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From the president 

f only Congress could do what 

Gettysburg College did this past 

spring: confront a controversy 

with respect and civility, forge a 

solution, and shake hands across 

the aisle. We even shed a few tears 

of pride — because it was students 

who led the way. 

Decades ago, the Army 

withdrew Reserve Officer Training 

Corps (ROTC) instruction from 

Gettysburg as part of a consolidation 

of programs. Our students could 

still enroll in ROTC at Dickinson. 

However, the military’s rejection 

of gays and lesbians, and subsequent 

“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, ran 

counter to Gettysburg’s values: 

we welcome all, regardless of sexual 

orientation or gender expression. 

Accordingly, our faculty ruled 

against academic credit for ROTC 

— despite its rigor and benefits to 

our nation — because the program 

discriminated against some members 

of our community. 

The decision embodied our 

community’s support for gay and 

lesbian individuals. But what about 

our ROTC cadets? How could we 

not recognize their hard work and 

dedication? This was our conundrum. 

Even after “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” 

President Riggs (center) 

viewed the annual Juried 

Student Exhibition this 

spring in Schmucker 

Art Gallery. Alexandra 

McComas ’13 (left) and 

Eric Lee ’15 (right) were 

among students whose 

work was on display. 

was repealed, a majority of our 

faculty voted against reinstating 

credit because of the military’s 

continued ban on transgendered 

and transsexual individuals. 

Our debate resurfaced when 

we learned that all students are 

permitted to take ROTC courses, 

including those whom the military 

will not accept. The turning point 

came when a faculty member 

challenged our ROTC cadets and 

the student members of Allies 

(which supports gay, lesbian, 

transgendered, and transsexual 

individuals) to work towards an 

agreement. The students took 

that charge to heart and crafted a 

proposal far beyond any previously 

considered by our faculty: restore 

credit for military science courses, 

proclaim that such action in no 

way endorses the military’s stance, 

and provide all students with 

formalized opportunities to debate 

exclusionary military policies. 

Our students balanced 

commitment to military service 

with commitment to equal rights; 

they demonstrated that community 

can accommodate civil debate, and 

indeed be strengthened by it. They 

discerned that the gap between their 

perspectives was not as wide 

as it first seemed. The faculty 

resoundingly approved their 

motion. And that’s when some 

tears of pride were shed. 

Our students learned what a 

liberal arts community teaches best: 

civility, creative problem-solving, 

and leadership. I cannot help but 

think that whether they enter the 

military or pursue other careers, 

these students will have a positive 

impact on our nation. I wish I could 

elect them to Congress today. 

Sincerely, 

Janet Morgan Riggs ’77 

President 

P.S. A new look and some 

new features make their debut 

in this issue of Gettysburg. 

We welcome your feedback at 

alumnimagazine@gettysburg.edu 

CNN’s Schools of Thought blog 

included a version of President Riggs’ 

comments in July. 

Photo by Matthew Lester 

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Five students, three College staff, and three professional kayaking coaches crossed from Sweden to Finland this summer during the 

Office of Experiential Education’s Expedition Institute 2012: The Baltic Sea. From put-in to take-out their blogs and Facebook posts tell 

of dense fog, water and air temperatures in the mid-50s (F), long stretches of paddling with no land in sight — and pastries, pizza, and 

museums. They were featured on TV news in Finland and in USA Today College. 

Inside 

What good is globalization? 

We asked four faculty members — one each from the arts, 

humanities, sciences, and social sciences — to parse globalization’s 

costs and opportunities. 

The campus USO 

During World War II, Gettysburg College women contributed to the 

home front effort through the USO (United Service Organization). 

Rebuilding communities 

Gettysburg alumni have played vital roles in the dramatic revival of 

two iconic New Jersey cities. 

Alexander von Humboldt’s secretary 

Thomas Jefferson hailed him as one of history’s greatest scientists. 

A treasure in Musselman Library links Humboldt to Gettysburg. 

Co-editors: Sue Baldwin-Way and Jim Hale. Contact us at alumnimagazine@gettysburg.edu 

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News Gettysburg 

M lecular bonds 

bio + chem + physics = $1.3 million for student research 

Gettysburg College will receive 

$1.3 million over the next four 

years to enhance student scientific 

research via revamped courses, 

summer research, peer mentoring, 

and other interdisciplinary 

initiatives. 

“Working together on the 

proposal for this grant was a great 

way for the biology, chemistry, and 

physics departments to converge 

on a common vision of our goals 

for our students,” said Prof. 

Véronique Delesalle, chair of the 

biology department. “We want to 

engage students from their first 

day on campus and to keep them 

engaged,” she added. “This grant 

will allow us to provide students 

with a challenging curriculum in 

a supportive environment, while 

allowing students to match their 

interests with our offerings.” 

“Having seen how important 

research experiences are for 

Gettysburg College science 

students, it is great to know 

that we’ll have the opportunity 

to provide research-intensive 

opportunities for students from 

their first year on campus through 

their senior year,” said Prof. 

Michael Wedlock, chair of the 

chemistry department. 

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HHMI also supported a two-semester hands-on research experience for 16 first-year 

bio students, who analyzed the genomes of viruses from campus soil and contributed 

to a national biotech database. 

The grant was part of over $50 

million that the Howard Hughes 

Medical Institute (HHMI) 

awarded to 47 small colleges 

this spring through its CUREs 

initiative, which focuses on coursebased 

undergraduate research and 

integrating authentic research 

modules throughout biology, 

chemistry, and physics curricula. 

“What happens during the 

undergraduate years is vital,” said 

Sean B. Carroll, HHMI’s vice 

president of science education. 

“HHMI is investing in these 

schools because they have shown 

they are superb incubators 

of new ideas and models 

that might be replicated by other 

institutions to improve how 

science is taught in college.” Since 

1988, HHMI has awarded more 

than $870 million to 274 colleges 

and universities to support science 

education. 

“HHMI’s support is both 

a recognition of what we already 

do at Gettysburg College and a 

bridge to allow us to reach the 

next level of excellence,” 

said Delesalle. 

HHMI invests in 

schools like Gettysburg 

because we are 

“incubators 

of new ideas” 

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Office hours 

irst-year music students come to us in September 

with unbridled enthusiasm and a zest for learning. 

What could be better? After 40 years of teaching, I’m 

still anxious to lead my students in new directions 

and delve into whatever subject we’re studying. Most 

importantly, I learn from them through colorful and 

meaningful conversations. 

Fall eventually leads to spring, and first-years become seniors. 

Commencement was a beautiful spring day this year. As our music 

students left the stage with diplomas in hand, I thought about how 

much our jazz program has changed since the late ’80s. We began with 

a dozen students who were curious about this uniquely American genre, 

and within a few years, a big band was fully functional and presenting 

several concerts a year. During the past two decades the GC Jazz 

Ensemble has toured Europe five times with 

concerts at major international jazz festivals 

and has welcomed many world-class 

jazz artists to campus. The founding 

of the Sunderman Conservatory 

of Music in 2005 has enhanced 

our reputation and generated 

enormous interest in music 

as an art form that requires 

rigorous study.” 

A visit with 

Prof. John “Buzz” Jones joined the 

faculty in 1989 and has served as 

director of bands and music department 

chair. He now directs the jazz ensemble 

and teaches theory and composition. 

A frequently commissioned composer, 

he directs the Buzz Jones Big Band 

and holds a doctorate of musical arts 

from Temple University. His alma 

mater, Lebanon Valley College, 

honored him with an Alumni 

Citation this year. 

Buzz Jones 

Schmucker Hall 216 

Photo by Matthew Lester


Voice of experience 

I thank my Gettysburg College 

liberal arts education for my 

devout belief that we should seek 

the truth (do our homework) 

before forming our opinion on 

any issue. 

As a family physician 

practicing in Gettysburg over 

the last 26 years, I have become 

increasingly disgusted with the 

inequity and inefficiencies of 

provision and administration 

of health care in our country. 

Seventy-six industrialized nations 

in our world have universal health 

care. They 

believe that 

health care is a 

human right. 

They value their 

fellow man. 

Despite 

the fact that we 

spend nearly 

twice as much 

per person in the 

U.S. for health 

care (2009: 

$8,086 per person, 17.6 percent 

of GDP), 45,000 Americans die 

each year due to lack of health 

insurance, 50 million Americans 

are uninsured, nearly 1 million 

Americans go medically 

bankrupt each year, and our 

quality of care indicators such as 

life expectancy and preventable 

deaths are undeniably mediocre 

when compared to peer nations. 

In 2014 the Affordable Care 

Act will rein in some of the sins of 

our “profit-first” health insurance 

industry. However, by 2019, 23 

million Americans will remain 

uninsured and 32 million additional 

Americans will be underinsured. 

These individuals will still 

have great difficulty affording 

necessary health care. 

Improved Medicare for All 

would save our system an estimated 

$400 billion a year in reduced 

administrative costs (Medicare’s 

3 percent versus private health 

insurance’s 20 percent). 

Nationally, House Bill 676 

currently provides the structure 

for this form of health care reform. 

This bill would provide affordable, 

accessible, high quality health care 

for all Americans. 

We as a nation of caring 

people can and must do better! 

A bio major at Gettysburg, 

Dr. Michael earned his medical 

degree from the University of 

Pittsburgh School of Medicine. 

He joined Gettysburg Family Practice 

in 1985, is board certified in family 

medicine, and is an active member 

of the American Academy of 

Family Practice. 

Email your thoughts on this 

topic and suggestions for future 

“Voice of Experience” topics to 


Snapshots For links related to these and other stories in this issue, visit www.gettysburg.edu/links 

TEDx: “What is Do Great Work?” 

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, 

TEDx Gettysburg College (where x = 

independently organized TED event) 

examined what it means to do 

great work and to make a 

difference. Videos of the 

six speakers are online. 

Dwight I. Michael ’78 

On health care 

Essay earns Elie Wiesel Prize 

For the second time in four years, a 

Gettysburg student is a winner in the 

national Elie Wiesel Prize In Ethics 

Essay Contest. Aimee Griffin ’12 

(left) examined the ethics of 

euthanasia in the context of 

her own cousin’s vegetative 

state. Read her essay online. 

A marker for Stevens 

A new historical wayside marker 

commemorates Thaddeus Stevens’ 

connection to Gettysburg College. 

The full story is online. 

MAC honors 

’Burgians 

The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) 

Hall of Fame included Bob Kenworthy ’59 

in its inaugural class. He became the 

College’s first-ever sports information 

director shortly after graduation and 

served for 40 years, including 34 in 

the MAC. 

He has stayed active since 

his retirement in 2000, serving on 

Gettysburg’s Hall of Athletic Honor 

Committee from its inception in 1978 

through 2011, and as a writer for the 

Gettysburg Times. 

• Also named to the MAC Hall of 

Fame was Arif Husain ’93, a national 

champion sprinter who competed for 

his native Pakistan in the 100- and 

200-meter dash at the 1992 Summer 

Olympics. An economics major, he 

graduated as salutatorian, went on to 

earn an M.B.A., has worked in consulting 

and banking, and has led coaching 

sessions for the College track and 

field team. His reflections on Bullets 

athletics and the Olympics are online. 

Bob Kenworthy ’59 

What’s new in town? 

On campus, you’ll notice the newly 

named John F. Jaeger Center 

for Athletics, Recreation, 

and Fitness; walk around 

town and you’ll see a 

bunch of new places. 

Our guide is online. 

By the 

numbers 

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Centennial Conference 

team titles: men’s and 

women’s swimming, 

women’s golf, women’s lax 

118K+ 

Corey Weissman ’12 YouTube hits 

Coach Petrie’s 

men’s hoops 

career wins, 

breaking Hen 

Bream’s record 

Carole Cantele ’83 

7th NCAA women’s 

lax coach to 

pass 300 wins 

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325 

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consecutive Centennial 

Conference heptathlon titles 

for Alexandra Van Tuyl ’12 

wins by wrestler 

Zach Thomson ’15, 

a school record 

2011–12 

Commencement 2012 

Honorary degrees for Center for Public 

Service founder Karl Mattson and 

Acumen Fund founder Jacqueline 

Novogratz, the Distinguished 

Teaching Award for English 

Prof. Suzanne Johnson Flynn, 

and diplomas for 617 grads. 

It was all on Twitter and 

Instagram on May 20. 

Relive it on the 

College website. 

Six join 

Hall of 

Athletic 

Honor 

The Orange & Blue Club will 

welcome six new members to 

the Hall of Athletic Honor. 

As student-athletes, they amassed 

54 all-conference citations and 17 

All-America certificates, and led 

their teams to 10 conference 

championships. To be inducted 

during Homecoming are: 

Kelly Brennan ’00 

swimming 

Becky Griffith ’98 

field hockey 

Denise Johnson ’87 

track & field 

Matt McKenna ’95 

swimming 

Chris Notarfrancesco ’95 

football 

Paul Schofield ’92 

lacrosse 

Also to be recognized during Sept. 28’s 

induction ceremony are the 1962 baseball 

team, the 1976 and 1977 men’s track and 

field squads, and the 1987 women’s 

cross country team. (Pole vaulter turned 

entrepreneur George Vallone ‘76 

is profiled starting on page 20.) 

Founded in 1978, the hall now 

includes 204 student-athletes, 

coaches, administrators, and others. 

EI weighs presidents as leaders 

U.S. Presidential Leadership in 

Transformational Times was the topic 

of the inaugural Gettysburg Great 

Symposium, designed to inform and 

engage Gettysburgians on topics of 

national and global importance. 

Videos of the Eisenhower Institute’s 

experts speaking at the event 

are online. 

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First-generation student’s joy goes viral 

A student’s moving reaction to her acceptance letter, 

captured on video, earned national media attention 

for Gettysburg and our commitment to making 

education accessible. 

MSNBC and The Huffington Post featured a video of 

Senait Weldemariam ’16, who enrolled on a full scholarship 

this fall. Her parents left the war-torn African nation of 

Eritrea in 1993; she is the first member of their family to 

enter college. 

The video premiered at a May event in New York, 

when Gettysburg was honored as the first college partner of 

the Young Women’s Leadership Network’s College 

Bound Initiative (CBI), which serves nearly 9,000 

low-income city high school students. 

Since 2004, Gettysburg has enrolled 63 CBI students; 

nearly 700 have visited campus. Nine schools, including 

Cornell University and the University of Rochester, have 

followed our lead and become CBI partners. 

“It’s about increasing the accessibility of excellent higher 

education opportunities for young people who might not 

otherwise have that opportunity,” President Riggs said at 

the event. See video at www.gettysburg.edu/links 

Why I give Nathan Lanan ’12 

Nate Lanan learned about the 

tradition of the Senior Class Gift 

through campaign committee events 

throughout the year. “From the first 

event, I’d always planned on donating. 

The question was just ‘how much?’” 

He answered his own question 

and immortalized his class year by 

making the largest individual gift 

in Senior Class Gift Campaign 

history: $2,012. 

Lanan knew early on that he 

would give back to the College; it’s 

a choice he made when he received 

his acceptance letter in 2008. “I was 

surprised to find out I was awarded 

the Presidential Scholarship and 

would pay $60,000 less for my four 

years of education,” he said. The 

College awards a limited number 

of such scholarships to top-ranking 

applicants based on academic 

achievement in high school. “I felt 

like I had to give back so that other 

people could have some of the same 

opportunities I had at Gettysburg.” 

Lanan’s parents also celebrated 

his graduation with a gift to the 

Gettysburg Fund. “My mother loves 

Gettysburg and gives back regularly 

with both money and her time. She is 

a good example for everyone,” he said. 

Teri (Hanna) Lanan ’81 serves on the 

Alumni Board of Directors. Nathan 

is working with her to start a coffee 

shop at the Lutheran Theological 

Seminary in Philadelphia. 

Though he thinks “Weidensall 

could use some new desks,” Lanan 

has a high regard for the faculty, 

the facilities, and the experience of 

learning in a close-knit community. 

“Every student at Gettysburg has 

received an excellent education 

and been given the tools to meet 

life’s challenges. I would tell rising 

seniors and all alumni to remember 

how much they have gotten out of 

the College and give back,” he said. 

“I gave $2,012 not only because it 

was my graduation year, but because 

it is a significant amount that could 

have some real benefit for the College. 

I may not always be able to give this 

much, but I will try to give back at 

least $60,000 through the Gettysburg 

Fund over my lifetime. The important 

thing is just to give back.” 

$ 2012 

You can 

change 

lives 

through a new 

Gettysburg Fund 

unrestricted 

scholarship 

A Gettysburg education would not 

have been available to many current 

students and alumni without the 

help of generous benefactors. 

Financial support for students 

is one of the College’s highest 

priorities. Scholarships bring 

Gettysburg within reach of students 

from all backgrounds and ensure 

that we can compete for the best 

and brightest. Many alumni, parents, 

and friends have already established 

endowed scholarship funds. 

Now, through the Gettysburg 

Fund, you too can help a student 

achieve his or her dreams. With a 

four-year pledge of $10,000 

(a minimum annual gift of $2,500), 

you can create your own Gettysburg 

Fund Named Scholarship to be 

awarded to a current student. 

Donors can build special 

relationships with students, 

beginning with an invitation to 

the annual appreciation luncheon. 

There may be no greater way for 

you to impact lives for the better 

and inspire generosity in future 

generations. 

To establish your named scholarship, 

contact the Office of Annual Giving 

at 800-238-5528 or 

gettysburg_fund@gettysburg.edu 

Photo by Jason Minick 

Book Notes 

Fateful 

Lightning 

Prof. Allen 

Guelzo’s 

new book is 

“a shining 

example of 

the virtues 

of the macro 

approach 

when it is 

undertaken 

with energy and efficiency,” said a 

review in the New York Times. “By 

panning out and reviewing the events 

that occurred over several decades, 

Guelzo offers a useful synthesis of 

the developing Civil War narrative.” 

A two-time winner of the Lincoln Prize, 

Guelzo is the College’s Henry R. Luce 

Professor of the Civil War Era and 

director of the Civil War Era Studies 

Program. Sesquicentennial plans are 

at www.gettysburg.edu/civilwar2013 

Jewish 

Science 

A new book 

by philosophy 

Prof. Steven 

Gimbel 

received a 

front-page 

review in 

Aug. 3’s New 

York Times 

book section. 

Its title drawn from a Nazi epithet, 

Einstein’s Jewish Science: Physics at 

the Intersection of Politics and Religion 

explores how Talmudic habits of mind 

may have set the stage for Einstein’s 

insights. The review calls the book 

“original” and Gimbel “an engaging 

writer.” His TEDx talk on the book is 

on YouTube. He is the Edwin T. and 

Cynthia Shearer Johnson Professor 

for Distinguished Teaching in the 

Humanities. He earned the College’s 

Luther and Bernice Johnson Award for 

Distinguished Teaching. Among his 

other books are Exploring the Scientific 

Method: Cases and Questions 

and Defending Einstein: Hans 

Reichenbach’s Writings on Space, 

Time, and Motion. 

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liding 

into the Baseball Hall of Fame 

Gettysburg history majors are a 

hit at the Cooperstown Graduate 

Program (CGP), through which 

two 2005 grads have become 

position players at the National 

Baseball Hall of Fame and 

Museum at Cooperstown, N.Y. 

Steve Light ’05 is the hallowed 

hall’s manager of museum 

programs; Emily Voss ’05 is 

a school programs associate. 

“We love Gettysburg students. 

They’re great in the academic 

world,” said Catherine Raddatz, 

alumni coordinator for the CGP, 

which is a partnership between 

the State University of New York 

College at Oneonta and the New 

York State Historical Association. 

“We’re thrilled to have them come 

and apply.” 

“My (CGP) history professor 

would always comment on my 

Gettysburg training,” said Light. 

“The manner in which 

Gettysburg College classes are 

taught helped a lot,” Voss agreed, 

pointing to the emphasis on 

critical thinking, research, 

and writing in history and 

other courses. 

She noted that a broad 

spectrum of career options is 

open to Gettysburg history 

majors. “It doesn’t have to be 

just you in a library all the time,” 

she said. 

Light concurred. “I knew 

what I wanted to do when I left 

Gettysburg — and that was to 

share my love of history with 

others — and now I get to 

do that every day,” he said. 

“Work doesn’t seem like work 

if it’s something that you will 

actually enjoy doing.” 

— by Tommy Riggs 

Steve Light ’05 interviews 

former All-Star Jeff Kent, 

who won the National 

League Most Valuable 

Player award in 2000. 

