides
Football does matter. Its success has been inseparable
from the growth of the University. And it brings us
together, in a way nothing else can.
enduring lessons. It enabled
friendships that have lit up
my life.
“I offer all of this as a
means of commiseration,” he
added, “because I think I have
some appreciation for the way
you feel about Penn State.”
In the avalanche of moral
judgment triggered by the
Sandusky scandal, I was
most outraged by the outside
indictment of our community
as somehow fundamentally—
and uniquely—flawed. Much
of that focused on our obsession with football. There are
things that set State College
and Penn State apart from
many other towns and universities, but the fact that
an economic engine without
which this community would
struggle. And it matters because it brings us together, in
a way nothing else can.
More than an obsession, I’d
argue, college football is an
excuse: a place and a reason
to gather and celebrate what
we share. It’s why showing
up for that final home game
against Nebraska felt not
wrong, but necessary. It’s why
I’ll be back in Beaver Stadium
next fall. My friend, who
spent his formative years in
Ann Arbor, understands that.
I hope all of us do.
RYAN JONES IS A SENIOR
EDITOR AT THE PENN STATER.
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WHAT JOE PATERNO LEAVES BEHIND
There is no erasing Joe Paterno’s place in the history of
the University: six decades of on-field success, millions
given to philanthropy, stellar graduation rates, an incalculable impact on the University’s growth. How does
the Penn State community square that with whatever
moral obligation Paterno might have had in this case?
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Joe Paterno’s Code
Looking for the light in an icon’s shades of gray. BY CHRIS RAYMOND ’87 COM
went to Penn State, this sense of betrayal, this air of
catastrophe, has nothing to do with football, I assure you. It has everything to
do with faith.
Faith in a man who saw athletes as students. Faith in the world that he built.
The January before my freshman year, Joe Paterno had won his first national
championship with a Jerry Sandusky-coached defense that skillfully disarmed
Georgia’s Heisman Trophy-decorated running back Herschel
Walker in the Sugar Bowl. By sophomore year, I had worked my
way up the masthead at The Daily Collegian. I was assigned to
the football beat, and Paterno didn’t care if you were a student—
he would browbeat you just like any other reporter.
Even on the best of days, he was prickly. He hated to share information—about strategy, injuries, anything. Pulling quotes from
him was like playing tug-of-war with a mailbox. But he walked
among us day and night, often from his modest home to the
team’s practice field. His number was listed in the phone book.
His players roamed among us, too. I met them in the dorms.
I saw them in my classes. I watched as they grew from pimplefaced freshmen to All-Americans. On New Year’s Day 1986, they
played the Oklahoma Sooners for a national title in the Orange Bowl and lost. As
they walked off the field, they vowed to win Paterno his second championship one
year later. And they did, of course, in what at the time was billed as the Game of
the Century. The 1987 Fiesta Bowl was the coronation of the growing influence
of money and television: Penn State vs. Miami in a prime-time feeding frenzy
FOR THOSE OF US WHO
How do you find
another coach
who quotes
Browning? Listens
to opera? Picks
up his pen and
routinely writes a
$100,000 check
to buy books?
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championship contender in the last 16 years. But it was a lot
easier to lose to Ohio State year after year when you were convinced that Penn State had a higher mission.
He made tough calls. Sat players when it jeopardized games.
heralded as a clash between good and evil.
More to the point, he stuck with the ones he believed in—even
Call it mythology if you like. But that win left
when they struggled to execute fundamental skills, like, say,
a lasting impression for so many people I know.
throwing a pass. Maybe that was his undoing. “He’s loyal to a
For years, Joe had been
fault,” says one of my friends.
arguing that you could
And so, there’s something unbeI understand the public's outrage, but
win football games with
lievably tragic about the fact that a
I also know that no small part of the
student-athletes. That
member of his inner circle brought
venom was directed at a man who
you did not have to take
him down. Whatever you now think of
dared to hold his program up as an
shortcuts to succeed.
Jerry Sandusky ’66 Sci, ’71 MEd Edu,
example of what could be.
And now he had proven
he was for a long time considered to be
it—two times in five seasons. He used his sucPaterno’s heir apparent, a cunning football mind, the man behind
cess to badger Penn State’s Board of Trustees
Penn State’s fearsome Linebacker U reputation. He created Matt
into upgrading the school’s library with a $200
Millen ’80 Bus and Shane Conlan ’86 Lib. It’s a mind-boggling exmillion fund-raising campaign. While his peers
ercise to try and put the two halves of the new Sandusky together:
dreamed of seeing their names on a stadium,
the supremely successful, clean-cut family man and the monster
he wanted his inscribed on libraries. How do
charged with 40 [now 52] counts of sexual abuse. Equally mindyou find another coach who quotes Browning?
boggling is the fact that when confronted with the prospect that
Listens to opera? Picks up his pen and routinely
Sandusky was a pedophile, no one—no one—ever called the police.
writes a $100,000 check to buy books?
Maybe I’m just
If he wasn’t going to be the lawyer that his
being blind. Maybe
father had envisioned, then Paterno was going
I simply don’t want
My dad has been a chemto be an educator. He never bothered to recruit
to believe that
istry
professor at Penn State
Joe Namath, he says, because Namath wasn’t a
Paterno made a
since 1978. It is a far better
student. He let future NFL lineman Mike Reid
conscious choice to
’69 A&A take a year off from football to study
protect his preacademic institution than it
theatre. He insisted that star recruit Bob White
rogatives or his
was when he first arrived. It is
’86 Lib, ’93 MEd Edu—who went on to colegacy or a friend,
a far better institution than it
captain that last national championship team—
or—worse—that
was when I graduated in the
earn his scholarship by reading 12 novels and
he somehow forgot
mid-1990s, and, despite evsubmitting weekly book reports before comto follow up on his
erything we’ve learned in the
ing to campus. Hell, if Paterno had his choice,
past few weeks, you cannot
freshmen would not be eligible to take the field.
deny that a great deal of that
“When a kid plays football before he attends
has to do with Joe Paterno.
class, something is wrong,” he said.
—Michael Weinreb ’94 Com,
Let’s face it. He rarely fielded a national-
“
writing at Grantland.com
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THE WRONG VILLAIN
In reporting the scandal and placing blame,
most media missed the mark. BY LOU PRATO
’59 COM
reporting on the national
level, but I am ashamed, embarrassed, and angry at how a large contingent of the media has
reported and analyzed this story with such a
pile-on mentality. The rush to judgment, the
speculation, the innuendo, the outrageous
commentary based primarily on a grand jury
report that is yet to be proven in the court of
law. It has already ruined the reputation of
many people as well as Penn State.
It’s abhorrent to me that a large share of
the media and the public has already made
up its mind, without waiting for all the facts
to come out through the court process,
that Joe Paterno is the ultimate villain for
what he did or didn’t do—not Jerry Sandusky—and that Penn State and anyone
even tangentially connected with Penn
State is responsible for what happened.
The criticism is vicious and, most of all, so
self-righteous. Not just LONG-TIME BROADthe scurrilous websites, CAST JOURNALIST
PRATO IS THE
where you might expect LOU
RETIRED DIRECTOR
it, but so-called “legiti- OF THE PENN STATE
ALL-SPORTS MUSEUM.
mate media” websites
HE WAS QUOTED AT
as well.
TVNEWSCHECK.COM.
THERE HAS BEEN GOOD
horrific discovery.
In his high school days in
Brooklyn, before he attended
Brown University, Paterno was
a student of the classics. He
spent afternoons translating the
Aeneid from Latin to English.
The experience stuck with him
throughout his life. In the scene
he recalls most fondly, the hero
Aeneas flees the burning city of
Troy with his aging father on
his back, his young son walking alongside him, holding
his hand. It was a metaphor,
he said, about protecting the
future and the past.
In the end, the old coach
could not live up to his own
ideal. In a moment that called
for courage, Joe Paterno was
all too human. He lost his
nerve. I wish I knew what he
was thinking, but I don’t. All I
know is that what he did
wasn’t enough.
I have struggled to put
words to my emotions. I stared in disbelief as the camera crews
and commentators laid siege to the glittering vision Paterno
had created brick by brick in the 46 years that he walked the
sidelines in those black shoes. He was no longer just a football
coach. He was the school’s heart and soul, its visionary leader. I
understand the public’s outrage, but I also know that no small
part of the venom was directed at a man who dared to hold his
program up as an example of what could be. I have friends who
cried when they learned what had happened, others who wondered if they could ever wear their navy-blue sweatshirts again.
One alum—class of 1975—climbed the stairs of Old Main and
burned his diploma. That idea
never crossed my mind. Like
most of my college friends, I
could no sooner sever my ties
to Penn State than I could
change the color of my eyes.
In due time, the Penn State
system will be rebuilt. It will be
tempting to take shortcuts. But
that’s not what he taught us.
Why, you might ask, should
that matter? Why should
anyone care what Joe taught
us, or taught anybody, for
that matter? And the answer
is this: Because two opposite
things are true. The charges
that have been leveled are
truly sickening, and Joe
Paterno is a truly good man.
The justice system exists to
reconcile such things, make
people pay, make society whole again. In the
meantime, we will rebuild on the scorched
earth of Happy Valley, and I will abide by this
simple truth: If the Paterno way is discarded
along with Paterno, then this tragedy will have
been miserably, terribly compounded. n
CHRIS RAYMOND, FORMER EDITOR OF THE DAILY
COLLEGIAN, IS A FREELANCE WRITER. REPRINTED
WITH PERMISSION FROM ESQUIRE.COM.
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The Joe I Know
One former player has a unique perspective
on the character of his former coach. BY ADAM
TALIAFERRO ’05 LIB
of weeks, and I know he orchestrated the whole
thing. People don’t understand how much that
meant to me. It meant the world.
I remember one time he came down, the hospital had a Christmas party, and he hung out
for probably three hours. He went around to
every single room, signed autographs and took
pictures. And Mrs. Paterno would drive down
on her own from State College. They never did
things like that for publicity. They did them out
of the goodness of their hearts.
When I got back up to Penn State, and I could
no longer play football, the first thing he said
was, “You’re still going to be part of this program. You’re still going to be part of this family.” I had no idea what I wanted to do with my
life—my dream was to play in the NFL—and he
was on my case right away, helping me figure
out what to do. He was the first one who got me
thinking about law school. He told me the story
like family for me after
what he did when I was injured. He was one
of the first people I saw when I looked up and
couldn’t move, who told me, “You’re gonna be
OK. You’re going to get through this. We’ll get
through this together.”
People don’t realize some of the things he
did for me. For the first four months after my
injury, I was in the hospital in Philadelphia.
Every Thursday, Coach Paterno, Tim Curley,
or our team doctor or trainer would fly in and
bring two or three players
down to visit me. Somebody would come every
BEHIND THE BLUE-AND-WHITE CURTAINS
week, and Coach Paterno
Joe Paterno shielded his players from the outside world.
would come every couple
But at what cost? BY FRANK FITZPATRICK
COACH PATERNO BECAME
“
I adore Joe Paterno. This is
just devastating to me. I don’t
want to make light of the victims.
But for a man like Joe Paterno to
walk the sidelines for 60 years
and have such a clean reputation
and such a great legacy, and have
it all taken away in one swoop,
it’s just hard for me to accept
that. —Former Penn State and Baltimore
Colts running back Lydell Mitchell ’72 Edu,
quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer
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inevitable
transition out of the Paterno
era, something neither the
coach nor the school has
ever been able to confront,
has begun.
Ironically, should these
charges all prove true—
and we’re a long way from
that point—it appears that
THE PAINFUL BUT
”
Tim Curley ’76 H&HD, ’78
MEd Edu and Gary Schultz
’71, ’75 MS Eng will have
been ensnared by the very
culture they promoted,
the shroud of secrecy Joe
Paterno wrapped around
his successful program.
If Curley and Schultz
did lie, as is alleged, the
attempted cover-up makes
perfect sense. They were
reacting in much the same
way most other Penn State
athletic officials have long
dealt with the outside
world. They withdrew into
the comfortable cocoon
Paterno wrapped around
his program.
LEGACY / The Week That Changed Everything
All I can go by is
the guy I’ve known
for the past 11 or
12 years. The guy
who sat in my parents’ house and
recruited me, the
guy who taught
me to do things
the right way.
about him wanting to go to law school,
before coaching happened. He said he
knew some people with the NFL players
union, and he made a call, and that summer I had an internship with the NFLPA.
That’s kind of how I fell into law.
He wrote my letters of recommendation for law school, too. To this day, every time I talk to him, the first thing he
says is, “How can I help you? What can
I do for you?” He’s never been pushy, it’s just “If
you need me, call me.” I know a lot of guys, he’s
done the same thing for them.
All I can go by is the guy I’ve known for the
past 11 or 12 years. The guy who sat in my
parents’ house and recruited me, the guy who
taught me to do things the right way. I look
back at the things he would teach us, all the
“
small lessons—like being 15
minutes early for a meeting,
and if you’re five minutes early,
you’re late. Being respectful,
dressing properly, making
a good first impression. That’s the person I
know. It’s hard for me to explain to people who
haven’t interacted with him. But I haven’t met
a more genuine person in my life. n
ADAM TALIAFERRO SUFFERED A CAREER-ENDING
SPINAL INJURY DURING HIS FRESHMAN SEASON.
HE IS NOW AN ATTORNEY IN NEW JERSEY AND
NEWLY ELECTED MEMBER OF THE GLOUCESTER
(N.J.) COUNTY BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS.
It would be an injustice to the alleged victims to ever forget Paterno’s failure to
prevent future crimes. But it would also be a disservice to the thousands upon thousands
of lives he positively impacted if that mistake erases 46 years of good from the
history books. —Stewart Mandel of Sports Illustrated
For reasons both logical
and illogical, the coach has
long been obsessed about
sheltering his team, as if
it were a wartime army.
Practices are closed to the
media. Assistant coaches
are off-limits. Reporters
have virtually no access to
players. Information—think
of Paterno’s long-secret
salary—is locked away.
Now outsiders will want to
know what else has been
hidden from public view
over the years. There will
be speculation that perhaps the reason Paterno’s
program never ran afoul of
the NCAA was because the
NCAA couldn’t cross the
moat. What else went on
in the remote mountains
of Central Pennsylvania?
What other trouble stayed
hidden behind the blueand-white curtains?
The reputation for integrity that Paterno and Penn
State developed has been a
”
shield of sorts. It deflected
criticism and potential
problems. It was Penn
State’s currency, and with
it the school bought the
confidence of recruits and,
especially, their parents.
Even shrouded in secrecy, it shone through.
Now, sadly, that light has
dimmed.
FRANK FITZPATRICK, A COLUMNIST
FOR THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER,
HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS ABOUT
JOE PATERNO: A LION IN WINTER
AND PRIDE OF THE LIONS.
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Collapse
Darkness
Identity
Legacy
Responsibility
// DARKNESS
ON PRIDE, AND GOING FORWARD
There are still many reasons to be proud of Penn State.
