Thy Traditions Dear - Milton Hershey School Alumni

Milton Hershey School® Alumni Magazine
Spring 2013
Visit the new MHS alumni website: www.mhsalum.org
Spartan Spirit reborn as literary publication • Stanton Massey ’47 remembered: South Pole and the
Space Race • For some alumni, MHS inspires fitness for life
A tribute to Mr. Hershey
Here is the tribute:
It’s about a man, a visionary
An inventor,
A philanthropist,
A provider of opportunities,
An entrepreneur.
It’s about a school
It’s a home away from home
A safe haven
A campus
An institution
A place for study, education,
and learning about life and
community.
At the 59th Annual AlumniSenior Fellowship Dinner, Kya Han,
a third grader at Milton Hershey
School, recited a tribute to Milton S.
Hershey at the close of the program.
She received a standing ovation and
brought tears to the eyes of many in
the audience.
The tribute was composed by
Elementary Division Drama Teacher
Anna Marie Rabassi-Davis. Here is
the story behind the tribute:
As the Elementary Drama teacher,
I was asked to “do something” for
Founder’s Day as a tribute to Mr.
Hershey. As a veteran faculty member of
the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet,
I have always believed that children are
capable and talented and deserve more
than watered-down versions of dance
and drama. High standards with age
appropriate material is what I aim for.
So, I had this vision of students coming
onstage and each telling a quick piece
of the story or tribute. As I sat down to
write, the words just seemed to come out
of the air, and the poem was composed
within minutes, so I knew it was right. In
the actual production, there were several
students with Kya front and center. The
poem was followed by a dance to a song I
found written about Milton Hershey.
A man
A school
Both to be cherished and
respected.
It’s about values, ethics
And reshaping the world.
Loyalty and truth:
Cherished values in a world of
f lexible ethics and political
correctness.
It’s about trust and relationships
and building one friendship at
a time
that will last a lifetime.
It’s about a sharing of his hardearned wealth
That became our newfound
wealth.
Our pockets lined with values,
integrity, manners and
generosity.
Our hearts filled with love and
compassion.
The Mission of “Thy Traditions Dear”
is to share the stories of the Milton
Hershey School family with our alumni,
students, staff and retirees in honor
and celebration of our founders,
Milton & Catherine Hershey.
Advisory Board
Lew Webster
Sr. Director, Student Character &
Leadership
Fonati Ward ’01
Lead Transitional Living Coordinator
Pastor Mike Wagner
Director, Religious Education
Sharon Hufford
Director, Home Life Senior Division
John Hanawalt ’70
Alumnus
Kim Garosi
Admin. Assistant, Elementary Division
Doreen Garman
Coordinator, Alumni Campus
John Forry
Home Life Training Specialist
Deanna (Bradley) Slamans ’91
Housemother
Susan Alger
Coordinator, School History
Editor
Catherine Skena
Coordinator, Alumni Programs
Assistant Editor
Ralph Carfagno ‘73
Sr. Director, Alumni Relations & Programs
Milton Hershey School® Alumni Magazine
Spring 2013
Visit the new MHS alumni website: www.mhsalum.org
• Spartan Spirit reborn as literary publication
• Stanton Massey ’47 remembered:
South Pole and the Space Race
• For some alumni, MHS inspires fitness for life
It’s about a man who dreamed
of a future
That became his future
My future
Your future,
Our future.
The Milton Hershey School
Alumni Relations and Programs Office
has a new image on the web at:
www.mhsalum.org. The site prominently
features the various faces of MHS
alumni, including those on the front of
this issue: Anthony Steele ‘81, Shannon
(Cummings) Butler ‘98, Nana (Forson)
Walters ‘03, Mike Benson ‘86 and
Joe McDonald ‘55.
Contents
12
Features
2
Spartan Spirit reborn
as literary publication
6
Stanton Massey ’47 remembered:
South Pole and the Space Race
10
For some alumni, MHS inspires
fitness for life
2
6
Departments
4
8
12
School and Student News
14
18
Alumni Relations News
Department of School History
Fellowship Weekend 2013
Scrapbook
10
Alumni Association News
and Class Notes
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reborn as literary publication
Spartan Spirit
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By MHS teacher Michael Henson and sophomore Valkyrie Speaker
The Spartan Spirit Literary
Magazine has been reborn. Once
a newspaper, begun in 1968 and
dedicated to reporting current events
on campus, the Spartan Spirit has
been reinvented to represent and
to showcase the literary and artistic
skills of both the Senior Division
student body and participating
faculty and staff.
The launching of the magazine
began when a Senior Division
student approached Nadine Krempa,
assistant principal, with the desire
to start a poetry club. Nadine knew
that at one time the School had a
magazine dedicated to such works,
and after doing some research,
she found former editions of the
Spartan Spirit in the MHS archives. “My mind went from poetry to student
publications for creative writing, to publishing it for all of Senior Division. I
thought this could be the spark to give students a voice.”
Now, with the hard work of a student board of editors and two faculty
advisors, this Milton Hershey School tradition lives on. Valkyrie Speaker, a
sophomore, quickly rose to the challenge of fulfilling the role of editor-inchief: “It just seemed like an awesome opportunity to be a part of something
I love: writing.”
The student board of editors meets weekly to review each work that is
submitted for publication. The board laughs, cries, debates and argues over
which pieces belong in the next edition of the Spartan Spirit. “We try to
choose pieces which we feel will uphold the legacy of Milton and Catherine
Hershey. We want the students to have fun with this process, and we want
them to see the publication as a way to honor the School and its history,” said
Mike Henson, one of the Spartan Spirit faculty advisors. Any Senior Division
student or teacher may submit works to the Spartan Spirit,
but only a few works are chosen for each edition.
To keep the magazine a true product of Milton Hershey
School, each edition is printed entirely in house with the
help of the graphics and printing classes. Mike DeAcosta, the
printing teacher, sees the Spartan Spirit as a means to keep
the industrial side of MHS thriving: “I like being involved
with the Spartan Spirit because it gives the students as close
to a real-world printing experience as we can get. From
the concept to the manufacturing, to customer service –
working on this magazine benefits our students.”
The graphics and printing students gain hands-on
experience through the drafting, printing and assembling
of the magazine. Anna Kauffman, a junior, commented on
the process: “It was really fun to see the class come together
as a team to put the magazine together.”
The real thrill of the Spartan Spirit is distribution:
there is no greater feeling than for students to share their
published pieces with their friends. Bobbi Jones, a senior,
had a poem published in the winter edition of the Spartan
Spirit and said, “It made me feel special, because so many
people didn’t even know I liked to write. A lot of people
wanted to talk to me about my piece.” The Spartan Spirit
is an outstanding way for students to connect through
creativity while keeping an MHS tradition alive.
The Spartan Spirit board of editors will produce two
magazines per year, a winter edition and a spring edition.
The magazines are free for all faculty and staff and will
be available through the MHS Alumni Relations and
Programs Office.
From Winter 2013 • Issue I
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The Student Voice
Senior Year Reflection
by Diane Ford, MHS Senior
On my first day as a new enrollee,
Jan. 31, 2011, my mother told me:
“Don’t worry Diane; your time here is
going to f ly.” My mother’s words weren’t
out of sympathy or encouragement, it
was strictly pure truth. She believed that
the Milton Hershey experience would
be one I wouldn’t want to end, and she
was right.
With my mother’s words in the
back of my mind, I took it upon myself
to get involved and not to waste the
short time I had. Looking back on all
the performances, basketball games,
and SGA meetings, I can say it’s been
time well spent. Of the time I’ve spent
in Milton Hershey School, however,
senior year has been the most rewarding
and inf luential to me.
Fellowship Weekend happens to be
at the top of my list; it was one of the
H2 Talent Show
by Kayvon Asemani, MHS
Junior
On April 20, we
held the first, what
we hope to be annual,
H2 Talent Show.
Students from Milton
Hershey School and
Hershey High School
performed together in front of an audience of students,
teachers, and administrators from both schools. The
event was open to the public, so there were many other
attendees as well. The purpose of the event was to unite
the community and raise money to benefit the Ronald
McDonald House.
It was one of the greatest experiences of my life. As
a member of the HCYA, I was involved in planning
and directing this event, so the final product was very
rewarding. HCYA stands for Hershey Community
Youth Alliance, and it consists of the Student
Government Association of Milton Hershey School
and the Student Council of Hershey High School.
The group’s mission is to bring the students from both
schools together in order to serve the community and
develop long-lasting relationships.
I also performed in the show, and being in front of
the united community was an unbelievable experience.
More than 700 people attended the event, and we raised
$2,000 for the Ronald McDonald House. We plan to
continue this event every year, and we want to improve
it each time.
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many fulfilling weekends of my time
here at MHS. I was engaged, involved,
and inspired all at the same time. The
annual Alumni-Senior Fellowship
Dinner began a trend of blessings
that were to continue throughout my
weekend. I was humbled by the stories
told by my alumni host, Russell Ames
’94, and his willingness to be there for
me whenever I need him. Receiving
the Career Achievement Award
alongside of him was an unexpected
honor that couldn’t have come at a
better time.
As graduation approaches, I realize
all the more that it’s about the impact
you make. Receiving such a prestigious
award reassures that my mother’s words
made their mark.
Mini-Thon
by Stephanie Velez, MHS Junior
Sometimes doing the
same thing repeatedly is
not as good as the initial
attempt. However, this was
not the case when it came to
Mini-thon 2013. Each year,
the planning committee
notices things to improve
and takes action upon them. Every change continues to serve
the purpose of Mini-Thon: “Cancer never takes a break, so
why should we?”
