Jack Kennedy memorial
Alumni Achievement Award
History of Grove City College Since its founding in 1876, Grove City College, committed to Christian principles, has striven to be equal in academic excellence to the finest fouryear colleges. It seeks to provide liberal and professional education of the highest quality that is within reach of families who desire an institution that will strengthen their children’s spiritual and moral character. J. Howard Pew (Class of 1900), one of the guiding spirits in building Grove City College, stated that the College’s “prime responsibility is to inculcate in the minds and hearts of youth those Christian, moral and ethical principles without which our country cannot long endure.” These principles continue to be part of the dynamic motivation of Grove City College. A broad, Christian-based cultural consensus prevailed in America when the College was established. The founders of Grove City College, consciously avoiding narrow sectarianism, held a vision of Christian society transcending denomination, creeds and confessions. They were committed to the advancement of free enterprise, civil and religious liberty, representative government, arts and letters, and science and technology. Believing that the fruits of civilization would be destroyed if religious and ethical roots were allowed to wither, the founders intended that the claims of Christ as God and Savior and of inspired Scripture be presented to all. They hoped that through its program of intellectual, moral and spiritual education, Grove City College would produce young leaders capable of pushing civilization forward on every frontier.
From its founding, the College has endeavored to give young people the best in liberal, scientific and pre-professional education at the lowest possible cost and, in keeping with this historic policy, maintains one of the lowest tuitions of any independent, high-quality college. The College equips its students with tools that will enable them to continue their education throughout their lives. It holds them up to Christian principles to assist in their spiritual and emotional development and to guide them in their service to society. The College’s religious program, evangelical in its orientation, offers ample opportunity for young people to fellowship with Christian leaders who are dedicated to helping youths to understand the application of their Christian faith to everyday life. Chapel services, convocation programs and Sunday vespers are designed to stimulate the campus community to think creatively and critically about ultimate issues in the light of the Word of God. Grove City College is not narrowly denominational. While many points of view are examined, the College unapologetically advocates preservation of America’s religious, political and economic heritage of individual freedom and responsibility. The College operates on a balanced budget, refuses federal aid and remains virtually debt-free, proving that higher education can operate responsibly by providing an affordable, first-rate education without government funding or mandates.
presidents Dr. Isaac C. Ketler (1876 – 1913)
Dr. J. Stanley Harker ’25 (1956 – 1971)
Dr. John H. Moore (1996 – 2003)
Dr. Alexander T. Ormond (1913 – 1915)
Dr. Charles S. MacKenzie (1971 – 1991)
Dr. Richard G. Jewell ’67 (2003 – 2014)
Dr. Weir C. Ketler 1908 (1916 – 1956)
Dr. Jerry H. Combee (1991 – 1995)
Hon. Paul J. McNulty ’80 (2014 –
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JACK KENNEDY MEMORIAL
ALUMNI ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
honoring alumni for 50 years 1964-2014
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Our Jack Kennedy As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our annual Alumni Achievement Award, named for Jack Kennedy since 1980, I am pleased to write a few words about Jack. He was a Grove City College grad of the Class of 1937 who was both a professor and administrator at the College for 32 years. During probably half of that time there were two notable Jack Kennedys – one, of course, rose to the U.S. Presidency and the other was our Jack Kennedy. In the old days, our Jack Kennedy wore many hats – Alumni Association executive secretary, placement head (called career services today) and unofficial aide-de-camp to the President for fundraising. So he did it all! And, as only one person doing all those things, he couldn’t cover every base like we do today – but he did his very best. And Jack’s very best was, indeed, very good. I was sitting in an airport in the Deep South many years ago. I had my College class ring on and a person sitting next to me, noticing my ring, leaned over and said, “you must know Jack Kennedy” – that person worked for a company to which Jack had referred a lot of Grovers in his placement role, and my new friend loved our grads and Jack. As an Alumni Council member, I worked with Jack from 1968 on. He was organized, skillful and fun to be around. For him it wasn’t a 9-to-5 job but a calling – a calling he fulfilled with loyalty, respect and love for Grove City College and for those with whom he worked. Mostly, though, I knew Jack as a friend – first as Mr. Kennedy, when I was a student and had numerous interactions with him; and later as Jack, a friend and partner on the alumni side of the College. He was gifted and unique, and our College was the better for having had the benefit of his counsel and the pleasure of his company for so many wonderful years.
Richard G. Jewell, J.D. ’67 President 2003-2014
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Jack Kennedy
Alumni Achievement Award Award History
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The word “tradition” takes on added significance when recalling a campus event launched in the 1960s. A tradition etched in Grove City College annals is the Alumni Achievement Award, sponsored by the Alumni Association.
In 1980, the award was renamed the Jack Kennedy Alumni Achievement Award in honor of the College’s first alumni secretary and placement officer. Jack Kennedy served his alma mater for 32 years before his retirement in 1980. He had an indelible influence on the lives and future careers of hundreds of Grovers. In 1987, following Jack’s death, the award was renamed the Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award in tribute to him.
Alumni Association leaders, including Walter L. Moser ’15, Bob Neely ’34, J. Marvin Suter ’50 and Jim Schalles ’42, initiated the program and adopted the award guidelines. Working with them was Alumni Secretary Jack Kennedy. After a year of preparation, the award program was approved by Alumni Council vote at the April 1964 meeting. The areas of awards began with five fields and have been expanded during the years to include a variety of fields that mirror the majors and areas of study at the College.
Worthy Candidates
Anyone who holds a degree from the College is eligible for the Alumni Achievement Award. They and anyone who attended the College for a period of not less than four semesters constitute the regular membership of the Grove City College Alumni Association. With approximately 27,000 living members, the Alumni Association is a vital constituency of the Grove City College family. The selection and presentation of the Jack Kennedy Memorial Alumni Achievement Award is a rich tradition that will continue for many more years.
Nominations come from alumni through mentions in The GēDUNK alumni magazine, faculty, family and friends, the committee, College staff, and news releases received in the Alumni and College Relations Office. Nominations should be sent to the Alumni and College Relations Office by February 1 of each year. Complete biographical information for a candidate is very helpful to the selection committee. The initial guidelines encouraged alumni to excel in worthwhile service. This service brings honor to the College. Distinctive success in one’s occupational field is worthy of honor and is recognized as an extraordinary commitment to bettering the world around us. This fits into the mission and values of Grove City College. Grove City College Office of Alumni and College Relations 100 Campus Drive Grove City, PA 16127 alumni.gcc.edu (724) 458-2300 or 888-GCC-GRAD alumni@gcc.edu Dr. George Southworth, Class of 1914, is congratulated upon receiving his award in 1964.
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Dr. Weir C. Ketler Class of 1908 Dr. Weir C. Ketler was president of Grove City College for four decades, from 1916 to 1956. Ketler was born in Grove City. He began his educational career in 1908 at Grove City College, serving as an assistant professor in mathematics and professor in history and economics. In 1914, he was made assistant to the president and was acting president in 1915. On June 13, 1916, he was elected to the presidency of the College at age 27. He served in that capacity until his retirement in June 1956, guiding the College through two World Wars and a depression. He directed the upper campus development plan. Upon retirement, he was named president emeritus.
In 1953, he wrote An Adventure in Education: 75 Years of Grove City College. He served on the Alumni Council, then was elected to the Board of Trustees, where he led from 1964 to 1987. In 2014, he posthumously received the College’s Athletic Heritage Award for his time as a basketball coach (1910-13) and an assistant football coach. Ketler was very active in civic, educational and religious affairs. He served two terms as president of the Presbyterian College Union and a term as president of the Higher Education Section of the Pennsylvania State Education Association. He was a member of the board of governors of the Bureau of Educational Records and Research and served on various committees of both educational and religious affiliation on the state and national levels. He was a trustee of the Grove City Hospital and a director of Princeton Theological Seminary. He was a director of the Grove City Foundation and a member of the Newcomen Society of Pennsylvania. He passed away Dec. 15, 1987. Additional degrees: Yale University; Honorary degrees from Buena Vista College, University of Pittsburgh, Waynesburg College, Allegheny College and Grove City College
The Rev. F. Paul McConkey Class of 1909 Rev. F. Paul McConkey served the church faithfully for 41 years, concluding his active ministry in the pastorate of one of the largest congregations in the country – the First Presbyterian Church of Seattle, Wash. McConkey began his ministry at the Presbyterian Church at New Park, Pa., in 1912. Starting in 1920, he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Grove City, and for the next seven years, he served the Gaston Memorial Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia. Moving to the Midwest in 1927, McConkey was minister to the Immanuel Presbyterian Church of Detroit, Mich. Fourteen years later, he assumed the pastorate of the Seattle Church and held this post until his retirement in 1953. He was then named pastor emeritus of the Seattle Church. McConkey was born in Grove City. A world traveler and lecturer, he wrote The Ebony Jewel Box, Hillsides of Heaven and numerous religious booklets and articles. He was a member of the board of foreign missions of the Presbyterian Church for 15 years and a director of Whitworth College, San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Christian Freedom Foundation. During his service in Seattle, McConkey’s ministry accented tithing and missions with special emphasis on evangelism. During this time, many of the Sunday schools and missions became independent churches. He also served as a member of the Board of Trustees for Grove City College from 1919 to 1923. He passed away. Additional degrees: M.A., Princeton University; B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary; Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College 4
Dr. George C. Southworth
1964
Class of 1914 The recipient of four national engineering medals and prizes, Dr. George Southworth was recognized as an authority on microwave radiation and waveguide transmission, and an originator of radio-astronomy. A research pioneer in his field, he contributed much to the practical application of such knowledge both to radar and to cross-country transmission of audio and video signals. The awards he received are indicative of his work. For his early work on waveguides, he earned the Morris Liebmann Prize and the Medal of Honor, both awarded by the Institute of Radio Engineers. For his contribution to radio astronomy, he earned the Louis Levy Medal of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, and from the same Institute – the Stuart Ballentine Medal for contributions to the Techniques of Microwave Radio. Beginning with experimental work at Grove City prior to World War II, Southworth continued research at the Bureau of Standards and Yale University. Southworth entered the Bell System in 1923. At American Telephone and Telegraph Company he was in the Development and Research Department, coordinating various short-wave radio telephone activities. He moved to the Labs in 1934 and their Research Department. Southworth authored a textbook, Principles and Applications of Waveguide Transmission, later translated into Russian. In 1963 he wrote a second book, Forty Years of Radio Research. One chapter is devoted largely to student days at Grove City. Southworth served on the Board of Trustees for Grove City College from 1954 to 1957. He passed away July 6, 1972. Additional degrees: Doctorate, Yale University; Honorary Doctor of Science, Grove City College
Robert E. Thorn Class of 1916 Robert E. Thorn contributed much to Grove City College as a student, teacher and adviser. He was one of the Wolverines’ early four-letter men, earning his “G” in football, basketball, baseball and tennis. From 1916 until 1920, Thorn taught science and mathematics in Franklin, Pa., and Lima, Ohio. Wearing two hats, he also served as director of athletics at both schools. His Lima basketball team won the district championship. Returning to Grove City in 1920, Thorn was named director of athletics at his alma mater. During the next 36 years, he served as assistant football coach, head football coach, basketball coach, tennis coach and soccer coach. His teams earned many championships and laurels. His basketball teams won District Class B Championships for eight consecutive years and the Tri-State Championship three times. The 1921 team went undefeated. In soccer, Thorn had three undefeated teams in his last nine years of coaching. Thorn was held in high esteem by his Grove City colleagues. He was named dean of men in 1944 and held this post until 1955. He held sports association posts including the National Soccer Coaches Association, past president of the Tri-State Association for the Selection of Athletic Officials, and first president of the Grove City Recreation Council. He helped organize the Grove City Chapter of Omicron Delta Kappa. In winter 1963, Thorn was honored by the Mercer County Old Timers Sports Association for his contribution to athletics. Thorn served on the Grove City College Alumni Council. He was also inducted to the Athletic Hall of Fame for both Men’s Soccer and All Sports. The Grove City College football and track facility is named Robert E. Thorn Field in his honor. The College later re-dedicated Robert E. Thorn Field on September 9, 2006. He passed away April 13, 1983. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctorate of Humanities, Grove City College
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J. Howard Pew Class of 1900 J. Howard Pew, chairman of Sun Oil Company’s board of directors, served as its president for 35 years and led both his company and the oil industry during years that spanned two World Wars and the Great Depression. Pew was named vice president of the company in 1906 and upon the death of his father, Joseph N. Pew Sr., in 1912, he became president. Pew served as president until 1947. One of Pew’s earliest contributions to the success of Sun Oil was the development of a process for producing quality lubricants from asphaltic crude oil. In his 35 years as president, Sun Oil Company grew more than twentyfold. In 1963, he was elected chairman of the board of directors.
Pew was a member of the American Petroleum Institute since it was organized after World War I. He was vice-president in charge of the refining division of the A.P.I. from 1938 to 1946, and a director from 1919 to 1947. Pew was a Grove City College trustee for 60 years; 40 of those as the board’s president. Under his board’s guidance, Pew led the College from spanning a few buildings and educating a handful of students, to a multi-million-dollar plant covering 150 acres and serving the interests of nearly 2,000 students. Pew also was a director of Glenmede Trust Company; a member of the Board of Trustees of Jefferson Medical College and Medical Center in Philadelphia; and president of the United Presbyterian Foundation. He received the Gold Medal for Distinguished Achievement of the American Petroleum Institute in 1949. A year later, Pew was awarded the Vermilye Medal by The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, for his achievements in management. In 1958 he was presented the Pennsylvania Society’s Gold Medal for distinguished achievement in humanitarian and civic fields. He passed away Nov. 27, 1971. Additional Degree: Honorary Doctor of Laws, Grove City College Additional education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The first class of Alumni Achievement Award winners in 1964 was, from left: Robert Thorn, Class of 1916; The Rev. Paul McConkey,
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Class of 1909; Dr.Weir Ketler, Class of 1908; J. Howard Pew, Class of 1900; and Dr. George Southworth, Class of 1914.
Dr. Ray H. Boundy
1965
Class of 1924 In 40 years with the Dow Chemical Company, Dr. Ray Boundy gained recognition as one of America’s leading chemists. Boundy joined Dow in 1926 and soon became assistant director of the physical research laboratory. Boundy worked with diphenyl oxide and ethylene and on the process for extracting bromine from sea water. In 1942, he was appointed assistant to the president, serving as manager of construction and initial operation of styrene facilities in Ontario, California and Texas. In 1945 he became manager of the company’s growing plastics department. He coordinated sales and research and built a technical service department. Following World War II, he joined teams of industrial experts going to Germany to view war damage. Dow Chemical named him to their board of directors in 1950. He was appointed director of research and a vice president of the company and received an Industrial Research Institute award for contributions to the development of industry or the public welfare. Boundy was a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Division of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry of A.C.S. He was listed in American Men of Science and Who’s Who in America. He was a member of the Grove City College Board of Trustees from 1960 until 1989. After retiring from Dow in 1968, Boundy was a management consultant through the International Executive Service Corps. He earned 15 patents and wrote numerous articles for technical journals. He co-authored the books Styrene: Its Polymers, Copolymers and Derivatives in 1952 and A History of the Dow Chemical Physics Lab: The Freedom to be Creative in 1990. Boundy’s honors include a medal from the Industrial Research Institute and the Scroll Award from the National Association of Manufacturers. He passed away April 19, 1992. Additional degrees: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Case Institute of Technology; M.S., Case Institute of Technology; Honorary Doctor of Science, Grove City College
Dr. Harold W. Dodds Class of 1909 Dr. Harold Dodds began teaching in Pennsylvania high schools (Latin and English), later joining the faculties of six universities – Purdue, Western Reserve, Pennsylvania, Swarthmore, New York and Princeton. Highly regarded, he was inducted as the 15th president of Princeton in 1933. He retired in 1957. Beyond education, Dodds gained renown for his political science interests. In 1922, upon nomination by the U.S. Department of State, he was chosen by the president of Nicaragua as an election adviser. In 1925 he was technical adviser to the Tacna Arica Plebiscitary Commission. Three years later he was chief adviser to the National Board of Elections of Nicaragua and a consultant in election law procedures to the government of Cuba. As Princeton president, Dodds fostered the creation of a permanent section of the school devoted to the study of New Jersey government. In 1946 he was designated chairman of the President’s Committee on Integration of the Medical Service of the Government. In 1949 he became a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange. In addition to serving as a trustee of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Rockefeller Foundation, Dodds was a trustee of Brookings Institution, the General Education Board, and the Danforth Foundation. Dodds was a member of the American Philosophical Society, a trustee of the United States Trust Company of New York, and a director of Union Theological Seminary. He authored two books and numerous reports. He passed away Oct. 1, 1980. Additional degrees: Master of Arts, Princeton University; Doctorate, University of Pennsylvania; 38 honorary degrees, including Grove City College 7
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Dr. Russell B. Fairgrieve Class of 1917 Dr. Russell Fairgrieve was born in Aurora, Ill., and attended Grove City High School. Following his Grove City College graduation, Fairgrieve received his commission as a second lieutenant in the infantry, and he emerged from the service with the rank of captain. Fairgrieve taught high school English and science in Columbus, Ohio, from 1921 to 1927, when he moved with his family to Tucson for health reasons. After tutoring a boy from the East who was in Tucson, also for health reasons, Fairgrieve determined to establish a college preparatory school for boys in similar need. With pioneer fortitude, he built the Southern Arizona School in September 1930. At the time of his award, the Arizona school covered 65 acres, had a student enrollment of approximately 100 with a faculty of 12 and had 19 buildings. Fairgrieve continued to develop the school until 1964, when he retired as headmaster. He settled in a home overlooking the campus and continued to serve the school as chairman of the board of trustees.
Fairgrieve was active in community affairs. He served as director and vice president of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce and was a charter member and first president of the Association of Independent Schools of Southern Arizona. He passed away. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, 1958
Dr. Frederick A. Kaufman Class of 1941 Frederick Kaufman was born in Ellwood City, Pa. Three years after his Grove City graduation, he joined the staff of Mellon Institute of Industrial Research in Pittsburgh. He became vice president of The McKay Company in 1946. He moved to Universal Cyclops Steel Division of Cyclops Corporation in 1958 as vice president and became its president in 1965. Kaufman was a trustee of St. Clair Hospital and a member of the American Society of Mechanical and Metallurgical Engineers. He was a Grove City College trustee from 1972 until 1988. He passed away. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctor of Science, Grove City College
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Dr. Lois (Downs) McBride
1966
Class of 1904 Judge Lois McBride, a native of Mercer, Pa., was appointed by Gov. Gifford Pinchot to the Allegheny County Domestic Relations Court in 1931. In 1935, voters in Allegheny County elected her to her first of two 10-year terms on the bench. She retired in 1961 after 30 years of domestic relations experience. After 1958, McBride handled the ‘desertion and non-support’ branch of the Domestic Relations Court. She was the first judge to devote full-time efforts to the domestic matters springing from divorce and legal separation. Prior to that time, desertion and non-support cases were rotated among county judges. Prior to her law career, she founded and served as first president of the Women’s Political Educational Association, an organization designed to educate women in their civic rights, duties and obligations as voting citizens. Following World War I, she drew upon her training as a social worker to instruct women in various phases of welfare work through the YWCA. After World War II, McBride served as chief of the U.S. Citizens’ Service Corps, in charge of the Victory Gardens drive for the Allegheny County Council of Defense. She was a member of the Allegheny County and Pennsylvania Bar Associations, the American Judicature Society and the National Association of Women Lawyers. She passed away. Additional degrees: Law degree, University of Pittsburgh; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Grove City College
Wilbur C. Ruckel Class of 1934 Wilbur Ruckel was a “pint-sized” shooting guard on Grove City College’s basketball team. After graduation, he played professional basketball with the Wilkes-Barre Barons. He accepted his first coaching post at Franklin, N.J., and moved to North Arlington, N.J., in 1939. There, he established basketball as a major sport. Under Coach Ruckel’s guidance, the North Arlington High Vikings became a power in northern New Jersey basketball. Ruckel’s stalwarts won 424 games, losing just 89 times. He took teams into the state finals eight times, and he captured 14 sectional titles during 24 years. His teams won the state title three times and rang up consecutive winning streaks of 40, 28 and 24 games. Ruckel, who was chairman of the Business and Education Department at North Arlington High, was frequently sought as a panelist for basketball clinics, including the New Jersey State Clinic. He was a committee member of the Bergen County Jamboree, serving as chairman in 1957. Through the years, Ruckel-coached Viking teams were known as sensational shooters and strong competitors. Ruckel was one of the founding members of the North Arlington High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 1979, which has become a Vikings tradition and cornerstone of the North Arlington High School Athletic Program. He passed away Nov. 27, 1995. Additional Education: Montclair University
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Dr. Frank J. Soday Class of 1929 After receiving his Ph.D., Soday worked in research and development for Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil Association. He later became petrochemicals division head at Monsanto Chemical Company’s Dayton, Ohio, laboratory. Soday accepted a post as association manager, Central Research Laboratory, United Gas Improvement Company, Philadelphia, and in 1943 became technical director, Copolymer Corporation at Baton Rouge, La.
Three years later he was named director of the Research and Development Division for Lion Oil Company at El Dorado, Ark., and in 1951 was appointed vice president, Research and Development, Chemstrand Corporation, at Decatur, Ala. He was named vice president, Research and Development, General Dynamics Corporation, in 1959 and later moved to Skelly Oil Company as director of Chemical Developments at Tulsa, Okla. He became vice president, Chemicals, in 1965. At that time he was also elected director of Chemplex Company, Chembond Company, and Yong-Nam Chemical Company in Korea. During his career, Soday wrote articles on petrochemicals, plastics and fibers. He is given credit for developing the civilian gas mask for the War Production Board, Office of Emergency Management, in 1942. He was a delegate to the White House Conference on Business Enterprises in 1957. He held offices with the Southern Association of Science and Industry and the Industrial Development Research Council; Science and Industry, Southern Governor’s Conference; Midwest Research Institute; Alabama Museum of Natural History; Athens College; St. Bernard College and Tennessee Valley Trade School. He held 125 U.S. patents and had 150 published articles and papers. He passed away Oct. 1, 1984. Additional degrees: Master of Science in Chemistry, Ohio State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University; Honorary Doctor of Science, Grove City College
Receiving Alumni Achievement Awards at Homecoming 1966 were, from left, Frederick Kaufman ’41,
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Dr. Frank Soday ’29, Judge Dr. Lois (Downs ’04) McBride, Dr. Russell Fairgrieve ’17 and Wilbur Ruckel ’34.
The Rev. Dr. J. Stanley Harker
1967
Class of 1925 Dr. J. Stanley Harker, the fourth president of Grove City College, was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry by Shenango Presbytery in Pennsylvania. For 22 years he served churches in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio. Harker’s last pastorate was with the First Presbyterian Church of Hamilton, Ohio. There, he began a three-year term on the nominating committee of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Throughout his years in the pastorate, Harker was deeply interested in the work of the Presbyterian Church colleges and the Westminster Foundations on the state university campuses. In 1951, Harker accepted the presidency of Alma College, the Synod college of Michigan, in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Under his leadership, Alma experienced great growth in the student body and faculty. Four buildings were erected and an athletic stadium added. During his five-and-a-half years as president of Alma, Harker spoke and preached in more than 300 Presbyterian churches in Michigan, and greatly strengthened the financial support of Alma by the Synod of Michigan. In July 1956, Harker returned to Grove City College as its president. During his years at Grove City, he encouraged academic excellence and provided a Christian climate on the campus. In the academic area, the faculty doubled in number. He broadened the curriculum, such as the addition of a certified elementary education program, and emphasized use of the library facilities. He also strengthened and supported the College’s athletic teams. Harker taught one class each year in ancient history, and he preached each Sunday morning in the vacant pulpits of local Presbyterian churches. During his tenure at Grove City College, six new buildings were built, all dedicated debt free. Harker stepped down from his work as College president in 1971. He passed away Oct. 9, 1984. Additional degrees: Bachelor of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Cedarville College
Dr. Robert H. Reed Class of 1943 Upon graduation from Grove City, Robert Reed worked as an engineer with the DuPont Company in Buffalo, N.Y. Following two years in the U.S. Navy during World War II, Reed entered the University of Iowa to continue his engineering studies. In 1947 he was appointed to the faculty, teaching chemical engineering subjects as well as studying for an advanced degree. In 1949, he was employed at Syracuse, N.Y., by the Solvay Process Division, one of 11 divisions of Allied Chemical Corporation. At Solvay, he held management positions including technical manager, director of research, and director of development. In 1960, he was named a vice president and in 1962, appointed senior executive officer for the Syracuse location. Active in Syracuse civic affairs, Reed was vice president of the Manufacturers Association, a director of the Chamber of Commerce and the Metropolitan Development Association, as well as a trustee of Memorial Hospital. He was named one of Syracuse’s “Outstanding Men of 1964.” In 1965, he was promoted to the position of director of corporate development at Allied Chemical’s headquarters in New York City. He was a member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Chemical Society. He passed away Dec. 12, 2004. Additional degrees: Ph.D., University of Iowa
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Dr. Donald L. McMillan Class of 1932 After receiving his M.D. degree, Donald McMillan served an internship at Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh. He was a surgical resident at that hospital until 1939. During his nearly 30-year practicing career, first in Glenshaw and after World War II in Mt. Lebanon (Pittsburgh), McMillan was both a practicing physician and a surgeon. McMillan was associated with St. Clair Memorial Hospital beginning in 1946. He served as chief of the medical service and a member of the executive committee of this hospital. He also was team physician for Mt. Lebanon High School. McMillan’s hobby was sports, and he had a strong interest in the Grove City College sports program.