But moving forward means not being afraid to make
changes—big ones, if necessary—to ensure future Penn
Staters will have an alma mater to be truly proud of.
s
The Blue Thread
One of our best-known alumni draws up a road map for progress. The keys are priorities,
transparency, and leadership from every level of University life. BY JOHN AMAECHI ’94 LIB
Penn State that’s broken. It’s just that bits of it are disconnected from others. Specifically, you’re talking about parts of the athletic department,
and football in particular. It’s the tail wagging the donkey. The disproportionate
relevance of athletics, especially football, has become pretty pervasive among the
student body. I think people have lost sight of what it means when
we say, “We Are Penn State.” It’s become so associated with football
games—in academic circles, we tend not to chant at each other.
It might sound like I want to remove sports, but I don’t. It’s not
just about saying Penn State is an academic institution and sports
doesn’t matter. I’m not naïve. But clearly it has contributed to a
bending of the internal culture, and not just at Penn State. I’ve
been to high schools where parents would stand and nod approvingly while their children are berated by coaches. If a math teacher
had done it, they would’ve complained immediately and tried to
get them fired. People have drunk the Kool-Aid, that Penn State is
in fact its athletics. We’ve got to reassert the fact that Penn State is
a lot more than that.
One of the first things to do is to start looking at different groups
of influential people. You’ll see the same thing in any organization—people who are called leaders, and others who are leaders as well. And then
it’s about utilizing them to disseminate the message. There are people who are math
IT’S NOT THE ENTIRETY OF
Top-down
change is slow
and stupid.
Bottom-up
change is swift
but chaotic.
What you really
need is a hybrid
model.
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unexpected people—from the
people who keep the place
clean to the people at the very
top, all the way through, and
majors, people doing environincluding, students. You find
mental science, doing lots of
individuals in there, and that’s
different things on campus,
where you start the change.
who aren’t quite sure how
Then there needs to be an
they contribute to the culture.
explicit statement of intent—a
It’s about helping them to unstatement of who we want to
derstand their personal conbe. If the message is caretribution. Each person in an
fully crafted, if we can really get people to
understand what it
I think the biggest obstacle is the idea that means that we are
Penn State has already been changed enough: Penn State, then
We’ve got rid of an icon, and that’s enough. we can get that
message across. It
organization needs to know
takes a concerted effort, and
their value in order for it to
an understanding that it’s not
thrive. We talk about a red
just about changing the head
thread—in our case, blue—
of the monster into the head
that ties people together, but
of an angel. There’s something
to do that, people need to
called a pragmatic self-asknow how to be able to make
sessment, where you look at
a public contribution.
yourself, warts and all—your
Top-down change is slow
processes, your habits. It’s
and stupid. Bottom-up change
done with individuals, and
is swift but chaotic. What you
the same can be done with an
really need is a hybrid model,
organization. That needs to
where you find and identify
start happening now.
groups of people, sometimes
I think the biggest obstacle
“
There’s a reorientation that could happen as a
result of this, where the academic side of this really
strong university gets bolstered, and the football
side—which isn’t inherently bad—takes its proper role
and gets in proper perspective. —Mindy Kornhaber,
associate professor of education, interviewed by NPR
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”
is the idea that Penn State has
already been changed enough:
We’ve got rid of an icon, and
that’s enough. Don’t go asking
us to do any other kind of
crazy change. There’s always
great resistance, especially
when it seems like, Wow, how
much more do you want us
to change? I think there are
people who have that idea. I
think also it’s a temptation,
in systems that have been
previously closed, to isolate
and push out anyone who had
some culpability. It’s not about
cleaning house, necessarily,
although there are people who
clearly misjudged this at the
beginning. What we need to
do is look at the ideology.
One trap Penn State may
fall into is not realizing that
internal change, driven by
internal people, will not reap
the rewards that it should.
There are people who are
Penn State, but who are also
far enough away, to provide
that perspective. There are
alumni—people who are
captains of industry, people
who are fascinating in their
lives beyond Penn State—who
could come back to campus
and talk about issues related
to culture and crisis, issues
related to leadership.
There are two sides to this,
the first being efficacy—the
RESPONSIBILITY / The Week That Changed Everything
A GROUP EFFORT
Penn State’s 500,000-plus alumni need to be a
voice for change. BY TESS THOMPSON ’97 LIB
decent housing for low-income families. Penn State as an institution must work for
change. New president Rodney Erickson has
A FRIEND SHARED on Facebook that she’s
promised to reshape the ethical culture at
ashamed to have Penn State on her résumé
Penn State, and as alumni we must hold him
now. When I recently revamped my own
to that promise. We must ask hard questions
résumé, I paused at the line “Received the
about the influence of athletics and ensure
1997 Eric A. Walker Award for
that ethical violations in
enhancing the reputation of
the football program are
Penn State’s reputation
Penn State.” It struck me as tertreated with the same
now needs more help than
ribly sad; Penn State’s reputaseriousness as those
any
one
person
can
give
it.
tion now needs more help than
from, say, the geology deBut we don’t have just one
any one person can give it. But
partment. We must also
person. We have hundreds
then I had a realization that
consider implementing
of
thousands
of
people
all
gave me hope: We don’t have
formal policies for child
across the globe.
just one person. We have hunabuse reporting.
dreds of thousands of people all
As alumni, we are over
across the globe.
500,000 people, and we help shape the Penn
In my circle of Penn State friends, I am
State community through our donations, our
struck by how many people work to help
actions, and our words. We can remember the
children. We are an epidemiologist provictims and support them—and others like
tecting kids from lead poisoning, an adopthem—as they seek healing and justice. We
tion lawyer helping create new families, a
can reach out to students on campus who are
teacher educating middle-schoolers, and
raising awareness about violence and abuse.
a Habitat for Humanity volunteer ensuring
We can continue working in our own communities around the world to
chances of getting the job
was non-existent. Now I’m to
make sure children are edudone are improved by havbelieve it’s there?” That’s why
cated, cared for, and safe. We
ing an outside perspective.
it needs to be someone from
are Penn State, and we can
The second is that part of
the outside.
love our school while grieving
what needs to be done is to be
A lot of people love Penn
its shortcomings and working
seen to be doing something.
State, as I do, and want it to
for change.
That requires that it isn’t just
a bunch of people reading
from the same hymn sheet,
no matter how well meaning
they are. Given what’s already
happened, it’s impossible for
the world to think, “Well, a
month ago internal regulation
get back to what it is. That
doesn’t mean forgetting what’s
happened, but getting back to
the core of what we do best. n
FORMER ALL-BIG TEN AND NBA
PLAYER JOHN AMAECHI IS FOUNDER
AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF AMAECHI
PERFORMANCE, A U.K.-BASED
CONSULTING FIRM.
TESS THOMPSON, PENN STATE’S
FIRST RHODES SCHOLAR, IS
A RESEARCH ASSOCIATE AT
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN
ST. LOUIS, MO., WHERE SHE IS
WORKING TOWARD A MASTER
OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEGREE.
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“
Stepping Outside
In a crisis, it’s natural to look to friends and colleagues for help. An ethics scholar believes Penn
State must resist that tendency. BY JONATHAN MARKS
Penn State has been an emphatically ‘top-down’ university; decisions,
even about academic programs, are
made by the central administration,
and faculty members are ‘consulted’
afterward. Now Penn State will very
likely lose its exemption from open
records laws, and rightly so. But the
administration must begin treating
faculty members … as equal partners
in the institution. —Michael Bérubé,
may be inclined to
Paterno Family professor in literature, writing
look to insiders in the wake of a crisis because
in The New York Times
they want people who know and understand
their institution, and people whom they can
trust. There are two drawbacks to such an approach. First, insiders tend to have internalized the norms and practices of an institution. They may be less likely to ask: “Why do we do things this way?” The second
drawback is that looking inward may convey the impression to outsiders that the
institution is not prepared to make drastic reforms even when they are warranted.
In my personal view, this is why the Faculty Senate asked the Board of Trustees
for a special committee whose chair and a majority of whose members have never
been affiliated with Penn State. Although the special committee has engaged Louis
Freeh as special investigator, many senators have said that this does not fully
addresses their concerns. A major concern is that the special committee cannot
restore public trust because it does not appear sufficiently independent.
Looking Other concerns are that the terms of engagement of Freeh’s firm have
inward may not been made public, and that the functions and responsibilities of the
convey the firm and the special committee remain unclear.
Many difficult discussions lie ahead. We also need to foster the underimpression to
standing that loyalty to our institution does not require that we always
outsiders that agree with its leaders. We often serve it best when we disagree with them,
the institu- and we articulate persuasive reasons for our disagreement.
tion is not
One of the trustees recently suggested that once the investigations
prepared to are over, never again will Penn State have to ask whether it did the right
make drastic thing or could or should have done more. I respectfully disagree—we
reforms even must continue to ask ourselves, as individuals and institutions, whether
when they are we could or should do more. If we care about ethics, we must never rest.
warranted. I do think we can design and reform institutions—including our own—
to make them less vulnerable to a variety of
JONATHAN MARKS, ASSOCIcorrupting influences. But we must continue to make
ATE PROFESSOR OF BIOETHICS, HUMANITIES, AND LAW,
sure that the systems we have put in place are being
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF
effective. The moment that we cease to be vigilant is the IS
THE ROCK ETHICS INSTITUTE
AND A FACULTY SENATOR.
moment we become most vulnerable. n
THE LEADERS OF INSTITUTIONS
”
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RESPONSIBILITY / The Week That Changed Everything
A Call to Duty
REASONS TO CHEER
Paternoville’s president is still proud of Penn State. Now he wants
to make sure he has reasons to stay that way. BY JOHN TECCE
the Nebraska
game was our last Paternoville campout. We had
media out there all week. I
thought we represented the
University well. We tried to
be something positive in a
very negative situation.
I’m also the THON chair
for Nittany Nation, and
I’ll be dancing this year. A
lot of people will tell you
THON is the reason they
fell in love with Penn State,
and I definitely think it’ll
be emphasized even more
now. I think there’s been
an added boost to focus on
what we do well.
I should say, I’ve defended
State Patty’s Day, in part
because a lot of what’s
happened is non-Penn State
students coming to town
and ruining it. But we have
to protect our name. We
have to keep in mind that
“we” were seen on CNN and
THE WEEK OF
“
Excerpts from a former Nittany Lion
linebacker during the Nov. 11 candlelight
vigil for victims of child sexual abuse.
BY LAVAR ARRINGTON ’00 H&HD
*
The worst crime that we can commit
here, right now, is to leave here and forget
what happened. … It’s our call to duty. It’s on
us. It’s not only on us to protect the abused;
it’s on us to restore the pride of Old State.
And I don’t know about you, but I’m not going to take that fight lying down.
ESPN tipping over trashcans and TV news vans.
I’m always going to
believe in what Penn State
students and alumni do.
At the same time, I saw
some of the most powerful
I have so many feelings that are running
men in the University fall
through me right now. I know we all have
in a matter of days. I saw
our great memories, and I know we all have
the “Success with Honor”
great stories to tell. But let’s make tonight
ideal that I’d bought into
the greatest story ever told. Ever. Out of
be torn down. I saw fellow
something as horrible as this.
students tearing apart
downtown. Ultimately, I
Do not walk away from here tonight and
feel a responsibility to upsay, “I had an opportunity to hold a candle
hold the Penn State name
and listen to people talk.” Leave here tonight
that much more.
with a resolve—an understanding that you
I also think it’s the
possess the power to change things. And I
students’ responsibility to
will be there with you. And we should all be
hold the administration achere with one another. Because you know
countable. If we see somewhat? We are. …
thing we don’t like, we
need to speak up and say
something. I think it’s our responsibility to
maintain pride, while also saying we’re not
going to put up with lying or covering up.
*
*
JOHN TECCE IS A PENN STATE SENIOR AND THE OUTGOING
PRESIDENT OF PATERNOVILLE.
”
Our responsibility now is to be a national leader in helping individuals and families recover,
and prevent those kinds of situations from happening. —Penn State President Rodney Erickson
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CLASS NOTES //
Pioneers
Stanley E. Degler ’51 Com
(Collegian) wed Ann Hope—July 3.
They live in Arlington, Va.
Ron Bonn ’52 Com (Blue Key,
Collegian, Froth, Skull & Bones),
adjunct prof. of journalism, U. of
San Diego, co-wrote new edition of
How to Help Children Through a
Parent’s Serious Illness (St. Martin’s).
He & wife June live in San Diego.
John Akers ’57 Agr (AGR), ret.,
serves as assoc. dir., Bedford County
Conservation District, & apptd. to
Southern Alleghenies Conservancy
& Bedford County Outdoor
Edu. Assn. He lives in Everett, Pa.
Daughter: Janice ’98 Com.
Alan L. Jones ’58, ’60 MS Eng
(Acacia) received 2011 Pioneer
Award, ChronoTrack Systems. He
& wife Barbara Grest ’58 H&HD
(FM) live in Endwell, N.Y.
Scott Weintraub ’58 Eng (AEP),
co-founder, Healthcare Regional
Marketing, named one of 2011
PharmaVOICE 100, PharmaVOICE
magazine. He lives in Flemington,
N.J. Son: Alex, undergrad.
1960s
Alfred C. Maiello ’62 Edu (FKQ,
Football), sr. managing partner,
Maiello, Brungo, & Maiello,
named Pa. Super Lawyer for 2nd
consecutive year. He lives in Turtle
Creek, Pa. Wife: Marilyn Borgia ’62
Edu; son: Lawrence ’85 Bus.
& wife Jody live in Napa, Calif.
1970s
David Pollock ’70 Lib, founding
mbr., Pollock Begg Komar Glasser
LLC, elected to leadership
positions, Intl. Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers, American
Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers,
& Pa. Bar Assn. Family Law Section.
He lives in Pittsburgh.
Robert A. Uhriniak ’71 Lib ret. as
editorial page editor, the Beaver
County Times. He & wife Trudy live
in Aliquippa, Pa.
studies program, St. Joseph’s
U., co-authored book, Letting
Go with Love & Confidence:
Raising Responsible, Resilient,
Self-Sufficient Teens in the 21st
Century (Avery). She lives in
Villanova, Pa. Husband: David
Cochran ’78 Sci; sisters: Sara Mika
’80 Bus; Patricia Aichele ’83 Com;
son: Sean Cochran ’09 Agr.
Cora M. Ingrim ’77 Bus ret. as
managing dir., investments, after
18 yrs. at Lockheed Martin Corp.,
& now has own investment
mgmt./financial planning firm. She
& husband Harry live in Chevy
Chase, Md.
David Ladov ’75 H&HD (BSB,
Glee Club, Lion’s Paw), co-chair,
family law practice group, Cozen
O’Connor, presented speech,
“The Intersection of Assisted
Reproduction & Family Law,” Family
Law Section Summer Meeting, Pa.
Bar Assn. He lives in Philadelphia.
Raymond G. Taylor ’77 MPA Lib,
prof., N.C. State U., received 2011
Intellectual Benefits Award, Mensa
Edu. & Research Foundation. He
lives in Pemaquid, Maine. Wife:
Christine Morton ’76a Lib Berks.