Photo by Milo Stewart Jr., 

NBHOF 

Big picture 

Installation of a new 

skylight atop the 

Musselman Library 

tower had the highest 

visibility of several 

renovation projects 

on campus this 

summer. 

At McCreary 

Hall, a $3-million 

project includes 

upgrades to a bio class 

lab and some faculty 

research spaces, 

plus new mechanical 

systems and windows. 

The Dining Center 

received new windows, 

ventilation equipment, 

and roof repairs. 

At Plank Gym, academic 

office space was created 

in preparation for future 

overall redevelopment. 

(Classroom space was 

developed last summer.) 

The West Building was 

renovated to accommodate 

Information Technology, 

which moved from the 

library and Plank. Some 

Facilities functions moved 

from West to the Central 

Energy Plant. 

The CUB Ballroom 

and Musselman Stadium 

home locker room 

received upgrades. 

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Honoring our 

stellar alumni 

Fifty years ago, the Alumni Association created 

the Distinguished Alumni Award to recognize 

professional or humanitarian accomplishments. 

Four grads were recognized on Spring Honors 

Day in May. 

Brig. Gen. Flora D. Darpino ’83 commands 

the U.S. Army Legal Services Agency and is 

chief judge of the Army Court of Appeals. 

She served two tours in Iraq, overseeing 

efforts to rebuild the legal system. (She and 

her husband, Col. Christopher O’Brien ’83, 

were featured in our fall 2011 issue.) 

Richard L. Erdman ’68 has helped protect 

millions of acres in all 50 states as vice president 

and general counsel of The Conservation 

Fund, including the National Park Service’s 

reacquisition of the Harman Farm, a “Day 1” 

Gettysburg battle site. The fund’s founder 

is Patrick Noonan ’68, who received the 

Distinguished Alumni Award in 1982. 

Pamela Hemenway Simpson ’68 was 

an art historian, administrator, and champion of 

women faculty at Washington & Lee University. 

She chaired the Coeducation Steering Committee 

when women were first admitted. Following her 

death in 2011, Washington & Lee established 

the Pamela H. Simpson Professorship, for “a 

member of the undergraduate faculty who, 

like her, exemplifies the highest standards 

of teaching, scholarship, and service.” 

After working with Theatre Now and the 

National Theater Company in New York City, 

Charlotte Wilcox ’68 established The Charlotte 

Wilcox Company, providing production and 

theater management for many beloved Broadway 

productions and touring shows. She serves on 

the Broadway League’s Board of Governors, 

is active with the League of Professional 

Theater, and has been a Tony Awards voter. 

Some 1,200 alumni were on campus for 

Reunion Weekend May 31–June 3. Six were 

honored at the annual awards ceremony. 

Meritorious Service Awards went to 

I. Charles Widger ’67, chair and CEO of 

Brinker Capital, Inc. and Suzanne Hermann 

Williams ’62, reading specialist retired from 

the Gettysburg Area School District. 

Young Alumni Achievement Awards for 

service went to Meredith Bowne Bove ’97, 

consultant with Suntiva, and Carolyn Holmes 

Lee ’97, senior tax policy director for the 

National Association of Manufacturers, and 

for professional development to James P.D. 

Fleet II ’02, minority staff director of the U.S. 

House of Representatives, and Michael C. 

Manzo ’97, physical therapist and owner of 

the Atlantic Physical Therapy Centers in 

New Jersey. 

We asked you to help identify people in photos accompanying 

last issue’s cover story on Mary Albaugh ’54. 

The shot on pages 10–11 intrigued Bayard Moran ’62: 

“All those people look very familiar, especially the young man 

nearest the window (3rd from left). That could be me, but would 

not be if the photo is from 1954.” He was correct; the image 

proved to be from 1959. He made these IDs: “1st on left, 

Donald Carpenter ’62, across from me is Nancy Royer, also ’62. 

The guy on the far right is George Markley ’63. Thanks for 

letting me know that I did, at one time, look very young.” 

Mary (Louise) Rogers Lemke ’63 added: “There is a 

distinct possibility that the second student on the left is my sister, 

(Clara) Jane Rogers Eller ’55 (who passed away in 2010).” 

As for the cover, John Martin ’54 

knew three faces: from far left, 

Art Smart ’54, Prof. Glenn Weiland, 

and Robert Etter ’54. 

Smart’s daughter, Patricia Smart, 

told us her dad was an 18-year-old 

soldier present at the Pearl Harbor 

attack. After four years in the Army, 

he wanted to go to college on the 

GI Bill, but needed to finish high 

school. While doing so, he married 

and had two children. At Gettysburg, 

the family lived in student housing. 

He graduated at 31 and became a 

DuPont chemist. 

“High Performance,” last issue’s 

story of Gettysburgians in the 

arts, asked readers to tell us 

who we missed. 

“You forgot Elizabeth Roby ’85,” 

wrote Todd Campbell ’87. Roby 

has acted in films including 

Philadelphia, TV shows including 

Law and Order, and Off Broadway. 

Scott Metzger ’97 wrote to 

say that he’s a senior talent agent 

at Paradigm in New York City, 

which represents artists including 

Broadway actor Rick Holmes ’85. 

Philosophy Prof. Lisa Portmess 

alerted us to award-winning composer 

Brian Wilbur Grundstrom ’85. 

Hear his work at brianwilbur.com 

“Any list should include 

Halo Wines,” wrote Fritz Foltz ’59. 

Wines ’60 is associate artistic 

director for Olney (Md.) Theatre 

and National Players. She earned 

a Helen Hayes Award, the top 

Washington, D.C.-area acting prize, 

for her role in Cloud Nine at Arena 

Stage, where she was a company 

member for 25 years. 

Donald E. Smith ’64 wrote 

about Jim Witt ’62, who taught 

English and directed plays at 

Littlestown and Gettysburg high 

schools and taught in the drama 

department at Mount St. Mary’s 

University (Md.) for 20 years. 

Read both men’s reminiscences 

at www.gettysburg.edu/links 

A mention of the First-Year Walk 

in the winter issue awakened a 

memory for Hugh McGaughy ’51: 

“I recall, as an ROTC student, 

marching to the cemetery to hear 

the Gettysburg Address delivered by 

Claude Rains,” an actor in Casablanca 

and other films. The Lincoln 

Fellowship of Pennsylvania 

sponsored the event in 1947. 

Bill Fleischman ’60 recalled 

a 1940 grad whose passing we 

reported: “I’m so glad I attended 

Hank Hangsterfer’s service … 

Hank’s military service was 

mentioned several times ... one of 

his granddaughters told a story 

about an old-timer shaking her 

hand ... ‘Because you’re Hank’s 

granddaughter and he was an 

outstanding officer and person.’” 

Prof. Allen Guelzo’s article in 

the Winter issue on 1850 graduate 

James Francis Crocker was 

excerpted by a newspaper in 

Crocker’s native Isle of Wight 

County, Va. “Wounded IW 

soldier wandered Gettysburg” 

was the headline in May 9’s 

Smithfield Times. 

Among countless conversations 

on social media, Jacki Turet ’16 

made a striking declaration on the 

Gettysburg College Class of 2016 

group’s Facebook page. In June, she 

wrote that she was “crushed” when 

her “dream school,” the College of 

William & Mary, put her on the 

acceptance wait-list. But, after 

experiencing Get Acquainted 

Day at Gettysburg, “I felt a lot 

better and decided to commit to 

Gettysburg.” Later, W&M took 

her off the wait-list. “Do you know 

what the weird thing was? I felt 

sad. I didn’t want to leave this 

amazing group of Gettysburgians 

and this amazing school .... 

Yesterday, I officially turned down 

my acceptance to W&M.” 

Also on Facebook, a story about 

Richard Owens ’72 earned 

more than 160 likes on the 

College’s page. During Reunion, 

he returned a book that he had 

checked out from Musselman 

Library 40 years ago. It was 

a biography of Pierre-Joseph 

Proudhon, a 19th-century 

philosopher who declared that 

“property is theft.” Owens 

(right in photo)was not fined 

for the overdue book. 

To add your voice to Conversations, 

visit the College’s Facebook page, 

follow the College on Twitter, or 

send a letter to alumnimagazine@ 

gettysburg.edu 

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Photo by Chris Harmon P’15

What 

good is 

global 

-ization? 

A bonanza for some and a catastrophe for others, 

globalization has interwoven Earth’s cultures 

and economies to an unprecedented extent. 

No single discipline can encompass its 

vast effects; all four divisions of the 

liberal arts are needed. 

Accordingly, we asked four faculty members to parse 

globalization’s costs and opportunities. From left, 

physics Prof. Sharon Stephenson represents 

the sciences, economics Prof. Char Weise the social 

sciences, film studies Prof. Jim Udden the arts, 

and Spanish and globalization studies 

Prof. Alvaro Kaempfer 

the humanities. 

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Photos by Matthew Lester

Far beyond 

Hollywood 

Globalization is good when it does not erase regional 

differences, but calls attention to them due to global 

cultural flows; when it flows not one way only, but from 

several directions at once, with multiple centers of influence. 

Take Hollywood. Hollywood today is truly a global 

industry, not an American one. Does it rule the 

world? In one sense, yes, but in another, no. 

In blunt economic terms, Hollywood 

is arguably the greatest cultural force ever 

to exert influence around the globe, 

doing so through economies of scale 

that no one else has ever matched. 

Yet go to any respectable international 

film festival today and one discovers 

that cinema outside of Hollywood 

is still as vibrant and varied as it 

was in the past. 

Today there are thousands 

of film festivals the world over, 

not hundreds like a few decades 

ago. More people attend film 

festivals today than at any time in 

the past. This festival realm is a global 

circuit that acts as a counterforce on 

several levels — culturally most of all. 

So long as that world thrives, there 

is still something “good” to be said about 

globalization. If that realm dies, then 

prognostications that all is devolving into 

a sort of cultural global pudding — likely 

brought to you by ... (gulp) ... Michael Bay 

— will likely prove to be true. 

Film studies Prof. Jim Udden has been 

on the faculty since 2003. He teaches in the 

Interdisciplinary Studies Program. 

Arts 

From colonialism 

to consensus 

When Christopher Columbus 

took possession of the West Indies 

in the name of the Castilian crown, 

he triggered the historical process 

that moved Europe from the margins 

to the center of a new world. It was 

not embodied by the Americas 

alone, but also by the emergence 

of an unevenly integrated global 

society that collapsed innumerable 

and irreducible cultures, languages, 

and environments into a homogenizing 

economic, political, and 

historical arena. 

Projected on a planetary scale, 

the speed and reach of this process 

have increased exponentially in the 

last two centuries, bearing witness 

to both beauty and horror 

(exterminations, genocides, 

slavery, and environmental 

cataclysms). Our critical and 

documented perspectives on 

the colonial foundations of 

modernity reveal that all peoples, 

sensibilities, and cultures are 

entitled to shared rights, duties, 

and considerations. 

From this planetary perspective, 

I believe a liberal arts education is 

vital. The greatest good of the global 

process is the truth it reveals: we 

must respect, understand, and 

protect not only peoples, languages, 

and cultures, but also every form 

of life. We must conserve the planet 

if we are to conserve ourselves. 

That wisdom has been voiced in a 

multiplicity of languages, expressing 

diverse cultural sensibilities from 

and about an unevenly articulated 

world. Whether local or global, 

communities are working to explore, 

analyze, and understand this mutually 

impacting global condition, and to 

experience it fully and build 

consensus that can aid us all 

before globalization’s 

vast challenges. 

Spanish and 

globalization studies 

Prof. Alvaro Kaempfer 

joined the faculty in 2008. 

He coordinates the Latin American 

Studies Program. 

Humanities 

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Science knows 

no borders 

For scientists, globalization isn’t “good,” it’s necessary. 

All major advances in science have always involved players 

from more than one place. 

Take my line of work — I am a nuclear physicist. 

My specialty is in using neutrons to better understand 

how nuclei are assembled. 

Whenever I research a new project, sooner or later 

a Russian physicist’s name pops up. 

It’s not always the same name, but always 

the same country. 

Lately I’ve been part of a group that 

makes and studies “exotic” nuclei, 

so neutron-heavy they can 

barely stay contained. 

The United States 

has a large facility for 

creating and studying 

such nuclei, but so do 

Japan, the European 

Union, Canada, 

France, and Germany. 

We work together, 

globally, to answer the 

same physics questions. 

Physics Prof. Sharon 

Stephenson chairs her 

department and has been 

a faculty member since 1997. 

Sciences 

Our current concerns about the 

economic impact of globalization are 

not new. Since the dawn of history 

human societies have interacted 

with each other economically, 

socially, and politically. Sometimes 

(the Roman Empire or European 

investment in U.S. railroads in the 

19th century) the result has 

benefited the societies so engaged; 

at other times the effects have 

been devastating (the slave trade 

or the European conquest of 

the Americas). 

Now as always, the question is 

whether we can make globalization 

work for us. We are probably better 

off as a whole economically as a 

result of expanding trade with China, 

Mexico, and other relatively poor 

countries. But trade has resulted in 

lower wages for a large segment of 

society and has contributed to 

widening economic inequality. 

If we want to maintain a healthy 

middle class and a strong democracy 

we will have to do a better job of 

managing the change that has come 

about through globalization. 

There are no easy prescriptions, 

but I would start by strengthening 

the social safety net so that people 

who lose their jobs or see their 

incomes decline because of trade are 

not thrown into poverty. We also 

need investments in education so 

that young people develop the skills 

they need to find jobs in expanding 

areas of the economy; of equal 

importance, we need to ensure that 

the next generation receives a broad 

education in history, literature, 

Managing 

the change 

Is the world getting smaller? Let us know what 

you think: alumnimagazine@gettysburg.edu 

science and other areas to enable 

them to understand the changes 

happening around them. Finally, 

we need sensible macroeconomic 

management that maintains a 

growing, flexible economy. 

Economics Prof. Charles 

“Char” Weise teaches in 

the Public Policy Program and 

has been at the College 

since 2000. 

Social 

sciences 

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Richards (left) and Shannon at the 

Adams County Historical Society 

On the home front 

G’burg women and the USO 

uring World War II, Gettysburg College 

women contributed to the home front effort 

through the USO (United Service Organization). 

History major Erin Richards ’13 interviewed 

alumnae and combed through original sources to learn 

what the USO meant for the campus community. 

The Gettysburg USO branch provided “the 

opportunity for local young women to experience new 

social roles which supported the war effort and yet 

were less radical than finding a factory job,” Richards 

wrote in a paper for history Prof. Timothy Shannon. 

Collaborating closely with Shannon, Richards 

pored over sources including 440 cards filled out by 

Gettysburg-area women who applied to become USO 

“junior hostesses.” The cards included 109 filed by 

Gettysburg College women. 

To boost morale, the women were chaste dance and 

conversation partners for soldiers stationed on campus 

and in the area. Dances often took place at Plank Gym. 

The women also helped out at the Student Christian 

Association building (now Weidensall Hall), which was 

open to servicemen for ping-pong, checkers, and listening 

to the radio and records. Also, Richards wrote, “One of 

the most common tasks that the young ladies were asked 

to complete was mailing letters or picking up stamps and 

cards.” The College community also donated funds and 

books to the USO. 

“Perhaps the most significant event for these young 

ladies was the morning the ROTC (Reserve Officer 

Training Corps) contingent left campus,” Richards wrote. 

“Most other male students who were fit to serve in the 

military had already left, leaving behind between 200 and 

300 ROTC students. Elly Horn remembers the entire campus 

knowing when the ROTC boys had to leave shortly after the 

start of her junior year,” when she and “almost all the rest of 

the College, all turned out at 6 a.m. to see the ROTC boys off, 

wishing them well as they left to join the war.” 

“Gettysburg College became practically an all-girls 

school,” Richards wrote. “The lack of students on 

campus made certain classes unavailable.” For example, 

Mildred Barrick ’45 planned “a degree that would enable 

her to become a physician after graduation, but in her 

senior year there were not enough students on campus 

to teach Bacteriology … and she was forced to graduate 

with a Chemistry degree. Even still, Mrs. Barrick insisted 

that she had received a ‘good education.’” 

Ironically, too many men soon became a problem. 

“The next significant change after the ROTC leaving 

campus was the Army Air Corps College Training 

Detachment arriving,” Richards wrote. “The college at 

that time had very few male on-campus housing 

dormitories, so the Army Air Corps was forced to 

take over some of the girls’ dormitories. The response 

was to move the sororities into the now empty fraternity 

houses. The girls also gave up their cafeteria.” 

Interviewees cited in the paper are Beverly 

(Greenberg) Littauer ’47, Angeline (Feeser) Haines ’45, 

Eleanor (Zimmerman) Horn ’44 P’69 GP’05, 

Mildred (Daub) Barrick ’45, Joanne (Tittle) Miller ’47, 

and Jane (Slick) Orlando ’47. 

The entire paper is online at www.gettysburg.edu/links 

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Re 

New Jersey icon Bruce Springsteen sang about 

“Glory Days,” but Gettysburg alumni are making 

them real again in Asbury Park and Hoboken. 

Not far off the Boss’s beloved Boardwalk, 

Carter Sackman ’86 has developed apartments 

around Asbury Park’s downtown, including 63 

lofts in the former Steinbach’s department store 

and 31 units in a landmark Art Deco building. 

Sackman Enterprises earned the local Chamber of 

Commerce’s 2011 Economic Development Award. 

In Hoboken, Daniel Gans ’77 and George Vallone 

’76 restored brownstones before working with 

community leaders to initiate the transformation 

of 24 waterfront acres from a coffee factory to 

the Maxwell Place condo, retail, and park 

development, under construction at left, 

and during a July 4 celebration at right. 

communities 

Copyright © 2011 Chris Gachot building 

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“When we bought 

that first building 

lots of people 

thought 

we were 

crazy.” 

Daniel Gans ’77, left, and George Vallone ’76 at a former chocolate factory site they transformed into Van Leer Place, a mixed-use, energy-efficient 

community that earned a state Environmental Excellence Award in 2010 

t was 1980, in the mile-square 

city of Hoboken, N.J., just 

across the Hudson River 

from lower Manhattan, when 

two recent Gettysburg College 

graduates, Daniel Gans ’77 and 

George Vallone ’76, jumped into 

the uncharted waters of local real 

estate development. Their timing 

was dubious. Hoboken may have 

been the birthplace of baseball 

and Frank Sinatra and the setting 

for On the Waterfront, the 1954 

classic in which Marlon Brando, 

as a once-promising prizefighter, 

utters the most legendary lament 

in American film: “I coulda 

been a contendah.” But by 1980 

Hoboken, like many urban 

communities, was down on its 

luck. Its commercial piers, which 

once housed a busy trans-Atlantic 

port that sustained generations of 

local families, stood fallow. The 

only new construction in town 

was federally subsidized rental 

housing. “It was,” Vallone says 

of his adopted city, “in pretty 

rough condition.” 

But where others saw decay, 

Gans and Vallone saw promise 

in the urban landscape. They 

saw artists and musicians moving 

into Hoboken from across the 

river. They saw a solid stock of 

Victorian-era buildings anchoring 

compact ethnic neighborhoods. 

They saw access to mass transit 

and spectacular views of the 

Manhattan skyline, just a 50cent 

train ride away. Most of all, 

they saw the opportunity they 

had first envisioned while talking 

at a Gettysburg Homecoming 

in 1977 and had spent the next 

three years preparing themselves 

for. Determined to learn the art 

of development, “we created our 

own curriculum as no schools at 

the time had degree programs for 

this,” says Vallone. He earned 

an MBA in Finance at Fordham. 

Gans undertook graduate study 

in design and construction 

management. They completed 

internships in businesses that gave 

them tools they knew they would 

need. They sought mentoring 

from a friend’s father who was a 

retired real estate developer. For 

three years, they went on countless 

road trips, most weekends and days 

off, to scout locations. And when 

they were ready, they established 

Hoboken Brownstone Company. 

Their first project was a renovation: 

a four-story brick row house at 210 

Third Street that they bought for 

$22,000. “When we bought that first 

building,” Vallone concedes, “lots of 

people thought we were crazy.” 

Twenty-two years later and 

some 50 miles to the south, in 

Asbury Park — the oceanfront 

city immortalized by Bruce 

Springsteen — another Gettysburg 

grad, Carter Sackman ’86, made 

his first investment in a town that 

was already decades past its heyday. 