This likely goes back to his high school and college days when he was Butler County Tennis Champion in 1928 and 1929, and was a member of the Grove City College varsity tennis team. In later years, he was president of the Junior Tennis Development Program for Mt. Lebanon. Because of his love for his College and his intense interest in its sports program, McMillan spent many years talking to high school athletes in the Pittsburgh area, urging them to attend Grove City College. Prior to his retirement, McMillan maintained a practice in Mt. Lebanon for 50 years, including 38 years as team doctor for the local high-school football teams. On September 9, 2000, the College named its newly constructed press box at Thorn Field in his honor. He passed away Dec. 31, 2002. Additional degrees: M.D., University of Pittsburgh
J. Paul Sticht Class of 1939
Industry leader J. Paul Sticht had an early engineering career with U.S. Steel Company. In 1944 he worked with Trans World Airlines and in 1948 moved to the Campbell Soup Company. He became assistant to the president of Campbell Soup Company and later was named vice president of Campbell Soups International. Federated Department Stores, Inc., called Sticht in 1960 to become its executive vice president and director. In 1965, he was elected vice chairman of the board. Sticht then served as chairman of the executive committee at R.J. Reynolds. He was named president in 1973, remaining on the board after retirement in 1984. He returned from retirement twice for the company, first in 1987 as chairman, then again in 1989 as acting chairman and CEO. During his time as president, then chairman and chief executive of the RJR organization, the company grew from a domestic tobacco company to a world leader in the consumer products business. Among its subsidiaries were Nabisco, Del Monte, Heublein, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and both the international and domestic RJR tobacco companies. He received the National Governors’ Association’s Special Award for Outstanding Citizen Contributions to State Government in 1982 and the National Association of Corporate Directors “Director of the Year” Award in 1989. Sticht served on many boards, including Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, Chrysler, S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. A member of the Grove City College Board of Trustees for 40 years beginning in 1963, he chaired the board from 1998 to 2003 and was named trustee emeritus in 2004. He also served on the Alumni Council and received the Distinguished Service Award in 2003. He passed away March 27, 2007. Additional education: University of Pittsburgh graduate school; Honorary Doctorate, Grove City College; Honorary Doctorate, Duke University; Honorary Doctorate, Springfield (Mass.) College; Honorary Doctorate, Wake Forest University 12
Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John F. Bohlender
1967
Class of 1924 A full dress ceremonial parade honored Maj. Gen. Bohlender at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, in November, 1961, on his retirement from the Army. More than 4,000 medical center troops saluted the Grove City alumnus in recognition of his 33-plus years of military service. In addition, he was awarded the Legion of Merit for “exceptional meritorious service.” A native of Grove City, Bohlender was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps in 1928 and interned at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. With the military buildup for World War II, Gen. Bohlender went to Camp Grant, Ill., to help organize the establishment of one of the first medical replacement training centers in the country. In 1944, he was sent to the Asiatic Pacific Theater as surgeon of the U.S. Eighth Army, and later he became a staff medical officer with the General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Theater. He was among the first U.S. occupation forces entering Tokyo. In 1946, Bohlender became commanding officer of the Medical Training Center at Brooke Army Medical Center. The following year he was transferred to Munich, Germany, to command the 98th General Hospital and in 1950 returned to the United States to become a member of the staff and faculty of the Army War College. In 1955, the General was named commanding officer of Tripler General Hospital in Hawaii, and it was that year he was promoted to brigadier general. Two years later he became major general. He was appointed commanding general of Fitzsimons General Hospital at Denver, Colo., and moved to Brooke Army Medical Center in 1960. He passed away Nov. 1, 1985. Additional degrees: Medical degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia
The 1967 recipients pose with their awards: from left, Maj. Gen. John Bohlender ’24, Dr. Donald McMillan ’32, The Rev. Dr. J. Stanley Harker ’25, Dr. Robert Reed ’43, J. Paul Sticht ’39 and Alumni Association President William McNary ’52.
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C. William Campbell Class of 1911 William Campbell was a law partner of Campbell, Thomas and Burke. He was a member of the Allegheny County (Pa.) and American Bar Associations, The American Law Institute and the American Judicature Society. He was a director of North American Rockwell Corporation when it was known as Standard Steel Spring Company and later, Rockwell-Standard Corporation. He also served as director of Coraopolis National Bank, which merged with the Union National Bank, which later merged with the Union National Bank of Pittsburgh and Coraopolis Trust Company; the Ohio Valley Trust Company, which merged with Coraopolis Savings and Trust Company; and the Coraopolis Trust Office of The Union National Bank of Pittsburgh.
During World War I, Major Campbell instructed in trench and small arms weapons at Fort Sill, Okla., and Camp Meade in Maryland. He had been a member of the Cadet Corps at Grove City College and received his commission at Ft. Niagara in 1917. Campbell was a member of Coraopolis Borough Council. Campbell served the Grove City College community as a member of the Board of Trustees and past president of the Alumni Council. He passed away. Additional degrees: LL.B., University of Pittsburgh; Honorary Doctorate of Law, Grove City College Additional study: University of Philippines and Santa Thomas, Manila, Philippines
R. Heath Larry Class of 1934 A native of Huntingdon, Pa., Heath Larry worked in private law practice until joining the Law Department of United States Steel Corporation’s National Tube Company in 1938. He was transferred to U.S. Steel where he became assistant general solicitor for labor matters in 1952. Six years later, he was named administrative vice president–labor relations. In 1961, Larry’s duties grew to include responsibility for health service functions. In 1966, he became administrative vice president and assistant to the chairman of the board, and shortly thereafter appointed as executive vice president–public and personnel services and assistant to the chairman of the board. He was elected a director of U.S. Steel Corporation in 1968. For a number of years, Larry was a member of the negotiating team representing the major steel companies in talks with the United Steelworkers of America. He was a member of the Operations Policy Committee of U. S. Steel and a director of the Carnegie Pension Fund. Active in community affairs, Larry served on the boards of the YMCA of Pittsburgh; the Western Pennsylvania Safety Council; Pittsburgh Opera, Inc.; and St. Clair Memorial Hospital. He was also a Grove City College trustee. Larry held memberships in the Allegheny County Bar Association; American Iron and Steel Institute; The Pennsylvania Society; Pennsylvania State Bar Association; and the Human Resources Development Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. After his retirement, he became active in the Delray Beach community by serving as Elder in the First Presbyterian Church and on the Board of the Bethesda Hospital. He passed away Dec. 18, 2011. Additional degrees: LL.B., University of Pittsburgh, Honorary LL.D. degree, Grove City College 14
Col. (Ret.) Alice L. Montgomery
1968
Class of 1933 Alice Montgomery was appointed a second lieutenant in the U. S. Army Air Forces in 1941 and served continuously until retirement in 1965. During her long career, Montgomery served as follows: chief nurse, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; instructor, Department of Nursing, Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama; officer in charge, General Nursing Section, Gunter; chief, Medical Service Support Career Control Branch, Office of Surgeon General, Headquarters, USAF; consultant in nursing, Office of Surgeon General, Headquarters, USAF; chief nurse, 3345th USAF Hospital, Chanute AFB, Ill.; chief nurse, 7520 USAF Hospital, South Ruislip Air Station, Middlesex, England; and chairman, Department of Nursing, Wilford Hall USAF Hospital, Lackland AFB, Texas. Her military medals include the Air Force Commendation Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal and Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with one Silver Oak Leaf Cluster. In March 1963, Montgomery was promoted to colonel, the highest rank a woman could receive in the Air Force Nurse Corps. She was one of just five colonels among the more than 3,000 nurses. She passed away Feb. 1, 1996. Additional education: Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing (Philadelphia)
Gary C. Peters Class of 1959 Gary Peters, one of Grove City College’s all-time basketball greats, turned his athletic talents to baseball and a career as a major league pitcher. Peters entered Grove City College from Mercer (Pa.) High School. In college, he made the varsity basketball team as a freshman, scoring 284 points. In his sophomore year, he scored 311 points and was leading scorer. He left Grove City in the middle of his junior year for a major league baseball career. His scoring total for two-and-a-half years at Grove City was 725 points. Peters was signed by a Chicago White Sox scout in 1956 and, during the two summers while he attended Grove City College, played at Holdrege, Neb., and Dubuque, Iowa. In the spring after leaving Grove City, he played for Colorado Springs and Davenport. In 1959, Peters moved up to Indianapolis in the American Association. Earning a chance with the parent Chicago White Sox, he relieved in two games and had no record. He moved to San Diego in 1960 and won 12 and lost 9. For the next two years he pitched for San Diego and Indianapolis, moving up to Chicago for short appearances. In 1963, he saw success with Chicago, winning 19 and losing 8. The following year he tied for the best record in the majors with a 20-8 mark. He is considered one of the veteran American League pitchers and a mainstay of the White Sox hurling corps. Peters completed his 13-year Major League career with 124 wins and two All-Star Selections. After baseball, he was a project manager for the Sarasota County (Fla.) School District, where he oversaw the design and construction of various schools and facilities.
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Dr. Brainard O. Hawk Class of 1932 Dr. Brainard Hawk was a native of Rimersburg, Pa. A well-known surgeon in the Pittsburgh area, Hawk was chairman of the Department of Obstetrics at Allegheny General Hospital, and he served as a consultant on the staffs of both Sewickley Valley Hospital and North Hills Passavant Hospital. A recipient of the Hirst Obstetrical Prize at University of Pennsylvania in 1938, he was listed in both Medical Specialists and American Men of Medicine, both well-known directories. Hawk was a member of the International College of Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Pittsburgh Academy of Medicine, Pittsburgh College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, American Medical Association, Pennsylvania Medical Society and Allegheny county Medical Society.
He passed away July 30, 1995. Additional degrees: Master of Arts, Johns Hopkins University; Doctor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Robert B. Meneilly Class of 1929 Allegheny County, Pa., native Robert Meneilly joined the American Can Company in 1930 as a supervisor of the Metals Group. He later worked with Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation as assistant to the chief metallurgical engineer. Meneilly moved up to metallurgical engineer, Tin Plate Division, at Carnegie-Illinois in 1940; assistant to the manager, Tin Plate Division, in 1952; and manager, Tin Plate Products, in 1958. Meneilly then joined U.S. Steel Corporation as general operations manager, Tin Mill Products, in 1959 and became the general manager, Tin Mill Products, in 1964. He was a member of the American Society Testing Materials, American Society of Metals and American Iron and Steel Institute. He formerly chaired the Tin Plate Producers Committee of the Institute. He was active in United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., events and served on the board of national missions of the church. He moved to Naples, Fla., in 1987. He passed away March 6, 2004. Additional degrees: Master of Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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The Rev. Dr. Walter L. Moser
1969
Class of 1915 A native of Butler, Pa., Dr. Walter Moser began his career teaching at Butler High School and Marquand School, New York City. He then joined the ministry and served in the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., at Apollo, Pa., Greenville, Pa., and Edgewood, Pa., and served these churches for 48 years. Moser wrote a number of books: Theory of the Church in England, Ocean to Cranmer, Handbook for Christian Laymen, Manual of Pittsburgh Presbytery, and co-authored The Presbyterian Valley and The Incomparable J.H. Snowden. Moser served as moderator of the Synod of Pennsylvania in 1958 and the Erie Presbytery in 1933. He was stated clerk of the Pittsburgh Presbytery from 1947 until 1964. Moser served on the board of trustees of Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, N.C., for many years, serving as both secretary-treasurer and president. Following his retirement as pastor of the Edgewood Community Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Moser served as guest minister of a number of churches in western Pennsylvania. He passed away May 1, 1978. Additional degrees: Ph.D., Edinburgh University, Scotland; Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Johnson C. Smith University Additional study: Harvard University, Columbia University, Western Theological Seminary and Oxford University
Edna (Cookson) Sinclair Class of 1930 Edna Sinclair gave a lifetime of service to the church. After college, she taught Latin and English at South Fayette Township High School, Morgan, Pa. She began a career in church work in 1943 when she became president of the New England Synodical of Presbyterian Women. In 1946, she became vice president of the National Council of Presbyterian Women. She was named a board member of the United Church Women in 1950 and was elected National Treasurer in 1958, vice president in 1961 and president of the national group in 1964. She also served as president of the United Church of Women of Massachusetts from 1957 to 1959. She then served as a member of United Church of Christ’s Board of World Ministries, a member of the general board and a member of the executive board in the Christian Unity Division. She also performed as national chairman of World Day of Prayer. She lectured extensively in the United States and abroad. She was named Church Woman of the Year in 1968 by Religious Heritage for her leadership and inspiration. She passed away Nov. 10, 2003.
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Dr. Ruth I. Anderson Class of 1941 Dr. Ruth Anderson’s teaching career began at Cranberry Township High School in Pennsylvania. She also instructed at the U.S. Naval Training School. In 1946, after earning her master’s degree, she worked at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth where she became chairman of the Department of Business Education and Secretarial Administration. Anderson assumed a position as professor and chairman of the Department of Business Education at North Texas State University in Denton in 1953.
Born in Millerton, Pa., she was listed in Who’s Who in American Women, Who’s Who in American Education, Directory of British and American Writers, and many others. A popular lecturer, Anderson also wrote articles for business education periodicals and published nine textbooks. She was active in civic organizations and nationally was executive secretary, then president of Delta Pi Epsilon, the professional fraternity for graduate business educators. She was a board member of the National Business Teachers Association and the Administrative Management Society and dean of the Institute for Certifying Secretaries. Her foreign travel included conducting a tour of 38 business teachers through Mexico and visiting Canada, England and other European countries. In 1971, Anderson was awarded the John Robert Gregg Award in Business Education – the most prestigious honor in business education awarded for lifetime achievement. She passed away Nov. 11, 1993. Additional degrees: Master of Commercial Science, Indiana University in Bloomington; Doctorate in Education, Indiana University in Bloomington
Clifford M. Bowden Class of 1925 Clifford Bowden was a member of the Bars of the State of New York and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and, also, the Federal District and Appellate Courts. Bowden was a partner since 1936 of one of the largest law firms in the country, Shearman & Sterling, with headquarters on Wall Street and foreign offices in Paris and Brussels. As a legal representative of American corporations making investments abroad, he traveled extensively in Europe, Latin America, Canada and Japan.
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He represented several large European corporations in the United States and acted as director in the United States for the Uddeholm Steel Corporation and Holmens the Newsprint Corporation, both of Sweden. Bowden was active in the work of the International Bar Association and the Foreign Policy Association. He served on various committees of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. He published many law
Bowden was a member of the board of trustees of Grove City College. Bowden’s brother, Edward, was a chairman of the Department of Business Administration at Grove City College. He passed away July 13, 1974. Additional degrees: Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Pennsylvania Law School; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Grove City College
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Dr. Calvin H. Hughes
1970
Class of 1951 Dr. Calvin Hughes was intimately involved in the development of the mechanical heart. He was co-designer of the device while employed by General Motors. The use of the mechanical heart was designated one of the top 10 scientific developments of 1952 by the National Association of Science Writers. For his efforts, Hughes received full membership in the Society of Sigma Xi. Following two years with the U.S. Army and graduation from Grove City College, Hughes spent a year at Wayne University College of Medicine, department of physiology, where he researched blood platelets. Following completion of the mechanical heart research, Hughes attended the University of Michigan College of Medicine. Hughes served his residency in psychiatry at Lafayette Clinic and was staff psychiatrist at the Lafayette Clinic in Detroit. In 1964 he established a private practice in psychiatry and with four other doctors formed the East Point Medical Associates. His educational activities include clinical instructor and senior curriculum adviser for Wayne University School of Medicine, department of psychiatry. He was on the board of directors for Macomb County Mental Health and the Methodist Church Steering Committee, hospitals and homes section. He authored or co-authored many articles regarding the heart-lung apparatus and the role of blood platelets in blood coagulation. Hughes served for 20 years as chief of psychiatry at St. John Macomb Hospital in Warren, Mich. He was also active with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary as a teacher and safety director. He passed away Dec. 25, 2002. Additional degrees: M.D., University of Michigan College of Medicine
Dr. Alexander Slavcoff Class of 1927 Dr. Alexander Slavcoff came to the United States from Bulgaria in 1921 and located employment in a cement plant in Bessemer, Pa. Learning English and studying continually, he completed his secondary education in East Youngstown, Ohio, and enrolled at Grove City College. He supported himself by working at the YMCA. After graduation, he spent four years as superintendent of Selinsgrove Colony for Epileptics before commencing private practice in 1935. In 1946, he opened a practice in Harrisburg, Pa., specializing in urologic surgery. He became a special consultant to the Department of Urology at the Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital where for many years he was department chief and coordinator. Slavcoff also consulted at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pa., and the Masonic Hospital, Elizabethtown, Pa. Professionally he was a diplomate of the American Board of Urology; a fellow of the American College of Surgeons, International College of Surgeons and the American Medical Association; a member of the International League against Epilepsy and an associate of the American Psychiatric Association. After retiring from the Polyclinic and Holy Spirit hospitals, Slavcoff became a full-time consultant to the Pennsylvania Department of Welfare. Soon after, he became a full-time civil service employee at almost 80 years of age. He donated time to Grove City College’s Alumni Council from 1957 to 1960, then became a college trustee until 1983. He passed away June 26, 1983. Additional degrees: M.D., University of Maryland; Master of Medical Science, University of Pennsylvania; Honorary Doctor of Medical Science, Grove City College 19
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Dr. William K. Smith Class of 1938 Noted knee surgeon Dr. William Smith was an orthopedic surgeon and team physician for the University of Pittsburgh for more than three decades. He invented and patented both an ankle and knee brace and developed a special heel cleat for football players called the “Pitt Cleat.” His continuing effort to reduce the number of football injuries resulted in the development of many protective paddings, special splints and a Plexiglas mold for patients with back problems. In addition to performing operations, he designed surgical instruments for knee surgery, which are used nationwide. He produced movies of all phases on athletic injuries that were shown at many colleges and universities for demonstration and teaching purposes.
Smith conducted many athletic clinics throughout the country and was an adviser to both the Eastern Trainers Association and the National Athletic Trainers Association for more than 20 years. The National Trainer’s group cited him for outstanding service. Besides caring for athletes, he ran a private practice in a coal mining community in Heilwood, Pa., and delivered more than 50 babies. Professionally, he was a member of the county, state and national medical associations, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and on the board of the American College of Sports Medicine. He passed away. Additional degrees: medical degree, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Donald C. Thompson Class of 1933 Pennsylvania school administrator Dr. Donald Thompson was superintendent of the Upper Perkiomen School District. Prior to 1966, he was supervising principal for the Albion Borough, Albion Area and Northwestern School Districts in Erie County for 25 years. For seven years he taught science and math in Fredonia-Delaware and Penn High Schools in Mercer County. On the state level, Thompson was past president of the Pennsylvania Association of Supervising Principals and the Phi Delta Kappa honorary fraternity. Also, he was legislative chairman for the Pennsylvania Association of Chief School Administrators and a director of the state’s Educational Research Association. He was honored by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and the Pennsylvania State University School Study Council in 1962 as “Pennsylvania School Administrator of the Year.” In the community, he was active in scouting and the Montgomery County Opportunity Board. In 1965, he received the Continental District Service Award in scouting. He led local Red Cross and hospital fund drives. Thompson authored Formation of Union and Merged School Districts in Pennsylvania and Today and Tomorrow in Pennsylvania Schools. He served during World War II in the South Pacific as a U.S. Navy officer. Thompson retired from Upper Perkiomen School District in 1974. He passed away Oct. 23, 1992. Additional degrees: Master’s degree and doctoral degree in education, The Pennsylvania State University
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J. Thomas Cathcart
1971
Class of 1931 J. Thomas Cathcart was senior vice president–administration of Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates diversified energy company, headquartered in Boston, Mass. Eastern was engaged in the production and sale of bituminous coal, distribution of natural gas, and in barging operations. Its coal subsidiary, Eastern Associated Coal Corp., was headquartered in Pittsburgh. Before joining Eastern, Cathcart was supervising principal of Marienville and Hickory Township schools in Pennsylvania. He later became rent director of Mercer County and was promoted to the regional staff of the rent division of the Office of Price Administration in New York City. Cathcart’s career with Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates began in Huntington, W.Va., as personnel manager of its former Stores Division. He transferred to Boston and was promoted to vice president–public and industrial relations of subsidiary Boston Gas. He was elected executive vice president and director of Boston Gas in 1967. He later returned to the parent organization as senior vice president. Professionally, he was on the board of governors of the Massachusetts Safety Council and the National Board of Better Business Bureaus. In addition to his work with Eastern Gas, Cathcart was active in civic, community and religious organizations. In Needham, Mass., he was a director of the Y.M.C.A., was on the advisory board of the Northeastern University Management Development Program and was a trustee of the University Hospital. He formerly was chairman of the Human Relations Committee of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, chairman of the Massachusetts Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity and a member of the Northeast Regional Manpower Advisory Committee of the U.S. Department of Labor. He passed away April 1, 1994. Additional degrees: Master of Education, University of Pittsburgh
Award winner Helen (Calderwood ’23) Harker, at podium, observes the 1971 dedication of Helen Harker Hall women’s dormitory in her honor.
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Dr. Thomas S. Austin Class of 1938 Dr. Thomas Austin had a life-long devotion to oceanography. He launched his career in 1939 as a chemist with the State Fish and Game Commission in New York, his home state. During World War II, he taught electronics at the Grove City College Naval Training School. In 1946, he joined the U.S. government as head of the Oceanic Survey Branch in Washington, D.C., progressing through various positions in Honolulu, Miami and back to Washington, where he was director of Environmental Data Service in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
He was named in 1969 as the Outstanding Federal Handicapped Employee of the U.S. Navy. Active in civic and community affairs, he was president of various citizens’ associations in Silver Spring, Md., and Miami, Fla. This winner was designated “Honorary Citizen” with plaques by mayors of Florida’s Dade County, Miami and Miami Beach. He was chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee for the Greater Miami Area. Austin wrote more than 33 technical and scientific publications, was an active member of many professional organizations and represented the United States at oceanographic commissions in Geneva, Paris, Rome, Copenhagen and Helsinki. In 1980, Austin accepted the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service, the highest honor accorded to civilian federal employees. This recognized him as a world authority on marine science and a shaper of national and international policies in marine science and environmental information management. He passed away Aug. 15, 1994. Additional degrees: M.A., University of Buffalo; M.S., Yale University; Honorary Doctor of Science, Grove City College
Helen (Calderwood) Harker Class of 1923 Born and raised in Grove City, Helen (Calderwood) Harker was categorized in various ways, such as oldest daughter of the dean of the College, minister’s wife and wife of Grove City College’s president. Following her marriage to Dr. J. Stanley Harker ’25, her service centered mainly on the women and young people in the Presbyterian churches in which her husband served as pastor. These locales include Saltsburg, Pa., Martins Ferry, Ohio, and Hamilton, Ohio. Her activities changed slightly in 1951, when she became first lady at Alma College in Michigan, serving there for more than five years. J. Stanley Harker then became Grove City College’s fourth president in 1956. During the 15 years while her husband served as president of Grove City College, she committed herself wholeheartedly to the students. Her countless hours of counseling, entertaining and being a gracious hostess were rewarded during the 1970-71 academic year. At the suggestion of the Association of Women Students, a new women’s residence hall under construction was named in her honor. Helen Harker Hall was dedicated on June 4, 1971. In addition, Mrs. Harker belonged to the Grove City Women’s Club, the Literary Club and the American Association of University Women. She is also noted for her years of teaching French and Latin to students in the high schools of Clarion, Carnegie and McKeesport, Pa. She passed away Sept. 8, 1996. 22
Dr. Clair B. King
1972
Class of 1917 Dr. Clair King was born the last of nine children in Emlenton, Pa. After his Grove City graduation, he completed medical school at the University of Pennsylvania and returned later to complete his surgical requirements in ophthalmology. He performed eye surgery in Canton, Ohio, since that time, with several interruptions. He served for two years with the U.S. Navy during World War II. In 1962, he volunteered his services to the Presbyterian Church as a medical missionary and served in West Pakistan and Nepal. During his many years in eye surgery he became aware of a power, greater than his, which guided his hand and effected recoveries beyond normal reason. This, in turn, led to his becoming involved in the church’s healing ministry in 1957 and a year later, he was inducted into the International Order of St. Luke. In the years that followed, he devoted considerable time, energy and resources to many churches, publications and individuals regarding his experiences. He served for many years as a ruling elder in the Christ United Presbyterian Church in downtown Canton. He passed away. Additional degrees: medical degree, University of Pennsylvania
Thomas B. Martin Class of 1947 Thomas Martin was the vice president–public affairs of the S.C. Johnson & Son Co., in Racine, Wisc. He also was an officer of the company. He began his career as a salesman in Philadelphia following his graduation from Grove City. Subsequently, he was named sales training director in Racine and progressed through the ranks of public relations director, president and general manager of Johnson Wax Centers and vice president–public and personnel relations. He also was president of the Century Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary. Many professional organizations received Martin’s guidance and counsel, including the Racine Art Association, the Racine Urban League, and Johnson Wax Fund, where he was a trustee. During the New York World’s Fair exhibit, which included the Academy Award film “To Be Alive,” he directed the Johnson exhibit and directed the U.S. tour “OBJECTS-USA,” a crafts collection. The Samuel Curtis Johnson award was presented to him in 1964 and he also was listed in both Who’s Who – Science and Industry and Who’s Who – Midwest Edition. He passed away Nov. 16, 1993.
