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WILKES COLLEGE ARCHIVES
Eugene Shedden Farley Library
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WILKES COLLEGE
Report...
Winter, 1973-74
Campaign Plans Oui'lined by Umphred
The advance gifts portion of the annual
Wilkes College Campaign assumed an active
status during a recent meeting in the cam
pus board room when William Umphred '52,
chairman of the current drive, outlined plans
for the appeal which will carry into spring
of next year.
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Umphred, an executive with the Common
wealth Telephone Co., holds the unique dis
tinction of being chairman of the campaign
and chairman of the Planning and Develop
ment Committee of the Wilkes College
Board of Trustees.
The kickoff meeting included a welcome
and message of encouragement from Wilkes
President Francis J. Michelini, who was in
troduced by Umphred. Dr. Michelini told
the gathering of key community residents
that there is a "continuing need for support
to Wilkes College during this second post
flood year."
It was announced by Umphred that the
original need after the flood to cover areas
not included in the assistance provided by
federal funding was $2,200,000. The last
campaign raised $1,618,730 in pledges from
alumni, friends, foundations, corporations
and bequests.
The balance of $581,270 continues to be of
vital importance to the completion of the
college's flood recovery plans and has been
designated as the goal of the campaign now
getting underway.
During the advance gifts campaign efforts
will be aimed at obtaining pledges that will
lead into a goal of $250,000 for the commu
nity and alumni phases of the appeal in the
spring. The balance needed to meet the goal
Members of the advance gifts committee for the annual Wilkes College Campaign met
last month in the board room on the campus to map plans for the drive during the current
academic year.
Left to right are (seated) John M. Coon, E. B. Mulligan. Richard Hogoboom, Frank M.
Henry and Richard Ehst.
Standing — Wilkes President Francis J. Michelini, Carl Zoolkoski '59, division leader;
Thomas Peeler, division leader; Joseph J. Savitz. campaign planning committee; William
Umphred '52, campaign chairman; Thomas Kelly ’69, college director of development; and
Clark Bittner, division leader.
Absent when photo was taken were the following members: Thomas Kiley, chairman of
the board of trustees; Louis Shaffer, past-chairman of the board; Charles Epstein; Thomas
Shelburne, campaign vice chairman; and Division Leaders Harold J. Rose, Jr. and Frear
Scovell.
hopefully will come from private sources
outside the area.
Information provided for use in this
campaign by Thomas Kelly, college director
of development, revealed a tax credit pro
gram which is expected to be an aid in
obtaining gifts.
Kelly explained that the Pennsylvania De
partment of Community Affairs has recog-
nized a need to assist flood-affected students
at Wilkes and has declared the college eli
gible under the Neighborhood Assistance
Act Program.
This action means that the college can
solicit support from Pennsylvania corpora
tions, banks, savings and loan associations
and insurance companies. Gifts received
(cont'd on page 8)
CATLIN DISPLAY OPENS SOKDONI GALLERY
Participants in the press conference which
announced the formal opening of the Sordoni Art Gallery and the George Catlin col
lection at the college were,left to right: Prof.
Henry Casilli, chairman, Wilkes College Art
Department; Vivian Varney Guyler, director
of the new Sordoni Art Gallery; Andrew J.
Sordoni III, president, Sordoni Enterprises;
Wilkes President Francis J. Michelini; Sylvia
Danoff, coordinator of the Catlin Exhibition;
and Prof. J. Phillip Richards, member of the
Art Department.
Thirty-six paintings from the seldom-cir
culated national collection of works by
George Catlin were placed on public display
by Wilkes College for a six-week period on
Nov. 25 at the Sordoni Art Gallery, which is
included in the new $6-million Stark Learn
ing Center on the campus.
The collection was brought to Wilkes Col
lege on loan from the Smithsonian Institu
tion's National Collection of Fine Arts and
the National Gallery of Art.
Catlin, who was born in Wilkes-Barre in
1796, gained international acclaim as a por
trait painter and a miniaturist, but is best
known for his paintings of the American In
dian. His works date back to almost a cen
tury and a half and represent his work with
both North and South American subject
matter.
Wilkes College President Francis J. Michel
ini called the presentation of Catlin paint(cont’d on page 6)
�Testimonial to Eugene S. Farley
A "Testimonial in Memoriam" to Dr. Eugene Shedden Farley, first president of Wilkes College who died unexpectedly on September 17, was adopted
as an official and lasting tribute in action taken by the Administration, the
Faculty and the Board of Trustees.
Announcement of the action by the three
major bodies of the college was made by
Wilkes College President Francis J. Michel
ini, who read the testimonial before each
group.
The "Testimonial in Memoriam" reads:
"The President, Administration, Faculty
and Trustees of Wilkes College address this
resolution in memory of their late colleague.
Eugene Shedden Farley, the first president
of Wilkes College.
"As long as there is a Wilkes College the
name and spirit of Eugene Shedden Farley
will linger in the hearts and minds of those
who will walk along the pathway of educa
tion that he brought forth from nothing but
inspiration and hope and made into a vi
brant, productive educational womb.
"Each of us knew him in a different way.
And, yet, in many ways we knew him in the
same way as children in a large family come
to know their parents.
"He was a man who could be as gentle
and compassionate as a warm Summer
breeze gliding across a farmland. And when
the occasion arose, he matched the barriers
that stood in the way cf progress with a
fierce determination and thunderous temper
ament that swept aside seemingly impas
sable obstacles.
"The man whose memory we honor in this
testimonial was a dreamer. But he dreamed
of goals he was willing to fight to attain.
And when he had attained them, he dreamed
beyond.
"When he passed away suddenly on Sep
tember 17th cf this year, he had achieved a
goal that far surpassed anything that even
he had dared dream cf almost four decades
earlier.
"He had not only built a magnificent edu
cational institution, but he had accomplished
a parallel goal cf helping a cnce-depressed
community share and grew with his institu
tion of higher learning.
"Wilkes College will never stop missing
Dr. Eugene Shedden Farley because there
will be forever a part of him involved in
every step forward.
"Ten years ago to the month that he
passed away. Dr. Farley addressed the in
coming freshman students on the subject of
'Great Thinking Is High Adventure/
"What he said in the closing two para
graphs of that address are worth repeating
in this testimonial. The words, which he was
so adept at lacing together in a way that in
vited you to think deep, appear now to have
been almost a final message of guidance.
This is what he said:
Perhaps I should now tell you that I could
wish to venture with you in your quest for
high adventure and magnificence. Although
this is my desire, it is only a desire, 'fou will
soon outstrip me, for each generation must
move beyond the generation that precedes
it. If your years at Wilkes are productive,
your thoughts and your understanding will
—.ore beyond the generation that assists with
your education. Those of :-.s who are your
teachers would have it so. for this is our
purpose and our desire.
1 hope,, with all my heart, that you will
gain the necessary
neo essam: vision and dp-np'm
develop the
essential ccapabilities. Great effort and great
self-dzsdpli
cline will be repaired of you. Satisfaction inc constructive work may be your
greatest reward.
"With these guiding final words and the
memories that each of us holds of Dr. Farley,
we pay this honor to the memory of Eugene
Shedden Farley, never forgetting that he
humbly sought only to point the way to the
accomplishment of goals that men as dedi
cated as he would dream of after he had
departed."
-CeMuiitg (Men
Begiiw Pkm Turn
Bids have been sought on construction in
excess of $l-million by Wilkes College (o
complete the third and fourth floors and
construct a 300-seat lecture hall of the new
Stark Learning Center on South River Street,
Wilkes-Barre.
President Francis J. Michelini identified
the next step in the completion of the $6million learning center as "Phase II" and
explained that it represents a continuation
of a specific plan that had been reviewed and
approved by the board of trustees.
The college is currently using the fourstory brick building on a limited basis, but
President Michelini and members of the
board are anxious to see the structure com
pleted so that the improved facilities that
will be included can be made available for
instructional purposes as soon as possible.
Progress on the construction was delayed
for a period because of the flooding in June
of last year. This has resulted in the con
clusion of the interior work on the first two
floors being continued at present in parts of
the section being used.
Completion of the upper two floors of the
building will provide facilities for the com
puter center; the Department of Environ
mental Science; psychological testing facili
ties and experimental psychology labora
tories under the Department of Psychology;
nursing laboratories, offices and classroom;
and classrooms for the Department of Math
ematics.
President Michelini expressed his appre
ciation for the assistance from friends of the
college and private industry and business
during the recent campaign, which provided
a sizeable portion of the more than $l-million that will be needed to cover the cost of
completing the center.
The Wilkes president explained that the
flood-caused delay in construction worked
against efforts to complete the building un
der cost estimates set prior to the disaster.
During the interim construction costs have
gone up sharply. This has caused great con
cern to the college in planning for comple
tion of the new learning resources center.
Statement of ownershi;
ip. management and circulation (Act of August 12, 1970;
Section 3685, Title 39, United
1
States Code).
Date of filing: October 31, 1973.
Title cf publication: Wilkes College Report.
Frequency of Issue: Quarterly.
Location cf known office of publication: Wilkes College Alumni Office,
170 South Franklin Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvaniaia 18703.
6. Names and addresses of editor and managing editor:
Editor, George G. Pawlush, Wilkes College, WillIkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
Managing Editor, Lynn Jacobs, Wilkes College,, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
9 Extent ar.d nature
Single issue nearest to
Ay. no. copies ea. issue
Of C-fCulatlOn
filing date 10/31/73
during preceding 19
12 mne
mos.
Total number of copies printed.........
9,500
9,500
B Paid circulation
None
None
D Free distribution (including samples)
by mail, carrier or other means.........
8,500
. ... 8,500
E. Total distribution
8,500
8,500
F. Office use, left-over, unaccounted,
spoiled printing
950
. 950
G. Total
.. ... ........... ...................... .
9,500
.9,500
I certify that the statements made by me above are correct and complete,
George G. Pawlush, Editor
ALUMNI MEET CHALLENGE
Whitby Reflects on Recruitment
"Alumni have played a major
role in aiding admissions in the
past and we hope that they will
continue to help us in the fu
ture," was the way Dean of Ad
missions John Whitby reflected
on the contributions of alumni
in student recruitment.
"It is usually difficult for
many to engage in recruiting
because of jobs and other com
mitments," Whitby said, "but
many of our graduates, espe
cially in the teaching field, have steered prospective students to
ward Wilkes."
"Anyone can help and we urge alumni to seek out interested
students. A good start would be to fill out the form below and re
turn it to the office as soon as possible. We will take over from
there and forward an application and catalog," Whitby added.
In the near future, the Admissions Committee of the college is
preparing a list of guidelines which should spell out additional
alumni involvement.
During a break in this year's homecoming activity. Atty. Jeffrey
Gallet '64 was presented a certificate of appreciation for his lead
ership in the 1973 national alumni fund drive. Participating were,
left to right, Dr. Francis J. Michelini, Wilkes president; Atty. Gallet:
Art Hoover ‘55, Director of Alumni Relations; and Carl Havira ’60,
regional vice-president, Wilkes Alumni Association.
Wilkes College traces its gift giving back to 1937 when Con
yngham and Chase Halls were presented to the college by Mrs.
Bertha Conyngham and by Admiral and Mrs. Harold Stark.
To adapt these buildings to college use, a sum of $30,000 was
requested from the community and the effort exceeded its goal.
This was followed by gifts from two trustees, Gilbert McClin
tock and Dorothy Darte. These donations were for the purpose of
assisting deserving students with the problems of tuition.
Since these early efforts the college has alternated annual cam
paigns to raise scholarship monies with special campaigns for
funds with which to acquire or construct essential facilities.
By far one of the most ambitious drives ever conducted was
the recently completed "Alumni Challenge" which was charged
with raising $300,000 from 3,000 alumni by June 30,1973.
It took some late-hour activity by many concerned alumni
using such means as a local telephone campaign which made over
1,000 calls in the Wilkes-Barre vicinity, but the goal finally was
attained.
Art Hoover, Director of Alumni Relations, had nothing but
praise for the many workers and alumni donors: It is hard to
single out any one person but it was rather gratifying to see so
many people working together to achieve our challenge.
Special tribute was paid during the 26th Annual Homecoming
Weekend to Atty. Jeffrey Gallet '64, who headed the 1973 Alumni
Fund appeal down the stretch.
Gallet, a member of the law firm of Seavey, Gallet, and Fingerit in New York City, was instrumental in directing the "Alumni
Challenge" to meet its goal.
A resident of Bayside, New York, Jeff is married to the former
Jill Marks. Gallet, a Political Science major at the college, grad
uated from the Brooklyn Law School in 1967. He recently received
a faculty appointment at the Brooklyn school to teach real estate
law.
Bi A RECRUITER
Do you know a high school student who may be inter
ested in coming to Wilkes College?
If you do, the Admissions Office would appreciate hear
ing from you. As an alumnus of Wilkes, you are the best
"resource person" we have.
Upon receipt of the form below, the Admissions Office
will follow up from there. Mail to the Office of Admissions,
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT
Student's name
Address
City
State.
.Zip-------------
Phone .
Will graduate from high school in
Name of high schoolMy name is_
I was a member of class ofAddress ----------
City.
Comments:
State-
.Zip.
�1973 HOMECOMING HIGHLIGHTS
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One of the most successful alumni homecomings in Wilkes College history came to a
close on Sunday w ith a combined ecumenical-memorial service for Dr. Eugene
Farley at
the Center for the Performing Arts.
Some cf the principals and guests at the tribute included, left to right----- Congressman
Daniel J. Flood. Reverend George Conway ’70, who delivered the sermon; Reverend Dr. Jule
Ayers, who paid tribute to the late president; and Richard Simonson '69, chairman of the
Amid all the pomp and ceremony during halftime ceremonies of the Wilkes-Upsala Homecoming grid contest. Dr. Michelini is shown introducing the
queen and her court of princesses. Pictured left to right with their escorts are Princess Kathy Mansbury, Warren Township, N.J.; Princess Monica DeLucca,
Hazleton; Queen Marjorie Czulewicz, Wilton, Conn.; and Joanne Bartie, Montgomery, N.Y.
“Get the Quarterback” was the theme of
another of the many campus displays. This
colorful one was positioned alongside Chase
Hall.
Homecoming Weekend.
Normally a non
spectator sport, the
Wilkes cross country
team received full
exposure as the 4.7mile race started and
The 'awn opposite
Weckesser Hal! is
ended at Ralston
Field during the first
quarter of the
Homecoming football
game. Tom Kelly ’69
started the Colonel
and Rider harriers on
their jaunt through
Kirby Park.
the site for the
Chemistry C-'ub's
“No Oarsir.g Arc-r.d
with the Norsemen'’
along with a Viking
boat built with
chicken wire and
crepe paper.
Football and other sports was a favorite conversation piece among returning grads as some former
gridders from the not so distant past held a pre-game discussion in the Adams Room of the Hotel Sterling.
Shown in session are (left to right) Michael Connolly ’69, Luzerne; Mrs. Michael Connolly, Joe Skvarla ’69, Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Joe Skvarla ’71, Mrs. Paul Merrill, Paul Merrill ’69, Glen Lyon; Mrs. James Wolfe,
Jim Wolfe '72, Wilkes-Barre.
Most of the Homecoming
attention was focused on
the grid tilt which attracted
4500 alumni and fans to
Ralston Field. The Colonels
didn't disappoint the largo
throng, belting Upsala, 32-7.
Freshman Mickey Calabrese
(23) is being pulled down
while Coach Rolllo Schmidt
watches, "Fifth Quarter
Huddle" which followed at
Homecoming 1973 offered returning graduates a chance to renew old acquaintances
as well as make new ones. Enjoying the fellowship are, left to right — Dr. Rudy Schonfeld
’63, Parsippany, N.J.; Mrs. Rudy Schonfeld, Mrs. Ronald Silverstein '63, Ronald Silver
stein, Parsippany, N.J.
Artillery Park was a very
successful innovation.
Taking a brief interlude during Friday night's activities at the Hotel Sterling are
left
to right___ George Murdock '60, Wilkes-Barre: Mrs, George Murdock. Mrs. Richard Rees
*62. Mountaintop: and Sam Lowe ’58, Washington, D.C.
�Colonel Winter Teams Eye Banner Campaigns
It should be a winter of excitement for
Wilkes College athletic teams with each of
the four varsity squads heading into com
petition with optimistic thoughts.
Colonel wrestlers embark on a most am
bitious slate with no less than seven major
university opponents on tap.
Coach John Reese has silenced all skep
tics, putting his lifetime 155-32-6 coaching
record on the line against the likes of Lehigh.
Navy, Oklahoma, Army, Syracuse. Hofstra.
and Massachusetts, plus perennial college
division powers North Dakota State. Mont
clair State, and East Stroudsburg State.
Wilkes registered a 16-2 log last annum.
NCAA has split its immense college divi
sion into separate Division 21 and Division
III classifications and the college will share
in the historic move by hosting the first
NCAA “Division III tournament on March
1-2,1974.
Coach Reese is banking his hopes on nine
returning lettermen to fill out eight of ten
weight classes. Biggest question mark in
Reese's plans comes in the 118- and 126pound classes where the veteran taskmaster
must fill voids left by the graduated Bob
Roberts and Jay McGinley.
Leading candidates for the vacant berths
are freshman Rich Mahonski [125), a for
mer PIAA State champ; and freshman Lon
Balum (126).
A real dogfight exists at the 134-pound
class where sophomore Dave Ellis. 9-0-1 in
duals; senior John Chakmakas, 8-1-2: and
senior co-captain Art Trovei, 29-3-3, are vy
ing for the same spot.
One of the losers will shift to 142. Trovei,
a fifth place NCAA finisher, occupied the
position last year but would have a better
chance going all the way at a lower weight.
Senior co-captain Mike Lee is set at 150
and equally has the credentials to capture a
national title. Mike, 27-2-1 in dual wars,
placed third in the 1972 confab.
Depth could be a factor from 15S to heavy
weight as Coach Reese has only experienced
senior Gene Ashley 15E 9-5; sophomore
Jim Weisenfluh (167;, 9-4; senior Bob Yanku
(177), 17-13-2; junior Joe Grinkevich i'I9C),
16-9-2; and junior Al Scharer (Unlimited),
7-2-1, at one deep in the experience roster.
Some relief is expected from sophomore
Wayne Sherman and junior Jeff McDonald.
Both have the tools to break into the start
ing lineup.
Lycoming, Elizabethtown, and Delaware
Valley are quickly dosing the talent gap,
making it tougher and tougher for the Col
onels to repeat as Middle Atlantic Confer
ence crown holders. Wilkes has won five
straight and 12 of its last 17.
Cage tutor Rodger Bearde enters his third
year at the Colonel helm with most of last
year's squad returning. Blue and Gold bare
ly missed making the post-season Middle
Atlantic Conference playoffs last winter and
will try to make amends this time around.
Bearde guided the hardwooders to a 13-11
effort in 1972-73 and seems to have the
Wilkesmen believing in themselves. This
year's unit will be molded around a quartet
of players — Clarence Ozgo, a 6-4 junior;
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Greg Buzinski, a 6-6 junior; Steve Ference. a
5-11 junior; and Jack Brabant, o-4 sopho
more.
Wilkes College closed its 1973 fall sports
Ozgo. who may be the key to success, campaign with mixed emotions as all teams
missed a good portion of last year due to a
finished below pre-season projections,
pre-season injury and could manage only a
Caught in a rebuilding program, the foot
5.C production per game. He is tough oft the
ballers of Roland Schmidt gave it a real go,
boards and totted an 11.2 mark as a frosh.
producing a 5-3 record with a sophomore
Biggest Colonel is Buzinski, who finally
laden squad.
found himself as a college center last year,
The Blue and Gold just barely missed cop
posting a 12.9 offensive showing while lead
ping its sixth Northern Division title, ending
ing the Beardemen in rebounding with 207
in
a virtual 5-1 dead heat with Juniata in the
boards.
conference standings. The Colonels lost the
Ference is the squad's floor general who crown when the Hazlett tie-breaking system
also can rebound and score, as his 11.1 per
was applied.
tilt shooting would suggest. He is a cat on
Complete Wilkes grid results had tri
defense.
umphs over Susquehanna, 20-13; Lycoming,
Brabant created a major sensation as a
25-0; Upsala, 32-7; Juniata, 25-15; and Dela
rookie, zipping the cords for 103 points in ware Valley, 23-7. Setbacks resulted to
his first five outings. Finally cooling oft. he Moravian, 23-6; Ithaca, 39-6; and Kings
nevertheless paced the Colonels on the
Point, 34-13.
scoreboard with 14.5 totals.
The soccer charges of Tom Rokita also felt
Major pitfall facing the Beardemen will be
the pangs of inexperience, but capped their
to overcome the obstacle of playing six of 5-7-1 dual season with a bid to the Eastern
their first seven games on the road. If the Collegiate Athletic Association (ECAC)
Blue and Gold can survive. then they will be
Southern Regional Tournament. The Blue
in good shape to finish above the .500 level.
and Gold nearly pulled away with all the
marbles, beating Susquehanna, 5-3, in the
1 Mikes is scheduled to play in the Scran
opening record, before losing to Franklin &
ton Christmas Tournament. Dec. 25 and 29,
Marshall, 2-1, in the championship finale.
and the Tenth Annual Pocono Classic, Jan.
Despite improved performances, the Col
22-24. The Colonels neve- have been able
onel cross country team, in its third varsity
to garner tournament honors.
camapign,
went winless, 0-14, against tough
Blue and Gold swimmers begin their sec
competition.
ond season under Joe Shaughnessy at the
Rounding
out the autumn menu was a 6-5
beautiful and spacious Coal St. Aquadome.
winning effort by the women's field hockey
Immediate goal of the sophomore mentor is
team. The Colonelettes of Gay Meyers were
to double last year's 2-10 win output.
impressive, tackling their best schedule in
Intricate man in Shaughnessy's strategy history.
is senior 'erf Walk, who accumulated 66
points last winter. Walk occupied the 200yard breaststroke and individual medley
sopts and showed constant improvement.
Other bright spots in the Wilkes lineup
are senior Bob Krienke, sophomore Gary
Wilkes College soccer team celebrated its
Taroli, freshman Joe Abate, and sophomore
Silver Anniversary (25th) this year with ap
Maureen McGuire.
propriate ceremonies during Parents' Day
The final name represents a breakthrough
activities at Ralston Field on Nov. 10.
in MAC intercollegiate play which now al
Highlight of the festivities was the selec
lows coeds to compete on a male team if
tion of an all-time all-star team. Honored
there are no women's teams in that sport.
by booter fans were:
:: • _
r :r - -.-.omen's
Goalie: Charles "Chip" Eaton '74.
basketball camp of Sandy Bloomberg as the
Fullbacks: Ed Manda '69, Bob Linaberry
Colonelettes achieved a 6-6 record in a so'73, Jerry Yaremko '69.
called rebuilding year.
Halfbacks: Jim Kennedy '69, Jim Ferris
Back intact from last year's roster are
'56, Joe Morgan '60.
junior Ann Tracy, 7.3 average; sophomore
Line: Flip Jones '55, Nick Giordano '59,
Susan Funke, 6.0 average; sophomore Diane
Rich Beck '68, Younsu Koo '56, Carl Havira
Jones, 5.8 average; and sophomore Diane
'60.
Long, 5.1 average.
Soccer Team Celebrates
Silver Anniversary
CATLIN (continued from page T)
ings "a most appropriate selection as the
opening exhibit in the new Bordoni Art Gal
lery, which marks one of the greatest contri
butions ever made to the cultural wealth
of not only the college but the people of
Wyoming Valley and Northeastern Penn
sylvania."
Commenting on the origin of the new gal
lery, A. J. Bordoni Ill, president of Bordoni
Enterprises, issued the following statement:
"The Bordoni Art Gallery was given to
Wilkes College by The Andrew J. Bordoni
Foundation, Inc., to encourage the apprecia
tion of art. The Gallery is dedicated to dis
playing and preserving works of art and to
serve as a teaching aid,"
"In the future, the Gallery will be the
home of a substantial portion of the Bordoni
family's collection. Shows and exhibits will
be featured at the Gallery for the benefit of
students and the general public. The donors
hope that the Gallery will be a source of
pleasure and inspiration to everyone inter
ested in fine arts,"
ASoamm
Holes
STEPHEN KOSTAGE '71 was recently appointed to
the faculty of Keystone Junior College, La Plume,
Pennsylvania.
JOHN SHASKAS '71 received his master's degree
from Purdue University School of Veterinary Medi
cine. He is married to the former KATHRYN CON
NOLLY '72.
A daughter, Lisa, born on May 25, 1973, to Mr. and
Mrs. Muir Pualuan. Mrs. Pualuan is the former
ALICE YURCHISON, 65.
A daughter, Kristin Suzanne, born on August 23,
1973, to WILLIAM '62 and BARBARA WEBB ACK
ERMAN '60.
ROY KESSEL '73 was recently married to Mary Ann
Chrastina. Roy is presently working toward his mas
ter's degree.
THOMAS FASCHING '72 has been accepted to begin
studies for the priesthood at Mount Saint Mary’s
Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland.
IRVIN SNYDER '63 is Chairman of the Department
of Microbiology at West Virginia University at Mor
gantown.
THOMAS RICHARDS '69 is employed in the General
Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., and is on a
three-month assignment in La Paz, Bolivia. He re
sides with his wife, Nancy, in Occoquan, Virginia.
The following Wilkes alumni received advanced de
grees from Pennsylvania State University in August:
PAULETTE MONCHAK '72, master's degree in edu
cational administration; FRANK POLANOWSKI '61,
Ph.D. in biology; JOYCE ROTHER '71, master's de
gree in statistics; and JOHN STROBEL '66, master's
degree in engineering science.
A scholarship to the Fred Waring Music Workshop
has been established in memory of RUTH ANN REMLEY FIGART '57 who was stricken ill while visiting
friends in Stroudsburg and passed away in the Mon
roe County General Hospital on August 10. Ruth Ann
taught music in North Jersey and recently lived in
Rochester, N.Y., where she was accompanist-pianist
for the Rochester School District. She was married
to WILLIAM M. FIGART '57.
DAVID DUGAN '66 was recently married to Diane
Panzarello. Dave is pursuing his master’s degree
here at Wilkes and is employed by Owens-Illinois as
an industrial engineer.
A daughter, Angela Marie, born on July 24, 1973, to
Mr. and Mrs. BILLSTAAKE '71.
JOHN PISANO '73 is employed by Price Waterhouse
and is residing at 1275 Rock Avenue, North Plainfield, New Jersey.
IRVING MENDELSSOHN '69 received his master’s
degree in Marine Science in August from the College
of William and Mary in Virginia.
The appointment of Dr. JOSEPH ALEO '48 as assis
tant dean for Advanced Education and Research was
recently announced by Temple University School of
Dentistry.
GINA WHITE '70 is studying German at Heidelberg
University in Heidelberg, Germany.
LUTHER HALL, JR. '70 was recently married to Heidi
Grey. He is an art teacher in the Groton school sys
tem and also a director of education TV in Groton.
DR. JAMES J. JOHNS '69 recently announced the
opening of his offices for the practice of dentistry at
210 Carverton Road, Trucksville, and 142 South
Sherman Street, Wilkes-Barre.
ROBERT HERMAN '63 recently received his master’s
degree in counselor education from Marywood Col
lege, Scranton.
ANN UZUPS 71 and ROBERT TINNER, JR. 71 were
married recently. Ann is employed by the Hanover
Area School District while Bob is employed by the
Hanover National Bank of Wilkes-Barre.
Shirley Jones, the former SHIRLEY SHAMUN 70, re
ceived her master’s degree in art education from
Kutztown State College in August.
The director of the newly-established nursing pro
gram at Luzerne County Community College has
announced the appointments of Registered Nurses
CORA PORTER '62 and RUTH SEEHERMAN '54 to
the nursing program’s instruction staff.
KAREN TREVETHAN 72 recently became the bride
of David T. Gilmore. She was a member of the
teaching staff of the Wilkes-Barre Area School Dis
trict. They will reside in Portage, Indiana.
ELLIOT STAHLER 71 is a sales representative with
Metropolitan Life in Santa Ana and began his
studies in law at Western State University at Ana
heim in September.
DEANNA GALLI 73 became the bride of Robert S.
Sabola recently. Deanna began teaching in the Wy
oming Area School District this Fall.
KENNETH WIDDALL '50, higher education consultant
at Buchart Associates, has been selected the repre
sentative of the north-east region to the Council of
Educational Facility Planners, Ltd.—Nations Schools
Committee on Design Laws.
ELENA DeROJAS 73 recently became the bride of
Charles Eichorn.
ROBERT ERICSON '66 is an assistant cashier with
the First National City Bank, New York.
ROBERT KUTZ '64 is the new attendance director at
Tyrone Area High School, Tyrone, Pennsylvania.
RICHARD TOTH 72 was recently appointed assistant
manager of the Somerset Trust Company’s Main
Street office.
KEITH C. SWANSON 70 was recently married to
Caroil Johnston. Keith is presently employed at
Charmin Paper Products as the process and instru
ment specialist.
Susan Strechay, the former SUSAN SMITH 71, is a
buyer's assistant with Sears, Roebuck & Co., New
York City. Susan is married to ROBERT STRECHAY
*69, who is a financial analyst with Allied Stores
Marketing Corporation, New York City.
JACQUELINE ZACK 72 and NEIL LANGDON 72 were
married in October. Both are employed by the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, Washington, D.C.
GEORGE C. HARRISON '61 was married to Kay E.
Webb in August. George received his Ph.D. in math
ematics from the University of Virginia and has
began his appointment as assistant professor of
mathematics at Norfolk State College, Norfolk, Va.
HENRY DEIBEL ’56, chairman of mathematics at
Centenary College for Women, has been named
registrar of that college.
STEWART HARRY ’69 was married to Sharon Turner
in August. He is on the staff of Wyoming Valley West
School District.
RONALD FRITTS 72 was recently married to Kath
leen Fetch. He is employed by the State Depart
ment of Welfare at Youth Development counselor at
the Youth Forestry Camp No. 2, White Haven.
DAVE KASCHAK 71 has been named assistant foot
ball coach at Bishop O’Reilly High School in Kings
ton.
CATHERINE DeANGELIS ’65 has accepted a position
as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics with a secon-
dary appointment in the School of Public Health at
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York
City. Also on the staff of Columbia Presbyterian is
DR. WILLIAM J. DAVIS '61.
HO-NAN SUNG ’70 was recently married to ChingRu Tai. They will reside in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
JOHN BAUMAN '52 has been named a senior ac
count representative in the Paramins department of
Exxon Chemical USA.
PATRICIA McHALE '71 recently became the bride of
Ronald Forand. Patricia is employed by Houghton
Mifflin Publishing Company, Boston, Mass.
BLASE L. GAVLICK, II '73 was recently married to
Jean Gilroy. He is a sales representative with CUTCO,
a division of ALCOA Aluminum, Wilkes-Barre.
SUZANNE WENN1G ’71 and ROBERT E. STARK ’70
were married in August. She is teaching at the
White Haven Elementary School. They reside at
Indian Lake, Bear Creek.
CARL BABUSHKO '70 is an audit officer with the
West Side Bank in Scranton.
MICHAEL WOLYNIAK '68 was recently married to
Mary Loftus. Mike is a senior municipal examiner
for the New York State Department of Audit and
Control.
MICHAEL SCHWEFEL '63 is general counsel and
secretary for Coleco Industries, Inc. He resides in
West Hartford, Connecticut.
Victoria Wallace, the former VICTORIA ZAVATSKY
'56, will be included in the list of "Who's Who of
American Women” for 1974-75. She is director of
the Northport (Long Island, N.Y.) Public Library.
ANDREW CHEPLICK '70 was recently married to
Anne Marie Dixon. He is an accountant for Johnson
and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ., and is a mem
ber of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
FRANCIS H. OLIVER '68 received his D.O. degree
from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
in June.
DR. WILLIAM SORBER '67, a doctoral student at the
Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest
University for the past three years, has joined the
Bucknell University faculty as an assistant profes
sor of biology.
JOHN LONG '72 was married to Mary Agnes Bedner
in July. He is associated with Raymon M. Eaton, Cer
tified Public Accountant, Forty Fort.
GEORGE MORRIS '63 was awarded "Salesman of the
Year” by Excello Shirt Company, a division of Kyser
Roth.
JOHN ANDERSON '72 was married to Barbara Aidrich in September. He is a graduate assistant, work
ing toward his master’s degree here at Wilkes.
Susan Morris, the former SUSAN CONNER '69, is
the manager of student organizations at Virginia
Commonwealth University on the Student Life Staff.
ANN C. BARNES '70 and RAYMOND SIMCUSKI '71
were married in September. They reside at High
Acres Apartments, 93, Syracuse, New York.
MICHAEL McDonald '72 received his master's de
gree in political science from Western Michigan
University at Kalamazoo, Michigan.
JOHN R. TASKER, III '73 was recently married to
Dorothy Taylor. John will enter Drexel University in
January.
PHILIP WHITE '61 was recently named regional di
rector of the Region VI office of the Food and Drug
Administration in Dallas, Texas. He is married to
the former FAITH EDWARDS '60.
ELLIOT SCHOENBERG '73 was married to Renee
Silverman in August. He is vice president of Brucelli
Advertising Company, Scranton.
�Wilkes Alumnus
Elected To Bench
Education JUJuhwI Swiwq
To All Former Student Teachers:
Having experienced the reality of what it
means to be a teacher, you are now in a
position to evaluate the quality of your
preparation for the position you fill.
You can help us to improve our teacher
preparation program by answering the ques-
lions below and returning the attached sec
tion to us. Please feel free to write us in
greater detail if you wish; we value your
suggestions.
Cordially yours,
EUGENE HAMMER
Education Department
DETACH
TVilkes College gained the distinction of
having one of its alumni elected to the Lu
zerne County Court of Common Fleas in the
recent general election.
Arthur D. Dalessandro '49 was selected to
serve a full ten-year term. Judge Dalessan
dro was appointed to his post by Governor
Shapp on Dec. 31.1971.
The Exeter resident is the second member
of the Wilkes College Alumni Association to
be elected to a judicial post. A fellow mem
ber of the Class of 1949, Edwin M. Kosik
was elected to the Lackawanna County
bench last year.
Graduating with a KS. degree in Com
merce and Finance, the Luzerne County
justice later attended the Dickinson School
of Law, where he received a Doctor of Law
Dergee in 1954.
A trial lawyer for 17 years, Judge Dales
sandro has practiced in the U.S. Supreme
Court, U-5. Court of Appeals, and various
Pennsylvania Courts.
He is married to the former Florence Yas
ko Darling of Hanover Green. The Dales
sandros are parents of a son, David.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
THOMAS J. MORAN, Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
................. Editor
George G. Pawlush
.Alumni Notes
Lynn Jacobs ...........
WILKES COLLEGE
REPORT...
Winter, 1973-74
NOTICE
The Wilkes College REPORT
is published by Wilkes College
quarterly. Entered as second
class mail matter and second
class postage paid at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania 18703.
1. What year did you graduate?--------------------------2. Was your preparation in (a) art, (b) elementary, (c) music, or
(d) secondary education?
3. Have you earned an advanced degree?
,(a) no,
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mactor'c
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(b) master
’s only, rinrtnrata
(c) doctorate
4. Was your preparation for teaching (a) good, (b) fair, or (c) poor?
5. Compared to your colleagues from other colleges, was your prep□ration (a) better, (b) about equal, or (c) poorer?
6. Which part of your program was most helpful to you: (a) general
courses, (b) major courses, or (c) professional courses?
7. Please identify what you consider to be (a) the strengths and (b) the
weaknesses in your program of preparation.
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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
WILKES COLLEGE
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18703
CAMPAIGN (cont'd from page 1)
from these organizations by June 30, 1974
will result in the donor receiving a state tax
credit amounting to 50 percent of his gift. In
making Wilkes College eligible for this pro
gram a ceiling of $123,750 in tax credits has
been established.
The next meeting of the committee will be
on Wednesday, Dec. 5. At this time division
leaders will report on the progress of the ad
vance gift campaign and will consider selec
tions for team captains in the general com
munity campaign to be held in the spring.
A report sent recently to individuals and
private organizations broke down the areas
of need not covered by federal funds as they
existed prior to last year's drive to raise
$2,200,000.
These needs are:
1. Replacement of Library Holdings (The
cost of replacing lost volumes by microfilm
and the extensive labor cost of handling and
cataloging such replacements adds increased
burdens on the college.), $250,000.
2. Scholarships to Flood-Affected Students
(Several hundred students resided in the
flood area and stand in need of financial
aid.), $350,000.
3. Supplies (Federal funds provide replace
ment of a one-month stock of supplies. Like
most firms and institutions, the college kept
an inventory of several months' supplies
which were consequently lost.), $300,000.
4. Landscaping (Replacement of shrubs,
lawns, trees, and gardens is not provided for
by federal assistance.), $100,000.
5. Learning Resources Center (The com
pletion of this facility, already under con
struction, was vital to the college prior to
the flood. Post-flood recovery plans relate
even more heavily to this crucial facility.),
$1,200,000.
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WILKES COLLEGE ARCHIVES
Eugene Shedden Faney Library
WILKES COLLEGE
Report...
Spring, 1974
ALUMNI BEGIN QUEST ON MILLION-DOLLAR GOAL
Community Phase Surpasses $250,000
If the community phase is any indi
cation, the Wilkes College 1974 Cam
paign is off and running on its goal to
raise the one million dollars needed
for student financial aid, construction,
equipment, and completion of state re
quired renovations to the campus.
Final report luncheon in the com
munity phase of the campaign on
March 27 revealed that over 200 vol
unteer workers had raised $253,000.
Although one part of the drive is
completed, the total campaign is far
from over. "As we begin our alumni
solicitations we are approximately
$750,000 short of our goal," stated
Art Hoover '55, Director of Alumni
Relations.
In a recent letter to all alumni, Dr.
Richard Rees '62, chairman of the
1974 alumni phase stated. "Some of
the headlines in newspapers today in
dicate the plight of many institutions
of higher learning — particularly pri
vate liberal arts institutions like
Wilkes College."
Wilkes College president Francis J, Mlchelii
[974
left, and Dr. Rick Rees '62, chairman of the 19z«»
alumni drive are shown going over plans for the
current one million dollar campaign. Alumni arc
faced with a key campaign role.
Among the first to respond to the alumni phase of the 1974 Wilkes College campaign were four
graduates, who form the backbone of Mark IV Homes Incorporated of Taylor, Pa.
Making a recent $1,000 presentation to Art Hoover ’55, Director of Alumni Relations, is John
J. Thomas ’59, left, president of the mobile home division. Looking on. left to right is Larry Catanzaro
’70; Bill Montague ’68, treasurer; and Chuck Huey '66. Tom Kelly ’69, director of development, is in
tho background.
Rees furthered, "Wilkes, like all of
us, has had to cope with spiraling costs
and inflationary pressure while, at the
same time, maintain its academic ex
cellence."
"Increasingly, independent liberal
arts colleges must turn for help to
their alumni — former students who
have benefited from educational ex
periences at those institutions," Rees
said, "Wilkes is no exception. But, in
another sense, Wilkes is an exception
because of the extra demand on its re
sources brought about by the flood
disaster of 1972."
At the final report luncheon of the
community phase, conducted at the
Hotel Sterling, expressions of appre
ciation were communicated to the
workers by Wilkes College Board
Chairman Thomas H. Kiley; Francis
J. Michelini, president of the college;
and Thomas Kelly '69, college director
of development.
The community phase of the cam
paign drew its first response at a
luncheon meeting on Wednesday,
February 27, with a kickoff at which
James N. Wade, special assistant to
Governor Shapp, delivered the major
address.
At the final meeting Kelly re
minded alumni and friends of the col
lege that although there has been a line
of success in the first phase, the one
million dollar mark remains the major
goal.
"This is where we must pick up the
ball," added Hoover, who has been
working very closely with Rick Rees,
"I'm confident that the close to 9,000
alumni will do their part in making the
million dollar plateau a reality."
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graduates?
ded into two main areas—
n remains d concerned wilh the aggremacroeconom ^nd microeconomics congafe Jwi"h consumers, firms and industries
cernpd as the main role players whose be
havior
free.
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Problem "’as that' dor ran out of the
first day °ur >’ou 8 "k over from panic as
smarts. Kalaon,arnX half-hour plus «
the realization an0'“ d_with no material,
more class days rema
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to shodhave shown a ^X^guments, faldy instruction, SP“°
ferencc to collacious reasoning, e c. (
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thorough^ dXVby what a profession,
^l^a^e^tmyaswen
oPth? nation and
as abiding difficulties ot
of the . nation. ana,
planet, is dispensing to those who read and
listen — and believe!
What are the general and specific areas
where Economists have been disappointing?
First of all is the oft-overlooked considera
tion that Economists are not endowed with
any mystical talents to make final judgments
on Economic policy — either in a command
society or a market system. They can show
the consequences of Action A vs. Action B,
but beyond that William Buckley was right:
Society might as well as resort to names
selected at random from the Cambridge
Telephone areas
Directory.
Yet the forays
into
normative
by Economists
is'undernormative areas by Economists is understandable because the fun and action and
prestige may be with Economists as policymakers.
My second area of general distress is a
corollary' of the first. Economists are no dif
ferent from the rest of the human race as
far as lust for power is concerned. And
power may be the only tangible or intangible
not subject to lhe Law of Diminishing Mar
ginal Utility. Now does it not logically fol
low that Economists visualize much more
power accruing to themselves in a society
that entrusts decisions concerning the fundamental problems of what society is to protah Its scarce resources, etc/to-whom
b oken down into consumer spending, pnVate Investment spending and 8°™enta
expenditures. Aggregate supply? That s that
" decree line drawn from the origin
°hen we present the problem graphically
familiar to all undergraduates. Following the
Keynesian tradition, we associate the probJezns of equilibrium with the aggregate de
mand blade of the scissors. Embryo students
must master the significance of deflationary
cap full employment surplus, fiscal drag,
none of which are of earth-shattering im
portance save for the fact that they deal with
the unlikelihood in a market economy of the
attainment of an optimal (full employment)
Net National Product without stimulative
monetary and fiscal actions Freely translated this means budgetary deficits perenially financed by our central Banks newly
created money.
Now all this heaped on the serious stu
dent in about his eighth week of exposure to
Principles must puzzle and vex him if he re
calls that in the first week he was forced to
digest the central fact of . Economics
,
,—. its,
definition of adapting society s limited land
labor and capital to the infinite wants of hu
mans for goods to fulfill their biological and
psychological needs.
The giants of the disciplines, Malthus and
Ricardo and Say for example, in the nineteenth century were concerned with the
problem of aggregate supply. The facts of
life today, running far ahead of the Great
Depression orientation of professional Economists, dictate a return to consideration of
the aggregate supply problem. The obses
sion with sufficient aggregate demand has
brought about that most debilitating of Eco
nomic phenomena, inflation. The neglect of
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Published by
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................. Director
^eG.4SLSTAFF
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.......... Editor
Alumni Notes
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MaC:0oen°onf”n equilibrium value of Net
the notion f
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with responsibility as chief executive
officer.
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He was elected to the executive com
mittee of the board. Umphred
succeeds John B. Hibbard, who
vvas
elected chairman of the board.
Commonwealth's new elected pres
ident has a strong background in the
telephone industry. Umphred started
with the company in September, 1955,
as a commercial and marketing assis
tant. Since then he has served the util
ity in numerous management respon
sibilities including commercial training
supervisor, general commercial man
ager, and in 1967 was appointed vice
president-operations.
Umphred resides with his wife,
Betty, and sons, Charles and William,
at the Newberry Estates in Dallas.
U.S. streams for the Council of Envi
ronmental quality and she is working
with the Environmental Protection
Agency on the effects of detergent
chemicals to learn which are least haz
ardous to water quality. She also is in
volved in several extensive studies of
the Delaware River and bay.
The Philadelphia Award, established
in 1921 by Edward W. Bok, is given
annually to the person who has ad
vanced "the best and largest interests
of the community."
Dr. Patrick, who is more at home in
wading boots and pith helmet, scoop
ing plant and animal life from streams
all over the world, was the first scien
tist to develop the theory that the pol
lution level of the stream can be mea
sured by the diversity of organisms
which live in it.
She is convinced that the United
States must stop being a throw-away
nation and become one of recycling.
She maintains that air, land and water
have become so polluted that a sense
of urgency is needed to clean up the
wastes before the world is no longer
habitable.
In addition to heading the Academy
of Natural Sciences, Dr. Patrick
teaches biology at the University of
Pennsylvania. She received the Gimbel
Award in 1969, the Merit Award of
the Botanical Society of America in
1971 and the Franklin Institute's Dol
linger Pure Environment Award in
1960. Last year, she was given the
Eminent Ecologist Award by the Eco
logical Society of America.
Dr. Patrick is married to Charles
Hodge IV, professor emeritus of biol
ogy at Temple University. Their son,
Charles, is a first-year student at Tem
ple's Medical School.
STUDENT UNION BUILDING BECOMES A REALITY
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NOTICE
At the regular meeting of the Executive Committee of the
Alumni Association held in Weckesser Hall on Saturday, March 16
Nominating Committee was appointed to consider candidates for the>
ing offices of the Association: President, Executive Vice President, Se
Treasurer, and (12) Regional Vice Presidents.
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Dr. Ruth Patrick, internationally
known ecologist and chairman of the
board of the Academy of Natural Sci
ences, will be the principal speaker at
the 27th annual Wilkes College Com
mencement.
This was announced jointly recently
by Thomas H. Kiley, chairman of the
Wilkes College Board of Trustees, and
Wilkes President Francis J. Michelini.
The Commencement will be held on
Sunday, May 26, at 3 p.m. at Ralston
Field, when approximately 500 under
graduate students and about 60 grad
uate students will receive their degrees.
For the first time this year the Bac
calaureate service will be combined
with an earlier afternoon outdoor cer
emony for the convenience of the
graduates and their guests and in
keeping with problems which may in
any way relate to the energy crisis as
it exists during late May.
In announcing the speaker for this
year's commencement, Mr. Kiley and
President Michelini expressed elation
over having been able to obtain an in
dividual who is known and respected
on an international level.
An earlier announcement concern
ing the acceptance by Dr. Patrick was
sent to the members of the Board of
Trustees, following approval by the
Executive Committee of the Board,
President Michelini wrote:
"I am especially pleased with the
selection of Dr. Patrick because she
was a member of the faculty at the
University of Pennsylvania when I
was a graduate student there in the
early 1950's. Furthermore, Dr. Patrick
will be the first woman Commence
ment speaker at Wilkes College and
will be a representative of the sciences,
from which we have not selected a
Commencement speaker for a number
of years.
"With our continuing thrust in the
area of medical education, nursing,
environmental science, and engineer
ing, and with our graduate programs
in the sciences, I believe it is fitting to
have a scientist of her caliber as our
speaker."
Dr. Patrick will address the Wilkes
graduates on "Ecology and Energy."
This topic is most fitting inasmuch as
she recently was named the recipient
of the 1973 Philadelphia Award — a
$15,000 prize to be given later in the
Spring of this year.
She gained international fame as the
scientist who devised the present
standards for measuring the ecological
well-being of waterways.
Dr. Patrick's interest in ecology
covers more than 30 years and she has
made major contributions to environ
mental research. She is a leading au
thority on diatoms, microscopic algae
in water, and is co-author of the book,
"Diatoms of the United States."
She recently completed a study of
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in Anya'urT1.nus of Wilkes College who wishes to have (his/her) nat?e Pstatem»(7lderatl°n for any of the offices is requested to submit a wr ‘7, before
June 1 tartL'uClaSS year ' 0,fice desiret)) t0 that effeC‘ andvJ?|kes College.
Arthur J- Hoover ’55, Director of Alumni Relations, Wilk
W'lkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
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To alumni belonging to student governments and other campus
organizations in recent times, the idea of a Student Union Building
finally became a reality after years of waiting on January 31 with
the conversion of Church Hall to student use.
Originally scheduled for a September opening, alterations on
the former classroom building had to be delayed on account of
construction in the new Stark Learning Center.
According to Pete Jadelis '74, student government president, "We
are approaching the development of Church Hall in two stages."
"The first, which already has been completed is a lounge area
for students desiring a little escape between classes. In addition to
chairs, television, and stereo equipment, newspapers, magazines,
and dispensing machines are also available," Jadelis said.
Second and long term stage consists of developing the basement
area. This is being done under the auspices of the Student Union
Board. The SUB, Jadelis explained "has been created to administer
the game room in Pickering Hall, as well as the Commons recre
ation room, and the Student Union Building."
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Directing the operations of the Student Union Building is
senior Marty Pobutkiewicz. A total of 30 students are involved in
the maintenance of the three recreation areas.
In announcing the opening of the long awaited center, Jadelis
reminded Wilkes students of their responsibility in assisting with
the upkeep of the structure.
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H°over'55'aend Mtf■ Arthurs Travel
trips, arranglom a Copenhagen AdService, range
Disney World
venture, June 27 J ?
Hawaiian
Adventure, July 26;29't0
"1”',j rope»b<S«” •“*
'“'““J*?
Scandinavia Hotel.
Also part of the package are dinner
for six evenings, Scandinavian ^break
fast daily, city tour, plus all gratuie
and transfers. Low cost optional tours
also available to Sweden and Norway.
Price of the trip is $379 per person,
not indouble occupancy. This does r.ol
dude a 13% tax and service charge.
After a very successful offering to
Disney World during the Thanks
giving holidays, the three night and
tour nay trip to raourous
four day trip to fabulous Disney
World is being repeated at the cost of
S139
$139 per
per person,
person, double
double occupancy
occupancy
plus a $24.50 tax and service charge.
Round trip jet transportation via
TWA Boeing 707 to Orlando, includes
meals and beverages served aloft.
Included in the junket are accom
modations at the Latham Inn, admis
sion tickets to eight attractions at Dis
ney World's Magic Kingdom Theme
Park, exciting low cost optional tours
to Sea World, Kennedy Space Center,
and Cypress Gardens, plus all eratn--- J---- i. • .
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bka
ities and
round trip transfers.
b
ui.vu.c,
appearance
on
the
,A,^ablng anoti,er appearance on the
Wilkes tripr----menu is the Hawaiian Hnl
:4
’" junket which will take vacationiday
ers tto ■the
’ ’Island
’
* Paradise for $389 on
Plus 13
percent
tax
—
~
wa and
dna service
service ch<
charge.
C
Comprising the Hawaiian package
*,
-o
round tnn int
xxavvcuidn paCI
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°
gratuities.
' ghtSeeing tour, and all
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ROBERTS. CAPIN
JOHN MEYERS
ANDREW SHAW
The creation of a President's Coun- been known as the Adm' •
cil and the assignment of three veter- Council. It consists of "direc?!^''"1
an members of the faculty, two of ficers" responsible to the presid t?f'
them alumni, to major administrative the "functioning of the administr r
positions was announced recently by areas of the college operation "
Ve
Wilkes President Francis J. Michelini.
Capin received his master's de
The restructuring of the administra- in Business Administration and
tion was explained by President Mich- approved by the state as a Certified
elini as one of several steps which have Public Accountant in 1959, The new
been taken so that Wilkes College can dean, a member of many civic and promeet the demands and challenges pre- fessional organizations, is married to
rented by tbe changing complexion of the former Libby Smulovitz of Wilkeshigher education today.
Barre. The couple and their two chilRobert S. Capin '50, professor of dren reside in Kingston,
Shaw received his master's degree
accounting, has assumed the post of
acting dean of academic affairs. Dr. in Government Administration from
Donald W. Tappa, who had served in the University of Pennsylvania and
this position since June of 1972, will did additional graduate work at Temresume teaching in the Biology De- pie. He has had extensive experience
partment.
as an administrative analyst for the
Andrew Shaw, Jr. '58, currently di- City of Philadelphia and in 1961
rector of the Wilkes College Institute joined the Pennsylvania Economy
ReS’onal Affairs and a member of League, where he served in various reC„:____
C____ faculty,
1,.. __ assumed
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tn aDDOintthe Political
Science
sponsible
positions
leading
to
le pubiuuno
-----appoin
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.
ment as
as Division
Division Director
Director of
of Res
Re^
addkional duties of assistant to ment
®arcrc
tbe President for management and in- before
before coming
coming to
to Wilkes
Wilkes in
in
Sti
?tiOnxal research
head the Institute of ^gional
Regional Aff
Affa-r
. •
stitutional
research.'
John
Shaw continues to beone
0Eln Meyers, who had been serving
be one o”,
,1 Summer
& Evening members of the Flood ^Recovery
as director ofC the
f
p 11
7
summer on evening memoers ui
e?5,' became acting director of the Force, withi which he has been ~new
new Division
Division nF
of Cnnfim
Continuing Educa ated as twi
executive director
.
tied
tion and Graduate Studies.
The formation of the Division of
Continuing Education and Graduate yea. The Shaw's live in Dallas
Studies
was c
described
Michel-their three children.
MinIL'
. .
Ik/uu by
M y IDr.
> I , IVlldld
im as "one of the most vital" in terms
Meyers, a native of
f'rom the
°of the colleg
j8e( meeti.nS its obligation to received his bachelor s g
, .g ^as-
rfedel.H, ”, Sfewys is lhe
r-fe w»» "“■?•' Ai'«
maybemadebycon"creS7Vati°ns
--HeAlumyn“RXn8s^f£°PresidenTr
'ges and .,eXplained
explained that the
Council replaces what had
ment since 1967
uZ^eformer Gay Foster of
�...a college is
STUDENTS
The primary purpose for which a college
exists is to provide educational opportunities
for students.
It has been said that the survival of mankind has become
a race between education and catastrophe. Consequently, we
can only hope to avert catastrophe by preparing young
minds to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Only if we strive
toward that goal can we look to the future with confidence.
Wilkes College has always existed for the purpose of
providing quality educational opportunities for students
and, consequently, the College is confident that its
graduates will participate in meeting the future needs of
our nation and our community.
But, students need assistance during their formative
years, and the financial burdens imposed by the flood have
only increased this need.
At Wilkes College, 70% of the student body qualifies
for and receives some form(s) of financial assistance. So,
the College must seek funds to attract highly
qualified students and to assist capab e
students with limited financial resources.
Tax Credits for Donors
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under
the Neighborhood Assistance Act, has provided tax
credits amounting to $123,750 for Wilkes College.
These credits will be allocated to corporations, banks,
savings and loan associations, and insurance companies,
doing business in Pennsylvania, which provide a gift to
Wilkes College by June 30,1974 in support of flood-affected
students whose income does not exceed a prescribed limit.
The amount of the donor’s state tax credit will be
calculated at 50% of his gift, and can be applied against
the Corporate Net Income Tax, Shares Tax, Mutual
Thrift Institutions Tax, or Gross Premiums Tax.
The credits will be allocated on a “first-come” basis
until all credits have been utilized.
The Development Office of the College
welcomes questions you may have
concerning this unique program.
�♦?
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... a college is
FACULTY
The strength of a college rests in the quality
of its faculty.
Over the years, Wilkes College has attracted and
retained competent faculty members. Although the
primary emphasis at Wilkes relates to teaching, the
faculty is also involved in research, in counseling, in
academic administration, and in community activities.
The faculty has recently developed new programs and
courses in medical education, nursing, engineering,
journalism and broadcasting, international studies, and
environmental science. Simultaneously, the faculty
has strengthened the graduate programs in business
administration, education, mathematics, and the
sciences. Also, the College anticipates that several
patents may result from current research projects.
But, the College must strive to provide the
resources and salary levels necessary to retain
competent faculty and thereby maintain
the strength of the College.
... a college is
FACILITIES
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sJ
Quality in facilities is a prerequisite for
quality in learning.
Even before the Conyngham Hall fire of 1968,
Wilkes College recognized the need to construct a
learning center to provide facilities for programs in
the sciences, mathematics, psychology, nursing,
medical education, art, and engineering. Despite the
flood, and with the support of friends and alumni, the
$4 million Phase I of the Learning Center was completed
and is in use. The College has also accepted the
contract to complete Phase II which is presently under
construction and will cost an additional $1.6 million.
Phase II will include a much-needed lecture hall.
(Presently the College utilizes lecture facilities in a
church near campus.) However, the cost of the lecture
hall has doubled since it was originally designed
in 1970. Furthermore, the College must secure
resources to provide the necessary science
equipment and audio-visual equipment
to utilize the facility as it was designed.
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�... a college is
ft '
fa
SERVICE
A college must respond to the needs of its
community; in so doing, the educational
process assumes new meaning.
? liRB Er*
... additionally, the College is faced with floodrelated expenses of renovating and repairing some of
the older structures on campus. Since the flood, state
requirements have called for an upgrading of fire
and safety regulations which will affect twenty-seven
College buildings. These mandatory expenses,
which are not reimbursable by any governmental
agency, have resulted in the need for costly, but
necessary, expenditures on facilities. Consequently,
the College has met part of these expenses by
drawing upon operating funds, but it must seek to
secure additional support to comply with state
regulations and to assure adequate, safe
facilities for students and faculty.
I
From its inception, Wilkes College recognized that it
was an integral part of the community. Consequently, the
College assumed its role in community leadership
long before this trend became fashionable with other
institutions throughout the nation.
The Institute of Regional Affairs has provided varied
services to municipalities throughout the years
and, more recently, provided the administrative leadership
for the Flood Recovery Task Force.
The Wilkes Cominunity Effort, funded by the
Haas Community Fund, has served over 20,000 people
in various ways since the flood.
Various student organizations annually provide
programs to improve the quality of life for elderly
citizens and orphaned children.
Other special community programs include Upward Bound,
Program for Exceptional High School Students, Concert
and Lecture Series (open to the public), Art Exhibits
(open to the public), Reading Clinic, Educational
Development Center, the Annual Tax Clinic,
and Performing Arts programs.
�STUDENTS
Yet, one additional ingredient
is required to complete
the college...
. a college needs
SUPPORT
Unless friends recognize the value of a
college and participate in sustaining it, the
college will not survive.
Throughout the years, friends and alumni have
nurtured the College and provided the support
necessary to transform a seedling institution, operating
in one rented building, into a strong institution
possessing fifty-eight buildings valued at $25 million.
FACULTY
SERVICE
But a college cannot rest on past achievements.
The support which has been provided rested on the
faith that continual support would be forthcoming.
The fact that the College raised $1,618,730.37 during
the last fiscal year was a tribute to the faith of past
friends and the thoughtfulness of present friends.
But other needs and problems have occurred . . .
FACILITIES
�What is a college ?
Needs for 1974
Financial aid for flood-affected students
$ 250,000
Completion of lecture hall
300,000
Equipment for Phase II of Learning Center
200,000
Completion of state-required renovations
250,000
TOTAL 1974 NEED
$1,000,000
Sources for 1974
Wilkes College hopes to secure support from various sources
which include friends, alumni, trustees, foundations, and business
firms.
Campaign Goals
Community and Alumni Phase
$ 250,000
Other Sources of Support ... .
750,000
$1,000,000
A college is many things to many people.
It is a positive and productive force
in our community and our nation.
But only YOUR support
can make the College complete.
�gTALLONE brings kiln back
■2 alumnus with a
Wilkes College is
of the most mod-
^-^‘th'e’XT-
ern kl nS .hose not familiar with the art of
Akilnl0X device used to dry, bake,
ceramics is_
an ob)-ect after it has been
burn, ano g
molded in c
graduate student at the
Estate College of Ceramics at Alfred
5°NY dea about creating a new kiln which
had ,a,n ,,p a lot of time in process and most
",0U|i be efficient.
° „phc wheels began to roll in class at Alr » rpolied Stallone, who is working on
fred- If in Ceramics. "Fred McMann, an
engineer and teacher, mentioned the concept
. Hags one day.
"After researching the idea, all I needed
W1S the situation," Stallone noted. It finally
L after the flood. It was during one of
“ trios back to Wilkes-Barre that I got a
fanc^to talk with Hank Casilli, chairman
of the Wilkes Art Department.'
"A brand new kiln purchased in the mar
ket would cost in the vicinity of 58,000 but
we figured if Hank, Tony Toluba (a machin
ist), Fred McMann, and myself could put our
heads together, we could come up with a
superior kiln for much less."
"I knew what Wilkes needed," recounted
Stallone, "and Fred knew how to do it but
needed the idea. Tony was invaluable weld
ing the device together."
After a month the kiln was finally com
pleted. Not only does the new kiln cut the
WILKES COLLEGE
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703
TO
CAMPUS
firing time almost in half but it has al
knocked off a step in the firing pi‘c™
.i.w suii",'h,'h,k
c Tihj ’?ox'Iike kiln measures 34 cubic feet
Fue ed by propane gas, the kiln can be fired
up to a temperature of 2375 degrees fahren
models. USeS 65% kSS
P-ioeun;
"Gas is the most efficient form of fuel It
can be fully controlled and we can speedup
or reduce the firing as fast as we want. This
was one major problem with previous kilns
the uneveness in firing."
"Weather was also a problem with kilns "
Stallone said, "But this will not effect our
model."
The kiln can run on any type of gas and
can readily be converted to kerosene or oil
This is a big plus in these fuel shortage days.
"It looks very complicated to operate but
actually only needs four controls to turn on,"
noted Stallone. "The kiln contains governors
and meets all safety standards."
There has been a tremendous growth in
ceramics in recent years. "People want to
get their hands wet. It also has physical,
romantic, and therapeutic values," Stallone
said.
Stallone, married to the former Patricia
Lewis '70, expects to complete his studies at
JOE STALLONE
Alfred in June. Since there is not a really
great market in pottery he will probably go
into teaching.
"Certain types of ceramics are marketable
but there is not really too big of a demand.
In teaching there is a feedback from the stu
dents and plenty of shows to exhibit the fin
ished products."
WILKES COLLEGE ALUMNI INVITATIONAL ART SHOW
May 5 - May 25
—
Sordoni Art Gallery
Open Monday-Friday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
Stark Learning Center
Saturday, 10-5 p.m.
HOME CHAPTER DISCUSSES ‘IMPLICATIONS OF IMPEACHMENT’
Implications of Impeachment" was the
topic of discussion when the Greater WilkesBarre, Hazleton, and Scranton chapter of the
alumni association met recently in the Blue
Room of the Hotel Sterling.
Featured speakers on the program were
r. David M. Leach and Dr. John W. Furlow,
Jr., of the History department. Principals
are shown prior to the start of the meeting,
rom left to right: Art Hoover '55, Director
Pet
Relations; Dr. Leach; Andrea
se 69, vice president of the chapter;
id , Ur 0VV; and Carl Zoolkoski '59, pres
ident.
' r
n p. .F °^cers of the home chapter include
ich *Chnrd Rces '62, treasurer; Anita Janer-
George And B°b
'69' J°hn LyCh°S '57'
W. Br L r/eWs'
Pat Burke '69, and
the ov ° c ea8er, HI '64, all members of
executive committee.
�What a year! Few adjectives are left to describe
Wilkes College's 28 th wrestling season.
The Colonels said it all March 1-2, winning the first
national championship in school history. Not only did the
matmen of John Reese gain the NCAA CD III wrestling
title, but they did it in blockbuster fashion, nipping their
closest of 59 rivals, John Carroll University, by 49 points.
Wilkes gained an enviable total of eight placewinners
(out of 10). Crowned national champions were John
Chakmakas (134), Art Trovei (142), and Mike Lee (150).
Only one step behind were Rick Mahonski (118),
Gene Ashley (158), and Al Scharer (Hwt.). Adding fuel to
the blaze was Lon Balum (126), third; and Jim Weisenfluh
(167), fifth. All but Trovei and Lee will be back next year.
When asked about the contributing factors which led
to the Colonels greatest moment, veteran mentor Reese
pointed out, "First it was hard work, determination, and
desire and finally our caliber of competition had much
to do with it."
Two weeks before the NCAA confab, the Blue and
Gold, after a close 12-point advantage in 1973, annihil
ated all foes in the 16-team Middle Atlantic Conference
event, scoring 199 points (their closest challenger was
Elizabethtown with a distant 79).
So thorough was the Wilkes onslaught that the Reesemen produced eight champions, one runnerup, and a
third. Registering MAC titles were Balum (126), Chak
makas (134), Trovei (142), Lee (150), Ashley (158), Wei
senfluh (167), Jeff McDonald (177), and Scharer (Hwt.).
Once accused of scheduling mediocre foes, John
Reese slated the cream of the nation and more than held
their own in setbacks to Lehigh, 22-15; Navy, 21-17; and
North Dakota St., 21-18. Just one tiny break in each of
the three duals would have changed the store’. Only one
sided defeat was to the Sooners of Oklahoma, 31-9.
Navy had a relatively easy time in winning the pres
tigious Easterns (EIWA). Now with a national title under
his belt, maybe John Reese is silently thinking that is
where the Colonels belong if given a chance.
Since breaking the ice with Lehigh in a tourney four
years ago, the Wilkesmen have become accepted to the
longstanding mat circles and have added Eastern mem
bers Lehigh, Army, & Navy to their permanent schedule.
“J°Ranyc ca“inet Post
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COLONEL MATMEN NUMBER
ONE IN THE COUNTRY
vVill‘eS.C°iv uncharted heights thts wininto PreVI°“ne the best record in the 28-year
r"^iS,ferthe sport at the college.
hi5,oryO „ did the Charges of Rodger
Bearde
Not only din ‘
(han any™
other —
edition
win f've "?°but added icing to the
t— cake,. cap.
ever (19’u)br first tournament (Scranton
wring *e,rposling a record nine-game winChrf^’n'and making their second trip in
ning ske,n' t"“he MAC Northern Division
three years to
payoffsbe t t0 come as every
The be,S.1.:may
“ ear's 13-man contingent will
member of this£yt;
‘the’fold next year. Providing the
return to nf Bearde's unit were four juniors,
backbone
and three freshmen.
six sophomores,
without a superstar, the Colonels
playing■ Starters averaging in doublehad four_
ranging from Clarence Ozgo s 15.3
figures, rc to Steve Ference s 11.7.
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tees drew national attention nx-Li
the announcement of h' ty
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, c™Abe^Beame^s
of his
pointment
N
York ’ny, s Administrator of
New York
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economic Development.
Eisenpreis, who is 49 years
old ...
..........
a vice president for mc.L.L
marketing with the
Allied Stores Corporation
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The appointment of Mr Eisen
■
New York area.
community," Beame stated. "I want
“51nessmen to know that this is a
city where business interest and pub
ic interest can be brought together for
everyone's benefit."
His, wife is the former Bettijane
Long 42 of Wilkes-Barre. The couple
has one son, Steven.
Born in Vienna, Eisenpreis came to
the United States in 1939 and now
lives in Manhattan. He joined Allied
Stores in 1943 and held several plan
ning and research posts, becoming a
vice president 11 years ago.
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LIKE FATHER LIKE SON
This photo of Wilkes College mat mentor John G. Reese tells it all
following completion of the first annual NCAA College Division III Tour
nament. Joining in the jubilation of the colleges first national champion
ship are, left to right: Dean George Ralston, Lon Balum, Rick Mahonski,
Gene Ashley, Art Trovei, and Al Scharer.
Looking ahead to next season the Colonels have
drawn an invite to the Second Annual Penn State Tourna
ment, an eight-team array of power, and will rub shoul
ders with the likes of Clarion State, Oklahoma, Slippery
Rock State, Bloomsburg State, and host Penn State.
With all the wrestling gear put away and happy mem
ories of a 13-5 season, 13th MAC crown in 18 years, and
the NCAA trophy, Colonel grappling followers are eager
ly awaiting the 29th campaign which will bring another
NCAA tournament drive, John Reese's 200th dual mat
triumph, and who knows possibly that long awaited in
vitation to join the Easterns.
”5ur team plays an unself.sh brand of
basketball. It is not uncommon for a player
to pass off a good shot for a better one,
Bearde furthered.
Despite this fact, all four of the quartet
have a chance of reaching the coveted 1000point plateau. First in line is Buzinski (843)
while Ozgo (718), Brabant (691), and Ference
(675) wait in the wings.
Defense hasn't exactly been hurting either
as the Blue and Gold held 25 foes to an aver
age of 64.4 points per game, almost six less
than the previous low.
Architect of the Colonels success is 34year old Rodger Bearde, who has coached
Wilkes to a 44-29 record in his three seasons
at the campus. Bearde, a Spring City, Pa.
native, previously compiled an 84-38 log at
Warwick High School (Lititz).
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BRUCE JACKSON FOLLOWS DAD'S FOOTSTEPS
Some 26 years ago, a tall lanky stu School, Jackson was responsible in
dent named Charlie Jackson was ^?!.ring manX f‘ne student-athletes to
.
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Now some two decades later, Charlie's Bey.
son Bruce is playing an identical role
According to Ralston, Charlie was
for Coach Rodger Bearde's Colonels.
burned out by his senior year. "He did
Since his early cage days at Wilkes t0° much in his four years here," the
andJ Swoyersville
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School,
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f related,
, , ’ ’ "Between
""
his ’ school,
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elder Jackson, who now holds a Ph.D. basketball, helping his fatherland the
in Education, has moved his family to job everything was tough but he made
Phoenixville where he is now em it."
Charlie averaged about seven points
ployed.
per game during his four-year career
To end the story here would not be
at Wilkes. His 6-5 size was also an
gin to reveal the caliber of student
asset under the boards for the Blue
athlete which Charlie Jackson was.
and Gold.
SO
Charlie
"His father was blind,
Much of the determination and de
needed a job 12 months of the year sire that held Charlie together has fil
scholarship
to get through tered into Bruce's blood. The 6-2
plus a _
__
school," related George Ralston, a sophomore averaged 2.4 points per
close friend, former coach, and now game, but meant much more than
scoring statistics.
dean of students.
mu. Ed
cc —
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"Bruce gave us bench strength at
"Ii gor
got in
in cunracr
contact with
Ciampi,
jhis coach
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at the time, and arranged it. the forward position " remarked head
Charlie also set his father up with a mentor Rodger Bearde. He played in
.
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telisXSJJKu aS;-..™""—'”-"'1’-6
aUmrfJe
Did he appreciate whal Wilkes and
and
teacher in Phoenixville High
success.
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75 '75.' team captain, left, and
NCAA rn
2
A I'ove' (r'ehare sht”"n in ac,ion on the "3V 10 back-to-back
NCAA
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'.I?4 , "d I42' ,A!?° capturing national plaudits was senior Mike Lee, 150. The trio
|O>ned Marv Ant.nnes 61. John Carr ’66. and Joe Wlendl ’69 on the all-time Colonel national champion list.
-5r
are shown with some of the
the Scranton Holiday Tournawas chosen the tourney's most
J.?® _6'6 c®nter had 30 points in
"nale wln over Bucknel|
... ... ....
in ws
be*in making
homecoming weekew
(fiteto&er
1974
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�Alumni
Notes
ect editor with Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
She resides at 1245 Park Avenue, New York City.
A daughter, Jennifer Allison, born on February 19
1974, to Mr. and Mrs. CARL COOK ’70.
ELIZABETH SLAUGHTER ’68 is a clinical psychologist
at Harvard University. She resides at 16 Yarmouth
Street, Boston.
A son, Matthew Jeremy, born on November 2, 1973
to NICHOLAS ’68 and MARY JANE HELLMUTH NICK
LES ’70.
MARLENE CIECHOSKI ’69 has been appointed Direc
tor of Nursing Education for the diploma School of
Nursing at Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia.
Judy Arenstein, the former JUDY SIMONSON ’68, has
been promoted to Engineering Staff Supervisor at
AT&T-Long Lines in White Plains, New York. She is
a technical consultant to the Engineering Depart
ment of 700 people in the Northeastern Area. Judy
resides with her husband, Robert, at 15 Tanglewood
Road, Scarsdale.
WILLIAM KUSS 70 is a GS-11 computer systems
analyst with the National Military Command Sys
tems Support Center.
A son, William Frederick, born on November 3,1973,
to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gullan. Mrs. Gullan is the
former ELIZABETH HOESCHELE ’61.
C. JULIE MORSE 73 has begun graduate work in
theatre at the University of Denver.
BERTRAM ROSS ’65 has received his Ph.D. from the
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (NYU).
ROSALIE LONCOSKI ’68 received her Ph.D. in physics
from Penn State in December.
Judith Shupe, the former JUDITH NOYLE *67, is co
ordinator of visual services at the Pennhurst State
School and Hospital. She resides at 907 Buttonwood
Street, Emmaus, Pa.
FRANK KILLIAN 72 was recently married to Jean
nette Evans. Frank is employed by Triangle Publica
tions, Radnor, as circulation field representative.
CHARLES S. ROUSH, III '68 was recently named
Sales Manager of the Specialty Fastener Division
of Rexnord, Englewood, New Jersey.
REV. PHILIP THORICK '70 has been appointed pas
tor of the Great Bend and Hallstead United Meth
odist Churches.
GARY SESSIONS ’69 is controller of Pinehurst In
corporated. He resides with his wife and new son,
Jason, in Pinehurst, North Carolina.
ANTHONY BROZOSKI '66 was recently named to the
position of grocery warehouse superintendent with
Loblaw, Incorporated in Buffalo, New York.
ROBERT L DICKERSON '61 has been elected an
assistant vice president and manager of the Loan
Department at Citizens & Northern National Bank
and Trust Company, Towanda.
Judy Schreiber, the former JUDY KOLE 72, is teach
ing Practical Nurses at Lackawanna County Voca
tional Technical School in Scranton. She is also
pursuing her master’s degree in educational coun
seling at the University of Scranton.
LUCINDA BRYANT 72 recently became the bride of
Bruce Barth.
PATRICK RATCHFORD 73 has received congratula
tions for a million dollar achievement in insurance
sales from Prudential Life Insurance Company.
ROBERT FORSE 73 has been named an assistant
cashier with the First National Bank of Eastern
Pennsylvania.
BASIL RUSSIN '68 and ROBERT BRITTAIN 70 are
among the group of sixteen new lawyers admitted
to practice before the Luzerne County Court.
Dee Josephson, the former DEE AMIR, ’63, is a proj-
WILKES COLLEGE
REPORT. ..
Spring, 1974
NOTICE
The Wilkes College REPORT Is pub
lished by Wilkes College quarterly.
Entered as second class mall mat
ter and second class postage paid
at Wilkes-Barre, Penna. 18703.
Linda Lorinsky, the former LINDA HOFFMAN ’68, is
employed by the Groton Board of Education, Con
necticut.
JOANN KONDEK 71 recently became the bride of
Elliot Katuna. Joann is a kindergarten teacher at
the Lathrop Street Elementary School, Montrose.
They reside at 300 Brandywyne Drive, Dallas, Pa.
HARRY S. RUSSIN '67 was recently notified by the
State Board of Funeral Directors, Harrisburg, that he
passed the examination for funeral directors. He has
also passed the national examination administered
by the National Conference of Funeral Service Ex
aminers.
MICHAEL LARKIN 73 and CONSTANCE PIRHER 73
were married recently. He is employed by Pruden
tial, Vineland.
ALTON KENNEY 71 and KAREN KAMMERER 71
were married recently. They are residing at 17-01
“E" Street, Apt. 11, South Belmar, New Jersey.
ROBERT L. GUBANICH ’65 is director of financial
consolidations with Rollins International, Wilming
ton, Delaware.
JOHN LEVANDOSKI '65, division account manager
in Washington, D. C., for Johnson & Johnson’s Health
Care Division, has been honored for outstanding
sales achievements. He resides in Bowie, Maryland.
The Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre recent
ly announced the promotions of ARTHUR BAIRD '69
and WILLIAM LEANDRI ’69 to assistant cashiers.
GEORGE SCHALL ’59 was appointed to the advisory
board of the bank’s West Side Office, Gateway Shop
ping Center.
(cant'd from page 2)
TO A GENERATION
the aggregate supply has much to do with
the simple fact that we do not have the
wherewithal right here and now to satisfy
consumer wants, revitalize our private pro
ductive capacity, and comply with the latest
pipedream of our elected representatives of
things needed in the public sector now.
Very simply, we do not have the resources
to provide free (of user costs) medical care,
free transportation, subsidized housing if we
also insist that access to goods and services
in the private sector continue to serve as in
centive to persons for making their lives pro
ductive.
Economics as a discipline remains most
fascinating from the point of the College
teacher — and many of his students. Hooli
ganism as a way of life, never a vivid feature
of the Wilkes Campus, is present on few if
any campuses. If only Economics and Econ
omists would get back to teaching the valid
truths of the discipline, of the role of prices
and profits, then the pride and fun of in
structing in this Dismal Science would be
boundless.
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Fall, 1974
Plans Complete For 27th Annual Homecoming
"All that remains is for alumni to
return their forms," was the way Art
Hoover outlined progress for the 27th
Annual Alumni Homecoming Week
end, scheduled for October 11-13.
"The mailing has been completed to
all alumni," stated Hoover, "and from
early reports a large group is expected
back on campus."
Co-Chairmen of this years event are
W. Brooke Yeager '64 and Bob Silvi
'69.
The weekend will take on added
significance for the class of 1949
since it will be their "Silver Anniver
sary" celebration. Other classes en
joying five-year milestones are the
classes of 1939, 1944, 1954, 1959,
1964, and 1969.
Launching the alumni slate of
events will be the judging of homecoming displays on Friday evening.
Annually the Wilkes student body co
operates with various creative floats
and displays.
Later at 9 p.m. the grads will move
on the Hotel Sterling where a relaxed
and informal "Homecoming Huddle"
will get the alumni primed for Satur
day's athletic events.
Various features of the Friday gettogether include refreshments, souvenirs, and a sing-along with Mildred
Gittins at the piano.
The annual meeting and report of
the executive committee of the alumni
association will convene Saturday
morning at 9:30 at the College Commons. Campus tours will also be available to the visiting alumni.
Also taking place Saturday morning
is a soccer match, pitting the Wilkes
varsity soccer team versus the Scranton University Royals at Ralston Field.
Match will begin at 10 a.m.
Always the premier attraction in
any year's alumni reunion is the annual football encounter which this
season will feature the Colonel gridders against the high flying Juniata
College Indians. Game time at Ralston
field is 1:30.
Some members of the 1974 Homecoming committee are pictured tat a meeting held
in Weckesser Hall, from left to right, seated: Anita
ita Janerich,
Janerlcl Bob Silvi,, co-chairman; Art
Hoover, director of alumni relations; Jack Tasker,
r, Jr., W. Brooke Yeager, co chairman;
Standing: Jennifer Morgan, Dave Lombardi, George
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Garf Jones, Andrea Petrasek, Dr. Carl Urbanski and F
Ray Frey.
■ Following the football game, the
scene will shift across the street to
Artillery Park where the grads and
their friends can recount the days
events at a "Fifth Quarter" gathering.
Refreshments and pretzels will be
served.
An alumni smorgasbord at the Ho
tel Sterling fills the 6:30-9 p.m. time
slot while the busy menu of Saturday
activity concludes at 9:30 with a
"Homecoming Dance" in the Grand
Lobby and General Sullivan room of
the Hotel Sterling.
Rounding out the hectic weekend is
a Sunday morning brunch, scheduled
for 11:00 at the Alumni and Faculty
House, 146 South River Street.
Assisting co-chairmen Yeager and
Silvi with 1974 homecoming commit
tee arrangements are Pat Burke '69,
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7:00 p.m. Judging of the Homecoming Displays
9:00 p.m. Homecoming Huddle — Hotel Sterling
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
9:30 a.m. Annual Meeting of the Alumni Association — Commons
10:00 a.m. Soccer — Wilkes vs. Scranton — Ralston Field
11:00 a.m. Meet Your Faculty — Church Hall (Student Union Building)
1:30 p.m. Football — Wilkes vs. Juniata — Ralston Field
4:00 p.m. Post-Game Fifth Quarter — Artillery Park
6:30-9:00 p.m. Smorgasbord — Hotel Sterling
9:30 p.m. Homecoming Dance — Hotel Sterling
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
11:00 a.m. Bloody Mary Brunch — Alumni and Faculty House
1:00 p.m. All-College Ecumenical Service — Bedford Lawn
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Two prominent residents of Wyoming Valley have been added to the Wilkes College
Board of Trustees, according to an announcement made by Thomas H. Kiley, president of
The two new members are Mrs. William Davidowitz of 621 Meadowland Avenue,
Kingston, and James Adonizio, 611 Charles Avenue, Kingston.
They were formally welcomed to positions on the Board's Planning and Development
Committee al a recent meeting. Shown, left to right, following the session are: Dr. Francis
J. Michelini, president of Wilkes College; Mr. Adonizio, Mrs. Davidowitz, and Mr. Kiley.
Mrs. Davidowitz has been a long-time friend of Wilkes College and has been active in
all campaigns over the past decade. She personally supervised many of the telethons that
helped to raise thousands of dollars in contributions for Wilkes.
The Kingston woman served as the chairman of the Women's Annual Jewish Appeal
Campaign in 1972 and is a life member of the Wyoming Valley Jewish Federation and a
member of the Board of Delegates.
Mr. Adonizio is president of Addy Asphalt Company and Addy Construction Company,
as well as vice president of Adonizio Brothers, Inc. He is a member of the boards of directors
of the Associated Contractors of Pennsylvania and the Bituminous Association of Penna.
The new board member is a graduate of Wyoming Seminary and Fordham University.
He is a member of the Westmoreland Club, Fox Hill Country Club and the Downtown
Athletic Club of New York,
Obtaining Transcript Made Easier
Need a transcript? Sooner or later every alumnus falls into this situation at one time
or another.
To dispell any uncertainties in obtaining an official Wilkes College record, Doris Barker,
newly appointed Registrar, has outlined the procedure.
"We accept only written requests," she explained, "this must be done to protect the
student or graduate."
The first transcript after graduation is free but additional ones cost one dollar. All
requests should be directed to the Recorder, Wilkes College.
To avoid unnecessary delays, we would appreciate the payment with the written
request, Mrs. Barker added.
Also included with the request and payment should be the name and address to whom
the transcript should be sent. A transcript is an official document only when it is signed.
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HOMECOMING (cont'd from page 1)
Bill Buss '73, Judge Arthur Dalessan
dro '49, Bill Dongas '69, Ray Frey '66,
Millie Gittins '46, Dr. George Hudock
'50, Anita Janerich '52, Garf Jones '71
Daye Lombardi '70, Dr. Jean Marie
Meholchick '69, Tom Moran '49, Jen-
or
a11 students actively enrolled are now mailed
nifer Morgan '74, Peter Patalak '68,
George Pawlush '69, Andrea Petrasek
69, Pat Ratchford '73, Rick Simonson
69, Lou and Charlotte Szabados '65,
John Tasker, Jr. '73, Dr. Carl Urban
ski 57, John Wills '64, Pete Wine
brake '64, and Ray Yanchus '60.
department of Commerce and Finance, died
in Wilkes-Barre on Aug. 10 at the age of 69.
Dr. Rosenberg was born at Boston, Massi
and was educated at Boston U. where he re
ceived his A.B. and M.B.A. degrees. He was
awarded his Ph.D. in economics from the
University of North Carolina in 1950.
Before arriving at Wilkes in 1948, "Dr.
5am/' as he was affectionately called, was
rooted in work for humanity. He spent 14
years as a professor of Economics at Hamp
ton Institute, a negro college. After that
came three years as an economist working
with a team for the United National Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration, which
included much of the time being spent in
Yugoslavia.
Emerging from his many accomplishments
over his last 25 years as a resident of Wyo
ming Valley was the fact that Dr. Sam con
ducted his life on the theme of dedicated
service to the people.
One editorialist said in part: "Endowed
with character and patience as well as char
acter and ability, Dr. Rosenberg was an in
defatigable worker and had the confidence
and respect of the public, labor and management for his diligence and knowledge.
Moreover, he was a good example of what
our higher institutions of learning are doing
in many spheres for the area through their
outside interests beyond the call of duty.
He was active in labor-management circles
in the Wilkes-Barre area and served as chair
man of the Labor-Management Citizens
Committee of Greater Wilkes-Barre.
Dr. Rosenberg also served as an impartia
chairman for the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America and the ILGWU an
also was a private mediator and an
for the Federal Mediation Service. He wa
a consultant for the U. 5. Departmen. tot
Commerce and a past member of B nai B nt .
Besides publishing a number of book
his chosen field, Dr. Rosenberg ser
chairman of the Laundry and &ry ^ ivania
Minimum Wage Board of the Penn y
Department of Labor and Indus ry.
among the many
A past president of the home chapter of the Alumni
Association, 1971-73, Ferris and his wife Mary Ellen are
parents of two daughters, Carol and Marie, and a son,
Jimmie. The Ferrises reside at 380 Ridge Ave., Kingston.
This is a quarterly feature of the Wilkes College Report
designed to capsule the activities of those members of
the alumni association who are currently distinguishing
themselves in various occupations throughout the world.
CATHY DE ANGELIS ’65 has come a long
way since serving as president of the stu
dent government and "Homecoming
Queen" during her Senior year at Wilkes.
Cathy received her M.D. from the Univ,
of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1969
and attained her M.P.H. from the Harvard
Graduate School of Public Health in 1973.
Dr. De Angelis is currently an assistant professor of
Pediatrics, assistant professor of Public Health; and di
rector of the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program at Col
umbia University.
Cathy has had extensive foreign experience — partici
pating in an immunization team in Nicaragua, working in
a Liberia jungle hospital, and organizing an immunization
program and taught nurse practitioners in Peru.
She has had numerous articles in professional journals
and presently resides at Apt. E2, 640 West 153rd St., New
York City, N.Y.
RON TREMAYNE *58 is the eastern re
gional manager for market evaluation of
the IBM Corporation in New York City.
Prior to assuming his current post, Ron
was an IBM branch manager in Utica, N.Y.
for four years.
While an undergraduate at the college,
Tremayne served as president of his Sen
ior class and was also treasurer of student government. He
graduated from Wilkes in 1958 with a degree in Commerce
and Finance.
Some of his outside activities include the board of di
rectors, Mohawk Valley Association for Progress; and
while living in Utica was vice-president of the Upper Mo
hawk Council, Boy Scouts of America; and board of di
rectors of the Greater Utica Community Chest.
Ron and his wife Joyce are the parents of two daughters,
Kathy and Karen. The Tremayne’s reside at 28 Seir Hill
Road, Wilton, Connecticut.
JIM FERRIS ’56 is principal of the 9th and
10th grade building in the sprawling Wyo
ming Valley West School District which
comprises the communities of Kingston,
Plymouth, Swoyersville, Forty Fort, Larks
ville, Luzerne, Edwardsville and Plymouth.
Jim received his B.S. in Secondary Edu
cation from Wilkes in 1956 and added his
M.S. in Education from Bucknell in 1961.
One of the most celebrated athletes in college history,
Ferris earned a total of eleven collegiate letters in soccer,
basketball, and baseball. Last year he was selected as a
halfback on the “Silver Anniversary” Soccer team.
Following his undergraduate days, Jim served as Wilkes
soccer coach from 1957-65 and was cage mentor during
the 1963-64 and 1964-65 campaign.
JESSE CHOPER '57 is professor of Law at
the University of California in Berkeley.
His areas of concentration include Consti
tutional and Corporation Law.
Jesse graduated from Wilkes in 1957
with a B.S. in Commerce and Finance.
Choper attained his LL.B, from the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania in 1960.
Starting as a law clerk to the late chief justice Earl War
ren, 1960-61, Jesse moved up the ladder serving as an
associate professor at the University of Minnesota Law
School, 1961-65, before assuming his present position at
Berkeley.
Active in the Debate Society during his undergraduate
years at the college, Choper has co-authored several books
and written many articles. His latest article, “The Supreme
Court and Political Branches: Democratic Theory and Prac
tice," appeared in the April 1974 issue of the University
of Pennsylvania Law Review.
Jesse and his wife, Sonya, and sons, Marc and Edward,
reside at 115 Alvarado Road, Berkeley, California.
(cont'd on page 4)
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
KEEP
UN TOWEI 2 2 ’
Someone, somewhere at some
time has wondered where you
are, what you are doing and may
be how to get in touch with you.
you have probably experienced
the same thought at one time or
another. Why don't you do some
thing about it? Right now, while
the idea is still fresh, drop a few
lines to the — Alumni Office,
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
18703.
The executive committee of the
Wilkes College Alumni Association
met in the board room of Weckesser
Hall on September 7.
A featured part of the day long
meeting included a report of student
activity on campus. Addressing the
executive body were Stewart Feeney,
president, Student Government; Bob
Howes, president, Inter-Dormitory
Council; and Michael Stambaugh,
president, Commuter Council.
Following a luncheon break the
committee was appraised of academics
at the college by John Meyers, direc
tor of Continuing Education; and Rob-
ert Capin, dean of Academic Affairs.
Art Hoover, director of Alumni Re
lations, announced that ballots for the
various national offices and the 1974
alumni survey form would be mailed
to all alumni in mid October.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J. Moran '49 .................. Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
George G. Pawlush '69
................ Editor
Lynn Jacobs .......................
Alumni Notes
�Meet The Candidates
To familiarize the alumni with various candidates for
national and regional offices, we are presenting a short
REGION VI
Steven S. Paradise '65 — Merrick, New York
Vice President, J. B. Paradise &Co., Inc.
John Wills ’64 — Garden City, New York
Tax Accountant, Jonathan Logan, Inc.
Gloria Zaludek '63 ■—-New York, New York
Public Relations Associate, NYU Medical Center
KUBICKI PUBLISHES DRAMA BOOK
sketch on each candidate.
REGION VII
PRESIDENT —
Dr. Joseph Stephens '51; Sykesville, Maryland; Dentist
VICE PRESIDENT —
Judy Simonson Arenstein '68; Scarsdale, New York;
Supervisor, Engineering Staff, A.T.&T. Long Lines
Aldo M. Farneti '71 — Syracuse, New York
Laborer, Winkleman Construction Company
Raymond Simcuski '71 — Syracuse, New York
REGION VIII
TREASURER —
Jeremiah E. Berk '63; Poughkeepsie. New York; Partner,
McCabe & Mack, Attorneys
Gary Horning ’73 — Troy, New York
Sales Representative, Wallace Business Forms, Inc.
Paul A. Klein '60 — Duxbury, Massachusetts
Associate Professor of Math, Boston State College
Elizabeth Slaughter '68 — Boston, Massachusetts
Clinical Psycholog st, Harvard University
Dominic Varisco '55 — Waltham, Massachusetts
Special Programs Director, Brandeis University
REGION I
REGION IX
Loretta Farris ’44 — Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Coordinator of Children's Services, Osterhout Free Library
James Ferris '56 — Kingston, Pennsylvania
High School Principal, Wyoming Valley West School District
Richard Simonson ’69 — Noxen, Pennsylvania
Controller, Public Service Enterprise of Pennsylvania
Carl Urbanski '57— Kingston, Pennsylvania
Optometrist
Samuel Lowe ’58 — Washington, D. C.
Attorney
Nicholas Reynolds ’68 — Alexandria, Virginia
Attorney
SECRETARY —
Anita Piotrowski Janerich '52; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania;
Transcriber, Department of Public Welfare
REGION II
A. Todd Gibbs '66 — Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania
Vice President, ASGCO Manufacturing, Inc.
William F. Homnick '69 — Easton, Pennsylvania
Sales Manager, Eastern Affiliated Service Corporatiiion
John R. DeRemer '50 — Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
General Manager, Bernardi Bros., Inc.
Glen Klinger'68 — Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania
Senior Staff Accountant
REGION III
William J. Bergstrasser ’59 — Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Service & Finance Director, M&M/Mars Company
Eugene Bradley ’51 — Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Director, Youth Care Supervisor
Richard Salus ’60 — Hershey, Pennsylvania
Partner, Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company
REGION X
Elaine Bogan Law '54 — Athens, Georgia
Roger Rolfe '66 —■ Clearwater, Florida
Stock Broker, Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Andrew Rushin ’60 — Charlotte, North Carolina
National Account Manager, I.B.M. Corporation
Joseph C. Wiendl ’69 — Tampa, Florida
Head Wrestling Coach, University of Tampa
REGION XI
William F. Downey ’69 — Canton, Ohio
Special Agent, U. S. Department of Justice, FBI
Joseph Weinkle ’63 — Penn Hills, Pennsylvania
Insurance Agent
REGION XII
Robert Ainsworth '63 — Los Alamitos, California
Walter Chapko ’55 — Phoenix, Arizona
Assistant Attorney General, State of Arizona
REGION IV
Sheryl Napoleon Levy '68 — Newark, Delaware
Housewife and Mother
Richard Masi ’74 — Cinnaminson, New Jersey
Teacher and assistant football coach, Cinnaminson H. S.
REGION V
Andrew Gubanich, Jr. '71 — Wallington, New Jersey
Senior Auditor, Arthur Andersen & Company
Robert Hall '51 — Westfield, New Jersey
Production Supervisor, Hercules Powder Company
John Pisano '73 — North Plainfield, New Jersey
Semi-Senior Auditor, Crum Forster Insurance Co
Thomas Ruggiero '59 — Old Bridge, New Jersey
Principal, Madison Township Schools and Attorney
Robert Vanderoef '67 — Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Account Executive, Banking Systems, Bunker Ramo Corp.
AMONG THE MANY
(cont'd from page 3)
WALTER CHAPKO ’55 has also found his place in the
field of law. Walt is presently the Assistant Attorney Gen
eral for the state of Arizona.
Chapko was an all-around figure during his college years
at Wilkes participating on the football and baseball squads
as well as the male chorus and Beacon staff.
After receiving his B.S. in Secondary Education, Walt
moved on to the University of Arizona where he earned
both his M.Ed. and Juris Doctor degrees.
Walt and his wife Joan, the former Joan Adams, reside at
2019 N. 47th Place, Phoenix, Arizona. The Chapko’s are
parents of three children — Lisa, John, and Karen.
Disney World
If you missed the alumni trip to
Walt Disney World this summer and
last Thanksgiving, you'll get another
chance to visit the fabulous family
complex at Orlando, Fla. on Nov. 28Dec. 1.
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Hoover, director of alumni relations,
announces that Wilkes Alumni, family
and their friends will depart via
Southern Airways jet from WilkesBarre on Thursday, Nov. 28.
The trip, priced at $225. per person
double occupancy, includes complimentary meals and beverages enroute,
transfers and baggage handling, preregistered rooms at the Orlando Hyatt
House, and round trip transportation
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throughout the day.
Further information and reserva
tions may be made by contacting Art
Hoover at Alumni Relations Office.
For Jan Kubicki '67 the Wilkes Col
lege Theatre program has proven to
be a springboard for bigger and better
horizons.
After 18 months of work, Jan, now
a member of the English faculty at
Marple Newtown High School, near
Philadelphia, recently had a dramatics
book published on the "Techniques of
Group Theatre."
"The book contains several illustrations," explained Kubicki "and
'and ineludes several techniques which I perfected during my years at Marple
Newtown."
Hopefully the book which covers
the experimental aspect of theatre will
be used as a resource for dramatics on
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Since assuming the duties of head
dramatic coach at Marple Newtown,
Jan's students have captured state
championship honors at Penn State,
three of the last four years.
Kubicki traces the start of his thea
tre experience to Al Groh and Wilkes
College. "I really enjoyed my parts in
Othello and Camelot," he recalled.
Later the Avant Garde theatre group
influenced him towards the experi• ’ phase.
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own traveling company and perform
throughout the country.
CONCERT AND LECTURE SERIES AND
SORDONI ART GALLERY LIST EVENTS
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During the 1974-75 academic year there will be many fine programs
available on the Wilkes campus free of charge to all alumni and the
general public.
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Om Memoriam
Cmdr. George Brown ’51, of 2265 Trant
Lake Drive, Virginia Beach, Va., died July
28,1974, in the U. S. Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va., where he had been a medical
patient.
Born in Hanover Township, Pa., son of
mi. auu mrs. warren orown or u-z Miner
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Brown of 47 Miner
St., Wilkes-Barre, he graduated from Wilkes
College '51 and earned a degree in engineering from Lafayette College in 1953. He
entered the Navy as a civil engineer.
Commander Brown was serving in the
Atlantic Division of the U. S. Navy Facilities
Engineering Command at Norfolk, where
he was stationed the last three years. During his more than 20 years in the Navy he
served in many of the naval facilities
throughout the world, with two tours of
duty in Vietnam.
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October 19 — Thomas Hrynkiw '63 — International Concert Pianist
November 4 — F. Lee Bailey — Controversial Trial Lawyer
December 5 — An Evening With Mark Twain — Will Stutts portrays
Twain at his best
January 27 — U. S. Senator Vance Hartke of Indiana
March 11 — Gene Roddenberry — Science Fiction writer and creator
of “Star Trek"
March 17 — Munich Boys Choir
April 14 — Eugene S. McCarthy — Former Senator from Minnesota
SORDONI ART GALLERY
September 15 • October 4 — Photography Show — Ralph Gibson,
Robert Frank
October 12 - November 1 —Walter Greer, Luminetics
November 10 • November 29 — Craft, Two-man Show— Naomi
Whiting Towner, Weaver; and William Tersteg, Potter — Sculptor
December 6 - January 18 — Wilkes College Faculty Show
February 1 - February 21 — Robert Blackburn Grafic Printmaking Show
March 1 - March 21 — "Pennsylvania 74” (statewide juried art show)
March 26 • April 16 — “Pennsylvania Quilts II” Show
May 3 ■ May 23 — Wyoming Valley Art Teacher Exhibition
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Hoping to gain their first Middle Atlantic Conference title in
five years are the Wilkes College footballers, who enter their 29th
varsity season on an air of confidence.
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Members of the 1974 edition: — 1st ROW, (I. t
Ford, Nick Ametrano, John Baron, Terry
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Blaum, Bill1 Horan, Bob
Mazitelli,
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Jim Castanzo.----- 2ncid ROW:
John Morreale, Joe Dettmore,
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Fred Lohman.. Chuck
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Tony Schwab. ----- 3rd ROW: Luu
Bob Para,
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Frank Wengen, Don Olekszulin,
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Matusek, Greg Wild, Len Dalmas, Larry Kluk, Paul Wengen. -----
If any one word could be used to describe Wilkes
teams in pre-season fall training sessions it was "opti
mism" as all four Colonel squads prepared for their cam
paigns on hopeful tones.
Football coach Roland Schmidt believes that he has
the material to bring home a fine season. "We won't be
bowling people over," expressed the 13-year grid men
tor," but will have to rely upon quickness and intelligence
to get us into the win column."
Schmidt, who has five Middle Atlantic Conference
titles and two Lambert Bowl's under his belt, enters the
1974 season with a lifetime 62-32-1 coaching record.
The Colonels just barely missed capturing MAC
Northern Division laurels last year, finishing runnerup
to Juniata which posted an identical 5-1 record. Wilkes
is hungry this time around and is being favored to gamer
their first circuit crown since 1969.
Big project for Schmidt in early practices was rebuild
ing a defensive "front four" which lost three starters,
including All-American tackle Jeff Grandinetti.
Junior ends Don Kulick and Lou Maczuga form the
nucleus of the revamped unit while junior Tom Bradshaw
is a sure regular at tackle.
Senior captain Terry Blaum and junior Steve Leskiw
pace a veteran linebacking corps while the Colonels de
fensive backfield has been rated by some observers as one
of the best in history.
Three juniors — Fred Marianacci, Tony Schwab, and
Dave Trethaway, make up the defensive secondary.
Another strong Wilkes point is the offensive line
4th ROW: Paul Adams, Ken Gompertz, Bill Lemakos, Tony Shipul.
>ula,
Don Williams. Charles Crawford,. Paul Nardozzi, Don McDermc
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Mickey Calabrese, Dave Sheridan,
Ian, Ed Suchoski. — 5th ROW:: Joe
McBride, Bob Adamy, Gary Lawrence,
iwrence, Ken Sickler, Kurt Frai
inke,
Mazonkej
Phil Bessler, Lou Maczuga, Dennis Mazonkey,
Larry Jacobwi
ritz.
Bill Craley. — 6th ROW: Tom
... O'Rourke,
^'Rourke, Ed Murray,
N.
Ray Cooper,
Dave Trethaway, Ed Zaborney,
ay, Chris O’Brien, Tony Couto, Frank
Sirocki. ----- 7th ROW: P. J. Kane, asst,
asst. coach;
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Joe Moran, asst,
coach; Ed Lukas, asst, coach;
•; Roland Schmidt,
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head coach; Jonah
/aria, asst,
asst. coach;
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Goobic, asst, coach; Joe Skvarla,
and Craig Deacon,
asst, coach.
which will find juniors Bob Para and Joe Dettmore in the
tackle slots, while the guard posts are up for grabs be
tween sophomores Dennis Mazonkey, Len Dalmas, and
Frank Wengen. Senior Bob Mazzitelli is the incumbent
at center.
Wilkes has two fine quarterback veterans in juniors
Greg Snyder and Chuck Suppon. Coach Schmidt is faced
with the question of which will better fit in his "Power I"
formation.
The Colonels have five solid running backs in seniors
John Baron, Rodney Smith; junior Fred Lohman; sopho
more Mick Calabrese; and newcomer Ed Murray. All
were Wyoming Valley All-Scholastics at one time in their
high school careers.
Equally excited about his teams prospects is soccer
chief Tom Rokita, who points to a talented group of
veterans plus several fine newcomers.
Offense will be built around senior Stellios Patsiokas,
who set a Blue and Gold one season scoring mark last
annum with 18 goals. Joining him on the line is George
Bene Hoane.
Other veterans being counted on are seniors Mike
Shoemaker, Gary Mocko, Steve Sergi, and junior Tom
Trost.
This marks the 26th year of play for the booters, who
come off a 6-8-1 log. According to Coach Rokita, "If we
can play consistently and avoid any major injuries, we
should be able to better the .500 mark."
Always the eternal optimist, cross country coach
(cont'd on page 7)
Wofa§ S|Wite Sferte
Plans are being completed for the "First Annual
Anthracite Bowl" which will pit the Wilkes gridders vs.
Delaware Valley College on November 9 , . . winner will
take temporary possession of a coal trophy for one year
... the event being co-sponsored by the Plymouth Amer
ican Legion is expected to be a yearly affair . .. new faces
in the Colonel grid coaching staff belong to Ed Lukis,
Paul Kane '69, and Craig Deacon '74 . . . Wilkes football
ers add Clarion State next year, and have home-and-home
series with C. W. Post and Indiana St. (Pa.) in '76 & '77.
Baseball coach Gene Domzalski conducted fall eval
uation drills for incoming freshman hopefuls . . . sopho
more lefty firebailer Jim Stehle, second in the country
last spring with a 1.00 era. and 13.8 strikeouts per game
has decided to forge football to concentrate on the dia
mond sport. . . Stehle is rated as a major league prospect
by Bob Duliba '75, a student assistant coach, who spent
more than five years in the big leagues playing for St.
Louis, Boston, and the California Angels.
Because EIWA (Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling
Association) was late in deciding, Colonel wrestlers will
stay NCAA Division III for 1974-75 . . . Coach John
Reese expects to compete in the MAC'S (Scranton, Feb.
21-22), Easterns (Lancaster, Feb. 28-Mar. 1), and the
NCAA III Tournaments, which will be hosted by John
Carroll University, Cleveland, O., on Mar. 7-8,1975 . . .
Blue and Gold's lone defending NCAA III titlist is John
Chakmakas '75 while Gene Ashley '75, Rick Mahonski
'77, and Al Scharer '75, were runnerups . . . California
Poly home wrestling meet tentative on Dec. 12 . . . other
big home grappling meets are Lehigh (Dec. 3), Navy
(Dec. 14), Hofstra (Feb. 8), and East Stroudsburg St.
(Feb. 12).
Wilkes women's field hockey team are strong fav
orites to capture the first Northeastern Pennsylvania
Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association crown.
Colonel eagers starting informal pre-season practices
for their winter debut against Lock Haven on Dec. 2 . . .
Coach Rodger Bearde returns ten lettermen from last
year's squad which posted a 19-6 record ... big guns
back include MAC 2nd Team choices senior Greg Buzinski (14.8 ppg.) and junior Jack Brabant (13.7 ppg.) . . .
other battle tested players are seniors Clarence "Big O"
Ozgo (15.3 ppg.) and playmaker Steve Ference (11.7 ppg.)
... all four are very close to the 1000 point career plateau
of which only Len Batroney (1629) '54, George Morgan
(1349) '58, Herb Kemp (1286) '70, Bill Umbach (1266)
71, and George Gacha (1235) '60 have ever attained . . .
going into the 1974-75 campaign Buzinski is high with
843, followed by Ozgo (718), Brabant (691), and Ference
(675).
COLONELS LOOKING
(cont'd from page 6)
George Pawlush is eagerly awaiting his teams first vic
tory in two years. Depth has plagued the Colonel har
riers during their three seasons of existence on the var
sity level.
Wilkes runners are supercharged with the addition of
WILKES COLLEGE COLONELS
1974 — Fall Sports Schedule — 1974
FOOTBALI-------- Roland C. Schmidt, Coach
Sept. 21
Sept. 28
Oct. 5
Oct. 12
Oct. 19
Oct. 26
Nov. 2
Nov. 9
Nov. 16
c. W. POST
LYCOMING
MORAVIAN
JUNIATA (homecoming)
ITHACA
SUSQUEHANNA
UPSALA
DELAWARE VALLEY
ALBRIGHT
WOMEN’S FIELD HOCKEY
home
home
away
home
away
away
home
away
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
----- Gay F. Meyers, Coach
Sept. 21
WYOMING VALLEY CLUB
Sept. 24
Sept. 28
Oct. 1
home
10:30
ALBRIGHT
ALUMNI
MARYWOOD
home
home
away
3:30
10:30
4:00
KUTZTOWN STATE
MISERICORDIA
away
away
3:30
11:00
Oct. 15
BLOOMSBURG STATE
LYCOMING
away
home
Oct. 17
Oct. 19
3:30
4:00
MANSFIELD STATE
MISERICORDIA
away
home
Oct. 24
Oct. 26
4:00
10:30
KEYSTONE
SUSQUEHANNA
Oct.
Oct.
3
5
Oct. 10
Oct. 30
Nov. 9-10
home
3:30
away
11:00
BUCKNELL
away
3:00
SUSQUEHANNA FIELD HOCKEY TOURNAMENT
SOCCER — Thomas Roklta, Coach
Sept. 14
ALUMNI
home
2:00
Sept. 21
UPSALA
home
2:00
Oct.
2
MUHLENBERG
away
3:00
Oct.
5
LYCOMING
home
2:00
SCRANTON
home
10:00
Oct. 12
Oct. 16
BAPTIST BIBLE
away
3:30
Oct. 19
WAGNER
away
2:00
Oct. 26
MADISON FDU
away
2:00
Oct. 29
MORAVIAN
away
2:45
Nov.
2
SUSQUEHANNA
home
2:00
Nov.
9
ELIZABETHTOWN
away
2:00
CROSS COUNTRY — George Pawlush, Coach
Sept. 14
Sept. 20
Sept. 25
LEBANON VALLEY INVITATIONAL
SCRANTON
BINGHAMTON STATE
away
home
Sept. 28
Sept. 30
MADISON FDU
BAPTIST BIBLE
home
away
Oct.
Oct.
4
9
LUZERNE CCC
(JV Meet)
DELAWARE VAL. I LEBANON VAL
away
away
Oct. 11
Oct. 19
RIDER
LUZERNE CCC
away
home
Oct. 22
Oct. 25
SUSQUEHANNA / BAPTIST BIBLE
ELIZABETHTOWN
home
away
Oct. 30
Nov. 11
SCRANTON
MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
home
Nov. 16
ALBRIGHT
away
(JV Meet)
freshman Paul Boris, a fine Wyoming Valley long dis
tance performer, and senior Dave Kowalek. Mainstay of
the Wilkesmen last year was freshman Mark Zavoy, who
copped two firsts and a high place in the Middle Atlantic
Conference tournament.
Last but not least are the Women's Field Hockey
coeds of Coach Gay Meyers. The Blue and Gold regis
tered a 6-5 record last year against one of their toughest
schedules in history.
Mrs. Meyers is counting on highscoring sophomore
Penny Bianconi and juniors Nancy Roberts and Susan
Funke to register another winner.
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ALUMNI NOTES
RONALD RITTENMEYER 72 and HEDY WRIGHTSON
73 were married on August 26. Both are employed
by the U. S. Dept, of Housing & Urban Development.
MARY ELIZABETH MORRIS 72 recently became the
bride of William Mickulik. They will reside at 500
Arch Street, Sunbury, Pa.
ELLYN MacDONALD 74 was recently married to
Harold Salmon, III. Ellyn is an elementary teacher
in the Wyoming Area School District.
Patricia Keightley, the former PATRICIA KEATING
73, is employed at the Fairfax Hospital, Falls
Church, Virginia, as the clinical instructor in the
operating room-recovery room. She resides with her
husband, Charles, at 3220 Lothian Road, *203,
Fairfax.
A daughter, Jessica Aimee, born on March 18, 1974,
to DR. DAVID ‘62 and JOAN PITNEY PETERS '64.
GIFFORD CAPPELLINI 74 was married to Deborah L.
Andrews. He will attend Dickinson Law School in
September.
A son, Andrew James, born on May 28, 1974, to
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kvortek. Mrs. Kvortek is the
former MARTHA THOMPSON '67.
ELIZABETH BADMAN '53 recently became the bride
of Bruce R. Campbell. Elizabeth formerly taught in
the New Milford, N. J., public schools.
NOREEN KULNIS 71 received her master’s degree in
English from the University of Michigan in 1972
and is presently teaching with the Carroll County
Board of Education in Westminster, Maryland.
JACOB SCHULTZ 71 was recently married to Patricia
Cadden. He is employed by the Wilkes-Barre Rede
velopment Authority as a rehabilitation specialist.
A daughter, Amy Lynn, born on March 28, 1974, to
Mr. and Mrs. William Battista. Mrs. Battista is the
former MARY ALICE NASIELSKI 71.
JOAN GILLESPIE 70 recently received her master's
degree from Rutgers University.
VINCENT McHALE ’64 recently co-authored a book
on Belgian electoral politics with Professor Andre
Frognier of the University of Louvain. Vince is mar
ried to the former ANN COTNER ’61, and is an assis
tant professor of political science at the U. of Penna.
CAROL TARNOSKI 70 recently became the bride of
John M. Sitar. Carol is an elementary school teacher
in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.
Barbara Williams, the former BARBARA KLUCHINSKI
’68, received a doctor of medicine degree from
Thomas Jefferson Medical College recently.
MATTHEW QUAY ’56 has been named president of
the North Jersey chapter of the Bank Administration
Institute. He is the vice president and controller of
Somerset Hills and County Bank.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT...
Fall, 1974
NOTICE
The Wllko. College REPORT
Is published by Wilkes College
quarterly. Entered as second
class mall matter and second
claoo postage paid at WllkoaBorro, Pennsylvania 18703.
married in June. Elaine is teaching in the Wyoming
Valley West High School and Bill is the director of
the Wyo. Co. Planning Commission at Tunkhannock.
DANIEL JACOBS ’62, a medical sales representative
for Eaton Laboratories, recently attended a Burn
Management-Surgical Nutrition Symposium at Stan
ford University Medical School, Palo Alto, Calif. Dan
resides at 21 Emerson Street, Kingston, N.Y.
SANDRA L. WALTERS 70 was married to Joseph
Sheruda, II, in August. Sandy has accepted a teach
ing position with the St. Joseph School District, St.
Joseph, Missouri. They will reside at 1821 Clay
Street, Apt. 310, St. Joseph.
FREDERICK L. BAUER ’68 was married to Colleen
Feeley on June 15, 1974. Fred is a communications
consultant for New Jersey Bell Telephone.
THOMAS J. YENCHA 72 was recently married to
Deborah Weidner. Tom is employed at the Naval
Weapons Installation, Dahlgran, Va.
A son, Jeffrey Charles, born on May 26, 1974, to
Mr. and Mrs. TED BEGUN ’63.
ALFRED JOHNSON ’65 was recently married to Olim
pia Macaravage. Al is a teacher in the Wilkes-Barre
Area School District.
A son, David Christopher, born May 14, 1974 to Mr.
and Mrs. EDWARD PODEHL ’68. Ed is a senior ac
countant with Price Waterhouse & Co., Philadelphia.
He resides at 919 Grenville Dr., Turnersville, N. J.
SCOTT STEELMAN 72 has been promoted to assis
tant cashier with the First National Bank of Eastern
Penna. He married the former JEAN PRESCIUTTI ’69.
A daughter, Heather, born on January 16, 1974, to
Dr. and Mrs. KEN MILLER 70. Ken received his
D.D.S. in May from the University of Maryland and
has accepted a commission in the U. S. Air Force.
He will be stationed at Hahn Air Base, Germany.
JANET ALFAST 71 was recently married to Dana V.
Heberlein. They will reside in Riverside, R. I.
Leigh Donecker, the former LEIGH DOANE 70, is the
Director of Medical Records at Alexandria Hospital.
THOMAS J. DYSLESKI '61 was married to Gail Kaskocsak on June 30, 1974. Tom is chairman of the
math department at Cedar Ridge High School in
New Jersey. They reside at 17 Gordon St., So. River.
A daughter, Jodi Allison, born on May 8, 1974, to
Dr. and Mrs. BRUCE GOODMAN '68. They reside at
84 Shore View Drive, Yonkers, New York.
JOSEPH BARANOSKI 73 and KAREN LEE METZGER
73 were married in July. Both are on the faculty of
the Hanover Area School District.
A daughter, Erin Tarmony, born on April 8,1974, to
DONALD ’68 and KATHLEEN HAY BOHL 70. Don is
a band director in the Berwick Area School District.
They reside at 737 East 4!/2 Street, Berwick.
JOHN ENDRUSICK 73 was recently married to Al
berta Ann Nerozzi. John is the manager of Shoe
maker Irrigation Company of Wyoming, Pa.
Pauline Myers, the former PAULINE A. GASHI 70, is
doing research in animal behavior for the Veterans
Administration at Philadelphia General Hospital. She
is also a graduate student in biology at Villanova U.
WILLIAM McGRAM, JR. 70 was recently married to
Larraine McNamara. Bill will begin graduate school
at Cardinal Stritch College, Milwaukee, in the fall.
A daughter, Karen Ann, born on March 1, 1974, to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Campbell. Mrs. Campbell is
the former KATHY SMITH ’68. They reside at 13449
Locksley Lane, Silver Springs, Md.
A son, Ian, born Jan. 24, 1974, to Mr. and Mrs. John
Beaty. Mrs. Beaty is the former FRAN SNYDER 71.
LORENE N. DARING 74 recently became the bride of
E. F. Charles LaBerge. They will reside in Baltimore.
JOHN SCHILLING 73 and NADZIA LITIAHO 74 were
married in Aug. John is an asst. mgr. with Berks Title
Ins. Co. They reside at 3829 Derry St., Harrisburg.
LOUISE BEEBE 73 is walking as an executive secre
tary at Standard Pressed Steel Co., Jenkintown, Pa.
TONY CARDINALE 72 is attending Suffolk University
Law School. His wife, the former LAURA BARBERA
72, is working for the New England Bell Telephone
as an economic forecaster.
MARIBETH GEORGE 70 was married to Michael A.
Lewis on August 3,1974.
A son, Joseph William, born on July 23, 1974, to
Mr. and Mrs. JOSEPH K0LM 70. Joe is teaching
ninth grade business at Stanforth Jr. High School in
Elmont, N.Y., and also is varsity line coach for the
Sewanhaka Sr. High School football team. He re
sides with his wife, Gail, at 2473 New York Avenue,
Huntington Station, New York.
CHARLENE ROSS ’69 was recently married to Patrick
W. Sammon. Charles is an art teacher in the Pittston
Area School District.
Murray Miller, M. D. has announced the association
of RUSSELL H. JENKINS, M D. ’67 in the practice of
internal medicine at 1001 Park Ave., Quakertown, Pa.
JOSEPH GAMMAITONI 73 and BARBARA J. GUSH 73
were married recently. Barbara is a biology teacher
in the Hanover Area School District while Joe teaches
biology in the Scranton School District. Both have
been accepted into the masters of science degree
program in biology at Bloomsburg State College.
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WILKES COLLEGE ArtCri! v iz.o
Eugene. Shedden Earley. Library
Hahnemann Accepts Seventeen Students From Wilkes
Seventeen students who at the end
of June completed their second under
graduate year in the innovative sixyear Wilkes-Hahnemann Cooperative
Medical Education Program have been
notified that they have been accepted
for early admission to the Hahnemann
Medical College in Philadelphia.
The program, which was initiated in
September 1972, calls for an intensive
six-year program of study that enables
the successful candidates to receive
simultaneously their undergraduate
baccalaureate degree and a Doctor of
Medicine.
The announcement of those selected
to enter the second (two-year) phase
of the six-year program was made
jointly by Atty. Frank Townend, pres
ident of the program's Policy Commit
tee, and Dr. Anthony J. Turchetti, act
ing executive director and clinical co
ordinator of the Wilkes-Hahnemann
Program.
The 17 named to go on to further
study at the medical college in Phila
delphia are: John Azain, Wilkes-Barre;
Kathleen Barnhart, Philadelphia; Ed
ward Boyer, Morristown; Jeanne Cul
linan, Willow Grove; Michael Ferraro,
Forty Fort; Ellen Field, Drexel Hill;
James Guzek, Dunmore; Susan Krischunis, Luzerne; Thomas Lenns,
Scranton; Maureen Maguire, Bear
Three of the principals who pioneered the creation of the innovative Wilkes-Hahnemann sixyear cooperative medical education program in family medicine are shown at one of the
meetings which were held in Wilkes-Barre, Washington, Philadelphia, and Harrisburg, Left
to right, Dr. Ralph Rozelle, Wilkes College; Dr. Wilbur Oaks, Chief of Medicine at Hal
ihnemann; and Representative Daniel J. Flood.
Creek; Bonita Metzger, Wilkes-Barre;
Patricia Morris, Palisades Park, N. J.;
Cynthia Patterson, Towanda; Deborah
Pincofski, West Nanticoke; Janet Polansky, Pittston; Cynthia Soloman,
Ashley; Doug Trostle, Adamstown.
At the time of the announcement it
was pointed out that the initial plan
under which the accelerated program
was developed to provide more phys
icians in family medicine considered
the fact that all those who completed
the first two-year phase would not be
admitted to Hahnemann.
Dr. Turchetti emphasized in his an
nouncement of the 17 accepted that
those who were not selected will have
the opportunity to continue a pre
medical course and apply for early ad
mission at the end of the third year
and for regular admission after the
normal four-year pre-medical degree
program.
Nearly 100 began the highly com
petitive and academically tough pro
gram two years ago. That number had
been gradually reduced for various
reasons to less than 40 by the end of
the third semester when the group en
tered the final portion of the first twoyear phase that led to the climatic
selection of the 17.
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"This is one of the big ways in which the alumni can
help the college," pointed out Art Hoover '55, director of
alumni relations, recently as Wilkes College became a
recipient of a $1500 grant from the Consolidated Cigar
Corporation, a division of Gulf and Western company.
Pictured at informal presentation ceremonies are, left to
right, Art Hoover; Joseph Kaminski, plant manager at
Consolidated Cigar Corp.; Dr. Francis J. Michelini, Wilkes
president; and Tom Kelly '69, director of development.
The big help that Hoover was referring to was provided
by Atty. Jeffrey Gallet '64, a New York City lawyer, who
actively pursued the grant.
"It is through alumni like Jeff Gallet who we must
count on to meet our financial goals," cited Hoover.
�among the many
r This it a new quarterly feature of the Wilkes Collie Re-
themselves in various occupations throughout the
NICK REYNOLDS ’68 is an attorney with
the atomic energy law firm of Conner,
|1 Hadlock & Knotts in Washington, D. L.
B
. ’ His duties include administrative and anti
trust law practice before the Atomic Enerv ev Commission and Department of Justice
J representing electric utility applicants tor
>,
BL nuclear power reactors.
Nick received his B.S. in Commerce and Finance in
1068 and later attended Marshad-lVytb.e School of Law
College of William & Mary: and the National Law Cen
ter, George Washington University where he was granted
his Juris Doctor degree in 1971.
During his undergraduate days at W likes, Reynolds
was a dormitory proctor as wed as a statistics lab instruc
tor. His outside activities include coin collecting and golf.
Nick is married to the termer Libby Anstine and they re
side at 709 Chalfonte Drive. Alexandria, Va.
MIKE WORTH ’68 is the director of de
velopment and public relations at Allen
town College in Center Valley, Pa.