As I began my second experience at Mini-thon, I noticed it
had improved immensely. The greatest change was that patients
who were receiving support from the money being raised were
at the event. To hear their stories and how our efforts had
actually changed them was remarkable, and made the evening
worthwhile. As the night went on, you could feel the adrenaline
increasing. I do not know if it was all the sugar, or if the
participants’ energy increased with their better understanding
of the event’s purpose. All I could tell was that everyone was
serving the mission that evening. The events helped keep us all
awake as well. Whether it was Zumba at 1 a.m. or dodge ball at
3 a.m., our energy was boosted with all the fun.
Walking through the gym and the lunch room, I could see
the abundance of unity. The dancing, the basketball games
and the board games, all consisted of the two schools together.
That night, we were not Hershey versus Milton Hershey; we
were a group of kids making a difference in the lives of those
who needed hope. It was inspiring to know that staying up all
night could have such an impact on someone’s life.
School and Student News
David Curry receives national recognition for dedication to
students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds
Milton Hershey School
teacher David Curry of
Hershey has been selected
for the national honor of
Residential Educator of
the Year by the Coalition
for Residential Education
(CORE).
MHS sophomore
Valkyrie Speaker of Richlandtown nominated Curry for the
award. “Everything I have learned on how to truly f lourish
as an individual I have learned from Mr. Curry,” Speaker said
in her nomination. “He has awakened the over-achiever in
me, as he has within all of us.”
Speaker added that her teacher’s passion for his work is
evident in how he brings the subject of the law to life.
“It [is] evident to me, as well as to my peers, that
he absolutely adores teaching,” she said. “He does so
much more than teach us about the code of ethics in law
enforcement and how to properly try a case…he cheers us
on from the sidelines but will never tell us what play to
make…he has opened our eyes to the magnificent world of
Law, Public Safety, and Security.”
Curry has taught Law, Public Safety, and Security at
MHS since the program’s inception in 2011. He taught
street law, psychology, world cultures, and government and
economics during his first four years at the School.
A native of Erie, he holds a bachelor’s degree in
administration of justice from the University of Pittsburgh
and a master’s degree in education from Edinboro
University. Prior to MHS, he taught U.S. history in
Columbia, Md., and government and economics in Boiling
Springs, Pa. Outside of the classroom, he coaches football
and the School’s mock trial team.
“Receiving this award is very humbling; especially since
I was nominated by a student,” Curry said. “I don’t think
that it is ever a goal of a teacher to win an award simply for
doing what they love to do, but I am certainly appreciative
of this incredible honor.”
Curry resides in Hershey with his wife Natalie and their
children Dahlia, 3, and Dax, 1.
Founded in 1994 and based in the Washington, D.C.
area, CORE is a national nonprofit organization that serves
economically and socially disadvantaged children through
residential education programs.
Senior Hall exhibit honors John Snyder
Junior Lindell Robinson-Swinson and Frank Miles, vice
president, secretary and general counsel for Hershey Entertainment
and Resorts, watch Jim McMahon, director of School History,
put the finishing touches on an exhibit about John Snyder, chief
counsel for the Hershey interests and a trusted confidant of
Mr. Hershey. Snyder negotiated the sale of Hershey’s Lancaster
Caramel Company for $1 million in 1900 and wrote the Deed
of Trust establishing Hershey Industrial School/Milton Hershey
School in 1909. He served on all the boards of the various Hershey
interests, including the board of the Hershey Industrial School. In
a photo in the exhibit, he is pictured arriving at the Senior Hall
dedication with Mr. Hershey in 1934. The new exhibit about
Snyder is located outside the Law, Public Safety, and Security
courtroom/classroom in Senior Hall. Miles secured the period law
books for the exhibit.
Showing their skills
Congratulations to junior Daniel Vasquez and senior Christian Gallitz for
placing in the 47th Annual SkillsUSA State Conference and Skills Contests
held recently in Hershey. SkillsUSA is a national nonprofit organization
serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing
for careers in trade, technical, and skilled service occupations, including
health occupations. Daniel earned 4th place in Related Technical Math, and
Christian placed 10th in the state competition in Architectural Drafting.
Pictured, from left, Daniel Vasquez, Christian Gallitz, MHS SkillsUSA
Co-Advisor Joshua Brunk ’05, and Advisor Mike DeAcosta.
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Stanton Massey ’47
remembered:
South Pole and
the Space Race
by Susan Alger
In a 1924
article in Liberty Magazine,
Milton Hershey stated that he
wanted “to give as many boys
as possible real homes, real
comforts, education, and training, so they would be useful
and happy citizens.” Milton Hershey School graduates,
fulfilling Mr. Hershey’s dream, have gone on to productive
careers, and some are honored by being named as Alumni of
the Year at the annual commencement ceremony. Yet, some
graduates’ impressive stories are never even known to us.
One of those stories comes from a member of the Hershey
Industrial School class of 1947, who died Nov. 18, 2012.
C. H. Stanton Massey studied the academic program
at HIS and participated in boxing, popular farmhome
baseball, and served as his farmhome reporter for the
student-produced Industrialist publication. Massey, or
“Snuffy” as he was known, is remembered by a classmate
as an iconoclast, “He had a brilliant mind but spent a lot
of time in the principal’s office for misbehavior, which
endeared him to many of us.” Massey shared stories of
living on the HIS farms with his daughter, and consistent
with his classmates’ memories of him, told her he often
missed enjoying town privileges and going to the movies
because he acquired too many demerits.
He was a voracious reader and impatient with others he
perceived as not knowing what he knew was the best way
to do things. This carried over to his disagreement with
his housefather’s dairy cow breeding practices. To illustrate
his disapproval, Massey got up early one morning, before
milking time, gathered up calf manure, and hauled it on
top of the barn roof. When the warm sun came out, there
were piles of steaming calf manure on the roof. According
to Massey’s daughter, what infuriated him was that the
housefather didn’t even ask or wonder who did the smelly
deed; he automatically blamed Massey without any doubt.
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After graduation, Massey served in the U.S. Navy as
an electronics technician. After a short time working in
Philadelphia, he spent a few years in the U.S. Coast Guard
Merchant Marines, traveling to Guatamala, El Salvador,
Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. He then went to work for
the U.S. Government in what is now known as National
Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as a weather
observer on Canton Island in the Central Pacific. In the
mid-1950s, Massey was based in Honolulu, Hawaii, and
while there sailed on different ships. It was on one of these
voyages Massey met his wife while taking shore leave on
Hokkaido, Japan. They settled in Hawaii and later moved
to San Francisco in 1959 where Massey again set off on
different ships to faraway places for NOAA, leaving his wife
and young daughter, Natalie, for long periods at a time.
Although a weather scientist, Massey contributed to
the space program by participating in research studies
in the winter of 1968 while at the South Pole studying
atmospheric physics and meteorology from 1967 to 1969.
In this photo, Massey is fitted with electrodes, ready to be wired
for study.
Named after the first two men to reach the South Pole,
the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was built by the
United States government in 1956 and served as a research
station for many countries and played an important part
in the U.S. space race. The spot where the sun isn’t seen
for six months and the temperature drops to a dry, minus
121 degrees Fahrenheit proved to be the perfect location
to study the effects of an adverse environment similar to
a moon landing or future space station. Living in quarters
under 18 feet of snow, a team of 14 Navy and seven U.S.
Research Program of the National Science Foundation
scientists participated in sleep studies. Massey was pictured
in the October 1968 issue of National Geographic magazine
sleeping with electrodes on his head that measured dreams,
heartbeat, restlessness, and insomnia to help determine
possible reactions of astronauts to extended space travel.
In a letter written by Massey, in response to a newspaper
article in the Pacifica Tribune about his experience while at
the South Pole, “Stan Massey: Our Man In the Land of
Penguins,” Massey gives a firsthand description of living
in quarters under snow on an ice cap five to six thousand
feet at an altitude of 9,186 above sea level. Dated Jan. 12,
1968, with a return address of Amundsen-Scott Station,
90 South, Massey describes taking showers and doing
laundry with water distilled from snow supplied from a
melter. During the summer season, a bulldozer kept the
melter filled with snow, but no vehicles moved during the
frigid winter, so the men at
the station shoveled the snow,
so as little water as possible
was used. Massey shared
that, “Clothing may take on
a marked ‘Antarctic Grey”
that bleach took care of. The
bathroom facilities, what
Massey described in Navy
vernacular as the “head,” were
the location of an incident
which caused a shut-down of
two-thirds of its facilities. He
explained:
“Pressure by the Ice Cap
snapped one of the main
structural beams, a six-bytwelve just behind the head.
The head, already tilted at
about twenty degrees due the
ice pressure, dropped about
three feet. At that precise
instant a visiting gentleman
of the cloth was occupying
one of the thrones. During
his somewhat premature exit
much of that cloth and more
of his dignity was left behind.”
“Fighting the pressure has claimed a major part of the
efforts of a battalion of Navy Sea Bees down here to repair
last winter’s havoc. They left yesterday, after having worked
for more than a month outside in the cold re-timbering and
re-roofing the most dangerous part of the threatened beams
and tunnels. We here who will winter-over are in debt to
those sailors.”
