Alvernia-Fall-2019
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FEATURE |<br />
Building from strength<br />
Building from strength<br />
| FEATURE<br />
Building from<br />
Strength<br />
John Loyack brings an innovative<br />
spirit, a unique skill set and a<br />
vision of Reading as a college town<br />
to his post as <strong>Alvernia</strong>’s president.<br />
By Richard Bader<br />
Left: President Loyack in downtown<br />
Reading. Above: President Loyack<br />
talks with students about his vision<br />
for downtown Reading at 5th and<br />
Penn Streets.<br />
Of the various “Reading” things John Loyack has<br />
done since being chosen as <strong>Alvernia</strong>’s seventh<br />
president, two stand out. One was having lunch at<br />
Jimmy Kramer’s Peanut Bar, the iconic Reading restaurant<br />
that’s perhaps best known as the place where it’s OK to<br />
throw your peanut shells on the floor. The second was<br />
attending the Berks Jazz Fest, held this year in late March<br />
and April, which featured the Berks High School All-Star<br />
Jazz Band, the Navy Commodores, tributes to Miles Davis<br />
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