Asbury Park was once among the 

most popular resorts on the Eastern 

seaboard. By the time Sackman 

Chester Higgins Jr. / The New York Times/ Redux 

came to town, economic and 

social conditions had conspired 

to ravage the city. Its beachfront 

boardwalk, once a destination 

for wealthy New Yorkers, was 

nearly abandoned. Downtown, 

the vacancy rate climbed past 80 

percent. No matter. Sackman, 

working for the New York real 

estate firm that his father had 

founded, purchased a former 

private home-turned-Elks Lodge 

at the city’s north end and set 

out to convert it into a dozen 

condominiums encompassing 

22,000 square feet. When next he 

turned his sights to Asbury Park’s 

dilapidated downtown, Sackman 

says, “A lot of people looked at me 

like I was a little crazy.” 

Today, while Hoboken 

has emerged as a thriving urban 

village populated largely by young 

professionals, Asbury Park has 

seen its boardwalk return to 

life and its downtown buildings 

meticulously restored to their 

Art Deco glory. More than 32 

years after Gans and Vallone 

began working in Hoboken and a 

decade after Sackman arrived in 

Asbury Park, the three Gettysburg 

alumni have played a vital role in 

the dramatic revival of two iconic 

American cities. 

Herewith, their stories … 

Gans and Vallone are sitting 

around a conference table inside 

their no-frills office in a former 

industrial neighborhood in north 

Hoboken, telling the story of their 

shared history. They worked seven 

days a week when they started 

the business, Gans says. They’d 

complete a building project and 

move into one of the units in their 

new building. They did this every 

year for six years straight. Vallone 

recalls the winter they were 

renovating their first building. 

Whenever they needed fuel for 

the fireplace in the ground-floor 

unit, he says, they’d climb upstairs, 

tear down a wall and — voila! — 

firewood. 

“We saw the value of sweat 

equity,” Gans says. “We were 

living solely for our work. As 

a young person, getting out of 

school, with energy and only 

having yourself to take care of, you 

can go out and put all your efforts 

into your dreams.” 

The first Hoboken brownstone Gans 

and Vallone rehabbed together 

“A lot of college students 

think about going to a bunch of 

interviews, getting a job they may 

or may not like, and collecting a 

paycheck for life,” says Vallone. 

“That’s not our story. The 

entrepreneurial spirit led us to do 

what we did, and that’s the lesson 

students should hear, and the one 

we try to teach our interns.” 

Gans and Vallone’s own 

experience of living in the 

community that they were 

developing made them always 

aware that when your customers 

and your neighbors live in what 

you built, you had better be able 

to back up your words with the 

quality of your work. 

“You don’t think of a 

developer as a member of the 

community,” says Bob Foster, 

the director of the Hoboken 

Historical Museum. “In my mind, 

Dany and George are each part 

of the community and involved in 

ways more than just their projects. 

I’m sure they see themselves as 

visionaries of what Hoboken 

could be.” 

“We saw the value of 

sweat equity.” 

Gans and Vallone’s Madison Street project, 

completed in 2000 

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The landmark Steinbach department store became apartments and 

retail space; a former Elks Lodge building became a dozen condos. 

After Gans and Vallone sold 

three of the four condominiums 

at 210 Third Street for the 

unheard-of sum of $60,000 each 

— the first condos ever sold in 

Hoboken — they embarked on 

a series of renovations nearby. 

After a few years, their project 

on Second Street became the 

first privately financed new 

residential construction in 

Hoboken in 40 years. In time, 

Hoboken Brownstone acquired 

a reputation for high quality 

work that remained faithful to 

the city’s existing architecture. 

Although Gans and Vallone have 

stuck strictly to new construction 

since 1983, their work has been 

woven so seamlessly into the 

local streetscape that Hoboken 

Brownstone received the first 

two historic preservation awards 

the city has ever bestowed for 

new buildings. 

“We always had a lot of pride 

in the work that we did,” Gans 

says. “When you start your own 

business, your reputation means 

everything. We wanted our 

buildings to become the market 

leaders and push the design and 

performance standards higher 

with each one completed. It was 

very important for us that the 

community be as proud of our 

work as we were and to embrace 

the results.” 

In 1999 Gans and Vallone 

embarked on their most ambitious 

project, a 24-acre industrial 

property on the river, site of the 

former Maxwell House Coffee 

factory, once the world’s largest 

producer of coffee. Gans and 

Vallone sought ideas from city 

residents in a series of over 25 

community meetings. They 

secured financing to purchase 

the property, cleanup permits 

from state environmental 

regulators, and zoning approvals 

In recent years Gans and 

Vallone have focused on using 

energy-efficient building materials 

and procedures toward the goal of 

building net-zero-energy buildings 

— that is, buildings that generate 

at least as much energy as they 

consume. Their focus has been 

on materials and systems, like 

Aerated Autoclaved Concrete and 

Energy Recovery Ventilation, that 

decrease energy demand so that 

smaller renewable energy systems 

can meet the demands. 

“It’s almost like Field of Dreams. 

You make this field and they will come.” 

from the city, county, and state. 

Their plan called for creating 

five new city blocks containing 

832 condominiums, 210,000 

square feet of commercial space, 

1,500 indoor parking spaces, 

restoring a beach in Hoboken, 

and creating and then donating 

for public use the city’s largest 

park. The partnership that Gans 

and Vallone had put together for 

the project eventually sold their 

interest in the redevelopment to 

Toll Brothers, and they remain 

on the project, which is more 

than two-thirds completed, 

as independent consultants to 

this day. 

“We think real estate development 

is community development,” Vallone 

says. “So you have to become part 

of the fabric of the community, 

and make it the kind of vibrant place 

where your customers want to live.” 

Sackman has taken precisely that 

approach in Asbury Park. He came 

to the city expecting to invest in the 

beachfront revival. When he balked 

at the prices — “Everybody wanted 

top dollar for something that hadn’t 

even happened yet,” he says — he 

turned his attention five blocks off the 

beach, to the triangle of nine square 

blocks composing the city’s downtown 

business district. Aiming to attract 

renters to live downtown, Sackman 

and a handful of pioneering 

developers convinced the city 

to rezone the district to permit 

residential use above the 

street level. 

There were, of course, 

no guarantees. 

“When you’re in a growth 

area, there’s a lot of speculation 

that goes on,” Sackman says. “It’s 

almost like Field of Dreams: You 

make this field and they will come. 

And that’s always a risky play.” 

His first target was the former 

Steinbach’s department store 

building, a landmark on Cookman 

Avenue. For much of the 20th 

century, Steinbach’s was the 

department store in Monmouth 

County, and its shuttering in 

the 1980s foretold Asbury 

Park’s decline. 

Sackman orchestrated a 

renovation that resulted in 22,000 

square feet of commercial space 

and 63 loft apartments. Today 

Sackman Enterprises operates an 

office on the building’s ground 

floor. “This is a natural point to 

develop in our view,” Sackman 

says. “It was a good gamble, if you 

want to call it that, of where to 

start for potential growth.” 

Helping underwrite 

Sackman’s work are tax credits 

from two federal programs that 

encourage the restoration of 

historic buildings and investment 

in poor neighborhoods. To date 

he’s rehabbed six buildings in the 

city’s downtown business district. 

His most satisfying project has 

Preserving Art Deco architecture such as 

a dramatic clock, Sackman Enterprises 

created residential and commercial space 

in a downtown Asbury Park building. 

been the restoration of an Art 

Deco behemoth at 550 Cookman 

Avenue. It was a tricky financial 

proposition (the building had 

four mortgages totaling more than 

$13 million) and a complicated 

construction endeavor, as 

Sackman planned to add a third 

floor. Within a month of the 

building opening this spring, 15 of 

its 31 apartments had been rented. 

The Asbury Park Chamber of 

Commerce presented Sackman 

Enterprises with its 2011 

Economic Development Award. 

“Carter’s contribution has 

really been that he’s restored some 

amazing assets of the city,” says 

Tom Gilmour, Asbury Park’s 

economic development director. 

“His impact has been significant. 

The great thing is he’s still here 

and he’s still looking.” 

Sackman is under contract 

to buy three more buildings 

downtown, including one 

containing the century-old Savoy 

Theater, a one-time Vaudeville 

house said to be the place where 

George and Gracie Burns first 

met. It’s been vacant for 30 years. 

“Part of what I love about my 

job is revitalizing,” Sackman says. 

“This is going to sound corny, but 

we’re saving our heritage really, 

our cultural heritage. The building 

across the street is Art Deco. 

Why level it? It’s beautiful.” 

The message all three of these 

successful Gettysburg alumni have 

for today’s students is to consider 

going into your own business: 

imagine the future, think big, and 

commit yourself to make that 

future a reality by doing whatever 

is required. The most successful 

entrepreneurs today are the ones 

whose primary strengths are belief 

in themselves and the persistence 

and perseverance to never stop 

trying to achieve their dreams. 

— by Christopher Hann 

Photos courtesy of Daniel Gans ’77, 

George Vallone ’76, and Carter Sackman ’86 

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26 

Alexander von Humboldt’s secretary 

From Thirty Treasures, Thirty Years: Stories from the Musselman Library Collection, issued in 2011 to 

mark the anniversary of the iconic campus building, edited by Robin Wagner P’10 and Sunni DeNicola 

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) 

undoubtedly showered many true treasures 

upon Western learning and society. His 

contributions to fields as diverse as geography, geology, 

cartography, botany, climatology, and anthropology 

are almost universally acknowledged within the 

development of European and American studies and 

culture. Forgetting perhaps himself, Charles Darwin 

once described Humboldt as “the greatest traveling 

scientist who ever lived.” And Thomas Jefferson 

remarked that Humboldt was “the most important 

scientist” he had met. Humboldt was one of the great 

intellectual and Enlightenment figures of the late 18th 

and early 19th centuries. 

But it is a particular treasure that unites the great 

Humboldt to Gettysburg College. His secretary, an 

elegant and now restored piece, currently stands in 

the Special Collections Reading Room. It is part of 

the John Henry Wilbrandt Stuckenberg collection 

that came to the College in the early 20th century. 

Stuckenberg had acquired it, along with a large desk 

also owned by Humboldt, in 1885. The former made 

sure to have his purchases authenticated and traced 

them back to the explorer-writer himself. 

Standing approximately six feet tall and capped 

by two ornamental lions, Humboldt’s secretary is 

an impressive and handsome reminder of a long 

and fruitful intellectual career. In many ways, he 

was the near perfect embodiment of what we today 

call the liberal arts ideal. He was curious, engaged, 

cosmopolitan, intelligent, and persistent. Each of 

these traits factored into his five-year sojourn to the 

Americas, during which he visited Venezuela, Brazil, 

Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, and 

the eastern United States, where he met Jefferson. 

Humboldt’s “study abroad” provided the material 

for nearly three decades of writing. His books on 

the Americas fill 30 volumes. SimÓn Bolivár once 

commented that Humboldt was the “true discoverer” 

of the Western Hemisphere. At age 60, he embarked 

on another journey, this time across Russia and Siberia 

to Mongolia. A lifelong learner and intellectual, 

Humboldt wrote a further three volumes about 

his experiences in Asia. For the rest of his life, he 

dedicated himself to his masterpiece, Cosmos, a fivevolume 

encyclopedia in which he attempted to pursue 

an Enlightenment goal: the systematic study and 

presentation of all natural and human phenomena. 

It is easy to imagine that Humboldt carried out 

much of this work around the desk and at the secretary 

now part of Gettysburg College’s Special Collections. 

Books, maps, charts, and correspondence were 

produced in abundance with their sturdy help. 

Students, alumni, and faculty should take a glance 

at the secretary and draw inspiration for their own 

academic or intellectual work at the College or 

beyond. After all, Humboldt helped create, or added 

significantly to, many of the fields we study. 

— by history Prof. William Bowman, who teaches world, 

modern European, and sports history. His most recent 

book is Imperialism in the Modern World. 


In May, students took a journey through civil rights 

history as a capstone of the Leadership Institute, 

a collaboration of the Garthwait Leadership Center, 

the Center for Public Service, and the Eisenhower 

Institute. In Abilene, Kan. they were immersed in 

President Dwight Eisenhower’s legacy of leadership. 

In Little Rock, Ark., they stood at the heart of the 

personal fight for social justice. “I can see myself 

using what I’ve learned in almost every discussion,” 

said religious studies major Kaeley McEvoy ’14. 

“I learned how to craft an argument while incorporating 

and respecting the opinions of other group members. 

The Leadership Institute challenged me to grow as a 

person, opened my eyes to the greater world around 

me, and inspired me to essentially ‘be the change I 

want to see in the world.’” 

Leadership Institute students at the 

Eisenhower Presidential Library & 

Museum in Abilene, Kan. 

What students 

For students, Gettysburg means 

a wealth of choices, opportunities, 

and once-in-a-lifetime experiences. 

There are no bystanders here. 

Every year hundreds of students from all majors tackle 

research, creative arts, or service projects on their own 

or with professors. They share their work at the annual 

daylong Celebration Colloquium on Undergraduate 

Research, Creative Activity, and Community Engagement. 

Students prepare and submit an abstract, then present 

and defend their work. “I had already presented my 

research in other forums, and so at the campus 

colloquium I found myself answering questions about 

the nitty-gritty details of executing a research project — 

picking a topic, finding funding, and how co-authoring 

a paper with a professor is more of a peer relationship 

than a faculty-student one,” said Joe Miller ’13. “I hope 

I conveyed to other students how feasible and exciting 

undergraduate research can be.” 

The Award for Distinguished 

Teaching, given each year at 

Commencement, is the highest 

honor our faculty can bestow. 

This year’s 

recipient, Prof. 

Suzanne 

Johnson Flynn, 

began teaching 

in the English 

department in 

1990. Citing 

her scholarly work in Victorian 

literature and service as “one 

of Gettysburg College’s most 

committed citizens,” the award 

celebrated Flynn’s “unquenchable 

curiosity” and “dynamic and 

Making a difference, 

having an impact, 

changing the world. 

charismatic presence in the 

classroom.” Her courses “reflect 

her enthusiasms, which are 

inevitably contagious among 

her students, who are themselves 

center stage. Suzanne insists 

that they contribute to the class 

every day, and before even 

arriving, students electronically 

submit comments about the day’s 

reading assignment. Suzanne 

engages all of them in dialogue 

about what they have submitted, 

complicating and deepening 

the textual investigation over 

the course of the class meeting. 

In short, though demanding, 

Suzanne has a special talent for 

drawing students into the 

What makes Gettysburg 

Psychology major 

Abigail (Reaser) 

Levrini ’02 was 

Prof. Paul 

D’Agostino’s 

research and 

teaching assistant 

throughout her 

four years. Today, 

Levrini is a clinical psychologist. 

Her practice, with five locations in 

northern Virginia, is centered on 

Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity 

Disorder (ADHD). Levrini and 

Frances Prevatt are coauthors 

of the recently published 

Succeeding with Adult ADHD. 

Work 

that makes 

a difference 

world that has preoccupied 

her — perhaps because students 

understand that she sets the 

same high standard for herself 

that she sets for students.” 

Let us know if your fond memories 

include a post-Thomas Hardy 

Senior Seminar screening 

of Tess of the D’Urbervilles 

in Flynn’s home, a field trip 

to see Pre-Raphaelite art 

in Delaware or in the Tate 

Gallery, or a semester in the 

London-Lancaster program. 

Share your stories on the College’s 

Facebook page or by emailing 


People, programs, 

and places that 

inspire our 

community. 

Decades of 

Chaos and 

Revolution: 

Showdowns 

for College 

Presidents 

by Stephen 

J. Nelson ’69 

compares 

two eras that shook the 

foundations of higher education 

and society as a whole: the 

1960s through the mid-1970s, 

and the first decade of the 

21st century. Nelson asked 

college and university 

presidents to compare the 

two eras’ challenges. Nelson, 

a history major at Gettysburg, 

is a professor of educational 

leadership at Bridgewater 

State University and senior 

scholar in the Leadership 

Alliance at Brown University. 

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ulletins 

NEW ALUMNI DIRECTORS 

Kelly Alsedek ’71, associate director of 

marketing & communications and director of 

publications at Lebanon Valley College 

Shawn Bunting ’95, vice president and general 

counsel for American Water Enterprises, Inc. 

Jay Kappmeier ’63, president of Kapp 

Solutions LLC. 

Send Board nominations to Asst. Vice President 

of Annual Giving, Alumni and Parent Relations 

Susan Eicholtz Pyron ’83, at spyron@gettysburg. 

edu or call 717-337-6542. Nominees should have 

a strong connection to the College and be able to 

provide leadership and representation for alumni. 

HONORARY DEGREE 

nominations due Nov. 15 

Nominate artists, scholars, clergy, humanitarians, 

and other distinguished leaders for the College’s 

highest honor. Send nominations to Lindora 

Myers lkmyers@gettysburg.edu in the Office 

of the Provost, by Nov. 15. Please keep 

nominations confidential. 

ALUMNI AWARD 

nominations due Nov. 14 

• Distinguished Alumni Award for a lifetime 

of professional and/or humanitarian 

accomplishments 

• Meritorious Service Award for exemplary 

service to the College 

• Young Alumni Achievement Award for 

career distinction or service to the College 

Complete the online nomination form or contact 

the Alumni Office at alumni@gettysburg.edu or 

717/337-6518. 

Alum Directory needs info 

A new Alumni Directory is being compiled to 

coincide with the Battle of Gettysburg’s 

sesquicentennial. The Alumni Board of Directors 

endorses the effort. 

Harris Connect is contacting alumni to update 

home, work, and family info, which will be shared 

only with the College. Printed and CD versions 

will be for sale in early 2013. To opt out of being 

contacted or included, write alumni@gettysburg.edu 

or call 717-337-6518. 

Save the Dates 

Civil War Sesquicentennial 

Sept. 20–23, 2012 

Emancipation Proclamation Weekend 

Details and more events are online 

Legacy Admissions Experience 

Sept. 28, 2012 

A packed agenda designed to introduce 

daughters and sons of alumni to Gettysburg 

and the college search process. Register 

online from the Homecoming page or contact 

Allison Singley asingley@gettysburg.edu 

Homecoming 

Sept. 28–29, 2012 

Football vs. McDaniel 

Distinguished Alumni Awards 

50th anniversary 

Hall of Athletic Honor 

Chi Omega 75th anniversary 

Family Weekend 

Oct. 26–28, 2012 

Schedule and registration online 

The Philadelphia Alumni Club is the reigning holder of the Bob Smith Alumni 

Club of the Year Award, as determined this spring by the Alumni Board of 

Directors. Brett Montich, who served as club president for four years (2008-12), 

is holding the trophy. 

1936 

Harold Dunkelberger 

78 E. Broadway 

Gettysburg, PA 17325 

717-334-3335 

1941 

John Zinn 

201 W. Broadway 


717-334-2932 

jbzjr@earthlink.net 

Reunion (June 1-3) was a wonderful 

weekend for me and many alumni who 

returned to Gettysburg. The weather 

cooperated except for a lot of rain on 

Friday night. I saw many friends, 

though no classmates, and met several 

new alumni. Since I was the oldest 

alumnus returning, I followed the 70th 

reunion class, ’42, into the collation in 

the student union ballroom. Everyone 

was amazed that I could walk by myself 

without a cane or help. My daughter, 

Joanne (Zinn) Lewis ’67, was 

celebrating her 45th Reunion and 

spent three great weeks with me. 

Two weeks earlier, Commencement 

weekend had beautiful weather, thus 

all outside events were very successful 

including the picnic lunch in the tent on 

Memorial Field. As you can tell, I’m still 

enjoying many College activities. From 

June 8-17, the fifth Gettysburg 

Festival was held throughout the town 

with the main stage on Memorial Field 

where concerts and more took place. 

All were great, but too hot in the sun. 

I enjoyed many events at the College, 

Majestic Theater, Brua Chapel, and 

elsewhere. Sorry I don’t have 

classmate news, maybe next time. 

Deadlines 

Your classmates would love to 

know what you’re up to. Please 

submit information to your class 

correspondent by these deadlines: 

Winter issue, Oct. 15 

Spring issue, Jan. 15 

Fall issue, June 15 

Class Notes Editor 

Devan Grote ’11 

grotde01@gmail.com 

1942 

Jane (Henry) Fickes 

16 Hemlock Court 

Lebanon, PA 17042-8715 

717-270-0972 

1943 

70th Reunion Year 

G. Thomas Miller 

1 South York Road 

Dillsburg, PA 17019 

717-620-8988 

gthomasm@comcast.net 

1944 

Dorothy (Scheffer) Hartlieb 

4925 Woodbox Lane 

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 

717-697-9686 

dhartlieb@verizon.net 

It seems as if the College keeps 

perking along with very few of our 

class attending any functions, and 

they do have outstanding speakers, 

plays, and musical events. Through 

the usual channels, I know that 

Margaret (Beckley) Brown died 

Feb. 27, 2011. She lived in New 

Cumberland, Pa. and was a retired 

school teacher. Her survivors include two 

daughters, a granddaughter, and a greatgrandson. 