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Frederick G. Reiter Class of 1931 Frederick Reiter retired from Bendix-Westinghouse Division, culminating a career that spanned 45 years with the company. He started as a bench hand and brake chamber assembler while a college student summer employee of the Westinghouse Air Brake Company, one of the parent companies of Bendix-Westinghouse.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Reiter joined Bendix-Westinghouse as a traveling auditor following his college graduation. He moved to Elyria when Bendix-Westinghouse opened its new plant in 1941. Reiter was elected controller in 1943, treasurer in 1947, secretary and treasurer in 1953, vice president in 1957, director in 1963, and executive vice president in 1970. As chief financial officer for 25 years, he was an officer and director of all the company’s interests in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil. When Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company was merged into The Bendix-Corporation in 1971, Reiter was appointed executive assistant to the vice president and group executive of The Bendix Corporation. Reiter was a director of the First National Bank of Elyria, a corporate member of the United Community Services of Lorain County and a member of Elyria Memorial Hospital Company. He was a past president of the Elyria Chamber of Commerce, a campaign manager of Elyria’s first United Fund Campaign in 1955, and earlier served for many years as a member of the board of directors of the Community Chest. He passed away Feb. 6, 1997.
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Carnegie Alumni Center
Richard A. Sweet
1973
Class of 1927 Retired vice president of the Aluminum Company of America, Richard Sweet was born and raised in Erie, Pa. He launched his ALCOA career as a sales trainee shortly after graduation. Following various sales and sales manager assignments in the New York and Cleveland offices, he transferred to Pittsburgh as manager of sheet and plate sales and became general manager of distribution in 1961. He was elected a vice president in 1969. Sweet was a leading proponent of the use of aluminum for monumental architecture in high-rise buildings and skyscrapers all over the world. He also was one of the pioneers who encouraged the sale of aluminum through distributors and, at the time of his award, more than 25 percent of ALCOA’s sales were marketed through metal. Sweet, also widely known in the sporting world, established as a retirement project for himself a business as consultant and lecturer on hunting and fishing expeditions. He had a large collection of trophies of North American, African and India game in the record class. His record Atlantic salmon (40 1/2 lbs. on a 5 oz. fly-rod) was publicized in Europe and North America. His films, particularly of Africa and Iceland were much in demand by sportsmen and civic organizations. He was a member of numerous professional organizations, ecological and conservation activities, and was on the advisory council of F & G Frontiers, Inc., in Wexford, Pa. He passed away.
Lauren “Luke” Wygal Class of 1948 A long-time Sandy Lake, Pa., resident became executive vice president of a billion dollar corporation in Oregon. Lauren “Luke” Wygal was executive vice president of finance for Evans Products Company in Portland, then-ranked 152nd in Fortune magazine’s top 500 industrial companies, based on revenues. In addition, the company was ranked number five in growth of earnings per share during that 10-year period, and number 16 in an analysis of combined return on investment during the same period. Wygal first worked for Price, Waterhouse & Co., in Philadelphia for eight years. For six years he was associated with The Budd Co., as corporate internal audit manager in Philadelphia; plant controller in Gary, Ind.; and manager of estimating and assistant controller of the automotive division in Detroit, Mich. He joined Evans, a building products company, in 1962. Wygal was listed in Who’s Who in America and his professional memberships included the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, American Institute of CPAs, Oregon Society of CPAs and the Financial Executives’ Institute. He passed away May 17, 1997.
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Dr. Edward J. Czerwinski Class of 1951 Dr. Edward Czerwinski was professor of Slavic languages and literatures and director of the Slavic Program at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Czerwinski’s area of specialization was drama and theatre and comparative literature. He published widely on the literatures of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. In 1970, he founded and later directed the Slavic Center in Port Jefferson, the first cultural center in the United States devoted to all Slavic cultures. Since opening, the Center produced 15 American premieres of Slavic and Eastern European works. He edited the The Slavic and East European Theatre and Drama Journal.
Private foundations and inter-university travel grants gave him the opportunity to study in Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria. His teaching experiences include Georgia Tech, McNeese State College, University of Pittsburgh, SUNY Buffalo, University of Kansas and SUNY Stony Brook. He wrote several plays, two of which were produced off Broadway. Translations of Slavic plays also were produced in theatres off Broadway. A later publication, The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia, was published in 1972. He contributed a chapter to the book, The Cry of Home, titled “The Soviet Dream: Nationalism in Soviet Prose Fiction.” The award recipient chaired the SUNY Wide Committee on Academic Programs for Eastern Europe and organized an exchange program with Poland. He coordinated an overseas program for the SUNY faculty on Soviet and Eastern European programs. Throughout the 1970s and 80s, Czerwinski brought Slavic and East European music to these shores. In the 1980s, Czerwinski formed SEEARTS Management to handle the recording of his musical artists; he also recorded albums for his SEEARTS Records label. In 1985, he was awarded “Man of the Year in Culture and Arts” by the American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs, and in 1986, was named “Man of the Year in Culture” by the American Council of Polish Arts Leagues of America. Czerwinski moved from Manhattan to Erie in September 2003. He passed away Feb. 16, 2005. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Penn State University; Master’s degree, University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Additional study: Emory University, Georgia; Indiana University
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The Rev. Dr. Kenneth R. Waldron
1974
Class of 1924 The Rev. Father Kenneth Waldron, ordained an Episcopal priest, was chaplain at Middletown Psychiatric Center in Middletown, N.Y. He also donated services as assistant priest at Grace Episcopal Church in Middletown. In addition to his Episcopal priesthood, he was ordained a priest of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He held the rank of Archpriest, or Proto-Presbyter, giving him the title of “Very Reverend” for life. He was one of the very few holding valid orders in both the Eastern Orthodox and Episcopal Churches. He was ordained a priest at the Church of St. John the Divine in Sharon, Pa., in 1928. Following were pastoral assignments at Lake Shore Missions in North Girard (now Lake City), Pa., Painesville, Ohio; Bellevue and McKees Rocks, Pa. While serving the latter two parishes, he also was chaplain at Dixmont State Hospital from 1945 to 1949. Prior to his position at Middletown, he was rector at Trinity Church in Mount Vernon, N.Y. He led weekly therapy sessions for alcoholic patients at the hospital. In 1971 he was named Professional Mental Health Chaplain. Waldron was listed in Who’s Who, Academy of Science and Religion and published articles in various church and mental health publications. He was involved with numerous civic, community and religious activities including the National Commission on Relations of Episcopal and Orthodox churches, NAACP and Middletown Human Relations Committee. He passed away Aug. 16, 1989. Additional degrees: M.A., B.D., S.T.M., Kenyon College; Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College Additional study: University of Wisconsin; Yale School of Alcoholic Studies; Mendota State Hospital; Madison General Hospital; University of Pittsburgh; Western Pennsylvania Psychiatric Hospital
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Lois (Thompson) Henderson Class of 1940 Writer, lecturer, churchwoman, community servant and homemaker all describe Lois (Thompson) Henderson. She wrote and published two books, and had numerous short stories and articles published in Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Family Circle, Guideposts, Field and Stream and more. Henderson lived in Coraopolis, Pa., not far from the Harmonist settlement on which her second novel is based. After receiving her degree from Grove City, she married Albert J. Henderson. They were extremely active in the American Field Service and were charter members of the Pittsburgh Council for International Visitors. They opened their home to dozens of young people from many countries.
Their oldest son, David, is blind, and the Hendersons were very active in the field of educating others in this area. Lois organized a Parent-Teacher group at the School for Blind Children and served in many capacities there. In 1974, she was adviser in a pilot program, conducted by the producers of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” that could be used for the edification of blind children. As a lecturer, she spoke frequently at civic, community and church affairs, often speaking on the subject of how a blind child learns to live richly. This was the basis for her first book, The Opening Doors. Henderson served as president of Church Women United in Coraopolis and taught an adult class for 22 years. She filled every office of the women’s organization of the United Methodist Church and was an officer of the Pittsburgh District. She served four years as president of the Pittsburgh Poetry Society. She passed away July 2, 1983.
William P. White Class of 1936 William White distinguished himself in the field of banking at both the local and national levels. Raised in Grove City, White launched his banking career with the Commercial Credit Company. For two years, 1944 to 1946, he served in the U.S. Navy then joined the Grove City National Bank where he was promoted to vice president and loan officer. In 1959, White accepted the position of executive vice president of the First National Bank in Ebensburg, Pa. Under his leadership, the bank grew from a single bank with $8 million to nine branches comprising the Laurel National Bank System worth nearly $100 million. White was recognized by state and national bankers as an authority in his field. He was president of the Pittsburgh Bankers Club, state chairman of the Pennsylvania Bankers Public Affairs Committee of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association and a member of the Advisory Council of the Comptroller of the Currency, Third National Bank Region. In 1973, he co-authored a feature article in Banking Magazine. The article, “Two Ways of Looking at the Real Value of Correspondent Banking,” led to several speaking engagements across the country. In addition to his banking, White was active as a community leader in both Grove City and Ebensburg. At the time of his award, he was treasurer of the Ebensburg Unit of the Salvation Army and president of the Ebensburg Area Industrial Development Association. White retired in 1980 as president and chairman of the board of the Laurel National Bank in Ebensburg. In 1998, he was named one of Cambria County’s Outstanding Business Leaders. He passed away July 29, 2009. Additional education: Graduate School of Commercial Banking, Rutgers University; Honorary Doctorate, St. Francis College 28
Dr. Jacob P. Hassler
1975
Class of 1911 The name of Jacob “Jake” Hassler is synonymous with Grove City College to those students attending from January 1924 through June 1964. As bursar, he was the “keeper of the funds,” and was responsible for the buildings and grounds, and the College’s purchasing operations for 40 years. Thousands of Grovers settled their financial accounts with this exacting gentleman. During his service to the College, the student body increased from 450 to more than 1,600 and the budget from less than $100,000 a year to more than $2.5 million. When Hassler started work at the College, only Memorial Hall was on the upper campus. Constructed during his tenure were Mary Anderson Pew Dormitory and its additions; Ketler, Lincoln and Hopeman residence halls; Crawford Hall; Rockwell Hall of Science; Harbison Chapel; Recreation Building and the original section of Calderwood Hall. Hassler served three years with the Pennsylvania National Guard. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Reserve and spent two years overseas. He was honorably discharged as second lieutenant in 1919. His work experience prior to joining Grove City College included traveling coast-to-coast for the U.S. Shipping Board checking cancelled contracts on ship construction and serving as auditor. He and his partner-brother, E.S. Hassler, published the Grove City Herald. He was listed in Who’s Who in Eastern States and was an evaluator for the Middle States College Association. He served as treasurer for Grove City’s East Main Presbyterian Church for more than 37 years. He passed away May 15, 1985. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctor of Laws, Grove City College Additional study: Cleveland School of Accountancy
Alumni Association President Louise (Slavcoff ’56) Baird, left, stands with 1975 winners Dr. Jacob Hassler 1911, Lois (Thompson ’40) Henderson and William White ’36. At right is College President Dr. Charles MacKenzie.
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1976
Fred E. Buchanan Class of 1948 Fred Buchanan joined Sun Oil Company as a roustabout and rotary helper at Seabreeze, Texas, and earned promotions to become president of Sun Trading and Marine Transport, Inc., in 1975.
Following his initial assignment, he was a petroleum engineer then administrative assistant to Gulf Coast Division management. He became division manager in 1966 and in 1970 he was named regional manager of the Key Areas Region, Dallas. In 1971 he became manager of exploration at Calgary, Alta., Canada. Buchanan returned to Philadelphia in 1974 to become vice president of exploration and production for Sun Oil International. He held that job until being appointed president of the new company. There, he managed existing subsidiaries and affiliates engaged in petroleum marketing and manufacturing outside of North America and was involved in trading and marine operations. The new company, wholly owned by Sun Oil Company, managed Sun Oil Trading Company and its foreign trading and transportation subsidiaries; Sun Transport, Inc. and its related marine transportation companies; Sun’s petroleum marketing subsidiaries in western Europe and Japan; and a refining company in Liberia, West Africa. Because of his employment, he traveled extensively to Africa, Asia, Europe, Central and South America. Buchanan co-authored an article published in the Journal of Petroleum Technology and was a member of the American Petroleum Institute, the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. He passed away June 1, 1977. Additional study: Massachusetts Institute of Technology; University of Nice (France)
Esther G. Post Class of 1925 Esther Post was a pioneer in organizing women’s sports programs and was the founder of the Grove City Girl Scouts. The retired head of the Grove City College women’s physical education department, her many accomplishments from 1926 until retirement in 1966 include initiating such programs as tennis, archery, hockey, softball, bowling, horseback riding, fencing, rifle and body mechanics. Her originality and organizational ability were behind the synchronized swimming show, the May Day pageants, modern dance groups and the Marquettes dance team. She was faculty adviser and founder of the Women’s Athletic Association.
Cross lifesaving and first aid.
Outside of her area, she helped to organize the Outing Club in 1938 and Alpha Theta Mu in 1941. During the World War II years, Post was the only woman on the Air Force Instruction Staff teaching medical aid and survival. She also taught American Red
In the community, she organized the first Girl Scout troop in 1932. At one point during her 20 years as a consultant in western Pennsylvania, she had 87 troops under her wing. She received the Girl Scout National Thanks Badge for service in 1933 and again in 1956. The honoree was a charter member of the local chapter of the American Association of University Women. Further from home, she organized the Pennsylvania Division of the Athletic Federation of College Women in 1936 and served as faculty adviser 11 times. Between 1949 and 1959, Post was co-owner and director of Egypt Valley Summer Camp for girls in Canandaigua, N.Y. She passed away July 1, 1982. Additional degrees: Master of Arts, Columbia University
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Robert P. Neely
1976
Class of 1934 While a student, Robert Neely worked part time for the George J. Howe Co., the Grove City, Pa., coffee distributor. Forty-three years later, in 1975, he retired as president of one of the top 10 coffee and candy wholesale distributorships in the country. Neely began as a bookkeeper and progressed to salesman, purchasing agent, secretary, treasurer, executive vice president in 1962 and president in 1971. Prior to his retirement, he was a director of the National Candy Wholesaler’s Association. Not only was Neely a success in his business career, but also he was known locally for his extensive involvement in civic, religious and College activities. He was a member and past president of the Grove City Chamber of Commerce, Grove City Industrial Development Council and the Grove City Community Chest. He assisted in the founding of the Mercer County Industrial Development Corporation and was a director of the Industrial Information Institute of Youngstown, Ohio. He was a member of the advisory board of the First Seneca Bank & Trust Co., Grove City. In 1958, he was elected moderator of the Butler Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church of North America and in 1965 was moderator of Shenango Presbytery of the United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. He served on the Councils of the Shenango Presbytery and the PA-West Virginia Synod. He was a member of the Grove City College Board of Trustees from 1963 until 1979. He was active with the Alumni Council for many years, served as a College trustee from 1960-1979, and served two terms as director of annual giving. He passed away.
Ted A. Rosenberg Class of 1928 Ted Rosenberg launched a new career as a college dean at age 71. In so doing, he brought to the position considerable experience including coaching, teaching, politics and a successful business background. After his Grove City College graduation, he taught and coached at Sharon High School for seven years and was president of the Young Democrats of Mercer County. That year, he went to Harrisburg to work in the Department of Health. For a time he headed the department’s office for public assistance and then securities. In 1945, he filled an unexpired term as auditor general. After that, he stepped out of politics to be personnel manager for Mary Sachs. A year later, he and a partner started the Dore Rand Store in Lancaster. One of the earliest in the children’s apparel trade, the Dore Rand enterprise had remarkable growth. He opened a store in Camp Hill and, in 1974, sold the business and retired temporarily. The following year, Dr. James Bloom, founder and president of Pennsylvania’s first junior college in the allied medical arts, appointed Rosenberg to be the first administrative dean for the Pennsylvania Junior College of Medical Arts in Harrisburg. Rosenberg was a leader in the Jewish community and in civic affairs. The West Shore Kiwanis Club named him “Man of the Year” in 1972. He passed away.
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Dr. Kent S. Dennis Class of 1950 Dr. Kent Dennis was a senior research chemist with Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, Mich. He received his master’s and Ph.D. from Western Reserve University before joining Dow in 1954. Dennis retired from Dow in 1986 after 32 years as a senior research associate. Also a musician, Dennis spent 47 years as the organist at Memorial Presbyterian Church and was named organist emeritus in 2003. For 46 years, he gave an annual organ recital at Memorial Presbyterian and also taught organ students. He played for more than 700 weddings.
He continued his community involvement as charter member and leader in the Saginaw Valley chapter of the American Guild of Organists where he was dean for three years. He served on the board of managers of the Midland Center for the Arts and as president of the Midland Symphony Orchestra. In 1987, Dennis was honored with the Musician of the Year award by the Music Society and Midland Symphony Orchestra. Dennis used his technical and musical talents to build a pipe organ in his basement in Midland. Later, he donated the organ to St. Joseph the Worker Church in Beal City. He passed away Jan. 1, 2007. Additional degrees: Master’s degree and Ph.D., Western Reserve University
William L. Edwards Jr. Class of 1941 At the time of his Alumni Achievement Award in 1977, William Edwards was chairman of the board and chief executive officer of INTERCO Inc., of St. Louis, Mo. The company was a major maker of footwear, apparel and furniture. He joined INTERCO in 1969 as vice president for finance. He became chairman in 1976 and chief executive the following year. Prior to his career with INTERCO, Edwards had worked with the National Can Corporation, the E.W. Bliss Company and UMC Industries. He passed away in June 1981.
Adley W. Hemphill Class of 1947 Adley Hemphill was president of the Davison Chemical Division of W.R. Grace & Co. of Baltimore, Md. He worked with the specialty chemicals and materials company for 36 years. He retired in 1984. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, University of Pittsburgh Additional study: Purdue University 32
C. Fred Fetterolf
1978
Class of 1952 Fred Fetterolf was hired by the Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) after his receiving his Grove City degree in chemistry. He was awarded two letters each in football, basketball and golf while at Grove City. He became a chemical and general salesman at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1953 and later served in sales assignments in Louisville, Ky., and San Francisco. Fetterolf returned to Pittsburgh in 1965. Later, he was named division sales manager–flexible packaging, a position he held until 1969 when he moved to Los Angeles as assistant district sales manager. He became district sales manager at Philadelphia in 1971, returned to Pittsburgh in 1974, became general manager–marketing in 1975 and general manager–operations, mill products in April 1977. He was elected a vice president in June 1977. In 1978, Fetterolf was elected president of ALCOA, and COO in 1985. He retired from the company in 1991. A Navy veteran, he was a past elder in the Presbyterian Church. Fetterolf was past president of Sewickley Goalkeepers Association and on the board of directors of the D.T. Watson Home for Crippled Children. He formed the board of Imani Christian Academy in Pittsburgh and chaired it until 2011. He served on the boards of Grove City College, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Pittsburgh, Eastern College, WQED-TV, Salvation Army and Boy Scouts of America. In 2011, Grove City College presented him with both a Distinguished Service Award and an Athletic Heritage Award. He passed away Feb. 5, 2012. Additional study: LaRoche College
Louis J. Bibri Class of 1939 After graduation and a three-year tour of duty with the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet in the Pacific area during World War II, Louis Bibri joined Armstrong Cork. He became assistant controller for Armstrong’s plant in Fulton, N.Y., and was later named assistant controller of the Lancaster Floor Plant, the company’s largest manufacturing facility. In 1956, he was given the responsibility for administration of the Floor Plant’s personnel and industrial relations program. Five years later, he became manager of print production and inspection services at the Floor Plant, a post he held until 1963, when he was promoted to general manager of industrial relations for the entire company. Bibri later was named director of employee relations and was elected vice-president of Armstrong Cork. Active in professional and community affairs, he was a member of the Industrial Relations Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Labor Policy Association. He was a member of the Governor’s Task Force–Personnel Policies and Procedures for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In the Lancaster area, where Armstrong’s headquarters were located, Bibri served on the executive board of the local council of the Boy Scouts of America and helped to direct Junior Achievement of Lancaster County. Recently, he was honored by Pope Benedict XVI as a knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great for extraordinary service and commitment to the church. In addition to local church work, he advised the Sisters – the Adorer’s of the Blood of Christ – in Colombia.
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Alice E. Bartlett Class of 1948 In college, Alice Bartlett received the Best Actress Award for her performance as Regina in ‘’The Little Foxes.” It was fitting. Bartlett later joined the State University College staff at Fredonia, N.Y., to teach theatre and speech courses, and she introduced theatre history and design courses. She was named chairperson, Department of Theatre Arts, and was elected to the Faculty Council. Four transatlantic trips and other travels for research and study enriched her background and provided considerable material for instructional purposes. Prior to her appointment at Fredonia, she taught in the Altoona, Beaver and Ebensburg, Pa., school systems. In Altoona, she helped organize the Comedy Players, appeared in more than a dozen plays and was very active with the Altoona Community Theatre. At Fredonia, she directed the show named “Best Production” at the New York State Theatre Festival Association in 1960.
She was a soloist and presented many faculty recitals. Her skills as a reader were utilized on numerous occasions, the most noteworthy being on a pilot TV program in Boston. Bartlett was well-known throughout the area as a drama director, adaptor and the coordinator for the American College Theatre Region XII Festival hosted by the Department of Theatre Arts at Fredonia. The Bartlett Theatre, located at Fredonia, is Rockefeller Arts Center’s black box theatre and is named for Alice. She also served her community by leading workshops for the Chautauqua Girl Scouts and Kiwanis organizations. She passed away Feb. 1, 1981. Additional degrees: Master of Arts, Northwestern University Additional study: Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham in Stratford-upon-Avon, England; University of Michigan
The Rev. Dr. Wallace Guy Smeltzer Class of 1926 The Rev. Dr. W. Guy Smeltzer was pastor to nine different Methodist congregations in western Pennsylvania during his active ministry. In addition, he painstakingly researched and recorded the history of United Methodism in that region. His significant and enduring work can be found in several books. Smeltzer served as historian of the Pittsburgh Conference and its successors since 1936. His books include Methodism on the Headwaters of the Ohio, 1950; The Story of Methodism in the Pittsburgh Region, 1958; and The History of Jumonville, 1973. His 436page research volume, The History of United Methodism in Western Pennsylvania, was published as the 150th anniversary volume of the Western Pennsylvania Conference. Although he relocated to Denver, Colo., in 1971, the awardee continued as historian of the Commission on Archives and History of the Western Pennsylvania Conference. He later authored the book, Bishop Francis Asbury: Field Marshall of the Lord. In addition to ministering to nine congregations between 1925 and 1965, providing community leadership, and serving on numerous boards and committees within the United Methodist Church organization, Smeltzer was a Navy chaplain for two years, participating in the Guam and Okinawa campaigns of World War II as senior headquarters chaplain. He passed away. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College Additional study: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 34
Dr. William C. Laderer Jr.
1979
Class of 1924 When selected for this award, Dr. William Laderer was vice president of West Point Products Company. A retired educator, he worked in public schools as a teacher and administrator for 44 years. In 1969, he was named Educator of the Year by the Pennsylvania Elementary Principals Association. During the 22-year span from 1946 to 1968, he was principal of Washington, Howe and Foster elementary schools. From 1968 to 1972, he taught older students while on the faculty of Duquesne University. Two of the principal organizations with which Laderer was affiliated were the Mount Lebanon Civic League and The 75 Club of Pennsylvania, which is made up of 75 of the state’s leading educators. A member of Mount Lebanon United Lutheran Church, he was a past president of the congregation and a member of the church council. For many years, Laderer was actively involved in the affairs of Grove City College. He was an alumni member of the board of trustees and served as president of the Alumni Association and the Pittsburgh Branch of the Alumni Association. He was also a director of the Annual Giving Fund. He passed away Jan. 1, 1982. Additional degrees: Master of Arts and doctorate in education, University of Pittsburgh
Dr. Garrett C. McCandless Class of 1923 Dr. Garrett McCandless served the Franklin, Pa., community as a physician and community leader since 1932. Even after retiring from performing general surgery in 1965, he remained in general practice as a member of the Franklin Medical Group. In addition to serving Franklin’s people as a physician, McCandless had a remarkable influence on Franklin’s landscape. A gifted fundraiser, he was the driving force behind several renovation and building programs at Franklin Hospital. He coordinated the successful drive to renovate and build an addition to the old Franklin Library building, and he chaired the committee raising funds for the restoration of the Egbert Memorial Fountain in Franklin’s city park. He also helped raise funds for the education building of the First United Methodist Church and for the YMCA’s new facility. McCandless was involved in a variety of health services in the Franklin area, he was chairman of the City of Franklin’s Board of Health. He was president of the Venango County Society for Crippled Children, the Franklin Hospital medical staff, the Venango County Branch of the American Cancer Society, and the Venango County Medical Society. He also served on the board of directors of Polk Center. His interests and activities extended beyond health care and included service as president of the United Fund. Franklin’s Chamber of Commerce honored McCandless in 1969 by naming him “Man of the Year.” In 1979, he received an award from the Pennsylvania Medical Society in celebration of his 50 years of continuous practice of medicine in the state. He passed away Oct. 25, 1996. Additional degree: Medical degree, Jefferson Medical College
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Lawrence E. Bish Class of 1950 Lawrence “Mike” Bish, a native of Butler, Pa., was a four-year letterman in football and basketball at Grove City College while he pursued his engineering studies. Together with post-graduate work at the University of Pittsburgh, his education enabled him to assume various positions in research, personnel, industrial relations and manufacturing management with Armstrong Cork Company of Lancaster, Pa. He held several administrative posts with Thomasville Furniture Industries (Thomasville, N.C.), a subsidiary of Armstrong Cork, and in 1979 was named the company’s president. He served as general manager of the Thomasville Division of Armstrong as well.