Russell Ruderman ’75 Sci is founder
& pres., Island Naturals Market &
Deli. He lives in Keaau, Hawaii.
Stephen J. Tuleya ’77 Bus
celebrated 25th yr. with Penske
Truck Leasing. He & wife Holly
live in Reading, Pa.; stuleya@
verizon.net.
Michael Sand ’75 MPA Hbg
published book, How to
Manage an Effective Religious
Organization: The Essential
Guide to Improving Your
Church, Synagogue, Mosque, or
Temple (Career Press). He lives in
Harrisburg, Pa.
Terence Foreback ’76 EMS
reappointed N.M. State Mine
Inspector by Gov. Susana Martinez.
He lives in Santa Fe, N.M. Wife:
Ruth Brennesholtz ’75 EMS.
David A. Heitzenroder ’64 Bus
(QC, WDFM), principal, Rosewood
Capital, named 2011 Five Star
Wealth Mgr., Pittsburgh Magazine.
He lives in Pittsburgh.
Mark Gruskin ’76 Sci, ’79 MBA Bus
received Ph.D. in finance, Wayne
State U. He lives in Farmington
Hills, Mich.
Dr. Michael R. Bartos ’69 Lib (WYF,
Collegian, Froth, WDFM) Ret. as
chief of staff, Napa State Hosp. He
Susan FitzGerald ’77 Com
(Collegian), independent journalist,
& teacher, graduate writing
Kelly Knauss Dorfman ’79
H&HD published book, What’s
Eating Your Child? The Hidden
Connections Between Food &
Childhood Ailments (Workman
Publishing). She lives in North
Potomac, Md. Father: Richard
’53 EMS.
Edward Ritenour ’79 Com
is now dir. of marketing &
communications, Lamplighter. He
lives in Dallas.
Col. Ann Bieryla Shippy ’79 Lib,
ret., Air Force, is now outreach
& communications coord., Dept.
of Defense Physical Disability Bd.
of Review. She works for Armed
Forces Services Corp. She &
husband Doug live in Colorado
Springs, Colo.
1980s
Janet B. Cunningham ’80 Eng, pres.
& founder, JBC Assocs. Inc., named
BRAVA! Women Bus. Achievement
Award winner, Philadelphia
SmartCEO magazine. She lives in
Wayne, Pa. Sister: Roberta ’82 Bus.
Paul B. Looney ’80 Sci, sr. project
mgr. & ecologist, Volkert Inc.,
elected pres., Natl. Assn. of
Environmental Professionals. He
lives in Pensacola, Fla.
Richard Hyle ’81 Lib (Baseball,
Collegian) ret. after 30 yrs. as sales
exec. & financial/wealth mgmt.
professional. He & his wife live in
Wayne, N.J.
Robert A. Krebs ’81 Lib is chair, Pa.
Workers’ Compensation Appeal
Bd., & adjunct prof., Duquesne U.
School of Law. He lives in Bethel
Park, Pa. Wife: Elizabeth Bedford
’81 Lib; brothers: James ’70 Sci;
William ’74 Lib.
Robin Zeller Wittenstein ’81
H&HD is now dir. & COO, Penn
State Hershey Health System.
Husband: Mark ’80 Lib; son: Jason
’10 Eng.
Kelly Broughton ’82 A&A inducted
into 2011 American Society of
Landscape Architects Council
of Fellows, leadership/mgmt.
category. He lives in Encinitas,
Calif. Wife: Anita Brence ’82 Agr;
father: Eugene Cerutti ’62, ’66
MEd Edu.
Col. Patrick J. O’Connor ’83 Lib
(QC) ret. after 30 yrs. as active
duty & reserve Marine Corps
officer. He lives in Alexandria, Va.
Brent Spencer ’83 PhD Lib
authored memoir Rattlesnake
Daddy: A Son’s Search for His
Father (The Backwaters Press),
which won Distinguished Artist
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Fellowship & Little Bluestem
Award, Neb. Arts Council. He lives
in Omaha, Neb.
David M. Hunter ’84 Bus (Blue
Band), atty., & former mayor, city
of Milford, is now a magistrate,
Clermont County Domestic
Relations Court. He & wife Karen
live in Milford, Ohio; dave@
dmhunter.com.
Shelly R. Pagac ’85 Lib (KKG), sr.
counsel, Pietragallo Gordon Alfano
Bosick & Raspanti LLP, received the
Philip Werner Amram Award. She
lives in Canonsburg, Pa. Husband:
Andrew Barnes ’83 Lib.
Col. Kelly Ambrosi Wolgast ’85
H&HD (AROTC) ret., Army, is now
asst. prof. of nursing, Vanderbilt
U. She lives in Brentwood, Tenn.;
[email protected].
Melissa Harrison Fischer ’86 Bus
named SBA dir. & v.p., Atlantic
region, Citibank. She & husband
Jeffrey live in Germantown, Md.
Anthony M. Guerino II ’86 EMS,
shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
LLP, elected fellow, Texas Bar
Foundation. He lives in Houston.
Dr. Michael T. Hegstrom ’86 Sci
(AROTC), gen. surgeon, named
section head, general surgery,
Geisinger Clinic State College. He
lives in Port Matilda, Pa.
Michael Peduzzi ’87 Bus, CPA &
principal, consulting & outsourcing
group, S.R. Snodgrass A.C., is now
shareholder. He lives in Lancaster,
Pa. Wife: Theresa ’97a Lib; son:
Marcus ’09 Lib/Lib.
Debra Havrilla Fitzsimons ’88 Lib
has new position as vice chancellor
of bus. services, South Orange
County Community Coll. District.
She, husband Shawn, & daughter
Lauren live in Aliso Viejo, Calif.
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Dave Sottile ’88 Com is now
managing editor, Pennsylvania
Puck, online hockey magazine. He
lives in Palmyra, Pa.
Michael Lisanti ’89 Eng is now
owner, Keylingo Translations. He
lives in Sewickley, Pa.; michael.
[email protected]. Parents:
Anthony ’56 Eng; Nancy Burley
’56 Edu; siblings: Julia Zoretich ’83
A&A; Anthony Jr. ’85 Lib; Christina
Han ’90 A&A.
1990s
Mitch Paul ’91 Bus (AEP) & wife
Alison have daughter Jordan
Sloane, born Aug. 17. Mitch
is contracts mgr., SunGard
Data Systems Inc. They live in
Conshohocken, Pa.; mjpaulpsu91@
aol.com.
Dallas Reed ’91 Lib apptd. dean,
student development & campus
life, Berkeley Coll. New York. She
lives in Montclair, N.J.
Cynthia Gonzalez ’92 H&HD wed
Daniel Mistretta—April 2010. They
have son Joseph Patrick, born in
July. They live in Stamford, Conn.
Paul Rokuskie ’92 Com elected
pres., bd. of dirs., Bucks County
Autism Support Coalition. He lives
in Warminster, Pa.; www.bcasc.org.
Noreen Walsh ’92 Lib (GFB) &
husband Mark Landis have children
Sean, & Claire Elizabeth, born May
17. They live in Superior, Colo.
Melissa Angelo-Kuzar ’93 Edu &
husband Matthew have daughter
Grace Marie, born Aug. 12. Melissa
is 2nd-grade teacher, Spring Cove
Elementary School. They reside in
Martinsburg, Pa.
Jeffrey A. Smith ’93 A&A
promoted to v.p., SunTrust Bank.
He, wife Kristen, & 3 children
live in Goose Creek, S.C.; jeffrey.
[email protected].
Lt. Col. Brad McAlpine ’94 Eng
took command of 335th Training
Squadron, Keesler A.F.B. He lives in
Biloxi, Miss.
Chip Kopicz ’95 MS Eng received
Distinguished Public Service
Medal, NASA. He lives in Ardmore,
Ala. Father: Charles ’77a Lib Berks.
Gail Swab Kornacki ’95 Edu &
husband Ken ’96 Lib have children
Sarah, 6, & Nathan John, born
Oct. 30. They live in McDonald,
Pa. Gail’s siblings: Jeffrey ’83 EMS;
Christine Doyle ’85 Bus; Karen
Bergman ’86 Bus.
Capt. Denise Songer Smith ’96, ’02
MS H&HD, sr. nurse exec., Nurse
Corps, Navy, graduated, mgmt. for
nurse execs., Johnson & Johnson
Wharton Fellows Program. She lives
in Rockville, Md.
Stacy Levy Spiewak ’96 H&HD
& husband Joshua have children
Sloan Elyssa, 5, Cole Ashton, 3, &
Jules Alexandra, born June 24. They
live in Franklin Lakes, N.J. Stacy’s
siblings: Scott ’90 Bus; Steven ’94
Bus; Suzanne ’98 Lib.
Diane Daubert Burrell ’97 A&A
& husband Chris have daughter
Grace Catharine, born Nov. 22,
2010. They live in Manassas, Va.
Tameka Brown Alsop ’98
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Paul F. Tholey III ’98 Com
& wife Jessica Lewis ’99 H&HD
Margaret McAndrew Bartlebaugh
have children Allison, & Declan
’96 Edu & husband Charles have
Joseph, born May 10, 2010. They
children Charles Robert, 6, twins
live in Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
Henry Jordan & Thomas Michael,
4, & Margaret Catherine, born
Anthony Helwig ’99 Sci & wife Lisa
July 1. They live in Scranton,
Beck ’02 Sci have daughter Chloe
Pa. Margaret’s sister: Kathleen
Elizabeth, born Feb. 11, 2011.
McKenna ’95 Com.
Nicole Sfanos Logsdon ’99 Lib
Carolyn Yurkovich Clark ’96
(SSS) & husband David have
Sci (AF) & husband Michael ’97
daughter Avery Sophia, born
Eng have son Jason David, born
Oct. 21, 2010. They live in Sun
June 17. Mike is acct. mgr., Siemens
Valley, Idaho; nsfanos@yahoo.
Energy. They live in West Chester,
com. Nicole’s brother: Christopher
Pa. Carolyn’s father: Carl ’69a
’96 Eng.
Eng Worth.
Erin Bradshaw Parker ’99 Com &
Matthew Kaminer ’96 Eng (FDQ)
husband Aaron have daughter
has new position as gen. counsel
Hadley Quinn, born Aug. 23. They
& secy., Epocrates Inc. He, wife
live in San Diego; bradshawsd@
Maggie Cohen ’97 H&HD, &
gmail.com.
children Simon & Ethan live in
NYC; [email protected].
Karen Snyder Quick ’99 Sci
CLASS NOTES //
(AFROTC) & husband Jeff have
sons Charlie Allen, born Dec. 20,
2009, & Jonathan Owen, born
Nov. 13, 2010. She is supply chain
analyst, Caterpillar Inc. They live in
Mt. Zion, Ill.
Heather’s sister: Chrissy ’97 Sci.
Leslie Zeigler Sedon ’99 Agr
(ADP) & husband Jeff have son
Joshua Anthony, born July 7. Leslie
works for Walt Disney Co. They
live in Kapolei, Hawaii.
Jennifer Cerra Schweyer ’00 Edu
& husband Peter ’00 Lib (Schreyer
Scholar) have daughters Sarah, 7,
& Erin, born April 14. They live in
Allentown, Pa. Jennifer’s father:
James ’71 Bus.
2000s
Brian M. Burdick ’00 Com wed
Christina Ferenc—June 11. He
is pursuing M.S., emergency
mgmt., Jacksonville State U.; is 911
dispatcher, Putnam County Bureau
of Emergency Services; volunteer,
Carmel Volunteer Ambulance
Corp.; & caretaker, Patterson
Veterans Memorial Park. They live
in Patterson, N.Y.
Stephanie Cook ’00 H&HD (RA)
wed Matt Lemp ’00 Bus—June 11.
They live in Frederick, Md.
Erin Singel Eilskov ’00 Agr &
husband Peter have daughter
Sidney Laurel, born March 18. They
live in Bensalem, Pa. Erin’s father:
Gary ’73 MEd Edu.
Holly Koshurba Ellis ’00 Sci, ’01
MBA Bus & husband Matthew ’00
Sci, ’01 MBA Bus have daughters
Mallory, 3, & Haley Ryan, born
May 4. They live in Lexington, Ky.
Holly’s brother: Timothy ’04 Bus.
Matthew’s brother: Scott ’98 Sci.
Chad Fairman ’00 Eng (DU) & wife
Angie Boughton ’03 Com have
children Mia Beth, 3, & Ty Warren,
born Feb. 8, 2011. They live in
Richmond, Va.
Heather Steinbacher McFeeters
’00 Agr & husband Jim have son
Tristan Michael, born Jan. 14, 2011.
They live in Wilmington, N.C.
Dennis J. Michaels ’00 H&HD &
wife Jessica have sons Dennis
James, 2, & Bradley Joseph, born
June 21. They live in Gainesville, Va.
Colleen Rowan Demers ’01
A&A & husband Daniel ’01, ’02
Lib (SP) have son Brayden David
Joseph, born Aug. 14. They live in
Milford, Mass.
Kevin Fulmer ’01, ’08 MBA Bus
(AKL) & wife Erin have daughter
Addison Grace, born Oct. 16,
2010. Kevin is mgr., client services,
Verilogue Inc. They live in
Collegeville, Pa.
Sharon Scholz Behum ’02 Sci &
husband Matthew have son Evan
Edward, born March 7. They live in
Severn, Md. Sharon’s parents: Harry
’69, ’78 PhD Eng; Kathleen Lloyd
’69 Eng; siblings: Kathleen Hauser
’95, ’01 MEng Eng; Gregory ’00, ’02
MS Eng; Joseph ’06 Sci, ’09 MS Eng.
Lisa Smitreski Draper ’02 PhD
Edu received Distinguished K-12
Teacher of Geography award,
Natl. Council for Geographic Edu.
She is 7th-grade world geography
teacher, Nitschmann Middle
School; adjunct prof., Coll. of Edu.,
Moravian Coll., & DeSales U.; state
coord., National Geographic’s
“Geography Action” campaign;
mbr., steering committee, Pa.
Alliance for Geographic Edu.;
& will take over as co-chair, Pa.
State Geography Bee. She lives in
Macungie, Pa.
Rennie Dyball ’02 Com (Schreyer
Scholar), editor, people.com, co-
authored book, A Famous Dog’s
Life (NAL Trade). She lives in NYC.
Husband: John Krajnak ’02 Bus.
Corrie Hurm ’02 Lib wed Charlie
Vanacore—May 6. She is atty.,
Hartford Financial Products. They
live in Hoboken, N.J.
Thomas J. “T.J.” Kokolis ’02 Lib
(ZY) & wife Robin Gosdeck ’03
Com (AXD) have son Christopher
Thomas, born Sept. 13. T.J. is atty.,
Law Offices of Craig A. Parker.
Robin is acct. dir., Bayard Advtg.
Agency. They live in Potomac, Md.
T.J.’s siblings: Michael ’05 H&HD;
Joanna Bellefeuille ’09 Nursing.
Brian Pandya ’02 Eng (Schreyer
Scholar) awarded 2011 Pro Bono
Advocacy Award, Federal Circuit
Bar Assn., for work representing
disabled veterans. He lives in
Arlington, Va.