Also, Edna (Fisher) Bruce 

passed away in California. Eddie received 

a 1999 Distinguished Alumna Award. 

She worked for the Republican Party 

in the 1960s in Washington. When 

the family relocated to California, she 

worked on federal grant applications for 

economic development. She received 

more money than any other city in the 

country. She was recognized as one of 

the top executives in the western part 

of the U.S. I am still in close contact 

with Peg (Harvey) Gross, but she 

still will not stray from Concord, N.H. 

Gene Keefer is on my wavelength 

also — could I have a little input from 

someone else? I received a very 

cheerful and upbeat note from 

Ethel (Sheraw) Royer. She and 

Gregg celebrated their 68th wedding 

anniversary with 23 of their family 

attending — children, grandchildren, 

and great-grandchildren. The Royers 

live in Sarasota and are quite well for 

their age. Congratulations and thank 

you for sharing the good news. 

The other side of the coin is the 

departure of one of our classmates. 

Class notes 

Barbara (George) Crilley died 

April 22 in Greenwich, Conn. where she 

was a lifelong resident. Barbara worked 

over 30 years at H&R Block as a tax 

accountant. She is survived by three 

children, seven grandchildren, and five 

great-grandchildren. Our condolences 

go to all the family. 

1945 

Charlotte (Rehmeyer) Odell 

P.O. Box 5255 

Oak Ridge, TN 37831 

865-482-5142 

931-456-2724 

I am sure that each of you who returned 

to Gettysburg College for the class 

reunion had a very enjoyable weekend. 

I always feel a bit wistful as I look at the 

pictures and read of the activities. After 

an early spring and very warm summer, 

we are eagerly awaiting the lovely fall 

colors that the numerous tree species 

provide for us. The hills and mountains 

are ablaze with color in Tennessee in 

the fall. With no news from classmates, 

I’ll remind you of my address and phone 

number listed above. Leave your 

callback number if I am not in, please. 

1946 

Connie (Douglas) Wiemann 

1117 Devonshire Way 

Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418-6863 

561-622-5790 

1948 


Beth (Holman) Reynolds 

Box D 

St. Mary’s City, MD 20686 

301-862-9686 

Well, dears, now in our 80s and 90s 

we are losing too many classmates. 

James “Rusty” Creighton of 

Kittanning, Pa. became an Army Air 

Force captain during WWII. Later with 

a master’s degree in business from the 

University of Pittsburgh, he had a career 

in management at Pittsburgh Plate 

Glass Company. He loved traveling, 

golf, and treasured time with his 

family. James H. Davis, also a WWII 

veteran, graduated from the University 

of Pennsylvania Medical School and 

practiced medicine in East York, Pa., 

often making house calls on his 

motorcycle. He’ll be remembered for 

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his love of family, his humility, dry wit, 

and loyalty. Edward G. Frasso Jr. of 

Tierre Verde, Fla. served in the U.S. Air 

Force, Pacific Theatre, during WWII. 

Ed and wife, Jean, owned Designer’s 

Choice Centre and Accent Lighting in 

St. Petersburg. He was active with local 

veterans, the Tierra Verde Community 

Association, and the St. Petersburg 

Yacht Club. George C. Kraft of 

Bangor, Pa. graduated from Crozier 

Theological Seminary and was an 

ordained Methodist minister. When 

retired from preaching, he served on 

the Delaware County Small Business 

Administration. An Eagle Scout in high 

school, his lifelong dedication to 

scouting was rewarded by what 

must be every award the scouts give. 

John “Kelly” Keller graduated from 

Dickinson Law School and later 

became Franklin County President 

Judge. He lived in Waynesboro, Pa. 

and was married to classmate 

Margaret “Peggy” (Etchberger) 

Keller who preceded him in death. 

Wilson College grads will be forever 

grateful for Kelly’s hard work when 

presiding over the hearing to close 

their college. It was his decision to keep 

Wilson open. An avid outdoorsman, he 

and Peggy kept a stuffed Kodiak bear 

(souvenir from an Alaska hunting trip) 

in their den. Jean (Ferguson) Bink 

and husband, Harry, lived their married 

life in Lemoyne, Pa. Fergie loved life, 

from teaching in York Springs and 

Camp Curtain Junior High to hosting 

international Friendship Force families 

and other cultural exchanges. She also 

taught English as a second language, 

was a tennis player, and at age 80, 

that rascal went skydiving! A loving 

note from George Ermentrout’s 

daughter, Betsy, arrived telling of 

George’s death. He was always so 

passionate about Gettysburg College 

that she chose to follow in his footsteps 

for four happy years. I, too, followed my 

dad there and will always be thankful 

for those treasured memories from 

Gettysburg. Betsy keeps George’s 

Gettysburg rocking chair in her den. 

William A. McKendry of New 

Holland, Pa., a WWII veteran, was 

called back to active duty in medical 

services during the Korean War. Later, 

Bill received a master’s degree from 

Columbia in the mental health field, 

then headed a clinic for 18 years and 

helped change Pennsylvania laws, 

working at times with the Federal 

Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. His 

wife, Lucille (Birnbaum) McKendry ’47, 

died several years ago. As I write 

this column, it is nice to realize what 

truly good lives our classmates lead. 

It makes me very proud of them. 

1949 

Jane (Heilman) Doyle 

10221 Cabery Road 

Ellicott City, MD 21042-1605 

410-465-7134 

Richard R. Holmes passed away 

June 1, 2012. Richard was a retired 

U.S. Army officer and previously 

worked at two railroad companies. 

He died in Omaha, Neb. and was 

preceded in death by his wife of 50 

years, June E. Holmes. Richard is 

survived by two daughters, Sandra 

and Sheryl, and twin grandsons. 

Anna (Dundore) Motter and husband, 

George Motter ’47, are celebrating 62 

years of marriage. Our classmate, 

Clara Mae (Shafer) Lasky, was 

given a surprise 85th birthday party 

by daughters, Claudia and Cynthia, 

on June 23. Come on 49ers, and 

send some news or call me. 

We would love to hear from you. 

1950 

Ruthe (Fortenbaugh) Craley 

425 College Avenue 


717-334-3726 

ruthecraley@embarqmail.com 

Thanks to Andy O’Day, some hardy 

souls from the Class of 1950 made it 

back for the Alumni Weekend Reunion 

in June. More about that in a minute. 

With sadness, I report the death of 

John C. Palmer on April 30. I have 

his obituary and will send it to anyone 

who calls or emails me. I spoke with 

Ginny (Saul) Reese ’51 at Reunion 

time, and she reminded me that the 

Veterans Memorial established last 

year had been a much beloved project 

of her husband, Al Reese. Al was 

always such a great supporter of the 

College, and in addition, he kept the 

Class of 1950 going strong for many 

years. Ginny didn’t come to join our 

mini-reunion, but we anointed her as 

a member of our class (as well as her 

own!). What greater honor could there 

be than that! Those that did arrive on 

campus for that weekend gathered at 

the Heritage Luncheon and mingled 

with others who were here at Gettysburg 

during our four-year stretch. Some of 

them looked even older than we do, 

and that is always nice. We met again 

in the evening for dinner at Jay’s, a 

restaurant located way up on Baltimore 

Street to remind us all that we are in 

the fabled city of Gettysburg where 

parking and dinner reservations are 

very hard to find in June. Those who 

stayed overnight came to my house 

(right across from the College Dining 

Hall) on Sunday morning for coffee, 

doughnuts, and another chance to talk 

over those good old days. All in all, 

I think our 62nd Reunion was a success. 

While I heard Andy telling people that 

he would see them in 2015, I’m hoping 

he will get his computer going and herd 

us in for another gathering in 2013. 

However, remember what July 1-3 are 

going to be like here in 2013, so get 

reservations in early. I know that it’s a 

month away from Alumni Weekend, 

but there is going to be a BIG TIME 

IN THE OLD TOWN. All us locals are 

either renting out homes or planning 

long vacations. Those who made it back 

this year include Andy and Mel O’Day; 

Harriet Thompson and her husband 

(all the way from Michigan); Gordon 

and Barbara Grigsby (in from Ohio); 

Don and Lyne Hollway; Dick and 

Monica Schantz; Larry and Barbara 

King; Sid Ehrhart and his friend, 

Sally; Bass Hafer; Liz (Lott) Bair; 

and our roommate Jeanne (Hankins) 

Dufour-O’Brien and her daughter, 

Louise, (over from Switzerland). 

And I was there and am already 

thinking about next year! 

1951 

Lou Hammann 

1350 Evergreen Way 

Orrtanna, PA 17353 

717-334-4488 

lhammann@gettysburg.edu 

It has been more than a year since our 

60th Reunion. There were 15 of us at 

that auspicious occasion. Ron Fittzkee 

had planned to be number 16, but a 

health problem kept him home. Some 

of us did, however, talk with him on the 

phone. It is tempting to think that a 50th 

class Reunion is a kind of finale. But, 

given the energy and presence of 

those who made our 60th, I can imagine 

Homecomings where some of us may 

still gather to maintain our memories 

and connections. In the meanwhile, 

I have some sad news about two of us. 

Bill Grant, a sometime housemate 

of mine, died in Hawaii in June 2011. 

Bill, born in Hanover, migrated to the 

Islands and was professionally and 

personally involved in city planning 

with the Oahu Development Conference. 

That is, he was (re)developing 

Hawaii. What a grand profession! 

Philip Bowman, of Venice, Fla., 

died in January 2012. He was born in 

York, Pa. in October 1929. He served 

his country as a member of the U.S. 

Air Force. If anyone knows more about 

Phil, please send me a message. 

Since I am retired in the mountains 

just eight miles west of Gettysburg, 

I will be most happy to hear from any 

(or all) of our classmates. 

1952 

Margaret (Blanchard) Curtis 

1075 Old Harrisburg Road #144 


717-334-1041 

mbcurtis@embarqmail.com 

We had our 60th Reunion! Thirty-one 

graduates joined us, and 50 gathered 

for dinner at the Gettysburg Hotel. 

Many pictures were shown — from 60 

years ago and all the years in between! 

We had our picture taken at the 

Heritage Luncheon, which was well 

attended by the Class of 1952. Since 

everyone got the letter with the 

weekend festivities, you are aware of 

what went on at the College. A special 

event on Sunday: brunch at Ned ’53 

and Josie (Slifer) Brownley’s 

beautifully restored home (built in 

1777) was a wonderful way to end 

the weekend. Lois (Kerstetter) and 

Lee Snook would have liked to 

attend the Reunion, but their daughter, 

Emily, had two graduations — one 

daughter from Yale, the second from 

high school. John Clark was sorry he 

couldn’t attend and was pleased so 

many were planning to attend. He 

commented on personal achievements 

and also on the fact that our “interest, 

enthusiasm, and love for Gettysburg 

College is evident as we renew old 

and valued friendships. GO BULLETS!” 

Gerald Royals, chairman, says, “Thanks 

to all who were able to return 

to ‘Old Gettysburg back to thee’ for the 

60th Reunion. It was a great opportunity 

to ‘waken fond memories,’ and for all 

who were unable to attend, I’m sure 

most of you were talked about by your 

classmates!” At the time of a 60th 

Reunion, it is unfortunate to have to 

write six obituaries. Grenville Lewis III, 

who died last December, served his 

country in the U.S. Army, was an avid 

golfer, and enjoyed cruises with his 

partner, Nancy Ann Gray. Gren has 

a twin sister, four children, eight 

grandchildren, and one great grandchild. 

Word has been received that 

Richard Terenzini died at his home 

in Connecticut. His professional life 

was in social work at orphanages, 

farms for juvenile delinquents, and a 

residential agency for troubled youth 

and their families. He retired from the 

Vermont Department of Human 

Services. In 1987, the National 

Association of Social Workers named 

him the National Social Worker of the 

Year. He is survived by his son, daughter, 

grandchildren, and a former foster 

daughter. Robert Trone, husband of 

Betty Jean Brazos for 57 years, also 

died. After graduation, he attended 

Yale Divinity School and received his 

bachelor of divinity. He received a postgraduate 

degree from the Lutheran 

Theological Seminary and attended 

Catholic University for an M.A. and 

Ph.D. Bob was ordained a minister in 

the Evangelical Lutheran Church in 

America and a professor emeritus in 

the religion department at Gettysburg 

College. Betty and Bob have five 

children and six grandchildren. 

Neel Cockley has also died. 

Neel served his country in the U.S. 

Marines during the Korean Conflict and 

was awarded two Purple Hearts during 

his combat tour. Neel played football at 

Gettysburg College and began his career 

as a teacher and coach. He was assistant 

principal and athletic director of 

Springfield High School in Montgomery 

County when he retired. Neel is 

survived by two children, two grandchildren, 

and partner, Paula Briggs. 

Joseph A. Compagnone, husband 

of Alice Davies, died after 59 years 

of marriage. At 17, Joe enlisted in the 

U.S. Navy and served on the battleship 

U.S.S. North Carolina. When he 

returned home, he finished high 

school and attended the College, 

where he earned his degree in biology. 

He started Mace Adhesives and 

Coatings in 1965. Joe was a collector 

of fine wines and established the Mellea 

Winery in Dudley, Mass. He was an avid 

golfer, winning many trophies with a zero 

handicap in his prime! Joe is survived 

by four children, six grandchildren, 

and triplet great-grandchildren! 

Ruth (Ballantyne) Gladfelter 

died this past May. Her husband, 

Wilbert Eugene Gladfelter, 

preceded her. They had two sons, a 

daughter, six grandchildren, and five 

great-grandchildren. Ruth graduated a 

member of Phi Beta Kappa. I have two 

positive notes to write about for our 

next issue. Please add your information. 

1953 


Jo (Sierer) Foucart 

441 Downing Place 

Lancaster, OH 43130-8700 

740-653-6847 

Alan Hershberger, 80, of Pointe 

Vedra Beach, Fla., formerly of Bedford 

and Bethlehem died April 18, 2012 at 

his residence. During his career, Alan 

was employed by DuPont Company in 

Wilmington, Del. and Bethlehem Steel 

Corporation in Bethlehem, where he 

served as tax counsel and later as 

director of tax planning and appeals. 

He is survived by wife, Barbara; son 

Andrew Alan; grandsons Scott and 

Nicholas; and a sister, nephew, and 

niece. At Gettysburg, Alan was on the 

of football and wrestling teams and 

received numerous accolades for 

scholarship, athletic ability, and Christian 

character. He was highly regarded by 

his classmates and will be remembered 

by many. Funeral services were April 25 

at Timothy A. Berkebile Funeral Home 

in Bedford. Donations in Alan’s memory 

may be sent to St. John’s County 

Adoption and Holding Center, 

130 N. Stratton Road, St. Augustine, 

FL 32095. A guest book is at 

www.berkebilefuneralhome.com 

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1954 

Helen-Ann Comstock 

8 Dogberry Lane 

Ridgefield, CT 06877 

215-869-5125 

hcomstock@earthlink.net 

It is with regret that I report the May 

death of Robert L. Brough Sr. Bob 

served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. 

Following graduation from Gettysburg 

with a B.S. in chemistry, he was 

employed by Knouse Foods and the 

former C. H. Musselman Company. He 

was a member of the VFW, American 

Legion, Academy of Model Aeronautics, 

and NRA. He is survived by his wife of 

63 years, Doris, a daughter, four sons, 

seven grandchildren, seven greatgrandchildren, 

and a sister. Our 

condolences go to Bob’s family. 

Barbara (Wagner) Rhodes and 

her husband, Bill, enjoyed a weeklong 

cruise up the lower Mississippi 

aboard a stern-wheel paddle-boat, 

the American Queen, which was 

refurbished in Victorian décor with 

all “mod coms.” Barbara and Bill had 

perfect weather for the trip, as well as 

great food and interesting stops. She 

writes, “Gettysburg alumni are totally 

unknown in this area (Tallahassee), so 

I’d love to hear from anyone traveling 

through. We’re in the phone book.” 

Glenn Pannell writes that he 

celebrated his 80th birthday in Fort 

Worth, with all five of his children 

being together in the same place at the 

same time for the first time in seven 

years! Congratulations on this feat, 

Glenn, as well as on your 80th birthday. 

Best wishes for many more happy, 

healthy ones. Glenn also calls our 

attention to the fact that the last issue 

of the alumni magazine featured our 

classmate, the late Mary Albaugh, 

on the cover, as well as an article 

about her. Another classmate, the late 

Irwin Rosenbaum, was on a previous 

cover. Kudos to the Class of ’54! 

Audrey (Rawlings) Wennblom 

made use of her journalistic skills and 

her experience as assistant city editor 

at the Seattle P-I while having fun in 

New York City in May covering the 

Essentially Ellington High School 

Jazz Competition and Festival for 

seattlepi.com. Seattle’s Roosevelt 

High School came in second of 15 

participating bands. The event included 

performances by Winton Marsalis and 

the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. In 

September, I travelled to Manchester, 

England for the 8th International 

Conference on Frontotemporal 

Dementias. It’s hard to believe 

that in October the Association for 

Frontotemporal Degeneration 

(AFTD), which I founded, celebrated 

its 10th anniversary. The nonprofit 

organization now has a staff of nine. 

It awards grants to researchers, gives 

a two-year fellowship to a young 

practitioner, and provides respite grants 

to caregivers, a helpline, support groups, 

and materials for those coping with FTD. 

Visit the website at www.theaftd.org 

1955 

Rev. Joseph Molnar 

4190 Park Place 

Bethlehem, PA 18020 

610-814-2360 

joelaine1958@yahoo.com 

Courtenay (Lenhard) Collette 

informed us that some Chi Omegas 

of our class still meet to keep up 

with news from the College and 

to keep connections strong. 

This year, Joan (Beck) Penry, 

Ginny (Feeser) Smith, 

Marian (Lane) Chrisbacher, 

and Courtenay met at Courtenay and 

Jack’s residence in the Maris Grove 

Retirement Community, Glen Mills, Pa. 

The guys included Edward Penry, Ernie 

Chrisbacher, and Jack Collete. Usually 

in attendance but out of town on this 

day were Pat (Brennan) Coffee and 

hubby Howard. “These friendships are 

treasured by all of us.” Indeed they must 

be, for according to my recollection 

they’ve met for decades! Dick and 

Cynthia (Garrow) Brubaker wrote 

from Dayton, Ohio. Dick is a part-time 

curriculum consultant for the State 

Board of Career Colleges. Cynt was 

recently honored for accumulating 

22,000 hours as a volunteer at the Air 

Force Museum. They take an annual 

trip to Hawaii where they were once 

stationed. They’re often “joined there 

by brother David ’65. This year glider 

rides and golf are planned.” Aloha! We 

got late word that William Snyder 

and his wife were in a serious auto 

accident near Trexlertown, Pa. Bill was 

in Good Shepherd Rehab Hospital 

for some time to help in his recovery. 

According to son Keith, both Bill and 

his wife are on the mend and getting 

back to a normal life. Bill retired from 

teaching in the East Penn School system. 

Leonard Rein sent notice of a special 

reunion gathering of Lambda Chi Alpha 

members of the ’50s, who can call him 

at 630-377-0980. The AN-TEKES, 

also of the ’50s, met for a luncheon 

earlier in the summer. The hosts were 

Earl ’52 and Arlene ’54 Zellers. About 

24 gathered in Lebanon, Pa., where 

Joe Lynch of the alumni office brought 

us up to date on the College. Got an item 

for our column? Kindly send it to either 

of the addresses above. Thanks! 

1956 

Georgiana (Borneman) Sibert 

729 Hilltop Lane 

Hershey, PA 17033-2924 

717-533-5396 

bandgsib@verizon.net 

Not much to report; surely someone is 

vacationing and will share their travels 

in the next issue! Sadly, all I can report 

is the passing of two classmates. 

Salvatore D. Marziale passed away 

April 26, 2012 in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Sal 

is survived by his wife Emily; daughters 

Dana, Nancy, and Carrie; sister Mary 

Jane; and several grandchildren. 

James Harry “Jim” Lythgoe passed 

away May 11, 2012 in Wichita, Kan. 

Jim is survived by his wife Kathy, 

daughters Carolyn and Trish, son Jim, 

and several grandchildren. The class 

sends thoughts and prayers to both 

families. I hope everyone had a super 

summer. Let me hear from you! 