After his adventure in the South Pole, Massey continued
with NOAA in Bethel, Juneau, and Fairbanks, Alaska;
Oregon; Johnston and Wake Islands in the Pacific;
and California. In 1970, the Advisory Committee on
Antarctic Names honored Massey and the other United
States Research Program scientists by naming Antarctic
landforms after them. The Massey Glacier, a six-mile
long tributary glacier joins the Man-o-War Glacier in the
Admiralty Mountains.
After retiring in 1989, Massey moved to eastern
Pennsylvania close to his sister and later, back to Oregon,
to be near his daughter. Over the years, Massey, a life-long
learner, took classes in architecture at Drexel University,
received an associate of arts degree in social sciences
from Juneau-Douglas Community College, and attended
University of Washington, University of Alaska, University
of Florida, University of Hawaii, and Southern Oregon
State College.
Massey was not just a “science guy;” while living in
Hawaii; he enjoyed sailing a catamaran and published an
article about the experience
in Boating Magazine. You
could call Stan Massey a
renaissance man, for he was
also an artist, painting mostly
in acrylics and exhibiting
his work in San Francisco.
Massey’s daughter remembers
her father as intense and
mercurial, for when he was
working on a project, she
knew not to interfere with
his concentration. He had a
thirst for learning, and like his
benefactor Milton Hershey,
had to experiment and see for
himself if something would
work. Although C.H. Stanton
Massey might not have fared
too well in the strict structure
of living in a farmhome of
HIS, he led a fascinating life
and fulfilled Milton Hershey’s
goal of being a useful citizen.
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Department of School History
Saving the Kinderhaus ‘Climbing Tree’
Though the Milton Hershey School campus is graced by
a number of magnificent trees, one of the oldest and most
meaningful to generations of HIS/MHS students might be
the Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) located just to the
north side of Kinderhaus as you turn into the front parking
lot on the east side. Known informally as the “climbing
tree” for low-hanging and widespread branches, the tree
is marked by an unmistakable “earthy aroma” emanating
from its canopy, which is covered in clusters of long soft
tendrils each spring. The series of branches extending
horizontally almost from the base made it an excellent tree
for climbing — if students could get away with it — for
those boys and girls who made Kinderhaus their home.
Estimated to be 80 years old, and 16 feet in diameter,
the tree was becoming a victim of its own size. To save the
tree from certain loss, MHS called in Arborist Enterprises
from Lancaster to trim and remove dead wood as well as
add permanent bracing and cabling to the tree itself. To
help pull together the crack in its base, the tree has been
outfitted with three one-inch thick pieces of threaded rod.
To help support the weight of the tree and draw it together,
nine cables also have been anchored to some of the widest
spans. To help stimulate continued growth, the arborist
also conducted a social restoration around the tree base –
loosening the soil and incorporating some compost.
Alumnus Luther O’Shell ’58 lived at Kinderhaus from
1946 to 1951. He distinctly remembers seeing the men who
worked the nearby truck patch gathered in the shade of the
tree on summer mornings to receive their work for the day
and again at lunchtime to enjoy the respite it provided from
the heat of the day. O’Shell and William Woods ’58, visited
Kinderhaus recently to see the work that is being done to
save the tree and reminisce about their days as “Kinderhaus
Kids.”
Milton Hershey once said, “There is not a person
alive who should not plant a tree – not for the shade that
you’ll enjoy, but for those who are coming after.” Planted
during Mr. Hershey’s lifetime, the Kinderhaus Climbing
Tree remains one of the oldest on the MHS campus and
continues to provide shade and enjoyment for us today.
Farewell, Mrs. Elby
Vivian Potter Elby of Harrisburg died in February at
the age of 88. Although she spent her career working for
the state Department of Public Welfare, she also was a
relief houseparent at Milton Hershey School who played
an important role in the School’s history. “Not only
was she one of first African-American houseparents, but
she partnered with John Cook, a well loved teacher and
basketball coach, in helping the School administration
make the transition from an all-white student body to an
integrated one as smooth as possible,” said Susan Alger,
coordinator of School History.
In this photo from 2010, Elby and Cook spoke on a
panel discussing the enrollment of the first non-white
students at MHS at an event sponsored by The Hershey
Story and the Hershey-Derry Township Historical Society.
The event was held in conjunction with the exhibit “1968
in America.”
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Department of School History
Thank you to donors
The Department of School History
thanks the following people who
donated to or shared objects and/
or photos with the MHS Heritage
Center at Kinderhaus as of May 1.
If we have inadvertently missed
someone, please let us know so that
the listing can be included in an
upcoming issue of Thy Traditions Dear.
John Clevenstine ’49
Stacey Fink
Harold Good ’36
Kenneth Grebe ’43
Margaret Grimm
John Hanawalt ’70
Richard Hann
Carl Hetrick ’48
John Humbert ’48
John Long ’83
Bruce McKinney ’55
David Patterson ’50
John Resanovich ’51
John Robaton ’58
Daniel Sauder ’98
Carol Schilling
Arthur Shively
Deanna Slamans ’91
Byron Smith ’46
Rosario Sollazzi ’88
Romaine Stough
New exhibit at Kinderhaus: HIS/MHS class rings through
the years
The awarding of class rings is a tradition that goes back to the very early years
of Hershey Industrial/Milton Hershey School. From the early 1920s until the
opening of the Junior-Senior High School (now Catherine Hall) in 1934, class
rings included the baby-in-the-bean logo first used by the chocolate company in
1898. The use of the logo on school class rings emphasized the close relationship
between the School and the chocolate company. From 1935 until 1951, the
School used the HIS logo on class rings. Since 1952, the School has used the
MHS logo on class rings, the only change in the ring design from year to year
being the date of graduation.
In an era where many schools allow students to design their own class rings,
the use of the MHS logo on class rings for more than 60 years provides a physical
link to all alumni who have worn the HIS/MHS ring, and serves as a tribute to
the stability of the School and the principles upon which it was founded.
The exhibit of class rings in Kinderhaus currently contains 51 rings and
two special pins. The 17-year Pin was given to students who reached their 17th
birthday to mark their last year at the School. Prior to 1970, students could
only remain at the School until they reached the age of 18 unless they received
a special exemption. The Parents Club Pin was worn by parents or guardians
of students to indicate membership in the Parents Club, formed in 1945
immediately after the death of Milton Hershey to provide mutual support to
parents or guardians of students. Eventually the club extended its benevolence to
sponsoring programs for and by students. Marlin Goodyear ’46 is pictured with
the class ring exhibit and the Parents’ Club Pin that belonged to his mother,
Ada Goodyear.
Beginning this year, a male and a female ring from each graduating class
has been added to the ring exhibit. The Department of School History is also
interested in acquiring rings from any graduate who would like to have his or her
ring included in the School archives. Inquiries or requests for more information
can be made to James McMahon at: [email protected] or 717-520-2009.
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For some alumni,
MHS inspires fitness for life
By Emily Nardella
To help students arm themselves against America’s obesity epidemic,
Milton Hershey School’s health and wellness policy provides for
adequate nutritious meals and snacks and regular, quality physical
activity. With the variety of organized sports and sporting fields for
pick-up games and the vast areas for walking, bicycling and running,
students can easily be inspired to get active. Some students, like these
alumni, may even discover a passion that can keep them fit for life.
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Stick with an activity
you love
At 65, Terry Bittinger '66 plays ice
hockey every Friday night. His over-60
league in Laurel, Md., has four teams and
includes some former professional and
college-level players. He’s been playing for
53 years.
“I can’t imagine life without hockey,”
says Terry, who has acquired 80 stitches,
broken several fingers, cracked his ribs,
and torn his rotator cuff three times for
the love of the game. “It was the last
sport I ever tried, and I tried everything
available. But when I found it, that’s all I
wanted to do.”
Terry was 13 years old and in seventh
grade when he came to MHS in 1960.
That year, the pond next to his home at
Swatara, Unit 6B, froze
over on the weekend
following Thanksgiving.
All the guys grabbed
their sticks and skates
and headed out to play
ice hockey. Terry had
never skated before, but
after watching intently he
asked his mom to send his
dad’s skates.
“I got out there and
chased them around and
started handling the puck
and picked the game up
pretty quickly,” says Terry.
For four years, Terry
skated and played with his
classmates on the pond.
He played on the MHS
7th-and-8th-grade team
coached by his housefather Warren Sheaffer. During the off
seasons, he stayed in shape through chores,
participating in track and field, and playing
softball and pick-up football games.
After graduating and settling in
Baltimore to work as a mechanic, Terry
thought hockey was over for him.
Then he saw a small newspaper
advertisement for a hockey team
that needed skaters. He played
for that team for 11 years, with
a brief break to serve in the
military. When that league
folded, he played for another league for
five years and continued with pick-up
hockey for the next 20 years. Along
the way he coached his son's and
daughter’s teams, too.
At 165 pounds, Terry weighs just
20 pounds more than he did while at
MHS. In addition to hockey, he uses a
treadmill, elliptical trainer, stationary
bike and runs on a steep hill for
conditioning.
“I feel good for 65,” says Terry,
noting that he’s already making plans
to play in the over-70 league.
Make your passion
your career
Chamaine (Cesarine) O’Hanlon
'88 was not the type of kid you’d
find quietly reading a book. When
she came to MHS in April 1978, she
was eight years old and in the second
grade. She was always active whether
she was on the playground, walking to
HersheyPark or doing chores.
When she got to high school,
Chamaine tried out for every sport and
played three seasons of sports each year.