Jeremy R. Cooke ’03 Com/Lib
(Schreyer Scholar) wed Melissa
Kraus—June 18. He is reporter,
First Word, Bloomberg News.
They live in NYC.
Meghan Day ’03 Com (Collegian)
wed James Herman ’04 Lib—July
30. She is marketing & events mgr.,
Gerson Lehrman Group, & pres.,
NYC Chapter, Penn State Alumni
Assn. He is experience mgr., Ernst &
Young. They live in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Justin Edwab ’03 Lib, ’06 JD DSL, ’06
MBA Bus Hbg wed Allison Hirsch
’07, ’09 MEd Edu—May 29. He is
asst. prosecutor, Newark, N.J. She is
early intervention ABA supervisor.
They live in Jersey City, N.J. His
sister: Stacey Pearlman ’99 H&HD.
Christine Kleck ’03 Behrend, ’06
MA Com wed Greg Galket—July
16. She works for UPMC. They live
in Seven Fields, Pa.
Michael W. Szescila ’03 EMS
received M.S., physician asst.
studies, Marywood U., &
is physician asst., Scranton
Orthopaedic Specialists. He lives
in Dickson City, Pa.
Chris Thomas ’03, ’08 MBA Bus is
now global recruiting leader, Gen.
Electric. He lives in Stamford, Conn.
Heather Ewing ’05 Bus wed
Michael Karpawich ’05 Eng—Aug.
28, 2010. They live in Philadelphia.
His parents: Karen Hundstad ’70
Lib, ’77 MS EMS; Robert ’72 Lib.
Andrew Locke ’05 Com wed
Kimberly Phelps ’06 Lib (RA)—
May 21. He is in advtg. She is
medical social worker. They live in
Laurel, Md.
Christopher Thomas ’05 Eng wed
Nicole Stanzione ’06 Lib (DG)—
June 18. They live in Easton, Pa.
Heather S. Baruch ’06 Com (ACW)
wed Joseph Bueter ’06 Lib—June
18. They live in Takoma Park, Md.
Aaron Metrick ’06 Lib (NROTC)
wed Kathy Pearsall—June 10. They
live in Virginia Beach, Va.
Dr. Christopher J. Connor ’07
H&HD received doctor of
osteopathic medicine degree,
Philadelphia Coll. of Osteopathic
Medicine. He lives in Clifford
Twp., Pa.
Donavan Hunt ’09 Com wed Kyle
Thomas ’09 EMS (FDQ)—June 17.
They live in Vienna, Va.
Angela Jones ’09 MA Hbg
started company, Angela Jones
Empowerment Ministries
LLC. She lives in Modena, Pa.;
angelalifecoach.com.
Beth Kopay ’11 Edu is teaching
English as WorldTeach volunteer,
Marshall Islands. She lives in Erie, Pa.
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// NEW LIFE MEMBERS
IN MEMORIAM //
// IN MEMORIAM
Elsa Karger Heasley ’33 Edu (ΓΦΒ),
Melbourne, Fla.—Feb. 7, 2011.
Dr. Joseph C. Gribb ’35 Sci, New
Cumberland, Pa.—Aug. 1. World
War II Army Air Corps veteran, &
ret. physician, Polyclinic Hosp.
Harriette Klippel Zarfoss ’37 H&HD
(ΓΦΒ), Mullica Hill, N.J.—Feb. 21,
2011. Ret. home economics teacher,
West Deptford H.S.
Leeta Packer Gridley ’38 Edu,
Trumansburg, N.Y.—Jan. 11, 2011.
Ret. library media specialist,
Wellsville H.S.
Mary Gully Johnston ’38 Lib, Farrell,
Pa.—Aug. 29. Ret. teacher, Farrell
Area School District.
Col. William F. Brand ’40 MS Sci,
Salem, Va.—June 30. World War II
& Vietnam War Army veteran,
receiving Bronze Star, & ret., Army,
& ret. administrative dir., Stuart
McGuire Co.
veteran, & ret. exec., Arthur F.
Schultz Co.
Roy E. Bucher ’40 Eng (Blue Band),
Ventura, Calif.—Feb. 9, 2011. Ret.,
Rockwell.
Jeanne Matthes Cosby ’42 Edu
(ΓΦΒ), Severna Park, Md.—Dec.
30, 2010.
Lillian Straka Clerkin ’40 H&HD,
Hull, Mass.—Jan. 2, 2011. Ret. head
dietitian, Hull Public Schools, &
owner, Clerkin’s Nantasket Original
Frozen Custard.
Merle L. Hall ’42 EMS, Bartlesville,
Okla.—July 14. World War II veteran, & ret. petroleum engr., ConocoPhillips.
G. Esler Inskeep ’40 Eng (ΣΠ), Kilmarnock, Va.—June 8. Ret.,
research & design, Altria Group Inc.
Edgar D. Seymour ’38 Eng (AROTC),
Hilton, N.Y.—April 30. Ret. dir.,
Glider Pilot Ground School.
Mary Lawrence Kristiansen ’40
H&HD (∆Ζ), White Plains, N.Y.—Jan.
31, 2011. Ret. teacher, Hastings-onHudson School District.
Max K. Wiant ’38 EMS (Blue Band),
State College—July 2. Ret. buyer,
LTV Steel Co. Brother: Harold ’57
Bus; children: Ken ’63, ’67 MS Agr;
Inez Howe ’65 Edu.
Andrew J. Snyder ’40 Eng (∆Φ),
Perry, Ga.—Feb. 3, 2011. World War
II Army Air Corps veteran, & ret.
plant engr. & plant mgr., Penn-Dixie
Cement Corp.
Donald F. Yerkes ’38 Agr (ΤΦ∆),
Seaford, Del.—July 17. Pres., Donald
F. Yerkes & Co.
Spurgeon K. Condo ’41 Agr, Contoocook, N.H.—July 1. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. marketing
mgr., Avery-Dennison.
Duane G. Clarke ’42 MS, ’44 PhD
Sci, Blue Bell, Pa.—May 25. Ret.
technical assoc., Rohm & Haas Co.
Edward H. Miller ’43 JD DSL, St.
Clair Shores, Mich.—Dec. 20, 2010.
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Katherine
Woolever
Shimer ’43 Lib
NEW
LIFE
MEMBERS
Frank J. Hoffman Jr. ’42 Eng,
Newville, Pa.—July 10. Owner, Sanitary Milk Co., & chair of bd., Curwensville State Bank. Son: Gary ’81,
’82 MEng Eng.
Helen Chaapel Hudson ’42 H&HD,
Ocilla, Ga.—Feb. 10, 2011. Ret. dealer/owner/operator, Chevrolet.
Marjorie “Mickey” McFarland Jordan ’42 Sci (ΑΧΩ), Fayetteville,
N.C.—June 30. Ret. lab supervisor,
Highland OB-GYN Clinic.
Col. John W. MacIndoe ’42 Sci
(AROTC), State College—Aug. 15.
World War II, Korean War, & Vietnam War Army veteran, & ret., Army.
Clayton H. Zahn ’38 Lib, Boynton
Beach, Fla.—Feb. 2, 2011. World War
II veteran, & ret., Macy’s, & ret. asst.
prof., F.I.T.
Mary Kowatch Crosby ’41 Edu,
Orlando, Fla.—Feb. 12, 2011. Brother:
George ’48 Bus.
Paul F. Spremulli ’42 PhD Sci,
Chapel Hill, N.C.—July 1. Ret., Corning Glass Works. Wife: Gertrude
Haspesiagh ’42 PhD Agr.
Howard B. Frankenfield ’39 Agr,
Suwanee, Ga.—May 21, 2010. World
War II Army veteran, & ret. forester
& land surveyor.
William J. Dorworth ’41 Eng (ΦΓ∆),
Indianapolis—Aug. 9. World War II
Navy veteran, & ret. industrial sales
district mgr., Gen. Electric.
Dorothy Bosley Wilder ’42 Com
(Thespians), Granby, Mass.—Feb. 9,
2011. Ret. asst. coord., Five Colleges
program, Amherst, & writer.
John C. Rissinger ’39 Eng (Triangle),
Elizabethtown, Pa.—Aug. 7. World
War II Army veteran, & ret. intl.
marketing mgr., Westinghouse Electric. Daughters: Patricia Almquist
’69 Lib; Deborah Hirtle ’74 H&HD;
Susan Tempest ’78 H&HD.
Edwin J. Klopp ’41 Agr, Homer, Alaska—Jan. 29, 2011. World War II Army
Air Corps veteran, & ret. station
chief, FAA.
C. Emerson Woolever ’42 Com (ΧΦ),
Bradenton, Fla.—June 28. World War
II veteran, & ret. pres. & dir. emeritus,
Millville Mutual Ins. Co., & ret. owner,
Millville & Ringtown Feed Mills &
Supply. Wife: Ruth Yocum ’42
H&HD; children: Janet Raytek ’65
H&HD; Joyce Deans ’65 H&HD; Jane
George ’69 H&HD.
John D. Beule ’40 MS Sci, Beaver
Dam, Wis.—Aug. 3. World War II
Army Air Corps veteran, & ret.
research biologist, Wis. Dept. of
Natural Resources.
Carl E. Trout ’41a Agr, Newport,
Pa.—June 27. Ret., PennDOT, &
farming.
Jerome H. “Bus” Blakeslee ’42 Lib
(ΣΦΕ, AROTC, Blue Key, Lion’s
Paw, Skull & Bones), Erie, Pa.—Aug.
25. World War II Army Air Corps
Richard W. Dinsmore ’43 Eng (ΣΧ),
Barrington, Ill.—Aug. 17. Ret. pres.,
Color Wizard Inc.
(ΖΤΑ), Milton, Pa.—June 26. Ret. PR
dir., Bucknell U. Sister: Naomi ’44
A&A, ’66 MA Com; daughter:
Katherine ’78 Com.
Marjorie Ruthhart Roberts ’44 Lib
(ΚΚΓ), Carlsbad, Calif.—July 16.
Daughter: Jo Anne Reynolds ’80
MA Hbg.
Arthur L. Simmers Jr. ’44 Eng,
Brookhaven, Miss.—June 18. Ret.
v.p. & dir., Copeland Assoc.
Frances Angle Vanden ’44 H&HD
(ΧΩ, La Vie), Waynesboro, Pa.—
July 2. Ret. postmaster.
Bernice Hack Blake ’45 Edu,
Walnut Creek, Calif.—June 23. Ret.
elementary school teacher, Passaic
Bd. of Edu.
Dr. James S. Harvey ’45 Sci (ΦΣΚ),
Coral Springs, Fla.—Aug. 14. Ret.
chief of staff, Philipsburg State Gen.
Hosp. Brother: William ’56 Sci.
Helen Schmidle Reed ’45 Edu, New
Wilmington, Pa.—July 18. Ret.
teacher. Husband: Paul ’42 EMS; sister: Sylvia Lafranchi ’42 Edu; children: Douglas ’74 H&HD; Judith Tjiattas ’78 H&HD; Joel ’82 EMS.
Patricia Witherow Whitall ’45 Lib
(Thespians), Bloomfield Hills, Mich.—
May 24. Ret., Cranbrook Art Museum.
Lyle A. Ammerman ’46 Eng (Thespians), Lake Ariel, Pa.—Feb. 7, 2011.
World War II Navy veteran, & ret.
exec., lighting div., Westinghouse.
George P. Arnold ’46 Sci, Santa Fe,
N.M.—Dec. 5, 2010. Ret., Los Alamos Natl. Lab.
Alan T. Bertram ’46 Bus, Sea Isle
City, N.J.—July 23. World War II
Army Air Corps veteran, & ret.
COO, State Saw Co.
Pauline Brundage ’46 Sci, East
Greenbush, N.Y.—Feb. 1, 2011. Ret.
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research chemist, SterlingWinthrop Research Inst.
Mary Bitner Erskine ’46 Edu, Dearborn Heights, Mich.—Aug. 5. Ret.
teacher.
Herbert A. Mendt ’46 A&A (Triangle, Soccer, Lion’s Paw, Parmi
Nous), New Westminster, B.C.—
April 1, 2010. Ret. architect.
Edward D. Beckman ’47 Agr (∆ΤΣ),
San Jose, Calif.—Sept. 20, 2010.
Antique dealer, Have Antiques
Will Sell.
Cecil R. Busler Jr. ’47 Agr (ΑΣΦ),
Lancaster, Pa.—April 23. Ret. v.p.,
McGeary Grain Co. Children:
Timothy ’71 Lib; Terrance ’73 Lib.
Roy R. Weiland ’47 Com, Dover,
Pa.—Jan. 28, 2011. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. regional mgr.,
McCrory’s Variety Stores.
Lt. Col. John L. Balega ’48 Eng
(Κ∆Ρ, Thespians), Detroit Lakes,
Minn.—Dec. 29, 2010. World War II
Army Air Corps & Vietnam War
veteran, & ret., Air Force.
Thomas E. Bradley Jr. ’48 Eng
(∆Τ∆), Chatham, N.J.—Jan. 13, 2011.
World War II veteran, & ret., Leeds
& Northrup. Wife: Joann Brennan
’48 Com; son: Kirk ’82 Agr.
Richard V. Cullison ’48 Bus (Φ∆Θ),
Matthews, N.C.—Jan. 29, 2011.
World War II Army Air Corps veteran. Daughter: Judy ’80 H&HD, ’88
MPA Hbg.
Robert M. Crockett ’47 Eng, Port
Charlotte, Fla.—June 27. World
War II Navy veteran, & ret. v.p.,
Public Service Electric & Gas Co.
Wife: Betty Vanderbeck ’49 Edu.
Dale H. Dennison ’48 Bus (ΣΦΣ),
Mount Holly, N.J.—Feb. 19, 2011.
World War II Air Force veteran, & ret.
auditor, Air Force. Son: Alan ’73 Sci.
Patricia Carney Griffith ’47 Lib
(ΑΓ∆), Pensacola Beach, Fla.—Aug.
17. Ret. owner, Golden Cricket.
Husband: William ’52 Sci.
Stanley Ellenbogen ’48 Agr (ΖΒΤ),
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.—June 29.
World War II Army veteran, former
POW.
Andrew L. Herster Jr. ’47 JD
DSL, Easton, Pa.—Nov. 24, 2010.
World War II Navy veteran, &
ret. sr. partner, Heston, Newton,
& Murphy.
Samuel C. Holland Jr. ’48 Lib, ’51 JD
DSL (ΘΧ), Beaver, Pa.—June 30.
Ret. atty.
Darwin B. Palmer ’47 Agr, Wilmington, Del.—July 30. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. estimator/
engr., J.T. Ward & Son.
Llewellyn S. Parsons ’47 Lib, Binghamton, N.Y.—Jan. 31, 2011. World
ret. math teacher, Union-Endicott
School District.
George A. Schaffner II ’47 Lib
(Thespians), Tulsa, Okla.—Jan. 15,
2011. World War II Army Air Corps
veteran, & ret. sales pipeline mgr.,
Wheatley-Geosource.