Mike graduated from Wilkes in 196S
with a 3.A. m Economics and then matric
ulated at American University where he
attained his MA. in Economics in 1970.
Prior to assuming his duties at Allen
town College, he was employed at Wilkes College as an
assistant to the president and with the First Valley Bank
in Bethlehem. Mike is married to the former Helen Du
gan '68. The Worths and sen. Shane, live at 1924 Robin
Way, Bethlehem, Pa.
JOE WIENDL '69 has been quite busy since graduating
from Wilkes witr. me most fanfare ever accorded to an
athlete in school history. After a stint in the U. 5. Army,
Joe assumed the reigns as wrestling and baseball coach at
Tampa University m
a. -..-.ere he is presently engaged
with making the Florida team a winner.
Joe was awarded a B.S. in Commerce - ■
.a.nd Finance
1969 after completing an outstanding athief
in
which he gained All-American honors in ; *C
in
and wrestling. In all Joe earned 12 letters tl
by a Wilkes athlete. Married to the former Mary A b ever
kowski '69, the Wiendl's reside with their1
'n JanArthur at 653 Geneva Place, Tampa, Fla,
DORIS GORKA BARTUSKA
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been able to raise a family of d,
' has
set her mark in the medical world "'C11 as
sor of Medicine and Director'^ t^0^'
docnnology and Metabolism it w
Medical College in Philadelphia HCn's
Dr. Bartuska received her B S in R: i
in 1949 and later attended Women's Medical c ii°8y
where she gained her M.D. in 1954. Some of her r ° e8e
includes the influence of progesterone on the
roid function, estrogen assay of malignant tumor tis”
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the breast, and hypertrichinosis in normal femal??6 j
brain damaged children.
and
A past president of the Alumnae Association of W
men's Medical College, 1965-66, Dr. Bartuska is current?"
a member of the admissions committee and the clini
investigative committee of Women's Medical College™
Doris and her husband, Anthony, reside at 3227 W
Fenn St., Philadelphia, Pa.
PAUL BEERS ’53 serves as a columnist and associate
editor of the Harrisburg Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa
He is married to the former Joan Shoemaker '56, who has
attained her doctorate.
A 1973 Pulitzer Prize nominee for commentary, Paul
received his B.A. in English from Wilkes in 1953 and con
tinued Jus education at Columbia University where he
attained a M.S. in Journalism in 1956. Paul later attended
Stanford University as a Ford Foundation fellow in 1967.
Beers was very active during his college years and was
a —.ember of the varsity soccer team, assistant editor of
the Amnicola, and editor of the Beacon.
He has written two books, "The Pennsylvania Sam
pler" in 1970 and "Profiles from the Susquehanna Valley"
in 1973. Paul is also a trustee at the Harrisburg Area
Community College.
The Beers reside at 2313 Valley Road, Harrisburg, Pa.
Tom Kelly Honored By Alumni
Thomas F. Kelly '69, director of develop
ment at the college, was recent?. the honored
recipient of the "Alumni Appreciation
Award" for his Eve years of c.stinguished
service at Wilkes.
Tom will leave the college in August to
study for his Ph D. in Higher Education with
a minor in economics at Cornell University.
"We are going to miss Tom," chimed
alumni relations director. Art Hoover, "He
joined Wilkes right after graduation
1969
a yeoman iob in raising needed
funds for the college, especially in the flood
recovery period which followed the aftermath of Hurricane Agnes."
According to Hoover, "the Alumni Appreciat.on Award was established by the execu.
hnn
of lhc alumni association to
honor hose alumni who have distinguished
““ w^fsh'-°Ile8e and a6SOda,ion
ke.ly, a native of Forty Fort, assumed the
task as director of evening and summer
school upon graduation in 1969. At the com
mencement ceremonies he was awarded the
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5 Cup, for the highest academic average for male graduates, and the "Outstand
ing Graduate Award."
Later moving to the development office in
Tom served as assistant to the chancellor, the late Dr. Eugene S. Farley, before
oe.r.g named director of development in the
spring of 1972.
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an M AEconomics from Len.gn university. Coinciding with his admin' ''T‘7
also an instructor
•n the Economics Department. He is married
to the former Nancy-Kay Ritz
Tern Kv 'appreciation Award” to
b. i.L„,' w'^l'n AuX*tl°P'T’en’' Wh°
President's Baccalaureate Message Highlights Commencement
This year’s commencement took on extra meaning for Wilkes College President Francis
J. Michelini as he found himself addressing the same class that he greeted as freshmen when
he assumed the college presidency in the fall of 1970,
Dr. Michelini’s Baccalaureate message and commencement address by Dr, Ruth Patrick,
internationally known ecologist, shared the spotlight at the college's 27th annual commence
ment, Sunday, May 26, at the 109th Armory, Kingston.
The exercises had originally been scheduled for Ralston Field but the 559 graduating
seniors and 76 masters' students had to receive their degrees indoors when unexpected
showers prevailed.
Other keynotes of the 1974 commencement found honorary degrees being conferred upon
Dr. Patrick and the Rev. Dr. Jule Ayers. The Rev. Ayers, a long-time friend of the college,
and pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, was cited for the "recognition of his dedicated
service to his faith, to his community, to young people, and to his fellow man regardless of
race, creed, or color. His courage, conviction, and forthright approach in dealing with real
life situations have earned the respect of all who know him."
Among the special tributes paid to distinguished members of the class was the "Out
standing Graduate of the Year" award, presented by Art Hoover '55, director of alumni
relations, to Peter Jadelis '74, who served as 5G president during the 1973-74 school year.
Dr. Michelini’s Address
I am honored to share with you, this final ceremony marking your commencement from
Wilkes College. I am emotionally moved for two basic reasons: first — the recognition that
this marks the first commencement ever held at Wilkes where its founding father, Dr. Eugene
Farley, is not present. Although the memory of him is not as sharp or clear to you as to many
others of us here, you should recognize that your educational opportunity was made possible
by the vision and sacrifice of Dr. Farley and the many men and women who supported him
in that vision.
The second reason is more personal. Four years ago, I welcomed you as freshmen. That
was my first official act as president of Wilkes College after succeeding Dr. Farley. You and
I shared many hopes and dreams that day. Four years later we can all say we never came
close to imagining the challenges that would face us. Many did not meet those challenges
and are not here. Many met them and made difficult choices that directed their lives in other
pathways. Some have died — like Bobby McBride — and in their untimely deaths showed
us all our mortality and taught the lesson of the need for faith in man's immortality. We did
not dream of many of the challenges that were presented and were met. The flood of June
1972 posed questions of the very survival of your college. No institution had ever suffered
such destruction as was visited upon this college and its community. All of this area here, to
the very tops of those bleachers was under water just two years ago. Survival? Not just
survival — but a renaissance of spirit resulted from that disaster. More was learned about
the human spirit, the limited value of material possessions when weighed against the human
values of love, compassion, unselfishness and friendships. You students — our faculty — our
administators — our staff personnel — all struggled, and worked to bring your college back
to continue its mission. Support came from all over the United States — friends, companies,
alumni — and in 89 days — and these 12 and 14 hour work days, every day — dormitories
were open — academic buildings functioning — and your education continued. So our four
years together has been a series of challenges — in the classroom — yes — but also in the
lessons and trials that are part of life. These should have emphasized for us all the marks of
an educated man — that the faculty formulated and adopted many years ago as the goals
they set for their efforts — what Wilkes College hopes to achieve in the educational mis
sion. Let me review these for you and ask you to consider in retrospect what understanding
and commitment you have made to becoming "an educated man."
An educated man . . .
. . . seeks truth, for without truth there can be no understanding;
. . . possesses vision, for he knows that vision precedes all great attainments;
... is aware of the diversity of ideas and beliefs that exist among men;
. . . has faith in the power of ideals to shape the lives of men;
. . . knows that man's progress requires intellectual vigor, moral courage, and
physical endurance;
. . . cultivates inner resources and spiritual strength, for they enrich his daily
living and sustain him in times of crisis;
. . . has ethical standards by which he lives;
. . . respects the religious convictions of all men;
. . . participates constructively in the social, economic, cultural, and political
life of the community;
. . . communicates ideas in a manner that assures understanding, for
understanding unites men in their search for truth.
If these ideals expressed as statements have meaning to you — then certainly your years
at Wilkes have charted new directions for your life.
The baccalaureate is traditionally a spiritual charge — an emphasis placed on our
acknowledgement of the values that transcend scholarship and grades — values which in
truth are the goals we seek in education.
In these four years we shared challenges to integrity, to authority — experienced the
slanders and lies that bring pain — but also we shared the fun — the successful achieve
ments — the joy of a heartfelt "thank you," and the awareness and confidence that the final
joy comes from the ability to live with yourself in peace and with personal integrity. Nothing
else matters if you can count on that faith in yourself to meet challenges the future may
bring
just as we have shared and met the many challenges of the past four years. God
bless you all,
One of the proud moments of the 27th an
nual Wilkes College commencement was the
conferment of an honorary degree by Dr.
Francis J. Michelini, left, to Rev. Dr. Jule
Ayers, a staunch supporter of the college.
Elated over his selection as the “Outstand
md-
ing Graduate of the Year” Pete Jadelis '74,
74.
president of the Wilkes College student body
Tdy
during the 1973-74 year, is shown flanked
by Art Hoover '55, director of alumni rela
tions, left, and Dr. Francis J. Michelini.
Wilkes president.
MAKE YOUR PLANS
RIGHT NOW ! ! !
HOMECOMING WEEKEND
OCTOBER 11-13, 1974
more information is
forthcoming
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J, Moran ’49 .................. Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
George G. Pawlush '69
Lynn Jacobs ....................
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Alumni Notes
�CONSTITUTION
of the
Wilkes College Alumni Association
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Board o: Txu*tee>. Fi c id' and Benefactors
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the "‘"U'idei,,.
membei.hip within .aid RV).j0„ A5s‘HI.1I|011
Section 3 Election c‘.
Vice-President from each "»>'
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noted in Article \ III
annually by a pluiaiitv vote ot'tlw I’,1'"'-. b|of the \ssociation residing within i'"’bcr’i
gion. The election shall be condu ’’’! v,’‘
mailed written ballots as m.iv be '" ’y
appropriate ba and under the su,,....,
the Director of Alumni Relations.
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NAME
Section 1. The crfinal name
t.ganization shall be the A..kes x.
Alumni Association and
Kerc.’
be referred io as the As.-oc.ano-r.
ARTICLE IV
ALUMNI CHAPTERS
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f. To provide for
mentation, and adm
for the accompksrm
purposes as may j
deemed appropriate
g. To secure ar.
Alumni
House ? and other
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deemed appropriale
wath the
attainment of the>e ;
modation and co-nvetjerKe cf ont-of-toHTi
Alumni vii
the Cr liege and to serve as
a gatherinng place fosterrng gxxJ wtU and
cheer tor all
i lA—kes Ct'-.ege Al_mrJ, ar.d
h. To advise and as-s.<i the Ser-' r Class
in the election ■. f a Pre?_der * ",
Secretary, Treasurer und
5; -[-ss Trus-'
tees, all of v»hotn t.C serve _-_r a term {
five (5) years
ARTICLE III
MEMBERSHIP
Section 1 The follow mg i
full voting membership in ’ttiCsWteW
a. All persons who held
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course, from Wdkes College;
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least thirty (M) seme ter hour
College and have terminated acaj.
lalions with the College and
c- All persons who have completed
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Chapters.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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members or the Assoe t :..‘r. meet rex erm a
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bi their
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request otricml rececmtion as a
Charier from the Executive Committee of
the Association.
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material
support !.~r the Co.lecx
em- purposes,
departm?-*.' and a. 2 ties c: everx kind;
e To compile end me-nu-n h_5torical
material ar.d permanent records ccncEming
all Ahunni of the CsT
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the Colleges uelare oee • e> programs
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Section 1. The ruzp.-'.c- ce
Associa
tion shall be
a. To promote the welra^ o: dims CoLlege;
b. To perpetuate aod -rrcr.cirer. bonds
of loyalty arc pood teifcwsfcp among the
Alumni of the CcCepe
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u. • org.-.ni rod within the
Scctis'n 4 Election of the President r
ecutiae \ ice-President. Secretary >„ it’ E*‘
v.rer of the Association shall take Di‘rc?s'
annually by a plurality vote of the
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membership of the Association Th. ,cntlre
shall be conducted by mailed written''ballot"
as may be deemed appropriate by, and u"?
the supervision of, the Director of Ah?™"
Relations.
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MEETINGS
Section 1
The W. kes College Alumni
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the Wilkes College Alumni Association is
hereby constituted to perform general exec
utive functions as well as the specific duties
herein set forth.
Section 2. The Executive Committee shall
be composed of the Officers of the Associa
tion designated in Article VI and the Direc
tor of Alumni Relations.
Section 3. The Executive Committee shall
meet at least quarterly at such times and
places as the Committee shall determine.
Section 4. A quorum of six (6) members
of the Executive Committee shall be neces
sary to transact business.
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year at a -..me and place designated by their
respective memberships.
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at any meeting of
ihe Association or Alumni
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governed by the rules5 as laid down in "Robert s Rules of Order. '
ARTICLE VI
OFFICERS, TERM OF OFFICE,
VACANCIES, AND ELECTIONS
Section 1. The Officers of this Associa
te.'. snail be a President, Executive Vice1 res.der.t. Regional Vice-Presidents, Secre
tes, and Treasurer. Said Offisers shall be
> ■ '-ei pursuant to Section 3 and Section 4
•-■I th.s Arlicle for a term of two (2) years
' err mer.c.ng January 1 of the following year.
No oil.'er shall serve in the same office for
r ore than two (2) consecutive terms.
-• !. r. 2 Vaianc.es in offices of the
Asso. cation ihall be filled by a plurality vote
1 t.'.e I,erun,e Committee, and where the
REGIONS AND REGIONAL
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Section 1. One (1) Regional Vice-Pres
ident shall be elected from and for each of
the following regions:
Region I — Pennsylvania counties of
Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Susquehanna, Wyo
ming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Northumber
land, Montour, Columbia, Lycoming, Sul 1■/an, and Bradford.
Region 11 — Pennsylvania counties of
’ .’orthampton, Carbon, Lehigh, Schuy 1 >
Berks, and Montgomery.
Region III
Pennsylvania counties of
Dauphin, Cumberland, Adams, York, La carter, and Lebanon,
Region IV
Pennsylvania ‘"un‘l5S|,i^
Cluster, Delaware, Bucks, and I I*1 •“ 1 1
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the Llate of Delaware; and New Jen*(,y ‘
ties of Mercer, Monmouth, <h''an,
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ion, Camden, Gloucester, Salem, Cuml
land, Atlantic, and C ape May.
Region V
in Region IV.
All New Jersey
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I he stale of Connecticut and
Exi’.'w York state counties of Suffolk, Nas111 Brooklyn, Queens, Richmond, New
y"ij Bronx, Westchester, Rockland, and
Orangep 'elon VII
New York counties of SulliDelaware, Otsego, Madison, Oswego,
tefflrson, and all others to the West.
Ri-i-lrui VIII
All New York counties not
covered in Regions VI and VII, plus the
Ill's of Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode
island, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Region IX — The state of Maryland; the
District of Columbia (Washington, D. C.);
and Virginia counties of Arlington, Fairfax,
Loudon, and Prince William as well as the
independent cities within those county areas.
Region X — The states of Arkansas, Lou
isiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Geor
gia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, and all of Virginia not in
cluded in Region IX.
Region XI — The states of Michigan, In
diana, Ohio, West Virginia, and those West
ern Pennsylvania counties not included in
Regions I thru IV.
Region XII — All states and foreign coun
tries not specifically included in other re
gions.
Section 2. Other regions may be estab
lished from time to time by direction of the
Executive Committee as may be deemed ap
propriate, and election of Regional VicePresidents from such newly formed regions
shall be conducted in accordance with Ar
ticle VI, Section 3.
ARTICLE IX
AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Section 1. President — The President is
the presiding officer of all meetings of the
Executive Committee and the Association.
The President is an ex-officio member of all
committees with the right to vote. The Pres
ident shall have the authority to call a spe
cial meeting of the Executive Committee or
the Alumni Association. The President shall
have the authority that is implied by the title
of his office.
Section 2. Executive Vice-President —
The Executive Vice-President in the absence
of the President is vested with all the powers
and charged with all of the duties of the
President.
Section 3. Treasurer — It shall be the
duty of the Treasurer to keep any funds of
the Association in his official custody; to
deposit them in a bank or Trust Company
designated by the Executive Committee; to
make disbursements as authorized by the
Executive Committee; to maintain all finan
cial records and to submit a current financial
report at the annual meeting of the Associa
tion containing appropriate information of
donations to the College.
Section 4. Secretary
- The Secretary
‘■hall be responsible for the recording of the
proceedings of the Alumni Association and
of the I xecutive Committee and shall con-
duct all correspondence and record the
Codrem S °'TV
of
Lxvcutwe Committee. The Secretary shall
prepare such reports and statements as may
from time to time be deemed necessary fol
the information of the Executive Committee.
SThp°R 5' Tl'e,,!i^io"al Vice-Presidents
- The Regional Vice-President shall be re’po^ib'e for meeting from time to time with
he Alumni Chapters and members within
their respective geographical regions in an
attempt to carry out (he purposes set forth
in Article II of this Constitution, and to re
port to the Executive Committee all matters
of importance and interest to the Associa
tion.
ARTICLE X
c. Constitution Committee — It shall be
the function of this committee to review,
consider and draft proposed amendments
and revisions to the Constitution.
d. Nominating Committee — It shall be
the function of this committee to propose
names of candidates for elected offices of
the Alumni Association and to disseminate
biographical information about each candi
date to all members of the Association prior
to election.
e. Alumni House Committee — It shall
be the function of this committee to admin
ister and maintain the Alumni House of the
Association.
Section 2. The Executive Committee may
establish additional interim or standing
committees as may be deemed appropriate.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Section 1. There shall be at least five (5)
standing committees, hereinafter named,
each consisting of three (3) or more mem
bers of the Association, to be appointed by
the President of the Association with the
consent of the Executive Committee. The
President shall designate the chairman and
members of each standing committee, who
may or may not be members of the Executive
Committee. These standing committees shall
be appointed in January and shall serve for
a term of two (2) years.
a. Membership Committee — It shall be
the function of this committee to promote
greater interest in the Alumni Association,
to coordinate Alumni and undergraduate ac
tivities, to plan and promote social programs
for the annual Alumni meeting, and to plan
and promote other events of the Association.
b. Fund Raising Committee — It shall be
the purpose of this committee to promote,
stimulate and encourage donations to the
College from the Association membership,
to devise, promote, and coordinate fund rais
ing programs and activities, and to submit
a current report of donations to the College
at the annual meeting of the Association.
ARTICLE XI
REPRESENTATION ON BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
Section 1. The President of the Associa
tion shall be recommended for full voting
membership on the Board of Trustees of the
College.
Section 2. The President or his designee
shall attend all regularly scheduled meetings
of the Board of Trustees of the College and
shall make appropriate reports concerning
these meetings to the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE XII
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS
Section 1. This Constitution may be
amended at the Annual Meeting of the Asso
ciation by a two-thirds (-,3) vote of the mem
bers voting. Proposed amendments shall be
submitted by the Constitution Committee to
the President of the Association and pub
lished for the membership by the Director of
Alumni Relations at least thirty (30) days
prior to the Annual Meeting.
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In Touch !!!
Someone, somewhere at some time has wondered
where you are. what you are doing and maybe how to
get in touch with you. You have probably experienced
the same thought at one time or another. Why don’t
you do somehing about it? Right now, while the idea is
still fresh, drop a few lines to the — Alumni Office,
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 1S702.
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�Spring Teams Enjoy
Banner Season
To say that spring just merely sprung wo. l.;. be putting
it mildly as far as the Colonel spring sports program is
concerned.
Although void of any titles the W lke> lacrosse base
ball, and tennis teams enjoyed zbilant campaigns while
the golf squad gave promise of things to come
Second youngest of the Flue and GKa s varsity pro
gram, the Colonel st .k ■
.a err eight straight vic
tories before a °-4 setback re bc.knc’l cos: them the Mid
dle Atlantic Conference title.
Despite the derailment tl-z ?’. e and Gold :.n shed with
a 9-1 rc
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. . • .six points. Talk of the nation was sophomore Bill Winter
who emerged as the top point producer in the land with
83 points.
While coach Chuck Mattei takes a year of leave to
study at RFI. Jen Hobrock a member of the Psychology
department will guide the lacrosse team next spring.
Happiness wc.- also to be found m Artillery Park where
only a spi.t in ttreeco-olehecders cost the Flue and Gold
their third MAC crown Otherwise the diamondmen of
Gene Domzalski er eyed a 13-5 season. Eleven of Domzalski's varsity players were sophomores which should
give promise of things to cterne.
Propelling the bc.-eballers to success were pitchers Paul
Hughes and Jim Steve.
Hughes, a un.cr. who wdl captain next year's edition
toiled to a respectable 6-2 record while fanning 53 batters
in 53 innings. Paul a control artist, logged a 1.87 earned
run average.
Making a rrLl.cnt -cdegtate debut was freshman lefty
Stehle, who blazed the rail for c?9 strikeouts in 45 frames
for a 13.8 average per game. The big southpaw was 3-2
in the won-loss column and among era. leaders in the
country with a 1 OO production
Colonels also answered with the bat, swatting the ball
for a .365 team batting a. erape. So impressive was Wilkes
hitting that all n.ne erarrer? trc,.e the .300 barrier
Turning the trick were Dave Trethaway, so. (.439);
Mark Omolecki, ;r (413) Ste.e Leskiw, so. (.412); Dave
Paolinelli, so. (.370). Chuck Suppon, so. (.419); Marty
Pobutkiewicz, sr. (350), Jack Keller, so. (.327); Greg
Snyder, so. (.315); and ',r. Ho: .er, sc (.302).
Refusing to wither, the Wilkes tennis team played
tough and registered a 7-2 re..rd after a 2-5 showing in
1973.
Paced by senior Bob Derr.r. (7-2; and freihman Judd
Davis (8-1) the Blue and Ccld upset team after team,
four by close 5-4 margins In the erd .t .-.as a 5-4 loss to
Albright which cost the Cw .'e. their Le-.t season of
all time.
Women's varsity tennif under t: e _’.;r ’;i.n of Sandra
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of Rollie Schmidt looked forward to the future with a
2-12. Underclassmen dominated boil, squads.
WILKES SPORTS SHORTS
Colonel wu-stlers have applied tor admission into the
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling A -o. iation (I l\\ A) tor
the coming l-'"4--x year. . it admitted the Blue and Cold
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versity Dhision) status in the mat sport... Seniors Terry
Flaunt and Bill Horan, both graduates of Wilkes Barre
Cough! n High School, have been chosen to co-captain
the K~4 Wilkes football team .
Marty Pobutkievvicz
~4 a recent Mav graduate was chosen as the second
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NCAA District ll all-star baseball team
Colonel basketball team will participate in the Sacred
Heart Basketball Tournament at Bridgeport, Conn., Jan.
3-5, 1°~5
. Excitement is being generated for the
Wi.kcs
s appearance in the second annual Penn State
Wrestling Tournament Pec. 6-7 at University Park . . .
Some of the other teams competing in the eight-team
,d
..ce Oklahoma. Clarion, Bloomsburg, Lock Ha. c.-. Purd.ie Slippery Rock, and host Penn State . . . Big
cates on :b.e home wrestling calendar are Lehigh (Dec. 3),
\acv (.Dec. 14) Arizona (Jan. 10), and Hofstra (Feb. 8)
Sorhomore attack Bill Winter and junior midfielder
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Krill were chosen to the 1974 MAC All-Star lacrosse team . . . Freshman pitcher Jim Stehle, sophomore
cm. her Dave Paolinelli, and sophomore outfielder Dave
Ttct-.ZAav received MAC All-Star baseball stature . . .
Co..-r ._- Nov. 16th football date with Albright will be a
24th Annual Pretzel Bowl activities in Reading . . .
The grid tilt is sponsored by the Rajah Temple . . . Lacre.-se star Winter led the entire nation in scoring with an
e erage of 8.2 points per contest according to a United
S:mes Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association release . . .
.xes physical educational faculty member Sandy
r.—berg has been chosen as first president of the newly
:.m ed Northeastern Pennsylvania Women's Intercol■ eg ere Athletic Association . . . Other charter members
de Marywood, Keystone, Baptist Bible, Misericordia,
K_-gs. Scranton, and Luzerne County Community Col.eze . . . League will compete in hockey, basketball, and
Ten Wilkes male varsity sports sported a comr
76-64-1 winning record during the 1973-74 school
MAC Northern Division begins seven-team
:.-.-d rebin competition this fall with Albright, Susque'
- - Lycoming, Juniata, Upsala, and Delaware Valley
'J F-- ■ each other once .. . Colonel grid season opens with
. -i t ;
n on Sept. 21 when defending Lambert bowl
C. W. Post (10-1 last year) invades Ralston
F
ie Schmidt starts his 12th coaching season
■ 62-32-1 record . . . Soccer team begins its 26th
■
;Jay and fifth under the tutelage of Tom
are led by All-MAC senior lineman
Str .... Pat,
who set a new team record with 18
goals last annum.
r
MINI FIESTA
Milkes College alumni and their friends are invited to I mini-fiesta in
Me/.tt, Sept. 15-22 Priced <>t |299( the eight day, seven-night trip
indude* three nights m Mexico City's Hotel Del Prado, one night in
Taco's Posada De Le Mision, and three nights at the Fiesta Tortuga
Hotel m AuipJw. fi e tour covers round trip jet transportation from
Barre tu Me/.co City «>id return from Acapulco via Dranilf Interf.Bl.onal Airlines. Further information may be obtained by contacting
Pti.n Travel Inc, 8-18 West Market Street, Wilkes Haire, Pa. 18/01.
Home Club Conducts Spring Meeting
Spring quarterly meeting of the Greater Wilkes-Barre, Hazle
ton and Scranton chapter of the alumni association was held May
15 at the Wyoming Valley Country Club.
Enjoying some quiet conversation prior to the start of the
meeting are, left to right, seated: Mrs. W. Brooke Yeager III, Mrs.
Carl Zoolkoski, Mrs. Francis J. Michelini, and Prof. Joseph Kanner.
Standing: Carl Zoolkoski ’59, president of the home chapter; W.
Brooke Yeager III '63; Art Hoover '55, director of alumni relations.
Prof. Kanner, a member of the Wilkes Psychology Department
since 1949, gave a humorous talk on "Things That Go Bump in the
Dark." Following the presentation, Fred Pacolitch '74, a recent
music graduate, rendered various broadway selections. Fred is re
membered for his role of "Tevye" in the recent Wilkes-Kiwanis
"Fiddler On the Roof" musical.
DISNEY WORLD
Plans are being finalized for a repeat alumni Thanksgiving
Weekend at Disney World, Florida, Nov. 28-Dec. 1.
Departure arrangements call for a Thanksgiving morning de
parture from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Airport via a chartered
Southern Airways jet with return to the same airport slated for
Sunday evening.
Other features of the trip include accommodations at the
Hyatt House (formerly the Carolando Hotel and Motor Inn) in
Orlando, just minutes away from Disney World.
Also included are daily admission passes and tickets for fea
tures at Disney World, baggage handling, transportation to and
from the airport in Orlando, and a trip to the Kennedy Space
Center.
The alumni excursion is being arranged by Ross Valenti of
Central Ticket and Travel Agency in Wilkes-Barre and is open to
all alumni and their families. The exact cost of the trip has not
yet been determined but children under 12 years of age will be
entitled to a special reduced rate.
Brochures describing the trip in detail will be available around
Sept. 1 and the total number of open reservations has been set at
95. Further information may be procured through the Alumni Re
lations Office.
BE A RECRUITER
DR. JULIEN A. RIPLEY
Dr. Julien A. Ripley, Carlisle Springs, an author and professor
at the college from 1960 to 1965, died June 27 at the age of 65 in
New York City.
Dr. Ripley was born at Long Island, N.Y. in 1908 and was edu
cated at St. Paul's School, Massachusetts, and the Cathedral School
in Washington, D. C., where his father, a publisher, served in the
Navy Department during World War I.
He received an A.B. from Yale University in 1930; an M.A.,
from Harvard in 1932 and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia
in 1933.
Dr. Ripley taught at Montgomery College, outside Washing
ton, D. C. before going to Dickinson College, where he taught from
1954 to 1958 and was associate professor of physics.
He taught in Abadan, Iran, 1958 to 1960; at Wilkes College,
1960 to 1965, and at Stanford University, California, from 1965 to
1973 where he also directed dissertations in the philosophy of
science.
During his five years at Wilkes he was a professor of physics
and published articles on his specialty. It was while a teacher at the
college in 1964 that he had a book published, entitled "The Ele
ments and Structure of the Physical Sciences," a successful book
in both its original and revised editions.
GERTRUDE M. WILLIAMS
Gertrude M. Williams, who acted as
Dean of Women at Wilkes College from
1951 to 1953, died recently in Philadelphia.
Born in Golden, Colo., Mrs. Williams,
89, was graduated from Wellesley College,
Wellesley, Mass, in 1907. While attending
college she was a correspondent for the
Associated Press.
From 1932-35 Mrs. Williams was direc
tor of research and statistics for the Penn
sylvania Department of Welfare. She received her Master of Arts
degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1937.
During her tenure at Wilkes, Mrs. Williams also served as an
English professor. She was Luzerne County vice-chairman of Civil
Defense during World War II.
In 1Q19, Mrs. Williams co-authored the book "Understanding
India," She was also the author of the "Passionate Pilgrim," l?aJcd
on the life of Annie Besant in 1937 and "Priestess of the Occult,
in 1946 which concerned the life of Madame Blavatsky.
di ^*raveshle services were held at the West Laurel Hill Cemetery,
1’hiladelphia on April 22.
Do you know a high school student who may be inter
ested in coming to Wilkes College?
If you do, the Admissions Office would appreciate hear
ing from you. As an alumnus of Wilkes, you are the best
"resource person" we have.
Upon receipt of the form below, the Admissions Office
will follow up from there. Mail to the Office of Admissions,
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT
Student's name
Address
City.
S ta te------------ Zip-
Phone
Will graduate from high school in.
Name of high schoolMy name is—--------------------------
I was a member of class of-----
Address ----------
City—
Comments:
State-
^ip-
�Wil LIAM I EANDRI 69 has been promoted to assis
tant cashier by the Wyoming National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre
Alumni
Notes
A
•:-s?n Reg: . be.-.i on December IS. 1973 to
V X v.s ROGER D. BREWER 6$ It Brewe is
stationed in K.--. sesa Japan.
HARRY BRULEY '69 w.ns
awarded the de
gree ol ?x:r o!
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f.om Phils
de ?*- a Co ege of Osteopath ?o Vodreme
REV. DAN.EL S. GRIFFITH
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ALEXANDER FELL "2 wy
-s Fh.D. in chem;stry from C.a-ksoi CMtfe of Technology in May.
STANLEY ANSEN ‘2 . . VARY ELLEN BURNS 73
were -< cd reef-: « S’m .s employed as a staff
;• • . ’
kstein. Horwath &
Horwsth. ttrLes-Bar*
f.’.i.rj? GeLL SANTOS
sa member of the Adult
Education Oatiter faculty of Perth Amboy General
HospitfiJ.
.♦•s graduated from Hahne.* .Juelphia, where he rece .t: r 2
:f doctor of medicine. Dr. Ungar
will tegm bts residency in internal medicine at
: •
. . - .:
Medical Center in Massachu
setts
DR. JAY
MELV N ROGERS, JR., 70 has been commissioned
.
st n of Aviation Officer Can
dor £
2-; has begun basic flight training.
JOHN C111A.VS 71 recently received his master's
:tf f- •
- :r education from Penn State.
•>'
- SVC
Lj.-r ir i
'3 and BARBARA ZEMBRZUSKI '73
- Apnl. Both are employed as acWaterhouse and Co., New York.
RICHARD I.UKESH 72 and MARCINE MORRIS 73
were married recently.
Patricia Trask, the former PATRICIA CIIAPRACIII 64.
has announced the opening of an office foi thn gen
oral practice of law in the langloy Professional
Building, 7676 New Hampshire Avenue, Langley
Park. Maryland.
ARLENE KUNIGEL 72 has received her master's de
gree In Music Education from Indiana University.
Handicapped by blindness through major surgery
almost since birth, it Is quite remarkable to realize
the goals Miss Kunigel has set for herself and ac
complished.
CARL SACHS 72 was recently married Io Adelle
Boyer. Cail is employed by Wilkes Banc Clay Prod
nets Company.
SHELDON GERMAN 72 received his master’s de
gree in rehabilitation counseling from the Univer
sity of Scranton.
GERALD A. MOFFATT '63 has been admitted to the
turn of Arthur Anderson and Co. as an audit partner.
RICHARD ’56 and JEANNE MACHONIS CARPENTER
*48 will be residing in Paris for the next three years.
Their address is 12 Rue Turgot, Saint Germain-EnLaye (78) France.
REV. GEORGE CONWAY ’70 recently delivered the
sermon to the graduating class of Wyoming Sem
inary, Kingston.
A daughter, Alexandra Joyce, born on February 10,
1974, to Mr. and Mrs. George DuFour. Mrs. DuFour
is the former LEONA SOKASH ’67. They reside in
Port Chester, New York.
DAN F. KOPEN ’70 recently completed the medical
school curriculum at The Milton S. Hershey Medical
Center and plans to intern at the Barnes Hospital
Group in St. Louis.
DAVID D. ROBERTS 70 has received his M.D. degree
from The Medical College of Pennsylvania and will
begin a clinical graduate program at Yale-New Haven
Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut.
A daughter, Jennifer Lynne, born on April 6, 1974,
to JIM 71 and CAROL DENSMORE MARASCIO 70.
BARBARA BARSKI 72 is working for the Department
of the Interior in Virginia.
NORMA L. ROPER 73 recently married Ronald Kee
ney. They are residing in Middletown, Pa.
A son, Stephen Thomas, born on May 22, 1974, to
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hedden. Mrs. Hedden is the former
NANCY THOMAS ’62.
PHILIP THORICK 70 has received his Master of
Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary,
Washington, D. C. He is presently serving at the
Great Bend United Methodist Church.
£-i, born on February 27, 1974,
■. JDE • • . : M.NCY PUGLISI KOTERBA 70. Joe is
■ 2'i Mineral and Chemical, Menlo
Jersey. They are residing at 506 Helfin
Stuet,
8fx>
‘
R. DALE aADNEP -LL rx been appointed general
th Telephone Com
pany. Dalias. Per<i> »ar.;a.
THEODORE ZE. N'T! 72 ar d DIANE M. MILLER 72
v.- t r.L-'.tt • r/cy He -. employed by Jefferson
County Het " Departre'-’. Hillsboro, Mo.
WILKES COLLEGE
REPORT...
Summer, 1974
NOTICE
Th® W
CoHeg® REPORT
.6 published by Wilkes Colleg®
quarterly. Entered as second
class mail matter and second
class postage paid at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania 16703.
I
BILL MONTAGUE '68 has been promoted to vice
president of Mark IV Homes, Inc., Taylor, Penna.
THOMAS CEBULA ’68 was awarded his Doctor of
Philosophy degree by Johns Hopkins University in
May.
BARRY A. WARNER 74 will enter medical school in
September at the Philadelphia College of Osteo
pathic Medicine.
JOHN F. WILLS '64, and his wife, Marla, announce
the birth of their first child John Gregory.
EILEEN MORROW 72 was awarded her master's
degree from Bucknell University in June.
JOSEPH E. MILLER 71 was married to Jane E. Dun
ham in June. Joe was associated with the Glenn
Miller Orchestra, and is well known locally as a
trombonist. They reside at 1222 Cedar Post Lane,
#86, Houston, Texas.
NORMAN STROJNY ’66 received his master’s degree
in chemistry from Montclair State.
DR. DANIEL ZEROKA ’63 has been promoted to the
rank of associate professor of chemistry at Lehigh
University and has been granted academic tenure.
ROBERT D. GOLDSTEIN 73 and SUSAN LYNN PEZZNER 74 were married on June 23, 1974. Bob is a
student at the Milton S. Hershey Medical School.
They will reside at Apt. 142, University Manor, Her
shey, Pa.
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WILKES COLLEGE ARCHIVES
Eugene. Shedden Earley Library
WILKES COLLEGE
Report...
Spring, 1975
1975 Alumna Appeal Aiming For $80,000 Goal
The 1975 Wilkes College Alumni
Appeal is off and running on its quest
to meet an $80,000 goal.
Judy Simonson Arenstein '68, na
tional chairperson of the alumni phase,
reports that the Alumni Appeal is part
of the $250,000 annual campaign for
funds, currently underway at the col
lege.
Mrs. Arenstein reflected, "Now that
the community portion of the drive is
winding down, it is up to us as alumni
to pick up the ball and put the effort
over the top."
"All of us have been affected in one
way or another by inflation," she
wrote in a recent letter to alumni, "and
JUDY SIMONSON ARENSTEIN ’68
our alma mater is no exception. We
are still recovering from Tropical
The regional vice presidents will
Storm Agnes and have a financial need continue their efforts in April and
to bring our facilities back to mini May, soliciting alumni who have not
mum standards. In addition, one of responded to the previous two apour primary
]
needs is money for peals. This will be done by telephone,
personal contact, and letter.
scholarships.""
The Alumni Appeal is being inten
Because of heavy concentrations of
sified and will continue until May 31. alumni in Region I (Greater WilkesTo meet the challenge, the committee Barre Area), a special effort toward
is employing several avenues of ap personal solicitation will be coordinproach.
ated by the Alumni Appeal vice presDuring the mid part of February an ident, Richard Simonson 7'69.
"•
Simonson has been very busy on
appeal letter from the campaign chair
man, brochure, pledge card, and re- the home front, lining up division
turn envelope were mailed to all alum- leaders to spearhead the local alumni
ni. As a follow-up, there will be a let campaign. Serving on this committee
ter from regional vice presidents sent are George Andrews '69, Marv Antinin late March to all alumni in their nes '61, Pat Burke '69, Mike Daney
'72, Jill Evans '71, Paula Gilbert '70,
respective regions.
Alumni from the Greater Wilkes-Barre Area have been hard at work, making plans
for the local segment of the 1975 Wilkes College Alumni Appeal. Division loaders at a
recent meeting, from left to right, arc: Rick Rees '62, Marv Antlnnes '61, Bob Silvi ‘69,
Mike Daney '72, Art Hoover '55, Pat Burke *69, Jim Ferris '56, and Rick Simonson *69.
RICHARD SIMONSON ’69
Bob Matley '73, Irma Molitoris '56,
Pat Ratchford '73, Shirley Jean Ray
'cn
___ 'rn____ J
'57, Richard n
Rees
'62, and Bob Silvi
'69.
"The first part of our plan will be
to personally contact alumni." Simon
son said. "We will then go into a telephone campaign, which in recent
years has proven very successful,
Really giving us a boost are the cur
rent students at the college who have
volunteered their services to aid us
meet our goal."
Art Hoover '55, director of alumni
relations, observed, "We continually
want to remind alumni that contribu
tions from friends and business asso
ciates solicited by alumni, can be
credited to the alumni fund."
Regional vice presidents have also
assumed the added responsibility of
soliciting through personal contact in
their area at least ten new members
for the Gene Farley Club. This is open
to all alumni who contribute at least
$100 annually to the alumni fund.
Another important aspect to be re
membered is that many companies are
participating in the matching gift pro
gram, which means that the employer
will match the gift that you send to the
college, thus actually doubling the
donation.
�REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENTS ELECTED
Twelve new regional vice presidents
were selected by members of the
Wilkes College Alumni Association
through a mail ballot during the
month of November.
Art Hoover '55, director of alumni
relations, announces that the 12 will
serve for two-year terms. In the last
issue of the Alumnus the following
executive board members were an
nounced: president, Dr. Joseph Ste
phens '51, Sykesville, Md.; vice pres
ident, Judy Simonson Arenstein '68,
Scarsdale, N.Y.; secretary, Anita Jan
erich '52, Wilkes-Barre; and treasurer,
Jerry Berk '63, Staatsburg, N.Y.
Elected as regional vice presidents
to represent alumni from various sec
tions of the United States are: region
1, James Ferris '56, Kingston; region
2, William Homnick '69, Easton; re
gion 3, Richard Salus '60, Hershey;
region 4, Richard Masi '74, Cirmaminson, N. J.; region 5, Robert Vanderoef
'67, Basking Ridge, N. J.; region 6,
Steve Paradise '65, Merrick, N.Y.; re
gion 7, Aldo Fameti '71, Syracuse,
N.Y.; region 8, Gary Homing '73,
Troy, N.Y.; region 9, Nick Reynolds
'68, Alexandria, Va.; region 10, Joe
Wiendl '69, Tampa, Fla.; region 11,
Joe Weinkle '63, Pittsburgh; and re
gion 12, Walt Chapko '55, Phoenix,
Ariz.
Ferris, a resident of Kingston, is
principal of the ninth and tenth grade
building of the Wyoming Valley West
School District.
Homnick, a Wilkes-Barre native, is
a sales manager for the Eastern Affil
iated Service Corporation in Easton.
Salus is presently a partner with
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co., Certified Public Accountants, Hershey.
Executive Committee Directory
ILTSe. Md. 21784
Home: (301) 795-5306
Office: (301) 922-2292 or 795-6610
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
JUDY SIMONSON ARENSTEIN ’68
15 Tanglewood Road. Scarsdale. N.Y. 10583
Home: (914) 723-3012
Office: (212) 393-5617
SECRETARY
ANITA PIOTROWSKA JANERICH ’52
25 North River Street. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702
Home: (717) 822-5563
Office: (717) 825-7511
TREASURER
MR. JERRY BERK ’63
The Quadrangle. Rt. 9. Staatsburg. N.Y. 12580
Home: (914) 889-4897
Office: (914) 452-2800
DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS
MR. ARTHUR J. HOOVER ’55
Sterling Apartments, Apt. 509
West Market St.. Wilkes-Barre. Pa. 18703
Home: (717) 822-6369
Office: (717) 824-4651, Ext. 375
Regional Vice Presidents
REGION 1
MR. JAMES FERRIS ’56
380 Ridge Avenue. Kingston, Pa. 18704
Home: (717) 287-2090
Office: (717) 287-2131
REGION 11
MR. WILLIAM HOMNICK ’69
139 North 7th Street. Easton, Pa. 18042
Home: (215) 258-9744
Office: (215) 253-3503
REGION III
MR. RICHARD SALUS ’60
38 Dog-wood Drive, Hershey, Pa. 17033
Masi is a teacher and assistant foot
ball coach at Cinnaminson High
School in Cinnaminson, N. J.
Vanderoef is an account executive
for banking sendees with the Bunker
Ramo Corporation in New York City.
Paradise, an insurance broker, is
vice president of J. B. Paradise and
Co., Merrick, N.Y.
Famed is employed by the Winkle
man Construction Company in Syra
cuse, N.Y.
Homing is a sales representative
with Wallace Business Forms Inc., of
Albany, N.Y.
Alumni Executive Committee Springs Into Action
Home: (717) 533-4934
Office: (717) 232-6646
REGION IV
MR. RICHARD MASI ’74
Home: °(6roUD829e62C7SnnamlnSOn'
N' J'
REGION V
MR. ROBERT VANDEROEF ’’67
67
3 Ric
i0o»O)O76M9?rkin8 RldE°' N- J' 07920
Office: (212) 248-3400
REGION VI
MR. STEPHEN PARADISE ’65
128 Lincoln
Merrick.’NY
?5°}n6)Boulevard,
B3O7U8eiV0a3r7d’ Merrick
N-Y.11566
Home: (516) 378-103
Office: (516) 561-281
REGION VII
MR. ALDO FARNETI ’71
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K3S15)n487^C6?4SyraCU“' N Y' 13207
REGION VIII
MR. GARY HORNING ’73
Skyline Drive, Troy, N.Y. 12180
:
Home: (518) 279-3496
Office: (518) 783-9133
REGION IX
MR. NICHOLAS REYNOLDS ’68
709 Chalfonte Drive, Alexandria, Va. 22305
Home: (703) 683-3616
Office: (202) 833-3500
REGION X
MR. JOSEPH WIENI
4DL ’69
653 Geneva Plai
ice, Tampa, Fla. 33606
Home: (813)) 251-3585
Office: (813)
I) 253-8861, Ext. 289
REGION XI
MR. jor
----- WEINKf
>SEPH
:LE ’63
14 Ridgecrest Drh
ive. Pi
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235
Home: (412) 824-2651
Office: (412) 824-2651
REGION XII
MR. WALTER CHAPKO ’55
2019 North 47th Place, Phoenix, Ariz. 85008
Home: (602) 267-0343
Office: (602) 271-4734
Reynolds, a former attorney with
the Federal Trade Commission, is a
partner in the law firm of Conner,
Hadlock & Knotts of Washington,
Wiendl is head coach and adminis
trator for spring sports at Tampa Uni
versity, Tampa, Fla.
Weinkle is a self-employed insur
ance agent in Pittsburgh and formerly
served with the Civil Aeronautics
Board.
Chapko has been an assistant attor
ney general of the state of Arizona
since 1971.
The newly elected Wilkes College Alumni
Executive Committee wasted little time in
getting their elbows deep into work, meeting
on campus, January 18.
Dr. Joseph Stephens, president of the
Wilkes College Alumni Association, re
ported that the recent national election drew
response from 1563 alumni. A total of 8500
ballots were mailed.
Art Hoover, director of alumni relations,
announced that he was gratified with the
feedback from the Alumni Survey, but that
there are still many alumni who have not
returned their survey forms. The return of
the form, he stressed, will help considerably
in updating alumni files and identifying
areas of alumni interest and involvement.
Due to extremely high costs and the lack
of funds, publication of the alumni directory
will have to be temporarily delayed until
sponsors are found.
Dr. Stephens presented a list of activities
which will be assigned to the regional vice
presidents. The vice presidents will in turn
be responsible to Judy Arenstein, the execu
tive vice president.
Jim Ferris, Joe Weinkle, and Rick Masi
will comprise the recruiting and admissions
committee. Primary mission of this group
will be to meet with college officials and de
termine what alumni can do in the recruit
ment of potential students.
Handling the career conference is Bob
Vanderoef. It was suggested that alumni
could possibly return to campus for a day
and give first-hand information on their
field to interested students.
Joe Wiendl has been entrusted with the
alumni continuing education committee. His
job will be to enlist other regional vice presidents to check in their respective areas for
trends in college education in that region.
The 28th annual homecoming has been
slated for Oct. 11-12,1975. Bill Homnick has
been assigned the task of working with the
local committee to develop programs which
will attract new life back to campus.
Joe Weinkle will head the committee on
insurance and trusts. A small percentage of
individual insurance could be assigned to
the college as beneficiary.
As chairman of the public relations and
publicity committee, it will be Gary Horn
ing's job to stimulate alumni into sending
news back to campus.
The Annette Evans Alumni and Faculty
_____
7 the home of the late Dr.
House,, ______
formerly
Eugene S. Farley, was opened for general
»««««««»
------ j —
—
meeting use i--».
last year. tIt*. has -served
as itthe
site for various local alumni functions and in
the future could be utilized for house guests.
Another service of the alumni office is the
co-ordination of travel and trips which are
offered on a regular basis. A package trip to
Las Vegas is being made available to Wilkes
alumni during the month of April.
,Jim
.... __Ferris
.............has
... been delegated with the
responsibility of arrangingj executive quar
terly meetings in conjunction with major
college events.
Aldo Fameti will work with alumni-student relations. One area that he will attempt
to develop is the alumni in residence idea,
where alumni return to campus for an in
formal rap session with the students. An
other is the big brother-little sister program
in which the alumnus will be assigned a stu
dent in his career area.
Job placement is also a matter of alumni
concern. Walt Chapko will devise a program
which will alert the alumni office when
openings are available in their field of en
deavor.
Nick Reynolds will serve as historian and
parliamentarian and part of his duties will
be to summarize the year's progress, and
send a report to next years committee.
Next meeting date of the executive com
mittee is slated on campus, April 26.
Rozelle Named To Wilkes-Hahnemann Post
ESSAYS OF AN EDUCATOR
by Dr. Eugene 5. Earley
.. . special pre-publication offer to alumni.
. . . now available at $5.00 through the alumni office.
. . . make checks payable to:
Wilkes College Alumni Association
Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18703
ANNETTE EEVANS ALUMNI ANI
<D FACULTY HOUSE — Rapidly becoming a favorite meeting
place for fai
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DR. RALPH ROZELLE '54
Dr. Ralph Rozelle '54, a Wyoming native
and a veteran member of the Wilkes College
Department of Chemistry, is serving in a
joint appointment from Wilkes College and
Hahnemann Medical College as Dean of
Health Sciences and Liaison Director for Re
gional Programs.
Dr. Rozelle's assignment includes respon
sibility as project officer for the WilkesHahnemann Cooperative Medical Education
Program — a highly selective program that
enables qualified students to complete
studies for their baccalaureate degree and
doctor of medicine degree in six years.
He is also responsible for related programs
that evolve from the basic two-year medical
education curriculum. These include the
four-year nursing program, the medical tech
nology program and others, such as occupa
tional or physical therapy, as cooperative
agreements for implementation of these pro
grams may be developed.
Dr. Rozelle commented on his responsibil
ities by stating that he and Dr. Anthony
Turchetti, clinical coordinator and Associate
Dean of the Hahnemann Medical College,
have been placing considerable emphasis on
the task of acquainting prospective students,
as well as people in various Northeastern
Pennsylvania communities, with the scope of
the programs being offered at Wilkes Col
lege.
Prior to his arrival at Wilkes in 1962, Dr.
Rozelle was an instructor in chemistry, a
post-doctoral fellow and the senior scientist
in Surface Processes Research and Develop
ment Corporation at Alfred University. He
is married to the former Marilyn Ritter. The
couple with their three children reside in
Forty Fort.
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EDUCATIONAL CHANGES
WILKES BENEFACTORS TREATED AT APPRECIATION NIGHT
An "APPRECIATION NIGHT” for members of the John Wilkes Club, the
Gene Farley Club, and the Arnaud L. Marts Society of the Wilkes College
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lobbj of the CPA. a special program was
presented by the Wilkes College Theater and Music Departments.
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before the start of the
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Mrs. John McDonald.
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David Capin, Robert (Capin, dean of academic affairs,
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Lacrosse Match
Baseball Game
vs. Franklin & Marshall
vs. Delaware Valley
vs. Elizabethtown
vs. Lehigh
vs. Bloomsburg (DH)
Eugene J. McCarthy
Pennsylvania Quilts II Show
vs. Haverford
vs. Albright
Ralston Field
Artillery Park
Artillery Park
Ralston Field
Artillery Park
CPA
Sordoni Gallery
Ralston Field
Artillery Park
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Ralston Field
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Sordoni Gallery
Artillery Park
CPA
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Ralston Field
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Ralston Field
Baseball Game
Lacrosse Match
Baseball Game
Concert and Lecture Series
Fine Arts Exhibit
Lacrosse Match
Baseball Game
Theater Production
Baseball Game
Lacrosse Match
Cherry Blossom Festival
Fine Arts Exhibit
Basebail Game
Concert
Concert
Lacrosse Match
Concert
Baccalaureate and
Commencement Exercises
Homecoming
“Canterbury Tales"
vs. Ursinus
vs. Stevens
Wyoming Valley Teacher Exhibit
vs. Kutztown
Wilkes College Band
Wilkes College Chorus
vs. Kutztown
Madrigal Singers
REMINDER! !!
If you haven't completed and returned the alumni survey
form that was mailed to you in December, please do so at
your earliest convenience. Call or write the Alumni Relations
Office for another form if you misplaced the original. Your
help and cooperation in the matter is appreciated.
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"EMERGING CONCERNS IN PUBLIC EDUCATION," was the
general topic of discussion as the Greater Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton,
and Scranton chapter of the Wilkes College Alumni Association
met recently at the Alumni and Faculty House.
Junior Art major Joe Dettmore is shown with his latest paint
ing which typifies the team spirit exhibited during the 1974 foot
ball season which saw the Wilkes Colonels cop their sixth Middle
Atlantic Conference title.
Leading the informal discussion were Dr. Richard Rees, a 1962
alumnus and member of the Wilkes College Education Department,
and James Ferris, a 1956 graduate, who currently serves as a prin
cipal in the Wyoming Valley West School District.
Many people hold to the old addage "that a picture is some
times worth a thousand words."
One person who wholeheartedly subscribes to the idea is Joe
Dettmore, a starting offensive tackle on the Wilkes football team,
who doubles on the sideline as an aspiring artist.
Joe, a junior, who scales in at 6-3, 230 pounds during the grid
season, recently completed an oil portrait which in short order
summarizes the Colonels 1974 championship season.
"I got the idea about a week after our season finale with
Albright," remembers the talented art major, who spends a great
amount of his spare time as the art editor of the Amnicola, the
annual student yearbook.
"A fellow art major brought in a photo which was taken during
the halftime of the Wilkes-Albright game. We won the game, 14-9,
and the triumph gave us the MAC title," Dettmore recounted.
"It was my first time that I had ever been on a championship
squad and I was still excited." While at Coughlin High School, Joe
had two close near-misses, losing to Wyoming Area by a single
point both times. "I was determined to make the memory stick,"
he said.
Wasting little time the muscular lineman got right to work and
within a month had the project completed. The toughest part of
the task was to approximate the colors since the portrait was taken
from a black and white photo.
"Painting can be a costly proposition," related Dettmore. "The
price of the canvas and paint alone may run well over $40, and
that doesn't even include the frame."
After stretching the canvas, the next step in painting is to
pencil sketch the actual picture. Once this is done the artist begins
working colors into the portrait and this is where much time is
spent.
"J. Phillip Richards of the Wilkes Art Department has helped
me greatly," he related, "Just forming a knowledge of the colors
and distinguishing between darks and lights takes a great amount
of experience."
Dettmore feels the small college atmosphere has been conducive
to his athletic and artistic pursuits. "I just don't think I could have
done both at a bigger school. Wilkes had given me the chance to
play football and prepare for the future."
Shown prior to the start of the meeting are, left to right: Art
Hoover, director of alumni relations at Wilkes; Carl Zoolkoski,
Mountaintop, president of the local chapter; Mr. Ferris; and Dr.
Rees, discussion leaders.
Much interest was paid to the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act of 1974. Also considered were teacher strikes, chang
ing professional attitudes, and the revision in school codes.
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DON'T FORGET ?! !
28th ANNUAL
HOMECOMING
WEEKEND
October 10-12, 1975
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WILKES JUNHOB MIXES
STUDIES WITH ATHLETICS
FANECK FINDS ALASKA INTERESTING
Among the 18,000 men and women working on the $6-billion
Trans-Alaska Pipeline that stretches 798 miles from the Arctic
shore in the north to Prince William Sound in the south is a former
Wilkes-Barre resident who graduated from Wilkes College with
the Class of 1950.
In the quarter century since he gained his bachelor of arts
degree in social studies at Wilkes, John Faneck, son of the late Mrs.
Margaret Faneck, 25 Coal Street, Wilkes-Barre, has covered just
about every section of the United States as he tasted the fruits of
various job projects.
His history of travel and work has taken him to Birmingham,
Detroit, Santa Barbara, San Francisco, Pasadena . . . and now has
him locked into what he has described as his most interesting
experience in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Faneck is employed by the Bechtel, Inc. construction crew that
is playing a major role in the construction of the massive pipeline
that has caught the attention of a world that has become extremely
conscious of energy and the part that this project will play in
delivering oil southword on the continent.
During his spare moments, the former Wilkes student wrote a
descriptive article about the environment in which he is now
working. He entitled it "Treasure Beyond the Yukon," and sent it
to Wilkes College with a note that the people of Northeastern
Pennsylvania "might be interested in knowing a little about what
is going on up here." The article, too extensive to be reprinted in
the alumnus, appeared in the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent.
In his article, Faneck describes the new Alaskan development
and its effects upon the countryside as well as its inhabitants. He
maintains that with all factors counted and considerations given
to all he has witnessed he still remains objective, not passing judg
ment on the project as either right or wrong.
-:N©TICE;°
A limited number of 1972, 1973, and 1974
Amnicola's are still available for purchase at
$5.00 per copy. If you are interested in obtain
ing a copy, write or call the Amnicola Office,
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
�Matmen Cop MAC Tourney
A son, Joshua Robert, born on October
C;‘..L_. 17,
", 1974, to
ROBERT 70 and ANNE AIMETTI
70.
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Lose Nationals
BEVERLY CHISLO 74 recently became the bride of
Stephen Solfanelli. She is employed at the Pres
byterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh.
There was no national wrestling championship for the Wilkes
College wrestlers this year but the Blue and Gold of John Reese
did say goodbye to the Middle Atlantic Conference in fine fashion,
cornering their 14th circuit crown in 19 years.
167-pound junior Jim Weisenfluh. This brought the list of Wilkes
all-time crownholders to ten. Previously turning the trick were
Marv Antinnes (1961), John Carr (1965-66), Joe Wiendl (1968-69),
John Chakmakas (1974), Art Trovei (1974), and Mike Lee (1974).
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PAULA MARIE MORRIS 73 recently became the
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Next annum the Colonels will be moving to the Eastern Inter
collegiate Wrestling Association and as a result will change their
NCAA affiliation in wrestling from Division III to Division I.
The Reesemen also had three other place winners as sophomore
Roy Preefer finished third at 118 while seniors John Chakmakas
and Al Scharer, 134 and heavyweight respectively, had to settle for
disappointing fourths.
Wilkes more than doubled second place Elizabethtown's score
in the MAC's, gapping the Bluejays, 164^2 to 81. The Colonels had
seven champions — Preefer (118), Lon Balum (126), Chakmakas
(134), Mike Kassab (142), Ashley (158), Weisenfluh (167), and
Scharer (Hwt.).
A daughter, Christi Louise, born on December 20,
1974 to Mr. and Mrs. T. Stephen Turnbull. Mrs.
Turnbull is the former MELINDA DAWSON '71.
WALTER PLACEK '61, assistant professor in the
Physics Department here at Wilkes, was selected to
attend a four-day meeting at the University of
Maryland in November.
ATTY. JONATHAN SCHIFFMAN '71 was recently
sworn in as assistant district attorney for the City
and County of Philadelphia.
WILLIAM A. SABA 74 was recently married to Mar
garet Burke. Bill is employed by the Luzerne Inter
mediate Unit as a remedial math teacher.
DALE STUMPF '73 was recently married to Patricia
Smith.
RONALD KLIMEK 74 was married to Jean Keck on
November 16, 1974. Ron is employed as a chemical
engineer with G. T. E. Sylvania, Towanda,
SHELDON LAWRENCE ’66 has been elected an as
sistant secretary of The Hartford Insurance Group.
Sheldon, a member of the company’s business plan
ning department, assists in the implementation and
coordination of business planning for the line of
business and functional departments and the company's profit centers.
DR, JEROME GUTTERMAN ’59 is presently teaching
at the University of the Pacific — Department of
Endodontics with the rank of Assistant Professor. He
also has a part time private practice at the school
faculty clinic. In addition to lecturing he has been
appointed to the staff of Mount Zion Hospital as an
instructor and lecturer in the Dental Internship
program.
While the Wilkesmen were denied a repeat NCAA III crown,
finishing third to John Carroll by a 19-point margin, they did gain
two new national champions in 15S-pound senior Gene Ashley and
Weisenfluh was named as the tournament's "Outstanding
Wrestler" for the second straight year, while Scharer joined the
distinguished ranks as a three-time MAC titlist.
The Colonels ended the dual season with a 12-2-1 record. After
two early season losses to Navy and Lehigh, Wilkes ripped off
eight straight wins, before being knotted by William & Mary, 17-17.
During their mid-season tear, the Blue and Gold garnered big
triumphs over Syracuse, 22-19; Montclair St., 22-16; Hofstra,
25-13, East Coast Conference champions; and Virginia, 28-12, At
lantic Coast Conference titlists.
Injuries cut deep into the Wilkes camp and Coach Reese had to
compete without the services of sophomore Rick Mahonski while
getting only partial duty from Weisenfluh and Kassab.
The Colonels used 21 different grapplers in the so-called re
building year. The list included nine sophomores and eight fresh
men, which should give Reese a good base of experience to work
from when they join the "Easterns" next season.
John Reese, who registered his 200th coach::
ling win during the
1974-75 season, is pictured with his 1975 NCA
:AA III champions
Jim Weisenfluh, le
left, and Gene Ashley, right.
Turning in brilliant won-loss records this season were seniors
Chakmakas (28-5-1), Ashley (27-3-1), junior Weisenfluh (17-4),
and sophomores Preefer (18-6-1) and Kassab (20-4).
Cagers Doomed Dm
They don't give trophies for coming in fifth but Roger Bearde
will probably wonder for the rest of his coaching career of how
far his 1974-75 Wilkes College cage team might have gone -with a
couple of breaks.
All signs in pre-season pointed to a banner year as the Blue and
Gold had nine lettermen and all five starters back from the pre
ceding year's squad, which had gone 19-6.
The Colonels appeared off and running, winning five of their
first six starts and then the skies literally caved in as the Blue and
Gold found themselves struggling with a 6-6 record at mid-season.
Just when everything looked bleak, the Wilkesmen finally re
gained their touch and proceeded to win eight of their next nine
games.
As the Colonels entered the final week with a 14-7 log, Coach
Bearde was fully cognizant that his team had to defeat either
Scranton at home or Elizabethtown to make the MAC Northern
Division playoffs and hopefully further on the NCAA III trail.
"We were 5-3 in league play, having lost to Upsala, Wagner
and Philadelphia Textile on the road. We had to beat Scranton, it
was as simple as that," Bearde recalled.
Wilkes appeared to have Scranton on the ropes, leading by ten
points early in the second half, but then everything just stopped
and the Colonels found themselves 74-72 losers after two over
times. Emotionally drained, the Blue and Gold cage season ended
two days later when they suffered a 75-72 setback to Elizabeth
town.
Under different circumstances it might have been the greatest
season in Wilkes basketball annals as the Colonels had three
players join the exclusive "1000-point career club," which prior to
this year had only five members.
Seniors Greg Buzinski (1174) and Clarence Ozgo (1110) all had
their big days in the late season surge while junior Jack Brabant
(1026) got his grand in the Elizabethtown defeat.
Week
The Wilkesmen which ended 15-9, had a great year on defense,
holding 24 opponents to an average of 68.1 points per game but
the real culprit turned out to be luck as the Colonels dropped two
double-overtimes to Upsala and Scranton and lost to Bridgeport
at the buzzer in the Sacred Heart Classic.
Wilkes showed great scoring balance with four players in
double figures. Ozgo paced the club with a 16.3 average while
Brabant, Buzinski, and a third senior, Steve Ference, were close
behind with 13.9, 13.8, and 10.2 averages respectively.
Fifth man in the Colonel starting unit was freshman Ken
Hughes and after making some early mistakes turned out to be
one of the quickest ball handlers to hit the campus in many years.
Hughes averaged 6.2 points per game while leading the club in
assists with 115. Colonel followers were likewise thrilled with
relief stints from junior Frank Britt and sophomore Frank Trainor.
Britt was an instant spark whenever inserted while Trainor
displayed many of the backcourt abilities which had made him a
great high school player in the New York City area.
After four years of building it was sad to see the Colonels
dreams come to an abrupt halt but as Coach Bearde noted, "that
is what sports are really all about. We will correct our mistakes
and will be back next year."
DON’T FORGET ’!!
28th ANNUAL
HOMECOMING WEEKEND
October 10, 11, 12, 1975
Na“Y E"sien MELVIN C. ROGERS, JR. 70 was named
at the Naval Air Station, Milton, Florida.
GEORGE J. MATZ ’71 was recently married to Jean
Snedeker. He is employed by Kellogg’s Sales Com
pany.
MOLLY JACKIEWICZ ’73 recently became the bride
of John E. Phillips. She is an elementary art teacher
for the Lehighton Area School District.
A daughter, Emily Kathleen, bom on July 2,1974, to
Dr. and Mrs. James Bruno. Mrs. Bruno is the former
BARBARA SULLIVAN '70.
DONNA L GEORGE '69 was recently awarded a doc
torate in zoology from Rutgers University. She is
currently working on a post-doctoral fellowship in
Genetics.
EVAN C. JENKINS '64 was recently married to Mary
Sulewski. Evan is a planetarium director at Jonas
Salk Middle School, Madison Township, N. J.
DAVENE SOBEL '68 will receive her M.A. in English
as a second language in May, 1975. She will marry
Mohammed El-Khayait in June and has accepted a
teaching position at the University of Amman, in
Jordan. Davene is currently residing at 835 East
7th Street, Tucson, Arizona.
DALE HUGHES '70 and CARYN MARI GANG! '73 were
married on August 17, 1974. They are residing in
Allentown.
CAROLE ANN THOMAS '67 has received her master's
degree from Eastern Connecticut State College. She
is presently a first grade teacher in Groton.
DEBORAH LUTZ '74 was recently married to Ralph
Okonieski. She has accepted an assistantship at the
University of Akron, Ohio, while pursuing her mas
ter’s degree.
Charlotte Jachimczak, the former CHARLOTTE STEMPI FCifl
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PLESKI 73, is a kindergarten xteacher
for the Nan
ticoke Area School District and is presently attend
ing graduate school here at Wilkes.
JOSEPH STALLONE '69 is assistant professor of
ceramics at Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan. He
received his master's degree in ceramics design from
the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred
University.
SHELDON GERMAN 72 and JANICE KATUNA 74
were married on October 13, 1974. Sheldon is em
ployed as a vocational evaluator at the New York
State Association for Retarded Children, Bingham
ton, N.Y.
MARILYN GOODMAN '67 is teaching in the Groton
School District. She resides at 57 Elm Street, Sto
nington, Conn.
A son, Alexander Ryan, born on September 19, 1974
to Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Edlich. Mrs. Edlich is the
former MARSHA HOCHBERG '64. She is a French
teacher at the Professional Children's School on
West 60th Street in New York City.
A daughter, Elizabeth Helen, born on June 8, 1974,
to Mr. and Mrs. MICHAEL SWENGOSH '65. Mike is
teaching at North Point Junior High School in Balti
more and is also employed part-time as a lecturer
in zoology at Essex Community College and an
instructor in biology at Morgan State College.
JOHN PETINKO '72 recently joined the Frantz & Ben
jamin Insurance Agency as an associate agent.
A boy, George Leonard, born on October 19,1974, to
GEORGE 74 and DIANA LIPSKI BIGUS 70. George
is a realtor with Jane Kopp Real Estate in Forty Fort.
WILLIAM C. WILSON, II '67 and KRISTINE SHILCOSKI 72 were married recently. Bill is employed
as a design engineer for Lacy and Rogers, consult
ing engineers, Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort.
MARIE ANNE RINALDI '74 recently became the bride
of Richard H. Weber. Marie is an elementary teacher
in the Riverside School District.
ANNETTA L CHEEK '66 received her Ph.D. from the
University of Arizona in September.
ANTHONY SCARANTINO '56 has been appointed
manager of Finance America Corporation Diversified
Division, Allentown.
JOHN KOSEK 72 and THERESA FOY 73 were mar
ried in July, 1973. John is an art instructor for the
Riverside School District and Theresa is also an art
instructor in the North Pocono School District. They
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242 Olivia St., Old Forge, Pa.
MARIEA BARBELLA 73 has been appointed as an
admissions counselor at the State University of New
York at Oswego.
MARYANN REINO 74 became the bride of Lawrence
Storz on Thanksgiving Day. They are residing in
Shavertown.
A son, Stephen McChesney, born on December 5,
1974, to Mr. and Mrs. JOHN R. MILLER '68.
THERESA NOWINSKI 70 recently became the bride
of Glenn Leiter. She is a policy specialist with the
Bureau of Supplementary Security Income, Social
Security Administration of Baltimore.
MICHAEL MURPHY 74 and ROSEMARY STRINKOSKI
74 were married recently. Both are employed by
the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.
A son, Timothy Allen, born on November 29, 1974,
to Rev. and Mrs. PHILIP THORICK 70.
NICHOLAS BARNA '68 has announced his candidacy
for District Attorney of Wayne County. A partner in
the firm of Conway, Barna and Spall, he lias served
as assistant district attorney for the past three years.
DR. J. WARREN BLAKER '55 was recently married to
Dr. Judith E. Gurland. Dr. Blaker is professor of
physics at Vassar College.
DONNA GREENE 72 was married to John Symanovich on November 23, 1974.
Betsy Krech, the former BETSY ONDREY '67, is an
English instructor in a high school program for serv
icemen at Travis Air Force Base, California. She re
sides on the base with her husband, Bruce, and
daughter, Dana.
JOHN WELKER 73 was married to Deborah Kleiner
on November 27, 1974. They reside at Nob Hill
Apartments, Apt. 2406, 7626 Callaghan Road, San
Antonio, Texas.
DR. CATHERINE DeANGELIS '65 has accepted a new
;::
“:an as director of Ambulatory Pediatrics for the
positior
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University of Wisconsin Medical Center in Madison.
WOODROW L HERRON '67 recently received his
Ph.D. in education of exceptional children from
Penn State. He is the director of mental health/
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mental
retardation at■ "Greenbrier
Center ■in Lewis
burg,, West Virginia.
Commonwealth Telephone Company of Dallas, Penn
sylvania, announced in December that RUTH GOLDBERG 73 has been appointed expense budget manager and WILLIAM KLAIPS 70 will assume the po
sition of plant accounting manager.
JAMES M. DAVIS 74 was married recently to Loretta
J. Rasimas. Jim is employed as a program super
visor for the Wilkes-Barre Recreation Board.
ANN BERKISE 74 recently became the bride of
Charles Anderika .
JOSEPH GAY '63 has been elevated to the post of
dean of the Health Sciences Division at Broome
Community College.
KAREN FINK 74 became the bride of Andrew Yudichak recently. They are residing in Canandaigua,
New York.
FORREST BROMFIELD '56 has been promoted to
Vice President of the Hanover National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre and manager of the Kingston office.
DANIEL WALTERS 72 and LINDA BRAY 72 were
married recently. Dan is a Naval Flight Officer sta
tioned at Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia with
Fighter Squadron 32.
�ALUMNI NOTES
(coat’d from page 7)
CAPTAIN GENE HAVERLAK ’66 has been awarded his
master’s degree by Central Michigan University.
Gene is a programs manager at Wright-Patterson
Air Force Base in Ohio.
LYNDA CARLE 71 has accepted a position as French
instructor on the faculty of Mercersburg Academy.
RICHARD KUTZ, II 70 has been promoted to the
position of vice president of production with the
Old River Road Bakery, Inc.
DENNIS QUIGLEY ’67 recently obtained his MBA
from the University of Georgia, and he is presently
a cost accounting manager with Deering Milliken in
Spartanburg, S. C.
A son, Evan Bradley, born on December 21,1974, to
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morris. Mrs. Morris is the former
SUSAN CONNER ’69.
JAMES DeSOMBRE 74 was recently married to Bon
nie Long. Jim is employed as a project engineer for
Morse Chain of Ithaca, N.Y.
Marianne Van Blarcom, the former MARIANNE LEVENOSKIE ’59, has had a major exhibition of her
paintings and drawings done from 1968 to 1974 in
the gallery of the Fair Lawn Library, New Jersey.
Marianne also teaches art and Humanities in Fair
Lawn Senior High School.
In Memoriam
JOHN S. UCZEN — 1957
Died: November 8,1974 — Age 39
John entered Wilkes in 1953 and received
a B.S. in music education in 1957. He was
regional representative for the Saville Organ
Company in New York State. He also served
as the Director of Music at St. Patrick's
Church in Syracuse.
Surviving are his wife, the former Sylvia
Danko, and four children.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J. Moran '49
Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
George G. Pav/lush '69.
Editor
Lynn Jacobs
.Alumni Notes
WILKES COLLEGE
REPORT...
Spring, 1975
NOTICE
The Wilkes College REPORT
is published by Wilkes College
quarterly. Entered as second
class mail matter and second
class postage paid at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania 18703.
MARCHANT REVIVES
SWIMMERS
Plenty of spirit prevailed as the Wilkes
College swimming team surprised many on
lookers in registering a 3-5 dual record.
Prior to the start of the season, the pros
pectus looked bleak for the Colonel aqua
nauts with only four lettermen returning
from last year's 2-8 squad.
The situation was soon corrected with the
appointment of Rich Marchant to the coach
ing staff. Marchant, a Blue and Gold swim
ming great of the early 1970's, left college
in 1972 to join the Marine Corp.
With one season of eligibility remaining,
the 24-year old senior started a massive re
cruiting drive and at season's end had a
record 25 swimmers listed on the roster,
Most of these are freshmen and sophomores
which should give the Colonels a solid nu
cleus to work with next year.
The Wilkes swimmers established seven
new team records and had two finalists in
the post-season Middle Atlantic Conference
Tournament at John Hopkins University in
Baltimore, Md.
Placing for the Colonels were freshmen
Cindy Glawe, a third in the women's onemeter diving; and sophomore Joe Abate, an
11th in the men's diving competition.
WOMEN REGISTER
FAST FINISH
The Wilkes College women's bas
ketball team captured three of their
final four games to finish the 1975
campaign with a 6-9 record.
The Colonels of Sandra Bloomberg
could be headed for their finest sea
son ever with only senior Anne Tracy
scheduled to graduate.
Pacing the Blue and Gold on offense
was sophomore Dotty Martin with a
12.9 average per game. Freshman
Karen Olney was the top rebounder
with 11.3 rebounds per tilt.
Lynn Jacobs, alumni relations sec
retary, is shown holding a Parson
Cocktail Table with the Wilkes Col
lege insignia which may be obtained
for $11.95 from the alumni office.
This price includes all mailing and
shipping charges. The table is jet white
with a two color blue and gold im
print.
Make checks payable to the Wilkes
College Alumni Association and mail
with your check to:
ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE
WILKES COLLEGE
WILKES-BARRE, PA. 18703
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WILKES COLLEGE
Report...
Summer, 1975
Michelini Resigns; Capin Named Acting President
The resignation of Dr. Francis J.
Michelini as president of Wilkes Col
lege and the appointment of Robert
S. Capin, dean of academic affairs, to
the position of acting president of the
college occurred in succession during
the months of May and June.
Capin's appointment will become
effective on September 1 when Dr.
Michelini, who has served as president
of the college since 1970, will assume
his new duties as president of the
Commission for Independent Colleges
and Universities (CICU) in Harris
burg.
DR. FRANCIS J. MICHELINI
Dr. Michelini, a 20-year educator
at the college, will be responsible for
carrying out the missions of CICU
which are to focus attention on the
importance of the independent sector
of higher education in Pennsylvania
and throughout the nation.
The naming of Capin to the office
of acting president was made at the
June 6 meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Wilkes Board of Trus
tees.
In announcing that Capin, a 1950
graduate of Wilkes, had been elected
unanimously by the Executive Com
mittee, Attorney Joseph J. Savitz,
chairman of the Board of Trustees,
said that the appointment called for
Capin to continue as chief executive
officer of Wilkes College from September 1 to the date upon which a new
president takes office.
Acting along standard procedural
ROBERT S. CAPIN, C.P.A.
lines, the trustees of the college will
name a Search Committee in the near
future for the purpose of attracting
and screening qualified candidates to
become the third president of Wilkes
College. Dr. Eugene S. Farley, who
died in 1973 after serving as chancel
lor from 1970 to 1972, held the office
of president for 34 years before turn
ing over the duties to Dr. Michelini
in July 1970.
appeal.
"Thanks to some great leadership on top as well as co
operation from our alumni, we were able to realize our
$80,000 goal."
Those were the joyful sentiments of Alumni Director
Art Hoover '55 as he reported that the 1975 Alumni Ap
peal had oversubscribed its goal with an $82,114 closing
tally.
What made the drive more complete was the fact that
the $250,000 annual campaign of which the alumni effort
is a part, had also exceeded its quest with a final figure
well over $300,000.
Hoover also noted that the alumni total quoted in
cludes only monies and pledges received as of May 31.
"That was the end of the fiscal year but I'm sure further
contributions will come in after this date."
Applauding the efforts of national chairperson Judy
Simonson Arenstein '68 and Rick Simonson '69, who co
ordinated the local effort, Hoover also cited the alumni
executive committee which spent countless hours solicit
ing Farley Club members through phone, letters, and per
sonal follow-up.
Another important ingredient for the success of the
alumni appeal was the local committee in the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Area. Because of the heavy concentration
of alumni in Region I which includes the Wilkes-Barre,
Scranton, and Hazleton area, personal solicitation capped
by a telephone campaign provided the push that was
needed to surpass the goal.
Aiding in the local effort were many undergraduate
students who unselfishly volunteered their services.
�Rees to Chair 28th Annual Homecoming
DR. RICHARD REES
Nine Facialty
Members Retire
Nine prominent Wilkes College faculty
members announced their retirements effec
tive at the end of the 1974-75 school year.
Closing out their full-time teaching careers
at Wilkes were Sheldon Curtis, Elwood Disque, Bronis Kaslas, Grace Kimball, Charlotte
Lord, Jaroslav Moravec, Phillip Richards,
Cromwell Thomas, and Stanko Vujica.
Curtis, a member of the Accounting De
partment, has been associated with the col
lege since 1952.
The teaching career of Disque goes back to
1935 when he was appointed to the Foreign
Language faculty of the then Bucknell Junior
College.
Preparations for the 28th Annual Alumni
Homecoming Weekend, scheduled for Oct.
10-12, are well underway as the executive
committee has tapped Rick Rees '62 to serve
as chairman of the 1975 event.
A popular educator on campus, Rick is
presently a member of the Wilkes Education
Department. He is very active in alumni af
fairs and was a former regional alumni vice
president in New Jersey before moving to
Wyoming Valley in 1972. Rees is currently
serving as treasurer of the alumni home club.
Following graduation from Wilkes, the
continued
former Colonel football co-captain
_
his education at Rutgers University where he
was awarded a Doctor of Education degree
in 1971. Rick and his wife, Linda, and their
two children, Diane and David, reside in
Mountaintop.
While members and chairmen of the var
ious committees will be announced in the
near future, Rees indicated that this year s
format would probably follow that of the
last few homecoming weekends.
"We want to retain many of the items
SAVITZ SELECTED BOARD CHAIRMAN
Two alumni were among four new mem
bers named recently to the Wilkes College
Board of Trustees.
At the same time Wilkes President Francis
J. Michelini affirmed that Attorney Joseph
Savitz '48, who had been first vice chairman,
has assumed the post as chairman of the
board. Atty. Savitz becomes the first alum
nus ever to head the top governing body of
the college.
Savitz succeeds Thomas H. Kiley, a prom
inent civic leader, who retired at the end of
last year as president and chairman of the
board of First Eastern Bank.
Other alumni who w’ill be joining the
board are Gerald Moffatt '63 and Ronald
Simms '60. Also named were Richard Ross
and Richard Maslow.
A native of Lithuania, Dr. Kaslas, a mem
ber of the History Department, has served
at Wilkes since 1949.
Savitz has been a partner in the WilkesBarre based law firm of Rosenn, Jenkins, and
Greenwald since 1952.
Dr. Kimball taught at Evansville College
and the University of Akron before joining
the Wilkes Biology Department in 1963.
After receiving his B.A. in Social Sciences
from the college, Joe matriculated at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania Law School where
he was granted a LL.B, degree.
A longtime teacher in the Wilkes-Barre
City school system, Dr. Lord came to Wilkes
in 1962 and has taught English and Drama.
The retiring chairman of the Wilkes Soci
ology Department is Dr. Moravec, who ar
rived at the college in 1963 after teaching at
Bucknell and Boston University. Dr. Moravec
is a native of Czechoslovakia.
Long recognized for his work with the
Wilkes athletic program and particularly the
Wilkes Open, Thomas served as a member
of the Engineering faculty from 1946 on.
Since 1961, Richards has been a member of
which have made the event so popular in re
cent years," explained Art Hoover '5S, dire "
tor of alumni relations, "but we still want to
make some changes."
Keeping on the lines of making homecom
ing weekend an economical package for
everyone, the traditional Saturday night
"Homecoming Dance" will be presented to
the alumni for the first time free of charee
at the Hotel Sterling.
Another change in the format will find the
Friday night "Homecoming Huddle" being
dedicated as a special tribute to Dr. Francis
J. Michelini, who will be leaving the college
in September.
Other events remaining intact from last
year are the post football game "Fifth Quar
ter" gathering at Artillery Park and the Sun
day morning "Bloody Mary Brunch" at the
Alumni and Faculty House.
Also included on the homecoming weekend
list of activities is the official convocation of
the recently completed Stark Learning Center
complex which is scheduled for Saturday
morning.
A member of the American and Pennsyl
vania Bar Associations, Savitz has also been
admitted to the bars of the U. S. Supreme,
Circuit, and District Courts; and the Su
preme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania.
the art faculty and is a noted artist in his
own right with several paintings on exhibit
throughout the nation.
Dr. Vujica has served as a member of the
faculty since 1947 and at the time of his re
tirement was chairman of the Department of
Philosophy and Religious Studies.
He is a past president of the Wilkes Col
lege Alumni Association and also has served
as the past state commander of the Pennsyl
vania Jewish War Veterans and a past pres
ident of the Wyoming Valley United Nations
Association.
Joe and his wife, Janice, reside in Kingston
with their children, Lynne and Marc.
Moffat, an audit partner in the New York
office of Arthur Anderson and Company,
received a B.S. in Commerce and Finance at
the college. After joining the audit staff of
the firm, Gerald was promoted to audit man
ager in 1968 and became an audit partner in
1974.
Moffat, who is a Certified Public Account
ant in New York State as well as several
other states in which the firm practices, is a
member of both the American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants and the New
York State Society of Certified Public Ac
countants.
He and his wife, Margaret, are the parents
of two sons, Michael and Christopher.
Simms, vice president of the Petroleum
Service Company and president of the Aber
nathy Corporation, received a B.S. in Com
merce and Finance from Wilkes.
Besides being a member of the board of
directors of both firms, Simms is a oar
member at Valley Crest, the Hampton House
Nursing Home, the Wilkes-Barre C am er
of Commerce, and the Wilkes-Barre Kivvanis
Club.
Ron and his wife, the former Rhea PolitiS,
have three children, Margaret Ann, Virgin
Leigh, and Emma Lynn.
28th Annual Commencement Highlights
"Despite any hardships, we're still the
heavyweight champions of the world."
Internationally known syndicated colum
nist Bob Considine was explicit about the
future of America as he addressed members
of the 28th Annual Wilkes College Com
mencement class, May 25, at the Kingston
Armory.
The graduation exercises originally had
been listed for the outdoors at nearby Rals
ton Field but were switched to the Armory
early in the afternoon on account of threat
ening weather conditions.
The commencement exercises proved an
emotional farewell for Wilkes President
Francis J. Michelini as he thanked the fac
ulty and students for the many unique ex
periences he enjoyed both as an instructor
and administrator during his 20-year rela
tionship at the college.
The Baccalaureate message, which pre
ceded the commencement address, was pre
sented by the Rev. Dr. Burke Rivers, retired
rector of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
Dr. Rivers noted, "The spirit of an edu
cated man is tuned to the republic. Like a
vaccination," the clergyman said, "Education
leaves an indelible mark on each student."
Following the baccalaureate portion, Con
sidine addressed the members of the Wilkes
Class of 1975 on the topic "It's All News
To Me."
Considine noted that to many graduates
jobland is as lost as Atlantis. However, he
maintained that the nine million unemployed
are more trained today than the 12 million
jobless during the depression. Hope does
exist.
Quoting from A Newspaperman's Prayer,
Considine stated that the alphabet can build
and destroy, and that today's educators
should seek to build up our society rather
than destroy it.
Challenging the bachelor degree recipients,
the internationally known newspaperman
expressed the need for American youth to
champion "just causes." "We must realize
that we still have our baby fat and have not
come to the end of the road. We haven't
even scratched the surface yet."
Considine pointed out that the Wilkes Col
lege Class of 1975 should not immediately
concern itself with job hunting but to live
life, trying to achieve what each graduate
wants.
He maintained, "Don't be afraid of any
thing because if you're afraid of anything,
you're dead. You own this college and it
owns you too. Knowing that you came out
of the same womb, remember and help each
other."
Concluding, the syndicated columnist re
quested, "Stay together and you'll never re
gret it."
Honorary degrees were conferred on Con
sidine and Wharton Shober, president of the
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
"In recognition of his leadership and service,
the major support that he has provided in
One of the most coveted awards presented at Wilkes College graduation ceremonies
is the “Alumni Award for Leadership” which is given annually by the Wilkes College Alumni
Association to the member of the graduation class considered by a special committee to
have made the strongest contribution to student life. This year’s recipient, Michael Stam
baugh of Wyoming, is shown flanked by Art Hoover '55, director of alumni relations, left,
ar|d Thomas J. Moran '49, executive director of development and public relations and a
former national president of the Wilkes College Alumni Association.
Principals at the 28th Annual Wilkes College commencement exercises are pictures
prior to the start of Sunday afternoon’s graduation program, from left to right — Bob
Considine, internationally noted columnist; Wharton Shober, president of the Hahnemann
Medical College and Hospital; Congressman Daniel J. Flood; Thomas H. Kiley, president of
the Wilkes College board of trustees; and Dr. Francis J. Michelini, Wilkes College president.
Klinger New Region II
Vice President
The resignation of Bill Homnick '69
as alumni vice president of Region II
was regretfully accepted at the April
26 meeting of the alumni executive
board.
Homnick, whose area covers Allen
town, Bethlehem, and Easton, is leav
ing the region to accept a new job
opportunity.
Appointed to fill his vacated post is
Glen Klinger '68, who resides at Box
300 C, R.D. —1, Shoemakersville, Pa.
the development of the innovative WilkesHahnemann Six-year Cooperative Medical
Education Program in Family Medicine, and
his distinguished administration of one of
today's leading institution's of medicine and
science."
Math Major Achieves
First 4.0 Average
For most college students,
graduating is a feat in itself. But
to graduate with a perfect aver
age — impossible?
Almost, but not for Marie
Teresa Matiska, a mathematics
major from Wilkes-Barre, who
completed her four years at
Wilkes with a 4.0 accumulation.
By achieving the feat, Marie be
comes the first person in Wilkes
College history to ever graduate
with a perfect 4.0.
�A FA SONATIHt LOOK
INSIDE THS
MAN WHO
BROUGHT
HIGHER
EDUCATION TO
WYOMING VALLEY
Both a dreamer and a doer ... he brought to
education a demanding philosophy which he
translated into an achievement — Wilkes College.
A book to read, enjoy, and treasure.
WILKES SPORTS §H©HTO
©TOMWEL1L THOMAS HONORED
Charles "Chip" Eaton '74, former Colonel soccer
great, has been appointed as the new Wilkes soccer men
tor, replacing Tom Rokita '68, who resigned after five
years at the Blue and Gold helm.
Wilkes lacrosse team registered a 8-2 record and
brought home the first Middle Atlantic Conference title
ever with a 6-1 circuit mark to edge runnerup F&M with a
6-1 mark ... It was the Colonels' 26th MAC crown since
joining the conference in 1957 . . . MAC first-team la
crosse all-stars included midfielders Vince Krill '75 and
Bruce Davis '78.
Basebailers of Gene Domzalski barely missed a trip to
the NCAA CD playoffs with a 14-4 mark ... big hitters
were Dave Trethaway '76 (.479) and Steve Leskiw '76
(.410 with five triples, five home runs, and 24 rbi's) . . .
Sophomore southpaw Jim Stehle '77, considered a bona
fide major league prospect experienced some wildness in
his pitching this spring but still managed to fan 67 batters
in 39 innings . . . Trethaway was the lone MAC All-Star
choice . . . Andy Kresky '78, a lefthanded pitcher, hurled
a seven inning, 4-0 no-hitter against Scranton University
on May 1st.
Honored at Wilkes College's annual athletic banquet
was Cromwell Thomas, longtime member of the Engineer
ing Department, who retired at the end of the current
school year.
Thomas served as the first wrestling coach at the col
lege and at the time of his retirement was chairman of the
Faculty Athletic Committee.
Pictured at the presentation are, left to right; John
Reese, athletic director; Thomas; and George Ralston,
dean of students.
Completing the spring quintet of sports were golf, 9-8;
men's tennis, 2-9; and women's tennis, 4-3.
©oloMell Gridders Eye ©issues’
Defensive linebacker Steve Leskiw '76 and offensive
fullback Fred Lohman '76 were chosen by teammates to
co-captain the 1975 Colonel football team.
Wilkes College is the tentative host for the first an
nual MAC Women's Field Hockey Tournament on Nov. 1
... Under the leadership of Doris Saracino, the college has
taken a leadership role in inaugurating a full women's
program in the Middle Atlantic Conference.
John Reese was voted by fellow athletic directors to
the MAC executive committee.
Wilkes basketball team will compete in the 12th an
nual Pocono Classic Basketball Tournament (January 2022, 1976) along with Amherst, Clarion St., Scranton,
King's, and host East Stroudsburg St.
With the Blue and Gold matmen moving into NCAA
Division I this winter, Coach Reese has scheduled home
meets with Oregon State (Dec. 11), Yale (Jan. 10), Syra
cuse (Jan. 17), Army and Maryland (Feb. 14), and Frank
lin & Marshall (Feb. 21) . . . included on the road agenda
are Lehigh (Dec. 3), Navy (Dec. 13), and Hofstra (Feb. 7)
. . . Wilkes Open is slated for Monday and Tuesday, Dec.
Wilkes College begins its 30th season of intercollegiate football
activity this September with a banner season in sight.
Rollie Schmidt, who is starting his 14th season as the chief of
the Blue and Gold grid fortunes, plans to greet 30 lettermen from
last year's 7-2 squad. Schmidt has accumulated a 69-34-1 coaching
record at the college.
Fresh off their first Middle Atlantic Conference title since 1969,
the Colonels will again play a nine-game schedule. The 1975 card
opens with a non-conference home test with Clarion State on
September 20 and ends at Ralston Field with Delaware Valley on
November 15.
For the first time in 23 years, the Wilkesmen will not be meet
ing Moravian College. In their place, Colonel athletic director John
Reese has scheduled Bloomsburg State College on October 4. This
will mark the first time that the two neighboring schools have met
since 1955.
Clarion State, a first time opponent, replaces C. W. Post from
last year's card. The Colonels third non-conference foe is powerful
Ithaca College, the 1974 NCAA III runnerup.
Wilkes is set for two bowl appearances and will endeavor to
maintain its unscathed 5-0 bowl mark against Lycoming in the
sixth annual Fez Bowl at Williamsport on September 27 and Dela
ware Valley in the fourth annual Anthracite Bowl at Ralston Field
on November 15.
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COMPLETE 1975 BLUE AND GOLD FOOTBALL SLATE:
Dannick Academic Dean at Cazenovia
Lionel I. Dannick '54, professor of sociology and chairman of
the Department of History and Social Sciences at Cazenovia Col
lege, Cazenovia, N.Y., has been named acting academic dean by
the college's Board of Trustees. The appointment became effective
June 1.
Dannick, who earned a B.A. degree in sociology at Wilkes, also
holds a masters degree in sociology from Bowling Green State
University (O.) and a Ph.D. in sociology from Syracuse University.
The father of three children, Dr. Dannick resides with his wife,
Fay, in Fayetteville, N.Y.
Sept. 20
Sept. 27
Oct. 4
Clarion St.
Lycoming (Fez Bowl)
Bloomsburg State
Oct. 11
Upsala
Oct. 18
Oct. 25
Nov. 1
Ithaca
Albright
Susquehanna
Nov. 8
Nov. 15
Juniata
Delaware Valley
(Homecoming)
(Parent's Day)
(Anthracite Bowl)
Home
Away
Away
Home
Away
Away
Home
Away
Home
�ALUMNI
NOTES
GEORGE M. BIGUS '74 recently joined the firm of
Howell & Jones, Inc., Realtors, as a realtor associate.
Gecrge resides with his wife, Diana, and son, George
L„ at 16 Holcomb Road, Shavertown, Pa.
J
ANTHONY ZALETA *69 has been elected into the
membership of the World-Wide Society of American
Magicians. "Mr. Z," as he is known, will be joining
the ranks of such famous magicians as Harry Hou
dini, Blackstone, Mark Wilson and the Bustafsons.
He received his master's degree in English Educa
tion from Wilkes in 1974 and is employed as a
teacher at Coughlin High School in Wilkes-Barre.
RICHARD MARK '71 graduated from Eastern Bap
tist Theological Seminary in May. He resides in
Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.
Leona Dufour, the former LEONA SOKASH '67, will
receive her master's degree in English Literature
from the University of Maryland in August. She and
her husband, George, recently bought a two-hun
dred-year-old saltbox in Carmel, New York, and
are planning to restore it.
DOUGLAS J. SOLOMON '75 was married to Molly
Fletcher on May 31. Dcug has accepted a position
in the auditing department of Ingersoll-Rand Com
pany, Woodcliff Lake, NJ. The couple will be re
siding in Kingston, Pa.
JEFFREY PRENDERGAST 73 was recently married to
Maureen Catherine Shay. Jeff is employed as a
marketing representative with the Aetna Life and
Casualty Insurance Co., Scranton. The couple re
sides in Forty Fort, Pa.
CAROL GARSTKA 71 became the bride of Peter K.
Champagne on April 26. They reside at 4240 Via
Marina, -27, Marina Del Ray, California.
A son, Jeffrey Michael, born on March 17, 1975, to
STEPHEN '65 and JANE KLEIN PARADISE '66. They
reside in Merrick, N.Y.
ROBERT H. DAVIS, JR. 71 recently received the
degree of doctor of medicine from Milton S. Her
shey Medical Center of Pennsylvania State Univer
sity. In July he will enter the residency program in
psychiatry at the Hershey Medical Center, Hershey.
JOHN E. BUTTS '68 was recently named General
Staff Manager of Commonwealth Telephone Com
pany in Dallas, Pa.
JOHN D. CURTIS '55 was married to Rebecca J.
Lyons on March 29, 1974. John runs his own public
relations firm, Curtis Agency, Carlisle, Pa.
A son, John Enoch, born on March 20, 1975, to
JOHN 71 and JUDITH POWELL NIZNIK '62. They
reside in Hawthorne, NJ.
JOHN K0WALCHIK 74 was married to Ellen E. Walter
in April. John is an electrical engineer at RCA Solid
State Division at Mountaintop. He is currently serv
ing as president of the local Society of Broadcast
Engineers.
KAREN FRY 73 was recently
chalsky. Karen is employed
Board of Assistance, United
Tunkhannock. The couple is
ville, Pa.
married to John Puby Wyoming County
Services Agency in
residing in Swoyers
A daughter, Jessica Jill, born on April 9, 1975, to
BRUCE '69 and CAROL WOMELSDORF BRUGEL ’69.
SALLY FEAR 71 recently became the bride of James
Zemanek. The couple is residing in Langhorne, Pa.
The appointment of WILLIAM F. RAUB, Ph.D., '61, as
Associate Director of Extramural and Collaborative
Programs of the National Eye Institute was recently
announced by the NEI Director. The Institute is a
component of the National Institutes of Health, one
of the six agencies of the Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare's Public Health Service.
STEPHEN E. PHILLIPS '63 is Director of Communi
ty Services in Columbia County. Pa.
ELIZABETH DeHAVEN '70 was married to Athanasios
Tasopoulos on August 18,1973. They reside at 200B
Jefferson Avenue, St. James, New York.
RICHARD CECCOLI '72 was married recently to
Jeanette Kozloski. He is employed at Victory Bar-BQue and owner of Rich’s Golf Center. They reside
at 1803 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort, Pa.
THOMAS P. CASEY '72 was recently married to
Linda M. Whalen. Tom is co-cwner of the Harding
Nursery.
ALLAN B. GRAVES '68 will head the new branch
office of Fidelity Union Trust Company at 37 Berdan
Avenue, Wayne, NJ.
Capt. RONALD E. BUKEVICZ '70 has graduated from
the T-38 Talon instructor pilot course at Randolph
AFB, Texas. Ron is returning to McGuire AFB, N.J.,
where he serves with a unit of the Air Training
Command.
J. PAUL THOMAS '51 was recently appointed to the
sales staff of E. C. Wideman, Realtor, after having
qualified for licensure under the Pennsylvania State
Examination for Real Estate Salesman in February,
1975. Las* August. Paul retired with 25 years of
Federal Civil Service. He resides with his wife, Liz,
at 36 Eagle Court, Cedar Village, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
A daughter, Leanne Louise, born on October 8, 1974,
to CHARLES '68 and SYLVIA SCHRADER ROUSH '68.
Chuck was promoted to the position of Midwest
Regional Manager for the Specialty Fastener Divi
sion of Rexnerd in June, 1974. They reside in the
Chicago area.
KAREN CEREP 74 was married to Richard W. Jones
in August, 1974. They are presently residing at 13
Birch Drive, Rivercrest, Tunkhannock, Pa.
THADDEUS PAPCIAK 74 and MARILYN OLEJNIK 75
were recently married. He is employed as an auditor
for Ingersoll-Rand Co., Woodcliff Lake, N.J. They are
residing in Dupont, Pa.
A daughter, born on March 29, 1975, to MICHAEL
'68 and LESLIE CALAMARI TINNEY '68. They reside
at 2 Teal Place, Bayville, NJ.
DAVE KASCHAK 71 was recently named head base
ball coach at Bishop O'Reilly High School. He and
his wife, Camille, and son, David, reside in West
Wyoming, Pa.
The Wyoming National Bank of Wilkes-Barre recent
ly announced the promotions of several Wilkes
College graduates. The promotions are as follows:
GLENN W. EYET, JR. 73 from Comptroller to Vice
President; EMIL J, WARREN '67 from Assistant Trust
Officer to Trust Officer; staff members LIBRO CIARMATORI '72 and MELVIN E. MILNER '68 were made
Assistant Cashiers.
LEONARD F. LANE '52 received his master of arts
degree in school administration and supervision dur
ing the February commencement at Rider College,
Trenton, NJ.
^OtUimiTDO
SHELDON GERMAN 72 and JANICE KATUNA 74
were married on October 13, 1974. They are resid
ing at 1 Webster Court, Apt. 3, Binghamton, N.Y.
(CONTINUED FROM PRECEDING PAGE)
DALE HUGHES 70 and CARYN GANGI 73 were
married on August 17, 1974. They are residing at
312 North 12th Street, Allentown, Pa.
VIRGINIA DENN’ ’55 has been named director of
field services for the 25-county area of Dogwood
Trails Girl Scout Council.
HAROLD CROOM 70 was recently appointed Sales
Training Manager for Congoleum Industries, Inc. In
this newly created position he is responsible for all
field and distributor sales force training, retailer
seminars and plant tours. Based at the company’s
headquarters in Kearney, N.J., Ed resides in Budd
Lake, N.J., with his wife and daughter.
A daughter, Lindsey Dugan, born on March 1, 1975,
to MICHAEL '68 and HELEN DUGAN WORTH '68.
Mike is Director of Development and Public Rela
tions at Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales.
JOSEPH KOVELESKI, JR. 72 was recently married to
Patricia Filippini.
THOMAS SCHERER 74 was recently married to Jo
Ann Mazzanti. Tom is employed by Ciba-Geigy Phar
maceutical Corp. They reside in Leesport, Pa.
Dr. J. WARREN BLAKER '55 was recently married
to Dr. Judith E. Gurland. He is professor of physics
at Vassar College.
JAMES W. WALTERS '63 has been named to the
position of Corporate Manager, Financial Planning
and Analysis with Leesona Corporation, Warwick,
Rhode Island.
Dr. Leonard E. Rand, Optometrist, recently an
nounced that Dr. BRUCE GOODMAN '68, Optome
trist, will hereafter be associated with him in general
practice, specializing in vision training and pedi
atric optometry. Their offices are located at Central
Professional Plaza, 180 East Central Avenue, Pearl
River, N.Y.
Davol Inc., of Cranston and Providence, R.I., recent
ly appointed CHARLES SALINIS '50 to its quality
assurance staff as analytical laboratory manager. He
resides in Acton, Mass.
RONALD BALDWIN '64 was married to Sandra Jean
Watt on December 27, 1974. Ron is a teacher at
the Branford Intermediate School, Branford, Conn.
JILL LINDER 74 was married in December to John
R. Waselik. Jill is a teacher in Netcong, N.J.
A
to
is
in
daughter, Jill Susan, born on January 8, 1975,
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Labachnick. Mrs. Labachnick
the former PATRICIA LUZENSKI '69. They reside
Philadelphia.
ROBERT M. BABSKIE 72 was married in May to
Janet C. Smereski. Bob is pursuing his masters de
gree in psychology at Marywood College.
DAVID B. WHITNEY '53 has begun a collection of
religious music and verse, available to clergymen,
musicians, writers, families, and scholars. The col
lection, new about 2500 titles, will eventually go to
the religious library appearing best able to use it.
He resides at 80 Hillside Avenue, Newark, N.J.
DR. DON C. FOLLMER '50 has been appointed chief
of the St. Luke’s Hospital Department of General
Practices. Don resides in Bethlehem, Pa.
FRED A. HARKINS 70 was married to Patricia L.
Bailey on May 28, 1975. They reside in Davenport,
Iowa.
MICHAEL DOBBS 73 and DEBORAH ANDRESKY 73
were married recently. Mike is employed as the
general manager of the Westmoreland Club in
Wilkes-Barre. The couple are residing in Kingston,
Pennsylvania.
Gloria Fierverker, the former GLORIA FARKAS '46,
has been awarded a fellowship to the Summer 1975
American Studies Program at Eastern College, St.
David's, Pa. Gloria is a member of the staff of
Wyoming Valley West School District, Kingston, Pa.
LEONARD J. KRATZ '72 was recently married to
Mary Cosgrove. He is employed by the William
Heck Construction Company, Wilkes-Barre.
SUSAN McKEEVER '73 recently became the bride
of John M. Muth. Susan is employed as a medical
technologist at Community Medical Center, Scran
ton. The couple is residing in West Pittston, Pa.
A daughter, Heather Elizabeth, born on February 1,
1975, to DR. HOWARD ’65 and BONNIE TOGNELLI
HUGHES '65. They reside in Danville, Pa.
Judy Arenstein, the former JUDY SIMONSON '68, is
employed by A.T.&T. Long Lines in White Plains,
N.Y. Her husband, Robert, recently announced the
opening of his office for the practice of law at
295 Madison Avenue, New York City. Judy and her
husband reside in Scarsdale, N.Y.
ELAINE KUCHEMBA ’74 was married recently to
Ralph Stefanko. Elaine is employed by Paperback
Booksmiths, Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre.
ROBERT LUSSI '74 was recently married to Nettie
Maccarone. Bob is employed as an accountant by
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Company, Bethlehem.
The couple is residing in Whitehall, Pa.
of endocrinology and metabolism at the Medical
College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
DR. ANNLl I'A L. CHEEK '66 recently received her
doctorate in anthropology from the University of
Arizona. She resides with her husband, Charles at
4923 East 27th Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Barbara Marko, the former BARBARA REMANISKI
70, has recently accepted a teaching position with
Park College, Kansas City, Missouri, as an instructor
of its extension courses at Wurtsmith Air Force Base,
Oscoda, Michigan. Her husband, Capt. MICHAEL
MARKO '67, is stationed at Wurtsmith Air Force Base
with the 379th Bombardment Wing.
RONALD BARNICK '69 was married on April 19,
1975 to Sally Ann Smyer. Ron is a navigator with
the military airlift C-5 Galaxies, Dover Air Force
Base, Delaware.
BARBARA AULISIO 72 was recently married to
Frank A. Pugliese, Jr. She is employed by the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania as a disability adjudi
cator. They are residing in Kingston, Pa.
Louise Van Riper, the former LOUISE WILKIE '41,
is vice president of Haverly Systems, Inc. She is in
charge of all mathematical programmers and re
sponsible for all systems support.
STANLEY R. HOUPT '68 was recently promoted to
assistant vice president of American Bank and Trust
Company’s East Norriton office. He resides at 57
Indian Creek Road, Harleysville, Pa.
STEPHEN A. SHAIMAN, ESQ. '69 recently announced
the opening of his office for the general practice of
law at 8201 Henry Avenue, Room 24, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
SCOTT R. LEHMAN '65 was recently married to Sally
MacDonald. Scott is employed by Strawbridge and
Clothier.
CLARK J. HAMMAN 72 was married in December to
Catherine E. Barndt. Clark is a music teacher in the
Bethlehem Area School District, Bethlehem, Pa.
NICHOLAS GIORDANO '59 received his Doctor of
Medicine from Case Western Reserve University,
Ohio, on May 28,1975.
GEORGE B. SORDONI ’69 was recently appointed to
the position of vice president and treasurer of
Commonwealth Telephone Company, Dallas, Pa.
NELSON E. SEAGREN '67 is serving with the Air
Force and is specializing in electronic warfare. His
wife, the former JEAN HUNLEY '69, is playing her
French horn with the Norwegian Symphony Orches
tra.
ENID C. SULLUM 72 recently received her master
of science degree in Education from the University
of Scranton. Enid is a third grade teacher at the
Daniel J. Flood Elementary School in Wilkes-Barre.
A daughter, Kelly Lynn, born on February 28, 1975,
to Mr. and Mrs. James Shifflette. Mrs. Shifflette is
the former LINDA ARNESEN '70. They reside in
Kendall Park, N.J.
LYNN A. WHITE '73 is a service representative for
Mutual of Omaha and United of Omaha with offices
in Pittston, Pa. Lynn resides in Wilkes-Barre.
RAYMOND T. FORD '74 and MICHELLE NOLL '74
were married recently. Michelle is a teacher in the
Northwest Area School District while Ray is em
ployed by RCA Solid State Division located in Som
erville, NJ. They are residing in Hillsborough Town
ship, N.J.
LINDA BURKHARDT '72 became the bride of Ronald
Ptashinski on April 5, 1975. She is employed as a
caseworker by the Pennsylvania Department of
Health. They reside in Lehman, Pa.
SHARYN YANOSHAK ’67 was recently married to
Donald Conkey, Jr. Sharyn is employed by Xerox
Corporation in El Segundo, Calif. They are residing
at Hermosa Beach.
ALICIA RAMSEY '68 was married on December 21,
1974 to Richard A. Kauffman. Alicia is a teacher at
the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia
and recently received her Masters in Education from
Temple University. The couple resides at 333 North
Avenue, Apt. 43-B, Secane, Pa.
CAROLE PEELER '71 was recently married to Donald
Smith. She is employed by the U. S. Postal Service
in Washington, D.C. They reside in Springfield, Va.
A daughter, Virginia Dawn, born on February 23,
1975, to Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL PETERS '73. Dan
recently received his masters degree in Mathe
matics from Wilkes. They reside at 310 Ridge Street,
Ashley, Pa.
FRED R. CROOP '74 was recently married to Debra
L. Fabian. Fred is employed in the finance office
here at the College.
ERWIN GUETIG '63 is assistant vice president of
Marsh & McLennan located at 1221 Avenue of the
Americas, New York City.
Dr. Doris
has been
ica. Doris
professor
Rev. ARTHUR W. BLOOM '51 recently received his
Doctor of Ministry degree from Drew University in
Madison, NJ. He is the Senior Minister of St. Paul's
United Methodist Church in Northport, N.Y.
Bartuska, the former DORIS GORKA '49,
named an Outstanding Educator of Amer
is associate dean of curriculum, associate
of medicine and director of the division
MARNE L WEAVER 73 of Sherburne, N.Y., has been
appointed labeling coordinator in the quality assur
ance department of the Norwich Pharmacal Com
pany of Norwich, N.Y.
In Memoriam
JAMES F. RIORDAN —Class of '56
James F. Riordan, 56, of 6322 Craigmont
Road, Baltimore, died recently in St. Agnes
Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Jim received his B.S. in
Commerce & Finance in 1956 and was em
ployed as an analyst for the Social Security
Administration in Baltimore.
Surviving are his widow, the former Sophia
Czarnomski; sons, Dale P., Dennis M., and David
J. Riordan, all of Baltimore; brothers, Lester,
Kenneth, Derle, and Joseph Riordan.
JOHN W. BURAK —Class of '49
John W. Burak, 50, of Monahan Road, La
Mesa, California, died recently in Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital, San Diego.
Born in Kingston, he received his B.S. in Biol
ogy in 1949. John was a biology teacher in
Monte Vista High School, La Mesa.
Surving in addition to his father are his
widow, the former Dana Nievers; children, Susan,
Joan and Christopher, at home; sister, Mrs.
Herman Bozentka, Wilmington, Del.; brothers.
Dr. Robert F. Burak, Alpine, Calif., and Dr. Wil
liam E. Burak, Shavertown.
EUGENE PRICE —Class of '59
Eugene J. Price, 37, of 29 Third Street, Larks
ville, died on April 14, 1975, victim of an appar
ent heart attack. He was baseball coach and
athletic director at West Side Area VocationalTechnical School.
Born in Larksville, he received his B.S. in
English education and also participated in sports.
He then taught at Phillipsburg (NJ.) High
School; Camden (N.J.) Area Vocational-Technical
School and Hundertcwn Central High School in
southern New Jersey where he also served as a
football and basketball coach.
After 10 years of teaching in New Jersey,
Eugene returned to Wyoming Valley in 1969 and
was on the initial teaching staff of West Side
Tech and also served as assistant football coach
and baseball coach. He became athletic director
three years later.
There are no immediate survivors.
ELIZABETH McQUILKIN GILL —Class of '54
Elizabeth McQuilkin Gill, a teacher at the
Glen Kirk School for emotionally and neurologically impaired children in Morristown, died at
her home in Short Hills, New Jersey, on January
12, 1975.
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she attended
Wilkes College and graduated from Westminster
(Pa.) College in 1954. Mrs. Gill was certified in
both elementary and early childhood education.
She had been Director of the Union (NJ.) YMCA
Nursery School for four years before joining the
faculty at Glen Kirk in September, 1973.
Mrs. Gill leaves a daughter, Elizabeth Anne;
a son, Christopher George; her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. W. E. McQuilkin of Cambridge, Nebraska;
and a brother, Dr. Robert McQuilkin of Colum
bia, Missouri.
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In Memoriam
BERNARD KOSCH —Class of '61
Bernard J. Kosch, 36, 112 Wing Foot Avenue,
Springfield, Illinois, formerly of Nanticoke and
Clarks Summit, died recently in St. John’s Hos
pital, Springfield, where he underwent open
heart surgery.
Born in Nanticoke, he received his B.A. in
political science in 1961 and his master’s de
gree in political science from the University of
Delaware. He was employed by the Internal Rev
enue Service for 13 years and served in Dela
ware, St. Louis, Mo„ Scranton, and Springfield
where he was chief of staff of the intelligence
department.
Surviving are his widow, the former Barbara
Campbell of Wilmington, Del.; daughter, Mi
chelle, at home; parents, Joseph and Mildred
Gizinski Kosch, Hunlock Creek; brothers, Carl,
Wilkes-Barre, and Joseph, Nanticoke.
EUROPEAN TOUR
Professor Inger Miller of the Wilkes
College Foreign Language Depart
ment has extended an invitation to
Wilkes alumni to participate in a 15day tour to Central Europe from Aug.
18 to Sept. 1.
Included in the trip are stops in
Prague and Berlin. The price of the
tour is $830 per person, double occu
pancy. Further information and reser
vations may be made by contacting
Central Ticket and Travel Agency,
Wilkes-Barre.
REACON WELL AND ALIVE ®N CAMPUS
Copy editing, mastheads, 10-point type,
flags, italic headlines, deadlines and paste
ups still are terms found on the Wilkes
campus, especially in the BEACON office,
located in Shawnee Hall, 176 West North
ampton Street.
The BEACON, as well as the other camp
us publications, still plays an active role in
student life, informing approximately 2400
students and parents about college activities
and keeping Wilkes alumni up to date with
the development of their Alma Mater and in
many cases, their sons and daughters.
In addition, the BEACON offers stimula
tion of intellectual curiosity and a workshop
for those interested in journalism as a
career.
As a workshop session, the BEACON pro
vides the 25-member staff with the oppor
tunity to put into practice the journalism
techniques that have been acquired in the
extensive courses currently conducted on the
campus.
The students apply such methods as advanced newswriting, concentrating on the
5 W's (Who, What, When, Where, Why and
How) and copy editing and makeup, composing and laying out each issue.
In addition to experiencing independent
research projects in the community, the stu
dents participate in a journalism internship
program with a member newspaper of the
Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Asso
ciation; a licensed radio or television news
staff; or a professional public relations firm
in Luzerne or Lackawanna Counties.
Each of these features, expanded by the
new journalism courses, aids the BEACON
staff to publish a weekly newspaper for stu
dent use, as well as make good showings in
national student newspaper competition.
The Wilkes College BEACON placed sec
ond in the Columbia University Scholastic
Press Association competition held during
the spring semester in New York.
However, just like all news publications,
advertising and subscriptions play an im
portant part in the maintenance of the
BEACON.
According to Patti Reilly, acting business/
advertising manager for the BEACON, sub
scriptions by the parents and alumni aid
the student publication to publish on time.
In addition, by subscribing to the college
paper, alumni are informed continuously
about Wilkes. “We hope the alumni will con
tinue to aid us."
Although the BEACON staff members are
currently on vacation, they are currently in
the midst of a three-month subscription
campaign.
The cost of a one-year subscription, which
includes approximately 18 issues, is $4.00.
To order return the coupon with your re
mittance.
BEACON OFFICE — SHAWNEE HALL
WILKES COLLEGE, WILKES-BARRE, PA. 18703
Name
Address
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J. Moran '49
Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor
George G. Pawlush '69.
Lynn Jacobs
.
.Alumni Notes
WILKES COLLEGE
REPORT. ..
Summer 1975
NOTICE
The Wilkes College REPORT
is published by Wilkes College
quarterly. Entered as second
class mail matter and second
class postage paid at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania 18703.
City
State
Zip
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HOMECOMDNG WEEKEND - OCTOBER 10 = 12
STARK LEARNING CENTER T© BE DEDICATED
Whether you arrive by car, bicycle, bus, or
College, will be the principal speaker. Tours
foot you are bound to be delighted with the of the building will follow.
program which has been planned for the
Also filling the morning agenda is a wo
2Sth Annual Alumni Homecoming Weekend, men's tennis match, pitting the lady Colonels
slated for October 10-12.
against Baptist Bible College.
Highlighting the extensive Homecoming
Athletic activities will continue at Ralston
list of events this year is the formal dedica
Field in the afternoon when the MAC North
tion and convocation of the Stark Learning ern Division champion Wilkes gridders take
Center and W. B. Schaeffer Hall on Satur on the Upsala Vikings in a 2 p.m. encounter.
day morning.
While the important MAC game is in prog
The chairman of this year's Alumni Home- ress, the Colonel cross country team will
coming, Dr. Richard Rees '62, and a dedicated
battle the Brones of Rider College.
committee have been hard at work putting
Win, lose, or draw the "Fifth Quarter"
the final touches on what promises to be the mixer will commence at Artillery Park im
top reunion of all time.
mediately following the football game. As
The weekend will take a special meaning usual beer and pretzels will be served.
Some of the committee members
- - - .planfor the class of 1950 since it marks their
Alumni Homecoi
„ the 28th Annual
.
jming
Activity shifts back to the Hotel Sterling ning
are shown
hown after a recent meeting
meetii
on the
"Silver Anniversary" celebration. Art Hoover for the remainder of the day. The ever pop steps of Weckesser Hall. Pictured
Picturec from left
'55, director of alumni relations, also notes ular Sterling smorgasbord will be offered to to right,, first row: Art Hoover '55, director
alumni relations; Jennifer Morgan '74,
the planned five-year milestones for the alumni in the Crystal Ballroom at a special of
Lauren O’Harai '74, Virginia
Zikor ’70, and
Virt
classes of 1940, 1945, 1955, 1960, 1965, and
price between 6 and 9 p.m. You can arrive at
Rick Rees '62, homecoming
homecor
chairman. Row
2:
Carol
arol Drahus '75, Carol Zambetti '75,
1970.
anytime and eat as much as you like.
Andrea Petrasek
sek '69. Row 3: Terry Blaum
While not at Ralston Field but close to
Another new twist in Homecoming 1975
'75, Jim Ferris,
'is, vice president, region 1;
George
se Pawlush
Pa\
'69. Row 4: Garf Jones '71,
home, the Wilkes College soccer team will will find the traditional "Homecoming
and John
lohn Zikor
Zi
’70.
get a head start on the hectic weekend Dance" serving to honor the current acting
agenda, by meeting the Royals of Scranton president of the college, Robert S. Capin and
tails, will greet alumni Sunday morning at
University in Scranton at 3 p.m.
the newly elected board chairman, Atty.
First order of business on campus is the Joseph J. Savitz, and their wives. Both men 11 at the Alumni and Faculty House. Ad
vance reservations and payment is necessary.
are alumni of the college. Dance music, pro
judging of the various Homecoming floats
Visitors back to campus can also take ad
vided by the All-Stars, begins in the Grand
and displays. The judging committee will
vantage of two fine arts presentations which
Lobby at 9:30. There is no admission charge
start from Weckesser Hall at 7 p.m.
will
be offered throughout the weekend.
and a cash and carry bar is available.
Later at 9, the scene switches to the Blue
The Wilkes College Theater will present
After a banner start last year, the "Bloody
Room of the Hotel Sterling where the tradi
Mary" brunch, featuring breakfast and cock
tional "Homecoming Huddle" has been ded
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icated as an appreciation night to former
Wilkes College president, Dr. Francis J.
Michelini. "I Like Mike Night" will be in
formal and include door prizes, souvenirs,
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10
refreshments, and of course, Millie Gittins,
in her annual sing-a-long at the piano.
7:00 p.m.
Judging of the Homecoming Displays.
A busy day awaits the alumni on Saturday
9:00 p.m.
Homecoming Huddle and "I Like Mike" Night — Hotel Sterling.
and the grads can start the day by meeting
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11
officers and the executive committee of the
9:00 a.m.
Wilkes College Alumni Association at the
Meeting with Officers & Executive Committee—Alumni & Faculty House.
10:00 a.m.
Alumni and Faculty House. Coffee and
Convocation & Dedication of Stark Learning Cntr. & W. B. Schaeffer Hall.
10:30 a.m.
donuts will be available beginning at 9.
Women's Tennis—Wilkes vs. Baptist Bible—Ralston Field.
2:00 p.m.
Cross Country—Wilkes vs. Rider—Ralston Field.
Several years of plans and dreams will
2:00 p.m.
Football—Wilkes vs. Upsala—Ralston Field.
finally reach fruition at 10 with the formal
4:00 p.m.
Post-Game "Fifth Quarter"—Artillery Park.
convocation and dedication of the Stark
6:00-9:00 p.m.
Smorgasbord—Hotel Sterling.
Learning Center and W. B. Schaeffer Hall.
9:30 p.m.
Homecoming Dance—Hotel Sterling.
The academic procession and convocation of
the new multi-million dollar edifice will take
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12
place in the courtyard. Dr. Eugene Farley,
11:00 a.m.
Bloody Mary Brunch—Alumni and Faculty House.
Jr., son of the late first president of Wilkes
vv. w
HOMECOMING 1975
�BE AN ACTIVE ALUMNUS i Beers Gompleies Preffile In Pennsylvania Ports
Do you want to play an active role in
Wilkes College alumni affairs? Meet with
other fellow graduates in your area? If so,
these national and regional officers are wait
ing to hear from you!
Returning to Wyoming Valiev
■y, i,
he
ulated at Wilkes College and built
foundation in the writing profession bv 5°“*
ing two years as sports editor of the B 5WV"
the college newspaper, and held the 00'3°"'
of editor-in-chief in his senior year ? 'tlOn
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Also at the same time. Beers took an ar>.
part in the Wilkes athletic program and was
a member of the soccer team when the
was introduced at the college in i949 4°rt
fortunately Beers missed all the thrill. ”,
ever being in a winning game for it was n .
until 1953 that the Colonel squad was abl
to capture its first victory and finished th'
season with a 4-3 log.
e
Beers received his master's degree
from
Columbia University in 1956 and before join
ing the Harrisburg newspapers in 1957 was
employed by the Binghamton Press and the
Pottstown Mercury.