She swam and played field hockey all
four years. She also played softball and
ran track. She credits April Alleman,
her field hockey coach, Health and
Physical Education teacher and now
friend, for helping her recognize that
her passion could be her career.
“I just love being active; there’s
something inside of me. That’s why I
wanted to teach physical education,”
says Chamaine.
She had average grades, but was
determined to reach her goal. After
two years at community college,
she transferred to East Stroudsburg
University, choosing not to play
sports because they would distract
from her studies. Instead, she got her
aerobics certification and taught classes
throughout school and for the next
eight years.
A physical
education teacher for
16 years, Chamaine
uses her passion for
fitness to help prevent
childhood obesity among
her students.
“If we don’t help kids get active
and make healthier food choices, we’re
going to have a real problem in 28
to 30 years because of the associated
medical issues,” says Chamaine. “Good
habits have to start in the home.”
To make fitness accessible to all of
her students, Chamaine uses a program
called Workfit.com, which includes
non-sports oriented activities like
hiking, rock climbing, and biking. She
hopes to help her students get active
and make better choices now, so they
are more likely to stick with it for a
lifetime.
Now the mother of a five-year-old
and with aching knees, Chamaine says
it can be challenging to stay active. She
walks in the morning with a neighbor
and does a modified version of P90X
to stay in shape.
“I want to set a good example for
my students. I can’t be 250 pounds
and telling them to go run a lap if I
can’t do it myself,” she says. “Plus,
exercising makes me feel so much
better mentally.”
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Photos taken by:
Brenda Armstrong ‘86
Kim Nippert
Catherine Skena
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Alumni Relations News
Dearden Alumni Campus boasts new additions
In the fall of 2004, Milton Hershey School committed to the creation of the
Dearden Alumni Campus as a way to honor William Dearden ’40 and to provide a
place to which alumni could return and reconnect with the heritage of their home.
The Dearden Alumni Campus includes the Dearden House, home to a museum that
is open to the public and provides visitors with a trip back in time to a 1950s-style
student home, a re-creation of Mr. Dearden’s office while CEO of Hershey Foods
Corp., and other historical displays, the Purcell Friendship Hall which is used by
MHS for school and private events, and the Southfield Alumni Center which
provides housing for recent graduates.
The Alumni Campus also features the Friendship Garden where the names of
every graduate are engraved along a granite wall and includes a walkway made of
engraved pavers memorializing members of the MHS family. Over the past few years,
members of the Dearden Alumni Campus Board have been working with the School
to design and expand the current Friendship Garden. This expansion will allow for
the engraving of class lists until 2059, and provide additional gathering space. The
Friendship Garden expansion is expected to be completed by June 1.
In addition to the expansion, the MHS building trades career technical class,
led by Rich Mattis ’63, is working with MHS construction staff to build a
pavilion near the Purcell Friendship Hall and Friendship Garden. The pavilion
will include rest rooms and a serving area, and will seat approximately 200
people. Scott McAdams ’71 assisted in the creation of the pavilion’s layout and
design. The pavilion is scheduled to be completed by mid-June.
“We are excited about being able to offer this additional space for use at
Homecoming, Fellowship Weekend and for student and alumni use,” said Doreen
Garman, Dearden Alumni Campus
coordinator.
To view a video about the
pavilion construction, visit the MHS
website at: www.mhs-pa.org/mediagallery. The video is titled “Building
for the Future.”
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MHS Alumni Relations
online: www.mhsalum.org
The Milton Hershey School
Alumni Relations and Programs
Office has its new image on the web
at: www.mhsalum.org.
The project started with the idea
to create an interactive online library
of letters, speeches, photographs,
news clippings and other items related
to the late William E. Dearden ’40,
former Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Hershey Company.
The concept quickly expanded
to include the entire Dearden
Alumni Campus and the programs,
services and opportunities available
to graduates of MHS. The site
prominently features the various
faces of MHS alumni, ways to
get involved, and links to update
addresses, request transcripts and
diplomas, or to visit other sites
associated with the School and the
MHS Alumni Association.
“We’ve worked to create a clean,
fresh look for this site, while also
trying to make it comprehensive
and easy to navigate,” said Ralph
Carfagno ’73, senior director of
Alumni Relations and Programs. “The
opening page and several sections of
the site feature alumni from various
classes and their stories. The alumni
being featured will change from
time to time, and we hope alumni
will continue to visit the site to read
about their alumni brothers and
sisters. Homecoming and other event
registration will be a part of the web
site, allowing the Alumni Association
and the School to work together
seamlessly on major events and other
initiatives.”
Alumni Relations News
MHS names Alumni Achievement Award recipients
During April’s AlumniSenior Fellowship Dinner, Milton
Hershey School announced the
three recipients of the Alumni
Achievement Awards. Developed
in 1997, the awards recognize
graduates for unique, specific, or
significant accomplishments in career
achievement, community service, and
academic excellence. The School also
recognizes three members of the senior
class in the same categories. Photos of
the recipients will be on display in the
Founders Hall Rotunda for a year.
Career Achievement: Major Russell
Ames ’94, a Special Forces officer
in the U.S. Army, is a student in the
School of Advanced Military Studies,
U.S. Army Command and General
Staff College, Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. Previously, he was assigned
to the 10th Special Forces Group
(Airborne) at Fort Carson, Colo., first
as a Detachment Commander 200406, then Company Commander in
2011. Russ has trained and advised
partner forces in Uganda, and NATO
special operations forces in Romania,
with combat and operational
deployments to Iraq, Kosovo, and
Bosnia-Herzegovina. Prior to Special
Forces qualification, Russ served as
a platoon leader in the 3rd Infantry
Division (Mechanized) at Fort Stewart,
Ga. Russ received his commission
through the U.S. Military Academy
at West Point, N.Y., in 1998, and
earned a master’s degree in public
administration from University of
Washington in 2009. He and his wife
Venita have two children, ages 7 and 4.
Senior Career Achievement: Diane
Ford ’13 completed an internship
with Hershey Trust Company
where she worked to support
programming related to trust and
wealth management, and intellectual
property. At MHS, she lived up to
the expectations of the sacred values
on a daily basis and was named
to the Distinguished Honor Roll
numerous times throughout her high
school career, and also was named
to the Effort and Conduct Honor
Roll. As a member of the National
Honor Society, she was recognized
as a leader in the four pillars that
characterize a well-rounded student
and has completed many hours of
community service required by
that organization. Diane also was
involved in The Acropolis, The 2012
Chocolate Tour fitness event, Pillows
of Love, varsity basketball, and varsity
volleyball. She consistently excelled
in honors and advanced placement
coursework and gained valuable highlevel work experience. She plans to
attend Campbell University to earn a
bachelor’s degree in pre-law.
Academic Excellence: Sergeant
Christopher Clark ’02 enlisted in
the U.S. Army in 2003, where he
became an Automated Logistics
Specialist. During his tenure, he
has been deployed to Iraq and
Afghanistan. Still in the military,
Chris graduated with a 3.6 g.p.a.
from Trident University International
with a B.S. in business administration
with a concentration in logistics
management and achieved technical
certification from the International
Logistics Society. In addition, he has
earned two accommodation medals,
two achievement medals, three good
conduct medals, and one combat
action badge for being engaged by
enemy forces in Iraq. He has attended
U.S. Army Airborne School and
was awarded parachutist wings, and
earned a drivers badge for driving
more than 30,000 miles in a single
deployment to Iraq. He is certified
on the Standard Army Maintenance
System, Standard Army Retail Supply
System, and passed the Warrior Leader
Course with a 93 percent average.
He also graduated with honors from
the Advanced Leaders Course for
Automated Logistical Specialists. He is
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From left, Major Russell Ames ‘94, MHS President Dr. Tony Colistra ‘59, Marilyn Pantoja ‘03, Nicole Velez ‘13, Manny Garcia ‘13, Sergeant
Christopher Clark ‘02, Diane Ford ‘13, and MHS Alumni Association President Joe McDonald ‘55.
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combat lifesaver certified and is a U.S.
Army Paratrooper. Stationed at Fort
Campbell, Ky., with the 3rd Battalion,
5th Special Forces Group (Airborne),
he is a battalion electronic maintenance
clerk. He and his wife Tracie have four
children, 2 boys and 2 girls.
Senior Scholastic Achievement:
Manaury Garcia ’13 took honors level
courses 9th through 12th grades,
was enrolled in multiple advanced
placement courses, and earned a
numeric grade average greater than 97
percent during his high school career.
He received the following awards:
Distinguished Honor Roll, Hershey
Rotary Club Student of the Month,
Effort and Conduct Award, Home
Life Student of the Marking Period,
and Visionary Award. Manny also
served as president of the National
Honor Society, captain of the baseball
team, manager of the field hockey
team, a member of the Architecture,
Construction, and Engineering Club;
and as a member of the Student
Government Senior Class Caucus.
He participated in the football and
basketball programs, SGA Executive
Cabinet, and served as a junior chapel
leader, a resident student assistant
within his Transitional Living facility,
a student program leader in the
Middle Division, and as a counselor
in the MHS Year Round Experience
program. Manny plans to attend The
United States Naval Academy to study
mathematics.