Bish used his leadership qualities to aid other organizations as well. He was chairman of the board of trustees of the Community General Hospital of Thomasville and vice chairman of its Housing Authority. In addition to serving as director of the Thomasville United Way and the Thomasville branch of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, he also assisted the board of deacons of the First Presbyterian Church in his community. Additional study: University of Pittsburgh
James F. Stevenson Class of 1942 James Stevenson put his chemical engineering expertise to practical use with marketing skills gained at Harvard Business School. His pioneering research in the manufacture of corrugated cardboard containers led to his holding patents on the preparation of fibrous finishes to control distortion or warping of the containers. An internationally recognized authority in his field, his counsel was sought on techniques and equipment that allowed a highquality, cost-effective, continuous manufacturing process of cardboard containers. He conducted seminars for management groups in such places as Japan, Brazil, Australia, Greece, Switzerland and Taipei, traveling more than 300,000 miles a year. Before founding his own company in 1970, he held managerial positions with Mead Corporation, having managed the Lynchburg Board Mill and the Wheelwright Paper Mill and serving as assistant director of their Corporate Technical Services. Stevenson was chairman of technical programs for the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI) and the recipient of its Silver Award in 1978. He actively participated in civic affairs, including service as director for the local United Way. He was honored by TAPPI as its Man of the Year. He passed away Feb. 19, 2010. Additional Education: Harvard Business School
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Thomas C. Place
1980
Class of 1949 As director of information for the PGA Tour for more than 20 years, Tom Place was a vital man behind the scenes at an average of 38 golf tournaments a year. He supervised the media operations, providing upgraded information on all the players, conducting daily interviews, and overseeing the rapid growth of both the print and electronic media. After retiring from full-time traveling on tour in 1992, he served for five years as press officer for the World Cup of Golf. Place was the sports editor of Grove City College’s Collegian. After graduation in 1949, he became the sports editor of the Oil City Derrick for three years. He then moved on to the sports staffs of the Cleveland News and the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He joined the PGA Tour staff in the fall of 1971 and played a leading role in elevating professional golf tournaments into major events in the sports world. He also served on the board of directors for President Gerald R. Ford’s Pro-Celebrity Golf Invitational in Vail, Colo., for 19 years. He was the editorial director for the President’s golf magazine during that time and also served in the same capacity for five years for the Jerry Ford Celebrity Ski Classic. Place received the College’s Athletic Heritage Award in 2010, the Jack Nicklaus Memorial Tournament Lifetime Achievement Award for journalism in 2009, and special commendations from the United States Golf Association and golf journalist associations of Europe and Japan. In 1964, he received the Harold Hirsch award as the outstanding ski writer in the nation.
Dr. David L. Morrison
1981
Class of 1954 Dr. David Morrison was a nationally recognized leader in energy research. He was president of ITT Research Institute, one of the nation’s largest and oldest contract research organizations. After graduating from Grove City, Morrison served in the Air Force. In 1961, he joined Battelle’s Columbus Laboratories in Ohio as a senior chemist. After advancing through all levels of research management, he was appointed associate director in 1975. At Battelle, his contributions centered on the performance and management of research programs in energy and the environment, including the safety of nuclear power reactors. He also was involved with alternative uses of coal as an energy source. In 1977, Morrison was appointed executive vice president and director of IITRI in Chicago. He was named president in 1980. Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne named Morrison to her task force aimed at luring high-technology companies to the city and garnering federal contracts for local small businesses. Morrison served as chairman, Industrial Energy Conservation Committee, National Academy of Science. He also served on the National Research Council, the Senior Advisory Panel to Commonwealth Edison and the Energy Committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, and was a trustee of Illinois Institute of Technology. A prolific author, he wrote more than 80 articles, reports and presentations on energy and environmental subjects. He passed away Nov. 14, 2013. Additional degrees: M.S. and Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University Additional study: Northwestern University – Executive Development Program; Battelle’s Behavioral Foundations for Management; University of California’s Leadership Laboratory
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1982
Dr. James W. Dean Class of 1949 At the time of his award, Dr. James Dean had served the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University for 24 years. The responsibilities of his first assignment as dean of students were increased as the University grew from 3,550 students in 1958 to 12,000 students in 1968. For 13 years beginning in 1968 as vice president for student affairs, Dean was responsible for the total program and operations of the Division for Student Affairs that involved eight departments, 110 professional and classified staff members, and 160 resident advisers and housing maintenance personnel. The student enrollment grew to 21,000. He was appointed university dean to create alumni programs, conduct executive management training, and liaison public relations with Montgomery County service clubs. He also coordinated the programs and assignments for special audiences such as retired faculty.
Prior to his career at Virginia Polytechnic, he had positions as manager, Westinghouse Electric Corporation Educational Center; dean of students at Coe College; assistant dean of students at The Pennsylvania State University and Bucknell University; and assistant principal at Midland High School. Dean was an officer of numerous professional organizations specializing in student personnel and related fields, and served three years as president of the Virginia Society of Crippled Children. During World War II, he was a fighter pilot, and for 20 years he was a major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves. He was listed in Who’s Who in America, and received other regional and military honors. He passed away Jan. 5, 2002. Additional degrees: M.A. Bucknell University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
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Grove City College’s first Alumni Secretary Jack Kennedy at work in 1969.
James P. Passilla
1982
Class of 1960 As senior vice president, human resources, Disney Worldwide Services, Inc., Jim Passilla was responsible for establishing, implementing and coordinating all human resource functions for The Walt Disney Company, including employment and placement, personnel and benefits administration, equal opportunity programs, compensation, relocation, labor relations, the Disney University (cast development and training, employee communications, and cast activities), and first aid. These functions supported approximately 78,000 employees. His 28 years with the Disney organization included five years at Disneyland as employment interviewer, personnel representative, manager, personnel and training, and director, employee relations. In 1970, the same responsibilities for Walt Disney World were added. He was named vice president for both the California and Florida entertainment centers in 1972. His appointment as senior vice president of the parent company began in 1983. He retired in 1992 and has received Walt Disney World’s Jackaloup Award. As a college student, Passilla was known for his basketball and baseball talents. He lettered two years for the Wolverine cagers and played shortstop for five seasons in the Cincinnati Redlegs Farm System. He launched his working career at Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, Calif., and later accepted a position as personnel coordinator at Microdot, Inc., in South Pasadena. He joined the Disney organization in 1964. Passilla, active in professional and civic organizations, has served on the National Personnel Administration committee for the Boy Scouts of America and on the board of directors for the Florida Education Foundation and for Junior Achievement of Central Florida. He previously served on several task forces and committees of the Orlando Chamber of Commerce, and managed Little League baseball teams and coached YMCA youth basketball. He served on the College’s Alumni Council from 2000 to 2003. Additional degrees: MBA, University of Southern California
Dr. Robert A. Patterson Class of 1939 A specialist in business and financial management, Robert Patterson was senior vice president for finance and operations and treasurer at The Pennsylvania State University for 11 years. As the number one financial officer for Penn State, he was responsible for management, supervision and direction of the University’s budget (operations and development), intercollegiate athletics, purchasing, personnel, new construction, dormitory operations, food service, bookstore operations, security, litigation, investment and other financial activities. He was promoted to his position after working for three years as vice president for finance and treasurer. Before joining Penn State, Patterson added to his business and financial career by working as an associate professor of finance in the Graduate School of Business at New York University. He was employed for 18 years by The Long Island Railroad Co., advancing to and serving as secretary and treasurer from 1962 to 1968. Additionally, he worked at Eastern Air Lines and the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. and REA Express. During World War II, he served with the Naval Air Forces in the North African campaign. Other service included terms as director, Mid-State Bank and Trust Co. of Altoona; chairman of the board of the Penn State University Press, Ltd., and treasurer, Pennsylvania Research Corp. In 1981, then Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh appointed Patterson as a member of the Pennsylvania HighSpeed Intercity Rail Passenger Commission. In 1979, he was named a trustee at Grove City after serving a three-year appointment as an alumni trustee. He became a trustee emeritus in 1999. In 1993, the Penn State Board of Trustees named Robert A. Patterson Hall, housing for graduate students, in his honor. He passed away Oct. 20, 2006. Additional degrees: M.B.A., New York University; Honorary Doctorate, Grove City College Additional study: Ph.D. program, New York University
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Richard M. Larry Class of 1960 Richard Larry started college after spending three years with the U.S. Marine Corps, including duty in Europe and Latin America. He received an Earhart Foundation fellowship for further study at New York University’s Graduate School of Business Administration. He began working for U.S. Steel Corp. in 1961 in the treasury department and was later transferred to a marketing position in the chemical division. In 1969 Larry became associated with the Scaife Family Charitable Trusts in Pittsburgh and in 1976 became chief administrative officer of the Sarah Scaife Foundation. A few years later he was elected president and trustee of the Foundation that provides educational opportunities for scholars and institutions and examines public policy questions. Larry also was trustee and treasurer of the Carthage Foundation of Pittsburgh.
In addition to his philanthropic duties, Larry was involved in civic, educational and religious activities. He served as president of the board of deacons of Beverly Heights Church, was on the education committee of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh, and was a director for Invest-In-America National Council. He was a member of the Mont Pelerin Society, a prestigious international organization bringing together scholars who share the common goal of a free and open society. He also belonged to the similar Philadelphia Society. Larry was a Grove City College trustee beginning in 1992. He also was appointed to the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships from 1986 to 1991. Larry served as trustee for the Philip M. McKenna Foundation, and director and vice chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. He passed away July 6, 2013. Additional degrees: M.B.A., New York University
The Rev. Dr. James A. Walther Class of 1939
As professor emeritus of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, The Rev. Dr. James Walther distinguished himself as professor of New Testament Literature and Exegesis at that institution for more than 24 years. Graduating from Western Theological Seminary (Pa.) in 1942, he served on active duty during World War II as a U.S. Navy chaplain (1943-46). His assignments took him to Pearl Harbor, Midway Islands, Guam and the Tokyo Bay area. He served chaplains’ units with the Navy and Marine Corps Reserves in western Pennsylvania and retired after 30 years of service. Ordained by the Pittsburgh Presbytery in 1942, Walther pastored churches in both the United States and Canada. From 1950-54, he was associate professor of classical languages at Grove City College, then taught New Testament literature at Western Theological Seminary from 1954-59. In addition to his teaching and pastoral duties, Walther wrote numerous articles and several books on Biblical subjects. His New Testament Greek Workbook (1966) has undergone several printings and was revised in 1981. Other publications include The Anchor Bible: First Corinthians and Kerygma: A Study-InDepth of the People of God, used in approximately 2,000 churches throughout the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Walther lectured and preached extensively throughout the United States, and belonged to the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion, Military Chaplains Association and the American Society of Oriental Research. Walther was one of the founders and the first author of the Kerygma Program that placed Bible studies in more than 16,000 churches representing 30 denominations. He wrote Bible studies for the Logos youth program and was a leader at its national conferences from 1987 to 1998. He edited Ever a Frontier, the bicentennial history of Pittsburgh Seminary and authored many articles; he also edited Pittsburgh Perspective from 1960 to 1967. Walther was active with the Greenville Area Christian Ministerial Association and served as its president from 1996 to 1998. He passed away Dec. 28, 2005. Additional degrees: Ph.D., Western Theological Seminary; Th.D., Victoria University, Toronto 40
Marcia D. D’Arcangelo
1984
Class of 1967 Marcia D’Arcangelo used her chemistry degree as a patent chemist with Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y. Following a year there, she spent 14 years in network television series and personal appearance tours with such artists as Perry Como, Bob Hope and The Ray Charles Singers. She performed at the White House for three Presidents and was the featured soloist at an official State Dinner. Briefly in 1982, she hosted a 30-minute program on international art for Manhattan Cable TV. Other TV appearances include the “Ryan’s Hope” and “Texas” soap operas. She recorded the motion picture soundtrack for Warner Brothers’ film, “Exorcist II.” Additionally, D’Arcangelo was a medical news reporter and producer for the Physicians Radio Network. In addition, she was a freelance reporter for the ABC Radio Network News, authored several books, wrote songs and was the chief writer for Dynamic Image in Washington, D.C. Shortly after receiving the Alumni Achievement Award, D’Arcangelo took a position with an international non-profit education association where she wrote and produced award-winning multimedia professional development programs for teachers’ continuing education. After retiring, she served as senior program manager at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., in charge of planning and producing daily programs in the television studio. After retiring again, she taught English to new immigrants and refugees for a non-profit program in Alexandria, Va. She now serves as the director of that school, which annually welcomes nearly 300 adult English language learners from 39 countries and 100 of their children. She still enjoys singing with large symphonic choirs in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Robert S. Janicki Class of 1956 After he earned his medical degree, Dr. Robert Janicki served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps from 1961 to 1966, attaining the rank of lieutenant commander. Following employment stints with Dow Chemical’s Human Health Division and Union Carbide’s Neisler Laboratories, he joined Abbott Laboratories in North Chicago, Ill. Beginning in 1971, he served for eight years as divisional vice president, medical affairs for the pharmaceutical products division and in 1979, was named divisional vice president, research. In 1983 he was elected corporate vice president of pharmaceutical research and development. His responsibilities included the discovery and development of all new pharmaceuticals to commercialization. In 1989 he was elected senior vice president research and retired in 1992. He subsequently served in various consulting roles to the pharmaceutical industry and served on the boards of Cetus and Sunpharm corporations. Janicki was born in Manette, Wash. He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, the Institute of Medicine of Chicago, Sigma Xi and Alpha Omega Alpha. He is a diplomate of the National Board of Examiners and was listed in the 1982-2001 editions of Who’s Who in America. Janicki and his Abbott colleagues are co-authors of numerous scientific and medical publications. Additional degrees: M.D., Temple University School of Medicine
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Dr. Thaddeus H. Penar Class of 1942 Dr. Ted Penar, U.S. Air Force veteran, educated high school and college students for more than four decades. Penar joined the Grove City College staff in 1953 as the chair of the Department of Education. In 1960, he became the registrar and secretary of the faculty, while continuing to teach part-time. Penar was promoted to vice president for business affairs in 1972 and four years later became vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College.
His foresight and planning effected many campus advancements: starting the elementary education program, restructuring the secondary program, initiating pre-registration, computerizing the registrar’s records, improving the food service operation, implementing the new library security system, and developing the educational perspective for the Technological Learning Center. In addition, he founded the cross country team and coached the squad for four seasons. With 38 years of service, he retired from the College at the end of the 1989-90 year. Following his retirement, Penar took on another challenge as interim president, then president, of Butler County Community College. He retired again in 1994. Penar was named “Pennsylvania Business Teacher of the Year’’ by the Pennsylvania Business Education Association in 1965. He was that organization’s president in 1958 and later was president of the Pennsylvania Association of Liberal Arts Colleges for the Advancement of Teaching, and president of the Department of Vocational and Practical Arts Education of the PSEA. He was a member of more than 50 evaluation teams at colleges and universities throughout the nation. Locally, he served a term as president of the Grove City Chamber of Commerce. Grove City College bestowed on him a Florence E. MacKenzie Campus-Community Award and an Athletic Heritage Award. He was also named to the Butler (Pa.) Sports Hall of Fame. He passed away Feb. 1, 2010. Additional degrees: M.A., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh
Alumni Association President John Werren ’58, left, congratulates the 1984 winners
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Marcia D’Arcangelo ’67, Dr. Robert Janicki ’56 and Dr. Thaddeus Penar ’42.
Dr. Robert R. Montgomery Jr.
1985
Class of 1965 Dr. Robert Montgomery is senior investigator at the Blood Research Institute of BloodCenter of Wisconsin, professor of Pediatric Hematology and Population Health – Epidemiology of the Medical College of Wisconsin, and attending physician in Hematology at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. After he earned his medical degree, he was a pediatric intern at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, pediatric resident at Johns Hopkins Hospital, pediatric hematology fellow at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and Denver Children’s Hospital, and molecular immunology fellow at Scripps Clinical and Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif. He also served in the USPHS Indian Health Service at Chinle and Tuba City on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. After three years on the faculty of the University of Colorado, he moved to Milwaukee in 1980, where he has carried out his research to the present. During his career, Montgomery served on various national and international committees, boards and councils. He received an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association, the 1991 Dr. Murray Thelin Award from the National Hemophilia Foundation, the 2001 ISTH Investigator Recognition Award in Paris, the 2005 Tibor Greenwalt Scientific Award, the first Leadership in Research Recognition Award from the National Hemophilia Foundation, a 2006 Distinguished Service Award from the Medical College of Wisconsin, and the 2011 Distinguished Career Award from the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis in Kyoto, Japan. Montgomery and his research group were the first to identify the immunologic risk of patients with hemophilia – later identified as HIV, defined many of the molecular DNA causes of von Willebrand disease, identified a gene therapy strategy for treating hemophilia patients who developed antibodies against the missing Factor VIII protein, and is currently funded by three NIH projects that he directs for the diagnosis and molecular biology of von Willebrand Disease and hemophilia. Additional degrees: MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Elizabeth (Casey) Prince Class of 1938 Elizabeth “Betty” (Casey) Prince began her career teaching in the Zelienople, Pa., secondary school system but is remembered for being extremely involved in church and civic affairs. For many years, Prince sat on the board of directors of the Presbyterian Association on Aging. She remained involved with its expansion program, donating hundreds of hours to meetings and planning. She served as chairman of the administration and operations committee for Oakmont Presbyterian Home as well as vice chairman of church and community relations committee for Washington Presbyterian Home. Prince was an active member of both the auxiliary of the Presbyterian Association and the Sarah Circle. For years, she taught Sunday school at Westminster Presbyterian Church. In addition, Prince was dedicated to her alma mater. From 1965-67, she presided over the Grove City College Alumni Association. She served as one of three alumni representatives on the College’s Board of Trustees for two terms and as director of annual giving for two years. She was president of the Pittsburgh Women’s Club of Grove City College from 1951-53, and opened her home each fall to enable freshman women from the Pittsburgh area to meet each other before going to campus. Betty Casey was married to Robert “Bob” Prince, formerly known as “Voice of the Pirates,” a colorful radio and television broadcaster for the Pittsburgh baseball team. Betty worked with Bob on his humanitarian interests throughout the Pittsburgh area, especially the Allegheny Valley School for Exceptional Children. She passed away Dec. 26, 2007. Additional study: Teaching certificate, The Pennsylvania State University
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Col. (Ret.) Bruce W. Johnson Class of 1960 Bruce Johnson graduated from Grove City College as a distinguished Air Force ROTC graduate. Within the Air Force, he was Air Force Civil Engineer–United Kingdom region, the Department of Defense Construction Agent for the U.K., and the Air Force Regional Civil Engineer for the UK and Spain. He also managed the design and construction management of the Military Construction Program, NATO, Military Family Housing. In addition, he was the U.S. European command regional wartime construction manager for the UK and the senior liaison with the UK’s Property Services Agency.
Johnson’s assignments included Florida and Okinawa before leaving active duty for a position as plant engineer with Owens-Illinois, Inc. He served the Air National Guard for two years when he was recalled to active duty during the Gulf of Tonkin crisis. Further assignments took him to Georgia, Europe, Oklahoma and Korea. In 1983, he was appointed director, engineering and construction, Headquarters Strategic Air Command. Throughout his career, Johnson was involved in many aspects of military life. He served as chapel usher and choir member; as consultant to the British government on US engineering and construction requirements; and adviser to NATO on Hardened Facilities Construction requirements. His writings were published in the USAF Engineering Quarterly. Johnson wears the Senior Missile Badge and Luftwaffe Engineer’s Wings in gold. His military decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, the Combat Readiness Medal and the Republic of Vietnam Honor Medal. Johnson was promoted to colonel in 1981. Following retirement from the USAF in 1990, Johnson was appointed director of engineering & construction and facilities at the Orlando International Airport. In 1990 he was appointed a vice president with Parsons Aviation, working first in Korea on the Inchon International Airport and then in 1996 in Sarajevo, Bosnia (BiH), to rebuild the airports of BiH. He retired in 2003. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Auburn University; Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama; US Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
Elizabeth (Graham) Lotz Class of 1950 In 1957, Elizabeth (Graham) Lotz and her husband, David, began 27 years of ministry at the New Tribes Mission School in Bolivia, the only English-speaking high school in the country. David was director of the school, and both taught full time. In addition to teaching, they spent 23 of those years as dorm parents to teenage boys at the school. Elizabeth’s primary field was English, although she was called upon to teach foreign languages, biology, and physical science as well. She served as the school librarian for 24 years, building up the library to 9,000 volumes. She was staff adviser and editor for the school newspaper from 1979 to 1984. In addition, she had daily contact with Bolivian neighbors, responding to the needs of many, even delivering a baby, and helped start the first Sunday school in San Isidro. She had articles published in The Bolivian and in Brown Gold, NTM publications. From 1984 to 1999, the Lotzes worked with the MK Education Committee in Missouri, a branch of New Tribes Mission formed to support the 15 missionary kids’ schools in South and Central America, Africa and the Far East. They advised schools on curricula, textbooks and administrative problems, and by recruiting teachers, maintained high professional standards. They also were involved in facilitating the missionary kids’ transition back into their “home” country. In 1999, the Lotzes returned to Bolivia, teaching again at the NTM school until their retirement in 2004. Now living in Oregon, they continued to teach part-time in a local Christian school until 2013. Additional degrees: Master of Religious Education, New York Theological Seminary; Master of Education, Azusa Pacific University 44
Janet (Graham) de Araujo
1986
Class of 1950 Janet (Graham) de Araujo went from Grove City to Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing for her nursing degree. She then returned to her birthplace of Brazil as a missionary nurse. From 1953 to 1959 she served as an independent missionary with the Evangelical Union of South America as nurse in the Evangelical Hospital of Anapolis, Goias, and was also director of the Escola de Enfermagem Florence Nightingale. De Araujo returned to the United States to earn her master’s degree in education. She became a nurse and nursing instructor at Grace Memorial Hospital in Brazil, where she worked with her sister, Violet, and Violet’s husband, Dr. Jonas Dias de Araujo. In 1971 the hospital was closed and Dr. de Araujo started a rural medical consultation and surgery center. Janet Graham stayed to help at the new facility, where they dispensed medicine, tended the sick and performed surgery. Throughout the years, Mrs. de Araujo was active in Brazilian life. She was a Sunday school teacher and choir director in the Igreja Presbyteriana de Brasil in Anapolis and Wagner, and for three years was president of Young Adults. She also served as an independent missionary with the Evangelical Union of South America. De Araujo belonged to two professional organizations: the Associacao Brasileira de Enfermeiras and the Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de Bahia. The de Araujos reopened the Grace Memorial Hospital in Wagner, Brazil, and Mrs. de Araujo was director of nurses. She also taught nursing at the Escola AgroPecuaaria Afranio Peixoto of Wagner. She passed away Sept. 6, 2012. Additional degrees: B.S. Nursing, Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing; Master’s degree, Columbia University
Bernard F. Judy Class of 1941 Bernard Judy was editor-in-chief of the Toledo Blade, Ohio’s fourth largest newspaper. He also was a vice president and director of the Toledo Blade Co., which owns newspapers in Pittsburgh, Pa. (Post-Gazette) and Monterey, Calif., four television stations, and three cablevision systems. After graduating from Grove City with a degree in commerce, he went to work for Goodyear Aircraft Corp. in Akron, Ohio. Following 39 months in military service in World War II in this country and in Europe with the Air Force and Army counterintelligence corps, he furthered his education at Washington & Lee University and earned a bachelor’s degree in economics. The early seeds for his career in journalism were planted while working on The Collegian at Grove City College. Pursuing this goal, he entered the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism where he received a master’s degree in journalism. While still at Columbia, he was hired by the Toledo Blade and began work as a reporter in 1948. He handled a variety of positions in the news department before becoming an associate editor in 1959. He was named editorial director of the Blade in 1971 and editor in 1973. He served as editor for 11 years before being appointed editor-in-chief in 1984. As editor-in-chief, he was in charge of all editorial page operations of the paper and supervised the 150-person staff. Judy belonged to the American Society of Newspaper Editors and the National Conference of Editorial Writers. He was former president of the Northwestern Ohio Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and a founder and director of the Press Club of Toledo. He served on four Pulitzer Prize juries. After his formal retirement from The Blade in 1989, he remained committed to the Toledo community, serving on the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Board of Trustees for 16 years. He passed away June 29, 2010. Additional degrees: B.A., Washington & Lee University; M.A., Columbia University
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Dr. Dale L. Critchlow Class of 1953 An IBM Fellow and a leader in computer technology, Dr. Dale Critchlow spent two years as an assistant professor at Carnegie Institute of Technology before joining the research laboratory of International Business Machines in 1958 in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., where he spent 23 years. During this time he also worked 14 months in a research facility on the French Riviera. He transferred to the IBM site in Essex Junction, Vt., in 1981.
In his 35 years with IBM, Critchlow helped to create the technological advances in integrated circuits that are at the heart of the computer industry. He was instrumental in generating IBM’s mass-produced memory chips able to hold up to 256 million bits of information. As an IBM Fellow, Critchlow earned the company’s highest honor for sustained technical achievement. To be selected for the award, the employee must have a wide reputation through publishing papers, holding patents, and having important contacts within the computer industry. After retiring from IBM in 1993, he was an adjunct professor at the University of Vermont for 13 years and consulted for several Silicon Valley companies. In addition, Critchlow is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering and a founding member of the Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering. Additional degrees: M.S. and Ph.D., Carnegie Institute of Technology
William H. Lang Class of 1940 William Lang graduated from Grove City in 1940 and retired 41 years later with more than 30 United States patents in the petroleum field to his credit. Born in Etna, Pa., Lang began his career with Mobil Research and Development Corporation in 1940 as a research chemist. Much of his latter (1963-1981) work with the company was in Princeton, N.J., in the field of catalysis. One of Lang’s most notable contributions to Mobil was his work with the MTG process, a unique process for converting methanol to high octane gasoline. Lang and his colleagues also worked to convert methanol to olefins and published a great number of highly complex scientific papers. In all, Lang co-authored 32 United States patents and several foreign patents for his work in petrochemicals, synthetic fuels and petroleum processing. Prior to his retirement as senior research chemist in 1981, Lang was very active in “Pegasus,’’ an internal fraternal group at Mobil. He was listed in American Men and Women of Science and belonged to the American Chemical Society and the Catalysis Society. He passed away April 6, 1999.