He will celebrate a special milestone on
Sept. 12 when his long running local column
will mark its 2000th appearance in the
Patriot-News. While covering the local news
beat, Beers, nevertheless, has maintained a
strong interest in sports.
Prior to writing "Profiles in Pennsylvania
Sports," Beers completed "The Pennsylvania
Sampler" in 1970 and was a Pulitzer Prize
nominee for his writing of "Profiles from
the Susquehanna Valley" which was pub
lished in 1973. Beers is married to the former
Joan Shoemaker of Exeter and they are the
parents of a son, Philip Benjamin.
PRDr'JOSEPH STEPHENS'51
1211 Liberty Road. Sykesville. Md. 21/IW
Home: (301) 795-5306
Office: (301) 922-2292 or 795-6610
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
JUDY SIMONSON ARENSTEIN ’68
15 Tanglewood Road, Scarsdale. N.Y. 1058.3
Home: (914) 723-3012
Office: (212) 393-5617
SEANn-AAp?OTROWSKA JANERICH ’52
25 North River Street, Wilkes-Barre. Pa. 18702
Home: (717) 822-5563
Office: (717) 825-7511
TREASURER
MR. JERRY BERK'63
The Quadrangle. Rt. 9. Staatsburg. N.Y. 12580
Home: (914) 889-4897
Office: (914) 452-2800
IMNI RELATIONS
DIRECTOR OFALUF"
DOVER ’55
MR. ARTHUR J. HOC.
5, Apt.
509
Sterling Apartments,
*
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703
West Market Street. V.
Home: (717) 822-6369
Office: (717) 824-4651. Ext. 375
REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
REGION I
MR. JAMES FERRIS ’56
380 Ridge Avenue. Kingston, Pa. 18704
Home: (717) 287-2090
Office: (717) 287-2131
REGION II
MR. GLEN D. KLINGER
Box 300 C. R. D.
ille, Pa. 19555
Shoemakersville
Home: 215-926!6-5027
REGION III
MR. RICHARD SALUS ’60
38 Dogwood
/ood Drive.
Drive, Hershey, Pa. 17033
Home: (717)
'17) 533-4934
533-45
Office: (73
r17) 232-6646
REGION IV
MR. RICHARD MASI ’74
2302 Laurel Drive, Cinnaminson, N. J. 08077
Home: (609) 829-6275
REGION V
MR. ROBERT VANDEROEF ’67
40 Beechwood Rd.. Basking Ridge. N. J. 07920
Home: (201) 766-4928
Office: (212) 248-3400
REGION VI
MR. STEPHEN PARADISE '65
128 Lincoln Boulevard, Merrick, N.Y. 11566
Home: (516) 378-1037
Office: (516) 561-2886
PAUL BEERS
As an undergraduate at Wilkes College,
Paul Beers was a member of the Colonel
soccer team which suffered through the trials
and tribulations of an 0-28-1 record during
its first four years of existence.
Since then the 1952 Wilkes grad has gone
on to bigger and better things in the field of
journalism and recently completed his third
book "Profiles in Pennsylvania Sports,"
which outlines the careers of many fine ath
letes who were bom and bred in the Key
stone State.
Beers, who presently is the associate editor
of the Harrisburg Patriot News, grew up in
Wilkes-Barre and graduated from Girard
College in Philadelphia.
EIGHT PROGRAMS FILL CONCERT & LECTURE SERIES
This year's Wilkes College Concert and
Lecture Series promises to be the most inter
esting in history with eight separate pro
grams slated during the 1975-76 school term.
Launching the series on Sept. 16 is General
Moshe Dyan, Israel's legendary soldier and
former Minister of Defense, who will speak
on "Peace in the Middle East: Some Solu
tions."
REGION VIII
MR. GARY HORNING '73
Skyline Drive, Troy, N.Y. 12180
Home: (518) 279-3496
Office: (518) 783-9133
"The Owl and the Pussycat," a comical
play performed by the Repertory Ensemble
of Pennsylvania will be offered on Sept. 29,
Prominent Wyoming Valley physician, Dr.
Paul Griesmer will present a lecture entitled
"Abortion and the Right to Life," on Oct. 20.
Dr. Griesmer will offer a conservative point
of view regarding abortion.
REGION IX
MR. NICHOLAS REYNOLDS ’68
709 Chalfonte Drive, Alexandria, Va. 22305
Home: (703) 683-3616
Office: (202) 833-3500
Filling the Oct, 30 slot is Dizzy Gillespie,
noted jazz king of trumpet, who will enter
tain in concert.
REGION VII
MR. ALDO FARNETI '71
221 Armstrong Place, Syracuse, N.Y, 13207
Home: (315) 475-6614
REGION X
MR. JOSEPH WIENDL '69
653 Geneva Place, Tampa, Fla. 33606
Home: (813) 251-3585
Office: (813) 253-8861, Ext. 289
REGION XI
MR. JOSEPH WEINKLE’63
14 Ridgecrest Drive, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15235
Home: (412) 824-2651
Office: (412) 824-2651
REGION XII
MR. WALTER CHAPKO ’55
2019 North 47th Place, Phoenix, Ariz. 85008
Home: (602) 267-0343
Office: (602) 271-4734
W. C. Fields, 80 Proof" is scheduled for
the CPA on Nov. 1. It is a pre-Broadway try
out of a live theatrical performance in au
thentic costume with a stage setting in a Los
Angeles bar and poolroom in 1945, W. C.
Fields relates his classic tales on his wife,
budgets, children, and concludes with a tem
perance lecture.
Two performances, at 2 and 8 p.m., have
been arranged for the Dec. 2 presentation of
"1776." The Broadway musical won the Tony
GENERAL MOSHE DYAN
and New York Drama Critics' award as the
"best musical."
Following a brief mid-winter break, t e
Wilkes Concert and Lecture series will re,
sume in 1976 with "The Cincinnati Ballet
on Feb. 29. The final program will list Dr.
Margaret Mead, America's most distin
guished anthropologist in a lecture at a a e
to be announced in the spring.
All of the programs will begin promptly
at 8 p.m. at the Center for the Performing
Arts and are being offered free of charge o
all alumni and the general public.
MICHELINI PRAISED IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
When Dr. Francis J. Michelini officially
left his post as president of Wilkes College
on August 31, he did so with the knowledge
that his accomplishments over five years as
the institution's chief executive officer were
permanently recorded in a glowing tribute
printed in the Congressional Record.
A copy of the Congressional Record of
Friday, August 1, was forwarded to Wilkes
College and contained an address made on
the floor of the House of Representatives by
Congressman Daniel J. Flood.
Congressman Flood became a close friend
of Dr. Michelini's over the five-year period
and more particularly during the recovery
period immediately following the Agnes
flood in 1972. In a tribute to Dr. Michelini,
Congressman Flood indicated he was deeply
moved by the news that the 49-year-old col
lege president was leaving.
A colleague of the congressman said Flood
"had mixed feelings about Dr. Mike's deci
sion to leave Wilkes College. He felt that the
college and Wyoming Valley were losing an
individual who had contributed greatly, but
at the same time he was pleased by the fact
that Dr. Michelini's decision meant an up
ward shift in his career as an educator in
higher learning."
Dr. Mike, as he has been affectionately
known for more than 20 years as a teacher,
dean of academic affairs and as president,
notified the board last May that he had, after
much consideration, decided to accept a post
that would allow him to continue his work in
a critical area of higher education.
The local educator will assume his new
duties on September 1 as the president of the
Commission for Independent Colleges and
Universities (CICU) with headquarters in
Harrisburg. His mission will be aimed at
calling the public's attention to the critical
problems and issues which face the private
sector of higher education in the state and
nation.
The Congressional Record of August 1
shows the following tribute to the Wilkes
College president by Congressman Flood:
"Mr. Speaker, during the course of the
approaching recess of the Congress, the ten
ure of one of the Nation's truly outstanding
college presidents will come to an end. Dr.
Francis J. Michelini, for the last 5 years the
president of Wilkes College in my home city
of Wilkes-Barre, will complete his service as
head of this great institution of higher learn
ing in the heart of northeastern Pennsyl
vania.
" 'Dr. Mike,' as he is warmly referred to
by his many friends, is turning his vast ener
gy resources to a new direction, as he as
sumes the presidency of the Pennsylvania
Commission for Independent Colleges and
Universities, another challenging position
which calls for the abilities of a dynamic
leader, such as I know Dr. Michelini to be.
"The mantle of power and the insignia
of office were entrusted to Dr. Michelini in
1970, when he was named the second pres
ident of Wilkes, succeeding Dr. Eugene Far-
ley, the founding president whose reputation
and name linger among the giants of edu
cators. To fill the shoes of a man like Gene
Farley was a gamble where the odds were
difficult. But Dr. Michelini rose to the occa
sion, as he soon exhibited the same charac
teristics of the man he followed. Dr. Farley
told me before his death that Mike Michelini
was his personal choice for the president's
job, because his years of experience and sen
sitivities to the needs of the human spirit
and man's pursuit of education were well
embodied in his successor. How right he was,
as the years to follow would illustrate.
"Scarcely had enough time lapsed for the
burdens of office to confront the new Wilkes
president, when in June 1972, the worst na
tural disaster in the history of this Republic,
tropical storm Agnes, thrust down upon 17
States in the Nation, hitting hardest in the
Wyoming Valley and the district which I am
privileged to represent in this Congress.
Property damage alone in my region went
well over the $1 billion mark, and the beau
tiful, sprawling Wilkes College along the
banks of the Susquehanna lay in the eye of
devastation.
"On a hot and trying night following the
disaster, Mike Michelini came into my emer
gency command post headquarters at the
U. S. naval training station near the Airport
at Avoca. It was then, in the moments of
conversation, that the real meaning of tra
gedy set in. 'I don't know where to start this
discussion, Dan, because it is all so hard to
believe.' With hipboots laden with mud and
clothes which became the flood victims' uni
form, brown and dusty, Mike Michelini laid
out for me the impossible task which lie
ahead. Yes, it was hard to believe, and the
realities seemed like a bad dream. But we
began, and because of Dr. Mike Michelini,
adversity once again became progress.
"All 50 Wilkes buildings were under water
to the second story level, the college pres
ident told me. The damage estimate? Neither
of us could guess, except that it was well into
the millions.
"In the next 2 months there ensued a hu
man undertaking such as I had never exper
ienced. Like a man inspired by the diety, Dr.
Michelini worked, led, organized and en
couraged, day and night, week after week.
The desolated book collection in a brand new
library was hauled out. Walls were scrubbed.
Mud was shoveled. Furniture thrown away.
The rebuilding was underway.
"I cannot answer how it was all accom
plished. But by some miracle the fall session
began in September, only 1 week later than
scheduled.
"As part of the historic Agnes recovery
legislation which I sponsored, there were
several forms of relief to colleges and uni
versities. Dr. Mike Michelini was the spear
heading force behind the regional effort to
assist in my legislation, and it should be re
corded in the annals of this Congress that
his leadership and dedication inspired those
with whom he worked, his colleagues, and
□od (left) reacted
Congressman Dai
Daniel Flo<
incis J. Michelini
at Dr. Fran^ia
to the news that
ssident
of Wilkes
post
as pres
:Jwas leaving his p
a 15ust 31, by delivering
deli
College on Augus
egional educator on
minute tribute toj the regional
>use of
G. Representatives.
the floor of the Hoi
with
Dr.
Congressman Flood
is5 shown
s
—t Commencement
Michelini during a recent
program at Wilkes College.
his representative in this House.
"The departure of Mike Michelini from
Wyoming Valley will leave its mark else
where than at Wilkes College. His commun
ity will feel the loss as well. He found time
to serve as president of the Family Service
Association of Wyoming Valley, and on the
boards of directors of the Nesbitt Hospital,
the United Way, the Wilkes-Barre Philhar
monic Society, the Northeastern Pennsyl
vania Education Television Association, and
the Osterhout Free Library. All of this, while
pursuing significant assignments in numer
ous professional and educational associa
tions and societies.
"As this unusual and dynamic leader of
men departs of Northeastern Pennsylvania,
I salute him for what he has done for higher
education, and for the trustees, faculty, stu
dents, alumni, thousands of friends and as
sociates, I say, many thanks, and 'Ad Multos
Annos.' "
Alumni Trips Scheduled
The Alumni Relations Office will continue
to offer exciting and reasonably priced trips
for alumni and their families and friends. To
help in your planning for 1976, the following
travel programs have been arranged for your
consideration.
While the brochures for each trip have not
as yet been received from the travel agency,
the basic information is firm. Should you de
sire further details on any of the following
offerings, please direct your inquiries to the
Alumni Relations Office.
JANUARY 22-30,1976 —
Ski the Austrian Alps at Innsbruck
Olympic Area — $549.00
APRIL 9-17,1976 —
London Adventure — $299.00
JULY 8-15,1976 —
Hawaiian Holiday — $399.00
AUGUST 7-22,1976 —
Paris-Rome-Florence Holiday — $579.00
�WILKES CAMPUS CHANGES WITH TIME
Wilkes College alumni, who will be return
ing to the Wilkes-Barre campus for the 28th
Annual Homecoming festivities set for the
weekend of Oct. 10, 11, 12, will notice a def
inite change in the nearby surroundings.
The College grounds have taken on a new
look with the school's campus improvement
and the razing of some nine buildings.
The history of the campus buildings and
the people who owned them are sometimes
lost in the files of an old cabinet or on the
shelves of a library.
son Darte Center for the Performing Arts
was completed.
Pickering Hall, 181 South Franklin Street,
also has been razed. The former property of
the late Dr. S. P. Mengel, Pickering Hall was
purchased by the college in 1949 from Jessie
and Harley Gritman. Renovated during the
same year, the building housed classrooms
and offices for the Commerce and Finance
and Art Departments.
The building was named after the famous
soldier, Timothy Pickering, who was an early
supporter of the Revolutionary movement in
Massachusetts. He led a contingent from
Massachusetts to join Washington's army in
the winter campaign of 1776-77 in New York
and New Jersey.
Adjutant General of the U. S. Army, Pick
ering later accepted the responsibility of
Quarter Master General. In addition, Picker
ing's letters constituted an invaluable com
mentary on the course of the Revolution.
In order to preserve the history of the mili
tary man on campus, the Wilkes College
New Men's Dormitory’ has been charged
with the name of Pickering Hall.
>r-old building,
MINER HALL — A 105-yeai
Miner Hall was recently razed ■on the Wilkes
College campus. The stately mansion, at one
time, was used as a women’:s dormitory and
mathematics department.
The eight buildings that have been razed
include the first Wilkes College playhouse,
Chase Theater. Built in 1917 by Frederick
Chase, then president and general manager
of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, the
structure originally was constructed as a
garage for the Chase family, behind Chase
Hall.
Located at the rear of 184 South River
Street, Chase Theater was one of the first
Wilkes College buildings, donated in 1937
by Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark to Wilkes
College, when it was known as Bucknell Uni
versity Junior College, as a memorial to
Frederick Chase and his wife, Admiral
Stark's sister.
Numerous one-act plays were presented
by the college Thespians, the Cue 'n Curtain
Society, until 1965 when the Dorothy Dick-
it
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SLOCUM HAL
^LL — Named after Frances
Slocum, the building at 115 South Franklin
Street, also has been razed.
In 1778, when Frances Slo<
Jocum was six
years old, she was capturedI by marauding
Indians. After she was adoj
>pted by foster
Indian parents, she travelled
—I with them and
eventually married a Delaware Indian brave,
When her or.
:-:
•riginal family found her in
1835, she was 62
6L and declined the invitation
to return to them.
The proj
iperty was acquired by Wilkes in
1961 fromi F. Noretta Howorth.
Street, also has been
Known as
Miner Hall, the 105-year-old buildii
ing was
acquired as a gift from the Miner
familv
Mil
i96i.
ln
The college obtained only 90 fcet of
160 feet frontage of the property since the
family constructed another home on
jacent plot.
ad’
r-Jhr blJ'v.n8 was °ccuPjed by the late Dr
Charles H. Miner and was built bv his r-n. ’
Charles A. Miner in 1870.
'
f ther'
Dr. Miner was recognized as a c?
distinguished physician, serving as State Secretar-I
ary
of Health during Governor Pinchot's admin
istration. He also served as Luzerne CountJ
Director of Health. Since Dr. Miner's death
the home was occupied by Grace Lea Shoe
maker Miner before donation to Wilkes
College.
At first, Miner Hall was utilized as a
women's dormitory. Later, the building was
occupied by the mathematics department for
offices and classrooms.
Doane Hall, 237-239 South Franklin Street
also is gone. At one time a women's dorm
itory and school infirmary, Doane Hall was
acquired by Wilkes in 1966 from Joseph and
Marguerite Eagen.
The eighth home to be removed from
campus is Slocum Hall, 115 South Franklin
Street. One of the oldest buildings used as a
women's dormitory, Frances Slocum Hall
takes its name from one of the earliest resi
dents of Wyoming Valley, adding to the his
torical lore that surrounds the institution.
Keep Dim ToueSi! I!
PICKERING HALL ----- The former prop
erty of Dr. S. P. Mengel, Pickering Hall was
named after the famous Revolutionary sol
dier, Timothy Pickering, from Massachu
setts.
The two-story building, once located at
181 South Franklin Street, housed the com
merce and finance and art departments.
Someone, somewhere at some time has
wondered where you are, what you are
doing and maybe how to get in touch
with you. You have probably experi
enced the same thought at one time or
another. Why don't you do something
about it? Right now, while the idea is
still fresh, drop a few lines to the —
Alumni Office, Wilkes College, WilkesBarre, Pa. 18703.
A Wilkes College double-block dwelling
also has been demolished at 76-78 West
South Street. The women's dormitory, known
as "76", was acquired by the college in 1965
from the estate of Hamilton and Lieuween "Three Men on a Horse" at the Center for
Chase, then the Chase Apartments.
the Performing Arts, Friday through Sunday.
iilc old Fenner property, 78 West South
The
Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. on
Street,
------- , was purchased in 1965 also. At one
both Friday and Saturday, with a 2 p.m.
time this part of the structure was one of the
matinee slated for Sunday afternoon. Reser
Wilkes-Barre finest ladies boutiques.
vations
and tickets are available at the box
With the construction of the new Stark
Learning Center and the new third-floor office.
nursing facilities, the old nursing department
During the Homecoming weekend the Sor
building also has been razed, at 248-250 doni Art Gallery will feature an exhibit,
South River Street.
"19th Century European Paintings." The
This property was acquired in 1967 from
Gallery is open Sunday through Friday, 1 to
the Simon Grossman estate.
Ashley Hall, 252-254 South River Street, 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 to 5 p.m.
. I
UCMlvmwi,
Assisting chairman Rick Reese with aralso has met the hands of the demolition
Homecoming (cont'ci from
crews. This was the college's second building
dubbed with the Ashley name.
The first, which was located at 164 South
River Street, was received by Wilkes from
heirs of the Ashley estate. This building was
destroyed to accommodate the Stark Learn
ing Center.
The most recent Ashley Hall was a men's
dormitory that originally was known as
Bruch Hall, named after a former Wilkes en
vironmental science teacher, Dr. Alvan
Bruch, a friend of the students.
The stately mansion, 264 South Franklin
one)
rangements for the 28th Annual Homecom
ing are Terry Blaum' 75, Ed Comstock 65,
Carol Drahus '75, Jim Ferris '56, Millie Gittins '46, Ralph Hahn '74, Carl Havira '60,
Bob Howes '75, Ed Johnson '50, Garf Jones
'71, Tom Moran '49, Jennifer Morgan 74,
John Mulhall '60, Lauren O'Hara '74, George
Pawlush '69, Andrea Petrasek '69, Pat Ratchford '73, Jim Sabatini '70, Rick Simonson'69,
Carl Urbanski '57, Robert Waters '50, Ray
Yanchus '60, Carol Zambetti '75, John Zikor
'70, Virginia Zikor '70, Carl Zoolkoski 59.
College Initiates Writer-In-Residence
Wilkes College will have its first writer-in-residence on campus
this fall, as Hugh Seidman, distinguished author and recipient of
last year's Walt Whitman Award, given by the Academy of Amer
ican Poets, occupies the Allan Hamilton Dickson Chair of English
Literature.
This position of distinction was created by Dorothy Dickson
Darte in memory of her father, Allan Hamilton Dickson, to en
courage enlightened teaching, extended scholarships, and creative
writing in the field of literature.
According to Dr. Thomas Kaska, chairman of the English De
partment, Seidman will teach two courses — Creative Writing and
a Seminar in Contemporary Poetry — and will be available for
consultation three days a week. A reading of his works also will
be scheduled during the Fall for the general public.
Before seriously turning his interests to writing, Seidman pre
pared for an entirely different style of life as he completed ad
vanced studies in mathematics and physics and even worked in
the world of computer programming.
He began to gain a strong reputation as an author and a poet
when his first major work, "Collecting Evidence," was selected as
the winning volume in the 1969 Yale Series of Younger Poets.
In 1974, Seidman gained new success when Doubleday and
Company published his book, "Blood Lord." Leading up to this
accomplishment, Seidman was co-editor of poetry anthologies,
"Equal Times" and "Westbeth Poets."
He has received numerous grants, has served as a consultant
and judge in the field of poetry, and has steadily built a reputation
that is still growing in today's literary world.
EE A EEfSKUITEB
Do you know a high school student who may be inter
ested in coming to Wilkes College?
If you do, the Admissions Office would appreciate hear
ing from you. As an alumnus of Wilkes, you are the best
"resource person" we have.
Upon receipt of the form below, the Admissions Office
will follow up from there. Mail to the Office of Admissions,
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
PROSPECTIVE STUDENT
Student's name
Address
City
Phone: Area Code (
State
Zip
)
Will graduate from high school in
Name of high school
My name is
I was a member of the class of . ..
Address
City
Comments:
State
Zip
Execytive Committee Busy
The national executive committee of the Wilkes College Alumni
Association met in New York City on Friday, Sept. 12 to map out
activities for the coming year.
Included on the agenda was the scheduling of alumni meetings
in the various regions and the publication of an alumni directory.
I
Campus Happenings
WHEN
Sept. 17
Sept. 20
Sept. 20-0ct. 19
Sept. 24
Sept. 29
Oct. 1
Oct. 9-12
Oct. 10-12
Oct. 11
Oct. 11
Oct. 17
Oct. 18
Oct. 20
Oct. 25
Oct. 30
Nov. 1-Nov. 23
Nov. s
Nov. 1
Nov. 8
■
Nov. 15
Nov. 20-23
WHAT
Concert and Lecture Series
Football Game
Fine Arts Exhibit
Soccer Match
Concert and Lecture Series
Soccer Match
Theater Production
Homecoming
Convocation
Football Game
Concert
Soccer Match
Concert and Lecture Series
Soccer Match
Concert and Lecture Series
Fine Arts Exhibit
Concert and Lecture Series
Football Game
Soccer Match
Football Game
Theater Production
WHO
Moshe Dyan
vs. Clarion St.
“19th Century European Paintings"
vs. Baptist Bible
“The Owl and the Pussycat"
vs. Muhlenberg
"Three Men on a Horse"
28th Annual
Stark Learning Center
vs. Upsala
Wilkes Concert Band and Chorus
vs. Wagner
Paul Griesmer, M.D.
vs. Madison FDU
Jazz with Dizzy Gillespie
“Associated American Artists”
“W. C. Fields, 80 Proof"
vs. Susquehanna
vs. Elizabethtown
vs. Delaware Valley
“Hot I Baltimore"
WHERE
Gymnasium
Ralston Field
Sordoni Gallery
Ralston Field
CPA
Ralston Field
CPA
Wilkes Campus
Ralston
CPA
Ralston
CPA
Ralston
CPA
Sordoni
CPA
Ralston
Ralston
Ralston
CPA
Field
TIME
8:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
8:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
8:30 p.m.
Field
8:00 p.m.
Field
8:00 p.m.
Gallery
Field
Field
Field
8:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
�■
COLONEL GRIDDERS GIRD FOR MAC DEFENSE
is the offensive
t strength going for them in 1975 it is
If the Colonels have any one major
lettermen return. Members of the unitt shown in preline where no less than seven skilled let
e, junior Frank
season practice sessions, from left to right., kneeling: Senior Joe Dettmore,
Sickler, senior
>r Len Dalmas. sophomore Ken S
Wengen, senior Bill Metzger. Standing: Junior
Bob Para, and sophomore Greg Wild.
If anyone knows how to deal with pressure
it's Wilkes College football grid chief Rollie
Schmidt, who begins his 14th year at the
Colonel helm with a 69-34-1 record.
Wilkes opens the 1975 season as the team
to beat in the Middle Atlantic Conference's
Northern Division after winning their sixth
circuit title last annum.
With only five starters missing from the
lineup this fall the pot of gold looks bright
again for Schmidt this time around? Wrong!
According to Schmidt, "games are won on
the field and not on paper."
"Attitude is going to be our biggest prob
lem early in the year. Sure we have the
horses to repeat, but its going to take a lot
of effort to duplicate last year's 7-2 record."
The Colonels were 6-0 in the Northern
Division competition, but five of the six
games went right down to the wire. While
the Blue and Gold looked solid in a 30-9
trouncing of runnerup Juniata the Wilkesmen had to battle for their lives against Ly
coming, 20-14; Delaware Valley, 24-14; Sus
quehanna, 10-8; Albright, 14-10; and last
place Upsala, 15-8.
"It's going to take a real good team to pull
off another unblemished record," Schmidt
forecasted. "I think the times are long gone
when one team will ever dominate the scene
again."
In warning that each team in the rapidly
improved Northern Division can beat an
other, the Wilkes grid chief confides that the
conference may be one of the toughest in
NCAA III Division circles.
Offense will probably be the Colonels
strongest department with 14 veteran per
sonnel back. Seniors Chuck Suppon and
Greg Snyder have shared the quarterback
duties the past two years with neither being
able to nail down the job. It's a toss up again
this time around.
Senior fullback Fred Lohman is the second
leading rusher in Wilkes history while tail
backs Rodney Smith, a senior, and junior
Mickey Calabrese are both speed burners.
Since end George Abraham has decided
not to return to school, the pass receiving
corp will have to rebuild with senior John
Matusek and sophomore Paul Wengen pro
viding the nucleus.
Frank Wengen was an AI1-MAC choice at
guard as a sophomore while Joe Dettmore
and Bob Para are secure at tackle. Coach
Schmidt will also get a big boost from Bill
Metzger, All-MAC in 1973, who returned to
school after one year's absence.
Schmidt's big job in pre-season practice
sessions was to find another defensive tackle
to compliment senior Tom Bradshaw. AllMAC Lou Maczuga and Don Kulick, both
seniors, are probably the best pair of ends
in the conference.
The defense will be anchored by All-MAC
linebacker senior Steve Leskiw, the Colonels
best bet for post-season honors. Despite the
presence of Leskiw, the linebacker corps may
be the Wilkesmen's lone weakness although
Schmidt was tinkering with the idea of con
verting two-time MAC defensive back Fred
Marianacci to corner linebacker.
With or without Marianacci the defensive
secondary’ will be solid as a rock with seniors
Tony Schwab and Dave Trethaway. If Coach
Schmidt can pull together the loose ends
then the Wilkesmen will be heard from in
1975.
The Colonels complete slate: Sept. 20,
Clarion St., home; Sept. 27, Lycoming, away;
Oct. 4, Bloomsburg St, awray; Oct. 11, Up
sala, home; Oct. 18, Ithaca, away; Oct. 25,
Albright, away; Nov. 1, Susquehanna, home;
Nov. 8, Juniata, away; and Nov. 15, Dela
ware Valley, home.
BONITA BROTHERS
OPEN PRACTICE
Mr. and Mrs. Raphael E. Bonita of Exeter
are wearing an extra smile these days with
the return of their sons to Wyoming Valley.
Dr. Raphael J. '68 and Dr. Louis B, Bonita
'70z both honor graduates of the college/ re
cently announced the opening of their office
for the practice of medicine in Plains.
Dr. Ray Bonita, who graduated magna
cum laude from Wilkes in 1968, received a
Doctor of Medicine Degree from the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in 1972.
Dr. Louis J. Bonita was awarded a Bachelor
of Science Degree cum laude in Physics from
Wilkes in 1970 and a Doctor of Medicine
Degree from the Tulane University School
of Medicine in 1974.
Wilkes Sports
Nora Donato, the former NORA ROSCO ’66, is the
head teacher at the YMCA Nursery School.
Joining Rollie Schmidt and the football
Colonels as an assistant coach this year is
Jim Fennell, who achieved phenomenal suc
cess as coach of Kingston and Wyoming Val
ley West High School grid fortunes. Fennell,
who is the linebacker coach, produced a 14747-7 record during his 20 years at the two
schools.
ANN ORZECHOWSKI 73 received her masters of
arts degree in psychology from the New School for
Social Research in New York City. She will assume
the position as an instructor in general psychology
and psychology of childhood at Southwest Missouri
State University, Springfield, Missouri.
Final NCAA III Baseball statistics re
leased in late August revealed that Wilkes as
a team plus Colonel stalwarts Steve Leskiw
and Jim Stehle ranked among the best in the
country. Wilkes hit .327 to place eighth in
the nation while Leskiw batted .410 (23rd),
and produced 1.33 runs batted in per game
(third), and 0.28 triples per game (third).
Stehle, who was continually plagued by wild
ness, was the top strikeout artist in the land
with 15.5 whiffs per nine inning game.
With interest running high on the Wilkes
College wrestling team's move into the
NCAA University ranks for the upcoming
1975-76 campaign, here is an advance peek
at the grapplers 1975-76 schedule: Dec. 3,
Lehigh, away (PBS Television Network);
Dec. 7, Binghamton Invitational (Gettysburg,
Bucknell, Wilkes, Binghamton), away; Dec.
11, Oregon St., home; Dec. 13, Navy, away;
Dec. 29-30 Wilkes Open; Jan. 10, Yale, home;
Jan. 14, Montclair St., home; Jan. 17, Syra
cuse, home; Jan. 21, Delaware Valley, away;
Jan. 24, Western Maryland and Oswego St.,
home; Jan. 28, Elizabethtown, away; Jan. 31,
Lycoming, home; Feb. 4, Binghamton St.,
away; Feb. 7, Hofstra, away; Feb. 11, East
Stroudsburg St., away; Feb. 14, Army, home;
Feb. 21, Franklin & Marshall, home; Feb. 2728, E.I.W.A. Tournament at F&M; Mar. Il
ls, NCAA I Tournament, Arizona.
Despite the loss of three super veterans in
cluding 1000-point career men Greg Buzinski (1174) and Clarence Ozgo (1100), basket
ball mentor Rodger Bearde won't be crying
the blues with an outstanding group of fresh
men on hand. Forming the keystone of this
winter's team will be senior Jack Brabant
and sophomore Ken Hughes. Brabant broke
the 1000-point barrier last year and starts
the year with 1026. The 6-5 forward will be
chasing Ozgo, Buzinski, George Gacha
(1235), Bill Umbach (1266), Herb Kemp
(1286), George Morgan (1349), and Len
Batroney (1629) on the all-time Wilkes scor
ing list.
Region Six Alumni Mee$
Alumni from the Greater New York City
and Long Island area held an informal meet
ing at McQuade's Pub, Rockville Centre,
L. I., on Saturday, August 3.
Responsible for arranging the meeting was
Stephen Paradise '65, regional vice president
of region 6. Also in attendance were Art
Hoover '55, director of alumni relations;
Fred Lohman '76, co-captain of this year's
football team; and Judy Simonson Arenstein
'68. national executive vice president.
According to Paradise, plans are underway
for another meeting in the Hempstead, L. I.
area following the Wilkes-Hofstra wrestling
match on February 7, 1976.
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ter, Rachel Ann, born on April 17, 1975, to
A daughter,
Mr. and Mrs.
M. Joseph J. Kachurak. Mrs. Kachurak is
the former EDITH MILLER '67. She received her
master’s degree from the University of Scranton in
June and is presently employed as an English
teacher at Whippany Park High School, Whippany,
New Jersey.
KATHY JAKEN 75 recently became the bride of John
Yamrus. They are residing at Wilkeswood Apartments
in Wilkes-Barre.
MARJORIE KASZUBSKI 71 and RICHARD CASEY 71
were married recently. He is employed as an ele
mentary teacher in the Central Bucks School District.
NELSON L. HARTWIGSEN '63 was recently informed
of his selection to "Who’s Who in the East,’’ a pub
lication of the Marquis Publishing Company. Nelson
currently holds the dual presidential positions at
the Maryland Rubber Corporation and the Keystone
Rubber Corporation. He resides with his wife and
three children at 1506 Donegal Road, Bel Air,
Maryland.
ANN LOVECCHIO 71 and KENNETH H. STONE 74
were married recently. Ken is a law student at
Western State University College of Law in Los
Angeles.
CAROL JEAN THOMAS '62 was married to Robert L.
Mohr on July 6, 1975. Carol is a teacher in the Bing
hamton School District. The couple resides in Kirk
wood,’New York.
WYNNE ADONIZIO 72 was married to Dennis J.
Kazmerski on July 25, 1975. They are residing in
Philadelphia.
JOHN C. DUKES 74 was recently married to Patricia
Zoeller. John is employed at the Small Business Ad
ministration, Wilkes-Barre.
ANTHONY GIUSTI '53 has been named controller at
Sovirel, a French subsidiary of Corning International
Corporation.
RICHARD F. CURRY 74 was recently married to
Patricia Ann Thomas. He is an executive trainee with
Sears, Roebuck & Co., Neptune, New Jersey.
CHARLENE M. VOLPE 74 was married to Garrick A.
Barge on June 21, 1975. She is employed by Ide Air
Equipment, Inc., Wilkes-Barre. The couple is residing
at 22 Bryden Street, Pittston.
LAWRENCE G. STETS ’68 was awarded a Master of
Regional Planning degree from Pennsylvania State
University on June 8,1975.
VINCENT McHALE ’64 has recently accepted an ap
pointment as associate professor of political science
at Case Western University. Vince had been on the
faculty of the University of Pennsylvania since 1969.
He and his wife, the former ANN COTNER '61, and
their son, Patrick, are residing at 3070 Coleridge
Road, Cleveland Heights, Cleveland.
GEORGE C. YANCHIK, JR. 70 received his master’s
degree in education from the College of New Rochelle this past May.
ANN LYNN CAREY ’75 was married to Lawrence
Harding on June 29, 1975. The couple will be residing at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
LOIS GUARILIA 75 was married on May 31, 1975 to
John V. Morreale. They reside at 403A Foote Avenue,
Duryea.
ROBERT S. HOWES, JR. 75 was recently appointed
to the newly created position of Community Activ
ities Coordinator for the Greater Wilkes-Barre
Chamber of Commerce.
W. BROOKE YEAGER, III '64 has been appointed to
the position of Treasurer for the Luzerne County
Conservation District. Named to the position of
Executive Assistant of the same organization was
RUTH ANN SWIGONSKI BALLA 75.
RONALD W. SIMMS ’60 was recently named to the
Board of Directors of The Wyoming National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre. Ron resides with his wife, Rhea, and
three daughters at 116 Butler Street, Kingston, Pa.
ROSEMARIE KAZDA 73 was married to Leslie E.
Taylor, Jr. on June 21, 1975. She received her mas
ters of arts degree in librarianship from the Univer
sity of Colorado in August and is presently em
ployed as Health Sciences Librarian at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital. The couple resides at 1319 North
Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre.
CARLTON PHILLIPS ’62 was married to Elberta
Keeler on June 15, 1975. He is employed by the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and resides at
4206-D King George Street, Colonial Crest Apart
ments, Harrisburg, Pa.
CAPT. PHILIP GASBARRO ’69 has graduated from
the Air University's Squadron Officer School at Max
well Air Force Base in Alabama.
TERRY A. BELLES '71 graduated from Temple Uni
versity School of Medicine with honors on May 29,
1975. He has begun his residency in family practice
at
at thfi
the Williamcnnrt
Williamsport Ranarol
General Hospital.
JOHN R. BOROWSKI ’74 has been commissioned a
second lieutenant in the II. S. Air Force upon grad
uation from Officer Training School at Lackland
AFB, Texas. John is now at Vandenberg AFB, Calif.,
for training and duty as a missile launch officer.
ELAINE OWEN ’74 and ROBERT HOOLEY ’74 were
recently united in marriage. Bob is pursuing a mas
ters' degree at Syracuse University and is employed
by St. John's Lutheran Church of Syracuse, New York.
REBECCA CERESI ’75 was recently married to Ed
ward Grasavage, Jr. She is employed at Zollinger’s
in the Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre.
The following Wilkes College alumni are employed
in various locations by Ingersoll-Rand Company:
MICHAEL J. BANCHERO '74, Phillipsburg, New Jer
sey; WILLIAM R. KENNY '74, Woodcliff Lake, New
Jersey; and JOHN A. MAZUR, Scranton, Pa.
A. WESLEY BRYAN '70 was promoted to audit man
ager of Farmers Bank in Wilmington, Delaware.
NELLO AUGUSTINE '65 has been named director of
the Tunkhannock United Services Agency. He re
sides with his wife and three sons at R. D. -2,
Wilkes-Barre.
BETTY ANNE WOOD '74 and MATTHEW P. HUGHES
'73 were married on July 12,1975. They are residing
in Ashley, Pa.
MICHAEL A. PETRILLO '69 recently announced the
opening of his office for the practice of general
dentistry at 35 Machell Avenue, Dallas, Pa.
MICHAEL E. SHOEMAKER '75 was married to Mary
Lou Miller on July 19, 1975. The couple is residing
in Dushore, Pa., for the summer.
JANE FIRESTINE '72 was recently promoted to
assistant cashier at the West Side Bank in West
Pittston, Pa.
Twin sons, Matthew John and Todd Douglas, born
on August 14, 1974 to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur J. Scarpino. Mrs. Scarpino is the former BARBARA McNICHOLL '72. They reside at 119 College Street,
Oriskany Falls, Nev; York.
MARY CATHERINE BEHM '75 has received notifica
tion of her acceptance at Pennsylvania State Univer
sity, University Park, where she will pursue a master
of science degree in health services administration.
SALLY KAZINETZ '73 received a master of science
degree in Engineering Physics from the University of
Virginia recently. She is employed by I.B.M. in
Manasses, Va.
IRA K. HIMMEL '60 has been reelected Foundation
president of Baltimore County General Hospital. Ira
is a prominent attorney and community leader in
Randallstown, Maryland.
BARBARA TYRRELL '75 was recently married to Todd
L. Wills. They are residing in Hatfield, Pa.
DONNA OSTROFSKI '73 was recently married to
Robert Rother. Donna is employed as a teacher in
the Hanover Area School District. They will reside in
Ashley, Pa.
REGINA SULZINSKI '73 and FRANK BRIA '74 were
married recently. Both are employed as elementary
teachers in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District.
ROBERT E. DAVIS '59 has been appointed associate
regional manager of Royal-Globe Insurance Company
in Richmond, Va. He resides at 11710 Boilingbrook
Dr., Richmond.
ROY SHUBERT '69 has been elected Director of Edu
cational Projects of The Philadelphia Chapter of The
National Association of Accountants (NAA) for the
1975-76 year. He is employed as a senior tax ac
countant in the Philadelphia office of Price Water
house & Co.
GENE CAMONI '74 was married to Carole Urban on
July 12, 1975. He is employed as a teacher in the
Valley View School District.
MARILYN A. LONG '55 became the bride of Edward
F. Hirsch on June 7, 1975. She is employed by East
ern Airlines, Woodbridge, New Jersey.
A son, Jason, born on October 7, 1974, to Mr. and
Mrs. PAUL DAVIES '69. They reside at 59 Nicholson
St., Wilkes-Barre.
JANICE J. YARRISH '75 was recently married to Har
ry A. Swepston. They reside at 1669 Wyoming Ave.
Forty Fort.
MARGUERITE YEVITZ '67 has received her Ph.D. in
Inorganic Chemistry and Crystallography from the
Pennsylvania State University. She is on the staff of
the Department of Chemistry at Stanford University.
She resides at 228 O’Connor St., Menlo Park, Calif.
A daughter, Amy Beth, born on May 16, 1975 to
WILLIAM '69 and ANN SOMERVILLE MONTGOMERY
'69. Bill is currently Assistant Principal at Central
Elementary School and Federal Funds Coordinator
for the Port Jervis School District, New York.
ELLEN FEINSTEIN '68 was married to Capt. Allan
Krueger on July 5, 1975. They are residing at 1315
�Rue de Calais, Bellevue, Nebraska, where Ellen will
continue as a staff writer for Daily TV Serials and
TV Showpeople magazines as well as pursuing a
career as a freelance writer.
ROBERT L. BROWN 74 has accepted a teaching
position at a high school in Togiak Village, Alaska.
A daughter, Elizabeth Stuart, born on June 29, 1975
to Mr. and Mrs. NICHOLAS REYNOLDS ’68. They re
side at 709 Chalfonte Dr., Alexandria, Va.
GARY H. WILLIAMS 72 was recently married to
Frances Armusik. He is employed in the Comptrol
ler’s Department of First Eastern Bank N. A., WilkesBarre.
EDWARD GORSKI 75 was married to Janet Bartlow
on July 26, 1975. Ed will begin to work on his mas
ter’s degree at Catholic University, Washington,
D. C., this month.
A son, Steven Thomas, born on June 19, 1975 to
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brownlie. Mrs. Brownlie is the
former JUDY MIKULICZ 71. She is employed as a
vocational evaluator by the Midland County Shel
tered Workshop. They reside at 2001 Laurel Lane,
Midland, Md.
C. JULIE MORSE 73 has received her M.A. in
Theatre from the University of Denver and will be
gin a Ph.D. in English there in the Fall of 75.
STEPHEN BACHO 73 has been promoted to assis
tant cashier of Midiantic National Bank South, New
Jersey.
PAMELA J. FINK 74 was married to Thomas Zaremba on July 5, 1975. She is employed as a teacher at
Northwest High School and resides at R. D. #1,
Hunlock Creek, Pa.
LINDSAY GENE FARLEY 73 and GEORGE B. GETTINGER 72 were married on August 10, 1975. George
is employed by the Groton School Systems, Conn.
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SYLVIA DYSLESKI — Class of ’67
Sylvia
delphia,
July 26,
she was
Dysleski, 30, of Locust Street, Phila
formerly of Wilkes-Barre, was killed on
1975 near West Chester when the car
operating was involved in an accident.
Sylvia received her B.A. degree in History
from Wilkes in 1967. She also studied at Schiller
College in Germany; New York Nniversity; Har
vard University and Temple University. She was
an assistant administrator in the Health Educa
tion and Community Involvement Department of
Philadelphia and for the last two years held the
position of sight certifier with the Philadelphia
Health Management Corporation.
Surviving are her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Paul
Dysleski, Wilkes-Barre; sister, Cynthia Bhagat;
maternal grandmother, Mrs. Anna Fidrych,
Wilkes-Barre.
PETER MARGO — Class of ’54
Peter Margo, 240 West Lindsley Road, Cedar
Grove, New Jersey, died on August 11, 1975 in
St. Joseph's Hospital, Paterson, New Jersey.
A native of Wilkes-Barre, he was on the faculty
of the Paterson School District for 20 years. A
veteran of World War II, he served with the Air
Force in the South Pacific. Pete received his B.S.
in Elementary Education from Wilkes in 1954.
Surviving are brothers and a sister, Mrs. Anne
Copelton, with whom he resided; Michael, Plains
Township; John, Wilkes-Barre; Charles, Morris
Plains, New Jersey.
A son, Sean Christopher, born on June 28, 1975 to
Dr. and Mrs. WOODROW L. HERRON ’67. He has
accepted the position as Educational Director of The
Columbia Schools (for socially and emotionally mal
adjusted) in Philadelphia. They reside at Walnut
Hill Apts., B-19, 1410 Manley Road, West Chester,
Pennsylvania.
If this magazine is addressed to your son or
daughter who no longer maintains a permanent
address at your home, please clip off the bot
tom of this page, including the address label,
and return it with the correct address to the
Alumni Office at Wilkes College. Thank you kindly
for helping us to update our records.
JOHN MANDELL, JR. 72 was recently married to
Mary Psoras. John is employed by General Services
Administration in Falls Church, Va., as an account
ant. They reside in Fairfax.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
GLENN LANDIS 75 was married to Suzy Dodd on
May 31, 1975. They reside in Wilkes-Barre.
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J. Moran '49......................... Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
George G. Pawlush '69.
Lynn Jacobs.................
.............. Editor
.Alumni Notes
NOTICE
The Wilkes College REPORT
is published by Wilkes College
quarterly. Entered as second
class mail matter and second
class postage paid at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania 18703.
WILKES COLLEGE
REPORT...
Fall, 1975
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RAYMOND STEPHENS — Class of ’55
Raymond F. Stephens died on May 26, 1975
at Veterans Hospital, Wilkes-Barre.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, he received his B.S. in
Commerce and Finance in 1955. He was em
ployed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Bureau of Sales and Use Tax, Wilkes-Barre
office.
Surviving are his wife, the former Cecelia
O’Neill; children, Thomas and Donald at home;
Raymond, Jr., Wilkes-Barre; Suzanne, Stinson
Beach, California; and Sheila Lugauer, Bronx,
New York.
THOMAS J. CRONIN — Class of 74
Thomas John Cronin, 24, of 410 Main Street,
Conyngham, died on August 3, 1975 in the
Hazleton State General Hospital from injuries
received in a motorcycle accident.
Tom was a 1970 graduate of West Hazleton
High School, where he was president of the stu
dent council and co-captain of the wrestling
team. He received his B.A. degree in Psychology
from Wilkes in 1974 and also served as a resi
dential assistant.
Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
R. Cronin, Conyngham; sister, Mrs. Barbara
Yenchko, and a brother, Michael, both of Conyng
ham, and his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Mil
dred Downer of Bradington, Florida.
ALAN F. PAWLENOK 74 was married to Jane 0.
Emerick on August 2, 1975. They reside in Bellville,
New Jersey.
SHERRY E. RODIN 75 was married to Jay 0. Ochreiter on August 3, 1975. They are residing in Evans
ton, Illinois.
The following Wilkes graduates received advanced
degrees from Rutgers on June 5, 1975: DONNA L.
GEORGE '69, Ph.D.; PAUL R. KOSLOWSKI '69, MAT;
JOHN G. PARRA 71, M.S.; and Kathryn Seigel, the
former KATHRYN KRUTE 72, M.S.
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WILKES COLLEGE
Report...
Winter, 1975-76
Stark Learning Center Convocation
7-MILLION DOLLAR EDIFICE BECOMES A REALITY
The highlight of one of the most ac
tive weekends in the history of Wilkes
College was the dedication of the $7million Stark Leaming.Center and the
William B. Schaeffer Memorial Hall
on Saturday, October 12.
Included in the program was the
conferring of an Honorary Doctor of
Science Degree on John D. MacArthur, native of this region who has
amassed a fortune in insurance and
Florida land development that is re
puted to be in excess of $900-million.
Dr. J. Douglas Brown, provost and
dean of the faculty emeritus at Prince
ton University and one of the archi
tects of the nation's Social Security
program, was the keynote speaker.
An academic procession that had
been scheduled was cancelled early in
the morning when a heavy rain caused
officials to move the location of the
dedication from the courtyard of the
learning center to the Center for the
Performing Arts.
Dr. Brown delivered a strong appeal
for greater and renewed emphasis on
liberal education. He tied his remarks
to the Bicentennial theme as he com
pared the liberal education of 31 of 55
who took part in the Constitutional
Convention of 1776 to the same fore
sight and quality thinking that he de
scribed as being needed to build.
Acting President of Wilkes College
Robert S. Capin presided over the al
most two-hour ceremony, introduced
the distinguished guests who were on
the program for expressions of appre
ciation, and then closed the program
by accepting the new learning com
plex as the chief executive officer of
the college.
The acceptance became formally of
ficial when Mr. Capin said: "As the
acting president of Wilkes College, I
humbly and gratefully accept at this
time the addition of the Stark Learn
ing Center and the William B. Schaef
fer Memorial Hall as vital parts of our
educational resources. May it serve
mankind through the accomplish
ments of the young people who use its
facilities."
Congressman Daniel J. Flood, a
long-time friend of the college, headed
those who made remarks. He traced
the development of the learning center
from the time a need for it was created
by a major fire in 1968. And he paid
tribute to the late Dr. Eugene S. Far
ley, first president of Wilkes College,
and his successor, Dr. Francis J.
Michelini, "for pursuing a determined
course that led to the realization of a
dream."
The Honorable Max Rosenn, judge
in the U. S. Court of Appeals and a
member of the Wilkes College Board
of Trustees, presided over the special
dedication for the William B. Schaef
fer Memorial Hall.
Judge Rosenn, a long-time friend of
the late Mr. Schaeffer, paid tribute to
the man after whom the lecture hall
was named. He cited his interest in
education, particularly his friendship
and concern for Wilkes College.
(continued on page two)
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ized/' Judge Rosenn said, "he (Mr.
Schaeffer) at once saw its importance
in elevating the cultural and economic
life of the community and brightening
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tributed substantial sums to its sup
port during the early days. Quietly
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and
effectively,
friends to do likewise."
Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Jr., son of the
late first president of Wilkes College,
was one of the featured speakers. Dr.
Farley paid tribute to those who fol
lowed through on his late father's
STARK LEARNING CENTER
dream of having a major learning cen
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those who man of the Biology Department at
ter complex on the Wilkes campus and what
addressed himself to the needs of sci have not only the imagination, but the Wilkes; Edward Zaborney, president
will to work to achieve goals they have of the Wilkes College Student Gov
ence in an ever-changing world.
An honorary doctor of science de set. Tribute was also paid to Mr. Mac ernment; Donald F. Carpenter and
gree was conferred upon John D. Mac- Arthur's brother, Charles, who gained Andrew J. Sordoni III, on behalf of
Arthur, a native of this region, who fame in his own right as the author the donors; and Dr. Joseph Stephens,
national president of the Wilkes Col
____ one...who collaborated with Ben Hecht in
has built
of the largest business
lege Alumni Association. Invocation
empires in the nation and is reputed the writing of the play Front Page,
Expressions of appreciation were and Benediction were given by the
to be worth in excess of $900-million.
In conferring the degree, Acting made by Atty. Joseph J. Savitz, chair- Rev. Roy Williams, Ph.D., associate
President Capin referred to Mr. Mac- man of the Wilkes College Board of professor of Philosophy and Religious
Arthur as one who has demonstrated Trustees; Dr. Charles B. Reif, chair- Studies at Wilkes.
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WHO
WHAT
Fine Arts Exhibit
Basketball Game
Senior Art Exhibit
Recital
Basketball Game
Wrestling Match
Concert
Concert
Recital
Senior Art Exhibit
Concert
Wrestling Tournament
Wrestling Match
Wrestling Match
Wrestling Match
Basketball Game
Wrestling Match
Wrestling Match
Basketball Game
Basketball Game
Basketball Game
Fine Arts Exhibit
Faculty Recital
Basketball Game
Recital
Recital
Basketball Game
Wrestling Match
Recital
Basketball Game
Recital
Concert & Lecture Series
"Arts of Africa"
vs. York College
Joe Dettnwre
Darice Sabalesky
vs. Philadelphia Textile
vs. Oregon State
Chorus
Band
Nancy Evans
Carolyn Lovejoy
Madrigal Singers
Wilkes Open
vs.Yale
vs. Montclair State
vs. Syracuse
vs. Moravian
vs. Western Maryland & Oswego St.
vs. Lycoming
vs. Upsala
vs. Susquehanna
vs. Lycoming
"Bicentennial Exhibit"
Richard Chapline
vs. Bloomsburg State
Linda Papatopoli
Thomas Frew and Joseph Rudder
vs. Elizabethtown
vs. Franklin & Marshall
James Ruck
vs. Lebanon Valley
Christine Brozusky and Marilyn Anderson
Cincinnati Ballet
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The immediate past president of Wilkes College, Dr. Francis J.
Milichelini, who was honored, at the “I Like Mike Night” theme of
the Homecoming social event,, posed with many of his former students who turned out to welt
Icome him back to campus. Left to
right, seated: Ned McGinley ’66, M
Mrs. Ned McGinley, Mrs. Thomas
Kelly, and Tom Kelly '69; Standir
u.awing: Marc Hirshman ’66, Natalie
Vanderburg, Dr. Joseph Stephens
hens '51, national alumni president;
Mrs. Joseph Stephens, and
s. Francis J. Michelini.
It was a happy time for the returning alumni, many of whom
were from the recent graduating
'raduating classes. Some of the
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grads,
idler '76, Ann
left to right, seated: CarolI Drahus
Drahu
’75, Barbara Cham
Dysleski ’75, Jane DeibelI '75,
’75, Barbara Swandic
‘ '75, and Carol
udick
Zambetti '75; Standing: Mike Greco, Lauren
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O’Hara '74, Paula
Gilbert ’70, Pat Malloy ’70, Nancy ’69 and Bill Stinger ’68.
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Kirby Park, spirits were high at the gymnasium on Thursday night when Dean of Student Affairs George Ralston led his wellknown cheer.
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play honors was the Air Force
ROTC detachment which had its
plane revolving in front of its head
quarters on South Franklin Street.
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The Friday night event offered many alumni a chance to rrenew
old acquaintances. Enjoying ai moment of conversation whichi prob*
ably touched on the world of sports were, left to right: Jim IFerris
’56, Mrs. James Ferris, Mrs. James Williams, Jim Williams '56,
Mrs. John Reese, John Reese, 1Wilkes athletic director; Jill Evans
>r of alumni relations.
’71, and Art Hoover ’55, directoi
Campus ha
; were a favorite topic of discussion with re
turning gradu
miniscing campus experiences were, left to
right, seated: Mrs. Carl Zoolkoski, Mrs. Paul Thomas, Mrs. Virginia
Zikor ’69, and Karolina Hahn '76; standing: Carl Zoolkoski *59,
Paul Thomas ’51, John Zikor ’70, and Chuck Suppon ’76.
�COHEN SETS SIGHTS IN
PHOTOGRAPHY WORLD
Students Stay Active WiiGIni The Times
alumni
TRIPS
Wilkes College alumni, their families and
friends, along with members of the Wilkes
College Polar Bear Club, are invited to par
ticipate in an "Austrian Alps Ski Trip, Jan
uary’ 22-30,1976.
Included in the ski package which covers
eight days and seven nights is the round
trip Swissair jet service from New York to
Zurich, transfers oni deluxe motorcoach, and
seven nights in a ttwin-bedded room with
bath.
Also part of the trip is breakfast daily
plus full lunch or dinner, ski-coach transfer
Wilkes-Barre photographer Mark Cohen
'66, pictured in the middle, is shown viewing
the work of his students at a Wilkes College
photography course. Flanking him are Dave
Smith, left, and Alyson Kole.
offered
to the ski slopes, and all room and meal
service taxes. Price of the excursion is $549
per person, complete. Further information
and reservations may be obtained by con
tacting Hoover at the Wilkes Alumni Office
Hoover also announced that the travel
agency is preparing a full color brochure
with a complete list of offerings for the sum
mer. The brochure, which will be mailed to
all alumni in the spring, list a Hawaiian
Holiday for June; London Adventure in July;
and a Rome-Paris-Florence Holiday for
August.
COLLEGE DAYS REMEMBERED
"I'm just sensitive about the things hap
pening in Wyoming Valley. I love the area
and appreciate all the beauty which sur
rounds it."
Those weren't the words of a crusading
politician or social reformer but the thoughts
of an up and coming nationally recognized
photographer who happens to make his
home in Wilkes-Barre.
As in the past, Wilkes students are brightening college life and
helping the community by initiating programs, continuing many of
the activities of previous years, and reviving events of earlier times.
The Circle K Club, which has been honored for its many ac
complishments, once again launched a drive to fight Multiple Scle
rosis (M.S.) To raise money, the group held a "Lovely Legs" Con
test, where 11 pairs of legs either of a Wilkes student, faculty
member, or an administrator competed for the title of Wilkes
"Loveliest Legs."
Besides sponsoring a Dance Marathon for the benefit of M.S.,
the club also conducted a talent show of Wilkes students.
Creative Wilkes students publish the Manuscript, a literary
magazine comprised of students' work which features a variety of
prose, poetry, and art.
Other students are busily engaged with WCLH-FM, the Wilkes
radio station. The station, which offers a variety in radio program
ming, reaches children as well as adults, classical-minded folks as
well as rock-oriented individuals, and nature-lovers and newsminded people.
The First Annual Engineering Club Ping Pong Tournament be
gan this year. Clubs are invited to send a team of four members
to compete in a round of "Power Matched Singles." A trophy will
be presented to the team showing the greatest skill.
The Commuter Council, concerned with the parking problem at
the college, began an on-campus parking program as the lot near
the Temple Israel on South River Street was cleared for free stu
dent parking.
Theta Delta Rho, a service organization composed of energetic
women, will sponsor its "Golden Agers" Christmas Party. They
will host members from three area rest homes to an afternoon of
good cheer to help kick-off the holiday season.
Many other students also are community-minded and showed
their concern for the public by donating blood for the Annual
Blood Donor Day at the college sponsored by the American Red
Cross and the Human Services Committee.
The Wilkes Debate Union's Individual Events Speaking Unit ’
Mark Cohen is currently displaying his
photographs of and about the people of
Wyoming Valley in a special one-man show
at the Light Gallery in New York City.
The release from the Light Gallery has
this to say about his work. "Cohen's photo
graphs from the past two years display a
high regard for his native Wilkes-Barre as
a human laboratory for ideas; his pictures
have become highly attentuated visions of a
malleable yet sharply defined world of hu
man and animated objects in flux."
The critique also states that "Cohen pre
sents his foreground figures with a sense of
volume, that causes their accompanying
landscapes to revolve around them. The
somewhat pathological treatment of human
bodies is also heroic and suggestive of sym
bolic and fanciful conditions."
Cohen, a 1966 graduate of Wilkes Col
lege, was introduced to the field of photog
raphy in his early teens. "Everything seemed
to fall right in place," he remembered, "After
finishing college I decided to open a studio
and make a living of it."
Although much of his current work and
efforts have been directed in the commercial
field, Mark still takes time to capture on film
what he calls "the personal type of obser
vation."
"I'm extremely interested in the places
which are disappearing," he explained, "I
have taken thousands of photograhps in the
Heights area, catching the mood of the peo
ple, their homes, and even their back
porches."
His first exhibit in a nationally known art
show came in 1969 when he was invited to
exhibit at the George Eastman House, the
BE A BECKtMTEK
ported me sometimes financially, frequently
with morale boosting and always academ
ically."
Robert S. Capin, acting president of
Wilkes College is shown on the left, re
ceiving an alumni contribution from Art
Hoover, director of alumni relations. Hoover
presented the check on behalf of Dr. Cath
erine De Angelis, a 1964 Wilkes alumnus,
and represents her first royalty on a text
book which she recently had published.
Dr. De Angelis's letter to Hoover read in
part, "Ten years ago, I received my diploma
from Wilkes College. It marked the culmin
ation of four of the finest years of my life.
They were four years essentially given to
me by members of Wilkes College who sup-
She furthered, "As a result of the founda
tion I received at Wilkes College, I was able
to go on to medical school and advanced
training in pediatrics and public health. As
a consequence, I recently had a textbook
published, and yesterday I received the first
royalty check. Enclosed you will find a check
for $500 which results from the textbook. I
would like the college to accept it as a very
small token of my gratitude."
International Museum of Photography, in
Rochester, N.Y.
Some 30 young photographers were in
vited by the museum curator to submit five
pictures. "Luckily I was one of the people
chosen," Cohen recalled, "and it was a big
start for me."
Since then Cohen's works have graduated
into one-man shows which have been housed
in the William Penn Memorial Museum,
Harrisburg; Museum of Modern Art, New
York City; George Eastman House, Roch
ester, N.Y.; Art Institute of Chicago; and an
earlier exhibit at the Light Gallery.
Much of the Wilkes-Barre resident's time
is also spent in the teaching of two courses
at Wilkes College.
"The student interest in photography is
enormous," he explained, "Everybody seems
to be getting into it."
While equipment is an essential ingredient
in photography so is a persons perception
of the subject which he is trying to capture
on film.
Cohen also added, "Photography differs
from other forms of fine art because it
doesn't require the student to do a lot of
mechanical things. Being less technical than
painting or sculpture, the student can see
the results of his work come to fore more
quickly."
While combining business with pleasure
in the home, studio, and classroom, Mark
Cohen seems to have found some treasures
in Wyoming Valley and is more than proud
to share his find with the rest of the world.
Do you know a high school student who may be interested in com
ing to Wilkes College? If you do, the Admissions Office would appre
ciate hearing from you. As an alumnus of Wilkes, you are the best
"resource person” we have. Upon receipt of the form below, the Ad
missions Office will follow up from there. Mail to the Office of Admis
sions, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
Prospective student's name
Address
JANEMCT DEATH MOURNED
Mrs. Anita L. Janerich *52, who
was secretary of the Wilkes College
Alumni Association, passed away un
expectedly on Nov. 14.
Born in Plains Township, she was
the former Anita Piotrowska. Mrs.
Janerich was employed by the Penn
sylvania Department of Public Assis
tance for more than 30 years. In ad
dition to serving the Wilkes Alumni
Association, she was a charter mem
ber of the college’s Polish Room.
At the time of her death, Anita
was completing the second year of a
two-year elected term. Prior to this
current term of office, she served as
secretary of the Alumni Association
from 1957 to 1962.
Along with her efforts as an alumni officer, Anita had participated on every
Homecoming committee since 1952, and during the past three alumni cam
paigns was active as a telephone volunteer.
Art Hoover ’55, director of alumni relations, expressed the grief of the
Alumni Association when he stated, "Anita was a very dedicated person who
gave of herself unselfishly to the alma mater which she loved so well."
Surviving are a son, Dr. Dwight T. Janerich, Albany, N.Y.; daughter, Mrs.
Maureen Raiter, Washington, D. C.; four grandchildren; brothers, Peter, Wyo
ming; Stanley and Edward, Plains; and Leo, Derby, Conn.
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was recently organized and has already begun to bring honors to
the college. The students engaged in their first intercollegiate com
petition with 16 other college and universities and won seven
awards for Wilkes. Other schools involved in the tournament in
cluded University of Maryland, West Chester State College, La
Salle, Frostburg State College, Towson University, and Clarion St.
Thirty-six Wilkes seniors were recently notified of their accept
ance into "Who's Who Among American Universities and Col
leges." In addition to other factors, the outstanding seniors were
chosen for their involvement in collegiate and non-collegiate
activities.
Several senior fine arts majors also are displaying collections
of their works at the Conyngham Art Gallery. The one-person
shows reveal the talent and energy of the art students.
The Beacon is alive and well on the campus. In addition to re
porting weekly news each Thursday to the student body, the pub
lication recently was honored by the college for its fifth issue on
the new Stark Learning Center. This issue is being used as the key
recruiting brochure for incoming freshmen.
Student Government helped to sponsor concerts for the benefit
of the students. Barry Manilow, Slade, and Leslie West have ap
peared at the college.
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A new addition to the Wilkes College Music Department this
year is the select voiced Wilkes Concert Choir. They are directed
by Jan Pedersen, who is in her second year at the college.
This spring the group is planning a tour within the Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey, and New York area, however, an itinerary is
still in the making. The choir is looking for alumni who would be
willing to host a concert at either a high school, church, or com
munity center. Afternoon concerts would be given in exchange for
lunch, and evening concerts in exchange for supper and a bed.
The proposed tour is scheduled for March 20, 21, 22, and 23. All
dates are open. If you would be interested in hosting the choir,
please write or phone Miss Pedersen at Wilkes College, WilkesBarre, Pa. 18703 or phone (717) 824-4651.
�COLONEL FALL SQUADS
ENB IN GLOOM
Leskiw Selected Baseball All-American
DONALD W. NASH 75 is a member of the first year
class of the Medical College of Pennsylvania.
It was not a typical year for Wilkes Col
lege athletic teams as the three men's squads
suffered every possible misfortune and could
only manage a combined five wins.
The story was a little different for the two
women's units as the girls virtually stole the
entire show, winning the tennis and field
hockey championships of the Northeastern
Pennsylvania Women's Intercollegiate Ath
letic Association.
The gridders of Rollie Schmidt opened the
season on the heels of their sixth Middle At
left, is Wilkes baseball mentor Gene DomWilkes College senior
Leskiw
lantic Conference title and everybody ex
zalski, while his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Steve
reached the zenith of his Colonel athletic
pected a repeat, and then maybe, a bid to
Leskiw, Sr. look on.
career with his selection to the 1975 Small
the NCAA III playoffs.
School All-American Baseball team.
Not counting the NCAA wrestling cham
After falling to Clarion St., 17-7, in their
The 6-0, 210-pounder just recently com
pions, only three other Wilkesmen have ever
opener the Wilkesmen gradually picked up
pleted his third year as a starter on the
gained first-team All-American status —
steam in successive one-sided triumphs over
Wilkes football squad and is expected to be
Jeff Grandinetti, football, 1973; Ed Manda,
Bloomsburg and Upsala.
a top pro baseball candidate on the strength
soccer, 1966; and Joe Gallagher, football,
With back-to-back matches with Ithaca
of his .410 average last season.
and Albright expected to hold the fate of
1948.
Congratulating Leskiw, second from the
the gridders dreams, the Colonels received
the bitter ordeal of losing the pair — Ithaca,
30-0; and Albright, 20-14 — and along with
the setbacks ended any anticipations.
Wrestlers to Debut in NCAA Division I
The losing streak reached an almost un
his most successful recruiting drive in his
Optimism is at a peak in the camp of the
believable four straight with successive de
tory during the off-season and a number of
Wilkes winter athletic teams as the four
feats to Susquehanna, 17-6; and Juniata, 20talented freshmen are pushing for varsity
varsity squads make final preparations for
14; before the Blue and Gold turned the cor
berths.
the upcoming 1975-76 campaign.
ner with a 31-18 triumph over Delaware
Rodger Bearde has let little grass grow un
Valley in the "Anthracite Bowl" finale which
The Colonel wrestling team embarks on
der his feet and despite the loss of three
gave them a 3-5 record on the year.
the biggest challenge in their history this
starters
he is envisioning a betterment of
Coach Schmidt faces a mamouth rebuild
annum, as they move up to the NCAA Uni
last year's 15-9 record.
versity’ Division with the likes of Oklahoma,
ing job next year with 18 lettermen sched
Fifth-year
cage coach Bearde is basing
uled to graduate in June. Biggest voids for
Iowa State, Michigan, and Penn State.
his hopes for a banner campaign on the
the Colonels will be to fill the spots left va
They begin their season on Dec. 3 against quick acclimation of several fine freshman
cated by senior co-captains Fred Lohman and
powerful Lehigh University, and from then
prospects to the intercollegiate wars. How
Steve Leskiw. Lohman, the Colonels second
on will meet the likes of Navy, Army, Syra
fast they get the needed battle experience
best rusher in history, closed his career with
cuse, Hofstra, Montclair St., Franklin &
will determine if the Blue and Gold can be a
1649 yards. He missed three games due to
Marshall, and Oregon State in dual compe
playoff
challenger this year or next.
injuries. Leskiw was the team's top tackler in
tition.
Forming the cornerstone of Bearde's run
1974 and 1975.
While Coach John Reese has lost national
ning attack is senior Jack Brabant, who
A rebuilding year was expected of the soc
placewinners John Chakmakas, Gene Ashley,
starts the season eighth among all-time
cer team and that is exactly what rookie
and Al Scharer, the 23-year mat mentor has
Colonel scorers. With an average year, the
coach, Chip Eaton, had to endure as his
a host of talented lettermen returning to
6-5 red head should easily stretch his 1026
charges could produce only a 1-10 record.
anchor the Colonels fortunes.
points into second place on the career list.
The hooters stayed close in several contests
Speedy sophomore Ken Hughes is the only
Leading the way are co-captains Jim
but the lack of depth and experience hurt
Weisenfluh and Lon Balum. Weisenfluh
other starter back at guard and from there
them late in the game. Eaton had benefit of
bade farewell to the NCAA Division III last
on it is anyone's guess at the starting lineup.
an outstanding freshman crop and if he can
year by capturing the 167-pound title, and
Half of the 14 men on the 1975-76 varsity
duplicate last year's recruiting efforts then
even bigger accomplishments are being
roster are freshmen and in the early part of
1976 could spell a speedy return to the .500
the campaign there could be as many as
awaited
in
his
senior
finale.
level.
three yearlings out for the opening tapoff.
Balum, who placed third in the Division
Coach George Pawlush was optimistic
III confab as a freshman, had his problems
that his cross country team would turn the
last
year
with
injuries
and
making
weight.
The enthusiasm of student-coach Richard
corner in their fifth year of existence but
This year, however, he is moving up to the
Marchant, a U. 5. Marine Corp veteran and
after opening with a victory, the Blue and
134-pound
class,
where
Coach
Reese
is
con
the Colonels top swimmer of all time,
Gold harriers fell upon hard times due to
fident that he will regain his freshman form.
spurred the Wilkes swim team to its greatest
injuries and other problems and lost their
The talent does not stop here as also back
heights last year, going 3-5 against tough
final 12.
in the fold are 118-pounder Roy Preefer
competition.
Never one to say die, Pawlush is in the
(third in last year's nationals), 126-pounder
Marchant has 19 men and 13 women in
midst of an intensive recruiting campaign
Rick Mahonski (NCAA runnerup two years
this year’s fold and with the year of experi
from which he hopes to obtain some of the
ago); middleweights Casper Tortella, Mike
ence gained last winter, could be ready to
depth which his team has never been able
Kassab, Warren Stumpf, and Greg McLean;
break the .500 barrier, only seen once before
to enjoy before.
plus
heavyweight
stalwarts
Dave
Gregrow
in Wilkes aqua history.
The women's field hockey season started
and Reggie Fatherly. In addition, Reese had
on a positive note as veteran stick mentor
Gay Meyers worked her charges for their
Last but not least are the women eagers
season opener. The effort paid off as the
absence finishing her master's degree re
under the tutelage of interim taskmaster,
Wilkes coeds had their finest year ever,
quirements, interim coach Julie Thomas kept
Debbie Moyer. The coeds, loaded with letter9-4-3, winning their second straight
the troops in tune and battled for a fine
men, are coming off a 6-9 year. With wo
NPWIAA title with a perfect 6-0 log, and
overall 8-4 record and their first NPWIAA
men's sports finally beginning to attract stu
placing fourth in the first Middle Atlantic
net crown. The championship came only
dent interest, the Blue and Gold gals could
Conference Tournament, which they hosted.
after the coeds had defeated arch-rival
add that third NPWIAA championship with
While Sandy Bloomberg was on a leave of
Marywood, in a pair of crucial contests.
a little bit of luck.
WINTER TEAMS OPTIMISTIC
*****
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A son Thomas Robert, born on September 9, 1975,
to Mr’ and Mrs. Robert J. Campbell. Mrs. Campbell
is the’former KATHERINE SMITH '68. They reside at
13449 Locksley Lane, Silver Spring, Marylaid.
ROBERT KENNY 74 was married to Janet Ternyila
in September. Bob is employed by Ingersoll-Rand,
Woodcliff Lakes, New Jersey. They reside in Hack
ensack.
Abington Baptist Church, Abington, Pa., recently
announced the beginning of the fourth year of Even
song Concerts sponsored by the church's Ministry
of Music. The season opened this year with a recital
by THOMAS R. JONES 70, Abington Church’s Direc
tor of Music. Tom is currently completing his Master
of Arts degree in organ performance under Albert
Ludecke, organist of Trinity Cathedral, Trenton, and
is also musical director for Temple Shalom, the
Reform Jewish Congregation of Levittown.
KAREN SHAUGHNESSY 74 and John Twomey were
married on August 23, 1975. Karen is teaching in
the Stonington (Connecticut) School District and
they are residing at 27 Sheridan Lane, Norwich,
Connecticut.
WILBUR DOTTER '62 has been advanced to asso
ciate professor at Maryland’s Montgomery County
Community College.
KAREN EUSTICE 73 and Robert Czwalina were mar
ried recently. Karen is employed as a medical tech
nologist at Metropolitan Hospital, Philadelphia.
RICHARD GOWER 73 was married to Bonita Opert
on August 16,1975. He is employed by the Borough
of Forty Fort, where the couple is now residing.
A daughter, Tara Lynn, born on January 18, 1975 to
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buckley. Mrs. Buckley is the
former EFFIE MAE HAMM '68. Effie is assistant pro
fessor and assistant to the dean of health sciences
at Broome Community College, Binghamton, N.Y.
RUTHANNE JONES 74 was assisting director Rita
Julius and was co-choreographer for the Abington
Players’ production of “The Music Man’’ held Nov.
20-22 at the North Campus of Abington Heights
High School.
A son, George, IV, born on October 14, 1975, to
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE PAWLUSH ’69. George is the
Director of Sports Information here at the College,
along with many other sports-oriented responsi
bilities, and is also the Editor of this publication.
He and his wife, Carol, reside at 821 South Main
Street, Wilkes-Barre.
ALBERT BALOGA 71 was married to Mary Policare
on September 6, 1975. Al is employed by Szykman
Consulting Engineers, Wilkes-Barre. The couple re
sides in Pittston, Pa.
AGNES CUMMINGS 75 is presently appearing with
the Repertory Theatre Ensemble of Pennsylvania.
The Ensemble, an eight-member professional theatre
group, spends an eight-week residency at the Her
shey Community Center and the rest of its season
touring colleges and universities throughout the
state.
DR. ROBERT DAVIS, JR. was recently married to
Bonnie Lee Decker. Bob is a resident in psychiatry
at Hershey Medical Center.
PHILIP J. CONRAD 75 was married to Therese Lee
Greenfield on August 30, 1975. Phil is employed by
the United States Postal Service. They reside in
Wilkes-Barre.
STEPHEN SIKORA 75 was married on July 12,1975,
to Irene Gorman. Steve is employed by Chase Man
hattan Bank in New York City.
urn-ES P0WELL 73 recently joined the staff of the
Williams Valley School District, Pa., as the new
band teacher at the high school there.
A daughter, Erin Judith, born on August 11 1975
to Mr. & Mrs. RICHARD COOK ’68.
DIANE KEENEY 75 became the bride of Jerry Lee
Cronk on June 14, 1975. They reside at R. D. 3,
Montrose, Pennsylvania.
PAUL BEERS '53 recently completed his third book,
"Profiles in Pennsylvania Sports," which outlines the
careers of many fine athletes who were born and
bred in the Keystone State. Paul is the associate
editor of the Harrisburg Patriot News and is married
to the former JOAN SHOEMAKER '56.
Rohm and Haas Company, Philadelphia, recently
announced that PHILIP T. MOSEMAN 73 has joined
the Bristol Plant Controller's Area as a cost ac
countant. Phil resides in Cornwells Heights, Pa.
ANDREA BOGUSKO 74 recently became the bride
of Matthew A. Yorkonis. Andrea is the owner of her
own music store on Academy Street, Wilkes-Barre.
They reside on Marlborough Avenue.
E. JOHN WALZER, JR. '68 has been named New
Jersey's first ombudsman for nursing home patients.
John is married to the former BARBARA KALPIN 70
and they reside in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
DAVID SCHIMMEL 75 and SANDRA YUCAS 72 were
married on August 23, 1975. They are residing in
Ohio, where Dave accepted a teaching assistantship
from the University of Cincinnati.
RAYMOND S. LITMAN '61 has joined the staff of
Girard Bank as banking officer and assistant plan
manager for the Bank Americard Division.
RICHARD GAPINSKI 75 was married to Karen Ann
Wysocki on August 16,1975. He is a teaching assist
ant at the University of Pittsburgh and is pursuing
a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry. They reside at 513
Maryland Avenue, Pittsburgh.
JAY SIDHU 73 has been appointed assistant vice
president of First Valley Bank, Bethlehem, and re
cently became a part-time member of the faculty
at Allentown College of St. Francis De Sales as a
lecturer in the department of economics.
PAULA D. CASTRUCCI 74 was married recently to
Robert R. Atherholt. Paula is employed by the Denville public schools. They are residing in Parsippany,
New Jersey.
A. RUTH RINEHIMER 74 was recently married to
Patrick J. Whalen. She is employed by Standard
Coated Products, Hughestown, Pennsylvania.
JOSEPH SZOSTAK '57 has been named music direc
tor of the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra. The
orchestra opened its musical season on December
2, with a concert in the auditorium of the Ocean
Township High School.
..................
....... District
-...... - recently
______ anWallenpaupack
Area School
nounced” the "hiring of two Wilkes graduates/They
are JAMES GODLEWSKI 74, who is teaching the
fifth grade in the Greeley Elementary School, and
SHARON OLSOMMER 74, who is substituting in the
Lakeville School.
A daughter, Madelaine Heather, born on April 7,
1975, to ANTHONY ’69 and ELOISE GRIFFITHS ORSI
'69. They reside at 354 Bolton Road, East Windsor,
New Jersey.
KENNETH GARDNER 75 and MARYANN TERESCAVAGE 75 were married on August 23, 1975. Ken will
attend Lehigh University for his master’s degree in
physics and is presently employed at the research
laboratory at Lehigh.
BRENT SPENCER received his MA in English from
the University of Michigan in November and is cur
rently studying for his Ph.D. candidacy exams at
Penn State. He resides with his wife, Cathrine, at
720-D West Beaver Avenue, State College, Pa.
Marie Hulse, the former MARIE PERSIC '66, is the
mother of four daughters. Her husband, George, re
cently announced the opening of his law practice in
Burlington, New Jersey. They reside at 409 Main
Street, Delran.
GLENN ARNESEN ‘70 was married to Janet McGinness on July 26, 1975. Glenn is a junior high school
special education teacher in Franklin, New Jersey.
The couple is residing in Hillsborough.
EVA ANTANELIS '74 became the bride of Gary
Hughes on August 16, 1975. Eva is an art teacher
in Dover, New Jersey. They reside in Village Green,
Budd Lake.
RITA CELUSNIAK *75 was recently married to John
F. Pierrello.
PAULA PINTER '75 and THOMAS PAGE 73 were
married on August 30, 1975. They are residing in
Wilkes-Barre.
GRACE RINALDI 74 recently joined the office of
Strout Realty Company, Taylor, Pennsylvania.
HAROLD J. MAYO 75 has enrolled at Wesley Theo
logical Seminary in Washington, D.C., to begin work
on his Master of Divinity degree.
ANNE L MUTARELLI 72 was recently married to
James P. Daney. She is pursuing her master's de
gree in special education from Marywood College
and is employed by the Luzerne Intermediate Unit
as a resource room teacher in the Northwest Area
School District.
CAROL PECHALONIS 74 was recently married to
Bill Gaylord. Carol is a teacher at Clifford R. Roslund Elementary School, Tunkhannock. They reside
on East Tioga Street.
FRANCES JASIULEWICZ 70 was recently married to
Thomas V/. Youngblood. She teaches at Coughlin
High School and resides at Wilkeswood Apartments,
IB Beaver Court.
LESTER S. GROSS '50 was awarded his degree of
Doctor of Ministry from Louisville Presbyterian The
ological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, on June 1,
1975. Lester has been the vicar of Saint Alban’s
Episcopal Church since 1961.
BONNIE GELLAS 71 was recently awarded her mas
ter’s of arts from Columbia University after a year
of study under the Adelaide M. Ayers Fellowship.
Bonnie is employed by the Baldwin School of New
York and resides at 601 West 113th Street, New
York City.
TOM PEZZICARA 75 is the co-owner/manager of the
Fashion Station located at 277 Glenwood Avenue,
Bloomfield, Nev/ Jersey. He resides at 190 North
16th Street, East Orange.
A daughter, Katie Anne, born on April 1, 1975, to
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Shaw. Mrs. Shaw is the former
VICKI WILSON 72. They reside at Nucci Lane, Deep
River, Connecticut.
RAYMOND PESTA 71 and DEBORAH ROSTKOWSKI
73 were married recently. Debbie is pursuing her
««»"
master’'
s doaroa
degree at tha
the iinivp^itv
University nf
of Srnmtnn
Scranton and
is employed as a substitute teacher in the Pittston
Area School District. They are residing in Duryea,
Pennsylvania.
WILLIAM ZYSKOWSKI '75 was recently married to
Kathleen Loiacono. He is employed by Melvin Farkas
and Company, Wilkes-Barre, C.PJL firm. They are
residing at Windy Woods Apartments, Wind Gap, Pa.
PAUL J. EARL ’59 has been appointed acting chair
man of the Mathematics department of Broome
Community College, Binghamton, New York. Paul
�resides with his wife, the former MERRI JONES '58,
and their five children, at Star Route, Castle Creek,
New Jersey.
PATRICIA HALAT 73 was recently married to Delbert
Zawada. She is employed by the Bureau of Vocat
ional Rehabilitation, Wilkes-Barre.
HOMER E. GRAHAM, III 73 is an assistant secretary
with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company in New
York. He resides at 310 East 85th Street, New York
City.
The following alumni received advanced degrees
from Penn State on August 30, 1975. They are:
RUTH T. HUSBAND 70, master's degree in educa
tional administration; LOUIS MAZZA 72, master of
business administration; PAUL PROVENZANO 73,
master of public administration; and FRANK ZINI
70, master’s degree in journalism.
CINDY EAKER 74 was married to Kenneth Broder
ick in December, 1974. She is employed as a junior
accountant. They reside at 172 Evergreen Road,
Edison, New Jersey.
BRUCE G0VER 72 and ELIZABETH CLEMENTS 73
were married on October 10, 1975. She is an ele
mentary teacher with the Dallas School District and
Bruce is employed as an officer in the Trust Depart
ment of the First Eastern Bank, Wilkes-Barre and is
pursuing his master’s degree in finance here at the
College. They are residing at Green Acres Apart
ments, Kingston, Pennsylvania.
JOSEPH HOUCK 74 was recently married to Sheila
Ruseskas. He is a member of the teaching faculty of
the Bulles School, Potomac, Maryland. They are
residing in Rockville.
A son, Evan Matthew, born on May 16, 1975, to Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas Price. Mrs. Price is the former
LORRAINE DYERS '64. They reside at 915 Catalina
Drive, Newport News, Virginia.
JOHN M. WAGNER '57 was recently named to the
advisory board of the recently opened Sawyer Sav
ings Bank, New City, New York.
Attention Parents!
If this magazine is addressed to your son or
daughter who no longer maintains a permanent
address at your home, please clip off the bot
tom of this page, including the address label,
and return it with the correct address to the
Alumni Office at Wilkes College. Thank you kindly
for helping us to update our records.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J. Moran '49......................... Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
.............. Editor
George G. Pawlush '69.
Lynn Jacobs ...................
.Alumni Notes
RONALD FEDOR 71 and PATRICIA MORAN 74 were
married on October 18, 1975. Ron is a restaurant
manager for Carrol's Development Corporation in
Norwalk, Connecticut, and Pat has been employed
as an elementary teacher for the past two years at
Groton, Connecticut. They reside in Branford.
BARRY WILLIAMS 74 and DANNA BECKER 75 were
married on September 20, 1975. Barry is employed
by Joseph B. Slamon, Jr., C.P.A., Wilkes-Barre. They
are residing in Kingston.
Joan Keller, the former JOAN LIKEWISE '51, was re
cently named to the Bloomsburg State College
Board of Trustees for a six-year term. She resides
with her husband, District Attorney Gailey C. Keller,
on Country Club Drive, Bloomsburg, Pa.
Lynne Martin, the former LYNNE MALLORY '68, is
teaching English at a girls' school in Georgetown.
Her husband, Tom, was recently appointed Special
Assistant to Assistant Attorney General Rex E. Lee.
They reside at 3404 Quesada Street, N.W., Wash
ington, D.C.
DONALD VINCENT 72 was recently married to Carol
A. Stivers. Don is employed by Bechtel Power Cor
poration. The couple is residing in Kingston, Pa.
BONNIE GRANT 75 recently became the bride of
Stephen Rosick, Jr. Bonnie is employed by Peoples
National Bank of Edwardsville, Pa.
A son, Vincent James II, born on June 12, 1975, to
Mr. and Mrs. VINCENT HURLEY 70. Vince is em
ployed by the Woodbury (New Jersey) School System
as elementary instrumental music teacher. He and
his wife, Barbara, and daughter, Jamie, reside in
Gibbsboro, New Jersey.
WENDELL NORDLAND 74 is attending Temple Den
tal School in Philadelphia. He resides at 5021
Schuyler Street, Germantown, Pennsylvania.
MARK BAUMAN '67 was recently awarded his Ph.D.
in History from Emory University.
JUDITH THOMPSON 72 became the bride of Thomas
Shehan on May 24, 1975. Judy is with MD Ander
son Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas,
where the couple is residing.
PAMELA KRAKOWSKI 72 was married recently to
James A. Lawson. She is employed as a teacher
associate for Luzerne Intermediate Unit.
A daughter, Mindy, born on September 29, 1975, to
MICHAEL 74 and WENDY ROTH LEE 73. They are
residing in Reston, Virginia.
TEDD TRAMALONI 73 was married to Jeanne God
dard on October 11, 1975. Tedd resides in Bing
hamton, New York, where he is a camera techni
cian for WSKG, a television station in Binghamton.
Joanne Reynolds, the former JOANNE SKIBA '68, is
about to complete her master’s degree at the Uni
versity of Washington School of Social Work. She
resides at 5208 19th N.E., Seattle, Washington.
CHARLES ABATE 72 was recently married to Chris
tine Baker. He is pursuing his Ph.D. from the Uni
NOTICE
The Wilkes College REPORT
is published by Wilkes College
quarterly. Entered as second
class mail matter and second
class postage paid at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania 18703.
WILKES COLLEGE
REPORT ...
Winter, 1975-76
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versity of Syracuse. The couple is residing at 1219
Madison Street, Syracuse.
First Lieutenant WALTER P. PETROFSKI 70 is sta
tioned at Loring A.F.B., Maine. Walt is a radar navi
gator and will be with the 69th Bomb Squadron.
CARL SIRACUSE '69 is a member of the musical
group The Buoys and is a partner in the booking
agency of Northeast Talent Associates. He resides
with his wife, Barbara, at 211 Highland Avenue,
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.
A son, Peter Aaron, born on August 16, 1975, to
MARK '67 and SANDRA WOOLF BAUMAN '66. Mark
recently received his Ph.D. in history from Emory
University and is teaching at-Clayton Junior College.
They are residing at 2517 ^Hartford Drive, Ellenwood, Georgia.
DR. GEORGE HUDOCK '50, Luzerne County Coroner,
has been appointed medical director at Nanticoke
State General Hospital, Nanticoke, Pa. He resides
with his wife and three children at 51 East Valley
View Drive, Courtdale, Pennsylvania.
JOHN WASKOWSKY 75 was recently married. He is
employed as a manager at Jewelcor, Edwardsville,
Pa. The couple is residing in Plains.
RICHARD NARDONE 74 and ROSEANN SULEWSKI
73 were married recently. Rich is employed as a
personnel and industrial relations manager at Harte
and Company and Roseann is a research analyst at
Standard Brands, Inc. They are residing in Moun
taintop, Pennsylvania.
In Memoriam
ROBERT A. RIEMENSNYDER '35
Robert A. Riemensnyder, 42 Wyoming Street,
Wilkes-Barre, died on September 11, 1975 in
the General Hospital.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, Bob attended Bucknell
Junior College (Wilkes College), graduated from
Bucknell University and later returned to Wilkes
for graduate work. He had been a member of
the Capitol Police in Harrisburg for several years
and returned to Wilkes-Barre in 1946. Since that
time, Bob had been associated with the WilkesBarre City School District and spent most of his
career as a teacher of German at Coughlin High
School, where he also served for the last five
years as baseball coach, was advisor to the
German Club for 20 years and served as presi
dent of Coughlin Alumni Letterman's Club.
Surviving are his widow, the former Ethel
Ayers; sons, Robert F„ Wilkes-Barre; Donald A.
and Fred F„ at home; daughter, Mrs. Dale R.
Jones, Forty Fort; sister, Mrs. George Ogin,
Wilkes-Barre.
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WILKES COLLEGE ARCHIVES
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Summer, 1976
Capin Third Wilkes President
Robert S. Capin, who served for
eight months as acting president of
Wilkes College, was selected as the
third president of the college, follow
ing the annual Spring meeting of the
Board of Trustees on Friday, May 7.
Announcement of the appointment
of Capin, a 1950 graduate of the col
lege, was made by Attorney Joseph J.
Savitz, chairman of the Board of
Trustees.
The announcement of the selection
of Capin by Atty. Savitz said in part:
"Based on our investigation and
study these past 10 months, the Board
has concluded that the appointment of
Mr. Capin as the third president of
Wilkes College is in the best tradition
of the institution whose only prior
chief officers were Dr. Eugene S. Far
ley and Dr. Francis J. Michelini.
"We are mindful of Mr. Capin's ex
perience in the business world as a
certified public accountant, as a pro
the Wilkes
fessor, as L._
____ College Dean of
Academic Affairs, and most recently
as acting president. He has demon
strated extensive talents and under
standing of the goals and objectives of
the college."
Capin, in becoming the president
in the fifth decade of the college exist
ence, was appointed acting president
last September after Dr. Francis J. Michelini, who had served for five years,
resigned to become president of the
Commission for Independent Colleges
and Universities in Harrisburg.
The 1950 graduate becomes the
first alumnus to hold the top position.
He came back to campus in 1956 as a
part-time instructor, while conduct
ing his private accounting practice. In
1959, Capin was certified by the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania as a pub
lic accountant and that same year
joined the Department of Commerce
and Finance as a full time faculty
member at Wilkes College.
The new Wilkes president taught
various accounting courses and, at the
same time, continued his own educa
tion, receiving a master's degree in
business administration (MBA) from
Lehigh University in 1969.
It was in 1965 that Capin began
combining his academic duties with
administrative assignments at Wilkes
College when he was named diretcor
of the Evening and Summer College.
Increased classroom activity and the
guidance of the Wilkes College Ac
counting Internship Program which
was founded by the late Dr. Samuel
Rosenberg, kept him away from major
administrative chores until 1974,
when he was appointed by Dr. Mi-u-i---: as
-- dean
J------of
c. academic affairs.
chelini
In September 1975, he was asked
to serve as acting president, a position
he described as calling for the "recog
nition and response to the need for
improving communications at all
levels of college administration with
particular emphasis to opening new
avenues of communication between
the Office of President and students,
faculty, administration, and the Board
of Trustees."
During his interim period as acting
president he has endeavored to carry
out this self-imposed mandate, which
resulted in greater involvement by
students, faculty, and staff.
Capin, a Kingston resident, is mar
ried to the former Libby Smulovitz.
The couple has three children — Ellen
Lubin, Deborah Buckler, and David.
ALUMNI APPEAL
NEARING GOAL
Although the 1976 Alumni Appeal
closed on May 31, Art Hoover was
confident that a telephone campaign
in mid-June plus late donations would
put the $80,000 Alumni Appeal over
the top.
"As of June 1 we achieved 82% of
the total," explained Hoover who also
noted that "this figure is almost de
void of any large contributions as was
the case last year."
Hoover was also predicting that the
total amount of individual contribu
tors would also eclipse the amount of
donors in 1975. "This is a healthy
sign," Hoover said, "and for many of
these alumni it was their first contri
bution ever."
Already oversubscribed is the over
all $325,000 General Campaign total
which was raised through a commun
ity drive plus other giving from the
college family, trustees, corporations,
and foundations.
Hoover applauded the hard work of
national chairperson Judy Simonson
Arenstein '68 and Jim Ferris '56, who
headed the local phase, for their lead
ership in this years' Alumni Appeal.
�NOTED CIVIC LEADER CLAIMED BY DEATH
He was a trustee of Moravian Col
lege, Wilkes College, and of the Mor
avian congregation of Bethlehem.
At a memorial service, Rev. Dr.
Melvin C. Weidner told about 800
persons at Central Moravian Church,
that during his life the banker never
lost touch with a strong Christian up
bringing or lack in compassion for
others.
Bethlehem Mayor Gordon Mowrer
summed up the feelings of most Beth
lehem residents when he said, "As far
as I'm concerned, we lost the No. 1
citizen in Bethlehem."
REESE JONES ’56
Reese D. Jones, a "restless" man in
pursuit of Bethlehem (Pa.) renewal,
president of the First Valley Bank,
member of the Wilkes College Board
of Trustees, and a member of the class
of 1956, died March 22 at the age of
46 in Key Largo, Fla. after being
stricken ill while vacationing.
Born in Kingston, Mr. Jones came
to Bethlehem in 1967 as administra
tive assistant to the president of First
Valley Bank. Later that year, he be
came president of the bank and First
Valley Corporation. Prior to coming
to Bethlehem, he was senior vice pres
ident of Studley, Shuppery &. Co.,
Philadelphia investment counselors,
for 10 years.
Active in the Bethlehem Center City
renewal from the beginning, he
emerged as the prime advocate for
central business district revitalization
besides giving service to area colleges,
charities, and business interests.
Elected to the Bethlehem Area
Chamber of Commerce in 1968, Mr.
Jones served two terms as chairman
starting in 1972. He rose to the head
of the Bethlehem Area United Fund,
one year earlier led Historic Bethle
hem, Inc., in its fund-raising effort
and in 1972 directed the Moravian
College campaign.
Former Bethlehem Mayor Gordon
Payrow, now a First Valley Bank vice
president, called him "the most dy
namic aggressive leader I've ever had
the privilege of knowing. He was a
man of great vision, and he was ag
gressive, so it was normal he came
under fire. But he never lost faith. Unfortunately, he didn't live long enough
to see his vision completed, but it will
be completed."
An excerpt from an editorial in
the Bethlehem Globe-Times stated,
"While the brick and mortar accom
plishments point directions for Beth
lehem's future, so, we hope will the
Reese Jones philosophy."
"We must remember that a city is
nothing more than a lot of people in
a small place," he once said. "If we
are the right kind of people, we will
have the right kind of city and will
leave a very precious heritage for
those who are privileged to breathe
our air, walk in our streets, and work
in our shops after we are gone. Let us
work together."
Mr. Jones graduated from Wilkes
College with a bachelor of science de
gree in 1956. Following studies at the
University of Pennsylvania,, he1 was
awarded a m;taster's degree in theoretical economics in 1957. He served five•
years in the Air Force during the Korean conflict.
Surviving are his widow, the former
Anne Swartwood, and two children,
Abigail and Scott.
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29th Annual Commencement Reviewed
"Every era has its distinct problems
that define the spirit of an age. Your
generation will live in a time of sharp
ly increased tensions . . . and there is
no indication that it will recede."
This was the mainstream of the ad
dress delivered to the Class of 1976 by
Robert H. Bork, solicitor general of
day to not like to what it views as its
government.
"The public does not connect things
it dislikes about government," he said,
"with the things that people have de
manded the government do. We want
things done without realizing that the
efforts of doing them makes us dislike
The Directory’s concise, yet complete, sketches provide Cxxs that havc never before been available (run
any single source. In addition, the Directory contains
a unique geographical index listing Wilkes Collate
Alumni by the dty In whldi they live.
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Wilkes College Alumni Association
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Kaslas Publishes 3rd Book
Dr. Bronis J. Kaslas, former chair
~
man of the History Department
at
Wilkes College and the author of two
books and numerous historical arti
cles, recently saw the publication of
his third book.
His most recent work, "The Baltic
Nations — The Quest for Regional
Integration and Political Liberty," is
the first detailed study of the Baltic
states regional integration, and is a
valuable source of information on the
East European region.
The book consists of three parts, in
cluding a survey of the history and
political structure of the Baltic na
tions, a detailed account of the search
for security through regional integra
tion, and an analysis of the impact of
World War II on the life and interna
tional status of the region.
A naturalized American citizen who
was born in Lithuania, Dr. Kaslas was
awarded the doctorate in international
law from the University of Strasbourg
in France. He then practiced law,
taught at the University of Kaunas,
and traveled as a press correspondent
during and after the second world war.
He began teaching at Wilkes in
1949, achieving full professorship and
becoming chairman of the History De
partment before retiring from fulltime teaching in 1975. He continues to
instruct on a part-time basis and still
maintains an office on campus.
I
cf the Kingston
Armory as almost 3,000 parents and guests jammed
This was the scene from the balcony, of
Kinj
College
Commencement at which 500 received bachelor de
the arena to witness the 29th Annual Wilkes
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grees and another 70 were awarded master degrees.
__ inside the armory because of the inclement weather, which forced
The academic procession was formed
college officials to move the ceremony site from an outdoor affair at Ralston Field to the armory. The alternate site had been set up the previous day as a precautionary measure against the prospects of bad weather.
the United States, at 29th Annual
Wilkes College Commencement activ
ities, held May 30, at the Kingston
Armory.
The solicitor general referred to the
title of his address, "Morality and
Authority," as a topic about which
much has been written and said. He
cautioned the audience that he had to
wish to bring to them a message of
gloom and despair, but he pointed out
that the American public appears to-
government."
Bork referred to a "twilight author
ity" which now prevails in govern
ment and charged that it is not some
thing that was created as a result of
Vietnam or Watergate.
"The decline of authority had more
to do with Watergate and Vietnam
than these two items had to do with
causing it," he said.
Bork viewed what he called a break
down in authority as a big picture that
Solicitor General of the United States Robert H. Bork received a warm wel
come as he came into Wyoming Valley on Sunday, May 30, for the purpose of
delivering the address at the 29th Wilkes College Commencement.
He was greeted by local educators and community leaders at a reception
luncheon given by Wilkes College President and Mrs. Robert S. Capin in the
Center for the Performing Arts.
Members of the party are shown immediately after they put on their aca
demic garb. Left to right: Dr. Ralph Rozelle, dean of health sciences; U .5.
Solicitor General Bork; the Rev. Gerald J. Burns, principal of Bishop Hoban
High School and the Baccalaureate speaker; Atty. Joseph J. Savitz, chairman
of the board of trustees; President Capin; Dr. Sheldon G. Cohen, Pittston native
and former Wilkes faculty member who was awarded an honorary doctor of
science degree; and U. S. Circuit Court Judge Max Rosenn, member of the
Wilkes College Board of Trustees.
goes back to the 1960's, where there
was particular evidence of this on the
American college campuses.
Charging that the democratic pro
cesses have become increasingly irrel
evant and officials increasingly in
competent, Bork said that the people
of today's society are responsible for
a larger share of the blame than the
people are willing to share.
"Society creates a problem by striv
ing for more morality with govern
ment," he said, "Society must be on
guard against assigning tasks to gov
ernment that are impossible to do . . .
and then criticize government for its
failure."
He urged that the people not insist
that the government impose morality
upon the people and the nation's pro
cesses. "A public that knows its frus
trations but cannot solve its problems
is in a curious position. That kind of
society anxious, bored, insecure may
be more easily swept by mass move
ments. And a society so reduced is
more vulnerable."
Inserting a more optimistic note,
Bork said that he saw no need to de
spair because American institutions
have been in problems of great con
cern before and managed to come back
stronger than ever.
"Government was not designed
only for the easy, sunny days," he
concluded. "It also is ready when
trouble comes. There is no doubt in
my mind that v/e will continue to pre
vail over our troubles."
Rev. Gerald J. Burns, principal of
Bishop Hoban High School, said in his
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Each year the Wilkes College Alumni Association presents the "Outstand
ing Leadership Award" to the member of the graduating class considered by
a special committee to have made the strongest contribution to student life and
the student program of the college.
Three members of the Class of 1976 were selected and are shown just prior
jrior
to receiving their awards at the Commencement. Left to right are: Arthur *
David
Hoover, director of alumni affairs; Marianne Montague, Wilkes-Barre; D;
L. Davies, Wilkes-Barre, president of the 1976 Class; Frank G. Baran,
Kingston; and Dean George F. Ralston.
�Home Chapter Holds Spring Dinner Meeting
The home chapter oE the Wilkes College Alumni
Association conducted its annual spring dinner recently
at the Irem Temple Country Club, Dallas.
Addressing the alumni from the Wilkes-Barre, Scran
ton, and Hazleton Areas was Robert 5. Capin, president
of the college, who spoke on the past, present, and future
of Wilkes College.
Another highlight of the evening was the announce
ment of new chapter officers who were elected in a re
cent mail ballot. Chosen to serve respective two-year
terms were: Rick Rees '62, president; W. Brooke Yeager
'64, vice president; Irma Bianconi Molitoris '56, secre
tary; Carl Urbanski '57, treasurer; and executive commit
tee members Bernard Vinovrski '69, Lou Zampetti '64,
Carl Zoolkoski '59, Andrea Petrasek '69, and Richard
Simonson '69.
Seated at the head table are, left to right: President Capin,
Mrs. Libby Capin, Mrs. Mary Ellen Ferris, Jim Ferris '56, regional
vice president; standing: Carl Zoolkoski '59, home chapter pres
ident; Mrs. Betsy Zoolkoski, and Art Hoover, director of alumni
relations.
Some home club members who enjoyed the annual dinner, left
to right, seated: Carol Zambetti '75, Carol Drahus '75, Cynthia
Lenahan '75, Patrice Stone '77, Marianne Montague '76; standing:
George Pawlush '69, Richard Rees '62, and Mike Stambaugh '75.
1976 Wilkes College Football Schedule
Sept. 18
Sept. 25
Oct. 2
Oct. 9
Oct. 16
Oct. 23
Oct. 30
Nov. 6
Nov. 13
Indiana St. (Pa.)
Lycoming
Bloomsburg St.
Upsala
OPEN
Albright
Susquehanna
Juniata
Delaware Valley
at Indiana
Ralston Field
Ralston Field
at E. Orange
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
Ralston Field
at Selinsgrove
Ralston Field
at Doylestown
1:30
1:30
1:30
1:30
Those Few “Extra” Minutes
by Samuel C. Mines, M.D. '57
EDITOR'S NOTE: This article recently won first prize i
editorial contest of the Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Medial
Society. It was written by Dr. Samuel Mines '57 of Mt. Leba ““
an allergist who enjoys writing for the fun of it. Dr. Mines"'
Wilkes alumnus, received his doctor of medicine degree from tl"
University of Pittsburgh. The article is reprinted with the perm’1
sion of the publisher.
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The vast amount of studying and the pressures of
"making it" through medical school, internship, and the
specialization of residency have taken too muchcompassion out of the practice of medicine.
One cannot blame routine coldness on the age of
specialization. Even urging the return to the family prac
titioner by giving him a specialist rating has not seemed
to help in most cases.
If the patient comes to the physician with a visible
problem — broken bone, cut, disease — he is almost for
tunate. The physician will treat it in the best possible
way. However, if the patient has an emotional or family
problem causing a physical problem, the patient is__ in
too many cases — out of luck. The doctor too often does
not have the time to listen to the problem. Even worse,
many physicians quite often do not want to even know
about it!
The patient might well be spared a developing ulcer,
colitis,, depression, alcoholism, or drug addiction if the
physician would take fifteen extra minutes to just listen
to his tale of woe.
Yes, I know full well there may be an office crowded
with waiting patients. But if the physician would allow
the patient to express his problems or fears, that patient
might then be spared months or years of needless suffer
ing. Just think of even one patient a day helped by fifteen
extra minutes of listening. It is not impossible. Too often,
however, the physician cuts off any hint of personal dis
closure or emotional release by the patient. The problem
then becomes more deep rooted and more troublesome.
Of course the physician feels rushed. His stock
'answer: "I'm not a psychiatrist. I don't have time to lis
ten to stories of family problems." If listening will pre
vent future medical problems, it is the duty of each
physician to take the few extra minutes to listen. God
only knows how many tranquilizers have been passed
out as a substitute for listening.
I think it comes down to a matter of simple humanity.
Perhaps that should be the last and most important
course taught in medical schools: HUMANITY. Why do
you think the public dotes on Dr. Welby or Dr. Gannon?
Not because they are medical geniuses. Not because the
patient always gets well in the end. It is because these
fake T.V. doctors seem to care about the emotional prob
lems that affect their patients. In the real practice of med
icine, it is shameful to say, this just isn't so.
When all of us put humanity back into the practice
of all fields of medicine, the public will once more treat
us with the respect and love they now give the fiction
doctors. No, you don't have to go back to the house calls
or the horse and buggy days. Just offer yourself as an
expert in listening. You might surprise yourself as to
what you learn about your patients, and how many you
can actually "cure."
Operation Future Termed A Success
A group of 42 students, faculty, staff, and
administration recently had the unique op
portunity to discuss the present and future
status of the college as they participated in
"Operation Future," a three-day work ses
sion designed to increase the interaction
among the Wilkes family.
According to Dr. Richard T. Rees, coordin
ator of the program and assistant professor
of education, "Never before had anything
like this been attempted here. All of us at
the college were able to see where we are at
and where we are going."
At the conclusion of "Operation Future,"
Dr. Rees said, "There was a general con
sensus to continue such a program and also
to expand it to include more of the Wilkes
family, particularly the alumni."
The goals of the program were: to clarify
student, faculty, staff, and administration
points of view about selected issues at the
college; establish techniques to conduct a
clarification process for use by teachers in
their classrooms; and to formulate follow
up plans for the selected issues discussed.
Dr. Rees explained that solid issues were
investigated with the group reaching a
greater understanding of the problems and
how to resolve them.
"Much commonality exists between the
concerns of the students and the faculty,"
stressed Dr. Rees, "but different perspectives
are held by them."
The first day of the session, the partici
pants met at the college to identify the is
sues to be discussed.
The second day the group journeyed to
the Bear Creek Camp and Conference Site
in Bear Creek. Following a microJab where
participants were introduced to each other,
a summary of data from the preceding day
was reviewed, and participants engaged in
a full day of working out problems.
Evaluations, problem-solving, and plan
ning for the future took place on the final
dav.
"The program was well-received by every
one," said Rees. "New friends and acquaint
ances were made, and problems were re
solved."
Expressing optimism over this innovative
move by Wilkes College, Dr. Rees said,
"Hopefully, this wasn't a one-shot affair.
Maybe it will be the beginning of new pat
terns of interaction."
Wilkes Golfers Finish Unscathed
Right from the start the Wilkes golfers
left little doubt in anyone's mind that this
was going to be the greatest season ever.
The season began with a week of pre
season training at the Carolina Trace Coun
try Club near Pinehurst, N. C. in mid-March
and ended almost three months later at the
NCAA Division III Tournament in Spring
field, Ohio.
In between the Blue and GoM golfers of
RoHie Schmidt pulled off the almost impos
sible dream of compiling an unblemished
16-0 dual meet record and then waltzing
over a seven-team NCAA Regional Qualify
ing field at Hershey to earn a berth in the
nationals.
At Springfield the Colonels played superb
golf but managed only a 14th place in a
strong 21-team field. "I wasn't really
bothered with our showing in the nationals,"
explained mentor Schmidt, "We played con
sistently against some of the best teams in
the country and I was really proud of their
season long effort."
Senior Mark Jarolen, who averaged 76.8
during the regular season, paced the Colo
nels with a 72-hole total of 305 to place 11th
out of 125 golfers.
Other members of the 1976 Colonel edi
tion included senior Larry Gurnari, soph
omore Ken Donlavage, and freshmen Bryan
Hoynak and Joe Skladany,
Winter Bids Farewell
The "Bill Winter Era" of Wilkes College
lacrosse officially came to an end on May 8
when the Colonels closed out their 1976 sea
son with a thrilling 17-14 double-overtime
loss to perennial power Franklin & Marshall
College.
Winter, a 6-0, 180-pound senior from
Boonton, N. J. not only dominated the
Wilkes lacrosse scene for three years but
also made his presence known in the nation,
leading the NCAA College Division in scor
ing both his sophomore and senior years.
Winter was a virtual one man show this
spring, finding the nets for 50 goals and 30
assists in pacing the young and inexperi
enced Blue and Gold stickmen to a 7-3 rec
ord. For his efforts he was chosen as the
Middle Atlantic Conference's most valuable
player and was named a honorable mention
All-American.
Coach Chuck Mattei calls Winter the
greatest college division player he has ever
seen. The Colonel mentor furthered, "Billy
was a team player all the way. Despite his
scoring prowess he was an unselfish team
member who wouldn't hesitate at a moments
notice to pass the ball."
A tribute to Winter's play was the fact
that the Colonels won 31 games during his
tenure while losing only eight. When the
smoke finally cleared Winter ended his
Wilkes career with 126 goals and 92 assists
for 218 points and a 6.4 average per match.
All four marks will probably never be
broken.
Colonel Basebailers 4th in Nation
Gene Domzalski had a dream when he
took over the reins of the Wilkes College
baseball program in 1970, His ultimate
hopes were to see the Colonels some day
compete in the NCAA playoffs.
After six years of futility his aspirations
were finally realized this spring when the
Blue and Gold not only gained an invite to
play in the NCAA Mideast Regional Tour
nament but went on to win the event and
advance to the NCAA Division III World
Series at Marietta, Ohio.
Stopped short of a national championship,
the Wilkesmen, nevertheless, finished fourth
in the nation and broke all team records
with a 21-8 season log.
29th Annual
Homecoming Weekend
October 22-24,1976
For the first time in history, the Blue and
Gold broke into the top twenty of the Col
legiate Baseball News rankings and after
the Mideast Regional reached all the way
to second place.
At seasons end junior fireballer Jim Stehle
was grabbed by the Chicago White Sox in
the fourth round of the major league draft
of collegiate and high school players.
Stehle, a lefthanded pitcher, climaxed the
campaign with a 6-1 won-loss record, 1.41
era., and struck out 65 batters in 51 innings.
Unfortunately, he had to miss the World
Series at Marietta due to an injury to his
hurling arm and his absence was felt.
The Colonels were blessed with another
solid southpaw in the person of Andy Kresky, who was a workhorse on the mound,
pitching 75 innings. Kresky, a control artist,
fashioned a 6-3 record to go along with a
1.94 era. He shutout Mansfield, 11-0, in the
finale of the Mideast Regional and then
fired a brilliant three-hitter at Montclair St.
in the opening game of the World Series
only to be beaten, 2-1, on a pair of error
aided runs.
Wilkes also got great service from junior
knuckleballer Manny Evans who came out
of the bullpen 12 times to register a 4-2 log
and pace the club with three saves. Com
pleting the hill corps were sophomores Bar
ry Harcharufka, 3-0; and Joe Delozier, 2-2.
While Blue and Gold pitchers stole most
of the headlines, sophomore Mike Supczenski rallied from a slow season start to end
the year with a .386 batting average. Other
regulars who contributed significantly to
the Colonels .316 team average were Greg
Snyder, .373; Jim Michaels, .363; Don Mc
Dermott, .327; Steve Leskiw, .320; and Dave
Trethaway, .310.
It was the year of the long ball and Mc
Dermott and Leskiw waged a see-saw battle
all year bringing back memories of Mantle
and Maris to blast 10 and nine home runs
respectively.
As a team the Colonels clouted 46 fourbaggers and stunned fans attending the Mid
east Regional at Mansfield when they
erupted for 17 home runs in five games.
All in all, it was a season of excitement
and long awaited recognition for the Wilkes
baseballers. Coach Domzalski's nine turned
a few heads in the national collegiate base
ball circles and proved that they could play
with any College Division team in the
country.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J. Moran ’49 ................. Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
............. Editor
George G.
( Pawlush ’69
Alumni Notes
»cobs ...................
Lynn Jai
�ALUMN’
NOTES
Th<>e Alumni Notes were compiled by
Lynr
in Jacobs of the Alumni Relations
Office. The information contained in
Alumni Notes was received between
February 1, 1976 and May 31, 1976.
Please send news contributions to:
Alumni Office, Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703
EDWARD DeLUCCA 74 and BARBARA E. GILOTTI
73 were married on July 5, 1975. Barbara teaches
Spanish in Old Forge, Pa., while Ed is employed by
Wyoming Area School District and is a member of
the musical group “Scorpio." They are residing in
West Pittston, Pa.
EDWARD ROKE 70 is a doctoral candidate in Hu
man Development at the Institute for Child Study,
University of Maryland. His wife, the former JEA
NETTE MELICK 72 is currently teaching at Hillcrest
Heights Elementary School, Prince George’s County,
Md. The couple is residing at 6109 Breezewood
Court, Greenbelt, Md.
JOHN R. MAINWARING 75 and LINDA NEHER 75
were married on May 22, 1976. Linda is presently
employed by Crestwood School District as a Title 1
reading and mathematics teacher in St. Jude’s School
while John is employed by Wilkes-Barre Area School
District as an elementary music teacher and also
serves as organist for Mountaintop Presbyterian
Church. They are residing in Mountaintop, Pa.
A daughter, Ashley, born on April 9, 1976, to ED
WARD C. 71 and KRISTINE MAZZOLA ROMAN 71.
They are residing in Perkiomenville, Pa.
JEROME '49 and MURIEL BRANSDORF MINTZER ’48
of Fresh Meadows, New York, were recently honored
by the Queens Chapter of the Kidney Foundation of
New York at a testimonial dinner given in their hon
or for 17 years of outstanding service. Muriel served
as president of the chapter from 1968 to 1971, in
addition to holding other executive positions. Jerry,
who is a C.PJL, served as treasurer of the entire
New York Kidney Foundation for 5 years and in 1970
was the winner of their coveted K Award for out
standing volunteer service.
A son, Andrew Warren, born on March 3, 1976, to
ROBERT '69 and NANCY NEWEL ORTH '68. Bob is
currently employed as Director of Sales - Fragrance
Division, for NAARDEEN, Inc., a Holland-based flavor
and fragrance manufacturer. They are residing at
2705 Wildorlyn Drive, Finksburg, Md.
MRS. HELEN M. KUBACKI '67 was recently appointed
coordinator of Services in the Berks County Area
Agency for the Aging. She resides with her husband,
Daniel, in West Lawn, Pa.
STEPHEN A. KEIPER 72 was recently named execu
tive director of the Luzeme County Transportation
Authority. He resides with his wife, Denise, and their
two children, at 145 North Sherman Street, WilkesBarre.
Ellen Cohen, the former ELLEN FEUERMAN 74 will
be receiving her Masters of Science in Science Edu
cation from Florida International University, Miami,
Fla., on June 10. She is residing at 1252 Walsh
Avenue, Coral Gables.
TERESA M. CAVALLINI 75 recently became the bride
of Vincent W. Lukashefski, Jr. Teresa is employed
as a permanent substitute teacher in the Greater
Nanticoke Area School District.
ALBERT GEORGE DUNN, JR. 75 was recently married
to Lisa M. Anthony. He is serving with the Air Force
Band of the East at Maguire Air Force Base, New
Jersey.
A sen, Jeffrey Scott, bcm on March 29, 1976, to Mr.
and Mrs. ALLEN BACHMAN '68. They are residing at
17 Blue Hen Ridge, Newark, Del.
BRIAN HARRIS '69 recently received his Ph.D. in
Anatomy from the University of Louisville where he
is an instructor in anatomy at that institution's
School of Medicine. He resides at 1034 Primrose
Drive, Jeffersonville, Indiana.
JOHN GOLDEN '59 was recently appointed Director
of Personnel for the Department of Commerce. He
resides in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife Theresa
and daughter.
JOSEPH LOWENSTEIN 70 graduated from the Na
tional College of Chiropractic, Lombard, III., on April
11, 1976 with the degree of Doctor of Chiropractic.
Dr. Lowenstein plans to establish his practice in
Florida in the Tarpon Springs area.
WALTER J. KWIATKOWSKI 73 was recently married
to Jane A. Chokola. Walter is employed by Eberhard
Faber Inc. They reside at 166 Irchard Street, Nan
ticoke, Pa.
ROBERT SACCO '59 is the general manager of a new
radio station, WACM-FM Stereo 103 in Freeland, Pa.
RICHARD STANKUS 70 has attained a doctorate de
gree in microbiology and immunology from the Uni
versity of Oregon Health Sciences Center, Portland,
Oregon. Richard is enrolled as a medical student in
the MD degree program at Tulane University School
of Medicine, New Orleans, La.
A daughter, Christine Cecilia, born on May 13,1975,
to Mr. and Mrs. William Mickulik. Mrs. Mickulik is
the former MARY MORRIS 72. They reside at 5OO‘/2
Arch Street, Sunbury, Pa.
VIVIAN J. BURKHARDT 75 became the bride of John
A. Bednarz on December 27, 1975. She is employed
as a medical technologist for Upjohn while her hus
band is attending law school at Villanova University.
They are residing in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
ARTHUR ANDERSON 73 and MARY ELLEN ZUREK
73 were married on May 29, 1976. Mary Ellen is
soon to receive a M.A in Counseling Education from
the University of Scranton and is employed by Wy
oming Area School District. Art is a recent graduate
of Western Michigan University where he received
his MA degree in Sociology. He is presently em
ployed as Assistant Director of a Tricounty Drug and
Alcohol Abuse Coordinating Agency in Cadillac, Mich
igan. They reside at 340 Pearl Street, Cadillac.
ROBERT L CHEW '61 was awarded his Doctor of
Education degree from the University of Massachu
setts on September 1,1975. He is serving as special
assistant to the Graduate Dean at the University
Massachusetts, as well as being an adjunct assistant
professor.
Dr. Edithe Levit, the former EDITHE MILLER '45
was appointed Vice President of the National Board
of Medical Examiners. In her present position, Dr.
Levit serves as an evaluation consultant to numer
ous national medical organizations and societies.
She resides with her husband, Samuel, and two
sons at 1910 Spruce Street, Philadelphia.
DAVID THORNE 75 and BARBARA SMITH 75 were
married on January 10, 1976. Dave is employed in
the finance department of C&C Motors Inc., in Hor
sham, Pa., while Barbara is currently employed in
the medical records department of Jean’s Hospital
in Rockledge, Pa., They reside at 1102 A Easton
Road, Roslyn.
THOMAS L FREW 76 and CINDY ANN MOORE 75
were married recently. Cindy is a French teacher in
the Northwest Area School District. They are residing
at 127 East Broad Street, Nanticoke, Pa.
WILLIAM J. FREDERICK 73 received a Master’s De
gree in Library and Information Science from the
University of Maryland in August, 1975. He is pres
ently employed as the librarian at the State Correc
tional Institution at Dallas, Pa.
PAUL J. EARL '59 was recently elected to the posi
tion of President of the N.Y.S. Math Association for
two year colleges. He is presently serving as Acting
Chairman of the Math Department at Broome Com
munity College and resides with his wife, the former
MERRI JONES '58, at Box 1180, Route 11, Castle
Creek, New York.
Ensign MARVIN L. STEIN 70 is serving as an in
structor at the Naval Nuclear Power School, Orlando,
Florida.
ROBERT W. WALTERS '59 is beginning his third sea
son as founder and resident conductor of the Morris
Choral Society, Inc. in Morristown, New Jersey. He
resides at 9 Plum Street, Morristown.
LINDA STEVENS 74 recently received a Master of
Library Science Degree from the University of Mary
land. She is presently employed as the Reference
and Inter-library Loan Librarian of the Hoyt Library
in Kingston, Pa.
A son, Michael, born on March 22, 1976, to Mr. &
Mrs. STEPHEN CHR0MEY 70. Steve was recently
promoted to production control ■ order services
manager at Jay R. Smith Mfg. Co., Piscataway, New
Jersey. He resides with his wife, Lynn, at 78 Lynn
field Terrace, Phillipsburg, New Jersey.
REGINA M. VENARUCCI 74 recently became the
bride of Benedict P. Piccillo. Regina is employed at
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Cassandra Sharkus, the former CASSANDRA MOSS
71, is a realtor-associate with Tom Hart Realtor,
Wilkes-Barre and Mountaintop, Pa. She resides at
48 Charles Street, Courtdale.
Mary Zaleski, the former MARY BUTKOSKI '65, is a
part-time clinical instructor for the Nursing Depart
ment at College Misericordia, Dallas, Pa. She resides
at 40 East Main St., Glen Lyon.
Captain JOHN D. THOMAS, JR. ’68 recently com
pleted the U. S. Army Military Intelligence Officer
Advanced Course at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and is
presently stationed in Augsburg, Germany.
JAMES B. JENKINS '65 has recently been promoted
to Major in the United States Air Force. He is an in
structor pilot for KC-135 Stratotankers and is sta
tioned at Castle AFB, Calif. His wife, the former
LESLIE SUE TOBIAS ’65, is presently working as
copy reader and reporter for the Merced Community
College newspaper, The Mercury. They reside at
3309 Twain Harte Court, Merced, Calif.
A daughter, Jennifer, born on May 19, 1975, to Mr.
and Mrs. JAMES URISKO ’67. They are currently re
siding in Camp Springs, Maryland, where James is
scheduled to take the Bar Exam this August.