Community Service: Marilyn Pantoja
’03 volunteered as an ICU/CCU
nurse for two months through The
Foundation for Peace for a medical
mission trip to Haiti following the
2010 earthquake there. Closer to home,
Marilyn has participated in programs for
students at MHS, including serving as a
panelist for the Senior Division Dearden
Alumni Campus Sunday Program and
as a participant in “Girls Day with the
Grads” for eighth-grade girls. She also
has dedicated a great deal of time to
promoting wellness in at-risk children
and families. Marilyn is the health and
nutrition supervisor for the Early Head
Start Home-Based Program at the
Children’s Home Society of New Jersey,
where she is responsible for monitoring
the health status of 72 pregnant women,
and children from birth through age
three. She also provides ongoing parent
and staff training on health, nutrition
and safety-related topics. Marilyn
earned a B.S. degree from the College
of New Jersey and a B.S. in nursing
from the University of Medicine and
Dentistry of New Jersey, and is working
toward a master’s degree in nursing
leadership and management. She is a
Doula, Certified Educator of Infant
Massage, and an accomplished speaker
and trainer.
Senior Community Service: Nicole
Velez ’13, a Visionary Award
recipient – the highly coveted award
highlighting the traits of a model
MHS student – made her mark as
a volunteer for various programs,
including Year Round Experience,
junior chapel, and National Honor
Society, where she provided
tutoring for students. She also
participated in textbook collection
and distribution projects, and served
as a mentor for new students as part
of the Elementary Division CoPilot program, as an intern with the
MHS Financial Services Department,
and as a member of the softball
team during her sophomore and
junior years. Nicole served as class
president, secretary of public relations,
secretary of Home Life, and student
body president with the Student
Government Association. As student
body president, she supported the
Hershey Community Youth Alliance
by providing oversight for community
service projects that linked students
of MHS and Hershey High School.
Nicole also was a member of the
academic, distinguished, and effortand-conduct honor rolls, and was
recognized as a Student of the
Marking Period and Hershey Rotary
Student of the Month. She plans to
attend George Mason University to
major in legal studies and psychology
and minor in entrepreneurial studies.
Alumnae lead ‘Girls Day with the Grads’ for 8th grade
students
Eleven alumnae, Middle School Principal Tanya Barton, and Alumni
Programs Coordinator Catherine Skena lead a day-long program for 8thgrade girls on March 9 at Catherine Hall. The goal of the program was to
prepare the students to be independent young women who focus on making
decisions for a sound future, and prepare them to transition to 9th grade.
Thank you to the following alumnae for volunteering to spend the day
with their future alumni sisters: Brenda Armstrong ’86, Phillipa Ashby ’89,
Kimberly (Bishop) Elenberg ’88, Lisa (Tameka Peten) Haidara ’92, Kayla
Hidlay ’08, Amy Mason ’90, Symphany Neely ’11, Tinarion Neely ’02,
Marilyn Pantoja ’03, Edith Penn ’95 and Vernelle Pete-Koyi ’84.
Pictured is one of the activities, the tarp challenge, during which groups of students were
given a short period of time to turn over a tarp without any of them stepping off of the tarp.
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Alumni Relations News
Alumni connect through regional alumni events
The Milton Hershey School Alumni Relations and
Programs Office and the MHS Alumni Association work
together to host regional alumni events in various regions
of the country each year. Unfortunately, we are not able
to host alumni events in all states or regions of the U.S.
The locations and frequency are selected based on the
concentration of alumni who live in those areas.
Since January 2013, more than 100 — alumni and their
guests — attended dinners in Pittsburgh, New York City
and the Boston area.
Invitations for regional alumni events are mailed to
alumni who live in those areas, and information is also
included in the weekly Spartan Minute electronic newsletter.
In Waltham, Mass.:
In New York:
Matt Ward ‘91, Stan Maston ‘47
MHSAA President Joe McDonald ‘55 presenting
Guests listening to program
Young alumni catching up after the program
In Pittsburgh:
Many of the guests gathered for a photo after dinner
The Carse brothers
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Alumni Association News
MHSAA President’s Letter
I write to you with pride! With
assistance from Ralph Carfagno ’73
and his capable Alumni Relations
and Programs Office staff and our
own Administrative Assistant Jill
Heintzelman, your Association just
finished hosting the 59th Annual
Alumni-Senior Fellowship Dinner
and Fellowship Weekend.
I look back to fond memories of the very first AlumniSenior Fellowship Dinner, which was held for the great
Class of ’55, with Alumnus of the Year Arthur Whiteman
addressing my fellow senior classmates and me. At this year’s
event, Captain Kimberly Elenberg ’88, 2012 Alumnus of the
Year, entranced us with her motivational comments. Mr. and
Mrs. Hershey would be holding their heads high with pride
to witness what their generosity has harvested.
One hundred and sixty two alumni/honorary alumni
and 99 guests hosted members of this year’s senior class at
the Friday evening dinner — one of the largest gatherings
for an Alumni-Senior Fellowship Dinner. A moving and
fitting closing to the evening, thanks to the efforts of
MHSAA Vice-President Dick Shadel ’54, was provided
by third-grader Kya Han (Class of 2021), who delivered a
moving tribute to Mr. Hershey.
This year’s Fellowship Weekend began with the
annual Career Day program at the high school with 70
guest speakers, 20 of whom were alumni, to share stories
regarding their vocations. Students were enthralled with
what they heard and interest ran high. Sincere thanks to
those alumni and community leaders who contributed their
time and expertise to motivate the students as they consider
their futures.
The MHSAA Cancer Care 5K, under the leadership
of committee chair Bill Coskey ’79, brought a record
crowd of 1,675 participants on Saturday to the Milton
Hershey campus. Through the efforts of this hard-working
committee, more than $20,000 was raised to help our
brother and sister alumni needing financial assistance due
to this dreadful disease. Congratulations to Bill and his
committee members for their outstanding efforts.
The weekend concluded with a special Alumni-Student
Chapel Service with alumni participants, Captain Kimberly
Elenberg ’88, Edith Penn ’95, Mike Benson ’86, and Josh
Brunk ’05 delivering readings during the service. Thank
you to Pastor Mike Wagner for providing an inspiring
message to those who attended.
Recently, under the leadership and organization of
Jim Gould ’63, the MHSAA Annual Golf Classic took
place at the Hershey Country Club West Course. Jim and
his committee created a first-class golf tournament with
various prizes. This event has proven to be the biggest
revenue-generating event for MHSAA each year, and
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Jim deserves a huge pat on the back from all of us for his
outstanding efforts.
I want to share with you the wonderful news and
another success story for MHSAA Past President, John
Hanawalt ’70, who has been selected as a finalist for a
prestigious 2013 CFO of the Year Award by the Central
Penn Business Journal. John was selected for recognition
because of leadership in his company, contributions
to his company’s profitability and achievements in his
community. Congratulations and nice going, brother John.
Another Milton Hershey success story!
In early winter, I joined MHS President Dr. Tony
Colistra ’59, Ralph Carfagno ’73, Ray Daly ’72, Matt
Ward ’91, Trust Board Member Bob Heist ’92 and
Catherine Skena of the School’s Alumni Relations and
Programs Office, in visiting with alumni at dinners
in Pittsburgh, New York City and the Boston area. I
am thrilled to have witnessed the enthusiasm and love
expressed for our school and home by many alumni during
these visits. There is no doubt, the Milton Hershey School,
under the leadership of Dr. Tony Colistra ’59 and Pete Gurt
’85, their outstanding faculty and support staff, that much
is being accomplished for our future brothers and sisters
enrolled at MHS.
So, if you aren’t involved now, become involved with
your alumni association. You will be re-energized and
want to do more. Mr. Hershey provided each one of us
the opportunity to build a successful life, and it is never
too late to give back. You will be a better person for it,
and you will be contributing to your young brother and
sister “Milts.” Consider running for a position on the
Alumni Board, pay your dues, and take an active role. This
Association can only be as strong as its active membership.
It needs you, and, believe it or not, you need it.
Hopefully, this September will bring the largest turnout
for our annual Homecoming, Sept. 27-29. I challenge
each one of you to return to our home and school to
demonstrate unilateral support for the successes being
achieved by Tony, Pete, the faculty and support staff and,
most of all, the students of the greatest school of all, our
Milton Hershey School. In the words recited by Kya
Han ’21, “It’s about a man who dreamed of a future;
That became his future, my future, your future, our
future.”
Congratulations to our newest members, the Class of
2013, and “...May God hold you in the palm of his hand
until we meet again.”
Sincerely and with respect,
Joe McDonald ’55
MHSAA President
Alumni Association News
Chapter News
Harrisburg Chapter
The chapter held its sixth annual Easter egg coloring,
hunt and pizza party for the Memorial Hall students staying
at MHS during Easter break. This event has continued to
grow since its inception.
New England area alumni planning family
picnic for July 20 New England area alumni and their families, along with
current students and their families, are invited to a family
picnic beginning at 1 p.m. July 20 at Barre Falls Dam,
Hubbardston, Mass. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and condiments
will be provided, and alumni families are asked to bring a
dish to share with everyone. In addition, each family should
consider bringing the following items: cooler with nonalcoholic beverages, chairs, sunscreen, and any snacks they
may want. This is a family event, and alcohol is prohibited.
The following is a list of recreational activities available:
• Canoe Launch - Free
• Disc Golf Course - Free
• Horseshoe pit - (Bring your own horseshoes)
Homestead Chapter
The Homestead Chapter thanks
everyone who attended the Alumni
Breakfast prepared by the Chapter
on April 20, in conjunction with
Fellowship Weekend.
The chapter continues to prepare
home-cooked breakfasts once a month
to raise money to support various programs. Among the
programs benefiting proceeds is the MHS Alumni Association
Cancer Care Committee and the MHS Alumni Association
itself. The chapter presented checks for $1,000 each to
MHSAA and to the Cancer Care Committee at the AlumniSenior Dinner.