1957 

Don Helfrich 

7 Jeannes Way 

Forestdale, MA 02644 

508-539-4280 

PBHDRH@comcast.net 

What a superb turnout! Forty-two 

classmates registered for the Reunion 

and 56 classmates and guests attended 

the Saturday evening banquet. Both 

figures set attendance records for a 

55th reunion. Also, 50 percent of the 

class contributed to our $35,500 class 

gift. Total class contributions were 

$150,000 for the year. Let me pass 

on these conversational gleanings 

from the weekend. Class President 

Robert Sickel and wife Peggy recently 

moved to Delaware from New Jersey 

and have imminent plans to move to 

a life-care community in Freedom, Pa. 

Carol (Krivenky) Otte, after 40-plus 

years with New Jersey’s Division of 

Youth and Family Services, continues 

involvement in many activities. A fellow 

master gardener sprouted forth in 

John Little. “Jack” plans to place new 

rhododendrons on a portion of his 2.5acre 

Maryland property. After graduation, 

Odette (Schwager) Adams went to 

work for General Electric and spent her 

career in the U.S. Space Program at 

Cape Canaveral, Fla. She claims to know 

more about the inside of computers 

than their outside. Bruce Craft and 

wife Kay, full-time residents of Hawaii, 

will do much visiting while on the 

mainland and travel in Canada after 

a foray to one of their favorite stops, 

Harpers Ferry, W.Va. Bruce wasn’t sure 

which was longer: his trip from Hawaii 

or Charles Moyer’s from his home 

in Costa Rica. Charlie taught himself 

French after living in Paris and marrying 

a French woman. He is interested in 

learning Greek. Self-proclaimed “country 

girl” Ardeth (Fisher) Heard finds it 

ironic that she lived more than 20 years 

in Queens, N.Y. For the same length of 

time, she volunteered two days per week 

in the Metro New York Lutheran Synod 

offices. Shirley (Cashman) Sheridan 

has her July ticket for an Air France 

flight to accompany her daughter-in-law, 

who has a work-related assignment in 

Paris. Nancy (Lindner) Schwarz tells 

of a happy nine-year hiatus in Barbados, 

where the corporate employer of her 

husband John Schwarz ’56 garnered 

offshore tax relief. Career chemistry 

teacher Jeanne (Scott) Robinson 

invites anecdotes and recollections of 

her favorite professor and mentor, Dr. 

John Zinn, for a book she is writing about 

him. Thelma (Ernst) Bornheimer 

alters the color of her favorite flower, 

the hydrangea, with sprinklings of 

aluminum sulfate, giving it an almost 

purple hue. Harry Utterback 

reconnected with leadership roles with 

the Boy Scouts and camping. Phi Gamma 

Delta members and guests accounted 

for 30 percent of attendees at the 

Reunion. We received word of the 

May 19 death of Royle Kipp, who was 

a captain of his hometown fire 

department in Ardsley, N.Y. and a vice 

president of the family business, 

Kipp Brothers, Inc. He and his wife of 56 

years moved to the Yukon Community 

of Elljay, Ga. in 1996. We extend our 

condolences to his family. 

1958 


Janet Bikle (Hoenniger) Davis 

407 Chamonix Drive 

Fredericksburg, VA 22405 

540-371-1045 

Janhoen@verizon.net 

It is rewarding to hear from someone 

who enjoyed reading the class notes: 

Rich Brunner wrote that he and 

Jim Shipman (who passed away in 

January 2012) were ATO pledges 

together, the last to be initiated in the 

“old house” that is today the Eisenhower 

Institute on North Washington Street. 

Rich has a home in Emerald Isle, N.C., 

but grew up enjoying high school 

summers at Long Beach Island, N.J. 

The Gettysburg gals decided not to 

wait a full year before getting together 

again. In April, we met at King of Prussia, 

Pa. and toured Valley Forge with an 

excellent guide, Bitsy (Owens) 

Schravesande. Others who met there 

were Bonnie (Bankert) Rice, Bobbie 

(Flammer) Miller, Suzie (Opperman) 

Schrogie, Liz (Schreiner) Moschella, 

Dee (Lohne) Brooks, and I. Sarah 

(Jacobs) Byrne joined us for dinner 

at Bitsy’s. Gettysburg graduates 

we lost in the last year included 

Rev. Ronald Peirson, whose career 

after graduation from Gettysburg 

Lutheran Theological Seminary included 

clinical pastoral education in Norwich, 

Conn. and Lancaster, Pa., as well as 

interning in Caracas, Venezuela. He 

served in the Hanover and York County 

area and had a consulting business. 

Our condolences go to his family. 

The Honorable Richard V. Anastasi 

passed away in May. After earning his 

law degree from Seton Hall University, 

he was a Municipal Court judge in his 

hometown of West New York, N.J. 

After retirement, he was active in his 

community and church, and enjoyed 

his grandchildren, friends, fishing, and 

gardening. Our prayers reach out to his 

wife of 51 years and family. The town of 

Hershey lost a former teacher and coach 

with the death of Frank A. Capitani. 

An outstanding athlete in high school 

and college, he signed a pro baseball 

contract with the Philadelphia Phillies 

after graduation and also served his 

country in the military. A “renaissance 

man,” Frank excelled in sculpture and 

painting. He is survived by Patricia, his 

wife of 53 years, and a loving extended 

family. Our prayers go to all of these 

families. At Frank’s funeral, Ted and 

Nancy Soistmann saw Dave Foreman. 

Ted shared that during his years in 

Hershey, he and Frank hiked many 

miles on the Appalachian Trail, including 

Mount Washington, and canoed in 

upstate N.Y. Don Harmon, Ted, Frank, 

and their wives enjoyed our last class 

Reunion by staying in the dorm and 

attending gatherings. Make plans for our 

55th Reunion, May 30-June 2, 2013. 

1959 

Carol (Reed) Hamilton 

60 Strand Circle 

Cromwell, CT 06416 

860-613-2441 

bandchamilton@gmail.com 

Here are the ’59ers who made it to 

our gathering during Reunion Weekend 

in May: Marge (Mills) Carpenter, 

Bruce and Carol (Reed) Hamilton, 

Jack Hathaway, Cynthia (Black) 

Hazen, Dick and Dorothy (Lloyd) 

Simpson, Ron Smith, Rosanna 

(Hallman) Steen, Ellen (Buchanan) 

Wilcox, Florence (Duckworth) 

Wilson, Jean (Charuhas) Wright, 

and Nancy (Hood) Young. Thanks 

to Dick Simpson for responding to 

my plea for news with these tidbits. 

The annual Bob Smith Award for the 

most dedicated alumni club went to 

Philadelphia. What a great tribute to our 

Bob Smith. Paul Stahl and Johanna 

received their Pennsylvania limousine 

licenses and drove John Moore to 

campus for our 53rd Reunion. 

Heather (Richmond) Kronke is 

taking computer lessons on her new 

Mac and is looking forward to receiving 

and responding to loads of email from 

everyone. A little-known secret: 

Dawn (Burg) Musser was selected 

for a showcase of over-40 performers 

on “America’s Got Talent” on July 23. 

Baton twirling is still in! Jeff Langsom 

is looking for buyers of high value art. 

His collection, all museum-quality pieces, 

can be seen in his Baltimore studio. 

He is willing to lower his price to help 

Gettysburg alumni appreciate good art. 

Carol (Leatherman) Sieck, our local 

coordinator for the weekend, gets “two 

thumbs up” for selecting the Hickory 

Farm Restaurant in Orrtanna, Pa. for our 

Class of ’59 dining site. I am glad that 

some of our townie alums knew how 

to find this great venue. Alumni classes 

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were well attended. The campus looked 

great Saturday, especially after a heavy 

rainstorm Friday evening. Can anyone 

believe Gettysburg has a French bistro, 

Café Saint-Amand on Baltimore Street? 

Norman Kear, wrote, admitting it was 

the first time in 53 years he had sent any 

information. Norm served in the Army, 

then embarked on a 30-year career as 

a medical administrator specializing in 

blood transfusion and tissue transplant 

programs, which took Norm and his 

wife from New York to Washington D.C. 

to California. In Homeland, Calif. they 

are active in rescue and adoption of 

unwanted animals: dogs, cats, even pigs 

and goats. If you missed Reunion, you 

missed a great time. Class President 

Jack Hathaway gave a stirring afterdinner 

speech encouraging everyone to 

return for our 55th Reunion in two years. 

We can certainly top the attendance 

awards earned by the Class of 1957. 

1960 

Pat (Carr) Layton 

301 Powell Avenue 

Salisbury, MD 21801 

410-742-7682 

rodlay@comcast.net 

1961 

Nan (Funk) Lapeire 

20 Canal Run East 

Washington Crossing, PA 18977 

215-493-5817 

nflapeire@gmail.com 

Can you believe it’s been over a year 

since our 50th? Hopefully, everyone has 

been traveling and doing all those things 

on your to-do list. At the top of your list 

should be “send info to Class Notes.” 

Classmates read this section first, and I 

am going to start making stuff up. This is 

for real. Edgar McCleaf had a nice visit 

from Bill Pintard and his wife Shirley. 

They were on a road trip from Albany, 

Ore. to New Jersey to visit family. On 

their way home, they stopped to see Ed 

and Laurie ’62. Bill was Ed’s roommate 

their junior and senior years. Then Ed 

and Laurie headed to Gettysburg for a 

busy Reunion Weekend. They visited 

with Ed Sites ’62 and Dottie, played in 

the Orange and Blue golf outing, and 

spent time with Pat (Ness) and Bob ’59 

Smith, as well as Bill and Linda Matz. 

They had another great time, but wish 

the College was not 400 miles away. In 

February, Pat (Ness) and Bob ’59 Smith 

with Bill and Linda Matz visited Sally 

(Reed) Foreman at her beautiful home 

in Jamaica. Pat said if you know them 

you were part of their conversations. 

Uh-oh! Our sympathy goes to Walda 

(Denny) Elliot’s family. Wally passed 

away April 6, 2012. Her life was filled 

with devotion to her family, a rewarding 

career in data processing, and a love 

of the natural country and travel. 

1962 

Betsy (Shelly) Hetzel 

152 Cottage Grove Drive 

Pasadena, MD 21122 

410-255-3407 

bhetzel1@comcast.net 

Our 50th Reunion was a HUGE success! 

Thank you to the 97 classmates who 

attended. To those who couldn’t come, 

we missed you. Some highlights: 

Everyone enjoyed the Thursday evening 

kick-off at the Majestic Theater followed 

by a delightful dinner at the cozy Café 

Saint-Amand. Les (Noyes) Mass’s 

Back to Pakistan class was well received. 

The Attic, a new venue for us, was the 

perfect spot for our Friday night social. 

Saturday, we were treated to a Class 

of ’62 breakfast at the hotel followed 

by President Riggs’ address and the 

awards ceremony where our class 

received a silver bowl for the highest 

percentage of members contributing 

to the College (72 percent). We also 

received a silver cup for the class with 

the largest percentage at the reunion 

(36 percent). Our total annual giving of 

$112,151 exceeded our goal, and we 

funded three — yes, three — $25,000 

scholarships. We surpassed ALL 

of our goals! Congratulations and 

thank you, Class of ’62. Also, our 

Sue (Hermann) Williams received 

the Meritorious Service Award for her 

many volunteer activities and inspiring 

service to the College. At our Reunion 

dinner, Holly (Achenbach) Yohe 

and Irv Lindley presented a very 

entertaining program, and we were 

treated to remarks by John Henry 

Wilkerson, the only African-American 

in our class. He shared his very 

positive experiences as a black man at 

Gettysburg. A fireworks display ended 

the evening. Some Reunion thoughts 

from our co-chair, Phil: “I had only 

positive feedback from our classmates. 

They enjoyed the programs, gatherings, 

and camaraderie, and they were glad to 

have made the effort to attend. We as a 

class should be very proud of exceeding 

our goals; our classmates showed their 

appreciation in their giving.” Our cochair, 

Sue, commented, “Our classmates 

were impressed by the weekend’s 

events, the campus, but mostly by each 

other and the love that came through in 

every conversation. Some people were 

reconnecting for the first time in 50 years. 

Our class has that special joie de vivre 

and compassion for each other, and it 

shows.” I’m saddened to end our column 

with two obituaries. Henry “Dick” Basso 

of Camp Hill, Pa. passed away in May 

2012. He was a member of Sigma 

Nu and retired from the Pennsylvania 

Department of Transportation. 

George K. Roberts died in April after 

a career in sales for Edgcomb Metals. 

He had a lifelong passion for soccer. 

George lived with lymphoma for six years 

and made sure his bucket list was complete. 

Our condolences go to both families. 

I look forward to getting your news! 

1963 


Susan (Cunningham) Euker 

1717 Gatehouse Court 

Bel Air, MD, 21014 

410-420-0826 

mimisu@comcast.net 

The Reunion committee has met several 

times to begin organizing for next year, 

so continue to call your classmates and 

plan for a great weekend! Ron Couchman, 

who worked for the College for 45 years, 

is putting together special collections for 

our class. He asks that we think about 

what it was like to be a student at 

Gettysburg in the early 1960s, what 

our Gettysburg education prepared and 

motivated us to do with our lives, and any 

possible college artifacts for a class exhibit 

during our Reunion. The committee will 

keep us informed about the project. 

Rich Foellner writes that he is still 

practicing small-town medicine in Illinois 

and loves it. He is boarded in family 

medicine, anti-aging, and regenerative 

medicine. Rich is looking forward to 

seeing everyone at our 50th. Russ Klauk 

writes that after he finishes recovering 

from knee replacement, he and B.J. will 

head back to Gettysburg to celebrate 

their 50th wedding anniversary. They 

plan to live in Carroll Valley, Pa. and will 

be at the Reunion next year. Russ writes 

that the main part of Gettysburg has not 

changed, which influenced their decision 

to return to Pa. to live. Penn and Sandy 

(Perry) ’64 Yeatman live in Kennett 

Square, Pa. and just celebrated their 

49th wedding anniversary. Penn retired 

from the family rose business, started 

his own insurance business, retired 

from that, and decided to work for 

Sandy in real estate for Prudential Fox 

and Roach. A lifelong golfer, tennis 

player, and platform tennis player, he 

and Bob Greenwood ’61 were nationally 

ranked in their age group last year. 

Penn and Sandy have three grown 

children and seven grandchildren. 

Grandson Andrew Carlino is a freshman 

at Gettysburg and is on the soccer team. 

Dorice (Walley) Bernard reports 

that she and husband Pete (NYU grad) 

love living in the south after being in 

New York. Both are students at the 

College of Charleston, taking courses 

in Spanish, Latin, and history. They 

love cruising; Europe is their favorite 

destination. Charles Bikle writes 

that he is active as an amateur radio 

operator (KC7VHZ), dealing particularly 

with emergency communications. A 

retired meteorologist, he helps out at 

the National Weather Service office 

during severe thunderstorm outbreaks 

in southcentral Montana. Musically, 

Charles continues to take viola da 

gamba lessons. He and Laura support 

the Baroque Chamber Orchestra 

of Colorado, which performs 17th- 

and 18th-century music on period 

instruments. Charles wrote that he 

plans on seeing us at the Reunion. 

Until next time, keep calling your 

classmates for a great time in 2013. 

1964 

Kathleen Gibbs 

24 Heatherwood Lane 

Bedminster, NJ 07921 

908-781-6351 

kathleen.gibbs@verizon.net 

Hi, all. Your Reunion committee is 

working to make our 50th in 2014 

memorable. If you haven’t been back 

to Gettysburg in a while, this is your 

last chance to celebrate as a group. 

The 50th Reunion class always outdoes 

all the other classes in donations and 

attendance. Be there! I am happy to 

share the publishing success of Tricia 

Dower (Patricia Wishart). She was a 

business executive before reinventing 

herself as a writer in 2002. Penguin 

Canada published her debut novel 

Stony River in July 2012. Her short 

fiction has appeared in The Malahat 

Review, Room of One’s Own, The New 

Quarterly, Hemispheres, Cicada, NEO, 

Insolent Rudder, and Big Muddy. Her 

short story collection Silent Girl was 

inspired by Shakespeare and longlisted 

for the Frank O’Connor Award 

and George Ryga Award for Social 

Awareness in Literature. In 2010, 

she won first prize for fiction in The 

Malahat Review Open Season Award. 

Born in Rahway, N.J., Tricia is a dual 

citizen of the United States and Canada. 

She lives and writes in Victoria, British 

Columbia. You can buy Silent Girl on 

amazon.com and check out Stony River 

at www.penguin.ca. Stony River, 

set in New Jersey, is an engrossing 

novel about growing up, finding your 

voice, and forgiving your family. 

Congratulations and good luck! On 

May 10, Dr. Edward H. Salmon 

was honored by the Jersey Shore 

Council Boy Scouts of America as 

their 2012 Atlantic County 

Distinguished Citizen. Your alumni 

magazine is published only three times 

a year, and my deadlines are months 

before publication. We all want to 

know what you are doing, even if you 

think we don’t care! For other news, 

go to gettysburg.edu/news_events 

1965 

Rev. Dr. John R. Nagle 

303 Whitehall Way 

Cary, NC 27511 

919-467-6375 

jrnagle@nc.rr.com 

I begin with sad news. C. Bruce 

MacArthur, 68, died March 5, 2012. 

Capt. MacArthur graduated from 

Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School, 

Md., Gettysburg, and George Washington 

University, D.C. He served as executive 

officer of the Navy Supply Corps School 

from 1983-1985. He is survived by 

his mother, five children, and nine 

grandchildren. Memorial contributions 

can be made to Navy Supply Corps 

Foundation, P.O. Box 6228, Athens, GA 

30604. His fuller obituary is online. Our 

thoughts go out to his family and friends. 

John H. McHenry Jr., 69, died March 

16, 2012 after a long fight against liver 

cancer. He is survived by his wife, two 

children, and four grandchildren. He 

worked for Sagner, Inc. in Frederick for 

five years, then joined his father who 

owned McHenry Associates, Inc. Later 

he became president of McHenry 

Equipment and McHenry Small Engine. 

Memorial contributions can be made to 

Calvert Hospice, P.O. Box 838, Prince 

Frederick, MD 20678. His fuller obituary 

is online. Condolences go to all who 

knew him well. Edwin “Alan” Harris Jr. 

passed away unexpectedly June 9, 2012 

of injuries from a car accident. He came 

to Gettysburg after serving in the Army 

as a language specialist in Korea. 

He began his career in the aluminum 

business. In 1991, he moved to 

Watertown and embarked on a new 

career as a financial advisor with the 

Legend Group. He is survived by his 

wife Dianne, two children, and two 

brothers. Contributions may be made 

to Literacy of Northern N.Y., 200 

Washington Street, Suite 300, 

Watertown, NY 13601. Chris Tragakis 

checked in. He has been in Sri Lanka 

for four years running an American 

international insurance company and 

loving the natural and professional 

amenities. He and Tina have been 

expats since leaving the Army in 1989 

and will retire in the southern United 

States in a year or two. Muriel Sabo has 

returned to middle school teaching, is part 

of her church’s choirs and council, and 

loves her four grandchildren. She joined 

the world travelers in a grand trip 

to eastern Europe and wants to do 

more. Barb Dahm Walser continues 

to enjoy traveling. Her latest venture 

was to Italy. She has quite the countriesvisited 

list! Can I hear from others of you 

soon? It’s been years since you’ve written! 

Thanks, John Jaeger, for your long 

service to the College and generous 

$5 million contribution that the College 

recognized by naming the Center for 

Athletics, Recreation and Fitness in your 

honor. Other classmates give to the 

college by serving on alumni committees, 

recommending potential students, and 

giving to the Annual Fund. Lanie ’64 

and I enjoyed meeting with area 

’Burgians this spring. You can maintain 

similar ties by marking your calendar 

for our 50th Reunion in 2015. 

Don’t let anything get in the way! 

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1966 

Gail (Geoghegan) Shaffer 

16915 Cottonwood Way 

Houston, TX 77059-3102 

281-488-8429 

gailnewmail@gmail.com 

Sally (Dress) Sawyer will take over 

as class correspondent beginning with 

the next magazine. Contact her at sally. 

sawyer@ymail.com or 717-334-6369. 

Thanks to Gail for her years of volunteer 

service! I’m happy to say that I got snail 

mail from Gary Algeier: “After 42 

years of practicing law, I accepted a 

judicial appointment and now serve as 

a New Jersey Judge of Compensations. 