LINDA SCATENA 74 recently became the bride of
Salvatore Alfano. Linda recently received certification
in secondary education guidance counseling. The
couple is residing in Philadelphia.
WILLIAM M. COREY, JR. 70 is employed as a case
worker for the Lackawanna County Department of
Public Welfare and is attending the University of
Scranton on a part-time basis to obtain his master’s
degree In rehabilitation counseling. He resides at
404 West Academy St., Wilkes-Barre.
VINCE SPLINDIDO 75 is employed as a medical
technologist by the Community Medical Center,
Scranton, Pa. He resides at 1940 Scarboro Avenue,
Exeter.
CLEMENT GAYNOR, JR. '66 is a supervisory auditor
with the U.S. General Accounting Office in Falls
Church, Va. He resides with his wife and son, Scott,
at 707 Kings Lane, Oxon Hill.
Dr. JOHN H. MAYLOCK ’59 is the director of the
laboratory at Philipsburg Hospital, Philipsburg, Pa.
He resides with his wife and three children at 603
Pauline Street.
HAROLD J. HYMEN '51 is entering the I.B.M. Quarter
Century Club this year and is presently assigned as
an administrative analyst. He resides at 500 West
Main St., Apt. 36, Endicott, New York.
DANIEL WILLIAMS '44 is presently serving as Gui
dance Director and Director of Pupil Personnel Ser
vices for the Black Horse Pike Regional School
District, Blackwood, New Jersey. He resides at 450
Broadway, Camden.
Nancy Topolewski, the former NANCY RODDA 75, is
serving as the Student Pastor in the Ashley United
Presbyterian Church. She resides with her husband,
John, at P. 0. Box 7, Mountaintop, Pa.
GLORIA ZORANSKI 75 is currently teaching in the
Chester Upland School District at Chester High
School, Pa. She resides at 1032 Woodside Avenue,
Upland.
A son, Jeffrey Joseph, born on March 23, 1976, to
JOSEPH '69 and NANCY PUGLISI KOTERBA 70. They
reside at 1074 Brookdale Drive, Martinsville, New
Jersey.
Shirley Yuscavage, the former SHIRLEY LISMAN '58
is Director of Social Service, Adolescent Clinic, Hol
yoke, Mass. She resides with her husband, JOHN ’54,
at 51 Prospect St., Northampton.
JOHN KENNEDY '68 is an attorney engaged in private
practice and is associated with the law firm of Harris,
Johnston and Maguire in Wilkes-Barre.
A daughter, Regina Andrea, born to Mr. and Mrs.
JOSEPH FRAPPOLLI '69. Joe is currently a social
studies teacher and head football and baseball coach
at Florence Township Memorial High School. They
reside at 249 East 3rd St., Florence, New Jersey.
JUDITH SANGER 73 was married to Steven A. Recihman on August 10, 1975. She is a member of the
education department of Venture Theatre in Me
tuchen, New Jersey, and resides at 47 Judson Street,
Apt. 4A, Edison.
Basia Jaworski, the former BASIA MIESZK0WSKI ’56,
is director of music in Our Lady of the Holy Angels
R. C. Church and teaches voice and piano privately.
She resides with her husband, Gustave, and five
children at 100 Stevens Ave., Little Falls, New Jersey.
SANDRA WATKINS 71 is the activities director for
the Leader Nursing Center West, Kingston, Pa. She
resides at 411 West Shawnee Ave., Plymouth.
DIANE JEAN CHISARICK 73 recently became the
bride of Frank P. Brennan. She is employed by the
Dallas School District as a third grade teacher. They
are residing in Kingston, Pa.
ALBERT D. ROKE ’69 was recently married to Cynthia
D. Lehr. He is employed by Reading Hospital and
Medical Center in family practice residence.
A son, Keith Robert, born on November 5, 1975, to
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Prandy. Mrs. Prandy is the
former CHARLENE COLLINS '68. They reside at 1602
Brentwood Drive, Fallston, Md.
WALTER A. CHAPKO '55 announced the recent open
ing of his office for the private practice of law at
1702 North 44th St., Phoenix, after five years in
public employment, first as an Assistant Attorney
General for the State of Arizona, then as a Deputy
County Attorney in Maricopa County. Walt resides at
2019 North 47th Place, Phoenix.
LARRY SIMON ’69 is currently Owner and Presi
dent of PA Pancake Houses, Inc., a company involved
in the operation of three Perkins Pancake & Steak
Houses and is President of the B’nai B’rith Lodge
in Wilkes-Barre. He resides at 136 Pioneer Ave
Dallas.
PHILIP CHEIFETZ '66 is employed as an Associate
Professor of Mathematics at Nassau Community
College, Garden City, New York, and has been elected
Treasurer of the American Mathematics Association
of two year colleges.
DONALD MURRAY '60 is the Director of the Criminal
Justice Program with the National Association of
Counties Research Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Carol Mohr, the former CAROL THOMAS '62, is
teaching 5th grade in the Binghamton. New York
School District. She resides with her husband, Rob
ert, and two children, at Box 233A, Zimmer Road,
Kirkwood, New York.
Patrice Lyons, the former PATRICE WALSH ’69, and
LEA NOVAK 73 recently received advanced degrees
from Penn State University. Patrice received her
M.A. in sociology and resides at 705 Wyoming Ave.,
West Pittston, while Lea received her M.S. in indus
trial engineering and operations research and re
sides at 320 Lackawanna Ave., Dupont.
ROBERT ERICSON '66 was recently promoted to
assistant vice president of Citibank in New York.
He resides at 6040 Boulevard East, West New York,
New Jersey.
BEVERLY BOMBA 72 is the general manager and
vice president of Ves-Pico Uniform Center, Wyoming
Valley Mall. She resides at 125-B Gateway Drive,
Edwardsville.
DR. SAMUEL C. MINES '57 recently won the editorial
contest of the Allegheny County, Pa. Medical Society
and was awarded a special plaque at the Society's
Bicentennial Banquet. He resides at 242 Dan Drive.
Pittsburgh.
JOSEPH SALLITT 71 was recently married to Emily
F. Hosey. Joe is a teacher in the intermediate school
of the Dallas School District. They are residing at
R.D.-l, Bex 639, Harveys Lake.
SIDNEY FALKOWITZ '51 was recently married to
Stella McManus. Sidney is self-employed as a photographer in the Lyndwood section of Wilkes-Barre.
A daughter, Amy Kathleen, born on February 16,
1976, to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Kelly. Mrs. Kelly is the
former HOLLI RAUB '68. They are residing at 203
Crocker Drive, Bel Air, Md.
Robert Rossi & Co., Certified Public Accountants,
recently announced that JOHN H. MARX, JR. 72 has
successfully passed the examination for certified
public accountants. John resides at 611 Hemlock St.,
Scranton, Pa.
VINCENT VESPICO 74 is the President of the Wyom
ing Valley Mall Merchants Assoc., Inc., and the
Wilkes-Barre East Rotary Club for 1976.
HENRY W. DEIBEL '56 has been named assistant
vice president for academic affairs at Centenary
College for women. He has twice been named an
outstanding educator of America. He resides with
his wife, Carole, and their seven children at 108
Franklin Street, Hackettstown, New Jersey.
A son, Charles Aurelio, born on August 12, 1975, to
Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS GIULIANI ’54. They reside with
their daughter, Laurann, at 821 Pottsville St.. Wiconisco. Pa.
ROBERT A. NARDONE 75 was married on February
14. 1976, to Edith C. Wicht. Bob is employed by
Standard Brands, Inc.
DENNIS J. PUHALLA 71 was recently married to
Doreen Wickiser. He is employed by Hanover Area
School District as principal of Lower Askam Ele-
mentary School and is attending Scranton University
in pursuit of his master's degree in administration.
RONALD GANIS 71 is the music instructor for the
Swedesboro Public School while his wife, the former
KAY PLATT 73, is a music instructor for the Haddon
Township Public Schools. They reside on Kings High
way, Mickleton, New Jersey.
Nancy Jones, the former NANCY BOOTH 73, is a
quality control technician operating the laboratory
at Everton Fabrics, Corp., manufacturers of knitted
curtain fabrics. She resides at Box 38-B, San Fer
nando Road, Cape May, New Jersey.
LEE MICHAEL PHILO '68 is a research veterinarian
with the Army stationed at the Naval Arctic Re
search Laboratory in Barrow, Alaska.
Ellen Krueger, the former ELLEN FEINSTEIN '68, is a
copywriter for Holland, Dreves, Reilly Advertising in
Omaha, Nebraska. She resides at 1315 Rue de Calais
#69, Bellevue, Nebraska.
A daughter. Kristi Michelle, born on April 19, 1976,
to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Gibson. Mrs. Gibson is the
former CHERYL PETYAK 71.
JOHN LUSS1 72 was recently married to Mary Ann
Russick.
STEPHEN M. ROMANECZ 73 and PAULA VERMACK
75 were married on February 7, 1976. Paula is em
ployed at Zollinger's, Wyoming Valley Mall, while
Steve is presently employed by Keystone Family
Centers as store manager in Olyphant. They are
residing in Avoca, Pa.
JOHN J. SICKLER '65 was recently appointed vice
president °f Teleflex. Inc. In addition to his new
position he” 'also
“ holds
“ J" ‘the positions of corporate
controller and financial manager. He resides at 10
Orchid Lane, Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
RICHARD C. EVANS, 75 passed the C.P.A. Exam in
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requirements in October, 1976. He resides at 139
West Ridge St., Nanticoke, Pa.
THOMAS KELLY '69 was recently elected to the honor
society Phi Kappa Phi. Pursuing his Ph.D. in admin
admin-
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he was elected to the society after completing three
successive semesters with a 4-0 grade point average.
Tom resides on the Cornell campus with his wife,
Nancy Kay, and their son, Christopher.
DONNA M. PISTON 73 was recently married to John
R. Aufiero. She is an elementary teacher in the
Wyoming Valley West School District. They reside
at 81 Deer Path Drive, Fairview Hills, Mountaintop.
ROBERT HOWES 75 was married to Roberta Ann
Farkash recently. Bob is employed by the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce.
RICHARD PROBERT ’64 was recently named Chair
man of the Fine Arts Division of Mount Senario
,, "t, Wisconsin. In addition to his
College, Ladysmith,
administrative duties, he directs the Choral Arts
Society of Northern Wisconsin, and most recently
was appointed as a consultant for the Wisconsin
State Arts Board. He resides in Ladysmith with his
wife, Bonnie, and their two children, Kimberly and
Jason.
RUSSELL C. BAYNE was recently appointed director
of labor relations and safety for the Armour Dial
Company of Phoenix, Arizona. In his new capacity
he will supervise grievance handling at all Armour
Dial Company plants and will be responsible for
general contract administration at the Memphis,
Tennessee; Clifton, New Jersey; and Bellwood, Illi
nois operations. He resides with his wife, the former
PATRICIA MILLER 71 at 925 Lindenwood, Aurora, III.
�SANDRA BLOOMBERG 71 recently completed her
MA degree in health education at New York Uni
versity and will begin work this summer toward a
Ph.D. in health sciences at the University of Utah,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Lydia Berman, the former LYDIA GREENBAUM ’40,
is the owner of The Needlewoman at 37 West Market
Street, Wilkes-Barre.
JOSEPH CZARNECKI '65 is presently teaching math
at Wilkes-Barre Area Vocational-Technical School. He
resides with his wife, Catherine, at 4 Pine Rd., Birch
wood Hills, Plains, Pa.
STANLEY BIGOSKI *62 is currently employed as a
staff accountant with Futura Fabrics Corp., Division
of Chelsea Industries, located at Valmont Indus
trial Park, West Hazleton, Pa.
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baccalaureate address that graduates
and students should realize that while
there are differences "we need you
and you need us."
"The torch is being passed to your
generation so that you may pass it to
those after you," Rev. Father Burns
told the graduates.
Commencement marked the first
time for the new president of Wilkes
College, Robert S. Capin, to partici
pate as the chief executive officer of
the institution. Last year as the dean
of academic affairs, it was Capin's
privilege to assist in conferring of an
honorary doctor of humane letters on
Bob Considine, who died half-year
later following a stroke at his home in
New York City.
An honorary doctor of humane let
ters was presented to Solicitor General
Bork and the degree of honorary doc
tor of science was conferred upon Dr.
Sheldon Cohen, a native of Pittston
and former Wilkes faculty member
. in recognition of academic accom
plishments and service, notably in the
very vital role played in the interest of
health among the American people,
particularly in the field of research
and development/'
In Memorjam
RUTH DOUGLASS HANNIGAN - Class of ’45
Ruth Hannigan, the former RUTH DOUG
LASS, 50, of 120 Elizabeth Avenue, died re
cently, shortly after admittance to Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kingston, Pa.
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went on to the University of Pennsylvania.
He was employed as an accountant by Ed
ward M. Bartikowsky, South Washington
Street, Wilkes-Barre.
In addition to his parents he is survived
by his wife, the former Joan Feebish; sons,
David, a student at Johns Hopkins University;
Mark, a student at Penn State.
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ROBERT R. OLIVIA - Class of '59
Robert R. Olivia, of 1134 Thornton Avenue,
t Plainfield, New Jersey, died on December 14,
1975.
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■watioim off Robert
Capita
To Highlight 29th Annual Homecoming
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, October 21
11:00 a.m. — All College Assembly • Gym
nasium
Friday, October 22
7:00 p.m. — Judging of the Homecoming
Displays
9:00 p.m. — "Homecoming Huddle" - Hotel
Sterling
Saturday, October 23
9:00 a.m. — Meet your Alumni Association
Officers and Executive Committee - Alumni
and Faculty House
9:30 a.m. — Dedication of the Arnaud C.
Marts Courtyard of the Stark Learning Center
2:00 p.m. — Football ■ Wilkes vs. Albright Ralston Field
4:00 p.m. — Post-Game "Fifth Quarter" •
Artillery Park
6:00-9:30 p.m. — Smorgasbord • Hotel
Sterling
9:30 p.m. — Inaugural Dance • Hotel
Sterling
Sunday, October 24
10:00a.m.— Alumni Brunch-Alumni and
Faculty House
1:15 p.m.— Academic Procession
1 -'30 p.m. — Inauguration Ceremony - Gym
nasium
3:00 p.m. — Open Reception for President
and Mrs. Capin - Stark Learning Center Court
yard
A record turnout of young and old
grads is expected to return to campus
for the 29th Annual Wilkes College
Alumni Homecoming Weekend, Oc
tober 22-24.
Coupled with the traditional week
end schedule this year are the inaugur
ation ceremonies on Sunday, October
24, for Robert S. Capin, who will form
ally be installed as the third president
of Wilkes College. The Inauguration
ceremony at the gymnasium will start
at 1:30.
The chairman of the event, Marvin
Antinnes, '61 and his committee have
recently completed a full slate of ac
tivities for the weekend.
The homecoming will take on extra
significance for the class of 1951 since
it will mark the "Silver Anniversary"
of their graduation. Art Hoover, '55
director of alumni relations, also notes
that the classes of 1936, 1941, 1946,
1956, 1961, 1966, and 1971 will also
observe five-year milestones.
Launching the alumni schedule on
Friday evening will be the judging of
homecoming displays. The Wilkes stu
dent body annually cooperates with
colorful and artistic exhibits.
Later at 9 p.m., the alumni will move
their attention to the Blue Room of the
Hotel Sterling where a relaxed and in
formal "Homecoming Huddle" will
offer the grads a chance to get reac
quainted.
A period has been set aside for Sat
urday morning beginning at 9 to meet
the officers and executive committee of
the Wilkes College Alumni Associa
tion at the Annette Evans Alumni and
Faculty House. The dedication and
placing of plaques in memory of Anita
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Committee members planning the 29th Annual Alumni Homecoming are shown during a meeting at
Alumni and Faculty House, left to right, seated: Irma Molitoris '56, Andrea Petrasek '69, and Rick Rees
«s '56.
standing: Art Hoover '55, Jim Ferris
'56, Carl Urbanski '57.
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Lou Zampetti '64, and W. Brooke Yeager '64.
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Special Assembly to Honor Professors Emeriti
P. Janerich '52 and Reese D. Jones '56,
both of whom were active in alumni
affairs,
Immediately
is also scheduled
at 9:30 a.m.
at this
the focus
time.
An
An All-College
All-College Assembly
Assembly on Thursday, October 21, at 11 a.m. will official]
launch the schedule of events leading to the inauguration of President Robert s'
will shift to the Stark Learning Center
Capin and the 29th Annual Homecoming Weekend activities.
29th Annual Homecoming
where the Arnaud C. Marts Courtyard will be dedicated.
Always the premier attraction of
any homecoming is the football game
which this year pits the Wilkes gridders in a 2:00 p.m. confrontation with
the Middle
Atlantic Conference
champion Albright College Lions.
Following the football game, the
gathering will move across the street
to Artillery Park where the grads and
recount ~the days
their friends can i---------- —
events at a "Fifth Quarter" mixer. Re
freshments and pretzels will be served.
A special smorgasbord at the Hotel
Sterling will be offered to alumni in
the Crystal Ballroom between 6 and
9:30 p.m.
Another change in Homecoming
1976 will find the traditional homecoming dance being renamed the "In
augural Dance" in honor of President
and Mrs. Robert S. Capin. Dancing in
the Grand Lobby and General Sullivan
Room of the Hotel Sterling begins at
9:30.
Sunday's final scheduled activity
will be the "Alumni Brunch" at 10
a.m. at the Alumni and Faculty House.
This is the only event which will re
quire advance reservations and pre
payment.
Visitors returning to campus can
also take advantage of various fine
arts presentations which will be of
fered throughout the weekend. The
Sordoni Art Gallery will feature
"Three-Women Show," Friday and
Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.; and Saturday, 10
to 5 p.m. An All-College movie will
be offered at the Student Union Build
ing Saturday at 7 and 9 p.m. There
will also be a faculty music recital Sun
day at 3:30 p.m. at the Center for the
Performing Arts.
Assisting Chairman Antinnes with
homecoming arrangements are Rick
Rees '62, W. Brooke Yeager '64, Irma
Molitoris '56, Carl Urbanski '57, Ber
nie Vinovrski '69, Lou Zampetti '64,
Carl Zoolkoski 59, Andrea Petrasek
'69, Rick Simonson '69, George Paw
lush '69, Art Hoover '55, Jim Ferris
'56, and Lauren O'Hara '74. Joe Ste
phens '51, national alumni president,
is the honorary chairman.
The purpose of the pre-inaugural
program is a three-fold one according
to John Meyers, who is serving as cochairman of the event along with Art
Hoover. "It will give President Capin
a chance to address the entire college
family," related Meyers, "and we are
also going to honor some 27 profes
sors emeriti and present awards to col
lege staff who have given 20 and 10
>'ears of service to the college."
Ten of the 27 professors emeriti
will be honored with medallions and
certificates posthumously. The list of
deceased faculty members include Dr.
Mary E. Craig, E. Sheldon Curtis, Paul
Gies, Voris B. Hall, Edward N. Heltzel,
Dr. Hugo V. Mailey, Dr. Samuel A.
Rosenberg, Nada K. Vujica, Dr. Stan
ko M. Vujica, and T. Leonard Con
nolly.
The living professors emeriti will
also receive service pins and include
Dr. Alfred W. Bastress, Catherine H.
Bone, Dr. Frank J. J. Davies, Dr. Ruth
W. Jessee, Dr. Bronis Kaslas, Dr. Grace
C. Kimball, Dr. Charlotte V. Lord,
Edith S. Namisniak, J. Philip Richards,
Ruth T. Roberts, Dr. Harold W. That
cher, Cromwell E. Thomas, Stanley H.
Wasilewski, Paul R. Werner, and Rob
ert A. West.
The criteria for selection as profes
sors emeriti include all those faculty
members who retired after ten years
of service at Wilkes College. This will
be an ongoing practice with new pro
fessors emeriti being honored when
the criteria has been met.
The third part of the program will
pay tribute to those current faculty
and administrative members who have
given over 20 years of service to the
college. Eighteen people who will be
honored with medallions and service
pins in this group are Ruth Bishop,
John J. Chwalek, George Elliot, Wel
ton G. Farrar, Mildred Gittins, Dr. Eu
gene Hammer, Arthur Hoover, Joseph
Kanner, George Ralston, John Reese,
Dr. Charles Reif, Thomas Richards,
Dr. Robert Riley, Francis Salley, Dr.
Robert Werner, John Whitby, Alfred
Groh, and Dr. Benjamin Fiester. The
final portion of the assembly will hon
or some 57 college employees who
have given ten years of service.
WILKES COLLEGE REPORT
Published by
The Wilkes College
Public Relations Department
Thomas J. Moran '49
Director
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor
George G. Pawlush '69
Alumni Notes
Lynn Jacobs
Wilkes Prepares for Hahnemann
Telecommunication Link
In the not too distant future, faculty mem
bers of the Hahnemann Medical College and
Hospital of Philadelphia will be working in
conjunction with health science personnel
at Wilkes College as closed circuit television
personalities.
All of this will be the result of plans to
support efforts of the Wilkes-Barre area fac
ulty in the Wilkes-Hahnemann Program by
means of a telecommunications linkage be
tween the medical college and hospitals in
the Wilkes-Barre area.
By this means, students in the final phase
of clinical training in the six-year WilkesHahnemann Medical Educational Program in
Family Medicine will have continued access
to educational programs being offered at the
Medical College in Philadelphia while they
are away from the parent institution.
Programs will be transmitted "live" to tele
vision centers in each of the area hospitals
participating in the Wilkes-Hahnemann Pro
gram, and also to the Stark Learning Center
at Wilkes College.
This TV network will be capable of twoway live interaction between participants in
Philadelphia and the Wilkes-Barre area so
as to afford the most meaningful educational
experience possible in a remote-site educa
tional program. At the same time, local fac
ulty and health care professionals will have
the opportunity of participating in the multi
plicity of programs being televised in support
of local continuing education efforts.
This "live" TV network will carry prob
lem-oriented medical conferences and semin
ars, "Grand Rounds", in-service training
programs and patient education.
To this end, Hahnemann's Department of
Communications in Medicine already is en
gaged in the production of a variety of in
structional video tapes which will form part
of video tape libraries to be established at
Hahnemann and Wilkes College.
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Faculty, administration and students who are planning the three-fold All-College Assembly on
on October 21
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are pictured
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Meyers, GinGina O'Crlcn,
O Brien, Frank Salley, Patti
oran, Dave Cherundolo, Jim Rodechko, Art Hoover, and Bill Gasbarro.
Richard R. Getz, chairman of Hahne
mann's Department of Communications in
Medicine and director of the Wilkes-Hahne
mann Television Network, in a recent status
report for the network, advised that after
four years of planning the telecommunica
tions system is not in the actual design stage.
Jack H. Wolff, technical director of Commun
ications Systems, expects that the first phase
of the project development will involve the
establishment of the transmission system be
tween Hahnemann, Wilkes College, and the
five participating Wilkes-Barre area hospitals
— Mercy Hospital, Nesbitt Memorial Hospi-
tai, Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wyom
ing Valley Hospital, and the Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital.
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According to Harry Jenny, chief engineer
for the telecommunications system, TV stu
dios and distribution systems will also be
added at each institution along with appro
priate program origination and reception
equipment.
Dr. Ralph B. Rozelle, dean of health sci
ences at Wilkes College and one of the pion
eers in the innovative six-year program of
medical education, said this major new com
ponent would not have been possible without
the combined efforts of Congressman Daniel
J. Flood, chairman of the Appropriations
Committee for Health, Education, and Wel
fare; Wharton Shober, president of Hahne
mann Medical College; and Dr. Wilbur
Oaks, M.D., chairman of the Department of
Medicine.
With the aid and support of this mode of
medical education, Wilkes-Barre area medi
cal faculty will be able to concentrate their
efforts on providing clinical training in medi
cine to the Wilkes-Hahnemann students
while under their tutorship.
In addition to providing the WilkesHahnemann students with an educational
pipeline to the Medical School, the telecom
munications system will also provide the
Greater Wilkes-Barre area medical institu
tions with the technology to engage in long
distance health care delivery transactions,
such as x-ray diagnosis, speech therapy, electroencephelogram and electrocardiogram in
terpretations, and other activities which lo
cal health professionals wish to conduct over
the television network to assist them in the
delivery of health care to their patients in
the Wilkes-Barre area.
Funds also have been requested to estab
lish Learning Resource Centers (LRC) at each
of the local hospitals and at Wilkes College.
The LRC will consist of video tape play
back equipment which will provide the
Wilkes-Hahnemann medical students and
other health professionals with a useful edu
cational tool.
Although the primary mode of the WilkesHahnemann TV network is "live" interaction
among participants, video learning carrells
in the LRC's will allow the student to review
taped medical conferences and prerecorded
instructional programs and materials, such
as medical techniques and procedures, so as
to also afford the individual opportunity to
engage in self-instruction.
Arnaud Co Marts
Courtyard Dedication Set
Included as part of this year's homecoming weekend activities will be the
dedication of the Arnaud C. Marts
Courtyard of the Stark Learning Cen
ter. The dedication will take place on
Saturday, Oct. 23, at 9:30 a.m.
Alumni Trips For 1977
The Alumni Relations Office has
again prepared an outstanding pro
gram of exciting and reasonably priced
trips for alumni and their families and
friends for 1977.
To help with your planning, the fol
lowing trips have been scheduled. All
trips are subject to 15% tax and service charge. Appropriate brochures will
be mailed when made available by the
travel agency.
January 24-31
Cancun Adventure
$399.00
February 22 - March 1
Tahitian Holiday
$519.00
April 1-8
Rio De Janiero Holiday .... $499.00
May 4-12
Switzerland Holiday
$399.00
July 16-31
Paris/Rome/Florence ....
$599.00
August 15-23
London Holiday
$369.00
November 2-14
African Adventure
$799.00
plus Summer Pick-A-Trip to Hawaii
(date to be determined)
�SOTER NAMED
ACADEMIC DEAN
Queens College, The City University
of New York.
He also served in the Republic ot
Korea as Department of State Pro
gram Officer in the Agency for Inter
national Development (AID), and as
the acting Korea desk officer in Wash
ington, D.C., where he was largely re
sponsible for the submission and sup
ervision of a multimillion-dollar budget to provide economic assistance to
South Korea.
Earlier, Dr. Soter served in the over
seas branches of First National City
Bank of New York in Asia for four
years, and also worked for a year as a
management consultant in London,
Dr. Richard P. Soter, professor of
history and dean of the Division of
Arts and Sciences, State University of
New York, College of Oswego, has
been appointed chief academic officer
of Wilkes College.
The announcement was made by
Robert S. Capin, president of Wilkes
College, who has been serving in the
dual capacity since he was named act
ing president in September, 1975. In
May of this year, Mr. Capin was se
lected as the third full-time president
of Wilkes College.
The selection of Dr. Soter, who as
sumed his new duties on August 16,
climaxed a two-month screening by a
special search committee. More than
200 applicants were screened and a
dozen brought to the campus in this
city for interviews.
Dr. Soter served a multipurpose in
stitution of nearly 10,000 students in
graduate and undergraduate programs.
The Division of Arts and Sciences,
which is under his direction, is the
largest in the SUNY college, including
some 23 academic departments and
the library.
On the university-wide level, Dr.
Soter has served as a member of Chan
cellor Ernest Boyer's Committee to ar
range and coordinate exchange pro
grams between State University of
New York and appropriate educational
institutions in the People's Republic
of China.
Prior to assuming the deanship at
Oswego nearly five years ago, he
served for three years as associate pro
fessor of political science, and as Spec
ial Assistant to the President of
England.
Dr. Soter, a native of Boston, re
ceived his bachelor's degree from
Northeastern University. He earned
his master's degree from Harvard Uni
versity in 1954 in East Asian Regional
Studies, including the study of the
Chinese language at an intensive level.
He was awarded his doctorate by Har
vard in 1959 in History and Far East
ern Languages (Chinese and Japan
ese), and in 1974 completed a post
doctoral program at Harvard in educa
tional management.
Community Service
Program Progressing
The Wilkes College Community Service
Program will begin its second year this fall
giving students the opportunity to receive
academic credit for work accomplished in a
public service agency.
The program, under the direction of Dr.
James Rodechko, is run in cooperation with
Action, an independent government agency,
and provides students with the valuable job
experience that employers are looking for.
Students are prepared for public service
careers and are helped to deal with com
munity problems in a practical manner.
Placement opportunities allow them to de
velop either a new area of interest or to
enhance existing career objectives.
During the one-year period of public serv
oupare in
weekly
ice, students will participate
in aa weekly
seminar, be responsible» for a research project dealing with some easpect of his agency
experience, and achieve reasonable compre
hension of a list of readings related to public
’ ic
service.
Upon completing the service year, thirty
credit hours under the title "Community
Service will be awarded to these students.
The hours will fulfill elective requirements
for regular degree programs at Wilkes.
The 30 credit hours, along with an addi
tional 12 hours of course work in the social
sciences or other fields, will also apply to
wards a second major in Community Service.
Concert and Lecture Series Expanded
The 1976-77 Wilkes College Concert
and Lecture Series has been expanded
to include ten separate programs
Launching the series on Sept. 9 was
Charles Berlitz, author of the best-sell
ing book, “The Bermuda Triangle,"
“The Art of Ragtime” with Brian
Dykstra in concert has been arranged
for Oct. 2. It includes an evening of lec
ture and piano rags featuring the works
of Scott Joplin, Max Morath, Eubie
Blake, Joe Lamb, James Johnson, and
Dykstra’s world famous "The Cairo
Rag."
Filling an Oct. 11 slot will be "A
Journey Through the Mind with Edgar
Allan Poe.” It is a characterization of
America’s most intriguing literature fig
ure portrayed by actor Will Stutts in
haunting Poe costumes.
Dixie Lee Ray will lecture on "Nu
clear Power for Northeastern Pennsyl
vania” at the CPA on Nov. 1. The form
er chairman of the Atomic Energy Com
mission and current candidate for gov
ernor of the State of Washington will
deliver a lecture on the biological and
environmental issues of nuclear power
for Northeastern Pennsylvanians.
Another lecture by Dr. Isaac Asimov,
Russian-born author of “The Beginning
and End of the Universe,” will be given
on Dec. 9. Dr. Asimov is an Associate
Professor of Biochemistry at the Boston
University School of Medicine and has
published over 170 books and is one of
the major science writers in the genre
today.
Following a brief mid-winter break,
the Pocono Boys Singers will present an
evening of sacred, folk, and novelty
music on Jan. 23. The group is interna
tionally traveled.
The Wilkes College Jazz Band will of
fer its first professional concert on Feb.
14, featuring song stylist, Angella Bofill,
of the Manhattan School of Music.
Sir Harold Wilson, former Prime
Minister of England and powerful political leader, will deliver a contempo
rary lecture in a special program at the
gymnasium on Feb. 22.
“From Grand Opera to Broadway,”
featuring Metropolitan opera singer
Patrice Munsel in concert, is set for
Mar. 21. Miss Munsel will set the mood
of her program with operatic arias, meL
odic airs from Broadway musicals, and
songs of Baroque Rock.
Concluding the series on Apr. 25 will
beHunematrix
i “Kinematrix,’” a multiscreen show of
ematrix,
experimental color photography com
plimented by striking visual effects
fused with sound track recordings of
electronic, choral, and classical music.
The program is presented by the
world’s most highly acclaimed photog
rapher, Harvey Lloyd.
Pittsburgh Alumni
to Meet
MBA ADMISSION FAIR
SET FOR NOVEMBER
Wilkes College alumni in the Pittsburgh
area will gather for a social at the Pittsburgh
Hyatt House at Chatham Center, from 7:30
to 10 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 29.
The Master's Degree in Business Admin
istration (MBA) has become one of the most
desired degrees in the field of higher educa
tion. To help prospective students learn more
about how to get an MBA, the Admission
Council for Graduate Study in Management
is sponsoring a Graduate Management Ad
mission Fair. It will be held on Nov. 4, 5 & 6,
1976, at the Roosevelt Hotel near Grand
Central Station in New York City.
Among those in attendance will be Wilkes
College president Robert S. Capin, and Art
Hoover, director of alumni relations.
Joe Weinkle, vice-president of region XI,
is arranging the event and notes that the
price of S8.00 includes plenty of hors
d'oeuvres plus one drink. A cash bar will
also be available for additional drinks.
Reservations should be made with Mr.
Weinkle, 4375 U. S. Steel Building, Pitts
burgh, Pa. 15219, before Oct. 19.
BE A VIP
Noted Professor
Succumbs
Dr. Stanko M. Vujica, who retired a year
ago as chairman of the Wilkes College De
partment of Philosophy and Religion after
28 years as an educator in this area, died
suddenly on Sept. 5 while addressing a group
of Croatian athletes in London, Ontario,
Canada.
Dr. Vujica was born in Yugoslavia. He
studied at the Universities of Zagreb, Cro
atia, Vienna and Innsbruck, Austria. He re
ceived his master's degree from Innsbruck
and his doctorate in Zagreb.
In his native country he taught philosophy
and was editor-in-chief of two magazines.
In these and in other Croatian periodicals,
Dr. Vujica published numerous articles and
papers in the fields of philosophy and re
ligion.
Both he and his first wife, Nada, who died
in 1971, became acquainted while working in
a German labor battalion during World War
II.
Dr. Vujica had been imprisoned twice for
writing magazine articles attacking Nazism
and the Nazi persecution of the Jews. Early
in the war he was identified as a member of
the underground movement in Yugoslavia
and shipped off to work in the Alps.
It was at this time that he met Nada, who
had been sent to the same camp from her
post as a library clerk at the University of
Zagreb, where her father was head man.
They were married following the end of
the war and immigrated to this country in
1947. Both were employed by Dr. Eugene S.
Farley, first president of Wilkes College —
Dr. Vujica as an instructor in the Philosophy
Department, and his wife in the college li
brary, She later became the chief librarian,
serving until her death in 1971.
Volunteers in Probation is looking for ad
ults willing to spend a few hours a week
being a friend to a youngster on probation.
In the program an adult volunteer is matched
with a youngster in a one-to-one relationship
for the duration of the child's probation —
usually six months to a year. The volunteer
receives an orientation from the Probation
Office, and is screened and supervised by
the VIP Coordinator.
The number and duration of the contacts
is under the control of the volunteer, but a
minimum of two hours a week is required.
Anyone interested in becoming a volunteer
should contact Patricia Crotty, VIP Coordin
ator, at The Bridge, 19 North River Street,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 824-8756.
He served as a member of the American
Association of University Professors, the
American Philosophical Association, and the
Croatian Academy of America. This latter
organization consists of Croatian scholars,
and was formed to keep native Croatians in
formed of advances in the free world and to
inform the free world, in turn, about the
problems and cultural attainments in Cro
atia.
One of the most respected educators in
the history of Wilkes College, Dr. Vujica
served for many years as the chairman of
the Department of Philosophy and Religious
Studies. Recently, he was among a group of
select Wilkes educators named as the first
group of professors emeriti and was to have
been among those honored at a special as
sembly on the Wilkes campus on Oct. 21.
Word of Dr. Vujica's death caused con
siderable sorrow on the Wilkes campus and
among his many associates and former col
leagues.
President Robert S. Capin said he was
"shocked by this sudden departure of an in
dividual who was one of the finest educators
and most devoted members of the college
family . . ."
For the first time on the East Coast, ad
missions officers from more than 70 grad
uate schools of business and management in
the United States will be available to answer
general questions about their institutions,
and to provide specific information on
course availability, admissions requirements,
financial assistance, and even job opportun
ities. There are also plans to have a variety
of workshops available.
The Admission Fair will be especially valu
able to those who are now working and have
undergraduate degrees in fields ranging from
liberal arts and engineering to the sciences
and business.
School representatives will be available
from 2-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 4, from
10-7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5, and from
10-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6. The Manage
ment Admission Fair is free and open to the
public.
Theater Hosts
Guest Artists
The Wilkes College Theater Department is
inaugurating an exciting and innovative di
mension to its theater arts program this fall
with a special "Guest Artist Program" fea
turing professional actor Will Stutts serving
as guest director of George Bernard Shaw's
"Arms and the Man."
According to Alfred Groh, director of the
Wilkes Theater, few other colleges in the
state have ever had Artist in Residence pro
grams for students and this year Wilkes is
the only college in Pennsylvania to be offer
ing such an experience.
Stutts has appeared previously at Wilkes
College in his one-man characterization of
Mark Twain. In addition, he has appeared
in more than 30 plays throughout the coun
try in repertory, summer stock, and National
road companies.
The guest artist program allows students
enrolled at Wilkes to work very closely and
personally with a professional actor on one
of the college's major productions of the
year. Stutts will also be conducting open
workshops in theater and seminars. The
four-week program will culminate with
Shaw's classic satirical comedy which will
be presented at the Center for the Perform
ing Arts, Friday through Sunday, Oct.
10-12.
�ALUMNI
OT ES
The Alumni Notes were compiled by
Marianne Montague of the Alumni Rela
tions Office. The information contained
in Alumni Notes was received between
June 1, 1976 and August 31, 1976.
Please send news contributions to:
Alumni Office, Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703
Diane Shuleski, the former DIANE DROST 75, re
cently received awards from the National Guild of
Piano Teachers. Her husband RONALD 74 is a music
teacher in the Crestwood Area School District. They
are pursuing graduate studies at Marywood College.
DAVID BARTKOVITZ 73 received his Master of Sci
ence degree from Bucknell University in May. He is
residing in North Tarrytown, New York.
DR. FRANCIS J. MENAPACE JR. '65 has been ap
pointed to the permanent staff of Geisinger Medical
Center’s department of cardiovascular medicine.
Frank is married to the former GAIL DIXON '67. The
couple has a daughter, Elizabeth.
MARILYN BURNS 76 became the bride of Donald
Delaney in a July ceremony. Marilyn is employed as a
receptionist by Coopers and Lybrand in New York
City, and they are residing at 462 Liberty Street,
Apartment 103, Little Ferry, NJ.
EVELYN KOVALCHICK 73 was married to Larry W.
Lewis in June 1974. The couple is residing in Tunk
hannock.
BOB ZUKAUSKAS 75 is working as a biologist with a
Rural Health team in the Philippines. His work is
part of the Peace Corps operation.
Deborah Okonieski, the former DEBORAH LUTZ 74
received her M.S. degree in mathematics from the
University of Akron and is employed by the Good
year Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio.
GERARD MIKULA 76 was recently married to Deb
orah Susan Henry in Holy Trinity Church, WilkesBarre.
JOHN J. CASTELLINO 71 was recently married to
Marilyn Ryan. John is employed as chief draftsman
for Luzerne County Road and Bridge Department in
Wilkes-Barre.
ALBERT D. ROKE '69 recently received his M.D. from
University of Pennsylvania Medical School and is
currently in the Public Health Service working out
of Surgoinsville Medical Center in Surgoinsville,
Tenn.
SUSAN OLEARCZYK 73 and BRYNLEY JAMES III 75
were married on June 25. Brynley is a second year
law student at Syracuse University and Susan is an
Office Manager in a Syracuse firm.
JOSEPH KESTER 72 and Joanne Miller were recently
married. Joe is employed by Franklin’s Family Rest
aurant as manager in Edwardsville, Pa.
JENNIFER TORR 76 became the bride of J. Reid
Davenport on June 26. Jennifer is a teacher in the
Tunkhannock Area School District.
DR. MICHAEL A. PETRILLO '69 recently opened an
office for the practice of general dentistry at 1220
lllick's Mill Road in Bethlehem.
DAVID FOGLIETTA '67 is working as a caseworker
for the Lackawanna County Board of Assistance in
the Welfare Department in Scranton.
CONSTANCE KOPERA 72 and Gerald Rodski were
married on June 5. Constance is a teacher in the
Greater Nanticoke Area School District.
MARJORIE CZULEWICZ 74 and RICHARD KINGSTON
75 were married on June 26. Rich is currently teach
ing art and coaching soccer and tennis at Williams
town High School in New Jersey.
JOHN D. (JACK) CURTIS '55 and his wife, Rebecca,
recently welcomed a son, John D. Curtis, III, to
their home at 1300 Bryn Mawr Road; Carlisle, Pa.
JACQUELINE PICKERING 76 and Michael Dzurek
were married on June 26. Jackie and her husband
are residing at 2 Wade Street, Swoyersville, Pa.
STEPHEN ARNAUD 75 and Susan Corbett were re
cently married. The couple is residing in New Jersey.
PAUL WILLIAMS '68 was awarded the doctor of
philosophy degree from Drew University on May 29.
THOMAS ROKITA '68 has assumed responsibility as
Director of Athletics at Wyoming Seminary Day
School in Forty Fort. Tom and his wife, the former
LAURA TARITY '68, resides in Shavertown, Pa.
MOLLY MORAN 75 was married on June 26 to
Marine Lt. Carl Grivner. The couple resides in Carls
bad, Calif. Molly, the daughter of Mr. & Mrs.
THOMAS MORAN '49, completed her studies for her
master of arts in public administration in May at
Pennsylvania State University.
JAMES THOMAS 73 and JoAnne Kanjorski were mar
ried on June 19. Jim is employed by Columbia Coun
ty Redevelopment Authority as a community organ
izations specialist.
ALBERT J. WALLACE '54 recently completed his 20th
year of teaching science in the Montclair Public
Schools. He was recently elected Chairman of the
Cedar Grove Planning Board after completing nine
years service on the Board in various administrative
positions.
MARIO ZINICOLA 74 received a master's degree in
business administration at Seton Hall University in
June.
RUTH THERESA KRET 73 and Joseph Ziatyk were
married recently. Ruth is food and beverage director
for a Holiday Inn in New Jersey.
DAVID BRIGHT 73 and Debra Schumacher were
recently married. Dave is employed by Armstrong
Hydraulics in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
JOHN DENISCO 73 and Paula Geroulo were recently
married. John is employed as a staff accountant at
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Three Wilkes College alumni recently received ad
vanced degrees at Rutgers University.
CORA R. CASTERLINE '62 received her Ph.D. She re
sides in Plainfield, New Jersey. HELEN MARIE
GROCHMAL 70 and HAROLD W. SNEDEKER 73
both earned MLS degrees. Helen lives in WilkesBarre and Harold resides in Freehold, New Jersey.
RICHARD MURRAY '57 is an attorney in Washington,
D.C. He is a partner in the law firm of Murray &
Tankel and is a former Deputy General Counsel in
the Office of Emergency Preparedness, which is an
Executive Office of the President. Richard and his
wife, Elaine, reside in Annandale, Virginia with their
sons, David and Michael.
WAYNE H. FULLERTON 74 and PAULA ZYCH 75
were recently married. Wayne is employed by Scherring Pharmaceuticals in New York City and Paula is
employed in the advertising department of the Mont
clair Times Company in Montclair, New Jersey. The
couple resides in Clifton, New Jersey.
A son, Matthew Sullivan, was born on December 29,
1975 to Dr. and Mrs. James Bruno. Mrs. Bruno is
the former BARBARA SULLIVAN 70. They reside in
Pittsburgh.
JAMES C. WEAVER 71 and Marilyn Jean Stewart were
recently married. Jim, who holds a Ph.D. in physical
chemistry, is associated with Eastman Kodak Com
pany, Rochester, New York, as a research chemist.
STEPHEN T. KOSTAGE 71 recently received a doc
torate degree in biology from the State University
of New York at Binghamton. Stephen is employed
as a member of the Keystone Junior College faculty.
MICHAEL E. PALKO 72 was awarded a master of
science degree in mathematics from Virginia Poly
technic Institute in June. Mike is employed as a
mathematician by the U.S. Naval Surface Weapons
Center, Dahlgren, Virginia. He resides in White
Plains, Maryland with his wife Barbara and is cur
rently on a one-year assignment at the Air Test and
Evaluation Squadron (VX-5), China Lake, California.
FRANCES POLAKOWSKI 76 is working for Compton
Advertising in New York City. Fran resides in Con
necticut.
BRIAN FINN 75 is currently employed by the United
States Internal Revenue Service in Philadelphia.
ROBERT '69 and DIANE FLEMING STREISEL '69
announced the birth of a son, Garret John, on June
10, 1976- The Streisels reside in Toms River, New
Jersey.
REVEREND GEORGE CONWAY 70 was recently mar
ried to Deborah Craig. George is chaplain at the
Woodberry Forest School in Woodberry, Virginia. He
is the son of Mrs. Jeanne Conway, Wilkes College
Assistant Director of Housing.
NANCY HARRIS 74 became the bride of Richard
Mebane on July 10. Nancy is a teacher in the Wyo
ming Valley West School District. The couple is re
siding at Holiday Green Acres in Kingston, Pa.
JOSEPH MARCHETTI 76 is employed as
as Housing
Director of Wilkes College. Joe resides, in
in WilkesBarre.
JANET L. MATTHEWS 71 and JAMES C. WEAVER 71
recently received advanced degrees from Penn State
University. Janet received an M.Ed. in counselor ed
ucation and Jim earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry.
JAMES SABATINI 70 and RUTH LINDSEY THOMAS
73 were recently married. Jim is employed by the
Hanover Area School District in Hanover, Pa., as
principal of the Newtown Junior High School and
Lindsey is employed by the Hanover Area School
District as a corrective reading teacher.
ANTHONY KLEINHANS 72 was recently notified that
he has passed the examination for Certified Public
Accountants. Anthony is employed by the OffsetPaperback in Dallas. He and his wife, Ruth, reside in
West Pittston.
CRAIG HUDDY '63 was recently named a group rep
resentative for the Hartford Insurance Group's Char
lotte, N.C. regional office.
DAVID MATTHEWS 75 was recently married to Mary
Ann Lukas. David is employed as a medical tech
nologist at the laboratory of the American Red Cross
in Philadelphia. He will begin graduate studies at
Hahnemann Medical College.
DAVID J. GALLICK 73 was recently married to Linda
Butchko. David is a fourth year medical student at
the Medical College of Pennsylvania Hospital in
Philadelphia. The couple resides in Philadelphia.
PATRICIA FORCONI 74 was recently married to Lt.
Walter B. Reading. The couple is residing in Hawaii
where Walter is serving in the United States Army.
DR. THOMAS CEBULA '68 recently married Deborah
Anne Roach. The couple is residing in Baltimore,
Maryland.
RALPH GATRONE 75 was recently married to Col
leen Good Driscoll. Ralph is pursuing a Ph.D. in
synthetic organic chemistry at SUNY in Buffalo. The
couple is residing in Kenmore, New York.
ROBERT T. COOPER '65 has recently been appointed
International Trade Specialist by the Philadelphia
District Office of the United Slates Department of
Commerce. Bob and his wife, Patricia, reside in
Beverly, N.J.
A daughter, Jennifer Ann, was born to Mr. & Mrs.
John Escarge on November 15, 1975. Mrs. Escarge
is the former THEA CHESLUK 70. The couple re
sides with their two daughters at 204 Lyndwood
Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.
MARY LU PARRI 76 recently became the bride of
John Wirbicki. Mary Lu is employed with Pan Amer
ican Group Homes. The couple is residing in WilkesBarre.
ROBERT ALLEN SACHS '67 and ANN MARIE ROVINSKI 72 were recently married. Robert is employed
by the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in
Philadelphia in the manufacture of diagnostic re
gents.
THERESA ROCCOGRANDI 74 was recently married
to Leonard C. Martin. Terry is a first grade teacher
in the Wyoming Valley West School District.
JOSEPH R. PUTPRUSH 70 was recently awarded a
doctor of medicine degree from Temple University.
Joe and his wife, Barbara, are living in Espy, Pa.
2ND LT. BARBARA J. DEMKO 72 is serving as a
training officer with A Company, 17th Battalion, 5th
Basic Training Brigade at Fort Jackson, South Caro
lina.
WILLIAM KAYE 71 is employed as the Director of
Housing and Financial Aid at the Pennsylvania Col
lege of Podiatric Medicine. Bill is also doing doc
toral work in psychology at Temple University.
MARCIA ADAMCHESKI 70 recently became the bride
of Robert D. Brinker. The couple is residing in New
Orleans, La.
JAMES S. SKESAVAGE '61 is presently the Eastern
Regional Sales Manager for the Acrylite Acrylic Sheet
Department of American Cyanamid Company in New
York City.
BARBARA ANN LONG 76 is employed by the pub
lishing company Harcourt, Brace & Jovenovich in
New York City.
ANTHONY E. PIETRZYKOSKI 75 was recently mar
ried to Sherry Theresa Degilio. Anthony is employed
by Eastern Microwave, Syracuse, N.Y. as a field
engineer. The couple is residing in Wilkes-Barre
where Sherry is a senior at Wilkes.
WILLIAM C. ECKROAT 68 received a doctor of medi
cine degree from Hahnemann Medical College &
Hospital of Philadelphia. Bill will complete a Radi
ology residency at Hahnemann.
Evelyn Silbergeld, the former EVELYN PLATT '65,
recently formed a new company, Photography For
Environments, Ltd. in New York City. Evelyn special
izes in photography as an art for corporations and
private collectors.
DELBERT KEISLING 75 and Carol Ann Condron were
married on July 31. Del is associated with Scranton
Plastic Laminating, Inc.
Donivee Barzoloski, the former DONIVEE MILLER '64
is employed as choral director at Holy Names High
School in Oakland, California. Donivee and her husband, Al, have four children, Danielle, Douglas
Bernard, and Andrew.
RICHARD CLOMPUS 75 was married to Linnea Rosander on July 18. Rich is attending the Pennsylvania
College of Optometry. The couple is residing in
Philadelphia.
TOM TROST 76 is employed by the Third Federal
Savings and Loan Association of Philadelphia. He is
working in marketing operations.
DAVID L. DAVIES 76 is currently teaching sciences
at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa. He is living
on the Wyoming Seminary campus.
HARRY B. DAVIS '53 recently retired. He was as
sociated with the Hormel Company as a Grocery
Products Division salesman. He and his wile, Betty,
plan to move to the western North Carolina moun
tains.
RAYMOND W0R0N0WICZ 75 and LOVEY KOCHANIEVICH 74 were recently married.
JOHN CHERUNDOLO 71 was recently married to
Donna J. Rhoads. John is an administrator with the
Department of Justice.
Barbara Howlett, the former BARBARA WINSLOW
'55 is currently doing free lance writing and re
search as well as working as a part time house
parent at New York State School for the Deaf. She
resides with her three children in Rome, New York.
BRIAN W. HARRIS '69 recently received his doctor
of philosophy degree in anatomy from the University
of Louisville in Kentucky. Brian plans to teach an
atomy at the University of Louisville. He and his
wife, Evelyn, reside in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
JOHN R- MILLER '68 is working in the New York
Office of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. John is assis
tant to the partner in charge of the firm's state and
local government practice.
JOSHUA KAUFMAN '55 is a member of the partner
ship of Kaufman & Schain in New York City. The
firm deals with estate and tax law. Joshua and his
partner lecture on estate and tax matters.
MARYROSE BENDIK 76 became the bride of Thomas
Burlington on August 7. The couple is residing on
the Andover Newton Theological School campus in
Newton Centre, Mass., where Tom is working toward
his M. Div.
JAMES S. SKESAVAGE has been appointed Marketing
Manager, Acrylite Acrylic Sheet, for CY/RO Indus
tries in Wayne, N.J. James lives in Hasbrouck
Heights, with his wife and their three children.
SHELLY RUBIN 76 was recently married to Philip
Liva. The couple resides in Carol Stream, Illinois.
DEREK ANDREINI 72 recently received an MD de
gree from the Universidad Autonoma-De Guadala
jara, Mexico. He is participating in the fifth Path
way program at St. Michael’s Medical Center in
Newark, New Jersey.
JOAN COLOGNATO 76 and JAMES DAOUST 76 were
recently married. The couple is residing in Court
dale, Pa.
RICHARD L BIGELOW 70 recently received his M.S.
in nuclear engineering from Penn State University.
EILEEN PRENDERGAST 76 is employed by the Word
Processing Center at the National Association of
Letter Carriers in Reston, Virginia. The organization
deals with letter carriers over the country. Eileen
resides in Leesburg, Virginia.
LAURIE FARADAY BURNSIDE 75 and GEORGE
"GARF" JONES 72 were married on August 21.
Laurie is employed by the Holland Figure Clinic in
Kingston and Garf is associated with the Ethicon
Division of Johnson and Johnson. The couple is re
siding in Wilkes-Barre.
WILLIAM WEBB '66 was recently wed to Carol Reed.
Bill is a member of the teaching staff of Woodlawn
Senior High School in Baltimore, Maryland.
A son, David Charles, was born on August 26, to
CHARLES SHOOK '68 and his wife Linda. The family
is residing in Columbia, South Carolina.
DR- MURRAY C. DAVIS '62 was recently appointed
to the associate active medical staff at Soldiers and
Sailors Memorial Hospital. Murray and his wife,
Maty, reside in Philadelphia with their children
Glenn, Kara, and Suzanne.
DR. JOHN K. MAHON '68 has recently joined the
staff of Easton Hospital in Easton, Pa. John has also
opened an office for the practice of neurology in
Easton and is associated with the practice of Dr.
Robert L. McCoy of Bethlehem.
In Memoriam j
THOMAS F. DEISROTH - Class of '69
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Thomas F. Deisroth, 33, of 147 North r •
Church Street, Hazleton, Pa., died on August ■
30, 1976, at Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre ;
following a two-car accident on Route 309 I
in Mountaintop, Pa.
Tom was a graduate of Mining and Me- ;
. ■ chanical Institute, Freeland, and attended I
iAmherst College in Massachusetts. He re;ceived his B.A. degree in Psychology from ;
; I Wilkes College in 1969. Tom was employed •
• • as a computer program analyst for the RCA ■
• ■ plant in the Crestwood Industrial Park,
r '■ Mountaintop.
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He is survived by his wife, the former
■ • Joan Patkins; three daughters: Patricia, Hil- ■ •
■ ■ ary, and Amanda; mother, Mrs. Hilda Muggli :
i: Deisroth, and a sister, Susan.
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�COLONEL WRESTLERS
AWAIT NATIONAL POWERS
Wilkes College wrestling fans will con
tinue to experience some big moments at
home with Tennessee, Lehigh, Navy, and
Army among the nationally recognized
teams which will be performing at the South
Franklin Street gymnasium.
After breaking into the NCAA University
Division last year, the charges of Coach
John Reese will be aiming to break the top
twenty this time around. Starters in nine of
ten weight classes from last year plus the
addition of twenty outstanding freshman
prospects figure to give Wilkes its strongest
team of all time.
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Gridders Primed For Future
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With only five seniors in the lineup the future of Wilkes College football is being en
trusted to underclassmen with Coach Roland Schmidt looking to the future. Lettermen on
this fall's team include, left to right, sitting — Mike Molitoris '79, Ed Murray '78, Larry
Tarutis '78, Paul Wengen '78, Don McDermott '77, Tony Couto '78. Kneeling — Len Dalmas
'77, Mark Molitoris '79, Bob Owens '79, Dwight Beck '79, Andy Cantos '79, Frank Wengen
'77, Paul Adams '77. Standing — Chris O'Brien '78, John Lack '78, Creg Wild '78, Bill Sobczak '79, Bill Abrams '78, and Tony Pace '78.
Loaded with young and untested players, the Wilkes College football team
will be paying the price of inexperience this fall as the Blue and Gold begin their
31st season of football.
Coach Reese will officially begin his 24th
year at the Colonel helm on Dec. 1 when the
Blue and Gold grapplers open with Lehigh
University. Since coming to Wilkes in 1953
the nationally accoladed mentor has com
piled a 219-45-7 record and won 14 Middle
Atlantic Conference championships and the
1974 NCAA III title.
The complete 1976-77 wrestling card: Dec.
1, Lehigh, home; Dec. 5, Binghamton Invita
tional (Binghamton, Gettysburg, Cornell,
Wilkes), away; Dec. 10, Navy, home; Dec.
13, Tennessee, home; Dec. 28-29, Wilkes
Open, home; Jan. 8, VPI and West Chester,
away; Jan. 10, East Carolina, away; Jan. 11,
North Carolina, away; Jan. 15, Syracuse,
away; Jan. 22, Oswego State, away; Jan. 26,
Elizabethtown, home; Jan. 29, Lycoming,
away; Feb. 2, Binghamton, home; Feb. 5,
Hofstra, home; Feb. 9, East Stroudsburg,
home; Feb. 12, Army, home; Feb. 16, Bucknell, home; Feb. 19, Franklin & Marshall,
away; Feb. 26, Rutgers, away; Mar. 3-5,
EIWA Tournament, Syracuse.
After opening the 1976 campaign with a 13-0 loss to Indiana University, the
Colonels show promise for the future on defense with only one senior in the
lineup. There are 30 freshmen and 20 sophomores on the 1976 edition.
Sophomores Alan Greenspan, Bill Slavoski, and Freshman Mike Wilson are
running neck and neck for the quarterback job. Once this major problem is
solved the offense should start to come around.
Coach Rollie Schmidt has made a major change in the organization of his
coaching staff. Jonah Goobic and Ed Lukas have been appointed offensive and
defensive coordinators respectively and will report directly to Schmidt.
For the first time in eight years, a Wilkes football game will be televised on
local ABC affiliate, Channel 16. The Colonels Nov. 6 meeting with Juniata Col
lege will be telecast beginning at 12 noon.
NOTICE
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published by Wilkes College qu;larterly.
Entered as second class mail matter
and second class postage pa
laid at
Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania
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ATTENTION PARENTS!
If this magazine is addressed to your
son or daughter who no longer main
tains a permanent address at your
home, please clip off the bottom of this
page, including the address label, and
return it with the correct address to the
Alumni Office at Wilkes College. Thank
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OPRING 1977
MLKE6 COLLEGE
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achievements of our alumni. The new formaP
sent Wilkes College in greater depth and «e «ould
come your comments.
Our editor. Doug Rubinstein, would be pleased to
accept vour contributions and suggestions- e
ask that all letters or articles be typed and doub e
spaced. Photographs would also be appreciated. The
deadline for the June issue is May 13. he want the
Wilkes College Quarterly to sene you in the best pos
sible way and we encourage your participation.
The Wilkes College Quarterly is the latest addition
to our wade range of alumni activities and services.
Wilkes alumni are now being offered reduced tuition in
our continuing education program at the College. The
new Wilkes College Alumni Directory will be distri
buted very shortly. We are again happy to provide you
with a complete variety of trips and special insurance
programs at reduced rates.
Our most meaningful accomplishment has been the
involvement shown by our national and regional lead
ers. I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. -Joseph
Stephens ’51, a truly devoted and dedicated alumnus,
whose two-year term as president of the Alumni Associ
ation has brought a dynamic dimension to our growth.
For his commitment and leadership shown, I would like
to dedicate this magazine. Those of us who have worked
with Joe have been inspired bj- his professionalism, en
thusiasm and dedication.
Another matter of our immediate concern is CAM
PAIGN ’77. Your dollars and support are needed to
maintain and build the tradition of quality education at
the College. The state of our national economy and en
ergy crisis has added to our challenge this year, but we
feel confident that you will help us meet this commit
ment to quality education. Please be prepared to anwer the call!
We hope you will like our new alumni magazine. It’s
the only publication in which you’ll learn not onlv
what’s happening on campus, but what’s happening, as
well, with that former classmate of yours.
We look forward to your support of CAMPAIGN ’77
. . . after all, the achievements of our alumni serve as
living testimony to what Wilkes College is all about.
ART HOOVER
Director of Alumni Affairs
A Great
Tradition...
Dear Alumnus,
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Private colleges have played a major role in America’
historv. Investment-wise they represent one of th
soundest choices for building a better America. Thanks
to people like you, your vision, dedication and deter
mination there are now 1500 independent colleges in
America, with a combined enrollment of over two million students.
Today, in fact, traditionally private colleges such as
Wilkes serve as a great reservoir of national leadership
Independent institutions of higher learning represent
the principal direction in the arts and sciences, in law
and medicine, education, business and government
Twenty-four Presidents of the United States were edu
cated in private colleges, as were 287 Senators and Rep.
resentatives serving in the present Congress. More than
40 percent of the board chairmen and presidents of the
nations 100 largest corporations today were educated
at independent institutions. The number of outstanding
writers, actors, musicians, judges, teachers, physicians,
scientists, artists, engineers, produced by private colleges
is almost beyond counting.
We, at Wilkes College, have a great tradition of com
mitment to, and pride in, our community and the world
at large. Through our doors have passed fine contribu
tors to the American tradition in almost every walk of
life. We have a great deal of which to be proud. Wilkes’
job is only a part of that contribution to society. The
larger job - your job as graduates, is to put your educa
tion to the best possible use. Alumni are to a great ex
tent the future of society.
Dedication and determination is the foundation to
any tradition of quality, and Wilkes’ traditions are no
exception. Dr. Joseph Stephens ’51, leaving after a su
perb two year term as National Alumni President, is a
man whose devotion and undaunted enthusiasm has
aided the alumni association into becoming the viable
force that it is at Wilkes today. On behalf of all of our
alumni, I extend the Wilkes College family’s most sin
cere thanks for a job well done.
As of this writing Wilkes will commence CAMPAIGN
’77: A Commitment to College and Community. Our
goal is to raise S350,000, and I ask once again for your
support. Today’s colleges must not be forgotten, if to
morrow’s world is to be a tranquil and happy one.
Wilkes College for nearly 50 years, has been the lead
ing college in northeastern Pennsylvania. We have
earned this consistent reputation because of you — your
accomplishments and contributions. As you wander from
our halls and then return, we want you to observe the
pride in Wilkes you so richly deserve. CAMPAIGN ’77
is not just another appeal. It is a commitment to college
and community - a commitment for which it is my fer
vent hope our alumni will lead the way.
With our greatest respect and deepest appreciation
for your accomplishments, contributions and leader
ship, I am,
Sincerely yours,
ROBERT S. CAPIN
President
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Hey Alumnus!! The Editor Says
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That’s right! I have flipped with
enthusiasm about our new maga
zine! How about you? If you
think I’m right, then why don't
you write and let us know your
thoughts and suggestions. Please
let us know if we can publish
your letter in our next issue. If
you can spare a photo, while
you’re at it, we would be happy
to use it too. You are the news we
love . . . WRITE: ART’S RIGHT!,
c/o The Alumni Office, Wilkes
College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
How about the WILKES COL
LEGE QUARTERLY? Articles
written by alumni and/or for
alumni would be most welcome
by the editor. We would appre
ciate if submitted articles would
be typed and double spaced (the
editor is farsighted). I-f possible,
please include photos. We may
not have the circulation of the
NEW YORK TIMES, but we’ll
publish all the news that’s fit to
print. Scoop the Quarterly today!
WRITE: SCOOP ART, c/o The
Alumni Office, Wilkes College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703. (June
issue deadline is May 13th.)
PLEASE MARK YOUR
CALENDAR NOW!!!
1977 HOMECOMING WEEKEND
OCTOBER 14-16
ATTENTION PARENTS!
If this magazine is addressed to
your son or daughter who no
longer maintains a permanent
address at your home, please clip
off the address label on back
cover and return it with the cor
rect address to the Alumni Office
at Wilkes College. Thank you for
helping us update our records.
SPRING 1977
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W1LKE6 COLLEGE _
Volumne 1, Number 1
editor
Douglas J. Rubinstein
managing editor
George G. Pawlush
editorial staff
Mary Ellen Alu
Wilma Hurst
Marianne Montague
administrative assistant
Jane Manganella
ON THE COVER . . .
The beautiful and imaginative collage of Donald P. Carpen
ter, member of the Board of Trustees of Wilkes College, was
created and conceived by Ronald Beck. Mr. Beck depicts in
his artwork the relationship of Mr. Carpenter with Wilkes
College and some of the prominent figures in history with
whom he had contact. Pictured from left to right are Pres
ident Harry S. Truman, President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Dr. Eugene S. Farley, Wilkes College’s first president; and
Admiral Harold R. Stark. Also depicted are Mr. Carpenter’s
involvement with atomic energy, his work with DuPont and
the Stark Learning and Research Center at Wilkes, where
Mr. Carpenter addressed the college and the community at
the dedication ceremonies of the building.
contributing staff
Cara Berryman
Teresa McDonald
Herb Simon
Alfred Groh
Dave Frey
editorial advisor
Arthur J. Hoover
circulation manager
Lynn Jacobs
art director
Jon Schaffer
photography editor
James Kozemchak,
ACE HOFFMAN STUDIO
The WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
is published four times a year by the
Wilkes College Public Relations
Office and the Alumni Relations
Office. Entered as second class mail
matter and second class
postage paid at Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania 18703.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Miss Mary R. Koons, Honorary Member
Reuben H. Levy, Honorary Member
OFFICERS
Joseph J. Savitz, Chairman
Joseph A. Wiendl, First Vice Chairman
Ben Badman, Jr., Second Vice Chairman
Charles H. Miner, Jr., Secretary
Arthur J. Hoover, Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Walter M. Diener, Treasurer
Alex Pawlenok, Assistant Treasurer
Conversations with Donald F. Carpenter: College Trustee
13
Deeply concerned with higher education, Donald F. Carpenter, former
deputy to Secretary of Defense James F. Forrestal, has used his
retirement to stay close to the campus scene and has many thoughts
on the past, present, and future of Wilkes College.
How Does The Thought of a 12-Year Pacemaker Strike You?
21
Alan Schneider ’63 has made a major breakthrough in prolonging the
lives of people with heart conditions.
On Top of the Banking World
22
Joseph J. Pinola, 1949 Wilkes College graduate, now heads the United
California Bank, the 14th largest bank in the country.
WYZZ-ards of Wilkes-Barre: Liberal Arts Made The Difference
25
A liberal arts education prepares you for anything and they had a
chance to prove it when the 1972 Agnes Flood hit the Wilkes-Barre
Area, destroying the homes, businesses, and life styles of many people.
Twelve Years After
26
“... it will fill your heart before it breaks it: it will make you a person
in your own right; it will open the temple doors to you, and enable you
to walk with those who have come nearest among men to what men
may sometimes be.”
Messages — 2
Letters — 3
Communique — 6
College Chronicle — 8
James A. Adonizio
Edward Bixby, M.D.
Charles N. Burns, M.D.
Robert S. Capin, President
Donald F. Carpenter
William L. Conyngham
Mrs. Edward Darling
Mrs. William Davidowitz
Mrs. Stanley Davies
Mrs. Richard M. Ehret
Mrs. Eberhard L. Faber
Alan M. Glover, Ph.D.
Faculty Abstract — 9
Gallery —18
Pursuits —19
Sports Update — 23
South Riverstreet Revival — 28
The Marquis — 31
Andrew Hourigan, Jr.
Robert L. Jones
Thomas H. Kiley
Edwin M. Kosik
Richard Maslow
Gerald A. Moffatt
F. Ellsworth Parkhurst
Richard L. Pearsall
Frank L. Pinola
Max Rosenn
Richard M. Ross, Jr.
Robert Royer
Louis Shaffer
Ronald W. Simms
Joseph D. Stephens, D.D.S.
William H. Sword, Jr.
E. Arthur Trabant, Ph.D.
William J. Umphred
Norman E. Weiss
PRESIDENT
Robert S. Capin
SPRING 1977 5
�Severe Winters Gause Severe
Budget Problems for Colleges
The Chronicle article stated tha
Harry F. Ebert, president of the
phvsical-plant administrator organ
ization. said colleges and universi
ties might be better prepared to deal
with energy problems as a result of
the fuel crisis of 1973-74. In the wake
of that crisis more institutions put in
standby equipment to use alternate
fuels, energy conservation programs
were started and people became
more conscious of energy7 problems.
A winter season that has been
characterized by a 20 to 40% tem
perature drop from a year ago and
spiraling fuel costs has caused per
plexing budgetary7 problems at most
colleges and universities. According
to the U. S. Labor Department’s
latest wholesale price index natural
gas prices have increased nearly
50%. In the same period, the index
for coal prices remained the same,
while electric power costs went up
Survey of Entering Freshmen
7% and fuel oil, up 4%.
Reveals Declining High School
A national survey of energy7 costs
Standards & Changing Ambitions
in higher education has just been
completed by the Energy7 Task Force,
Nearly one in five [19.7%] of the
a group sponsored by7 the American
1976 freshman class (nationally)
Council on Education, the National
earned an A average in high school,
Association of College and Univer
which is an increase of 1.4% over
sity Business Officers and the Asso
1975, and 6.2% over 1969. The Amer
ciation of Physical Plant Adminis
ican Council on Education and the
trators. According to the report the
University of California combining
average cost per student rose 57%
their efforts for the eleventh annual
in two years — from S78.93 in 1972survey of entering freshmen, re
73, the last academic year before the
ported that high school graduates
oil embargo, to S123.99 in 1974-75.
appear to be entering college with
Total costs for U. S. colleges and
higher grades than ever before. C or
universities for energy in 1974-75
average students appear to be de
equalled S943 million dollars, while
clining, the report indicated, from
in 1972-73 the cost was S554 million
32.5% in 1969 to 19.8% in 1976. C
dollars. The increase represents a
students, it appears, outnumbered A
70% boost in costs for higher edu
students in the 1960’s by more than
cation despite a 5.5% fuel consump
2 to 1. Today, however, both groups
tion reduction undertaken by col
appear to be of equal size.
leges since 1972. The square footage
of higher education has increased to
The fall 1976 survey was con
3.5% during the two year period, the
ducted through questionnaires com
Task Force survey reported.
pleted by 328,318 new freshmen
David I. Newton, the task force
entering a sample of 592 two- and
four-year colleges and universities
executive director, in an article pub
lished in the January 24th issue of
____ulquestionnaires
.u.„iauCS
A selection of 215,890
Chronicle of Higher Education, says
from 393 institutions were studied to
compute natjonal norms wh.ch
the estimates from the survey are the
first available for all of higher edu
statistically adjusted to represent a
cation, based on data from 536
sampling of the nation’s approxi
representative institutions. The pro
mately 1.78 million first-time freshjected data are adjusted to reflect
men.
the national mixture of institutions,
“When you cconsider
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these grade
fuel supplies, prices, and climate.
increases in the light
„ t of declining
6 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
college admissions test scores it js
hard to escape the conclusion that
grading standards in the secondary
school have been declining steadily
since the late 1960’s,” stated UCLA
Professor Alexander W. Astin di
rector of the survey. More than
57.7% of the freshmen agreed that
“grading in high schools has become
too easy." Moreover, 40.6% (up from
38.6% in 1975 and 23.6% in 1971J
felt their chances of getting a B aver
age in college were “very good."
Eleven percent of the freshmen ex
pect to graduate with honors. In 1968
only 3.7% expected top grades in
college, while in 1975 that figure in
creased to 10.3%.
Some interesting trends also man
ifested themselves in the category of
political self-identification. Entering
college students have traditionally
classified themselves as liberals;
however, the survey does not indi
cate the continuation of that trend
during 1976. Students classifying
themselves as liberals declined from
28.8% to 25.6%, and the number of
conservatives increased from 14.5%
to 15.2%. “This is the first time in
the history of the survey that liberals
have not maintained at least a 2 to 1
edge over conservatives,” Astin said.
Additional revelations took place
in the students’ preference area. In
terest in applied fields continues to
be on the rise, as 16.4% (as com
pared to 13.8% in 1975) of the fresh
men sought careers in business.
Teaching, surprisingly, is also on the
upswing. In 1975 only 6.5% of the
freshmen were interested in educa
tional careers (a figure which rep
resents the all-time low) while in
1976 teaching as a preference rose to
8%. The most remarkable discovery,
however, was that for the first time
in the history of the survey, a major
ity of freshmen (53.1%) indicate
that "being well-off financially 13 n
very important goal in life.
CEEB Plans Changes
In CLEP for 1978
The College-Level Examination
Program (CLEP) will be changed in
1978 to include the addition of a
centrally graded essay section to the
present all-objective general exam
ination in English composition, and
the lengthening of all five general
examinations from 60 to 90 minutes.
The College Entrance Examina
tion Board, which announced the
changes in January, said the five
general examinations — English
composition, mathematics, natural
sciences, humanities, and social sci
ences and history — evaluate knowl
edge of liberal arts subjects acquired
outside the classroom and account
for approximately 65 percent of all
CLEP examinations taken today. The
remaining exams include 47 CLEP
subject examinations in areas rang
ing from computers and data proces
sing to western civilization.
The general examination in Eng
lish composition will be offered in
two versions — one with an essay
and objective portion, and one with
only objective questions. The essay,
on a particular topic, will be timed
at 45 minutes.
Ford Accepts Visiting
Fellowship at Yale
The White House announced Jan
uary 13 that President Ford has ac
cepted election as a Visiting Chubb
Fellow at Yale University and will
spend three days on the campus in
February in classes and informal
sessions with students and faculty
members. Ford, who earned a law
degree at Yale, will be on the cam
pus February 6-8.
Kissinger Accepts Academic
Post At Georgetown
Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of
State in the Nixon and Ford Admin
istrations, has accepted a joint ap
pointment as Visiting Professor of
Diplomacy at the Georgetown Uni
versity School of Foreign Service
and as counselor to the Georgetown
Center for Strategic and Internation
al Studies. His appointment is for
the spring and summer terms and is
effective March 1.
How Do I Study Thee?
Let Me Compute the Ways
The traditional college poetry
course may soon undergo a trans
formation.
Some time in the future, threeinch-thick anthologies, daily or
weekly student journals, and library
reserve shelves heavy with critical
works probably will be replaced by
a computer and a television-like
terminal.
In fact, some students at Brown
University are already studying po
etry with the assistance of a compu
ter-based form of manuscript called
"hypertext.”
The Brown experiment, which was
conducted during the 1975-76 aca
demic year and is being repeated this
semester, was an attempt to deter
mine how regular classroom teach
ing could be improved by the addi
tion of “computer-facilitated” in
struction.
The experiment, which was spon
sored by the National Endowment
for the Humanities, was described
by Robert Scholes, professor of Eng
lish at Brown, and Andries van Dam,
a computer scientist, at the annual
meeting of the Modern Language
Association last month.
notes at will, and insert comments
or questions at any point.
Mr. Scholes required his students
to write a response on the terminal
to each of the poems in the course.
Because the responses then became
part of the hypertext, the students
could read and critique each other’s
work.
Mr. Scholes regarded the students’
interaction as one of the principal
benefits of the hypertext system. He
said, “I think that the communica
tion that they had with one another
on the system . . . generated a kind
of rapport among the members of
the group that is very unusual. I can
think of no way that can be dupli
cated without a system of this kind.”
Student Output Increased
An unexpected result of the ex
periment was the unusually large
amount of writing produced by the
students using the hypertext. Data
on the usage of the computer during
the course show that students in the
experimental section averaged the
equivalent of 84 pages of written
work, more than is expected in most
composition courses.
Both Mr. Scholes and Mr. van
Dam cited the “leveling effect" of
having the poems, the professional
criticism, the instructors’ comments,
and the students’ own writing all
10 Units of ‘Hypertext’
appear in the same electronic-green
"Hypertext," a term coined by
medium. The unusual presentation
computer scientist Theodor Nelson,
“freed the students of fear of poet
consists of a collection of related
ry,” Mr. Scholes said.
documents, cross-references, foot
Mr. van Dam admitted that the
notes, and annotations that have
cost of using a computer for a course
been fed into a computer and can be
like this — S6.46 per hour — was
called up on a terminal screen with a
prohibitive except on an experimen
few strokes on a typewriter-like key
tal basis. A college would need a
board.
center with 30 or 40 terminals used
For his course in the critical anal
by students in dozens of courses to
ysis of poetry, Mr. Scholes and two
make such instruction “cost effec
graduate assistants organized 10
tive,” he said.
units of hypertext, each of which
Definitive conclusions cannot be
included a central poem, additional
drawn from so small a statistical
selections by the same poet, related
base, Mr. van Dam said, but the class
works by different poets, and per
using the hypertext system demon
tinent biographical and critical pas
strated greater improvement in their
sages.
critical skills than any of the other
The 12 students in the experimen
classes.
tal section of the course could study
the material by using a display ter
E<i. Note: Information compiled for The Commu
minal. Except for certain restrictions
nique is gathered quarterly from The Chronicle of
Higher Education published by Editorial Projects
set up by the instructors, the hyper
for Education, Inc., Higher Education and Na
text systems allowed students to
tional Affairs published by the American Council
peruse the selections in any order,
on Education and general research by the Wilkes
College Public Relations Office.
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WUCESCOU£G£
TOCOLLEGE
ANDCOMMUNHT
Campaign
CAMPAIGN 77
Wilkes College is in the midst of a
campaign to raise S350,000 through
the community, college family, alum
ni, and other sources.
Earl Macarty, vice-president of
Wyoming National Bank in WilkesBarre, is chairman of the community
phase of CAMPAIGN 77 which has
been charged with a goal of 8120,000.
The drive will run from March 3rd
through 30th.
Macarty has been a long time
worker on Wilkes College campaigns
and for a decade has participated as
a worker, team captain, and division
leader.
Art Hoover '55, director of alumni
relations, will head the alumni por
tion which has set a S65,000 quest.
Assisting Hoover will be members
of the executive board and regional
vice presidents of the Alumni Asso
ciation.
The alumni appeal, which started
in mid March, will continue through
May 31. A new' aspect of this year's
alumni drive will be the planned fol
low up by the regional vice presi
dents.
Again, each class will be compet
ing for the greatest percent of partic
ipation. The class to achieve the
highest participation factor will be
recognized on the Annual Alumni
r
Appeal Award Plaque which is on
display at the Alumni and Faculty
House.
Alumni are again reminded about
the matching gift program, which
means that certain companies and
employers will match the gift that
you send to the college, thus actually
doubling the donation. Membership
to the Gene Farley Club is open to
all alumni who contribute at least
8100 annually to the alumni fund.
In announcing the campaign, Rob
ert S. Capin, president of the college
stated: "CAMPAIGN 77 has been
carefully designed to meet the fi
nancial demands facing the college
.. . and requiring the combined sup
port of the college community, col
lege alumni, faculty, and board
as well as assistance from other
sources, corporations and founda
tions.
“The goal has been tailored to re
spond to a greater demand for finan
cial assistance to make possible a
college education for many who
otherwise might not be able to have
this advantage. Additionally, there
is a need to respond to ever-increas
ing operating costs at the college."
Another important phase of CAM
PAIGN 77, and a vital shot in the arm
is the Wilkes College Family portion
which has a S15,000 goal this year.
Chairing this committee is Dr. James
FJJ]
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Rodechko, a member of the history
faculty. Teams will be established
from the various sections at the col
lege — professors emeriti, faculty
administration, clerical, and main-'
tenance. Each section will have
teams similar to the organizational
structure of the community phase
Rubinstein Named Public
Relations Director
Douglas J. Rubinstein has assumed
the office of the director of public
relations at the college. His appoint
ment became effective on January 5
Rubinstein, a 31-year old assistant
dean of the faculty for the Division
of Arts and Sciences and a professor
of communications studies at the
State University of New York at Os
wego, has been teaching there since
1970.
"Rubinstein will be responsible
for facilitating communications with
all segments to the public as they re
late to Wilkes College," said Pres
ident Capin. “He will act as a sup
port system to all areas of the college
aiding in furthering channels of com
munication between Wilkes College,
the community, the media and the
college’s many supporters. Addition
ally, he will be responsible for keep
ing open every possible line of inter
action to all members of the Wilkes
.
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vha^t^- alshot in the arm f°r CAMPAIGN 77 is the Wilkes Family
mittee "Ch tbeing headed
Dr- J™™ Rodechko. Members ofthe^
‘° ”ght' ^ed - Mary Argemo, clerical; Dr. K°d“™°'
of alumni "°r-lS ^.arlc.cr' administration; standing — Art Hoover, dirt
Aikman jfta,.rs;
Robinson, assistant director of development; 1
/ irector of development; and Dr. Bing Wong, faculty.
College family — students, faculty,
administrators, alumni, and friends.”
In another move to improve the
office, George Pawlush '69, who had
been the assistant director of public
relations, became the new director
of news and sports information.
A native of Scarsdale, N. Y., Ru
binstein is a graduate of the Univer
sity of Rhode Island where he earned
a bachelor of arts in communication,
and of the State University of New
York at Oswego where he double
majored in communication studies
and higher education.
He is the author of articles on
communication and education, and
has been a nominee for the Chancel
lor’s Award for Excellence in Teach
ing at the State University of New
York.
Additionally, Rubinstein has pro
duced television, radio and multi
media productions, including a na
tionally syndicated radio show deal
ing with current issues and contem
porary music.
While teaching at Rhode Island he
served as assistant coach under head
coach jack Zilly, and for two seasons
was head coach of the Oswego State
football team until his appointment
to the dean’s office. During his ten
ure, the teams had a 12-4 record, cli
maxing with a 31-13 Empire Bowl
victory over American University in
1973.
Laboratories Stay Active
Hidden in the lower level of
Wilkes College’s Stark Learning
Center is a labyrinth of laboratories
which have become a sanctuary of
sorts for many science and engineer
ing majors.
One such group taking advantage
of the relative serenity of the base
ment labs is composed of one phys
ics and three materials engineering
majors who are jointly working on a
project to better magnetic materials
for use in generators and trans
formers.
Working with both crystalline and
amorphous alloys containing such
unusual elements as gadolinium,
yttrium, and samarium, the four stu
dents for the past year have been
measuring the magnetic properties
of these and other materials at tem
peratures down to minus 300 degrees
Fahrenheit.
According to Dr. John Orehotsky,
a member of the engineering faculty,
various industries such as Allegheny
Ludliem and General Telephone and
Electronics will be deeply interested
in the completed findings.
The foursome, which includes
seniors Tom Wahl, Wilkes-Barre;
Linda Jamiolkowski, Ashley; junior
John Gerboc, Duryea; and freshman
Marie Kaczenski, Duryea; is in
volved in a two-year project which
is being sponsored jointly by the
Pennsylvania Science and Engineer
ing Foundation and the National Sci
ence Foundation.
Gerboc, the lone non-engineering
major in the group, points out that
the project involves not only the de
velopment of better materials but
also the quest to gain a clearer un
derstanding of the fundamental prin
ciples of magnetism and electron
configuration states in alloys.
He added, “Our work has involved
both the understanding and develop
ment of permanent magnets which
are found in loudspeakers and of
soft magnets which are used in trans
formers.”
The students, who usually have
the opportunity to work on the proj
ect only during vacation periods, see
the extra-curricular work as a chal
lenge.
"It gives us an excellent chance
to learn," Linda Jamiolkowski stated.
"Hopefully, later we will be able to
put some of this practical experience
to work in the job market."
Industry had realized and appre
ciated the efforts and research of
the students, and in turn has donated
some of the equipment used in the
experiments.
"It is a two way street," concluded
Dr. Orehotsky. “Industry benefits
with the added technology findings
and the students benefit by putting
some of their course knowledge to
work. In the end it spells a happy
relationship between campus and
industry, one that will eventually
add up to a better tomorrow.”
faculty
Fall semester, 1977 will find Dr.
Wagiha A. Taylor, associate profes
sor of economics, travelling abroad,
conducting research in some Middle
Eastern countries. The research,
which will broaden her background
in areas connected with the courses
she teaches at Wilkes, will be mainly
in the areas of economics, the finan
cial effects of war, and the problems
of conversion from a war economy
to a peacetime economy. Most of her
Sabbatical Leave will be spent in
Egypt, her native land, but she also
hopes to visit some other Middle
Eastern countries which have been
most directly affected by the wars.
Her objective — to obtain first-hand
information about the effects wars
have upon Middle Eastern econo
mies. Having received her Ph.D.
from Clark University in 1966, her
M.A. from Brown University in 1962,
and her B.A. from Alexandria Uni
versity in 1958, Dr. Taylor plans to
exchange ideas with former col
leagues from Egypt at the Institute
of Public Administration and at the
Ministry of Planning while on sab
batical. When she worked in Egypt
during 1967-69, her first position was
with the Ministry of Planning, where
she carried on research in the field
of foreign trade as related to eco
nomic development. When she trans
ferred to the Institute of Public Ad
ministration, she taught economic
development and public finance to
post-bachelor government employ
ees and was responsible for coordin
ating and supervising research. Dr.
Taylor came to Wilkes in 1966 teach
ing part-time for a year, then re
turned to the college in 1969 to teach
undergraduate and graduate courses,
supervise independent research in
economics, and advise students.
Married and the mother of two chil
dren, Dr. Taylor has been the recip
ient of several fellowships and was
listed in the 1975-76 Bicentennial
Memorial Edition of Community
Leaders and Noteworthy Americans.
She has chaired seminars at various
economic conferences and has writ
ten several publications. Chairper
son of the Wilkes Library Commit
tee, Dr. Taylor is a member of the
American Economic Association, the
Executive Board of the Pennsylvania
Conference of Economists, and is a
life member and founder of the East
ern Economic Association.
SPRING 1977 9
�Arenstein Elected
National President
r_ was one of the most celebrated
thMes in Wilkes history, earning a
mKf eleven varsity letters in soc-
lege happenings.
CeFerraiseband his wife* the former
rector of Public^ehaHoSaVJhdi'
,f
E1]en Ross, are the parents °f
fcee children. The Ferris' reside in
lege, the message line his
Co1'
very successful in many partoPr?Ven
country. The idea of the
the
College Connection’ has ho Milkes
by theaters and other busing"
many years. It is only recent? ,fot
colleges have picked up on thl Vhat
Prior to installing the ser ?'dea’”
public relations office did con%‘he
able research and found thaflder'
medium-sized higher od., L one
facility in Pennsylvania with’ Tm
liar line receives over loot) call
a typical weekend.
a s on
KeS for a second term as secre
taryis Lauren O’Hara, who was ap
pointed last year to fill the unexprred
ferm of the late Anita Janerich’
Lauren is a librarian at the West
Pittston Library. She attained her
BA. in English from the college in
1974 and is currently pursuing her
M.S. in Reading from Marywood
Ferris, O’Hara and Paradise also
Join Executive Board
Following a large response from
Wilkes College alumni throughout
the country, Judy Simonson Arenstern '68, has been selected for a twoyear term as national president of
the Alumni Association. Mrs. Aren
stein succeeds Dr. Joseph Stephens
'51.
Also named to national offices
were James F. Ferris '56, executive
vice president; Lauren Harris O'Hara
'74, secretary; and Steven Paradise
'65, treasurer.
Mrs. Arenstein, who was featured
in the last “Wilkes College Report,"
is a district operations manager for
A.T.&T. — Long Lines Department
in White Plains, N.Y.
Judy and her husband Bob, an at
torney and alumnus of Ithaca Col
lege, have been actively involved
with the Alumni Association for the
past nine years.
As an undergraduate at the college
she was very active, serving as pres
ident of the Math Club, dormitory
president, and corresponding secre
tary of the Student Government
Association.
In addition to her B.A. degree in
Mathematics from Wilkes, the new
national president recently attained
her MBA degree from Pace Univer
sity.
Jim Ferris assumes the position of
executive vice president after serv
ing the Alumni Association as re
gional vice president of Region 1
He received his B.S. in Secondary
Education from Wilkes in 1956 and
added his M.S. in Education from
?d ^
inl961'Thenewv!« pres
ident is the senior high school prin-
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College.
Involved with the Manuscript as a
student, she has been quite active in
the Alumni Association since her
graduation.
.
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Also moving up from a regional
vice president’s slot is Steven Para
dise of Merrick, N.Y., who served as
head of Region 6 which includes the
Metropolitan New York Area.
Steve, who is married to a WUkes
graduate, the former Jane Klein ’66,
is vice president of the J. B. Paradise
Co. in Merrick. They are the parents
of two children.
He was also active in student gov
ernment as a student and was a dorm
proctor. An insurance broker in Long
Island, Steve is a member of the na
tional, state, and county association
of Independent Insurance Agents.
The regional vice president win
ners will be announced in the Sum
mer issue of the Wilkes Quarterly.
Wilkes College Connection
24-Hour Information Line
The "Wilkes College Connection,”
a 24-hour message line for Wilkes
College events, officially went into
operation on Monday, February 21.
Created by the college's public re
lations office as a service to both
campus and community, the phone
line will present a 30-60 second pre-
r
\\
A
v lkes Co],
and sports information. “Lehigh anJ
West Point offer a similar
primarily for sporting events but w
are striving for the ’Wilkes Collet
Connection’ to be an all-purpose
public relations vehicle for our manv
academic, fine arts, and community
related activities at the college.”
The Wilkes College Connection”
will also avail itself as an emergency
vehicle, and would have proven in
valuable if it had been in use during
the flood scare of September 1975.
In addition to offering dates, times,
and results, the message line may
be used from time to time to feature
brief interviews.
Biggest obstacle facing the “Wilkes
College Connection” will be the un
familiarity of the public with the
number which is 826-1135. “While
the phone book carrying the listing
is still six months away,” noted PR
chief Rubinstein, “we plan to pub
licize the number in all of our pub
lications and augment this with busi
ness cards.”
Equipment for the “Wilkes Col
lege Connection” was made possible
through a grant by an anonymous
benefactor of the college.
“It will take a few months to
uate the service,” Rubinstein
eluded, “but we feel confident
it will become an important ir
ment toward bringing the cc
closer to the community, and i
tion is here.”
1977 Alumni Trip Package
ing and reasonably priced tri]
which are being offered to alumr
their families, and friends in 1977.
the Alumni Association has arranged
a visit to festive Rio De Janeiro. The
trip which is priced at $499 includes
round trip transportation from Phila
delphia, deluxe accommodations for
seven nights at the new Inter-Conti
nental Hotel, and many extras.
Next is a tour to Switzerland,
April 22-30, which has been arranged
for $399. Round trip transportation
from Philadelphia to Zurich, accom
modations at the new Movenpick
Holiday Inn and the Elite Hotel Thun
or Hotel Freienhof in the Alpine's,
and daily continental breakfasts are
only a few features.
Just added to the package are ex
cursions to Hawaii, July 27 - August
3, at $499 and London, August 8-16,
at $399. An additional 15% tax and
service charge is applicable to both
trips. Additional information will be
sent to all alumni as it is received.
Further information or inquiries
should be directed to The Alumni
Relations Office.
Temple Law Head on Campus
Peter Liacouras, dean of the Tem
ple University School of Law, visited
the Wilkes College campus on Feb
ruary 17.
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Dean Liacouras is shown left,
with John Chwalek, director of
placement at the college. The Temple
law head along with members of the
admissions staff met with Wilkes
students all afternoon.
It was the first time for the pres
tigious Temple institution to ever re
cruit at Wilkes.
Wilkes College
Receives Gulf Gift
A grant of $10,000 towards the
student loan program was received
by Wilkes College recently from the
Gulf Oil Foundation.
The grant is the fifth of five grants
which has been awarded by Gulf Oil
Corporation to the college over a
five-year period, to establish the
fund at the college.
Shown at brief presentation cere
monies were, left to right — Harry
Maxwell, retail marketer, Gulf Oil,
Mountaintop; David M. Hayllar, di
rector of retail sales, Gulf Oil,
Philadelphia; and Robert S. Capin,
president of Wilkes College.
The Gulf Student Loan Fund, be
lieved to be the first such program
provided by industry, is one part of
Gulf’s Aid to Education Program
which distributed $3.2 million in
1976 to various colleges and univer
sities in the United States.
Wilkes College Chemical
Society Lauded
Dedication, good leadership, and
hard work are some of the charac
teristics of the Wilkes College Chem
ical Society which have led the
society to be perennially commended
as an outstanding student chapter.
The Wilkes society is one of 49
student chapters affiliated with the
American Chemical Society which
has been chosen from 652 chapters
and commended for excellence in
the 1975-76 academic year.
Selection for this special com
mendation is made by the Council
Committee on Chemical Education
which reviews the activities of all
chapters before making a decision.
Merit was awarded the Wilkes
Chemical Society because of the ex
tensiveness and intensiveness of its
program and the outstanding record
it has compiled over the year.
Organized some 28 years ago, the
Wilkes group, being among the elite
number of outstanding chapters, has
set an example for others to follow.
By being affiliated with the Amer
ican Chemical Society, the Wilkes
chapter helps students interested
in chemistry develop attitudes of
professionalism. Student-affiliated
chapters are organized at institutions
granting degrees in chemistry or
chemical engineering.
Student Station Increases Power
The Wilkes College radio station,
WCLH-FM (90.7), will soon be able
to bring its many programs to a
larger audience when a new trans
mitter and antenna are installed.
Notification granting the expan
sion was recently received by the
radio staff from the Federal Com
munications Commission. The build
ing process is scheduled to begin in
the middle of February and be com
pleted by December.
According to Jay Finkelstein, sta
tion manager, there will be an expan
sion of frequency from 175 to 2000
watts. "This expansion means that
we will hit a larger range of people,”
said Finkelstein, "permitting us to be
heard clearly as far as Maryland,
New York, and other outside states.”
Staffed by about 30 students, the
Wilkes radio station is primarily an
educational station providing an ar
ray of educational and cultural pro
grams, plus music for various tastes.
“This increase of watts,” said
Finkelstein, “will give us more self
pride in what we do. We will be hit
ting more people, and we want to
give them more."
The Wilkes station is on the air
weekdays from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.,
and weekends from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Not only does the radio station
provide students with practical ex
perience in broadcasting, but it also
provides the college and community
with a service.
SPRING 1977
11
�To meet the demands c-—■ created
the new computer science
m bv'
two new faculty members hm,?u10r’
added to the mathematics / beetl
ment during the past year
uepartDr, John Koch, who holds his PF n
from the University of I]linnle h'DDr. Joseph A. Parker, who gX'dahd
doctorate at Cal Tech, both h S
extensive computer science ba
grounds.
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Audio-visual equipment will play a major role in the development of Wilkes Colleges
computer science program. Delighted with the challenges ahead are, left to rig t
r.
Bing Wong, chairman, Wilkes College Department of Mathematics and Computer Science;
Christa Kauffman, junior, Wilkes-Barre; Dave Williams, director, computer center; and
Susan Evans, junior, Scranton.
Computer Science Added to
List of Majors
After several years in the plan
ning stage, a major in computer sci
ence has become a reality at Wilkes
College.
With the rapid advances in com
puter technology and applications,
computer science has now become
an established area of study in
American colleges and universities.
In response to growing interest
among current and potential stu
dents, the Wilkes College Mathemat
ics Department has been consolidat
ing certain mathematics courses
12 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
while expanding its offerings in com
puter science in recent years.
Dr. Bing Wong, chairman of the
mathematics department, said, “It is
something that we have been work
ing on for several years. Though
closely allied with mathematics,
computer science is actually a disci
pline of its own.”
With the addition of the computer
science major, the department will
not only provide many of its math
ematics majors with the opportunity
to achieve double majors in two
closely related subjects, but also at
the same time attract many new stu
dents.
Coupled with the increased
student interest, the attainment
of a
qualified computer science f
faculty
has also been fulfilled. Dr
added, “We now have a total of -ng
n!
six
Ph.D’s in our department and
of these people
people* will
will work
work" lute?*
changeably■J in both areas.”
Along with additional faculty Dr
Wong is also concerned with the up'
grading of computer science equin'
ment. "The fourth floor of the Stark
Learning Center offers us the finest
teaching facilities anywhere. An in
creased budget will allow to build
an excellent computer science pro
gram."
Cohen Exhibit
The photographic talent of Mark
Cohen, Wilkes College alumnus and
adjunct professor of the fine arts
department at the college, recently
was featured at the Castelli Gallery
in New York City.
The Castelli Gallery, one of the
top galleries in the country featuring
contemporary art, displayed about
50 of Cohen’s photographs in this
one-man show.
A review of the show appeared in
the February 13, 1977 edition of The
New York Times in which Cohen
was commended as “a very prolific
photographer."
Winner of the John Simon Gug
genheim Award in 1971 and 1976,
Cohen has had previous one-man
shows at the Museum of Modern
Art, New York City; Light Gallery,
New York City; Art Institute of Chi
cago; International Museum of Pho
tography, Rochester, N.Y.; Wilkes
College; and Penn State University.
Cohen also has some of his works
on display at the Zabriskie Gallery in
Paris, France. The Zabriskie exhibit
deals exclusively in photography,
marking the first extensive repre
sentation of American photogra
phers to the French public.
The Wilkes educator along with
nine other distinguished Americans
has been selected to give an over
view of recent trends of photogra
phy in the United States.
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“Farley was a very persistent
and determined individual
without letting you know that
he was persistent and
determined.”
“One of the first things that
attracted me to Wilkes, is the job
that the college is doing for the
community, and in turn what the
community is doing for the college.”
“Modern industrial development is today
a product of research.”
Conversations with
Donald F. Carpenter: Wilkes College Trustee
“Higher education is the oppor
tunity and I feel that Wilkes College
has the outstanding opportunity to
become an outstanding small col
lege.”
chairman of the committee on atom
ic energy of the Research and De
velopment Board. He later was
chairman of the U. S. Munitions
Board.
Those were the feelings of Donald
Fell Carpenter, a member of the
Wilkes College Board of Trustees,
whose life has spanned an early up
bringing in Wilkes-Barre when the
area was at the height of the “Coal
Era”, an outstanding 37-year career
in E. I. DuPont De Nemours Com
pany and Remington Arms Com
pany - a DuPont subsidiary, and a
post World War II assignment in
the Pentagon as deputy to Secre
tary of Defense James Forrestal on
all atomic energy matters.
“I received a phone call from
Washington. I was told that there
was a most urgent situation and I
was requested to meet a Colonel
Hinds in - of all places - the Penn
sylvania Railroad Station in Wilm
ington; the matter was too confiden
tial to discuss over the phone. There,
in a quiet corner, Col. Hinds told me
that the Berlin blockade was in a
precarious position and that the
Secretary of Defense urged me,
along with others, to come at once.
That left me no alternative. I asked
my management for, and received, a
six-month leave of absence without
pay. In April of 1948, I went to
Washington. I have never regretted
In a conversation with Carpenter
at his Pennsylvania stone farmhouse
some 25 minutes away from his old
office in the Nemours Building in
downtown Wilmington, the Wilkes
board member related some of his
experiences in Washington, D.C.
during the late 1940’s and higher ed
ucation as he sees it at Wilkes Col
lege.
Carpenter’s job in Washington
was a three-fold assignment which
included being a deputy to U.S. De
fense Secretary James Forrestal on
all atomic energy matters, chairman
of the military liaison committee to
the Atomic Energy Commission, and
it.
“One day, while in Washington,
Vannevar Bush, a former vice pres
ident of MIT and head of the Re
search and Development Board,
spoke to me about assuming fulltime duties as Forrestal’s Deputy
for atomic affairs. At that time atom
ic energy was unknown. The secret
had been kept so well that military
men who were using it didn’t know
much about it.
“There was, and still is, a serious
danger in atomic waste and we
started at that time to work with
some processes to eliminate it. The
work had to be done under slow
and careful conditions because of
the possible exposure to radiation.
It seemed to us that it was a prob
lem nearly 30 years ago and I don’t
know if it has been answered yet
today.”
Carpenter’s first meeting with
Harry S. Truman, who was Presi
dent at the time, came shortly after.
“I went to the oval office with Forrestal and the three military secre
taries and chiefs of staff and mem
bars of the Atomic Energy Commis
sion to make a proposition to the
president,” he explained.
“I had gone into his office with
out really knowing what to expect.
There was strong feeling against
Truman at that time. When I got
home, Mrs. Carpenter asked me:
‘What does he look like?’ I told her
that he looked like the President of
the United States. I was favorably
impressed with him.”
Editor's Note: On January 28, 1977, the editorial
staff of the WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Carpenter
at their charming home in Mendenhall, Pa. Our
visit was a memorable experience, highlighted
by Mr. Carpenter's delightful wit and character,
and Mrs. Carpenter's warmth and personality.
We wish to express our sincere gratitude for their
cordial hospitality and patience on that most re
warding afternoon.
SPRING 1977 13
�Another
up for confirmation by the
“Mrs Carpenter and our ten-y
old daughter Judy
M-s^ohn
Andrew Herdeg) were sitting at the
table with our Sunday supper an
Drew Pearson was on the television
sounding off. Judy turned to me and
said: ‘Daddy, what is he saying,
said, Judy, that’s Mr. Pearson and
he is giving advice to the se"a‘°”’
and if the senators agree with him,
we’ll go home to Southport. Judy
aot up from the table and went up
stairs and came down a little later.
She had a letter which she had writ
ten and it was addressed to the Pres
ident at the White House. She said:
‘Daddy, see if it’s all right?’ It said:
‘Dear President Truman, please tell
the senate to send daddy home to
Southport, Connecticut.’ It went on
to say: ‘I went to your inauguration,
I liked the floats, I ate two hot dogs,
love Judy.’
“Months later when Forrestal
left office there was a small dinner
party for him. Truman was there
and I told him about this letter. He
said: ‘Will you send it to me?’ Well,
Mr. President, I told him, I would
love to send it to you but it is in your
files, not mine. Truman then turned
to John Steelman, his aide, and said:
‘John, I have been telling you not to
open my mail.’
“Many years passed and a gentle
man from the Truman Library vis
ited our house and we talked about
the letter. We later stopped at the
Truman Library, during one of our
visits to the Ozarks, and the fellow
who had been at our house presented
us with the original letter.”
As a deputy to James Forrestal,
Carpenter got a close look at the man
who was to later suffer a nervous
breakdown, leave office, and shortly
later, leap to his death. Forrestal be
came the first Secretary of Defense
following the passage of the Unifi
cation Act which combined the Sec
retary of the Army, Secretary of the
Navy, and Secretary of War into one
body.
“Forrestal was a great guy, very
intense, very dedicated, and highly
intelligent. He was apt to assign a
job to many different people, per
haps to get a number of different
opinions.
14 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
“A typical Forrestal Day started
with an early rising. Then he would
meet with people from industry and
follow with a morning staff meeting
At the staff meetings he was incisive
and quick. Next was his appointment schedule. While most people
in Washington operated on a 15.
minute schedule, he limited his to
five minutes. No decision had been
arrived at before it came to him and
when it did he would make a decis
ion in less than five minutes.
“Then he would go up to the capitol before his lunch break which he
used for exercise. After lunch, which
he would usually have with mem
bers of the senate, he would follow
it with more appointments, a trip to
the White House, and cocktails at
his own house with members of the
press. At dinner he might have a
philosophical conversation with
Robert Frost, Marty Baruch, or peo
ple of that type. If anything came
up, we as members of his staff would
get a ‘scotch call.’ It was not un
common to leave his home and see
him head back to the Pentagon at
10 p.m. A man can’t live that way
and in the end he broke down.
“When he was at his best I remem
ber going into his office with ten
questions. I read them off and in
two or three minutes every one of
them was answered. The answer
stuck. They were not casual answers.
“The last time I saw him, just be
fore he left office, he was in an aw
ful confused state. I told Mrs. Carp
enter that I never had seen a person
as tired as he was. I had something
that needed his endorsement. I
knew it would be two weeks before
his successor got his feet on the
ground. The question had to be ans
wered quick, and I hated to bother
him. I posed the question and his
mind wandered off. I called it back
to him three times. After twenty
minutes or so I said to him: Jini,
why don’t we do it this way? He
said: ‘Okay,’ That was his answer!
“In addition to his tiring pace, it
was the Unification Act which led
to his breakdown. He felt that he
would need two years to complete
the assignment. He knew it was go
ing to be a tough assignment. You
have an Army and Navy which you
are trying to combine after 200 years
of separate activity and traditions.
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1
i
“He went in as the former Secre
tary of the Navy and little by little
he had to do certain things that the
Navy didn’t like. Little by little, the
admirals of the Navy were turning
against him and at the same time
the Secretary of the Air Force ac
cused him of favoring the navy. He
was just caught in between and
couldn’t get out.”
“Ike was invited to attend a Wai
Council meeting. It was hard to be
lieve at that time that everyone who
attended the meeting outranked him.
A matter came up for discussion and
copies of the proposal were distri
buted to members at the meeting.
Great disagreement occured as the
matter was passed around the table.
Finally Forrestal turned to Eisen
hower and asked him what he
thought. Ike just pulled his chair up
to the table and flashed that grin
which he was so famous for and said.
‘I think all you guys are crazy. Isn’t
this the fundamental policy (point
ing to the sheet) that you want to
accomplish? And, if so, isn’t this
(pointing to a section of the paper)
the first step towards that policy?’
He sold them all completely and
everyone voted for what he recom
mended.”
Carpenter viewed Eisenhower as
a rather astute government leader.
“People say that he didn’t have the
brain power. You can judge whether
brain power is getting things ac
complished or whether it’s getting
something smart done which isn’t
accomplished. I talked with him
during his administration as pres
ident and he said to me: ‘Don, if you
see a situation where people are in
distress and you know that you have
the power to correct it, what do you
do?’ He was very much impressed
with that thought. That was a case
when he wasn’t thinking in terms
of long range principles necessar
ily.”
One of the smartest men that
Carpenter regarded of that late
1940’s era was the noted scientist
Vannevar Bush. “He was a man of
extreme informality, outstanding
intellect, and was fearless. I think
to a fault, and in some cases pushed
military people to the point where
he was defeating his own purpose.
“When the possibility of the
atomic bomb first came to fore, Pres
ident Roosevelt asked two people to
16 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
look into the situation and see what
ought to be done. One was Bush.
You might say that Bush, who was
chairman of the committee, was the
‘Father of the Atomic Bomb.’ He
mobilized scientists throughout the
country into contributing anything
that they were in the position to
contribute to the war effort. You
could even trace a lot of the radar
development back to Bush. He never
really received the publicity that he
deserved.”
Following his one and a half years
in Washington, Donald Carpenter
returned to the DuPont Company as
an assistant manager of the Rayon
Department. It was from this post
that he was appointed general man
ager of the Film Department in 1950,
the position he held until his retire
ment on May 31,1963.
Carpenter’s business career start
ed in 1922, when he was graduated
from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology as an engineer and went
to work for DuPont at its Arlington,
N. J. plant as a student operator.
Soon he was made a foreman and
he elected to work permanent night
shift. In 1924 his father became ill
and Carpenter left DuPont to re
turn to Wilkes-Barre where he had
been born 24 years before, to man
age the family business. “It was a
heating, ventilating, and sheet metal
firm with some 70 employees, and I
handled all the management func
tions.”
In 1927 his brother assumed re
sponsibility for the family business
and Carpenter returned to DuPont
as a superintendent in the Leomins
ter, Mass., plant. In 1929 he was ap
pointed general manager of the Pyralin Products Department of that
company.
Carpenter’s career with the Rem
ington Arms Company at Bridge
port, Conn., began in 1933 when he
was appointed director of manufac
ture. In 1941 he was made vice pres
ident and directed Remington’s
greatly expanded manufacturing
operations during World War II. In
1945 he was promoted to vice-pres
ident and assistant general manager
and then came his service with the
United States Government.
Deeply concerned with higher ed
ucation at Wilkes College, Carpen
ter has used his retirement to stay
close to the campus scene and has
many thoughts about the past, pres
ent, and future of the institution.
One of his first acquaintances with
the college came with Dr. Eugene
S. Farley, the first president of
Wilkes College who died in 1972.
“I met Farley through Walter
Carpenter, my cousin. He and Wal
ter Carpenter were very good friends.
Farley was a very persistent and de
termined individual without letting
you know that he was persistent and
determined. A friend of mine, at
that time, was handling DuPont
grants to different institutions for
different purposes. He knew educa
tional institutions as well as anyone
in the United States and often said,
that of all the presidents of colleges
in the country, and he saw plenty of
them, he would rate Dr. Farley as
number two. He never said who was
first.
“He rated Farley very high and
was impressed with him for several
reasons. The fact that he would op
erate on a balanced budget, and that
he would be conscientious about the
expenditures of funds that he was
raising from people who were con
scientious about their funds. Farley
seemed to know more about what
was going on in the college than any
one else.”
Donald Carpenter spoke at the
convocation of the Stark Research
Center in January of 1964 at which
time Walter S. Carpenter was the
College will now be in a better posi
tion than ever to provide these, and
I predict that this entire region will
draw strength and stimulation from
this intellectual resource.”
He concluded by saying, “What
could be more logical than to rejoice
in this fine new development here
in this community, directed under
the demonstrated leadership of
Wilkes College.”
A strong supporter of higher edu
cation, Carpenter offers some views
as to its importance in America. “If
you can make education tough, give
a person their money’s worth, you’ll
find the situation where a Wilkes
College degree will put an applicant
right into the running when he is
looking for a job. Now if you can
accomplish that, I don’t know if you
are at that point yet, you will be achieving that quality education.”
He sees Wilkes college as an out
standing institution. “It seems to me
recipient of the first honorary doc
that the facilities are superb. Its fac
toral degree ever conferred by the
ulty, I don’t know as much about as
college. That day the Wilkes board
I would like to, but I suspect it is
member expanded on the subject of
good. One of the first things that
research and industrial development
attracted me to Wilkes, maybe Far
ley was smart enough to know that
as related to Wyoming Valley.
I was interested in this, is the job
He stated that research is import
that the college is doing for the com
ant, “but of greater importance are
munity, and in turn what the com
the men and women who have done
munity is doing for the college.”
this research. They have learned by
Carpenter, along with his wife, the
doing, and they have prepared them
former Louise Coolige, who he mar
selves to enter industry and apply
ried on May 31, 1928, reside during
this knowledge. They have been im
part of the year at a 150-acre farm
portant factors in revitalizing old
in Mendehall, Pennsylvania, and
industries, as well as, in creating
summers at West Chop, Martha’s
new industries.
Vineyard, Mass.
He also felt that “Modern indus
A neighbor farms most of the land,
trial development is today a product
but a small orchard containing some
of research,” and later added, “We
40 varieties of fruit trees is a focus
should not over-glamorize this thing
of Carpenter’s agricultural activity.
called ‘research’ for, after all, it’s
He has restored a huge barn, which
just a type of purposeful and cap
serves two “unbarn-like” purposes. A
able thinking - a set of attitudes,
hardwood floor has been laid down
skills, and talents that are essential
in the main area and serves as a bas
and must be exercised by many in
ketball and badminton court. The
our new world of advancing technol
hayloft has been transformed into
ogy. The real research man specu
Mrs. Carpenter’s studio. A devoted
painter, Mrs. Carpenter has studied
lates upon possible ways to reach his
objective, and tests them out. He
painting in Boston, Italy, New York,
tries to explain what he sees, and if
and Washington, and was a portrait
he sees something he can t explain,
painter when she married Carpen
he just tries a little harder.
ter.
In more ways than one Donald
“It’s all just a process of enlight
Fell Carpenter has left his mark on
ened thinking. But the art of think
the many areas he has touched. He
ing in this way has advanced to the
in final review, is a “Man for All
point that it requires extensive train
Seasons.”
ing and specialized facilities. Wilkes
SPRING 1977 17
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Conyngham Art Gallery
The Conyngham Annex Gallery
serves chiefly as a show case for ex
hibiting the works of Wilkes Col
lege art majors. During the senior
year, majors are required to have an
exhibition which may be a one-per
son or two-person show.
This provides an opportunity for
the students to display their works
to the college and community and
additionally gives the students ex
perience in dealing w’ith the multi
various aspects of exhibiting: select
ing work, matting and framing, pub
licity and public relations, designing
a banner, an announcement or
poster, arranging the gallery space
and lighting. Although the gallery
space is modest in size, it is profes
sional in appearance. The space may
be broken up by means of creative
partitions and a track lighting system
which provides flexibility. There is
an excellent hi-fi sound system, and
in addition to storage space, there is
a small kitchen area for receptions.
Student exhibitions begin with an
opening reception, usually on Sun
day evening, and the exhibit contin
ues through the following week.
Gallery hours vary according to the
student's schedule, but typically
they are during the afternoon hours
and in the evenings from 7-10 p.m.
The gallery is open to the public.
Works exhibited include painting,
drawings, graphics, sculpture, weav
ing, ceramics and jewelry.
Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
Comes to Wilkes College
The 1977 Scholastic Art Awards
Regional Exhibition was held in the
Sordoni and Conyngham Galleries
February 23 through March 9. Scho
lastic Art Awards is a national pro
gram for the encouragement of
junior and senior high school art
achievement. The project, now in its
50th year, is sponsored nationally by
Scholastic Magazines, Inc., Fowler,
18 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Dick and Walker, the Boston Store
serves as the regional sponsor.
About four hundred pieces of two
and three-dimensional works were
shown. Entries came from fifty
seven schools throughout Lacka
wanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Sullivan,
Wayne and Wyoming counties. The
preliminary judging and a reception
for the award winners took place in
the new Schaeffer Lecture Hall,
Stark Learning Center. Following the
close of the exhibition seventy-five
pieces ivere taken to New York for
the national competition.
Wilkes faculty, administrators,
students and alumni played an im
portant part in this year's regional
program. The Scholastic Art Awards
Regional Advisory Committee was
directed by Mr. Henry Casilli, Assis
tant Professor of art. Mr. Richard
Fuller, Assistant Professor of art and
art education, served on the Commit
tee and judged one level of the com
petition. The Fine Arts Association,
led by President Maureen McHale,
'77 performed most of the leg work.
Alumni who contributed time and
energy to the program included Ms.
Jill Evans, '70 Regional Committee
member and Instructor of art at
Coughlin High School, Mr. Robert
Burnside, Jr., '72 Scholastic Coordin
ator for the Boston Store, and a
rather large number of Fine Arts
Education graduates now teaching
in our regional schools. Publicity
was handled by the Wilkes College
Public Relations Department. Ms.
Cara Berryman, Sordoni Art Gallery
Coordinator, acted as liaison be
tween Wilkes College and the re
gional sponsor. Catering for the
reception was done by Mr. William
Denion, Wilkes College food serv
ices manager.
Arthur Bowen Davies
A selection of drawings, prints
and watercolors of Arthur Bowen
Davies (1862-1928) were shown in
the Sordoni Art Gallery January 28
to February 20.
Arthur Davies, influenced by
Realism and Impressionism, was one
of a group of the “Eight” who strad
dled two centuries with one foot in
the nineteenth-century European
art, and the other in twentieth
century American Modernism. He
was in the foreground, then consid
ered avant-guarde, in establishing
the New York Armory Show of 1913
that is regarded as a pivotal point
leading to an awareness of bringing
European Modern Art to America.
The exhibition was shown for the
first time last fall and was arranged
in cooperation with Lehigh Univ.
Peg James’ Recent Weavings
Peg James in a one-person show
in the Sordoni Art Gallery January
3-23 featured eight of her rugs or
wall hangings and thirteen pillows.
Her weavings are done in a rya tech
nique, a method in which the back
ground is hand-woven and then the
pile is hand-knotted on. Her pillows
are made of cloths that she wove for
interior decorators and other buy
ers. Her works combine an art form
in a functional piece capable of being
handled. A five by six foot hang
ing will take her as much as one
hundred weaving hours or as long as
two months to complete.
Comic Strip Art at the
Sordoni Art Gallery
The Comic Strip Art exhibition in
the Sordoni Art Gallery featured the
rks of thirty-one different carmonists from the early years of the
century up to the present. The works
represented original art, in that the
oanels were fully inked, cleaned and
corrected, just as they would have
been submitted to the printer.
Featured in the show were strips
bv two cartoonists who worked in
Wyoming Valley: the late Mr. Ham
Fisher whose "Joe Palooka" was
familiar to the area and Rose O'Neill,
the famous creator of the once pop
ular "Kewpie Doll.” Other strips in
the show were George McManus’s,
tetor
Jrdifrom
it the
"Bringing Up Father" a favorite in
th® 1^20’s, Jimmy Murphy’s “Toots
and Casper” and George Herriman’s
Krazy Kat. There were some adventure strips like "Tarzan” by Hal
j The exhibition came from the Sor
doni Collection of Cartoon Art and
trom other private collectors such
as: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wood, Jr. of
Maryland who are owners of the
world’s largest comic art collection;
(Mr. Wood was a cartoonist for the
United States Independent Tele
phone Association) and Mr. Joseph
Parente of New York, and Mr. Russ
Cochran of West Plains, Mo.
o
The following compendium was
prepared by Ms. Teresa McDonald,
Director of Federal Programs and In
stitutional Research. The research
office would be happy to assist in
locating sources of funding for pro
grams or research our alumni might
be considering. The Research Office
contains an extensive library of fed
eral and private funding sources for
all types of projects. For more in
formation contact: Ms. Teresa Mc
Donald, Director of Federal Pro
grams and Institutional Research,
Franklin Hall, Wilkes College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
Grants*
S&H Foundation Lectureship Program
Institute of Regional Affairs — a lec
ture series on coal and its potential for
energy.
Originally an oil painter, she finds
herself as a weaver trying to hold
fast to the spontaneous way of work
ing with color so true of the painter.
A public reception was planned for
Ms. James to demonstrate her weav
ing techniques.
Sv waudn‘PrinCe Valiant" Naturally, Walt Disney was included with
an early Mickey Mouse” drawn by
dr«d ■■?°ktfredSOn’ Frank Frazetta
drew Johnny Comet" back in the
(and tJ°day is an imPortant
F “.trator
painter now living in
East Stroudsburg.
Microprocessor/Microcomputer
System Technology Transfer
Dr. James Toole, Professor of Engi
neering — A study using mini compuers to perform a system technology
ransfer data process related to science
and engineering.
Upward Bound
Dr. Joseph Bellucci, Associate Profes
sor of Education and director of the
program, assisted by Dr. Jeff Cline and
Barbara Greenwood — Providing dis
advantaged high school students with
additional educational and counseling
services. Majority of students move on
to college.
Act 101
(Pennsylvania State Legislation)
Dr. Joseph Bellucci, Dr. Jeff Cline,
Ms. Barbara Greenwood — Providing
disadvantaged students with educa
tional disabilities a chance to attend
college. A tutoring and special educa
tion program prepares students to per
form at the level of regularly admitted
students.
Museum Education Program
(Sordoni Art Gallery)
Professor Emeritus Philip Richards—
A matching funds grant from Wilkes
(Sordoni Foundation) and the National
Endowment for the Arts for the pur
pose of arranging for Sordoni Art Gal
lery holdings to tour public and private
schools within a 75 mile radius of
Wilkes College. It provides for special
programs at the Gallery, as well as,
funds for modest acquisitions.
The Ethnic: A Study in Cultural
Duality in Wyoming Valley
Dr. James Rodechko, Professor of
History — Provides for the collection
of date on ethnic background of Wyo
ming Valley citizens. Provides; for the
dissemination and training of ocal
school personnel to teach ethnici y.
Regional Workshop on Mental
Retardation
Dr. Joseph Bellucci, Associate Pro
fessor of Education — A series of work
shops via local television and local
sites for public personnel working with
the mentally retarded.
The Development of Intermettalic
Permanent Magnetic Materials
Dr. John Orehotsky, Associate Pro
fessor of Engineering — Sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Science and Engine
ering Foundation and the National Sci
ence Foundation. A study involving
magnetic properties and electron con
figuration.
Citizens Alternatives for
Community Growth
Andrew Shaw, Jr., Director, Institute
of Regional Affairs—Conference series
by the Institute of Regional Affairs
with cooperation of the Wilkes-Barre
Chamber of Commerce to instruct and
develop a plan for orderly economic
and community growth.
Training Parenting Parents
Dr. Joseph Bellucci, Associate Pro
fessor of Education — Workshop series
to help parents to cope with juvenile
problems.
Dissemination Through Training
Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy, Associate Pro
fessor of Education — Faculty program
involved with the University of Pitts
burgh to provide services for ethnic
education by a group of teachers from
local schools.
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" W^MurTunT T With0ut
? "Temporality in Pinter’s The Dwarfs’’
National Endowment for the Arts
FeMsWBemice D’Vorzon, Associate Pro
fessor of Art — Individual grant to
further work in the discipline of Art.
-and Organizational
Delinquency Control Program
Techniques of Affirmative Speaking
Joseph Skok, Adjunct Professor
published in Alabama Speech and
Grant to Educational Development
Theatre Journal. Fall. 1976. Dr. Bradford
Council at Wilkes College to collect
L. Kinney, Assistant Professor of Engdata on juvenile delinquency.
National Endowment for the Arts
"Strategies and Functional Duties of
Fellowship
Negative Speaking” published in Ala
Henry Casilli, Assistant Professor of
bama Speech and Theatre Journal.
Art — Individual grant to further work
Spring, 1977. Dr. Bradford L. Kinney,
in the discipline of Art.
Assistant Professor of English.