Isabel Myers van den Noort ’47 Sci
(ΑΟΠ), North Hero, Vt.—Jan. 27,
2011. Homemaker.
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Wilma Grove King ’48, ’49 MEd
Edu, Venice, Fla.—Dec. 29, 2010.
Ret. speech pathologist.
Peter F. Kupcik ’48 Bus (ΦΣΚ),
Scottsdale, Ariz.—Aug. 1. Ret. v.p.,
First Interstate Bank.
Llewellyn R. LeVan ’48 Agr (Blue
Band), Bluffton, S.C.—Jan. 29, 2011.
Owner, LeVan’s Cleaning Service
& Mfg.
Shirley Ann Pritzker Mabry ’48
Bus, Raleigh, N.C.—Jan. 4, 2011. Ret.
chief librarian, VA Medical Ctr.
Robert W. Rust Sr. ’48 Eng,
Broomall, Pa.—June 25. Ret. administrator, Penn Home.
Harry A. Schnavely Jr. ’48 Eng,
January/February 2012
Altoona, Pa.—Jan. 20, 2011. World
ret. sr. tool designer, Bendix Corp.
Korean War veteran, receiving Purple Heart. Ret. pres., Goodyear
Publishing Co.
Anthony J. Scolieri ’48 Bus, Aptos,
Calif.—Feb. 22, 2011.
Margaret Bopp Higgins ’49 Bus,
Hatboro, Pa.—July 31. World War II
Coast Guard Women’s Reserve veteran, & ret. acctnt., ICC.
John K. Smouse Jr. ’48 Agr,
Williamsport, Pa.—Jan. 13, 2011. Ret.
floral design coord., Frank’s Nursery
& Crafts.
William M. Stiteler Jr. ’48 Agr
(Track/Cross Country, Skull &
Bones), Indiana, Pa.—June 17. World
War II Army veteran, & ret. forester,
U.S. Forest Service. Son: William III
’64, ’65 MS Agr, ’70 PhD Sci.
Robert B. Widder ’48 A&A, Alexandria, Va.—June 8. World War II
Army Air Force veteran, & ret.
designer, Smithsonian Inst., Air &
Space Museum.
Robert E. Winslow ’48 Eng,
Altoona, Pa.—Feb. 5, 2011. World
War II Air Force veteran, & ret.
owner/pres., R.B. Winslow & Son
Construction. Daughter: Bonnie
Benson ’72 Edu.
Joseph K. Bird ’49 Lib (ΦΚΨ, Thespians), San Diego, Calif.—Jan. 8, 2011.
Ret. actor.
John B. Carey ’49, ’78 PhD Agr
(ΑΓΡ), Smyrna, Del.—Sept. 13, 2010.
Ret. soil scientist.
William G. Disque ’49 Agr, Greensboro, N.C.—Aug. 5. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. founder &
pres., Disque Furniture Corp.
Robert B. Frankhouse ’49 Lib (ΧΦ,
Cheerleader), Coto De Caza, Calif.—
May 2. World War II Merchant
Marine & Korean War Navy veteran,
& ret., Adventure Creations Inc.
Wife: Florence Drummond ’51 Lib.
James I. Gardner Sr. ’49 Eng Behrend,
Union City, Pa.—Dec. 19, 2010. World
War II Army veteran, & ret. tool &
dye maker, Bob Lech Tool & Dye.
Alfred W. Goodyear III ’49 Lib
(ΣΑΕ), Escondido, Calif.—July 23.
Charles L. Holupka ’49 Bus, Waynesburg, Pa.—Jan. 29, 2011. World
War II Army veteran, & ret. acctnt.,
Southwestern Pa. Water Authority.
Ernest O. Kistler Jr. ’49 Agr (ΑΓΡ),
Emmaus, Pa.—Feb. 4, 2011. Ret. mgr.,
Pa. State Liquor Store.
Richard F. Morgan ’49 Lib (Acacia),
Shamokin, Pa.—April 30. World
War II Navy veteran, & ret., PR,
Richmore Inc.
Elwood L. Petchel ’49 H&HD (ΠΚΑ,
Football), Pen Argyl, Pa.—Feb. 15,
2011. World War II Navy veteran, &
ret. phys. ed. teacher, & football
coach, Pen Argyl School District.
Son: Elwood Jr. ’76 H&HD.
Jack W. Risheberger ’49 Eng, Bellefonte, Pa.—Aug. 7. World War II
Army veteran, & architect.
Thomas E. Salisbury ’49 Eng (∆Χ),
Chicago—June 19. World War II
Army Air Force veteran, & ret. pres.,
Firestone Synthetic & Latex Co.
Beverly Eldridge Wagenknecht ’49
H&HD, York, Pa.—Aug. 1. Homemaker. Husband: Arthur ’49 Eng; daughter: Ann Webster ’71a H&HD Worth.
Raymond A. Alleman ’50 Eng, Lancaster, Pa.—Jan. 6, 2011. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. consulting engr.,
Raymond Alleman PE. Children: Raymond Jr. ’77 Bus; Charles ’79 Bus.
Frank M. Ebert ’50 Agr (ΑΖ), Lansdale, Pa.—Jan. 18, 2011. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. dir. of agr.
activities, Norristown State Hosp.
Donald P. Hollen ’50 H&HD, Reno,
Nev.—July 21. World War II Army
veteran, & ret. claims superintendent, State Farm Mutual Ins. Co.
// NEW LIFE MEMBERS
IN MEMORIAM //
// IN MEMORIAM
Gerald E. Hollenbach ’50 Eng, Bensalem, Pa.—July 28. Ret. chemical
engr. Sister: Joyce Kirkpatrick ’45
Sci; children: John ’78 Eng; Frank ’82,
’90 MEng Eng.
Charles R. Kirk ’50, ’51 MS Agr, Hustontown, Pa.—June 8. World War II
Army Air Force veteran, & ret. soil
conservationist, USDA.
Harold E. Klobetanz ’50 H&HD,
Hollidaysburg, Pa.—June 28. World
War II Navy veteran, & ret., food
sales, Sky Bros.
Orvis S. “Skip” Kustanbauter ’50 Bus,
Harrisburg, Pa.—July 9. Ret. mgr.,
administrative services, AMP Inc.
Donald I. Latterner ’50 Bus, Pittsburgh—July 23. World War II veteran, receiving Purple Heart.
Joseph Meyer ’50 Eng, Boynton
Beach, Fla.—May 8. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. owner/operator, Charles Meyer & Son. Daughter:
Rebecca Hoffman ’93 Bus.
Charles A. Oerkvitz ’50 Eng (Glee
Club), Gwynedd, Pa.—May 30. Ret.
chief lighting engr., City of Philadelphia. Wife: Helen Dreher ’50 Lib;
daughter: Susan ’73, ’75 MA, ’82
PhD Lib.
Lee E. Perna ’50 Bus (Gymnastics),
Westlake, Ohio—Aug. 4. Ret.
supervisor, Cleveland Electric Illuminate Co.
Perry O. Pherson ’50 Eng, Dallastown, Pa.—Feb. 6, 2011. World
War II Navy veteran, & ret., Interstate Paper Corp. Son: John ’08
MEd Edu WC.
William B. Renshaw Jr. ’50 Agr,
Santa Monica, Calif.—Feb. 4, 2011.
World War II Army veteran, & ret.
mgmt. consultant.
Teresa Gonsky Schank ’50 Lib, New
Kensington, Pa.—Feb. 1, 2011. Ret.
teacher, Deer Lake School District.
Husband: Robert ’50 Com; daughters: Dayle ’74 Edu; Judith Newingham ’83 H&HD.
Harry H. Smith Jr. ’50 Bus, Clifton
Park, N.Y.—July 7. World War II Navy
veteran, & ret. systems analyst, IBM.
Carl R. Sova ’51 Agr, Atlanta—July
3. Ret., EPA.
Knoxville, Tenn.—July 5. World
War II Navy veteran, & ret., U.S.
govt.
NEW LIFE MEMBERS //
Richard H. Crawford ’51 Edu (ΣΝ),
Ballwin, Mo.—Aug. 27. Ret. personnel dir., Parkway School District.
Wife: Dixiana Taft ’55 Edu.
Frederick V. Felbaum Sr. ’51 (Football), Greensburg, Pa.—Dec. 20,
2010. Ret. carpenter.
Richard N. Griffith ’51 Agr, Ebensburg,
Pa.—July 9. Ret., Griffith Farm Dairy.
Richard L. Herman ’51 Bus (ΦΣΚ),
York, Pa.—Aug. 13. World War II
Army Air Corps veteran, & ret.,
Cigna Corp.
Ralph D. Houck ’51 Eng, Voorhees,
N.J.—July 26. Ret., RCA.
Norman M. Junk ’51 MS Sci, North
Fort Myers, Fla.—Feb. 17, 2010.
Howard C. Karr ’51 EMS (Θ∆Χ),
Youngstown, Ohio—July 25. World
War II Air Force veteran, & ret.
metallurgist, U.S. Steel.
Harvey F. Light ’51 Bus (Track/Cross
Country), Pittsburgh—Jan. 17, 2011.
Pres., Pittsburgh Ceiling Tile.
Suzanne Halperin Maltz ’51 Lib
(Σ∆Τ, Collegian), NYC—Aug. 12.
L. Paul Moore Jr. ’51 Agr, Grove
City, Pa.—Jan. 14, 2011. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. county exec.
dir., Venango & Forest ASCS, &
farmer.
Jerome J. Perry ’51 Agr, Raleigh,
N.C.—May 17. Prof. emeritus,
microbiology, N.C. State U. Brother:
William ’52 Sci.
Michael J. Rubino Sr. ’51 H&HD
(ΑΦ∆, Wrestling, Parmi Nous),
Pittsburgh—July 9. Founder, Rubino
Produce.
John W. Smidansky ’51 Eng (ΣΝ,
Football, Lions Paw, Skull & Bones),
Newbury, Ohio—May 29, 2010. Ret.
pres. & COO, Fla. Aerospace.
Everell E. “Ted” Van Tassel ’51, Olive
Branch, Miss.—Aug. 9. Ret. chemist,
& ret. deacon, Holy Spirit Catholic
Church. Brother: Lloyd ’53 Eng.
William C. Yockey ’51 MS Agr,
Sioux City, Iowa—Jan. 3, 2011.
World War II Marine Corps veteran, & ret. prof. & chair, chemistry
dept., Morningside Coll.
Frances Waring Stewart ’52 H&HD,
Houston—Nov. 4, 2010. Homemaker. Husband: William ’52, ’53 MS
EMS.
Louis C. Zwirek ’52 MEd Edu,
Clifton, N.J.—March 16. Ret. principal & football coach, Nutley H.S.
Robert F. Anderson ’52 Agr,
Roswell, Ga.—May 29. Ret., Dresser
Industries.
Barbara Frankenfield Fasick ’53 Lib,
Easton, Pa.—Feb. 5, 2011. Ret.,
Northampton County Dept. of
Human Services.
Robert C. Barwick ’52, ’55 MS EMS,
Madison, N.J.—Aug. 14. Korean War
Army veteran, & ret. v.p. & dir. of
overseas consultants, Stone &
Webster Mgmt. Consultants Inc.
Bernadine Mietus Galimberti ’53
A&A, Fort Mill, S.C.—Aug. 18. Ret.
high school music teacher. Children: Carol Wells ’80 Bus; David
’87 Eng; Mark ’88 Lib.
James L. Betz ’52 Eng, Ocean City,
N.J.—Feb. 2, 2011. World War II Army
veteran, & ret. chief industrial engr.,
U.S. Steel. Children: Judy Zuch ’73
Edu; Randal ’73 Sci; James Jr. ’79 Bus.
Herbert L. Jones Jr. ’53 Sci (ΑΧΣ),
Cupertino, Calif.—April 21. Principal
polymer engr., BAE Systems.
Darwin H. Bistline ’52, ’59 MEd Edu
(Blue Band), Greensboro, N.C.—
July 16. Ret. asst. superintendent,
Altoona Area School District, & ret.
private music teacher. Daughter:
Tina ’78 Edu.
Marjorie Merkel DeTurck ’52 Edu
(ΦΜ), Pennside, Pa.—June 5. Son:
Richard ’75 EMS.
Joseph E. Frey ’52 Agr, Berwick,
Pa.—July 7. World War II Army
veteran.
Joseph L. Leitzinger ’52 Eng (ΤΚΕ),
Tacoma, Wash.—Jan. 17, 2011. Ret.
v.p. of public affairs, Simpson Timber Co. Wife: V. Robin Brunner ’52
H&HD.
Richard R. McDonough ’52, ’58 MA
Lib (ΣΦΕ), Audubon, Pa.—March
22. World War II Army Air Force
veteran, & ret. prof., speech communications, Villanova U. Wife:
Madeline Smith ’55 Edu.
Archibald S. Ramsay ’52 MA Lib,
Joseph M. Kline ’53 Com (∆Τ∆,
AFROTC, Froth), Pittsburgh—
March 8. Ret. advtg. exec.
Joyce Rife Norris ’53 Edu (ΑΓ∆),
Cincinnati—July 29. Husband:
Harold ’51 Eng.
Mildred E. Weaver ’53, ’56 MEd
Edu, Port Matilda, Pa.—June 25.
Ret. teacher, Port Matilda School
District.
Allan J. Berger ’54 JD DSL, Narberth, Pa.—Aug. 6. Ret. appeals
officer, IRS. Children: Andrea ’80
H&HD; Lisa Baskin ’82 Bus; Adam
’89 Bus.
Thomas A. Carrig ’54a Eng
Behrend, Erie, Pa.—Feb. 13, 2010.
Korean War Navy veteran, & ret.
engr., Conrail.
Thomas J. Long ’54 H&HD, Yadkinville, N.C.—Nov. 17, 2010. Ret.
hosp. administrator, U.S. Public
Health Service.
Janet Karp Mahrer ’54 Lib, Tucson,
Ariz.—Jan. 12, 2011. Ret. social worker.
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IN MEMORIAM //
// IN MEMORIAM
Robert J. Rudolph ’54 Eng, Milwaukee—Sept. 24, 2010. Assoc. prof. of
industrial engrg., Milwaukee School
of Engrg.
Michael J. Sabo ’54 Eng, West
Middlesex, Pa.—June 24. Partner,
Hunter, Heiges, Sabo, Douglass,
& Rogers Architects. Wife:
Margaret Trolier ’54 Com; son:
Matthew ’87 Agr.
Gerald J. Upcavage ’54 Lib, Tampa,
Fla.—Jan. 11, 2011. Ret. lab asst.,
Anheuser Busch, & real estate
agent.
Patricia Beahan Bachman ’55 Com
(Collegian), Erin, N.Y.—Jan. 2, 2011.
Ret. teacher, Horseheads (N.Y.).
Husband: Howard ’55 Lib; brothers:
William ’62 Sci, ’66 MS, ’69 PhD
Eng; Bruce ’66 Bus; son: James ’84
MBA Bus.