Previously, I served as mayor and 

councilman in Randolph, N.J. I also 

refereed high school soccer and 

girls lacrosse. Kathy and I have four 

children (one a Gettysburg grad) and 

11 grandchildren. I keep in touch with 

Al Siss, a top sprinter on our 

championship track teams. He retired 

as an attorney and is now a novelist.” 

I also heard from the ever-faithful 

Ken Snowe. He just returned from 

Reunion Weekend. He says SAEs 

celebrating the 100th anniversary of 

their location at 41 West Lincoln Ave. 

included Dale Boyd, Frank Wolfgang, 

Joe Bavaro, Bob Demeo, Steve 

Gotwals, Jim Byran, and Jim Ward. 

Fred McNally couldn’t attend due to a 

last-minute conflict. The weather mostly 

cooperated, which made the weekend 

even better. Sally (Dress) Sawyer 

wrote that Rich still works two days a 

week for Maryland Treatment Center. 

She retired from teaching five years 

ago, and last October published her 

first novel, inspired by experiences from 

1967-70, during the turbulent Vietnam 

era. She wrote it as a tribute to Vietnam 

veterans and is donating a portion of 

the sales to nonprofit organizations 

which support them. The book, Prelude 

to Reveille: A Vietnam Awakening, is 

available in paperback, as an ebook 

on amazon.com, and at the College 

bookstore. Reviews, photos, events, 

and current veteran info are at 

www.sdsawyer.com Click the contact 

button; she enjoys hearing recollections 

of this era. John Button writes that 

he and Peach, his wife of 49 years, 

live in Moorestown, N.J. where he is 

mayor. Three of their four sons and 

six of their seven (soon to be eight) 

grandchildren live there also. Oldest 

son Jeff, born while John was still in 

college, lives in Alexandria, Va. Second 

son Greg graduated from Gettysburg in 

1988. While there, he met his wife Traci 

(DeLuca) ’90. John is CEO of a privately 

owned health care consulting business 

focused on physician practice issues in 

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. 

He and Peach have a summer home 

in Brewster, Mass. on Cape Cod. He 

recently caught up with college buddy 

and fraternity brother Bob Dimeo, 

who lives close by in Mt. Laurel with his 

wife Jill. Bob’s still working at Temple 

University in human resources. Sorry to 

report that Michael Pescatello died 

Jan. 22, 2012 of complications from 

esophageal cancer. Mike earned a 

degree from Vanderbilt University School 

of Law. He was a senior vice president 

at Northern Trust and managing director 

and CFO of the Northern’s Bay Area 

Region. He was a member of the state 

bars of California and New York. 

He left behind much family. 

1967 

Dick Matthews 

339 Devon Drive 

San Rafael, CA 94903 

415-472-5190 

RNMatthews999@yahoo.com 

I heard from Phil Santa Maria, who 

publishes a blog (www.philsantamaria. 

com) about life that he calls Forever 

Young. If you go there, look for an article 

called “Clowning Around.” You will see 

a story on and pictures of Ray Faczan 

and his wife Linda, who are volunteer 

clowns. See them in their full regalia. 

I can’t believe this is the same clown 

that I used to bang against in basketball 

practice every day at Gettysburg! 

I regretfully report the passing of 

Robert Harris, who was a family 

law attorney in Kailua, Hawaii. 

1968 


Susan (Walsky) Gray 

459 Lymington Road 

Severna Park, MD 21146-3503 

410-647-6216 

susangray2005@comcast.net 

Lawrence and Mary (Gatterdam) 

Folkemer wrote that another potential 

next generation ’Burgian arrived last 

November. Their grandson Noah Daniel 

joins older sister Lily (2). These little 

ones live in New York City, while their 

elementary-aged grandkids live near them 

in Frisco, Texas. They rejoice for their 

time with all of them. Ronald Reaves 

got a wonderful spread in the Frederick 

News-Post upon his retirement as pastor 

of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 

in Frederick, Md. Richard Porschen 

commented that he has been living in 

southern California with his family since 

1974. He worked as chief microbiologist 

at the VA in Long Beach where he 

discovered the bacterium Legionella 

longbeacheae. In 1979 he started 

Microbiology Reference Laboratory, which 

became the leading esoteric laboratory in 

infectious disease testing. He served as 

laboratory director. The lab is now named 

Focus Diagnostics, Inc. and is owned 

by Quest Diagnostics. Rich is working 

part time as scientific director and still 

enjoying his work. He hopes all is well 

with everyone. Have you saved May 30- 

June 2, 2013 for our 45th Reunion yet? 

Now is the time to get it on your calendar. 

You know how busy retirees can get! 

1969 

Jana (Hemmer) Surdi 

7 Condor Road 

Palmyra, VA 22963 

703-927-9224 

jansurdi@aol.com 

Carol (Bryson) Emrich retired in June. 

The last three years, she was a placement 

coordinator working with six programs 

to place high school juniors and seniors 

in a workplace experience for one to 

three days per week for a semester. In 

some cases, the experience led to job 

offers after school or upon graduation 

with opportunities for further education 

at the community college or technical/ 

apprenticeship training. She and husband 

Bob have four grandchildren in Chicago 

and two “granddogs” in Midland, Mich. 

only 30 minutes away. The children were 

a major reason to retire, the dogs not so 

much. Son David and his wife Katy have 

Caroline (3) and Oscar (1). Daughter 

Katie and her husband Mike have 

Sloane (4) and Leo (1). Alan Dolleck 

retired from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission in 2008 after more than 40 

years of service. He and his wife Jessica 

have been enjoying retirement since then. 

Donna Schaper reports how happy she 

is as senior minister at Judson Memorial 

Church in Manhattan. She has two 

grandchildren in Brooklyn and spent 

June in Australia. Vincent Keipper 

remains married to Eileen (Schmaltz) 

Keipper ’67, and they have three boys 

ages 28 to 33 and a granddaughter. 

He just retired from an internal medicine 

practice after 34-plus years, but is still 

medical director of two nursing homes, 

has formed a geriatric department in 

Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast, 

and was just named interim medical 

director of senior services for the entire 

20-hospital system for Carolinas Health 

Care. Adventurous travelers, they have 

been to all the continents but Antarctica. 

They like to hike mountains including 

the three highest in the continental U.S. 

and Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest. Google 

his name and see his glacier pictures. 

Mike Skinner, his wife, and Gene and 

Myra (Stein) Kain ’69 P’96, headed to 

San Francisco over Memorial Day for 

the wedding of the daughter of Bob and 

Janet (Haines) Lehman ’70. Recently, 

Mike was at a meeting of the board 

of a local charity on which he serves. 

Potential new board members were 

being discussed. As names came up, 

Mike had to keep saying, “They went to 

Gettysburg too!” Four out of the seven 

candidates were Gettysburgians. On a 

sad note, Harold “Hal” Capen Powell, 

64, a longtime resident of Annapolis, 

died Jan. 3 at home of natural causes. 

He is survived by his wife and son. He 

was president of the Baltimore Chapter 

of the Appraisal Institute in 1994. 

For over 35 years, he was a respected 

appraisal expert and a principal of two 

firms: Powell & Westholm, and Powell, 

Peabody & Associates. He retired to 

a consulting role in mid-2010. 

1970 

Marsha Barger 

409 Klee Mill Road 

Sykesville, MD 21784 

410-526-2165 

robfarin@verizon.net 

Nancy Connor wrote in February just 

after my last column was due, so here 

is her latest news. She has kept Nancy 

Springer as her pen name. Her latest 

suspense novel, My Sister’s Stalker, 

was to be published by Holiday House 

this past May. She said that it’s her 

“50-somethingth” book, but she’s not 

done yet. She and her second husband 

live in a rural area of the Florida 

panhandle where she can commune 

with more nature than she knows what 

to do with. I emailed Bob Carmany 

and he said he’s processing their 50 

broiler chickens. The three Yorkshire 

pigs are eating 25 pounds of food daily 

— not sure if that’s 25 pounds each or 

for all three. The laying chicks are cute, 

but some varmint is killing them. Bob 

has the shotgun ready. Eleven lambs are 

fattening up for autumn, and the garden 

is doing well. Active but fun days on the 

farm, he says. Carol (Infusino) Tokar 

wrote that she went to South America 

in January. She recommends seeing 

Machu Picchu and says Patagonia is 

gorgeous. I forget if I wrote before that 

her son is a Marine stationed in N.C., 

and her daughter lives in New York 

City. When Dharman (Alan) Stortz 

emailed, he was at the Buddhist Temple 

in rural Obama, Japan. He sent a picture 

of a cute cat that has adopted him, and 

he wrote that a monkey tried to steal a 

pumpkin from the kitchen. Who knew 

that we’d be involved with animals at 

this time in our lives? I hope you’re all 

doing well. Please write! 

1971 

Bethany Parr-White 

2012 Penn Street 

Lebanon, PA 17042-5771 

717-272-0806 

717-813-1706 (cell) 

bethanywhite22@comcast.net 

1972 

Chad Pilling 

4220 Morris Road 

Hatboro, PA 19040 

215-675-4742 

pillingc@jmsearch.com 

Under his pen name, Tenzin Norbu, 

Terry Moore just published a book 

of inspirational poetry, Ocean of 

Compassion, A Guide to the Life 

of Universal Loving. It is available at 

the usual online bookstores and even 

Pages of the Past Bookstore at 10 

York St., Gettysburg. He also wrote a 

column on spirituality for the first issue 

of a new PBS online magazine for baby 

boomers. It debuted in May of this year. 

Janet (Smith) Levy died March 26, 

2012 of early onset Alzheimer’s. You 

may remember her as a member of the 

College Choir. She worked in the Library 

of Congress as a paper conservator and 

later raised two sons with her husband 

Mark and enjoyed volunteering. We will 

miss Janet. Hope all is well with each 

of you. Please let me know what you 

are doing. 

1973 


Steve “Triff” Triffletti 

124 Long Pond Road 

Plymouth, MA 02360 

508-746-1464 (work) 

508-746-9205 (fax) 

fst@plymouthlaw.com 

1974 

Linda (Harmer) Morris 

1035 South Beecham Road 

Williamstown, NJ 08094 

856-728-3448 

mlmorris00@comcast.net 

Dave Love (davidmlove97701@yahoo. 

com) writes, “Just wanted to say that I 

retired from a career of teaching and 

not-for-profit management to open a 

craft brewery in Bend, Ore. Brew Wërks 

Brewing (www.BrewWerksBrewingCo. 

com) has six styles of northwest craft 

ales. Finally, my Gettysburg education 

is coming to the forefront.” Well, I’ve 

heard from Dave, and now I’d “LOVE” 

to hear from you. 

1975 

Joan (Weinheimer) Altemose 

12791 Camellia Bay Drive East 

Jacksonville, FL 32223 

jaltemose@gmail.com 

David B. Stratton was one of six 

partners in Pepper Hamilton’s Wilmington 

office named to the 2012 edition of 

Chambers USA: America’s Leading 

Lawyers for Business. The firm’s 

bankruptcy/restructuring practice is 

ranked among the top firms in Delaware. 

David is co-chairman of Pepper 

Hamilton’s Corporate Restructuring 

and Bankruptcy Practice Group and 

managing partner of the firm’s Wilmington 

office. He has over 30 years experience 

representing debtors, creditors’ 

committees, secured and individual 

creditors, and parties-in-interest as both 

lead and co-counsel in bankruptcy courts 

in the districts of Delaware and Maryland 

and the Southern District of New York, 

and other U.S. bankruptcy courts. Sadly, 

David Post of Middletown, Conn. died 

May 19, 2012 after a long, courageous 

battle with prostate cancer. For 30 

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years, David was a research analyst with 

the Connecticut Department of Labor 

in Wethersfield, where he met Connie, 

whom he married Nov. 30, 1985. She 

and sons John and Andrew survive in 

Middletown. It is sad that we are reaching 

an age where these notices are not as 

uncommon as we might hope. I recently 

lost my sister to a heart attack. So, as 

the holidays approach, value your time 

with your family and friends. And think 

about reaching out to your former 

classmates who would likely want to 

know what you’ve been doing. 

1976 

Joyce (Stepniewski) Chapman 

1601 Pickwick Lane 

Richardson, TX 75082-3011 

972-699-7425 

joyski2@tx.rr.com 

I haven’t received much news from the 

Class of ’76. It’s starting off as a very hot 

summer here in Dallas. Jodee Hetzer 

and Joe Calabro visited here in May, 

and we had a great time. In August, 

Rosie Santulli, Jodee Hetzer, and 

I will travel to Montreal to spend time 

with Cyn Gelay Van Order at her lake 

house. Mark Dombrowski was named 

to the Best Doctors List in the June 

issue of New York Magazine. He is a 

family medicine doctor at Hackensack 

University Medical Center in New Jersey. 

Congratulations, Mark! Please write — 

we all love to hear your news. 

1977 

Katie (Jackson) Rossmann 

3853 Lewiston Place 

Fairfax, VA 22030 

703-591-0317 

katie.jackson@verizon.net 

1978 


Dale Luy 

3928 Greenville Road 

Meyersdale, PA 15552 

drl1378@aol.com 

Thank you, Rebecca (Otte) Cavallo, 

for responding to our email request for 

news. Becky has been married to John 

Cavallo for 31 years and is living and 

working in Maryland. They have three 

daughters. The oldest, Katherine, is 

working on her Ph.D. in archaeology 

at Temple and doing research at the 

Plank House in Marcus Hook. Elisabeth 

is job-hunting after earning her master’s 

in interior design at the Corcoran. 

Youngest Nancy is married and living 

and working in Sykesville, Md. Becky is 

a media specialist in Prince George’s 

County. Due to budget cuts, she 

alternates weeks between two large 

schools where 59 different elementary 

classes use the two media centers in 

a span of two weeks, which adds up 

to about 1,500 students! One school 

was built in 1965 and the other in 

2008, so she time travels as well. 

Through genealogy work, she 

discovered ancestors from the 

Gettysburg area before the town was 

there! Congratulations to Donald Luy 

on the discus thrower he coached at 

Millikin University who won the U.S. 

Olympic trials — good luck at the 

London Olympics! 

1979 

George White 

16 Railroad Place 

Pennington, NJ 08534 

609-737-1439 

ghwhite3@yahoo.com 

This magazine’s winter edition included 

news of Jim Mackey’s passing. 

In his memory, Theta Chi fraternity 

brothers collectively donated $1,000 

to the Montgomery County (Pa.) SPCA. 

Participants were Mike Burrows, 

Jack Duffy, Jeff Pearson, Dave 

Petry, Rick Robb, and Tom “Vinnie” 

Vignola; Jeff Glisson and Bryan Kluck, 

both ’77; Vance Powers ’78; and Will 

Agate, Jim Banks, Dave Cowan, Bob 

Fuoco, Phil Janke, Gordie Jones, Scott 

McArthur, Jeff Shultz, Greg Skalny, 

and Mike Weiss, all ’80. Anne Casillo 

bowled this summer in the U.S. Women’s 

Nationals in Reno, Nev. She insists that 

the Professional Bowlers Association 

Tour isn’t next and that she really only 

went for the chance to see magnificent 

Lake Tahoe. Her daughter Christina is 

a junior at Gettysburg majoring in health 

sciences. Her other daughter Cathleen 

is a senior in high school and still unsure 

of her plans. The Casillo clan is set for 

a summer vacation with the clan of 

Debbie (Menne) York and Jane 

Anthon at Deb’s vacation home on 

the Outer Banks. Class of ’79 Chairman 

Casillo reminds everyone that our 35th 

Reunion is less than two years away, 

coming up fast in 2014! Anne says great 

suggestions came in 2009 and is already 

promising that it will be a great weekend. 

Contact her on the Gettysburg College 

Class of 1979 Facebook page if you’d 

like to help. 

1980 

Janelle (Neithammer) Downey 

936 Helen Avenue 

Lancaster, PA 17601-5221 

610-368-0537 

janellendowney@yahoo.com 

Greetings, 1980ers, from beautiful 

Lancaster, Pa.! I finally scored my dream 

job after volunteering for it 32 years ago. 

Yup, that’s right, I have been graciously 

handed the Class of 1980 correspondent 

reins by Leslie (Schindel) Ponder. 

Thanks, Leslie, and my other predecessor, 

M’Liz (Scotton) Reichers, for your 

dedicated hard work. I plan to tackle 

the responsibilities of the office at least 

until our 35th or 40th Reunion, and then 

possibly hand it off. That gives you three 

or eight years to think about taking it on 

next. There is no news to report for this 

issue. The number above is my cell, so 

if you’re technologically advanced, send 

me a text message. Otherwise, I look 

forward to hearing from you by a good 

old-fashioned phone call or email. 

See you at Homecoming in September! 

1981 

Barb Bittner-Jones 

8608 Coral Gables Lane 

Vienna, VA 22182-2307 

703-938-4544 (home) 

703-855-4544 (cell) 

barbbittner@gmail.com 

1982 

Kelly (Woods) Lynch 

90 Springs Avenue 


kelly.lynch@yahoo.com 

Another milestone is behind us as June 

marked our 30th Reunion! We had 98 

classmates back on campus for events 

including a class dinner at Schmucker 

Hall (our old library), a class photo in 

Bream Gym, and a moment of silence 

at the Veterans Memorial for our fallen 

and much missed classmates, including 

those lost in service to our country and 

by other means (a special shout-out to 

Scott Schoenborn for setting this up). 

The weekend also included music on 

the lawn at the Alumni House (the old 

political science building), featuring our 

own Pat Farrell (back on campus for 

the first time in decades!), Chip Folk ’81, 

George White ’80, and Doug Brouder ’83. 

There was also a “Cheers to 30 Years” 

champagne toast in the art gallery, 

with a welcome from Neal Bryant. 

On the outskirts of town, the Phi Sig 

pig roast took place and brought dozens 

back home to Gettysburg, including 

Chris Aloise all the way from Germany! 

If you missed it, why not put next year’s 

event on your calendar? At that time, 

the Class of ’83 will be celebrating its 

30th. It’s a great chance to catch up 

with friends who aren’t in our Reunion 

cycle; 2013 also marks the 150th 

anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. 

With so many classmates back on 

campus, my 500-word column limit is 

a bummer, but here are a handful of 

memorable moments and sightings: 

Steve Keen and Tim McBride 

recreated their infamous “Two AXPs in 

Drag” yearbook photo, posing in front 

of the original at the union building. 

Brenda (Brodt) Alek mastered the 

tambourine as Prime Time (now called 

Pennington Station) rocked our dinner 

and after-party. Lots of SAEs were 

back in town with Scott S. including 

Pete Sileo, Brian Bowersox, 

Dan Lewbart, Mike Kichman, and 

Tom Calvert. Some long-time-no-see 

faces also attended like Tom Roy, 

Kathy (Kilheeny) Stewart, Scott 

Woodcock, and Pam Van Hart. 

Carol (Syvertsen) Goedken 

made an 11th-hour decision to book 

a flight and come home to Gettysburg. 

Linda (Weaver) Towe’s stellar 

compilation of our class slide show 

was wonderful. We also had the class 

politician, Lawrence Cuneo (Mayor 

of Pine Beach, N.J.), and trustees, 

J.T. O’Connor and Bob Garthwait, 

in the house. “Rally-ers” like George 

Meyer and Dave Thorpe got friends 

to come back in droves. There was an 

all-pervasive laughter vibe, as noted 

by Pam (MacPherson) Brouder, 

Ellen Bakalian, Lynn (Myers) Alfano, 

Laura (Castrovannanni) Bohde, 

and many others. Committee chairs 

Beth (Martin) and John Critchley 

masterminded the event. Those who 

couldn’t be back the entire time like 

Kathy (Tarr) Coscia, Linda Tremeuth, 

Kevin Smith, and Frankie Nieves 

put on their road-warrior helmets 

nonetheless and joined us for part 

of the weekend. I could go on, but I’m 

out of space. Please check out the 

Class of ’82 group on Facebook. It is 

our hub for staying in touch with 

classmates. More next time! 

1983 


Leslie Cole 

184 Laurel Bridge Road 

Landenberg, PA 19350 

610-274-3385 (home) 

484-888-3280 (cell) 

leslie.cole22@gmail.com 

Earlier this year, Gettysburg memories 

were shared as Susan Pahides- 

Schultz, Leslie Murray and Dawn 

Konyhas-Sullivan met for lunch in 

Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pa. Leslie 

and Dawn are HPE teachers with 29 

years’ experience each! Leslie teaches 

at an elementary school and coaches 

high school field hockey on Long Island. 