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Judith (Chittum) Flynn
1987
Class of 1966 A recognized leader in the business field, Judith (Chittum) Flynn served as president of Geonex Environmental and Natural Resources Group and was a member of the National Association of Women Business Owners’ Committee of 200 for women prominent in the business community. In addition, Flynn was executive vice president of Geonex Corporation, a holding company of which Geonex Environmental and Natural Resources is a part. The other subsidiaries include Martel Laboratories, Chicago Aerial Survey and Martel Laboratory Services. Prior to being appointed executive vice president of the Geonex Corporation, Flynn served for three years as president of Martel Laboratories. Flynn began her career teaching high school English in New England. She left the education field to work in advertising and as an assistant to a controller of an ALCOA subsidiary. Flynn and her husband, Harold, began Martel Laboratories as an environmental service company. Martel produces and interprets highly detailed maps, most for government contracts. Flynn has been named to Who’s Who in American Women and Who’s Who and Why of Successful Florida Women. The honoraries to which she belongs include Sigma Iota Epsilon, Beta Gamma Sigma and Phi Kappa Phi. In addition to supervising 400 employees at Martel, Flynn served the company as executive vice president, vice president of administration and controller. She also held positions at ALCOA, the Fire Service Agency of America, Inc., and the Franklin Mint. Additional degrees: M.A.T., Brown University; MBA, University of South Florida
Alumni Association Past President Richard Jewell ’67 and Vice President Suzanne (Wherry ’64) Alexander, at left, pose with 1987 recipients Judith (Chittum ’66) Flynn, William Lang ’40 and Dr. Dale Critchlow ’53.
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Dr. Shirley (Douglass) Ball Class of 1952 The superintendent of Mineral County Schools in West Virginia, Dr. Shirley Ball headed a school district with 7,000 students and a teaching staff of 400. At the time of her appointment in 1984, she was the only female county superintendent in West Virginia and the first in more than 50 years in Mineral County. Prior, Ball served from 1982 to 1984 as assistant superintendent of the Spring Ford Area School District in Collegeville, Pa. after working for three years as the secondary principal of the Northern Potter Jr.-Sr. High School in Ulysses. Earlier employment included Norwin Senior High School and Elizabeth Forward School District.
As Mineral County’s supervisor, Ball implemented a master plan for quality education in the county schools. She directed the development of mathematics and English competency tests and was a member of the teacher evaluation/incentive committee for the W.Va. Department of Education. She also developed a student attendance reward system resulting in 78 percent perfect attendance in junior/senior high school. She was listed in Who’s Who in American Women and in 1978 was selected by the Buhl Foundation and California University to implement a newly developed administrative internship program. She was also the first woman to receive a certificate of membership from the 1st Battalion of the 201st Field Artillery into “The Order of the First West Virginia.” Ball was on the board of directors of the Potomac Valley Developmental Center and belonged to the Regional Education Service Agency VIII (chairman 1986-87), Delta Kappa Gamma and Phi Delta Kappa. Before retiring, she was superintendent of schools in the Lehighton Area School District. She passed away Oct. 25, 2004. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Duquesne University; secondary principal certificate, California University of Pa.; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh Additional study: Letter of Eligibility, St. Bonaventure University
Thomas J. Smith Class of 1962 Thomas Smith, former president and CEO of Mooney Aircraft Corporation and president of Fairchild Aircraft Corp., earned a reputation as one of the most effective leaders and managers in the aviation industry. Smith began working as a chemical process engineer with Grumman Aircraft Corp., and later worked on NASA’s Apollo Lunar Module Program. Subsequent employment took him to Aeronca Inc., Gemini Corp., then Mooney Aircraft, a manufacturer of high performance business aircraft. Smith became Mooney’s vice president of engineering and manufacturing in 1975 and two years later was elected president and chief executive officer. Smith led Mooney into a profitable position in his first year and directed a crucial product expansion program. In 1984, Smith accepted the position of president of Fairchild Aircraft Corp., where he turned around the company to profitability. A private pilot in his own right, Smith left Fairchild to lead the operations of Fokker Aircraft in Amsterdam, Holland. Later, he entered the world of entrepreneurship by acquiring ownership interest in two small Texas companies involved in manufacturing and publishing. For eight years prior to his retirement in 2008, Smith was president and CEO of Sirocco Aerospace International, based in London and Moscow. He formerly chaired the board of directors of the General Aviation Manufacturer’s Association and was president of Kerrville, Texas, Area Chamber of Commerce and a trustee of Schreiner College in Kerrville. Additional study: Wittenberg University; Xavier University; University of Michigan 48
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Donald L. Bauer Class of 1958 Donald Bauer was the U.S. Department of Energy’s principal deputy assistant secretary for fossil energy. In this position, he held responsibility for the country’s research and development programs in coal, oil and unconventional gas and oil shale, as well as the Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the Nation’s Clean Coal Technology Program. Soon after graduation, he served two years in the U.S. Army as a missile test engineer then resumed his government career as a civilian. For the next 15 years, Bauer held a range of positions with the Department of the Army, including chief of the missile division of the Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command; project manager with the Advanced Ballistic Missile Defense Agency; and project engineer with the Army Rocket and Guided Missile Agency.
In 1976, Bauer joined the Fossil Energy staff of the U.S. Department of Energy to manage the procurement of major coal conversion facilities. He also served as chief of program support and later as acting deputy program director for project management. He also directed research programs of preparing, cleaning and burning coal and discovering methods of unlocking natural gas supplies. President Ronald Reagan recognized Bauer twice for accomplishments in the management of government programs – in 1987, with the rank of Distinguished Executive, and in 1983, Meritorious Executive in the Senior Executive Service. In addition, Bauer received the Department of Energy’s Meritorious Service Award and the department’s highest honor, the Secretary’s Award in 1985 and 1987, respectively. Bauer joined the Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) in 1989 and worked for more than 15 years on issues related to energy, security, environmental management and technology evaluation. After retiring from SAIC in 2005, he worked as a consultant to contractors supporting the Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. He passed away Dec. 3, 2010.
The Colonial Hall Apartments were added to lower campus in 2006.
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Patricia A. Ecker Class of 1963 Emmy award–winning television reporter and Pittsburgh native Patricia Ecker received numerous honors while working with Los Angeles’ KCBS-TV. Her successful “Sunday’s Child” profiled children considered hard to adopt because of age, ethnicity or disability. More than 200 children were subsequently adopted. Ecker was recognized for this work by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and was named “Distinguished Volunteer of the Year” by the County of Los Angeles. Her news reporting has been similarly recognized. In 1985, she received a first-place award from the Los Angeles Press Club for “Best Spot News.” In 1987, she was awarded an Emmy for “Best News Reporting” and was part of the Action News team given Emmy, Golden Mike, AP and Press Club honors for coverage of an October 1987 earthquake.
Ecker was the station’s helicopter reporter from 1979 to 1981. In that role, she received a California AP award for live helicopter coverage of the Agoura fire. She also helped rescue flood victims at Lake Elsinore while reporting by helicopter there. Before joining the television station she was a publicity director for the Cinerama Releasing Corp., and a history teacher in Port Washington, N.Y. Ecker retired from KCBS in 1994. She and a friend created a publishing company specializing in publications for school districts. In 2012, she retired again and is an active volunteer in her senior community. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Illinois Institute of Technology
The Rev. George W. Rhoad Jr. Class of 1939 At the time of his award, The Rev. George W. Rhoad had served as a missionary in Nairobi, Kenya, for more than 43 years. In partnership with his wife, Lucile, Rhoad traveled extensively and intensively in remote areas of Kenya continually involved in missionary ministry. He was the vice president for East Africa with World Opportunities International, a California-based organization. Rhoad served thousands of people with little of the world’s comforts and opportunities. He helped to build churches across the Kenyan countryside, feed the hungry of that country and proclaim the Gospel in areas where witchcraft used to rule. He also was involved in the fundraising efforts necessary to continue his own ministry and to support the growing Kenyan churches. Lucile shared in his labors and was especially active in teaching women and girls in the African society. Earlier in his missionary career, from 1946 to 1975, Rhoad served with the Gospel Furthering Fellowship, which his parents once headed. In this group, he worked as a principal and a teacher of the Gospel Furthering Bible School, and served two terms as field secretary. From 1944 to 1946, he was minister at the Hilltown Baptist Church in Hilltown, Pa. Rhoad formerly served as the East Coast Missionary representative for the Intervarsity organization which he joined in 1975. He was ordained in the Camden Association of the American Baptist Church and was identified with Bethany Collegiate Presbyterian Church in Drexel Hill, Pa. He passed away Feb. 17, 2003. Additional degrees: B.D., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary Additional study: Dallas Theological Seminary 50
Col. (Ret.) Thomas E. Snodgrass
1989
Class of 1963 Col. Thomas Snodgrass, USAF (retired) served more than a year in Peshawar, Pakistan, working with Pakistani military intelligence. During his year in Vietnam, he daily scheduled 130 U.S. Army and Air Force intelligence collection aircraft. In his final overseas tour, he was the U.S. Air Attaché behind the Iron Curtain in Warsaw, Poland. In total, Snodgrass was variously an intelligence officer or an international politico-military affairs officer serving duty tours in seven foreign countries, as well as a teacher of military history and strategy at the Air War College, U.S. Air Force Academy, and USAF Special Operations School during a 30-year military career. Additionally, he was awarded an Air Force scholarship to earn a history master’s degree in revolutionary insurgent warfare at the University of Texas, and granted a year’s educational sabbatical to teach and to write about international relations on a graduate school level as an Air Force research associate at the Center for Advanced International Studies, University of Miami, Fla. Following the Air Force, Snodgrass was an adjunct professor of military history for 10 years at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Arizona. Among other military awards and decorations, Snodgrass holds the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Defense Meritorious Service Medal (and two Oak Leaf Clusters), Air Force Meritorious Service Medal (and one Oak Leaf Cluster), Defense Joint Service Commendation Medal, and Air Force Commendation Medal. He is also a member of Phi Alpha Theta (history) and Pi Sigma Alpha (political science) academic honor societies, the Association of Old Crows (electronic warfare) and the Air Force Association. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, University of Texas via Air Force Institute of Technology Additional study: Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College; Air War College
John Arnold ’58, Alumni Association president, at left, stands with 1989 winners Patricia Ecker ’63, Rev. George Rhoad ’39 and Col. Thomas Snodgrass ’63.
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Don A. Hayes Class of 1959 In 1990, Don Hayes led GTE Data Services, which was ranked by Information Week magazine as the third largest company of its kind in the U.S. in terms of computer capacity. It employed 3,200 data processing, software and network experts and maintained a network of four large processing centers. President since July 1988, Hayes worked at the corporate headquarters in Temple Terrace, Fla. He led 2,000 people at the multimillion-dollar research, development and engineering faculty. In 1992, Hayes took on additional responsibilities as vice president of information technology at GTE Telephone Operations, leading an organization of more than 6,000. This included managing the largest private network in the U.S.
He began his GTE career in 1959 with General Telephone of Pennsylvania, where he served in sales and service assignments before moving to GTE Service Corporation in 1970. In 1973, he transferred to General Telephone of the Northwest, holding positions in service and marketing before returning to GTE Service Corporation as systems requirements director. He joined GTE Data Services in 1978 as general manager–telephone systems and was named vice president–service in 1980. He became vice president information management for Midwestern Telephone Operations in 1982. He became the Indiana state vice president–general manager in 1984, a position he held until rejoining GTEDS in 1986. In 1996 Hayes turned his career path toward Christian ministry. Serving as the executive director of the Christian Embassy, Washington, D.C., in 2002, he became executive director of Christian Leadership Ministries. Hayes is also involved as a trustee of LifePoint Christian Church and is an ordained minister. Through this work, Hayes has received the Rolfe & Doc McCollister Ministry Service Award. He has served as vice chair on the Board of Trustees, and is currently a Trustee Emeritus of Grove City College. Additional study: Gannon, Penn State, Seattle and Harvard Universities
Dr. Michael G. Mawhinney Class of 1967 Dr. Michael Mawhinney is an internationally recognized authority on hormone action in neoplastic tissues. An outstanding educator as well, he is a full professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at West Virginia University School of Medicine. Since beginning his teaching career at WVU in 1971, he received annual grants from the National Institutes of Health, as well as the pharmaceutical industry (Somerset/Mylan, Eli Lilly & Pfizer). Such grant support is rare; the fact that NIH supported Mawhinney for so many years attests to his ability as a research scientist. As an educator, he was a co-recipient of the MacLaughin Award for excellence in medical school basic science instruction in 1974, 1975 and 1976. During the same years, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturer’s Association awarded him the Faculty Development Award, and in 1976, he was named Outstanding Teacher by the WVU School of Medicine. In both 1999 and 2009, Mawhinney was nominated for the Distinguished Teaching Award for the WVU Health Sciences. The author of more than 60 full-length publications in refereed journals and 18 book chapters/review articles; he lectures at symposiums around the world. Often, he participates in or chairs research sessions on prostate neoplasm, one of his areas of specialization, and has also served on the editorial board or board of consultants to research journals in his discipline. He served on the Grove City College Alumni Council from 2004 to 2008. Additional degrees: Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology, West Virginia University in Morgantown
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The Rev. Dr. Richard A. Morledge
1990
Class of 1954 The Rev. Dr. Richard Morledge was dean of the chapel at Grove City College from 1984 to 1999 and, in a shared ministry, served as senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Bakerstown, Pa. Morledge directed the programming of Harbison Chapel and he served the 1,400 active members at Bakerstown since 1960. The Bakerstown Sunday morning service was broadcast Sunday evenings over Pittsburgh radio station WPIT. As a member of the Pittsburgh Presbytery, he chaired the council for three years and was moderator of the Presbytery in 1976. He was part of countless community, county and state-wide church and civic activities. He was a grand chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania. He also is past president of the Clergy Unit of Syria Temple, and was a member of four other regional groups. Morledge was a corporate board member of North Hills Passavant Hospital, Pittsburgh; on the board of directors, Helen Gordon Interests, Inc., Houston, Texas; a community advisory board member of St. Barnabas in Gibsonia; and on the advisory board of Pittsburgh’s Child. Morledge authored two books: It’s a Great Day in the Kingdom, which is a five-day/week devotional, and also Great Days in the Kingdom. Prior to his appointment as chapel dean, he was a member of the Alumni Council and served as director of annual giving and then vice president. He became a member of the Board of Trustees in 1995. Additional degrees: Master of Divinity, Princeton Theological Seminary, Honorary Doctor of Divinity, Grove City College Additional study in Rome, Greece, Lebanon and Israel; Robert H. Schuller Institute for Successful Church Leadership
Dr. John T. Snyder Class of 1952 John Snyder, an English major, worked for a newspaper, owned an insurance agency, entered seminary at age 33, and was chaplain at the Illinois Children’s School and Rehabilitation Center for many years. He ministered to about 60 students, all of whom had orthopedic disabilities too severe to be taught in their local school districts. He directed the program on death and dying and carried a regular social work caseload. He also worked with parents and offered support to the teachers and staff. Rev., as he was called by the students, lives with cerebral palsy. His Sunday sermons gave disabled children words by which to live. He told them they may be disabled, but that doesn’t mean they are handicapped. While studying at McCormick, he was awarded the T.B. Blackstone Fellowship in New Testament Greek. Snyder was a member of the Chicago Presbytery and served on several committees, a most recent as chairman of the Special Missions Committee. Snyder retired in 1992 and lives in Florida. Additional degrees: Doctor of Divinity, McCormick Theological Seminary; Master of Arts, University of Chicago
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Beverly (Walter) Kelley Class of 1952 Beverly (Walter) Kelley was a dedicated and accomplished special education teacher. Seeing the potential for greatness in every child and frustrated with the traditional classroom approaches for students with learning problems, she created the “Resource Room” concept for helping these special needs children in the New Providence (New Jersey) School District, beginning in 1963.
Becoming a partner with classroom teachers in identifying problems some students faced, she used new methods to improve their performances in particular subject areas. For example, for the boy who learned better with his ears than with his eyes, she made tapes of the material and taught him to read aloud “in silence.” The Prescriptive Teaching Workshop was successful. Test scores went up as well as the students’ self-esteem. With a high school graduation rate of more than 96 percent, Kelley’s school district became the prototype for schools across New Jersey. Kelley was recognized in January 1990 when she was presented the Albert Einstein Education Award by New Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean. The award recognized accomplishments and leadership in special education in New Jersey public schools. She passed away June 10, 2009.
C. Dale Reis Class of 1967 C. Dale Reis spent his career in defense electronics engineering and management, including 32 years with the Fortune 500 Raytheon Company, rising to the level of senior vice president. In 1990, when he was made a vice president of Raytheon and general manager for the company’s submarine signal division in Portsmouth, R.I., his responsibilities included engineering, manufacturing, business management, marketing and overseeing support personnel, in addition to the division’s 2,000 employees. Now retired and living in Naples, Fla, Reis is a Grove City College trustee, serving on the Board since 1992. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Dr. James D. Storey Class of 1961 Dr. James Storey held the positions of medical director for a large private pathology laboratory, three hospital staff appointments in metropolitan Milwaukee, associate clinical professor of pathology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, a Naval Reservist with the rank of captain in the Medical Corps and a flight surgeon for Patrol Squadron 60 at the Glenview (Ill.) Naval Air Station. In addition, he was a school board director and treasurer, author and lecturer. Upon graduation from Grove City College, Storey entered the School of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh. He graduated from there in 1965. During the next five years, he interned and completed a residency in pathology. He also was a fellow of the Sarah Mellon Scaife Foundation in experimental pathology with particular emphasis in the field of immunopathology. His taught and lectured throughout his medical career. He instructed courses in pathology, clinical pathology and medicine at Marquette University and the Medical College of Wisconsin.
At the time of his award, while teaching and practicing medicine, Storey was medical director for a private pathology laboratory in Milwaukee supporting three large metropolitan Milwaukee hospitals. He passed away Sept. 15, 1992. Additional degrees: Medical degree, University of Pittsburgh
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Eugene A. Larson Class of 1964 Eugene Larson, who graduated from Grove City College with a degree in metallurgical engineering, was awarded for his work in medical electronics. He used his engineering degree, combined with a master’s degree in management and marketing, for scientific entrepreneurship in the field of ultrasound technology. He founded three medical/electronic technology companies, which were sold to Smith Kline & French, Johnson & Johnson and King Testing Company. Larson also was a full professor of entrepreneurship and innovation in the Department of Engineering at Penn State University.
Since his 1992 award, Larson has been a principal in five medical device and biotech startups. One was acquired by Illinois Tool Works, one by General Electric and one by a Hong Kong technology group. He remains a principal in the most recent start-up in high temperature industrial ultrasonics. He served on the Grove City College Board of Trustees from 1995 to 1998. Additional degrees: MBA
The Rev. Ross S. McClintock Class of 1948 The Rev. Ross McClintock served as pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, Pa. His congregation started with 900 members and grew to more than 2,000. He also helped establish the Wayside Presbyterian Church in Landisville. He served the Highland church for 25 years until his retirement in 1992. At that time, he was named pastor emeritus. He was active in the leadership of Donegal Presbytery, serving as moderator and chairman of the committee on ministry. Before joining Highland Church, he pastored at churches in Perrysville, Greencastle and Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Presbytery also benefited from his works as vice chairman of the ministerial relations committee and a commissioner to the Synod of Pennsylvania. McClintock advocated mission outreach work and supported Habitat for Humanity, Contact Lancaster and the Samaritan Center. Rev. McClintock was vice president of the Community Library Board and a God and Country award chairman for Boy Scouts of America. He was also a member of National Trust for Historic Preservation U.S.A; Cliosophic Society, Lancaster; James Buchanan Foundation for the Preservation of Wheatland; and the Lancaster Art Museum. He passed away Nov. 18, 2003. Additional degrees: B.D., Western Seminary; M.A. of Divinity, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Additional Studies: Oxford University, England; Waldensian Theological Seminary, Rome; Millersville University; Franklin & Marshall College
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James E. Sterrett
1992
Class of 1955 James E. Sterrett cofounded Avantek, Inc., and served as vice president of research and development. Avantek deals with solid-state microwave and lower frequency semiconductors. In 1991, Avantek was sold to Hewlett Packard for $82 million, at which time Sterrett retired. James Sterrett established the Dale O. Smock ’42 Memorial Fund at Grove City College in 2007 as a remembrance to retired electrical engineering professor Smock. The scholarship is awarded to students above a selected GPA and whose major lies within the Albert A. Hopeman Jr. School of Science and Engineering, with a preference to the Department of Engineering. Additional degrees: Master’s degree and Engineering degree, Stanford University
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Richard T. Swope Class of 1964 Lt. Gen. Richard Swope, at the time of his award, served at the NATO headquarters in the Netherlands. During the Persian Gulf War, he commanded the 86th Fighter Wing in Germany. Swope experienced a prolific career with the military. He served in multiple high-level posts, including inspector general, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. He oversaw Air Force inspection policy, criminal investigations, counterintelligence operations and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. A command pilot, he flew the F-4, F-15 and F-16 aircraft. Following early assignments, he was assistant chief of staff for operations and logistics, Allied Forces Central Europe, Brunssum, Netherlands. Prior to his inspector general position, he was commander of the 13th Air Force, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. He received numerous awards such as the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal and the Distinguished Flying Cross. After his 1998 military retirement, Swope ran his own Washington, D.C., consulting business and served on the boards of several companies. He was board chairman of Algae Aqua Culture Technology, a Whitefish bio-energy company. He passed away Jan. 10, 2011. Additional degrees: M.B.A., University of Utah Additional Studies: Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va.; Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.; Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
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Robb M. Jones Class of 1975 Robb Jones, in 1991, was chosen from more than 500 candidates to serve as chief of staff to Chief Justice William Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court. His responsibilities included working with Congress and the Executive Branch on items concerning the effective administration of justice. Following his Supreme Court service, he ran education programs for federal judges at the Federal Judicial Center. Since 1997 he has been senior vice-president and general counsel at United Educators, a reciprocal risk retention group owned by over 1200 colleges, universities and K-12 schools.
Jones represented Grove City College as co-counsel during the landmark Supreme Court case of 1984, Grove City College v. T.H. Bell, Secretary of Education. He joined the Grove City College Board of Trustees in 2010. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, University of Virginia; J.D., University of Virginia
William J. Nutt Class of 1967 After graduation, William J. Nutt served as law clerk to the Hon. Robert P. Anderson at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. As president of the Boston Company, an international financial services firm, he represented his company as Mellon Bank announced its intention to acquire it from Shearson Lehman Brothers (a subsidiary of American Express). Later retained by TA Associates, one of the nation’s largest private equity investment partnerships, Nutt advised the firm on investments in the money management industry and other selected sectors of the financial services industry. Additional degrees: J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
Susan (Vladuchick) Sam Class of 1969 Susan Vladuchick, whose name is on four U. S. patents, had a 30-year career with the DuPont Company. She retired in 1999 as director of U.S. Operations and vice chair of the Operations Network. She began as a research chemist with Dupont’s Central Research Department following her graduation from Grove City College in 1969. She held various positions in research, human resources and manufacturing. As plant manager, she is highly regarded for transforming the diverse workforce at DuPont’s Cape Fear Plant into a world class team. She served on Grove City College’s Alumni Council as an alumni trustee and was a member of the College’s Board of Trustees from 2000 to 2008 (chairman of the Governance Committee). She also served on the board of directors for DuPont Photomasks, Inc. (chairman of the Compensation Committee) from 1996 to 2004. Additional degrees: M.S., University of Delaware 58
The Rev. Dr. Gerald H. Anderson
1994
Class of 1952 Dr. Gerald Anderson, a retired United Methodist minister, has enjoyed a career devoted to worldwide Christian mission. That career has taken him to administrative posts at Union Theological Seminary in Manila, Philippines; Scarritt College in Nashville; and as director of the Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven, Conn. The Center draws missionaries and national church workers from around the world and from a wide range of denominational backgrounds – a reflection of Anderson’s commitment to an ecumenical approach to issues of global Christian missions. He is the editor and co-author of 14 books and numerous journal articles. He has given endowed lectureships at All Nations Christian College (England), Boston University School of Theology, Calvin Theological Seminary, DePauw University, Memphis Theological Seminary, St. Paul’s College and Wesleyan College. Additional degrees: M. Div., Ph.D., Boston University; honorary doctorates from Moravian Theological Seminary, Asbury Theological Seminary, Albertus Magnus College, Pontifical Urbaniana University Additional study: Fulbright Scholar, University of Marburg, Germany; studies in Geneva, Switzerland; Edinburgh, Scotland, and Cornell University Additional honors: Associate fellow of Berkeley College at Yale University; Distinguished Alumnus Award from Boston University School of Theology; the “2000 Mission Award” from the U.S. Catholic Mission Association; honorary lifetime member of the International Association for Mission Studies; Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Missiology. For more than 30 years he was a trustee of The Foundation for Theological Education in South East Asia.