Charles R. Brader ’55, ’59 MS Agr
(Θ∆Χ), Silver Spring, Md.—March
31. Ret., U.S. govt.
Frank Gabron ’55 MS Eng (ΦΣΚ,
Alum Fellow), Hollis, N.H.—May 17.
Ret. CEO, pres., & chair of bd.,
Helix Technology Corp.
Joseph F. Jumba Jr. ’55 Eng, Trafford, Pa.—Oct. 15, 2010. World
War II Navy veteran, & ret., Bureau
of Mines.
Paul J. Soltis ’55 EMS, Hatboro,
Pa.—Dec. 23, 2010. Ret. metallurgist, Lakehurst Naval Station. Children: Michael ’93 Hbg; Elizabeth
’92 A&A; Edward ’95 Hbg.
Edward W. Sznyter Jr. ’55 Edu, Virginia Beach, Va.—June 6. Ret.
chemistry teacher, Norfolk City
Schools.
Karl M. Haller ’56a Eng Alt, Claymont, Del.—July 30. Ret., DuPont,
Allstate Engrg., & BE & K Engrg.
Layton E. Matchulet ’56 MEd Edu, Oil
City, Pa.—April 9. Ret. superintendent, Oil City Area School District.
Sara Mattern ’56 MEd Edu, Osceo-
la Mills, Pa.—March 5. Ret. home
economics teacher, PhilipsburgOsceola School District.
Dir., info. sharing office, U.S. Dept.
of Transportation.
District. Son: Larry ’97 MEd Edu.
Elmer E. Griffith ’58 Eng, New Holland, Pa.—July 18. Korean War Army
veteran, & ret. consulting engr., Sun
Oil Co.
//
John C.LIFE
McNamara
’59 Agr, BrackNEW
MEMBERS
Mary Klevan Rothrauff ’56 Lib,
Hollidaysburg, Pa.—April 6. Brother: Thomas ’62 DSL, ’70 MEd Lib;
son: Richard ’89 Hbg.
Jean L. Shelley ’56 MEd Edu,
Langhorne, Pa.—July 6. Ret. teacher, Pennsbury School District.
Robert W. Fox ’57 Agr (∆ΘΣ),
North East, Pa.—July 18. Area mgr.
& field service dir., Natl. Grape Coop. Children: Mark ’85 Sci; Christopher ’87 Bus; Pamela Tefft ’92 Bus.
Sarah Rice Fuss ’57 Edu, Gettysburg, Pa.—July 17. Ret. substitute
teacher. Brother: David ’43 Agr.
Col. James W. “Bill” Hall ’57 EMS,
Tucson, Ariz.—Jan. 31, 2011. Ret.
weather officer, Air Force. Son:
Kenneth ’83 Eng.
Lorraine Rhoads Harvilla ’57 MEd,
’65 DEd Edu, Kutztown, Pa.—
March 21. Ret., Kutztown U.
Richard N. Steigerwalt Sr. ’57 Agr,
Kutztown, Pa.—Jan. 30, 2011. Ret.
dir. of home healthcare, Lehigh
Valley Health Network. Sons:
Richard ’79 Lib; David ’85 Sci; Douglas ’92 H&HD.
Norman W. Cover ’58 Eng, Rotterdam, N.Y.—April 27. Son: Andrew
’82 EMS.
C. Melvin Criste ’58 Bus, Coraopolis,
Pa.—Aug. 16. Ret. logistics mgr., Calgon Carbon Corp. Brother: Donald
’50 Eng; son: Robert ’91 Bus.
Philip R. Detwiler ’58 JD DSL, Laredo, Texas—March 19. Atty.
Catherine Young Diehl ’58, ’60
MEd Edu, Hollidaysburg, Pa.—Oct.
3, 2010.
John B. Fry ’58 MEd H&HD,
Chesterfield, Va.—July 3. Korean
War veteran, & ret. teacher, coach,
& athletic dir., Perry Joint School
Harvey J. Hambleton ’58 MS EMS,
St. Augustine, Fla.—Feb. 1, 2011. Ret.
loan officer, People Loan.
Dennis A. Jewell ’58 Agr (AFROTC),
Spokane, Wash.—Jan. 7, 2011. Vietnam War Air Force veteran, & ret.
state examiner, Wash. State Auditor’s Office.
Vaughn Morris ’58 Edu (ΑΦΑ,
Thespians), Fairfax, Va.—Jan. 19, 2011.
World War II Navy veteran, & ret.
teacher.
Bobby L. Paulsell ’58 MS EMS, Mandeville, La.—Dec. 29, 2010. Ret.
petroleum engr., Texaco.
Stanley D. Soules ’58 MS EMS, Jacksonsville, Fla.—July 3. World War II
Navy veteran, & ret. research meteorologist, NOAA.
John F. Collins ’59 A&A (Alum Fellow), Glenside, Pa.—Aug. 5. Ret.
urban planner & landscape architect. Wife: Sandra Snowdon ’58
Agr; children: John ’86 A&A;
Matthew ’93 Sci.
Lt. Col. William E. Dawson ’59 Bus,
Arlington, Va.—April 7. Ret., Navy,
& ret., U.S. Dept. of Commerce.
Leona Buzash Eaton ’59 MEd Edu,
Mountain Top, Pa.—Feb. 10, 2011.
Guy D. Eroh ’59, ’62 MS Agr,
Wheatland, Iowa—March 15.
Supervisor, Oscar Mayer.
Clyde E. Foster ’59 Agr, Trinity,
Texas—March 26.
John P. Kenyon ’59 Agr, Columbus,
Ohio—July 25. Korean War Air
Force veteran, & prof. emeritus,
food sci., Ohio State U.
Alfonso B. Linhares ’59 Eng, Lakewood Ranch, Fla.—Dec. 19, 2010.
ney, Pa.—July 28, 2010. Ret. dir.,
Claverack Rural Electric. Son: John
’85 Lib.
Francis L. Blanchard ’60 Agr, Wellsboro, Pa.—Aug. 24. World War II
Army veteran, & ret. farm loan
appraiser, Equitable Life.
Kenneth B. Colebank ’60 MA Lib,
Lexington, Ky.—Jan. 13, 2011. Korean
War Army veteran, & ret. history
prof., U. of Ky.
Richard E. Crawford ’60 EMS, Calhoun, La.—Jan. 29, 2011. Ret. civil
engr., Graphic Packaging Inc.
Jacob J. Dupree Sr. ’60 MEd Sci,
Crossville, Tenn.—Aug. 18. World
War II Navy veteran, & ret. asst.
principal, Cooley H.S.
David M. Hallstrom ’60 MEd, ’65
DEd Edu, Scottsdale, Ariz.—July 9.
Ret. school superintendent,
Greenville Area School District, &
ret. assoc. prof. & acting chair, edu.
dept., Grove City Coll.
Gordon L. “Lucky” Luckenbaugh
’60 Agr, Queensbury, N.Y.—Jan. 26,
2011. Ret., U.S. Forest Service.
Lt. Col. Melvin H. Rajala ’60 MS EMS,
Colorado Springs, Colo.—Feb. 19,
2011. World War II & Korean War
Army Air Corps veteran, & ret., Air
Force, & ret. meteorologist, North
American Air Defense Command.
Maj. Edgar S. Walker ’60 Lib (ΘΧ,
Thespians), Papillion, Neb.—July 10.
Ret., Air Force, receiving Bronze Star,
& teacher, Tara Heights School.
Neil J. Wilding ’60 Agr, Nashville,
Tenn.—March 10. Father: John
’31 Eng.
William H. Fahringer ’61 Eng, Sparks,
Nev.—Feb. 11, 2011.
Thomas A. George ’61 Eng, Fairview,
Pa.—Feb. 11, 2011. Ret. dir. of engrg.,
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// NEW LIFE MEMBERS
IN MEMORIAM //
// IN MEMORIAM
U.S. Forest Service.
Lt. Col. Richard B. Kissinger ’61 MS
EMS, Monument, Colo.—May 30.
Ret., Air Force.
Howard L. Landis ’61 MEd, ’63 DEd
Edu, Dillsburg, Pa.—July 2. Ret. psychology prof., Messiah Coll.
Emil Roman ’61 Eng, Simpsonville,
S.C.—June 11. Ret. mechanical engr.
Nicholas G. VanBuskirk ’61 Eng,
Canton, Ohio—Feb. 2, 2011. Ret.
v.p., engrg., Electrolux, & ret.,
Therm-O-Disc.
James A. Waite ’61 Bus, Vero Beach,
Calif.—July 26. Ret., Fla. Dept. of
Transportation.
Carl H. Weaver ’61, ’65 MEd Edu,
New Holland, Pa.—June 25. Ret.
industrial arts dept. coord., State
College H.S. Wife: LaVonne Monge
’72 Edu.
John J. Castranio ’62 Eng, Raleigh,
N.C.—March 3. Korean War Marine
Corps veteran, & staff programmer,
IBM Corp.
Louis J. Colaianni ’62 EMS, ’63 Eng,
Pittsburgh—Aug. 16. Ret. chemical
& fuel technology engr., ATSI Engrg.
Edmond G. DeLuca Jr. ’62 DSL, Ocean
View, N.J.—Aug. 13. Vietnam War
Army veteran, & criminal law investigator, Al Black Detective Agency.
Mary M. Melusky ’62 Lib, ’64 MEd
Edu (ΑΣΑ), Cornwall, Pa.—Dec. 27,
2010. Ret. financial consultant,
Wachovia.
Kenneth G. Trout ’62 Sci,
Riverview, Fla.—Feb. 6, 2011. Ret.
research assoc., Controlled Release
Technologies.
Pauline Doto Diamond ’63 Lib, Fort
Washington, Pa.—June 25. Office
mgr., Victor Dye Works. Children:
Myles ’90 Bus; Elizabeth ’91 H&HD.
David A. Kocher ’63 Lib, Pinehurst,
N.C.—May 22. Ret. pres., property
casualty group, Aetna. Siblings:
Philip ’75 Lib; Constance Green ’76
Lib; son: John ’90 Lib, ’93 JD DSL.
City, Ohio—June 10. Ret. math
teacher, U. of Rio Grande. Husband:
William ’63 Eng, ’69 PhD EMS; Sister:
Kathleen Harris ’78 Agr.
Raymond E. Taylor ’67 PhD IDF, W.
Lafayette, Ind.—July 7. Ret. pres.,
TPRL Inc.
NEW LIFE MEMBERS //
Gerald E. Purcell ’63 MEd Sci,
Lewistown, Pa.—April 15. Korean
War Army veteran, & ret. chemistry
& physics teacher, Lewistown Area
H.S. Son: Timothy ’80 Eng.
Luis E. Sanchis ’63 PhD Sci, Elizabethtown, Pa.—Aug. 16. Ret. math
prof., Syracuse U.
Bernard H. Speiser ’63 Edu, Bordentown, N.J.—July 3. Ret. teacher, N.J.
Dept. of Corrections.
Bruce L. Waltman ’63 Lib, ’66 JD
DSL, Orwigsburg, Pa.—Feb. 3, 2011.
Ret. atty., Bruce L. Waltman Law
Office. Children: Crystal Snyder ’93
Lib; Eric ’97, ’98 MEng Eng.
Earl V. Allgood ’64 DEd Agr, Ettrick,
Va.—May 19. Ret. dir., institutional
research, & prof. emeritus, statistics, Va. State U.
Maj. Hermon W. “Hy” Farwell Jr. ’64
MA Lib, Pueblo, Colo.—April 6.
World War II veteran, & ret., Air
Force, & prof. emeritus, speech,
Colo. State U.
Larry M. Hale ’64 Bus, Hollidaysburg, Pa.—Aug. 26. Founder,
Allegheny Trucks Inc. Brothers:
Terry ’69 Bus; Richard ’80 EMS.
Joseph Kleinfelter ’64 JD DSL, Harrisburg, Pa.—Aug. 9. Sr. judge,
Dauphin County.
Joanne Paroly Pitman ’64 Edu,
Mount Laurel, N.J.—March 4. Plumstead Twp. School District.
Bruno M. “Buck” Baggio ’65, ’67
MEd Edu (RA), Birmingham, Ala.—
July 2. Ret. dir. of mgmt. & organization development, Vulcan Materials
Co. Wife: Kathleen Renne ’65, ’66
MEd Edu.
Sunny Schnier Ralfini ’65 Lib,
NYC—July 3. TV producer/mgr.
Eileen Hayes Stitt ’65 Sci, Crown
Herbert G. Summerfield Jr. ’65 JD
DSL, Allison Park, Pa.—June 16. Ret.
exec. v.p., PNC Bank.
Dennis J. “Chip” Cardoni ’66a Eng
WB, Plains, Pa.—April 6. Ret. engr.,
Verizon Inc.
Genevieve Parsons Cerwonka ’66
A&A, Binghamton, N.Y.—July 28.
Art teacher & artist. Son: Adam
Callaway ’96 H&HD.
Thomas M. Flannery ’66 JD DSL,
Media, Pa.—March 29, 2010. Criminal defense atty.
Sandra Wachter McMillin ’66 Sci,
Wexford, Pa.—July 25. Ret. medical
technologist, Passavant Hosp.
C. Lee Moore ’66 Edu (∆ΣΦ),
South Bend, Ind.—July 10. Sales
rep., Tire Rack.
Robert J. Morrison ’66 Lib,
Clementon, N.J.—July 4.
Margaret Turner Healy ’66 Lib
(ΑΓ∆), Lincoln University, Pa.—
April 25. Unisys.
Gerald W. Bayer ’67a Eng MtAlt,
Ellicott City, Md.—Feb. 15, 2011.
V.p., operations, Sterling Winthrop.
Robert E. Glacken Sr. ’67 Edu,
Wellsburg, N.Y.—March 18. Ret.
dean of students, Parley Coburn
School.
Serge Onufrey ’67 MEng Eng GrtVly, Phoenixville, Pa.—Feb. 19, 2011.
Ret. engr., Gen. Electric & Lockheed Martin. Son: Victor: ’79 Sci.
John G. Paltanavich ’67a Eng WB,
Boca Raton, Fla.—April 26. Vietnam
War Air Force veteran, & ret., electric div., UGI Utilities.
Bernadette Schultz ’67 A&A,
Philadelphia, Pa.—Feb. 2, 2011. Art
teacher, Hatboro-Horsham H.S.
Barbara Solit Bodenheimer ’68 Lib,
Philadelphia—Aug. 10. Ret.
CFO/owner, Egotrips entertainment transportation co.
Carl E. Emmerich ’68 DEd Edu,
Charleston, Ill.—Feb. 14, 2011. Korean War Air Force veteran, & prof.
emeritus, Eastern Ill. U.
James M. Ferber ’68 Lib (ΑΕΠ),
Bexley, Ohio—July 31. Atty./managing shareholder, Littler Mendelson. Sister: Peggy ’75 MEd Edu.
Peter T. Sweet ’68 EMS,
Canandaigua, N.Y.—Jan. 24, 2011.
Ret. principal, Little Falls Jr.-Sr. H.S.
