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CONTENTS 2 | University News 10 | Sports
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12 | Cover Story 19 | Q&A with Dr. Linda Adams
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20 | Class Notes 24 | Chapter News 26 | Q&A with Kathy Davis
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28 | WCUAA Board of Directors Candidate Biographies 29 | WCUAA Board of Directors 2015 Ballot
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President Greg R. Weisenstein
Vice President for Advancement and Sponsored Research Mark Pavlovich
Editor, Executive Director Communications Pam Sheridan
Design and Layout JoAnne Mottola
West Chester University Council of Trustees
The West Chester University Foundation Board of Trustees
Barry C. Dozor ’71 Thomas A. Fillippo ’69 (chair) Christopher Franklin ’87 Jonathan Ireland ’95, M’03 Christopher A. Lewis J. Adam Matlawski ’80 (vice chair) Marian D. Moskowitz Eli Silberman Christine Costello ’04 (secretary) Robert M. Tomlinson ’70
Officers Keith Beale ’77 (president) Thomas E. Mills, IV ’81 (vice president) Christopher J. DiGiuseppe ’89 (treasurer) Sandra F. Mather ’64, ’68 (secretary) Richard Przywara (executive director) Trustees James P. Argires ’56 Frank Branca ’70 J. Alan Butcher ‘88, M’92 Matthew Bricketto, ex officio Millie C. Cassidy Deborah J. Chase, ’76 Kate Cipriano ’00 Thomas A. Fillippo ’69 (Council of Trustees representative) Cheryl Fulginiti ’80 David A. Gansky ’88 Carol Gersbach ’70 John A. Gontarz
West Chester University Alumni Association Maury Hoberman Charles A. Knott, Jr. Kathleen Leidheiser Donald E. Leisey ’59 Emily Jane Lemole Donald R. McIlvain Mark P. Mixner, ex officio Michael O’Rourke John R. Panichello ’83 Michael Peich Mark G. Pavlovich, ex officio Paula D. Shaffner ’80 James Shinehouse ’80 John Stoddart ’93-’99 MBA Christine Warren ’90 ’99 Greg R. Weisenstein, ex officio
President Rick Loughery ’06, M’10
Vice President Kerry Acker ’05
Treasurer Michael DePrisco ’92, M’95
Secretary Andrea Murray ’07, M’12
Immediate Past President Jeffrey Stein ’91
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Emeriti
E-mail Addresses
Kerry Acker ’05 Thomas J. Ciaccio ’91, M’03 Michael DePrisco ’92, M’95 Sara Franco ’86 Bill Friedmann M’09 Dean Gentekos ’07 Jamie W. Goncharoff, Esq. ’82 Heidi Hawkins ’07 Matt Holliday ’09 Melanie Holwood ’08, M’10 Jonathan Long ’03 Rick Loughery ’06, M’10 Robert Malone ’08 Maria Milkowski ’09 Andrea Murray ’07, M’12 Christy Nau ’06 Amy Miller-Spavlik ’90, M’92 Jeffrey Stein ’91 Denise Bowman Trigo ’98
Carmen Evans Culp ’52, M’64 Janice Weir Etshied ’50 (deceased) Karl Helicher ’72, M’82, M’87 Richard D. Merion ’59, M’69 John F. Murphy ’43 (deceased) Luther B. Sowers ’49
For class notes and other alumnirelated information, e-mail the Alumni Office at alumni@wcupa.edu. Letters to the editor can be sent to: psheridan@wcupa.edu or Pam Sheridan, Executive Director of Communications and Editor of the West Chester University Magazine, 13/15 University Ave., West Chester, PA 19383.
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