Copyright 1987 WPSD All rights reversed. 1972. The average enrollment was 545 pupils. Mr. Robert Rundle was appointed to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees at its quarterly meeting on June 15, 1972. The 21st Alumni Association Reunion was held at WPSD during the weekend of June 16. Over three hundred alumni and friends attended this affair. Mrs. Susan Antill, Emil Brinker, Miss Abbylee Charrapp, Miss Roberta Glessner, Mrs. Rose Holman, Miss Carla Johnson, Miss Susan Loop, Mrs. Ellen Maney, Robert Neisworth, Mrs. Bonnie Pezel, Miss Kathryn Rukavina, Mrs. Valerie Sins, Robert Stewart, Miss Eileen Vorek, Miss Lynda Wright and Mrs. Linda Yedlicka joined the staff on September 1, 1972. Mrs. Virginia Schatz became the Consulting Teacher of the Fine Arts Department on September 1, 1972. Mrs. Schatz coordinates and supervises all art and rhythm instruction in the school. On the same date, Mr. Stewart Karn was appointed Director of Vocational Education. The Media Center since 1969 has expanded and developed to serve students from all levels of the school. The staff includes Esther Shuster as the Director; Kersti Hammermeister as the Library Teacher; Dale Rusch as the Media Specialist; Mary Christulides as the Assistant Librarian; Anne Hagg as the Media Assistant; Robert Neisworth as the Artist and Filmmaking Teacher; and Charles Fisher as the Media Technician. An audio-lab was created during the fall of 1972 to handle auditory equipment, do maintenance on them and provide advice on available audiological equipment. Emil Brinker, who previously worked as an engineer for the Union Switch and Signal Company, took charge of this department as the Audio Consultant and Communications Engineer. Richard Douglass was hired to be his assistant. The Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf lost a sincere and faithful friend with the death of the President of the Board of Trustees on October 11, 1972. Mr. John McCune served as President and Board member of the school over a period of 49 years. During this time, Mr. McCune saw the campus grow from a small school
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