Writer in Residence
Climatic Trends in Northeastern
Dr. Thomas Kaska, Professor of Eng
Pennsylvania, 1895-1976, a research
lish and Director — Matching grant
publication by Dr. Bruce Berryman,
with the Allan Hamilton Dickson Chair
Assistant Professor of Environmental
in English and The National Endow
Sciences. 1976.
ment for the Arts, to fund creative
Morphology of a Metallogenium Sp.
writers to work with English majors
and its Effect on Ferric Hydroxide Pre
on writing and understanding liter
cipitation Kinetics at Near Neutral pH,
ature.
a research publication by J. T. Cline, A.
Library Resources Program
M. Cundell, and R. Mitchell (Wilkes
Dale Buehler, Associate Professor
Students), 1976.
and Director of the Eugene S. Farley
Library — Acquisition of audio-visual
Wilkes Computing Professor
materials for the library.
Helps Make Scholarly
Community Education Program
Dr. Eugene Hammer, Professor of
Achievement Attracting
Education — Literacy program for
World-Wide Attention
adults.
One of the most famous, and many
Scientific Equipment Program
believed most difficult, problems in
Dr. Bruce Berryman, Assistant Pro
mathematics has just been solved. Two
fessor and Chairperson of Environmen
professors from the University of Illi
tal Sciences — Matching grant program
nois,
Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang
to acquire scientific equipment to sup
Haken, with the collaboration of Dr.
port Environmental Sciences Depart
John A. Koch of Wilkes College, re
ment. Sponsored in conjunction ■with
cently announced that the “four-color
The National Science Foundation.
conjecture" has been proved true. The
Classroom Equipment Program —
conjecture states that no more than
Title VI
four colors are required to ensure that
Dr. Robert Riley, Professor of Psy
neighboring regions of any conceiv
chology, Dr. Thomas Kaska, Professor
able map have different colors. This
of English, Dr. Michael Seitz, Associate
major achievement was of such world
Professor of Foreign Languages and
wide interest that the usually reticent
Literature — Matching grant to acquire
American Mathematical Society issued
equipment for the Foreign Language,
an official news release in an unprece
Psychology and English Departments.
dented press conference at a recent
Closed Circuit Television
semi-annual
national meeting held in
fames Berg, Assistant Professor of
Toronto, Canada. It was even reported
History and Director of WCLH Radio
in The Times of London, The New York
Station — Matching grant to support
Times, Time Magazine, and many other
five year plan for television facilities
scientific
journals and publications of
for classroom use.
general interest.
University Year for Action
When it was first made in 1852 by a
Dr. James Rodechko, Professor of
student, Francis Guthrie, of the noted
History — Provides students with the
English mathematician and logician,
opportunity to work in public agencies
Augustus deMorgan, the conjecture
involved with community services.
hardly
caused a stir. Not until almost
Studies of the Acid Alkalinity
thirty years later when another famous
Interaction on the North Branch
English
mathematician, Arthur Cayley,
of the Susquehanna River
stated it in a meeting of the London
Dr. Ralph Rozelle, Professor of Chem
Mathematical Society was the conjec
istry and Dean of Health Sciences.
ture given wide circulation and its com
Wilkes-Hahnemann Cooperative
plexity
recognized. In the ensuing cen
Medical Education Program in
tury,
countless amateur and profes
Family Medicine
sional mathematicians have spent their
Dr. Ralph Rozelle, Project Director
lifetimes on the problem and numerous
and Dean of Health Sciences.
Loudness Scaling in the Rat and Chin
chilla — Public Health Service Grant
Dr. Thomas G. Raslear, Assistant Pro
fessor of Psychology.
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
‘ (Ed. Note: The research and equipment erant?
articles and publications listed in PURSUITS
public
and the
The scientific community learnoA
,
later that it meant to be an April
joke! Alter decades of work on the onk
ject, the late Professor Oystein OreU°:
Yale published a comprehensive fr»»
tise in 1967 called "The Four-Cnu'
Problem.” In it he gave a
account of most of the voluminous re
suits and discoveries that resulted fro™
significant attempts to solve the nroh
lem in the hope that a younger generl
tion of mathematicians will be inspired'
to carry it to final solution. While it
has long been known that five coI"
suffice to color any map and that there
are maps for which three colors are not
enough, it took another decade before
Professor Ore’s dream was realized.
The two Illinois professors began
working on the conjecture in 1972 often
enlisting the help of several teenage
children of Dr. Haken in checking the
simple but incredibly large number of
theoretical calculations. It was in 1975
that Dr. Koch, who was then a grad
uate student in computer science at
the University of Illinois became a col
laborator in this project. In his doc
toral dissertation which was completed
under the direction of Professor Appel
the Wilkes professor created a number
of ingenious computer programs which
were used over and over again in this
successful solution of the historic prob
lem. In all, some twelve hundred hours
of computations on a large computer
network located in Chicago and Ur
bana, Illinois, were used. It amounted
to an estimated ten billion logical de
cisions which could not possibly have
been made in the given time span even
fifteen years ago.
In the world of mathematics, the con
firmation of the four color conjecture
meant far more than the mere solution
of a long standing problem. Despite
their wide spread use in applied math
ematics, engineering, and the sciences,
computers have had very little impact
on pure mathematics until now. As the
Time Magazine put it, “by dramatically
showing that there may be certain fun
damental questions that only the high
speed electronic whizzes can answer,”
this historic achievement “may well
usher in a new era of computer compu
tation on the frontiers of higher math
ematics.”
Since last September, Dr. Koch has
been an assistant professor of computer
science at Wilkes College. He has just
been invited to give a major address at
a sectional meeting of the Mathematical
Association of America in Philadelphia
on November 20, 1976. He, along with
another new faculty member, Dr, Jo
seph A. Parker who came to Wilkes
after receiving a Ph.D. degree from
California Institute of Technology in
June, 1976, has played a principal role
in the development of a new major de
gree program in computer science at
Wilkes.
tended to dbdJ
quickly to,
other Wilkes College XduaU
tered the scene and^"h?1*
., Schneider ’63 is shown with his
Dr.'^"'lithium-iodine
Alan
battery which has
patent~d
" breakthrough for pacemaker
Iled '...
been a mai_or^
Manufacturers.
ed the life of a pacemaker up to 12
years. Tragically, Jim Moser passed
away m 1972 without ever seeing the
big success of his efforts.
“We knew that lithium was a high
energy density element and after
considerable research with iodine,
which is a high conductivity salt, we
discovered and patented a new bat
tery which could produce high en
ergy in small volumes," he furthered.
Heart pacemakers have come a
ong way in the last 20 years. One
nan who has made a significant con’utlon
the field is Dr. Alan
Colkge^’a 1963 graduateof Wilkes
When they started the project,
Schneider and Moser didn’t actually
have a particular application for the
iodine battery in mind. “It had a
long life but we soon realized that
it couldn’t be released quick enough
to supply the power needed in flash
lights or radios, so we turned to the
pacemaker.”
“Dr. Ralph Rozelle, then a chem
istry professor and now Dean of
Health Sciences at the college, had
a great influence on me as a student,
so did Dr. Jim Bohning and Dr.
Howard Swain, who were all on the
faculty at that time,” the WilkesBarre native added. “They intro
duced me to electro-chemistry which
later became the basis for my re
search.”
Following his graduation from
Wilkes, Schneider movedd on to Alfred University in New York,
Yr. where
he received his Ph.D. in
Sciences Soon after graduation,
Schneider joined Catalyst Research
in 1968 and bega.i his lithium-iodine
battery research.
Pacemaker, the little electronBadget implanted under the skin,
off!
Used in the late 1950’s to
nlo C
y Protong the lives of peoWlth very slow heartbeats.
•
°rd ls the bWst
served On a^e es; who Gently
Sr™ ncie!n“fi*X«y ol
span problem by inventing ‘
ktol’™'j°dine battery which exte^dt-
. “Jim a"d 1 didn,t start on the pro
ject until we got together at the
Catalyst Research Company in
Baltimore. But, I found out some
time later that Jim had also grad
uated from Wilkes and did post-grad
uate work at Alfred University, the
same place where I went,” Dr. Sch
neider explained.
How does
the thought
of a 12-year
pacemaker
strike you?
selling point.”
The new pacemakers vary in size
from, that of a silver dollar to about
the size of a fist. Most are surgically
implanted under the skin but some
are attached to the chest wall. A
conductive wire from the battery is
attached to the heart and helps it
maintain a regular beat.
Early pacemaker users complain
ed that outside electrical current,
such as one might encounter walking
under a neon sign, interfered with
the operation of the mercury unit.
The new devices which are powered
by Schneider’s lithium-iodine bat
tery are shielded from such interfer
ence and this is no longer a problem.
Dr. Schneider expects 200,000
pacemakers to be implanted next
year and also forecasts that 80 per
cent will be powered by iodine-lithium batteries. For the future Schnei
der will continue to work on improv
ing his product but admits, “There
is really not too much farther we can
go. We may be able to expand the
life span a few years but how much
longer do you need a pacemaker?”
“Pacemakers have reached the
point where they are outlasting the
patients they serve. The size is as
small as needed,” Schneider follow
ed, “and the one remaining large
improvement may be packaging.”
The huge success of the battery
has taken him out of the laboratory
but Schneider pointed out that he
has a great staff. “Their talents and
mine multiply each other,” and half
jokingly concluded by saying, because of the many conferences
a
I have to attend, only when I need
a vacation do I get a,chance to re
turn to the laboratory.”
It has been a long but steady rise
for Dr Alan Schneider but at the
young age of 35 he seems to have atSned the plateau of accomplish
ment that few scientists ever have
the opportunity to reach.
SPRING 1977 21
�On
Top
of
the
Banking
World
by Wilma Hurst '79
Joseph J. Pinola, a 1949 Wilkes Col
lege graduate and West Pittston na
tive, has not only made it to the top
of the banking world, but has also
earned the respect of his fellow Cal
ifornia bankers and the admiration of
his college peers.
After serving at the Bank of Amer
ica (B of A) for 24 years, eventually
becoming executive vice president of
the bank's North American Division,
Pinola reached out and grabbed the
top rung of the ladder at United Cal
ifornia Bank (UCB), becoming pres
ident and chief operating officer just
over a year ago.
"This was an immediate opportun
ity," Pinola once said in an interview.
"It was here and now, so I took it.
And I do consider it an opportunity."
The job also represented a chal
lenge, for UCB was faced with an
$8.2 million deposit decline in 1975,
and the need for restructuring the
bank's internal operations and re
assessing long-term strategy was
seen. Pinola was sought by UCB be
cause "we think he's an outstanding
banker," said Norman Barker, Jr., the
bank's chairman and chief executive
officer.
A number of bank analysts agreed
with Barker, stating, "His reputation
is first-rate in every sense," and "the
Bank of America thought the world
of him."
It appears that the man has come a
long way since graduating from
Wilkes with a B.A. in economics.
A graduate of West Pittston High
School, Pinola entered college at the
time Wilkes was still Bucknell Junior
College. He lettered in basketball,
while also belonging to the Spanish
and Economic Clubs. Following grad
uation, he served with the U. S. Navy
in Korea and during the Pearl Harbor
incident. He completed studies at the
Graduate School of Financial Man
agement, Dartmouth College, and
also finished the advanced manage
ment program at Harvard University
Graduate School of Business Admin
istration. He decided to settle in Cal
ifornia after being stationed there
during WWII.
Joining B of A in 1952 as a man
agement trainee, he proceeded to
move forward. He spent 15 years in
corporate banking and seven in the
branch system before attaining the
rank of executive vice president in
22
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
the Los Angeles-based division.
A Los Angeles Times article re
ported that "Both inside and outside
Bank of America, Pinola was consid
ered a hard worker, a good judge of
credit worthiness and a man with a
future at the world's largest commer
cial bank. His decision to leave there
after 24 years surprised many."
Although Pinola does not discuss
his reasons for leaving B of A, it is be
lieved that because the bank's current
senior officers were years away from
retirement, he decided he would
have to pursue his goal of becoming
a bank president elsewhere. Only 51
himself when he was appointed pres
ident at UCB, he had been offered
"a number of other jobs in various
parts of the country," but chose UCB
for personal reasons and also for the
challenge it represented.
"I have always had admiration for
the bank," he said during an "Amer
ican Banker" interview. "I think it's
well-positioned, and is active in all
aspects of banking. But it's in a cur
rent downturn, and this offers me
the greatest opportunity to turn the
show around."
Thus, Pinola became president and
chief operating officer of the coun
try's 14th largest bank, a position
filled with prestige, responsibility,
and challenge. The $7.2 billion de
posit had taken a 23 percent plunge
in 1975, and Pinola set about to turn
the operation around. "My goal here
will be to find solutions to those
short-term problems, but always
thinking in terms of the long range."
He recently outlined his concept
for a successful banker when he
spoke at an annual gathering of the
nation's top banking executives. A
successful banker is "a leader and an
advisor, and, often a statesman" who
is also "a prudent businessman who
knows his bank's operations inti
mately." He noted that bankers are
constantly involved in solving today's
social problems from an investment
standpoint, which means that bank
ing's function cannot be a narrow
one.
Joseph Pinola, who as a student
witnessed the birth of Wilkes Col
lege, has seen his own accomplish
ments parallel the growth of the col
lege he once attended. Judging from
the past accomplishments of both,
there's probably more to come.
Ari J,
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Igportswxtofe®
«The Cost of Winning”
By Paul Domowitch 76
If Vince Lombardi were alive today,
d could look around and view the
’mud hanging over American sports, I
H st wonder if he might not care to rect those few memorable words that
were attributed to him while coach of
the world champion Green Bay Pack
rything,” the
ers "Winning isn't everything,
famous quote goes, “it’s the only
thing."
Today, that phrase hangs on hun
dreds of locker room walls across
America. It is preached by so many
coaches who think they are Lombardi
re-incarnated that it has become the
cornerstone of our athletic cult. It has
even replaced the adage, “Win at any
cost," because those who live by Lom
bardi's words feel they entail just that
— winning ... no matter what the price.
But Tom Landry, the successful coach
of the Dallas Cowboys and one of Lom
bardi's closest friends when he was
alive, doesn't believe his former coach
ing comrade meant them in the context
they are now being taken.
“Vince was an intense man,” he ex
plained, “and winning meant a great
deal to him. But everything? No. Vince
saw a great many lessons to be learned
from defeat."
No matter how Lombardi’s words
were “meant" to be taken, Americans
are interpretting them only one way.
That, indeed, winning is everything.
"The playing field is the basic test
ing ground of character for an athlete,"
said one prominent west conference
football coach. "To fail there, is to fail
as a human being."
What is happening to our society,
wt' Pe?Ple respond to such beliefs?
hat kind of a disease is this that is
eating away at the building block of
American sport? And is that entire
s ructure destined for total collapse?
look^rou^d
JUSt
3 QUick
Was a ^me» although it seems
mu a mos* centuries ago now, when
rn_?®e a^e^cs offered a pleasant
f°r
American sports fan,
likp1 ae.ccdd and impersonal businessIf ® mtthods of professional athletics,
thp 6 • d finally become fed up with
erinn°af *
sa^ar^es and constant bicka qtn° •
pros- he could retreat back
monp lnt? a world unblemished by
y and violence and free of tech-
salts,
on down through college and yes, even
high school.
Surely, if We were to look hard
tTgexisZ2W0Uld \nd this
MibeXTuSIia OmeWhere- S°me')lace'
To a limited extent, it goes even fur
ther, when you consider the pressure
often put on pee-wee football players
and little leaguers by obsessed fathers
who are striving for athletic perfection.
motive
to competing, and a worldonly
where
the fuToaUt,"layed ~ ge‘ this - peo"for
Winning has become as much a
means for life as breathing, and it ap
pears those infatuated with this belief
will stop at nothing to achieve it. A
look today into college athletics is
enough to stagger one's sense of char
acter. Spying, illegal recruiting tactics,
ticket scalping by athletes, grade tam
pering by administrators ... the list
reads longer than the charges against
the Boston Strangler.
And what makes matters even worse
is that the American people — you and
I — are condoning these antics. "Every
body’s doing it," we say when our fav
orite team gets its hand caught in the
proverbial cookie jar, as if that justifies
the act. I wonder if Charles Manson
ever used that line.
A few months back, Frank Boggs, a
sports columnist for the Oklahoma City
Times wrote that Oklahoma University
was under preliminary investigation by
the NCAA again. He didn’t release any
deeds of wrongdoing by the institution,
or publicize his personal feelings about
anything OU was doing. He merely re
ported a statement of fact. The NCAA
was indeed beginning an investigation
into Sooner athletic programs for the
umpteenth time.
Hours after the story hit the streets,
Boggs needed police protection from
the thousands of OU fans who threat
ened his very life with bomb threats
and other acts of violence. In addition,
anonymous callers made obscenityfilled phone calls to his wife at home
after the incident.
In response to this, Maury White, a
columnist for the Des Moines (Iowa
Register wrote, “Oklahoma seems sort
of like a frontier state. The people
seem more likely to condone wrong
doing."
White is not entirely co"ect' y‘s
kind of feeling is not “nfl"evdprt0.h°ke„.
homa, but instead reaches over the en
tire length and breadth of our coun y.
can be found in every crack and
crevice of American SP°^‘ /“XeYright
ranges from the professional level ngnt
We have become so incensed with
the drive to become “number one"
that we haven't taken time out to look
in the mirror and see what's happening
to ourselves. We are a success-oriented
society driven by a desire to be the
best. And there is nothing wrong with
that... up to a certain point. But we’ve
got to realize that the quest isn't al
ways going to end at the top. Victory
isn't constant. Someone has to lose.
Furthermore, we all should learn to ex
pect to lose occasionally. Losing, like
failure, may be one of the best founda
tions for success.
Competition is unquestionably the
essence of sport. Competition also has
its merits in life. But monolithic busi
ness organizations, a redefinition of
sports ethics and sophisticated "mili
tary" type technology dedicated to the
obsession of winning, only detracts
from the character education that
sports was once reputed to serve.
Whatever happened to Grantland
Rice, the oftentimes unappreciated
sports poet who once wrote what he
called an epitaph for an athlete:
"Write this above my dust in some
lost grave.
Here lies no hero listed with the
brave.
Beyond the score he only loved the
game.
He had no thoughts of glory or of
fame.
And when the bell gave out its final
call,
He may not have had much to give
But he gave it all."
It couldn't have been said any better.
"Winning isn’t everything, it’s the
only thing." If we don't start putting
"winning" back into perspective, those
few words may replace Rice's thoughts
and become the new epitaph on the
gravestone of American sport.
Ed. Note: Paul Domowitch,, a 1976 Wilkes grad
uate, currently is a sports reporter for the Mid
legram.
land (Texas) Reporter - Tele
SPRING 1977
23
�Spring Teams Readying for Openers
With the snow still on the ground,
coaches of Wilkes College's Spring ath
letic teams are anxiously awaiting the
return of warmer temperatures.
Plenty of eyes will be cast on the
baseball team as the diamondmen will
try to add on to their 21-8 effort of
1976. The Colonels became a national
power by winning the NCAA Mideast
Regional Tournament and then going
on to finish fourth at the NCAA Divi
sion III World Series at Marietta, Ohio.
Pitching could be the key to a return
trip as Coach Gene Domzalski has most
of his mound staff back for an encore.
Senior fastbailer Jim Stehle passed up
a chance to sign with the Chicago
White Sox and the lefty, who carted 6-1,
1.41 era. statistics with 65 strikeouts in
51 innings, will be a first-team AllAmerican candidate.
Junior southpaw Andy Kresky made
the NCAA World Series team with a
three-hitter against Montclair and was
the strongest hurler in late season, fin
ishing with a 6-3 record. Reliever Man
ny Evans had a 4-2 mark, three saves,
and a 2.44 era.
Wilkes hit .316 as a team last spring
and this could be repeated if senior
Don McDermott and juniors Mike Supczenski, Jim Michaels, Ken Suchoski,
and Lou Elefante can regain their bat
ting eyes.
McDermott, the best athlete on cam
pus, comes off a .327 season which saw
the 5-11, 195-pounder bang out a nation
leading ten homers and 21 runs batted
in. Others hitting .300 or better included
Supczenski, .386 (17 stolen bases); Mi
chaels, .363; and Suchoski, .300.
Joining the baseballers in the nation
al limelight were the golfers of Coach
Rollie Schmidt who made 1976 inter
esting by going 16-0 in match play,
winning the NCAA Regional, and then
placing 14th in the NCAA Division III
tourney. All-American Mark Jarolen
and Larry Gurnari have graduated but
junior Ken Donlavage, sophomore Joe
Skladany, and a fine bunch of new
comers are giving Schmidt some hope.
The lacrosse team barely missed out
on winning its second straight MAC
championship. The Colonels finished
with a 7-3 log with a young team and
one of the most prolific scorers in col
lege history, Billy Winter.
Winter and his career 126 goals and 92
assists are gone via graduation. Coach
Chuck Mattei used last season as a re
building year and seasoned veterans
like Bruce Davis, Bill Harris, and Kurt
Franke may be enough to offset Win
ter’s loss.
Tom Rokita has his number one play
er, Judd Davis back in the fold but then
the gap widens very quickly. The
Wilkes tennis team might pull off some
surprises but a .500 season might be
too high to reach.
24
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
WYZZ-ATO
of Wilkes Bawe
Liberal Arifs Made
the fliffenence
Coach John Reese’s wrestling team showed their worth as members of the NCAA Division I with
a brilliant 17-3 record. Seniors who made it all possible are pictured, left to right — Lon Balum, Rick
Mahonski, Coach Reese, Bruce Lear, and Dave Gregrow.
Newest of the Colonel Spring teams
is the women’s softball team. If Coach
Gay Meyers runs her softball program
like hockey, then the coeds could be
championship contenders in their first
year of existence. Volleyball is also a
part of the women’s athletic program
and a year of experience could turn
around the Blue and Gold's 1-5 effort
of last season. Guiding the spikers is
Doris Saracino.
Matmen Ride Vintage Year
Life couldn’t be happier for Wilkes
College wrestling mentor John Reese,
whose 24th Colonel mat team finished
the 1976-77 campaign with a 17-3 rec
ord, establishing a new team one sea
son win mark for the Blue and Gold.
At press time the Wilkes wrestlers
were preparing to participate in the
73rd annual Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Association Tournament at
Syracuse University.
Despite the epic log, which included
12 straight triumphs at seasons end, the
Wilkesmen missed on two golden op
portunities to break into the Amateur
Wrestling News’ top twenty.
After an opening day 30-12 loss to
powerful Lehigh, the Colonels made
some amends by walking off with
their second straight Binghamton Invi
tational title, crowning seven individ
ual champions in the process.
Wilkes fans celebrated in the streets
on Dec. 10 when the Blue and Gold
shocked Navy, 21-17, in a nerve tingling
match at the South Franklin St. Gym
nasium. The Colonels trailed, 17-15,
going into the 190-pound bout but back
to back nods by Dave Gregrow and
Dan House at heavyweight gave Wilkes
its first triumph over the Middies in
four years.
The Reesemen could have made the
charts three days later with a win over
Tennessee but crucial losses in the mid
part of the lineup served up a 25-15 set
back.
Wilkes wrestled poorly in the 43rd
annual Wilkes Open Tournament at
Christmas time and paid the price for
their lethargy with a fourth place team
finish. The lone individual trophy
ciaimers were Bruce Lear, a fourth at
150; and Dave Gregrow, a third at 190.
Momentum began picking up after
a two-week recess as the Colonels pre
pared for their four-meet southern
swing with mixed emotions. Coach
Reese was dreaming of winning three
out of four, so he was naturally sur
prised when his team knocked off Vir
ginia Tech, West Chester, East Carolina
and North Carolina.
The Colonels, however, paid the
price for the sweep as highly touted
freshmen Mark Densberger- (142) and
Dennis Jacobs (158) sustained injuries
and were sidelined for most of the sea
son. Wilkes was still optimistic and
hopeful when it pulled into Syracuse
with a 5-2 record but a win was not to
be in the cards and their second nation
al bid was shattered, 34-9, by the Or
angemen in the worst defeat ever
administered to the Blue and Gold.
Wilkes rallied over a surprisingly
strong Delaware Valley team, 26-8, four
days later and were never headed after
that, bowling over 11 straight foes. Con
vincing victories in the string resulted
over Lycoming, 28-9; Hofstra, 21-18;
East Stroudsburg State, 24-13; Army,
43-0; Bucknell, 33-7; and Franklin &
Marshall, 41-3.
Probably the most striking aspect of
the 1976-77 edition was the fact that
they pulled off their historic win pro
duction without their standard superstar.
“It was a total team effort,” remarked
a jubilant John Reese. “Our success can
be pointed to an enthusiastic blending
of determined veterans and promising
newcomers.”
Forming the cornerstone of the
Wilkes triumphant juggernaut were a
quartet of four seniors — Rick Mahonski (126), Lon Balum (134), Bruce Lear
(142), and Dave Gregrow (190) who al
ternated from meet to meet with the
heroics. Freshmen Don Gaetano and
Glynn Mansfield created excitement at
118 while two other first-year men who
projected themselves as stars of the fu
ture were Dennis Jacobs (158) and Mark
Densberger (150). Juniors Dan House
(hwt) and Greg MacLean (158) gave un
expected strength but it was the lateseason bursts by sophomores Gene
Clemons (167), Perry Lichtinger (16777), and Bart Cook (177) which gave the
team an inspired lift.
Change is a word that describes to
day's fast-paced society. And change
is perhaps the one thing that catches
most people off-guard, ruffles their
life style, and leaves them dazed and
unprepared for what's to follow.
Yet while many cannot deal with
change, there are individuals in that
unsuspecting public who do have
that ability to adapt.
Two such individuals are Robert L.
Evans, a 1962 Wilkes College gradu
ate who received a B.A. degree in
math; and his brother Richard, Jr.,
a 1971 graduate who holds a B.S. de
gree in Commerce and Finance.
Richard Evar
ms, Jr. (left) and his brother Robert
combine their■ knowledge for the good of WYZZ.
Reaching
jple in six states, WYZZ broadcasts
f beautiful music" 24 hours a day,
Making usc °f the approximately 6,000 albums
tear\'S ,sV°sal ’s Leonard Broxena, a full-time
'*r now
as a WYZZ personality only
Part time.
Barre area, destroying the homes,
busmesses, and lifestyles of many
people.
7
The Evans' work together at WYZZ
an FM radio station in Wilkes-Barre,
Pa. that reaches people in six states.
Robert "Bob" serves as vice-presi
dent of WYZZ in charge of marketing,
while Richard “Dick” serves as vicepresident in charge of development.
Valuing their liberal arts education,
the two believe that their education
provided them with a good found
ation and helped them at the radio
station adjust to the sudden changes
brought about by the Agnes flood.
Prior to the flood, the station had
never carried local news. "We only
had national news," explained Dick.
"There are over 53 other stations with
local news, so why duplicate it?"
Good-naturedly, Dick said that this
fact was a joke in the local industry.
"But the flood helped us prove the
value of not being news people."
When the crisis occurred, WYZZ
was able to become a local news sta
tion and had a connection to the
Civil Defense. According to the
Evans', WYZZ fed 13 other stations
with information as well as informing
the public directly.
"With our background in liberal
arts, we weren't zeroed in on a spec
ialty and had that ability to adapt,"
stressed Dick.
"We found that with a liberal arts
education," added Bob, "there's a
way to go."
They did, however, meet some ob
stacles when they became a local
news station during the flood. Ac
cording to Dick, there were no tele
phones and little electricity, so they
strung a line along the streets from
the radio station to the Civil Defense.
But the cable fell prey to a passing
train and a truck (at separate times)
and the connection was cut. After the
£
s°,
Smiling Robert Sacco is constantly on the
.. be
meeting people and working with them. To
much
successful on his job, Sacco has to know as r„.
about a man’s business as he knows.
few mishaps, the station finally found
a way to safely string the line (above
the traffic) and was able to continue
serving the public.
"We were the only official station
with the correct information on the
air all the time," said Dick.
Both brothers believe that a liberal
arts education does not merely
achieve value during a crisis. "A good
broad education is always needed,"
stressed Bob, "because no matter
what you do in the radio business,
you have to rely on your experiences
to make the job go right."
"You have to know where to look
for things, and you have to be able
to weave your own experiences into
the job," he said, as he described how
those involved with the radio station
do so.
Bob added, "You have to know as
much about a man's business as he
knows and maybe more."
Two other Wilkes graduates work
at WYZZ, putting to practice their
liberal arts education. Robert Sacco,
a salesman, attended Wilkes at night
and received his B.S. degree in his
tory in 1959. Leonard Brozena, who
works part-time at the station and
full-time as a school teacher, gradu
ated from Wilkes in 1971 with a de
gree in history and in 1974 received
an M.S. from the college in elemen
tary education.
Housed in the basement of a twostory, white home, WYZZ has gradu
ally grown over the years. The sta
tion was started in June, 1959, said
Bob, and operated five hours a day
from 6 to 11 p.m.
Now the station operates 24 hours
a day, seven days a week and em
ploys over 20 full and part time work
ers.
With over 2,000 classical albums
and over 3,500 popular albums at
their disposal, "we play a wider va
riety of popular music than any other
station in the area," boasted Bob.
He said that WYZZ has a distinctive
audience - "an over 30 audience,"
and added that the station has more
listening from 12 to 6 a.m. than do
many other stations during prime
time.
"There's always people who want
music during the night," said Bob.
Involved in stereo and quadra
phonic music on a regular basis,
WYZZ is by no means a stagnant sta
tion. "We're into a broadcasting
school to pass our knowledge on,"
said Bob, "and we're using a sub
carrier for musak (background music).
He added optimistically, "If there's
a new technique available, you can
guarantee that we'd be the first to
have it."
SPRING 1977 25
�Twelve
years
after
by Alfred Groh ’41
and David Frey ’68
"It may break your heart, it
may drive you half mad, it
may betray you into unreal
izable ambitions or blind you
to mercantile opportunities
with its wandering fires. But
it will fill your heart before
it breaks it; it will make you a
person in your own right; it
will open the temple doors to
you and enable you to walk
with those who have come
nearest among men to what
men may sometime be."
26 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Our educational efforts have of
fered remarkable experiences for
student participating in the thea
tre. Surprisingly perhaps, they are
nOt just students in the humanities,
[,ut students who major in the sci
ences, business and commerce, his
tory/ mathematics and virtually
eVery academic area of the college.
Their experiences include experi
mental theatre performances, where
the essence of drama unfolds; mod
ern dance classes, where they learn
the physical discipline of the body
in an effort of expression. Class
room study where they might study
the rebirth of theatre in the Italian
Renaissance, tracing the roots of
modern stage design from Serlio
and Inigo Jones to Robert Edmond
Jones and Boris Aronson.
Once a plot of land bearing a
thriving railroad station in the late
ISOO's, now is a vibrant center for
the performing arts. Committed to
educational theater, the Dorothy
Dickson Darte Center for the Per
forming Arts was the fruition of
a dream.
Now, 12 years after its comple
tion, the CPA maintains its com
mitment to Wilkes College and the
community at large. The dreams
that were dreamed in 1965, the
vigil over an educational mission
and the vision of those who dedi
cated themselves to its inception
have come alive bearing testimony
to the goals for which the arts cen
ter was created.
The Dorothy Dickson Darte
Center has come a long way. In
1976 over 50,000 people attended
over 250 events - performances,
films, lectures, meetings, rehearsals,
and concerts at the CPA. Moreover,
upwards of 200 Wilkes students
participated in the production of
those events. The CPA additionally
is a cultural facility which hosts
more than 50 campus and commun
ity organizations. Indeed, the spir
its of education, imagination, and
creativity live in abundance in such
a "house."
The late Annette Evans, the trus
tee instrumental in the construction
of the CPA, said it is "a place to
turn what man dreams into an ex
pression of what he will become."
In effect, her words underscore the
essence of educational theater. One
need only to experience the pano
ramic view from the lighting con
trol booth to the rear and above
the 500-seat auditorium on an
opening night before a capacity
house to understand the grasp of
creativity in the performing arts.
Students, as actors on stage, create
illusions and transform illusions
into beliefs for the audience. The
lighting control booth offers a unique perspective: the exhilaration
of the student director and the ex
citement of performance on stage.
Some 2500 years ago in the less
sophisticated setting of the streets
of Athens, the creativity of theatre
was born. Through music, mime,
speech and dance, a spectacle of
performance transmitted an endur
ing vision - a vision which trans
fers an idea from one person's
imagination to the imagination of
an audience. To engage an audience
with a conception born in imagina
tion and performed with a measure
of truth is what performance in a
liberal arts college concerns itself.
own right; it will open the temple
doors to you and enable you to walk
with those who have come nearest
among men to what men may
sometime be."
Twelve yoirs
years amv
since the ground
breaking has found
_ —..d the Dorothy
Dickson Darte Center for the Per
forming Arts at Wilkes College,
turning dreams into eloquent per
formances, visions into fulfilled
students and hopes into a concerted
commitment to the perpetuation of
the Arts.
Scene and costume shops offer
students opportunities to translate
designing plans into a stage envi
ronment. Our students may paint
backdrops for a high school musi
cal, build sets for a community thea
tre production, prepare a puppet
show for a local elementary school
or direct high school students en
tered in a one-act play competition.
One of the more recent innovations
is the assistance in a theatre pro
ject at Chase Correctional Institu
tion in Dallas, where inmates re
hearse roles in a play in an attempt
to find a new role in society. When
alumni return to where they once
performed to watch the new gen
eration, it is frequently, the second
generation of Wilkes students in
performance.
The solitary student, seated in
the reading room at the CPA, his
feet up, reading Ibsen's, "Theater
Crafts," "Kennedy's Children," or
"The Life of Garbo," is moved by
the performing spirit. He is seeking
the reward to which Maxwell
Anderson alluded when he said,
"It may break your heart, it may
drive you half mad, it may betray
you into, unrealizable ambitions or
blind you to mercantile opportuni
ties with its wandering fires. But it
Will fill your heart before it breaks
it; it will make you a person in your
SPRING 1977 27
�•cal discharge machining technol-
° riY A SHUBERT ’69 has been ap■nted Corporate Tax Manager of
p.° Philadelphia Suburban Corpora■ E Roy is also a vice president in
^"Philadelphia chapter of the Na•
Association of Accountants,
presides with his wife and son in
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The South Riverstreet Revival was comjipiled by Marianne Montague of the Alumni Relations Office. The information contained in Alumni Noteswas
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received between December I, 1976 to February 28, 1977. Please send news contributions to: Alumni Office, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
Welcome to the debut of the South
Riverstreet Revival, Wilkes College’s
new talk show where people from all
walks of life and various shoe sizes
get together to discuss the latest
news. I'm your announcer Marianne
Montague '76. Along with Wilkes
favorites like Dean George Ralston,
Arthur Hoover, John Chwalek, Dr.
Charles Reif, and a cast of thousands.
I’ll try to keep you informed of the
latest Wilkes news. The only qualifi
cations you need to be featured on
our show is that you are a Wilkes
alumnus like Clint Eastwood, Bob
Capin, and Farah Fawcett-Majors.
(Well, at least Mr. Capin is a Wilkes
alumnus. But wouldn’t recruiting be
a snap if we had Clint and Farah on
our side!)
Here comes our host. I don’t see
him but I would recognize that
whistling version of “I Wish I Was
in Dixie” anywhere. Here’s the star
of blackboard, football field and rope
tricks. The best thing that came from
the South since Robert E. Lee.
H—e—r—e—s Dean Ralston.
Dean Ralston: Thank you all, Mari
anne. I wanted to start by telling
all you nice folks a little story but
the new Public Relations man found
out how big my little stories are so
he suggested 1 get right to the news.
But if you really miss my little
stories send me a blank hour-long
cassette tape and I’ll be happy to
record one for you.
Several Wilkes alumni go on to
other colleges to receive higher de
grees. We are proud of their accom
plishments and would like to men
tion the latest recipients.
JUANITA SKARNULIS ANDERS ’69
received her Ph.D. in anatomy from
the University of Maryland Medical
School. Juanita is a research fellow
in the laboratory of neuroanatomy
and neuropathology at the National
Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md.
Her husband ANTHONY ’69 is an
associate scientific analyst involved
in the development of earth-orbiting
satellites at the Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
28 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
ROBERT ALLAN MASHAS 75 re
cently received his M.B.A. from
Shippensburg State College in Ship
pensburg, Pa.
LOUIS PECORA '69 has been award
ed a Ph.D. in Material Science from
Syracuse University. He and his
wife, Judith reside in Springfield, Va.
Next we’ll hear from my good
friend John Chwalek, Wilkes Place
ment Director, who will tell you
about the big jobs and promotions
and lots of money that Wilkes grad
uates are making. (Would you be
lieve a little bit of money? How
about enough to pay their heating
bills for January?)
John Chwalek: Thanks, George. I
remember when George and I were
back in school and all the girls used
to chase me. George got so mad one
-*y
—
—------day
he Pat
garlic
in my
mouth
mash
wash. 7I ant
got him
him hnnb
back, thn„ah
though. zI
planted tomatoes in his bicycle bas
ket. Enough about George. I could
tell you some stories, though.
(Chuckle). As soon as I find my
glasses I’ll give you the news.
(Chwalek reaches in his sock and
pulls out his glasses. One lens is
missing.) What the heck, I have my
part memorized anyway. (Chwalek
throws away his papers.)
MARK COHEN '66, an adjunct pro
fessor in the Wilkes College Fine
Arts Department, displayed his pho
tographs in a one-man show held at
the Castelli Gallery in New York
City, February 5 through 26. His
work is presently on display at the
Zabreskie Gallery in Paris, the first
extensive exhibit of American pho
tography held in France.
Dr. PAUL WESELEY ’66 is currently
practicing endodontics in Brooklyn
and New York City, New York.
ANDREW SOFRANKO ’68 is super
vising the unit for kidney transplants
at the Veterans Hospital in Houston,
Texas. Andrew is a male nurse and
a nursing instructor. He resides in
Fort Worth, Texas.
JEFFREY MARCUS ’69 was admit
ted as partner in the firm of Dia-
mond & Donow CPA's, Pompton
Lakes, N. J. and Suffern, N.Y.
ALVERTA STICHTER '68 is director
of nursing at Allentown Osteopathic
Hospital in Allentown, Pa. She is
also a part-time doctoral student in
the College of Urban Affairs.
CHRISTINE DONAHUE 74 was one
of three winners in the Metropolitan
Opera’s eastern regional auditions
which were held in January at the
Academy of Music in Philadelphia.
Christine is a student at the Julliard
School of Music, in New York City.
MICHAEL WEINBERGER '56 is
senior vice president of Smith Bar
ney Real Estate Corporation in New
York City. He and his wife, Ruth, re
side with their daughters Sandy and
Allison in Scarsdale, N.Y.
RICHARD MORRIS ’57 has joined
the R. A. Saul Agency of Kingston as
a property, casualty and life insur
ance consultant and sales represen
tative in the Lehigh Valley and Wyo
ming Valley areas.
First Eastern Bank recently an
nounced promotions of three Wilkes
graduates, ROBERT FORSE 73,
BRUCE GOVER 72 and RICHARD
KUTISH ’68. Bob was named assis
tant vice president of the Conyng
ham office, Bruce was named assis
tant vice president and trust officer
in the main building in Wilkes-Barre,
and Rich, manager of the Dallas Vil
lage Office, was advanced to assis
tant vice president.
JAMES MacNEAL 74 has been pro
moted to gas product specialist with
the specialty gas department of Air
Products and Chemicals Inc., Home
town, Pa. Jim and his wife, Barbara,
have a two-year old son, James.
SANDRA MICKEVEGE 76 has
passed the Pennsylvania State Board
examination for registered nurses.
Sandra is on the nursing staff of Al
bert Einstein Medical Center, Phila
delphia.
FRANK RUSINKO, JR. '50 is pres
ident of Edimax, Inc., in Broadview,
Ill., a firm devoted to advanced elec-
Delran, N. JROBERT F. CROUSE ’49 is generator
service manager of the power gener
ation service division of Westing
house Electric Corporation in the
Pittsburgh, Pa. area.
rnMER JONES ’48 has been named
tn head the National Wildlife Feder
ation’s new Wildlife Heritage Pro
gram in Vienna, Va.
Captain THOMAS M. VOJTEK ’53
is the U. S. Naval Attache in the
American Embassy in London, Eng
land.
STEPHEN KEIPER 72, executive
director of Luzerne County Trans
portation Authority, was a panel
member at the second annual mass
transit seminar held in Harrisburg
in January.
Dean Ralston: Hold on there Mr.
Chwalek, I knew you were longwinded but this is getting ridiculous.
Are you sure you aren’t making some
of those up?
Mr. Chwalek: Now, George, don’t be
jealous because I have a bigger part
than you do. I’d like to see you mem
orize all this. Now keep quiet while
I finish.
Dean Ralston: I’m going over to the
Commons for something to eat.
Somebody call me when he’s fin
ished.
Mr. Chwalek:
RUSSELL L. EYET, JR. 71 was re
cently promoted to assistant vice
president of the United Penn Bank,
in the bank office in Forty Fort, Pa.
Russell and his wife, the former
BEVERLY ANN PEIRCE 71 and
their daughter Kelly Jean reside in
Dallas, Pa.
JANET BUTKIEWICZ 76 recently
passed the Pennsylvania State Board
of Examiner’s requirements for pro
fessional nurse licensure. Janet is
currently employed as a registered
nurse on the medical staff at Albert
Einstein Medical Center in Philadel
phia, Pa.
SHELDON W. LAWRENCE ’66 has
been elected secretary of the Hart
ord Insurance Group. Sheldon is re
sponsible for the implementation and
coordination of all business plann‘ng activities in The Hartford for
pany as a programmer in their ac
tuarial systems department in Rose
land, N. J. Dan resides in Parsippany,
State University College of Human
Center’andTin8 at Ingham
sinTMXaPnarr°WH0SPitaIinLan™OMAS GIANNINI 71 and Betsy
wed- T™
on the facultyIeCently
of the Institute
of
Notre Dame in Baltimore, Maryland.
The couple is residing in Cockeys
ville, Maryland.
y
BASIA mieszkowski jaworbKl 56 recently earned her M.A. in
Music from Montclair State Univer
sity. Basia is director of music at
Our Lady of the Holy Angels Church
of Little Falls, N. J. She serves as
president of the Association of
Church Musicians for the Diocese
of Paterson and also teaches piano
and voice at home.
ROBERT L. BROWN 74 and his wife
Joan have accepted a position in the
Kuspuk School District to assume
responsibility for opening up a high
school in Chuathbaluk, an Eskimo
village in Alaska.
WALTER ORZE ’69 has been named
assistant general counsel of Rock
well International Corporation, in
Pittsburgh, Pa. Walter has a J.D. de
gree from the Duquesne University
Law School. He and his wife, Deb
orah, reside in Wexford, a suburb
of Pittsburgh, Pa.
JAMES GODLEWSKI 74 was re
cently appointed head coach of the
girls track team at Wallenpaupack
Area High School in Wallenpaupack,
Pa. “Muskie” is a fifth grade teacher
at Greenley Elementary School.
ROBERT FORD ’65 is the author of
an illustrated article "Sheet Con
struction: Exploring Three-Dimen
sional Design," which appeared in
the October issue of “School Arts”
magazine. Bob is an art teacher at
Hazleton High School.
SUSAN BRUCH 72 is an employ
ment representative, job develop
ment component, in the county Hu
man Resources Development Pro
gram of Luzerne County.
NANCY SCHULTZ 75 is group lead
er for field engineer accounts at the
Burroughs Corporation in then gen
eral accounts branch in Philadelphia,
Pa
DANIEL BABETSKI 76 is employed
by Prudential Life Insurance Com-
JOHN WANKO '58 has been ap
pointed to the Council Rock School
Board. John is employed by the Jen
kintown, Pa. insurance firm of Pye,
Karr, Ambler and Company.
Dean Ralston: Thank you, Mr.
Chwalek. As usual you did a fine job.
Next on the agenda to discuss is mar
riages and who is more equipped to
tell us about the blissful state of
matrimony than the most confirmed
bachelor since Pope Pius XII, Ar
thur J. Hoover, I.
Mr. Hoover: Thank you, Dean. As
Director of Alumni Relations they
thought I would be the best one to
announce the closest alumni rela
tionship — marriage. The following
alumni took the big step in recent
months.
MARGERY GERMAN 76 and MI
CHAEL S. RIFKIN 76 were recently
married. Margery is an instructor in
the nursery program at Payne Pettebone House of Wyoming Seminary
Day School. Mike is employed by A.
Rifkin Company. The couple is re
siding in Wilkes-Barre.
JOSEPH STELLA 74 and Marcella
Proch were married on November
25. Joe is a third year medical stu
dent at Temple University Medical
School in Philadelphia.
EDWARD BLAZEJEWSKI, in 71
and MARY ELLEN KERESTES 72
were married on November 20. Ed
is a member of the counseling staff
of the Wilkes-Barre Area School
District and Mary Ellen is an English
teacher with the Wilkes-Barre City
Schools.
CAROLE S. LOWANDE 74 was re
cently married to Joseph Deddy.
Carole is a business teacher at Lenape Valley Regional High School, in
Stanhope, N. J.
WESLEY B. SIMMERS, JR. 72 and
Rita Ann Salata were married on
October 16. Wesley is employed as
a merchandise manager at Fowler,
Dick and Walker, Laurel Mall. The
couple resides in Hazleton, Pa.
ANDREA MARIE KURILLO 76 and
JOHN P. KELLEY, JR. 75 were re
cently married. John is employed by
Marion Laboratories, Kansas City,
Mo. The couple is residing in Beth
lehem, Pa.
ELIZABETH TASKER 75 and E.
Glen Wolsieffer were married on
November 28. The couple is residing
in Arlington, Va.
SPRING 1977 29
�EILEEN PRENDERGAST '76 and
THOMAS TROST '76 were recently
married. The couple is residing in
Philadelphia, Pa.
MICHAEL ROSKOS '71 was recently
married to Nancy Arnold. Mike is
employed as a pension trust officer
by National Central Bank, Lancaster,
Pa.
STEPHEN SHAIMAN '69 was re
cently married to Linda Karp. Ste
phen is also a graduate of Villanova
School of Law and is currently in
private practice in Philadelphia, Pa.
HARRY '62 and ELAINE ADAMS
COLLIER '63 are residing in Aurora,
Illinois. Harry is labor relations man
ager for All-Steel.
MICHALENE FIGEL '74 was recent
ly married to Stanley Zurek. Michalene is a teacher in the Wilkes-Barre
Area School District. The couple is
residing in Plains, Pa.
HAROLD ROBERTS '76 was recent
ly married to Ruth Owens. Harold
is employed by Pennsylvania Millers
Mutual Insurance Company, WilkesBarre.
Dean Whitby: I want to protest this.
What does a carefree bachelor know
about being happily married? What
does he know about washing dishes,
scrubbing floors, making beds . . .
Dean Ralston: What do you know
about that stuff John?
Dean Whitby: I know that when
you’re married you have someone to
do all that stuff for you. And I feel
sorry for poor Mr. Hoover. So I think
I should continue announcing the
marriages.
Mr. Hoover: Thafs fine with me,
John. I think I’ll go to New York for
the weekend and forget about all the
floor scrubbing and dish washing I’m
missing by not being married, (ha,
ha, ha.) I’ll send you a postcard,
John. Should I send it to the
kitchen?
Dean Whitby:
ANN L. VIVIAN ’73 was married re
cently to David K. Hart. Ann is com
pleting requirements this year for
her Master's degree in music at the
Boston Conservatory of Music where
she is also Coordinating Assistant of
the Dance Department as well as In
structor of Piano in the Conservatory
Extension Division.
EUGENE R. LISPI ’73 and LINDA M.
JONES ’74 were recently married.
Eugene is employed by Silver’s En
terprises. The couple is residing in
Scranton.
KATHY RAMSEY ’72 was married
to Joseph Krysiuk on November 27.
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Kathy is employed by the WilkesBarre Area School District.
JARET GRIFFITHS '74 and WAL
TER STRAUB '73 were recently mar
ried. Jaret is an elementary teacher
with the Wilkes-Barre Area School
District and Walter was recently ap
pointed as sales representative of
Krop Steel Corporation of Pottsville,
Pa.
MILDRED R. GROSS '66 and Dr.
HERBERT N. MAIER '65 were re
cently married. Millie teaches Span
ish at Highland Park New Jersey
Middle School and Herb is director
of laboratories at Precision Gas
Products in Rahway, N. J. The couple
resides in New Brunswick, N. J.
MARIANNE M. MACUR '76 was re
cently married to John Kopcho.
Marianne is employed as a mental
health worker in the mental health
unit of the Mercy Hospital, WilkesBarre. The couple is residing in Glen
Lyon.
JOAN BONFANTI '75 was recently
married to Peter Shannon. Joan is
employed by Associated Internists
of Kingston and also Drs. Callahan
and Collarusso of Pittston. The cou
ple is residing in Forty Fort. Pa.
NANCY SOLOGOVITCH '72 and
MARK CARMON '74 were recently
married. Mark is associated with T.
V. Guide in Radnor, Pa. The couple
is residing in Media, Pa.
JOYCE ANDREJKO '73 was recently
married to Charles Shamro. The cou
ple resides in Factoryville, Pa.
ANN REBECCA ZINI '76 was recent
ly married to Patrick Coffey. The
couple is residing in New London,
Conn. Ann is presently employed as
a substitute teacher.
PAUL BROOKS '72 was recently
married to Frances Pichirallo. Paul
is sales representative for Doyle
Pharmaceutical Company, in May
wood, N. J.
Dean Ralston: Thank you, John.
And now to introduce to us the Class
of ’99 is our dear friend and col
league and resident ecologist, chair
man of the Biology Department, Dr.
Charles B. Reif.
Dr. Reif: I don’t know how they
rooked me into announcing the
births. They know how I feel about
population control. But birth is a
joyous occasion (especially in the
life of my mother). So with a smile
on my face and my fingers crossed
I’ll tell you about all the alumni who
welcomed little people into their
homes recently.
A son, David Michael, was born on
October 1, to MICHAEL '67 and RA
CHAEL PHILLIPS DZIAK '64. Mi
chael has been promoted to function
al manager in charge of financial
planning at I.B.M. in Endicott, N.Y.
thenffimwjmffe
A son, Ryan Damon, was born to
Mr. and Mrs. RALPH TEWKSBURY
'70 on October 20. Ralph manages
Erb Lumber Company in Livonia,
Michigan. The couple also has a
three year old daughter, Lori.
A son, Kristopher Thomas, was re
cently born to Nancy and FRAN
OLEXY ’68. Fran is the New England
sales manager for the Rubberset Di
vision of the Sherwin-Williams Com
pany. The Olexys and another son,
John Emmett, reside in Bellingham,
Mass.
Dean Ralston: That wraps the show
up, folks. Stay tuned next time when
we’ll bring you more antics of alum
ni. For our next episode John Chwa
lek might even get his glasses fixed.
So keep sending us all of your news
and we’ll see you back here in a cou
ple months on "The South River
street Revival.’’ Good bye for now.
Y’all come back soon now ya hear?
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Lacrosse Match
Joint Recital
3
3-8
5
6
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20
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24- 29
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Piano Recital
Senior Art Exhibit
Baseball Game
Lacrosse Match
Senior Art Exhibit
Baseball Game
Lacrosse Match
Baseball Game
Piano Recital
Flute Recital
Senior Art Exhibit
Lacrosse Match
Baseball Game
CHERRY BLOSSOM TIME
Theater Production
Baseball Game
Piano Recital
Fine Arts Exhibit
Senior Art Exhibit
Baseball Game
Concert
Piano Recital
Concert
1-6
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3
4
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7
7
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15-20
18- June 13
Senior Art Exhibit
Faculty Recital
Joint Piano Recital
Baseball Game
Concert
Lacrosse Match
Piano Recital
Piano Recital
Senior Art Exhibit
Joint Piano Recital
Concert
Piano Recital
Senior Art Exhibit
Fine Arts Exhibit
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4
A daughter, Holly Anne, was born
on December 26, to Joseph and JOY
GEIDA DZWILEFSKY ’69. The cou
ple also have a daughter Debbie, and
reside in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Qi
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Fine Arts Exhibit
Concert and Lecture
Concerto Concert
Senior Art Exhibit
Trumpet Recital
Organ Recital
I
N. J.
A daughter, Lori Ann, was born on
December 18, to William and MARY
ALICE NASIELSKI BATTISTA '71.
They are also the parents of a 3 year
old daughter, Amy Lynn.
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A son was recently born to WIL
LIAM '73 and JANICE KOVAL
W0R0NK0 '74. The Woronkos are
residing in Muncy, Pa.
A daughter, Karen Jane, was born on
December 18, to Mr. and Mrs. Thom
as Cordano of Lansing, Michigan.
Mrs. Cordano is the former JANET
SIMONSON '71.
6-11
13-18
20-25
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Concert
Concert
Piano Recital
Senior Art Exhibit
Senior Art Exhibit
Senior Art Exhibit
Percussion Recital
Concert and Lecture
1
3
A son, Wayne Scott, was recently
born to NICHOLAS '68 and MARY
JANE HELLMUTH NICKLES '70.
The Nickles’ reside in Spotswood,
That’s all the births for now. I’ve
got to get back to my office. Tm
writing a new book entitled “How
To Tie Proper Grammar, Etiquette,
Painting, Letter-Writing, and Don’t
Be A Litterbug Into a Biology 101
Course Only on Wednesdays.’’
Good-bye.
what
when
........... You too Charlie Reif.
*
who
Wilkes College Chorus
Wilkes College Band
Daria Duh
Randall'Bond
Renee Fogelson
Maureen McHale
Elayne Tubman, Robert J. Kennedy
From Grand Opera to Broadway"
— Patrice Munsel
Models of Leonardo DaVinci
“Kinematrix''
Anne V. Liva, coordinator
Patricia Steele, Eliza Small
Bruce Kennedy
Cindy Fisher
vs. Dickinson
Ronald Bielecki, saxophone
Leonard Costello, clarinet
Linda Schall
Mary Ann Petro, Rick Mahonski
vs. Bloomsburg St.
vs. Lehigh
Linda Busch, Sharon Warren
vs. Scranton
vs. Bucknell
vs. Elizabethtown
Giacomina Buzzelli
Nancy Evans
Theresa Domanski, Terrilee Jackson
vs. Haverford
vs. Albright
“Trial by Jury" and “H.M.S. Pinafore"
vs. Delaware Valley
Marie Sullivan
Paintings by Niccolo Cortiglia
Mark Zavoy, Dennis Falcone
vs. Ursinus
Wilkes College Chorus
Chris Hudak
Wilkes College Band
Judi Hatcher
Donna Marchett, Joseph Serrenti
vs. Kutztown St.
Wilkes College Band
vs. Franklin & Marshall
Angeline Teixerira
Leonarda Sperrazza
Marilyn Swantkowski
Austin McElwee, Marie Sullivan
Madrigal Singers
Deborah Shekletski
Claire Maziarczyk
Graphics, Watercolors, and Oils
— Ronald Wing
where
time
CPA
CPA
Gies Recital Hall
Conyngham Gallery
Conyngham Gallery
Conyngham Gallery
Gies Recital Hall
CPA
8:30
8:30
8:30
3:30
8:00
Sordoni Gallery
CPA
8:00
CPA
8:30
Conyngham Gallery
Gies Recital Hall
3:30
First Presbyterian Church 8:30
Ralston Field
2:00
Gies Recital Hall
3:30
Gies Recital Hall
Conyngham Gallery
Artillery Park
Ralston Field
Conyngham Gallery
Artillery Park
Ralston Field
Artillery Park
Gies Recital Hall
Gies Recital Hall
Conyngham Gallery
Ralston Field
Artillery Park
CAMPUS
CPA
Artillery Park
Gies Recital Hall
Sordoni Gallery
Conyngham Gallery
Artillery Park
CPA
Gies Recital Hall
CPA
Conyngham Gallery
CPA
Gies Recital Hall
Artillery Park
Bedford Lawn
Ralston Field
Gies Recital Hall
Gies Recital Hall
Conyngham Gallery
Gies Recital Hall
CPA
Gies Recital Hall
Conyngham Gallery
Sordoni Gallery
3:30
1:00
3:00
1:00
3:00
1:00
3:30
3:30
3:00
2:00
1:00
8:30
3:15
8:30
3:30
8:30
3:30
8:30
3:00
4:30
2:00
3:30
8:30
8:30
3:30
8:30
SPRING 1977
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�more than 11,000 Wilkes
alumni now actively sharing the
Wilkes tradition, we believe it to be
a tradition of unparalleled fulfill
ment and promise.
The Wilkes tradition goes on —
this year more than 700 under
graduate students enrc./.d for the
first time. Most of them will become
a part of the Wilkes tradition.
But while our tradition will roll on
we think it appropriate to remind
alumni that we welcome their sons,
daughters and friends as applicants
to Wilkes College.
We hope the Wilkes tradition can be a family tradition for admissible,
interested alumni sons, daughters and friends.
If your son, daughter or friend is interested in more information about
Wilkes College, its academic programs and admission policies, please cut
out and mail the coupon.
We'd be delighted to hear from you.
WRITE TO: Office of Admissions, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
□ Please send me a copy of the 1977 Admissions Material.
Name
Address
City
State
Zip Code
State
Zip Code
Alumni Name
Alumni Address
City.______________
Additional Information
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Volume 1, Number 2
editor
Douglas J. Rubinstein
managing editor
George G. Pawlush
editorial staff
Mary Ellen Alu
Wilma Hurst
Marianne Montague
administrative assistant
Jane Manganella
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W1LKE6 COLLEGE
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WILKES COLLEGE ARCWV/rr
Eugene Shedden Farley Library
ON THE COVER . . .
As a memorable tribute to the significance of graduation.
Quarterly artist Ron Beck portrays the role of the liberal
arts in human development. The dramatic graphic
illustration, which must be studied to be appreciated,
serves as a reminder to all. of the massive contribution
education has provided to the growth of civilization.
ft
editors assistant
Toni Reavy
contributing staff
Cara Berryman
Ray Bolger
Herb Simon
G. K. Wuori
Joe Buckley
On Murder And Other Indignities
By Dr. G.K. Wuori
“• .. We ping pong them between a life having something of the quality
of that of a potato and one filled with mere bits and pieces of lucid
rationality.” Bio-ethics, Philosophy Professor G. K. Wuori speaks out on
the euthanasia phenomenon.
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editorial advisor
They Waited, They Cheered, And They WILL Remember
by Wilma Hurst ’79
24-Year old Christine Donahue ’74, a music major at Wilkes, stepped on
to the stage at the Metropolitan Opera House and before a cheering
capacity audience and the lingering echoes of her completed
performance, walked off with second place in the Metropolitan Opera
Regional Auditions, $4,000, and a contract for three opera performances
in Barcelona, Spain.
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. Liberty And Justice For All”
By Ray Bolger
Storefront Lawyer Chuck Petrillo ’GO beleives their are no poor in the
eyes of the law. Today the legal aids society he heads, represents the
only legal recourse for over 50,000 Northeast Pennsylvania residents.
20
An American Dream
"If you could invite any American, past or present, to dinner tonight,
who would be your guest and why?” That’s the question Mary Ellen Alu
asked various Wilkes people. Some of the responses:
28
The Way We Were
A Photo Essay by James Kozemchak ’68, Ace-Hoffman Studios
"Memories light the corners of my mind — misty water-colored memories
of the way we were. Faded pictures of the smiles we left behind — smiles
we gave to one another for the way we were"...
30
Arthur J. Hoover
circulation manager
Lynn Jacobs
art director
Jon Schaffer
photography editor
James Kozemchak,
ACE HOFFMAN STUDIO
The WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
is published quarterly by the Wilkes
College Public Relations Office
and the Alumni Relations Office.
Entered as second class mail
matter and second class postage
paid at Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania 18703. Postmaster:
Please send Form 3579 to
Alumni Office, Wilkes College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Miss Mary R. Koons, Honorary Member
Reuben H. Levy, Honorary Member
OFFICERS
Joseph J. Savitz, Chairman
Ben Badman. Jr., First Vice Chairman
William J. Umphred, Second Vice Chairman
Richard L. Pearsall, Secretary
Arthur J. Hoover, Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Walter M. Diener, Treasurer
Joseph J. Chisarick, Assistant Treasurer
Letters — 4
Faculty Abstract — 8
College Chronicle — 6 Gallery — 24
Undergraduate — 9
James A. Adonizio
Mrs. Robert Arenstein
Edward Bixby, M.D.
Charles N. Burns. M.D.
Robert S. Capin, President
Donald F. Carpenter
William L. Conyngham
Mrs. Edward Darling
Mrs. William Davidowitz
Mrs. Stanley Davies
Mrs. Richard M. Ehret
Mrs. Eberhard L. Faber
Sports Update — 23
South Riverstreet Revival — 25
Alan M. Glover, Ph.D.
Frank M. Henry
Andrew Hourigan, Jr.
Robert L. Jones
Thomas H. Kiley
Edwin M. Kosik
Richard Maslow
Gerald A. Moffatt
William G. Mulligan
F. Ellsworth Parkhurst
Richard L. Pearsall
Max Rosenn
Richard M. Ross. Jr.
Louis Shaffer
Ronald W. Simms
William H. Sword. Jr.
E. Arthur Trabant, Ph.D.
William J. Umphred
Norman E. Weiss
PRESIDENT
Robert S. Capin
SUMMER 1977
3
�*
Alma Mater is OK
Dear Editor:
Hey Ail
Art's Right! I can see by this new
publication, that the old Alma
Mater is doing very well.
Congratulations!
Bob Radice ’73
Director of Sales
The Ryetown Hilton Inn
Port Chester, New York
Wass’s
Oufi Afiutwi and Ttiewb
Say ywi'ie Rigid!
Thanks Bob — The meticulous
eye of a Sales Director is a tough
eye to please, so we appreciate
your comments.
In the last several weeks since
the publication of Vol. I, Num
ber I of the WILKES COL
LEGE QUARTERLY, over 100
letters have filtered into our of
fice complimenting our efforts
to develop a truly interesting
and memorable alumni publica
tion. We deeply appreciate all of
your letters and sentiments, and
promise to continue to give you
the very best news about you
and us, that we can. IVe reprint
ed a sampling of letters below,
as space only permitted for a
few. Thank you once again for
helping us appreciate you.
Compliments Format
Dear Editor:
Art’s Right! My compliments on
your new magazine format. We
really liked it!
Mrs. Kathleen M. Smith ’68
Trucksville, Penna.
Thanks Kathy and Don —
Congratulations on the birth of
your daughter Leslie Rae from
the QUARTERLY.
Loves the Quarterly
Dear Editor:
Commends President Capin
Dear Bob:
I must write to commend you
on the quality of the Wilkes
College Quarterly. It is not only
attractively done, but each of the
articles is a fascinating insight into
some of the people associated with
the College. The article on Don
Carpenter brought back many
memories and the two on alumni.
Allen Schneider and Joe Pinola
are really accomplishments of
which Wilkes can be proud.
I am sure you have received
many positive comments on the
Spring issue.
Francis J. Michelini, President
Commission for Independent
Collegesand Universities <Penna
(Past Pres, of Wilkes College J
Thanks “Dr. Mike." As president
of the C.I.C.U. which serves over
80 Penn- vlvania Independent
Colleges and Universities and
former president of Wilkes, your
thoughts are most appreciated
4
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Congratulations
Dear Editor:
Congratulations! The Wilkes
College Quarterly is great! Well
written, nice layout and good
content. Keep up the good work.
William J. Umphred ’52
President
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Member, Wilkes College
Board of Trustees
Umphred!
President
of the 8th largest independent
telephone company in the U.S. and
a seasoned veteran journalist
yourself, we appreciate your
compliments. We also tip our hat
Wilkes ankS l°r y°Ur service lo
Carpenter Article Praised
Dear Editor:
Wilkes College is to be
complimented on its feature of
Don Carpenter in this very fine
publication. The article was not
only well-written, but the entire
story was handled in a most
credible and intelligent manner.
I am certain the College will be
the recipient of many notes of
commendation and congratulations.
Louis Shaffer, Attorney
Shaffer and Chariton
Member, Wilkes College
Board of Trustees
Thanks Mr. Shaffer. Your
compliments are much appreciated
by our editorial stuff. We are very
proud of all our Trustees who, like
yourself and Mr. Carpenter, have
had a great impact on Wilkes
College.
Art’s Right! I just received the
Quarterly and I loved it! It was
really great!
Mrs. Barbara Ward Nixon ’71
Pasadena, Maryland
Thanks, Barbara. Congratulations
to you on your marriage from the
QUARTERLY too!
Fan Mail for Marianne
Dear Editor:
Art’s Right! I enjoyed the new
format of the Wilkes College
Quarterly. I was especially pleased
with the “South River Street
Revival” as written by Ms.
Marianne Montague. I found it
interesting and informative, and
I thoroughly enjoyed the manner
in which the alumni news was
presented.
You can be assured that I, along
with many other alumni, look
forward to future issues.
Joseph J. Marchetti ’76
Director of Housing
Thanks Joe! Hut if you think you
are going to steal Marianne away
from us, forget it! We’ve already
signed her to a lifetime contract
plus a starring role in the new film
entitled “The Art Hoover Story.”
Marianne will play that luscious
local lovely lover who is the only
woman in the world capable of
landing the Dashing, Debonair,
Dynamic Art Hoover.
More Mail for Marianne
Dear Editor:
Art’s Right! I really want to tell
you how much I enjoyed the
Wilkes College Quarterly. I’m sure
it will be appreciated by our
alumni.
which may be of interest to our
readers. Frank wanted us to hear
about a beautiful cultural attraction
near our campus — the Nathan
Denison home, a restoration
project administered by the
Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission. We decided
to bring the QUARTERLY photo
team out to the site and see the
Denison home. Frankly (no pun
intended) we agree. Here’s the
photo and what Frank Polinsky
has to say:
Of course, I’m a little biased
because of Marianne Montague’s
part in it. I think it’s great. Thank
you.
Mrs. Jeanne Conway
Assist. Director of Housing
Thanks Mrs. Conway. We’re a
little biased too — We think she’s
super!
Quarterly has Big-Time Appeal
Dear Editor:
Art’s Right! Congratulations to
you and your staff on the beautiful
job of the Wilkes College Quarterly.
It’s nice to see a journal that can
stand up alongside the alumni
magazines of the big time schools.
James P. Berg
Assist. Professor of History
Wilkes College/Advisor to
WCLH-FM Radio
Thanks Professor Berg — You
“radio guys' keep us “print guys”
burning the midnight oil to keep
up with progress.
Likes New Start
Dear Editor:
Let me introduce myself to you.
My name is Frank Polinsky and I
received a B.A. in History from
Wilkes in 1973.1 was pleased with
Volume I, Number I of the Wilkes
College Quarterly. Yes, it is a
start and I am sure you will receive
suggestions and articles that will
help with future issues.
Frank Polinsky ’73
Fortj' Fort, Penna.
Thanks Frank. Incidentally. Frank
enclosed a short article written in
May, 1977 regarding an historic
restoration project in Forty Fort
“THE NATHAN DENISON
HOME: AN OUTSIDE VIEW”
A home built in 1790 by Colonel
Nathan Denison, the Revolutionary
War officer, is located four short
miles from the Wilkes campus, at
the corner of Denison Street and
Englewood Terrace, just off Route
11 in Forty Fort. It appears to be
in the final stage of restoration
administered by the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum
Commission, the property’s present
owner, which began last year.
A sign, noting historic relevance,
marks the site. New additions
include a colonial-type stone wall
and a stone chimney revealed atop
the structure. Also, the landscape
has been affected by restoration.
On the left of the Denison Home a
small building has been constructed,
and to the right a pavement now
exists for parking.
This progress is truly beautiful
to see and deserves our appreciation.
o
ATTENTION PARENTS !
If this magazine is addressed to
your son or daughter who no
longer maintains a permanent
address at your home, please clip
off the address label on back
cover and return it with the cor
rect address to the Alumni Office
at Wilkes College. Thank you for
helping us update our records.
SUMMER 1977
5
�—
Toast of the Town
President Robert S. Capin was re
cently honored by the Wilkes-Barre
Lions Club as that organization’s
“Man of the Year.”
Capin was cited for his efforts in
advancing Wilkes College in step
with the needs of the constantly
changing society and was credited
with initiating new programs link
ing the institution with the commun
ityA crowd of several hundred at
tended the banquet at Gus Genetti's
Hotel.
The Wilkes chief executive officer
was also singled out by the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania and the City
of Wilkes-Barre for his work in help
ing to create a positive image for
Wyoming Valley.
&
Taking a break jar the photographer prior to the start of commencement activities5 were,
from left - Robert S. Capin. president of the college: Anne Vanko Liva, who was honored
hono
as a Professor Emerita; and commencement speakers Margaret Walczyk. Dr. Charles B.
Reif, and Atty. Joseph J. Savitz.
Angels Get Their Wings
Triumphant Triumvirate
The college conducted its 30th
Commencement on Sunday, May 22,
at Ralston Field with 553 students
receiving graduate and baccalaur
eate degrees.
The occasion was marked by a
switch from the traditional com
mencement speaking program, as
President Robert S. Capin introduced
three speakers from various areas of
the “Wilkes College Family."
The first message was delivered
by Atty. Joseph J. Savitz, chairman
of the board of trustees and a 1948
alumnus of the college. Second
speaker was Dr. Charles B. Reif,
chairman of the Wilkes College Bi
ology Department and a 35-year
member of the faculty, while the fin
al message was offered by Margaret
Walczyk, a senior accounting major.
The presentation of Professor
Emerita honors was made to Anne
Vanko Liva, a veteran member of
the Wilkes College Music Depart
ment.
6 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
recently bestowed the honor of Am
i bassador upon him for his outstand
I ing contribution to the Jaycee move
ment.
For seven years, from 1959 to 1966,
Tuhy dedicated himself to the Jay
cees, becoming actively involved in
continued.
community affairs, holding execu
"With fewer students entering col
tive positions, and receiving many
lege today there is much more com
service awards.
petition,"
Chisarick
noted,
“
and
the
care.
“It is an organization where I did
The curriculum covers a four-acfinancial aspect of the college has
learn quite a bit,” commented Tuhy.
ademic-year period totaling 127
become almost equal with the edu
“Indirectly and directly, it got me
credits. Nursing is introduced in the
cational aspect.”
involved in the community.”
freshman year and clinical experi
One
of
the
major
responsibilities
The Ambassador award is the
ences are provided in many of the
for the comptroller and his staff at
highest honor that can be bestowed
local hospitals and community agen
Wilkes is to review and revise the
by the United States Jaycees. In a
budget. "We must first work with
letter to Tuhy, Frank Ziebell, presi
cies.
The purposes of the nursing pro
40 individual administrative and de
dent of the organization, explained
gram at the college are to prepare
partment budgets, finally coordinat
that the Ambassadorship was con
the professional nurse practitioner
ing everything into one master bud
ferred after reviewing Tuhy’s rec
for the emerging role in today's so
get," the new comptroller stated. "It
ord.
ciety through instruction, experience
is an endless job in itself."
Ziebell said, “The United States
and guidance; to provide a founda
For the future Chisarick plans to
Jaycees cherishes your dedication to
tion for graduate study in nursing;
continue the outstanding work of his
the philosophy and goals of our or
to assist the currently practicing
predecessor, Alex Pawlenok, and
ganization. Your contribution has not
nurse to maintain and expand his or
hopefully
achieve
other
long
range
been forgotten and we hope we can
her professional knowledge and
goals. “We will endeavor to stream
maintain your trust."
skill through continuing education
line the office through computers
The Ambassador title follows two
and use every management tool pos
other national awards received by
programs.
sible to keep us in tune with other
Tuhy, the “Speak Up Finalist" and
big businesses."
The Eight-Million Dollar Man
“Statesman” awards.
Chisarick, also a CPA in the ComTuhy, who was selected Out
Finding ways to cut expenses and;
monwealth of Pennsylvania, is curstanding Young Man of Wyoming
discovering new areas of income are1
rently pursuing a master’s degree in
Valley in 1965, also received a vari
only two of the challenges facing1
Business Administration at the col
ety of awards from the Greater
Joseph J. Chisarick as he assumed
lege.
Wilkes-Barre Jaycees.
the office of comptroller at Wilkes
Ho
is
married
to
the
former
Joan
Tuhy steadily progressed in exec
He is married to
College on June 1.
utive positions on the local level,
Balutis and the Chisarick s are the
In announcing Chisarick’s ap
moving from secretary in 1960 to in
parents
of three children.
pointment, President Robert S. Ca
ternal vice-president, external vicepin noted that Alex Pawlenok, who
president, executive vice-president,
“Ambassador” Tuhy
has been the comptroller for the last
president and finally state director
11 years, has elected to return to full
in 1965.
time classroom teaching in the
He served as Community Devel
Wilkes Accounting Department.
opment chairman and state viceChisarick, a 1961 alumnus of the
president for the Pennsylvania Jay
college and a lifelong Swoyersville
cees and also won the Presidential
resident, has served as the assist
Award of Honor and Speak Up
ant comptroller at Wilkes since 1970.
champion on this level.
Among his duties at Wilkes will
But besides his active participa
be budgeting, internal audit, and the
tion with the Jaycees, Tuhy also had
management of the finance office
time for other activities. He belongs
staff which includes an assistant to several professional affiliations
Fred Croop, and seven other full
including the American Institute of
Parliamentarians and the Pennsyl
time personnel.
vania Planning Association, several
With over 200 people working at
an annual budget oi
non-professional affiliations such as
the college and
dollars, Wilkes
the St. Matthew Evangelical Luth
nearly $8 million
Chisarick “is
eran Church, and other civic organ
"What do you say when an organ
College, according to businesses in
ization gives you their highest
one of the biggest
izations.
award?
.
.
.
You
just
feel
pretty
good
"You’ve just got to keep moving
Wyoming Valley.”
The new comptroller spent nearly
fast,” said Tuhy as he explained his
about it.”
nine years in public accounting with
And that's how Philip R. Tuhy, a
many involvements.
Laventhol & Horwath before join
Wilkes College political science fac
Having received his M.G.A. from
ing the college. “I was a little tired
the University of Pennsylvania and
ulty member and associate director
of traveling and I decided that I
of the Institute of Regional Affairs,
his B.S. from Valparaiso University,
Tuhy is also the author of several
wanted to concentrate in one area
is feeling right now.
of accounting," Chisarick furthered.
The United States Jaycees, a
publications.
young men's service organization,
There is a big difference between
SUMMER 1977 7
an institution which operates on a
disease and the delivery of health
services in both the hospital and
community
jommunity settings. Opportunity is
provided for students to focus on
pre
nursing practice in complex situa
tions, and experiences will be
planned with students in other health
programs in the delivery of health
■
1
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Steven Esrick, a biology major from
Rockville Centre, N.Y. was honored at
Wilkes College Commencement exercises
with the Alumni Award for Leadership.
The award is given anually by the
Wilkes College Alumni Association to the
member of the graduating class considered
by a special committee to have made the
strongest contribution to student life and
the student activities program at the
college.
Esrick, is shown left, receiving the award
from Arthur J. Hoover, director of alumni
relations.
The Wilkes College Nursing De
partment, currently in its fifth year
of existence, received some import
ant news recently as the Pennsyl
vania State Board of Nursing Exam
iners granted the baccalaureate pro
gram full approval status.
According to Ruth W. McHenry
chairperson of the Wilkes Nursing
Department, “Wilkes College stu
dents are now eligible to take the
licensing examinations to practice
professional nursing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
Professor McHenry added, “We
are quite pleased with the Boards
approval and the performance of
the 1977 graduates on the examina
tion. It is a vital step towards establishing the nursing program at Wilkes
College.”
The nursing program was initiate
at the college in 1972. It offers a va
riety of careers for men and women
and leads to a Bachelor of Scienc
degree with a major in Nursing an
reflects a curriculum design tha
responsive to the changing needs
society for health care.
client
Emphasis is placed on the
motion oi
and his family in the previ
non-profit basis and one that is organized for making a profit. "The
aim of an institution such as Wilkes
is to provide programs without the
profit motive. We are constantly
evaluating our greatest needs," he
�Play it again, Anne
“Music can be taught to anyone."
So subscribes Wilkes College music
educator Anne Vanko Liva, who has
spent more than 40 years of her life
teaching piano.
Mrs. Liva, a native of Jessup, was
honored as a "Professor Emerita"
during annual commencement ac
tivities on May 22.
Despite relinquishing some of her
formal teaching load at the college,
she still expects to maintain much
of her current busy pace which in
cludes 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. sessions at
Wilkes, four days a week, plus a hec
tic weekend schedule at her 33-room
house on Vine St. in Scranton.
“I just love teaching," remarked
Mrs. Liva, in explanation of her fast
moving schedule. “Normally I only
sleep two to four hours a night."
After working part time at the col
lege for 14 years, the charming edu
cator joined the Wilkes faculty' on a
permanent basis in 1970, “I will
never regret my association with
Wilkes,” she offered, "A small pro
gram can do so much for a student.
The intimacy of a college such as
Wilkes offers everyone a chance to
know one another."
“There is a misconception that a
person has to be talented to take up
music. This is wrong," she emphat
ically said. “I have had many stu
dents who lacked a music ear or
sense of rhythm, and within a year
they' played marvelously."
Starting at an early age is also part
of her teaching philosophy. “I have
students who begin playing the pi
ano at the age of three. A child at
three, who is so relaxed, can digest
and retain much if he is taught prop
erly.”
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
While some of her protoges such
as Tom Hrynkiw, John Verbalis, Gor
don Roberts, Debbie Sobol, Edward
Polochick, and Ernest Ragognini
have distinguished themselves in na
tional and international competition,
a multitude of her students have also
reached brilliant heights as lawyers
and doctors.
“Learning the piano teaches you
discipline, both mentally and phys
ically,” she noted. “All of these tools
can be applied in almost every en
deavor. Music forces you to think
and when you think, you learn. Mus
ic trains all the faculties.”
Getting back to her 33-room house
in Scranton, Mrs. Liva, who studied
at the Julliard School of Music, dis
closed that it once was the home of
former Mayor Connell.
“I currently have 11 grand pianos
and many of my present and former
students at Wilkes help win,
ing. It is surprising that man?, ‘^b’
young pupils come weekly f °f °Ur
tant areas such as Philadplnk'1" tlis'
may wait as late as 12 mi, k■ and
their lesson."
micin>8ht fQr
The only daughter amn
sons, she confides that her fan? fiv°
couragedher to enter the musfe
but also
made
Q wem d
------sure ----‘hat...she
business school “to lea:
- -am a trade."
In addition to her piano ica.
‘eaching
at Wilkes and at the Vine St.
i
sion, Mrs. Liva is also music dirtmanfor an eight-week “Tiffan; ’ector
. ‘S' Falls
summer music clinic at Dir
.. „,1U”
imock and
later this summer will participate
in
some workshops at London, England.
For some, retirement may sound
like a sudden departure from rigor
ous work routines but for the tireless
Anne Vanko Liva, it opens a whole
new horizon with unlimited bounds.
The Birth of an Alumnus
Joseph W. Buckley ’77
faculty
Dr. Lester J. Turoczi feels very
strongly about increasing the sense
of commitment between students
and faculty'. "The campus has gotten
much bigger than it was twenty
years ago. We have to work more
diligently to retain the close student
faculty relationship for which we
pride ourselves at Wilkes College,”
the 35-year-old educator followed.
Turoczi. a strong advocate of close
student-faculty interaction, was re
cently named chairman of the Wilkes
College Biology Department, replac
ing Dr. Charles B. Reif, who retired
from the post after thirty years.
The biology professor notes that
the attitude of the faculty must keep
pace with the changes of the student
society. “Students need much more
than book learning. They need our
care and personal touch.”
“We must overcome our negative
attitudes and look for positive as
pects on campus," Turoczi noted.
"We must concentrate on what we
do well and improve."
Single and a member of the Wilkes
faculty since 1973, the Jersey City,
N.J. native came to Wilkes College
because he wanted a "good liberal
arts college which would allow me
to develop as a college teacher, and
yet be small enough so that I could
know
and’ communicate with the
'---students."
Dr. Turoczi, known to his friends
and associates as “Les” spent 11
years of his life at Rutgers Univers
ity where he attained his B.A., M.S.,
and finally Ph.D. degrees. He was an
assistant instructor at the New Jersey
institution before making his career
choice between undergraduate teach
ing and post-doctoral research.
A very popular figure among stu
dents on campus, the enthusiastic
educator is the faculty advisor to the
Human Services Committee as well
as the Photography Club.
He holds memberships in the Sig
ma Xi Honor Society, American As
sociation for the Advancement of
Science, American Society of Zoolo
gists, New York Academy of Science,
Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences,
and the Institute for Society, Ethics
and Life Sciences.
1 uroczi has published research on
the "Biology of Aging" and is active
in the research of human chromo
somes and human genetics.
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I
If Wilkes College is to survive as
a center of liberal arts education, it
must quickly begin to realign its
values. Often we have heard of the
"Wilkes College Family.” Unfortun
ately, we have only been paying lipservice to that idea. Wilkes is not the
family that it should be. Instead, the
college has subtly shifted its values.
It is a shift which is best illustrated
by the college's two most common
self-conceptions.
Wilkes College has often been said
to be one of the largest industries in
the Wyoming Valley. Whether true
or not, the college has recently be
gun to think of itself in business
terms. This is the most recent and
most prominent self-conception. The
obvious analogy is that of the college
as a production plant. In other words,
the college tries to meet the needs
of the community by producing a
product-student that the consumer
market will view as desirable. A ma
jority of students accept this analogy
because they are primarily job ori
ented.
The analogy can even be taken a
step further to include the assembly
line process in which each student
receives so many parts of math,
chemistry, etc. And each part is as
sembled by a different assemblyman
professor. This equation of the col
lege and the production process is
fine until we recognize the fact that
most consumer products are today
produced according to the concept
of planned obsolescence. This con
cept states that a product should
last for only so many years before
it begins to wear out and thus neces
sitates the buying of a new replace
ment product.
If, then, we consider the idea of
the student as a marketable product,
we can see that no liberal arts col
lege must ever follow the concept of
planned obsolescence. Otherwise,
the production process would en
hance the future of the college by
ensuring continued production; but,
at the same time, it would also negate
the future of the product-student.
In adopting this analogy of the
womb, we must also rid ourselves of
the idea that our schooldays are the
best days of our lives. This simply
is not true. For if these are the best
days of our lives, then we have noth
ing to look forward to. That is to say,
we have no future. A liberal arts col
lege must always look to the future
of society, a better future of better
days because of the alumni to which
the college gives birth.
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To survive as a liberal arts college,
a far better analogy to follow would
be that of the college as a womb. Af
ter a four-year period of nourishment
and growth, the mother-college
would give birth to an alumnus. This
analogy would continue to ensure
the future of the college, since most
children would not desert their moth
ers and since all communities look
more favorably on mothers than on
industries. Also, under this analogy,
the future of the children-students
would be insured because they
would always have the guidance and
faith of the mother-college.
With such an analogy, the primary
importance should be focused on the
birth of the alumnus. For the school
must exist for and be committed to
the creation of alumni. It is the alum
nus, especially the newborn alum
nus, who is most important because
he is the one who can and should do
something to improve the commun
ity he enters. The purpose of being
a student is to prepare oneself to
graduate, to become an alumnus, to
help society.
The title of alumnus carries with
it a far greater obligation than just
giving a donation to the college’s an
nual spring fund-raising campaign.
An alumnus must be able to point
out faults in his mother-institution;
i. e., to show where his upbringing
was lacking. This could only benefit
the college and its future offspring.
Also, the alumnus should be pre
pared to offer help to those offspring
who are leaving the protection of the
college, to help new alumni adjust
to the society they have entered.
The idea of the college as a womb
would be closely allied with the idea
of a “Wilkes College Family," which
has most recently been a label for an
unreality. Therefore, it is this self
conception that the college must re
adopt.
It might seem odd, and maybe
even silly, to quarrel over which an
alogy a college should use for itself.
But if a person can be hurt by a self
conception which is a misconcep
tion, then a college can also be hurt,
if not defeated, by the way it sees it
self.
Joe Buckley, a
: 1977 alumnus, was the
former president of the Journalism Society
and a former meiimber of the editorial staff
of the BEACON.
They Came Back
Sixteen students, who entered the
first class of the Wilkes-Hahnemann
Cooperative Medical Education Pro
gram in Family Medicine in 1972, re
turned to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
area on May 31 to complete the third
and final phase of their study.
The students, who will receive a
Doctor of Medicine Degree in June,
1978, include: John Azain, WilkesBarre; Kathleen Barnhart, Philadel
phia; Edward Boyer, Norristown;
Jeanne Cullinan, Henrietta, N.Y.;
Michael Ferraro, Forty Fort; Ellen
Field Herrerra, Villanova; James Guzek, Dunmore; Susan Krischuis, Luz
erne; Thomas Lenns, Scranton.
Also, Maureen Maguire, Bear
Creek; Bonita Metzger, WilkesBarre; Cynthia Patterson, Towanda;
Deborah Pincofski, Nanticoke; Janet
Polansky, Pittston; Cynthia Solo
mon, Ashley; and Douglas Trostle,
Adamstown.
The Wilkes-Hahnemann Program
in Family Medicine began in 1972,
when the first class of high school
graduates entered Wilkes College to
embark upon an intensive six-year
combined BS/MD program destined
to increase the number of family
practitioners in underserved areas
of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
At the end of two years at Wilkes
College, 16 students went on to
Hahnemann Medical College in Phil
adelphia to pursue their medical
training. While there, the first year
was spent in preclinical basic scien
ces, while the second and third years
were devoted to advance basic sci
ences and clinical training in medi
cine, surgery, obstetrics and gyne
cology, pediatrics, and the behavior
sciences.
The senior year program will take
place entirely within the WilkesBarre/Scranton/Hazleton area where
students will be assigned to local
doctors in their offices, for medical
SUMMER 1977
9
�tals. clinics, and health-related agencies.
The local hospitals participating
in the Wilkes-Hahnemann Program
include the Community Medical Cen
ter of Scranton: Mercy Hospital.
Wilkes-Barre; Nesbitt Memorial Hos
pital, Kingston: Wilkes-Barre Gen
eral Hospital; Wyoming Valley Hos
pital, Wilkes-Barre: Veterans Ad
ministration Hospital. Wilkes-Barre:
St. Joseph’s Hospital. Hazleton; and
the Hazleton State Hospital.
In addition, students will attend
clinics sponsored by the Crippled
Children's Association at Kirby
Health Center, and will gain a psych
iatric experience at the Mental
Health Center in Scranton, the Luz
erne - Wyoming County Mental
Health Center, and the NanticokeHazleton Mental Health Center.
For an obstetrical experience,
students will be assigned to the of
fices and clinics of the Midwifery
Program of the Maternal Health Serv
ices of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
While students are completing
their clinical training, they will at
tend a structure seminar series at
Wilkes College which will cover
such areas as medical law, office
management, community affairs, and
problems of the physician in society.
Upon the completion of their 48week senior year program, stu
dents will receive their BS degree in
medical science from Wilkes College
and their Doctor of Medicine degree
from Hahnemann.
Wilkes College is among other
modern schools of nursing that have
chosen distinctive pins to identify
their graduates. The design of each
school's pin is based upon specific
symbolism interpreting visibly the
philosophy of the school.
This practice has evolved from
early military-religious traditions in
volving the Crusaders. Just as the
Crusaders chose various symbols to
differentiate each order, so do the
nursing schools use symbolism in the
designs of their pins and badges.
During the Crusades, several miltary nursing orders were estab'!-’
Fine hospitals were built by
principles and practices t' '
administration developed
’?ier.800d
care was provided the soldii
Pope Urban II, who sent tue <jru
he Crito
saders on their way, urged ‘them
UK
wear the cross on their
their heads
heads and
breasts. Various forms
.—■ms of
of th=
the cross
were used by different orders,
with its special significance. each
But while nursing has evolved
from these traditions, the cap and
uniform have faded as school ident
ification. Social changes occurred
and graduates of current nursing
schools are identified by their nurs
ing pin and their level of functioning.
nnn
memoriam
FRANK KLINE
Class of ’62
FRANK KLINE, 41, of 626 Penllyn
Pike, Blue Bell, Pa. died on May 11,
1977 in Temple University Hospital,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Frank was a graduate of Kingston
High School, Kingston, Pa. and re
ceived a B.S. in Accounting from
Wilkes College in 1962. He was vice
president and treasurer of Sylvan
Pools in Doylestown, Pa.
Frank is survived by his wife, the
former PATRICIA RINGENBACH
'61; children, William, Jeffrey and
Catherine, at home; mother, Mrs.
Helen Kline, Kingston; brothers,
Louis, Philadelphia; Robert, Lindenwald, N.J.
The Weckesser Summit
GLENN P. WILLIAMS
Class of ’57
Care, Cure, and Coordination
The Wilkes College Nursing Pin.
which signifies achievement, is an
emblem that identifies the nurse as
a graduate of the college's bacca
laureate nursing program.
Designed by Ruth McHenry, chair
man of the Wilkes College Nursing
Department; and Margaret Tomczak,
a senior nursing student from Levit
town, the pin exemplifies four as
pects of nursing at the college.
The design symbolizes: the con
tinuity of human endeavor, repre
sented by the circle; the three C's of
nursing — care, cure and coordina
tion of services, by the points of the
triangle; the enlightenment to be
gained through higher teducation
'
___ .by
the mace; and continuing professioi
' >nal development in service to
mankind, by the inner triangle, directed
to futurity.
10
The newly elected officers of the
Wilkes College Alumni Association
met recently at Weckesser Hall to
map out plans for the coming year.
Among the projects outlined by
national president Judy Simonson
Arenstein '68 were increased efforts
of the alumni toward student recruit
ment, aid in the placement of grad
uating seniors, and financial support
to the college.
Attending the session, from left
seated; Baria Sterniuk Zubritzky, '38
regional vice-president, region XI,
McKees Rocks, Pa.; Lauren Harris
kT
O'Hara '74, secretary, West Pittston,
Pa.; Judy Arenstein '68, national
president, Scarsdale, N.Y.; and
Steven Paradise, national treasurer,
Merrick, N.Y.
Other regional vice-presidents in
clude Tom Krapsho '70, region HI.
Harrisburg, Pa,; Peter Perog '60. re
gion V, Sparta, N.J.; Hob I.inaberry
73, region VII, Syracuse, N.Y.; Paul
Klein '60, region VIII, Duxbury,
Mass.; John Wodraska '70, region X,
Jupiter, Fla.; Barbara Denney CamP’
bell '09, region XII, Lojolla, Calif.
Glenn P. Williams, 44, of Box 380,
Richland Meadows, Quakertown,
formerly of Wilkes-Barre, died on
May 9,1977 at his home following an
illness.
Glenn was a graduate of Coughlin
High School, Wilkes-Barre and re
ceived a B.S. in Secondary Education
from Wilkes in 1957. He also held a
master's degree from Rutgers Uni
versity. Glenn taught at Fallsington
in Pennsbury School District and
later was director of special services
for Scotch Plains, New Jersey School
District. Prior to his illness three
years ago he was director of special
services in Monroe Township School
District, Cranberry, N.J.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Janet Knox; mother, Mrs.
Alice McGrail Williams, Quaker
town; brothers, William, Bingham
ton, N.Y.; John, Broomall, Pa.; Don
ald, Roxborough, Pa; and sister,
Helen Williams, Quakertown.
MICHAEL R. HAMILTON
Class of '69
DR. MARVIN D. JUDD
Class of'37
Michael R. Hamilton, 29, of Istan
bul, Turkey, formerly of WilkesBarre, died on September 19,1976 in
an airplane crash over the Carribean
Sea.
Michael graduated from St.
Mary’s High School in Wilkes-Barre
and received a B.A. in Mathematics
from Wilkes College in 1969. At the
time of his death he was teaching
Physics at Robert College of Istan
bul, Turkey, where he had been em
ployed since 1973.
Due to his service and dedication
a Memorial to Michael has been es
tablished at Robert College of Istan
bul. The Memorial has the form of
an annual award to a student for ex
cellence in Physics.
Michael is survived by his wife,
the former MARY DELANEY '75;
and his father, Walter T. Hamilton,
New York, N.Y.
Dr. Marvin D. Judd, 60, of 191 James
Street, Kingston, Pa. died on May 8,
1977 in Wilkes-Barre, General Hos
pital.
Marvin was a graduate of Wyo
ming Seminary, Bucknell University,
and the Dental College of Temple
University, Philadelphia, Pa. He also
attended Wilkes College in 1934 as
a Biology major. Marvin maintained
his dentistry practice on Bennett
Street in Luzerne for more than 30
years.
Surviving are his widow, the form
er Nancy Cohen; daughter, Mrs.
Diane Peiper, Philadelphia; son,
James, student at Medical College of
Temple University; mother, Mrs.
Katie Dattner Judd, New Jersey; sis
ter, Mrs. Selma Shill, Tarrytown,
N.Y.; and brother, Harold, Westfield,
N.J.
DR. JAROSLAV MORAVEC
JUDGE FRANK L. PINOLA
Former Luzerne County President,
Judge of Common Pleas Court and
member of the Wilkes College Board
of Trustees, Frank L. Pinola died on
April 19.
Judge Pinola retired from service
on the Luzerne County bench in
February, 1968, following 20 years
as a jurist. He was elected to a 10year term in 1947 and reelected to a
second 10-year term in 1957 with the
endorsement of the Republican and
Democrat parties.
Born in Scranton on Jan. 28, 1893,
Judge Pinola was graduated from
West Pittston High School, Cornell
University, and the University of
Pennsylvania Law School.
Judge Pinola served in World War
I and earned the rank of captain. In
1920, he founded the Liberty Bank
of Pittston and served as the bank
president.
He was admitted to the practice
of law in Luzerne County in 1915
and served as a U.S. commissioner.
He was elected two terms as presi
dent of Luzerne County Bar Associ
ation in 1946 and 1947. He earned
statewide recognition for his work
on behalf of veterans and served as
state commander of the American
Legion in 1930.
On June 16, 1961, he was named
President judge of Luzerne County
Court upon the death of Judge J.
Harold Flannery.
His wife, the former Helen Nichol
son. who he married Sept. 1, 1917,
died in 1975. Surviving are a son
and daughter.
Dr. Jaroslav Moravec, former
chairman of the Wilkes College Soc
iology and Anthropology Depart
ment, died suddenly on April 5 at the
age of 67.
A native of Czechoslovakia, he
came to this country in 1952 as a po
litical refugee. He was a member of
the Wilkes College faculty from 1963
to 1975. He retired from full time
teaching in 1975 and was honored
in the first group of professor emeriti
at the college in October.
Dr. Moravec received a doctor of
laws degree from Charles IV Uni
versity Law School, Prague, Czec
hoslovakia, and a doctorate in soci
ology and anthropology from Bos
ton University.
Following his arrival from Czec
hoslovakia, Dr. Moravec worked at
as bibliographer for the Harvard
University Law School Library,
Harvard University. He later taught
at Boston University, Bucknell Uni
versity, and the Newtown College
of Sacred Heart prior to joining the
Wilkes faculty.
He received honors from Boston
University w-hen he w-as named a
human relations center fellow and
was cited by the Outstanding Edu
cators in America in 1973.
Surviving are his widow, the form
er Alexandra Ouhrabka, and three
children.
In the memory of DR. Jaroslav G.
Moravec, a scholarship fund has
been initiated by his family and his
friends. Memorial contributions, if
desired, may be forwarded to the
alumni or development office.
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
SUMMER 1977
11
�OTHER
INDIGNITIES
by Dr. G.K. Wuori
“We ping pong them between a life having something of the quality of that of a potato and
one filled with mere bits and pieces of lucid rationality.” Bio-ethics, Philosophy Professor
G. K. Wuori speaks out on the euthanasia phenomenon. Bio-ethics, Philosophy Professor
Picture a somewhat gruesome
scene: the man is gaunt, wiz
ened, and eighty-seven. He has
lost both kidneys, most of his
bowel, and breathes with the
aid of a mechanical respirator.
Twice in the past week he has
gone into cardiac arrest, twice
been brought back. His pain is
intractable and such lucid mo
ments as he has are distorted by
the begrouched articulation of
his agony. A contemporary How
dy Doody dangling with his
wires and tubes from a miracle
puppeteer, the embodiment of
the perfect Groan lost in the
whirls, clicks, and bleeps of his
machines, he is the object of
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
pity, scorn, sympathy ...all the
rest. Some of the younger nur
ses accuse (not openly) the res
ident physicians of experiment
ing upon the man, of using him
as an elaborate visual aid to ad
vance their own learning. Others
say the doctors are simply do
ing what they are sworn to do,
to “follow that system of regi
men which.. .1 consider for the
benefit of my patients, and to
abstain from whatever
is de
whatever is deleterious and mischievous.”
' mischievous.”
(Oath of Hippocrates).
Other discussions have been
going on, however, conversations
concerning treatment. There is a
new procedure, one which will
truly benefit the man in his or
deal. The treatment is contro
versial beyond measure, possib
ly unethical, most certainly ille
gal (although some rather hazy
precedents have been set), and
one-hundred percent effective in
doing what it is supposed to do:
benefit the patient. Some time
before, the patient, in writing,
consented to this mode of treat
ment should it become neces
sary, and on this particular day
the doctors, in consultation with
each other and the patient s
family, reach an agreement: they
will do an EBT.
At midnight (the time here is
for dramatic purposes only) an
old physician quietly enters the
patient’s room, makes an adjust
ment on the intravenous appar
atus, and sits calmly at the side
of the patient as the innocuous
air bubble now riding through
the IV solution releases the pa
tient from his travail.
“What,” you ask, “is this
EBT? It sounds like murder to
me. It sounds like that doctor
killed that old man.”
“Murder? Oh no. That was an
EBT, short for ‘elective bene
ficent termination.’ A medical
procedure. Murder? Dear me,
no. The patient even gave his
written consent.”
“Suicide, then. He was clear
ly a suicide.”
“No. He didn’t kill himself. He
was simply helped in his death.
Not suicide, not murder. I told
you it was an EBT performed
by a doctor, a specialist, what
we call a thanatologist.”
Such scenarios are easy to con
struct and we shall return to this one
later, but let me say here that such
pictures are in many ways sympto
matic of a rampant fascination with
death which seems to have swept over America in recent years. The sub
ject has almost replaced sex as our
national pop/intellectual pastime,
and magazines, conventions, semin
ars, college courses, and even church
groups are glutted with explorations
of the subject. Indeed, it is as though
we have collectively turned our
heads in this direction and discover
ed (for the first time in history, of
course): “Golly, people die.”
Now I am not terribly concerned
as to why this phenomenon has come
about, and as an educator and phi
losopher I certainly have no objec
tion with regard to any “new” roads
found on the difficult journey to
self-knowledge. But as a people we
have a tendency to geld sensitive is
sues by spotlighting them into ob
livion; when the lights go out, thus,
when the interest passes, only a car
cass remains: if the issue has been
devoured then surely the problem
has been resolved.
Nevertheless, full meals often re
sult in massive indigestion, and I am
concerned over what might remain
or be awaiting us when our current
interest in death joins the Beatles,
Swinging, and Mary Tyler Moore on
the shelf of toys we have grown bored
with. Let’s presuppose a carcass here
and prowl the remains for a time.
II
On Sunday, January 2, 1977, the
California legislature put into effect
a bill which has been hailed by some
as a landmark in the cause of human
dignity and self-determination, and
by others as a further step down a
thorny path which ends in the ulti
mate debasement of the value of hu
man life.
The bill, A. B. 3060, The Cali
fornia Natural Death Act, provides
for the first time in the United
States medical, ethical, and legal
guidelines for dealing with termin
ally ill patients.
It is said to be a humane bill filled
with good intentions. We have got
ten ourselves into a trap, one hears,
and such measures as A. B. 3060 pro
vide means for escape. The trap we
are in is our own success. We have
met the Grim Reaper and he is ours,
Woody Allen in drag. One also
thinks of Don Knotts. Again and
again where an earlier day would
have seen the terminally ill make
their final struggle and lose - always
lose - we now snatch them back:
stabilize their fluttering cardia, dia
lyze their funky kidneys, respirate
their wheezing lungs. In our success
we ping-pong them between a life
having something of the quality of
that of a potato and one filled with
mere bits and pieces of lucid ration
ality. Increasingly, we do not let
them die and the doctors are worried.
Thus, the argument goes, we need
to legitimize what has always been
a fact in medicine anyway. From the
time, long ago, when the first Sham
an decided that the fifth boiled toad
skin was enough and if that didn’t
cure his patient’s dropsy well... that
was that - from that time to the pres
ent physicians have always known
that there came a time when their
work was done. Death, the enemy,
was victor and in the natural scheme
of things deserved his prize.
We need to allow, that is, the
physician to step back and release
his patient, but at the present time,
in most states, such a step is possi
ble only within a moral and legal
twilight zone: if a physician fails to
order cardio-pulmonary resuscita
tion, for example, for a patient who
has gone into cardiac arrest, has he
not denied that patient the means
whereby the patient’s life - no matter
what his condition - might have been
saved? Are there occasions where
such withholding is justified? If not,
and a physician withholds such
treatment, is he or she morally or
legally culpable?
With regard to the last question,
the California Natural Death Act
would supposedly clarify the issue.
Its most interesting feature provides
for the use of a so-called “living
will,” a document which requests the
withholding of extraordinary life
saving procedures for patients in a
terminal condition. If such a docu
ment is signed at least two weeks
after the diagnosis of a terminal ill
ness the physician is required to
comply with it. If signed before that
time (as much as five years before),
the physician is not required to fol
low the document but should con
sider it in the totality of circum
stances. In all cases, the physician
remains free of civil and criminal
liability.
As mentioned, supporters of the
bill hail its humanity. Within the
bill itself justification of withhold
ing treatment is made in terms of 1)
adults having "the fundamental right
to control the decisions relating to
the rendering of their own medical
care;” 2) modern technology having
brought us to a point where we can
prolong life perhaps to an unreason
able degree; and 3) the “prolonga
tion of life for persons with a termin
al condition (causing) loss of patient
dignity . . . while providing nothing
medically necessary or beneficial to
the patient.” (sec. 7186)
We need, I think, to give history
its due: we have unearthed here a
very old horse.
Awhile ago, the concept of eutha
nasia was considered prime meat for
ethics classes, religious discussion
groups, and the like. Examples and
case studies were always extreme
and usually quite grim (deformed
babies, the prototypical comatose
father of seven, etc.). Discussion was
usually heated as principle was pit
ted against principle and miscon
ception against misconception and
the whole thing was delightfully ir
relevant because, as everyone knew,
we were not about to start deliber
ately putting people to death.
Such arguments continue. No one,
it is said, is going to be pul to death
under A. B. 3060 or any other piece
SUMMER 1977
13
�of legislation. Our medical technol
ogy has simply gotten us to the point
where we can maintain bodies, hu
man tissue, almost indefinitely. We
cannot, however, maintain persons
and since persons are inevitably con
nected to bodies there comes a point
where continued maintenance of a
body constitutes a gross violation of
the sanctity of a person. Persons
need to die and we must respect that
need.
There is, today, no lack of debate
within the professional medical and
philosophical community over these
issues. There is a large, and growing,
literature as well as a large, and
growing, amount of confusion. In the
remainder of this article, then, I
would like to focus upon several of
the major issues facing an enlighten
ed citizenry contemplating “easy
death” legislation as well as some of
the major arguments surrounding
these issues. Before doing this, how
ever, one important distinction must
be made.
It is these latter two situations
which constitute the basis for a dis
tinction vital to euthanasia support
ers. There is a difference, it is said,
between active and passive eutha
nasia. In active euthanasia one (us
ually the physician, but not always)
causes the patient to die; in passive
euthanasia one allows the patient to
die. As will be seen, this is no small
distinction.
Ill
As Ibng ago as the first century
before Christ the Roman philosopher
Seneca observed that “mere living
is not a good, but living well. Ac
cordingly, the wise man will live as
long as he ought, not as long as he
can . .'. ” Such a man, he said, “al
ways reflects concerning the qual
ity. and not the quantity of his life.”
Implicit here is the idea that human
life has worth only under certain
conditions. Exactly w’hat those con
ditions might be, however, has had a
notorious history in moral philoso
phy. We could begin with the basics:
man has need of food, clothing, and
shelter. But it is not long before man
has need of good food, good clothing,
and good shelter. Graspers that we
are, the step from “good” to “excel
lent” is an easj' one to take, and from
... .
this purely qualitative level we take
V.a
- quantitative step to
to” needing a lot
" ' r*
of excellent food, a lot of excellent
“c_enent ,fo?d- a l°t of excellent
clothing,
and of
course as mullj
many O11C1shel—
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ters
can afford - one at the lake
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\ is always nice.
In a medical context death occurs
for one of three reasons. 1) The phy
sician is unable to treat the patient.
In this case, the patient may be ei
ther so traumatized or so critical that
the physician simply has not the
skills or equipment to save life. It
was this point, in more distant times,
which was always reached sooner or
later and which, today, is being
reached increasingly later. 2) The
physician is able to treat the patient
with lifesaving therapy but chooses,
whether alone or in consultation with
colleagues - patient - family - friends
- clergy to withhold such therapy,
thus “allowing” the patient to die.
3) The physician is either able or
unable to treat the patient; never
theless, he intervenes actively to
“cause” the patient’s death.
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But the argument here is that life
is conditional, worth living only un
der certain conditions. Should those
conditions fail to be met, we begin
to think that a life becomes “less than
human” and possibly not worth liv
ing. In a more genteel language, we
speak of a life which meets those con
ditions as being a dignified life, one
proper to the species of rational, self
determining beings.
This kind of argument places dig
nity within a context of rights, of
things we are entitled to have and
which no one ought to deny us.
Now in a medical context the arg
ument is often confused. One hears
much talk these days about a per
son’s having a right to a death with
“dignity,” almost as though it were
just one more weapon in the physi
cian’s arsenal of wonder drugs. Con
sider the following passage from a
journal as rather typical of this de
mand:
I have seen what others have
seen: loved ones connected to an
impressive array of machinery
which produces bleeps on a
heart monitor while they are
unable to relate to others. At the
same time 1 have seen a person
die with less than dignity. At
precisely the time when one’s
life should be enveloped by the
utmost of dignity it is robbed of
that basic quality. Memories
linger, not of a person, but of a
human organism connected to
machines. I have seen what
others have seen: families liter
ally paralyzed by a lengthy vigil
at the bedside of a loved one,
when what they are really main
taining is a vigil at a display of
scientific agility . . . As I have
participated in such vigils . . . I
have known deep in my heart
that while the person involved
loved life they also prized hu
manity and that they would not
want to suffer this indignity*
This is not a strong argument and
yet it is a common one. The biggest
problem I see here is the claim to cer
tain dignified conditions of life as
involving an absolute right. On the
one hand, the difficulty is that there
are just too many occasions in the
course of a life where certain indig
nities are accepted as a matter of
course. Activities such as giving
birth, digging a ditch, or cleaning a
toilet have never been regarded as
hallmarks in the rush toward a dig
nified life (although this certainly
need not imply that they are not
worthwhile activities). A list of such
indignities - necessary ones - would
no doubt be quite long.
On the other hand, one also finds
dignity in strange places: a skid-row
bum could have it, a bank president
might not. Basically, my concern
here is whether we really have a firm
enough grip on the nature of dignity
to justify our elevating
j it to the
ranks of such rights as life, liberty,
and other pursuits.
I suspect it would probably be far
more appropriate to speak of dignity
as involving matters of taste, al
though this would have a rather
drastic effect upon “death with dig
nity” arguments. Supporters of such
legislation would, then, in essence be
arguing that when life becomes dis
tasteful to some degree we have a
right to opt out of it. I don’t care to
open this can of worms much further
other than to note that to legislate
the conditions of living and dying
solely on the grounds of taste is to
set precedents we may well wish, one
day, had not been set. That, however,
is not a good argument.
IV
There is another argument, a more
humanistic one, which can perhaps
lend support to those urging eutha
nasia legislation.
Again, proponents of such bills
gain great mileage out of the concept
of human rights. The right to die, it
should be mentioned, is one which
has even been sanctioned by both
the American Medical Association
and the Roman Catholic Church. In
December of 1973 the House of Dele
gates of the AMA affirmed that the:
cessation of the employment of
extraordinary means to pro
long the life of the body when
there is irrefutable evidence that
biological death is imminent is
the decision of the patient or his
immediate family. The advice
and judgment of the physician
should be freely available to the
patient and/or his immediate
family.
Further, the Roman Catholic
Church has had a policy which dates
back to the encyclical of Pope Pius
XII in 1957 which clearly states that
the duties of the physician are rela
tive to his and the patient’s time,
place, and circumstance and that
under no conditions is the physician
required to use extraordinary means
to maintain the life of a patient who
is clearly terminal.
However, in the same document
from which the above passage was
drawn, the AMA’s House of Dele
gates also affirms that the:
intentional termination of the
life of one human being by an
other - mercy killing - is con
trary to that for which the med
ical profession stands and is
contrary to the policy of the
American Medical Association.
The position, thus, is pro-passive,
con-active euthanasia and it is a pos
ition which seems, to reasonable peo
ple, quite reasonable. I should like
to argue in the remainder of this
article that there is a position which
is even more reasonable than this,
yet it is also one which is infinitely
more difficult to adopt.
The humanistic argument under
lying these policies is not difficult
to understand, particularly if one
moves from the realm of ethical dis
course and theorizing to the
“trenches:” the hospitals, nursing
homes, and clinics where health care
practitioners confront these kinds of
cases every day. In these contexts,
one meets people desperately trying
to do their jobs, desperately trying
to maintain belief and principle in
situations designed to test principles
to the very limits. Of course these
health care people engage in a cer
tain amount of distancing and struc
tured non-involvement. One learns
to look upon sick human beings as
diseased pieces of flesh if only be
cause the reality of what does hap
pen to people is too much to bear.
klzC.
*: f
Nevertheless, it is the health care
practitioner (even more so than the
involved family and friends), not the
theorist, who sees, and lives with regardless of the success or lack of
success of the defense mechanisms the suffering of the brain tumor pa
tient or the burn victim every day.
It is he or she to whom is charged
the duty to accept that pain and to
maintain the very organism which
lies at the root of that pain. It is thus
not difficult to understand a policy
which wants to recognize those mo
ments when nothing more ought to
be done and reconcile them with an
equally strong imperative which as
serts that we must always do every
thing possible to save life. The diffi
culty is that if we want to hold onto
the former policy how do we escape
the powerfully recriminative you
should have done something, any
thing? It should also be noted here
that in our failure, as a people, to re
solve this bind we place a truly hor
rendous burden upon the health care
practitioner who is forced to vacil
late between a guilt he or she is not
sure is really theirs and a corruptive
process of rationalization.
The point here is that to fail to do
is to cause death, and from a moral
point of view there is, as I shall ar
gue, no difference between the fail-
ure to treat a terminal patient who
has gone into cardiac arrest and the
benevolent injection of an overdose
of morphine into the veins of the
same patient. In both cases the mo
tive is, ostensibly, to do what is best
for the patient. Unfortunately, since
the latter action is, by current moral
and legal standards, exactly what
we mean by murder, we are forced
to surrender the patient to a “Na
ture” who is sometimes neat and
sometimes incredibly vicious.
We are clearly in a bind and there
seems to be only two alternatives: 1)
we must never give up; 2) we must
allow patients to die. Let us examine
these two alternatives.
If we accept the first we seem to
be committing ourselves to a policy
wh>ch can only worsen things as our
life-support technology increases in
sophistication. Visions of mammoth
intensive care facilities filled with
row after row of mechanically-main
tained “tissue” give us a bizarre fu
ture. Families, wracked emotionally,
an economy and insurance industry
stretched to the breaking point - all
seem part of a future where, if we
respect mere life as such to the ex
tent that we will not let people die,
the ultimate defeat of death - so long
a romanticized and cherished goal in
our histories and literatures - can
only lead to catastrophic results.
We have not, of course, "defeated”
death and we most likely never will.
Bodies, obstinate things that they
are, still seem to find ways to outmaneuver the most advanced tech
nology and simply die. But the first
alternative, if only from a purely
practical perspective, seems clearly
to be unworkable. It also places a
demand upon the physician which
is both inordinate and relatively
new. Throughout history it has nev
er been the sole function of the phys
ician to defeat death, though we have
misconstrued his function as such.
Rather, the goal of the physician is
to restore health to whatever extent
his time and his skills allow him to.
If that goal cannot be fulfilled then,
quite properly, the physician’s job
is done. One can do no more.
Does this, then, leave us with the
second alternative as being the more
plausible? Shall we, as a society, in
stitutionalize a structure wherein the
physician can officially acknowledge
that a patient is beyond all hope and
no longer among that class of beings
he is obligated to treat? Shall we, as
a Supreme Court, back up the A. B.
3060's as they come from the states
and are ultimately tested by our
highest judicial body?
SUMMER 1977
15
�I
Now as I have already suggested
I am not, personally, willing to ac
cept this alternative as framed pre
cisely the way it was above. If we
are to accept euthanasia legislation,
then it would seem more reasonable
to have a policy which states not
that “we must allow patients to die
but rather “we must allow patients
to die and provide the proper means
thereto.”
As mentioned, there is, it seems to
me, (and this is a controversial posi
tion), no difference, morally, be
tween passive and active euthanasia
no matter how much, to salve our
own consciences, we may wish to be
lieve there is. Consider the following:
if, through legislative actions and
shifts and changes in our manner of
looking at things from a moral point
of view, we are willing to say that
there are certain conditions under
which a person ought to be allowed
to die, and, further, if we bring the
decision-making aspects of these sit
uations out into the open through the
use of documents such as living wills,
more free and frank consultation
tv., then
ulc„
amongst those ...vui.eu,
involved, Cetc.,
what we really seem to be doing is
giving recognition and legality not
to a moment when a person should
be allowed to die, but rather to a mo
ment when a person ought to be
dead.
Let me cite an example. Consider
our hypothetical brain tumor pa
tient. In its final stages this ailment
is usually debilitating, degenerative
and excruciatingly painful. It would
not be difficult to imagine a patient
in this circumstance who had at one
time, perhaps shortly after the diagnosis, expressed a willingness to have
limits placed upon the extent of
treatment he would be willing to tol-
We might assume further that
there is, in our hypothetical case, no
doubt about either the diagnosis or
the prognosis: the patient will die
soon and has already entered those
stages of the disease which normally
raise the issue of “enough is enough,”
The question to be raised here is
in reality this: if we have already
made the decision that this patient
should be allowed to die, and we have
made it with all due regard for pro
prieties, legalities, and relevant con
sents, what justification do we have
for allowing the patient to live? The
often overlooked point in these cir
cumstances is that to allow to die is
also to allow to live - at least for as
long as it takes for an often indiffer
ent “Nature” to do the job. Again,
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* As mentioned, the literati
in
this area continues to grow. I-ure
;
debted to: James Rachels, am inwho
“Active And Passive Euthanasia
’ Se
The New England Journal Of sia” in
'edicine (January, 1975) solidified
many of my own thoughts on this
issue; Sh’ma, A Journal Of Jewish
Responsibility (April 1977), frorn
which the long quote on death with
dignity was taken; and The Dilem
mas Of Euthanasia, edited by John
Behnke and Sissela Bok. I would be
remiss in failing to mention two other
sources of my own arguments and
perturbations: Dr. Donald Henson
of the Wilkes College Department
of Philosophy whose spirited dis
agreement with nearly everything I
have to say provides a constant in
spiration; and the Wilkes-Barre/
Scranton Medical Ethics Group
whose physicians and health care
workers constitute a most enlighten
ing sounding board for many of these
ideas.
Q
to cite only one of the criteria we
might assess, if we say that the pa
tient's pain is so absolutely abomin
able that we must intervene no fur
ther to prolong that life, then exactly
what is it that prevents us from acting with full human mercy and efficiency in order to stop the pain now?
We seek consistency in our think
ing and in our actions. That we can
live without it has, of course, been
an historical fact for a long, long
time. I have been concerned to try
to sketch as clear a picture as possi
ble of what the real alternatives in
this most sensitive of issues are. At
present, I see no clear answers; in
fact, in the case of this particular di
lemma it would perhaps be easier if
my thoughts were new, if I had just
spotted some crucial moral quandary
which we could expect the next gen
eration of thinkers to slowly work
out. Unfortunately, it is not new, but
where for earlier generations of med
ical people and theoriticians there
really was no crushing imperative to
resolve the dilemma, such is not the
case today. A. B. 3060 represents but
a first step in an uncertain direction,
Articles such as this, it is hoped will
provide the ...kind
—a of public forum
whereby we can determine with
some greater degree of accuracy what
the next step ought to be.
We left our old physician sitting
as his patient died and the first bar
rage of accusations was launched.
What he did, it should be clear by
now, would not be permissible under
A. B. 3060, and today’s thanatologists are not practitioners of this par
ticular kind of art. Still, by current
standards at least there is no doubt
that he murdered his patient. That
is a harsh charge and cries of “Foul!”
and "Not so!” could easily be ex
pected from the audience.
My scenario was fiction and it
would be nice if we could say that,
as fiction, it bears no relation to real
ity. Such is not the case, however,
for such scenarios are played out all
the time. In saying this, it is not my
purpose to accuse, but only to urge
the kind of understanding which will
allow us to make those kinds of de
cisions which we must, necessarily,
make, and yet which we can never
make and still keep our hands clean.
I am not a proponent of human suf
fering and I have no lack of sym
pathy and concern for all those who
are connected in one way or another
with a dying human being. But I
think the California Natural Death
Act is both ill-conceived
*
ond most
certainly will be, if yoi
)U
will
pardon
the pun, ill-executed.
is
.
Dr. Gerald K. Wuori was born and raised
in a small farming community near Chi
cago. In 1973 he received his Ph.D. from
Purdue University. Dr. Wuori has held
teaching positions at Purdue University
and Indiana University and is currently
an assistant professor in the Department of
Philosophy at Wilkes. Dr. Wuori has done
extensive research in the area of axiology:
ethics, medical ethics, aesthetics, decision
theory, and value theory.
Working with Dr. Lester Turoczi of the
Wilkes College Biology Department, Dr.
Wuori has been developing a program in
medical ethics for the Wilkes CollegeHahnemann Medical College program in
Family Medicine.
His interests in the ethical practice of
medicine revolve around such problems as
abortion, the use of extraordinary lifesav
ing therapies, the allocation of scarce med
ical resources, human medical experimen
tation, and ethical guidelines in inedica
education. In 1976 he published a text
book, A Study Guide In Ethics. Dr. Wuori
has also published poetry and short fiction
in national journals and magazines.
He resides in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, with his wife and two children.
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�,. . finalist for the first time this year.
Me ddition to her performances in
In
Barcelona,
the young soprano will be-
B
They
Waited,
They
Cheered,
; 5.
They Will
Remember
by Wilma Hurst, '79
24-Year old Christine Donahue
'74, a music major at Wilkes,
stepped on to the stage at the
Metropolitan Opera House and
before a cheering capacity
audience and the lingering echoes
of her completed performance,
walked off with second place in
the Metropolitan Opera Regional
Auditions, 54,000, and a contract
for three opera performances in
Barcelona, Spain.
Ronald Hedlund as Falstajf and Christine Donahue as Mistress Ford in Verdi's "Fatstair presented by the JuiiiitJd^e^^a^en
Many people enjoy successful ca
reers in a variety of different fields,
but few find success in the entertain
ment world. Hopeful entertainers
must travel a long and difficult path
just to arrive at the door leading to
the world of lights, costumes, stages
and fame. More often than not, the
door never opens.
But at times it does give way, as
it did for Christine Donahue, a Kings
ton, Pa. native and 1974 Wilkes grad
uate. She entered perhaps one of the
most demanding but prestigious areas
of entertainment — the opera. The
24-year-old soprano competed in the
Metropolitan Opera National Council
Regional Audition Finals in March,
and left the stage with second place,
$4,000, and a contract for three opera
performances in Barcelona, Spain.
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Christine was one of hundreds of
young singers who sang at regional
auditions held in the United States,
Canada, Australia and Puerto Rico.
A total of 23 semifinalists were se
lected from these try-outs, and 11 of
those performers entered the final
audition at the Metropolitan Opera
House in New York. Appearing be
fore 13 judges and a sell-out opera
house audience, Christine was award
ed second place honors. Tenor Vin
cent Cole of New York captured first
place, while Eliz Parcells, a Michigan
native, won third place.