Philadelphia Chapter
The annual Philly Chapter Family Picnic is scheduled
for noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 10 at one of the pavilions at Parx
Casino and Racetrack, 3001 Street Road, Bensalem. It
is free for all Milton Hershey School alumni and their
families. There will be lots
of fun activities for children
and grandchildren. Please
mark your calendars now.
For additional information
or to RSVP, visit the
Philadelphia Chapter web site
at: www.MHSPhillyAlumni.
com, or send an e-mail to:
[email protected].
The Philadelphia Chapter
hosted its annual spring golf
outing April 26 at John Byrne
Golf Course. Proceeds from
the event will be used to assist
MHS alumni in need. • Volley Ball - (Bring your own ball)
• Fishing – Massachusetts Fishing License required
• Hiking
• Mountain Biking
• Sight seeing
If you plan to attend, please RSVP using one of the
following methods:
Search Facebook for Milt New England Friends
and Family Picnic, https://www.facebook.com/
events/196729460474541/;
Send an Email - [email protected]; or
Send a text message to: 413-896-3906.
Condolences to Barron family
The MHS Alumni Association extends its sincere
condolences to Chuck Barron ’84, below left, and his
family upon the death of Pat Barron, below right, who
died suddenly on April 24. Pat attended Milton Hershey
School and will truly be missed by his family and friends.
Many alumni hold him dear to their hearts, as he attended
MHS and formed friendships during his student years and
beyond. His smile will forever be remembered.
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Class Notes
Alumni
Association News
MHSAA Cancer Care Committee volunteers committed to easing burdens
By Deanna Olson ’86 and Sean Johnson ’86
We want to take this time to speak about the 2013
Cancer Walk and what it has become to us personally; can
we just say, WOW! This was truly an amazing day, and the
work that goes into this event by our MHS Cancer Care
Committee is unbelievable. It is truly an inspiration for all
of us to get up and get motivated and help in any way we
can. And, from what we understand, this year’s event raised
$20,000 to be used to assist alumni and their immediate
family members who are battling cancer.
We have seen first-hand the time and effort that goes
into this and everything else the committee members do
to make the lives of other human beings less stressful when
faced with or knowing someone battling cancer. This past
year, we reached out to our MHS family, as Deanna’s family
was dealt the news that “Our Little Saramarie,” her cousin,
was diagnosed with leukemia. It was heartbreaking in every
way imaginable. When we reached out, we were asking for
a little guidance for planning a fundraiser. We had no idea
where to begin, and we wanted this event to be as successful
as possible. We got so much more than that; within two
days, several MHS alumni stepped up – beyond their official
roles with the MHSAA Cancer Care Committee – to help
bring everything together for a fundraising event. The
caring and compassion that our family received, and we felt,
was overwhelming, and we will forever be grateful to all of
our alumni brothers and sisters who helped.
It’s all about helping others and giving back, and
members of the MHSAA Cancer Care Committee have
Book rooms early for Homecoming 2013
Reminder: book your rooms early for Homecoming,
Sept. 27-29. A list of Hershey-area lodging locations,
many of which offer discounted rates to MHS alumni for
Homecoming, is located on the MHS Alumni Association
website at: www.mhsaa.org.
Please mention that you are a graduate of MHS to receive
these discounted rates. In some cases, you may be asked
to show your MHSAA membership card. One example
of the rates available is the Best Western, which offers a
rate of $79 a night if booked early. Last year, if you waited
until Homecoming weekend, the rate increased because of
the dwindling supply of rooms. You don’t have to pay in
advance; just reserve a room.
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reminded us through their actions that time is valuable
and life is precious, and with wonderful people that put
together events such as the MHSAA Cancer Care 5K, and
so much more, for others, it makes it a lot easier for those
facing the challenge of this dreadful disease.
Thank you for all you do! The bottom line is that
it doesn’t matter what we take part in at MHS or what
MHSAA committee we may be involved with, we are
MHS alumni, and we can do great things together because
it’s about giving back and helping others. Being part of such
an amazing family has curing powers in itself.
Bill Coskey ‘79, Sue Grippen ‘83, John Long ‘83, Shawn Johnson ‘86
and Deanna Olson ‘86 helped plan a benefit for Deanna’s young
cousin who was diagnosed with leukemia. Also in the photo are
several alumni who supported the event.
Alumni, students team up to improve
Greenbelt
Students from student homes Trailway and Hogan
repaired and painted a bridge on the Capital Area
Greenbelt May 5. Along with MHS alumni Dan Ludwig
’41, John Hanawalt ’70, Dirk Dixon ’70 and Tim Poole
’81, they repaired benches and painted a bridge that spans
rail tracks on the south side of Harrisburg. Students and
alumni have conducted similar community service projects
the past several years. Bikers and hikers voiced their great
appreciation for the well done job. Also shown in the group
photo are Mr. and Mrs. Jackson, houseparents at Trailway,
and Norm Lacasse, CAGA maintenance volunteer.
Class Notes
General Class Notes
1940s
Harry Hurt ‘40, of Indianapolis, Ind.,
recently returned to Indiana after
residing in Florida since 1993. He and
his wife have been married 66 years.
Elmer Myers ‘41, of Aliso Viejo, Calif.,
is retired from Boeing Corporation. He
reports that he rides a bike twice a week,
enjoys nature walks with his wife, and
keeping up with current events.
William Price ‘42, of Hershey, is
recuperating after several months in
the hospital. He thanks all of his alumni
friends and “Cooper” students for their
prayers, phone calls, cards, and well
wishes. “I love all of you.”
Herbert Wignall ‘42, of Pearland,
Texas, and his wife recently celebrated
their 68th wedding anniversary.
James Evans ‘44, of Hudson, Fla.,
retired from Conrail in 1990 and became
a full-time Floridian in 2003. He has been
working part-time at Busch Gardens for
the past six years.
Tait Douglas ‘45, of Sun City, Ariz.,
retired from Amp Inc. in 1986. He
reports that he is still very active, playing
softball several times a week, and
staying healthy.
John Clevenstine ‘49, of Royersford,
and his wife Margaret celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary.
Adam Daffner ‘49, of Livermore, Calif.,
enjoys life in Napa wine country.
1950s
Arthur King ‘50, of Bellefonte, retired
from Sperry New Holland after 38 years.
He and his wife Norma have been
married for 60 years.
Raymond Ballard ‘51, of Bethlehem, is
retired and works part-time for Wegmans.
Carl Evans ‘51, of Duncansville, is
retired from Conrail. He and his wife
have been married 55 years.
John Resanovich ‘51, of Lebanon,
was recently appointed chairman of
the North Lebanon Township Zoning
Hearing Board.
Frederick Coleman ‘52, of Jamison, is
fleet manager and supervisor for Bucks
County Transport.
LaFrance Bragg ‘53, of Lakeside, Calif.,
retired from the University of San Diego.
He has been a mason for 52 years and
is very active in various offices and
community projects.
Charles Kendig ‘62, of Keswick,
Va., recently celebrated 20 years of
employment with Oracle Corporation.
Prior to Oracle, he worked for Xerox for
25 years.
John Moore ‘53, of Lancaster, is a parttime driver for Comfort Keepers. He and
his wife Phyllis will celebrate their 59th
wedding anniversary Aug. 8.
James Gahagan ‘63, of Woodbury,
Minn., is a retired senior lending officer
for Union Bank and Trust.
Ronald Achey ‘54, of Lititz, is the
owner of Ronald C. Achey Auto Sales
and has been in business for 45 years.
John Cleaver ‘54, of Brooklawn, N.J.,
is an asset protection supervisor with
Walgreens Drug Store. He and his wife
Rosemarie celebrated their 27th wedding
anniversary Dec. 25, 2012.
Andrew Litavec ‘54, of Lansdale,
retired from Cabrini College after
teaching for 36 years. He and his wife
Patricia celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary in December 2012.
Frank Crosscup ‘56, of Harrisburg,
retired 13 years ago from UGI.
George Schumacher ‘56, of Perkasie,
retired from SPS Technologies in 2001.
He and his wife celebrated their 52nd
wedding anniversary Feb. 11.
John Robaton ‘58, of Bethel, is a
retired professor from Boston University
and is a photojournalist. He and his artist
wife Maria spend six months of the year
in Italy, where he is finishing a cookbook
with photos of local countryside life in
southern Italy.
1960s
Samuel Montgomery ‘60, of Milton, is
a truck driver for John Veriha.
Raymond Winward ‘60, of Waldport,
Ore., has been retired for the last 10
years. He celebrated his 70th birthday
with his wife Jackie on a cruise from
Los Angeles to Miami, and through the
Panama Canal.
William Cervenka ‘61, of Bowie, Md.,
is retired. He and his wife will celebrate
their 50th wedding anniversary in
September, and are planning their sixth
cruise.
Leslie Singer ‘61, is retired and has
lived in Germany for the last 45 years.
He enjoys traveling and last year visited
South England and Scotland.
James Gould ‘63, of Hershey, sold
his insurance business and is working
towards retirement. He enjoys spending
time with his grandchildren and playing
golf. He and his wife Shirley have been
married 48 years.
Richard Krause ‘63, of Somerset, Ky.,
is a professor at Somerset Community
College. His collection of original
epigrams, “Optical Biases,” was published
by Eye Corner Press in Denmark in
September 2012, and a collection of short
stories, “Studies in Insignificance,” was
published by Livingston Press in 2003.