Lee (Kessler) Hodgson Class of 1968 After completing a master’s degree, Lee Kessler Hodgson established a speech and drama department at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Ill. She soon moved to Los Angeles and began a career in corporate personnel management, and three years later moved into the entertainment industry. Her career in Hollywood and New York includes dozens of guest starring roles on television, in such miniseries as Blind Ambition and Roots, and in movies-of-the week. She had recurring roles in the series Hill Street Blues, Matlock and L.A. Law, and co-starred with Peter O’Toole in the movie Creator. Her performances in Collision Course and Which Mother Is Mine? were submitted for Emmy nominations. Kessler is also a director, novelist, screenwriter and produced playwright. During the development of her entertainment career, Kessler also became a successful entrepreneur and today owns an international marketing and distribution business. She has been honored by inclusion in many Who’s Who lists including those for Entertainment, Emerging Leaders and American Women. Recently, she has written and published the White King Trilogy – suspense novels inspired by actual events since 9/11. The first two books, White King and the Doctor and White King Rising were Amazon bestsellers. In 2008, Kessler was inducted into the Dazzling Daughters of the DAR – an honor bestowed upon only 121 women in the organization’s then 118-year history. Additional degrees: M.A., University of Wisconsin
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Dr. John C. “Jack” Jordan Class of 1952 Grove City native John “Jack” Jordan served in the Marine Corps during the Korean conflict and subsequently attained the rank of major in the Marine Corps Reserves. In the late 1950s, Jordan began a public service career. When he was elected mayor of New Castle in 1963, he was the youngest mayor in Pennsylvania. Jordan and the city garnered many awards during his term. The Jaycees granted him the 1962 New Castle Man of the Year Award, and he was named the 1963 Pennsylvania Young Man of the Year. The city of New Castle was selected as an All-American City by Look magazine and the National Municipal League. Jordan moved from New Castle to a Pennsylvania-wide office when he became chairman of the Republican State Committee.
After several years, he moved on to Washington, D.C., to serve in the Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he directed community renewal programs. He also served in the Office of Economic Opportunity. From there, he went into the private sector to develop and manage construction projects. He headed a number of corporations that own and operate housing for the elderly, and families of low to moderate income. College View Towers in Grove City is an example of one of the complexes he developed and managed. He passed away Oct. 26, 2003. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctorate of Law, Slippery Rock University; Honorary Doctorate of Public Administration, Grove City College
Dr. Nancy (Lee) Paxton Class of 1954 As dean of students and vice president for student affairs at Grove City College, Nancy Paxton had the task of “parenting” more than 2,000 collegians each year: coordinating student housing, organizing special events, supervising student counseling and managing a wide range of campus activities for the student body. She devoted herself to the students of the College and to helping them develop not only academically, but also as men and women of character and integrity. Paxton is a long-time resident of Grove City. She was the director of Christian education and youth activities at East Main Presbyterian Church for more than 22 years before joining the Grove City College staff in 1976 as dean of women and director of housing. As adviser to campus organizations from PanHellenic Council, Mortar Board, and Crown and Sceptre to the Student Government Association, she has been an influential leader of those groups and their community service projects. She received the Florence E. MacKenzie Campus-Community Award in 1989. She retired from the College in 2004. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Grove City College
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Charlotte A. Zuschlag Class of 1973 A native of Greenville, Pa., Charlotte Zuschlag began work in banking at First National Bank of Mercer during summers between her college years at Grove City. After graduation, Zuschlag took a position with Heritage Federal Savings and Loan Association where she rose to the office of treasurer. After seven years in Philadelphia, Zuschlag resigned from the expanding Horizon Federal to take the top post at Ellwood Federal in Ellwood City. Under her guidance, Ellwood Federal converted to a publicly owned thrift holding company in 1990 and eventually changed its name from PennFirst Bancorp to ESB Financial Corporation. During the past 25 years, her leadership as president and chief executive officer of ESB Financial Corporation and ESB Bank has resulted in growth of assets from $250 million to more than $1.9 billion. This was accomplished through a plan of strategic growth and the acquisition of five other community banks. Today, ESB Bank conducts business through 23 offices in Allegheny, Beaver, Butler and Lawrence counties.
Zuschlag is active in several local organizations. She serves on the board of visitors for the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business. In addition, Zuschlag has received numerous awards and honors including the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Business Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005. She is a past alumni giving chair at Grove City College and joined the Board of Trustees in 2002, where she is now vice chair. Additional degrees: MBA, University of Pittsburgh
A gathering of the 1994 winners. Seated, from left, Lee (Kessler ’68) Hodgson, Charlotte Zuschlag ’73 and Dr. Nancy (Lee ’54) Paxton. Back: The Rev. Dr. Gerald Anderson ’52, Alumni Association President Thomas Gregg ’80, Dr. John “Jack” Jordan ’52 and College President Dr. Jerry Combee.
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Dr. Albert R. Puntureri Class of 1959 Albert Puntureri is president, CEO and chairman of the board for Interstate Chemical Inc., based in Hermitage, Pa. A privately held company, it is a national manufacturer and distributor servicing the United States and Canada. The company was ranked by a trade journal in the top 15 best chemical distributorships in North America with millions in sales and the employment of more than 350 people. In addition to its facilities in Hermitage, Pa., the company operates 14 terminals and warehouse facilities; barge terminals on the Ohio River near Pittsburgh and on the Des Plaines River near Chicago. The company also has a fleet of trucks. Products manufactured by the Interstate Chemical Co. include catalysts, plasticizers, resins, thermal fluids and greases.
After his graduation in 1959, Puntureri began his career as a regional sales manager for Diamond Shamrock Corp. A decorated Army veteran of the Korean conflict, he is active in civic activities, including having served on the boards of two local hospitals and currently serving the board of the Shenango Valley Charitable Trust Foundation. He was a Grove City College Trustee from 2000 to 2005. Additional degrees: M.B.A., Northeastern University; Doctor of Science, Slippery Rock University
William C. Stewart Class of 1961 Butler, Pa., resident William Stewart is the executive vice president and chief operating officer for the Armstrong Group of companies, whose services include cable TV, telephone, home security, restaurant franchises, real estate, and energy projects. Armstrong is a family owned, privately held corporation with its corporate office located in Butler. A registered professional engineer, Stewart is past chairman of the Pennsylvania Cable and Telecommunication Association. He is very involved in civic activities, currently serving on the boards of directors of the Pennsylvania state YMCA, CSPAN cable satellite public affairs network, and the Butler County Redevelopment Authority, among other activities. Following his college graduation, Stewart served as a manufacturing engineer at PPG Industries. He has taken various post-grad courses in engineering and management. He joined the Grove City College Board of Trustees in 2004. Additional study: University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, Butler County Community College, UCLA
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The Rev. Dr. Mary (Dill) Matz
1995
Class of 1953 The Rev. Dr. Mary Matz is considered a pioneer in the field of religion. Shortly after her graduation from seminary in 1975, she became the first woman to be ordained in the Moravian Church of North America. She was also the first woman to be ordained as a deacon in the Moravian Church, North, and the first woman to be consecrated a presbyter in the Moravian Ministry, Northern Province. Matz retired as director of educational ministries for the Moravian Church in America. Following Matz’ graduation from Grove City, she served as a director of Christian education, a high school English teacher, and a full-time mother to two sons. She later continued her education, and Moravian Theological Seminary recognized her in 1995 with its John Hus award for outstanding alumni. She wrote two books during her pastoral education to congregations, Ministry Together and Choices, Choices, Choices. She served as vice president of the National Council of Churches and led the department which produced the latest English translation of the Bible, The New Standard Revised Version. Matz was active in Lehigh Valley community activities, serving as co-founder of the Lay Academy and on various boards and committees within United Way, YWCA, Rotary International and New Bethan Ministries. She served as co-director of the Grand Camp in Hope, N.J. She passed away July 30, 2013. Additional degrees: M.Div., Moravian College; D.Min., Drew University Theological Seminary
Rathburn Hall, completed in 2012, is a center for the many Christian activities on campus.
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Dr. Bonnie B. Barr Class of 1959 Dr. Bonnie Barr has 43 years of teaching experience. She taught science at all grade levels, K-12, and then worked as a professor of science education at Slippery Rock University (1971-1985). More recently, she was a professor emeritus in science education at the State University of New York–Cortland until the year 2000. Barr is the author of 14 books in biology, earth science and physical science and a number of articles and chapters in research publications. She has lectured on science and science education in Germany, China, Korea, England, Australia and 26 states of the U.S. She served as international president of the Council on Elementary Science International and on the board of the National Science Teachers Association in Washington, D.C.
Recognized for her teaching talent, Barr has won numerous awards, including the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Distinguished Teaching Award, the Chancellor’s Award for Teaching (New York) and the National Golden Gift Award for Leadership in Education by Delta Kappa Gamma. In retirement, she served on the National Children’s Book Council board to select outstanding science books and is a community volunteer. Additional degrees: M.S., Mt. Holyoke College; M.A.T., Harvard University; Ph.D. Cornell University
Dr. Jody L. Mathie Class of 1977 Dr. Jody Mathie is a primary care pediatrician who founded her own practice, Cherry Creek Pediatrics, in 1985 in the heart of Denver, Colo. Prior to opening her practice, she completed her residency at Children’s Hospital Colorado, and was awarded the Joseph Butterfield Award in Perinatology for her work in the NICU while a resident. She has been listed in 5280 magazine’s TOP DOCS issue for 16 years. She recently completed 11 years on the board of directors of the Children’s Hospital Colorado. Highly respected in her field, Mathie has won additional teaching awards, including the Outstanding Service Award presented by the Children’s Hospital Medical Staff in 2008, and the Career Teaching Scholar Award, presented by the University of Colorado Department of Pediatrics in 2011. She served as president of the medical staff at Children’s Hospital from 2000 to 2002, and currently is an associate professor there. Mathie created the Hospital’s Quality and Patient Safety Committee, and continues to serve as the vice chair. She remains a devoted fundraiser for children, especially those facing critical illness. Mathie has been a member of the Grove City College Board of Trustees since 2006, and currently serves as the chair of the Academic Committee. Additional degrees: M.D., University of Cincinnati
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John J. Barry III
1997
Class of 1962 John “Jack” Barry has served since 2001 as a management and leadership consultant to companies of all sizes. He developed and leads the Newspring/Houston Community College Business Plan Contest. In addition Barry co-conducts, with Richard Tyler International, corporate education courses in the areas of leadership and sales. He is an author in four books: Leadership Defined, Mission Possible, Conversations on Faith and The Nuts and Bolts of Business. During the period 1992 to 2011, he served as an independent director on the board of directors of five companies, on the advisory boards of two companies and on the Grove City College Entrepreneurship Advisory Council. In 1995, Barry was selected by the secretary of defense to participate in the Defense Department’s “Joint Civilian Orientation Conference.” Prior to 2001, Barry spent 40 years in frontline leadership positions. These included president and CEO of Pliant Technologies; chairman, president and CEO of Petroleum Information Corporation; president and COO of Systems Center/VM Software, and president and CEO of The Systems Center Incorporated. He also held the position of vice president of marketing for Harris Corp., Strategic Business Unit manager for Xerox, and sales manager and headquarters marketing manager for IBM Corporation. After graduating from Grove City, Barry served for three-and-a-half years as a U.S. Naval officer, which included service in Vietnam.
Beverly (Cameron) Clayton Class of 1964 Beverly Cameron Clayton was executive director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC). The center was a joint effort of Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh and Westinghouse Electric Corp. One of the outstanding computing facilities in the United States, PSC featured the most powerful scientific computer then available, the Cray Y-MP I 832, which performed 2.7 billion calculations per second. Her responsibilities at PSC included government and public relations liaison with funding agencies and other cooperative organizations, and oversight of financial management and administration. Clayton has been involved in the data processing field for over 25 years. Her previous position was the director of systems support for Gulf Oil Corp. She was hired by Gulf right after graduating from Grove City. Clayton served as executive director of the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center from its inception until her retirement in 2007. During her career she held leadership positions on various boards and review panels. During retirement she continues to serve on the volunteer committee which organizes the annual supercomputing conference (SC), which she chaired in 1996.
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Charles W. Hamilton Class of 1961 Charles W. Hamilton was president and chief operating officer of Aristech Chemical Corp. Aristech Chemical is a diversified producer of chemicals and plastics for industrial and consumer product firms. Previously, Hamilton held the positions of senior vice president of intermediate chemicals and special products division; senior vice president of planning and business development; senior vice president of chemicals and specialty products; and vice president of polyolefins and industrial chemicals. He was pictured on the cover of Chemical Week magazine, Jan. 14, 1998.
After earning his chemical engineering degree at Grove City, Hamilton later graduated from Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. He was a member of the Chemical Manufacturers Association where he served on the board of directors. Hamilton’s other business activities included CEO of CWH Holdings, a family-owned real estate company, and chairman of the board of Catalyst Graphics, a printing company. Hamilton was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a past member of board of directors of Greater Pittsburgh Council of Boy Scouts and Sports Car Club of America. He founded Opportunities through Athletics in 1998 with his son-in-law. He passed away Jan. 30, 2005. Additional degrees: M.B.A., Harvard Business School
Dr. William D. Hetrick Class of 1968 Dr. William D. Hetrick is chair and program director for the Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh Department of Anesthesiology and serves as a courtesy staff member at St. Margaret Memorial Hospital. Hetrick also is a clinical associate professor in the department of anesthesiology/CCM at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and an adjunct clinical assistant professor at Duquesne University School of Perfusion Technology. Highly respected in his field, Hetrick received Mercy Hospital’s Caduceus Award and the Henry S. Ruth Award from Hahnemann University. He also was named to the Minute Men of the Medical School of the University of Pittsburgh. He is a member of many professional organizations including the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the International Anesthesia Research Society. He has been published in many national professional publications and has been an associate examiner for the American Board of Anesthesiology since 1981. Additional degrees: M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Jeremy G. Fair Class of 1969 Jeremy Fair is a private investor focused primarily on private equity and real estate. He also serves on a variety of community service boards and acts as treasurer and a board member of Marin General Hospital. From 2004 to 2007, he was the chief operating officer of The California Academy of Sciences during the $500 million rebuilding of the Academy’s facilities in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Those facilities house a natural history museum, planetarium, rain forest and extensive research activities. Fair retired in 2002 as group executive vice president and head of Bank of America’s U.S. and Canada Group. The group was responsible for the bank’s corporate and investment banking clients and products. Fair was a member of the bank’s senior management council, and served as a member of the Credit Policy and Asset and Liability committees.
After serving in the Air Force as a captain, Fair joined the bank in 1972 in San Francisco in the National Division. He moved to London in 1982 to manage the bank’s London branch and later the operations in Europe and Africa. He returned to the U.S in 1989 and served in various assignments in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago as the bank expanded during that period. Additional degrees: Harvard Business School ISMP; MBA, Golden Gate University Additional study: University of Kansas Graduate School of Business; University of California
The 1997 awardees, from front left, Dr. William Hetrick ’68, Beverly (Cameron ’64) Clayton and John “Jack” Barry ’62. In back, Jeremy Fair ’69, Alumni Association President Samuel Casolari ’83, College President Dr. John Moore and Charles Hamilton ’61.
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1998
Col. (Ret.) Suellyn (Wright) Novak Class of 1973 Col. Suellyn Wright Novak served the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General as the chief of the Air Force blood program. She also was the Air Force liaison to the American Red Cross, the American Association of Blood Banks and the Food and Drug Administration. In addition, she initiated the Air Force policy on blood donations. Novak was the flight commander of the Clinical Laboratory, 89th Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. As flight commander, she directed all aspects of clinical laboratory services, administered the annual budget, and ensured quality of over 450,000 reportable laboratory procedures.
Entering the Air Force as a personnel officer in 1973, Novak spent her career in the military. She was promoted to lieutenant colonel at Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C., in 1990, and promoted to colonel in 1995 at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska. In 1993, Novak was honored as both American and International Woman of the Year by the American Biographical Institute and the International Biographical Center. Novak retired from active duty in 2003 and moved to Alaska. She was selected for the Governor’s Veterans Advisory Council in 2009; awarded the First Lady’s Volunteer Award in 2010; the Governor’s Veterans Advocacy Award in 2012; and in 2013 received the Armed Services Blood Program Lifetime Achievement Award. She is the current executive director of the Alaska Veterans Museum. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, University of North Dakota; Master’s degree, American Military University
Kenneth B. Zeigler Class of 1970 In 2002, Kenneth Zeigler founded Zeigler Executive Search (ZES) in Princeton, N.J. ZES specializes in the recruitment of senior executives within the insurance and consumer products industries. In 2012, the firm established an additional office in San Diego, Calif., to serve two Pacific Coast clients. Before ZES, Zeigler was the chief human resources officer for the Brunswick Corporation, a major multinational manufacturer that produces boats and marine engines, fitness equipment, and bowling and billiards equipment. He led the recruitment of a new leadership team, including George Buckley, who became chairman and CEO of both Brunswick and later 3M. Previously, Zeigler held the position of chief human resources officer of The Continental Corporation. During 14 years in New York City with Continental, he also served in two insurance executive positions: president of Continental International and president of the Marine and International Group. Zeigler began his career with Goodyear Tire and Rubber as manager of industrial relations and communications. Involved in social issues as well, Zeigler was named chairman of Inroads-New York City, a non-profit organization that creates job opportunities and career planning for exceptional minority college students within 50 of NYC’s major corporations. He was on the board of the NYC Red Cross and was elected an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Scarborough-on-Hudson, N.Y. Additional study: Aspen Institute, Ashridge Institute (UK) and Harvard Business School
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The Hon. Paul J. McNulty
1998
Class of 1980 In 2005, Paul J. McNulty was nominated by President Bush to serve as the U.S. deputy attorney general, the second-highest ranking official at the U.S. Department of Justice. He also was nominated by President Bush in 2001 to serve as the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia and led the Justice Department’s terrorism prosecutions following the attacks of 9/11. In addition, McNulty worked for 11 years on Capitol Hill in a number of positions, including chief counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime and chief counsel and director of legislative operations for the Majority Leader of the House. Other positions in his 22 years of public service in Washington, D.C., include principal associate deputy attorney general and director of policy and communications for the Justice Department. McNulty also served as chief counsel and director of communications for the Impeachment Proceedings of President Clinton. Until fall 2014, McNulty led the Global Corporate Compliance and Investigations practice for the law firm of Baker & McKenzie, one of the world’s largest firms. He joined Baker in 2007. Earlier in his legal career, McNulty was of counsel at the law firm of Shaw Pittman, now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, and director of government affairs for the Legal Services Corporation. He also served as executive director of the First Freedom Coalition, a nonprofit organization promoting criminal justice reform in America, and hosted a weekly national television program called Crime and Punishment. In 2007, McNulty received the Justice Department’s highest honor for public service, the Edmund J. Randolph Award. In 1993, he received the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service. He is also an Honorary U.S. Marshal. McNulty joined the Grove City College Board of Trustees in 2004. He was named Grove City College’s ninth President in May 2014. Additional degrees: Law degree, Capital University School of Law; Honorary Doctor of Laws, Grove City College; Honorary Master of Laws, Capital University School of Law
Dr. Lawrence W. Reed Class of 1975 Lawrence Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in Atlanta, Ga., and president emeritus of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Michigan. Previously, Reed taught economics at Midland’s Northwood University for seven years, chairing the department for two years. The author or editor of six books, Reed has published more than 1,000 columns and articles that have appeared in journals and magazines, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Policy Review, Regulation, and Investor’s Business Daily. His most recent books are Are We Good Enough for Liberty? and A Republic–If We Can Keep It. He has delivered more than 75 speeches per year in almost every state and dozens of foreign countries. Since 1985, he has visited 81 countries on six continents. His best-known lectures include “Seven Principles of Sound Policy,” “Liberty and Character: The Indispensable Connection” and “Great Myths of the Great Depression” – all of which have been translated into more than a dozen languages and distributed worldwide. He writes frequently for FEE’s web site, www.fee.org, and its magazine, The Freeman. He served for 15 years as a member of the board (and one term as president) of the State Policy Network. His numerous recognitions include the “Champion of Freedom” award from the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Slippery Rock University; Honorary Ph.D., Central Michigan University
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John “Jack” S. Isherwood Class of 1963 John “Jack” Isherwood has 50 years of business experience in a wide array of management responsibilities. He is the past president of Metalized Paper Corp. as well as past president and CEO of Pittsburgh Brewing Co. and Pittsburgh Food and Beverage. Within his career, Isherwood directly participated in numerous mergers, acquisitions and divestitures of various sizes. Today, he is the managing principal of Birchmere Capital.
Birchmere Capital, Inc. is a private equity investment firm. With millions of dollars in committed capital, the company is dedicated to building successful companies through long-term investments in growing western Pennsylvania businesses. He has been a board member of the Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for the past 12 years and has chaired the board for the past eight years. Isherwood led the board of the West Penn Allegheny Health System from 2011 to 2013 and directed the merger with Highmark during his time as board chair. He also served on the board of the Sewickley Valley YMCA.
Dr. Kathryn J. Jackson Class of 1979 Dr. Kathryn Jackson is the chief technology officer at RTI International Metals, Inc., responsible for oversight of all the company’s advanced metallurgical technology, product and process innovation, including additive manufacturing activities. Prior to this, she was the CTO of Westinghouse Electric Co., responsible for global research and innovation and the company’s environmental sustainability and corporate environment, health and safety. Jackson held various positions at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), most recently as executive vice president of River System Operations and Environment and the corporate environmental officer. She also worked for ALCOA Corporation as a technology forecaster and held a post-doctoral appointment at the National Academy of Engineering. She currently serves on the board of Portland General Electric, an investor-owned utility in Portland, Ore. Until recently, she served as the chair of the board of ISO New England, which is responsible for the electric markets and system reliability in the six New England states. Additional degrees: Two master’s degrees; Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
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Stanley M. Johnson
1999
Class of 1960 Stanley Johnson was appointed director, management information systems, for Worldport LA in 1988, the largest U.S. port in container volume and largest West Coast port for cruise traffic. At Worldport LA, he was responsible for the port’s worldwide information technology environment, including application development, telecommunications, end-user computing and operations/technical support. He previously served in IT management positions in the aerospace industry, at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and in the Los Angeles City government. He retired in 1997. An Army veteran, Johnson received significant industry and corporate honors and has traveled, published and lectured worldwide. He chaired the Southern California Chapter of the Society of Information Management, the world’s leading IT executive organization; the IT advisory board at the University of California, Long Beach; and the UCLA Anderson School of Management Information Systems Associates. In addition, he served on the editorial board of Corporate Computing Magazine. He currently lectures pro bono at the Anderson School, and was named a public sector fellow at the school. He has been involved in assisting people with disabilities for more than 30 years and served as chair and board member of the Westside Center for Independent Living. Johnson is past president of the Grove City College Alumni Council. He also received the Distinguished Service Award in 2010. He joined the College’s Board of Trustees in 1995 and became a Trustee Emeritus in 2012. Additional degrees: MBA, Pepperdine University
Jack Kennedy holds the Alumni Achievement Award plaque in 1977. The award was renamed in his honor in 1980.
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Paul J. Kardos Class of 1962 Paul Kardos came to Grove City College to study mathematics and help lead the Wolverine football squad into several successful seasons. After finishing his studies at Grove City, Kardos began a career with the Insurance Company of North America, located in Pittsburgh. After only a few years, he was promoted and then relocated to Los Angeles, eventually becoming vice president for the company. In 1976, Horace Mann Insurance Company invited Kardos to become its executive vice president. In his more than 20 years with Horace Mann, Kardos used innovative tactics to increase the company’s premium volume tenfold and raised assets from millions to billions. He led a management buyout in 1989. He retired in May of 2000 as president, CEO and chairman of the board.
Kardos was involved in Stanford’s Executive Program, and served on boards for Marine Bank, United Way, and St. John’s Hospital. He served his alma mater on the Alumni Council from 2001 to 2004 and as an Alumni Trustee from 2000 to 2003. Additional degrees: MBA, Stanford University
James F. Merriman Class of 1938 After his Grove City College graduation, James Merriman served his country in the Pacific theater with the U.S. Navy. Putting his business education to work upon returning, he moved to Kansas City as a sales representative for Scott Paper Company. In a few years, Merriman moved to Philadelphia to join the Campbell’s Soup Company as its market research director, overseeing product development, sales and advertising. Following 38 years with Campbell’s, Merriman retired from business, but not service. He was elected treasurer of Radnor Township in the Philadelphia suburbs, and guided the political and social atmosphere of his community for 13 years. A Republican committeeman, he became chairman of the “New Look Republicans.” He was elected chairman of the Radnor Republican Party in 1967 and served for six years, remaining a committeeman until 1981. Merriman also served for a time on the Delaware County board of supervisors. Merriman initiated the Fourth of July fireworks in Radnor Township in 1970. He also is a past manager of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution and was president of the Society of the Sons of St. George Foundation from 1994 to 1998. Merriman was an active coordinator of the College’s Philadelphia Alumni Chapter, served as president of the Alumni Council from 1962 to 1965, and was instrumental in founding the Alumni Achievement Awards in 1964. He served a term on the College’s Board of Trustees and was a major proponent of publishing an alumni directory, a publication which proved to be a valuable asset. He passed away March 26, 2005.