J. Lloyd Ebersole ’69 Agr, Duncannon, Pa.—July 10. Ret. asst. mgr. &
dir., sire development, Select Sire
Power.
J. William Haskins Sr. ’69 MEd Eng,
Perrysburg, Ohio—Feb. 12, 2010.
Prof. emeritus, engrg., U. of Toledo.
Steven A. Henderson ’69 Bus
(Lacrosse), Stone Harbor, N.J.—July
20. Ret., PNB/CoreStates Bank, &
Cape May County Tax Bd. Brother:
Earle ’59 Bus.
Karen Lehman Mazuer ’69 Lib
(∆∆∆), Avalon, N.J.—June 14. Flight
attendant, United Airlines.
Sylvia E. Miller ’69 Edu, Silver
Spring, Md.—Feb. 6, 2011. Technical
proofreader. Husband: John ’69
MS, ’72 PhD EMS; daughter:
Andrea ’00 Sci.
Gregory D. Savage ’69 EMS (ΑΧΡ),
New Hartford, N.Y.—Feb. 11, 2011.
V.p. of finance, Revere Copper
Products. Son: Matthew ’02 H&HD.
Steven R. Wheeler ’69 Sci (ΑΧΣ),
Sarasota, Fla.—May 23. Food scientist, Unilever Bestfoods.
George G. “Rabbit” Bittner Jr. ’71
H&HD, Bridgeville, Pa.—July 18. Mfg.
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IN MEMORIAM //
// IN MEMORIAM
NEW LIFE MEMBERS //
rep., Dawson Judson Romine Assoc.
Siblings: Paul ’76 Bus; Jeanmarie
Jacob ’04 Lib Allghy, ’11 MEd Edu
WC; daughter: Molly ’00 H&HD.
Brian D. Cotter ’79 Eng,
Noblesville, Ind.—July 11. V.p.,
Simon Property Group.
Thomas H. Schlichter ’71 Bus, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla.—June 14. Brother:
Charles ’67 Bus.
John S. Maynard ’79a Eng WB,
Farmington, N.Y.—Oct. 28, 2010.
Ret. development technical asst.,
Eastman Kodak Co.
William A. Schweitzer Jr. ’71 A&A
(ΘΧ), Verona, Pa.—July 2. Bus.
owner.
Edward J. Slade Jr. ’79 Com (Tennis), Fairfield, Conn.—July 7.
Founder/CEO, Twelve Beverages.
Dr. James H. Itzcovitz ’72, ’75 MEd
H&HD, ’84r Hershey, Montville,
N.J.—Aug. 27. Physician, Overlook
Hosp.
Thomas J. Leidigh ’80 PhD Sci,
Englewood, Colo.—May 28. Software mgr., Lockheed Martin Corp.
Wife: Jacquelyn Stirn ’77 MPA Lib;
daughter: Susan Boles ’03 Lib.
Prudence Gesing Welsh ’72 Edu,
Herndon, Va.—July 14. Program
administrator, Safety Equipment
Inst. Husband: Robert ’72 Bus.
Michael L. Ciavarella ’74a Lib Alt,
Altoona, Pa.—April 20. Ret. car
salesman. Sons: Michael ’90 Lib;
Anthony ’91 Sci.
Norris M. Durham ’74 PhD Lib,
Waterloo, Iowa—Jan. 26, 2011. Ret.
prof. of anthropology, U. of
Northern Iowa.
Richard C. Gray ’74a Bus WB,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.—March 4. Branch
mgr., Medico Industries. Brother:
Fred ’69a Eng WB.
Robin G. Joseph ’75 MS H&HD,
Durham, N.C.—May 16, 2010.
Counselor, Cancer Patient Support, Duke U. Comprehensive
Cancer Ctr.
Cay L. Baleshta ’76 H&HD (ΦΜ,
Basketball, Softball), Harrisburg,
Pa.—March 13. Paralegal.
Frederick R. Stover ’76 Hbg, Hershey, Pa.—June 28. Owner, Frederick R. Stover Ins. Consulting.
Russell L. Yeckley ’76 EMS,
Latrobe, Pa.—Aug. 13. Ceramic
engr., Kennametal Inc.
Nancy Ellis Guseman ’78 MEd Edu,
Summerfield, Fla.—April 17. Ret.
realtor, ReMax Centre Realty.
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Scott A. Gaisior ’81a Eng Alt, Milroy, Pa.—Feb. 25, 2011. Service
technician, Gen. Electric.
Mary C. Miller ’81a Bus Fayt, Dunbar, Pa.—July 24. Ret., Pa. Dept. of
Public Welfare.
Alfred W. Gregor ’82a Eng WB,
West Wyoming, Pa.—July 27. Packaging specialist, Army Dept. of
Defense.
Caroline J. Travers ’82 MEd Edu,
DuBois, Pa.—Feb. 15, 2011. Ret. Title I
reading & math coord., DuBois Area
School District. Son: Stephen ’75 Lib.
Robert W. Ernharth ’83 Bus,
Greencastle, Pa.—July 2. Mechanical engr., Volvo Powertrain. Daughter: Christine, undergrad.
Charles A. Klumpp III ’83a Lib, Marietta, Pa.—July 20. Vietnam War
Marine Corps veteran, & ret. acctnt.
Carl B. Rice ’83 Lib, ’93 JD DSL, Sunbury, Pa.—July 22. District judge.
Robert J. Steighner ’83 Sci, St.
Augustine, Fla.—Feb. 28, 2011.
Molecular biologist.
Pamela Miller Buford ’84 Lib, ’96
MEd Edu, Columbus, Ohio—
Aug. 1. Counselor. Husband:
Gordon ’88 EMS.
Thomas C. Massung ’84 Eng (Trian-
January/February 2012
gle), Loveland, Ohio—May 17, 2010.
Dir., info. technology, SAP. Wife:
Pamela K. Masteller ’82 Agr; brother: James ’90 Behrend.
Master Sgt. Robert B. Pomeroy ’84
Hbg, Carlisle, Pa.—June 22. Ret., Air
Force. Son: Steven ’89 Lib.
John A. Cushner ’85a Eng WB,
Hanover Twp., Pa.—June 16. Field
engr., Coinstar. Brother: Joseph ’88a
Bus Worth.
Sally M. Everhart ’86 MEd Edu,
Lemoyne, Pa.—March 7. Ret.
teacher, Franklin County Career &
Technical Ctr.
William W. Owens ’86a Eng Shen,
Greenville, Pa.—May 24. Asst.
engrg. technician, Mercer County
Bridge Dept.
Kenneth Woodbridge ’87 A&A
(Thespians), Scranton, Pa.—Aug. 15.
Managing dir., Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
George L. Hannon IV ’92 Eng
(ΦΣΚ), East Berlin, Pa.—July 26.
Restaurant owner. Sister: Debra ’85
JD DSL.
John D. Kling ’92 Eng (Triangle),
Erdenheim, Pa.—July 6. Production
mgr., David Michael & Co. Wife:
Susan Lubking ’95 Bus.
Scott J. Beard ’93 Berks, Myerstown,
Pa.—July 7. Standards supervising
engr., transmission & substation,
PP&L. Wife: Suzanne Rechenberg ’85
Bus; son: Jeremy Conrad ’11 Sci.
Gay Spencer Anderson ’03 DuBois,
Indiana, Pa.—Jan. 24, 2011. Occupational therapist, Mountain Laurel
Nursing & Rehab Ctr. Brother:
Randy ’03a Eng DuBois.
Uwe C. Trautenbach ’04 MEng Eng
Hbg, Harrisburg, Pa.—July 6. Mfg.
engrg. mgr., Conductive Technologies Inc.
Melissa Brady Viering ’05 Hbg,
Camp Hill, Pa.—June 18. Parole
officer, Dauphin County.
Carl M. Adams ’06 Behrend, Erie,
Pa.—July 2. Social service worker.
Andrew G. Eilbacher ’09 Agr,
Bel Air, Md.—July 2. Md. Golf &
Country Club.
Adam B. Holland ’11 Behrend,
Fairview, Pa.—July 11.
Annette S. Robinson ’11 Abgt,
Huntingdon Valley, Pa.—July 30.
Faculty & Staff
George W. Schimmel ’57 Eng, State
College—June 29. Ret. dir. of maintenance & operations, physical
plant, Penn State. Sister: Irene
Barna ’60 H&HD.
Bernard J. Coleman ’93 MEng Eng,
New Cumberland, Pa.—July 11.
Adjunct prof., Penn State.
SEND DEATH NOTICES TO:
Summer Smith Taylor ’95 MA, ’00
PhD Lib, Greenville, S.C.—Feb. 15,
2011. Assoc. prof., English, Clemson U.
Penn State Alumni Association
Department B
University Park, PA 16802-2096
Andrew R. Swan ’97 Com, Framingham, Mass.—Feb. 8, 2011. Asst.
propmaster, Warner Brothers.
Brother: Timothy ’97, ’00 MS Eng.
We rely on family members and newspaper obituaries to inform us of the
deaths of Penn State alumni. We need
to verify all death announcements.
Because of the volume of material we
receive, information may not be published until several issues after it is
submitted.
Noah K. Weston ’00 MBA Bus,
Seattle—June 24.
Susan Gill Stitely ’02 Agr, Huntingdon, Pa.—July 22. Pharmacy technician, Walmart.
Please include your name and daytime
phone number with all correspondence.
// IN MEMORIAM
NEW LIFE MEMBERS //
WE’RE NO. 1: Penn State continues to have the nation’s largest dues-paying alumni
association, with 165,182 members. We also have more life members than any other
alumni association; in fact, we recently became the first to surpass 100,000 life members, with a total of 100,600. We welcome the following new life members. (Note: This
list reflects those who have completed all payments on their life memberships.)
1940–49
Richard A. Collins ’48
Hugh R. Kennedy ’49
1950–59
James A. Filson ’51
George E. Logue Sr. ’51
Wilmer L. Harris ’53
James D. Schulte ’53
David M. Ericson Jr. ’55
P. Ward Hill ’57
Linn S. Lightner ’57
Leonard B. Bell ’58
Francis A. Gansz ’58
Edith Larimer Hill ’58
Barbara Rentschler ’58
Michael K. Chapman ’59
1960–69
Bruce J. Gilmore ’60
H. Craig Miller ’60
Alan C. Wright ’60
Jone J. Bush ’61
Lawrence J. Dodds ’61
Robert C. King ’61
Michael D. Rutkowski ’61
Robert A. Derr ’62
Hewitt B. McCloskey Jr. ’62
William R. Charron ’63
Kent Macmaster ’63
Kathleen Hazard Charron ’64
David H. Albright ’65
Virginia L. Campbell ’65
Robert G. Howell ’65
Raymond B. Johnson Jr. ’65
P. J. Grata ’66
David G. Newcomb ’66
Donna Roth Sedelmyer ’66
Ronald B. Adams ’67
David L. Boyd ’67
Patricia Convery Glover ’67
Edward P. Kallen ’67
Theodore A. Sallade ’67
Edward L. Simanek Jr. ’67
Larkin W. Smith ’67
Fred C. Briggs Jr. ’68
Daniel D. Dunn ’68
Helen Singer Jackson ’68
Jane L. Yusavage ’68
Susan G. Bootel ’69
William G. Cale Jr. ’69
Thomas R. Dean ’69
Harvey A. Feldman ’69
Jerry W. Friedman ’69
Walter A. Matenkosky ’69
Martha Stark Reynolds ’69
Janice Reckeweg Showler ’69
Betty Hellmuth Simanek ’69
Thomas F. Szerensits ’69
Kenneth Warrender ’69
Sam M. Zaffino ’69
1970–79
Jacqueline Balk-Tusa ’70
Donald D. Blistan ’70
W. Christian Buss ’70
Donald D. Butler ’70
Charles Connor ’70
Diana Malsatzki Gibb ’70
John W. Gibb ’70
Ruth Gilton Hohenstein ’70
Michael T. Hosak ’70
Theodore R. Leblang ’70
Jane Lux ’70
Rick Lux ’70
Darwyn J. Nace ’70
Judith Kennedy Newcomb ’70
Dudley N. Rice ’70
Nancy J. Roberts ’70
Jane Perry Shoemaker ’70
Oren W. Smith ’70
Janet M. Solomon ’70
Glenn D. White ’70
Paul K. Adolf ’71
William G. Bendzick ’71
Thomas H. Blake ’71
Dennis A. Bucciarelli ’71
Richard C. Cavallaro ’71
Paula M. Doelfel ’71
Natalie Schiffman Fox ’71
Richard L. Fuller ’71
Gary A. Hull ’71
Kenneth J. Kwasniewski ’71
Stanley F. Lechner ’71
Stephen J. Nally ’71
Philippus S. Sollman ’71
Gayle L. Tissue ’71
Charles C. Tomich ’71
Christine Middleton White ’71
Quay L. Brown ’72
Lynn Karaffa Claxton ’72
Christine L. Engel ’72
Katharine Carter Goodling ’72
Jennifer Young Grim ’72
Anthony M. Kakiel ’72
Cheryl Fetterman Kakiel ’72
Paula L. Kearns ’72
Edward G. Madzy ’72
Michael K. Nelson ’72
Glenn E. Schwartz ’72
Franklin J. Smith Jr. ’72
Jeanne Stevens Sollman ’72
Mary Rees Troisi ’72
Paul W. Wright ’72
William G. Allenbaugh II ’73
Alan J. Bloch ’73
Robert W. Bonaker ’73
Robert W. Crolic ’73
Karen R. Daniels ’73
J. Carson Dempsey ’73
Joseph M. Donley ’73
Michael J. Gasdick ’73
Jack H. Grim ’73
George W. Gula ’73
Patrice Lichty Kerr ’73
Pamela Pavlock Madzy ’73
Timothy J. McCoy ’73
Suzanne Hunter Park ’73
Thomas A. Park ’73
MaryAnn C. Phillips ’73
Gregory J. Pilarski ’73
Sandra Shuman Roman ’73
Carolyn Vetovich ’73
Russell L. Wagner ’73
Thomas A. Yusavage ’73
Kermit J. Chamberlin ’74
Robert T. Conley ’74
Lloyd A. Davis ’74
Charles A. Julius ’74
John C. Simon ’74
Richard D. Wagner ’74
Gary S. Zander ’74
Francis R. Barton ’75
Linda Umstad Barton ’75
Francis T. Deyo ’75
David M. Heiser ’75
Eugene J. Jacavage ’75
Mary-Jo Nieddu Jacavage ’75