Christine's contract to sing three
performances of Meyerbeer's "L'Africane" with the Teatro Liceo in Spain
this November was made possible by
world-renowned tenor Placido Do
mingo. The contract was offered to a
fulfilling a two-year contract with
Houston Opera House this Sep
years later, she became Chapline's
student. Works by Mozart and Han
del, along with early Italian arias had
helped establish the discipline neces
sary for a singing career.
tember.
Although this certainly is not the
pnd of the success story, there has to
be a beginning. Christine's mother,
Mrs Isabel Donahue, recalled her
daughter's first actual singing per
formance—as a five-year-old kin
dergarten student. "It was a mock
wedding at the Maple St. School in
Kingston," she reminisced, "and
Christine was the soloist. She always
enjoyed singing with the other stu
dents in school, but that was her first
'public' performance."
People who knew Christine when
she was growing up in Kingston re
membered that singing was always
part of her life, and in the singer's
own words, she wanted to be a pro
fessional performer "as far back as I
can remember." Her mother confided
that as a young girl Christine vowed
she would someday sing on the Dinah
Shore Show.
Richard Chapline, Christine's voice
teacher at Wilkes, was in the audi
ence at the Met auditions. His pride
in her accomplishments is exceeded
only by the accomplishments them
selves. Chapline, an 18-year veteran
on the music faculty, recalled Chris
tine's undergraduate days shortly af
ter he witnessed her Met perform
ance.
He stated that Christine entered
Wilkes in 1970, and noted that her
audition was "excellent and prom
ising." While a student at Bishop
O'Reilly High School, she had been a
vocal student of Mrs. Josephine Fria,
and was "well-prepared for her col
lege entrance."
Chapline recalled that he was
treated to a sample of Christine's tal
ent at the first chorus concert audi
tions that year. "For the first concert
I had planned a performance of Han
del's 'Semele,' he said, "which has
3 large solo soprano part. When au
ditions were held, a group of so
pranos tried out for the role, but
when Chrissie sang she had chosen
the hardest aria in the work, a colortlJra piece of awesome difficulty,
which she sang with flawless technique at a breakneck speed that took
everyone's breath away! It was then
became aware, some few weeks in
fo her first semester, that we had a
s°Prano of formidable ability in our
midst."
Christine was assigned to Richard
robert, who along with Chapline, ins ructed the freshmen singers. Two
Chapline recalls: "Her facility in
the pronunciation of languages has
always been outstanding, and she
learned to sing beautifully in Italian,
French, German and English. By the
time she became my student, the
greatest pleasure for me was recom
mending repertory to her that I felt
would be helpful to her as well as
right for her voice and temperament.
Much of that repertory has become
a permanent part of her performing
'stock-in-trade.' Her ability to learn
new music quickly is indeed fantas
tic, and her sense of style and correct
feeling for each piece she sings is
something rarely encountered."
Christine performed constantly
while working toward her undergrad
uate degree at Wilkes. In addition to
appearing in Wilkes productions and
concerts, she and Andrea Bogusko
performed together in the area. Chris
also continued her chores as organ
ist for St. Ignatius Church in Kings
ton, and graduated from the kinder
garten mock wedding, being a fre
Chapline said that her undergrad
uate and senior voice recitals were
noted not only for the beauty of
Christine's singing, but also for the
size of the audience she attracted.
Upon graduation, she received the
Belin Arts Fellowship, and immedi
ately entered the Juliiard School of
Music. At that institution she was first
in the chorus of the American Opera
Center, was given the lead role last
year in a studio performance of-"II
Matrimonio Segreto," and had small
roles in regular performances. This
past fall she filled in for a soprano in
a performance of Verdi's "Requiem"
with only a day's notice. Despite the
last-minute request, she sang the
part to great acclaim. This April she
sang the part of Alice in Verdi's "Falstaff."
Her accomplishments in the Met
ropolitan auditions gave her the na
tional recognition she needed and
deserved. The sell-out audience and
distinguished jury heard her sing two
arias — "Leise, leise, fromme Weise"
from Weber's "Der Freischutz," and
"Depuis le jour" from Charpentier's
"Louise." The contract with the Tea
tro Liceo in Barcelona will allow her
to debut as "Inez" in Verdi's "II Trovatore."
An article in a Scranton newspaper
quoted Christine as saying that her
goal is to perform opera all over the
world, and more specifically, to do
"Norma" by the time she is 45.
Nineteen years after that first pub
lic performance at the Maple Street
School kindergarten wedding, Chris
tine Donahue has achieved a life
long ambition about which most of
us dream, but few of us accomplish.
At 24 years she has greeted the chal
lenges of the Metropolitan Opera
with fortitude and brilliance.
One can only speculate about the
future, but somehow or other we be
lieve that the little child-like voice
which 19 years ago resounded
throughout the halls of the Maple St.
School, will be a voice to be heard
around the world. Christine Donahue
has indeed given herself and Wilkes
College one of our finest hours, q
quent soloist at weddings.
SUMMER 1977
19
�Human and legal rights above
rigu hevond biological inheritance.
an hts written by and for men in a
Rnfiety
rnen.
5 nuring his four years at Wilkes,
r-hnck came into contact with the
HL Hugo Mailey, who taught a poit cal science course, "Constitutional
11
,, The course was exhilarating
LaT«Pt into motion the concern At-
mrnev Petrillo had for legal rights.
When Professor Mailey died, Attornv Petrillo was called in to teach the
remainder of the course that semes
ter. Later he taught this course at
liBCRty
and
justice
The dramas played out on televi
sion programs depicting forlorn,
troubled people who seem to carry
the world's problems on their should
ers, are not confined to the vivid im
By Ray Bolger
aginations of television writers. The
problems and the people are real,
and as such, need real solutions. Of
ten,
desperately-needed legal aid is
Storefront Lawyer Chuck Petrillo
beyond the reach of lower income
'66 believes there are no poor in
families, young adults, teenagers, and
the eyes of the law. Today the
others on a fixed income.
legal aids society he heads
For years these people were de
represents the only legal recourse
prived of the right to obtain quality
for over 50,000 Northeast
legal services. Although Legal Aid
Pennsylvania residents.
Societies have been in existence for
years, it was not until recently that
a real interest in legal services for
well over 40,000 lower income peo
ple in Northeastern Pennsylvania de
veloped. That interest stimulated the
expansion of the primary source of
such aid — Legal Services of North
eastern Pennsylvania. The office at 45
West Market Street, Wilkes-Barre,
represents a helping hand to thou
sands seeking legal advice.
Once inside the door, these peo
ple will be ushered to quiet cubicles,
where a staff member of Legal Serv
ices or, most likely, one of three
former Wilkes College students who
have interned at Legal Services, will
sort out the facts of the story. These
facts will be put in order, and with
the consent of one of the 12 lawyers
on the staff, legal advice will be given.
Advice that covers the rights, long
forgotten or never attained, of peo
ple on Social Security, Welfare, those
in need of Black Lung benefits, juve
niles in need of protection, the men
tally retarded, poor people needing
advice concerning divorce or bank
ruptcy proceedings.
At Legal Services, their impover20
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Wilkes for a year.
At Wilkes, Chuck ran for senior
class president. He was elected be
cause, as he puts it, "no one ran
against him; no one wanted the job."
Chuck did well enough at Wilkes to
be accepted at Dickinson School of
ished, frustrated lives, filled with mar
ital, economic, emotional and legal
strife, will touch the life of Attorney
Charles Petrillo, a 1966 Wilkes grad
uate, the director of the Legal Serv
ices Office. In some way they will be
come involved with him and he with
11- —
them.
Somewhere in the very beginning
of his legal career, F. Charles Petrillo
made a decision to leave the secure
and economically rewarding clubbiness of private legal practice to
plunge headlong into the world of
prisoner rights and social security
hearings, into a world where the
tragedy of juvenile children is taken
from their parents and placed in the
institutional heart of American soci
ety - a cold, motherless jail cell.
Attorney Petrillo is a big, friendly
man, "forty pounds heavier than
when he was captain of the Wilkes
College Swim Team." When you sit
and talk with him, his honesty makes
you squirm in your seat. He openly
tells you that he would rather have
this article focus on Legal Services
and its staff of Wilkes College para
legals than on himself.
"No personal profile stuff; I don't
need it."
But, F. Charles Petrillo is an inter
esting man.
Charles, or "Chuck" as he is known
to his friends, always knew he
wanted to be a lawyer. What kind?
He wasn't sure, as long as he was
good. He grew up with childhood
heroes, but not Clarence Darrow or
Perry Mason. Although he didn't
elaborate, one would think that
Thomas Jefferson or perhaps Ramsey
Clark would fit his mold. Chuck grew
up with something ticking inside him,
besides his heart - a concern for
Law.
There were moments of insecurity
at Dickinson. Short, fleeting mo
ments, when Chuck was not sure of
his educational background. After a
few days of sizing up his fellow stu
dents, some from the Ivy League
schools, his insecurity departed. In
tellectually, Wilkes had served him
well. "My education was second to
none," he said.
In his second year at Dickinson,
Chuck, seeking practical experience,
volunteered to work in the Commun
ity Legal Services of Dauphin County.
He served the Hill District in Har
risburg, a district that gained some
notoriety in the State's Civil Rights
Program, because the need for re
form was critical. He gained his first
hand experience with poverty law
while working in the district. He in
terviewed clients, researched the ap
propriate laws, counseled clients and,
under strict legal supervision, devel
oped a few cases.
During his third year at Dickinson,
Chuck became editor-in-chief of the
Dickinson Law Review, earning a
Prestigious honor that goes to the
outstanding of the outstanding"
law students. Poverty Law was temp
orarily shelved. His last year in law
school was a grueling mixture of
Writing articles, monitoring other
students' research, editing the Re
view, and thinking about his future.
After graduation, he remained at
Dickinson.
During 1972 and 1973, Attorney
• elriPo was an assistant professor of
.a." a* the school. He was responsie for the legal clinic program and
u8of courses in Family Law and
Rights Law. As an additional
lallenge, he supervised the second
n third year law students in the
Cumberland
County
*L'Lega' Services
Program. At the time,
• “he
:-a was 28
years old.
Attorney Petrillo rretnllo returned to
Wilkes-Barre, his hometown. He
nis hometown.
joined a private practice where he
practiced corporate and labor and
real estate law in comfortable, cush
iony and lucrative surroundings.
With his background and qualifi
cations, he was on his way up the
ladder of success.
However, one day in the quiet of
the law library, he overheard a con
versation between a Bar Association
official and a member of the Legal
Aid Society. The conversation con
cerned the quality and objectives of
the legal aid program and what the
federal government expected of the
program.
"The legal aid representative was
upset because the federal govern
ment, insisting on a more activist ap
proach to law by the society, a wid
er variety of cases, and, more repre
sentation from the poor on the legal
aid board, wanted the Legal Aid So
ciety to become actively involved in
law reform," commented Attorney
Petrillo.
1V--A....
LX.
ir—|'
--
try-ng to protect the bar rather than
rn! r('ghtS ,°f the P°0R FrOm this mOn on, I took an active interest in
the controversy. I became so inter
ested that I wanted to take a leave of
absence from the firm to assist in the
Creation of a new program, a new
active program for our area. Eventu
ally the government withdrew its
funding of the Legal Aid Program and
Legal Services was born. With this
action, I was out on a limb. A leave
of absence from my firm wasn't poss
ible, so I simply left and became a
staff member of Legal Services."
Chuck's involvement with Legal
Service does not revolve around mon
ey. He could be making "three times
as much" in private practice. The key
is rights. Human rights guaranteed to
all citizens in the United States Con
stitution.
Legal Aid, known in other parts of
the country as Poverty Law or Store
Front Law, has been in existence in
Pennsylvania since 1947. However,
Legal Aid Societies did not really pro
mote or protect the rights of poor
people. As a matter of fact, the legal
profession did not accept the idea of
an impoverished client. All clients
serviced at that time were part of the
successful American mainstream. The
federal government did not start
funding Legal Aid Societies until the
late 1960s and after the great South
ern Legal Rights Movements. It was
not until the 1970s, the time Chuck
overheard the conversation in the
law library, that the federal govern
ment started pushing for active legal
roles in the Society.
"The purpose of Legal Aid was and
is to support the rights of the poor
and not defend the privileges of law
yers," said Chuck. And he is a worthy
proponent of those rights, in addi
tion to the civil rights of prisoners,
the elderly, the mentally retarded and
juveniles. This is the reason for his
involvement with Legal Services.
But this is not all. There is some
thing about Chuck that you feel flows
deeply within him. Something close
to the respect for Civil Rights. He is
a man of action. This action along
with his respect for human rights is
what motivates the man.
In the past, the local Bar Associa
tions were opposed to the Legal Aid
Societies. "Bar members believed
that there were no poor people.
There was no need for taxpayers' sup
port in their eyes. Between the bank,
the country club and the private of
fices," says Charles Petrillo, "there
aren't any poor."
SUMMER 1977
21
�Another roadblock created by the
Bar Association in the past was a tra
ditional one-money. In the past,
many lawyers would donate only -0
percent of their time to clients who
could not pay. They assumed this ob
ligation as a part of their ethical re
sponsibilities. "And, it was a nice ges
ture. The only problem was that poor
clients often needed more than 20
percent of their lawyer's time," said
Chuck. "Now, this has all changed.
We have excellent support from the
Bar Association, and we receive refer
rals from private lawyers.”
In the beginning, Legal Services
operated with a 575,000 budget and
a staff of three. Now, Services has a
staff of 12 lawyers, several paralegals
and a support staff. "This is not
enough," says Attorney Petrillo. "We
are barely meeting the need for legal
services in the area.
About the only major opposition
°PPOSitiL.
to Legal Services has come fror ’
businesses, primarily financial 'm
institi
--tutions.
One service that Legal Services of
fers to its poor clients is financial ad
vice.
"Legal Services
of Northeastern
Pennsylvania
operates on
the 'cutting edge
of the law"'
"There are 40,000 poor in Luzerne
County and in March of 1977, we
added the poor, the elderly, and the
mentally retarded of Carbon and
Monroe Counties to our growing list
of clientele."
Legal Services of Northeastern
Pennsylvania operates on the "cut
ting edge of the law," says Attorney
Petrillo. He seems to like it this way.
" 'The cutting edge' means that we
do not simply follow precedent," he
remarked. "At Legal Services, we are
in many ways creating law and ex
tending new rights to client com
munities.
"The elderly, the handicapped, the
prisoner, the juvenile, and the men
tally retarded have long been ignored
in our society. Now through legal
services they have a voice.
"Right now, we are trying to ex
tend our office beyond the poor. We
have a special project for the elderly,
just founded in Pennsylvania. We are
in the process of developing legal
programs for children and juveniles.
We have a statewide legal assistance
program for prisoners.
"Fifteen years ago, most of these
client groups did not have rights in
our society or in our courts. Now,
thanks to public service organiza
tions and legal senice lawyers, new
rights for these groups have been de
veloped."
The practice of law in America is
rapidly taking on new dimensions.
The Consumer Movement has affect
ed the legal profession. And, change
is coming so rapidly that Attorney
Petrillo predicted "by the time this
article is written, the Supreme Court
will have made a decision on Lawyer
Advertisements."
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Attorney Petrillo foresees major
changes in the legal climate: "Hun
dreds of thousands of Americans will
be or now are taken care of by pre
paid legal plans, similar to Blue Cross
and Blue Shield.
"Legal clinics are being created to
serve lower and middle class persons.
The clinics are very controversial.
They specialize in a few areas of law,
such as consumer cases, bankruptcy,
and divorce proceedings. By the use
of forms and paralegals, these clin
ics mass-produce legal records and
results at a low cost and a large vol
ume. Unfortunately, there are none
in this area."
Another new dimension in Ameri
can Law is a silent crisis regarding
legal malpractice. "Lawyers are being
sued at a growing rate. And their
malpractice insurance is becoming
ver)' expensive. This crisis was pre
cipitated by the Consumer Move
ment."
Attorney Petrillo quickly points out
in defense of lawyers that "they have
been far more responsible for moni
toring the activities of other lawyers
than doctors have been in monitor
ing each other."
When Legal Services was organ
ized, Bar Associations and Bar mem
bers were not very happy with the
concept. They thought that Legal
Services was intruding on their exclu
sive domain. Now, they are extreme
ly cooperative and work closely with
Legal Services on referrals of poor
clients.
"Most of our clients come to us
with the belief that law is magic"
noted Attorney Petrillo. "They expect
solutions, legal solutions, to all of
their personal and social problems
We point out that the law cannot
make a good marriage. It cannot
make a marriage work. And, in the
case of people with financial prob
lems, we cannot wave a wand and
expect their problems to be solved.
"In the case of financial problems,
we can adjust payments with credi
tors, we can represent a client in
bankruptcy proceedings, but, we can
not make them affluent," he said.
"We are heavily criticized by fi
nancial institutions for offering bank
ruptcy proceedings. We offer bank
ruptcy as one of the alternatives to
resolving debtor problems, usually
the last alternative.
"Financial institutions claim that
we insist to our clients that they file
for bankruptcy. A lawyer should nev
er insist on a certain course of action.
This is the client's choice.
"Usually the clients have already
decided. Although we explore their
financial histories to see if we can al
ter their situations, sometimes we
can't. Usually the client is on fixed
income. They have exhausted other
alternatives.
"The real problem is with the fi
nancial institutions. In many cases,
they should not have given or have
extended credit to the debtor."
Charles Petrillo likes being on the
"cutting edge of the law," so much
so, that he plans on being there for
awhile. A long while.
He said that it is difficult to recruit
lawyers who may have a career inter
est in public service work. "Many
lawyers see it as a training ground be
fore entering private practice."
Many of them see the profession
as a big red apple. They believe it can
lead to financial and social success.
This may be one of the myths of law.
"I know many lawyers who are not
happy. Many of them love the law,
but they are not happy protecting
the law.
"As for me,
me, II have
have no
no regrets.
regrets. II
can't imagine doing anything else.'
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Three hurlers responsible for 16 of the Wilkes College baseball victories are pictured at
Artillery Park. From left, Andy Kresky (4-1), Jim Stehle (6-1), and Manny Evans 16-11.
Stehle and Evans are both June graduates while Kresky will be back for his senior year.
MAC SUPREMACY: THE
ECSTASY
NCAA III REGIONALS: THE
AGONY
The Wilkes College baseball team
lost out on its hopes for a repeat spot
in the NCAA Division III World
Series but turned many heads with
a 20-4 dual record and the team’s
first outright Middle Atlantic Con
ference crown in history.
The Blue and Gold of Gene Domzalski, hoping to better last year's
fourth place NCAA III showing, had
everything going their way before
suffering heartbreak in Wooster,
Ohio, on May 26 and 27.
. After winning their last six reguist season games plus MAC tourna
ment victories over Scranton and
Gettysburg, the Blue and Gold en
tered the NCAA III Mideast Region
al Tournament as the "team to beat"
but so quickly saw their bubble
burst.
First
rirst it
it was previously undefeated
Jim Stehle, succumbing to pitching
wildness, and losing the Mideast
opener to eventual Champion Mari
etta. 4-1, and then on the next day
the Colonels were stunned by run
nerup Widener, 10-9, after holding a
9‘2 eighth inning lead.
Fortunes should remain bright in
1978 as the Wilkes diamond club re
turns all but three players. Tough to
replace will be the trio which in
cludes hurlers Stehle, ace reliever
Manny Evans, and power-laden first
baseman Don McDermott.
Stehle, a fourth round draft pick
of the Chicago Whitesox, finished
the year with a 6-1 record, 1.40 era.,
and a strikeout showing which in
cluded 62 whiffs in 45 innings.
Evans, also 6-1, and almost as good
in the era. department with 1.87 cre
dentials, came out of the bullpen 12
times.
McDermott, who was also voted
as the college's "Athlete of the Year,"
batted .357, belted eight homeruns
and led the club with 33 runs batted
in.
For the second straight year the
Colonels finished among the top
ten in the NCAA’s college division
and further increased their prestige
as a national baseball power.
Coach Domzalski was pleased
with the overall hitting of his team
which yielded a .342 batting average
and was equally happy about his
pitcher's 2.67 era. "I am proud of our
players and the way they conducted
themselves on the field,” the mentor
added.
The Colonels were blessed with
three .400 swatters in junior short
stop Bill Hockenbury, .417; junior
outfielder Mike Supczenski, .404;
and sophomore third baseman Dave
Hungarter, .400.
At season’s end Supczenski, Steh
le, and junior second baseman Terry
Schoen were named to the Middle
Atlantic Conference's Northern AllStar team. Schoen was a major sur
prise, batting .369 while pacing the
team in runs, 34; and being second
in hits, 34.
Stehle, who was named as the
Northern Division's Most Valuable
Player, is still a good candidate to
become Wilkes College's first major
league player.
Hidden behind the heroics of
Stehle was junior Andy Kresky, who
for the second year was the "pitch
ing workhorse” with 53 innings of
work. Kresky notched a seven-inn
ing no-hitter against Elizabethtown.
The lefty was 4-1, with a 2.58 era.
and struckout 64 batters to top Steh
le in that department.
Refusing to sit idly by, Coach Dom
zalski has worked hard and should
greet his best incoming crop of fresh
men ever next spring.
With a little luck and continued
balance the Colonel baseball players
should, indeed, be a team to be reck
oned with for many years to come.
WILKES COLLEGE SPORT
SHORTS
The lacrosse team went through
the pangs of a rebuilding year and
early season injuries probably cost
them a .500 record. The Blue and
Gold stickmen ended with a 4-6 log
but unveiled a potent freshman two
some in Bill Adams (29 goals and
seven assists) and Tim Smith (nine
goals and 22 assists). Sophomore de
fenseman Bernie Donachie was
named to the MAC'S first unit.
Despite losing their top two per
formers, the golfers of Rollie
Schmidt ended the campaign with a
9-3 dual log and placed runnerup in
SUMMER 1977 23
�the 22-team MAC Tournament. The
Colonels have one junior in team
captain Ken Donlavage and nary a
senior. Ken placed third in the MAC
tournament.
Coach Tom Rokita took an almost
green team to a 4-6 tennis log while
the softball coeds of Gay Meyers
made their collegiate debut with a
3-3 record. The women's volleyball
unit was also improved from its
maiden showing with a 3-5 effort.
Interest is being focused on the
Colonel's upcoming football season,
the 32nd in school history. Head
coach Rollie Schmidt, who takes a
75-44-1 record into his 15th year at
the Blue and Gold helm, has 37 let
termen back from last year's 3-5
club. Complete 1977 football sched
ule includes: Sept. 17, Indiana (Pa.),
home; Sept. 24, Lycoming, away;
Oct. 1, Bloomsburg St., away; Oct.
8, Upsala, home; Oct. 15, Moravian,
home; Oct. 22, Albright, away; Oct.
29, Susquehanna, away; Nov. 5,
Juniata, away; Nov. 12, Delaware
Valley, home.
Wrestling mentor and athletic di
rector John Reese appears intent on
improving last year's fourth place
finish in the prestigious Eastern In
tercollegiate Wrestling Association
Tournament. Reese has to replace
four starters and contend with a
power packed schedule which in
cludes not only perennial rivals Le
high (Dec. 6, away); Navy (Dec. 10,
away); Syracuse (Jan. 14, home); and
Hofstra (Feb. 4, away); but newcom
ers Oregon St. (Dec. 8, home); Okla
homa (Jan. 7, home); and Penn State
(Feb. 22, home).
George Pawlush has retired after six
seasons as head coach of the cross
country team. Pawlush, who will be
spending more time as the college’s
news bureau director, will be suc
ceeded by Kevin Davenport, who
compiled an outstanding record at
Wilkes-Barre Bishop Hoban High
School.
Marianne ,
Montagues
ewjiw
The
received
..... —
Senior Patty Steele, left, is shown with
women’s athletic director Doris Saracino
after receiving the first Correen Santoro
Memorial Award at the annual awards
banquet. Miss Santoro, a member of the
field hockey team, died in January after
a two-year bout with cancer. The award
will, be presented annually to the woman
athlete who shows dedication to the
Colonel coed program.
o
thegaflUoipw
■
it.
Fifty-five Years of Niccolo
Cortiglia
"
“If you want to make a living in
portraiture, you must paint a likei
ness.” said Niccolo Cortiglia, one of
Northeastern Pennsylvania’s distin
guished artist's during the opening
of his exhibition April 23.
The 55 years of painting, on ex
hibit through May 15 at the Sordoni
Art Gallery, dates back to the 1920's
and continue to the present. Well
known especially for his portraits,
Cortiglia believes portrait painting
is gradually becoming a lost art. “To
day’s artists paint,” he said, "but
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
they don’t draw.” (The reference
concerns his awareness to the dimin
ishing skill of draftsmanship.)
Two large impressive portraits
were "Senator A. J. Sordoni,” (1941.
Oil on canvas. 55" x 44” The Sor
doni Family Collection. Courtesy of
the Commonwealth Telephone Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania),
and “Reverend Lane D. Kilburn,”
former president of King's College
(1966. Oil on canvas. 47" x 37” Cour
tesy of King's College, WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania).
Certainly largely a show' of his
portraits, several of the other follow'ing paintings W'ere included: the
quiet scene of his moored "Venetian
Boats," (Oil on canvas. 21” x 17”
Collection of the artist) originally
shown in the National Exhibition of
Fine Arts in Rome, and his “Market
Venice," both done in the classical
styles (1922. Oil on canvas. 29"
18” Collection of Dr. and Mrs. CharX
les B. Reif, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsyl
vania).
With his sculpture-looking •■:zz
>g women
in “Venetian Scene," (1922.
Oil
-• —-I on
°"iCl'..The inforrT,atlon contained in Alumni Notos was
canvas. 31" x 28" Courtesy of King’s
College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)
Cortiglia surprised us with yet an
other style, pointillism, and changed
styles again to show' an oriental in
fluence in both "Chinese Screen,”
(Casein. 27" x 31” Collection of the
artist) and "Homage to Mozart,”
(1956. Casein. 27” x 31” Collection
of the artist). His strong-colored
overlapping abstract shapes painted
flat like a stained-glass w'indow in
"Expo ’70," (1907. Casein. 33" X 43"
Courtesy of King’s College, WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania) was the only
modern painting in the show. The
extensive exhibition also included
his landscape "Al Fresco,” (Casein.
30" x 26” Collection of the artist) a
patio scene on the farm in Beaumont
he and his wife Anna used to own,
and his vibrant still-life "Gladiolus,’
(1967. Casein. 25” x 29" Collection
of the artist).
The great popularity of this exhi
bition was the sense it gave of
of the
the
grand span of his artistic career; it
was one of the largest collection ol
his works ever to be assembled. Q
,‘lh chow where we reveal the latest
scoops in the lives of our alumni. To
day we are shooting on location at
that wonderful Wilkes summer hot
spot Ralston Field, named after that
Wilkes College great - George Field
I mean, George Ralston. Here
comes our host now fresh from grad
uation practice wearing his famous
white bucks.
Dean Ralston: Thank y’all. Our reg
ulars are back with us today includ
ing the star of such sports as golf
and elbow-bending, John Chwalek;
the Alumni answer to sunshine, Art
Hoover; and our reliable “Charlie
Brown" Reif. We even have a few
surprise visitors for y’all. So just set
back and enjoy yourselves. First I’d
like to do my part by telling you
about the Wilkes grads who go on to
receive higher degrees.
BUCKLEY R. MILLER '65 recently
received his Ph.D. in Counseling
Psychology from Temple University.
Buck is Clinical Coordinator of Spec
ial Services, Adult Probation Court
of Common Pleas, Philadelphia, Pa.
His wife, the former TINA KOOPMANS '66 received her M.Ed. in
Elementary Education from Temple
in 1975. Tina is a reading specialist
with the Montgomery County Inter
mediate Unit. The couple has two
children, Roxanne and Michelle.
PATRICIA M. BRANNIGAN '72 re
cently received an advanced degree
from University of Scranton.
JGHN SHELDON '68 received an
M.E.E. from the University of Dela
ware. John resides with his wife,
Mary and daughter, Vicki, in Bel Air,
Maryland.
BART HAUSER ’70 recently comP eted his master’s degree in Admin
istration from Monmouth College.
His wife, the former CATHERINE
ESON '72 completed her master’s
r>E?J'ee *n Reading from Monmouth.
are presently teaching and relng in Long Branch, N.J.
M^?° E- LIZZI '50 received his
• m Computer Science from Far-
leigh Dickinson University in February.
GEORCE S. BRODY ’76 is currently
attending Northern Illinois UniverZ
ity for his M.B.A.
NANCY BATCHELER JURIS ’56 has
received her teacher's certification
from Elizabethtown College in Accounting/Data Processing and is a
substitute teacher for Central Dau
phin Schools. Nancy resides with her
husband, CARL '59 and their family
in Harrisburg, Pa.
PA FRICK J. MORAN '75 received his
M.S. degree in Materials Science
from the University of Virginia in
January, 1977. Pat is currently en
rolled in the Ph.D. program at Vir
ginia and will be teaching Materials
Engineering courses this Fall at
Wilkes, while Dr. John Orehotsky is
on sabbatical.
Now, fresh from the 19th hole is
my good buddy, John Chwalek,
Wilkes Placement Director who will
tell you about the new jobs and pro
motions of some of our Wilkes grads.
What’s new, John?
Mr. Chwalek: I have a lot to report,
George. But first I hope that you’re
ready to forgive me for taking away
all those girls from you in college.
Dean Ralston: You keep bringing
up about all these girls that I never
even heard of. I really don t remem
ber any of them.
Mr. Chwalek: Of course, you don’t,
George. Whenever a girl asked me
what my name was I told them ‘ Geo
rge Ralston" so if any breach of
promise suits came up I WCLS
So everyone 'thinks
you went
clear. C~
,r
■ • but
' tin real life
out with a lot of- girls
I was the Casanova.
Dean Ralston: Just stick to your
part, John, or I’ll tell everyone you
wear a Charlie’s Angels undershirt.
Mr Chwalek: O.K., O.K.
DONALD F. TAYLOR '53 isU com
puter programming consultant at the
Towne, Maryland.
Wilkes-Barre. Pa. 18703.
DAVID LOMBARDI '70 is assistant
to the president of Miners Savings
Bank of Pittston. Dave is married to
the former PATRICIA MAZZEO '71.
The couple resides in Pittston, Pa.
GEORGE M. BIGUS '74 has been
notified by the Commissioner of Pro
fessional and Occupational Affairs,
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
that he has completed all require
ments for licensing as a certified
Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker.
George is affiliated with Howell &
Jones Inc., Wilkes-Barre, as a certi
fied Pennsylvania Real Estate Brok
er. He is married to the former DI
ANA F. LIPSKI '70 and they reside
in Shavertown with their son,
Geordie.
Dr. DEAN A. ARVAN '55 has been
appointed professor of pathology
and director of the Clinical Pathol
ogy Laboratory Division of the De
partment of Pathology at the Uni
versity of Rochester Medical Center.
Dean is also the author or co-author
of over 30 scientific papers in the
field of breast cancer research and
other fields of clinical investigation.
ROBERT KLISH '75 is the new scout
executive of the Anthracite District
of the Penn Mountains Council, Boy
Scouts of America.
WILLIAM V. LEANDRI '69 has been
promoted to assistant vice-president
of the Wyoming National Bank of
Wilkes-Barre. Bill and his wife,
Paula, have two daughters, Holly
Jean and Mandy Corbett. The Leandris reside in Kingston, Pa.
JOHN J. KONDEK '75 has completed
pilot training at Columbus A.F.B. in
Mississippi and is now a second lieu
tenant stationed at Grand Forks
A.F.B. in North Dakota.
JENNY WUNDER '75 is employed
by the East Stroudsburg School Dis
trict. Jenny is a Senior High Choral
Director.
RICHARD 0. TOTH '72 has been ap
pointed an assistant vice president
of the Somerset Trust Co., in New
Jersey. Rick resides in Bridgewater.
Dr. PHILIP CHEIFETZ '66 is AssociSUMMER1977 25
�ate professor of Mathematics and
Computer Sciences at Nassau Com
munity College and was recently
elected President of the American
Mathematical Association for TwoYear Colleges. Philip lives with his
wife, Pauline, and their two children,
Melissa and Robin in Levittown, Pa.
JOHN L. COATES ’57 is controller
of Bercon Packaging, Inc. in Berwick,
Pa. John resides with his wife, Gloria
and children, Cheryl Nan, Laura Su
san, John and Andrew, in Berwick.
WILLIAM GOLDSWORTHY 76 is
a sales representative for Superior
Dental Laboratory of Philadelphia
covering the central and northeast
section of Pennsylvania.
DONNA PUDLOSKY PORZUCEK
’66 is employed as a full time math
teacher by the Wilkes-Barre Area
School District.
JAMES M. CALDERONE ’69 is a
member of the Academy of Certi
fied Social Workers of the National
Association of Social Workers. Jim
is employed with the Primary Pre
vention Program at the LuzerneWyoming County Mental HealthMental Retardation Center in WilkesBarre.
Dr. BERNARD COHEN ’63 is in pri
vate practice of dermatology' and
cutaneous cosmetic surgery'. Ber
nard is also assistant clinical profes
sor of medicine at the University of
Miami School of Medicine. He re
sides in Miami, Florida.
JANICE R. COHEN 76 is teaching
at Sayreville Junior High School. Jan
lives in Holmdel, New Jersey.
Atty. NICHOLAS REYNOLDS ’68
became a partner in the law firm of
Debevoise & Liberman in Washing
ton, D.C. His activities involve corp
orate, public utility, and atomic en
ergy law.
ROBERT RADICE 73 is Director of
Sales at the Rye Town Hilton Inn in
Port Chester, New York.
THOMAS MORRIS 72 was recently
accepted into the Academy' of Certi
fied Social Workers. Tom is em
ployed by Friendship House Child
ren's Center as a psychotherapist.
He resides with his wife, the former
FELICIA ZAWATSKI 72 in WilkesBarre.
WILLIAM P. STAAKE 71 has been
appointed general manager of the
Acadia Mutual Life in Santa Ana,
California. Bill, his wife, Pat, and
their children, Billy, Trisha, Angela
and James are living in Southern
California.
Dean Whitby: C’mon John, let me
read some of those. After all I’m the
26 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
guy who admitted them into the col
lege.
Mr. Chwalek: John Whitby you
never admitted to anything. I always
thought your title was ironic, you
devil. But I'll cut you a break. Here’s
the rest of the news to read. Chands
him the paper}.
Dean Whitby: John, what kind of
handwriting is this? I can’t read it.
Mr. Chwalek: You have it upside
down.
Dean Whitby: Oh. You did that on
purpose. It’s readable now.
RICHARD G. CANTNER ’68 is a pro
duction supervisor of Carpenter
Technology Corporation, a producer
of specialty steels. Rick and his wife,
Lori, reside with their two children,
Chris and Kim in West Lawn, Pa.
Ensign MARVIN STEIN 70 is an in
structor at the U.S. Naval Nuclear
Power School in Orlando, Florida.
MARY CHEUNG 74 is in Hawaii on
an East-West Center grant for pro
moting better understanding between
the East and the United States
through cooperative study and re
search.
DUANE SADVARY 74 is an elec
trical engineer at R.C.A. in Moun
taintop. He is residing in "VVilkesBarre.
Dr. ALBERT ROKE ’69 is now a
Board certified family practitioner
commissioned in public health serv
ice in Tennessee.
DEBORAH KAZINETZ BOWALICK 74 has accepted a position as
an analyst programmer with Arm
strong Cork Company. Her husband,
ANDREW 74 is an engineer with
R.C.A. in Lancaster, PA.
MARCIA ADAMCHESKI BRINKER
70 is employed as a sixth grade read
ing teacher for St. Charles Parish
Public Schools In Luling, La.
C. WAYNE GRIFFITH ’69 has been
appointed group vice president of
international operations for Leeds &
Northrup Company, North Wales,
Pa. He and his wife, Jacqueline, re
side in Westport, Conn, with their
four children.
WILLIAM BAUER ’68 has been
named coordinator of Lackawanna
Junior College programs to be held
in Tunkhannock High School.
ESTELLE PADALSKY LIMOR ’68
is a senior systems analyst at Scott
Paper. She resides in Swarthmore,
JOHN D. CURTIS ’55 and his wife
have purchased a small farm in Car
lisle, Pa., where they breed standardbred horses. Jack also has a Pub
lic Relations business and is pub-
lisher of The Pennsylvania Harness
Racing Guide.
Lt. KEVIN G. DONALESKI 75, a
combat engineer, is presently attend
ing the United States Army Intelli
gence Center and School at Fort
Huachuca, Arizona.
Dr. GEORGE E. HUDOCK JR. '50,
Luzerne County Coroner, has been
appointed to Pennsylvania State
Board of Medical Education and
Licensure by Governor Milton Shapp
of Pennsylvania. He is also a mem
ber of the Pennsylvania Medical So
ciety Commission on Forensic Med
icine and Secretary to the Luzerne
County Medical Society.
ARLENE SUCHESKI 72 has been
promoted to junior accountant of
International Salt Company in Clarks
Summit, Pa.
MARY BRANIGAN FISCHER 73 is
teaching English at Olney High
School in Philadelphia, Brandy is
continuing her education at Temple
University on a part time basis and
plans to study in Ireland for two
weeks this summer. She resides with
her husband, Michael, and daughter
Eryn Branigan, in Philadelphia,
GERALD ’67 and CYNTHIA WIS
NIEWSKI WEBER ’69 are currently
expanding their funeral home opera
tion in Allentown, Pa. The couple
reside with their two daughters, An
nette and Natalie in Allentown.
SCOTT STEELMAN 72 was recently
■promoted to assistant vice president
of First Eastern Bank. Scott is man
ager of the Blakeslee, Pa. branch of
fice. He resides with his wife, the
former JEAN PRESCIUTTI ’69 and
their son, Scott II in Birchwood Hills,
Plains, Pa.
Dean Ralston: Now we have a real
treat for y’all. We have two special
people here to tell about all the alum
ni who recently tied the knot, took
the plunge, or like some of us, threw
in the towel. Fresh from the marriage
license bureau and practically still
on their honeymoon are our newly
weds - Theater Arts Department
Chairman, Al Groh and Dean of Wo
men, Jane Lampe. So, Al, how does
it feel to be married?
Mr. Groh: Well, George, I can’t de
scribe it. It’s somewhere between
going to prison and playing Russian
Roulette.
Dean Lampe: Now, hon, you don’t
mean that.
Mr. Groh: Of course . . . not . . .
Jane. You know I’m the happiest
man in the world.
Dean Ralston: That's enough mush.
Let’s get down to business. Jane, do
,„nnt to Start telling us about the
Tumniutho recently wed?
npan Lampe: I always let my husI and go firstjjr Groh: Oh no, sweetheart, after
Dean Ralston: Judas Priest! One of
, u better start or I'm going to have
y°,n Reese, the wrestling coach, an
nounce the marriages.
£>ean Lampe: O.K. I'll start.
CAROL LELAND 72 was recently
married to Robert T. Arend. Carol is
teaching second grade at St. John’s
School, Houston, Texas. The couple
resides'in Houston.
ROBERT HADUCK 76 and Cynthia
Macuga were married on February
26. Bob is employed as a lab techni
cian at Pennsylvania Testing labs in
Moosic. The couple resides in Avoca.
BRUCE LONG 74 was recently mar
ried to Connie Smith. Bruce is em
ployed by the Federal Prison Indus
tries, Inc., Washington, D.C. The
couple is residing in Greenbelt,
Maryland.
CARL E. KASCHENBACK III 77 and
ADELE JANCIK 70 were married
on January 29 in the Shavertown
United Methodist Church. Carl is af
filiated with Air Force Reserve as a
staff transportation officer and Ad
ele is employed by Lloyd’s Travel in
Kingston, Pa.
Dean Lampe: O.K. dear, you can
finish up.
Mr. Groh: That’s what you said to
me in the kitchen last night.
ANN K. CASCIANO 73 became the
bride of Michael Commerota. Ann
is an elementary school teacher in
Scranton, Pa.
CAROLE ANN STOLLBERG 73 was
recently married to George DeRock
er. Carole is employed as an account
ing assistant at Nabisco in East Han
over, N.J. The couple is residing in
Matawan, N.J.
ELWOOD DEAN JONES '69 was recently married to Elaine Winans. E.
Dean is employed at Nationwide In
surance in Columbus, Ohio.
naomi pramick 76 and Thomas
■zano were recently married. Na°'11'js employed as a registered nurse
at Moses Taylor Hospital in Scranon. Pa. The couple resides in Exeter.
BARBARA WARD 71 was recently
married to Terry Nixon. Barbara is
P oyed by the Anne Arundel
c °Unty, Board of Education. She is
doorent y completing her Master's
itv81?? at lhe ^obrl Hopkins UniversMarylan(j',''XOns res‘de in Pasadena’
ANN GUENEV1
'ERE FISHER 73 was
z°n School of Morflr f th.e BarbiYork City She k »
‘ng ln New
a Sempl°yedbyRevIon, Inc.,
' as a c°™etic consultant.
Mr. Hoover:• Before you g0 on lo
anything else, I hai
-Me a little tidbit to
add.
?RqRJ^RA DENNEY
DENNEY CAMPBELL
cent!y seeJ 0“*baenTva^y0;v~
Dean Ralston: And last, but not
least, we have our resident limnol
Ur. G.B. Reif with the population re
port.
Dr. Reif: Greetings. They asked me
aSam to report on additions into the
Alumni households. I see there are
a few more than last time. My, some
of you Alumni are taking lessons
from the bunnies!
A daughter, Jennifer Kaye, was re
cently born to Robert and CATHY
NIELSEN TORAN '69. The couple
also has a two year old daughter,
Laura Anne, and reside in Walpole,
Mass.
A daughter, Jane Marie was bom to
James and MARYANN OSTAPOWICZ JESSE '65 on April 14. Mary
ann is a teacher in the Dallas School
District, Dallas, Pa. The couple also
has a daughter, Jennifer, and they
reside on the Plymouth Mountain.
A daughter, Carissa Ruth, was re
cently born to Mr. & Mrs. NELSON
JOHNSON 71. Nelson is a research
scientist in the Toxicology depart
ment of Burroughs Willcome Com
pany, Research Triangle Park, North
Carolina. The couple also has a
daughter, Aubrey, and reside in
Cary, North Carolina.
MICHAEL '65 and BARBARA YANNUZIO MOSTELLO '66 announce
the birth of a son on January 24,
1977. Mike owns and operates ABC
Auto Parts at Ogdensburg, N.J. The
Mostellos reside in Franklin, N.J.
A daughter, Jessica Leigh, was: re
cently born to Mr. & Mrs. FRANK
LAGOLA 75. The Lagolas reside m
Rahway. N.J.
Dr. & Mrs. CHARLES KOSTEVA
’69 announce the birth of their i
child, John Andrew. Charles is at-
Xo'i'S'SuliS’Ali...
town Hospital in Allentown Pa.
A son, Steven David, was born on
MARTHA ur?976 t0 David and
The R^. H0UTZ REDDING ’66.
nock, pa "8S reSide in Tunkhan’
born^^n
'je Rae’ was recently
n to Donald and KATHLEEN
n S1^ITH ’B8’ The Smi‘hs re
side in Bainbridge, Pa.
A son, Kyle Alan, was born on Sep
tember 20,1976 to Robert and MAR
GUERITE YEVITZ BERNHEIM '67
Marguerite is jointly employed by
the department of Chemistry, the
cnnsylvania State University as a
crystallographer and by Stanford
University Accelerator Center, Stanord, California. The Bernheims re
side in State College, Pa.
A son, Erich Christian, was recently
born to JOHN ’69 and ALICE RICH
IE BEYREN1 ’69. John is a band di
rector and brass and percussion
specialist in the Winchester Public
Schools, in Winchester, Mass.
A second child, Gregory' John, was
born on December 8, 1976 to John
and
BARBARA
GALLAGHER
STOFFA ’64. The couple also has a
son, Jeffrey Douglas and they reside
in Bethlehem, Pa.
Twin girls, Margot Lea and Christa
Anne, were born on April 14, to
Thomas and FRANCINE MAC
KINDER DOUAIHY '71. Francine is
employed as an elementary art con
sultant in the Scranton Public
Schools and resides with her family
in Dunmore, Pa.
A daughter, Melissa Beth, was born
to Michael and MARJORIE SHAF
FER VICTOR '69 on September 24,
1976. The Victors reside in Tyler,
Texas.
Dr. Reif: I must be going. Tomor
row I’m teaching my summer courses
about the paramecium’s struggle to
survive in an oxidized, mesmorized
and fantasized world. Farewell!
Mr. Chwalek: I’m going too, Geo
rge. I’ve got to get back to the golf
course before someone finds my trick
ball. So long.
Dean Lampe: We’re going too,
Dean. Al is taking me shopping,
aren’t you dear?
Mr. Groh: As long as were spend
ing your money, honey. See you lat
er, George.
Dean Whitby: I’m not staying if
everyone else is going. I think, I ll go
to Hawaii to do some recruiting.
Mr. Hoover: Wait for me, John.
Maybe Hawaii will recruit me!
Dean Ralston: My guests are all
gone. I guess I’ll ride off into the
sunset on my trusty bike. Have a
nice summer y’all and well see you
in the Fall!
O
SUMMER 1977 27
�An American Dream
“Ifyou could invite any American, past or present,
to dinner tonight, who would be your guest and
why?" That's the question Mary Ellen Alu '77
asked Wilkes people. Some of the responses:
‘ ‘B. F. Skinner so we can both race mice
together. ”
Dr. Joseph T. Bellucci
Associate Professor
of Education
"John .\abor (Olympic Gold Medal
Winner). I’m interested in swimming,
and he’s one of the best swimmers in the
world. He’s good- looking too. Iplan to
deal with swimming in my future, and
I’m sure I could learn a lot from him. ”
Lisa Waznik '77
Music
Education
Wilkes-Barre
‘ ‘Gerald Ford. The evening would be in
teresting and exciting! He is a swinger
(golf hat is)— he is tricky (has the
knee to prove it!)— he is a spender
(proved it as President) and he is an
athlete (swims in the morning, golfs all
day, skis at the drop of a snowflake and
even played football without a helmet!).
He is not much of a speaker but he
could tell stories about his trips (down
plane steps, over door sill, reviewing
grounds, etc.).
Mildred Gittens
Manager of the
Bookstore
"Any U.S. President to find out why
they can't budget a government like a
housewife budgets her home.
Evelyn Robinson
Assistant
Director of
Development
"Any coal baron of Wyoming Valley of
yesteryear so that he could see the scars
left in the valley. ”
Gene Domzalski
Baseball Coach
"Dr Frank P. Graham. He was my
university president; I was his student.
He influenced my life more than anyone
else except Jesus Christ. He was a
mediator at the U.N., a U.S. senator,
and the most saintly man I ever knew. ”
George F. Ralston
Dean of Student
Affairs
"Either Alvin York (of World War I
fame). He stoodfor his personal convic
tion and I admire a man for that. Or
Harry Truman, because he was his own
man, and I admire a man who can make
a decision and stick by it right or wrong.
Or Franklin Roosevelt, because he over
came physical handicaps to achieve
greatness. ”
Dr. Bradford L. Kinney
Assistant Professor of
English
"Henry Adams. I want to talk about
Europe with him. He had some
marvelous ideas about dynamos,
machines and cathedrals. He was quite
an exciting person. He'd be an excellent
conversationalist for dinner. ”
Dr. Philip Rizzo
English
Professor
‘ ‘Richard Nixon because of the contro
versy involving him. I think controversy
should have defense or attack. ”
Dr. Robert Werner
Chairman, Commerce
and Finance
"Mrs. Margaret Miller of Florida. She’s
been the guiding light of my life. ”
Dr. Charles Reif
previously, Chairman
of Biology
Department
"Howard Hughes. He was very, very
interesting. I want to ask him why he let
his fingernails grow so long, where he
left all his money, and a host of other
questions."
Eddie White, '80
English major,
Wilkes-Barre
"Steve Allen because of the total talent
of the guy. Musically, he’s a composer
and a performer such as seen in ‘This
Could Be the Start of Something Great. ’
As a comedian, he’s a source for many
skits as well as a performer in them. He
has also done other writing. He’s been
married to the same girl for a long
time — a rarity in Hollywood. He just
seems to have fun doing what he’s do
ing. ”
Lt. Colonel Richard L. Wing
Chairman of the Aerospace
Studies Department
"Sir Sidney Fudd, American scientist
and physicist noted for his profound
‘First Law of Opposition’ which states
'Ifyou push something hard enough . ..
it will fall over. ’ He was the noted in
ventor of the cheesecake. ”
Dr. Lester Turoczi
Chairman of the
Biology Department
"Ben Franklin because I was interested
in his experiments with electricity, and
I’m interested in how the country was
200 years ago. I would like to hear his
comments about life back then. ”
Carl Urbanski '57
Optometrist
Kingston, pa.
"Bob
"Bob Woodward. He only worked for
the
the ‘Washington Post’for a short time
before taking on the challenge of inves
tigating Watergate. He dove whole
heartedly into the challenge and did a
darn goodjob. ”
Dotty Martin '77
English major
West Wyoming,
Pa.
"Mrs. Gerald Ford. I met her and
found her to be very pleasant. We share
common interests in that she likes the
Crippled Children’s Association and
I’ve been running the area wheel chair
club. I know crippled children are one
of her chief interests and that’s how we
see alike.
Nelson Carle
of Special
Services
"Leon Jaworski. He’s a prominent
lawyer and was special prosecutor in the
Watergate case. He’s been a friend for
some time and I find him stimulating. I
like his candor and brightness and my
wife and I enjoy his company."
Andrew Hourigan
Lawyer, Board
of Trustees
' 'Ben Franklin because he was a man of
imagination and principle who in his re
lationships with the infant nation and
the old country established the basic
character of our country. ’’
Thomas H. Kiley
Past President of
First Eastern Bank,
Board of Trustees
"The witch in the ‘Wizard of Oz’ be
cause I like the way she laughs."
Marianne Bridget Montague '76
English major, Wilkes-Barre
"Milton Friedman (Pulitzer Prize Win
ner Economist from the University of
Chicago). His economic theories best
exemplify the economic policies that are
necessary to a continuation of the dem
ocratic system within the United States.
Unfortunately, too many governmental
economists are wedded to the Kenzian
economic theory which I believe is out
dated and inoperative in our society.
Accordingly, I think it important that
we pay more heed to Friedman.”
Andrew Shaw '58
Director of the Institute
of Regional Affairs;
Assistant to
President
"Henry David Thoreau, the author of
'Walden' whose philosophy on life is
very individualistic and very caring."
Lauren Harris O’Hara '74
Librarian
West Pittston
'•Prof. Charlotte Lord. To relive the
Renaissance, to prove that I am hu
manistic, intellectual and a little wicked.
I really like Charlotte's Mona Lisa
smile.”
Dr. Richard Soter
Dean of Academic
Affairs
"There are four people — Helen
Hayes, Angela Lansbury, Stephen
Sondheim, and Harold Prince. Helen
Hayes and Angela Lansbury are two of
my favorite all-time performers. Sond
heim, I feel, is the greatest contem
porary composer and lyricist, and
Prince is the most innovative producer
and director in the American theater.”
Arthur J. Hoover
Director of Alumni
and Community
Affairs
".-l»ir/rew Jackson. I love history and he
always fascinated tne. In the time that
he lived, he represented the average in
dividual and body politic. I stayed in the
same room he did when he was a circuit
court judge in Tennessee, visited the
county courthouse there and read some
of his decisions, and I met some of his
relatives. He was not only involved in
politics, but was also a general in the
U.S. Army. And he introduced, in my
judgement, a philosophy which best
represents the feelings of the average
man."
John J. Chwalek
Director of
Placement
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was
one of the greatest if not the greatest
president of the United States. I think he
came up with a lot of programs for the
working people which were beneficial to
them. He was bold — advocated pro
grams that he probably knew would be
voted down by Congress, but at least he
tried."
Carl F. Hurst, Jr. '62
Advertising
Representative
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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With more than 11,000 Wilkes College
Alumni now sharing the Wilkes Family tradi
tion how can we deny it. In fact, we believe
the Wilkes tradition :o be one of unparalleled
fulfillment and promise.
This year more than 700 under
graduate students enrolled for the
first time. Most of them will become
a part of the Wilkes tradition, too.
What is it that keeps tradition roll
ing on at Wilkes College? It's hard
to pinpoint it exactly. Some people
say it's because Wilkes College has
one of the finest academic reputa
tions in Pennsylvania. Other people
say that Wilkes College gives you
that intimate education — like a family set
ting. Still other people believe it's the great
esprit d'corps among faculty, students and
administration which has led to Wilkes Col
lege producing dynamic graduates who have
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WILKES COLLEGE ARCHIVES
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Volume 1, Number 3
editor
Douglas J. Rubinstein
managing editor
George G. Pawlush
editorial staff
Mary Ellen Alu
Wilma Hurst
Marianne Montague
Jane Manganella
administrative assistant
Toni Reavy
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ON THE COVER . . .
Phil Krivenko, a Wyoming Valley businessman well known for his
versatile illustration work, developed our Fall cover as a tribute to the
Golden Horde, (see page 8). Having received the past two Quarterly8,
Mr. Krivenko decided to donate his artwork, “to thank Wilkes College
for the great job they are doing for the community and for the
College’s Alumni" The rendering is the artist's representation of the
massively powerful and seemingly invincible Golden Horde, as
“Warriors of the Gods." The numbers 32, 68 and 77 depicted on the
“Star Wars" type characters symbolize Wilkes’ 32-game winning
streak, the 1968finish as the #1 small college football team in
America, and this year's homecoming tribute honoring their legendary
performance.
contributing staff
Cara Berryman
Betty Griffith
Herb Simon
Mary Stencavage
editorial advisor
Arthur J. Hoover
circulation manager
Lynn Jacobs
art director
Jon Schaffer
photography editor
John Miknevich
LYNWOOD STUDIO
Tales of the Golden Horde and The 100-Yard War
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by George Pawlush '69
Sweeping out of the Valley in the serene autumn breeze of ’68, the invincible
Golden Horde rampaged across the Middle Atlantic Conference, terrifying and
devastating their opponents with football prowess still unequalled in the annals
of small college football history. By the time the dust settled in late November,
the Horde walked away with the MAC crown, the Lambert Bowl Trophy, the
Timmie Award and national recognition as the best small college football team
in America. George Pawlush ’69 tells it all. . .
Marv Antinnes ’61 — Starmaker
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Wyoming Seminary’s athletic director and football coach, Marv Antinnes ’61,
never was a member of the "Golden Era.” In fact, when he played at Wilkes he
was never even a football star. Today, however, he is a "maker of stars,"
having achieved a remarkable ten-year coaching record of 57 wins and 12
losses, while placing over 100 young men on some of the finest major college
football teams in America.
The Amazing World of Harold Cox
The WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
is published quarterly by the Wilkes
College Public Relations Office
and the Alumni Relations Office.
Entered as second class mail
matter and second class postage
paid at Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania 18703. Postmaster:
Please send Form 3579 to
Alumni Office, Wilkes College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Miss Mary R. Koons, Honorary Member
Reuben H. Levy, Honorary Member
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By Mary Ellen Alu ’77
History professor Harold Cox is the kind of guy who, after breaking out of a
straitjacket in less than 15 seconds, can make his way across 100 miles of
booby-trapped, impossible jungle to his desk to write his weekly column. Then
get into his own train, speed off into the wilderness to complete construction of
his self-sufficient energy home while making final editorial changes for his
quarterly magazine and preparing for tomorrow's lecture.
Letters — 4
College Chronicle — 6
Faculty Abstract — 17
James A. Adonizio
Mrs. Robert Arenstein
Edward Bixby, M.D.
Charles N. Burns, M.D.
OFFICERS
Donald F. Carpenter
Joseph J. Savitz, Chairman
William L. Conyngham
Bon Badman, Jr., First Vice Chairman
William J. Umphred, Second Vice Chairman Mrs. Edward Darling
Mrs. William Davidowitz
Richard L. Pearsall, Secretary
Mrs. Stanley Davies
Arthur J. Hoover, Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Richard M. Ehret
Mrs. Walter M. Diener, Treasurer
Mrs. Eberhard L. Faber
Joseph J. Chisarick, Assistant Treasurer
Undergraduate — 18
Communique — 22
Gallery — 23
Alan M. Glover, Ph.D.
Frank M. Henry
Andrew Hourigan, Jr.
Robert L. Jones
Thomas H. Kiley
Edwin M. Kosik
Richard Maslow
Charles H. Miner
Gerald A. Moffatt
William G. Mulligan
F. Ellsworth Parkhurst
Sports Update — 25
S. River St. Revival — 26
Marquis — 31
Max Rosenn
Richard M. Ross, Jr.
Louis Shaffer
Ronald W. Simms
William H. Sword, Jr.
E. Arthur Trabant, Ph.D.
Norman E. Weiss
Joseph A. Wiendl
PRESIDENT
Robert S. Capin
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�letters
Dear Editor:
Well, the Peace Corps
certainly isn’t all work. Have
a lot of time to do things I like
doing and one of them is to
write. Really enjoyed the
Quarterly and don’t worry,
when I’m rich and famous,
Wilkes College will definitely
be on my mind.
Well Art,
You asked for it. Here’s a
picture. My mother keeps
telling me I always send these
pictures of Philippinos she has
never met so tell her to pick up
the “Wilkes College Quarterly.”
It’s an excellent publication.
Hi Mom!
Bob Zukauskas ’75
Plaridel, Misamis Occidental
Philippines
Thanks for the note Bob, and
also for the offer when you're
rich and famous.
By the way, Bob enclosed a
short letter which we would like
to share with you. Here's Bob...
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Dr. Wuori Commended
Dear Editor:
I really think the most recent
alumni magazine was
SUPER!!! Keep up the good
work.
Dear Editor:
I enjoyed and was edified by
Dr. Gerald Wuori’s article in
the Wilkes College Quarterly
relative to medical ethics.
Major James B. Jenkins ’65
Mililani Town, Hawaii
Dale Buehler
Chief Librarian
Eugene Sheddon Farley Library
Thanks Jim and Leslie (’65)
and don’t let the Air Force keep
you from enjoying beautiful
Hawaii. Art Hoover, our famous
world traveler, loves the islands
almost as much as he does the
Mets.
Quarterly Reaches the
Philippines
16 June 77
Quarterly Reaches Hawaii
Thanks very much, Dale. Do
you plan to add Dr. Wuori’s
article to the library’s great
microform collection? Don’t let
him tell you he’s holding on to
the story in hopes of getting a
screenplay offer.
Thanx Wilma!
Enjoys Keeping In Touch
Dear Editor:
My compliments to you and
the staff of the Wilkes College
Quarterly for an excellent job
on the alumni publication. I
want to especially thank you
for the article on my recent
experience with the Metro
politan Opera auditions. It was
just lovely! A special thanks to
Wilma Hurst, ’79. Continued
success to the magazine.
Dear Editor:
I thoroughly enjoy keeping
in touch with Wilkes via the
Wilkes College Quarterly.
Corps Interviews at the Red
Cross Building on North
hampton St. today and
tomorrow and here I am.
I’m working as a biologist
and with a B.S. in Biology it
seemed to be just about right.
The pay certainly isn’t very
attractive, but the life is. The
biology is here, but only in a
little different form than that
of the textbooks. It’s really fun.
I keep imagining myself working
back into eons and eons of time
trying to isolate the one thing
that explains all life, the living
cell.
Bob Zukauskas
Thanks Christine! Congratula
tions again and good luck with
your debut in “II Trovatore”
with the Teatro Liceo in
Barcelona, Spain.
300% Improvement
Dear Editor:
I like the new format of the
alumni news. It is 300% better.
Richard Mendelsohn ’73
Buckhannon, West Virginia
Thanks Richard, and congratu
lations on your award from the
West Virginia Department of
Welfare for volunteer service
with children.
ATTENTION! Alumni in Re
gion II (Greater Lehigh Valley
Area).
Mark your calendar for Tues
day, December 6, 1977.
Plans have been formulated for
an alumni reunion following the
Wilkes-Lehigh wrestling meet at
Lehigh U.
(Details will be mailed in early
November).
What In The World Are Those
Wilkes Students Doing?
You can find out for just four
dollars, with a subscription to
The Beacon. Our weekly student
newspaper can keep you up-todate on the latest happenings on
the Wilkes campus with stories
ranging from the academic to the
sports world. The Beacon is an
award-winning college newspa
per, receiving first-place honors
from Columbia University and
the Pennsylvania Newspaper
Publishers Association’s “Head
liner Award" last year.
If you’d like to keep in touch
with the Wilkes campus, just
send your name, address and
four dollars to: The Beacon,
Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
18703.
Karen (Szychowski)
Rogowicz ’77
Bloomsburg, Pa.
Thanks Karen — hope you’re
settled in your new home and
you continue to enjoy the
QUARTERLY.
Christine Donahue ’74
Hi, Wilkes College alumni.
Greetings from the Philippines.
In a way it seems like I’m still
in my senior year of college, but
I keep running out for a
pepperoni pizza now and then.
The U.S. Peace Corps got me
here and you know, it ain’t all
that bad a deal!
Back in the memorable year
of ’75,1 remember it well, I
didn’t want to get light into a
“job” per se and graduate
school was definitely out of the
question. On rny way to the
Commons from the second floor
of Stark one afternoon a green
flyer, waving on the bulletin
board in the hallway near the
stairs, caught my eye. Peace
ATTENTION! Alumni in region
VI (greater New York — Long
Island Area). /'%
Mark your calendar for Satur
day, February 4T1978.
Plans have been formulated for
an alumni reunion following the
Wilkes-Hofstra wrestling meet at
Hempstead .
(Details will be mailed in Janu
ary).
Kudos for G.K. Wuori
Dear Editor:
Kudos for the Quarterly.
Much to my surprise it is not
“just another journal to be
discarded.”
Congratulations to Dr. G.K.
Wuori for his article “On
Murder and Other Indignities.”
George E. Hudock, Jr., M.D.
Luzerne County Coroner
Thanks for your letter, Dr.
Hudock. We’re especially glad
you enjoyed Dr. Wuori’s article
— ever think about writing a
murder mystery for the
QUARTERLY? (Just kidding.)
ATTENTION!
Alumni in Regions VI, VII, VIII
Saturday, February 11,1978
Wilkes Wrestlers vs
Army and Massachusetts
Alumni Get-Together at
Thayer Hotel — West Point
Details to follow
ATTENTION PARENTS!
If this magazine is addressed to
your son or daughter who no
longer maintains a permanent
address at your home, please clip
off the address label on back
cover and return it with the cor
rect address to the Alumni Office
at Wilkes College. Thank you for
helping us update our records.
O
FALL 1977
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�Plus Three
Wilkes College’s Board of
Trustees was increased by three
recently as Frank M. Henry,
William G. Mulligan, and Judy
Arenstein were appointed to the
36-member governing body.
Frank M. Henry, president and
general manager of the Frank Martz
Coach and White Transit Companies,
was elected to a three-year term
by the membership.
Henry, also president of Atwood’s
Transport Lines, Inc., Maryland, is
a native of Dallas and an active
member of the Wyoming Valley
community. He is chairman of the
board of trustees at Wyoming
Seminary, and is a director of the
Wyoming National Bank, Wyoming
Valley Hospital, Wilkes-Barre
YMCA, as well as other area organ
izations.
A graduate of Yale University’,
the new Wilkes trustee is a member
of Irem Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. and
the Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club.
Henry’ is also a member of St. Paul's
Lutheran Church, Shavertown.
Married to the former Dorothea
Wichman, the Henrys are the
parents of three children, Frank M.
Jr„ Scott, and Marjorie.
William G. Mulligan, vicepresident of the Construction and
Mining Group of Ingersoll-Rand,
was also appointed to the board.
A native of Kingston, Mulligan
received his B.S. from Lafayette in
1952 and has completed advanced
management programs at Indiana
University and the Harvard
Business School.
Mulligan, who has served
Ingersoll-Rand for 25 years, is a
resident of Mahwah, New Jersey.
He is also a member of the
American Institute of Mining and
Metallurgical Engineers.
The Wilkes trustee started as a
student trainee at Ingersoll-Rand in
1952 and progressed through the
ranks of the company, earning top
management-level positions in a
variety of divisions.
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as national president of the W tike
College Alumni Association.
Mrs. Arenstein is the district
operations manager for AT&T-Long
Lines Department in White Plains,
N.Y. She was recently recognized
by “Glamour Magazine" as an out
standing young woman given top
management responsibilities in a
major U.S. company.
The former Judy Simonson of
Great Neck, N.Y., she is married
to Attorney Robert Arenstein. The
couple make their home in Scarsdale,
N.Y. Mrs. Arenstein earned the
“Outstanding Graduate Award" at
her Wilkes College graduation.
Attorney Joseph J. Savitz,
chairman of the Wilkes College
Board of Trustees, in announcing
the election results stated, “We are
extremely pleased with the appoint
ments of these three prominent
trustees and look forward to
their enthusiastic participation in
developing further the continued
service of Wilkes College to the
Wyoming Valley community'."
Robert S. Capin, Wilkes College
president, added, “We are very
fortunate to gain the involvement
of these new trustees who have
indicated their commitment to
fulfilling the mission of Wilkes
College. Their willingness to serve
speaks well for the college and the
community.”
The three new board members
join 32 other elected trustees and
President Capin as the governing
board of the college.
Changing of the Guard
For most people August is just
the month between July and
September. But for Lt. Col. Richard
L. Wing, former professor of
AFROTC n?diIS and commander of
AFKUIC Detachment 752 at Wilkes
College, August marked the
beginning of a new life.
On July 31, Col. Wing hmmg up
his uniform and his 21-year career
in the Air Force, along with his
four year duty at Wilkes College.
Commenting on the college, the
air force officer said, “My stay
here at Wilkes was an enjoyable
one. The students are very friendly
and the individual attention they
receive from the professors really
amazes me.” He also stated that the
college was like a “halfway house"
between the military and civilian
life, being involved with ROTC
programs and also participating in
activities of the college.
A native of Bliss, N.Y., Col.
Wing’s career began at Cornell
University, where he participated
in the Air Force Reserve Officer
Training Corps Program. He earned
both his commission as a second
lieutenant and his Bachelor’s degree
from Cornell. Col. Wing’s Master’s
degree is from the University of
Southern California.
His first active duty in the Air
Force came as a transport pilot,
spending five years flying heavy
cargo planes and ten years piloting
planes which carried small cargo.
He was also a combat courier pilot
in Southeast Asia for one year. His
medals include the Bronze Star, the
Meritorious Service Medal with one
oak leaf cluster, the Air Force
Commendation Medal and the Air
Medal with four oak leaf clusters.
Along with his military accom
plishments, Col. Wing has also had
much success in the field of
journalism. Besides being editor of
several safety magazines in Illinois
and Germany, he was also the editor
of a prize-winning magazine at
Scott Air Force Base in St. Louis.
The magazine, "The Mac,” a
military magazine won the Interna
tional Civil Aviation Organization
Award. In regard to this accomp
lishment, the award-winning editor
said, “This was a great thrill for me
because the award was an interna
tional one.”
The Wilkes educator's career at
the college began July, 1973. Since
then, three times as many students
have enrolled in the ROTC program.
When he first arrived at the college,
there were 24 students enrolled.
Presently, there are 72 students in
the ROTC program. Col. Wing has
many duties, but he says the most
important aspect is "being there to
talk to the students when they
need it.”
He also taught journalism while
at the college and offered a course
called "Editing a Small Magazine,”
which was only given once at
Wilkes. His other activities included
a talk show called the “Colonel's
Corner" on the Wilkes radio
station, WCLH, along with “The
Grappling Club" and the “Gourmet
Group on Campus."
With all of the success behind
Col. Wing, there is sure to be much
more awaiting him in the future.
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manage change in the rapidly
shifting world of higher education,"
explained President Capin. “He will
assist us in developing sound
research regarding the future
direction of Wilkes, as well as aiding
in the formulation and implemen
tation of responsive policies. We
feel enthusiastic about Tom
returning to the Wyoming Valley
community," the president added.
Dr. Kelly served on the board of
directors of the Wyoming Valley
chapter of the American Red Cross
from 1969 to 1974, and was vicechairman of the board in 1974. He
was also chairman of the committee
to aid disaster victims from 1969
to 1973. He also served as a “loaned
executive” to the United Way of
Wyoming Valley from 1971 to 1973.
The author of several articles on
higher education, Kelly’s doctoral
thesis, which was accepted this past
May, was entitled “Decision Making
of Governing Boards: Differences
Among Selected Independent
Colleges.”
Dean Kelly resides in Mountaintop with his wife, the former Nancy
Kay Ritz, and their two children,
Christopher and Cynthia Kay.
Dean Soter — The Globetrotter
Thomas F. Kelly has been named
dean of administration at Wilkes
College.
Kelly holds a Ph.D. in Adminis
tration of Higher Education, and
Industrial and Labor Relations from
Cornell University, and an M.A. in
Economics from Lehigh University.
He received his B.A. from Wilkes
College where he was graduated
summa cum laude in economics and
won the "Outstanding Graduate
Award" and the "Dean’s Scholarship
Award" in 1969. Dr. Kelly was also
the recipient of the Dr. Arnaud C.
Marts Scholarship.
Regarded very highly by the
Wilkes College Family, Dr. Kelly
served in various administrative
roles at Wilkes before leaving the
college in 1974 to complete his Ph.D.
requirements at Cornell.
He served as director of the
evening and summer college from
1969 to 1971, was assistant to the
chancellor under the late Dr. Eugene
S. Farley from 1971 to 1972 and was
director of development from 1972
to 1974.
"Dr. Kelly will serve an extremely
important role in helping us to
Wilkes College Academic Dean
Richard P. Soter received a firsthand
look at the educational and
political systems of Italy, spending
nearly three weeks during May at
the College of Foreign Languages
and Literature at the University of
Pisa.
Dr. Soter, who has a diverse back
ground in higher education, foreign
languages, history, and political
science, lectured on "History of
Higher Education in America” and
“Governance Practices in American
Universities.”
Dean Soter, who holds two
advanced degrees from Harvard
University, was invited to lecture
in Europe as a result of his
prominence in administration and
management in liberal arts colleges.
He noted that there is much
duplication of efforts within the
universities of Italy. "A university
may have five colleges, each with a
separate history department, all at
the same location," Soter noted.
"This is the type of duplication
which the Italian government wants
to avoid."
Italy is currently going through
an austerity program designed to
curb inflation, which is now running
at 20 percent. "The government,
which administers education, is
looking for ways to consolidate
academic disciplines, programs, and
personnel in order to maintain
academic integrity and effect
savings,” Soter said.
Wilkes Collet?ge academic deai
tan, Richard P.
Soter, left,
. t, is shown being wewelcomed to the
University
nty of Pisa by the <dean of the
Italian Institution.
"The purpose for my lectures
was to describe the American
system of higher education which
the Italians may wish to emulate.”
The Wilkes dean added, "The
Italian government, which is headed
by Christian Democratic Prime
Minister Giulio Andreotti, is
considering various changes in the
educational system."
The Communist Party, the largest
of Western Europe, has slowly
emerged as a decision-making body
in the country. “The Christian
Democratic Party has been unable
to cope with the quality of life.
Coupled with the unfortunate loss
of traditional Italian values, the
Communist Party has risen in
stature.
"Since Italy is a member of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
the rise to power of communism
could be a future problem in
international politics and could
result in a 'Trojan Horse’ within
NATO,” Soter theorized, “since
participation in NATO by an Italian
government controlled by the
Communist Party would lead many
to believe that state and military
secrets might be available to the
Soviet Union and its satellites.”
However, the immediate goal of
the Italian communists, unlike their
Russian and East German
counterparts, is to share power, not
take it, from those who govern.
“Italian communism has tried to
project a human face as opposed to
Stalinist communism which concen
trates all power within a select
group. While the Italian people are
wary of Soviet influence, acceptance
of the communist philosophy has
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�pulled off a 36-28 upset over
arch rival Cortland State and
fought back from a 14-0 deficit to
beat Susquehanna, 27-14.
This would be the most
important game ever for Ithaca
and they waited anxiously and
impatiently for the toss of the coin.
For Rollie Schmidt the pressure
had been building. Three
undefeated seasons, four Middle
Atlantic Conference titles, two
Lambert Bowls, and the "Timmie
Award." Some day the invincible
dream was doomed to end, but the
question lingering in Roland
Schmidt's mind, as he reviewed his
strategy during the playing of the
national anthem, was whether the
appointed hour with destiny was
going to be today.
by George Pawlush '69
Sweeping out of the Valley in the serene autumn breeze of ’68,
the invincible Golden Horde rampaged across the Middle Atlantic
Conference, terrifying and devastating their opponents with
football prowess still unequalled in the annals of small college
football history. By the time the dust settled in late November,
the Horde walked away with the MAC crown, the Lambert Bowl
Trophy, the Timmie Award and national recognition as the best
small college football team in America. George Pawlush ’69 tells
it all...
It was not the typical fall day that
you would expect for an October
18th, as the icy winds which blew
off Lake Cayuga's waters made the
weather at Ithaca's South Hill Field
feel like mid-winter rather than
Indian Summer.
Rollie Schmidt had an
uneasiness about him as he walked
with his team up to the Ithaca, N.Y.
field which stood on a steep hill
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only three other collegiate teams
in American football history had
done before — won 32 straight
games.
overlooking the body of water
made famous by Cornell
University's alma mater.
Time after time, sports
journalists had pulled out their
NCAA record guides and followed
the progress of the Colonel
football streak which ranked
fourth behind the legendary strings
of the University of Oklahoma, 47
(1953-57); Missouri Valley, 41
(1941-48); and Hillsdale, 34
(1954-57).
With almost his entire starting
lineup graduated the year before,
Schmidt could feel the haunting '
footsteps closing quickly behind.
After opening the season with
victories over Lycoming,
Moravian,and Delaware Valley,
Wilkes had accomplished what'
Ithaca coach )im Butterfield
could taste his challenge as the
potential ''giant-killer'' as he
nervously watched the Blue and
Cold go through their pre-game
warmups. After opening the 1969
season with losses to West Chester
and Lehigh, the New Yorkers had
Ithaca, like a spirited colt,
wasted little time in amassing its
touchdown barrage, as
quarterback Dave Campbell
marched the Blue and Cold
methodically down the field.
Campbell called his own number
on a five-yard sneak, which
capped the 68-yard drive, just 2:09
into the game. One could feel
something amiss as the Bomber
field general leaped high with
emotion after crossing the goal
line.
Early in the second quarter
diminutive Teddy Yeager, who was
usually very adept at hanging on
to the leather, was jolted by a
ferocious tackle. The 5-7,150pound mini-mite was still seeing
stars as the hungry band of
Bombers chased after the
frightened ball. When the mad
scramble ended, the oblongsphere
stood in Ithaca property on the
Wilkes five-yard line. Smelling
another score just 15 feet away, the
now charged-up Ithaca players
plunged confidently a second
time into the promised land. The
thoughts of the Blue and Cold
rooters were now straining as they
tried to remember the last time a
two-touchdown pitfail had
befallen their beloved Colonels.
Hearts began to leap as veteran
loe Zakowski, who had been
known to incite miracles during
his illustrious Wilkes career, bore
down on his receivers. A quick
salvation seemed afoot when the
spirited southpaw quarterback
found Neal Langdon on a scoring
strike in a crowded corner of the
end zone. Langdon had to fight
away two clawing defenders to
claim the ball and a 23-yard
touchdown.
Wilkes trailed at intermission
and in the locker room, Rollie
Schmidt, almost speechless by the
end of his halftime delivery,
ordered his forces back to the front
to fight back from their 13-7
deficit. Both defenses fought to a
stalemate in the third period as
momentum seemed to skirt both
benches.
Ted Yeager (21) was the “mini-mite" who gave the
Colonels an explosive outside running game as a
freshman in 1968. He went on to smash virtually
every Wilkes rushing record before he graduated
in 1972.
The Colonels, traditionally a
second-half team, seemed out of
the impasse in the fourth quarter
as Schmidt's punishing defensive
unit began taking its toll at the
Ithaca running attack, twice
springing the ball loose.
Zakowski, a fierce competitor
and a cool warrior under fire,
drove his team to the Blue Bomber
20-yard line twice, only to be
repelled by a stubborn and
victory-crazed Ithaca line. With
less than a minute remaining, the
Colonels desperately retaliated
with one more thrust to thwart
fate, but a stolen pass and a
ticked-out dock gave defeat its
long awaited reward.
A proud man, Rollie Schmidt's
eyes became glassy and filled with
painful emotion as he walked to
the center of the field, carrying
himself with the poise of a general
who had honorably lost the
hard-fought battle.
It had been more than a lost
game. To the many reporters who
covered the contest, it was the
story of the year. To the Ithaca
team, it was instant national
recognition. And to Rollie
Schmidt, his team, and all Wilkes
fans it was a crushing and sudden
end to a glorious era. For me, as a
neophyte in my first few months
as the college's first full-time
sports information director, it was
the climax to an overwhelming
experience.
Standing in the near-empty New
York stadium, I could see a
dejected Rollie Schmidt still frozen
in the middle of the chilly barren
field, surrounded by members of
his family and dose friends who
shared his agony. As darkness
started to roll in and the post-game
litter began to swirl around the
now-vacant open pressbox which
had been my home for nearly three
hours, I too became filled with
emotion. As a college student, I
had the fortunate opportunity to
work closely with the football
team. I felt, for a moment, in
communion with Schmidt and
couldn't help thinking back to the
time and place where it all
began ...
FALL 1977 9
�It was Saturday, October 9,1965
and Wilkes College, with a 2-0 record
coming in, had just lost a close 26-20
decision to Upsala College at East
Orange, N. J. The Colonels had been
leading through most of the game,
and it was a shame to see a blot on
their record after two
brilliantly-played wins. Who could
have known then that this particular
downfall would serve as the starting
point for one of the greatest success
stories in college football history'.
For many years the Wilkes College
football program, which once had
been a source of community pride
under George Ralston in the late
1940s, had been slowly declining to
the point where the Colonel team
had become everybody's favorite
Parents' Day and Homecoming
opponent.
The prevailing atmosphere
somehow seemed to be brighter in
the summer of 1965. For the first time
in many seasons, the local news
media was reserving some optimism
for the Blue and Gold as Colonel
skipper Schmidt opened fall pre
season camp with his largest
group of candidates ever. It was
evident that Schmidt, who was fed
up with three seasons of 7-17
mediocrity, had grown tired of
losing and was firmly dedicated
to resurrection.
With some intensive local and outof-area high school recruiting,
Schmidt was determined to
silence his critics. Adding to the
positive tone of the season was a
publicity campaign inspired by
jack-of-all-trades Art Hoover, and a
brand-new permanent football
complex which was to become
Ralston Field later in the year.
The air seemed unidentifiably
different to the many fans who
curiously attended the first two
games at the Colonel football field.
By the end of October, Wilkes
College's opponents were no longer
laughing at what was once the
proverbial "Blue and Gold Sad
Sacks." The embryonic Horde began
to take shape with back-to-back wins
over Ursinus and Muhlenberg.
Ironically, both victories had come
on "Homecoming" for the respective
host schools. Sweet revenge was
the Horde's, as defeat made its exit
scurrying for the shadows. Coach
Schmidt's determination had begun
to rub off as the birth of the Horde
became imminent.
The first crucial test of the
Colonel's new-found strength was to
come far away in Huntingdon on
October 30 against a Juniata team
10
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
which had soundly embarrassed the
Blue and Gold, 51-0, in Wilkes-Barre
the year before. All eyes watched as
the infant Horde scored every way
possible. Striking with a vengence,
the Colonels found paydirt with four
touchdowns, a field goal, a safety,
and an extra point, stunning the
surprised Indians, 30-20. So thorough
was the thrashing that the fledgling
Blue and Gold defensive unit, with
its seven freshmen, had held
veteran-laden Juniata to a minus 48
yards rushing, and thus attoned for
the previous year's scars.
One week later bespectacled
junior quarterback Rich Roshong,
who had been reborn behind a now
solid offensive line, zigzagged his
way for 150 rushing yards to lead the
Colonels to a 30-12 conquest of
Delaware Valley College. The child
Horde was beginning to make
believers out of even the most ardent
skeptics. The crown jewel was set
into place seven days later in Reading
when the Blue and Gold whipped
Albright, 37-7. Roshong, who was
later voted the league's most
valuable player, tallied twice. The
Colonels had now achieved their
impossible dream — to capture their
first Middle Atlantic Conference title
in school history. The meteoric 1965
chain of events had finally made
Wilkes "NUMBER ONE."
The now adolescent Horde had to
wait patiently nearly nine months
to seek its sixth straight victory. It
was to be a dramatic 1966 inaugural
against Northeastern Pennsylvania
rival, East Stroudsburg State College.
The game at Ralston Field had been
billed as the "Battle of the Titans,"
as the Warriors came into
Wyoming Valley on the heels of a
12-game winning streak. The conflict
had all the makings of a World War
II battle movie.
This would be the test. Time would
tell if the Colonels were ready for
the "big boy on the block." Response
of the public was fantastic as an
estimated 7,500 fans jammed into the
scenic Wilkes football park — well
over a capacity crowd. Paul Purta
one of the few veteran Colonels left
from the pre-1965 days, got the adult
Horde ahead, 3-0, splitting the
fieldin'51™ 3 WeH plaCed 25-yard
$
Joe Skvarla (Si), dark shirt, leaps high in the sky
for the prised leather.
rapidly-developing reputation.
The stage was now set for the most
electrifying win in Colonel football
history. Only one second remained
on the Lebanon Valley stadium clock
in a 7-7 stalemate. Following a
missed Lebanon Valley field goal,
Wilkes regained possession of the
ball on the enemy's 20. Silence
pervaded the crowded arena.
In an epic Hollywood-style finish
which smacked of the exploits of
the famed Frank Merriwell, Coach
Schmidt searched his bench and
called upon freshman Joe Zakowski
to enter the game. Hardly anyone in
the stadium was surprised when
Zakowski, possessing a javelin arm
and playing his first second of varsity
football, unloaded a long desperate
bomb.
Even as the soaring ball descended
in the vicinity of the Lebanon Valley
25-yard line, there seemed little
chance of success with three Flying
Dutchmen anxiously awaiting its
arrival. After a brief juggling
exhibition around his knees, Paul
Purta gathered the elusive ball in (as
the game films would clearly show
later) and bolting from the group of
would-be tacklers, sprinted into the
end zone with the winning margin. It
occurred to those of us who sighed
deeply and looked skyward at that
moment, that perhaps the Horde was
guided by some higher authority
who, on the advice of Coach Schmidt,
rendered invincibility on the Blue
and Gold.
he afternoon as the Horde added
awesome maturity to their
The Wilkes skein grew to eight as
the now fully-grown Golden Horde
edged Moravian, 10-7, in a
slosh-out mud bath in Bethlehem.
The tension was to continue the
following week as Zakowski was
again called in to provide the
artillery. This time it was a short
projectile to rangy 6-4 Joe Skvarla,
who did a dance step at mid-field,
and then streaked the remainder of
the way to Mecca for the only score
of the day.
After humbling Ursinus, 24-0, the
Golden Horde, like jungle lions
responding to the distant scent of
food, sensed their first perfect season
very close at hand. Standing 5-0, the
national wire services were buzzing
of copy about the renaissance of
college football in Wilkes-Barre.
The final big hurdle figured to be
Drexel, which was leading the
Southern Division of the MAC with
a 5-1 record. After a shaky start, the
Colonels settled down. Finally, in the
third period, Joe Wiendl took a
Drexel punt deep in Wilkes territory
and rambled 77 yards to score, pacing
the Blue and Gold to their 11th win
in a row.
Following easy-breathing nods
over Juniata and PMC Colleges on
the next two Saturdays, the Golden
Horde could finally relax. People now
unanimously believed the Colonels
had under wraps their first
perfect 8-0 season and a second
straight Northern Division crown.
The fitting climax to the 1966 season
was to come on November 17th when
the Colonels were verified as the
recipients of the first Lambert Bowl,
which was to join the Lambert
Trophy and the Lambert Cup, and
honor the top college Division III
team on the east coast.
Rollie Schmidt and his five team
seniors — Captain Ralph Hendershot,
Al Yatko, Rich Roshong, Ray Lowery
and Paul Purta, along with Wilkes
College officials triumphantly
journeyed to New York City on
Decembers to accept the glimmering
football-shaped trophy in regal-like
ceremonies at the Hotel Pierre. Other
teams honored that day were
Syracuse University, Division I; and
Gettysburg, Division II.
Il was a winter of banquets for
Rollie Schmidt who was continually
asked how far he thought his Horde
could continue its 13-game streak.
The prognosis for the 1967 season
was confident despite the loss of
stalwarts Al Yatko and Paul Purta
through graduation. Both had been
among the few true stars the
Colonels had during the first two
years of their rise from obscurity.
Schmidt was going to get a preview
of the relative strength of his Golden
Horde on September 16 when the
Colonels were going to lock horns
with Ivy League power Princeton
University in a full-scale closed
scrimmage at antique Palmer
Stadium. The Blue and Gold were
warned about the bite of the Bengals
but when the controlled contact had
ended, it was the Ivy Leaguers who
had been taught a lesson. Wilkes
College and its hard-nosed and
aggressive style of football had
fought the Princetonians to a
stalemate.
With confidence oozing, the
Wilkes team inaugurated its season
with gusto, downing Upsala College,
23-14. The victory was especially
sweet for Schmidt and his staff
because it provided a little revenge
for their only defeat of 1965. The
game unveiled the first of many "big
plays" which would highlight the
1967 edition, as kick-returner Doug
Forde fumbled the opening kickoff
and then picked it up and scampered
94 yards for a score.
Defensive back Danny Malloy
provided the heroics for the next
game, commandeering five
interceptions as the Golden Horde
posted their 15th straight with a
22-12 victory over the Bears. Malloy
missed tying the NCAA
College-Division record by one theft.
The pivotal point of the campaign
came on October 7 when the
Colonels entertained Delaware
Valley in what was to be a real
barn-burner at Ralston Field. With
the exodus of many local high school
athletes to the Bucks County campus,
area interest in the contest had grown
to immense proportions.
The fans more than got their
money's worth as former Plains High
School star Ron Timko ignited the
inspired Aggies to a 13-7 fourth
period advantage on a pair of short
quarterback touchdown sneaks. The
adrenalin started to flow as once
again Joe Wiendl waited for a punt
deep in Colonel territory.
Invincibility now being a divine right
of the Horde, Wiendl who could
sense the urgency of his mission,
made scoring inevitable. Dazzling
through Aggie tacklers, Wiendl
romped 69 yards to paydirt. Seconds
later Dave Kaschak split the uprights
for the winning point.
Following the Delaware Valley
epic, the Blue and Cold played with
renewed vigor, staggering the next
five foes in cannibalistic-like fashion.
So thorough was their holocaust that
record watchers were astounded.
With the turf still trembling, the
Horde, in their final five games, had
amassed an incredible 174 points on
the scoreboard, while their
opponents tallied only 10.
The road to 21 triumphs and a
second straight 8-0 season included
successive devastations of Ursinus,
28-0; Drexel, 13-3; Haverford, 69-0;
PMC, 27-0; and Lebanon Valley, 37-7.
The Wilkes team had succeeded in
capturing the attention of every
writer on the eastern seaboard except
Rollie Schmidt, left, at the speakers'platform with Ben Swarteuvlder, Syracuse University: and Gene Haas,
th ttysbury: as the Colonels receive their first Lambert Bowl in elaborate 1966 ceremonies at the Hotel
Pierre in New York City.
FALL 1977
11
�for a few members of the Lambert
Bowl selection committee'vh°
awarded the prized troph) >0 \ a "
And find out they did! Ted Yeager,
who would later go on to smash
every Wilkes rushing record, took
the opening handoff from scrimmage
lo\vn
Zakowski, now a junior, vvas n
flawless — at one point he had
Collet Lambert Bowl or not. the
Golden Horde had become a legend
under Rollie Schmidt, who was now
b" ng called "Zeus" bv his followers,
as the Blue and Gold waited
anxiously for the 1968 season.
Cries that the Colonels had
become "just too big and powerful
t
were being tossed around like
shockwaves throughout the Middle
Atlantic Conference. John Reese
confirmed the resentment of his
fellow conference athletic directors
when he announced, prior to the
1968 season that only three league
members — Lycoming, Morav ian.
and Delaware Valley, were willing
to play the Golden Horde in
1970. their rejection meant that the
Blue and Gold could not compete
for the Northern Division title and
would have to turn to scheduling
non-conference foes.
For the first time in four years it
was almost a foregone conclusion
that the Blue and Gold were in the
perfect position to easily post their
third straight unbeaten season and
extend their win string to 29.
Everything may have looked great on
paper, but before the season would
end. Coach Schmidt and his Golden
Horde would almost contest by
contest have to cheat the devil
himself at his own game.
A big threat to the Wilkes dream
was expected in the 1968 curtain
riser with the University of Vermont.
The trip to the Green Mountain state
was to be later labeled by Colonel
observers as the high point of the
entire Golden Era.
The Vermont stadium was
primarily a wooden plank complex. It
was surprising to see the impressive
amount of Wilkes fans who had made
the eight-hour trek to Burlington. The
Colonel faithful, who seemed to
almost outnumber the Catamount
rooters, were immediately incensed
when they read the preview article in
the Vermont game program which
en\V’lk'iC?a"ly a5ked ~ "Wh°the HeH
It mattered little to the spirited and
proud Wilkes throng that the article
went on to say that "Wilkes College
is a small private institution in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., which has a strong
football tradition." As the Vermont
team strode onto the field, the Wilkes
aggregation wasted little time in
Peking up on the article headline
,a"d.expJoded in a rhythmic chant —
oWh° the Hell is Wilkes? You'll find
12
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Marv Antinnes '61
Starmaker
and endured the “hard
f?culty
sport when it was at its
the
Antinnes recalled of that St ebbhonestly feel that this
few times that the coUege S*1*
assistants,£d Xn scriXi“g‘d ny
While many fine athletes had the
opportunity to perform during the
••’Golden Era.” one athlete who
didn’t get the chance was Marv
Antinnes ’61. who played football at
the college between 1957 and 1960.
Now a successful football coach
and athletic director at Wyoming
Seminary, Antinnes clearly
remembers the frustrations of a time
when football wasn’t that rosy at
Wilkes College.
“Playing games with only 15
players dressed, was one of the
handicaps with which we once had
to live,” Antinnes remembered. “But
most of the time we usually had 25
men on the field,” he added,
displaying his patented grin.
Antinnes started his career as a
freshman single-wing formation
center and linebacker for George
Ralston, but was later switched to
fulloack ’.’.hen Coach Francis
Pinkowski joined the Wilkes
command post.
Despite the fact that we won only
seven games and lost 27 in four
years, I don’t think any of us who
played the game at that time ever
lost interest,” he noted. “We had
some great athletes on the team and
n? we,re,‘jn’almost everY kame we
Played. Unfortunately, the lack of
depth usually caught up with us in
the second half.”
foAvn”^38,P)enty of admiration
WllT^t?lnk°WSki’Asan“rly
w keS gridiron great u
Ralston m the 1940s, Pinkowski had
with us without wearing anv
protective padding. He took the
game very serious and was Way
ahead of his time as far as strateev
was concerned. I don’t think he ever
entered any game with the feeling
that he was going to win it,”
Antinnes recalled.
Locker room facilities, which are
taken for granted today, just didn’t
exist in the 1950s. “We changed in
the cramped toilet facilities at Kirby
Park,” the still rugged looking
former Colonel remembered. “What
mattered was that we loved the
game. We took the adversities in
stride and actually hated to see our
college football days end.”
Antinnes did have his moment of
sports glory at Wilkes — but as a
member of the Blue and Gold
wrestling team. To this day, he ranks
as one of the finest competitors to
ever perform on the Colonel mats.
In a complete contrast to his trials
and tribulations as a football player,
Marv emerged as a three-time
Middle Atlantic Conference
champion and capped his college
career by winning the 1961NAIA
177-pound crown, to become John
Reese’s first national titlist.
His dual record at Wilkes was
35-1, only a few winning percen
points behind mat legends Joe
Wiendl and John Carr. During the
period that he wrestled, the Co
wrestler ■. captured four MA
crown ; and an incredible 34meet record — a feat which, o
day, has remained unequa e •
The real love, however, of Ma‘v
Antinnes, .-«> it was then, is 0" t
football field where lhequiow
personable Wilkes alumnusv
found bis niche. Today iLninarY
Antinnes leads Wyoming >
completed 13 passes in a row! Three
of his bullseyes found Joe Skvarla in
touchdown country. When the final
gun had sounded, the invincible
football teams to some of their best
performances ever.
Since taking over the reins at the
Kingston, Fa. school in 1967,
Antinnes has guided the Wyoming
Seminary Blue. Knights to a
remarkable 57-12 win-loss record
during his ten short years on the job.
Included in this brilliant record are
perfect seasons in 1969 (8-0.) and
1976 (7-0), which were the first
undefeated, untied teams at the prep
school since 1888.
Wyoming Seminary has always
been famous for its football
tradition, and once played Penn
State University and other national
powers on a regular basis in the early
part of this century. Significant in
the Blue Knight’s hall of glory is the
fact that 33 of its graduates have
gone on to become college
All-Americans!
Antinnes’ forte as a coach has
been his ability to adjust with the
personnel on hand. “Most of the
players on our teams are with us for
only one year,” the 37-year-old
mentor explained. “For the most
part they are high school graduates
who come to Wyoming Seminary to
further their academic skills before
going on to four-year colleges and
universities such as Notre Dame,
Michigan State, Syracuse, and, of
course, Wilkes.”
According to his latest figures,
107 of his former athletes have added
to their football playing days after
finishing at Wyoming Seminary.
Wilkes football has been a pleased
recipient of Blue Knight alumni, as
some of the past and present Colonel
players who toiled for Antinnes
include Fred Mariannaci ’76, Tom
Bradshaw ’77, Chris O’Brien ’78,
Tony Couto ’78, Bill Slavoski ’79,
and Bill Sobczak '79.
Antinnes came to Wyoming
Seminary after lour seasons of head
coaching at area high schools. “I
really didn’t know what to expect
when I first came to ‘S?m’. It offered
a welcome relief from high school
football politics mid booster clubs.
But, honestly. I could only envision
myself in the position for one year,”
ho remembered with a smile.
“Coaching football at Wyoming
Seminary is like coaching a high
Golden Horde was aglow, having
crushed the still dazed New
Englanders, 31-9. On the way out of
the stadium, Wilkes followers
school all-star team,” the father of
three revealed. “There is usually
plenty of talented players but
because of the school calendar, we
normally have 14 days of practice to
get ready for our first game.”
Antinnes stressed that the “Sem”
football team also contains a
sprinkling of juniors and seniors
from the high school program, “but
for the most part, we are fielding
almost a brand new team each year.”
“My biggest task in coaching is
to quickly find the right person for
the right position. I stick to the
basics,” he said, “and rely on
hard-nosed football to get the job
done. The degree of talent of our
offensive backfield people pretty
much dictates the type of offensive
formation that we are going to
employ. Oftentimes I may get a boy
with a strong arm for the
quarterback position. Thus, I will go
with a pro-type passing formation. A
quarterback, who is a fine runner,
might call for us to go with a ‘Veer’
or ‘Power I’ offensive attack.”
Another important reason for
Wyoming Seminary’s success on the
football field has been with its
pre-season conditioning program.
“We ask our players to come to
campus prepared to ‘hit’ early.
Because of our schedule, we stress
contact in the very early portion of
pre-season sessions and we like to
stress risk of injuries if the players
are not in fine physical shape.”
While overcoming many obstacles
such as no feeder programs and a
brief pre-season practice period,
Antinnes feels that the life and
philosophy of Wyoming Seminary
has been advantageous to football.
“Many of our student-athletes live
on campus and this docs much to
develop a team closeness which is so
important. Secondly, our admissions
standards provide us with the best
qualified students, both
academically and emotionally.
Finally, we try to treat our
student-athletes as adults.”
Marv Antinnes has witnessed
Wilkes College football in both its
brightest and bleakest hours ... and
his dedication to the sport and his
profession is a tribute to an era,
which wasn’t so golden, but
enjoyable nevertheless.
couldn't resist the opportunity and
the chant became, "Who the Hell is
Wilkes? You found out! Who the Hell
is Wilkes? You found out!"
The Greyhounds of Moravian
College showed up next on the
schedule. Senior Rick Simonson, who
replaced quarterback Joe Zakowski
in the second quarter, proved
devastating in his own right, hitting
Joe Skvarla eight times, and chasing
the frightened hounds who ran
yelping into the locker room to the
tune of a 40-0 bath.
Now 2-0 on the year and 23-0 in
the streak department, the Golden
Horde braced for another
confrontation with Delaware Valley.
Two previous experiences with the
Aggies had yielded hard fought
stubbornness and the Colonels
arrived in Doylestown, prepared for
a fight.
After a first-half defensive
standoff, Wilkes was ahead, 10-3.
Despite the lead, the Golden Horde
had taken a physical beating. Then, as
the spirits that watched over the
Golden Horde would have it, Joe
Wiendl rose again! Forgetting about
the errant punt to Wiendl which cost
Delaware Valley the game the
previous year, they boldly
challenged the prowess of "number
44" again — not once, but twice!
dary romps as
Joe Wiendl M) on one of his legcndai
Brinley Varchol (55) leads the way in
i,t a 7.967 game
versus Ursinus.
Aggie chief Bill Craver, we are told,
still has nightmares, seeing Wiendl
blow the contest apart with a pair of
third-period touchdown gallops of
86 and 62 yards.
After three away tilts, the charges
of "Zeus" finally displayed their
divine strength before a capacity
Parents' Day crowd at Ralston Field.
Some of the parents had left the
game early since the Golden Horde
had built a 21-7 fourth-period
advantage. Momentum changed
drastically, however, and it was only
with some heart-throbbing anxious
moments and a last minute Jay
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13
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r
Holliday touchdown interception
that the Blue and Gold added
number 25 to the book, finally
winning, 28-19.
Upsala College presented what
seemed to be a repeat performance
of Ithaca. Watching a 9-0 lead
evaporate to 9-7 in the final stanza,
all eyes were frozen on the field
when a ver)' capable Viking place
kicker lined up for a 37-yard field
goal with two seconds remaining on
the clock. The highly partisan crowd
was in hush as the players made
contact. They followed the ball high
in the air and watched for the signal
of the referee. As the man in the
striped shirt signaled wide, the
audience went wildly ecstatic. A
strained and worn Rollie Schmidt
commented: “We were luck)’ to get
out alive.” Defeat had once again
been turned away.
Rick Simonson provided the
excitement for the 27th victor)',
completing 16 of 32 passes for 240
yards. It was the best Wilkes throwing
performance of all time, and guided
the Blue and Gold to a 28-0
annihilation of Dickinson. Simonson,
a brilliant tactician, proved to be
superb the next week, zeroing in on
Joe Skvarla for three touchdown
strikes and a 34-0 whitewash of PMC.
Paul Purta. shaven here on a short burst, gave Jthe
Colonels an offensive naming attack during the
1965 and 1966 seasons.
Mike CunroUu
who was an ojfewrhe endosa
Fml, man in 1965. went on to beame me of the
Colonels'greatest outside lirebacken of all time.
!
an "ace up their sleeve" and came to
Ralston Field with a secret weapon,
the "shotgun formation, which IS
designed for passing, passing, and
more passing.
Also watching the contest was a
regional television audience. They
were jolted off their seats as Lebanon
Valley quarterback Bruce Decker
turned into a whirling octopus,
reeling off an incredible MAC record
of 51 passes and nearly succeeding in
ambushing the Colonels in their own
lair. The Golden Horde, though
surprised, was not to be denied and
when the final gun sounded,
Wilkes had weathered the attack and
won, 23-16.
Even a spirited media crusade by
the King’s Point Merchant Marine
Academy, which had enjoyed an
equally great year, could not prevent
Wilkes College from capturing
its second Lambert Bowl,
though only by three scant points!
This time the entire football team,
through the generous support of
Wilkes-Barre businessmen, marched
to New York City to claim its sterling
silver prize. A few weeks later, Coach
Rollie Schmidt was invited to the
nation's capital by the Washington,
D. C. Touchdown Club to accept the
" i immie Award” as being the
"Outstanding College Division
Team” in the United States.
For a few fleeting hours the Golden
Horde, in all its glory, stood on
common ground with Ohio State, the
^Outstanding University Division
learn; and such honored recipients
as O. J. Simpson, Don Shula, Don
Drysdale, and Ted Hendricks.
Claiming the "Timmie” was the
titling and proper way to end an era
which had skyrocketed Wilkes
College to national prominence.
Wlikes would go on to extend its
streax to 32 games the next year, but
the mighty Golden Horde with its
many familiar faces would soon be
decimated by graduation. The
Golden Era, for all intents and
purposes, had completed its road to
triumph with Lebanon Valley
needed it the most.
Colle8e
The 1968 “Timmie Award" hailed the 1968 Wilkes
football team as the “Outstanding Small College
Team of the Year."
Some say they are a legend —
others say they are immortal. Those
who lived through the Golden Era
say to this day, that on any given fall
afternoon they can still hear the
distant echoing crescendo of the
thundering Golden Horde chanting,
"We're Number One! We're Number
One!"
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become more apparent in recent
time," said Soter.
“There is always the possibility
that Marxist professors, those of
Soviet persuasion, will increasingly
replace non-Marxisl faculty since
all professors are employees of the
state and the government makes all
appointments," the Wilkes dean
pointed out.
“An ironic aspect of the student
movement in Italy,” Soter followed,
"is that it is far to the left of the
Communist Party. Student extreme
ness allows communism to almost be
portrayed as democratic.”
Despite the advances of the
Communist Party of Italy in recent
years, the Christian Democrats
control most important institutions.
The strategy of the Italian
communists is to take its time, build
on its image as a moderate party, and
avoid antagonizing the middle class
voters whose support is required if
any Italian government is to succeed.
Dr. Soter concluded, "It also
remains to be seen whether a
communist regime would ultimately
adhere to democratic principles.
Despite all its short-comings, the
Christian Democratic Party repre
sents the past greatness of Italian
civilization and retains a close
affinity with the democratic way of
life, characterized by contemporary
America.”
Roots
George Pawlush ’69 has been Sports
Information Director at Wilkes for
eight years. Early in 1977 Pawlush
became the News and Sports
Information Director, a tribute to his
ability as a journalist. He has received
national recognition as a writer, having
been published in the New York Times,
The Philadelphia Inquirer and The
Washington Post. Mr. Pawlush is also
the Associate Editor of the Russian
Orthodox Journal, monthly magazine of
the Federated Russian Orthodox Clubs.
In 1975 Pawlush won N.C.A.A. honors
for his football program publications
which were awarded third place in
national competition. A former Cross
Country coach, Pawlush now teaches
and runs the college’s news bureau
under Doug Rubinstein. George
Pawlush is married to the former Carol
Corbett. The couple has one son,
George IV, featured on the inside front
cover of this issue of the Quarterly.
Wyoming Valley has long been
considered a melting pot of cultures
and heritages, settled by people
from many nations.
One man who has a special
interest in this area is Dr. Walter
Karpinich, assistant professor of
foreign languages and literature at
Wilkes College.
Al Wilkes, Dr. Karpinich teaches
classes in Russian and German.
"Language is a key," he explained,
an opportunity to explore cultures
and the richness of a heritage or
country.”
Dr. Karpinich, who received his
Bachelor s and Master’s degrees
from Temple University and his
Ph.D. from the Ukrainian Free
University in Munich, Germany,
began teaching at Wilkes in 1975.
He has found the people at Wilkes
congenial and the Foreign Language
Department offering a quality
program.
While many colleges have been
dropping language requirements, Dr.
Karpinich sees a need for involve
ment with languages. “When a
student takes a foreign language, he
discovers a new world, gains infor
mation, and develops a sense of
respect for other human beings,"
stated the Wilkes professor.
Dr. Karpinich views the growth
of the Foreign Language Depart
ment as dependent upon two factors.
The first being the general economy
of the country and the latter being
the quality of instruction offered.
One course which will be offered
this fall will be a special topics
course dealing with the works of
Franz Kafka. Open to German
majors, it includes lectures and
discussion and an exhibit at the
Sordoni Art Gallery featuring a
documentary of photographs on
Kafka’s writing, family and travels.
The local educator has done
extensive traveling in many
countries, including West Germany,
France, Spain, Austria, and Canada.
He also recently spoke at a program
at Temple University on “Academic
Freedom: Its Significance to the
Ethnic American.”
The Wilkes professor will have
published this year a work entitled,
"Rilke’s Slavic Tales.” In this essay,
Dr. Karpinich examines three stories
written by the German lyricist Rilke.
The three stories incorporate Slavic
theme and historical fact. Dr.
Karpinich will be "examining,
relating and identifying sources and
what stimulated the lyricist's ideas."
In addition to his work at Wilkes,
Dr. Karpinich is one of the
co-chairmen of the 1977 Luzerne
County Folk Festival.
The festival is a spinoff of last
year’s bicentennial celebration
organized by the Luzerne County
Bicentennial Commission.
According to Dr. Karpinich, "the
basic intent and purpose of the
festival is to celebrate the region's
ethnic diversity." It features the
food, music and dance of diflerent
areas, with an accent on authentic
and original cultures. Dr. Karpinich
explained that three basic groups
are presented; ethnic food
specialities, entertainment, display
and demonstration booths.
Dr. Karpinich believes that the
festival has much to offer. “I feel
it is a worthy cause; there is a need
to maintain a link, and to see and
appreciate what others have to
offer."
Many Wilkes College students
take an active role in the festival.
Last year their theme was French,
Spanish and German contributions
to American life. "The students
focus in on a particular theme,”
stated Dr. Karpinich, “then they do
research to become familiar with
the contribution, using charts, lists
and maps. The work is an educa
tional experience for the students,
a diversion from regular classroom
work, providing an opportunity
for research and learning.”
Many high school students from
the area also participate, most often
in the area of entertainment. “Last
year, for example, there was a
Spanish dance ensemble, made up
of students from Wyoming Valley
West High School," he remarked.
This year there will be an aim for
more interaction between high
school and college students.
Dr. Karpinich resides in Dallas
with his wife Olena and his
daughters, Tanya and Natalie.
New Appointments, New Honors
Thirteen additions were made to
the college faculty and
administration and another nine
faculty members were promoted
during the summer.
Col. Anthony Seizys and Capt.
Robert Jennings have joined the
Wilkes Air Force Reserve Officer
Training Corps and the aerospace
studies faculty. Col. Seizys, who
received his B.S. from the U.S. Air
Force Academy and his M.S. from
Ohio State, assumed the position
following the retirement of Lt. Col.
Richard Wing. Capt. Jennings
received his B.S. from McNeese
State and his M.A. from Northern
Colorado.
Alex Pawlenok has returned to
full-time teaching in the Commerce
and Finance Department. Pawlenok,
the former college comptroller,
received his B.S. from Wilkes.
The Education Department has
added Linda Giordano to the faculty
this year. Ms. Giordano received
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�card of information projected on a
both her B.S. and M.S. from V\ likes,
viewer) and microfilm (a roll of
and is an assistant professor.
information, similar to a filmstrip).
Dr. David Curtis and Thomas G.
The microfilm collection is also the
Beck are now members of the
largest in the area.
English Department faculty. Both
The role of a college is two-fold,
assistant professors. Dr. Curtis
as it must meet the needs of its
received his B.A. from Rhode Island
students, faculty and administrators,
and his Ph.D. from Brown, while
and also be of service to the public.
Beck earned his B.S. from Slippery
"We are an important asset to the
Rock and his M.A. from Ohio.
college and the region," said Bueh
Dr. Patricia Woodworth has joined
ler, “as we are supporting the Wilkes
the mathematics and computer
curriculum and also enriching and
science faculty as an assistant
sharing the collection with an eye
professor. She received her
to cooperating in the region."
B.A., M.A, and Ph.D. from State
University of New York, College at
Binghamton.
Five new faculty members have
joined the Nursing Department.
Cathryn Arrowood received both
a B.A. and a B.S. from Wilkes; Mary'
Bednarski earned a B.S. from SUNY,
Empire State and a M.P.A. from
Syracuse; Sharon Keeney is a
graduate of Villanova; Nancy
Marchak graduated from Duke; and
Marquerite Scaduto received her
B.S. from Hunter and her M.A. from
New York.
Dr. Thomas Kelly has become
dean of administration in the Wilkes
College family this year. Dr. Kellv
received his B.A. from Wilkes, his
M.A. from Lehigh, and his Ph.D.
from Cornell.
The following faculty members
were promoted to these positions:
Buehler, a Hazleton native,
Professor — Dr. Owen Faut and
received degrees from Franklin &
Dr. Umid Nejib; Associate Professoi
Marshall College and Drexel
Dr. Joel Berlatsky, Frederick
University'. He noted that the
Krohle and Dr. Lester Turoczi;
extensive microform collection and
Assistant Professor —Sandra
convenient hours (the library is open
Bloomberg, Michael Haberkorn,
more than any' other in the area)
Gay Meyers and Dr. Hsi-Ping Shao.
attract a large number of area
researchers to the facility.
He also commented that the micro
form readers are in open,
Farley Tradition
well-lighted areas, and that staff
assistance is always available. ERIC
It is usually difficult to be both
(Educational Resources Information
the biggest and the best, but the
Center) is one source of information,
Wilkes College Library is trying to
with its large collection of
be an exception. Named for Eugene
Sheddon Farley, the college's first
microfiche. Other microform sources
include the "Microbook Library of
president, the library' is the largest
American Civilization," the “Micro
such facility in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
book Library of English Literature,"
and “Landmarks of Science," among
But even more important, 14
others.
Back-date newspapers and
full-time staffers emphasize the
census documents are also available.
importance of "quality as well as
The reference collection has an
quantity," according to Chief
Librarian Dale A. Buehler, and
array of tools that range over all of
continually strive to improve
man’s knowledge,” with major
services and material.
abstracting and indexing services
and subscriptions to various publi
Resources include over 159,000
cations. The library also “makes an
bound volumes, 1,300 magazine
effort to purchase outstanding
subscriptions, and the equivalent of
academic books" as recommended
over 124,000 volumes in microform,
by reviewers of CHOICE, according
specifically microfiche (a small flat
to the chief librarian.
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Another feature of the libra,., •
one that enables the staff tn t? ls
track of the collection — an 6ep
electronic book protection svstn
“Inventories prove that it works '
for us,” said Buehler. “I would
recommend it to other libraries
an effective means to control cir S
lation." The equipment emits a be"
and a gate refuses to let the nerQn„P
leave the library if a book has not
been checked at the main desk
The three-story building also
houses study areas on all floors and
the basement level, as well as
facilities for photocopying, audio
visual services and projection
viewing. The audio-visual front is
one service which the library staff
hopes to expand in the future.
Although the general public
cannot borrow directly from the
college library, non-college people
can use all materials and facilities in
the library and may borrow through
the inter-library loan system if they
belong to another area library. "The
inter-loan process is a great service
to people, as it helps them get
materials from all over our nation,"
remarked Buehler.
He also emphasized that tours are
available to groups and that the
collection rooms in the library are
open to anyone upon request. Those
four rooms, housing articles of local
history and heritage, are the Stark
Room, Farley Room, McClintock
Room, and the Polish Room.
Included in the McClintock Room
are original documents on local
history, often autographed by
people well-known in the history of
the nation.
Seven years ago the library un
willingly took part in what is now
also local history, as it received
heavy damage in the Agnes Flood.
Although an inventory taken just
before the flood helped pinpoint
losses, Buehler noted that “we are
still struggling with the results of
the flood, as our record keeping is
not yet complete. Details remain to
be worked out.”
In the meantime, the Eugene
Sheddon Farley Library continues to
serve both the public, and the Wilkes
College family, with quality of
service always the first priority.
Operation Johnstown
The College’s Music Department
turned into a flood relief center for
several weeks in August as the
■•Wilkes College Task Force for
Johnstown” was formed to aid the
city's flood victims.
Bill Gasbarro, chairman of Wilkes
College’s Music Department,
remembered vividly the ravaging
effects of Tropical Storm Agnes and
the problems that it caused
Wyoming Valley and the Wilke:;s
campus five years ago.
Naturally, the Johnstown native
had his heart stuck in his throat
that Thursday afternoon when the
first reports of the flood disaster
Thomas N. Kaska
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faculty
A liberal arts college such as
Wilkes may often find itself
defending a traditional philosophy of
education in the face of public
demand for specialization and career
preparation. As chairman of the
Wilkes English Department, Dr.
Thomas N. Kaska strongly believes
in the traditional liberal arts
education.
"We can’t avoid market
pressures,” he said, "but we need
not surrender our identity to them.
We need to find a proper balance,
between professionalism and
humane learning, between ‘doing’
and ‘being.’ The two are not
necessarily antithetical; humanism,
after all, is an active idea."
A Wilkes faculty member since
1966 and a graduate of the college.
Dr. Kaska noted that he is “con
cerned by the shift at Wilkes away
from the Bachelor of Arts degree
over the last ten years. It may
signify a shift in our center of
gravity from humane learning to
narrow professionalism.”
Ten years ago, 1,371 Bachelor of
Arts degree candidates studied at
Wilkes along with 831 candidates
for a Bachelor of Science degree.
Nine years later, in 1976, the trend
took a complete about-face as 724
students were B.A. candidates and
1,325 worked toward B.S. degrees.
In addition, many liberal arts courses
are now optional, while students in
some specialized degree programs
are exempted from core require
ments.
The danger in such action is that
"education can become a matter of
training rather than learning for the
sake of learning,” said Dr. Kaska.
Although he commented that the
value of a liberal arts education is
difficult to articulate, he advocated
that such an education provides
insight into the joy of living and
opens up a whole area of interest
that narrow training isn’t capable of
doing."
As an example, he explained that
once a person learns to read and
appreciate literature he can nurture
and expand that interest throughout
his whole life, regardless of his
occupation. In this sense, a liberal
arts education provides flexibility in
one’s life.
Wilkes has been aware of the
importance of a liberal arts educa
tion and continues to maintain its
relevance. The first goal as devised
by The Goals for the College
Committee notes the importance of
Communication as an area of study.
"Our search for goals was a positive
step in redefining our purpose,"
commented Dr. Kaska. "Reaffirma
tion of commitment to effective
communication was, in fact, a
reaffirmation of the most crucial of
humanistic ideals. I think it is a very
important position for the college
to have taken.”
A Nanticoke native, the English
professor now resides in
Mountaintop. He and his wife Eilene
are the parents of four daughters,
the eldest a student at Wilkes.
After graduating from Wilkes in
1957, Dr. Kaska earned his M.A. and
his Ph.D. at Duquesne, where he also
taught before returning to Wilkes
as a faculty member.
His specific area of interest is
Renaissance English Literature and
his principal author is Shakespeare.
Dr. Kaska is a member of the Modern
Language Association, the
Shakespeare Association and the
National Council of Teachers of
English.
O
trickled out of the western
Pennsylvania community.
I have a brother and a sister still
living there. I knew that they lived
on high ground but knowing the
area, I really didn't know what to
expect," he said.
After getting the word that his
family had only received superficial
damage, Gasbarro started thinking
about what he could do for his
native area.
The first thing that popped into
his mind was the armored battalion
from Johnstown which, ironically,
spent nearly two weeks on campus
after Agnes. A good part of their
work was spent at the Dorothy
Dickson Darte Center complex
where Gasbarro has dedicated a big
part of his life teaching.
“I felt that we owed them some
thing," Gasbarro related. "They did
so much of the bull work here on
campus and I was hoping that
somehow we could repay them in
their hour of need.”
The Music Department office was
quickly turned into a flood relief
center, with donations and
volunteers filtering in each day.
Volunteers traveled to Johnstown
on three separate weekends,
assisting in the clean-up efforts for
three days before returning to
Wilkes-Barre on Sunday nights.
The group's efforts were coord
inated in collaboration with Colonel
Joseph Latch, commanding officer
of the 103rd Armored Battalion and
military advisor to the mayor of
Johnstown. The volunteers were
also fed and housed at 103rd head
quarters about five miles from the
city.
Gasbarro reported that the situa
tion at Johnstown was "much worse
than it was here. Because so many
people were affected in one way or
another, they couldn’t help each
other. What they needed most was
manpower for the clean-up
operations."
He also explained that the
destruction was more widespread
than many realized because although
Johnstown became the center of
attention, the flood affected a
seven-county area.
Although clean-up efforts
continue in the flood-stricken area,
Bill Gasbarro has now turned his
attention and his office back to the
Wilkes College Music Department.
But Johnstown won't forget the
different kind of performance
presented by Wilkes this past
summer.
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�Would You Believe, A Chicken
Who Thinks He’s A Rabbit?
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Imagine watching a chicken who
thinks he's a rabbit, or listening to
talking fish!
Sound like figments from a Walt
Disney movie script? To Dr. Lou
Rigley, a member of the Wilkes
College Biology Department, these
two happenings spell serious busi
ness and vividly illustrate his
teaching speciality, animal behavior.
“Animal behavior involves
studying the behavior of animals,"
explained the Wilkes College
assistant professor. “We study to
become the observer rather than
the observed.”
The chicken and rabbit routine
is part of an imprinting experiment
which Rigley conducts from time to
time. “We simply take a new-born
chick and raise it in the cage with
a rabbit,” Rigley said.
“During a period of time the chick
adapts to the rabbit's behavior and
given the opportunity to choose
between the rabbit and another
chicken which he has never seen
before, the chick will pick the
rabbit”
“Of course as the chick becomes
familiar with other chickens, the
rabbit relationship quickly
diminishes," he continued.
Rigley, who also teaches cordate
anatomy and parasitology, is espec
ially interested in ichthyology, or the
study of fish. His primary research
at the moment is the sound
production in fish.
From his many experiments the
professor has concluded that fish
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have the ability to hear and comniunicate with each other. 1 1S
called underwater acoustic __
communication,” he related, and
became popular following W orld
War II as a result of sounds which
had been heard from inside
submarines.”
For his fish experiments, the
Wilkes biology educator uses a
hydrophone which amplifies and
records sounds which are produced
in the aquarium. “We have found
that when the sounds are played
back into the tank, the intensity of
encounters between the fish is
reduced," Rigley noted.
Rigley has always been interested
in animal behavior and became
hooked when he went on for his
Ph.D. at the University of West
Virginia.
“I grew up on a farm in Upstate
New York and always had a close
contact with nature. Upon meeting
some noted animal behaviorists at
I’m Not Just A Number
— I’m More Than A Name
By Wilma Hurst ’79
Wilkes College is not a large
institution by any stretch of the
imagination. Its total of 2,100
full-time students cannot compare
with the tens of thousands at Penn
State, for example. Its 23-acre
campus is not nearly the size of many
other institutions of higher learning.
However, Wilkes has a small
college atmosphere and a sense of
intimacy on the campus, according
to promotional literature. But are °
these just meaningless phrases
fabricated to serve as excuses for
the college’s size? Not at all.
Wilkes does indeed have a
tradition of intimacy, a special kind
of understanding among what is
appropriately called the "Wilkes
College Family.” This boast of a
personal touch in education is not a
sales gimmick or an embarrassed
attempt to explain the small size.
The small college atmosphere is a
reality.
For instance, consider a typical
day in my life as a Wilkes student:
West Virginia I was convinced that
it would be my life’s work.”
For the future Rigley is planning
[g
a study with a colleague from Ship
pensburg State College which
involves prenatal communication
between a mother pig and a piglet
fetus. “It is a whole new area which
never has been tested," Rigley
observed.
The Wilkes teacher attended a
seminar at Beef Island in the British
Virgin Islands during the summer.
“We have the opportunity to estab
lish a field station on the island," he
revealed. “If everything works out,
we could be offering an intensive
two-week course in coral reef
biology at Beef Island next year."
While dispelling any thoughts of
turning the campus into a movie set,
Lou Rigley has done his share to
further the cause of animal behavior
studies and has rightfully claimed
the title as Wilkes College’s own
"Jacques Cousteau."
As I walk down the stairs of
Weckesser Hall, the Dean of
Academic Affairs calls to me by
name and asks how I’m doing; as I
pass through the front entrance the
President also stops on the way to
his office, says hello and offers his
help with The Beacon, our campus
newspaper, whenever he can be of
assistance. A faculty member waves
to me from across the street and
calls out a greeting.