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Dr. James W. Stark
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Class of 1951 James Stark has been recognized as an Outstanding Educator of America and has received a complement of honors from national and international organizations. He was involved in teaching, administrative or consultative roles at Northrop University, West Coast University, Ambassador College, Pepperdine University and UCLA, to name a few. Many of his positions in education led Stark to assignments around the globe. Stark was involved in research and publications, and did consulting work for industrial administration and corporate management companies as diverse as Hughes Aircraft and Xerox. He served as president and chief executive officer of Systems Research Association, which uses economic theory and productivity plans to assist developing countries and provide food for communities. In conjunction, he works with Heifer International, a World Hunger Organization that supplies knowledge/training and purebred animals to small farms both domestically and internationally. Additional degrees: MBA, UCLA; Ph.D., The International University in Luxembourg; Ph.D.,U.S. International University in San Diego
Robert L. Nutt Class of 1967 For 40 years, Robert L. Nutt practiced corporate and commercial law with the firm of Ropes & Gray in Boston. Engaged in corporate, securities and commercial law practice, Nutt became a partner at Ropes & Gray in 1979. He represented, among others, The First National Bank of Boston, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Short Brothers PLC, Merrill Lynch Private Equity and the New England Patriots Football Club. He served for many years on the ABA committee on corporate laws, and chaired the Corporation Law section of the Boston Bar Association and the Business Law section of the Massachusetts Bar Association. As an adjunct professor, he taught corporate finance at the Boston University School of Law. In addition, he was on the faculty of numerous continuing legal education programs sponsored by the Practicing Law Institute, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Inc., and various bar associations. He cochaired the Task Force on the Comprehensive Revision of the Massachusetts Business Corporate Law and was a co-author of the annual supplements of the Aspen Law and Business volume, Massachusetts Corporate Law and Practice. Nutt has also been involved with his community as trustee and counsel for the Shore County Day School and as trustee and moderator of the First Church of Christ. He now owns and operates Lacey Creek Livestock LLC, a registered angus outfit in north central Montana. He is a Trustee Emeritus on the Grove City College Board of Trustees. Additional degrees: J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School
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Edward D. Breen Class of 1978 Edward Breen joined General Instrument Corporation soon after his graduation from Grove City College. From 1988 to 1994, he served as senior vice president of sales and managed sales personnel and activities in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Through the 1990s, Breen was promoted to several other vice presidential and presidential positions, including terrestrial systems and the Broadband Networks Group.
Breen served as chairman, president and CEO of General Instrument from 1997 until 2000, when Motorola acquired the company. Breen was promoted again to executive vice president of Motorola and president of the new Networks Sector of the company. In 1998, he won the National Cable Television Association’s Vanguard Award for high achievers in cable. He led one of the nation’s most successful companies as chairman and CEO of Tyco International, Limited, for 10 years and remains chairman of Tyco. He has been a member of the Grove City College Board of Trustees since 2001. Additional degrees: Honorary Doctor of Laws, Grove City College
David R. Rathburn Class of 1979 David Rathburn worked as an accountant at Price Waterhouse before joining Hopeman Brothers Marine Interiors (HBMI) division of AWH Corp. in Waynesboro, Va. as assistant to the president. Hopeman Brothers was a company that specialized in interior outfitting of marine vessels. It did extensive work for the U.S. Navy, as well as for commercial liners, oil rigs, casinos and cruise ships. At Hopeman Brothers, Rathburn subsequently served as director of marketing, vice president of sales and marketing and vice president of sales and administration. In 1991, he was named president. Rathburn saw tremendous company growth in his nearly two decades with HBMI. Rathburn left HBMI in 2002 to form Gatewick Enterprises with his wife, Jayne. The following year they purchased most of the operating assets of HBMI and formed US Joiner LLC. Rathburn served as president of US Joiner until its sale in June of 2011 to a firm led by John F. Lehman, former secretary of the Navy. Rathburn now serves as CEO and is on the board of directors. The Rathburns also own and operate several other leisure industry investments including Glenmore Country Club. Rathburn currently serves on the board of the Shipbuilders’ Council of America as well as chairman of its Allied Partners Committee. He was previously president of the board of directors for local Junior Achievement and United Way boards. He is a past member of the Japan-Europe-Korea-United States International Shipbuilders Consortium and serves as a Seapower Ambassador. He is also a ruling elder at the First Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville, Va. Rathburn was invited to join the Grove City College Board of Trustees in 1992 and was elected chair in 2003.
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Scott A. Foster
2002
Class of 1988 Scott Foster is the president and chief executive officer and sole shareholder of Dominion Capital Management, Inc., located in Traverse City, Mich. Prior to forming Dominion, Foster was senior trader for A.O. Management Corporation in Pittsburgh. Organized by Foster in 1994, Dominion has been a pioneer in developing unique alternative investment strategies for institutional investors in Asia, Europe and North America. Drawing heavily on his background in the study of philosophy and psychology, Foster developed a comprehensive approach to trading markets based on the philosophical principles espoused in Austrian economic theory and the psychological principles governing behavioral finance. These ideas, often at odds with traditional financial engineering, have led to Foster being a sought-after speaker at conferences and institutions around the world. In addition to lectures, presentations and keynote speeches in more than a dozen countries, Foster has been featured in many books, articles and financial journals.
Michael P. Lazarus Class of 1977 Michael Lazarus co-founded Weston Presidio in 1991, a private equity firm with $3.3 billion under management. Lazarus currently serves on the board of directors of Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras SA, Fender Musical Instruments Corp., Integro and Jimmy John’s LLC. He was previously the founding chairman of JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) and served on the board of directors for the airline as well as on the boards of directors for Restoration Hardware (formerly NASDAQ:RSTO), Guitar Center (formerly NASDAQ:GTRC), and numerous privately-held companies, including Learning Curve (acquired by Racing Champions Corporation (formerly NASDAQ:RACN)), Morris Air (acquired by Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV)) and Hanna Andersson (acquired by a financial investor). Lazarus also served the community on various non-profit boards including Bowdoin College, San Francisco Day School and SFJAZZ. Additional degrees: CPA
F. Stone Roberts Class of 1966 Stone Roberts is the chief executive officer of Roberts and Langer advertising agency in New York City. His clients include Neutrogena, Aveeno, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Breakstone’s, JPMorgan Chase and Hunter Douglas Window Fashion. He serves on the boards of the Advertising Council, the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the American Advertising Federation. Earlier in his career, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Gotham, Inc., and president and chief operating officer of Lintas, both successful advertising agencies. 75
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Donna M. Moraz Class of 1979 Having been inspired at Grove City College to join the business world, Donna Moraz was hired after graduation by privately held Cargill, Inc., of Minneapolis as an outside sales rep for their Rhino Hyde department. Selling products specifically marketed to grain elevators, Moraz spent her career traveling across the United States and Canada as one of the first women in outside sales of grain-handling equipment. Mentored by her father Wesley ’49, she was encouraged to pursue a solo entrepreneurial career in 1991 when she formed DeeRoss Company, Inc., which supplies capital project and maintenance equipment to grain-handling facilities.
As an active participant for 35 years in the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS), Moraz served on the GEAPS Minneapolis Chapter board of directors and the International GEAPS Associates board of directors. She received the Minneapolis Chapter Member of Distinction award in 1997. Branching out beyond DeeRoss Company, Moraz founded the start-up Mass Flow Sourcing in 2013. Located in Lake Crystal, Minn., the new company is a stocking distributor for ANDCO Eagle actuators manufactured by General Electric in Houston, Texas. Moraz served on the Grove City College Alumni Council from 1998 to 2000, as well as on the Grove City College Entrepreneurship Advisory Council, from 2002 to 2004. She is currently an active owner and sales manager of both DeeRoss Company, Inc., and Mass Flow Sourcing. Moraz splits her time between Minnetonka, Minn., in the summer and Henderson, Nev., during the winter.
Dr. John A. Sparks Class of 1966 Dr. John Sparks graduated from Grove City College with a degree in economics and was named by Omicron Delta Kappa as Senior Man of the Year. Sparks earned his juris doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School in 1969 and is a member of the state bars of Michigan and Pennsylvania. After completing graduate school, Sparks joined the law firm of William MacRitchie in Hillsdale, Mich. He went on to chair the division of economics and business administration at Hillsdale College, where he was Professor of the Year in 1973. Sparks joined the faculty of Grove City College in 1976 and rose to serve as dean for the Alva J. Calderwood School of Arts and Letters. He was appointed to the dean’s position in 2003 after chairing the Department of Business since 1990. He received Grove City College’s Professor of the Year award in 2001. In 1992, he received the George Washington Honor Medal from the Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge for his article titled, “Increasing Educational Choice,” and also was named a Chavanne Fellow by Baylor University’s School of Business. Sparks served as a member and president of a Christian school board for 10 years, followed by two four-year terms on the Grove City Area School Board. He was formerly president of the Public Policy Education Fund, Inc., based in Grove City. He is widely published and, for many years, served as editor of the Grove City College publication, Vision & Values. He is a fellow for educational policy with The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College. He retired in 2013 but continues to teach part-time. Additional degrees: J.D., University of Michigan Law School
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Dr. David J. Jones III
2003
Class of 1954 Chemistry major David Jones served as director of community medicine at York Hospital in York, Pa., and as associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland. He also served as vice president of medical affairs for Pennsylvania Blue Shield and as the medical director for All-Health, based in Harrisburg. Jones and his work were recognized with a Milbank Faculty Fellowship and Distinguished Service Award from the American College of Medical Quality. He is a diplomate of the American College of Preventive Medicine and is the founding editor of the American Journal of Medical Quality. He served as chairman of the board of what is now Presbyterian Senior Services, a mid-Atlantic provider of continuing care retirement communities. Additional degrees: Medical degree, Thomas Jefferson University; Master’s degree, University of Pittsburgh
Lissa G. Hilsee Class of 1980 Lissa Hilsee founded The Hands on Advantage in 2010. Working with non-profit leadership and staff, CEO Hilsee forges alliances and provides expertise in the areas of strategic planning, board development, executive enhancement, development, marketing and operations. In 2012, Hilsee co-founded and serves as president of Achieve Now, a non-profit whose mission is to move children in low-performing schools to grade-level reading and math and effect vital changes in education curriculum and methodology that ensures this is a given for all children in the nation. From 2008 to 2010, she worked with Mastery Charter Schools, helping to convert low-performing public schools to highachieving environments. She is the co-founder of Greater Philadelphia Cares, which served as the region’s hub for volunteerism from 1993 to 2012. During her tenure, this corps of volunteers generated close to one million hours of volunteer service for the Greater Philadelphia region. Hilsee began her professional career at PaineWebber, Inc. (now USB) in Boston. As vice president, she managed investment portfolios in excess of $38 million.
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The Hon. Arthur J. Schwab Class of 1968 The Honorable Arthur J. Schwab was nominated by President George W. Bush on Jan. 4, 2002, and sworn-in to office on Jan. 1, 2003, as a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Judge Schwab was awarded a J.D. at the University of Virginia School of Law in 1972. He was on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review and Order of the Coif. Thereafter, he clerked for the Honorable Collins J. Seitz, then chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1972-1973 term).
Judge Schwab currently is the longest serving member of the Board of Trustees of Grove City College. He first was elected in 1990, served as the chair of the Academic Program Committee from 1999 to 2006, served as a member of the Executive Committee from 1999 to present, and served as the Secretary of the Board from 2006 to present. Judge Schwab has taught a Grove City College course on Intellectual Property as an adjunct professor from 2002 to the present. Additional degrees: Juris Doctor, University of Virginia
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Nancy (Byers) Eaton-Stedman
2004
Class of 1954 Nancy Eaton-Stedman had an extensive career in theater. She performed on Broadway with Angela Lansbury in “Sweeny Todd” and worked with composers Richard Rogers and Stephen Sondheim in several productions. Eaton-Stedman also taught voice and piano to hundreds of students. In her retirement, she works closely with the Charleston (S.C.) Symphony and serves as musical director for the Charleston School District. Additional study: Juilliard; The New School
Barbara (Spotz) Johnson Class of 1979 After earning her law degree, Barbara Johnson joined The Webb Law Firm, in Pittsburgh, Pa., where she was a director and shareholder. Johnson became one of the most experienced biotechnology patent attorneys in the United States and began her own law practice in January of 2008. Her community involvement focuses on fostering the arts, education and health care in Pittsburgh. Johnson will serve in 2015 as president of the Rotary Club of Pittsburgh and is currently the Birthing Kits committee chair for Zonta Club of Pittsburgh, which makes and distributes thousands of clean medical birthing kits to undersupplied clinics in rural areas in Kenya, Haiti, Guatemala and elsewhere. Additional degrees: Doctor of Jurisprudence, William & Mary Law School
Richard L. Pease Class of 1967 Richard Pease began his career with General Electric as an aerospace design engineer. He served as a business leader in various segments of the company, including as president and CEO of the European Automation group in Frankfurt, Germany, until 1990. He later became president and CEO of General Electric’s Power Controls Technology in Duluth, Ga. Pease also served on various boards including GE Toshiba, GE Fuji and GE Hitachi, GE IUSA and GE Prolec, all in Japan and Mexico. He is also on the board of directors for Junior Achievement and is active in many community volunteer organizations. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Syracuse University
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Dr. Peter J. Boettke Class of 1983 Peter Boettke is a university professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University and BB&T professor for the study of capitalism at the Mercatus Center. He also is the director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University. Prior to joining the faculty at George Mason University in 1998, Boettke taught at New York University, and was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University.
Boettke has received outstanding alumni awards from the Institute for Humane Studies and George Mason University, and has won outstanding teaching awards from New York University and George Mason University. He currently sits on the board of the Foundation for Economic Education, is the former president of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and is the current vice president of the Southern Economic Association. In 2010, Boettke won the Adam Smith Award, given to “recognize an individual who has made a sustained and lasting contribution to the perpetuation of the ideals of a free market economy as first laid out in Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations.” Additional degrees: Master’s degree and Ph.D., George Mason University; Honorary Ph.D.s , Universidad Francisco Marroquin (Guatemala) and Universitat Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Romania)
Dawn (Jurewicz) Owens Class of 1990 Dawn Owens served as chief executive officer of OptumHealth, a $6 billion UnitedHealth Group company, from 2007 to 2012. Under her leadership, OptumHealth became one of the nation’s largest and most respected health and well-being companies. Creating a culture of collaboration and purposeful innovation, Owens forged strong partnerships across the various constituents in healthcare to deliver information, tools and support to help individuals achieve their health care goals. Owens serves on the boards of Grove City College (since 2008) and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
Thomas M. Thompson Class of 1965 Thomas Thompson served as chair of Buchanan Ingersoll’s corporate finance group. His practice focused on corporate acquisitions, private placements and public offerings of securities and venture capital financing. Among his community activities, Thompson was counsel to the Board of Trustees of the Pittsburgh Public Theater and was an adjunct professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Thompson continues his corporate law practice at Buchanan, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. He is a frequent speaker and has written extensively on acquisition and other corporate law topics and was recognized in 2009 as the “Pittsburgh M & A Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers in America. Additional degrees: Harvard Law School 80
Philip A. Garcia
2006
Class of 1978 Philip Garcia retired from the Erie Insurance Group in 2009 after 28 years with the company, where he was executive vice president and chief financial officer. Currently, Garcia is on the board of Amerisafe Inc., a publicly held high-hazard workers’ compensation insurer. He has served on the boards of Donegal Group Inc., a property casualty insurer, and Railpower Technologies Corporation, a manufacturer of hybrid locomotives. He also served on the boards of Hamot Health System, the Warner Theater Preservation Trust, the Erie Arts Council and the Bayfront Eastside Task Force. He also spent a term as a trustee of Grove City College from 2005 to 2008. Additional degrees: CPA
Christopher J. Klicka Class of 1982 Beginning in 1985, Chris Klicka helped thousands of families with their legal conflicts. He provided expert testimony before numerous legislative and regulatory bodies on behalf of homeschoolers. Klicka was senior counsel of the Home School Legal Defense Association. He also served that group as director of state and international relations. In so doing, he was a member of the bars of the Virginia Supreme Court, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Fourth Circuit District of Appeals and the U.S. District Court of Virginia (Eastern Division). Klicka represented many homeschooling families in court and testified before numerous state legislatures and Congress. He directed a staff of 10 lawyers and legal assistants and together they annually handled 10,000 legal conflicts and monitored and lobbied the 50 state legislatures. Klicka was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1994, but continued to adamantly defend the rights of homeschoolers, despite being confined to a wheelchair. He made many international trips and spoke at homeschooling conferences in many nations on behalf of homeschoolers. A popular national speaker, he authored several books, including Home Schooling: The Right Choice, The Heart of Home Schooling and Home Schooling Heroes. He passed away Oct. 12, 2009. Additional degrees: J.D., O.W. Coburn School of Law, Tulsa, Okla.
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Steven J. Schneider Class of 1982 In November 2005, Steven Schneider joined TPG/Newbridge Capital as its managing director and operations partner based in Hong Kong. Newbridge is Asia’s leading private equity investment firm with billions of capital under investment. He is past president and CEO of GE China. He accepted this leadership role in 2001 and served the company for 20 years in total. Schneider accepted terms on the Boards of Junior Achievement – China, Hanaro Telecom in Korea and Myer Department Store in Australia.
Kenneth E. Smith Class of 1984 Following his Grove City College graduation, Ken Smith joined H.B. Maynard and Company, a Pittsburgh-based workforce management and consulting company. In 2001, he was elected president of the company. Smith is actively involved in a number of professional organizations including the The Institute of Industrial Engineers and serves on several boards including the Coalition of Christian Outreach, Jubilee Christian School and Family Guidance, all in Pittsburgh. He also serves on the College’s Entrepreneurship Advisory Council. Since receiving the award, Smith led the sale and transition of Maynard to Accenture in 2007, currently serves as president of Etcetera Edutainment, one of several start-up companies with which he is involved, and is a very active board member for several businesses and ministries in the Pittsburgh area. Additional degrees: M.A., Regent University School of Global Leadership and Entrepreneurship
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Craig W. Jones
2007
Class of 1974 Craig Jones is president of the Oklahoma Hospital Association, which represents 138 hospitals. From 1985 to 1997, he was president and CEO of Norman Regional Hospital, which under his leadership, grew and offered such regional services as cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, cancer management and community education. He has served on numerous national and regional board and advisory councils, lectured or served as part-time faculty at several universities and has been recognized for his work in health care. Additional degrees: Master of Health Administration, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis
Thomas E. Langmyer Class of 1983 Thomas Langmyer is vice president and general manager of WTMJ and WLWK Radio in Milwaukee, Wisc., and corporate vice president of news and talk programming for Journal Broadcast Group’s stations across the United States. He is also president of The BlueWater Group, which specializes in business consulting for broadcast companies. Previously, Langmyer served as vice president and general manager for Tribune Company’s WGN Radio in Chicago. He also worked for CBS Radio as vice president and general manager of KMOX Radio in St. Louis and corporate vice president for CBS Radio’s News/Talk Stations Group. Earlier in his career, he was program director for WSYR/WYYY in Syracuse. He started his career at WBEN and at WGR in Buffalo, N.Y., where he served in a number of roles, including program manager and air traffic pilot/reporter. In 2010, Langmyer published Lake Erie: History & Views, a book chronicling the geology, early inhabitants, European discovery, settlement, industry and growth of the cities and towns around Lake Erie. A native of Buffalo, Langmyer is active in the broadcasting industry and the community. He has been honored numerous times for his work, including General Manager of the Year by Radio & Records and The Good Samaritan Award by the Archdiocese of Saint Louis.
Judith (Parker) Zenowich Class of 1976 Judith Zenowich is executive project manager at Rutgers University, working on the state-mandated integration of schools and units of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey into Rutgers. She shifted from the for-profit world into a non-profit career at Rutgers, initially as a fundraiser for the School of Social Work. Zenowich made her mark in the world of financial services. She served as vice president–real estate project management for Bank One/JPMorgan Chase near New York City. Prior, she was senior vice president/director–design and construction at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup. Throughout her career, she also held successful posts at Shearson Lehman Brothers, American Express and ITT Rayonier Inc. Additional study: Pace University
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Anne (Golden) McClelland Class of 1981 Anne McClelland serves as the senior director of global technology alliances for Red Hat Corporation. Red Hat creates products from open source community software development efforts and commercializes them for use in critical enterprise solution deployments. Her team manages the execution efforts for Red Hat’s global alliances with Intel Corporation, SAP, SAS, Symantec, NetApp and other industry vertical and big data partners.
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Prior to Red Hat, McClelland was responsible for industry partnerships for Microsoft’s Enterprise and Partner Group in Seattle, Wash., where her team drove the industry software company relationships that were responsible for Microsoft’s growth in server platform software across manufacturing, financial services and distribution sectors. Prior to her time at Microsoft, she served in various management roles at the IBM corporation across partner management, marketing, development, sales and
McClelland has more than 30 years of experience in the computer solutions industry. She has served as a speaker for the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals and she also served as the chairman of the board of the North Carolina Technology Association. She was appointed to the Grove City College Board of Trustees in 2014.
Jerome E. Nairne Class of 1976 Jerome Nairne is president of the Chesterfield Companies, where under his leadership the company has grown into a nationwide service organization with more than 100 employees. Nairne entered private practice before joining his current employer as an executive vice president. He serves as a member of the Salvation Army advisory board for Summit County, Ohio, and on the Walsh Jesuit High School board of trustees. Additional degrees: CPA; MBA, University of Akron; Juris Doctor, University of Akron
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Douglas W. Muetzel
2008
Class of 1980 Douglas Muetzel is chief executive officer of Wesley Spectrum Services, where he served on the board of trustees prior to his transition from a corporate sales and marketing career to the non-profit community. Wesley Spectrum provides transformational support for children and families as they strive to become more independent, responsible and caring members of their communities. The organization is a leader in autism, family support, education and behavioral health for at-risk children and families in southwestern Pennsylvania. Muetzel’s sales and marketing experience includes positions with Cornerstone Publishing, Entergy Systems and Service, Beecham Products and Procter & Gamble. Muetzel has served as board chair and treasurer for Pennsylvania Council for Children, Youth and Family Services, a statewide membership organization. He is on the board of directors of Community Care Behavioral Health Organization and chairs the audit committee. He is also a Grove City College Trustee, serving since 2012.
William W. Smith Jr. Class of 1969 William Smith co-founded Smith Micro Software, Inc. and has served as chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer since its inception in 1982. For more than three decades under the leadership of Smith, the company has developed expertise in embedded software for networked devices (both wireless and wired), which has been leveraged to solve a tide of connectivity and mobile service challenges for its customers. The company’s portfolio includes a wide range of client and server applications that manage voice, data, video and connectivity over mobile broadband networks. From 1975 to 1984, Smith was employed by Rockwell International Corporation in a variety of technical and management positions. Smith served with Xerox Data Systems from 1972 to 1975 and RCA Computer Systems Division from 1969 to 1972 in mainframe sales and pre-sale technical roles. He is also an active member of the University of California Irvine, CEO Roundtable.
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James W. Henderson Class of 1965 James Henderson is the vice chairman of the Lahey Clinic and chairman of the Middlesex Community College Foundation. For 25 years, he led Analytical Systems Engineering Corporation, which provided communication information technology and security installations for the United States government and other countries. Henderson stayed in that role through several mergers and was president at Affiliated Computer Services Defense until 2001. He also served as a captain in the U.S. Air Force. His board positions have included chairman of the board of Middlesex Community College, Baybank Middlesex and Alpha Industries; he was chairman emeritus of the North Suburban Chamber of Commerce and president of several industrial associations.
Additional degrees: Harvard Business School
Catherine (Dalecki) Thornberry Class of 1975 Catherine Thornberry is the founder and principal of Export Procedures Co., Inc., which provides consulting services regarding the procedural aspects of exporting to industrial and high-technology companies. Thornberry has current and prior federal appointments to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Department of State. Thornberry also serves on the Western Pennsylvania District Export Council by federal appointment, the National Council on International Trade Development (NCITD), the Society for International Affairs (SIA), the Pennsylvania Association of Credit Managers (PACM) International Credit Club, and the Ohio Foreign Commerce Association board of directors. She is an adjunct member of the faculty of the A.J. Palumbo School of Business at Duquesne University and has authored a textbook, Export Procedures, An Interactive Guide to Export Documentation. Thornberry was named one of Pennsylvania’s Best 50 Women in Business for 1998. Her firm was nominated for the 1999 Western Pennsylvania Exporter of the Year Awards and received an Exporting Excellence Award from Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge in 1999. First appointed to a Federal Advisory Committee by President Reagan in 1987, Thornberry has been reappointed by each successive President, advising the Federal government for 26 years. In semi-retirement, she serves on the Western Pennsylvania District Export Council, guest lectures at Grove City College, and consults with several international companies.
Raymond G. Wile Class of 1956 After his Grove City College graduation, Raymond Wile worked for Armstrong Cork and later the NCH Company. In 1970, he co-founded the Dymon Chemical Company with sales in both the domestic and international markets. Wile served as president and obtained several patents that supported a line of more than 450 products. He sold the company in 1998 and retired to Williamsburg, Va. Wile is a trustee with Fork Union Military Academy and recognized there as a Distinguished Alumnus.
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Dr. Donald A. Shockey Jr.