James D. Reilly Jr. ’75
Jonathan C. Sell ’75
Larry E. Burkhart ’76
Richard H. Goldberg ’76
Kent S. LaVelle ’76
Thomas A. Moore ’76
Virginia Tucker ’76
John J. Warenda Jr. ’76
Nancy J. Wrigley ’76
Christine Kitch Dunst ’77
William M. Englert ’77
Howard Fugate III ’77
Lorraine Garman Klippel ’77
Mark E. Leonard ’77
Randall E. Missimer ’77
Paul A. Moravek ’77
Margery L. Oldfield ’77
Paul J. Strasser ’77
Shirley Etzweiler Fye ’78
Gary F. Oswald ’78
Marjorie W. Chamberlin ’79
Daniel P. Field ’79
Krista Magnuson Field ’79
Michael A. Jaffe ’79
Thomas A. Lonich ’79
Janis M. Rozelle ’79
Peter F. Schlicht ’79
Joanna Manz Sell ’79
George B. Williams Jr. ’79
Marita Corbe Worthington ’79
1980–89
Craig A. Harpel ’80
Albert J. Kazelis Jr. ’80
Stephen H. Peth ’80
Elaine S. Reilly ’80
Lance E. Seibert ’80
Karen A. Cannell ’81
Terence C. Deibler ’81
Robert W. Dunst ’81
Thomas S. Fitzsimmons ’81
Harold G. Hokkanen ’81
Stephen B. Letendre ’81
Lynn E. Connell ’82
Laura S. Rogovin ’82
Timothy A. Stahl ’82
Diane F. Swain ’82
Stefan O. Trach ’82
Jeffrey D. Turconi ’82
Duane E. Brunot ’83
Linn C. Flohr ’83
Brian R. Helgesen ’83
Graham H. Smith ’83
Nancy Stanley Maso ’83
Nola Landis Wright ’83
Mark C. Capone ’84
Scott E. Gros ’84
Tamara M. Pfohl-Schneider ’84
Mitchell Blumenthal ’85
Kelly A. Capone ’85
Lorianne Fought ’85
Benjamin C. Giralico ’85
Jeffrey T. Hoffman ’85
Michael J. Tretina ’85
Lyle P. Cunningham ’86
William J. Delinsky ’86
Tamsin Fitler Hankins ’86
Gina Dentino Morreale ’86
Stephen S. Morreale ’86
Karen Dworek Pedano ’86
Raul G. Benavides ’87
Michael D. Bruskin ’87
Beth Brestensky Casteel ’87
David R. Clarke ’87
Leslee Petronis Giralico ’87
Joanne Hornacek Large ’87
Susan M. Nuber ’87
David J. Polansky ’87
David J. Rohall ’87
Monica J. Taylor ’87
Kathleen Lynch Wagner ’87
Michelle Dupuis ’88
Joan G. Helgesen ’88
Catherine G. Lyons ’88
Lawrence A. Maso ’88
Patricia J. Reilly ’88
Elaine Bishop ’89
Laurie J. Forster ’89
Priscilla Hosak ’89
David J. Masters ’89
Michele J. Owens ’89
1990–99
Melissa R. Bible ’90
Michelle D. Dumont ’90
Nicholas C. Pedano Jr. ’90
John D. Cantalupi ’91
Donald A. Cenci ’91
Iftikhar M. Chaudhry ’91
Frank J. Ferrari ’91
Cindy A. Shuster ’91
David J. Shuster ’91
Thomas D. Wilson ’91
Thomas J. Boland ’92
Eric E. Danz ’92
Joseph P. Marino ’92
Kaleen Hanby Marino ’92
Andrew J. McLaughlin ’92
Kevin J. McDowell ’92
Michele Meyers-Downey ’92
Julie C. Millard ’92
Thomas C. Pauley ’92
James M. Riddle ’92
Gail E. Strick ’92
Anthony S. Tan ’92
Mary A. Callahan ’93
Andrew B. Fager ’93
David A. Flickinger ’93
Christopher A. Galasso ’93
Gregory J. Graybash ’93
Jonathan A. Hayes ’93
Shahrzad Heidary ’93
E. V. Hersch ’93
Christine M. Higham ’93
Andrea N. Proulx ’93
Jeffrey M. Proulx ’93
Bryan R. Sholtis ’93
Steven M. Stetzler ’93
Ivono A. Stintug ’93
John E. Van Allen ’93
Sara Miller Battaglia ’94
Robert J. Hoobler ’94
Jennifer Bennett Karns ’94
Gregory R. Keenan ’94
John J. Klein ’94
Carol M. Kosik ’94
Todd P. Levin ’94
Andrea L. Miller ’94
Tricia Block Riddle ’94
Michelle E. Ferretti ’95
Phil B. Kendro ’95
Michael J. Davies ’96
Brian E. Finkele ’96
Nicole M. Hoderny ’96
Paul M. Markowski ’96
Elena Polansky ’96
Leslie T. Rauscher ’96
Sheila L. Steinberg ’96
Margaret A. Vrablik ’96
Joel M. Werley ’96
Stacey Werner ’96
David W. Zelis ’96
Christi Ann W. Zelis ’96
Christopher R. Chiaro ’97
Jennifer V. Colvin ’97
Elizabeth A. Delo ’97
Robbie O. DiStefano ’97
Amy B. Dugan ’97
Daniel A. Ferretti ’97
Cynthia A. Grenninger ’97
Tracy D. Hudson ’97
Margie E. Law ’97
Paul D. Meyers ’97
Kristin D. Newhard ’97
Allen G. Strickler ’97
Debra M. Weinstein ’97
Richard W. Williamson ’97
John A. Hudak Jr. ’98
Seth E. Isaacs ’98
Andrew J. Mendyk ’98
Andrea M. Ragonese ’98
Andrea M. Ross ’98
Michael P. Ross ’98
Matthew C. Sellers ’98
Christian C. Steckel ’98
William C. Teets Jr. ’98
Scott W. Warofka ’98
Mary M. Wehr ’98
Jill R. Carre ’99
Wesley E. George IV ’99
Walter T. Gonzoph Jr. ’99
Brian R. Harms ’99
John W. Hoderny ’99
David R. Krauza II ’99
Kate E. Pennick ’99
Jeremy T. Smith ’99
2000–09
Brian M. Burdick ’00
Kimberly Burkey Ciamarra ’00
William E. Davies ’00
Emily G. George ’00
Carrie Deming Gibbs ’00
Meghann P. McManus ’00
Laura L. Mendyk ’00
David P. Morris ’00
Brian C. Shaffer ’00
Louise M. Story ’00
Antonio Arancibia ’01
Paul M. Bakner ’01
Christopher J. Brown ’01
THE PENN STATER
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// IN MEMORIAM
NEW LIFE MEMBERS //
Melissa L. Brown ’01
Karyn E. Cherwinski ’01
Steven S. Goldstein ’01
Nathan R. Halderman ’01
Meghan A. Hedges ’01
Denise R. Hintosh ’01
Karen B. Kaufman ’01
Natalie E. McGann ’01
Vincent A. Mellet ’01
Guy T. Murray ’01
Jason L. Shoe ’01
Robert W. Thompson ’01
William Yahr ’01
Catherine E. Amick ’02
Jeremiah J. Carpenter ’02
Peter A. Colvin ’02
Jerelyn E. Fileppi ’02
Paul D. Gamm ’02
Tracey L. Sanderson ’02
Jennifer C. Smetana ’02
Teresa M. Young ’02
Kaci M. Barnes ’03
Courtney B. Brooke ’03
Richard A. Burchfield Jr. ’03
Ronald J. Charles ’03
Syreeta L. Cherry ’03
Jordan S. Claffey ’03
Edward J. Hayes ’03
Amber J. Joseph ’03
John A. Lobo ’03
Victoria G. Morgan ’03
Angie N. Muth ’03
Tara L. Reed ’03
Howard B. Reid II ’03
Kevin B. Ruuhela ’03
Jon R. Serianni ’03
Meghan E. Sirocky ’03
Megan E. Thompson ’03
Kaan Tunceli ’03
Nicole L. Windsor ’03
Kristyn Krchnak Berger ’04
Neel K. Bhatla ’04
David M. Brensinger ’04
Lori B. Brensinger ’04
Brian M. Driscoll ’04
Maria Dutt ’04
Erin L. Endress ’04
Michael D. Flannery ’04
Jesse T. Holtslander ’04
Abby A. Kanak ’04
Marc A. Liveratti ’04
Melissa Leonard Maurer ’04
Anne J. Mayne ’04
Justin R. Miller ’04
Mandy K. Morgan ’04
Colleen M. Narisi ’04
Bart A. O’Brien ’04
Ankit U. Patel ’04
Christopher M. Plominski ’04
Kimberly A. Rally ’04
Sara W. Rund ’04
Sara M. Smith ’04
James A. Stillwagon ’04
Justin R. Styles ’04
Margo Whittaker ’04
Lisa Zottola ’04
Adam M. Brajer ’05
Lucinda M. Bray ’05
Michael A. Caruso ’05
Marsha L. Cassell ’05
Jaimee R. Compton ’05
Kevin A. Coopersmith ’05
Jeffrey B. Corbets ’05
Annette V. Fugate ’05
David C. Gonser ’05
Kimberley A. Gosart ’05
Kristen E. Harvey ’05
Lauren A. Kareha ’05
Keith H. Kinch ’05
Peter Kovacyk ’05
Dara M. Kurlancheek ’05
Stephen C. Lauper ’05
Philip A. Nightingale ’05
Jack E. Nill ’05
Justin R. Pyatt ’05
Jessica M. Rodriquez ’05
Jeffrey C. Rowles ’05
Chris M. Schubert ’05
Nicholas J. Wolkiewicz ’05
Megan E. Boyd ’06
Lauren G. Catarinella ’06
Timothy B. Crouse ’06
Bryan S. Hand ’06
Terence S. Kagler ’06
Bryan Kardisco ’06
Heather E. McKinney ’06
Patrick A. O’brien ’06
Panagiotis A. Papadopoulos ’06
Erik J. Shrom ’06
Jason A. Singer ’06
Laura L. Singer ’06
Christina N. Smith ’06
Jennifer A. Swensson ’06
Douglas B. Whiteley ’06
Kabekode G. Bhat ’07
Timothy A. Carre ’07
Kenneth A. Clark ’07
Jason W. Claude ’07
David W. Degroot ’07
Jeffrey L. Fink ’07
Jason J. Flaherty ’07
Cynthia K. Gallagher ’07
Elizabeth A. Gray ’07
Paul M. Gregory Jr. ’07
Kaitlin P. Gregory ’07
Annie Guzek ’07
Erin C. Hall ’07
Jennifer M. Haug ’07
Andrew J. Hirneisen ’07
Denise M. Konrad ’07
Briana J. McCormick ’07
Ryan P. McCormick ’07
Bethany B. Mulberger ’07
Sarah E. O’brien ’07
William P. Rohrbach ’07
J. David Rusenko Jr. ’07
Catherine T. Shelak ’07
Joel M. Snyder ’07
John J. Terlecki ’07
Megan M. Tomlin ’07
Ozgur Tunceli ’07
Benjamin Wingard ’07
Annette M. Woods ’07
Kristina A. Wulff ’07
Matthew J. Bachman ’08
Melissa A. Bachman ’08
Amanda E. Borys ’08
John P. Borys ’08
Ashley R. Bozewski ’08
Stephen M. Brown Jr. ’08
Sarah Haas Callahan ’08
David L. Cannon ’08
Michael Costantino ’08
Andrew T. Donchez ’08
Brian Dreckshage ’08
Jennifer L. Evanitsky ’08
Nicole Evanitsky ’08
Joseph J. Fileppi ’08
Wendy Mace Glazewski ’08
Andrew M. Guaraldo ’08
Joanna M. Guldin ’08
Karl J. Habsburg ’08
Gary L. Hawbaker ’08
Matthew S. Hoffman ’08
Ankur Jain ’08
Grant R. Kain ’08
Shane J. Kovack ’08
Adam S. Lampl ’08
Britainy Lewis ’08
Michel-Paul G. Maurais ’08
Matthew T. Moore ’08
Sandra L. Offutt ’08
Vishal Patel ’08
Michael Pfeiffer ’08
John S. Risher ’08
Nicole R. Roderick Ferketic ’08
Alex P. Sawchuk ’08
Daniel J. Schreck ’08
Taylor G. Shephard ’08
Diana E. Shoe ’08
Jesse Silva ’08
Kristen A. Singer ’08
Shannon M. Speicher ’08
Elliott M. Stamm ’08
Christine E. Stanley ’08
Kirstin R. Strobel ’08
Michael P. Tadduni ’08
Katherine E. Umlah ’08
Alyssa F. Veshecco ’08
James M. Watts Jr. ’08
Christopher J. Weikel ’08
Hassan Zahwa ’08
Adrienne Beauduy ’09
Matthew S. Butterfield ’09
Joseph Caruano ’09
Andrew L. Cassell ’09
Sarah M. Diehm ’09
Stephanie M. Falencki ’09
Matthew R. Fishel ’09
Brian J. Fuller ’09
Jaclyn M. Gibson ’09
Aaron J. Gillung ’09
Stephen Girman ’09
Christopher Gold ’09
Andrew G. Gregory ’09
Jason R. Gross ’09
Joshua R. Hoch ’09
Andrew J. Jarbola IV ’09
Laura E. Keyser ’09
Christian L. Lane ’09
Jason B. Lelito ’09
Elizabeth G. Liberati ’09
Rick A. Marlin ’09
Douglas McDowell ’09
Robert C. Muth ’09
Samuel W. North ’09
Kristin M. Nuss ’09
Gregory J. Pecko Jr. ’09
Jacqueline A. Peters ’09
Nathan B. Ross ’09
Chris Scott-Kerr ’09
George M. Slota ’09
Eric M. Wagner ’09
Corey J. Wall ’09
Cecilia A. White ’09
Sarah E. Woodruff ’09
Zachary F. Zapsky ’09
Brock E. Zeisloft ’09
2010–11
Brian P. Alderson ’10
Amanda K. Allen ’10
Meghan A. Bisbey ’10
Lindsay A. Boyer ’10
Grace Chen ’10
Paige E. Conley ’10
Daniel T. Coughlin ’10
Brian Daley ’10
Juliane B. Dieterle ’10
Ryan J. Dobbs ’10
William M. Eibach ’10
Tara P. Enzmann ’10
Caroline H. Evans ’10
Michelle J. Farkas ’10
Mary J. Foley ’10
Ashley K. Gonzalez ’10
Kenneth R. Good ’10
George W. Hanson ’10
Angel Hassinger ’10
Mehmet Emre Hatipoglu ’10
Amanda Janus ’10
Rebecca Lankin ’10
Andrew J. Lata ’10
Rachel A. Lee ’10
Seung Y. Lee ’10
Anne E. Macaluso ’10
Zachary A. Miller ’10
Daniel C. Myers ’10
Richard C. Parks ’10
Lisa C. Paulson ’10
Cordelia A. Peters ’10
Nicholas J. Picciano ’10
Kathleen E. Picciano ’10
Elizabeth M. Randolph ’10
Brian M. Ringel ’10
Michael R. Ryan ’10
Heather A. Socie ’10
Melinda Vallone ’10
Travis A. Weidman ’10
Charles K. Weise ’10
Benjamin D. Werner ’10
Gregory S. Witt ’10
Jennifer S. Yeakel ’10
David A. Zarnick Jr. ’10
Ariel Abramowitz ’11
Sara A. Bricker ’11
Bradley Bush ’11
Kaitlyn R. Butterbaugh ’11
Alex M. Cohen ’11
Michael W. Donchez ’11
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