Copyright 1987 WPSD All rights reversed. Suzanne Beeghly Brian Bernard Tina Chippo Jesse Clark Thomas Courtney Mannie Crotsley Peter Frontini Gerard Fuhrman Barbara Funk Gigi Gardner Cathy Harshberger Lisa Hlavay
Thomas Mainc Tracy McGill John Mlakar Laurel Riley Melanie Robis Thomas Simich Cynthia Snyder James Stubbs William Szymanski Damian Tasselli John Warner David Zdravecky
Ruth Lawrence, Head Nurse at the Infirmary for ten years, retired in June,1979. Grace Devroude was named to replace her as Head Nurse beginning with the 1979-1980 school year. Evelyn Long, a waitress who began her long career at WPSD in 1953, also retired. Amy Ash, Joe Balkovec, Barbara Black, Jeanette Ehrman, Kathy Seuss Emeigh, Ellen Freeman, Marianne Hudzik, Laura McClure, Elizabeth McPeak, Dorisanne Osborn, Dorothy Watkins, and SusanWiegand decided not to return as employees for the 1979-1980 school year. Harry Lang, a graduate from the Class of 1975, became the first WPSD graduate to earn a doctorate. He received a Ed.D. degree from the University of Rochester. He graduated with a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Bethany College and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. Harry Lang has been employed as a physics professor at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Three other graduates of WPSD also received college degrees in the spring of 1979. Scott Recht, ’75, Mary Lou Novitsky, ’74, and Molly Pfeifer, ’74, graduated with bachelor’s degrees from Gallaudet College. By action of the Board of Trustees in their June 14, 1979 meeting, the following were elected to Board membership: Mrs. George Kesel, Dr. Caryl Kline, Dr. James Gallagher, and Dr. Sylvan Stool. 1979- 1980 Several remodelling activities were accomplished during the summer of 1979 to increase compliance with the Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act which calls for the physically handicapped to have access to instruction and physical plant at WPSD. Since the old Infirmary building did not meet the regulations, it was razed. The new Infirmary, which is housed in the Girls’ Dormitory, includes a modern examining room, an efficient, up-to-date clinic area, five patient rooms totaling 11 beds, a dental clinic, physical therapy
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