2010
Class of 1963 Donald Shockey, director of SRI International’s Center for Fracture Physics, is an internationally recognized expert in fracture of materials and structures. He joined SRI in 1971 after completing a three-year post-doctoral appointment at the Ernst-Mach-Institut in Freiburg, Germany. In his 43 years at SRI he directed more than 350 research projects for government and industry. These projects included developing transparent materials and structural designs for weight-efficient windows on military vehicles and spacecraft; tear-resistant astronaut gloves; stents for coronary and peripheral arteries; and advanced fractographic methods for diagnosing failures and predicting the remaining useful life of aging aircraft, bridges and pipelines. He has published more than 150 technical articles, holds several patents and serves on the NASA panel of Materials Experts and a National Academy of Sciences committee. He is an Institute Fellow, a Fellow of ASM International, the Year 2000 recipient of the John S. Rinehart award for pioneering work in the field of dynamic fracture, and the 2006 recipient of the Murray Medal for excellence in experimental mechanics. Still working full time at SRI, Shockey is developing explosive separation systems for NASA that release the upper stage from the launch vehicle, enabling a spacecraft to achieve orbit. He is also investigating snowpack microstructure and mechanics with the goal of improving avalanche prediction. He won a best journal article award in 2012. Additional degrees: M.S. and Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
James P. Van Eerden Class of 1985 James Van Eerden is a co-founder and managing director of The Helixx Group, a merchant bank for high-impact entrepreneurs based in Indianapolis, Ind. Van Eerden leads the firm’s media and philanthropy ventures. His commentary involving media and non-profit work has appeared in USA TODAY and other publications. He has been a speaker at the National Press Club and international forums, including a guest lectureship at Harvard on the subject of “Philanthropy 2.0.” Van Eerden first became involved in film investing with the Academy Award-nominated short film, MOST (2004). He has since served in executive producer roles for several award-winning feature films including Bobby Jones (2004), The Ultimate Gift (2007) and The Perfect Game (2010), and for highly acclaimed documentary feature films WarChild (2008), Running the Sahara (2009), which he executive produced with Matt Damon, and In God We Still Trust. He is chief editor of Life (n) Media. He co-founded MISSION Skincare Products with Mia Hamm, Steve Nash, Serena Williams and others and is on the board of this athlete-engineered skincare company. He served as board chairman for the H2O Africa Foundation and as a founding board director for BDA Foundation (a non-profit effort to advance biotechnology for sustainable development in Africa). He also served as a member of the board of governors for Opportunity International (the world’s largest faith-based micro-lending agency) and for Wilberforce Forum (Chuck Colson’s worldview ministry). Additional degrees: M.A.,Trinity International University; MBA, Wake Forest University
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Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Robert C. Kane Class of 1979 Major General Robert Kane completed a distinguished military career, retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 2013 as director, Global Reach Programs, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He oversaw strategic planning and trade space analysis for the USAF’s $53 billion portfolio of more than 2,500 cargo, air refueling, special operations, training and executive airlift aircraft. Prior to this assignment, he served as commandant of the Air War College, the Air Force’s senior professional military education institution, providing post-graduate senior leader development.
Kane served in Iraq, Germany, Korea and Turkey in a wide variety of operational and staff assignments. He served in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM as commanding general of the Coalition Air Force Transition Team in Baghdad, Iraq, responsible for coalition efforts to rebuild the Iraqi air force. As commander of the 86th Airlift Wing and Kaiserslautern Military Community, he led the Ramstein Air Base Germany community to win the 2006 Commander in Chief Annual Award for Installation Excellence – best U.S. Air Force base in the world. Kane is a command pilot. He earned numerous awards including the Distinguished Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters and the Air Medal. In 2005, he won the Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Special Achievement Award for Commander Support. Additional degrees: M.S., University of Southern California, Los Angeles
Awardees in 2010 were, from left, James Van Eerden ’85, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Kane ’79, Distinguished Service Award winner Stanley Johnson ’60 and Dr. Donald Shockey ’63
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with College President Richard Jewell ’67.
The Rev. Dr. Norman E. “Chips” Koehler III
2011
Class of 1956 The Rev. Dr. Norman Koehler is priest emeritus at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Oakmont, Pa., and a volunteer in pastoral care at Presbyterian Senior Care. He entered active service in the U.S. Navy in 1956 following two years in reserve. He became a naval aviator in 1958 and retired as a captain. He served in Vietnam. Other military assignments included assistant Naval attaché to Greece, Commanding Officer; Patrol Squadron Ten, director of special operations in the Atlantic Command; executive assistant to secretary of the Navy; and commanding officer at the Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. He has been awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, the Vietnam Medal of Valor and three awards of the Legion of Merit. Following retirement from the Navy, Koehler worked as a senior research scientist for Lockheed Corp., as well as a director of development at Northwestern University, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh. He was founding president of the Pittsburgh Episcopal Foundation and served as an adjunct professor of business at the University of Southern New Hampshire and at Butler County Community College. After earning his degree in theology, Koehler was ordained a deacon in 2002 and a priest in 2006. Additional degrees: M.S., University of Southern California; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Additional study: Graduate, Defense Language School
Michael D. Kuremsky Class of 1986 Michael Kuremsky was vice president and global brand leader of Olay Skin Care, a billion-dollar business and the world leader in facial moisturizers and treatments. He had a 20-year career in brand marketing and management with Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he led the growth of the brand in top markets including the United States, United Kingdom and China, while launching Olay into many new countries, such as India, Mexico, Brazil and Russia. In 2001, Kuremsky was recognized by Advertising Age as one of the “Top 100 Marketers.” Since receiving his award, Kuremsky retired from P&G and is now pursuing a second chapter as a branding and ‘big idea’ consultant for Fortune 100 companies. He works for a boutique innovation firm, Seek, in Cincinnati. Kuremsky was deeply involved in Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy, a Blue Ribbon school, and was elected president of the school’s board. He also devoted time as president of the Fine Arts Board, directing and producing numerous stage productions and musical revues. Additionally, Kuremsky served on the Grove City College Alumni Council. Additional degrees: MBA, Duke University
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Dr. Linda (Schiestle) Horton Class of 1976 Linda Horton serves as director for the Materials Sciences and Engineering Division in the Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy (DOE), Washington, D.C. Prior to joining DOE, she was the director for the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Under her leadership, CNMS grew to have a strong, interdisciplinary scientific program with a vibrant user community. In addition, she was project director for the CNMS facility construction.
Prior to leading the CNMS, Horton was program director for the ORNL Basic Energy Sciences’ Materials and Engineering Physics program. During her career at Oak Ridge, she held many management roles, including deputy division director for the Metals and Ceramics Division, group leader for Surfaces and Interfaces, and group leader for Electron Microscopy. Her personal research emphasized applications of electron microscopy to materials science problems. At ORNL, she was involved in the implementation of research programs that integrated basic and applied research. She has been active in professional service and served on the board of directors for the Materials Research Society, ASM International and the Microscopy Society of America. She is a frequent reviewer, including reviews of construction projects and user facility operations, for the DOE and other agencies. Additional degrees: Ph.D., University of Virginia
Celebrating the awards in 2011 were, from left: Dr. Linda (Schiestle ’76) Horton, The Rev. Dr. Norman Koehler ’56, College President Richard Jewell ’67,
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Michael Kuremsky ’86 and Distinguished Service Award winner Fred Fetterolf ’52.
Katherine D. Brandt
2012
Class of 1982 Katherine Brandt is chair of the Commercial and Public Finance Practice Group at Thompson Hine LLP and managing partner of the firm’s New York office. Brandt began her career as a manufacturing engineer with Texas Instruments Inc. Later, she initiated her legal career in the Cleveland office of Thompson Hine LLP as a member of the banking, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights practice area. She became a partner in 1997. The following year, she was named firmwide chair of the newly formed Commercial and Public Finance Practice Group. She moved to New York in 2002 to help Thompson Hine integrate a newly acquired firm, and in 2010, Brandt was named managing partner of the New York office. She was instrumental in the development and implementation of Thompson Hine’s Women’s Initiative and was the first leader of the New York Office Women’s Initiative. Over the years, Brandt took leadership roles in a number of community and charitable organizations, including the Greater Cleveland Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of America and the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Northeast Ohio. She has received a number of awards and honors, including Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Banking and Finance; New York Super Lawyers; Ohio State Bar Foundation Award for Community Service by Lawyers 40 and Under; and the Grove City College Athletic Hall of Fame. Additional degrees: J.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Law
James D. George Class of 1982 James George, formerly vice president of corporate social responsibility for The Hershey Company, was responsible for the company’s corporate social responsibility programs locally, nationally and internationally. George joined The Hershey Company in 1984 and held several positions in Hershey’s sales areas prior to becoming the manager of merchandising packaging. He was promoted to director of packaging and vice president of packaging and assumed global packaging responsibility in 2006. George was named vice president of community relations in 2008 and accepted additional responsibilities as vice president of corporate social responsibility in 2009, including managing programs for community outreach, corporate philanthropy and environmental stewardship, as well as sustainable supply chain initiatives. George also handled the company’s charitable sponsorships, and offered support for programs including the United Way and the Children’s Miracle Network. George represented The Hershey Company as founder and coordinator of Project Fellowship, a program designed to build bridges between Milton Hershey School students and houseparents and The Hershey Company employees and their families. In the community, George was chairman of Penn State Hershey Medical Center Children’s Miracle Network Advisory Board and Executive Committee and chairman of Hershey’s Track & Field Games Board of Directors. George retired from The Hershey Company in 2012 after 28 years of service. He is currently the community relations liaison at Penn State Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine and also is founder and president of All About Hershey, LLC, an independent business he founded that promotes Milton S. Hershey’s legacy.
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John B. Merlette Sr. Class of 1968 After attending Grove City College, John Merlette began a career as a mechanical and aerospace engineer designing and fabricating advanced composite structures using carbon fiber-reinforced materials. Merlette was the first to design a ‘graphite’ golf club shaft and to patent a ‘graphite’ bicycle wheel. He also designed and fabricated advanced composite satellite and other aerospace components for NASA and the Department of Defense. Every modern Boeing commercial aircraft flying today utilizes advanced composite parts designed by him.
In 1983, he started his own business and with his two partners, supplied the orthotic and prosthetic industry with thousands of advanced composite ‘Springlite’ devices that aid victims of leg amputations and foot injuries. After earning numerous patents in the field of orthotics and prosthetics and serving as president of Springlite, Inc. in Salt Lake City, Utah, Merlette retired in 2003. Demonstrating that the innovative spirit never quits, he is currently completing work on both a new prosthetic foot design and a novel prosthetic knee for amputees. Merlette and his wife live in Montana in a home they designed themselves. Chateau de Merlette was selected as one of the 10 best homes of 2010 by Timber Home Living Magazine. Merlette also is the published author of The Time and Space Trilogy.
Dr. Randall L. Wilber Class of 1976 Dr. Randall Wilber is a senior sport physiologist at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. He has worked with Olympic athletes and has been a staff member of Team USA at eight Olympic Games. In addition, he serves as a consultant to the U.S. Navy SEALs on issues related to combat performance at high altitude. In the area of scholarship, Wilber has authored more than 50 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, and has written two books and several book chapters in the areas of sports medicine and sport science. In addition, he has been an invited speaker at scientific meetings across the globe. Wilber was recognized as a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) in 1998 and currently serves as chair of the ACSM Olympic and Paralympic Sports Medicine Committee. Additional degrees: M.A., University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; M.S. and Ph.D., Florida State University
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Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Kenneth D. Merchant
2013
Class of 1980 Kenneth Merchant is in transition following 34 years of active duty service in the U.S. Air Force. In his final assignment, he served as director of Global Reach Programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at U.S. Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C. As the capability director, Merchant was responsible for airlift, air refueling, training and special operations programs. Merchant was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at Grove City College. He has been a program manager on numerous weapon system development and production programs, most notably, Airframe Integrated Product Team Lead for the F-22 Raptor fighter program. Merchant has served as Air Staff program element monitor for the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, and executive officer to the commander, Pacific Air Forces. He directed an Area Attack Systems Program Office; Contractor Logistics Support Aircraft Materiel Systems Group; and Battle Management Command, Control and Computer Systems Wing. Prior to his last assignment, he was commander, Air Armament Center and program executive officer for Weapons at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Merchant earned a number of service awards for his military achievements, such as the Distinguished Service Medal (Air Force) with Oak Leaf Cluster, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, and Defense Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster. He has accepted a new position as F-22 REDI program manager at Lockheed Martin. Additional degrees: Master’s degree, Troy State University; Master’s degree, Industrial College of the Armed Forces
The 2013 winners, from left, John Merlette ’68, Distinguished Service Award winner Anne (Harker ’60) Dayton, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Kenneth Merchant ’80 and Dr. Randall Wilber ’76.
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2014
Jeffrey L. Gregg Class of 1985 Jeff Gregg is a CPA and a Chartered Global Management Accountant. He began his career at the KPMG international accounting and consulting firm in the New York City and Atlanta offices. Then at Geiger International, a high-end wooden office furniture company, he became chief operating officer after initially serving as chief financial officer. At the Dixie Group, a publicly traded consumer flooring and textile products company, he was division president, chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
He then joined Riddell Bell Holdings, Inc., a private equity–owned leader in head protection equipment and accessories under the Riddell, Bell, Giro and other brand names. He held several positions including executive vice president and chief financial officer, chief operating officer of Bell Sports Asia Ltd., president of the Mass Market Division and senior vice president of operations. Prior to his current role, Gregg held the positions of chief operating officer/chief financial officer and chief executive officer at Geneva Watch Group, a privately owned company that designs, manufactures and distributes watches and clocks under license for such fashion brands as Kenneth Cole, Tommy Bahama and Ted Baker. Currently, Gregg is chief executive officer of The Collective, a leader in the youth culture–branded apparel and accessories market, and the chief restructuring officer of MEE Apparel, LLC, and MEE Direct, LLC, operating the retail and wholesale business for the Marc Ecko and Ecko Unlimited brands. He joined both companies in February 2014.
Robert W. Wickerham Class of 1966 Following his Grove City graduation, Robert Wickerham worked in the training program in the Open Hearth Labor Gang at Jones & Laughlin Steel Company in Pittsburgh. Shortly after, Wickerham, who had joined the Army Reserves in April 1966, was called to active duty to train as a combat medic. He completed his service and retired with the rank of captain in 1972. Wickerham worked for J&L as both a sales representative and a product manager before leaving to work for a family-owned business in Pittsburgh. In 1972, he started his own company, Allegheny Steel Distributors. The company quickly grew to a multimillion dollar business with facilities in both Pittsburgh and Youngstown, Ohio. In the mid-1990s, he founded a second business in Louisville, Ky., called Precision Metal Processors. He later sold the company to multi-billion-dollar steel distributor Reliance Steel and Aluminum. He led the company for the following three-and-a-half years before retirement in October 2002. After full retirement, Wickerham used the remaining liquidated interest in the company to start his third company, Youngstown Steel Storage, which he sold five years after its founding.
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Index Name, (Year of Award).............................Page #
Dennis, Dr. Kent S. (1977).............................. 32
Hughes, Dr. Calvin H. (1970)......................... 19
Anderson, The Rev. Dr. Gerald H. (1994)..... 59
Dodds, Dr. Harold W. (1965).......................... 07
Isherwood, John “Jack” S. (1999)................... 70
Anderson, Dr. Ruth I. (1970).......................... 18
Eaton-Stedman, Nancy (Byers) (2004).......... 79
Jackson, Dr. Kathryn J. (1999)........................ 70
Austin, Dr. Thomas S. (1972).......................... 22
Ecker, Patricia A. (1989).................................. 50
Janicki, Dr. Robert S. (1984)........................... 41
Ball, Dr. Shirley (Douglass) (1988)................ 48
Edwards Jr., William L. (1977)........................ 32
Johnson, Barbara (Spotz) (2004).................... 79
Barr, Dr. Bonnie B. (1996).............................. 64
Fair, Jeremy G. (1997)...................................... 67
Johnson, Col. (Ret.) Bruce W. (1986)............ 44
Barry III, John J. (1997)................................... 65
Fairgrieve, Dr. Russell B. (1966)..................... 08
Johnson, Stanley M. (1999)............................. 71
Bartlett, Alice E. (1978)................................... 34
Fetterolf, C. Fred (1978).................................. 33
Jones, Craig W. (2007)..................................... 83
Bauer, Donald L. (1988)................................... 49
Flynn, Judith (Chittum) (1987)...................... 47
Jones III, Dr. David J. (2003)........................... 77
Bibri, Louis J. (1978)........................................ 33
Foster, Scott A. (2002)...................................... 75
Jones, Robb M. (1993)..................................... 58
Bish, Lawrence E. (1980)................................. 36
Garcia, Philip A. (2006)................................... 81
Jordan, Dr. John C. “Jack” (1994)................... 60
Boettke, Dr. Peter J. (2005).............................. 80
George, James D. (2012).................................. 91
Judy, Bernard F. (1986).................................... 45
Bohlender, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) John F. (1967)... 13
Gregg, Jeffrey L. (2014).................................... 94
Kane, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Robert C. (2010)....... 88
Boundy, Dr. Ray H. (1965).............................. 07
Hamilton, Charles W. (1997).......................... 66
Kardos, Paul J. (2000)....................................... 72
Bowden, Clifford M. (1970)............................ 18
Harker, Helen (Calderwood) (1972).............. 22
Kaufman, Dr. Frederick A. (1966)................. 08
Brandt, Katherine D. (2012)............................ 91
Harker, The Rev. Dr. J. Stanley (1967)............ 11
Kelley, Beverly (Walter) (1991)....................... 54
Breen, Edward D. (2001)................................. 74
Hassler, Dr. Jacob P. (1975)............................. 29
Ketler, Dr. Weir C. (1964)................................ 04
Buchanan, Fred E. (1976)................................ 30
Hawk, Dr. Brainard O. (1969)......................... 16
King, Dr. Clair B. (1972).................................. 23
Campbell, C. William (1968).......................... 14
Hayes, Don A. (1990)....................................... 52
Klicka, Christopher J. (2006).......................... 81
Cathcart, J. Thomas (1971).............................. 21
Hemphill, Adley W. (1977).............................. 32
Clayton, Beverly (Cameron) (1997)............... 65
Henderson, James W. (2009)........................... 86
Koehler III, The Rev. Dr. Norman E. “Chips” (2011)......................................................89
Critchlow, Dr. Dale L. (1987).......................... 46
Henderson, Lois (Thompson) (1975)............ 28
Czerwinski, Dr. Edward J. (1973)................... 26
Hetrick, Dr. William D. (1997)....................... 66
D’Arcangelo, Marcia D. (1984)........................ 41
Hilsee, Lissa G. (2003)..................................... 77
Dean, Dr. James W. (1982).............................. 38
Hodgson, Lee (Kessler) (1994)....................... 59
de Araujo, Janet (Graham) (1986).................. 45
Horton, Dr. Linda (Schiestle) (2011)............. 90
Kuremsky, Michael D. (2011)......................... 89 Laderer Jr., Dr. William C. (1979).................. 35 Lang, William H. (1987).................................. 46 Langmyer, Thomas E. (2007).......................... 83 Larry, R. Heath (1968)..................................... 14 Larry, Richard M. (1983)................................. 40
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Larson, Eugene A. (1992)................................ 56
Owens, Dawn (Jurewicz) (2005).................... 80
Smith, Dr. William K. (1971).......................... 20
Lazarus, Michael P. (2002).............................. 75
Passilla, James P. (1982)................................... 39
Smith Jr., William W. (2008)........................... 85
Lotz, Elizabeth (Graham) (1986)................... 44
Patterson, Dr. Robert A. (1982)...................... 39
Snodgrass, Col. Thomas E. (1989)................. 51
Martin, Thomas B. (1972)............................... 23
Paxton, Dr. Nancy (Lee) (1994)...................... 60
Snyder, Dr. John T. (1990)............................... 53
Mathie, Dr. Jody L. (1996)............................... 64
Pease, Richard L. (2004).................................. 79
Soday, Dr. Frank J. (1966)................................ 10
Matz, The Rev. Dr. Mary (Dill) (1995)........... 63
Penar, Dr. Thaddeus H. (1984)....................... 42
Southworth, Dr. George C. (1964)................. 05
Mawhinney, Dr. Michael G. (1990)................ 52
Peters, Gary C. (1968)...................................... 15
Sparks, Dr. John A. (2002)............................... 76
McBride, Dr. Lois (Downs) (1966)................. 09
Pew, J. Howard (1964)...................................... 06
Stark, Dr. James W. (2000)............................... 73
McCandless, Dr. Garrett C. (1979)................ 35
Place, Thomas C. (1980).................................. 37
Sterrett, James E. (1992).................................. 57
McClelland, Anne (Golden) (2008)............... 84
Post, Esther G. (1976)...................................... 30
Stevenson, James F. (1980).............................. 36
McClintock, The Rev. Ross S. (1992)............. 56
Prince, Elizabeth (Casey) (1985).................... 43
Stewart, William C. (1995).............................. 62
McConkey, The Rev. F. Paul (1964)................ 04
Puntureri, Dr. Albert R. (1995)...................... 62
Sticht, J. Paul (1967)......................................... 12
McMillan, Dr. Donald L. (1967)..................... 12
Rathburn, David R. (2001).............................. 74
Storey, Dr. James D. (1991).............................. 55
McNulty, The Hon. Paul J. (1998)................... 69
Reed, Dr. Lawerence W. (1998)...................... 69
Sweet, Richard A. (1973)................................. 25
Meneilly, Robert B. (1969).............................. 16
Reed, Dr. Robert H. (1967)............................. 11
Swope, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Richard T. (1992)....... 57
Merchant, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Kenneth D. (2013)................................................................. 93
Reis, C. Dale (1991).......................................... 54
Thompson, Dr. Donald C. (1971).................. 20
Reiter, Frederick G. (1972).............................. 24
Thompson, Thomas M. (2005)....................... 80
Rhoad Jr., The Rev. George W. (1989)............ 50
Thorn, Robert E. (1964)................................... 05
Roberts, F. Stone (2002)................................... 75
Thornberry, Catherine (Dalecki) (2009)....... 86
Rosenberg, Ted A. (1976)................................ 31
Van Eerden, James P. (2010)........................... 87
Ruckel, Wilbur C. (1966)................................. 09
Waldron, The Rev. Dr. Kenneth R. (1974).... 27
Sam, Susan (Vladuchick) (1993).................... 58
Walther, The Rev. Dr. James A. (1983)........... 40
Schneider, Steven J. (2006).............................. 82
White, William P. (1975)................................. 28
Schwab, The Hon. Arthur J. (2003)................ 78
Wickerham, Robert W. (2014)........................ 94
Shockey Jr., Dr. Donald A. (2010).................. 87
Wilber, Dr. Randall L. (2013).......................... 92
Sinclair, Edna (Cookson) (1969).................... 17
Wile, Raymond G. (2009)................................ 86
Slavcoff, Dr. Alexander (1970)........................ 19
Wygal, Lauren “Luke” (1973).......................... 25
Smeltzer, The Rev. Dr. Wallace Guy (1978).... 34
Zeigler, Kenneth B. (1998).............................. 68
Smith, Kenneth E. (2006)................................ 82
Zenowich, Judith (Parker) (2007).................. 83
Smith, Thomas J. (1988).................................. 48
Zuschlag, Charlotte A. (1994)......................... 61
Merlette Sr., John B. (2013)............................. 92 Merriman, James F. (2000).............................. 72 Montgomery, Col. (Ret.) Alice L. (1968)....... 15 Montgomery Jr., Dr. Robert R. (1985)........... 43 Moraz, Donna M. (2002)................................. 76 Morledge, The Rev. Dr. Richard A. (1990).... 53 Morrison, Dr. David L. (1981)........................ 37 Moser, The Rev. Dr. Walter L. (1969)............. 17 Muetzel, Douglas W. (2008)............................ 85 Nairne, Jerome E. (2008)................................. 84 Neely, Robert P. (1976).................................... 31 Novak, Col. (Ret.) Suellyn (Wright) (1998).....68 Nutt, Robert L. (2000)...................................... 73 Nutt, William J. (1993)..................................... 58 96
Alumni Association Past Presidents Horace G. Thomas ’15
(1941 – 1942)
Louise (Slavcoff) Baird ’56
(1975 – 1977)
Milford L. McBride ’09
(1942 – 1943)
James W. Schalles ’42
(1977 – 1979)
Dean W. Whitehill ’15
(1943 – 1944)
Herman M. Rodgers ’38
(1979 – 1981)
Harold D. Whieldon ’16
(1944 – 1945)
Robert R. Montgomery ’31
(1981 – 1983)
Walter L. Moser ’15
(1945 – 1947)
John R. Werren ’58
(1983 – 1985)
Creig S. Hoyt ’13
(1947 – 1948)
Richard G. Jewell ’67
(1985 – 1987)
James E. Marshall ’98
(1948 – 1949)
David A. Winland ’52
(1987 – 1989)
C. William Campbell ’11
(1949 – 1951)
John A. Arnold ’58
(1989 – 1991)
James T. Anderson Jr. ’40
(1951 – 1952)
William J. Mehaffey ’64
(1991 – 1993)
William C. Laderer ’24
(1952 – 1953)
Thomas W. Gregg ’80
(1993 – 1995)
James E. Steele ’40
(1953 – 1955)
Stanley M. Johnson ’60
(1995 – 1997)
James W. Evans ’29
(1955 – 1958)
Samuel G. Casolari ’83
(1997 – 1999)
Donald L. McMillan ’32
(1958 – 1960)
Barbara (Montgomery) Arnold ’60
(1999 – 2001)
Kay (Yingst) Baldrige ’34
(1960 – 1962)
Clark A. Rechkemmer ’68
(2001 – 2003)
James F. Merriman ’38
(1962 – 1965)
Arthur G. Mitchell ’64
(2003 – 2005)
Betty (Casey) Prince ’38
(1965 – 1967)
Laura (Ritchey) Havrilla ’87
(2005 – 2007)
William C. McNary ’52
(1967 – 1969)
Andrew J. Kozusko III ’96
(2007 – 2009)
David A. Winland ’52
(1969 – 1971)
Douglas E. Knable ’79
(2009 – 2011)
Robert L. Squibb ’54
(1971 – 1973)
Allyson (Baird) Sveda ’88
(2011 – 2013)
Robert J. McClymonds ’51
(1973 – 1975)
I. Gerald Bullock ’92
(2013 – 2015)
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