Later I stop in to see my advisor,
who asks how my plans for
combining a chemistry and
journalism education are working
out; when I go to interview one of
the department chairmen for a
Beacon story, he asks the first
question — an inquiry about my
plans for a career; finally, as
I returned to Weckesser, one of the
secretaries also stops to chat and
ask how things are going for me.
"That’s such a big deal," you may
ask? Actually it is. It is important
to me that administrators, faculty
members and staff personnel on all
levels take the time to let me know
that they are interested in me, True,
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or effort to do this. But the
atmosphere of personal interest and
concern that is Wilkes College
evolves from these little gestures. At
Wilkes I'm not just a number; I’m
more than a name. And I appreciate
it when someone takes the time to let
me know that he realizes this. It’s
nice to know that Wilkes College
still thinks about me even after I’ve
paid my tuition for the semester.
It is true that not every student
at Wilkes experiences this same
sense of friendliness and concern.
For instance, the advisor-advisee
relationship is sometimes a meaning
less one. Some students do not feel
that their advisors know of or have
any interest in the students’ plans or
problems. Unfortunately, sometimes
this is true. It is a sad situation
when a student walks into his
advisor’s office only to find that this
person barely knows who the
student is. This example is the
exception rather than the rule, but
the situation does exist.
As for the President, he does not
know every student by name, but it
is actually somewhat of a novelty
for a student to know the president
by sight. Two Lehigh students
attending a Wilkes social function
were surprised that their friends
recognized the President. They were
amazed when he came over to chat.
Because Wilkes is a small college,
classes are usually also small, and
a professor often knows each
student by name. Not many, if any
big name" colleges can say that.
While this may seem a trivial boast,
it is not. It is important for a student
to know that the person at the
lectern realizes he leaches a class
of individual students, and not just a
nameless sea of faces.
Some students may argue that
Wilkes cares little about them, that
faculty members consider their
=fudents little more than a box to
be filled or a bottle to be capped
This is true only when the student
wants it to be. If he thinks of him
self as an assembly line product, he
will become one. But if his selfimage is of a person who needs to
grow, who has much to learn, who
s an individual - he will find that
u \arr.PeOP>,who have the time
and ability to help him grow into a
mature, intelligent adult.
„ °nlV a small college such as
Wilkes can offer this kind of
personal attention. There is no
equation for its value, and no fee for
the service. Is it worth as much as a
huge football stadium and the loss
of personal identity?
I think so.
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Editor's Note: Wilma Hurst '79 is the
Editor-in-Chief of the BEACON, a 3.3
Chemistry major and the author of
numerous Quarterly, local newspaper
and scientific promotional pieces for the
college and the community.
John 0. Duffy, Palo Alto, California;
stepson, John L. Bugbee, WilkesBarre; 12 grandchildren.
Dr. Frank Speicher
Class of’44
Dr. FRANK P. SPEICHER, 54, of
South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre,
Pa., died on May 28 in Mercy
Hospital after being stricken ill at
the Wyoming Valley Country Club.
Frank attended Wilkes as Bucknell Junior College and graduated
from Bucknell University. He
received his professional training in
dental surgery at Temple University
College of Dentistry. For 27 years
he maintained offices in the United
Penn Bank Building in Wilkes-Barre.
Surviving are his widow, the
former TREVERYAN WILLIAMS
'43; sons, Clark, at home; Kirk, a
doctor and post-graduate student at
UCLA; daughter, Mrs. Karen Muru
gan, San Francisco; and one grand
child.
Dr. Douglas M. MacNeal
Class of’48
O
memoriam
Mary Eisenhower Brown Bugbee
Class of’61
MARY EISENHOWER BROWN
BUGBEE, 72, of 577 Charles Avenue,
Kingston, Pa., died on July 15,1977
in Nesbitt Memorial Hospital.
Mary received her B.S. in English
from Wilkes College in 1961. She
taught in Kingston Public Schools,
Wilkes-Barre Day School, Dallas
Public School and Wyoming
Seminary. Her last assignment was
at Wilkes.
Her first husband. Professor
Harold F. Brown, died in 1964 and
her second husband. Professor
Leroy E. Bugbee died tn 1974.
Surviving are her daughters, Mrs.
George Kuryloski, West Wyoming;
Mrs Ray W. Turner, Jr., Orange,
Mrs.'Martin Lee, Bloomsburg; Mrs.
Dr. DOUGLAS M. MacNEAL of
103 Court Street, Doylestown, Pa.,
died on May 20 in Lakeland, Florida.
Doug practiced dentistry for 22
years in Doylestown until earlier
this year. He was in Florida
planning to set up a practice when
he died.
Doug received a B.S. in Biology
from Wilkes College in 1948 and
was graduated from the University
of Pennsylvania Dental School in
1953.
He is survived by his wife, Martha
and sons, Douglas, John and
Kenneth.
Guy R. Gubanich
Class of’73
GUY R. GUBANICH, 24, of 10
Galicia Drive, Phoenixville, Pa., died
on November 29,1976 in the
Phoenixville Hospital after a brief
illness.
Guy received his B.S. in Account
ing from Wilkes College in 1973. He
was a senior accountant at Wyeth
Laboratories Incorporated in Paoli,
Pa.
Guy is survived by his parents,
Andrew and Marie Gubanich,
Phoenixville; brothers, ALAN '64,
Reno, Nevada; LARRY '65, Phoen
ixville; and DREW ’64, Whitehall,
Pa.
FALL 1977
19
�The
Amazing
World of
Harold Cox
By Mary Ellen Alu '77
History professor Harold
Cox is the kind of guy who,
after breaking out of a
straitjacket in less than 15
seconds, can make his way
across 100 miles of booby
trapped, impossible jungle to
his desk to write his -weekly
£
column. Then get into his own
train, speed off into the
wilderness to complete
construction of his
self-sufficient energy home
while making final editorial
changes for his quarterly
magazine and preparing for
tomorrow's lecture.
When Dr. Harold E. Cox, history
professor at Wilkes, says he'll try
anything once, he's certainly not
kidding.
To some, he's known as an
educator. To others, he's known as
a columnist, an editor, or a
publisher. Yet others know him as
a carpenter, an army sergeant, a
self-defense instructor, or an escape
artist, to name just a few of his
various roles.
He's a type of jack-of-all trades,
except he seems to master most
everything he tackles and to finish
most everything he starts "one way
or the other."
"I just go like hell trying to keep
ahead of my projects," he admitted,
"with varying degrees of success."
20 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
And he's awake by 6:00 or 6:15
every morning, finding that he's
solved two or three problems before
most people are even up.
Since 1963, Dr. Cox has been at
the college sharing both his
knowledge and humor with the
Wilkes students, faculty, and
administration, teaching almost
every history course offered.
But despite this workload, the
tall and slender educator finds the
time to communicate with students
out of the classroom, considering
such interaction beneficial.
He said jokingly that it gives
students the opportunity to "see
that the faculty are more inhuman
than they thought they were in
class."
And so he manages to spend time
with the students, offering them
help when it's needed, "I've lived
twice as long as many of them," he
said earnestly, "and I'm bound to
have learned something along the
way."
Favoring more informal contact
between students and faculty, Dr
Cox will occasionally conduct a
type of vaudeville act for the
students during those informal
get-togethers.
This traveling road show, which
is how Dr. Cox refers to it, arose
from his college days when he
worked as a locksmith in order to
pay his way through school. He
collected handcuffs, leg irons, and
padlocks which he uses for the
escape demonstrations.
But one of Dr. Cox's most unique
performances is getting out of a
straitjacket, which takes him from
15 to 30 seconds to do.
"I just wiggled a lot until I
learned how," he said
good-humoredly when asked how
he ever learned such an act.
But he has never tried getting
out of a box in water. "In the
first place I don't like water," he
laughed, "and in the second place
I don't like boxes."
Being proficient in unarmed
self-defense (hand-to-hand
combat), Dr. Cox will also give
defense demonstrations from time
to time. He started teaching this
subject about 20 years ago when he
taught army recruits.
SE
"The primary objective of this
form of defense," he said, "is to
hit the person with something big
enough to knock him down before
he knows you're going to hit him.
It's the results that count."
"Women," he added, "should
speak softly and carry a nine-inch
hat pin. It's their greatest defense
mechanism."
li'
In the mid-1960's, the history
professor was involved in the
original establishment of the
college's Judo Club, but lately he
hasn't done much with self-defense
at Wilkes, since there are other
such clubs on campus.
"And there doesn't seem to be
that much interest in dirty fighting
anymore. It's not like the good old
days," he chuckled.
In another role, Dr. Cox is
currently displaying his carpenter
skills by building a three-story
house in Exeter Boro, Pa., with the
help of students and a Wilkes
alumnus.
He explained that the house is
being hand-built by the old
methods and that they're using
lumber that's about 100 years old,
obtained from a barn they
dismantled near the Huntsville
dam.
He's building the house "in order
to experiment with various energy
sources to make a self-sufficient
house energy-wise and for less than
$20,000."
I think it can be done," he said
confidently. "I plan to begin with
wood as an energy source and
experiment with solar collectors,
Methane generation, and wind."
And if it works? "Who knows,"
he said. "You don't find out until
you try."
But building a house, advising
and teaching students, and
conducting demonstrations only
°ccupy part of Dr Cox's busy
schedule.
He's also involved in the
newspaper world, writing a weeklv
column for a local Sunday
Y
newspaper which displays his
sophisticated humor and which he
says releases tensions."
The column is a cynical
commentary of the world. "I simply
watch the news, keep one ear open
and wait until something strikes
my fancy," said Cox, "and I create
something."
"As long as you got a world like
the one we got, you seldom run out
of ideas. There's always someone
doing something stranger than you
can invent."
Although he enjoys writing his
column, Dr. Cox doesn't devote all
his time to it because "there's too
many other things to do in the
world."
Since 1973, he's been consultant
to the Philadelphia Social History
Project, a project to computerize
all the demographic records of the
city from 1850 to 1880.
He has participated in the active
army and the reserves for 23 years,
serving now as a sergeant major in
the Army reserves. Most recently,
he has been instructing military
police units and demonstrating
police tactics.
But he is also editor of the
Pennsylvania History (a
magazine quarterly of the
Pennsylvania Historical
Association), runs a small
publishing house that specializes
in paperbacks for rail fans, serves
as the faculty liaison for the Air
Force ROTC at Wilkes, and is
president of the Dushore Car
Company, a company that engages
in the reconstruction of antique
street cars.
But these activities still aren't
enough to satisfy the energetic
educator. He has also published 15
scholarly articles that deal with
subjects ranging from the
. And while "everybody's
^“es‘ed in something, "Dr. Cox's
mam interest is in the history of
public transportation. He said it
vvas the street railroad system that
transformed the American city
overnight and that had a rapid rise
and sudden demise.
He explained that in 1890 there
were no electrical railroads; in 1910,
the country was blanketed; and by '
1940, these railroads were all gone.
I m interested in the various
forces that cause collapse," he said,
"and I worry about the future of
public transportation."
With all these interests, Dr. Cox
said he finds the right atmosphere
at Wilkes to pursue his goals. He
explained that other schools often
pressure their professors to publish
works, but he's not happy with
"publish or perish."
"There's no pressure at Wilkes to
make a national reputation," he
said. "I am, in effect, national, but
I do what I want, rather than what
will sell."
"It's more self-fulfilling than
busting my chops trying to write
something that meets with the
latest fad," he added.
And he doesn't like the
can-you-top-this attitude that many
follow, because it leads to people
writing articles that will never be
read.
"Wilkes has its priorities right,"
he stressed. "Teaching first —
writing second."
Dr. Cox has also found the
college gives him much support,
such as allowing him to house his
collection of manuscripts on the top
floor of the Eugene Shedden Farley
Library. It is one of the largest
collections of manuscripts dealing
with urban transportation in the
United States and is used by
scholars from Pittsburgh, Penn
State, Brandeis, Haverford, and
other colleges.
Married 21 years, Dr. Cox is
constantly on the move — and
that's easy to understand
considering all his interests.
And when he say's he'll try
anything once — few question it.
He's simply done too much ror
people to think otherwise.
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FALL 1977 21
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Babies at
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live births in the U.S.
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though the^
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^^JfesHmated 3,165,000 live births
__________________ _
School-Age Youth
The percentage of high school
graduates going on to college (49 per
cent) was not significantly different
from last year, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported.
The number of high school drop
outs remained about the same, and
figures indicate that one in three
dropouts are unemployed.
Employment among students in
creased, especially among those in
college. A rise in employment among
youths not in school was shared by
dropouts and high school and college
graduates.
perimeter or write acceptable unified and focused essays.
Don Phillips, an analyst at the as
sessment felt 17-year-olds,
can
read, write and compute in wellstructured situations, but they have
difficulty applying their knowledge
to new situations."
College Costs To Rise Nationally
College costs will rise an average
of four percent in the 1977-78 aca
demic year, according to an annual
survey by the College Scholarship
Service (CSS). CSS reported that the
average cost for a resident student
at a four-year private college will be
84,905, but some college costs will
be in excess of S7.500.
Tuition and fees at private fouryear colleges will go up 6.3 percent,
bringing average tuition and fees to
52,476 in 1977-78. Costs other than
tuition and fees will increase 4.1 per
cent for resident students and 2.4
percent for commuters. Tuition and
fees account for more than 50 per
cent of the total costs, while room
and board constitutes 20 percent of
the total for commuter students and
30 percent for residents.
In the past seven years costs at
four-year public colleges have risen
69 percent, while similar costs at
four-year private institutions have
increased 65 percent.
CSS said that the most expensive
colleges are in the Middle States re
gion, New England region, and the
West. The survey also reported that
12 colleges and universities will have
total costs of over 57,000 next year.
Those colleges include Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, Brown
University, University of Pennsyl
vania, Columbia, Princeton, Benning
ton College, Dartmouth, Hampshire,
Stanford. Bryn Mawr, Skidmore, and
Williams College.
17-Year-Olds Need Help —
Only Half Can Read Well
If you know a 17-year-old who
may be contemplating going to col
lege, you might be interested in the
recent findings of the National As
sessment of Educational Progress.
According to the Spring report
only half of the 17-year-olds in the
United States can read freshman
level materials.
Using previous studies, the report
provides profiles of the knowledge
and abilities of three age groups -—
9-year-olds, 13-year-olds, and 17year-olds.
Some interesting specifics offer re
vealing concerns for our nation’s
young people. For example: More
than two-thirds of the 9-year-olds
can add two-digit numbers and read
and comprehend literal facts in sim
ple, brief stories. But fewer than onethird can subtract three-digit and
four-digit numbers or organize and
elaborate on their ideas in writing.
Two-thirds of the 13-year-olds can
add, subtract, multiply, and divide
whole numbers and use basic refer
ence materials. But fewer than onethird can understand the structure
and function of the legislative branch
of government or organize and elab
orate their ideas in writing.
State College Costs Exceed
Two-thirds of the 17-year-olds can
Consumer Price Index
calculate a simple average and have
mastered the mechanics of writing,
State college costs saw their larg
but fewer than one-third can calcu
est increase in four years last year,
late the area of a square, give its
as the percentage rises surpassed the
22
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
inflation rate from 1975-76 to 1976
77.
The American Association of State
Colleges and Universities (AASCU)
found that the Consumer Price In
dex advanced 6.4 percent, while un
dergraduate tuition and fees climbed
8.3 percent for state residents and
9.8 percent for non-residents. Grad
uate tuition fees showed similar in
creases.
AASCU Executive Director Allan
Ostar said that in the past seven
years “tuition and fees at AASCU
institutions increased 66.2 percent
while the Consumer Price Index in
creased 40.2 percent. This alarming
trend has had an adverse effect up
on the ability of many people to at
tend college. It not only reduces the
effectiveness of federal student aid
programs designed to assist low in
come students; it accounts for the
disproportionate decline in enroll
ments among middle income stu
dents."
Job Prospects For College Grads
Best In Years.
Engineering and women college
graduates face a brighter employ
ment picture this year, as job pros
pects for these groups "appear to be
shaping up as the best in several
years," according to the College
Placement Council.
At the bachelor’s-degree level, 49
percent more offers were reported
than at the same point last year,
while the volume was up 74 percent
at the master’s level and 73 percent
at the doctoral level.
The job outlook for women is even
better, as the number of salary offers
increased 68 percent over last March,
while offers for men increased 45
percent.
Engineering continues to attract
the most offers, as half of the avail
able jobs were for engineers. Ac
counting and auditing accounted for
one quarter of the total, while the
other quarter was divided among 21
other areas.
„ one percent increase, but a
of 14-7 births per 1,000 women
rate
o nne percent decrease over
means a
r
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19"The slight increase in the number
f births in 1976 can be attributed to
or0wth in the number of women
in the childbearing ages (15-44 years)
' ther than to an increase in the rate
nf which women were bearing childn " said a report from the National
Center for Health Statistics.
The number of childbearing-age
women is expected to increase by
eight percent in 1980, thus continu
ing the rise in the number of births.
The rate of natural population in
crease declined slightly because of
the declining birth rate, while the
marriage rate also declined for the
third consecutive year. The number
of divorces increased by 51,000 over
1975 and more than twice the num
ber a decade ago. The divorce rate
was 5 per 1000 population, an in
crease of more than 4% over 1975,
and the 10th annual increase in the
divorce rate.
Make Your Own Sesame Street
Public and private nonprofit ele
mentary schools and day care cen
ters can now make their own video
tape recordings of programs in the
1976-77 Sesame Street television
series and use them until June 1979,
HEW's Office of
nf
nounced today
ducatlon an-
Television Workshop5' rCTWl^61*'^
Public BroadlX(aeand
Sesame Street is a hi°hlv ae
claimed preschool television series'
designed to teach children letters and
numbers and to help them progress
m a variety of curriculum areas In
recent years, Sesame Street has been
and^h^ L° j|nClude se8ments for
and about handicapped children the
of."’°men, career awareness,
and basic health practices.
The series, which recently com
pleted its one-thousandth hour of
production, has been partially fund
ed by the Office of Education since
it began in November 1969. It now
appears on more than 250 public and
15 commercial stations in the United
States at a daily cost of a half-cent
per viewer.
The original English language ver
sion is now seen in more than 30
countries around the world. CTW
has also developed "Open Sesame,"
a special series for adaptation by
overseas broadcasters, and six Euro
pean and Latin American countries
have produced original versions
based on the Sesame Street model.
The new off-the-air taping pro
cedure is intended to increase the
use and flexibility of Sesame Street
as an educational tool in classrooms.
Teachers can now tape a program
and use it at a later date to fit their
own schedules. For example, some
teachers may choose to show an epi
sode when it covers the concepts be
ing taught in the classroom; or a pro-
o am can be repeated as many times
s necessary for a group of children
who need extra reinforcement in the
areas covered on the show.
Available for taping are those programs which will be broadcast in the
£gn71‘ed States through December 2,
Schools that have taping capabil
ity must first obtain the consent of
the local television station before
making the off-the-air recordings at
their own expense.
Schools that are interested in re
cording the Sesame Street shows but
do not have the capability to do so
should contact the local station on
which it appears about the possibil
ity of obtaining videocassettes or
television recordings of the pro
grams.
Three major safeguards covering
the use of Sesame Street will insure
that the programs are used only for
school instructional purposes:
• Every program must be recorded
in its entirety without editing.
• Audio and video portions of a
program must be used together.
• No admission fee can be
charged.
The hour-long recordings may be
used during the current school year
and the following two.
To further increase the education
al use of Sesame Street, the Child
ren's Television Workshop's Com
munity Education Services Division
has developed special supplemental
materials and approaches for schools
and day care centers. To obtain these
services, schools should contact ei
ther the Division’s Central office or
one of its six regional offices.
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Mark Cohen
“ he has a special way of seeing
the world, his pictures have
incredible energy,” is the way
Marvin Heiferman describes artist
not alone in his evaluation.
Wilkes College Sordoni Art
Gallery is offering some fifty-seven
of these photographs in exhibition
until Oct. 2.
The exhibition, being presented
at the courtesy of the Visual Studios
Workshop Gallery, Rochester, NA.,
will feature the work done by Cohen
in England during the Summer of
1975.
FALL 1977
23
�Cohen’s love of photography
began while he was in his early teens
and since then, the artist says of
himself, "I’ve been making photos
every single day for 20 years. If I’m
not taking them, I’m thinking about
them."
Perhaps this is the quality that
comes through in Mark Cohen's
work, not just the "incredible
energy” but his inherent love of his
trade.
Relief Sculpture
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UnivereHy. where he obtained both
his Bachelor and Master of Arts
degrees. For the past 17 years, Simon
has concentrated in the area of
sculpture, but prior to this, he
studied painting. His teachers
included Philip Guston, Hans
Hofmann and Robert Motherwell.
Another sculpture by Simon is
located at the Coal Street Park. This
work entitled "Two Modules" is a
free-standing construction, painted
bright red and orange, measuring 16
feet by 16 feet by 16 feet.
The work is made of steel square
tubing which gives it an open, linear
look, a "kind of drawing in space."
The location of this piece is
particularly effective, situated on a
high rise overlooking the city of
Wilkes-Barre with the Endless
Mountains in the background.
The underlying conceptual
similarities of both “Facets” and
“Two Modules” deal with aesthetic
issues with which Simon is
concerned at this time.
Franz Kafka
The facade of the Wilkes College
William B. Schaeffer Lecture Hall
has taken on a new look in the form
of a relief sculpture. The work
entitled “Facets” was created by
Herbert Simon, assistant professor
in the Fine Arts Department at the
College.
The sculpture consists of 16
modular units which form a large
diamond shape, measuring 10 feet
by 10 feet by 2 feet. "Facets” is
minimalist in its conception. Variety
is achieved by clockwise and
counter-clockrvise placement of the
prism-shaped units The seeming
simplicity of the work is deceptive.
It is a work which demands extended
study for the viewer to comprehend
the complexity of its visual
phenomena.
Particularly striking is the way in
which the silvery-grey aluminum
surfaces reflect one another and pick
up subtle colors from the
surrounding brick walls, neighboring
trees and shrubbery and the sky.
The sculpture was fabricated by the
McGregor Architectural Iron
Company in Dunmore.
A native of Nashville, Tenn.,
Simon acquired his art training at
Vanderbilt University, The Brooklyn
Museau Art School, Hans Hofmann
Art School, Colorado Springs Fine
24
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
A photographic documentary on
the life and works of Franz Kafka
will be exhibited in the Sordoni Art
Gallery Oct. 4 through 9. The exhibit
was arranged through the courtesy
of the Goethe House, and with the
cooperation of the Wilkes College
Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures and the Department
of English.
Nine groups of photographs
depicting various areas of Kafka’s
life will be shown, with a total of
some 75 individual pieces in the
show.
Kafka, born in 1883 in Prague
Czechoslovakia, was a world- '
renowned author, publishing a
number of novels, short stories and
parables which have been translated
into almost every language in the
world. He has been described as th
most enigmatic writer of this
e
century, as the number of interpre
tations proposed for each individual
work is overwhelming.
The author died in 1924 at the
age of 41, after tuberculosis set in
Never married, but engaged several
times, Kafka’s life was one of
suffering, both physically and
emotionally.
His works were most popular in
the 1940’s, although his reputation
as an outstanding author is widely
accepted today. He is especially
well-known in China and Japan,
where he is called “Kaufuka."
Alumni Invitational Exhibition
The second Wilkes College Art
Alumni Invitational Exhibition will
be featured during Homecoming
Weekend, Oct. 14-16. The alumni
works will continue on display
through Nov. 6 at the Sordoni Art
Gallery.
The first alumni exhibition was
held in May 1974. Over 30 multi
media works were included in the
show. Gerry Alferio ’73 won the
Wilkes College Art Department
Purchase Prize Award with his
“Seascape,” an acrylic abstract
painting.
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Project 78 — An MAC Crown?
Rodger Bearde honestly felt that
his Wilkes basketball team was
going to find itself last winter and
seriously challenge for a Middle
Atlantic Conference playoff berth.
The dream was never to unfold
as injuries and other problems inter
ceded, and the Colonels had to face
the reality of a 7-15 campaign.
Almost the entire cast is back
intact and Coach Bearde is again
hoping that his talent-laden squad
will live up to its potential.
The Blue and Gold have three
double-figured point producers in
junior Kendall McNeil, 14.6; junior
John Zapko, 13.2; and senior Ken
Hughes, 11.8.
Other seasoned veterans include
senior Nick Holgash, 2.6; juniors
George Oschal, 3.6; Jeff Baird, 8.5;
Matty Peterson, 7.1; and sophomore
Art Meigh, 4.3.
The Colonels are scheduled for 23
games, including home and away
tilts with MAC Northern rivals Sus
quehanna, Lycoming, Albright, Dela
ware Valley, Elizabethtown, and
Juniata.
The complete 1977-78 Wilkes
basketball card: Nov, 29, Lock Haven
St., home; Nov. 30, Delaware Valley,
home; Dec. 2-3, St. Michael’s (Vt.)
Tournament; Dec. 5, East Strouds
burg St., away; Dec. 7, Philadelphia
Textile, home; Dec. 10, Susque
hanna, away; Dec. 13, Lycoming,
away.
“U S “OCTOBER 14th,,----15th, 16th
HOMECOMING '77 - A TRIBUTE TO THE GOLDEN HORDE
DON’T MISS IT
Also, Jan. 14, Moravian, away;
Jan. 18, Albright, away; Jan. 21,
Juniata, away; Jan. 24, Philadelphia
Pharmacy, away; Jan. 28, Delaware
Valley, away; Jan. 30, Albright,
home; Feb. 1, Susquehanna, home;
Feb. 4, Lycoming, home; Feb. 6,
Elizabethtown, away; Feb. 8, Scran
ton, away; Feb. 11, Madison FDU,
away; Feb. 14, Scranton, home; Feb.
16, Elizabethtown, home; Feb. 18,
Juniata, home; Feb. 20, Bloomsburg
St., home.
Women at Wilkes:
Dawn of New Athletic Age
The female athlete at Wilkes is
perhaps part of a new era for the
women’s sports program, as the past
several years have seen the program
grow slowly but surely. Since
basketball made the sports scene in
I960, five other varsity teams have
appeared — field hockey, tennis,
swimming, volleyball and softball.
Three of those teams were born in
the past two years, evidence of the
program’s new growth.
Wilkes women have also entered
the men’s realm, as several have
joined previously all-male squads,
proving that they are willing and
able to take on any athletic chal
lenge.
Although female teams do not
enjoy the prestige of many other
campus sports squads, the women
are determined to take their place
in the spotlight. The field hockey
and tennis teams have already won
their share of championships —
three straight for Gay Meyers’
hockey club and two consecutive
titles for Sandy Bloomberg’s tennis
squad — and this season also holds
much promise.
More importantly, interest on the
part of the women seems to also
have grown recently, as more and
more female athletes come out for
the teams each year. This season
may be the best ever.
Since women come to Wilkes
primarily for an education, the life
of an athlete is not always an easy
one with the additional pressures of
studving, classes and part-time jobs.
But since an increasing number oi
women seem to be willing to enter
the sports scene, the program headed
by Doris Saracino, has no where to
move but ahead, growing an
improving in quantity, qualitj and
popularity each year.
David Versus the Goliaths
John Reese will face the biggest
challenge of his 25-year college
coaching career this winter with the
toughest dual schedules of all time
staring him in the face.
Included in the Colonels
blockbuster card are meets with
top-ranked Oklahoma, Lehigh, Penn
State, Navy, Syracuse, and Oregon
State.
In addition to a difficult slate,
Coach Reese must contend with the
job of finding replacements for six
starters, who either graduated or
left school.
The Colonels will especially be
thin and inexperienced in the lower
weights with the 118,126, and 134
pound spots up for grabs. Casper
Tortella, who sat out last year,
could help the situation at 134.
Wilkes will be strongest in the
middleweights with sophomores
Mark Densberger, Denny Jacobs, and
senior Greg MacLean all veterans
of heavy varsity combat.
MacLean was a fifth place finisher
in the EIWA Tournament’s 158pound class. He was 12-6 in
overall competition as was Mark
Densberger.
Junior Perry Lichtinger was 11-2
as part-time performer at both 167
and 177. The best wrestler on the
team could be junior Bart Cook, who
placed third at the Easterns, and
was 13-3 in overall competition.
Cook will either compete at 177 or
190.
Dan House, a 6-3, 220-pound
heavyweight, was a major surprise
for Coach Reese last winter and
should even be better this time
around. He barely missed a trip to
the national tournament, placing
fourth at the EIWA event with a
19-7 overall record.
Reese goes into his silver
anniversary year of collegiate wars
with a 236-48-7 dual mark, one of
the best records in the history of
NCAA wrestling. The Colonels are
coming off a 17-3 dual season and a
fourth place team finish in the
Easterns.
The 1977-78 varsity schedule
includes 21 opponents, including 15
NCAA University Division foes.
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�Wilkes still holds the distinction of
being the smallest, as far as school
enrollment, among NCAA
Division I teams in the country.
The complete 1977-78 card: Dec.
1, York, away; Dec. 4, Binghamton
Invitational; Dec. 6, Lehigh, away;
Dec. 6, Oregon St., home; Dec. 10,
Navy and Florida, away; Dec. 28-29,
Wilkes Open Tournament; Jan. 7,
Oklahoma, home; Jan. 9, Tennessee,
away: Jan. 10, North Carolina St.,
away; Jan. 14, Syracuse, home;
Jan. 18, Delaware Valley, away; Jan.
21, Oswego St., home; Jan. 25,
Elizabethtown, away; Jan. 28,
Lycoming, home; Feb. 4, Hofstra,
away; Feb. 7, East Stroudsburg,
away; Feb. 11, Army, away; Feb.
14, Bucknell, away; Feb. 18, F&M,
home; Feb. 22, Penn State, home;
Feb. 25, Rutgers, home; Mar. 2-4,
EIWA Tournament, at Penn; and
Mar. 16-18, NCAA University
Tournament, at Maryland.
Genesis of a Name
It’s not hard to figure out how
the Pittsburgh Steelers or the New
York Mets got their name, but from
whence comes the Wilkes College
Colonel?
Is John Wilkes, the namesake of
the college and the city, the source?
No, believe it or not, the Wilkes
College Colonel is actually that
symbol of the old South, the
“Kentucky Colonel.” So how did a
school in northeastern Pennsylvania
happen to choose him for its mascot?
Back in 1947, when the former
Bucknell University Junior College
received its charter as a private,
four-year, liberal arts college known
as Wilkes, the question of a suitable
mascot arose. The Lettermen's Club
held a contest, and the winner was
a suggestion by George Ralston, then
a biology instructor, dean of men,
director of athletics, football,
baseball, and basketball coach.
Being a Southern gentleman
himself, Dean Ralston remembered
the Kentucky Colonel from his
earlier days and deemed him a
perfect mascot for the new-born
college. The goateed gentleman,
with the striped trousers has
represented Wilkes ever since.
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Actually the Wilkes symbol is
not the only Colonel in the country,
but only four other college
football teams claim a Colonel as
their mascot.
Centre College, a Danville,
Kentucky school of 775 students,
also chose the Colonel from its
home state; Curry College in Milton,
Mass., with an enrollment of 700,
goes by the moniker. Other Colonel
namesakes include Eastern
Kentucky, 13,500 enrollment; and
Nicholls State University in
Thibodaux, La., also carry the
Colonel nickname.
Ten men's varsity teams at Wilkes
College now engage in athletic
competition as Colonels, while the
six women’s squads carry the same
nickname.
Although no one regularly dons
the Colonel’s garb for games, that
old gentleman of the South has at
times appeared on the Wilkes
campus, usually astride a white
horse.
And by the way, Dean Ralston no
longer has to hold down six jobs.
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The South Riverstreet Revival was compiled by Marianne Montague of the Alumni Relations Office. The information contained in Alumni Notes was
received between June 1,1977 and August 15,1977. Please send news contributions to: Alumni Office, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
Here we are at the Homecoming
festivities at the South River Street
Revival to exchange news tidbits
about our Wilkes alumni. We’re
waiting right now for George
Ralston to arrive. He lost his
original raccoon coat and has been
away for three days hunting
raccoon. Here comes our host now.
Dean Ralston: Hiy’all and welcome
to Wilkes’ 30th annual homecoming
festivities. Our regulars are all here
with us this weekend including the
inventor of the Wilkes dorm party,
John Chauialek; the guy who fixes
the homecoming raffle so he wins a
prize every year, Art Hoover; and
the incomparable Charlie Reif.
Plus we’ll have visits from alumni
that we don’t get to see very often.
So follow your homecoming activity
schedule and come along with us.
Join me while we peruse the
homecoming displays put up by
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
the students. There’s one - “Dissect
Moravian” by the Biology Club and
“Deduct Moravian" by the
Accounting Club. While we go
along I’ll tell you about the Wilkes
alumni who have recently received
advanced degrees.
LEE DAVID AUERBACH ’74
recently received the degree of juris
doctor from Vermont Law School
in South Royalton, Vermont.
BERNADINE ADONIZIO, M.D. ’69
was recently graduated from a
residency in psychiatry at The
Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital,
a private psychiatry facility in
Philadelphia. She has been
appointed to the medical staffs of
The Institute and of the student
health service of the University of
Pennsylvania.
BERNARD E. NARREN ’65 was
awarded a master of administration
degree at the spring commencement
of The Pennsylvania State
University, the capitol campus.
RANDALL G. GALE ’74 and
GIFFORD R. CAPPELLINI ’74 were
awarded juris doctor degrees from
the Dickinson School of Law in
June.
NANCY CASTERLIN KNIGHT ’58
is attending Harper College in
Palatine, Illinois, studying Fashion
Design. Nancy received a S400
scholarship from the Mt. Prospect
Business and Professional Women’s
Club for designing a hand-batiked
water-lily print silk gown.
MARCINE KLINE COHEN ’69,
M.A. University of Southern Florida
'70, is a Ph.D. candidate in
Sociology at the University of
California in San Diego.
«o«?&
,SKr,A’’L
F.'nHNSTOCK ’73 recently received
vfD degrees from The Milton S.
Hershey Medical Center in Hershey,
Pa Bob is a resident in surgery at
resident in Internal Medicine at
aRnval Victoria Hospital, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada; and Elliot is a
resident in internal medicine at
Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh.
GAYLE JACOBSON FRIEBIS ’60
received a B.A. from Glassboro
State College in Glassboro, N.J., in
February 1977. Gayle was in the
administrative studies program. She
lives in Pitman, N.J. with her
husband, George and their two
children, Karen and Jason.
PAULINE SELESKI ’75 received
her master’s degree in August 1976
from Ball State University. Polly is
currently employed as a Residence
Hall Director at Northern Illinois
University.
NOREEN DRUGACH ’73 recently
received her M.B.A. degree from
F.D.U. in Rutherford, N.J. She
resides in Morristown, N.J.
THOMAS RUNIEWICZ ’76 is
working towards his masters in
economics at Penn State University.
Tom resides in Media, Pa.
JOHN CIOCCA ’76 is presently
attending graduate school at
Hahnemann Medical College to
obtain a master's degree in clinical
psychology. John has also been
appointed to the faculty at the
College of Allied Health and Science
of Hahnemann Medical College
as an instructor of psychology for
the 1977-78 school year.
DAVID J. GALLICK ’73 and
DEBORAH YASHEMSKI RIGLE ’72
recently received M.D. degrees from
the Medical College of Pennsylvania.
FLOYD J. MILLER, JR. ’76 recently
received his Master of Science
degree in technical writing from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
Troy, New York.
ROSEMARIE KAZDA TAYLOR ’73
has received certification in medical
librarianship from the Medical
Library Association. Rosemarie
received her master’s degree from
the University of Denver. She is the
librarian at Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital. She resides in
Wilkes-Barre with her husband, Les.
IRVING MENDELSSOHN ’69
recently received his doctorate in
botany with a minor in ecology
from North Carolina State
University at Raleigh, North
Carolina. Irving holds a master's
degree in marine science from the
College of William and Mary, in
conjunction with the Virginia
Institute of Marine Science, in 1973,
He is a research associate at
Louisiana State University Center
for Wetland Research in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. He resides with
his wife, Karen, in Louisiana.
Three Wilkes graduates received
advanced degrees in June from
Rutgers University in Rutgers, N.J.
STEVEN FORST '74, of Succasunna,
N.J., and STEVEN MARK
GROSSMAN ’74, of Kingston, Pa.
received master's degrees. JOAN P.
GILLESPIE ’70, of Denver, Colorado,
received her Ed.D.
U.S. Air Force Second Lieutenant
LAWRENCE H. STAHLER '76 has
graduated from the Strategic Air
Command's missile combat crew
operational readiness training course
at Vandenberg AFB, California.
Larry is at Ellsworth AFB, South
Dakota, for training and duty as a
missile combat crew member.
BARBARA A. KILKENNY ’77 is
beginning her first year at the
Philadelphia College of Podiatry.
Dean Ralston: And here’s one more
advanced degree about a former
Wilkes professor.
MARJORIE ANN ROMINES
received her doctor of philosophy
degree in June from the Graduate
School of Art and Sciences of The
George Washington University in
Washington, D. C. Marjorie, who
was an instructor of English at
Wilkes 1966-1969, will be teaching
at the University of Cincinnati.
Now I’ll take y’all to the football
game where my buddy John
Chwalek is bundled up in his ear
muffs and galoshes watching the
action.
Dean Ralston: Hi, John, who’s
winning?
Mr. Chwalek: I don’t know. Who’s
playing?
Dean Ralston: John, what kind of
Wilkes alumnus are you? Don’t you
pay attention to the game?
Mr. Chwalek:
George, male
whatare
kind
of
red-blooded
American
you?
Don’t you pay attention to those
foxy blondes that are sitting on the
sitting on the
other bleacher?
Dean Ralston: Aren’t you interested
in how many passes our quarterback
completed?
Mr. Chwalek: George, I’m interested
in how many passes I completed.
Dean Ralston: You are hopeless,
John. Just read your part.
Mr. Chwalek:
GLORIA AGURKIS ’77 is employed
by General Data Systems Ltd. in
Philadelphia, Pa.
JOHN G. KONSAVAGE ’54 has been
appointed resident manager for
Warren W. York and Co., Inc., an
investment firm which recently
established offices in the United
Penn Bank Building in Wilkes-Barre.
MADGE KLEIN BENOVITZ ’56 has
been elected to a three-year term on
the King’s College board of directors.
Madge is a member of the
Pennsylvania State Board of
Education. She resides in Kingston,
PA with her husband, Dr. Burton
Benovitz and daughter, Jane.
JANET MARKOWITZ '75 is
employed by the Association of
American Medical Colleges in
Washington, D.C. Janet resides in
Alexandria, Va. PAUL MACIK ’76
is employed by Meloy Laboratories
in Springfield, Va. Janet and Paul
plan to be married next summer.
Major JAMES B. JENKINS ’65 and
his wife LESLIE TOBIAS JENKINS
’65 have recently been assigned to
Hickim AFB, Hawaii. Jim is chief of
Standardization/Evaluation for the
EC-135 unit. Leslie was
editor-in-chief of the Officers' Wives
Club magazine, The Chatelaine,
while at their last tour at Castle AFB
in Merced, California. The Jenkinses
reside with their daughter, Karen,
in Mililani Town, Hawaii.
Dr. EDITHE MILLER LEVIT ’45 has
been named president and director
of the National Board of Medical
Examiners. Edithe is the first woman
to be appointed to the post in the
organization’s 60-year history. She
resides in Philadelphia with her
husband, Dr. Samuel Levit. The
couple has two children, Harry and
David.
JEAN MARIE MAZIARZ ’72 is
married to John Lynn and living in
Honesdale, Pa. Jean is employed as a
teacher.
WILLIAM H. TREMAYNE ’57 of
Piscataway, N.J., vice president,
public relations and advertising, in
the public affairs department of
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�Prudential Insurance Company in
Newark, recently celebrated his 20th
anniversary with the company. Bill
is a past president of the Wilkes
College Alumni Association. He
resides with his wife, Lora, and
sons, Cuyler and Carter, and
daughter, Kerry.
ARTHUR E. IMDORF ’55 is
assistant general manager of Mack
Trucks, Inc., manufacturing and
assembly plant complex in
Allentown, Pa.
TIMOTHY McGINLEY ’68, a
teacher in the Wilkes-Barre Area
School System, has been appointed
athletic administrator at Meyers
High School. One of the most
successful coaches in Wyoming
Valley, Tim will relinquish his duties
as head wrestling coach at Meyers
High School.
EDWARD BURKE ’70 was recently
appointed assistant football coach
at Wyoming Valley West High
School in Kingston, Pa. Ed is an
elementary school teacher in
Kingston. He and his wife, Nancy,
reside with their three children in
Kingston.
LINDA R. HILL ’74 has accepted a
position as assistant supervisor of
personnel for the GTE Sylvania
Incorporated, Lighting Products
Group, Fluorescent Plant in Danvers,
Mass. Linda is currently working
on a master’s degree in business
administration.
Dr. DAVID W. GREENWALD ’66
announces the opening of his
practice in medical oncology. David
is a cancer chemotherapist at
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He
resides with his wife, the former
CAROL SAIDMAN ’66, and their
three children in Kingston, Pa.
EMMANUEL J. ZIOBRO ’60 has been
promoted to vice president of United
Penn Bank associated with the
Commercial Loan Division, main
office. Emmanuel lives in Dupont,
Pa.
ANDREW R. SINNOTT ’71 and
JAMES C. BELLES ’70 have received
promotions from First Eastern Bank,
Wilkes-Barre. Andrew has been
promoted to assistant vice president
and is the bank operations manager
at First Eastern's Computer Center.
Jim has been named assistant vice
president in the Mortgage
Department of the main office.
WILLIAM BUSH ’68 has become
a law partner in the firm of Ravis &
McGrath of New York City. Bill
28 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
resides in Tarrytown, N.Y. with his
wife, Barbara, and daughter,
Kimberly.
PAUL THOMAS '51 is an associate
of the sales staff of Busch Real
Estate. Paul resides with his wife,
Liz, in Lee Park, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
ROBERT G. EDGERTON, JR. ’75 has
been appointed assistant cashier of
United Penn Bank's Mountaintop
office. Bob is a resident of Forty
Fort, Pa.
JOSEPH HOUCK '74 has been
appointed a science and history
teacher at Wyoming Seminary Day
School in Forty Fort, Pa. Joe will
also coach basketball at the school.
He and his wife, Sheila, reside in
Kingston.
EDWARD J. PODEHL ‘68 has been
appointed assistant auditor at
Farmers Bank of the State of
Delaware. Ed resides in Whitman
Square, Washington Township, N.J.
JACK C. BARNES, JR. ’65 is district
sales manager for Federal Paper
Board Company in Pittsburgh, Pa,
He is married to the former
ANDREA CIEBIEN '65.
ROBERT W. WALTERS ’59 is
founder, conductor of Morris Choral
Society in Morristown, N.J. The
society recently appeared as
featured chorus on NBC TV "The
First Estate” program in New York
City, and have closed their fourth
season with a performance at the
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in
Newark, N.J. Bob also appeared this
past season as guest bass soloist in
Bach B Minor Mass with New
Philharmonic of New York.
JOHN Q. MASK ’59 has been
elected to a four-year term on the
New Holland Borough Council.
Dr. SAMUEL C. MINES ’57 is chief
of allergy — department of medicine
at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pa.
JOHN HOWE '69 was recently
appointed director of athletics at
Fitch Senior High School in Groton,
Conn.
MERLE LEVEY ’58 has returned to
Wyoming Valley after serving as
vice president/national sales
manager for Cupid Foundations in
New York City.
ROBERT P. MATLEY ’73 was
promoted to assistant cashier at
United Penn Bank, Wilkes-Barre.
Bob is affiliated with the bank’s
Commercial Loan Division, main
office. He resides in Kingston.
RUSS PICTON ’55 has accepted the
position of director of development
at Wofford College in Spartanburg,
South Carolina. Russ and his wife,
Shirley, have two sons, Russ and
Jeff. They reside in Spartanburg.
ROBERT L. BROWN ’68 has
assumed duties as director of the
Familj' Practice Residency Center
in Kingston, and associate director
of the Family Practice Residency
Program of United Health and
Hospital Services, Inc. Bob and his
wife, Karen, reside with their
children, Amy and Benjamin, in
Shavertown.
THOMAS P. WILLIAMS ’69 has
joined the staff of the Department
of Community Development as a
planner, in Wilkes-Barre. Tom is
married to the former NANCY
CHARLES ’71 and they are the
parents of one child.
LEA GINA WHITE ’70 is an Englishas-a-second-language teacher and
Spanish teacher in eastern
Connecticut.
RICHARD MENDELSOHN '73
recently received an award from
the West Virginia Department of
Welfare for Volunteer Services in
the field of children's services.
JOSEPH M. KLOCKO ’74 has been
promoted to Budget Department
Supervisor at Bendix Corporation,
Test Systems Division in Teterboro,
N.J.
NADREA PETRASEK ’69 is
employed by the Child Development
Council in Hanover Township and
is involved with the Wyoming
Valley Ski Club as publicity
chairman.
CARL R. HAVIRA ’60 has been
appointed vice president, operations
and chief administrator of
Northeastern Training Institute Inc.
in Fleetville, Pa.
WILLIAM L. MORRIS ’61 has been
named controller of research —
Cottrell's Air Pollution Control
Group, Bound Brook, N.J.
BONNIE JENKINS LEWIS ’63 is the
new librarian of the Himmelreich
Memorial Library in Lewisburg, Pa.
MARIO J. ZINCOLA ’71 has been
named credit manager for GAF
Corporation's photo service
network. He is headquartered at the
company’s Wayne, N.J. financial
center. Mario holds an M.B.A. in
finance from Seton Flail University,
South Orange, N.J.
MICHAEL J. WORTH ’68 has been
named director of development at
the University of Maryland in
College Park, Md. Mike, who holds
a master’s degree in economics from
American University, is married to
the former HELEN DUGAN ’68.
They reside in Columbia, Md.
Mr. Hoover: Hi, George. Wanna
dance?
CARL V. ROMANSKI ’69 has been
elected president of the newly
formed Rio Arriba Chapter of
AATSP. Carl resides in Danville, Pa.
Mr. Hoover: Yes, it’s the biggest one
since the year we gave Conyngham
Hall as a door prize.
JESSE RODERICK ’56 is co-editor of
the 1977 Association for Supervision
and Curriculum Development
yearbook titled Feeling, Valuing and
the Art of Growing, Insights in the
Affective. She also recently
published, along with Louise
Berman, Curriculum: Teaching
What, How and Whys of Living.
ROSS VERSAGGI '71 is employed
by Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, Liquidation Division in
Washington, D.C.
Dean Ralston: Now I’ll take y’all to
the Homecoming dance at the
Sterling Inn Towne. We should
find our pal Art Hoover there doing
the polka down the steps. There he
is now. Hi, Art.
Dean Ralston: No thanks, Art, I
don’t want to get dirt on my white
bucks. Nice crowd here.
Dean Ralston: It’s nice to see all the
old faces around, isn’t it?
Mr. Hoover: Oh yeah. This is my
favorite time of year - next to
vacation in Hawaii, that is.
Dean Ralston: What do you have to
tell us about today, Art?
Mr. Hoover:
JOHN J. KNEISS '76 and Sharon L.
Hurst were recently married. John
is a nutrition analyst for American
Home Foods, Milton, Pa. The couple
resides in Oakmont.
MARK A. SKOPEK ’74 and Helen
Marie Sirak were recently married.
Mark is employed by Weis Markets,
Hazleton, Pa.
SUSAN SHERBIN ’76 and GEORGE
FALCONE '74 were recently
married. Susan is on the medicalsurgical staff at Community Medical
Center in Scranton, Pa., and George
is pursuing a doctor of optometry
degree at the Pennsylvania College
of Optometry in Philadelphia, Pa.
The couple resides in Philadelphia.
ROSS PIAZZA ’72 and Susan Rother
were wed on June 18. Ross is
employed by the Mental Health and
Retardation Center in Wilkes-Barre.
COLLEEN PROPERSI ’71 and Harry
Lindsay were wed recently. Colleen
is employed by the Riverside School
District. The couple is residing in
Scranton.
MARIE BARBELLA '73 was recently
married to James Blackburn. Marie
is employed at State University
College at Oswego as assistant
director of admissions.
JOHN J. LISKEY '66 and Susan
Gormley were recently married.
John received a master’s degree in
music education from Pennsylvania
State University. He teaches music
at Webutuck Central School in New
York.
Homecoming ’77 The Golden Horde Returns
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14
3:30 P.M.
Women's Tennis — Wilkes vs.
Marywood — Ralston Field
4:00 P.M.
Women's Field Hockey — Wilkes vs.
Marywood — Ralston Field
10:00 A.M.
Theta Della Rho "Koffee-Klatch"—
Reunion of former TDR members —
Annette Evans Alumni and Faculty
House
10:30 A.M.
Soccer — Wilkes "Colonels" vs Scranton
“Royals"— Ralston Field
8:00 P.M.
Wilkes College Theater Production —
Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”— Dorothy
Dickson Dane Center for the Performing
Ans
9:00 P.M.
"Homecoming Huddle"- Informal gettogether — "Sing-Along" with Millie
Gittins at the Keyboard — Prizes —
Beer — Chips — Pretzels — Fun ($2.00
per person) Blue Room. Sterling Inn
Towne (Hotel Sterling)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15
9:30 A.M.
“Gndiror. Grits”- A hearty breakfast and
program in honor of the 1968 "Golden
Horde" football team — Reunion of all
or-:
8:00 P.M.
lege Theater Production —
Wilkes Colle
re's “Twelfth Night"— Dorothy
Shakespeare
ane Center for the Performing
Dickson Dar
Arts
9:30 P.M.
Traditional Alumni Homecoming
Dance — Grand Lobby and General
Sullivan Room of the Sterling (Hotel) Inn
Towne
All kinds of dance music
provided by The Cookbook Cash-and
carry bar. souvenirs, prizes FREE
ADMISSION.
6:30 P.M.
Alumni Executive Committee Dinner
Meeting — Annette Evans Alumni and
Faculty House
7:00 P.M.
Judging of Homecoming Displays
(beginning at Weckesser Hall) — An
ideal time to tour the campus
7:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M.
illege Movie — "The Wizard of
AllColl.
Student Union Building
1:30 P.M.
Pre-Game ceremonies honoring the 1968
"Golden Horde" gridders — Introduction
of squad members and presentations —
Y
Ralston Field
2:00 P.M.
Football — Wilkes “Colonels" vs
Moravian "Greyhounds' — Ralston Field
Traditional halftime ceremonies and
presentat.on of the Homecoming queen
and her court And immediately
following the game
4:00 P.M.
Alumni “Fifth Quarter"— Wilkes baseball
field (walk directly across the street from
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pretzels.
Ralston Field)- beer. soda.
>!d and new
socializing with all alumni old
,SI 00 per person)
6:00-9:30 P.M.
Alumni Homecoming Smorgasbord
Blue Room and adjoining rooms. Sterling
Inn Towne (Hotel Sterling)
Special
Price 36.00 per person payable when
Colonel gndders and fans — Program to
include President Robert Capin. Coach
Rollte Schmidt and former coach George
you arrive for
I dinner Arrive any time
, 00 and 9 30 P M and eat as
between 6
s you like of the very popular
much as
Ralston — Open to all alumni
Advance payment and reservation
necessary
33.00 per person
Sterling Smorgasbord.
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16
10:30 A.M.
Alumni Brunch — At the Annette Evans
Alumni and Faculty House (146 South
River Street — former President’s
home) — Buffet Breakfast (including
Bloody Mary and Tequila Sunrise
Libations) Advance reservations and
payment necessary at $4.25 per person
1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Sordoni Art Gallery (Stark Learning
Center) — "Wilkes College Alumm An
Exhibition "
2:00 P.M.
?e performance of the Wilkes
Matinee
je theater production —
College
espeare's " Twelfth Night —
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�CHERYL ANN CASTROLLARI '74
married Frank J. Mattera on June 12.
The couple resides in Forest Hill,
Maryland.
GEORGE ONYSHCZAK ’73 married
Lynne Patton on May 14. George is
employed by Acme Markets in
Dallas, Pa.
JOSEPHINE SCHIFANO '73 married
George Finlayson on April 23. Josie
is a teacher in the Groton Public
School system. The couple resides
in Mystic, Conn.
JOAN ZALESKI ’75 and BERNARD
FORD III '75 were recently married.
B.J. is sporting goods manager for K
Mart in Wayne, N.J.
FRANK P. GALIGKI ’73 and
TERESA D. BROWN ’72 were
married on August 6. Frank is
pursuing his master’s degree at the
University of Scranton in
administration and is employed as a
teacher for the Northwest Area
School District where he is head
football coach and assistant baseball
coach at Northwest High School.
Teresa holds a master’s degree in
business education from Bloomsburg
State College and is employed as a
teacher for the Wilkes-Barre Area
School District.
WILLIAM B. UROSEVICH ’76 and
PATRICIA REILLY ’77 were
recently married. Bill is a chemical
engineer with the U.S. Army,
Englewood Arsenal, Maryland, and
is working toward a master’s degree
at the University of Delaware. Patti
and Bill are residing in Havre de
Grace, Maryland.
EDWARD R. ACKERMAN ’77 and
Adele Sefchick were married in
May. Ed is employed by the Sunday
Dispatch, Pittston, Pa. The couple
resides in Pittston.
GLEN C. B. FLACK ’73 and MARLA
M. STOPKOSKI ’75 were married
on May 14 in Burlington, N.J. Glen
is employed by the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States in
Washington, D.C. and contacts
business leaders in Ocean County,
N. J. Marla is employed by the U.S.
Department of Army as a contract
specialist in Fort Monmouth. The
couple resides in Lakewood, N.J.
PAUL A. CHROMEY ’76 and JUDY
PERHALLA '76 were recently
married. Paul is a second year
medical student at the Pennsylvania
College of Podiatric Medicine in
Philadelphia. He is also doing
research in cancer and laser
holography in bone structure. The
couple resides in Sutton Community
of Collingswood, N.J.
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
JUDITH MARY BALENT ’77 and
Robert F. Bachkosky were married
on July 16. The couple resides at
5947 Fisher Road, Templye Hills,
Maryland.
ARLENE GELLUCCI ’76 and BRYAN
R. HERRON ’77 were married
recently. Arlene is employed as a
registered medical technologist at
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital and
Bryan is employed as banquet
manager at Master Host Inn,
Wilkes-Barre.
PATRICIA C. VOLPE ’73 and FREAS
L. HESS, III ’72 were married on
May 13 in Roseland, N.J. Patricia is
a fifth grade teacher at Our Lady of
the Blessed Sacrament School,
Roseland, and Freas is branch
manager of the Raritan Savings
Bank, Martinsville. The couple
resides in New Providence.
SALLY L. KANNER ’75 and John
Seasock were recently married.
Sally is employed by the
Pennsylvania Department of Labor
and Industry' in Harrisburg, Pa.,
where the couple is residing.
DONNA STACK ’77 and Daniel M.
Spatz, Jr. were married on June 25.
Donna is a science teacher for the
Wyoming Area School District.
RICHARD C. SIMMERS '77 and
Diane Wilkins were recently
married. Richard is employed at
Beacon Finance Company,
Wilkes-Barre.
DONNA ORISCHAK ’77 and
Edward Kordoski were recently
wed. The couple is residing in
College Park, Maryland.
KATHERINE I. KABY ’77 and Dr.
Lanning Anselmi were recently
married. The couple is residing in
Stamford, Connecticut.
BEVERLY A. PISTON ’76 and
William C. Lipski, Jr. were recently
wed. Beverly is a reading teacher in
the Wyoming Valley West School
District. The couple resides in
Larksville.
ROBERT J. STARNER ’75 and
Cynthia Feist were recently'
married. Bob is a cytogeneticist at
the Geisinger Medical Center,
Danville, Pa.
SANDRA KABESCHAT ’77 and
Robert Michaelovich were married
on July 6. The couple is residing
in Dallas, Pa.
DONNA M. GEFFERT ’76 and
Lawrence Yozwiak were recently
married. Donna is employed as a
secondary English teacher at
Pleasant Valley School District in
Broadheadsville, Pa. The couple is
residing at R. D. #1, Saylorsburg,
Pa.
GLORIA PSZCZOLKOWSKI '76 and
DOUGLASS JOHNSON ’76 were
recently married. Gloria is a
recreation specialist at the United
Cerebral Palsy Center in Wyoming
Valley and Doug is a mental health
aide at Franklin House in
Wilkes-Barre where the couple is
residing.
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CONNIE M. SHELOSKI ’73 and
Thom Parks were married on April
16. They reside in Denver, Colorado.
SANDRA J. HORENSKY ’77 and
William Turnbaugh, III were
recently married. Sandy is employed
at General Hospital in Wilkes-Barre.
WILLIAM P. CALL WITTS ’76 and
Joan Roth were recently married.
The couple resides in Tunkhannock.
Dean Ralston: Thanks, Art. Now I
have to find Chuck Reif to tell us
about the new arrivals in the Wilkes
Family homes. I bet I’ll find him
out in the lobby examining the
plants. There you are CBR! Find
any rare specimens'?
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Dr. Reif: No, but I found a diamond
earring that I can pawn.
when
what
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8
Soccer Game
Concert/Lecture Series
Field Hockey Game
Art Exhibit
Field Hockey Game
Alumni Art Exhibit
Football Game
(Parents Day)
Parent’s Day
Soccer Game
Theater Production
Field Hockey Game
Homecoming
Alumni Art Exhibit
Football Game
(Homecoming)
Soccer Game
1st Annual Varsity
Alumni Wrestling Meet
Field Hockey Game
Concert
Field Hockey Game
Field Hockey Game
(Parent’s Day)
Soccer Game
Field Hockey Game
Concert/Lecture Series
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14-16
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Dean Ralston: Chuck, do you have
any new projects that we should
know about?
15
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Dr. Reif: Well, George, I’m in the
process of devising a fool-proof
system for keeping Stark clean.
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Dean Ralston: What is it?
Dr. Reif: Don’t let anybody in the
building.
Dean Ralston: Chuck, 1 think you
better tell us about the births now,
O.K.
Dr. Reif:
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A daughter, Mara Susan, was
recently born to Stephen and
ESTHER SCHWARTZ DORKIN ’66.
The couple also have a daughter,
Sheri Ellen, and they reside in South
Orange, N.J. A daughter, Jennifer
Louise, was recently born to
Richard and LYNNE DENTE
GAUCK ’64. The couple has a
daughter, Deborah Lynn, and a son,
Douglas Richard. They reside in
North Cape May, N.J.
Dean Ralston: Thanks, Chuck. I
guess that about wraps up
Homecoming 11)77 version of the
South River Street Revival. Hope
to see you all at the real
homecoming in October. Maybe by
then I’ll find my raccoon coat. Bye
now.
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who
where
time
vs. Lycoming
Trinidad Tripoli Steel Drum Band
vs. Delaware Valley
Franz Kafka
vs. Bloomsburg
Mixed Media
vs. Upsala
Ralston Field
CPA
Ralston Field
Sordoni Art Gallery
Ralston Field
Sordoni Art Gallery
Ralston Field
2:00
vs. Baptist Bible
“Twelfth Night”
vs. Marywood
Ralston Field
CPA
14, 15-8:00
Ralston Field
3:30
13-7:30
16-2:00
4:00
Mixed Media
vs. Moravian
Sordoni Art Gallery
Ralston Field
9:00
4:00
3:30
1:30
1:30
vs. Scranton
Ralston Field
Gym
10:30
8:00
vs. Misericordia
Wilkes College Chorus
vs. Susquehanna
vs. Drew University
Ralston Field
CPA
Ralston Field
Ralston Field
4:00
8:30
4:00
11:00
vs. Elizabethtown
vs. Keystone
Pearl Bailey
Ralston Field
Ralston Field
Gym
2:00
3:30
9:00
Field Hockey Game
Soccer Game
Football Game
(Anthracite Bowl)
Sculpture Exhibit
Soccer Game
Sculpture Exhibit
Basketball Game
Basketball Game
vs. Bucknell
vs. Delaware Valley
vs. Delaware Valley
Ralston Field
Ralston Field
Ralston Field
3:00
2:00
1:30
Brooks Parker
vs. Madison FDU
Brooks Parker
vs. Lock Haven
vs. Delaware Valley
Sordoni Art Gallery
Ralston Field
Sordoni Art Gallery
Gym
Gym
Concert/Lecture Series
Women’s Basketball Game
J. B. Rhine
vs. Lafayette
Wilkes College Band
vs. Phila. Textile
vs. Oregon State
Wilkes College Chorus
vs. Marywood
Rose O’Neill
Wilkes College Madrigal Singers
Concert
Basketball Game
Wrestling Meet
Concert
Women’s Basketball Game
Kewpie Dolls Exhibit
Concert
Wilkes Open
Wrestling Tournament
11:00
8:00
8:15
CPA
Gym
CPA
Gym
Gym
CPA
Gym
8:00
1:00
8:30
8:00
8:00
8:30
1:00
CPA
3:30
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Well, we have 12,000
kids. Have you ever
thought about what
would happen if they
all came home for the
weekend?
have big
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We'd love it! In fact, "Mom and Dad"
have been working their fingers to the
bone cleaning, cooking, gardening, etc.,
etc. You may not realize it, but it’s tough
being the parents of 12,000 kids!
Goodness knows we’re not complaining.
Unlike other kids, you “kids" always drop
us a line now and then. Sometimes you
give us a call, too. Our kids even send
money home to give us a hand.
We have one beef, though — you should visit us more often!! We want to see
you and we’re willing to forgive and forget that we don’t get the chance to see
you as much as we would like.
Why not think about coming home for the weekend? What weekend, you say?
Homecoming ’77, Oct. 14-16, what else? We have plenty of room — not to
mention the incredible plans we have to entertain you. And think of the idea of
getting to see all your brothers and sisters again. We’re even leaving the light on
and a key under the mat.
So come home for Homecoming, alumni — all is forgiven!
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ANNUAL
WILKES ALUMNI
HOMECOMING
October 14-16,1977
WRITE TO:
Homecoming Committee
Alumni Office
Wilkes College
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703
Please complete and return by October 13. The only payments required In advance are for Saturday's
"Gridiron Grits" Breakfast and Sunday's ALUMNI BRUNCH (checks made payable to the Wilkes College Alumni
Association).
CHECK:
I (We) plan to attend the Friday night "Homecoming Huddle."
I (We) plan to attend the "Gridiron Grits" Breakfast on Saturday morning.
.reservations @ $3.00
per person. Total remittance enclosed $
I (We) plan to attend theTheta Delta Rho "Koffee-Klatch."
I (We) plan to attend the "Fifth Quarter" get-together Immediately following the football gome.
I (We) plan to partake of the Smorgasbord on Saturday evening.
I (We) plan to attend the Saturday night Homecoming Dance.
I (We) plan to partake of the BRUNCH on Sunday morning.
-reservations @ $425 per person.
Total remittance enclosed $
Name
.Class.
(please print)
Wilkes College admits students of any race, color and national or ethnic origin.
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WINTER 1977
WILKES COLLEGE ARCHIVES
fugene Shedden Farley Library
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Volume 1, Number 4
editor
Douglas J. Rubinstein
managing editor
George G. Pawlush '69
editorial staff
Mary Ellen Alu '77
Wilma Hurst '79
Jane Manganella
Vesta Breakstone
administrative assistant
Toni Reavy
contributing staff
Jeff Acornley '78
Cara Berryman
Wilma Hurst '79
Nancy Kozemko '79
Pam Long '79
Sally Steele '78
Joan Vorbach '78
Ed White III '80
editorial advisor
Arthur J. Hoover '55
circulation manager
Lynn Jacobs
ON THE COVER:
Quarterly Art Director Jon Schaffer debuts as this quarter’s
cover artist with an illustration entitled “Snow Queen. ” The
artist’s rendering engenders a tribute to Winter developed in
a style similar to the art work of noted science fiction artist
Frank Frazzeta. Frazzeta is well known for the creation of
some of the characters and scenes in “Star Wars. ” His style,
said to be very difficult to emulate, is created to near
perfection by Jon. The Quarterly editorial staff still is
wondering whether the “W” on the Queen's waist chain
stands for Winter or Wilkes. Jon isn’t talking, but we are.
We think it stands for Wilkes, and we also think Jon did a
super job.
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An Open Letter to the Alumni — President Robert S. Capin ’50
Nursing: The Unsung Nobility of Our Time — Mary Ellen Alu ’77
4
17
The modern day nursing professional is a rare breed of unselfish, compassionate
dedication aimed at restoring security, comfort, and happiness to a patient while
monitoring, and sometimes providing, life-saving action in the process. The
unheralded people who do this job play some of the most important, highly skilled,
multi-faceted roles on the health care team.
art director
Jon Schaffer
20
The Wilkes Campus ■— Ronald L. Andrews ’70
photography editor
John Miknevich
LYNNWOOD STUDIO
The WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
is published quarterly by the Wilkes
College Public Relations Office
and the Alumni Relations Office.
Entered as second class mail
matter and second class postage
paid at Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania 18703. Postmaster:
Please send Form 3579 to
Alumni Office, Wilkes College,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Miss Mary R. Koons, Honorary Member
Reuben H. Levy, Honorary Member
OFFICERS
Joseph J. Savitz ’48, Chairman
Ben Badman, Jr. ’41, First Vice Chairman
William J. Umphred '52, Second Vico Chairman
Richard L. Pearsall, Secretary
Arthur J. Hoover ’55, Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Walter M. Diener, Treasurer
Joseph J. Chisarick '61, Assistant Treasurer
Wilkes College is more than just a beautiful urban college. Today it stands as
thriving testimony to some of the nation’s greatest 19th and early 20th century
architects. In fact, the continual restoration and preservation of the Wilkes
campus may very well have been a major significant factor in the cultural
residential ambience which currently marks Wilkes-Barre’s developing
environment. Ron Andrews ’70 tells the story.
Letters — 5
Pursuits — 7
Conununique — 9
Chronicle — 10
Faculty Abstract — 12
Undergraduate — 16
Gallery — 28
James A. Adonizio
Mrs. Robert Arenstein '68
Edward Bixby, M.D.
Charles N. Burns, M.D. '35
Donald F. Carpenter
William L. Conyngham
Mrs. Edward Darling
Mrs. William Davidowitz
Mrs. Stanley Davies
Mrs. Richard M. Ehret
Mrs. Eberhard L. Faber
Sports Update — 29
S. River St. Revival — 32
Marquis — 38
Alan M. Glover, Ph.D.
Frank M. Henry
Andrew Hourigan, Jr.
Robert L. Jones
Thomas H. Kiley
Edwin M. Kosik '49
Richard MaslowCharles H. Miner
Gerald A. Moffatt '63
William G. Mulligan
F. Ellsworth Parkhurst
Max Rosenn
Richard M. Ross, Jr.
Louis Shaffer
Ronald W. Simms '60
William H. Sword, Jr.
E. Arthur Trabant, Ph.D.
Norman E. Weiss
Joseph A. Wiendl
PRESIDENT
Robert S. Capin ’50
�letters
Dp.-ember
SI announced plans to emua. - .
DearWilkes
Alumni,
foracampaign. Throughoutthesummer we organized aCampargn
Planning Committee and anAdvisoryCouncil to obtain input from
alumni^ndfriends, facultyand students in our campaign decision
making. In keepingivith theReport ofthe Goals Committee ofthe
Board ofTrustees,the needs of theCollege were identified and
priorities were established. Funds raised in the campaign effort will be
directed toward (a) providingscholarship support, (b) enlarging the
endowmentto strengthen the financial base of the College and to
supportfacultysalaries, (c) reconstructing residence halls to maintain
the character ofthe campus and to improve on operating costs, and
Dear Editor:
i
(dj reconstructinga College propertyto provide a student union
facility. Wefirmlybelieve that these objectives are in keeping with
the character and qualityofthe College and that they represent
realistic
goalsthe
forgoal
Wilkes
in the
yearswill
ahead.
Attaining
of$2.4
million
require the full support of
our alumni and friends. Information concerning the Campaign will
oe ronvarded to you over the next several months, and duringthe next
year you '.■.'ill oe asked to support our efforts. The Campaign will
concentratein the Wilkes-BarreArea in the spring of 1978 and will
move to variousalumni regions throughout the summer and fall.
I lookforward to your support and encouragement as we prepare to
move forward together at the College.
Sincerely,
I
Just wanted to drop you a
line and let you know how much
I am enjoying the Quarterly. I
was especially glad to see the
article on Dr. Cox. I feel he
really deserves the recognition.
He is quite a guy. I will be
looking forward to a feature
on you.
I am hoping to get down to
the Alumni Match. It sounds
interesting.
When you see George
Pawlush, please tell him how
much I enjoyed the article on
the football team. It was really
done well. He is quite a writer.
Looking forward to seeing
you soon.
Sincerely,
Dick Cook ’68
Teacher-Coach
Abington Hgts. School Dis.
Dalton, Pa.
Dear Editor:
Robert S. Capin
President
Enclosed is a copy of the
September-October 1977 issue
of Management Controls. I
thought you might be interested
in the Focus on HigherEducation section in the
magazine.
I have just received my Fall
’77 copy of the Wilkes College
Quarterly. It appears to be
another gem. However, you
haven’t been successful in
wresting the author’s pen
from George’s grubby little
hand. It continues to amaze
me how a North Wilkes-Barre
boy could do so well.
That’s all for now, I don’t
want to overdo my initial letter.
After all, it’s taken eleven plus
years to get this far.
Regards,
Ernie J. Krute ’66
Mgr., Special Financings
P.P.G. Industries, Inc.
Monroeville, Pa.
WINTER 1977
5
�Dear Editor:
Just finished reading the
article entitled, “Tales of the
Golden Horde” in the Quarterly.
From a coaching standpoint.
George Pawlush excelled
himself. A super performance.
Sincerely,
GeneDomzalski
BasebaU Coach-JA ilkes
(former Golden Horde
Assistant Coach
Dear Editor:
It's a shame that George
Pawlush, as a junior high
schooler at Coughlin in the
late fifties, never had the
opportunity to see Marvelous
Marv Antinnes in action.
George's notion (in the last
issue of the Quarterly) that
“Marv... was never even a
football star... didn’t get the
chance... to perform during
the “Golden Era”... was only
a few winning percentage points
behind mat legends Joe iendl
and John Carr...” is sure to
bring a smile to the faces of
those who marvelled at Marv.
Not only was Marv a football
star, he was a simply great
performer. And, arithmetic
percentage points notwith
standing, the only advantage
Wiendl and Carr ever had on
Marv was that they never had
to step on a mat with the man.
Finally, as George implies,
Wilkes has had more than one
“Golden Era” and surely the
Antinnes-led Colonel mat
teams were as golden as any
of our football crews.
Statistics, George, maj’ place
Marv behind Joe and John.
But, then again, statistics are
like a bikini — what they reveal
is interesting, but what they
conceal is vital. Since Wilkes
has been blessed with a number
of gi eat athletes, m the future
you may wish to consider
° WILKES allege quarterly
mentioning them in alphabetic
order— surname first.
Hillard R. Hoffman ’58
Direc., Data Research Ctr.
University of Maryland
Laurel, Maryland
| Dear Editor:
What absolutely wonderful
' memories were triggered by a
i renew bv the alumni program
I honoring the 196S football
team. The renew of that 32game streak as described in
the Quarterly by George
Pawlush was an outstanding
journalistic recapture of some
of the most exciting moments
in sports that I have ever
experienced. The periods of
adversity as described by Marv
Antinnes, and recounted so
often by George Ralston, are
equally important as
recognition of the peaks and
valleys that are part of all of
our lives and careers. Although
not enjoying any records, I
don’t think any of us can
forget the efforts of the 1972
team that practiced under
conditions of mud and dust
almost impossible to describe.
A coaching staff that can drive
bulldozers and rebuild football
fields in between practice
sessions has to rank as one of
the most unusual in collegiate
history. Even’ generation of
teams has the memory of shared
experiences that makes
intercollegiate athletics the
unique activity you honored
at this homecoming.
|
Please communicate to all
those present my sincere
congratulations on their
achievements, not only on the
gridiron but also their
subsequent accomplishments
m hfe.
Sincerely,
Francis J. Michelini
Fres., Commission for
Independent Colleges
Dear Editor:
I enjoyed the summer iso,,
the Wilkes College Quarter^1
greatly. Keep it up.
y
Enclosed is an alternative +
a somewhat disconcerting
°
editorial from the summer iso,
The Production of an Alumi sue,
An Alternative Opinion '■nus;
Mr. Joseph Buckley, in a
recent article (Summer ’77)
states that Wilkes College is
laboring under a misguided
self-concept, that of “product;,
plant.” He asserts that a far ion
wiser concept would be
“motherhood.”
The concept of the production
of an alumnus-student as a
marketable commodity is one
that is beneficial to society,
viable to the individual’s well
being, and economically sound.
The affluent economic periods
of the 60’s may well be over;
today’s economy is charac
terized by unemployment,
inflation, and resource short
fall. Today’s student is
interested in material well
being as a matter of existence;
thus he is interested (if
rational) in an education that
will promote that well-being.
As a student’s interests tend
to the economic, thus a college
image (and hence self-concept)
must tend to the economic.
The self-concept of
production plant also aids the
college in securing students in an
economic manner; which is of
vital importance considering
the competition for student an
government dollars. Colleges
can no longer look upon the
business world as
if they are to survive. (Wnne
it is unlikely that college
administrators ever thoug
business dealings objection
there are those that are gu V
of some form of intellec u
snobbery, which is becomi g
increasingly unwise.
The analogy is then suggested
to be disfunctionate if carried
to the extreme (and why
bother) due to the production
concept of “planned obsoles
cence.” While concepts of
thinking, and social interaction
may be more durable, concepts
of knowledge are obsolete. The
society functions in a tech
nological world, thus students
prepared for the technocratic,
unless continually updated,
become obsolete. Eventually
even the non-technocratic
student becomes obsolete as
changes in technology generate
changes in the social order,
and even in the way of
thinking. Thus both education
and technology, if successful,
must be an ongoing process.
In addition, the idea that the
motherhood concept will
“ensure the future of the
college” as “communities look
more favorably upon mothers
than industries” and “since
most children would not desert
their mothers,” is symptomatic
of the convolution of values
that society of the 60’s created.
Business is not a priori objec
tionable, and motherhood is
not a priori innocent. Such
emotive outbursts, in a
discussion about survival, are
incongruent.
The motherhood concept also
suggests that criticism should
not be leveled until we have left
the “mother-institution.” The
individuals involved are more
aware of the faults of the
process and should be
encouraged to “point them out”
in a rational, constructive
manner. (Which the institution
has the responsibility of
listening to.)
I also object to the implied
purpose of a student, namely
“to prepare oneself to graduate,
to become an alumnus, to help
society.” The purpose of being
a student is to learn. The use of
knowledge is a matter of
individual decision.
The following compendium was
prepared by Ms. Teresa McDonald.
Director of Federal Programs and
Institutional Research. The research
office would be happy to assist in
locating sources of funding for
programs or research our alumni
might be considering. The Research
Office contains an extensive
library of federal and private
funding sources for all types of
projects. For more information
contact: Ms. Teresa McDonald,
Director of Federal Programs and
Institutional Research, Franklin
Hall, Wilkes College.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
If students are prepared to
market themselves better, then
the college will benefit from the
increased monetary contribu
tions derived from their
employment. Of greater
importance are the positive
spillovers generated by the
improved conditions of existence
of the alumnus, which allow
him to be a better ambassador
of Wilkes College.
As an afterthought, as long
as we are carrying analogies to
the extreme, I assure you that
I did not spend the years from
1971 to 1975 in blissful calm,
swimming in amniotic fluid.
Al Scharer ’75
Graduate School
Dept, of Economics
SUNY-Binghamton
Binghamton, New York
o
Grants*
Upward Bound
Mrs. Barbara Greenwood —
Providing disadvantaged high school
students with additional educational
and counseling services. Majority
of students move on to college.
Act 101
Dr. George Siles — Providing
disadvantaged students with
educational disabilities a chance
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to attend c^’^pjograni prepares
sp«iaIt:rpXmatthelevelof
^admitted students.
f
Cooperative Edu«h“n he student
Dr-Rodechko-M
the opportunity o exP® ield
internship progra
Jonsidered
Resumes are non oemc
to place someone to run
program.
Dr. Robert
Department
Wilkes Pohtic. 1S,
al science
earned his Ph- •
University
in late October " U
s
SSSSStled,”^
Problems of Resistance oHh
Contemporary Cto ian
d
•> QRR with a B.A. in political
1972 from the University o
Massachusetts at Amherst.
University Year for Action
Dr James’Rodechko. professor of
historv — For the third straight
Vear provides students with the
opportunity to work m Pubhc
agencies involved with community
services.
listing of recent works on file in ire
research office and the public relations
office.)
*
Achievements* and
Developments
ATTENTION! Alumni in region
VI (greater New York —Long
Island Area).
Mark your calendar for Satur
day. February 4,1978.
Plans have been formulated for
an alumni reunion following the
Wilkes-Hofstra wrestling meet at
Hempstead .
(Details will be mailed in Janu
ary).
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ATTENTION PARENTS!
If this magazine is addressed to
your son or daughter who no
longer maintains a permanent
address at your home, please dip
off the address label on back
cover and return it with the cor
rect address to the Alumni Office
at Wilkes College. Thank you for
helping us update our records.
ATTENTION!
Alumni in Regions VI, VII, VIII
Saturday, February 11, 1375
Wilkes Wrestlers vs
Army and Massachusetts
Alumni Get-Together at
Thayer Hotel- West Point'
Details to follow
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Wuori Accepted in
Penn State Course.
Dr. Gerald K. Wuori, a member
of the Wilkes College Philosophy
Department, was recently informed
by the National Science Foundation
of his acceptance as a participant
in a “Chautauqua-Type” short
course to be held at Penn State
University in November and March
1978.
The course, “Ethical Issues in
Death and Dying,” will be conducted
by Dr. Thomas Beauchamp of the
Center for Bioethics, Georgetown
University.
The primary’ purpose of the NSF
Chautauqua-Type short courses is
to provide a forum in which
scholars at the frontiers of various
disciplines communicate recent
advances in their fields directly
to college teachers. The inter
disciplinary’program focuses on
major problems of science,
technology’, and society.
Dr. Wuori, a recent Quarterly
author, teaches medical ethics at
Wilkes and is the author of a
textbook, “A Study’ Guide in Ethics.”
His article, “On Murder and Other
Indignities" appeared in the Summer
77 issue of the Wilkes College
Quarterly.
The University Business
Development Center
. Today, many small businesses
m the United States do not have
quick easy access to resources
which can improve their manage
ment skills, product linesand
overall operating efficiency. Many
P^'vmhingto start a business
need help with product
development, market analysis
SSEEX—
the majority of small busi„
owners don’t know which 6SS
can help solve their problP^encies
how to approach the ase‘^s’ °r
Unfortunately, many p® J'
either unaware or unn™.
ate
utilize the State and IMe??'1 to
programs which can provirt ,
services. The University Bn ■ ese
Development Center provid„lness
system by which these ag‘;?a
can work together with univeX
services.
ueir
Wilkes College possesses the
scientific, technological, fin*
managerial, and human resource?
understanding and skills which =
needed to help small business are6
people in Northeastern Pennsvlvn„increase their productivity profit a
and stability.
y P 0Ilts
Through contributions received
from business and industry, Wilkes
College will establish a UBDC on
campus, which will operate under
the auspices of the Institute of
Regional Affairs. Through this
Center, Wilkes proposes to put its
capabilities and resources to work
on behalf of the small business
community.
The UBDC will act as a vessel
into which many Federal and State
agencies and many parts of the
private sector, such as professional
and trade associations, large and
small businesses, and Service
Corps of Retired Executives
(SCORE) chapters, can funnel their
efforts to help small business.
The Center will provide informa
tion and guidance to the client in
many areas. A professional,
carefully selected SCORE volunteer,
faculty member, or graduate ,
assistant will review the client s
business and general problems and
determine the client’s skills an
abilities.
The services the client receives
will largely depend upon need.
Center, however, is capable o
providing an in-depth analysis 0
business skills and aptitudes, a
complete business plan or an
analysis of marketing, saleS|
advertising, merchandising, °
feasibility studies. Wilkes u
prepared to offer assistan
a basic accounting course to
comprehensive help
will
a new idea or product. S
join with students, faculty a
professionals in this woi •
Equity capital is very
ucing
small business. Only by
risk and enhancing profit potential
will venture capitalists invest in
small business. Wilkes’ UBDC is
designed to assist small businesses
in attracting capital. A business
which is well-conceived, carefully
planned, and endowed with good
controls and systems, has a good
chance of success. Those chances
are enhanced if the entrepreneur
has the necessary business skills
which can be developed in the
Center. UBDC can assist small
businesses in financial planning
and can aid in the preparation of
financial statements for submission
to local lending institutions.
After the UBDC has provided
one or all of the many services it
offers to a businessman and/or
potential entrepreneur, the
recommendations and findings
must be acted upon; therefore,
students who have worked within
the UBDC to help solve a problem
will then help the client implement
the solution under the guidance of
faculty and SCORE members.
Under the direction of the
Department of Community Affairs,
the following institutions have
agreed to establish a UBDC:
Wilkes College, Wharton School
of Business, University of
Pennsylvania, University of
Pittsburgh, and Gannon College.
This network will provide the
services outlined above to
businesses throughout the
Commonwealth.
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Colleges Seek to Solve Energy
Problems of Tomorrow
Solving the country's energy
problems has prompted a difficult
situation between the government
and the universities.
The crisis lies in trying to
formulate a sufficient division of
labor and then deciding just how
well each faction will be federally
funded.
A discussion at the annual
meeting of the American Council on
Education revealed several conflicts.
One university made it clear that
it would be able to install solar heat
collecting panels on its roofs
provided the federal government
supplied the necessary funds. This
proposal was strongly opposed by
one research director who felt that
what is necessary is a major effort
by the universities to seek to develop
new sources of energy for the future.
Finally, it was suggested that the
general public be educated so that
they might understand the crisis
and aid in its resolution.
In referring to President Carter’s
energy plan, a university president
called it an unattractive and
“confusing policy that will not really
solve the problem."
But the question raised speculates
which party, the government or
the universities, will bring the case
to a close. John M. Deutch, a
professor of chemistry at
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology asserted “I believe in
large measure it will come from
higher education."
There is good evidence to
support Deutch’s position. The
government's present energy plan
is effective only until 1985.
Consequently, Deutch remarked
“we want to see colleges and
universities do research that will
make energy resources available
for everyone after 1985.”
Ultimately the universities will be
informing the government “what
to do."
Sam Hughes of the Energy
Department said that "training
people to do the tasks in
government and industry that the
improvement of our energy situation
requires" is higher education's role.
Mr. Hughes also advocated the idea
to involve an educated public in
solving this “energy crisis."
National Institute of Education
Criticized
A committee of the National
Research Council has recently
charged the National Institute of
Education with failing to uphold
its commitment of “fundamental
research” on education and has
called for some major changes in
that agency.
The “Committee on Fundamental
Research Relevant to Education,”
begun in 1976, was created to define
“promising lines of fundamental
research, assess the adequacy of
federal support, and recommend
changes in the policy." This
committee, chaired by Sheldon
White, also chairman of the
department of psychology at
Harvard University, has called the
federally sponsored research on
education "superficial and
wasteful.” In doing so, he criticized
both the N.I.E. and the Office of
Education for their practices.
Some of the committee's specific
criticisms stated that the bulk of
the research supported dealt with
primary and secondary-school
problems. The institute had failed
to define its overall intentions for
research and thus left research
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and b e di'a”ISvesa"brief answers
Sociology’s influence his k
rapidly decreasing among J!en
makers who actually mak, - ’ -lev
11
of sociological research. ;eli“leuse
Several
—
oeverm studies
siuciies dip
discussed
at ,k
annual nwe mg of the Americ‘ he
Sociological Association have "
disclosed evidence of this fai,» ,
effect, when policy makers
the results of surveys and ecord
experiments they make use of
general sociological theorv r/tk
than “hard” data. Sociological 1
studies are rarely used in makin
specific decisions. The policy 8
makers are also least likely to us
research bearing an extreme
technical tint. Finally, it was noted
that government agencies often
favor using their own surveys
rather than those conducted bv
universities.
y
Nathan Kaplan of the University
of Michigan noted 575 instances of
"sociological research” in a survey
of 204 government officials. About
60 percent of the survey research
cited by policy makers was defined
as “soft” and was more likely to
have greater impact in higher levels
of government than would the
“hard” data.
especially those concerning
mental research.
Encyclopedias May Have
New Format
Question; What is a "literary
work containing extensn e
information on all branches o
knowledge, usually arranged in
alphabetical order ?
Dictionary.” However, times are
changing and the people at Random
House have come up with sombasic changes for a new type of
encyclopedia.
The name of this creation is none
other than "The Random House
Encyclopedia, a publicadon
composed with the intent to
"summarize knowledge in easily
accessible and suitable form.
Contrary to previous format, this
encyclopedia is bent on summar
ization rather than extensiveness.
The basic motive here is to appease
modern readers who seem to prefer
the quick as opposed to the careful
way.
The encyclopedia is broken down
into two sections; the “Alphapedia,"
11 395 color illustrations, offers
“longer illustrated expositions of
ie important subjects.." This is
the revolutionary part of the book
as it is directed toward a new
are no longer enough.
Seven sections developed to tell
the unfolding story of knowledge„
rather like the chapters in a book
make up the "Colorpedia. The __
sections represent "The Universe,
"The Earth,” "Life on Earth,
“Man," “History of Culture,” "Man
and Science,” and “Man and
Machines." Leading authorities
associated with these sections and
contributing to them include Sir
Bernard Lovell, Salvadore E. Luria,
Loren Eiseley, Christopher Hill, and
I. Bernard Cohen.
Perhaps this volume does not
present itself faultless before us,
as some critics have suggested that
the Random House editors go “back
to the drawing board," time may
provide yet a different outlook.
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How to Hunt in Career Country
Three Wilkes College students
are shown using the Penn- ,
script machine at the college s
new "Career’s Library:’ Over
270 occupations and thmr
projected employment deman
are contained on aperture
cards which are viewed on
the Pennscript, an audio
visual screen. Students laW
advantage of the Pennscnp ,
from laft-Ann Marte
Thomas, Carbondale, K««n
Kretchmer, Wilkes-Barre,
and Susan Gooblc, P al
"What will I do after graduation’"
i»,mCCOrdins t0 Iohn I- Chwalek, '
Wilkes College’s career planning
and placement director, this question
is he biggest matter of concern for
college seniors and graduates today.
Chwalek, who has dealt with
Placement at the college for 30 years
is optimistic about career oppor
tunities m the country. "Despite the
s uggish national economy in recent
years, jobs are still readily
‘
whn ab e *° graduales and alumni
ho can meet the competition Th'
anfakmnMh ‘ °kgiVe Wilkes seni°rs
.aMms2K7eF"'h'Wilk“
employment, the college recently
10 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
opened a “Careers Librarfy'hT,finost
Chwalek added "is one of t - .(g
and most up-to-date fao>ht1L
kind.”
Included in the complex, which
is located at 34 South River Street,
is an audio-cassette library of actual
interviews with professionals, a
large vertical file of career
information (indexed by the
Directory of Occupational Titles),
professional journals, occupational
briefs, as well as numerous other
books and periodicals dealing with
various career fields.
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An important part of Wilkes College's
Career Planning and Placement Office are
“mock interviews’’ which are video-taped
and then played back to the students on a
television monitor, enabling them to see
their weak and strong points. Pictured with
the equipment are, from left — Ms. Barbara
Fitzgerald McClain, a staff member; and
Nancy Kozemko, a junior from WilkesBarre.
Also, all career seminars
conducted by the Wilkes College
Career Planning and Placement
Office, will be video taped and made
available to those students and
alumni unable to attend seminars.
A permanent collection of these
tapes will be established within the
library.
Another important feature of the
Wilkes “Careers Library” is a
Pennscript, an audio-visual screen,
from which 270 occupations
described on aperture cards may be
viewed. Information on the cards
include the projected employment
demands in that particular field.
For students and alumni who
choose to pursue a career requiring
training beyond the bachelor’s
degree, the “Careers Library" has
listings of graduate and professional
schools and their admission
requirements.
Students and alumni who are
totally unable to identify possible
career options will find the latest
in self-directed career exploration
materials in the library.
Chwalek feels that employment
orientation is the second major
focus of the library. "Many experts
presently agree that 85% of all
available jobs remain unadvertised.
Consequently, one of the principal
keys toward finding a career
position is the conducting of an
effective job campaign.
“A person must be familiar with
every aspect of the employment
search procedure,” Chwalek
related. To this end the library has
materials ranging from books on
how to write an effective resume to
audio-tapes describing successful
job interviews.
"Since part of the job campaign
includes recognizing prospective
employers, the library has many
city, telephone, industrial, and
association directories as well as
company literature,” the Wilkes
administrator said. “The library
also subscribes to several
commercially and governmentally
produced employment bulletins —bulletins that not only predict
employment trends but identify
specific position openings.
Actual experience with job
hunting is still the best method of
familiarization and to provide
students and alumni with needed
actual experience, Chwalek
indicated that the Career Planning
and Placement Office is conducting
“mock interviews” periodically in
the library.
“Members of the business
community, mainly personnel
responsible for hiring, will conduct
the interviews," he added. “These
mock interviews will be available
to all students and alumni
interested in experiencing the
interview situation.”
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According to John Chwalek, director of
career planning and placement at Wilkes
College, the “Careers Library’’ at the college
is one of the most complete and finest
available. Chwalek, a veteran administrator
at the college, right, is shown with staff
member Regina Meschini.
Chwalek continued: “The
interviewer will be asked to supply
each person that he interviews with
a critique. The critique will aid the
job candidate in preparing for actual
interviews. The entire interview
will be video-taped and played back
on a television monitor, enabling
participants to see their weak as
well as strong points."
Despite the great amount of tools
available, Chwalek stressed, “we
cannot, unfortunately, guarantee
the acquisition of a job. We are
not an employment agency, but we
can offer the best training and
materials available to aid in
attaining employment goals."
"The assistance is here,” Chwalek
concluded, "but it will be up to the
individual student and alumnus to
make use of the materials available."
The Human Transaction:
Age of Communication
Wilkes College has gained initial
program approval from the state
with regard to its new
concentration in communication
studies. Faculty and course
additions and revisions have been
made and the courses are being
offered this year.
The program is included in the
English curriculum although the
concentration is not limited to
English majors. Basic requirements
are 15 credits in advanced English
courses and 15 in communication
studies.
Dr. Thomas Kaska, English
department chairman, noted that
through the addition of the new
program, Wilkes will be able to
offer certification in both English
and communications. Teachers will
be qualified to teach a variety of
subjects in addition to traditional
English courses, and the needs of
journalism and broadcast journalism
students will also be met.
Four new courses have been added
under the heading of "Communi
cation Studies," those being
“Principles of Communication,"
“Interpersonal Communication,”
“Group Communication” and “Mass
Media."
Communication 101 (“Principles”)
enables students to gain a basic
understanding of the nature of the
communication process, the nature
and origin of speech, the concepts
and vehicles of meaning, and an
appreciation for the complex
networks of communication in
modern society.
“Interpersonal Communication"
provides students with an
understanding of the psychological,
sociological and environmental
conditions that affect human
interactions, in addition to a
greater appreciation for and skill
in face-to-face communication.
The "Group Dynamics" course
involves a study of the dynamics
of group behavior and skills
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Writing"
and Journalism: Editing and
Advanced Writing” are the trvo
journalism courses presentlj- 0 =
offered, along with an mhoducg
broadcasting course, an internsmp
program, and various topics,
independent research and seminar
courses.
A number of advanced writing
courses listed under the Eng is
curriculum are also available.
The fact that the program is not
a major field of study enables
students in virtually any held to
earn the official communication
concentration or to receive credit
for any number of the available
courses without entering the
program.
English majors may choose to
concentrate in communication
studies or any of five other areas
offered by the department. Dr.
Kaska explained that this typo of
program provides students with a
diverse background that is especially
valuable in today's complex society.
“We feel," he said, "that through
this program we are offering
substance in an academic discipline.
Communication programs have
ways of being ’how to do' courses,
which is important, but which gets
in the way of a real liberal education.
We have found that our graduates
are more competitive on the job
market," he concluded.
The program will be subjected
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to another review after minor
j
changes are developed, after which
final approval is expected.
Moving to the Four-Front
President Roberts. Capin, chief
executive officer at Wilkes College
has.announceda change in the ° ’
colleges administrative structure.
Our main concern was to
ande^nei0Uri,eXiStin8Etructure
d keep it m harmony with
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of higher learning today.
The four Wilkes Coll .
who report to President^6 °fficei
Its
include Dr. Richard P
former dean of academic aefl).
who has become the nrn>, aits.
college; Dr. Thomas F. KelU °,[the
dean of external affairs- a y; lhe
research, has become the
management; and Joseph J
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Ruth McHenry
faculty
by Jane Manganella
A college within a college with a
commitment to excellence... a
quality program in nursing
education that is nationally
recognized... A graduate who is
so well qualified in his or her
profession as to lead to a total
acceptance of the baccalaureate
nurse in the community... All of
this according to Ruth McHenry, is
part of the complete picture of the
Wilkes College Department of
Nursing.
Ruth Williams McHenry,
professor and chairperson of the
department, came to Wilkes as an
associate professor in 1971, but her
affiliation with the college started
much earlier.
In 1958, the Nesbitt Hospital
School of Nursing decided to have
students take courses in psychology
and sociology at Wilkes. Ms.
McHenry, then director of
nursing service and nursing
education at Nesbitt, had always
felt that hers was a profession “best
taught in an academic-clinical
atmosphere” and her dream of
a central school of nursing in the
Wyoming Valley Community be»an
to evolve.
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After eight years at Nesbitt
Hospital, she left to attend
Columbia University where she
Reived her M.A. in nursing
education administration. In the
anT 'h.at follrjwed she served as
and rnn A ‘professor of nursing
and coordinator of programs nt
and"Sy,lvania State University'
s assistant chairperson of
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the undergraduate program,
assistant professor of nursing and
chairperson of continuing
education in Nursing at Syracuse
University.
Through all this time, her
ultimate goal remained the same —
to work toward establishing an
educational facility that would
train responsible people “to
provide the best possible care
to anyone in need of that care.”
Professor McHenry sincerely
believes, “People who are critically
ill need to have close relationships
with those who can think for
them when they cannot think for
themselves." “Nursing,” she says,
“is not so much what you do for
people, as what you are to people.
She believes that this must be a
total commitment, and if one
visits the nursing department on
S. Franklin St., you may watch
this commitment at work. The
nursing department, a growing
program, is in the process of
expanding space to include ano
building. Between this space an
the Self-learning Center in StarK
Hall, along with the clinical
experience offered in local hospit Professor McHenry’s goals or
academic-clinical atmosphere
are being met.
.
The Wilkes College Depar
of Nursing is offering its stud
a superior educational exp •
Much of this is due to the
dedication, vision and sing
devotion of Ruth McHenry,
a woman committed to tiw
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profession of nursing.
Chisarick, who will retain his title
of comptroller.
President Capin stressed, "No
new administrative posts have been
added or eliminated. It is strictly
an internal reorganization designed
to keep pace with modern
management techniques.”
Dr. Soter, who came to the college
in August, 1976 will be responsible
for directing the activities of the
offices of student affairs, admis
sions, departmental chairpersons,
library as well as the offices of
Upward Bound, Act 101, Coopera
tive education, graduate and
continuing education, health
sciences, and the registrar.
The new provost, a native of
Boston, received his bachelor’s
degree from Northeastern
University. He earned his master’s
degree from Harvard University in
East Asian Regional Studies,
including the study of the Chinese
language at an intensive level.
He was awarded his doctorate
by Harvard in History and Far
Eastern Languages and later
completed a post-doctoral degree
program at Harvard in educational
management. Prior to arriving at
Wilkes College, Dr. Soter was the
dean of the Division of Arts and
Sciences at the State University
of New York at Oswego.
Dr. Kelly will be responsible for
the offices of development, alumni
affairs, placement, institutional
grants and research, public
relations, and the Sordoni Art
Gallery.
A native of Forty Fort, the dean
of external affairs received his
bachelor’s degree from Wilkes
College in economics. He later
attained a master’s degree in
economics at Lehigh University and
his doctoral degree from Cornell
University in Administration of
Higher Education in 1977.
Prior to leaving the Wilkes College
administrative staff in 1974 to
continue his studies at Cornell, Dr.
Kelly served as director of
development, assistant to the
chancellor, and director of the
evening and summer college.
Shaw, the new dean of
management, will direct the
activities of the office of business
manager, personnel and college
systems, computer center, and the
Institute of Regional Affairs.
He received his bachelor's degree
from Wilkes College and later
attained his master's degree in
Government Administration from
the University of Pennsylvania and
did additional graduate work at
Temple. He is currently a candidate
for his doctorate degree at Nova
University.
Dean Shaw was one of the key
members of the Flood Recovery
Task Force and at the college he has
served as director of the Institute
of Regional Affairs, a member of
the political science faculty, and
assistant to the president for
management and institutional
research.
Chisarick was recently named
comptroller of the college,
succeeding Alex Pawlenok. Prior to
assuming the office, he served as
the assistant comptroller at the
college for seven years.
He attained, his bachelor’s degree
in accounting from Wilkes College
and his CPA from the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania. Chisarick
is currently a candidate for a
master’s degree in business
administration at Wilkes College.
two years and present it to the joint
selection committee, which is
charged with filling the 25 open
slots at Hahnemann.”
“Our job is to keep the students
functioning," he furthered. "They
must properly adjust to the college
institution. Many of the students
may be qualified, but will not realize
their goals unless they make
emotional adjustments.”
The Behavioral Component
— Their Vital Role
“A person who engages in family
medicine must be somebody special.
They must be able to relate with
people, but most of all, communicate
warmth.”
These are the sentiments held by
Dr. Carl Charnetski and Joseph
Kanner, the two clinical psycholo
gists in the six-year Wilkes-Hahne
mann program. Charnetski, who
doubles from his usual role as a
Wilkes faculty member; and Kanner,
who has spent almost 30 years as
director of testing service's at Wilkes
College, view counseling as a crucial
aspect during the first two years of
the program.
An essential fact of life, that
every freshman in the program must
face — is that less than one-fourth
of the entering freshman class,
which usually numbers from 80 to
100 students, will eventually move
on to Hahnemann Medical College
after completing their first phase of
training at Wilkes.
“The final screening process is
very thorough and complex," related
Dr. Charnetski, a 1970 alumnus, who
obtained his advanced degrees at
Temple University. “All of the
candidates are basically bright
young people. It is our job, through
formal and informal interviews, to
gather information over the first
Kanner, a veteran counselor, who
has been with the Wilkes-Hahne
mann program from the start, notes
that “the credibility, sincerity, as
well as their commitment to return
to the region and practice family
medicine is also carefully
scrutinized." Other factors, which
help in determining final selection
to Hahnemann, include Medical
Aptitute Test scores and under
graduate grade point averages.
When asked about the intense
competition that may develop
between students, Dr. Charnetski
sees “much of this wearing off by
the time that the students enter
their sophomore year. Their
behavior has changed drastically
and the students begin to see the
fruits of cooperation."
In planning and development of
the counseling program, the clinical
psychologist or counselor assist in
defining objectives of the program
and identifies the needs of students.
The counselor also coordinates
various aspects of the program in
a meaningful sequence of services.
Finally, the counselor assists in
continued planning and curriculum
development, and evaluates the
program and assists other members
of the staff in evaluating their
contributions to counseling
services.
Joseph Kanner, left, and Dr. Carl
Charnetski, two clinical psychologists on
the Wilkes-Hahnemann staff view
counseling as a crucial aspect for a student
in the first two years of the six-year
Wilkes-Hahnemann program.
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competition, it takes a gJ,'sur
?e °r
of stamina," mentioned Vi deal
“However,” she added "T T'
want to discourage any nA0"'1
members."
p osPective
, a I each take a class and
"Carl and I eacn
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stick with the same ,
meet
VearS’7aninh a h student at least
formally with ea s
but more
once during t
mav sgg students
°ftentndiridual basis’as many as
Xtimes during the semester.
i ’n the first vear, the bigges
"Early in the ti .
encounter
meetings with the student. D.
Charnetski added.
“To make a fair evaluation of a
Wilkes-Hahnemarm candidate ato
two years, we must knou >
rather well. We might take two
different approachesm our
meetings,” Kanner ofiered. The
first approach involves talkino to
the student when he is under stress
and pressure, and secondly,
communicating with the student m
a relaxed atmosphere. We are
continually looking for some type
of consistency.”
Although their final output has a
great bearing on the selection to
Hahnemann, Dr. Charnetski
stressed, “it is never one person’s
decision. There are 11 people on the
joint-selection committee, and great
care is taken in choosing the finest
class possible.”
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Ranking far above the nl»»
of competition is the feel?n10ao7ra
a
freedom which the sport hm, •
Kim. She brought that freedom^"
manifested in a horse and a rK ’
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Kim Wolny 79 Rides Again
To those of us who have lost
ourselves in the pages of "National
Velvet” and “Black Beauty, take a
moment now and escape from city
life. Return to the rolling hills and
pastures.
Kim Wolny, a political science
major at Wilkes College, returns to
this scene every’ Tuesday and
Saturday. A native of Virginia, Kim
escapes from the noise and traffic
of the metropolis by transporting
herself and her horse to the Shiloh
Ranch in Moscow, Pa.
A horse in Wilkes-Barre? Almost,
Kim keeps "Random Notion” in a
stable in Harding. It is a complicated
arrangement, but it all seems
worthwhile to Kim. “It’s not always
easy, but riding is pure pleasure
to me,” stated the pretty Wilkes
junior.
Kim, winner of several horse
show awards, is not alone in her
love of horses and riding. She is a
member of the Wilkes College
Equestrian Club. The 15-member
club meets every Tuesday evening
and Saturday’ morning for a riding
session at Carl Edward’s Shiloh
Ranch. Not all the members ride.
Some just enjoy being around
horses," noted Kim.
The club enters several interco.legiate horse shows each year
including show’s at Moravian and
Upsala colleges. High entry fees
lor competition are a constant
problem. “The fee for entering each
class of competition is paid by each
club member.. id Kim Thf;
range from walk/trot to the more
dilficult jumping skills.
Although the club is always
ooking for new members, those
thatTs di f” i0injng should realize
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�American. Perhaps we have
internalized, to some extent
parents' aversion to anv kinArr
agitation, and rocking of th„ ?f
quo boat. Are we apathetic nS atUs
we just trying to be good?
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We have also to consider the
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Whenever I consider these
i questions, my mind inevitab J
wanders back to the era that
precedes ours. It was a time
fraught with tension, strife,
violence, and tragedy, and I am
I have often wondered how
not suggesting that we over
historians and social commentators
romanticize the turmoil or repeat
will refer to us in the years to
past mistakes. But it was also a
come, by "us ' meaning the college
time of action, of concern, of high
students or the youth of this
enthusiasm, and energy. The very
decade. "Post flower children,”
air must have been charged with
perhaps? Or "children of the flower
a feeling of exultant hope that
children?”
things could change for the better,
I only hope that future writers .
and determination that they
will not fall to describing us as
would.
“the weaker descendants of the
flower children." I say I hope they
What happened to all that
don't, but I fear they might.
spirit? The students of the 60's
Ours is not an era of campus
were accused of having too much
revolution or revolt Through no
of it and now we’re accused of
fault of our own, we are occupying
having too little. Why? Of course,
a place vacated by the rebellious,
we shouldn't accept any over
outspoken dissidents of the 1960's,
simplified answers, but we can
and we are looking rather tame in
consider some partial theories, if
comparison. If “turbulence” was
only to generate more extensive
the key word on the college
thought on this complex subject.
campus of the past decade,
On the broadest level, historical
"apathy” seems to be the word
I context may have a lot to do with
today, at least here at Wilkes.
our seeming lack of energy. There
I have heard the word “apathetic" | had to be a lull after the storm of
used many times to describe
■ the 60's and we may be it. Are
Wilkes College students. I have
today's college students really so
heard it used by administration
prone to apathy or is it just that
members, faculty members, and
we happen to be attending college
some of the students themselves,
at a time when the entire country
and I have to admit that, yes,
is stopping to catch its collective
as a group, we do have a
breath?
tendency toward apathy. But if
I can remember being in
this condition exists, simply
elementary school during the peak
lamenting it or making sweeping
years of campus unrest. Many
condemnations will not lead us°
other people of my age group must
to a solution. We should instead
also remember watching 6 o’clock
ask ourselves two important
news film footage of peace marches
questions; firstly, is it really
apathy?, and secondly, if it is
and demonstrations, all the while
hearing parental voices in the
apathy, then what are the reasons
behind it?
background denouncing such
activities as shocking and un-
From Turbulence to Apathy
What Happened Between the 60 s
and the 70’s?
by Nancy Kozemko
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"Sroyins-dp" years. Wo have hla
nothing as overt as a war —=
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injustices or immoralities of thi,
decade after the fact, when it
was too late to do anything about
them The recent Washington sex
scandals, the Watergate affair
and the revelations concerning
CIA spying activities are the S
obvious examples. These events
occurring at a time when most of
us were reaching an age of political
awareness, could easily have been
enough to disillusion us with
politics in particular, or with
anything outside the sphere of our
own individual lives in general.
Again, the question, apathy or
disillusionment?
At this point, I should say that
the previous statements are not
excuses. Whether we are in a
period of apathy or disillusionment
or just some type of cultural
stasis, it is not a healthy condition
and a genuine effort should be made
to try and change it. Maybe we
should remember the 60’s, instead
of blotting them out as everyone
seems to be trying to do. Witness
the plans to erect a gymnasium
on the location where the four Kent
State students were killed by
National Guardsmen. I’m not
advocating burning down the
administration building just to
give students a little excitement,
but I think we should retain that
spirit, that sense of concern.
As for the Wilkes campus, I
can only say that since people
are complaining about apathy,
they must recognize it as a
problem and want to do something
about it. Maybe this is the jolt
we need to get us out of our lull.
Maybe this is an indication that ,
the times, they will be a-changm
once again.
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The Unsung
Nolbflity
of our
Times
The modern day nursing
professional is a rare breed of
unselfish, compassionate
dedication aimed at restoring
security, comfort, and happiness
to a patient while monitoring,
and sometimes providing, life
saving action in the process. The
unheralded people who do this
job play some of the most
important, highly skilled, multi
faceted roles on the health care
team.
�by Mary Ellen Alu T1
It may not be a profession as
nor a profession as prestigious as
king or president, where important
decisions are highly publicized.
No, nursing is a different type
ofprofession —one where
complaints are commonly heard,
sickness is always seen, and
tragedy often occurs.
It is a profession that calls for
great performances and for
important decision-making, but
missing is the fanfare that so often
accompanies acting and politics.
It is a profession where "people
have to be compassionate, unselfish,
and dedicated while dealing with
life and death," explained Mrs.
Ruth McHenry, chairman of the
Nursing Department at Wilkes
College. And at the college she does
see "unselfish young people who
want to be helpful to society."
While nursing may be in a
different kind of environment than
most occupations, the profession
does have its unmeasurable
rewards.
As Mrs. McHenry' pointed out
— "to see a new infant enter life
or to help the aged leave life with
dignity, is rewarding; so is seeing
the critically ill get better or helping
a family through a crisis period.
"Nursing provides security',
comfort, and happiness as a patient
is helped to become self-sufficient,"
she stated. "Nursing (which is
defined as nurturing or caring) is
concerned with the caring aspects
of treatment."
The Wilkes College Nursing
Program, now in its sixth year, has
already graduated two classes.
When the first class began — in
September following the Agnes
„ ood of June, 1972, Mrs. McHenry
wasn t even sure we would have
any students."
ci WMAe records lost in the
flood, she was unsure who or how
many would show up the first day.
ir y-seven students came. Now
the program has grown, and the
most recent class entering the
! Jkes nursing program numbered
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Science Degree with a major in
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nursing. But many do wonder
does a degree make a differen ,~7
“Most definitely," stresses M
McHenry. She explained that ^rSregistered nurse is legally eH ibI
to administer care to patients Bu
and in counseling the individual'^8'
the family, and is able to function
in leadership roles.
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital —
as well as many community
agencies.
At the end of the four-year
program emerges the professional
nurse — one who is concerned
with quality of life and quality of
health care, one who can function
as a colleague on a health team,
can collaborate with the physician
in carrying out their regimen, and
who can meet the everyday
challenges of nursing.
"The students are graduated
with the necessary fundamental
skills to practice nursing,"
explained Mrs. McHenry. "With
time and experience they will
increase in proficiency."
Through the years, the basic
principles of nursing have remained
the same, but Mrs. McHenry
pointed out that the nurses'
responsibilities have increased
along with methods of treatment.
The liberal arts courses, which
the Wilkes nursing student must
study, enable the graduate to view
patients in context with their family
and their environment. For rarely
is a patient alone in his suffering,
and the liberal arts courses can
help the nurse relate to the feelings
of the individual and the family.
"By studying psychology, the
nurses can understand themselves
and others better," explained Mrs.
McHenry. "And by studying
sociology or anthropology, they
can more easily understand how
and why families work together."
The nurse must also be able to
communicate with people and
that's where the English,
communication, and literature
courses play a vital role.
At Wilkes, practical nursing is
correlated with classroom and
theory. Nursing begins in the
second year, and for every hour
of laboratory credit the student
receives three hours of clinical
practice. In the eighth and final
semester, the student receives 240
hours of clinical practice.
Wilkes uses five area hospitals
— the Mercy Hospital, the Ncsbi
Memorial Hospital, the Veteran s
Administration Hospital, the
Wyoming Valley Hospital, and 1
Suppose that a father is very ill
and is not responding to medicine.
Suppose that his children will be
left behind without any income
coming in. The nursing graduate
of Wilkes is prepared to deal with
this through care and coordination
of services.
"Nurses can now assume roles
that were once only doctors'
functions," she said, "such as
carrying out immunization
programs and physical
assessments."
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The unique geometric design
symbolizes: the continuity of
human endeavor, the three C's of
nursing — care, cure and
coordination of services, the
enlightenment to be gained through
higher education, and continuing
professional development in service
to mankind, directed to futurity.
The Wilkes nursing program is
a rigorous one, demanding long
hours and heartfelt dedication. A
committed faculty plus a balanced
program of theory and practice,
prepare Wilkes nursing graduates
with important skills and sensi
tivities. It is such professionals as
these, that often make the
difference for a patient. There may
be little applause or few ceremonial
accolades in the profession of
nursing, but those dedicated people
who immerse themselves in the
care of others are unquestionably
one of modern day health care's
greatest assets. They are, indeed
the unsung nobility of our time.
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And nurses are now involved
in teaching and counseling — areas
that were not considered nursing
before.
She pointed out that men are
becoming more involved in the
field. "There are many health
opportunities available to them,"
explained Mrs. McHenry. "They
can function in general duty or
specialize." She said that men
and women are looking for job
security, and since healthcare is a
growing major profession there are
a variety of opportunities for
employment.
To signify their achievement,
graduates of the Wilkes College
Nursing Program receive the
Nursing Pin — an emblem that
exemplifies the four aspects of
nursing at the college.
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THE WILKES CAMPLB
“A Look at its Historical and Architectural Heritage”
Wilkes College is more than just a beautiful urban college. Today it stands as a thriving
testimony to some of the nation's greatest T9th and early 20th century architects. In fact, the
continual restoration and preservation of the Wilkes campus may very well have been
a major significant factor in the cultural residential ambience which currently marks
Wilkes-Barre's developing environment. Ron Andrews '70 tells the story.
Ronald L. Andrews '70
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Wilkes College is located in the
historic South River Street area of
downtown Wilkes-Barre. Since
1937, the college has expanded
over an approximately five square
block region along the
Susquehanna River in what once
was the city's prime residential
neighborhood. In the process of
expansion, Wilkes has acquired
and adapted for college use a
number of nineteenth and early
twentieth century structures of
varied historical and architectural
significances. Several of the
buildings are of particular note,
being former residences of
prominent citizens, examples of
architectural styles, or the work
of major architects. As one unit,
however, these structures repre
sent an important segment of
Wilkes-Barre's built environment
reflecting the historical, cultural,
and social development of this
northeastern Pennsylvania city.
The northern portion of the
Wilkes campus is located within
the original bounds of WilkesBarre as laid out in 1770 by Major
John Durkee. The town as
delineated on the Durkee plan
was bounded on the north by the
present North Street, on the south
by South Street, the east by
Pennsylvania Avenue, and on the
west by River Street. It was
sectioned into forty-eight lots of
about three acres each and was
divided by Main, Northampton,
and Union Streets. The charter
under which the town was formed
called for fifty lots so two addi
tional lots were attached along
the southern end. Wilkes College
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�Pennsylvania Register of Hjs;
presently stands on parts of riine^
„
of these lots, numbers
centfar thJ Cl°Se Of the nineteenth
hop< taverns, and
^sw^th warehouses and whan es
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1800s but was not exten°e°
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beyond South Street until the mfo
1860s. West RiverStreet which
parallels South River and South
Franklin Streets was also
developed about the 1860s.
Wright Street, of which littie
remains, was laid out before 1850
as Wright's Alley. Ross Street which
•is the southern boundry of the
campus appears to date from the
1860s.
River Common was a part of
the Durkee plan or Wilkes-Barre
and was intended for use by all
citizens. Numerous accounts tell
of the townspeople grazing the
family cow on the Common well
into the early 1900s. Fort
Wyoming, which is illustrated on
the Wilkes College emblem,
stood on Rix er Common at the
foot of Northampton Street in the
late eighteenth century.
The second half of the nine
teenth century was a period of
economic growth for WilkesBarre in which the city developed
from a rural county seat into a
major center of the anthracite
industry. It was during this period
that the South River Street area
acquired the socially prestigious
status that colored its character
into the 1930s. Three United States
Congressmen and a state governor
had addresses on South River and
South Franklin Streets. Hendrick
B. Wright (1808-1881; and Henry
M. Fuller (1820-1860) represented
the Luzerne County area in
Congress in the 1850s. The Wright
house stood on South River Street
between the present Conyngham
House and the Evans Alumni and
Faculty Building and the Fuller
residence was located further
along to the north between
Chapman Hall and the Guidance
and Placement Center.
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♦CATLIN HALL — Women's Residence Hall. Built in 1842-1844 for the merchant Elijah W.
Reynolds. Wilkes College purchased the house in 1957 from the Reynolds family. This
photograph of the structure dates from about 1868. (Courtesy Patricia Reynolds)
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however was Jhe PersPective,
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c®ntury Henry w. Palmer (T839did), whose house stands at 247
south Franklin Street, served as
Attorney Genera! of Pennsylvania
before being elected to the House
o Representatives in Washington.
Henry M. Hoyt (1830-1892),
Governor of Pennsylvania from
1879 to 1883, had a house built at
147 South Franklin Street in the
1860s. Neither the Palmer nor the
Hoyt houses, however, are
presently owned by Wilkes
College.
Other prominent citizens who
resided in the South River Street
area and whose houses are now
used by the college include Fred
M. Kirby (1861-1940),afounderof
the F. W. Woolworth Company
(Kirby Hall); Frederick Weckesser
(1862-1953) who was a business
associate of Kirby and a member
of the Executive Board of the
Woolworth firm (Weckesser Hall);
Elijah C. Wadhams (1825-1889), a
member of the Pennsylvania
Senate from 1876 to 1880 (Gore
Hall); Stanley Woodward (18331906) and his son John Butler
Woodward (1866-1925), both of
whom ended distinguished law
careers as Luzerne County judges
(Butler and Susquehannock Halls);
and Walter C. Sterling (1821-1889),
a financier (Sterling Hall).
The influence of several major
architectural styles of the nine
teenth and twentieth centuries
are present in the campus
buildings. These styles range
from the Greek Revival, best
represented by Catlin Hall and
the original portions of McClin
tock and Sturdevant Halls (1840s),
to the Tudor and Classical Revivals
popular in the 1920s and seen in
Waller and Doane Halls on West
River Street. Other stylistic
influences include the Italianate
as evident in Sterling, Butler, and
Gore Halls (1860s and 1870s) ;
Second Empire or mansard in
Gutman House (circa 186/), High
Victorian Gothic in Kirby, Bedford,
and Barre Halls (1870s); the
eclectic Queen Anne in Weiss,
Chesapeake, Delaware, and
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r ,b°se alin °C-k
The nrnc °r‘? r.e,lova,'ons for the residence of Andrew Todd McClintock,
®n°v,1lioiK ratio,ls' This mid -/• *llc,uroscll«- villa appearance of the structure is the result
e'Ps is AnflrWoro completpf| ‘"'ne*eenth century photograph was made in the years after the
revv Todd McCI nJ I boarded man standing on the sidewalk at the foot of the
n,ock- (McClintock Collection, Wilkes College)
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�CHASE HALL was one of two buildings which were given to the college in 1937 for use as a
permanent campus. The house was erected in 1917-191S for the Chase family and is typical of
the eclectic style of architecture popular in the earh twentieth century.
Shawnee Halls 1880s.: the Shingle
style exhibited in Dana Halt circa
1899); Chateauesque or French
Gothic Revival in Conyngham
House and Weckesser Hat', (circa
1897 and 1914-1916 respect: .eh. :
and Georgian or Colonia' Ret
in Parrish. Susquehannock, and
Franklin Halls 1900-1910 .
Four Wilkes buildings, Bedford
Kirby, and Weckesser Halls and
Conyngham House are the work
of major nineteenth and early
twentieth century architects.
Bedford Hall was designed about
1876 by Bruce Price (1845-1903)
who rose to national prominence
in the late 1800s. Price is best
known for his Queen Anne and
Shingle style house, particularly
those at Tuxedo Park, New York.
Bedford Hall is believed to be the
earliest of his houses still in
existence. Price, who was married
to Josephine Lee of Wilkes-Barre
and was the father of Emily Post
of Etiquette fame, had an office
in Wilkes-Barre from 1872 to
about 1876 when he moved to
New York.
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Kirby Hall, erected in 1873-18/4,
was designed by Frederick Clarr<
Withers <1821-1901) of New
York Withers was once a partner
of Calvert Vaux and Frederick
Law Olmstead working with them
particularly on the architectural
treatment of Central Parkin New
York.The firm of Vaux and Withers
renovated McClintock Hall in
1863. Withers is said to have
designed these renovations
although an architectural historian
studying Withers believes that the
designs are closer to the type
produced by his partner Vaux.
Weckesser Hall was designed
in 1914 by Charles H. P. Gilbert
<1860-1952), a residential architect
from New York. Gilbert was the
designer of the New York house
of Frank W. Woolworth, the main
founder of the F. W. Woolworth
Company. It is this fact which
probably explains why Frederick
Weckesser, a member of the
Woolworth firm, selected Gilbert
to design his house.
Conyngham House bulk ,
1897, is the work of Chari ab°Ut
Gifford (1861-1937), anom A'
architect from New York r-«
authored the designs for a ' lord
of resort hotels as well as thl'Mber
Jersey State Buildings at the it
Columbian Exposition in Ch 4
and the 1904 Louisana Purch?80
Exposition. Gifford was related?
ma.rr'aSe to the Conyngham farni?
which had the house erected
y
The work of several Wilkes
Barre architects is also represented
on the campus. The earliest of
these architects identified is
William W. Neuer who practiced
in the mid to late 1800s. Neuer
was responsible for the designs
of the present Butler Hall and the
former Conyngham Hall. Albert
Kipp (1850-1906) and Thomas
Podmore, who at one time were
partners, are credited together
with the design of Chesapeake
and Delaware Halls. A native of
New York City, Kipp studied
architecture in the office of James
Renwick before moving to WilkesBarre in the 1880s. Podmore was
commissioned in the early
twentieth century to renovate
the present Butler Hall for the
Woodward family.
The architectural firm of Welsch,
Sturdevant, and Poggi designed
Parrish Hall about 1908 for the
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal
Company. By 1916 when the firm
designed Hollenback Hall, the
partnership was reduced to
Thomas Sturdevant and Edmund
Poggi. The Sturdevant family home
is now Sturdevant Hall. Poggi is
described in a contemporary
publication as having been
associated with Cass Gilbert, a
leading architect of the early
twentieth century.