Dawn teaches at Manchester Township 

(N.J.) High School. Sue works for a 

horse veterinarian near her West 

Chester home. Sue and Peter’s son 

Christopher is a junior at Gettysburg 

and a Lambda Chi like dad. By the time 

this is published daughter Katie will 

have graduated high school and started 

college. Dawn and Danny’s son Bryan 

is enjoying his first year at Loyola 

University Maryland. Almost 20 years 

passed since these women saw each 

other but they promised not to let that 

much time pass again in the future. 

Joyce Chambers-Barron writes that 

she did the married/divorced thing, 

lived in L.A. for 10 years, and moved 

back east. She’s been on Long Island 

since 1997. She’s been in sales for 

Harte Hanks, Dale Carnegie, and now 

Adecco. She is a client program manager 

for two national contracts. Her son Sean 

graduated from SUNY Albany in May 

2011 and followed mom’s footsteps 

into sales. She reconnected with 

Mimi Howard at a first-year Send-Off 

a couple of years ago. Mimi’s a personal 

banker for Chase in Locust Valley. 

Late last year, Joyce dined with 

Julie Vincent, Lynne Royer 

(now a Gettysburg trustee) and 

Carolyn Feeney. Lynne is a VP 

for Loomis, Sayles & Co in the San 

Francisco area. Peggy Crane-Vaughn 

and Jeff Vaughn live in West Chester, 

Pa. in an old home they’ve been fixing 

up for years. Peggy writes that they 

have a son in the business co-op 

program at Drexel and a younger son 

who was awaiting college notifications. 

Peggy spent a weekend in NYC with 

G’burg roommates Betsy Ruslander, 

who lives in Albany and is an attorney, 

Emily Tark Garrett, who lives in 

Doylestown with two teenage boys, 

and Connie Eisinger Ertel, who lives 

in Rockville, Md. with a daughter 

at JMU and son in high school. 

Last summer, Peggy and Jeff hosted 

a group 50th birthday party with 

Julie Vincent-Ostering, 

Joyce Chambers-Barron, 

Florence Izzo-Dzwonczyk, 

Amy Rowe-Ruymann and 

Andy Ruymann, Doug Mooberry ’82, 

Emily Tark-Garrett, Betsy Russlander, 

Connie Eisinger-Ertel, Rich Hurlbrink, 

John Geracimos, Dave Naser, 

John Watson, Doug Congdon, 

Becky and Brett Goodrich ’82, and 

Chris Connolly. In June, I married 

Brad Edwards, whom I’ve been with 

for almost nine years. He’s a wonderful 

man and it was a fun, small backyard 

event. The company I work for, ING 

DIRECT, was acquired by Capital One 

and so far, all’s well. Please write me 

about what’s new with you. 

1984 

Maureen (Rogers) Hourigan 

60 Beaver Dam Road 

Colts Neck, NJ 07722-1330 

732-219-5106 

maureenhourigan@optonline.net 

1985 

Kathy (Reese) Powers 

1812 Hanover Avenue 

Richmond, VA 23220 

Kpowers2@richmond.edu 

1986 

Liz LaForte 

502 Green Valley Terrace, SE 

Cedar Rapids, IA 52403-3256 

319-270-2160 

missyvan39@hotmail.com 

1987 

Jim Anderson 

13 Bay Hill Road 

Leonardo, NJ 07737 

732-291-3626 

andersonj27@me.com 

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1988 


Julie (Buoy) Whamond 

3 Elliot Lane 

Westport, CT 06880 

203-858-1734 

jonjabu@optonline.net 

1989 

Patty (Hunter) Lovett 

9000 Copenhaver Drive 

Potomac, MD 20854 

301-838-4533 

pattylovett@verizon.net 

Did you notice the blank column in the 

last issue? I wasn’t asleep at the wheel 

— you guys were! I know some of you, 

hopefully all of you, have interesting and 

exciting things happening that you’d like 

to share with your fellow Gettysburgians. 

Matt Owens joined Geoff McInroy ’93 

in starting a law firm, Owens Barcavage 

and McInroy LLC, in January 2009. A 

general practice firm in Harrisburg, they 

are thriving with seven attorneys. Matt 

continues to own and operate his title 

company, Keystone Central Settlement 

Company, and his commercial real estate 

company, Patriot Investment Associates. 

He has four two boys and two girls who 

are growing by the minute, and they 

all hope to attend Gettysburg. He is 

accepting donations as they are all close 

in age and could all be attending at the 

same time. Matt keeps in touch with 

John Stackhouse and Steve Ebner 

(left in 1987, but everybody loved him), 

as well as Jay Roncone ’88 and Ned 

Olney ’88. He still plays in a heavy metal 

band with Dr. Dan Feldman ’87. They 

changed their band’s name from the 

college days Silk and the Quake, when 

he played with John Potts ’90 and Will 

Paris ’90, to White Rooster. I would love 

to hear from those guys! They still play 

the bar circuit in central Pennsylvania! 

Erica Hauver is moving back to the 

Washington, D.C. area with her husband 

and their two beautiful Brit boys, Bryce 

and Cam. Welcome back stateside, 

Erica! The next deadline is Oct. 15 

for the winter issue. Please send me 

some news! 

1990 

Amy E. Tarallo 

52 Andrew Street 

Manchester, NH 03104 

603-548-4706 

aetarallo@yahoo.com 

Amy Lynch, husband Jeff, and son 

Aslan welcomed new daughter Zoe 

home from Vladmir, Russia in December 

2011 with great thanks to EAC, Inc. 

Amy graduated with her Ph.D. from the 

University of Delaware in 2009. When 

not at her favorite job of mom to their 

two Russian treasures, Amy coordinates 

the International Adoption Health 

Program at the Children’s Hospital of 

Philadelphia. She helps families with the 

process of adoption and transition of 

children into their forever homes. Amy 

(lyncha@email.chop.edu) welcomes 

anyone interested in adoption to contact 

her; she’d be happy to share information 

about agencies, countries, and 

transitioning children. Peter Wahlers 

(living in Harrisburg) writes about a 

recent mini Paul Hall reunion this past 

January. Peter, John Dunn (living in 

Rockville, Md.), Paul Wehmeyer, 

Steve Gaeta (living in Virginia), and 

former freshmen classmates, Brian 

Everley and Jonathan Bodwell, had a 

blast at JD’s. They heckled fellow Paul 

Hall friend David Sales by phone since 

he resides in Florida and could not make 

the gathering. Brian lives near Pittsburgh, 

but works in the Washington, D.C. area 

and is married with three kids. Jonathan 

Bodwell is living in West Virginia. Paul 

Wehmeyer and his wife Lara have a 

daughter, Katie (1). They reside in 

Tinton Falls, N.J. Paul is a web designer 

with Merck Co. Now, that is a gathering 

I would have liked to have joined! 

Laura-Lynn (Hilbert) Renner and 

husband Phil dine frequently with 

Tracy (Baker) Johnson and 

husband Jonathan, most recently 

in Bethany Beach, Md. where the 

Johnsons have a beach house. 

Tracy loves her job as head of human 

resources for FINRA. They live in style 

in a penthouse apartment in Bethesda. 

In June, Laura-Lynn got together with 

Leslie (Huckins) McCarey, Nancy 

(Oates) Cozzens, Chris (Hoffman) 

Joy, and Lauren Calia ’91 for a wedding 

shower for Jessica Lunde. They met at 

Tea on the Tiber in Ellicott City, Md. and 

spent the day roaming the the town and 

shopping. Several weeks later, the group 

gathered in the mountains of Thurmont, 

Md., joined by Andrea Masters and 

Carolyn (Guenther) King, for the 

wedding of Jessica to Aaron Shell. 

The wedding was held outside with a 

reception at Thorpewood Lodge. 

I recently enjoyed lunch with Laura-Lynn 

as she flew up for her now annual trip 

to Squam Art Workshops on beautiful 

Squam Lake here in New Hampshire. 

Laura-Lynn loves the creative adult camp 

where they have classes in photography, 

sewing, knitting, jewelry-making, 

embroidery, etc. Finally, some news that 

I have been hoping to share! In May, I 

defended my dissertation, Understanding 

Students with Autism in Higher 

Education, completing my doctoral work 

in education at Northeastern University 

in Boston. By the time you read this, the 

hooding ceremony will have taken place. 

Yippee! Please send news my way and 

enjoy the fall. 

1991 

Rachel Pope 

218 Daffodil Drive 

Freehold, NJ 07728 

732-845-4556 

owensmom926@optonline.net 

1992 

Gina Gabriele 

1 Jane Street, 1E 

New York, NY 10014 

415-271-3209 

gina.gabriele@gmail.com 

Class of ’92, you rock! Overall Reunion 

Weekend attendance hit an all-time 

record of 1,587, breaking the record of 

1,555 from five years ago. There were 

69 of us from ’92 in attendance. Ninetysix 

classmates (20.6 percent) gave gifts 

to the College. Our class gift came in at 

$29,193. Many thanks to all of you who 

gave back. For those who missed it, our 

Reunion Weekend was a wild success. 

After an executive decision to move the 

party from the Blue Parrot, we literally 

took over (what was) Townie on Friday 

night. Who knew Townie had a D.J. and 

dance floor? Saturday was a beautiful 

day as many of us walked around 

campus, shopped at the bookstore, 

checked out the rock climbing wall, 

lunched at (what was) GMan, had 

poolside cocktails at the Gettysburg 

Hotel, and enjoyed dinner on the patio 

at the Bullet Hole. As one committee 

member put it, “The weekend was 

awesome. There is something magical 

about Gettysburg and the Class of 1992.” 

I couldn’t have said it any better. Check 

out the Class of 1992 Facebook page 

and see what we mean. Many thanks to 

the folks in alumni relations who put 

it all together and to committee members 

Clare (McGlinn) Duffy, Jamie Gray, 

Kevin Larson, Fred Schoenbrodt, 

Rob Schwartz, Nicole (Ruman) 

Skinner, and Chairman Mark Wilde. 

What a memorable weekend and a real 

testament to the friendships that began 

over 20 years ago and the new ones 

created. All donations to the 2017 

Moustache Fund should be sent directly 

to Art Burg. Here’s to our 25th! 

1993 


Bridget (Donnelly) Collins 

5 Campbell Court 

Mickleton, NJ 08056 

bridget@collins-home.net 

Can you believe our 20-year Reunion 

is coming up? If you would like to help 

organize, please contact Jen Brennan ’01 

at jbrennan@gettysburg.edu. We need 

more Class of 1993 input! 

Meg (Annacone) Poretz had a busy 

year. She was married in October 2011 

and earned her master’s in tourism 

administration from The George 

Washington University. Congrats! 

Heather O’Neill (yoheathero@yahoo. 

com) is living in San Francisco and 

loving it. A freelance writer, she works 

for clients including Workforce, a Crain 

Communications publication, and does 

marketing for the JCCSF, Elemental 

Herbs, and Couples Chemistry. She also 

writes her own green living blog, Eco to 

the People, that reviews green products 

and services. Heather is still close 

with Halle (Mann) Shourds, 

Jessica (Wannemacher) Breitbeil, 

Gina Gabriele ’92, Christine (Adams) 

Beckett, and Brett Kokoruda. It was 

great to hear from Jennifer (Pontz) 

Slocum. Jen is a nurse practitioner at 

Planned Parenthood, and her husband 

is a law professor at Pacific McGeorge. 

They have two boys; Gavin is five, and 

Everett is two. I love hearing about alumni 

gatherings! This past winter, Rich Butler 

and Pete Sienkiwicz organized an 

alumni hockey game in York, Pa. Rich, 

Pete, Billy Michels, Jason Smith ’94, 

and many other alumni played. Hope 

to see many of you at Reunion! 

1994 

B.J. Jones 

140 W. 69th Street, #108 


baj1814@aol.com 

I hope everyone had a great summer. 

Please send updates via Facebook or 

email. Looking forward to hearing more 

from you in the coming months! 

1995 

Becky (Schneider) Keller 

576 Peachtree Lane 

Lake Zurich, IL 60047 

kellercb@sbcglobal.net 

Congratulations to Craig and 

Tracy (Schmierer) Diehl who 

welcomed their daughter, Avery Brandt, 

in November 2011. Avery joins big 

sister, Caitlin, who loves her new role. 

1996 

Ann Felter 

8005 Westmoreland Avenue 

Pittsburgh, PA 15218 

felterann@gmail.com 

Melissa Curtin is tearing it up in Los 

Angeles these days. After teaching for 

14 years, she launched a kid’s t-shirt 

line called Wear2learn. It’s on Facebook 

at www.facebook.com/wear2learn. 

She is also the L.A. city editor for Miss 

A, where she covers charity and stylerelated 

events in Hollywood plus beauty, 

fashion, restaurants, arts, etc. She’s 

been travel-writing for Johnny Jet, who 

has a show on Travel Channel. I know 

you all are busy keeping up with your 

GTL routines this summer, but please 

be in touch when you can. All news is 

news, so send it! 

1997 

Greer (Colvard) Bautz 

11224 Hurdle Hill Drive 


gcbautz@yahoo.com 

1998 


helen DeVinney 

8125 Mississippi Road 

Laurel, MD 20724 

hdevinney@gmail.com 

1999 

Elizabeth (Byrne) Villar 

350 East 82nd Street, Apartment 15A 


evillar@me.com 

Marc Solomon, attorney in the 

Birmingham office of Burr & Forman 

LLP, was recognized as a 2012 Alabama 

Rising Star in the area of bankruptcy & 

creditor/debtor. Rising Stars are attorneys 

who are 40 or younger or have been 

practicing for 10 years or less. No more 

than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in the 

state are named to the Rising Stars list. 

2000 

Marna (Suarez) Redding 

1457 Baker Avenue 

Niskayuna, NY 12309 

msredding@gmail.com 

Lisa (Kebel) Heck and husband Adam 

welcomed third child Nolan Parker on 

March 8, 2012. Big sisters Alexa and 

Kendall couldn’t be more excited. 

Lisa and family reside in Seattle and 

get back east as often as they can. 

Teddy Calabrese, wife Rebekah, 

and big sister Reese welcomed new 

addition Teddy Steven March 8, 2012. 

Suzanna (Nam) Naylor welcomed 

second daughter Emme Mae Oct. 4, 

2011. Emme joins big sister McKayla 

Nari, who just turned 3 on June 29. 

Freyan (Crishna) Bieri had her first 

son Kiyan Danillo on Nov. 17, 2011. 

She resides in Dubai. Jackie (Vinci) 

Banister and husband Paul Banister 

welcomed son Jack Charles June 4, 

2012. Jack weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 

20.5 inches long. They live in Malvern, 

Pa. Jim and Lisa (Brannigan) Trakis 

are busy. In 2008 Jim founded Fortius 

Physical Therapy (www.fortiuspt.com), 

a midtown Manhattan-based practice 

specializing in orthopedic and sports 

medicine, and his research on pitching 

injuries was published, with him as 

lead author, in the American Journal 

of Sports Medicine for his research on 

pitching injuries. In 2007, Lisa founded 

a portrait business specializing in babies, 

children, and families (www.lisatrakis. 

com) and has photographed Gettysburg 

families including Courtney (Davis) 

Moorhouse, Caitlin (Howard) Kirby, 

Shannon (Black) Smith, and Tara 

(Chipko) Olderman. Lisa also works 

as an environmental scientist for the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 

Jim and Lisa reside in Moorestown, N.J. 

with their children James Ryan (5), 

who loves sports of all kinds, and 

Lily (3), who loves to play dress up. 

Jenny (Smith-Rushton) Dixon has 

boys Jack (6) and Noah (4) and has been 

married nine years to Matt. They live in 

the Pittsburgh area. Jenny is using her art 

minor more than her psychology major! 

A stylist and contributing writer for several 

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party magazines and websites, she shared 

that “I have recently become a guest craft 

contributor on Tori Spelling’s website 

ediTORIal. It’s been great fun to get to 

know Tori and work with her site!” 

Wendy Witte lives in Arlington, Va. 

and works for Total Wine in their human 

resource department. She recently crossed 

an item off of her bucket list and went 

alligator hunting in the Everglades of 

Florida. Marna (Suarez) Redding was 

promoted to director of alumni affairs at 

Union College, overseeing the alumni 

and annual giving programs. Husband 

Earl Redding is a partner at Roemer, 

Wallens, Gold & Mineaux LLP, specializing 

in labor and employment law. 

2001 

Kathryn (Ferguson) Adams 

18 Peach Tree Trail 

Fairfield, PA 17320 

717-642-9254 

kfa711@gmail.com 

Lauren (Sassani) Abbott joined the 

Financial Services Regulatory Group of 

Reed Smith LLP as an associate in the 

Philadelphia office. Previously, Lauren was 

an assistant counsel in the Office 

of the Chief Counsel of the Pennsylvania 

Department of Banking. Congratulations 

to all the mamas and papas out there! 

Kim (Gaffney) and Cameron Groves 

welcomed third child Charlotte Jan. 2 in 

Bethesda, Md. Charlotte joins big 

brother Cam and big sister Caitlin. 

Amanda (Kelly) Hyde and husband 

Robert welcomed first child Olivia Faith 

March 2. Nicole (Evans) Rissler and 

husband Bob welcomed second daughter 

Skylar Renae in September. Nicole, Bob, 

and big sister Taylor reside in Sarasota, 

Fla. Siri (White) Phelps and husband 

Jimmy welcomed daughter Sullivan Kerry 

May 4. Sullivan joins big brother Harrison 

who turned 2 in April. Doug and 

Nicole (Love) Graber welcomed 

second child Nolan Frederick May 7. 

Nolan joins big sister Avery (3). Brad 

and Kjrsten (Tendall) Hersey welcomed 

daughter Lulu Margaret Aug.19, 2011. 

Lulu joins big brother Grayson. 

Kjrsten plans to attend a mini 

reunion at the beach this fall with 

Tonya (Mire) Fellona, husband Mike, 

and daughter Ella; Brian Orsinger 

and wife Joey; Amanda (Kelly) Hyde, 

husband Rob, and daughter Olivia; 

and Lori Bechtle. Thanks to everyone 

who submitted updates! Keep the 

news coming! 

2002 

Catherine (Dietrich) Pulse 

1386 Canterbury Way 


301-806-0762 

cath1dietrich@hotmail.com 

Congratulations on a successful class 

reunion! It’s hard to believe it was 10 

years ago that we completed our four 

years at Gettysburg. Here are a few 

updates. Raymond Gephart defended 

his Ph.D. thesis April 17, 2012 at 

Georgetown University. This summer 

he will begin a post-doc at the Naval 

Research Lab. Greer (Peden) Mancuso 

and husband Mark welcomed baby girl 

Isabella Jan. 1, 2012. Congratulations 

to you both! 

2003 


Jenn O’Hara 

26 Main Street 

Southport, CT 06890 

JennOH25@gmail.com 

2004 

Katie Orlando 

24 Tibbetts Road 

Fremont, NH 03044 

katierorlando@yahoo.com 

Wedding bells have definitely been 

ringing for our classmates! Beth Morrill 

and Andrew Giermak were married at 

Christ Chapel Jan. 18, 2009. In the bridal 

party were Steve Fuller, Eric Esser, 

Dr. Darcy Bates, Dr. Alisha Selzner, 

Kim Gould, and Jenna (Stephens) 

James ’03. Andrew recently took a job 

as deputy editor at the Sanford Herald 

in Sanford, N.C. Beth has been media 

relations manager at James Madison’s 

Montpelier for three years. Beth finished 

her M.A. in communications at the 

Johns Hopkins University this summer. 

Jillian Bednar and Kevin Vendituoli ’03 

tied the knot Sept. 24, 2011 in Boonton, 

N.J. Jenna Pabst ’03, Ashley Blakey, 

and Lillie Green were bridesmaids. 

Steve Vendituoli ’01 and Doug 

Henderson ’03 were groomsmen. Other 

attendees included Mike Connolly, 

Francis Spagnolleti, Ben Squire ’01, 

Larry Neilson, Hillary Brayton ’05, 

Dana Palumbo ’05, and Bruce Kelly ’85. 

Kevin and Jillian live in Little Compton, 

R.I. and are building a new house. 

Megan (Van Kirk) Poffenberger 

got married Oct. 1, 2011 to Kevin 

Poffenberger. Colleen Van Kirk ’08 and 

Kathryn Chongpinitchai were maids 

of honor. Joann Sullivan, Nicole 

Recore, Pam Cunningham, Sara 

(Barakat) Simpson, Jenni Russell, and 

Kerriann Van Nostrand attended. Erin 

Sears ’05 photographed the big event. 