John Martin ‘63, of Naples, Fla., retired in
December 2011 as facilities manager with
Collier County Public Schools. He and his
wife Peggy have been married 38 years.
Joseph Bernardo ‘64, of Hershey,
retired from Hershey Foods Corporation
after 31 years of service and works parttime for Warner Motors, Hummelstown.
A Vietnam veteran, he and his wife Erina
have been married 41 years.
Richard Climenhaga ‘64 retired in
2006 from Xerox Corp. after 33 years of
service. His is currently an IT operations
technician at Fairfax County Public
Schools. He and his wife Penny have
been married 43 years.
Dennis Devers ‘64, of East Windsor,
N.J., is enjoying retirement from the
Medford, N.J., post office.
John Kriner ‘64, of Chambersburg,
retired from the Chambersburg Police
Department after 27 years and is
currently a teacher’s assistant with
Lincoln Intermediate #12. He and his
wife Martha celebrated their 30th
wedding anniversary April 30.
Clyde Moyer ‘64, of Dover, Del., retired
in 2012. He volunteers as a reader for
pre-school children and as a leader for
Hopekeepers, a support group for the
chronically ill.
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Class Notes
James Simkins ‘64, of Glen Burnie,
Md., recently relocated back to Maryland
from Corpus Christi, Texas, to be closer
to his children and grandchildren.
Joseph Simpkins ‘64, of Somerdale, N.J.,
retired after almost 30 years as custodian
with Sterling High School. He and his wife
Nancy have been married 36 years.
Albert Wilson ‘64, of Middleton, Idaho,
and his wife Patty have been married
30 years. They recently visited South
Africa and have traveled to all seven
continents.
Bruce Campbell ‘65, of Emporia, Va.,
is retired and still publishes
EmporiaNews.com.
Dick Ridgway ‘65, of Bowbells, N.D.,
recently sold his airplane and relocated
to North Dakota after living in Alaska
for 30 years. He reports that he bought
a new Kubota tractor and some goats
and plans to try making goat cheese. He
says that everything he does somehow
relates to his years at MHS.
Terry Brubaker ‘66, of Lititz, is
president of Superior Promotions,
promotional product sales.
Stephen Devries ‘66, of Fairfax Station,
Va., is a logistician with Corner Office
Systems.
John Saia ‘66, of Rolling Hills Estates,
Calif., reports that he is still working
at his dream job as technical training
manager for Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.
Robert Kramer ‘68, of Middletown,
recently retired from the U.S. Postal
Service after 28 years of government
service, including four years in the Air
Force. He enjoys playing golf.
James Foreman ‘69, of Blain, retired
from the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation in March.
Paul Schoolik ‘69, of Burlington, N.J.,
has been a bus driver with Burlington
Township for 23 years. He enjoys riding
his motorcycle.
Gary Weeks ‘69, of Marlton, N.J., is
employed by the U.S. Postal Service. He
and his wife have been married 33 years.
He is an avid distance runner and finished
14th out of 304 in the Broad Street Run,
third in Odssessy Half Marathon and first
in the Marlton Mayors Cup.
1970s
James Beamenderfer ‘70, of
Elizabethtown, is a lead receiver in
dining services at Elizabethtown
College. He is a proud grandpa and
ushers at the Barnstormers baseball
stadium in Lancaster.
Bruce Hummel ‘71, of Palmyra, is
retired. He plays golf and travels.
Michael DeJesse ‘72, of Philadelphia,
works for the Philadelphia Parking
Authority. He and his wife Louise
celebrated their 33rd wedding
anniversary April 19.
Steven Merrick ‘72, of Mifflinburg, is a
building inspector for the Pennsylvania
Department of Labor and Industry.
Mark Vogl ‘73, of Gilmer, Texas, has
published a new book, “Southern
Fried Ramblings with Grits and All the
Fixins.” The book is for sale as an ebook
through Amazon.com. Joseph Clerico ‘74, of Lancaster, is
an installation technician for Vector
Security Inc.
Frederick Gilliard ‘74, of Philadelphia,
finished his last doctorate degree in
December 2011. He is the minister at
Grace Baptist Church.
Jerry Waters ‘75, of Harrisburg, and his
wife Cheryl are celebrating 30 years of
marriage.
Robert Gogol ‘77, of Somerton, Ariz.,
is an inspector for Sikorsky Aerospace
Maintenance.
Charles Neiderhiser ‘77, of York, is the
owner of York Smokeless LLC.
Lance Riegler ‘78, of Churchville, is
information technology director with
Warren Township Schools.
Paul White ‘79, of Jim Thorpe, and his
wife Rochelle have been married since
1985 and have two children. He is the
owner of Absolute Chimney Service.
Thomas Samuelson ‘66, of Delanson,
N.Y., is a field engineer instructor with GE
Heavy 6 Power Plants.
Thomas Clingan ‘67, of York, is the
owner of Thomas H. Clingan Electrical
Services.
Daniel Joyner ‘67, of Weaverville, N.C.,
is a structural steel estimator with Dave
Steel Co. and a motor coach operator for
Young Transportation.
Larry Boyle ‘68, of Sweet Valley,
became a first-time grandfather in
December 2012.
Frank Kershner ‘68, of Montoursville,
is a Vietnam veteran. He retired from
GTE after 37 years in the electronics
field.
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Reggie Wells ‘75 was head coach for the South Park High School girls’ basketball
team that won the Pennsylvania AAA state title in 2013. While the team was in Hershey
for the championship game, he arranged to have them practice at MHS. Wells was
inducted into the Spartan Athletic Hall of Fame in September 2012 for his achievements
as an outstanding basketball player when he was at MHS. He was also an outstanding
player at Clarion University. Class Notes
1980s
Louis Rice ‘80, of Yorkville, N.Y., is
a warehouse supervisor with Fiber
Instrument Sales.
Richard Martin ‘81, of Matthews, N.C.
is a machinist with Coffing Hoist. He and
his wife have been married 10 years and
own a restaurant in Charlotte.
Timothy Poole ‘81, of Camp Hill,
is a self-employed consultant for
Green Diamond Trails. He and his
wife celebrated their 20th wedding
anniversary in October.
Martin Henry ‘82, of Lancaster, retired
from the Pennsylvania State Police as a
major after 25 years of service. He now
manages executive security services for
the National Football League.
John Linko ‘82, of Leisenring, is a
business planning clerk for U.S. Steel. He
and his wife Kelly have been married for
eight years.
Ted Cogdell ‘83, of Laurel, Md., is a
marketing specialist with U.S. General
Services Administration.
Eric Welsh ‘84, of Marietta, Ga., retired
from the U.S. Army after 28 years. He
has been employed by Cocoa-Cola
Company for the past two years.
Gilbert “Dusty” Durand ‘85, of
Myerstown, retired as commander of
the Pennsylvania Counterdrug Joint
Task Force on Feb. 28, after 27 years of
military service in a variety of units, both
active-duty and National Guard, as an
enlisted soldier and an officer. He is now
director of the Pennsylvania Department
of Military and Veterans affairs legislative
liaison office. In that role, Durand
works with federal and state officials to
advocate on behalf of military members,
their families and veterans.
Thomas Gallagher ‘85, of Cranford,
N.J., works in the payroll department at
Verizon Wireless.
William Jester ‘85, of Philadelphia, is a
lab manager in medical research at the
University of Pennsylvania.
Michelle Kissinger ‘85, of Bernville,
is director of business development for
Kissinger Associates, Inc. She is enrolled at
Eastern University, pursuing a Ph.D. in the
organizational program. A group of her
co-workers nominated her for the ATHENA
Jim O’Connor ‘85, an enterprise architect with The Hershey Company, visited Yemi
Osholowu’s computer technology class at Milton Hershey School’s Senior Hall and arranged
a field trip for the students to do a job shadow day at The Hershey Company in March.
award through the Greater Reading
Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Stacey Waters ‘87, is to graduate from
Shippensburg University in May with a
master’s degree in counseling. She is an
investigator for the Pennsylvania Human
Relations Commission.
Laura Harris ‘88, of Fort Collins, Colo.,
is a stay-at-home mom and home
schools her two sons, ages eight and six.
Kimberly Gilbert ‘89, of Elkton, Md.,
graduated from LaSalle University in
May 2012 with a bachelor of science
in nursing. She is a registered nurse at
Christiana Hospital.
1990s
Adam Bryson ‘90, of Kailua, Hawaii, is
an offensive cyber planner in the U.S.
Marine Corps, where he was recently
promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Dujuan Sylvester ‘90, of McAdoo, is
employed by Highmark. He is married
to Tracey Lauer ‘91, and they have six
children.
Alissa Bridgeman ‘91, of Johnstown,
Colo., is a stay-at-home mom and has
two children. She and her husband Mark
have been married 12 years.
Erica Lawrence ‘92, of Hummelstown,
is a health and well-being coach for
Healthy Self.
Ray Metzger ‘94, of Ephrata, is owner
of Isaac’s restaurant in Wyomissing, and
he won the 2012 Excellence in Food
Safety Award. He was recently voted
vice president of the Pennsylvania
Restaurant and Lodging Association.
Robert Stroup ‘97, of Reading, is a lift
truck operator with Americold Logistics.
Nickolas Stone ‘98, of New Cumberland,
is a warehouse management operations
supervisor with ES3.
Ododo Wash ‘98, of Morgantown, is
director of specialized services at Child
Guidance Resource Centers.
