APPLAUSE! 2012 AWARD WINNERS FETED APPLAUSE! AT PRESIDENT’S GALA
DR. DAVID L. AMATI Lillian M. Bassi Core Values Award
DR. MARC S. FEDERICO President’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
DR. PAUL F. CRAWFORD President’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Whether advising businesses and nonprofit organizations or supporting the educational goals of students, Dr. David L. Amati ’70, ’72 exemplifies the University’s core values of integrity, civility and responsibility.
Dr. Marc S. Federico, of the Department of Exercise Science and Sport Studies, joined Cal U in 1999 as director of the physical therapist assistant (PTA) program, which he directed to its first accreditation in 2001.
Dr. Paul F. Crawford, of the Department of History and Political Science, is a professor of ancient and medieval history who specializes in the history of the Crusades and the military-religious orders, such as the Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights.
Amati founded Global Business Associates in 2009 to provide business development and leadership services to corporate customers and nonprofit groups. Prior to this role, he was director of global automotive business and automotive headquarters for The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) International. Amati also held professional leadership positions in the Material Handling Institute Inc. and the Engineering Society of Detroit. He is a founding member of the nonprofit Building America’s Tomorrow, which aims to reinvigorate America’s interest in manufacturing. A former teacher and central staff member with Pittsburgh Public Schools, Amati holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He earned both master’s and bachelor’s degrees at Cal U, where he established the David L. and Nancy M. Sivek-Amati Early Childhood/Elementary Education Scholarship, honoring his late wife’s exceptional teaching career. University honors include the 2009 Alumnus of the Year Award, presented by the School of Graduate Studies and Research, and the 2006 W.S. Jackman Award of Distinction from the Cal U Alumni Association. He addressed graduates at Commencement in spring 2008. Since January, Amati has served as president of the Foundation for California University.
Award winners Dr. Christine Patti, Dr. Robert S. Whyte, Dr. Ralph Belsterling, Professor Marsha L. Nolf and Dr. Donald J. Thompson pose with Dr. Angelo Armenti, Jr. at the 2011President’s Gala.
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In 2005 Federico was appointed coordinator of the Rehabilitation Science track of the Master of Science in Exercise Science and Health Promotion. In this role he teaches online classes; coordinates admission of candidates into the track; and develops, prepares and implements didactic and laboratory course work. His courses include “Corrective Exercises in Rehabilitation,” “Business and Entrepreneurship in the Fitness Industry,” “Essentials of Human Movement Science” and “Corrective Exercise Program Design.” Federico also continues to serve on yearly graduate athletic training research committees at Cal U, and to conduct and publish research in his field. Outside of the University, Federico is a reviewer for Strength and Condition Journal and a past member of the American Physical Therapist Association and the Three Rivers Academic Consortium. He has delivered many guest lectures and speeches across southwestern Pennsylvania and Ohio. Federico holds a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree and Doctor of Physical Therapy from Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Among Crawford’s published works is the first English-language translation of a 14th-century Crusader chronicle known as the “Templar of Tyre.” In addition to magazine and journal articles, book chapters and numerous book reviews, he is the author of more than a dozen encyclopedia entries on Crusadesrelated subjects, as well as several essays with a popular orientation. Crawford has presented papers at scholarly conferences across the United States, and in England, Wales, France and Turkey. He has assisted in the preparation of several television programs on the Crusades and the military-religious orders, and he has appeared in three History Channel productions. Crawford holds a Ph.D. in medieval history from the University of Wisconsin. His professional memberships include the Medieval Academy of America. Since joining the Cal U faculty in 2006, Crawford has taught a wide range of courses in ancient and medieval history and the history of Christianity and Islam. Research accomplishments notwithstanding, he says his students are, in many ways, the most rewarding part of his life.
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