Congratulations to Kelly (Gage) Mocey 

and Stephen Mocey, who were married 

on a beautiful 75-degree day in Reading, 

Pa. on Oct. 8, 2011. In attendance were 

Amy Farrell, Brian Ford ’05, Rachel 

Brach, Lindsay (Mantone) Novalis, 

Lindsay Stauffer, Ashley (Siembieda) 

Suchecki, Courtney (Steltz) Neese, 

Ryan Buchanan and Aaron Walker ’05. 

The couple spent the summer excitedly 

expecting their first child! In February, 

Dr. Nicole Recore was hired by the State 

of Nebraska Department of Corrections 

as their sex offender evaluator and 

psychologist. On May 19, 2012, she 

married Aaron Molina in a small ceremony 

in Massachusetts. Megan Van Kirk 

and Pam Cunningham were guests. 

Autumn (Taylor) Yates reports that 

Patrick Murray married Lane Conway 

on May 27, 2012 in Alexandria, Va., with a 

reception at Glen Echo Park in Maryland. 

David Yates and Dickson Mercer were 

groomsmen and Keith Swaney was a 

reader. Autumn (Taylor) Yates, Colleen 

Shemeley, Stephanie Guertin, 

Joshua Miller, and Kristen (Rimany) 

Swaney ’03 also attended. The bride 

and groom honeymooned in Washington 

State and British Columbia. They reside 

in Washington, D.C. On Dec. 14, 2011, 

Katie (Greenwood) Walo and husband 

Douglas JD Walo ’03 welcomed baby 

Jacob Daniel, who joins brothers Caleb 

and Sam. Katie is finishing her master’s in 

higher education administration at Eastern 

Nazarene College this coming December. 

She has been an associate registrar at a 

community college for a couple of years. 

David Thomas reports that he lives in 

Philadelphia and just graduated with a 

master’s in military history from Norwich 

University. Keep your updates coming! 

2005 

Holly Woodhead 

1900 S. Eads Street, #921 

Arlington, VA 22202 

908-715-9700 

holly.woodhead@gmail.com 

On Aug. 28, 2012, with only family present, 

Adrienne Lampe married Trent Gilbert 

at Olowalu Plantation House on the shore 

of Maui, Hawaii. The couple will continue 

to reside in Atlanta, Ga. Adrienne recently 

accepted the director of college 

counseling position at the prestigious 

Whitefield Academy. Karli Bowler 

graduated from Massey University 

Veterinary School in New Zealand and 

signed a two-year contract to be a 

practicing clinician at a small but busy 

animal clinic in Auckland. 

2006 

Monique L. Mathews 

Gettysburg College 

Box 533 


410-493-0020 

monique.mathews@gmail.com 

Jenel (Owens) Petersen husband 

Frank Peterson IV had baby girl 

Jeniah Feb. 14. Daniel and Lauren 

(McNamara) Gibson had baby boy 

Samuel Lyle March16. Candace 

Pfefferkorn was there to support the 

family. Remember when spring break 

was a week to look forward to? Now 

it’s just another week in March — but 

not for a few ’06ers who participated 

in the first-ever alumni service learning 

project in New Orleans. Crystal Ebert, 

Sarah Quinn, Ela Smas, Becky 

French ’05, Kate Banks ’05, Jason 

Parker ’09, and Devan Grote ’11 spent 

a week in NOLA, seeing firsthand what’s 

been going on since Katrina and lending 

a hand with ongoing rebuilding efforts. 

Crystal Ebert started a new position as 

area coordinator for the first-year 

experience at Warren Wilson College in 

Asheville, N.C. Kelli Very was recently 

promoted to national director of corporate 

relations at Cure Search for Children’s 

Cancer and now lives in Washington 

D.C. Hannah Schlesinger will start the 

master of public administration program 

at The Evans School of Public Affairs at 

The University of Washington this fall. 

Molly Hilldebrand, Stephanie Slater, 

Katie Wood, Maria (Barrios) Alejandra, 

and Jamie Booth hit it hard in Las Vegas 

for their annual meet-up. Molly recently 

passed her oral exam to move to the 

next level in obtaining her Ph.D. in 

literature at Tufts University. Steph 

graduated from the Quinnipiac Nursing 

Program and has moved to Santa 

Barbara, Calif. to continue her serious 

relationship with Ken Gates ’07. Katie 

is flying high and planning events at 

Emerald City Trapeze in Seattle. Maria 

finished her doctorate in physics and is 

working in San Francisco in a top-secret 

lab. Jamie is living the dream in Crested 

Butte, Colo. and will start a master’s 

program at the University of Colorado 

at Denver in historic preservation this 

fall. Heather Ruby graduated with a 

master’s degree in public administration 

from the Maxwell School, Syracuse 

University on June 29 and started 

working for the Maryland Department 

of Legislative Services in July. 

James O’Brien earned his doctor 

of medicine degree and will be doing 

residency training for four years 

through Jersey Shore University Medical 

Center. Meghan (Pojanowski) and 

Chip Donovan tied the knot on St. 

Patty’s Day. ’06ers in attendance were 

Chelsea (Flynn) and John Burger, 

Nicole (Pedota) Jackson, 

Dulcy Gregory, Margaret Schwarts, 

Marisa Early, Danielle Kruegar, 

and John Edgar. Allie Sievers 

graduated from the Penn State Dickinson 

School of Law in May. Korin Faulkner 

married Jeff Martin on April 27, 2012. 

Allison (Nix) Sullivan, Teresa Bryner, 

and Cheryl Williams were bridesmaids. 

Also in attendance were Dan Sullivan, 

Meghan Molly, and Brittany Bloam ’07. 

Jessica (Brach) Jensen married Kevin 

Jensen May 18, 2012 in New Jersey. 

Sister Rachel Brach ’04 was maid 

of honor and college roommate 

Chrissy (Jarcewski) Connelly 

did a reading. Beth (Nehlig) Luts, 

Patience (Bell) Hein, Kristen 

Toskes ’07, and Chris Broderick ’05 

attended. 

2007 

Stephanie L. Hafer 

4350 Oley Turnpike Road 

Reading, PA 19606 

610-914-9336 

haferstephanie@gmail.com 

Vince Costello is pursuing his master’s 

degree in social service in clinical social 

work at Bryn Mawr College. He will 

graduate in May 2013. Matt Dempsey 

recently received his master’s in 

communications from Fairfield University 

in Connecticut. In May Jessica Stroup, 

who resides in East Berlin, Pa., received 

her M.S. in information systems from 

PSU Harrisburg. This past spring, 

Abigail Treworgy graduated from the 

University of Chicago Booth School of 

Business with her M.B.A. She has begun 

work with Deloitte as a management 

consultant. Katie Stango graduated 

with an M.S. in student affairs in higher 

education from Miami University of Ohio 

and has moved to Chicago. Serena Day 

just completed her third year of medical 

school at Drexel University College of 

Medicine. Serena also got married in 

June in Atkinson, N.H., to Nathan 

Bishop. A New Hampshire native, he 

is continually impressed by his wife’s 

Gettysburg pride! Sarah West was 

a bridesmaid and Gettysburg biology 

professor Dr. Ralph Sorenson attended. 

The newlyweds honeymooned in Mexico. 

Sarah West just graduated from Nova 

Southeastern University with her Ph.D. 

in clinical psychology. Prompted by a 

scolding from her grandmother Shirley 

(widow of Gethin Kurtz ’54) for 

never appearing in the class notes, 

Lara Grieco finally decided to update 

us. Lara began her second master’s 

degree from the University of 

Pennsylvania where she works in 

the admissions office. She lives with 

Bethanne Mascio in center city Philly, 

where they zealously avoid acting like 

grown-ups. Bethanne recently earned 

her M.S. in education from St. Joseph’s 

University. After working as a registered 

nurse in the operating room at the 

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 

Jerome Jones was transferred to the 

same hospital’s emergency department 

earlier this year. Jerry is very happy 

about the new position, so congrats to 

him. Alexandria Barkmeier completed 

her degree at Georgetown Law in 

May and accepted a position as 

associate of national and federal policy 

initiatives at the Data Quality Campaign. 

Caity Atwood is a naval aviator 

stationed at Tinker AFB, Okla. She was 

promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 

March 2012 and earned the qualification 

of aircraft commander of the Navy’s 

E6-B Mercury in May. Wonderful news 

comes to us from Betsy Hamlett 

and Tom Heim, who welcomed baby 

girl Brooke Sara (6 lbs. 8 oz.) March 

14, 2012. Last year, Andy White 

earned his M.S. in environmental 

science from Indiana University and 

moved to Indianapolis, where he is an 

environmental scientist for Mundell & 

Assoc., Inc. Krystal Thomas recently 

received a new position as the digital 

archivist for special collections at 

Florida State University in Tallahassee. 

Kate Stocker completed her first year 

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lass notes To post news, click myGettysburg at www.gettysburg.edu n memory 

as an orchestra teacher at the Packer 

Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y. 

She received her master’s at Western 

Connecticut State University in May 

2011, and previously taught orchestra 

at Briarcliff Middle School in Briarcliff 

Manor, N.Y. 

2008 


Alison Pettine 

119 E. 11th Avenue 

Conshohocken, PA 19428 

610-308-9649 

alisonpettine@gmail.com 

Allyson (Thompson) Gwinn married 

her Gettysburg College sweetheart 

Christopher Gwinn ’06 May 26, 2012 

in the College’s Christ Chapel. The 

reception was at the Herr Tavern. 

Groomsmen included Dr. Graham 

Foose ’06 and Jon Cesolini ’06. The 

ushers were Mike Marrinan ’06 and 

Wesley Heyser ’06. Bridesmaids 

included Megan Gibb, Catie Batts, 

and Amanda Heller. In attendance 

were John and Kimberly (Grove) 

McMenamin, Elizabeth (Ryan) 

Bender, Christine (Nemetz) Heyser, 

and Adam Como ’07. University of 

Florida veterinary student Nicki Puza 

showed America how to make her 

cheeseburger cupcakes on April 10, 

2012 on The Martha Stewart Show, 

which airs mornings at 10 on the 

Hallmark Channel. Please be sure to 

mark your calendars for Sept. 27-29, 

2013 for our five-year Reunion! 

2009 

Jenn Amols 

8 N. Jenny Lynn Road 

Fredericksburg, VA 22405 

540-538-1989 

amolje01@gmail.com 

2010 

Emma Snellings 

P.O. Box 1468 

Wellfleet, MA 02667 

339-235-1086 

eesnellings@gmail.com 

2011 

Devan Grote 

107 Kaider Road 

Uniontown, PA 15401 

grotde01@gmail.com 

Though it has been a busy year for 

all of us since we said goodbye to 

Gettysburg, I’ve only received a few 

updates from classmates. In the spring, 

Anna Lusthoff accepted a job with 

Atlantic Media Company (The Atlantic, 

National Journal, and Government 

Executive) to support the president and 

group editor of Government Executive. 

She credits her experience at the 

Eisenhower Institute for providing her 

with fantastic opportunities to search 

for what she really wants to do in her 

career. Through networking with other 

Gettysburg alumni, Courtney Raneri 

landed a position as an underwriting 

associate for commercial real estate at 

Chubb in New York City. She continues 

to be active in Gettysburg alumni events 

and lives with two other Gettysburgians 

in the Big Apple. In May, I joined six other 

Gettysburg alumni and Gretchen Natter 

in New Orleans on the first Center for 

Public Service alumni immersion project. 

It was yet again another amazing CPS 

experience with six Gettysburg alumni 

that I can now call friends. Keep your 

eyes out for the next trip and GO! You 

won’t regret it! Until next time, send me 

your news — no matter how big or small! 

Members of the Class of 1962 gathered for a photo at their milestone 50th reunion last spring. Those pictured are identified at www.gettysburg.edu/links 

Ann Wahler ’31 and granddaughter Janet Smith Taylor ’98 

Anna (Weikert) Wahler ’31 died May 6, 2012 at 101. 

NBC’s Today show hailed her as the College’s oldest living 

alumna when she turned 100. She lived in Cranbury and 

Monroe Village, N.J. for most of her life. She earned her 

degree in math and taught until 1973. Her husband, Walter 

Wahler ’38, and siblings Catherine Trostle, Charles W. Weikert, 

and Philip Weikert ’41 preceded her in death. Surviving are 

daughters Audrey Smith P’98 (husband George) of Cranbury, 

N.J. and Carolyn Miller (husband Robert) of Nokomis, Fla., 

five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. 

’31 Anna Weikert Wahler, May 6, 2012 

’37 Roger E. Shaffer, March 22, 2012 

Kenneth E. Taylor, May 24, 2012 

’39 Dorothy Lengel Adams, June 4, 2012 

’40 Romolo D. Tedeschi, Feb. 9, 2012 

’41 Quentin L. Zell, March 16, 2012 

’43 Janice Weibley Alleman, June 14, 2012 

Eleanor Stratton Bacon, May 11, 2012 

Hilda Shaffer Ensminger, April 22, 2012 

Raymond L. Markley Jr., March 4, 2012 

William R. Thomas, Feb. 28, 2012 

’44 Margaret Beckley Brown, Feb. 27, 2011 

Barbara George Crilley, April 22, 2012 

’46 Robert E. Nale, June 28, 2012 

’48 N. Jean Ferguson Bink, April 18, 2012 

James M. Creighton, April 30, 2012 

James H. Davis, April 7, 2012 

George B. Ermentrout, Feb. 26, 2012 

Edward G. Frasso Jr., Nov. 3, 2011 

John W. Keller, April 19, 2012 

’49 George C. DeKrafft, April 2, 2012 

Richard R. Holmes, June 1, 2012 

’50 J. Wayne Blackman, Feb. 27, 2012 

Robert I. Brough Sr., May 30, 2012 

Harold E. Newell, Aug. 30, 2011 

John C. Palmer, April 20, 2012 

’52 Kenneth W. Aungst, Nov. 8, 2011 

Neel I. Cockley, May 14, 2012 

Joseph A. Compagnone, May 20, 2012 

Ruth Ballantyne Gladfelter, May 26, 2012 

Grenville Lewis III, Dec. 27, 2011 

Richard J. Terenzini, June 6, 2012 

Prof. Emeritus Robert H. Trone, April 6, 2012 

’53 Alan Hershberger, April 18, 2012 

Helen Hauser, 101, died March 7, 2012, the widow of 

honorary alumnus and Life Trustee John A. Hauser, namesake 

of the fieldhouse in the Bream-Wright-Hauser Athletic 

Complex and former president of Musselman Apple Products. 

She attended the Mary Baldwin School and earned a music 

degree at Temple University. Surviving are daughters Melinda 

Hauser Davis of Fairfield, Pa. Jane Hauser Patrono (husband 

A. Kim Patrono ’68), and Hannah Hauser (husband Arturo 

Ottolenghi), both of Gettysburg; seven grandchildren; and 10 

great-grandchildren. Son John Samuel Hauser preceded her 

in death. 

Prof. Emeritus Emile O. Schmidt, founder of the Department 

of Theatre Arts, died Aug. 1, 2012, as this issue went to press. 

He joined the faculty in 1962 and retired in 1999. 

Religion Prof. Emeritus Robert H. Trone ’52, 81, 

died April 6, 2012. He taught from 1956 to 1997. In addition 

to his Gettysburg degree and a year’s study at the Lutheran 

Theological Seminary in Gettysburg, he earned a B.D. at Yale 

Divinity School and an M.A. and Ph.D. at Catholic University of 

America. He was ordained a minister in the United Lutheran 

Church. His wife of 57 years Betty Jean (Brazos) Trone, five 

children, and six grandchildren survive him. 

’55 Ronnie L. Reitenauer, March 22, 2012 

William J. Weitzel, June 22, 2012 

’56 James H. Lythgoe, May 11, 2012 

Salvatore D. Marziale, April 26, 2012 

Harold J. Schriver, May 11, 2012 

’57 Royle Kipp, May 19, 2012 

’58 Richard V. Anastasi, May 9, 2012 

Frank A. Capitani, June 22, 2012 

Ronald E. Peirson, April 11, 2012 

Robert R. Van Saders, July 1, 2012 

’60 Richard A. Davies, Feb. 25, 2012 

’61 Walda Denny Elliott, April 6, 2012 

’62 Sandra Van Cleef Adams, May 7, 2012 

H. Richard Basso Jr., May 23, 2012 

Evelyn Freiberg Eldridge, April 5, 2010 

George K. Roberts, April 25, 2012 

’65 E. Alan Harris Jr., June 9, 2012 

C. Bruce MacArthur, March 5, 2012 

John H. McHenry Jr., March 16, 2012 

’67 Robert M. Harris, April 13, 2012 

’72 Craig L. Hile, April 19, 2011 

Janet Smith Levy, March 26, 2012 

’74 Stephen C. Pease, March 10, 2012 

’75 David F. Post, May 19, 2012 

’87 Daniel J. Cox, April 26, 2012 

Prof. Emeritus J. Richard Haskins, June 15, 2012 

Helen Hauser, March 7, 2012 

Instructor Robert M. Knight, June 5, 2012 

Barbara J. Platt, Feb. 1, 2012 (widow of Prof. Charles Platt) 

Prof. Deborah L. Rapuano, June 22, 2012 

Prof. Emeritus Emile O. Schmidt, Aug. 1, 2012 


arting shot Dr. Orin Levine ’89 

n 1986, as a sophomore 

at Gettysburg College, 

I accompanied my dad, a 

pediatrician and vaccine researcher, 

on a two-week trip to Rwanda. 

I was instantly smitten with 

Africa, and in 1987 I returned — 

this time to Kenya, as part of a 

program through the School for 

International Training. 

The program taught me a lot, 

but the real highlight was a month 

spent living with a Kenyan family in 

Kibera, on the outskirts of Nairobi. 

My “Kenyan mom” Priscilla and 

my siblings Bonita, Emma, and 

Shuggah accepted me as a part 

of the family. I saw them again in 

1988, but sadly, we lost contact as 

I pursued a career in global health. 

Seven years later, while 

working at the U.S. Centers for 

Disease Control & Prevention, 

I became involved in my current 

life’s work — helping accelerate the 

uptake of Hib & pneumococcal 

vaccines to prevent pneumonia and 

meningitis in developing countries. 

The World Health Organization 

needed help guiding developing 

countries in measuring their disease 

burden and developing a plan to 

accelerate these vaccines, and I was 

given the opportunity to contribute. 

At that time, no developing 

countries routinely used Hib 

vaccines, and pneumococcal 

vaccines were not yet licensed, 

even in richer countries. I was 

young and naïve, but thrilled to be 

working on something I thought 

was important. 

Much has changed since 1995. 

I now have two beautiful daughters 

of my own — and just last year, 

pneumococcal vaccines were 

introduced into Kenya’s National 

Immunization Program, just 

months after they made their 

debut in the U.S. — something 

that once would have been 

thought impossible. 

So, it was with tremendous joy 

that I returned to Kenya last year 

to take part in the pneumococcal 

vaccine rollout. I couldn’t hide my 

smile as I sat in a Kibera health 

center and watched a health worker 

immunize a beautiful baby girl. 

Without the efforts of international 

agencies, the Kenyan government 

Unexpected 

Returns 

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on Twitter: @OrinLevine 

48 • www.gettysburg.edu/links 

and others, these parents would 

never have been able to afford 

the vaccine on their own, and 

their children would have 

gone unprotected. 

The week also took a personal 

turn: I reconnected with my 

Kenyan family. I spent the 

afternoon with my siblings and 

their children in the same Kibera 

neighborhood where we lived in 

1987. Shuggah was now a man over 

six feet tall with a son of his own. 

Emma, then just 5 years old, 

was now a mother and expecting 

a child. 

As it turns out, Emma gave 

birth at Mbagathi Hospital less 

than 10 hours after we shared a 

meal together. By total coincidence, 

I was visiting the hospital the 

following morning. And so it was, 

nearly 25 years after my college 

visit, I had the dual satisfaction of 

meeting the newest member of my 

Kenyan family, and knowing he’d 

be protected by vaccination against 

pneumonia and meningitis, just like 

my kids are in the U.S.A. 

— excerpted from original article at 

www.huffingtonpost.com 

As this issue went to press in 

August, the Bill and Melinda 

Gates Foundation named 

Dr. Levine director of vaccine 

delivery within its Global 

Development Program. 

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maybe you were dreaming of owning your own 

business, or writing a great novel, or being elected to 

Congress. Maybe your economics course, your writing 

seminar, or your internship on the Hill helped that 

dream come true. Or perhaps you discovered a new 

path at Gettysburg, and today you are teaching fifth- 

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