Donald Innes and Charles L.
Levy formed a partnership in the
1920s and produced several of
the most urbane examples of the
Tudor and Classical Revival style
houses in the Wilkes-Barre area.
Three Wilkes buildings are the
product of this firm: Evans Alumni
and Faculty Building (the Farley
house) and Waller and Doane
Halls. The firm also designed the
1920s renovations and addition
to Bedford Hall.
n,her influence which
Al1f v impaled thearchitecs‘r°i character of the South River
'ural,'rea was the process of
5treelting buildings to suit the
r* g-te and life styles of
a'e occupants-The most striking
Mmole of remodeling is Weiss
S^Erected about 1850 in the
rmek Revival style, the house
extensively and cleverly
barged and altered in the late
1R80S to its present Queen Anne
earance. The building
Jjginallywasquitesimilarin
decorative detailing to the
present Catlin Hall and the
original portions of McClintock
andSturdevant Halls. Ironically,
Weiss Hall is one of the best
examples of the Queen Anne
style in Wilkes-Barre.
McClintock and Kirby Halls are
two other Wilkes buildings which
were extensively altered. Built
about 1841, McClintock Hall was
originally a two-and-a-half-story
Greek Revival house consisting of
an interior arrangement of a side
hall and two tandem parlors. The
house was enlarged twice before
1870 and again about 1900
creating the present picturesque
villa quality of the exterior.
The renovations to Kirby Hall
were primarily of the cosmetic
type intended to "modernize” the
appearance. Exterior porches were
removed and the present
i
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ft
prabablymTaVafchX'TO
structure.
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The South River Street area
lost status as an elegant residential
district in the decades following
the start of the Great Depression.
Many of the houses were
converted and altered for apart
ments and offices. A few were
razed such as the previously
mentioned Wright and Fuller
houses. This decline in status was
due primarily to depressed
economic conditions and a change
to a life style which emphasized
the suburbs and rural areas.
The shift in stature coincided
with the establishment of Wilkes
College. The college was founded
in 1933 as Bucknell Junior College,
an extension of Bucknell
University. It was originally located
in a building on West North
ampton Street in the block
between Franklin and Main
Streets. The college acquired a
permanent campus in 1937 with
the donation of the Chase and
Conyngham residences on South
River Street, thus the beginning of
the present phase of the area's
history. When the college
acquired the status of a four-year
institution in 1947 and the name
was changed to Wilkes College,
the campus had expanded to
include eight properties, seven
along South River Street between
Northampton and South Streets
and one on West Northampton
Street. Today, Wilkes College
occupies nearly seventy properties
in the South River Street area,
most of which were acquired by
OBADIAH CORE HALL is named in honor of
an early settler of Wilkes-Barre. It was built
about 1871 for Elijah C. Wadhams, a
member of the Pennsylvania Senate from
11'76 to 11)80. The college purchased the
Structure in 1958 from the estate of Stella
wadhams.
purchase.
The college's history is inter
wined with that of several of
the buildings. Chase Hall, a 19171918 masonry structure with
half-limbering decoration, is th
Chase residence donated in 1937The former Conyngham Hall,
"The Wilkes
campus
captures and
retains the
essence of the
past to be
appreciated
by the
future."
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�which was demolished in a fire
in 1969 except for the first floor
facade, was the other of the first
houses given to the new school.
The third and fourth buildings
acquired were Susquehannock
Hall, given in 1938. and Kirby
Hall, donated in 1941.
Susquehannock Hall was given
by Frederick Weckesser and was
known as Weckesser until the
college gained possession of the
t//ti
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Weckesser house on South
Franklin Street in the 1960s. Kirby
Hall was a gift from Allan P. Kirby,
the late financier, in memory' of
his parents.
McClintock Hall was the home
of Gilbert S. McClintock (18861959) who as Chairman of the
Board of Trustees until his death
guided the establishment and
grow th of Bucknell Junior College
and Wilkes College. Waller Half
was the home of anothof the Board of Trustees in
formative years, Julius Lont>tn©
St •er
(1893-1964).
b:>terii
Over time Wilkes College hac
acquired a significant portion
of Wilkes-Barre's past. The 0|der
buildings which the college has
adapted for use as classrooms
offices, and residence halls are
valuable resource documents fOr
studying and interpreting the
area's history and culture. These
buildings are also one of the
major contributing factors in
creating the urban, residential
ambiance which has marked the
Wilkes campus since its early
days. In a very real sense, the
establishment of Wilkes College
and the subsequent refurbishment,
reconstruction and continued
preservation, turned what was
otherwise a dying area of the
city, into a vibrant, prestigious
section rich in the heritage of
Wilkes-Barre's ancestry. Indeed,
the Wilkes campus captures and
retains the essence of the past to
be appreciated by the future as
thriving testimony to some of the
nation's great 19th and early 20th
century architects.
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This article is based on a project
completed by the author which
was funded in part by a grant
from the Annette Evans
Foundation for Arts and
Humanities.
KIRBY HALL, Humanities Off,
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Editor's note:
Ronald L. Andrews '70 graduated
from Wilkes with a B.A. in history
and is currently completing his
Master's thesis at George Washington
University. Ron is an architectural
historian working in the historic
preservation field, and has studied
at the Summer Institute at the Henry
Francis duPont Winterthur Museum
and at the Attingh am Summer School
in England. Recently, he has
completed a 3-year preservation
project in Maryland, working with
the Maryland Historical Trust
conducting historic sites surveys in
Western Maryland.
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c’i>orJtyle^sabroad
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rtment points out,
j^beenthe bly,1*^1 stren?th
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sterling. cha^add°ed his warm
',epartmMion for the important
jgZofaiumniin^
Brooks Parker:
Sculptor and Architect
The Wilkes College Sordoni Art
Gallery featured an exhibit by
sculptor Brooks Parker. November
12 through December 4.
The artist graduated from Yale
University with a degree in
architecture, and is at present a
practicing architect. Besides his
accomplishments in the arts. Parker
has had much success as an
inventor, holding several patents
in structural systems.
On his work as a sculptor,
Parker comments. "Abstract forms
allow me to deal in specifics - of
moods or emotions - of energies cr
ideals. Each experience is the
development of a specific and
unique personality. The abstract
form can say anything, and it is
only up to me to shape the voice."
The show included 12 pieces of
sculpture, by which Parker hoped
to "lead the observer through a
personal experience by means of
the elements of his alchemy."
Second Alumni Art Exhibit
The second Art Alumni Exhibition
was held at the Sordoni Ar: Gallen
from October 14 through November
6, and it brought with it a sampling
of the seemingA - .
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things being done in the visual arts.
_ Thirty-four alumni pieces were
displayed and included a variety of
works, from the traditional media:
oil. acrylic, watercolor, pent
drawing, collage, etching, batik,
ceramic, string-construction, bronze,
as well as works which were mixed
media.
Among the more recently
developed modes of expression
were printmaking and kinetic
painting.
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event.
o
...Regrettably, limited space
(Ed. Note:
’only to publish a few photos.)
allows us on
Anne Caffrey ’72
Ceramic "Shaman"
Robert Mikolayczak ’73
Mised drawing "Pretzel Landscape”
N.-•
Linda Stevens ’74
Crafts "3-D String Design”
K■L i,,:. ..y;< . a
Karen Hendrickson '76
Stoneware ‘‘Jar11
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Smith “6 ,At He “M ntrt a Comers"
spw'S
IameSAX°"e’of:BasketbaU
1977 FALL RESULTS
football (4-5)
Wilkes 19 23 Indiana St.
Wilkes 0
7 Lycoming
Wilkes 6 31 Bloomsburg St.
Wilkes
,
- 2
9 Upsala
Jane Mahoney Ku„W r.
&
WilkPS 13
Wilkes 7
Wilkes 14
Wilkes 3
Wilkes 32
7 Moravian
0 Albright
7 Susquehanna
5 Juniata
8 Delaware Valley
MAC All-Star Team
soccer (3-10)
cross country («-6)
NPW1AA ChamPto";
Susquehanna Field H
All-Star Team
'sxAsr
c""n^L.«,w« h
S.me
Si «d
Others are a pla^,scoach.But it
still more are a fa
which
I tc a special br *ir;hntes into one
amesAdtertonu^bommunity
this breed-
NPWIAA Champ
WINTER
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�42nd Field Artillery Battalion
Upon graduation from Coughlin.
Atherton is one of the most
league. After his two-year stint in
Jim
enrolled
at
Wilkes,
where
he
successful college basketball
the Army, he returned to the United
majored in secondary education.
coaches in Eastern Pennsylvania,
States, where he was an assistant
which is proven by his imposing
, and head coach al Perry Joint High
175-45 career collegiate coaching
r School in New Bloomfield, Pa., from
record. Last year, Jim guided the
1/ 1956-58. While at Perry Joint, his
LCCC eagers to a 22-3 overall
' team captured one championship.
record, with all three losses coming
He then moved closer to home,
by one point. Last season's squad
taking the head post at West
also captured the Eastern
Pittston High School in 1958.
Community College Championship.
Atherton spent seven years at the
Born in Kingston, Jim first became
helm of West Pittston, garnering
involved in basketball ■when he
the first championship in the school’s
played the sport while attending
history, and two overall. The West
the Chester Street grade school.
Pittston team also made the
Atherton cited three men who gave
playoffs five out of the seven years
him his first preface in the game
of his coaching tenure there. In his
of basketball. “My father, James,
last season as head mentor, the club
was the first to get me interested in
finished with a 22-1 log.
basketball. He always had time to
Jimmy subsequently moved on to
help me and answer any of my
questions. Another person was
his alma mater, Coughlin High
former Wilkes-Barre Barons’ coach
School in 1965. His success followed
Eddie White. “Eddie used to let
him to the central city Wilkes-Barre
me into the Barons' practices, and
school, where he led the Crusaders
I would watch all the players come
to their first city championship. He
and go,” stated Atherton.
also directed Coughlin into the first
division,
where they never left
By witnessing the different
under Atherton. The Coughlin squad
attitudes and styles of the
captured 12 games in the city
professional players, he could
championship year, while prior to
imagine the perfect model he would
Atherton’s arrival on the scene,
like a basketball player to be. “There
Coughlin had only won three games
were all sorts of guys in those days,
in the previous five years.
so I really saw almost every type
Atherton
played
basketball
for
of player there is in Eddie’s
Atherton joined the Luzerne
the Colonels from 1950-54 under
practices,” added Atherton.
County Community College faculty
head coach George Ralston,
in 1968, where he has been ever
White, known throughout the
currently dean of student affairs at
since. Jim, who is in his tenth year
Eastern United States as “Mr.
Wilkes. Dean Ralston knew back in
at the helm of the Minutemen, also
Basketball,” said Atherton should
the early 50's that Atherton would
serves as Director of Student Affairs
now be coaching in the professional
be successful in basketball. “Jim
of the community college.
ranks. “Jimmy is the type of coach
Atherton has been a scholar of the
which I feel would make a fine
During his tenure as head
game of basketball since I knew him
mentor in the NBA. Basically for
basketball mentor at LCCC, he has
a long time ago. I first became
one reason, he is a sound-funda
guided
the Minutemen to five
acquainted with him when he ’was
mentalist, and one of the few
Eastern Community College
a high school athlete. Then, after
around today subscribing to that
championships; three post-season
coming to Wilkes and becoming a
philosophy. Most coaches in the
tournament championships; and
great athlete and student, he always
NBA think the best defensive is a
two Holiday Tournament titles.
I demonstrated1 a keen insight for
good offense, which is totally
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; basketball. I feel Jimmy is one of
Atherton feels his teams over the
wrong," stated the very successful
' the trulv
truly outstanding tear.hprs
teachers an
and
years and presently, could compete
coach in his own right.
coaches in this section of the
on a Division II or III level. “We’ve
Another coach, who played an
country, and more importantly, he
played some Division II and III
important role in Atherton's early
is a fine human being and a great
teams, and we’ve beaten them
basketball life, was Don Hilbert, a
example for young people,” affirmed
quite easily. Many people tend to
former coach at Kingston High
Dean Ralston.
underrate the community college
School. Atherton attended Kingstoiin
Atherton started his last three
basketball teams,” stated Atherton.
for one year, before transferring
years on the Blue and Gold cage
The job of recruiting is especially
to Coughlin High School after his
team, and recently was named to
hard for Atherton, as he has a
family moved to Wilkes-Barre. “Don
the Wilkes all-time perfect
player for only two years and must
was a tremendous help to me in my
basketball team. The team comprised
look for lopnotch talent year in and
early years; he taught me very
different
specialties
of
Wilkes
year out. “It’s frustrating, but we
much,” added Atherton.
players, and Atherton was selected
have to make the best of it, so we
While at the Wilkes-Barre school,
for his outside shooting.
look for the late-bloomer in the high
Jim played on the varsity cage squad
Upon
graduation
from
Wilkes,
school ranks. We want a player who
three years, and was named
Atherton joined the Army and
we feel has potential and can come
Coughlin's Athlete of the Year by
served in Germany from 1954-50.
through in his stay at LCCC."
the Crusaders' school newspaper.
While in "Deutschland," he was a
player-coach for two years in the
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
ToniD^Jilkes; Wade Reeves;
apl°in?i v a starter at Lebanon
Toni Pedlny’Op- and Norm Magyar,
th" King’s; College
"D'ftSbal team. Magyar had words
>>aske t forhis former coach.
“Coach
taught
5
'Hewa^aNol^emendous
any. ff the court; you could always
his former college mentor, George
Ralston, summed it up best when he
said, “Jim Atherton is such a great
pupil of the game of basketball, he
could have coached anywhere when
he was only a student in high
school." If that were possible, his
career coaching record would be
simply impeccable.
And come to think of it, Jim
Atherton is simply impeccable.
(Ed. Note: Eddie White, III is the
grandson of the famous coach Eddie
White of the Wilkes-Barre Barons.
Young Eddie currently is the assistant
Sports Information director at Wilkes
and sports writer for the Beacon while
completing his B.A. at the college.]
Jeyers High School.
Atherton said his coaching
nhHosophy centers around “getting
£h individual player to give the
most he can and do the best he can.
He also mentioned that he favors a
team offense and defense, as.
opposed to one individual being the
whole team. “I don’t want any one
of our players blamed for a loss or
a mistake. We all take the blame
or the credit because we are a team,”
added Atherton. “We want all our
players willing to sacrifice for the
team, and give of themselves and
not be selfish.”
Jim Atherton has accomplished
many things in his collegiate
coaching besides many champion
ships. He has served on many
basketball clinic committees
including: clinics in South America
and Brazil; director of the CYC and
JCC cage clinics; and a camp
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
State Coaches Association.
He summed up his career as a
love for the game of basketball and
a desire to be involved with young
People. "I enjoy basketball, and
" ,en J'oung people are involved it
makes it so much better. When I
ee some of the athletes I have
likV
?? on t0 d° better things,
coaching, I feel really great.”
cluR16 a.?a,ch has a guaranteed fan
Vlt,h him wherever he goes, as
LCCC y a Ways travels t0 ad
Atho>.t8am,es’ home and away. The
wife clan’in addition to Jim’s
a fresh J,
la' lncludes: Debbie, 18,
l5.nndTXi?Cn: iT’lr’:,im'
MeyGrs. Jw2'. 1 studenls at
IX a iL.
Doris Saracino:
Leadership for a Growing Breed
of Athlete
by Sally Steele ‘78
1978
FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE
Sept. 16 — Delaware Valley A
Sept. 23 — Lycoming H
Sept. 30 — Upsala A
Oct. 7 — Bloomsburg H
Oct. 14 — Western
Maryland H
t Homecoming)
Oct. 21 — Albright H
Oct. 28 — Madison FDU A
Nov. 4 — Juniata H
Nov. 11 — Susquehanna A
woman and an athlete."
Doris Saracino, director of
women's athletics at Wilkes is a
quality educator who is committed
to the emerging role of women in
contemporary sport.
Under her direction the women's
athletic program at Wilkes has
grown from 1 sport to 6. When she
arrived in 1960, basketball was the
only sport for women. Since then,
5 new sports have been introduced
on the varsity level, making the
women's program at Wilkes
comparable in size to most college
athletic programs.
Mrs. Saracino's contributions to
Wilkes College also go beyond the
women’s athletic program. She is
a health instructor and an advisor
to the cheerleader, majorette and
strutter squads, and the Letter
women’s Club.
In addition to her administrative
duties, Mrs. Saracino also enjoys
coaching volleyball and serving as
a P1AA official. Officiating at local
contests also provides her with
excellent opportunities to scout
local talent for the recruitment
effort at Wilkes.
Mrs. Saracino is also a member
of the MAC Steering Committee,
where she is involved in the
development of the divisional
women’s program through the
determination of league competition,
the planning of divisional tourna
ments and other leadership input.
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�rOTTLIEB ’76 and
When asked what she thinks about
the female athlete of today, Mrs.
Saracino responded that today s
woman enjoys what she is doing.
She finds success and acceptance.
“She is not just an athlete, she is a
woman.”
How does she account for the
tremendous growth in Wilkes'
program?
Mrs. Saracino said, "We took
advantage of whatever was
available. For example, the hockey
field is not regulation size but it
was available and we made it work
for us.”
She also gives credit to the
Letterwomen's Club. “Fye rehed on
the club since its beginning in 19b2
_ it supplies funds to help each
sport grow and develop."
Mrs. Saracino feels the athletic
program will continue to grow at
Wilkes and would like to see a
lacrosse team formed in the future.
As for the formation of other sports
we can expect to see starting at
Wilkes, she replied, "It depends on
what demands are made by the
girls.”
Doris Saracino's unending energy
and continued commitment to the
growth of women's athletics has
paid off for the development of a
well-rounded sports program at
Wilkes. Her ability to promote the
female program in an era of
shrinking budgets is not only a
credit to her and the College, but
a much appreciated contribution
to the quality of student life on
the Wilkes campus.
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Pat \fiwSti
’a7an.d Frank
Elaina is an op “ed °n SaPtemb(
Sy^Vd^cS District and is
w.l.hn1,„tklns(“1Stre«;b«
Company of Philadelphia ti
reside in Media, Pa P
They
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SStSSijDave is a member of the
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“South River St" Author Takes
New Post
Marianne Montague, a 7976
graduate of Wilke,. ■. named
Program Coordinator of the
Student Activitie, Program and
College Union at Bloomsburg
State College. Before taking
over her duties in Bloomsburg
in the beginning of October,
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'■.e -.till hope to he involved with
o. ■ 'shoo! and the people who
I. and: tudy here. "1 hope to
U supportive of Wilkes Alumni
■■ 'in the future,” he stated.
Coll, m
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lafi wdl particularly miss
Marianne’s great contributions
to the magazine, and collectively
ur.li her the very best. ijje'll
miss her!
uUa/i/iiages
MARY ANN ZIELINSKI ’73 and
Richard Lazar were recently
married. Mary Ann is employed by
the Pittston Area School District.
ENID SULLUM ’72 was recently
married to Alan Tope. The couple
is residing in Allentown, Pa.
JOHN J. MATUSEK ”-76 and Penelope
Cresci were married in late summer.
John is employed by the Luzerne
County Office of Community
Development. The couple resides
in Mocanaqua, Pa.
DARLENE CHAI IMP '76 and BRUCE
BARBERA '74 were married
recently. Darlene is attending
Temple University School ol
Pharmacy and Bruce is self
employed, The couple resides in
Philadelphia.
>er
WAYNE BOHN ’7Sa
ware recently marrie^w De Pastua
&datConsoiidaZayneiS
residing in Plymouth, Pa.
ALISA BERGER ’73 was recently
married to Stephen Wartella, III.
Alisa received her master’s degree
in speech pathology from Temple
University. She has accepted a
position in Philadelphia.
NANCY BROMFIELD ’72 and John
Harchar were recently married. The
couple is residing in Swoyersville,
Pa.
BARBARA ROSE CHANDLER ’76
and Edgar Massey were married on
July 16. The couple is residing in
Baltimore, Maryland.
JOHN PETINKO, JR. ’72 and Mary
■ Ketchum were married on August
Mohn is employed as a teacher for
the Hanover Area School District in
Hanover Twp„ Pa.
&RM' S0B0TA ’77 and J.
SWersvilleMpeareCently
SSSfi-j*
Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Kingston, ra.,
residingcarol GUSGEKOFSKI ’76 and
dhti IP BESLER ’76 were married
„ijune 18. Carol is teaching science
,n Old Bridge, New Jersey, and Phil
is an accountant for the State of
New Jersey. The couple is residing
in Hightstown, N.J.
Marianne was affiliated with the
alumni and housing offices at
Wilkes.
A very popular member of the
Wilkes community, Marianne
holds very strong ties with the
College and emphasized that her
decision to take the Bloomsburg
w
as to further
■ eer in
education. When she thinks of
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she ret embers her many
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‘echmcianatE perahngroOIn
Easton, pa., 4ast0n Hospital,
is residing,
ae couPle
AMNKONOPKI’71and
were married recentiy.
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as an elemB
A<Ilke is employed
>tgomervcyteacherwifh the
Rockvilu u °,Unty Schools in
ls hiding inaTry nilc1' The couple
?and BarbaiCI1AAEL ZAI?ORNEY
y amedin
t,LHEAAN?RADROUSSIOTIS ’77
JOHN FRANCIS MICOCCI ’76 and
Deborah Ann Shekletski were
married on September 3. They will
reside in Media, Pa.
CAROL A. DOMINICK ’75 and John
Paul Mariani were recently married
Carol is employed as a medical
technologist at Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
MARK OMOLECKI ’75 and Gail
Gallucci were recently married.
Mark is employed as an instructor
for Luzerne County Human
Resources Department in WilkesBarre and they are residing in
Hazleton, Pa.
DONNA MARIE KUMIEGA ’77 and
John J. Kwak, Jr., were recently
married. Donna is employed as an
assistant manager of a condominium
project in Columbus, Ohio.
MICHELE LA ROSE ’77 and David
D. Zellner were married on June 4.
They are residing in Memphis,
Tennessee.
EVONNE GNATT,73 andM.cha
P. Casey were married recently.
vonne is an elementary teacher in
fee Lake-Lehman School District,
Dallas, Pa.
CATHERINE JEANNE WILLIAMS
’77 and CLARENCE GERARD OZGO
’75 were married on October 15.
Clarence is employed as a teacher
in the Wilkes-Barre Area School
District.
MARCIA DALE BLOCK ’76 and
Mark W. Kaufman were recently
married in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
DEBRA ANN DZIECIOL'77 and
Charles B. Angelo were recently
married in Kingston. Debbie is a
kindergarten teacher at Sacred
Heart School, Luzerne, Pa.
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JACQUELINE MICHELLE
BECCARIS ’76 and MARK JOHN
WANKO ’76 were married recently.
Jackie is continuing her education
at Wilkes, while Mark is employed
by General Lamp Corporation in
Wilkes-Barre as a sales manager.
They are residing in Kingston, Pa.
BARBARA ANN SWANDICK ’75
and Michael J. Duda were recently
married. Barbara is employe y
United Penn Bank, Wilkes-Barr ,
Pa.
JUDITH NOYLE ’67 and James &
Lane were recently married. Judy is
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family presently reside5 in
Tunkhannock, ra-
employed by Pennsylvania
Department of Public
Pennhurst Center. The}
at Wescosville, Pa.
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�RUTH TETSCHNER HUSBAND ’70
was recently appointed elementary
principal in the Dallas School
District in Dallas, Pa. Her responsi
bilities include the administration
of the Dallas Township Elementary
School and the Dallas Intermediate
School.
McKALIPS DIESTELMEIER ’77 in
Iowa City, Iowa.
from Marymount College this past
August. He is currently northeast
regional manager for Pall
Corporation.
A baby boy, Gregory, was born on
October 20. to STEPHEN ’75 and
BEVERLY CHISLO SOLFANELLI
’74. Steve is in his first year of an
oral surgery residency program at
Presbyterian University Hospital,
Pittsburgh, Pa„ where they reside.
A daughter. Karen, was born on
June 17, to Dr. and Mrs. Dominick
Burlone of Anderson. South
Carolina. Mrs. Burlone is the former
GARY R. BROD '76 is obtaining the
degree of juris doctor from Ohio
Northern University Law School.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
recently awarded advanced degrees
to the following Wilkes alumni;
JOYCE ROTHER ’71 and she is
employed part time as a statistics
instructor.
A daughter, Kelly Ann. was born on
June 16. to Mary Ann and TOM
KRAPSHO ’70. Tom is a negotiator
for the Bureau of Labor Relations
in Harrisburg where they reside.
They also have another daughter.
Laura Leigh.
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A son. Christopher Michael, was
born on June 17. to ANTHONY ’69
and ELOISE GRIFFITHS ORSI ’69
in East Windsor. New Jersey. They
are also the parents of two
daughters. Pamela, age 6. and
Madelaine, age 2.
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FAITH (SKORDINSKI) SHARER
’76 is serving with the U. S. Air
Force as a 2nd lieutenant in the
Personnel Department at Goodfellow
A.F.B., San Angelo, Texas. Faith
will begin graduate school in
January at Angelo State University
majoring in guidance and counseling.
DR. THOMAS D. MORGAN ’51 is
principal of the Vernon-VeronaSherril Junior-Senior High School.
; Tom resides with his wife, the
former ANN PERRY ’52, in Sherrill,
New York.
A baby girl. Kelley Hughes, was
born on Julv 16, to JOSEPH ’72 and
DIANNE HUGHES TREACY ’72 of
Tariffville, Connecticut. Joe has
recently been promoted to a
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A son. John Paul, was born on June
9, to JOHN ’73 and NADZLA
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A daughter, Lisa Ann, was born on
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A son, Jason David, was bom on
January 20, to ROBERT ’74 and
DENISE BOWEN OGONOWSKI ’74.
Bob was recently promoted to
operations officerat Commercial
Bank of Hollywood, Florida. They
reside in Fort Lauderdale.
A son, Christopher Ryan, was born
on June 17, to Mike and RUTH
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ROBERT H. POTTER ’75 has been
promoted to the rank of first
lieutenant with the U. S. Air Force.
Robert is currently serving at
Ellsworth A.F.B., South Dakota as
a deputy missile combat crew
commander.
GARY G. POPOVICH ’65 has been
promoted to manager of advanced
programming design, technical
planning-engineering support, at
the IBM System Products Division
Development Laborator}’ in
Poughkeepsie, New York. Gary lives
I in Wappingers Falls with his wife
j and two children.
A daughter. Elizabeth Lee. was born
on August 21. to Brian and ELLEN
TAGGART TULL '69. Ellen is an
editorial consultant for the Curtis
Publishing Company and resides
with her family in Indianapolis,
Indiana.
father in the E. L. Nichols
Department Store, and Kathy has
been teaching nursery school. The
family resides in Bennington,
Vermont.
ROBERT M. SMITH ’69 received a
Ph.D. in chemistry; FLOYD J.
MILLER, JR. ’76 was awarded a
master’s degree in technical writing
and NANCY SNEE ’75 received a
master’s degree in urban and
environmental studies.
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JOSEPH E. KIEFER ’68 has been
named head varsity soccer coach at
Pennsburg High School, Pa.
EDWARD F. KAMINSKY ’73 is an
assistant professor in the economics
and business administration
department at Juniata College in
Huntingdon. Pa.
W. LEE MILLER ’74 is a district
WILLIAM W. CHEUNG ’76 recently
received his master’s degree from
Cornell University. He is now
attending the School of Dental
Medicine at the University of Pa.
assistant with the Anchor Packing
Company of Philadelphia, Pa.
ARTHUR H. TREVETHAN ’68 has
been appointed supervisor,
Property Claims Training, at
Nationwide Insurance Company in
Columbus, Ohio.
ELLEN BELNOSKI SAWKIW ’69
recently received a master's degree
in education from Fordham
University in New York City and is
a reading specialist at the Jim
Thorpe High School in Jim Thorpe,
Pa.
MAUREEN MARIE KOCYLOWSKI
'77 is a registered nurse employed
by the Nanticoke-Hazleton Mental
Health-Mental Retardation Center.
HEISTER V. HOWER ’75 received
a master's degree in education from
Clemson University and is presently
enrolled in the M.A./Ph.D. program
in linguistics at the University of
Georgia, where he teaches German.
He is also chairman of the Foreign
Language Department at Rutledge
Academy, Rutledge, Georgia.
GAYLE M. DONALESKI ’77 has
been appointed the coordinator of
veterans affairs at Luzerne County
Community College.
HARRY B. KELLER '70 recently
became credit manager for Cardo
Automotive Products, Inc. in
Philadelphia, Pa, I larry resides with
his wife, Susan, and their Z’/s year
old son, Lane, in Lansdale, Pa.
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THURMAN GROVE '66 has secured
a position in the Agronomy
Department at Cornell University.
He resides with his wife in Ithaca,
New York.
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��Dr. FRANK P. POLANOWSKI ’61
has joined Elizabethtown College as
an assistant professor of biology.
Frank has spent the last four years
engaged in human breast cancer
research sponsored by the National
Cancer Institute.
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HOMER E. GRAHAM ’73 has been
elected an assistant vice president in
Manufacturers Hanover Trust's
Corporate Cash Management
Department in New York City.
MICHAEL R. BREAKSTONE ’74 has
been promoted to district supervisor
of the Bartolomeo Pio. Inc., a wine
and spirits brokerage house located
in Glenside, Pa. He resides with his
wife, Chris, in Wilkes-Barre.
ERNEST KRUTE '66 is currently
manager of Special Financings for
P.P.G. Industries, Inc., in Pittsburgh.
Pa. Ernie resides with his wife,
Vallie Lee. and children, in
Monroeville.
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ROY A. SHUBERT ’69 was elected
vice president of communications
for the Philadelphia Chapter of the
National Association of
Accountants. Roy is a C.P.A. and
the manager of corporate tax for
the Philadelphia Suburban Corp.
He resides with his wife. LYDLA.
McCLOSKEY SHUBERT ’65, and
son in Delran. New Jersey.
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WALTER [BRICK) QUINN’75 is
now working at WNEP-TV, Channel
16, as an account executive and will
receive a master’s degree in
marketing next May. Brick lives
with his wife, Marguerite, and sons,
Matthew and Brian, in
Tunkhannock, Pa.
SONIA LANG KANTOR ’63 has
been elected president of the
Hoover School P.T.A. in Palo Alto.
California, where she resides with
her husband, Robert, and their three
children, Jeffery, Jason and Jennifer.
WILLIAM T. PERKOSKI '72 is a
supervisor in the internal audit
department with Gulf and Western
Industries in New York City. He
resides with his wife, JUDITH
GERKO PERKOSKI ’63 in
Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
THEODORE J. TRAMALONI ’73,
who lives in Buffalo, New York, is
a producer-director with Channel
17- WNED Television.
FRANK H. MENAKER, JR. '62 has
been appointed general counsel of
Martin Marietta Aerospace, an
operating company of Martin
Marietta Corporation.
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WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
JEAN A. FADUSKO ’65 is serving
at Ramstein A.F.B. in Germany as an
environmental medical officer.
Dr. MICHAEL I. ROBINSON ’71 has
opened an office for the practice
of general dentistry, in Luzerne, Pa.
JOY GEIDA DZWILEFSKY ’69 is
working as a teacher's aid at the
Nassau Elementary School,
Poughkeepsie, New A ork, where she
resides with her husband, Joe, and
daughters. Debbie and Holly'.
DAVID C. WILLIAMS '69 has been
with the Math Department of the
N. E. High School of Anne Arundel
County.Pasadena, Maryland. David
recently received his master’s
degree from Johns Hopkins
University.
Capt. RONALD E. BUKEVICZ ’70
recently earned a master's degree
from Oklahoma City University' and
is now serving as a pilot with a unit
of the Air Training Command at
Randolph A.F.B., Texas.
College and specialized in internal
medicine during his residency.
Howard is married to the former
BONNIE TOGNELLI ’65.
RONALD J. FITZGERALD ’55 ha:is
been named to the chairman's
council of Bache Halsey Stuart
Shields Incorporated, an
investment brokerage firm branch
located in Washington, D. C. Ronald
is married to the former BARBARA
BIALOGAWIGZ ’56, and they are
residing in Alexandria, Virginia.
MARIANNE MONTAGUE ’76 has
been named program coordinator in
Kehr Union at Bloomsburg State
College. She will be assisting in the
planning of annual events and in
charge of the public relations in
general for the Kehr Union.
Marianne resides at 600 East
Second Street, Bloomsburg, Pa.
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BLASE L. GAVLICK ’73 has entered
the Delaware Law School,
Wilmington, and his wife, the
former JEAN GILROY, ’74 has
accepted a position with the MarpleNewtown Schools, Newtown
Square, Pa. as a reading specialist.
LARAINE R. MANCUSO ’73
recently returned from England
where she spent the past year
studying at the University' of Leeds.
Laraine is now attending Hunter
College of the City University of
Nevr York where she is completing
work for her master’s degree in
history.
JEFFRY H. GALLET ’64 recently
announced that the firm of Yavner,
Gallet, Oziel, Freedman and Brett
has been dissolved, but the general
practice of law will continue under
the firm name of Yavner and Gallet.
The firm will continue to operate
out of 598 Madison Avenue, New
York City.
Capt. WALTER P. PETROFSKI '70
has been decorated with the U. S.
Combat Readiness Medal at Loring
A.F.B., Main, where he is a radar
navigator with the Strategic Air
Command. He also earned a master's
degree from the University of
Southern California extension at
Loring.
Dr. HOWARD G. HUGHES ’65 has
been appointed an associate in the
Department of Emergency Medicine
at Geisinger Medical Center in
Danville, Pa. He received his medical
education al Jefferson Medical
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LIBORIO S. BACGANARI ’77 of
205 Bennett Street, Exeter, Pa., died
on August 29, 1977.
1 le graduated from Pittston High
School in 1951 and served with the
U. S. Army, being discharged in
1963. Liborio entered Wilkes in 1967
and received bis B. A. in psychology
in May, 1977.
He is survived by his wife,
Marilyn.
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Benton Spruance
vs. Syracuse
Rose Perkoski
vs. Oswego & Mass. Maritime
vs. Montclair
Robert Sacchi
“Incident At Vichy”
vs. Lycoming
Klaus Lietz
vs. Albright
vs. Susquehanna
vs. Susquehanna
vs. Lycoming
vs. Lycoming
Scholastic Art Awards
vs. Lackawanna
Vincent Price
vs. Upsala
Wilkes College Band
Tish McCarthy/ Peggy Schutz
vs. Scranton
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vs. Elizabethtown
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JOHN G. KONSAVAGE ’54 of
Hamilton Road, Dallas, Pa., died on
October 13,1977.
He graduated from Edwardsville
High School and received his B.S.
in Commerce and Finance from
Wilkes in 1954. John had recently
been appointed resident manager of
Warren W. York and Co., Inc.,
whose local office is in the United
Penn Bank Building. He had been
an instructor and had conducted
courses in investments and
economics at Wilkes.
He is survived by his wife, Marie,
and three children, Mrs. Harry K.
Eisenberg, San Francisco; J. Gregory
Jr., Pittsburgh; and Karen, at home.
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Mel Blanc
David Sick. .Margaret Hreha
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WILKE6 COLLEGE
Volume 2, Number 1
editor
George G. Pawlush '69
associate editors
Jane Manganella
Rich Strobel
OPEN LETTER TO THE ALUMNI
The alumni play a vital part in the
well-being of a college. It’s unnecessary to
point out how important your financial
support is. But there is another kind of help
you can give your alma mater that is at
least as important, and won’t cost you a
cent.
Wilkes, like most of our sister colleges,
faces the 19S0’s with some trepidation. You
are probably familiar with predictions, such
as that of Garland G. Parker of the
University of Cincinnati, that college
enrollments will “nosedive in the 1980’s”.
If Wilkes is to achieve in the future, her
full promise and potential, then we must
maintain our present number of students.
This means we must increase our market
share. Coupled with this, we hope to get
growing numbers of top rank students.
Here is how the alumni can help. If you
know of any high school students who
might make good students, tell them about
us. If you have friends or business
associates who are looking for the right
college for their children, tell them about
Wilkes. No one knows better than you what
Wilkes is really all about. Therefore, no
one is better qualified to judge whether
Wilkes would be the right college for a
given youngster. If Wilkes seems to be the
right choice for a student we’d like to hear
about him or her.
If you would write or call the Admissions
Office, The Alumni Office, myself, or any
faculty member about a prospective student,
we’ll be happy to follow up with all the
information and help we can give.
With best wishes and hopes,
Bob DeYoung, Chairman
Admissions Committee
Wilkes College
of the Reichard & Weaver Brewing
Company. The firm owned and operated
breweries in Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton, and
several other cities. The Wilkes-Barre
brewer}’ was located on upper Water Street
near its juncture with North River St. Both
my aunt and her husband were children of
early German settlers who located in
Wilkes-Barre prior to the Civil War.
Mrs. Weaver and members of her family
continued to live in the edifice until her
death in 1950. The home was sold to the
United Mine Workers, who made it their
office headquarters, prior to its purchase
by the college.
George P. Weaver, Jr., her son, married
Margaret Butler, a direct descendent of
Colonel Zebulon Butler, who commanded
the valley settlers at the Battle of Wyoming,
July 1778.
Mrs. Frances Weaver was the sister of my
father, I^ouis Hartmann. As for the house,
itself? It may not be one of the historic
houses on the Wilkes campus, but I always
remember it for the pleasant memories
which I associate with it.
Sincerely yours,
Edward G. Hartmann, Ph.D. ’35
Professor of History
Suffolk University
Boston, Mass.
WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
Bi
Joan Vorbach '78
Cara Berryman
Vesta Breakstone
Bob Gaetano '80
Eddie White in '80
WILKES — A GOOD NEIGHBOR
administrative assistant
Dear President Capin:
Just as I have other issues, I enjoyed
reading the winter issue of the Wilkes
College Quarterly.
I was particularly taken with the essay
“The Wilkes Campus: A Look at its
Historical and Architectural Heritage.” I
think Mr. Andrews has done an outstanding
job of imparting information on a topic of
interest to many of us and he has done it
with flair and brevity. The accompanying
photographs do much to assist in its success.
It seems to me features such as this could
be of significant public relations value to
Wilkes. This one has a distinct “town and
gown” flavor to it and, discreetly exploited,
could identify Wilkes not just as a good
neighbor in the community but as a
neighbor interested in preserving the
heritage of its community and willing to
share its wealth of wisdom with student
and non-student alike.
Very truly yours,
Joseph A. Williams
Executive Director
Indus. Develop. Auth.
City of Wilkes-Barre
ToniReavy
P.S. Should you wish to print this letter,
how about accompanying it with a photo
graph of the Weaver home? Some of the
alumni may remember me as assistant
professor at Wilkes, 1946-47. Included
among my students were Atty. Joseph J.
Savitz, chairman of the board of trustees,
and Judge Edwin M. Kosik.
Thanks for your letter Dr. Hartmann.
We are pleased to provide a picture of
Franklin (Weaver) Hall.
Dear Editor:
I would like to extend my compliments
to you and the Wilkes College Quarterly
staff for the outstanding job on the format
of the alumni publication.
I want to personally thank you for the
article on the retirement of Lt. Col. Richard
L. Wing, former AFROTC commandant.
He started many students on the road to an
exciting, rewarding career in the U. S. Air
Force. I, for one, shall never forget him.
Evelyn D. Hager, 2nd Lt., USAF 76
62nd Security Police Squadron
McChord AFB, WA 98438
Thanks Evelyn. Judging from the
calls received by the Public Relations Office
for his new address, you belong to a very
large group. In fact his new address is
R. D. 1, Box 90, Portageville, N.Y. 1453b.
Bom a hunchback dwarf, one leg shorter than the other, this lonely
outcast helped shape the American way of life we know today! Wilkes
Engineering Department tries to instill his ideas and ideals in the
engineers of tomorrow.
The cover was created by noted contemporary illustrator/designer
Ralph J. Frost, III.
contributing staff
Janine Pokrinchak '78
Pam Long '79
Jeff Acornley '78
Noreen Corbett '79
Kathy Bozinski '78
Dave Jolley'78
Quality in Small Quantities
by Janine Pokrinchak ’78
An Alumni Commitment Necessary
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Whatever Turns You On
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editorial advisor
Arthur J. Hoover '55
circulation manager
Lynn Jacobs
art director
Jon Schaffer
photography editor
John Miknevich
LYNNWOOD STUDIO
The WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
is published quarterly by the Wilkes
College Public Relations Office
and the Alumni Relations Office.
TIP OF THE HAT
Dear Editor:
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UP AND AWAY by Pam Long '79
MUSH by Jane Manganella
TANKS ALOT by Rich. Strobel
THE KEY THAT OPENS DOORS by Kathy Bozinski '78
letters 2
Chronicle 4
TO COLONEL WING
FRANKLIN HALL REMEMBERED
I enjoyed reading the article on “The
Wilkes Campus: A Look at its Historical
and Architectural Heritage” which appeared
in the Winter, 1977 Wilkes College
Quarterly. Ronald L. Andrews’ mention of
Franklin Hall brought back memories.
Franklin Hall, which I presume was named
after Colonel John Franklin, is the edifice
located at 165 South Franklin St., directly
across from Weckesser Flail.
The house was built for my aunt, Mrs.
Frances Hartmann Weaver (1862-1950)
around 1903-04. She was the widow of
George P. Weaver (1853-1902), president
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Wilkes pays tribute to one of the world's greatest minds, electrical
engineer Charles Proteus Steinmetz. His experiments with
alternating current (AC), magnetism and lightning arresters to protect
high-power lines made possible the practical transmission and
distribution of power to energize the electrical requirements our
society has become so dependent upon, from the light bulb to
computers.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MiSS Mary R. Koons, Honorary Member
Reuben H. Levy, Honorary Member
OFFICERS
Joseph J. Savitz '48, Chairman
Ben Badman, Jr. ’41, First Vice Chairman
William J. Umphred ’52, Second Vice Chairman
Richard L. Pearsall. Secretary
Arthur J. Hoover '55, Assistant Secretary
Mrs. Walter M. Diener, Treasurer
Joseph J. Chisarick ’61, Assistant Treasurer
Faculty Abstract 6
Undergraduate 16
James A. Adonizio
Mrs. Robert Arenstein '68
Edward Bixby. M.D.
Charles N. Burns. M.D. '35
Donald F. Carpenter
William L. Conyngham
Mrs. Edward Darling
Mrs. William Davidowitz
Mrs. Stanley Davies
Mrs. Richard M. Ehret
Mrs. Eberhard L. Faber
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South River St. Revival 20
Alan M. Glover, Ph.D.
Frank M. Henry
Andrew Hourigan, Jr.
Robert L. Jones
Thomas H. Kiley
Edwin M. Kosik '49
Richard Maslow
Charles H. Miner
Gerald A. Moffatt '63
William G. Mulligan
F. Ellsworth Parkhurst
Max Rosenn
Richard M. Ross, Jr.
Louis Shaffer
Ronald W. Simms '60
William H. Sword, Jr.
E. Arthur Trabant. Ph.D.
Norman E. Weiss
Joseph A. Wiendl
PRESIDENT
Robert S. Capin '50
�MW®
Innovative Education
Through the co-op program, the
college student obtains practical
work experience in his chosen
field.
“The co-op program allows the
student to take a close look at his
potential career," states Robert
J. Koester Jr., director of co
operative education at Wilkes
College. “It gives the student a
chance to utilize classroom theory
for practical purposes."
Co-operative education at Wilkes
College is an optional work
experience program which becomes
a valuable part of the student’s
overall education. That work
experience is directly related to
the student’s academic curriculum
or vocational goal.
The program consists of more
than one semester of off-campus
work experience in which most
students are paid while earning
college credits. While financial
reasons are secondary to the
educational benefits derived from
the job, earning ability is important
to most people and is often the
enabling device to make such an
education possible.
Applicants are screened by the
Co-operative Education Depart
ment, and then prepared for a job
nterview by the Placement Office
The employer decides if the
student qualifies for employment
The student is evaluated by his
department, the employer and the
Cooperative Education Depa/tment
The college graduate with work
experience is a sought-after
commodity.
Many co-op participants are
immediately hired, upon graduation,
by the organizations they worked
for during the co-op program.
A variety of fields of interest
participate in the program; Bell
Telephone, Sloan-Kettering
Institute for Cancer Research,
Pennsylvania Gas and Water Co.
and Allentown Sacred Heart
Hospital, to name a few.
"We send interested students to
other cities to gain needed exper
ience if necessary," Koester went
on, “If the student elects, he can
go to Harrisburg, Philadelphia or
New York, or one of many cities
to gain on-the-job experience."
Wilkes College's Co-operative
Education Program is affiliated
with the Life Experience Internship
Program which places college
students in state government
agencies, non-profit organizations,
legislative offices and state related
associations.
Thanks to the Co-operative
Education Program, more college
students will graduate better
prepared for future prospects.
Kinney’s Kids” Conquer
They file into the room, ready
to debate Harvard. The Harvard
debate team carries suitcases filled
with evidence. The confident
captain of the Ivy League squad
“Who “ ’HfoPPonents and sneers,
hSof Wllke?Col^n’ve never
som A f yOlt Aren’‘ y0U from
some town that was flooded’”
CooUpJraMkC10Sely'Viththe
beaten'^ours later, Wilkes had
SQ that each co-opCp5oDnTertment'
Hr wPnTard-They'aren’t the
abouS i
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Wilkes College the hard way.
We have raised our level of
«ndpaSalI:gneadmini='rations
of
extol the benefits fganizati°ns
education TheUp? Cn’°perativ«
declared Dr. SrS^K-011'''
coach of the Wiwl n v KlnneV.
“Not since iqYr k u Debate Union'be numbe^’J?1? Wilkes was
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COLLEGE QUARTERLY
t fea°
°®onie
d‘d we enjoy this ki^d"
nat‘On’
m debating.”
* d of rePutation
Debating is defineH a
ment to disagree witSin?" de
ground rules. A match V-*®*
teams lasts one ronn? behveentl
EachoftwodebatSo^^bo?0
is allowed 10 minute’?nnatea"i.
eight round? PoinUarZ°f si* 'o
to the team who wins each ded
and to the individual dTmt^nd’
.h="“£S,\5X^
same topic. This year’s topic asks
the question, “Should law enforcement agencies be given signifi
cantly greater freedom in the
investigation and prosecution
of a felony crime?”
Debaters, as well as their coach,
become somewhat experts on their
subject. “We may have as many
as 40,000 note cards filled with
evidence on one topic,” stated
Dr. Kinney. Gathering more infor
mation throughout the semester,
the students polish their arguments.
During practice, each debater
receives criticism from team
members and their coach. “We
try to detect faulty reasoning or
weak arguments, we correct
physical distractions such as
shifting weight from one foot to
the other, or poor posture,” Some
times, by the use of video tape, the
student observes himself.
Dr. Bradford L. Kinney entered
Wilkes College with the idea ot
teaching speech and buildings
debate team. He earned his
doctorate in rhetoric and pub i
address at the University of i
burgh. In only four years, his
have won over 170 trophies a
traveled over 17,000 miles.
“Students broaden their ®*pting
ence through travel and by mee i =
people,” Kinney went on,
learn the art of sound reason jjon's
and how to react to anothe p
thinking.”
This year's debate team broke a
victory record which has stood for
20 years. The old record of 30
victories for an entire year, fell in
only one semester. “Kinney's Kids”,
the team nickname, have logged 55
victories, with hopes of doubling
the old record before debating
season ends.
“Our strength lies in the fact
that we work as one unit. We help
each other, we encourage each
other, we are like one big happy
family."
Years ago, with his car filled
with debaters, Dr. Kinney stopped
at a gasoline station. The team
overflowing with spirit, was making
plenty of noise. Kinney asked for
quiet. The team responded in
unison, “Yes daddy." — thus the
birth of “Kinney’s Kids”.
Tee shirts, pins, signs and car
stickers bearing the "Kinney's Kids”
label started a nation-wide fad
among debate teams. “We take
debating seriously, but we do have
a lot of fun," Kinney remarked.
Coach Kinney also recommends
physical exercise for his team.
“Physically alert means mentally
alert.”
Enjoying a reputation as a tough,
well-disciplined team, Wilkes is
invited to tournaments all over
the country. As “Kinney’s Kids”
continue their record breaking year,
they no longer hear, “Who is
Wilkes College?"
Promotion For Pawlush
George Pawlush has been named
public relations director at the
college.
Pawlush, a 1969 alumnus, joined
Wilkes as sports information
director following graduation. He
held that post until January 1977,
when he was appointed news
bureau director. Among his new
duties is the editorship of the
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He holds a B. S. degree in
Commerce and Finance and an M. S.
in Education and is an adjunct
professor in the English Depart
ment, instructing basic newswriting
courses and the journalism intern
program.
“I am honored to have the
opportunity to guide Wilkes
College’s public relations program.
Wilkes is a vibrant institution and
I look forward to communicating
this to the public,” he said.
Pawlush also serves as editor of
the Wilkes-Hahnemann Report; was
managing editor of the WILKES
COLLEGE QUARTERLY; and edits
the college's football magazine.
In 1975, the football magazine was
voted as the third best college
division game program in the nation
by the College Sports Information
Directors of America.
He is advisor to both the college’s
Circle K Club and the student
Cherry Blossom Committee and
adds the advisorship of the Wilkes
College newspaper, The Beacon.
He also served as the first varsity
cross country coach and guided the
program for six years before relin
quishing coaching duties last year.
Active in civic affairs, Pawlush
served as chairman of the 1976 and
1977 Cherry Blossom Committee
of the Greater Wilkes-Barre
Chamber of Commerce. He is one
of the founders and current
president of the Wyoming Valley
AAU Striders, an organization for
amateur running enthusiasts, and
has directed several meets.
He is auditor of the Holy Trinity
Orthodox Church, Wilkes-Barre,
and a past governor of the Anthra
cite District, Federated Russian
Orthodox Clubs.
The new PR director is married
to the former Carol Corbett and
the Pawlush’s have one son.
Dollars and Sense
To pay or not to pay? That is
the question some Wilkes College
alumni have asked themselves
over the years, with regard to
repayment of their National
Student Direct Loans (NSDL).
Fred Croop, the assistant comp
troller at the college, relates that
95.4% of the 34,266,000 which has
been advanced to Wilkes students
since the program began in 1959
has been repaid.
“We are regulated by law to do
everything reasonably possible to
obtain repayment," says Croop.
“Despite our efforts, there is still
$199,278 in loans outstanding and
the college could conceivably be
forced to absorb this debt."
Students receiving National
Student Direct Loans are presently
required to take an exit interview
with the director of financial aid,
discussing a repayment schedule,
prior to graduation. The college is
required to report to the federal
government concerning the repay
ment of loans made to its students.
Procedures of past due billing
are for the college to first send
notices 15, 30 and 45 days after
the due date. “We then attempt to
personally contact the person and
relate the procedures of past-due
loans without applying any type of
pressure," reports Croop.
After 180 days, the college is
legally required to turn the matter
over to a collection agency. "This
is a step which we try to avoid since
it forces us to seek help outside the
College Family and the situation
becomes an external matter," Croop
adds. It also means that part of the
unpaid loan collected will be the
agency’s fee.
If the collection agency is unable
to track down the delinquent party,
the case is referred to a second
collection agency. The final
recourse for both the college and
the federal government is to
institute legal action.
"Each collection agency has its
own method of collecting the
delinquent funds. While we do not
condone any unreasonable actions
on their part, unfortunately once
the matter leaves our hands after
180 days, we lose control to correct
the situation on a personal and
relaxed basis.”
Croop urges all alumni faced
with this problem to “settle the
delinquency as quickly as possible.
It is a real problem and an obliga
tion which must be met."
1984
Wilkes College has broadened
and extended its horizons in the
field of Computer Sciences by
purchasing a $250,000 HewlettPackard — 3000-11 Computer
System thereby causing a campus
wide ‘‘computer revolution" as
various college departments and
administrative offices learn to
communicate with and utilize this
“mechanical brain."
"The entire campus is going
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5
�through this computer revolution,"
according to Dr. Bing Wong,
chairman of the Department of
Mathematics and Computer
Sciences. "More and more students,
staff and faculty members, and
administrators are learning to use
the new computer every day."
He pointed out, "The illiterates
of the future may well be those
who are unable to use one or more
of the multitude of programming
languages to communicate with the
computer."
J
David Williams, right, director of the
Wilkes College Computer Center, and
Joseph Volack, left, system manager, are
shown putting the new Hewlett-Packard
computer through its paces.
The new system includes a central process
ing unit with 256 K bytes of memory, a 600
lines per minute printer, two slower
character printers, a card reader, four disc
drives with a total of 130 million characters
of storage capacity, a tape drive, and 16
CRT terminals.
The use of the terminals has been so great
that Wilkes College has already acquired
additional control mechanisms which will
allow 16 more terminals to be added in the
near future.
The quarter-million dollar H-P
system was selected after a year
long study by an ad hoc faculty
administration committee which
evaluated a large number of systems
proposed by leading computer
manufacturers to meet present and
projected needs of Wilkes College.
"While many computer systems
considered would meet the admin
istrative needs of Wilkes,” Dr.
Wong explained, “the H-P system
was chosen because it is an ideal
instructional tool as well."
The new system replaces a
former-generation computer that
served Wilkes' previous academic
and administrative needs. Under
the old “batch” mode of operation,
a user often spent many hours
preparing a program on punch
cards. Much time was wasted as
the user waited for the operator
to run the program and return the
results on print-out sheets. The
6 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
only way the user could correct
mistakes, however minor, was to
repunch the "bad" cards and
resubmit the entire program to the
computer. It was not uncommon
fora beginning student to repeat
this process several times before
obtaining a completed program.
In addition to being able to
handle "batch” jobs, the new H-P
system is also a time-sharing
machine which enables a large
number of people to use it simul
taneously. As soon as a user "signs
on" at a CRT terminal, using a
preassigned private code word,
instant communication is established
with the computer. The terminal
consists of a typewriter keyboard
and a television screen. The user
types in his program and can
correct any errors as he proceeds.
The entire task can often be
completed in a single sitting.
Students, in particular, find this
a much better way to learn com
puter languages.
Another advantage of the new
H-P system is that it incorporate
the newest computer technology
It boasts of a memory which is fout
times greater than the previous
computer used at Wilkes, yet the
new computer costs considerably
less to maintain and consumes
much less energy than its prede
cessor.
The new computer system is
designed for a wide range of
applications and purposes. Term
inals connected to it are the most
popular “new toys” among Wilke:
!S
students these days. In addition
to doing assignments related to
computer courses, some enterprising
students, computer club members,
are using the new computer to
design art prints for sale to raise
Ted Veremeychik
faculty
by Dave Jolley
“Music is a must for every college
student. The arts in general, can t
be stressed enough,” comments
Ted Veremeychik, a member of the
music faculty. His opinion is based
on a personal belief that the arts
help everyone in their daily lives.
“Enjoying good music, painting,
literature or any other art form is
experiencing the best things that
life has to offer.”
Veremeychik is totally dedicated
to music, both as a performer and
a teacher. He plays the dual role
with dignity and devotion when
he performs with the Brass Quintet,
a group of four students he also
coaches. He admits to enjoying this
type of endeavor more than any
other, and his pleasure at doing this
has become a fringe benefit for local
high-school students. The Quintet
make themselves available to all
high-school music departments upon
request.
A native of the Pittsburgh area,
Veremeychick’s association with the
college began seven years ago.
When appointed to the faculty he
assumed responsibility for the
brass section of the department.
Ted enjoys the small college atmos
phere and is convinced of its
importance in relation to a well
rounded education, since it gives
the student a sense of individuality
and the opportunity to relate to the
faculty.
Despite the heavy schedule at
Wilkes, he finds time to participate
in civic happenings. He performs
with the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic Orchestra, is a choir
director in St. Andrew’s Orthodox
Church, and serves as a board
member on the Back Mountain
Cultural Committee.
Veremeychik is a graduate of
Indiana State University of
Pennsylvania, and before coming
to Wilkes, worked as a graduate
assistant at the University of Miami,
Florida, while earning his MA. He
later attended Catholic University
in Washington, D. C., and is
presently working on his doctors e
in Music Arts at Northwestern
University.
Hopefully, the music departmen
and community will continue o
benefit from his dedication to
music.
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funds. Others use it to compose,
edit and generate finished copies
of term papers to be submitted to
various professors.
In anticipation of the installation
of the new H-P computer, Wilkes
College started a new computer
science major program last Fall.
Dr. Wong said the new* major has
attracted widespread interest.
Enrollment in computer science
has been increasing much faster
than expected.
The computer science program
at Wilkes College was strengthened
last year by the addition of two
faculty members: Dr. John A. Koch,
who received his doctorate from
the University of Illinois; and Dr.
Joseph A. Parker, who earned his
Ph.D. at Cal-Tech.
The new staffers are responsible
for such recent course additions
as "Advanced Cobol and File
Management”, "Operating System
Principles", "Simulation and Data
Analysis", "Data Base Management”,
and "Compiler Design” to the
offerings in the Department of
Mathematics and Computer Science
of Wilkes.
The Engineering Department,
under the chairmanship of Dr.
Umid Nejib, is also using the new
H-P system extensively in its degree
programs in electrical and materials
engineering.
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The new H-P 3000 Series II computer is
quickly being adopted by nearly every
Wilkes College administrative office to
greatly increase record keeping efficiency.
Mary Larusso, seated, a member of the
finance office staff, is using this terminal
to retrieve payroll data from the computer.
Standing, from left, are Joseph Chisarick,
comptroller; Andrew Shaw, Jr., dean of
management; and Fred Croop, assistant
comptroller.
Much of the planning and implementation
of Wilkes College's computer science/
mathematics program has been conducted
by Dr. Bing Wong, chairman of the
department.
It’s Not
Too Early To
Start Planning
For The
31st
Annual Alumni
HOMECOMING
Dr. IVong, left, a veteran Wilkes College
faculty member, is shown with Dr. John
Koch, a member of the mathematics/
computer science faculty.
Dr. Koch gained international recognition
as a junior member of a three-man
University of Illinois faculty team which
used a computer to solve the famous "Four
Color Problem."
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
October 13,14,15,1978
THE WILKES
Advanced computer-oriented
engineering courses afford students
a unique opportunity to study inte
grated circuits and micro-processors
which are basic building blocks of
the modern computer.
Not to be outdone by their
colleagues in engineering, the social
scientists at Wilkes will be able to
use statistical packages like SPSS
and simulation languages such as
GASP to study social problems.
At the present time, the largest
single group of students using the
new H-P computer comes from the
accounting and business depart
ments.
Under the direction of David
Williams, director of the Wilkes
College Computer Center, the
various administrative departments
are rapidly converting existing files
and programs from the former
computer system to on-line appli
cations on the new H-P system.
Terminals are being installed in
the offices of admissions, business,
finance, the registrar, alumni and
development.
Authorized college personnel
will soon be able to project and
update on little television screens
information about payrolls, billings,
student records, and other data
vital to the day-to-day operations
of Wilkes College.
Many adults are returning to the
college campus to learn the new
computer languages. They do not
want to be among the computer
illiterates of the future. They are
learning with the aid of one of the
best systems available in this
computer era.
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�Wilkes College°e^gifnaeCeJat
uates can hold their own
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exists," emphasizes Dr. Umid
Nejib, chairman of the Wi|kes
Coliege Engineering Depart,
"We are finally getting the--:ment.
attention that we deserveIe national
because our graduates are maki,
their presence known in indu' mg
istry."
Wilkes has maintained a two
year program in engineering for
many years, but only since 1968
has the four-year program of
studies existed.
The Engineering Department
offers Bachelor of Science degrees
in electrical and materials engi
neering. There are also two-year
academic concentrations in civil
chemical, and mechanical engi-'
neering in addition to industrial
and management engineering.
Students in the two-year program
transfer to other schools to
complete their juniorand senior
years.
Engineering encompasses a
wide variety of functions and
occupations. Within the field of
electrical engineering, the areas
include different concentrations
ranging from radar and fabrication
of transistors to medical elec
tronics, and micro computer
design. While materials engineer
ing is primarily the study and
analysis of various types of
materials, it also involves work
with preparation of materials for
producing transistors and
producing artificial limbs.
Engineering is "hard to describe
in compact terms," Dr. Nejib
relates. Not only is the engineering
field constantly changing, but
there are also a number of engi
neering occupations which
require strong backgrounds in
other academic fields as wellThe Wilkes department has
developed interdisciplinary pro
grams which have become an
integral part of the engineering
curriculum. With the growing
emphasis in such fields as
biomedical engineering and
computer engineering, studen
with experience in both engine
ing and mathematics or biology
or physics are qualified for jobs in
these advanced fields in addition
to graduate studies in certain areas
including medical school.
As the technology and emphasis
of the engineering field increase
and change, the Wilkes engi
neering faculty is constantly
monitoring the field to keep
abreast of these changes. The
faculty members try to predict
what engineering areas will be
needed five to ten years in the
future. Through this monitoring,
the faculty becomes aware of the
new technological advancements
and can incorporate them into
the curriculum.
Physically, the Engineering
Department consists of
well-equipped laboratories and
classrooms located in the base
ment and on the first two floors
and the roof of the Stark Learning
Center. These laboratories contain
expensive, sophisticated equip
ment which most engineering
students do not see at the
undergraduate level. "Wilkes has
one of the best facilities in the
nation at the undergraduate level,"
notes Dr. Nejib. Eighty-five
percent of the funds used to
purchase the department's equip
ment come from grants, donations
and contributions. Only a small
portion of the money is supplied
by the college's working budget.
The Wilkes engineering
program is being copied by many
other schools. The interest in
Wilkes is based on its cost
effectiveness theory, which means
that the department uses each
laboratory to its fullest potential.
The use of the equipment is
maximized, particularly in the
senior advanced laboratories. Each
advanced lab can be used for
several different areas within one
main field of engineering. This
way, the department can modify
concentrations within the general
curriculum to reflect the demands
of the present engineering needs.
As a result, the Engineering
Department can handle the
constant change without drastic
phasing out of some concentra
tions in order to introduce new
areas of study. However, this also
requires that the faculty members
remain up-to-date with the
technological advancements.
Because of this progressive
program, Wilkes engineering
students receive a well-rounded
education and graduate with a
strong background in their field.
Part of this background, in
addition to the technological
knowledge, is a personality or
attitude which the student learns
to develop to handle this technical
knowledge. This attitude is just as
important to learn, according to
"Our students are in great
demand," adds Dr. Nejib. He
further explained that it is the
Wilkes program and the engineer
ing background of the Wilkes
graduates which lead to the job
offers and graduate school
acceptances.
How is this success accom
plished? According to Dr. Nejib,
"the staff of this department works
awfully hard." The faculty
members maintain an active role
in the engineering field along with
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the department philosophy, as
the theoretical experience.
Engineering students become
aware of how to handle questions,
how to work with people, and
how to seek out solutions to
problems.
The success of the department
is reflected in the quality of the
engineering graduates. Since the
inception of the four-year pro
gram, every senior has been placed
either in graduate engineering
schools such as Stanford Univer
sity, UCLA, MIT among others, or
in jobs with companies like
Hughes Aircraft, IBM, Xerox,
Kodak, Texas Instruments,
National Cash Register, RCA and
other nationally known corpora
tions. The Wilkes graduates are
often paid salaries above the
national average and they often
require less than the standard one
year on-the-job training.
their teaching duties. He also notes
that the students are "highly
motivated." They have a "great
sense of commitment and loyalty
to the program." It is this inter
action of the students and faculty
which provides the success of the
department.
Working together, the Wilkes
students and faculty have elevated
the stature of the Engineering
Department to national and
international prominence. They
have earned their respected niche
in the engineering profession and
exemplify the college's mission to
provide quality educational
programs.
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�IT’S UP TO YOU
Wilkes College's "Alpha
Capital Campaign reached a major
milestone in April with the
announcement by Atty. Andrew
campaign funds will be Used
maintain the historic
,
ings which form a part of tr S?U‘ld'
for both Wilkes College and^^
Hourigan, Jr., general campaign
chairman, that the drive had
surpassed the$l million plateau.
Wilkes-Barre. Reconstruction j
include repointing the exteriorPoanS
buildings, replacement of roof
windows, improvements in 5 and
electrical, plumbing, and heatin
systems, and adding insulation §
which will make the structures'
more energy efficient.
Total goal of the three-year
capital gifts drive is $2.4 million
and Wilkes College President
Robert S. Capin notes,"the real
hard work lies ahead. Although we
attained the million mark in less
than four months of work, most of
this total represents large contribu
tions in the Leadership and Trustee
Gifts Phases plus a sizable gift
from the J. N. Pew, Jr. Charitable
Trust.
Funds raised through the
"Alpha" campaign will be directed
toward (1) scholarship support,
(2) enlarging the endowment to
support faculty salaries, and (3)
reconstruction of existing college
properties.
Currently 805 Wilkes students
receive aid in various forms
amounting to $3.7 million. This
figure includes $500,000 awarded
annually by the college to augment
the financial aid packages of 780
students.
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In December, President Capin
told a Leaders Conference audience
"that over the years the community
and alumni have responded
generously to support qualified
students and this part of the
'Alpha' campaign is a direct
extension of our original mission."
In order to competitively recruit
and retain a quality faculty, the
college is focusing on upgrading
faculty salaries. The "Alpha"
campaign seeks to add $700,000 to
the college endowment. Income
from this portion of the endowment
will be directed toward faculty
salaries according to President
Capin. "During inflationary times
it is essential to at least maintain
the standard of living of those
individuals who teach our students
and develop the academic programs
to serve our students and region."
The final portion of the "Alpha"
Also included is the reconstruc
tion of an existing college facility’
to create a new Student Union X
Building. Sixty percent of Wilkes
students are commuters who need
a facility in which they can meet
and socialize with each other and
with resident students. The present
facility, located in the former
Church Hall, is inadequate to
support the current student
population.
The $100,000 grant from the
J. N. Pew, Jr. Charitable Trust,
which came as a result of a founda
tion visit by President Capin and
Dr. Thomas Kelly, dean of external
affairs, has been designated for the
purpose of establishing the student
union center.
Ongoing phases of the "Alpha"
campaign include the (1) Leader
ship — which seeks gifts at $10,000
and up; (2) Special Gifts — which
seeks pledges in the $1,000 to
$10,000 range from about 400
prospects; and (3) "College
Family" — which seeks pledges
from members of the administra
tion, faculty, clerical, and
maintenance staff.
Alumni, residing in the Greater
Wilkes-Barre area, will be person
ally solicited during the special
"Wyoming Valley Alumni General
Appeal," which is scheduled to run
from April 11 to May 26.
"The Appeal will be a historic
first," explains Art Hoover,
director of alumni relations.
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will be our first attempt at ever
soliciting all alumni in the area on
a person-to-person basis. T e
Appeal is included as part of t re
campaign's General Gifts Phase
and will seek to personally reach
all 340° alumni living in Wyoming
Valley.
Chairperson of the Appeal is
Richard Simonson '69, who is being
assisted by James Ferris '56. The
campaign committee includes ten
team leaders who each recruited 15
workers. Also augmenting the
alumni volunteers are a group of
current Wilkes students.
The General Gifts Phase began
on Wednesday, April 12, with a
luncheon at the Sterling Inn Towne.
The goal of the General Phase is
$150,000. William Mainwaring '65
is the chairman of the phase. In
addition to the Wyoming Valley
alumni, another 1,000 prospects
will be solicited.
Additional sources for "Alpha"
funds include government, founda
tions, annual fund, and national
alumni regional campaigns.
Solicitation of alumni for the
"Alpha" drive outside of Wyoming
Valley will begin during Fall, 1978.
This spring, national alumni are
being asked to participate in the
annual appeal, which is separate
from the Capital Campaign.
"Support of the national alumni is
more important than ever," Hoover
states, "because all our community
and local alumni benefactors are
participating in the Capital
Campaign."
The Wilkes College “Alpha” capital gifts campaign reached the million dollar mark in early
April with the aid of a $100,000 grant from the J. N. Pew, Jr. Charitable Trust.
Shown following the announcement arc from left: Dr. Thomas F. Kelly, dean of external
affairs; Robert S. Capin, Wilkes College president; Atty. Andrew Hourigan, Jr., general
campaign chairman; and Ben Badman, Jr., chairman of the Special Gifts Phase; and
Dr. Richard P. Soter, provost.
Alpha Campaign Goal — $2.4 million
A Three-Year Effort
ENDOWMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS
FACILITIES
I—Scholarship Aid
II— Increased Endowment
for Faculty Salaries
III— Reconstruction of
college properties:
Student Residence Halls
Student Union Facility
Goal:
$ 900,000
700,000
An ambitious undertaking of the “Alpha" capital campaign is the Wyoming Valley Alumni
General Appeal which is headed by Richard Simonson ’69.
Members of the Appeal leadership are pictured al Wcckesser Hall, from left, seated:
Alan Zellner 72, Dr. Carl Urbanski ’57, Robert Silvi ’69, Andrea Petrasek '69, Robert
Malley 73, Marietta Bednar 73.
Standing- William Dongas ’6.9, Robert Howes 75, John farzenbowicz ’5.9, Robert S. Capin '50,
president- Richard Simonson '69, Art Hoover ’55, director of alumni relations; George
Pawlush ’69 director of public relations; Dr. Thomas Kelly '69, dean of external affairs;
Lee Ciarmatori 72, and firn Aikman, director of development.
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800,000
$2,400,000
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�UP &. AWAY
by Pam Long ‘79
WHAT-
EVER
TURNS
YOU
ON
As long as humans have lived
on the face of the earth they
have used their spare time to
indulge in a wide range of
leisure activities. These
moments of freedom might
range from gardening,
hunting, to beer can
collecting. Not everyone gets
involved with these traditional
pastimes. Some people have
searched and found that
ultimate in escape from the
rigors of everyday life. This
feature is dedicated to all
those who pursue that
strange and sublime
fulfillment.
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High above a rocky ledge a hawk glides
majestically in circular fashion leaving a
shadow on the ground as the only clue to his
flight. This peaceful scene becomes a silent
call of the wild to avid birdwatchers like
Edwin Johnson, director of student teaching
and a 1950 alumnus of the college. An
experienced “birder," he finds these
encounters very rewarding.
The early 1950’s saw the beginning of
Johnson's hobby after which he became
affiliated with several related organizations
including the National Audubon Society, the
American Ornithological Union, and the
Delaware Valley Ornithological Club. He
previously banded (tagged birds' legs to trace
their whereabouts) for the Fish and Wildlife
Service as well.
The birdwatcher's image, usually that of
a fair-skinned, slender Englishman peering
sheepishly from behind a leaf, is rapidly
becoming a thing of the past. Actually, most
birders are energetic persons willing to
journey long distances at the slightest notion
of a bird’s location.
Johnson’s hobby demands many
responsibilities. As compiler for the Audubon
Christmas Census, conducted one day each
year between December 17 and January 1, he
fulfills one of his tasks. This year, census
takers spotted 56 different species of
feathered friends in Wyoming Valley. “Hawk
watches" on Plymouth mountain, a favorite
migration spot, is another of Johnson's
favorite pastimes. These flying birds of prey
are observed and accounted for as they
descend the steep ridges. Yearly sightings
then reveal trends in hawk behavior.
To this particular bird fan, the hobby
represents more than a mere leisure time
activity. “It is a kind of challenge because
it's hunting without all of the negative
aspects. It's also exciting and at times
difficult." Several other Wilkes faculty
members accept this challenge as Johnson is
often accompanied by Dr. Charles Reif,
professor of biology; Michael Barone,
associate professor of education; and Dr.
Robert Ogren, associate professor of biology.
The early morning hours often find
Johnson on his way to a favorite birding
location. He estimates that between 240 to
250 different kinds of birds make their home
in Wyoming Valley. Birders practice their
trade year round affected mostly by seasonal
changes. A variety of feathery songsters are
present throughout the year, as some are fulltime residents while others tend to migrate.
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From his banding experience, Johnson has
found that many birds travel great distances.
“The best time for the beginning bird
watcher is the winter," he commented,
"because one isn't overpowered by the
number of birds and heavy foliage.” These
conditions prevail during the summer
months, the birds' nesting period. A rather
indifferent birding situation results.
A sport or a hobby? “I consider it a hobby,
but sometimes when you have walked all
day you might consider it a sport, it's a bit
of both.” Birding requires good eyesight and
endurance as well as a willingness to crawl
out of bed at four in the morning and at times
travel throughout the night. "We observe
owls so we have to travel at night,” Johnson
explained.
Ecology and conservation are important
interests to birders. Nesting surveys conducted
in the spring reveal patterns of bird behavior,
often hinting that something is amiss and
signaling an environmental change. Hawk
watches figured significantly in deciphering
the DDT mystery. When observers noted
that hawks were not following their normal
behavior, DDT was the explanation.
Anything affecting bird life ultimately
affects human life and our damaged
environment is leaving little to be said for
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Birds react immediately to any type of
Sion, mirroring the changes through
h numbers, the bird countsJohnson
t-d that ruined wetlands and woodlands
n°'destroying nesting spots and threatening
h rd population. "It's not necessarily
h "ting that’s killing the birds," he explained,
"it'S just that their nesting spots have
disappeared." Preservation efforts by
different organizations like the National
Audubon Society act to benefit these delicate
creatures.
Johnson occasionally takes his knowledge
out of the woods and into the classroom. He
instructs a summer course in basic
ornithology for graduate students and biology
and elementary teachers. Along with Rev.
William Reid of the Wilkes-Barre Central
Methodist Church, he is currently compiling
a book about birds of Luzerne and Wyoming
Counties. A catalog of bird kinds and
general finders guide, this publication
should make its debut in the near future.
The simplicity of birdwatching has made
it one of the largest growing hobbies in
America. Equipment necessities are few and
include a good pair of binoculars, a telescope
for marshes, ocean and swamps, and finally,
a field guide. Birders abound at all ages
because the hobby is truly “one of a
lifetime." Age sometimes affects one's
birding activities as mobility decreases and
hearing impediments prevail, prompting the
phrase “you can often tell a man’s age by
the birds he can hear."
For the more stationary observer, the
“window observer," the hobby proves equally
exciting. Who is it that has never been
delighted by the sight of a congregation of
birds warming their backsides on top of a
nearby chimney on a frosty morning?
Johnson’s large office picture window in
Butler Hall lends itself to his viewing
descretion and allows him to watch the gulls
that fly along the Susquehanna’s waters.
Bird feeders are a welcome sight to hungry
winter birds as welI as amusement for the
"window watcher."
Telephone calls to Johnson's office often
involve a confused spectator and some desire
for a bird's identification. Johnson makes no
pretenses and deliberately maintains his
interest as a hobby. “If I were an
ornithologist and‘studied’ birds," he
reasoned, “I probably wouldn't receive as
much pleasure from birding." Gratification
seems inevitable, however, as birding offers
a variety of opportunities, a chance to
rediscover nature, and a close encounter with
eauty that can be seen as well as heard.
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MUSH
by Jane Manganella
Two people stood in the snow at the
Winter Carnival at St. Paul, Minnesota and
watched the dog-sled racers cross the finish
line. Bruce Berryman enjoyed the event, and
the spirit of fun generated by the sport
Cara Berryman felt far more... she wanted
to be a part of it. She knew, then and there,
she wanted to race.
It has been four years since that day, and
Cara has indeed, become a worthy contender
in any “sour-dough" race. During that time,
she has participated in about 30 races and
finished in the top half of all of them. In the
last two, she took a second at Peck's Pond,
Pa. and a first at Ramapo Hills, N.J.
To those who really know Cara Berryman,
the winning record is no surprise. Although
her personality is low-keyed and charming,
the lady is an achiever, her life-style attests
to this.
Cara met and married Dr. Bruce Berryman,
chairman of the Environmental Science
Department at Wilkes, while they were both
students at the University of Wisconsin. She
received her degree in Recreational Therapy
from the University and Bruce took his
master's courses there and went on to work
toward his doctorate in Meteorology.
When Bruce decided to go on with his
studies, Cara took a job as exhibitions
coordinator at the Madison Art Center,
Monday through Friday. On weekends, she
taught art in the city's recreation department
and did art therapy with retarded children.
While 'working 'with these children, Cara
noticed the need for therapeutic toys. “These
children needed something that would give
them enjoyment while improving their motor
skills," she states. And Cara, being Cara,
immediately went to work. She designed and
had built just such a device, and now has a
patent on the therapeutic walking apparatus.
Now take that kind of enthusiasm and put
it on a sled, behind a team of racing dogs,
and, of course you have a winner! Cara
smiles, as she reminisces about the chain of
events that occurred once she decided to
race.
Soon after watching that first race, she
began shopping for her first dog. She found
him in a handsome Samoyed named
Garamouche, and while Cara is very reluctant
to talk about her own achievements, she will
go on indefinitely about her lead dog.
Garamouche was the winner of the racing
cup presented by the Organization for the
Working Samoyed,” she beams, “You must
get 1000 points by beating other teams and
placing in the upper half of all eastern
racers. He did this over a three-year period
and also placed 2nd out of 26 teams at
Peck’s Pond, last February.”
Garamouche has two teammates named
Vyuga and Chinook, and all three were
trained by Cara alone.
To the layman that doesn't mean much,
but it really is an impressive task. The single
most important part of training in the early
stages is finding a suitable place, no easy
task in the borough of Forty Fort, where the
Berryman’s lived at the time. But, she did
manage. Each evening she would walk or
run behind the dogs, giving voice commands
until the animals were letter perfect and
ready for competition. Weekends found
Cara anywhere the races were being held.
During the week, however, this same lady
can be found at the Wilkes College Sordoni
Art Gallery, where she has been exhibitions
coordinator for 4 years. Her duties make her
responsible for planning, transporting,
insuring, guarding and installing all
exhibitions at Sordoni. In addition, she makes
all travel arrangements for the incoming
artists, and plans opening receptions for
each show.
Cara's approach to her responsibilities at
the college is the same as her approach to
everything she does... positive.
She is enthusiastic, quietly assertive,
entirely feminine. She enjoys her life and
her duties and we're sure, will find ways to
continually enrich both.
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�THE. key that
opens
DOORS
cov0innMOg-aphwhich Eddie was especially
by Kathy Bozinski ’78
The veteran sportswriter presented his
L J«with poise to the security man
fie'dnPnpd atthe door of the Philadelphia
Phi I es locker room. The man breezed past
Ph1 lower room and the lockers - bearing
Sarnames Carlton Luzinski, Bowa
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TANKS ALOT
by Rich Strobel
Collecting rare items has always been one
of the many hobbies that interest people.
Beer cans, comic books, stamps and antiques
have filled many an attic. The collecting
craze has expanded to include many unusual
items.
Jim Kozemchak, a 1968 Wilkes alumnus,
is one who collects unusual items. "Everyone
should have a hobby." What does a busy
man, who owns two photography studios (Ace
Hoffman and Paramount), is in a laundromat
partnership with his brother Dave and
operates a 24-hour apartment complex with
office space, collect?
What does a man who hunts, skis, scuba
dives, plays tennis, is learning to fly a
helicopter, is married and has two children,
collect? The answer is, the envelope please
... old army vehicles. That's right, old army
vehicles. "When I was younger, I always
liked jeeps. Now my toys are more
expensive.”
Jim was a Wilkes business major, lucky for
him now that he manages four businesses,
when he started his collection. The first item
Jim collected, a jeep, is still part of his
collection. “I compare collecting old army
vehicles to collecting antique cars." Like
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many antiques, as the years go by, they
increase in value. "I have jeeps that cost
$90, worth between $3,500 and $4,500
today. Of course I had to buy parts and spend
time restoring them.”
During World War II, America sent many
U. S. Army jeeps to France. After the war, a
surplus of parts, which fit both army vehicles
and conventional jeeps and trucks, became
available. Collectors agree that if there is a
hard part to collecting, it is finding the
vehicles. The expensive part is not buying,
but shipping them.
Jim walked into his Paramount
Photography Studio where his secretary,
Maude, greeted him, "Someone delivered a
pile of junk for you in the back." After
stripping and restoring, that "pile of junk"
will be worth thousands of dollars. When a
person buys an old army jeep, he can be
sure that it will require many hours and a
great deal of work to restore it to a new
condition.
Over the years, Jim has collected jeeps, a
command car, like the one General Patton
used; a "weasel," a tank-like vehicle; two
three-and-one-quarter-ton weapons carriers;
and a ten-ton "half-track.” "I get a great deal
of peace of mind from this hobby. I not only
enjoy restoring army vehicles, but when I
am too busy to work on them, I enjoy just
thinking about them.”
His most unusual vehicle, that would fill
anyone's mind with thought, is the ten-ton
"half-track.” It is 22.5 feet long, 7.5 feet
wide and 7 feet high. Needless to say, it is
a very powerful machine. "The half-track is
in perfect working condition."
He stores many of his "toys” in a ten-car
garage behind Paramount Studio. The
"half-track” is stored at the Kingston
Armory. Some of Jim's vehicles can be seen
when the 109th Artillery Division goes on
parade.
What does Jim’s wife think about his
hobby? What would a wife think whose
husband collects antique cars? He is married
to Wilkes alumnus, the former Patricia
Zawoski.
What do his two daughters, 3-year-old
Wendy, and Kimberly, 6 years old, think of
Jim’s unusual hobby? "The children love my
old army toys, and I enjoy taking them for
rides" — the children and the "toys.”
Jim is not the only one who breaks into a
smile at the thought of finding and
rebuilding a World War II command car.
Army vehicle collectors have their own trade
magazine entitled “Army Motors.” Rallies,
like antique shows, are held from coast to
coast. "I enjoy showing them to my friends."
Let us hope that this young entrepreneur,
with a most unusual hobby, does not decide
to start his own army.
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'nd on to the elevator which whisked
Jto the field. As the steel grey doors
ed he found himself gazing out towards
?hP Ditchers mound and beyond as the redand white-suited Phillies were warming up.
Receiving an acknowledging nod from
Mike Schmidt as the Philadelphia star was
taking a few swings in the batting cage, the
scribe made his way to the Phillies dugout
in search of some personal observations
which would later brighten his account of
the day's game. This is a typical day for some
real life "Oscar Madison" as he prepares to
cover the Phillies-Dodgers encounter.
The only catch is that our writer is a gutsy,
red haired, and baby faced Wilkes College
sophomore, who through some clever
wheeling and dealing has secured a field
pass for himself. Eddie White III, the
sophomore in question, did get that catcher's
eye-view of the contest, but didn't quite
handle it with the “matter-of-factness” of
our "veteran” sportswriter.
As Eddie put it, he was so overwhelmed
by the whole experience that he had to find
a place to compose himself. And where was
the most logical spot? The Phillies dugout, of
course! It took a few moments of thinking
but Eddie quickly tied himself together and
began making the rounds in both the Phillies
and Los Angeles Dodger dugouts, collecting
autographs, and making himself at home
with sports figures who capture the dreams
of every ten-year-old boy.
Hardly any 19-year-old Wilkes sophomore,
under normal circumstances, ever lands a
job as a sportswriter with a major publication.
But as an assistant in the Wilkes Sports
Information Office and assistant sports editor
of the Wilkes College Beacon, Eddie does
have more opportunities than most people to
exercise his gate-crashing tactics.
Eddie, an English major, has in a short
time established himself as a first-rate writer,
with contributions ranging from articles in
the college newspaper to pieces in local and
out-of-town newspapers. He also belongs to
the Football Writers Association of America
and is a member of the Pennsylvania NewsPaper Publishers’ Association.
These will probably serve as major assets
to the Wilkes-Barre resident in the future as
no aspires to become a professional sports-
nh nlme;SCCaS!°nally-hehastogoouton
a limb and do a little "conning" to meet a
special personality. Also, says Eddie with an
impish grin you may have to do your share
of b uffing to get your foot in the door "If
you find yourself in a locker room, hotel
lobby, or anywhere else noted individuals
are found,” tells White, "you must assert
yourself and stroll in as though you're
supposed to be there.”
Such was the case when Eddie had the
good fortune to meet Olympic skating star
Dorothy Hamill. The sophomore had been a
card-carrying fan of Dorothy since her
Olympic debut, and quickly joined her fan
club. He often dreamed of a meeting with
the lovely star. One day the desire became
reality as Eddie and a friend journeyed to
Atlantic City to attend the Ice Capades where
Miss Hamill was performing. Waiting for his
opportunity, Eddie and his friend dashed
backstage, and after some quick talking with
the guard at the door, gained admission. The
pair spent ten minutes talking to the Ice
Capades star, coming away with a picture,
autograph, and some beautiful memories.
Pearlie Mae at a press conference prior
o her appearance at a Wilkes Concert and
Lecture Series program.
On approaching her for her autograph
she declined and suggested he ask her later.
Waiting patiently until she had finished her
lecture, Eddie asked her again, and once
more she refused. With rejection seemingly
at hand, he reminded her of her earlier
promise to which she replied, "Oh, that's
right honey!” and most graciously rendered
a short greeting with her signature.
Another favorite memory was a rap session
that he engineered with the New England
Patriot’s quarterback Steve Grogan and AllPro tight end Russ Francis at the Baltimore
Hilton. Through a press release, Eddie
learned that the Patriots would be staying at
the Hilton so Eddie and his friends booked
rooms there also. Again with press card
firmly in his hand, Eddie waltzed up to the
desk and inquired where the Patriots were
staying. One short telephone conversation
later, Eddie and company found themselves
with an invitation from Grogan to visit him
in his room. This was another ten-minute
session not to be forgotten.
As for the personalities White has found
the most receptive, Eddie rates Brooks
Robinson, Dorothy Hamill (of course!), Greg
CJ z
Eddie is an avid autograph collector and
boasts over 250 signatures furnished by such
celebrities as Muhammed Ah. Brooks
Robinson, Greg Luzinski, Pearl Bailey, th
people personally. A majorityr were o tamed
through correspondence. Eddie is always
vigilant for any autograph which looks
■•form" or has been stamped. They are
Luzinski, and the Amazing Kreskin as tops.
Future targets for his collection include
Howard Cosell, controversial sportscaster,
for whom Eddie has the greatest respect and
Richard Nixon, "just because he is
controversial." He adds, "They are both
underdogs in their own right. I like the
underdogs as a matter of principle."
Success is where you find it and at age 19,
Eddie White III has found out "that where
there is the will there is the way."
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�part, is second hand. That is to say,
it is not something which one limits
to a particular place of practice for
the purpose of learning and improv
ing his performance. A liberal arts
education presents knowledge to
us, both pro and con, with the in
tention of illuminating the blind
spots of both areas. Having a clearer
view of the situation, the individual
can then make a decision based on
something more substantial than
feelings built on past, limited
experience.
On A Liberal Arts Education
By Noreen Corbett ’79
The question as to whether or not
Wilkes College is currently straying
from its broad, liberal arts educa
tion and gradually moving toward
a more narrow, professional educa
tion, is drawing controversy.
The problematic situation merits
careful consideration. Recent
attacks on the “values” of the
College have presented Wilkes as
a “production plant", manufacturing
modeled students, and changing the
mold only to fit the changing quali
fications of the most profitable,
professional business. This strong
accusation may be somewhat loaded
and inaccurate, yet it successfully
renders the situation as philosophi
cal as well as factual, since a “value”
is an abstraction, viewed differently
on an individual and sociological
level.
Taken from this viewpoint, one
envisions Wilkes College as being
in a tug-of-war situation, whereas
the opposing forces (liberal arts
education vs. practical education]
are currently at a standoff. The
conditions for the draw are obvious:
on the one side we must cope with
the life of a highly trained, tech
nological society in which it is no
longer a question of “survival of the
fittest”, but rather, survival of the
“fastest” - that is, success and pros
perity will be granted only to those
who can best perform their duties
in the least amount of time.
On the opposite end we have the
pull toward the non-material, non
mechanical aspect of everyday life
which deals with academic disci
plines of a wide range of general
concerns. “Unity Amidst Diversity"
as the College's motto states - the
diverse areas of a many-sided
culture are revealed to us, NOT to
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mold our outlook on life, but rather
to broaden it, enabling us to see far
beyond the normal scope of vision.
One side is drawing us toward
the preparation for financial success
and perhaps a sort of “social status",
whereas the other side is struggling
to tempt us to equip ourselves with
cultural ammunition, which will
enable us to be capable of more than
merely reacting to the many diverse
stimuli we are confronted with daily,
but to be able to effectively interact
with them.
One believes it is this latter
quality which ultimately gives a
liberal arts education the strength
to survive this tug-of-war struggle.
In a society such as ours, a conglom
eration of nationalities, creeds,
cultures and constantly changing
values, it is not enough to simply
react to the constant barrage of
stimuli, we must also be able to
interact. It is this interaction which
gives us a feeling of belonging in
an otherwise impersonal society, of
self-awareness, and furthermore, it
allows us to be “individual” while
at the same time we are an unrecog
nizable face in a world-wide race
of humans.
Some may argue that every
individual may be classified as the
aforementioned, without the ex
posure to a libera] arts education.
This may be true from a standpoint
of a scientific classification of a
person's place in humanity; yet
without exposure to the innumer
able historical, philosophical and
literary events, both past and pres
ent, it is also true that an individual’s
perception of "life” may be con
siderably narrower than if the
individual was aware of the many
facets of life’s everyday situations.
The experience a liberal arts
education provides, for the most
A liberal arts education is not an
end to accepting and pursuing our
selves in a technological environ
ment, but it can provide us with a
means to find a comfortable posi
tion in a hectic, explosive society.
Ideally, this is the projected goal
of a liberal arts college. Can Wilkes
carry out this traditional, intentional
plan, even if the interest of its
adopted professional and businessoriented majors seemingly outweighs
the interest in humanities majors?
Will the accounting major never
stop wailing, “Why must I take
English courses - I'll never use them
again!”; and will the English major
forever be heard screaming, “I hate
science!”?
Will Wilkes be able to success
fully combine and make compatible
the opposing types of education
under one institutional roof, or will
the forces of one obliterate the
other?
Will Wilkes turn into a produc
tion plant, mass-producing thinkalike robots molded to fit only the
needs of technology?
And finally, who is to resolve
these questions — the faculty, ad
ministrators, students, Board of
Trustees, or the community outside
the College?
One foresees the answers lying
in the combined efforts of all of
these people. Through the fusion
of each group’s representative ideals,
an understanding will be reached.
In today’s world nothing stands
alone, at least not for a significant
amount of time. The combination of
a liberal arts education with a
profession-oriented education will
yield (not “produce”) imaginative,
humane, and open-minded individ
uals ready to compete with and face
the high standards of the job market.
As a final comment, let it be said
that the above proposal is idyllic in
nature, and although ideals can
never be fully attained, they can
provide us with a healthy, challeng
ing goal.
"
O
Sip©Chemistry Of Coaching
by Jelf Acornley'78
Stereotypes have a unique place
in our lives. They serve as anticinatory buffers to the realities we
face daily. Whether they serve as
a means of enlightenment or whether
they are self-limiting, they do exist
and we are influenced by them
constantly.
Typical wrestling stereotype:
looks like Attila the Hun's brother,
is five foot three and weighs 320
ILTSIE:©'- r
pounds, is terminally hairy has
bloated cauliflower ears, speaks
in one syllable words, loves his
mother and the flag, and can bench
press the entire left side of the
gymnasium bleachers (spectators
included).
Enter Tim McGinley, wrestling
coach supreme, and all of those
patented stereotypes come crashinn
to reality. Posing as a mildmannered high school chemistr:7
teacher, he coached the Meyers
Mohawk wrestling team to five
Wrestling
Basketball
overall record: 5-18
Middle Atlantic Conference: 2-12
Leading scorers:
John Zapko, jr. (18.8)
Mike McCarrie, fr. (11.0)
2nd team-All-MAC: John Zapko
Women’s Basketball
overall record: 12-9
First Winning Season since sport
began in 1960.
Seventh place in MAC Tourney
Leading scorers:
Diane Kendig, fr., (20.4)
Gloria Pasternick, fr., (10.2)
Mary Jo Frail, so., (10.1)
Leading rebounder:
Karen Olney, sr., (8.5)
Swimming
overall record: 6-5
MAC tourney - men, 11th place;
women, 8th place
fAC champ - first place, diving sr” Gindy Glawe, (new record)
overall record: 14-6-1
Binghamton Invitational Tourney
Champs (4 teams)
EIWA Tourney, Philadelphia:
5th place (16 teams)
Top wrestler:
Gene Clemons 22-5-1 (177) jr.
Casper Tortella 22-7-1 (142) jr.
Danny House 21-6-1 (Hwt.) sr.
Mark Densberger 26-6-1 (150) so.
John Reese’s 25 year coaching
record at Wilkes: (250-54-8).
Meet Results
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
Wilkes
26
25
3
17
18
14
18
12
18
42
36
45
33
30
23
10
30
25
27
6
18
York
Lehigh
Oregon St.
Navy
Florida
Oklahoma
Tennessee
N. Carolina St.
Syracuse
Dela. Valley
Montclair St.
Elizabethtown
Lycoming
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=
Binghamton
Hofstra
E. Stroud’bg. St.
Army
Bucknell LI.
Franklin & Marshall
Penn State
Rutgers
12
18
38
14
26
30
18
27
17
0
8
3
9
9
12
29
7
13
15
30
15
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Wyoming Valley Conference
championships in six years. All of
his coaching wisdom came from
watching on the sidelines because
he never participated in the sport
as a result of a heart murmur.
Another stereotype shattered by
McGinley, because all of the best
coaches are supposed to be former
national champions drawing upon
that experience in their coaching.
Not McGinley.
Tim began his involvement in
wrestling at Kingston High School.
While three of his brothers - Ned,
Terry and Jay, wrestled under the
tutelage of coaches Don Kemp and
Jim Schilling, Tim managed the
team and learned a great deal
about the sport from the sidelines.
After his graduation from Kings
ton in 1964, he matriculated at
Wilkes and majored in chemistry.
Again, he served as a manager for
the team and credits Wilkes mentor
John Reese with showing him many
of the tricks of the trade. "Coach
Reese taught me virtually every
aspect of coaching a wrestling
team," commented McGinley. “I
owe a great deal to him.
Tim received his Wilkes diploma
in 1968 and secured a teaching
position at Wilkes-Barre's Coughlin
Hioh School. His ties with Wilkes
wrestling didn’t terminate, however,
and he became an assistant coach
under Reese for three seasons.
It was in 1971 that things started
happening in the wrestling career
of McGinley. A vacancy in the
SPRING 1978 17
�coaching position at Wilkes-Barre's
Meyers High School occurred
when Harry Vogt, a former Wilkes
wrestler and alumnus, became an
elementary principal in the city.
Enter Tim McGinley, exit another
stereotype. Head wrestling coaches
are supposed to be post-menopausal
former YMCA directors with cigars
permanently imbedded between
their teeth. So much for tradition.
The Wyoming Valley Conference
now had its youngest coach in
history who was soon to be the
terror of the local mat mentors. In
six years in the coaching position at
Meyers, his teams garnered five
Wyoming Valley Conference
championships and four District II
PIAA titles. His teams lost only six
dual matches in six years. He was
also voted “Coach of the Year”
twice during his reign.
“Our biggest rivals were Hanover
and Wyoming Valley West,” re
called McGinley. “And they were
both coached by Wilkes wrestling
alumni, John Carr and Bob Herman.
The one meet that stands out most
in my mind was one with Wyoming
Valley West. They won the first
five matches and were ahead 18-0.
Things looked bleak. But we rallied
to win six of the next seven matches,
three by pin, and won 27-21. It
was a real thriller that led to one
of our championships,” remembered
Tim.
McGinley retired from coaching
last year and shattered yet another
stereotype by becoming the young
est athletic director in city school
history. Athletic directors: fat,
balding, warming to the importance
of the position by switching from
cigars to pipes, always having the
school jacket draped over their
considerable upper torso, and
always speaking in craggy tones.
Wrong again in McGinley's case.
“I’m going to miss coaching very
much, but I felt that being an athletic
director would give me a broader
sports base on which to prepare for
future building,” commented Tim.
"The responsibilities are more
general in nature and they give me
more contact with all of the sports
here at Meyers.”
Responsibility is certainly the
key, because the athletic director
is responsible for scheduling,
transportation for the teams, getting
officials for the home games, deter
mining eligibility of the athletes,
being at all of the home games, etc.,
etc., The list is endless.
“This job demands a lot of time.
We have 17 varsity and 12 junior
18 WILKES COLLEGE QUARTERLY
high sports programs at Meyers and
they all require attention. It can
□et pretty hectic! There are days
when I may be at six home events
on one day. I haven't figured out
what to do in that situation!
McGinley’s wrestling ties are
still strong, as evidenced by his
involvement as the secretary
treasurer of the Wyoming Valley
Junior High School Wrestling
League. He is also a referee and
is the secretary-treasurer of the
local chapter of PIAA Wrestling
Officials. Tim is not one to remain
stagnant, so look out for more
movement from this active man.
He finishes his Masters in Second
ary Educational Administration
requirements in May from the Uni
versity of Scranton. This will qualify
him to move up even farther in the *
school administration ladder if he
desires.
“Right now. I’m very happy
being the athletic director at Meyers
It’s a lot of fun. As far as the
future is concerned, I’ll just wait
to see what develops,” McGinley
speculated.
The Wyoming Valley will no
doubt be hearing the crash of shat
tered stereotypes so long as Tim
McGinley is around. The ambitious
Wilkes alumnus never stops rolling
Stereotypes die hard, but Tim
McGinley is a major contributor to
the mortality rate.
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The joy of victory is reflected by alumni in the Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton area,
following Wilkes College’s major wrestling victory over Lehigh, 25-18, at the Engineer's
Grace Hall on December 6.
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Making Of A Winner
by Rich Strobel
The woman athlete ... she knows
the joy of competing, the fun of
playing the game, the closeness that
team members share.
It was the night of the big basket
ball game. The Wilkes women were
playing Elizabethtown, a tough
team seeded second in the Middle
Atlantic Conference. The Colonels
were at the .500 mark and had a
chance for their first winning sea
son, a feat which has eluded the
women's team since the formation
of the sport in 1960.
The stands were near empty. The
Wilkes team came running out on
the court and were applauded by
a few loyal fans.
I couldn't help but notice that
they were a very pretty group of
young women.
MARY JO FRAIL,
^llkes-Barre, Sophomore, Psychol
ogy Major, Guard.
ter?m’s l^rterback, she
sSls"p7
iV-anddefensive
teach. PlayinS sports not only
Zo\youtoresPectyaur^f.but
respect the ability of others.”
tCam WaS honored Prior ‘° the
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they can
^0Un° women discover
Wrestling alumni, selected as the best to ever i '
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perform for Coach Reese, are pictured, from
”®'h-»Xp;2e'"'!'h°dy
ball is hnaSha°ned thud of a basket
court. a
°n,the lon§ varnished
And soon tcOnd baP bits the floor.
e gym is filled with the
a AnVw'O ’' senior c°-captain
jn-A mta Meehan. The girls met
n the middle of the floor lo clasp
hands and yell a cheer. "Beat
E-Town ... Pride in Wilkes."
Talk about spirit, wow did this
team have spirit. Everyone was
cheering and pulling for one
another. “Team members not only
cared for each other, but also took
care of each other," stated Coach
Sandra Bloomberg. Many of the
players thought their strongest
quality was team spirit.
NANCY JOHNSON,
Wilkes-Barre, Junior, Business
Administration, Guard.
“Watch the back door.., Behind
you Debbie ... She's cutting to
your side." When Nancy wasn’t
playing, it was like having a sixth
player on the court. "I like the
game because it’s fast and exciting."
"Women are just beginning to
scratch the surface of their abilities."
— Today’s Health.
The buzzer sounded and the
teams were called to the center of
the court. The striped-shirted
referee tossed the ball in the air.
The tall Elizabethtown center con
trolled the tap.
Women just seem to have an
inborn gracefulness. Watching the
game was like watching a ballet.
The women performed simple,
smooth, natural moves.
DIANE KENDIG,
Kingston, Freshman, Psychology
Major, Guard.
A very quick guard who led the
team in scoring and steals. Exce lent at both ends of the court.
love everything about the game.
In the game's early going, the
Nothing was clicking for the hdv
«gers. Their unorthodox style of y
of ense, somewhat like schoolyard
ba |. wasn’t working. "We do have
wnrb T' bUr‘ We find boolancing
Works best for us.”
The eager "Subs” went in burni
ng with energy to be released on
the court. Talk about depth! There
certainly was no drop in the quality
of play when Sandy sent in substi
tutes.
DEBBIE YEDLOCK,
Wilkes-Barre, Junior, Nursing
Major, Forward.
A forward who shines on defense.
She also is captain of the Wilkes
College Strutters. "Basketball is a
fun way to meet people and make
new friends."
Diane Kendig kept the Colonels
close during the first half. Their
high-powered offense, which scored
over 100 points in one game, was
sputtering. Down by ten points, you
can see the desire and determination
etched on the faces of the players
as they walked off the floor at
halftime. “We may lose, but we
never quit."
ANITA MEEHAN,
Co-Captain, Plymouth, Senior,
French and Psychology Major,
Guard.
Her experience and super calm
disposition helped the team main
tain its poise. “We worked together
to achieve one common goal. We
were one.”
Coach Sandra Bloomberg and
assistant coach Sharon Wilkes
discussed second-half strategy.
“Sharon was a tremendous help th
entire season, at practice and during
Jmes,withher coachingsugges
tions,"Sandy acknowledged. Does
the Wilkes team having the best
SPRING 1978 19
�and
year ever mean they have the best
coach ever? Could be!
Team trainer Connie Rickard
handled the team’s sprains, strains
and bruises. She taped Co-Captain
Karen Olney’s thumb so well,
Karen didn’t realize, until days later,
that the thumb was broken.
Manager Wilma Hurst gave half
time talks that would make Knute
Rockne envious. The women needed
that spark now. “Wilma did every
thing," Sandy went on, “Before it
would enter my mind that some
thing needed to be done, Wilma had
done it.”
KAREN SMITH,
Dunmore, Freshman, Biology
Major, Guard.
Her pure style of shooting and
adept ball handling reminds one of
an artist. This future doctor says,
"Basketball is a fun change of pace
from studies.”
Filled with new energy, the
women came running back on the
court. The spirit on the Wilkes team
is incredible. The eagers who do
not see a great deal of playing time
consider themselves “Spirit
Leaders.”
The starting fives were on the
center of the court, and the contest
continued. The stingy ball-hawking
Colonel defense, which saw guards
Mary Jo Frail and Diane Kendig
share 91 steals between them, rose
to the occasion. A fierce full court
press forced Elizabethtown mis
takes, and Wilkes began to chip
away at that lead.
There is a big difference between
high school and college basketball.
In college, the play is more aggres
sive and rough. It is murder under
the boards. Pulling down the major
ity of rebounds this half were
Colonels, Lynn... Karen .Debbie
and Doreen. They wanted it more.
DOREEN SWIATEK
Taylor, Junior, Nursing Major,
Forward.
Born chewing bubble gum and
dribbling a basketball. This forward
can really handle that ball. I like
the feeling 1 get from playing
sports.”
Forward Gloria Pasternick drifted
toward the free throw circle, re
versed direction and broke toward
the basket. She caught the bounce
pass from guard Sue Freda, spun in
the air, and released her shot. The
ball dropped cleanly through the
basket, almost without touching
the net. Women basketball players
have very sensitive skin, making
for a fine shooting touch.
The Wilkes team had the momen
tum, and with a few minutes
remaining on the clock, it was
anybody's game. I watched in
admiration and thought, “How
could they be so good?”
KAREN OLNEY,
Co-Captain, Monroe, Conn., Senior,
Accounting Major, Forward.
She led the team in rebounding.
She was a spark plug that motivated
the team to rise to the occasion.
"Being a member of this team was
a total pleasure.”
“Growth and increased promi
nence of female intercollegiate
sports are assured." — Ms.
School District in Tavl„ n6tside
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the wire. Wilkes led by two J*0
With three ticks left on the Hn'v5’
Mary Jo Frail put the icing 0 * t?’
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LYNN YEDLOCK,
Wilkes-Barre, Sophomore, Nurs
ing Major, Center.
Very aggressive under the boards
she can rebound with the best of
them. “Playing sports helps you.
develop a really good attitude."
The rest is history, Wilkes College
history, as the women posted their
first winning season ever.
The coaches, manager, trainer
and players blended together to
form a unique combination of
mutual respect, concern, and gen
uine good feelings about each other.
One thing stood out most about
this hustling team filled with deter
mination and desire. One thing
made a lasting impression about
this close-knit group whose spirit
made them a dream team for all
members. One thing was etched on
my mind about the Wilkes Women’s
Basketball Team, and that is ... they
are truly a fine group of athletes, q
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THOMAS G. AMBRosi’bh ■
Pettier in the acennn, ’ 6®lsa
Ambrosi Donahue &cong^ °f
cake with a toss from the charhv
stripe. Arms raised in victorv tk
Wilkes Women celebrated
satisfying win.
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is
-..jury.
master ot s
Johns Hopkins
istratioti
teaches fourth
Unive.S1Ral imore County, Md., and
Srade ‘ 1 is a reading specialist in the
RicharJ em Thcy reside at 328
SX Avenue, Baltimore.
pvpMVV BUCKLEY’77 is a
JOSFrHXlorrisville Jr.-Sr. High
'ea,chnl He is residing at the Plaza
MARTHA HADSEL ’60 received
her ph.D. degree from Penn State
University in August, 1977.
GEORGE R. RICHARDS ’58 has been
named director of personnel for
Union College, Schenectady, New
York.
ROBERT C. SOKOLOSKI ’67 has
passed the Pennsylvania and New
Jersey bar examinations. Bob has a
J.D. degree from Seton Hall Univers
ity Law School. He and his wife,
ARLENE MEZANKO SOKOLOSKI
'67, reside in Mahwah, New Jersey.
JOHNH. MARX, JR. ’72 is a certified
public accountant and has recently
opened his office at 710 Brooks
Building, Scranton, Pa.
BARRY M. MILLER ’67 is a real
estate sales associate with Koelbel
&Co. in Denver, Colorado, where
he resides with his wife, Margie,
and daughter, Lisa. Barry was
rrCu,‘]!,ly namcd t0 the 16lh Edition
of Who’s Who in the West.”
ANDREW J. FALKOWSKI ’76
isl'rvVe>(n? master's degree in chemamU3 Cleveland State University
Ph nS presentlY enrolled in their
AndvPr°81ram in clinical chemistry.
“S1NGLE!!’73» working as
Pers0WI dir7^d assistant t0 the
ROSALIE OPALKA JONES ’69, is
an associate concertmaster of the
Saginaw Symphony Orchestra, and
also is a member of the Michigan
Chamber Players in Detroit. The
Jones' reside at 921 Church Street,
Flint, Michigan.
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month Program y dHan 18
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Office. The information contained in the Alumni Notes
e send nAu._
ntnbutions to: Alumni Office, Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18703.
THOMAS R. JONES ’70 has been
appointed director of music at the
C U
United Methodist
'teRac£t ?h’e73R‘a a Posies
American prector at Moretrench
New Jersey °rporadon in Rockaway,
Wilkes R=S & ^ater Com-
MILNER’68 recenil,ndSINE’
promotions from the Wvominn
National Bank of Wilkes.Bart°e
Arthur was advanced to assistant
y‘ca P^dent and will continue‘s
the bank s personnel manager' Lhrn
was promoted to assistant vice
president in the Commercial Loan
Department; and Melvin was
advanced to assistant vice president
and manager at the Factoryville
branch.
NOREEN CONSIDINE ’66 received
a master's degree from The Johns
I lopkins University and is an indus
trial hygienist with the U. S. Navy
on Okinawa.
SANDRA AKROMAS KERSHAW
’76 is training to be a pharmacist
assistant at a Shoppers Drug Mart in
St. Catharines, Ontario, where she
lives with her husband.
LT. JOHN ORMANDO '75 has been
certified as a missile combat crew
commander at Ellsworth AFB, South
Dakota.
DR. KENNETH W. MILLER '70 is
serving as a general dentist with a
unit of the Strategic Air Command
at Robins AFB, Georgia.
GAYLE M. DONALESKI ’77 is an
elementary teacher with the Henry
County Public School System in
Collinsville, Virginia.
CAROLYN LOVEJOY ’76 is an
administrative assistant for the
Rockwell-Corning Museum, Corning,
New York. The Museum houses the
Western-American art collection on
loan from Robert F. Rockwell, Jr.,
and is a department of the Corning
Museum of Glass.
DR. JOAN P. GILLESPIE ’70 is
director of the out-patient c mic at
Greeley Mental Health Center in
Greeley, Colorado.
JANICE NADINE BRONSON ’61 is
a nsycho-therapist and project
director with Metro-International in
New York City.
GEORGE BENE-HOANE ’75is a
member of the part-time faculy
Allentown College-
Rocky Mom “dtwochildron m
resides with her husband and two
children in Yatesville, Pa.
CHANGHEE CHAE ’62 is teaching
courses in economics at the
University of Minnesota.
GEORGE PAWLUSH'69 was
recently appointed public relations
director at Wilkes College, George
lives in Wilkes-Barre with his wife,
Carol, and son.
JOHN MINDZAK'77 has been
accepted into the Navy Nuclear
Propulsion O.C.S. two year program.
VINCENT J. MATTEO '75 has been
appointed executive director of the
Susquehanna River Basin Associa
tion, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
ROBERT W. RYAN ’74 has been
promoted to associate buyer with
Chevron U. S. A., Inc. Bob lives
with his wife, Mary, in Concord,
California.
MICHAEL S. LoPRESTI '77 is a
graduate student at the George
Washington University, Washington,
D.C., preparing for a career in
government service.
BRUCE H. BREIR ’72 is a distributor
for Success Motivation Institute,
with an office in Cardiff-by-the-Sea,
California, where he resides with
wife, the former SHELLEY SGHNUR
’72.
ANDREW C.MATIAK’70 is pres
ently teaching Junior High School,
and coaching the Junior Varsity
“Man of the ^ar oy-—New York Assoc! onofR
Estate Brokers. He lives
nd
Mew York.
spring
1978 21
�MARNE L. WEAVER ’73 is a label
coordinator II in the quality assur
ance department at Norwich-Eaton
Pharmaceuticals, Norwich, New
York, where she resides.
jUamages
technology at Hahnemann Medical
College. The couple is residing in
Wilkes-Barre Townsnip, Pa.
KARL A. BACON ’76 and GIACOMINA A. BUZZELLI’77 were
married on October 15. The couple
resides in Waterbury, Conn.
JOAN MARIE DOMARASKY ’76
recently became the bride of Edward
E. Luksa, Jr. in Kingston. Joan is
employed by the American Red
Cross as a medical technologist and
the couple resides in Swoyersville,
ROSANNE MALSHEFSKI ’73 a
Joseph P. Urban were married on
November 19,1977. Rosanne is a
part time instructor at Luzerne
County Community College, Nanti
coke, where the couple is residing'
DOROTHY REESE ’76 and John
Mirmak were married on Sept. 10.
Dorothy is employed by the Wood
land Park Mental Health Center as
a psychiatric nurse. They reside in
Portland, Oregon.
PETER J. GRABKO ’77 and Lynn
Weidner were recently married in
Wilkes-Barre. Peter is employed by
Consolidated Railway Corporation.
VINCENT P. CARBONE ’77 and
Joyce A. Graham were recently
married in Kingston, Pa.
LEO RONALD KORETZ ’75 and
Karen Ann Stefanoski were recently
married. Leo is an electrical engineer
at Shadie Electrical Associates. The
couple resides in Nanticoke, Pa.
DEBRA SERNIAK '75 and MICHAEL
J. MERCINCAVAGE ’76 were
recently married. Debbie is a zoning
officer in Dorrance Township, and
also is associated with the WilkesBarre Area School District. Mike is
employed as budget director at
Nesbitt Hospital, Kingston, Pa.
JOHN BONSALL '73 and Rosalie
Kopec were recently married. John
is employed at Mid-East Aluminum,
Mountaintop, Pa., and the couple
resides in Plains.
DONNA MARIE MACHESKA, ’75
was recently married to Thomas J.
Headley. Donna is a quality control
inspector at Potlatch Corporation,
Ransom, and the couple is residing
at R. D. #2, Tunkhannock, Pa.
EDWARD KATARSKY, JR. ’68 and
Maureen Reilly were recently
married. Ed is employed at Insalaco’s, and the couple resides in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
KATHLEEN M. WARAKOMSKI ’77
and JOHN LAZO, JR. ’76 were
recently married. Kathleen is a
registered medical technologist at
Nesbitt Hospital in Kingston, and
John is completing clinical require
ments for a degree in medical
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CAROL ANN WILLIAMS ’76 and
William M. Siskovich were recently
married. Carol is employed by
United Services Agency Adminis
trative Offices.
CAROL ANN GASS ’68 and Frank
Jodaitis were recently married, Carol
and her husband reside at 184 New
State Road, Manchester, Mass.
DONALD M. BELSKY ’77 and
Dianne Dutko were married recently.
Donald is employed by G.P.U.
Service Corporation in Reading, Pa.,
where the couple is residing.
PETER A. RICCI ’66 and Mary L.
Czopek were recently married.
Peter is general production manager
for David Crystal Inc., Reading, Pa.
MICHELE OJEDA ’77 and James
McCormick were recently married.
Michele is a registered nurse at the
Mayview State Hospital, and the
couple resides in Pittsburgh, Pa.
MARY TERESA MONICK ’77 and
TONY BARDOUTSOS ’74 were
recently married. Tony is employed
by Hewitt Packard Company,
t ens, Greece, where the couple
is residing.
Admissions and Recruiting
MA«£®»S.’5a'
receive
Wilkes College in
edUM“nd taught at schools in
lfl54'.a Germany, and New Jersey.
Jas caching at the Wyoming
DEBORAH E. DUNLEAVY ’74 and
Timothy O'Donnell were married on
Thanksgiving Day in Wilkes-Barre.
Debbie had taught secondary English
for three years in Towson, Md.
BARBARA ANN LONG ’76 and
William J. McHale, Jr., were recently
married at an Ecumenical ceremony
in Trucksville, Pa. Barbara is
employed at Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, Inc., New York City,
and the couple resides in Leonia,
commttbejSX
EDWARD P. KORDEK ’68 and
Charlotte Crawford were recently
married. Ed is employed by the V
Wilkes-Barre Area School District
in the Plains Junior High School
The couple resides in Wilkes-Barre
Pa.
KAREN K. CAPWELL ’75 and
DAVID J. COOPER ’74 were recently
married. Karen is employed as a
manager of the Jewelry Garden at
the Wyoming Valley Mall. David
is a band director at Bishop O’Reilly
High School in Kingston, Pa., where
the couple is residing.
F“nd Raising
bus nd Thomas, Sr.: sons, Andrew
SThomas. Jr.; daughters, Mary
Ann and Dorothy; and two grand
A son, Ronald, was born on January
8, to Ronald and ANN SCHULTZ
TRIBENDIS ’75. Ann is employed as
a math and science teacher at St.
Leo's School, Ashley, Pa.
A son, Mark Christian, was bom on
December 23, to JOHN ’75 and
ANDREA KURILLO KELLEY ’76.
The Kelleys reside in Allentown, Pa.
A son, Douglas Joseph, was born
August 3, to Dr. and Mrs. James K.
Bruno of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mrs, Bruno
is the former BARBARA SULLIVAN
'70. They are also the parents of a
daughter, Emily, and a son, Matthew.
A son, John Littleton, was born on
December 28, to Ben and PATRICIA
HARRINGTON TYLER ’70. The
Tylers reside in Westminister,
Maryland.
JOEL ’73 and ELLEN SCHWARTZ
FISCHMAN ’75 announce the birth
of a daughter, Beth Alyn, on October
30. Joel is a stage manager for the
Pennsylvania Ballet Company in
Philadelphia. The Fischmans reside
in Cornwells Heights, Pa.
Sharon and RAYMOND T.
DOWNEY ’69 announce the birth of
a son, Keith Raymond. The couple
also has two daughters, Kimberly
and Kerry. The family resides in
Rocky Point, New York.
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children.
VICTORIA POKLADOWSKI ’63, of
31 Larkin Street, Larksville, Pa died
on February 4,1978, in Mercy Hospi
tal. Victoria received her B.S. degree
in nursing from Wilkes College in
1963. She was a former supervisor
in the intensive-care unit at General
Hospital, and also coordinated the
hospital's dietetic department.
Surviving are brothers, John '62 and
Joseph: sister, Mrs. Joseph Klecha.
DR. NICHOLAS A. LORUSSO ’35,
63, of Las Vegas, Nev., died on
November 29,1977, following an
apparent heart attack. Nicholas
attended Wilkes as Bucknell Junior
College and graduated from Buck
nell University. He received his
M.D. degree from Loyola University,
and served his internship at General
Hospital.
He was a captain in the Army
Medical Corps during World War II
and served surgical residencies
throughout the United States.
Nicholas practiced in Wilkes-Barre
or 15 years before moving to Las
egas in 1957. He is survived by
is wife, Mary Jane, and daughter,
Mrs. A.G. Henry, Las Vegas.
William Downey
Warren Greenbere
William Griffith
Richard Harmon
Marc Levey
Laraine Mancuso
John Murtha
Michael Petrillo
Richard Rees
Thomas Ruggiero
Bernard Vinovrski
Peggy Walczyk
Paulette S. Weinrich
John Wills
Alumni House
Andrea Petrasek, Cluiirpi>erson
Maryanne Coach
Lorna Darte
Dale DeRondc
Gayle Garinger
Mary James
William Kaye
Joanne Levandoski
Timothy McGinley
Irma Molitoris
Carolyn Rome
Career Conference & Placement
Philip Cheifetz, Chairperson
Allan Allan
Peter Back
Lon Balum
Joan S. Beers
Cheryl Davenport
Cathy DeAngelis
John Lychos
F. Charles Petrillo
Frances Polakowski
Andrea W. Rood
Richard Salus
Leo Solomon
William Tremayne
Constitution
Jerry Berk, Chairperson
Robert Arenstein
Richard Burns
William Bush
Gifford Cappellini
Marc Levey
Nicholas Reynolds
Lonnie Coombs
Robert Enrich
John Holland
John Jarzenbowicz
David Orischak
Jeffrey Prendergast
Andrew Rushin
Ronald Tremayne
Carl Zoolkoski
Legislative Action
Loretta Farris, Chair]^person
Michael Barski
Fred Lohman
Shirley Jean Ray
Donald Ridzon
Membership and Programming
Robert Silvi, Chairperson
Barry Davenport
Joanne Englot
Robert Howes
Garf Jones
Robert Malley
Patrice Stone
Curl Urbanski
Nominations
Joseph Weinkle, Chairperson
Eugene Bradley
Clifford Brantigan
Larry Cohen
Gloria Fierverker
Carl Havira
Samuel Lowe
Jennifer Morgan
Bonnie L. Turchin
Gerald Weber
Rachel A. Winebrako
Public Relations & Communications
Richard Myers, Chairperson
Richard Colandrea
Robert L. Evans
Martha Hadsel
William Marcato
Caleb McKenzie
Marianne Montague
George Pawlush
David Phillips
Walter Quinn
Ad Hoc Committee on Distinguished
Alumni Program
Richard Rees, Chairperson
Marietta Bednar
Alfred Groh
Harry Hiscox
Edwin Johnson
master General's office in the War
fn?R' I?AR0LD W. THATCHER 80,
rmer head of the history depart-
1926 He was awarded his Ph.D.
from the University of Chicago in
^In W47,nhe was appointed head^
C0llege’r4‘ndgh d published "The
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1935.
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torv schools in his early career and
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original mission —“Unity Amidst
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academic training will be of minor
importance unless our graduates
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proper deportment, and sound moral
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Wilkes Alumni Magazine, 1947-present
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Alumni Relations
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<p>An archive of Wilkes University Magazine, from 1947-present. The magazine went through various names including <em>Wilkes Alumnus</em>, <em>Wilkes Quarterly,</em> <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, and the current title, <em>Wilkes Magazine</em>. Some editions for the <em>Wilkes Universe</em>, will have multiple issues within the file record. Our holdings may be missing editions for certain years due to having no physical copy within the collection. </p>
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Wilkes University
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Wilkes University
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1947-present
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Wilkes Quarterly Spring 1978
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Alumni Relations
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Marketing and Communications
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Spring 1978
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Magazine