Eric Cloyd ‘99, of Downingtown, is a
design engineer with A. Duie Pyle. He
has been married for seven years and
has two children. He recently started
his third master’s degree in application
development.
2000s
Thomas Elerowski ‘02, of Sherman
Oaks, Calif., is an Apple systems engineer
and consultant in Los Angeles. He and his
wife are expecting their first child in July.
Shanta Lawry ‘02, of Philadelphia, is an
assessment worker for the Philadelphia
Corporation for Aging.
Olivia Richards ‘02, of Columbia, Md.,
is a dental assistant with Dental/Medical
Associates.
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Class Notes
James Stankunas ‘11, of Shamokin,
released his debut single, “Fragile Heart,”
in March, and it’s available on iTunes,
Amazon, Google Play, Rhapsody, and
other online music retailers. James is a
student at Temple University.
Melissa Stingle ‘12 attends Lancaster
Bible College and works as an intern in
the MHS Admissions Office.
Marriages
Tiffany Hwang ‘07 shared her Milton Hershey School story at the 2013 ITWAL
Conference for food wholesalers, distributors, and buyers from across Canada during
a recent breakfast sponsored by Hershey Canada in Toronto, Canada. Hershey Canada
wanted to educate their ITWAL clients about MHS and the story behind every chocolate
bar that the independent wholesalers buy and distribute. ITWAL Limited is a Canadian
national network of independent, diversified retail and foodservice wholesale distributors.
Christine Redcay ‘03, of Harrisburg,
is an assistant teacher at Kids Academy
day care. She has two children and is
engaged to be married in September.
Robin Williams ‘03, of New Kingston,
N.Y., is a life coach with The Arc of Delaware
County. She and her husband celebrated
both their wedding anniversary and son
Owen’s first birthday on May 31.
Carly Wahl ‘03, of Pasadena, Md., is
a business process analyst for Wells
Fargo Bank.
Dale Henderson ‘05, of Rutherford,
N.J., is an operations supervisor with
United Parcel Service.
T.C. Royal Rice ‘05 was promoted to
the rank of sergeant and was recognized
at a Bears hockey game earlier this year
as a veteran of the Afghan war.
Jamison Langguth ‘06, of Philadelphia,
is a research psychology technician at
the University of Pennsylvania’s unit for
experimental psychiatry.
Jennifer Rudiman ‘06, of Shenandoah,
is a full-time student working toward a
doctor of physical therapy degree at the
University of Scranton.
Abby Sneeringer ‘06, of Spring Grove,
is an IT help desk technician with GTI
Federal. Her daughter will be four years
old in May.
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Jerico Evans ‘07, of Philadelphia, is
business services manager for the City
of Philadelphia Commerce Department.
Tiffany Hwang ‘07, of Harrisburg, is a
financial services professional with New
York Life.
Rebekah Lesh ‘09, of Lewisburg,
graduated from Thaddeus Stevens
College and is now working towards
her bachelor’s degree at Millersville
University.
Ashley Lloyd ‘09, of Carbondale,
graduated from Rider University in
December with a degree in psychology
and social work. She plans to start a
master of social work program in the fall.
Capri Tilghman ‘09, of West Chester, is
majoring in early childhood education
at West Chester University.
Brett Kubiak ‘10, of Philadelphia,
is the first Gwynedd-Mercy College
cross country athlete to be named
All American. In Fall 2012, he finished
third during the NCAA Regionals in
the 8,000-meter event, earning him a
trip the 2012 NCAA Division III National
Championships, where he finished 33rd.
Jakob Pittman ‘10, of Wallingford, is
a student at the Community College of
Philadelphia.
David Morse ‘53, of Florissant, Mo., and
his wife Cecilia were married on Feb. 14.
He retired from Brockie Healthcare, Inc.
in August 2012.
Births
Michael James Riehl was born on
July 26 to Mary (Weaver) Riehl ‘05.
Christian Isenberg was born
Dec. 22 to Andrea (Mason) Isenberg
‘92 and her husband Nick. Andrea and
Nick are both employed at MHS; she is a
library assistant and he is an Ag teacher.
They reside in Palmyra.
Deaths
Lewis Gerhold ‘36, of Charles Town,
W.Va., died Nov. 22, 2012.
Carl Ross ‘38, of Catonsville, Md., died
April 9. He was an electrical engineer.
Clarence Swartz ‘38, of
Mechanicsburg, died April 12. He retired
from UGI and served in the U.S. Army Air
Corps. during World War II.
Travis McDaniel ‘41, of State College,
died Feb. 6. He had been controller for
Coulter Electronics. He served in the U.S.
Army during WWII.
John Hendel ‘42, of Lincoln Park, died
March 9. He was a trouble analyzer for
Bell Telephone for 36 years, retiring in
1983. He served in the U.S. Army.
Paul Bushman ‘43, of Hershey, died
March 24. He had been an electrician at
Hershey Chocolate Co., retiring in 1988.
He served in the U.S. Marines Corps.
during WWII.
Class Notes
Otis Herb ‘43, of Reading, died Nov.
27, 2012. He was the owner of Otis Herb
Construction Co. in Philadelphia for 20
years. He was a U.S. Navy veteran during
WWII, serving in the Pacific on Midway
and other islands.
Claudius Rickmers ‘43, of Berwick,
died March 8. He was retired from the
U.S. Navy.
John Bellis ‘44, of Chesterfield, Va., died
Nov. 14, 2012. He was a contracting officer
with the U.S. Navy Aviation Supply Office.
John Cogswell ‘44, of Santa Barbara,
Calif., died in September 2012. He had a
psychotherapy practice in Los Angeles
for almost 40 years.
Ray Dietrich ‘44, of Audubon, died
Feb. 1. He retired from ICI Americas after
35 years as a chemical engineer.
James Finnegan ‘48, of Merrimack,
N.H., died March 9. He retired from The
Union Leader after 39 years where he
served as editorial page director and
chief editorial writer. He served in the
Massachusetts National Guard and was
MHS Alumnus of the Year in 2000.
Thomas Christofes ‘49, of
Hummelstown, died Feb. 23. He
retired as assistant to the Pennsylvania
auditor general and had worked under
Governor Robert P. Casey. He also retired
after 40 years of service as command
sergeant major from the U.S. Army
Reserves, having served during the
Korean and Vietnam conflicts.
Robert Schaeffer ‘49, of Novelty, Ohio,
died Dec. 11, 2012.
James Addis ‘52, of Reston, Va., died
March 17. His had a career in computer
software development, giving him
opportunity to travel, living in Hawaii
and Germany.
James Pick ‘55, of Verona, died April 8.
Larry Thomas ‘56, of Shickshinny, died
Dec. 7, 2012. He retired from the U.S. Army
Green Berets, where he obtained the rank
of captain. He served one tour of duty in
Korea and two tours in Vietnam. He was
awarded the Purple Heart and a Silver Star.
Louis Stroffolino ‘57, of Womelsdorf,
died April 3.
Romualdo Palmieri, ‘58, of Salt
Springs, Fla., died Feb. 28. He was a
machinist at Johnson Controls in York.
Gerald Edwards ‘59, of Philadelphia,
died Jan. 11. He was a retired
Philadelphia police officer.
Darryl Stahler ‘64, of Orange Park, Fla.,
died Aug. 9, 2012. He was the owner of
Designs and Signs.
Simon Struzzeri ‘66, of Inkerman, died
March 30, 2007. He was an elementary
school teacher at Pittston Elementary
School for 32 years, retiring in 2005.
John D. Bear ‘68, of Glendale, Ariz.,
died Feb. 1.
A. Wade Tart ‘69, of Oakland, Md., died
March 4. He was an employee of Prince
Frederick Times newspaper and was
very involved with the On Your Own
Agency, the Center for Independent
Living, and served as a mentor for
Southern Maryland ARC.
Stephen Crosson ‘72, of Levittown,
died March 18.
Stephen Waite ‘73, of Stroudsburg,
died Dec. 17, 2012. He was the owner of
Southwest Shapes and Collectibles, which
he operated for more than 20 years.
Dale Smosny ‘75, of Tallmadge, Ohio,
died Oct. 24, 2012. He was a U.S. Postal
Service employee.
Yu-Chuan “May-May” Chen Leary
‘97, of Oakdale, N.Y., died March 2. She
was a fourth grade teacher in the Island
Trees School District where she was
awarded 2012 Teacher of the Year.
Monique Mason ‘99, of Harrisburg, died
March 5. She was a former employee of
the Pennsylvania Housing Authority.
Jared Burnell ‘09, of Pittsfield, died
Feb. 28. He was recently discharged
from the U.S. Army where he had been
an intelligence analyst.
MHS Staff Deaths
Sandra G. Barnes, died Feb. 13. She
and her husband Clint served for eight
years as houseparents to middle division
girls.
Retiree Deaths
Phyllis Fuller died March 3. She began
employment on Aug. 21, 1979, and
retired March 1, 1991. She was a medical
secretary.
Warren Hitz Sr. died March 19. He
began employment with MHS on
March 28, 1955 and retired Nov. 1,
1985. He worked in the Agri-Business
Department repair shop.
David Stough, died Jan. 25. A retired
houseparent, he began employment
with MHS on Aug. 17, 1970 and retired
July 1, 1981.
David Bergman ‘74, of Friendly, W.Va.,
died March 20. He was an employee of
Asbestos Workers Local #2 of Pittsburgh.
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New England Area Alumni
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